The City SG Podcast

Passage of the day: Proverbs 16:9 - A man’s heart plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps. The Daily, is a brand new podcast with new episodes every weekday. This is our humble attempt to bring a compelling alternative story to the endless barrage of information and news that we are exposed to. As you commute to work or go about your day, plug in as we dive into scripture, reflect and postur...

Psalm 73:12-17 Behold, these are the ungodly, Who are always at ease; They increase in riches. Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, And washed my hands in innocence. For all day long I have been plagued, And chastened every morning. If I had said, “I will speak thus,” Behold, I would have been untrue to the generation of Your children. When I thought how to understand this, It was too painful...

Numbers 6: 24-27 The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace.” “So they shall put My name on the children of Israel, and I will bless them.” The Daily, is a brand new podcast with new episodes every weekday. This is our humble attempt to bring a compelling alternative story to the endl...

The Daily, is a brand new podcast with new episodes every weekday. This is our humble attempt to bring a compelling alternative story to the endless barrage of information and news that we are exposed to. As you commute to work or go about your day, plug in as we dive into scripture, reflect and posture ourselves in prayer. Our hope is that through this resource, you will be centered in God, His t...

“During a time of unprecedented crisis, we are also presented with unprecedented opportunity. Church, this could be our finest hour.” -Ps. Andre Ps. Andre gave an encouraging word to the church and shared about 5 opportunities presented to the body of Christ in the midst of today’s trying climate. As we go about our week through this period of social distancing, let us continue to immerse ourselve...

“Authenticity isn’t the goal of community. Rather, it is the environment which makes possible the practices that enable us to become an authentic, Christ-centred community.” - Ps Andre Tan In week 3 of Life Together, Ps Andre spoke on the church being An Authentic Community. In our current cultural climate, we all love and crave for authenticity, but what does it truly mean to be authentic? Ps And...

“Authenticity isn’t the goal of community. Rather, it is the environment which makes possible the practices that enable us to become an authentic, Christ-centred community.” - Ps Andre Tan In week 3 of Life Together, Ps Andre spoke on the church being An Authentic Community. In our current cultural climate, we all love and crave for authenticity, but what does it truly mean to be authentic? Ps And...

“Community isn’t a place where you are simply caught, rather it is a place where you are launched. From hopelessness to hope, from darkness to light, from alienation into acceptance, from self-pity into confidence and from apathy into mission.” - Pst Andre Pst Andre spoke about becoming a Transforming Community in the second instalment of the Life Together sermon series. He reminded us of Jesus’ g...

“There must be something so distinctive, compelling and alluring of the Christian community - the way we do life - that it captures the hearts and mind of the world.” - Pastor Andre Tan We started a new series titled Life Together. Ps Andre set the stage for the rest of the series by diving into the idea of community and what it means for us as Christians. Contrasting the church of the past to the...

“Unity is God’s design - one Spirit but each of us bringing together our different gifts, to strengthen and edify the body of Christ.” - Pastor Janice Chin Pst Janice spoke about Conspiring Towards Maturity, and how the church needs to work together toward maturity because that is our identity as the people of God. May we be encouraged to serve the body of Christ wholeheartedly, and in doing so, g...

“We as the church are called to be in unity, until we attain complete unity in Christ. Like marriage, when two people become one at a wedding ceremony, what follows is the journey of continually learning and maturing into what it means to be one.” - Pastor Janice Chin In today’s sermon, Ps. Janice spoke on Conspiring: In Unity. Expounding on Ephesians 4:1-6, she urged the church to be eager in mai...

“Elementary faith is believing that everything will turn out for good. Mature faith is believing that God will use me to bring about good.” - Pastor Andre Tan In the latest instalment of our Vision series, Ps. Andre shared on Receiving The Holy Spirit: An “Altared” Heart. Drawing reference from King Josiah’s story of tearing down the idols of Israel during his reign, he spoke about the significanc...

“The opposite of holiness isn’t necessarily evil - it could be what the world deems as ordinary, or ‘going with the flow’. To be holy is to be like God, to live in alignment with His character, to mirror and mimic what He is like to the world.” - Pastor Andre Tan Ps Andre continues the Vision Series by speaking about how consecration leads to visitation. On the topic of Holiness, he theologically...

