by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 23, 2000 | 2000, Articles, Life Issues, Success
In Luke 24, Jesus appears to two disciples on the Emmaus Road. One was named Cleopas. Name the other one. Well, if you can name the other one I would like to meet you because the other disciple is not named. He belongs to a large group of players in the biblical drama...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 16, 2000 | 2000, Articles, Life Issues, Suffering
“Why am I discouraged? Why so sad?” (Psalm 42:5 NLT) I went to see ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ last Monday. Boy, was it a sad movie. Among the ‘downers’: You faithfully love someone only to have that person betray you. You...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 12, 2000 | 2000, Articles, God, God’s Sovereignty, Media, Movies & Television
‘I am truly saddened by these incidents that have no ending. My question is – why isn’t God answering the cries of His people? Where is He? Why doesn’t He intervene and help those helpless people, especially the women and children?’ The...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 30, 2000 | 2000, Apologetics, Articles, Christian Living
Perhaps I am getting a bit cynical in my old age but I am always amused when I hear President Clinton talk about God. (God forgive me.) He did it again when he was announcing the successful discovery of the human genetic code. He said: “Today we are learning the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 28, 2000 | 2000, Articles, Life Issues, Sex
”Heard any sermons on sex lately?” I have. Lots of them. But not in church. We live in a world obsessed by sex. Information technology makes this obsession the basic wall paper of our days. Yet the church is strangely silent on this topic. That is why I...