by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 28, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Christian Living, Hope, Obedience & Faithfulness, Soo-Inn Tan
Recent events from England to Malaysia have proven yet again the limitations of human leaders and human governments. They serve to remind us that any desire for a perfect leader and a perfect government must await the second coming of Christ and the ushering in of the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 7, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Small Groups, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Friendship
The book was good, but the material was intense, and I knew I would need time to process what I was reading. So I “cheated” and read the last chapter. The book was The Connected Life by Todd W. Hall (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2022). What he wrote echoed...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 30, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Loving Others, Small Groups, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Friendship
A brother came up to me after I had preached a sermon on spiritual friendship. He said that he was very touched by the sermon. He had been in ministry for many years and had been friendly with many people. But that day it had struck him that he had no close personal...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 9, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Loving Others, Small Groups, Soo-Inn Tan
I have had the privilege of working with my friends in Wesley Methodist Church, Singapore, to help set up their new discipleship initiative, Discipleship Bands. Here is how they define a discipleship band: A “Discipleship Band” is a group of three or four people, who...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 26, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Authors, Christian Living, Discernment, Rest & Busyness, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Maturity
This year I find myself feeling more tired more often. At the beginning of the year, I thought it was grief from my mother’s passing in Oct 2021. Then I had COVID in May, and, when that was over, I thought it might be long-COVID. But maybe all that it is, is my body...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 22, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Mentoring, Soo-Inn Tan
Life is full of contradictions! I have said often that you can’t teach mentoring through a lecture. People need to actually experience the love, care, and interest of someone walking with them in their journey to becoming what they were meant to be in Christ. But here...
