Shows
One Covenant Church SermonsLosing the Plot, Regaining the Plot (Exodus 15:22-18:27)Sermon series: Rescued for Worship
Soon after crossing the Red Sea, Israel began grumbling against God because of a lack of water and food. They had lost their way. By striking the rock, God shows his costly grace. It's a grace that requires payment for sin. Through that, God restores them to their original purpose of making Him known to the nations.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 10 July 20222022-07-1240 min
One Covenant Church SermonsWalking Through the Waters (Exodus 13:17-15:21)Sermon series: Rescued for Worship
In the crossing of the Red Sea, we see a picture of the spiritual life. God's people are in a place of despair. God led them so that he can be made known, and so that they can experience his power first hand. In his deliverance of them, God does what is needed for them to be saved. They merely trust him, and obey him. In response, God's people stand in awe of God, trust him, and delight in him.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze2022-07-0546 min
One Covenant Church SermonsHope in Hard Times (Exodus 1-2)Sermon series: Rescued for Worship
God’s people are oppressed as slaves. In these hard times, they receive unexpected help from who those who would normally not favour them. In all their hardships, they can have hope because God will rescue not on the basis of their goodness, but his.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 29 May 20222022-05-3137 min
One Covenant Church SermonsResurrection and Doubt (John 20:24-31)Sermon series: The King's Passion
Jesus shows great compassion to Thomas in his doubt: he is both truthful and kind at the same time. In so doing, Thomas is led to faith and the great confession that Jesus is, ‘My Lord, and my God.’ Jesus can do the same for us.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 8 May 20222022-05-0945 min
One Covenant Church SermonsResurrection and Mission (John 20:19-23)Sermon series: The King's Passion
The resurrection of Jesus Christ transformed the lives of Jesus’ followers against all odds. It gave them the assurance of salvation, the authority to carry out Jesus’ mission to the world, and calls them to action. The resurrection can do the same for us.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 1 May 2022
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One Covenant Church SermonsThe King’s Dying (John 19:16b-42)Sermon series: The King's Passion
In the events leading up to his death and burial, Jesus reveals that God is love. He fulfills God’s plan to rescue and cleanse his people from sin. And, he redeems a people for himself.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 15 April 20222022-04-1928 min
One Covenant Church SermonsThe King’s Suffering (John 19:1-7)Sermon series: The King's Passion
On his way to the cross, Jesus suffered great physical and emotional pain. He suffered for us, and with us, showing that God doesn’t just care about our pain; he shares our pain.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 3 April 20222022-04-0436 min
One Covenant Church SermonsThe King’s Trial (John 18:33-40)Sermon series: The King's Passion
Jesus clarified the nature of his kingdom and his kingship before Pilate, the Roman governor. In so doing, he invites Pilate to embrace reality, an invitation that Pilate rejected. This invitation is open to all of us. How will we respond?
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 27 March 20222022-03-2840 min
One Covenant Church SermonsThe King's Interrogation (John 18:12-27)Sermon series: The King's Passion
This is one of the saddest accounts in the Gospels: Jesus is interrogated, condemned and denied by one of his closest friends. Yet, through this denial, he is faithful and accomplishes God’s will to save a people for himself.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 13 March 20222022-03-1540 min
One Covenant Church SermonsThe Gospel to the Philosopher (Acts 17:16-34)Sermon series: Stories of Change
Acts 17 gives us a model for bringing Jesus into our world. British theologian Daniel Strange points out that there are 4 steps: entering, exploring, exposing and evangelising.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 27 February 20222022-02-2840 min
One Covenant Church SermonsThe Gospel to the Businesswoman, Slave Girl and Prison Warden (Acts 16:11-40)Sermon series: Stories of Change
The Gospel reaches the business woman, it brings fulfillment to the deepest longings of the heart. When it reaches the slave girl, it brings freedom from oppressive forces. When it reaches the prison warden, it brings a joy unhinged from life’s circumstances. And to all of them, the gospel makes all of them children of God and gives the gift of family.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 20 February 20222022-02-2139 min
One Covenant Church SermonsThe Gospel to the Polytheists (Acts 14:8-23)Sermon series: Stories of Change
When Paul the apostle brings the gospel to simple, earthy folks who worship many gods, he brings with him compassion, clarification, connection and commitment. For those to whom fear outweighs love in their relationship to divinity, the gospel shows that God makes love outweigh fear in the suffering of Christ for us.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 6 February 20222022-02-0737 min
One Covenant Church SermonsThe Gospel to the (Devout) Centurion (Acts 10)Sermon series: Stories of Change
In this passage, we see the gospel crossing over decisively beyond the Jews and Samaritans to the Gentiles. Cornelius is a military leader and also a devout man. He is a "God-fearer". As he encounters the gospel, the true authority of God, the acceptance his heart has been longing for, and the only true path to forgiveness of sins and a clean heart. Neither ethics or devotion can do this, only faith in Jesus brings forgiveness and cleansing.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
