by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 3, 2016 | 2016, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues
When I looked at my WhatsApp this morning I saw that my dear friend Daniel Soh had messaged me last night informing me that a common friend, pastor Joseph Seah, had passed away around 11.30 pm. He had been in a coma for some days now and he had been bravely fighting...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 15, 2016 | 2016, Aging, Articles, Life Issues
I was already feeling kinda blue…what with the deaths of David Bowie and Alan Rickman. Felt even worse when I received the news today that JI Packer was afflicted by macular degeneration over Christmas and that he can no longer read or write. Age-Related...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 8, 2016 | 2016, Articles, Christian Living, Prayer
How is your prayer life? I have always struggled. As an activist I am more comfortable doing things for God than communing with Him. I expect 2016 to be no different. Yet the heart of the Christian faith is our relationship with our heavenly Father. Well, maybe we can...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 24, 2015 | 2015, Articles, Jesus, Jesus' Birth
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” So we’re told by crooner Andy Williams. The first Christmas was wonderful and glorious, what with a host of angelic beings illuminating the night sky and singing heavenly songs, and an unusually bright star indicating...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 11, 2015 | 2015, Articles, Christian Living, Evangelism, Life Issues, Suffering
A few weeks ago I had the privilege of speaking to the Cancer Support Group of Pantai Baptist Church (previously First Baptist Church), a church where I served as pastor in the early ’90s. After I had given the message I asked the group to divide themselves into...
