by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 6, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Battling Sin, Christian Living
If you have committed some horrendous sin, adultery let’s say, where will you go to get the help you need? (I am assuming you understand that sin is wrong and that it will destroy you and others if not dealt with.) Well I do not know who you will go to but I...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 29, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Dependence on God, God
I am exhausted. I am half way through a seven day conference and I am tired. (I am at the Lausanne Young Leaders gathering and I guess that is part of the problem. It’s been sometime since I was a young leader.) This conference follows a great retreat I had with...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 22, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Homosexuality, World Issues
In their commentary on Romans, M Eugene Boring and Fred B. Craddock have this to say about homosexuality: “The Christian ethical perspective on homosexuality is a complex subject involving legal, social, psychological, and medical points of view as well as...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 15, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Christian Living, Obedience & Faithfulness
A long time ago, in another life, I worked as a pastor. The highlight of my week then was finding out the worship attendance of the most recent worship service. If the numbers were up, I felt a certain joy, a hidden gladness, a secret pride of my church and my...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 8, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Church, Community
I had to take a church retreat. I was reluctant to go. I had just come back from ministry gigs in Singapore. And before that I had made a trip to Penang on family matters. I was tired. And I hate the long winding drive up to Cameron Highlands where the retreat was to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 1, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Christian Living, Family, Forgiveness, Parenting
Dad was the youngest son of a peranakan family. Mum is the oldest girl from a Hong Kong family. They had their fights. It didn’t help that dad was a people oriented person and mum was goal oriented. Not only did they fight, they continued their fight in me. I...
