by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 11, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Christian Identity, Christian Living, God, God’s Sovereignty
Can you tell me a bit about your father? How is/was your relationship with him? Through the years I have had many opportunities to lead studies on the Parable of the Gracious Father (Luke 15:11-32). Often I would begin the study by asking folks to describe their own...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 25, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Christian Identity, Christian Living, Media, Movies & Television
Bernice and I caught an episode of the TV show, Damages, a few evenings ago. The series is a legal drama set in the exciting world of class-action litigation in the US. In that episode, Patty Hewes, the main protagonist, played by Glenn Close, wanted to see if her...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 21, 2007 | 2007, Articles, Christian Living, Evangelism
I led him to Christ. He let me stay in his house. Twenty years separate the previous two statements. I am in Melbourne to attend son Stephen’s graduation. (Was it only yesterday that I carried him newly born in the Penang maternity hospital?) When Ken heard I...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 30, 2007 | 2007, Articles, Christian Living, Loving Others
I am at my church’s annual camp. Tonight, during the first talk, my pastor and friend Mark, said that many of us are looking for COOI, the Church Of Our Imagination. It’s the ecclesiastical holy grail, the perfect church where we truly belong. It’s...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 16, 2007 | 2007, Articles, Christian Living, Media, Movies & Television, Obedience & Faithfulness
I was in my mum’s place in Penang over the weekend. Mum has cable TV but she doesn’t have the sports package so I couldn’t catch the Reading – Arsenal game on Monday. (Bernice and I are long time supporters of Arsenal.) However we managed to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 5, 2007 | 2007, Articles, Christian Living, Life Issues, Rest & Busyness, Work & Vocation
The meeting had to be rescheduled because I had to make an urgent trip back to Kuala Lumpur. But the four members of my mentoring cohort and I managed to agree on a new date to meet. As usual the meeting would begin with dinner at 7.30 pm. A day before the meeting...
