by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 30, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Justice, World Issues
The Russian revolution of 1917 got rid of the Tsars. It also gave birth to Stalin, something worth keeping in mind in a year where the Protestor is Time magazine’s Person of the Year. Kurt Andersen’s lead article essentially lumps together all the popular...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 23, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Following Jesus, Jesus
The year was 1972. She was my friend’s girl-friend. She was really pretty. She had great legs. But when she came for Youth Fellowship her pretty legs showed evidence that she had been caned. Her dad was dead set against her becoming a follower of Jesus. Any request to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 17, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Governance, Racism, World Issues
The Malaysian civil service wage bill was 20.9 billion ringgit in 2001. It was RM30.2 billion in 2006. It is expected to be RM64.1 billion by next year. Any rational and responsible government will have to look at how it can legitimately trim the civil service. Tony...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 10, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Family, Following Jesus, Honoring Parents, Jesus
Do you know what it means to be lonely? It is to be the only Christian in a Chinese family when a parent or close member of the family dies. Automatically the family is united in expressing their grief through the prescribed funeral rites. In Malaysia and Singapore...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 4, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Church, Community, Life Issues, Mental Illness
“1 in 10 will suffer from mental illness” The above was the headline of the November 19, 2011 edition of The Straits Times (Singapore). The article, written by Chang Ai-Lien, senior correspondent, went on to say: More than one in 10 people in Singapore...
by Bernice Lee | Nov 26, 2011 | 2011, Articles, God, God's Word
“When you are alone, listen to God,” he had posted in response to my Facebook status update. It was a timely reminder from a caring friend. I had been so caught up with the preparations for MAI-Asia’s Publishing Forum in Hong Kong that I hadn’t...
