by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 20, 2013 | 2013, Arrogance & Pride, Articles, Church, Life Issues, Preaching & Teaching
I saw them from the corner of my eye, three young men waiting to have a word with me. The Sunday worship had just ended. Various other people wanted to talk to me, old friends came by to say hello. There were quite a number of people who wanted to talk to me. The...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 13, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Church, Preaching & Teaching
I wasn’t sure if I should have accepted the invitation. It’s not that I didn’t care. I just wasn’t sure if I would be effective. But I said yes. This afternoon I spoke to a small group of eight men from a facility for those with mental disorders. I realised that many...
by Bernice Lee | Nov 6, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Death & Grief, Hope, Life Issues
“Are we done? Can we go now?” They seemed such poignant words when I discovered that they were 10-year-old Anna’s last words to her family. She lapsed into unconsciousness soon after and was taken home to God. Anna had suffered an unexpected severe asthmatic attack...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 31, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Life Issues, Money, Work & Vocation
I wasn’t shocked yet it still disturbed me. I was having lunch with a doctor friend recently and he told me how some large medical groups enticed doctors that they wanted, to leave their existing hospitals to work for them. They would wine and dine these doctors,...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 23, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Christian Living, Loving Others
Once I was in a small group that was discussing a sermon I had just preached. It was the first of two sermons on the deeds of the flesh and the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:13–26). It was a tough day for one of the group members to be confronted by the demands of...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 16, 2013 | 2013, Articles, God, God’s Sovereignty, Justice, World Issues
PUTRAJAYA – The Court of Appeal has ruled that the Catholic weekly, The Herald, will not be allowed to use the word “Allah” in its Bahasa Malaysia edition. A three-member panel, led by Federal court Judge Mohamed Apandi Ali unanimously ruled in...