2022-02-0138 min
One Covenant Church SermonsThe Gospel to the (Noble) Eunuch (Acts 8:26-40)Sermon series: Stories of Change
As the gospel lands on the Ethiopian eunuch, he discovers that the one seeking is being sought by God, and that the path to true inclusion among God's people is through the exclusion of Jesus Christ when he died on the Cross for our sins.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 16 January 20222022-01-1734 min
One Covenant Church SermonsThe Gospel to the (Great) Magician (Acts 8:4-25)Sermon series: Stories of Change
The gospel reaches Samaria through the preaching of Philip. In Samaria, Philip encounters the powerful magician Simon who seems to believe in the gospel, but actually doesn't. Through that encounter, we learn what true greatness, true power and true belief is.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 9 January 20222022-01-1038 min
One Covenant Church SermonsThe Gospel to the (Religious) Jews (Acts 2:12-39)Sermon series: Stories of Change
In this series, we will see how the one gospel reaches and changes different groups and individuals. In this passage, we see how it reaches the devout Jews. For this group to truly experience the power of the gospel, they had to see that the true purpose of all Scripture is to reveal Christ. And, they had to have Christ at the centre of their lives.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 2 January 20222022-01-0338 min
One Covenant Church SermonsUnbelievable Christmas (Luke 2:8-20)Occasion: Christmas Eve
Christmas is a time for light, love, joy and peace. And yet, many of us feel the exact opposite in our hearts. God invites us into the reality of the Christmas story. He shows us that it is reasonable, believable and beautiful because Jesus is at the heart of Christmas.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 24 December 20212021-12-2720 min
One Covenant Church SermonsThe King's Justice (Esther 9:1-19)Sermon series: A Preserved People
Passages like Esther 9 remind us that God is a God of justice. His justice is fair and full. Ultimately, there will be no miscarriage of justice in the universe. However, because we have all rebelled against God in our sin, our only hope of escaping the judgment of God is to trust in Jesus who endured the fair and full justice of God on our behalf. Only then can we be truly free from sin and judgement.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
2021-12-2032 min
One Covenant Church SermonsWatch Over Your Soul (Hebrews 13:7,17)Occasion: Ordination of Ruling Elders
God cares for his people by giving them Elders who speak God's Word to them, live as examples for them to follow, and watch over their souls. To receive all the benefits that God has for us through the ministry of his Elders, God calls his people to obey and submit to the Elders in so far as they faithful to his Word. He also calls them to remember his hand in giving these Elders to the church, to consider their lives, and to imitate their faith.
2021-12-1420 minOne Covenant Church SermonsThe Gospel-Centered Church (Luke 15:1-2,11-32)This passage shows us that there are two ways to be lost, one by being very, very bad (unrighteous, irreligious) and the other by thinking that you are very, very good (self-righteous, religious). Both types of people need the grace of God given to us in Jesus Christ to come home to God. This understanding is crucial in shaping the church's witness to the world.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 12 December 20212021-12-1437 minOne Covenant Church SermonsWatch Over Your Soul (Hebrews 13:7,17)Occasion: Ordination of Ruling Elders
God cares for his people by giving them Elders who speak God's Word to them, live as examples for them to follow, and watch over their souls. To receive all the benefits that God has for us through the ministry of his Elders, God calls his people to obey and submit to the Elders in so far as they faithful to his Word. He also calls them to remember his hand in giving these Elders to the church, to consider their lives, and to imitate their faith.
2021-12-131h 26One Covenant Church SermonsThe Gospel-Centered Church (Luke 15:1-2,11-32)This passage shows us that there are two ways to be lost, one by being very, very bad (unrighteous, irreligious) and the other by thinking that you are very, very good (self-righteous, religious). Both types of people need the grace of God given to us in Jesus Christ to come home to God. This understanding is crucial in shaping the church's witness to the world.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 12 December 20212021-12-131h 27
One Covenant Church SermonsThe King's Call (Esther 4)Sermon series: A Preserved People
One of the primary ways we become a faithful and prophetic presence in society is through our vocation, that is God's calling on our lives. Esther had "come to the kingdom for such a time as this" (Esther 4:14). But, to discover that, she had to first identify with the distress of her people, wrestle with the dilemma of what to do, but finally decide to obey God. We have a true and better Esther who identified with our distress, wrestled through the dilemma of "let this cup pass from...2021-11-0838 min
One Covenant Church SermonsA Faithful Presence (Esther 2:19-3:15)Sermon series: A Preserved People
Mordecai's service in the courts of King Ahasuerus gives us a case study for what it might look like for God's people to engage the culture they are in. He shows us that we need a posture of service, the courage to stand, the willingness to suffer and the knowledge that we are secure to engage well. Ultimately, only the Jesus who served us, stood for us and suffered for us can give us the security we need to engage faithfully and prophetically in the world.
