by Soo-Inn Tan | May 15, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Hope, Life Issues, Media, Music
Nostalgia can gut you. I just bought Simon & Garfunkel, Old Friends, Live on Stage (CD+DVD). I am blown away every time I hear “Homeward Bound.” Happened again. All of us who live in the modern rock/pop era have our own collection of songs that...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 4, 2006 | 2006, Afterlife, Articles, Hope, Life Issues
The distance between joy and sorrow is razor thin. He had come to help me celebrate my wedding. He and his wife were old friends. I had conducted their wedding. Their maid was away and the babysitter was not available and they had three young children. But they had...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 27, 2006 | 2006, Apologetics, Articles, Christian Living, Media, Movies & Television
I am flabbergasted that some Christian groups in Malaysia and Singapore are calling for a ban on the screening of the Da Vinci Code movie (DVC movie). Why this hysteria? Is the DVC movie the Antichrist or what? (Hey, that’s an idea for a book. The Antichrist is...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 20, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Church, Corporate Worship
We were tucking into the Super Supreme and the Hawaiian Supreme when no.2 son (Andrew) asked: “Dad what is mid-life crisis?? Interesting that no.2 son should ask this since he is about to turn 15. Dad went into his Wikipedia mode and tried to explain that...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 13, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Jesus, Jesus' Life
If He had wanted to, He could have had a legion of angels as His outriders (Matthew 26:43). Instead He showed up for His most important appointment on a donkey (Matthew 21:1-11). What stunt was He pulling? The book of Kingly etiquette was specific. Kings made their...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 6, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Christian Living, Life Issues, Obedience & Faithfulness, Work & Vocation
He had been a Christian for less than a year. But the conversion was real. He was a new person. And it showed in the way he did business. First of all he began to see his employees differently. He began to treat his employees and their families as de facto...