by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 25, 2020 | 2020, Articles, Christian Living, Growth, Life Issues, Loving Others, Suffering
I told her I was back in Penang to see my mum. Mum is 92, with dementia, and I don’t know how much more time I will have with her. She said she was back in Penang to see her brother. He had been in a coma for four months. Her brother was involved in a road traffic...
by David Wong | Sep 10, 2020 | 2020, Aging, Articles, Christian Identity, Christian Living, Life Issues
It’s a frightening thought…when we come to the end of our lives, what we believe will either uphold us or betray us. I moved into my seventies last year. Before then, I refused to think of growing old, just older. But as energy levels decline and memory recall slows...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 28, 2020 | 2020, Articles, Christian Living, Faith, Hope, Loving Others, Malaysia, World Issues
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. (1 Corinthians 13:13 NIV) Periodically, I still get asked if I have adopted Singapore citizenship, both by my Malaysian friends and by my Singaporean friends. It is an understandable...
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 | Aug 7, 2020 | 2020, Articles, Christian Living, Death & Grief, Hope, Life Issues
I found this journal entry from 23rd August 2019. This morning we visited Jim and Kit Packer. Jim is working on what he believes to be his last book, his “last long haul”, a book on the Anglican contribution to theology that he was cowriting with Don Lewis. He is...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 24, 2020 | 2020, Articles, Christian Identity, Christian Living
To prove that I am no Packer fanboy, let me say upfront that he was not a great public speaker. Many who first encountered him in his books and looked forward to hearing him speak were often disappointed. His voice came through powerfully in his books but not in his...