2021-11-0347 min
One Covenant Church SermonsThe King’s Power (Esther 1)Sermon series: A Preserved People
The Jewish people were a small minority at the hands of the powerful and cruel King Ahasuerus. Though he is formidable, we see that his power is contestable and subsumable into the power of a greater, better or more noble power: God is orchestrating history to preserve his people and bring his true king, Jesus Christ into the world.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 17 October 20212021-10-1839 min
One Covenant Church SermonsHow We Get Gospel Renewal (Colossians 1:3-14)Sermon series: Gospel Renewal
Gospel renewal is a sovereign work of God’s Spirit on the heart. However, God works through the means of our praying, applying and rejoicing in the Gospel.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 10 October 20212021-10-1344 min
One Covenant Church SermonsWhy We Need Gospel Renewal (1 Thessalonians 1:2-10)Sermon series: Gospel Renewal
Gospel Renewal is a life-changing recovery of the gospel where the gospel is not only known, but experienced and lived out. We need it so that we can see clearly the uniqueness of the Gospel, feel deeply the love of God in Christ and live beautifully in step with the Gospel.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 26 September 20212021-09-2748 min
One Covenant Church SermonsStanding Firm in Grace (1 Peter 5)Sermon series: A Prevailing People
Peter closes off his letter by focusing afresh on the family of God, the church. He urges us to stand together firmly in the grace of God. This involves leading and following humbly and resisting the devil firmly.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 19 September 20212021-09-2041 min
One Covenant Church SermonsHoly Living In Trying Times (1 Peter 4:1-11)Sermon series: A Prevailing People
We are called to be faithful to God while being fully engaged in the world: this is called holiness. When we suffer for holiness, we give evidence that we belong to Jesus. We are motivated to holiness because Jesus is coming again to judge. And, God has left us with some practical resources to pursue holiness: prayer, love and service.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 5 September 20212021-09-0644 min
One Covenant Church SermonsZealous for Good in Trying Times (1 Peter 3:13-22)Sermon series: A Prevailing People
God wants his people to be eager to do good even if they suffer for it. Peter shows us that genuinely good works and words flow from hearts and consciences transformed by the Gospel.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 29 August 20212021-08-3041 min
One Covenant Church SermonsExiles & Employment (1 Peter 2:18-25)Sermon series: A Prevailing People
As God’s people, we are called to honour our employers in the fear of God. This is a call to courageous, responsible, humble and productive work. It’s work that displays Jesus to a watching world.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 8 August 20212021-08-1029 min
One Covenant Church SermonsExiles and Government (1 Peter 2:11-17)Sermon series: A Prevailing People
As beloved exiles in the world, Christians are called to fight the evil inside us and live good and beautiful lives in the world to commend the gospel to an unbelieving world. This applies to our relations with government: we submit purposefully to the legitimate power of government while giving ultimate allegiance to Christ.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 1 August 20212021-08-0243 min
One Covenant Church SermonsLife Together In Trying Times (1 Peter 1:22-2:10)Sermon series: A Prevailing People
The family of God, the church should be characterized by love, growth and a sense of belonging. As God’s dwelling place on earth, and proclaimers of the gospel, we bring healing to each other and to a hurting world.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 25 July 20212021-07-2644 min
One Covenant Church SermonsLiving in Trying Times (1 Peter 1:13-21)Sermon series: A Prevailing People
Because of who we are and what we have in Christ, we are called to live by setting our hope on Christ, being holy and doing all things in the reverent fear of God.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 11 July 20212021-07-1241 min
One Covenant Church SermonsMaking Sense of Trying Times (1 Peter 1:1-12)Sermon series: A Prevailing People
The Apostle Peter helps us make sense of the difficult things that happen in our lives by reminding us that we are God’s people, and that we have a identity and inheritance in Jesus. Because of that God is at work in us reordering our loves and reshaping our lives for our good.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 4 July 20212021-07-0542 min
One Covenant Church SermonsAspiring (Matthew 6:13)Sermon series: A Praying People
In the last petition in the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus teaches us that we face a formidable foe. He is the evil one, Satan. We cannot defeat him alone. We need to cry out to God for help to resist temptation. God then leads us into his ways.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 27 June 20212021-06-2828 min
One Covenant Church SermonsAdmitting (Matthew 6:12,14-15)Sermon series: A Praying People
In praying "forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors", Jesus teaches us that the forgiven will forgive, while the unforgiven do not forgive. By coming clean before God in repentance, we are forgiven and enabled to forgive those who have hurt us. In so doing, our hearts become truly free.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 13 June 20212021-06-1445 min
One Covenant Church SermonsAsking (Matthew 6:11)Sermon series: A Praying People
Jesus teaches us to ask God for not just for our own needs, but the needs of others. In so doing, we grow in a responsible dependence on God, benevolence of heart and action, and confidence in God's provision for all our needs.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 6 June 20212021-06-0738 min
One Covenant Church SermonsAdoring (Matthew 6:9b)Sermon series: A Praying People
In the second phrase of the Lord's prayer, "Hallowed be your name", Jesus teaches us to adore God for ourselves and pray that others might adore him too. To do this, we need to know God for who he is, praise God from our hearts, and ask that others might come to acknowledge and highly esteem him too.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 23 May 20212021-05-2434 min