“We are called to reveal and reflect Christ wherever we go.” - Pastor Andre Pst Andre shared the second part of our current sermon series, Receive The Holy Spirit, on Signs of Revival this morning. He challenged us to pray for the move of God in our community and city, as revival is God’s heart for our world. As we go about our new week, may we be stirred to see and be His conduits of radical conv...

“As you pour out, you will be poured into.” - Pastor Matthew Chern Ps. Matthew Chern spoke on The Adventure of Travailing Prayer this morning, sharing on the three stages of labour in prayer of opening, pushing and ushering into. We ended the service with a time of travailing prayer and worship, and called out and prayed into the destiny and purposes of The City.

“No matter how much willpower you have, it will never be enough to live the way of Jesus. We need the Holy Spirit.” - Pastor Andre Tan Ps Andre shared an encouraging and empowering vision message today, chartering a path and setting the direction for the church in 2020. Touching on the power of the Holy Spirit and His impact in our lives, our world and community, he reminded us of His necessity in...

“God’s instruction for the end time church in the context of delayed justice, is to pray always and to not lose heart.” - Jason Chua As we wrap up 2019 and prepare ourselves for the new year and decade, Jason Chua reminded us this morning that on this side of eternity, everything we do and give ourselves to is unto this one day - the day of the Lord. As we anticipate the return of our King, let us...

“This is Christmas, the Savior was born. The Light of the World shone into all darkness and brought us hope.” - Pastor Andre Tan At our Christmas service today, we celebrated the life, death and resurrection of Jesus and remembered the promise of His return. Pst Andre reminded us of the hope we have in Jesus, who came into the world to be our light at a time and in the midst of great darkness and...

“The Holy Spirit is unseen, but He is actively working.” - Pastor Daniel Chua Ps. Daniel Chua shared this morning on the Holy Spirit, noting the importance of being a church filled with the knowledge of the word & the power of the Holy Spirit. He reminded us of the nature of the Holy Spirit, a person that desires to partner with us in our daily lives, encouraging and empowering us into all truth....

“We take care of Him when we take care of the ones closest to His heart.” - Chitra Hanstad Today, we had the honour of having Chitra Hanstad from @worldreliefseattle with us. She shared God’s heart, and encouraged us to love on our neighbours by doing the joyous work of ministering to Jesus in all the ways He shows up in our world. As the festive season draws near, let us be reminded of God’s comm...

“Don’t ever settle for plastic knowledge or knowing about God. God is inviting us to wrestle, lay hold and know who He is.” - Jonathan Wong Jonathan Wong shared a powerful message from the life of Jacob, and drew insights from his determination and drive to wrestle, lay hold and know God. He gave a call and a reminder for everyone, regardless of age, to pursue God and wrestle with Him, without giv...

“What does it mean to truly live an authentic Christian life? One of sacrifice, structure and obedience” - Pastor Andre Tan Ps. Andre spoke on A Year in Review, and encouraged us to take stock of how our year has been in terms of our relationship with God. As the year is drawing to a close, take some time alone to review your year, and let God reveal the ways to a life of wholehearted living dedic...

“We need to recognise the responsibility and privilege we have as a community, and use our power for good in bringing justice to our world.” - Pastor Janice Chern Pst Janice challenged us to consider what our expression of justice looked liked, and preached on how we can demonstrate neighbourly love through proximity and advocacy in our daily lives. May we continue to spur each other on, towards l...

“The one who shows mercy is the one who proves to be the neighbour.” - Pastor Janice Chern Ps. Janice Chern shared on the subject of neighbour love in her sermon: “In the Name of Love and Justice”. Drawing from the parable of the good Samaritan in Luke 10, she touched on how we are called to love our neighbours by abandoning all inclinations and biases towards people, and to love them as ourselves...

“Surrendering to God is the key to power, being separate from the world is the key to peace.” - Pastor Chip Ingram Ps. Ingram spoke about what it means to be a [Romans 12] Christian, reminding us that God loves us deeply, and has a dream for us. He brought us through the five types of relationships we will experience in our lives, and how we should approach each one to ensure we walk in the way Go...