by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 7, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Church, Leadership
I received an email from a church leader recently. He wanted advice as to how his church should conduct a pastor evaluation exercise. The pastor’s term of service was coming to an end and they had to do this. The church leader was a good man. He was fully aware...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 2, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Life Issues, Relationships
We first met in 1975. We were in the same residential college at university. We met again on Tuesday night, for dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe in Singapore. Ours was a friendship that had been forged, tested and lived out through the years. Almost three decades now....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 27, 2003 | 2003, Articles, God, God's Provision
“Dad has just come out of the operating theatre. Can’t you hear him coughing in the background? That’s him.” Through the wonder of cell phones, my sister had just informed me that dad had survived his by-pass operation. I was with dad on...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 18, 2003 | 2003, Aging, Articles, Life Issues, Meaning & Purpose
Would you like to live for three hundred years? The bible tells us that Enoch lived three hundred and sixty five years before God took him. Enlightenment scholarship had a field day with age spans like Enoch’s. No one could possibly live that long. It must be...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 13, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Homosexuality, World Issues
The gay issue just won’t go away. In fact it should be the issue du jour for many days to come with the election of a practising gay to the office of bishop in the U.S. What is at stake here? The answer is both simple and complex. The simple answer, and one...