One Covenant Church SermonsApproaching (Matthew 6:9a)Sermon series: A Praying People
In the first phrase of the Lord’s Prayer, ‘Our Father in heaven’, Jesus teaches us to come to God with the broad agenda of his Kingdom, as sons and daughters of God by adoption, and with great boldness because of his power.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 16 May 20212021-05-1740 min
One Covenant Church SermonsRevealing Anger (Jonah 4:1-11)Sermon series: A Prodigal People
At the end of the book, we discover that Jonah is angry at God because he had shown mercy to Nineveh. God graciously works in Jonah’s heart to bring him from frustration to formation and to freedom. He can do the same in you.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 2 May 20212021-05-0341 min
One Covenant Church SermonsMission Accomplished (Jonah 3:1-10)Sermon series: A Prodigal People
Jonah is restored in his call to go to Nineveh. This time, touched by the grace of God, he obeys the call. Miraculously the Ninevites repent at the preaching of Jonah, and God relents from the disaster he threatened.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 25 April 20212021-04-2641 min
One Covenant Church SermonsDeep Prayer (Jonah 1:17-2:10)Sermon series: A Prodigal People
In the belly of the fish, Jonah wrestled in prayer with God, giving us a model to do the same: He recognizes that it is God who put him there, he agonises over his situation, he revises the goodness and grace of God, and it all culminates in praise and deliverance.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 18 April 20212021-04-1947 min
One Covenant Church SermonsFleeing God (Jonah 1:1-17)Sermon series: A Prodigal People
God tells Jonah to go to Nineveh to call them out for their sin. However, Jonah refuses and flees God's command because he did not fully grasp grace. God pursues Jonah through the storm and the actions of the pagan sailors. In response, Jonah does one noble thing. He sacrifices himself so that the sailors can be saved. This points forward to Jesus, the true and better Jonah who sacrificed himself that we may all be saved.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
2021-04-1246 min
One Covenant Church SermonsHe is Risen (Mark 16:1-8)Sermon series: Easter Sunday 2021
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is a historical fact attested to by eyewitnesses and confirmed by the empty tomb. It brings healing to this broken world, and hope to our hearts. He is risen, risen indeed, Hallelujah!
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 4 April 20212021-04-0536 min
One Covenant Church SermonsIt is Finished (John 19:28-30)Sermon series: Good Friday 2021
Staying close by Jesus' side as he takes his last breath, we draw comfort from a Saviour in full control of all things, and who has great compassion for sinners and sufferers like us.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 2 April 20212021-04-0525 min
One Covenant Church SermonsJoy in the King (John 16:16-33)Sermon series: The King's People
As the disciples prepare for life without Jesus, he promises them a joy that takes their sorrow into account and yet can never be taken from them. It's a joy they will know only when they come to realise that his resurrection puts in motion a reversal of all that is sad, and confirms their reconciliation with God the Father.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 21 March 20212021-03-2234 min
One Covenant Church SermonsHelped by the King (John 16:4b-15)Sermon series: The King's People
God’s people will face a hostile world as they go out with a message of the Gospel. But God has not left them without help. He sends the Holy Spirit to continue the work of Jesus, convict the world of sin, righteousness and judgement, and complete God’s Word to them.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 14 March 20212021-03-1542 min
One Covenant Church SermonsHated Like The King (John 15:18-16:4)Sermon series: The King's People
Being hated by the world is a mark of the follower of Jesus, it shows that we are on mission for Jesus, and it’s how we mature in Jesus. We endure this hatred when our hearts gaze at the one who was hated and killed for us, so that we would always be loved and live forever.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 7 March 20212021-03-0830 min
Gospel Central PodcastSeason 2, Episode 3: Church Planting in SingaporeIn this episode, Edward interviews Rev Tan Huai Tze, Lead Pastor of One Covenant church, about why he decided to go into vocational ministry and the joys and challenges of church planting in Singapore. Tze shares how church is really about broken people who have encountered a gracious God and not just a consumeristic service provider.2021-03-0530 min
Gospel Central PodcastEpisode 2: Ministering to the ChurchIn this episode, Edward interviews Rev Tan Huai Tze, Lead Pastor of One Covenant church, about why he decided to go into vocational ministry and the joys and challenges of church planting in Singapore. Tze shares how church is really about broken people who have encountered a gracious God and not just a consumeristic service provider.2021-03-0500 min
One Covenant Church SermonsObeying the King (John 14:15-31)Sermon series: The King's People
Another mark of Jesus’ people is obedience. But this is not any kind of obedience: it’s an obedience that is enabled by love, empowered by the Spirit, and established by the Cross.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 21 February 20212021-02-2236 min
One Covenant Church SermonsBelieving the King (John 14:1-14)Sermon series: The King's People
God’s people are to be defined by trust in God, and in Jesus his Son. This faith brings us home to where our hearts belong, connect us with God as our Father and gives us a great work to do.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 14 February 20212021-02-1538 min
One Covenant Church SermonsThe Requirements of Elders (1 Timothy 3:1-7, Titus 1:5-9)Sermon series: Shepherding God's People
The Elders must be men who have a sense of calling to the role, have a track record of proven character, and be competent in teaching God’s Word. Most of all, they must be those whom Christ himself has called, and Christ himself has qualified through his grace.
