Dear BPCWA worshipper, Uniquely this year (as occurs probably every few years), Christmas falls on a Sunday. So today, we commemorate two wondrous events together – the birth of Christ (Christmas), and the day that we spend every week celebrating – the resurrection of Christ (the Lord’s Day). Yes, while we know that Christ was not born on the 25th December, but churches appointed a particular day of the year to remember His incarnation. Let us remember Christ’s first coming. Though we don’t know the exact date, the birth of Christ must be an important event for Christians. We don’t celebrate it like we do a person’s birthday. Of much greater significance is that a day more than 2022 years

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Dear BPCWA worshipper, We have come so quickly to the end of 2022. Our church theme for this year was taken from Matthew 25:13, “Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.” The aim was to stir us to be watchful for our Saviour’s Return. As always, I will recapture some of the key aspects of this theme at the end of the year. My prayer is that we will all not forget the lessons even after the year has ended and a new church theme starts but instead will continue to live out this theme in our lives till we meet our beloved Saviour. Why does God give us prophecies?

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Dear BPCWA worshipper, There is a great misunderstanding of worldliness in Christendom. Some Christian groups today teach that “gain is godliness”. This is well demonstrated in the health and wealth gospel so popular today, from which God commands “from such withdraw thyself” (1 Tim 6:5). This is an easy message that finds ready acceptance among many because it is appealing to the flesh. Followers, and even churches, of such a gospel have no qualms in seeking after mammon. On the other end of the spectrum are also some groups who believe that to be “unspotted from the world” (Jas 1:27) means that their communities should dress in very plain traditional clothing, not own cars, avoid tapping from the public electricity

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Dear BPCWA worshipper, We have thus far seen how the world can affect even sound Christians in a conservative church. We have grown so used to being in the world that we have unknowingly learnt the world’s ways. This week we want to consider how we can fall into the snare of worldliness in bringing up children. When this happens, we not just inculcate worldliness in ourselves, but set the firm foundations for it for generations to come. This can happen to parents bringing up worldly seed, or it could be us who have been brought up as worldly seed by our parents. 5) We give our children to the world. Weigh your life and actions as a parent honestly

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