Covenant Evangelical Reformed Church

An email from a good brother, Coram Deo, about his visit to a Christian bookstore in the U.S. while on vacation prompted me to share my experience with such bookstores in Singapore.

Now, I love books and am someone who loves browsing through a bookstore for hours on end. Borders at Wheelock Place used to be a favorite haunt of mine. Ultimately, the fact that they are a secular bookstore just means that I have not much interest in what they had to offer.

So I spend much of my time in bookstores in Christian establishments. There used to be one at Jurong Point, the nearest mall to where I stay, but the small shop has since closed down and given way to some store selling items that have a wider consumer appeal.

Ah, the wonders of free enterprise!

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And we’d like to take the opportunity to thank a good brother, Daniel, for inviting Karen and I to to join him at his church — Convenant Evangelical Reformed Church — for worship and fellowship.

The sermon on Ezekiel 37 was quite good and I was very impressed with the welcome and the family atmosphere at the church, with special thanks going out to CC (sorry, Sir, I can’t fathom how to spell your name) and Elder John for the welcome, sister Kim for insisting that I get a book by Jonathan Edwards instead of her just because I remarked that it was good (believe me, I was chided afterwards for opening my big mouth, ha ha!), and of course, Daniel for the fellowship.

There are others whom I didn’t manage to get the names of, but who were so welcoming and made us feel so much at home, even insisting that we partake of lunch with them by serving us.

Thank you, brethren and sisters, for the welcome, your kindness and love.