Preacher: 24 January 2021
Date: Tan Huai Tze2021-02-0456 min
One Covenant Church SermonsThe Responsibilities of Elders (Acts 20:17-38)Sermon series: Shepherding God's People
Elders who are called to be shepherds, overseers and examples, are called to know God’s people, feed God’s people God’s Word, lead God’s people and protect God’s people. They can do so because the God who calls them to this role is also the God who has known them to their core, and yet feeds them the Gospel, leads them to himself, and protects them to the very end.
Preacher: 17 January 2021
Date: Tan Huai Tze2021-02-0441 min
One Covenant Church SermonsThe Role of Elders (1 Peter 5:1-4)Sermon series: Shepherding God's People
God calls Elders to be shepherds, overseers and examples for his people. Done well, this leadership leads to the good ordering of the church and the spiritual flourishing of her people. Elders can only serve in this way as they look to the chief shepherd, overseer and example, Jesus Christ.
Preacher: 10 January 2021
Date: Tan Huai Tze2021-02-0450 min
One Covenant Church SermonsThe Gift of Christmas (John 3:16)Christmas is a time we celebrate God’s gift to the world, his Son Jesus Christ. Through this gift, he shows us that he is a God of love, that we are people who are perishing, but that he has given us a life-giving gift. When we embrace Christ by faith, we enter into a eternal relationship of love with God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Preacher: 24 December 2020
Date: Tan Huai Tze2021-02-0421 min
One Covenant Church SermonsThe Last Lap (Genesis 46-47)Sermon series: Joseph -- Meant for Good
In the last year's of Jacob's life, God shows us that he is not done with him yet. Though he is old and frail, he still has a significant contribution to the work God is doing. Jacob hears God, and obeys in going to Egypt. There, he is reunited with Joseph, and helps his sons establish themselves in Egypt. In all this, he anchors his hope in God's covenant promises.
Preacher: 20 December 2020
Date: Tan Huai Tze2021-02-0445 min
One Covenant Church SermonsThe Family Reunion (Genesis 42-45)Sermon series: Joseph -- Meant for Good
Joseph is now in power in Egypt, but he is estranged from his family. How will God bring about reconciling them? Through the famine crisis, God works on the hearts of Joseph's brothers, Joseph and even Jacob his father to bring them to a place where they are changed, and where they can forgive one another from the heart. At the heart of the story is the self-sacrifice of Judah. At the heart of our story is the self-sacrifice of Jesus, who reconciles us to God. In...2021-02-0448 min
One Covenant Church SermonsDreams of Greatness (Genesis 40-41)Sermon series: Joseph -- Meant for Good
Joseph moves from the prison to the palace, from being a prisoner to being the Prime Minister of Egypt. God’s undeserved favour was on him. And because of that Joseph could be faithful to God, and fruitful in his service of others.
Preacher: 6 December 2020
Date: Tan Huai Tze2021-02-0433 min
One Covenant Church SermonsSinner, Interrupted (Genesis 38)Sermon series: Joseph -- Meant for Good
Through the sordid tale of Judah and Tamar, God shows us how he redeems and changes sinful people who cannot and will not save themselves.
Preacher: 22 November 2020
Date: Tan Huai Tze2021-02-0435 min
One Covenant Church SermonsGreatness, Interrupted (Genesis 37)Sermon series: Joseph -- Meant for Good
Joseph was called by God to eventually assume a key role in the nation of Egypt. There, he would help preserve his family, prosper his nation and move forward God’s plan to save the world. But his path to greatness would involve despair, a despair through which God would form his character.
Preacher: 15 November 2020
Date: Tan Huai Tze2021-02-0440 min
One Covenant Church SermonsHealing Prayer (James 5:13-20)Sermon series: James -- Grace in Action
James concludes his letter with a call to prayer. Prayer is God's vital means of bringing his healing and forgiveness to his people. We pray personally, we ask the leaders of the church to pray for us, and we pray for one another, trusting in God and his promises. In so doing, we are restored to God, and we restore others to God.
