by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 14, 2020 | 2020, Articles, COVID-19, Faith, Fear, Hope, Life Issues
Once, in 1968 when I was 13, I developed a high fever. Dad and mum gave me the usual antipyretics but the fever continued to spike. They consulted doctor friends who recommended that I be hospitalised straight away because the fever was dangerously high. So I was...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 7, 2020 | 2020, Articles, Christian Living, Mentoring
Spiritual mentoring is an intentional, relational process for spiritual formation by which one person becomes a spiritual guide for one or several others. (Adapted from: Anderson, Keith R. & Randy D. Reese. Spiritual Mentoring. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 31, 2020 | 2020, Articles, Christian Living, Evangelism, Family
Epic = Extremely Awesome This Lunar New Year was epic for many reasons, the main one being that our whole family made it for the New Year’s eve reunion meal. That included my sister Sandy, her hubby Jimmy and their three girls, Song Wei, Song Yi and Song Jie; Mark and...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 3, 2020 | Articles, Christian Living, Dependence on God, Faith, God
Somehow, and somewhere, behind and above a discouraging world, stands a poised Father, completely in control and utterly unfrustrated. To believe that human beings are the final arbiters of history is inevitably to become a whiner rather than a thanker because human...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 13, 2019 | 2019, Articles, Christian Living, Faith, God, God's Grace, God's Will, Jesus, Jesus' Birth
Mary, the mother of Jesus, was no wimp. The angel Gabriel declared that Mary was “highly favoured” and that the Lord was with her (Luke 1:26–28), which are Luke’s code words for the fact that Mary was a woman of substance. She was maybe 14 years old? Yet she stood her...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 29, 2019 | 2019, Articles, Christian Identity, Christian Living, Church, Community, Following Jesus, Jesus
Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.” Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. (John 14:8–9a NIV) The above is a very interesting...