by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 25, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Christian Living, Evangelism
It was quite jarring to walk into bookstores in Malaysia to be confronted with the cover of the June, 30th issue of TIME magazine. The headline screamed: “Should Christians Convert Muslims?” Fact is, there are state laws in Malaysia that penalizes anyone...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 11, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Christian Living, Obedience & Faithfulness
I just discovered that Tony Blair, Prime Minister of Great Britain, is just two years older than me. And here he is, leader of a country, and here I am, er… well… I picked up this interesting bit of information from David Brook’s article, The...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 27, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Christian Living, Life Issues, Loving Others, Work & Vocation
The boys and I went to see ‘Finding Nemo’ last Sunday. Cool dad-son bonding film. I had only one beef about the movie. I hated the way the dentist was portrayed. (Let me declare up front that I was trained as a dentist and practised that noble profession...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 5, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Battling Sin, Christian Living, Following Jesus, Jesus
I doubt any reader of this column would ever consider becoming a suicide bomber. Killing as many people as you can while killing yourself seems so far removed from the spirit of Him who said: “I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” (John...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 29, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Christian Living, Prayer
Dear Friend of Grace, I am so sorry that it has been so long since my last update. I have a sneaky feeling that someone has fixed the clocks and they are running much faster this year!! Almost half the year is over!! Maybe I should send shorter but more frequent...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 15, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Battling Sin, Christian Living
I heard a very sad story recently. While abroad, a Christian sister had fallen into sexual sin. It was a one-time thing. She was alone and lonely, far from home. She didn’t enjoy the encounter and regretted it the moment it was over. In fact the whole incident...