Preacher: 8 November 2020
Date: Tan Huai Tze2021-02-0447 min
One Covenant Church SermonsPatience in Dark Times (James 5:7-12)Sermon series: James -- Grace in Action
James exhorts those going through dark times to be patient, to stand firm and to endure. They can because Jesus is coming again to punish the wicked and reward the righteous. Because of that, we can live in peace with one another, speak God’s word to the world, and see God’s purpose at work even in dark times.
Preacher: 1 November 2020
Date: Tan Huai Tze2021-02-0440 min
One Covenant Church SermonsFinancial Planning (James 4:13-5:6)Sermon series: James -- Grace in Action
We give our money to what we love and what’s important to us. Therefore, how we spend our money is an indicator of our love for God. James teaches us to use our wealth in light of the reality of our frailty, our responsibility to love and serve others, and our accountability before God to use our wealth well.
Preacher: 25 October 2020
Date: Tan Huai Tze2021-02-0451 min
One Covenant Church SermonsWhy Can't We Get Along? (James 4:1-12)Sermon series: James -- Grace in Action
James shows us that the root causes of fights and quarrels in the church are the selfish desires in our hearts. This results in a broken relationship with people and with God. The only way to fix this is through humbling ourselves to receive God’s grace.
Preacher: 18 October 2020
Date: Tan Huai Tze2021-02-0449 min
One Covenant Church SermonsSpeaking from the Heart (James 3:1-12)Sermon series: James -- Grace in Action
A mark of genuine and worthwhile religion is the ability to control our speech. But speech is a reflection of what’s in our hearts. Therefore for our speech to be changed, our hearts must be changed by God through the Gospel.
Preacher: 4 October 2020
Date: Tan Huai Tze2021-02-0439 min
One Covenant Church SermonsNo Discriminating (James 2:1-13)Sermon series: James -- Grace in Action
James says that one of the reasons we don't love the poor is because we favour the rich. But God chooses the poor. Discriminating is incompatible with the Christian faith. It is only when God's mercy becomes real to us, that our discriminating ends, and God's mercy becomes real through us.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 20 September 20202021-02-0439 min
One Covenant Church SermonsMaturing, Fast and Slow (James 1:19-27)Sermon series: James -- Grace in Action
To mature, James says we need to be quick to hear God's word and receive it with humility. We also need to obey God's word, being a hearer and a doer. In so doing, God graciously moves us toward self-control, social action and separation from worldly values.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 13 September 20202021-02-0445 min
One Covenant Church SermonsBecoming Spiritually Whole (James 1:1-18)Sermon series: James -- Grace in Action
On the path to wholeness, we face trials that test our faith and temptations that reveal our true desires. To press through to maturity, we need to see God's plan to mature us, seek his wisdom and help to get through, and sense that he is not just good, but good to us.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 6 September 20202021-02-0438 min
One Covenant Church SermonsMaking Sense of Life (Ecclesiastes 12:9-14)Sermon series: Ecclesiastes -- Making Sense of Life
Qohelet draws Ecclesiastes to a conclusion by showing us how to make sense of life and why we need to make sense of life. To make sense, we need both the truth and beauty of God's Word. The goal of making sense is to stand in awe of God and obey him. That is what it means to be truly human.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 30 August 20202021-02-0438 min
One Covenant Church SermonsLiving With Uncertainty (Ecclesiastes 11:1-6)Sermon series: Ecclesiastes -- Making Sense of Life
Although there are many things we are uncertain of in life, this does not mean we cannot live a full and generous life. In fact, Qohelet shows us that it is precisely because life is uncertain that we should give our all today, to reap eternal rewards.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 16 August 20202021-02-0432 min
One Covenant Church SermonsHow To Enjoy Life (Ecclesiastes 9:1-12)Sermon series: Ecclesiastes -- Making Sense of Life
Qohelet teaches us that death is a certainty because of human sin, and the circumstances of life are uncertain. Yet, God graciously gives us food, drink, clothes, relationships and work to enjoy. Through Christ, all these things are a foretaste of the great feast God has for his people at the end of history.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 2 August 20202021-02-0439 min
One Covenant Church SermonsGet Wisdom (Ecclesiastes 6:10-7:14)Sermon series: Ecclesiastes -- Making Sense of Life
Instead of wealth, Qohelet points us to seeking wisdom that will be able to guide us through life. To get wisdom, we need to acknowledge our humanity and our mortality: the prospect of death teaches us many important lessons. We must also consider the limits of wisdom. Wisdom cannot save us from our sins. Only Christ, who is the power and wisdom of God (1 Cor 1:24) can save.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 12 July 20202021-02-0451 min
One Covenant Church SermonsMoney No Enough (Ecclesiastes 5:8-6:9)Sermon series: Ecclesiastes -- Making Sense of Life
Qohelet continues his quest to show us meaning by discussing wealth and our love for it. He shows that wealth cannot satisfy, and cannot promise joy, but that it isn't evil, but good. He helps us see that all that we are, and all that we have is a gift from God. God is our source of true joy.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 5 July 20202021-02-0442 min
One Covenant Church SermonsBack to Work (Ecclesiastes 4:4-16)Sermon series: Ecclesiastes -- Making Sense of Life
Qohelet shows us that how and why we work can contribute to addressing injustice and oppression in this world. Instead of envy, he urges us to cooperate and to consider others' needs over our own. Only in Christ, the king who humbled himself for us, can we find the power to live for others, and so contribute to a more just and free world.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 21 June 20202021-02-0441 min
