by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 24, 2009 | 2009, Articles, Family, Marriage
Can Christians marry non-Christians? They could, under civil laws. What people usually mean when they ask, is, what does the Bible say? Does the Bible permit marriage between Christians and non-Christians? And the usual answer is “no” and the passage...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 2, 2009 | 2009, Articles, Family, Parenting
It may have been in the small print. If it was, I missed it. When I signed on to be a parent no one told me how hard it would be to let your children go when they grow up. So it was really hard to say goodbye to Stephen two years ago when he left for Melbourne to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 16, 2009 | 2009, Articles, Family, Life Issues, Marriage, Sex
This morning I received an ad in my email in box pushing a tablet that promised to increase my “manhood” by three inches. Haven’t had much of such ads for a while but recently they seemed to have returned with a vengeance. Of course I constantly get...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 28, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Family, God, God's Grace, Parenting
I first got the idea from Grace Goh. She encouraged us to take our children out for a good celebratory meal just before they sit for a major exam. She said that when we do this, we send a very clear signal to them that they are loved for who they are and not for how...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 6, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Family, Parenting, Widowhood
We live in a time of fatherless children. More and more, children grow up in fatherless families. Some lose their fathers through tragedies like fatal accidents or killer diseases. A growing number are victims of parents who divorce, usually ending up with their...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 25, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Family, Parenting
Singapore is facing a crisis. Her citizens are not reproducing enough. Hence the Singapore government is stepping in with “a bonanza of tax benefits, generous leave and other child linked perks” (Lee Siew Hua, “Big Perks for Big Families,” The...
