by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 25, 2015 | 2015, Articles, Christian Living, Governance, Persecution, World Issues
PETALING JAYA: The cross on a new church in a shophouse has been taken down after about 50 residents conducted a protest during Sunday service this morning, according to a media report. The church in Taman Medan is situated in a shophouse. The protesters gathered at...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 6, 2015 | 2015, Articles, God, God’s Sovereignty, Violence, World Issues
This Easter was different. I must have preached on most Easter Sundays in my 30 years of church ministry, but this year was different. I know that Easter should be a time to remember the resurrection of Jesus from the grave; a time for joy. But my heart was heavy. It...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 30, 2015 | 2015, Articles, God, God’s Sovereignty, Governance, World Issues
Last Friday, Joshua, our pastor, gave a powerful word at our church’s prayer meeting. With the nation still in mourning over the death of her founding prime minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, pastor pointed us to Isaiah 6. It was a timely word. In the year that King Uzziah...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 19, 2015 | 2015, Articles, God, God’s Sovereignty, Governance, World Issues
King Josiah was one of the good guys (2 Kings 22:1–23:30; 2 Chronicles 34:1–35:27). Upon encountering the Book of the Law (2 Kings 22:8), he instituted far-ranging spiritual reforms in Judah, putting down idolatry and leading the people back to a proper worship of...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 13, 2015 | 2015, Aging, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
It’s strange to be 60. It feels “old” in a way that 50 didn’t. Well, maybe not “old” but significant. Sixty feels like a significant milestone. As one of my sons reminded me, I am now closer to the day of my death than to the day of my birth. Of course I have been...
