Sermon series: Reflections on the Psalms

In this opening, defining psalm, the psalmist draws our attention to the importance of walking in the way of wisdom. This comes through meditating, day and night, on the Word of God. By internalising it, we become a fruit-bearing tree that can resist sin, as well as prosper according to God's economy. This is possible because of our union with the true vine, Jesus Christ.

Preacher: Aaron Akins

Date: 2 June 2024

Sermon series: This I Believe -- The Apostles' Creed

The Creed ends with a reminder that Jesus gives us hope in the present life, in life after death, and in life after life after death. Our final hope as Christians is not to live as disembodied beings in eternity, but to be with God in resurrected physical bodies in a restored creation.

Preacher: Tan Huai Tze

Date: 26 May 2024

Sermon series: This I Believe -- the Apostles' Creed

In Jesus, God can mercifully forgive our sins without compromising His justice, and so be perfectly merciful and perfectly just at the same time (Exodus 34:6-7). He is just, because sin has been punished in Jesus. And he is merciful, because He can now freely forgive. This forgiveness cannot be earned, but can only be received humbly as a free gift. Knowing a forgiveness that doesn’t compromise justice enables us to truly rejoice that we are forgiven (Psalm 32:1-2), and helps us to create a safe space for sinners in our church (Matthew 18:21-22, Colossians 3:13).

Preacher: Tan Huai Tze

Date: 19 May 2024

Sermon series: This I Believe -- The Apostles' Creed

After its description of the persons of the Trinity, the Apostles' Creed transitions to a description of the church as God's people. The church is the gathering of saints who have been set apart by God for the sacred mission of proclaiming the Gospel to the ends of the earth. As believers, we have communion with one another through our common union in Christ. This provides a foretaste of the fellowship that we'll have in eternity with every believer in Christ from every nation, tribe, people, and language.

Preacher: Joel Sim

Date: 12 May 2024

Sermon series: This I Believe -- The Apostles' Creed

After confessing about God the Father and the Son, the Apostles’ Creed turns to the third person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit, in the third paragraph (“I believe in the Holy Spirit”). Theologian J. I. Packer says that this paragraph “turns to the re-creating work of the Spirit, whereby we are actually made new in and through Christ.” In order to appreciate better what it means to be a believer, we need to understand the person, presence, and power of the Holy Spirit as He applies the work that Christ accomplished to us.

Preacher: Aaron Akins

Date: 5 May 2024

Sermon series: This I Believe -- The Apostles' Creed

The Creed teaches us that Jesus rose on the third day, ascended to heaven, is seated at the right hand of God and will return to judge the living and the dead. Through this Jesus obtains for us a secure and sure salvation, and gives us eternal hope.

Preacher: Tan Huai Tze

Date: 28 April 2024

Sermon series: This I Believe -- The Apostles' Creed

The creed helps us confess that we believe Jesus died unjustly, innocently, but historically at the hands of Pontius Pilate. He died a cruel and shameful death by crucifixion to forgive our sins and cover our shame. His death, burial and descent to the place of the dead show us that Jesus died as a human being, in our place, and for our salvation. Jesus deals not just with our fear of death, but with death itself.

Preacher: Tan Huai Tze

Date: 21 April 2024

Sermon series: This I Believe -- The Apostles' Creed

Christians throughout the ages have believed that Jesus is fully God and fully human at the same time. This means that God has broken into history, showing us that He is real, and that He has come to save us, conquer evil, and restore what is broken by sin.

Preacher: Tan Huai Tze

Date: 14 April 2024

Sermon series: This I Believe, The Apostles' Creed

The Apostles' Creed, which gives us a summarised picture of the Gospel, begins by telling us who is this very God that Christians believe in. He is our Father Almighty and the Creator of all things. Those who trust in Jesus are adopted into God's family, and God becomes their ever-present help.

Preacher: Joel Sim

Date: 7 April 2024

Sermon series: Easter Sunday

In Psalm 118, King David is in distress because of his enemies, internal strife and a personal indiscretion. God rescues him and he leads his people to worship and praise God for all God had done for them. Jesus is the true and better King David who died and rose again so that we who have faith in Him might also delight in God’s rescue.

Preacher: Tan Huai Tze

Date: 31 March 2024