by Sean Siman | Mar 1, 2019 | 2019, Articles, Church, Life Issues, Young Adult Ministry
“Adulting”—a strange term for anyone not in the know! Before graduation, this was a term I coined to stand for anything and everything that I didn’t need to do as a student. To my great surprise, I discovered that everyone in and around my age group, even if they were...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 15, 2019 | 2019, Articles, Church, Community, Life Issues, World Issues
It’s been a long time since I held a newly born in my arms. This past Monday I had the privilege of holding grandson Austin. It’s hard to describe the wonder of a new life. One of the first things that strikes you is the fact that a baby is so helpless. He or she is...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 14, 2018 | 2018, Articles, Church, Community
My second last retreat/camp for the year was with a group of Malaysian Methodists held in Cameron Highlands. It was a significant time and I heaved a sigh of relief thinking it was my last camp/retreat of the year. Then Bernice reminded me there was one more—the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 30, 2018 | 2018, Articles, Community
. . . the one who receives instruction in the word should share all good things with their instructor. (Galatians 6:6 NIV) I have been deeply touched at the many who have written in to say how much they have been blessed by the weekly eCommentaries. I heard from folks...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 21, 2018 | 2018, Articles, Christian Living, Christian Unity, Church, Evangelism, Loving Others, Persecution
What are the weapons of our warfare? I have always been intrigued by how the early church grew so rapidly. To quote Alan Kreider: The growth of the Christian church in the Roman Empire is mysterious. Scholars who spend their entire lives studying this phenomenon...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 7, 2018 | 2018, Articles, Preaching & Teaching
With BGST’s, Vocation, Work and Ministry MM 101, 2017 cohort. An article on mentoring that I read recently (David L. Bartlett, “Mentoring in the New Testament,” in Mentoring, Dean K. Thompson & D. Cameron Murchison eds. [Grand Rapids, MI:...
