by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 14, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Christian Living, Obedience & Faithfulness, Young Adult Ministry
Had a Facebook video call with a friend in Pune, India, this morning. He was one of a number of key younger leaders I had met at the Lausanne Younger Leaders Gathering in Jakarta last year. He was originally from Mumbai but had been sent by his group of churches to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 7, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Community, Spiritual Friendship
empathic: “showing an ability to understand and share the feelings of another.” I don’t often read when I am on a flight but I am glad I read Curt Thompson’s Anatomy of the Soul (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2010) on a recent...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 17, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Book Launch, Christian Living, Graceworks, Spiritual Friendship
Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 3, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Life Issues, Mentoring, Relationships
I woke up this morning to a pleasant surprise. I received a photo via Whatsapp of two friends — Michael Low, who is now a student at Regent College, and Dr Bruce Waltke, one of my lecturers when I was studying at Regent (1981–85). Michael has been kindly conveying my...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 29, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Christian Living, God, God's Will, Obedience & Faithfulness
Last August, I had the privilege to be part of the Lausanne Younger Leaders Gathering in Jakarta. One of my highlights was meeting up with a brother from Pakistan that I had met for the first time at the previous Younger Leaders Gathering 10 years earlier. Then, he...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 22, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Christian Living, Evangelism, Malaysia, World Issues
Evangel: “Good news, and in the context of the Bible, the good news of Jesus Christ.” Evangelism: “Proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ with the hope that the listener will respond and embrace Jesus as Lord and Saviour.” Evangelicalism:...