Dear BPCWA worshipper, Last week, we saw how God foreknew about COVID-19 even before the foundation of the world.  His infinite knowledge means that He alone knows the virus more than any man ever can or will.  But why do sicknesses and deaths from illnesses and diseases occur?  The Christian must be able to understand what the Bible says about such situations. Why do COVID and sicknesses exist?  These exist because of the original fall of man into sin.  God created a perfect world at the beginning of creation.  The body that He breathed life into Adam from dust was perfect.  After Adam and Eve were created, “God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very

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Dear BPCWA worshipper, Despite man’s best efforts, the novel coronavirus continues to find its way in, disrupting the lives and livelihood of men everywhere. Man cannot control it, nor overcome it. Some of man’s businesses, big and small, have been adversely affected by it. When there is a lockdown, companies too have to comply to do their bit to prevent it from spreading. At best, man can only try to mitigate its effects. We saw last week how this pandemic highlights man’s frailty and helplessness. Does that mean that things are hopelessly out of control?  With COVID-19 raging in the world around us, Christians must have a Biblical view of man, and most importantly, the right view of God as

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Dear BPCWA worshipper, COVID-19 has become a dreaded household word globally. These alphabets are known by both the young and old. What was initially thought to be a localised problem even by experts has now impacted practically every country in the world. WHO declared a pandemic in March 2020. The word “pandemic” was hardly used and had to be explained. It has now dominated the news for more than a year and is often constantly on our thoughts and conversations. It is important that the believer has the right perspective. This will help us live and respond biblically, and also be assured and comforted. Hence, I hope to spend the next few pastorals looking at this from a Christian perspective.

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Dear BPCWA worshipper, Things had been rather busy around the church prior to the lockdown, and worshippers may have noticed some changes too.  This pastoral will give worshippers some background on what was done and why they were needed.  But most importantly, it is so that you may know the constant providential leading and ongoing help from our living God and His answers to our weekly prayers to Him as a church.  Knowing this, BPCWA worshippers should give thanks to and praise Him together for His help in these various works. Installation of lighting, projector, and TV monitor.  When we returned to church after the first COVID-19 lockdown, large parts of the congregation were scattered at various rooms in the

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Dear BPCWA worshipper, In this pastoral, I will continue with the final summary of the lessons that we covered in our recent church study series on our 35-year church history.   Understand what a pastor must be.  God intended His local churches to be pastored by men that He would raise and call to His church.  1) Be called by God to BPCWA.  For one that is called to serve Him in the pastoral role in a church, he must not only be called to the fulltime ministry by God, but also called by Him to a particular church.  Hence, it is not normal for a church to have pastors that “come and go” and even willing to come back

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