The City SG Podcast

“A new covenant in the blood of Jesus is the only means to forge a community across millennia of hostility." - Andrew Tam (@andoryuutam) Continuing our Life Together series, Andrew shared about the history of communion and what Jesus’ sacrifice means for the Church. In a time of interpersonal and cultural conflicts that run rampant, taking communion reminds us of the powerful covenant Jesus create...

“Jesus calls us to to be a community that loves one another as He loved us - that we may be ambassadors of reconciliation to the world.” - @timothyshaun Timothy continued our Life Together sermon series with a sharing on being A Community of Reconciling Love in a Culture of Broken Relationships. In a world where the ideology of cancel culture is prevalent and socially accepted, Tim shared about Go...

“As followers of Jesus, we war to make all of our life obedient to Christ. That is orthodoxy - the right belief and orientation to Christ.” - @janicechinchern In week 6 of Life Together, we explored the topic of being a community of orthodoxy in a culture of ideological idolatry. Ps. Janice shared on the difference between ideology and orthodoxy - when our ideologies become dogma that ousts God fr...

We’re on week 5 of our Life Together series, and we had Ps. Janice bring us a word on A Community of Deep Relationships in a Culture of Shallow Connections. Speaking from Colossians 3:12, we learn how godly virtues such as compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience need to be expressed in relationship with others - they are impossible to express if we’re on our own. As such, as we aim...

“A restful spirit is spiritual warfare in a culture of exhaustion.” - @andrejosiah Pst Andre continued our Life Together sermon series on how we may be a community of rest in an exhausted world. Sharing from Matthew 11:28-30, Pst Andre reminded us of Jesus’ invitation to come to Him that we may find rest. As we abide in Him, we’d begin to live life to its fullest, by taking on God’s intended way o...

“To honour is to recognise and esteem, to place high value on a person, in recognition of his or her importance. To honour is to learn to value what God deems valuable.” - @janicechinchern In week 3 of Life Together, Ps. Janice brought us a word on building a community of honour in a culture of contempt. All throughout scripture, the act of honouring is prominent as it is part of God’s design. In...

“To remove yourself from the church and spiritual community is to commit yourself to spiritual immaturity.” - @andrejosiah In week two of our new sermon series LifeTogether, Ps Andre spoke on what a community should look like. Opening up with Philippians 2, we are asked to challenge our position as a Christian community. Are we a community that is like-minded? Are we challenged to be of one spirit...

“The church is not an experience we consume, it is the family of God.” - @andrejosiah In week 1 of our new series Life Together, Ps. Andre spoke on the church being the family of God. In recent times, we’ve transitioned into a “church as entertainment” culture, where instead of being equipped as followers of Jesus, we become consumers and critics who give ratings and reviews on a church’s performa...

“The Father’s acceptance results in our repentance.” - @danielchua Pst Daniel preached on The Father’s Love from the parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32, and how it redefined the way we view God, sin and salvation. We pray you were blessed by the word, and the reminder of God’s unending and unconditional love for us in spite of our sin, and the condition of our hearts. This new week, may we...

The sermon on We Will Be His People, Christine shared on the topic of covenant, specifically promise covenants between God and Man. When we become Christians, we come into covenant with God, establishing a relationship that He is our God, and that we are His people. But unlike God who is unchangeable, our hearts are prone to wander, to settle for lesser loves when we do not believe that God will d...

“We need not deny or suppress the shame we carry, but own it and turn towards God and others to receive grace and healing in community.” — @janicechinchern Ps. Janice shared on how “God Wants To Heal Our Shame”. In her message, she invites us to look at the pain and shame in our lives, inviting God and community into them. While shame wants to undermine God’s call on your life, God invites us from...

“True Christian friendships inspire us to be the best we can be for the kingdom of God.” - Dr Tan Soo Inn Dr Tan spoke about Spiritual Friendship, and how we may build meaningful relationships in the body of Christ, even as Jesus has called us His Friends and showed us the model of sacrificial love (John 15). May we demonstrate loyalty, acceptance, sacrificial love and transparency in the way we r...

