by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 18, 2020 | 2020, Articles, Soo-Inn Tan
I think Christians on both sides of the Causeway are too thin-skinned. In a recent debate in the Malaysian parliament on a bill to increase penalties for drink driving, a member of parliament from PAS (the Islamic Party), Nik Muhammad Zamawi Salleh, said that all the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 21, 2020 | 2020, Articles, Christian Living, Family, Gender roles, Marriage, Soo-Inn Tan
There are two types of difficult Bible passages/verses. There are those that are easy to understand but hard to practise, for example “Love your enemies” (Matthew 5:44). But there are verses that are just downright puzzling. Like 1 Timothy 2:15: But women will be...
by Dev Menon | Jul 10, 2020 | 2020, Articles, Authors, Christian Living, Dependence on God, Dev Menon, God, Growth, Hope
The wilderness. That has been my primary perspective to understand the Christian life. We were redeemed from the slavery to sin, and we are on a life-long journey through various trials and tribulations till we enter the promised land — our Father’s house. The...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 1, 2020 | 2020, Articles, Soo-Inn Tan
Dear friends, I have decided to use the first ecommentary of each month to update folks about the work of Graceworks. This was supposed to be a breakout year for Graceworks. We had new staff joining us. And we were embarking on a major fund-raising programme to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 10, 2020 | 2020, Articles, Obedience & Faithfulness, Remembrance, Sacrifice, Soo-Inn Tan
Screengrab from YouTube Super spoilers ahead! Don’t read this if you plan to watch the last episode of Picard and haven’t done so. GEORGE TOWN: Former director of the Third World Network and The Star columnist Martin Khor Kok Peng has died. He had been ill for...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 5, 2019 | 2019, Articles, Soo-Inn Tan
The acoustics were horrible. The volume was unforgiving. But it was U2 in concert and it was on my bucket list, if I had one. Last Saturday, Bernice and I were at the first U2 concert in Singapore, courtesy of the kindness of sons Mark and John. Listening to the...