One Covenant Church SermonsAbout Time (Ecclesiastes 3:1-15)Sermon series: Ecclesiastes -- Making Sense of Life
Qohelet shows us that we do not have control over the times and seasons in our lives, but God does. And the God who does is sovereign, wise and kind. When we see that he is writing a better story of our lives than we would ever write, we take pleasure in every moment he gives, and we stand in awe of him.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 7 June 20202021-02-0441 min
One Covenant Church SermonsAre We Happy Yet? (Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:26)Sermon series: Ecclesiastes -- Making Sense of Life
Qohelet now addresses the universal search for happiness. Through his own experience, he takes us through the path of seeking wisdom and knowledge to find it futile, and then to pleasure and possessions to find them fleeting. None of these things can truly give joy. To truly have joy, he discovers, is to recognise wisdom, knowledge and pleasure as the gifts of a good God who ultimately gives us Christ as the greatest gift.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
2021-01-2957 min
One Covenant Church SermonsAll Pain, No Gain? (Ecclesiastes 1:1-11)Sermon series: Ecclesiastes -- Making Sense of Life
Qoholet, the scholar-king shows us that all that we toil for apart from God will ultimately be fleeting and futile. Why? Because life itself is fleeting, mundane and insatiable. In so doing, he points us forward to the eternal, new and full life that only Jesus can give.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 24 May 20202021-01-2944 min
One Covenant Church SermonsLament (Psalm 13)Sermon series: Anchors for the Soul
To get through troubled times, we need to learn the language of lament. This teaches us to come before God with our raw and honest emotions. We can despair in his presence, cry out and find hope in him.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 10 May 20202021-01-2947 min
One Covenant Church SermonsLove (Romans 8:31-39)Sermon series: Anchors for the Soul
God's everlasting, unstoppable, committed, and costly love not only sustains his people through adversity, it makes them 'more than conquerors'.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 3 May 20202021-01-2945 min
One Covenant Church SermonsHope (Romans 5:1-11)Sermon series: Anchors for the Soul
The hope that God gives is a certain assurance that God will keep those who are his and perfect them. There is an objective basis for this hope: the love of God demonstrated in the death of Christ for sinners. But then, there is also the subjective experience of this hope when God's Spirit pours his love into our hearts.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 26 April 20202021-01-2946 min
One Covenant Church SermonsFaith (Habakkuk 3)Sermon series: Anchors for the Soul
We need faith, a trusting surrender to God and his promises to help us through this season. Through the prophet Habakkuk, we find a path to this faith through rehearsing the mighty acts of God, reminding ourselves of the character of God, and having a resolve to trust in God no matter the circumstances. And we do so joyfully when we see God's greatest act in history in sending Jesus to die and rise again for our sins.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
2021-01-2944 min
One Covenant Church SermonsPower to the Weak (Ephesians 1:15-2:10)Sermon series: Lifted Up to Life
The resurrection of Christ is a historical fact with an existential reality. The same power God used to raise Jesus, is the same power working for and in those who belong to Christ.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 12 April 20202021-01-2942 min
One Covenant Church SermonsThe Death of Death (John 11:11-54)Sermon series: Show Us God
In the account of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead, he shows us that life after death I.e. the resurrection from the dead can only come through believing in him, the one who dies for sinners and rises again.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 5 April 20202021-01-2948 min
One Covenant Church SermonsProdigal ChurchOccasion: Church's 3rd Anniversary
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 29 March 20202021-01-2949 min
One Covenant Church SermonsGod's Good Shepherd (John 10)Sermon series: Show Us God
Jesus makes 3 grand declarations about himself: he is the door to safety, freedom and flourishing; he is the good shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep; and he is God.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 22 March 20202021-01-2942 min
One Covenant Church SermonsHis Own Did Not Receive Him (John 7)Sermon series: Show Us God
Animosity against Jesus is growing. Even his own brothers and the religious leaders do not believe in him. Jesus' indictment against the religious is that they don't believe because they don't really want to obey God, and that they don't really obey the law. But those who come to him and believe in him, Jesus promises God's own Spirit to dwell within them.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 1 March 20202021-01-2945 min
One Covenant Church SermonsGod's Rescuer (John 6)Sermon series: Show Us God
In the feeding of the multitude and the miraculous crossing of the sea, John shows us that Jesus is the true and better Moses who has come to bring about a greater exodus: Jesus recuses us from sin and gives us eternal life.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 16 February 20202021-01-2840 min
One Covenant Church SermonsEqual to God (John 5)Sermon series: Show Us God
Jesus' promise to give eternal life to all who believe in him (John 3:16) is intricately bound up in who he is. In this passage, Jesus demonstrates with his miracles and calls witnesses to authenticate his claim that he is 'equal with God' (John 5:18).
