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 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...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 31, 2019 | 2019, Articles, Community, Soo-Inn Tan
Image from http://kendallvanderslice.com/we-will-feast Indulge me. Once in awhile I return to my dream of setting up a house church. And then I imagine what a regular meeting will look like. The last time I did this can be found here: Dinners with Jesus. Well, I am on...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 24, 2019 | 2019, Articles, Discipleship, Discipleship, Soo-Inn Tan
I will be speaking at three Vancouver churches this weekend — one seminar, one adult Sunday school class, one sermon and one consultation with some church leaders. Independently, all three have asked me to speak on discipleship. I wondered why, seeing they have access...
