by Soo-Inn Tan | May 5, 2023 | 2023, Articles, Community, Following Jesus, Spiritual Friendship
On the evening of 3 April 2023, I had a great time with a pastor and his camp planning committee. They are a great bunch of people and I rejoiced in making some new friends. Apparently, this was the first time they had met up with a camp speaker to connect before a...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 14, 2023 | 2023, Articles, Christian Identity, Jesus' Resurrection
Every Easter, Christians and churches will declare loudly “He is risen!” This is as it should be. The resurrection of Jesus from the dead 2,000 years ago is the turning point in history and the foundation of our faith. But I have often wondered how...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 7, 2023 | 2023, Articles, Faith, Jesus' Resurrection
Recently I spent time with some young 2nd/3rd-generation Christians. I asked them why they were Christians. I told them I was ok if they said they did not know or that they were not sure they were even Christians. The majority of them, though, said they were...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 24, 2023 | 2023, Articles, Christian Identity, Following Jesus, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Maturity, Work & Vocation
D’oh —used to express sudden recognition of a foolish blunder or an ironic turn of events Merriam-Webster Doh Interj. A Gen-X colloquialism conveying an overall feeling of frustration. Slang Define I have taught two courses numerous times. One is a course on...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 17, 2023 | 2023, Articles, Authors, Church, Discipleship, Evangelism, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Friendship
Bernice and I were at a meeting with some leaders recently. One of the statements I heard towards the end of the meeting caught my attention. The brother said that the movement they were involved in was searching for new language to guide the Christian enterprise...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 10, 2023 | 2023, Articles, Community, Generations Project, Graceworks, Loving Others, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Friendship
When churches began to lose their young people, they started to take seriously the fact that we are living in a unique point in history. We now have many generations living and working together; generations which are culturally different because they have been shaped...