by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 23, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Authors, Soo-Inn Tan
I was asked to preach on “Love One Another” from the Old Testament and at once I thought of the David-Jonathan friendship in 1 Samuel. Apart from 1 Samuel 20, I also looked at 1 Samuel 18:1–5 and 1 Samuel 19:1–7. I have preached on David and Jonathan before. This...
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 | Jan 1, 2021 | 2020, Articles, Community, Corporate Worship, Small Groups, Soo-Inn Tan
A few weeks ago we were ministering at a Brethren assembly. During the open worship time, elder Dhanabalan shared an exhortation from John 13:34–35: “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 25, 2020 | 2020, Articles, God's Grace, Loving Others, Redemption, Soo-Inn Tan
A few nights ago I was introduced to a new Christmas song, “O Come All You Unfaithful”. Here are the first two verses and the chorus: O come, all you unfaithful Come, weak and unstable Come, know you are not aloneO come, barren and waiting ones Weary of...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 30, 2020 | 2020, Articles, Soo-Inn Tan
Claustrophobia: the irrational fear of confined spaces. I suffer from some degree of claustrophobia. It’s not too bad because most days it doesn’t make an appearance. But long-distance plane flights are claustrophobia Russian roulette. I never know if claustrophobia...
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...
