by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 31, 2001 | 2001, Articles, Media, Movies & Television
My mother says I look like Chow Yuen Fatt. Which is probably why I felt disappointed when ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ didn’t win best picture at the 73rd annual Academy Awards. I didn’t feel too bad though. ‘Gladiator’ won. No,...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 23, 2001 | 2001, Articles, God, God's Word, Media, Movies & Television
What is one of the most exciting questions facing humankind as we enter the 21st Century? It is this: “Will CBS’s ‘Survivor2’, or NBC’s ‘Friends’ rule Thursday night viewing in the U.S.? This question is so vital it was chosen...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 16, 2001 | 2001, Articles, Battling Sin, Christian Living
The largest standing statues of Buddha are being destroyed. Carved out by Greek artists in the fifth century, the statues are located in the Bamiyan region of Afghanistan. Their destruction is the result of an order by the Taliban regime that “all sculptures in...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 9, 2001 | 2001, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
Confession time. A few days ago I turned 46. Yup, four more years (God willing) and I hit the big five. The signs are all there. Hair is greying – rapidly. The battle of the bulge has been lost. And cute babes I meet now call me ‘uncle’. So, birthday...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 1, 2001 | 2001, Articles, Life Issues, Suffering
“Daddy, why doesn’t Jesus heal me straight away?”, Andrew, my 10 year old son asked me last week. He had been coughing non-stop for five days. We had been to the doctor twice.It was confirmed that Andrew had a bad chest infection and he had been put...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 23, 2001 | 2001, Articles, God, God's Grace
It isn’t always easy to tell the good guys from the bad in the bible. David was a man after God’s own heart. Yet the guy was a real jerk. He arranged for a man to be murdered to cover up his adulterous relationship with the man’s wife (2 Samuel 11)....
