by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 12, 2021 | 2021, Aging, Articles, Christian Living, Family, God, God's Provision, Life Issues, Obedience & Faithfulness
This is how I spent my 66th birthday. In the morning I gave a talk to a group of teachers in Pakistan that focused on the condescending love of Christ. In the afternoon I drafted the previous eCommentary, essentially stating that it was difficult to have one narrative...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 5, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Battling Sin, Christian Living
Marriage should be honoured by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral. . . . for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 26, 2021 | 2021, Aging, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues
Watch this video, especially the segment at 3.00 – 3.30 min. Andy Lau is one of my favourite Hong Kong actors. I like many of his movies. In recent times, I have found myself drawn to the last scene from his movie Three Kingdoms — Resurrection of the Dragon (2008). In...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 19, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Authors, Dependence on God, God’s Sovereignty, Hope, Soo-Inn Tan
I watch the scenes with deep concern. So many Myanmarese are on the streets to protest against the military coup that overturned a democratically elected government. I see the tanks and soldiers. My heart is in my mouth. We know friends in Myanmar some of whom are at...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 12, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Christian Living, Discernment, God, God's Provision, God’s Sovereignty
“No, don’t sweep the floor on the first day of Chinese New Year. You will sweep all our luck away!” Growing up in Penang I associated the Lunar New Year with many instructions like the above. There were a number of things one had to do or not do so as not to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 5, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Battling Sin, Christian Living, Church, Leadership
When the news first broke that the late Ravi Zacharias had been accused of sexually inappropriate behaviour, my first response was — I don’t know if this is true but it is definitely plausible. Having been in church-based ministry for more than 35 years and, indeed...
