by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 27, 2018 | 2018, Articles, Christian Living, Prayer
I have been to prayer meetings both sides of the Causeway that have left me very frustrated. For some reason they tend to be combined prayer meetings with folks from different churches and different denominations. Here is what frustrates me—the prayer leader lists...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 20, 2018 | 2018, Articles, Christian Living, Hope, Life Issues, Mental Illness
The 2018 World Cup concluded recently, and my darling wife Bernice reminded me that it has been 20 years since my struggle with clinical depression. The 1998 world cup was on. Ricky Martin was celebrating the Cup of Life. I normally enjoy watching a good game of...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 13, 2018 | 2018, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Community, Homosexuality, Loving Others, World Issues
You may or may not know that the word “gospel” means good news. As followers of Jesus we have been called to preach the good news of the Kingdom till the King returns. But how is the gospel good news to someone who wants to follow Christ but who is...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 29, 2018 | 2018, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Mentoring, Young Adult Ministry
Last evening (26/6/18) I had dinner with two outstanding young men. They take their call to follow Christ seriously. They take the stewardship of their own lives seriously. They were seeking to make sense of the unfolding circumstances of their lives, but in the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 15, 2018 | 2018, Articles, Christian Living, Life Issues
In our recent trip to Vancouver, I made a number of new friends. One was a young woman from Sitiawan, Perak. She told me she had been reading my weekly column for more than 15 years and had been helped by them. I was pleasantly surprised. I have been writing a weekly...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 8, 2018 | 2017, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Life Issues
These past few days we have had the privilege of taking the Emmanuel Bible-Presbyterian Church camp. This is one camp that we were really looking forward to doing because Bernice and I owe the pastor of the church, Dr Quek Swee Hwa, big time. I first met Dr Quek in...