by Soo-Inn Tan | May 17, 2004 | 2004, Articles, Battling Sin, Christian Living
There must be a dead mouse in my bedroom. The stink was unmistakable. And we had caught two live ones there just a few weeks earlier. But a search of the room turned up no mouse, dead or alive. It finally hit me. The rotten stink was coming from my own nose. There was...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 5, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Battling Sin, Christian Living, Following Jesus, Jesus
I doubt any reader of this column would ever consider becoming a suicide bomber. Killing as many people as you can while killing yourself seems so far removed from the spirit of Him who said: “I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” (John...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 15, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Battling Sin, Christian Living
I heard a very sad story recently. While abroad, a Christian sister had fallen into sexual sin. It was a one-time thing. She was alone and lonely, far from home. She didn’t enjoy the encounter and regretted it the moment it was over. In fact the whole incident...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 3, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Battling Sin, Christian Living
The March 11th 2002 issue of Christianity Today(CT) contains a very poignant testimony by a homosexual Christian man. Remaining anonymous, he writes about his daily battle against his homosexual desires, “a battle that comes at considerable psychological cost to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 16, 2001 | 2001, Articles, Battling Sin, Christian Living
The largest standing statues of Buddha are being destroyed. Carved out by Greek artists in the fifth century, the statues are located in the Bamiyan region of Afghanistan. Their destruction is the result of an order by the Taliban regime that “all sculptures in...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 11, 2001 | 2001, Articles, Battling Sin, Christian Living
Christmas is feel good time. You know Christmas is near when the radio begins to play Christmas favourites. “Have yourself a merry little Christmas…” TV stations begin to screen collages of warm Christmas scenes from the movies. Christmas is feel...