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 9 February 20202021-01-2843 min
One Covenant Church SermonsWho Gets Jesus? (John 4)Sermon series: Show Us God
Jesus goes after those you would not naturally associate with God's Kingdom: a Samaritan woman of questionable morals, and a Gentile official with a dying son. He is on mission to bring the outsiders in. As his followers, we should be on this mission too.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 2 February 20202021-01-2842 min
One Covenant Church SermonsEnter the Kingdom (John 3)Sermon series: Show Us God
Through his encounter with the highly religious and moral leader Nicodemus, Jesus shows us that to enter God's Kingdom, religion and morality are not enough. God needs to give you new life, and you need to respond to God by trusting in his Son. Evidence of having entered God's Kingdom is found in the willingness to obey God.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 26 January 20202021-01-2834 min
One Covenant Church SermonsTrue Religion (John 2)Sermon series: Show Us God
John brings together Jesus' first miracle and the clearing of the temple in this chapter. By doing that, he shows us that true religion is joyful, zealous and genuine. More than that, the only way to get there is through the death and resurrection of Jesus.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 19 January 20202021-01-2835 min
One Covenant Church SermonsGod Became Human (John 1:1-18)Sermon series: Show Us God
Jesus reveals God to all humanity through his incarnation. Yet, both irreligious and religious people reject his grace. But to those who receive him by faith, he gives the right to be God's children.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 5 January 20202021-01-2839 min
One Covenant Church SermonsScandalous Christmas (Matthew 1:18-25)Sermon series: Scandalous Christmas
Sometimes we forget just how shocking and scandalous the first Christmas was: a pregnant virgin giving birth to a Saviour child? It's a scandal to the sceptic revealing the supernatural, a scandal to the saint revealing that we cannot save ourselves by our own good works, and a scandal to the seeker revealing that it is God who must seek us out. But this is the scandal that saves the world.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 22 December 20192021-01-2834 min
One Covenant Church SermonsFacing Injustices (Genesis 34)Sermon series: Jacob -- Discord and Destiny
This passage chronicles the tragic account of the rape of Jacob's daughter Dinah, and the massacre of the Hivites. This dark passage teaches us that neither fearful apathy nor furious anger are the right response to the injustice. The Gospel soothes our fury and arouses us out of apathy so that we can take faithful action in the world.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 8 December 20192021-01-2835 min
One Covenant Church SermonsThe God Who Protects (Genesis 31:19-55)Sermon series: Jacob -- Discord and Destiny
Jacob and family take the perilous journey back to Jacob's homeland. Laban pursues them and confronts them, but fails to cause them harm because God was protecting them. Ultimately, God protects us through the person and work of Jesus Christ: if we are in him, we have eternal life, we will never perish, and nothing can snatch us out of God's hand (John 10:27-28).
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 24 November 20192021-01-2835 min
One Covenant Church SermonsOne True Love (Genesis 29:31-30:24)Sermon series: Jacob -- Discord and Destiny
Through Leah and Rachel's stories, this passage shows us that human affection and recognition will ultimately fail us. Our true hope for love and significance is to be found in God, through Christ.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 10 November 20192021-01-2832 min
Alternative CVACV 24: Starting and Building a New Church (Pastor Tan Huai Tze of One Covenant Church Singapore, Part 1)Pastor Tan Huai Tze discusses what to expect from a theological seminary education, and the challenges he faced growing a new church from scratch from his living room.Tze is the Lead Pastor of One Covenant, a church he started in his living room (since outgrown) together with his wife, Cindy and 2 young daughters in 2016. He has a passion for preaching Christ from all parts of the Bible, and for making connections between the good news of Jesus Christ and everyday life. Tze grew up in Malaysia, and came to Singapore to study at age 15. He then...2020-02-1356 min
Alternative CVACV 23: Why I’ve Chosen to be a Pastor (Pastor Tan Huai Tze of One Covenant Church Singapore, Part 1)Pastor Tze of One Covenant church discusses his decision to step away from a secular job and become a full time pastor.Tze is the Lead Pastor of One Covenant, a church he started in his living room (since outgrown) together with his wife, Cindy and 2 young daughters in 2016. He has a passion for preaching Christ from all parts of the Bible, and for making connections between the good news of Jesus Christ and everyday life. Tze grew up in Malaysia, and came to Singapore to study at age 15. He then went to the UK for further...2020-02-0652 min