“Jesus’ call to believers isn’t just to preach the good news, but to become good news people by living such good lives.” - @andrejosiah Pst Andre preached from 1 Peter 2, about how we can live faithfully as Christians in today’s world, by living lives of consequence that glorify God. Like the martyrs of the early church who were distinctly different from the world, Pst Andre reminded us of our pur...

“Knowing God is our Father — who provides for what we need and cares for what we desire — frees us to seek first His Kingdom and make decisions that move our hearts toward Him.” - @timothyshaun Timothy shared an apt word on Walking with The Father. Speaking primarily from Matthew 6:25-34, he reminded us that God is not a faraway God, but a loving father who walks with us every step of the way, who...

“Embracing weakness and suffering is not the end of the story, but the display of God’s power and glory through a body of weak and broken people, is.” - @jasonchua.sg Jason shared about Finding Confidence In Our Weakness, and how the process of embracing our weaknesses, while counter-cultural, enables us to share in the experience of Jesus, who depended fully on God in His humanity. May we remain...

"We mistake God’s patience with His absence. But we can choose patient hope in His trustworthiness and timing, knowing He is working in our waiting.” - @janicechinchern Ps. Janice shared this morning on being In The Waiting Space. As a people of God, we can embrace seasons of waiting on the Lord with eager expectation and a patient hope. We can learn to wait well, staying fervent in presence and f...

Reflecting on Ps. Andre’s sermon, let us to show hospitality and open up our homes and hearts to the people around us, to make time to eat together and showing God’s love to them.

“To follow Jesus is to embrace the way of suffering love, non-retaliation and forgiveness.” - @andrejosiah Pst Andre shared from Matthew 18:21, in his sermon, Forgiving As We Have Been Forgiven. Expounding on the parable where Jesus shows Peter that our forgiveness and our willingness to forgive should be limitless, Pst Andre reminded us that the call to forgiveness is core to being a follower of...

“He has you inscribed on His palms. The master engraving the servant’s name on Himself, a prominent and lasting display of affection that cannot be erased.” - @janicechinchern Speaking from Isaiah 49, Ps. Janice shared this morning on how He Will Not Forsake You. At times, we like Zion may feel like God has abandoned us, especially when we experience a dissonance between our circumstances and what...

“When we realize that nothing changes God’s mind or love for us, not even our human efforts, it frees us.” - @janicechinchern Pst Janice preached from the story of Ziba and Mephibosheth in 2 Samuel, drawing parallels of how to relate to God. In Slave or Son?, Pst Janice reminded us of how our identity and security are drawn from the Father’s love as His children. As we begin a new week, may we red...

"God wants to deal with our hearts and uproot the things that prevent us from fully experiencing His goodness, and replace them with what’s better, so that there’s growth, flourishing, health, life.” - @janicechinchern This Resurrection Sunday, Ps. Janice spoke on how Jesus is better than life. Speaking from John 20:1-18, we learn about how resurrection happens and Jesus works when it is still dar...

“The facade of external righteousness hides a broken heart in need of God’s mercy. The church is to be the place we can lay aside these facades and find healing - a hospital which serves the most wounded among us.” - @timothyshaun Timothy Seow shared on how Jesus is Better Than External Righteousness. Speaking from Luke 18, he shared that Jesus’ biggest issue with the Pharisees was that they were...

“Jesus’ definition of success for our lives is not measured by how much possession, position or power we carry but in our willingness to empty ourselves for the sake of others.” - @andrejosiah Ps Andre continued our Lenten series with his sermon, Jesus Is Better than Selfish Ambition. Sharing from Luke 10, he highlights Jesus’ words to the disciple about the difference between selfish ambition and...

“When we give ourselves over to lust, we reduce people, who are the image of God, into fantastical images for our own gratification and pleasure.” - @andrejosiah Pst Andre continued our Lenten series today with his sermon, Jesus Is Better than Sexual Freedom. Sharing from Matthew 5, he reminded us that as followers of Christ, we are to tether ourselves to the sexual ethic that Jesus desires for us...

“The path of mammon is ultimately a path away from God. It is to root our loves and longings in this world and not in the coming age.” - @andrejosiah In week 2 of our Jesus Is Better series, Ps. Andre shared on how Jesus Is Better Than Mammon and Jesus’ vision of how we are to steward our finances. While the world preaches a self-centred gospel of consumerism of “just having a little more”, we as...