by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 10, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Following Jesus, Jesus
“Are you a Christian? If you are, please raise your hand.” I suspect most readers of this column would raise their hands. But if I were to ask, “Are you a disciple of Christ? If you are, please raise your hand,” I wonder how many of you would...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 23, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Following Jesus, Jesus
The year was 1972. She was my friend’s girl-friend. She was really pretty. She had great legs. But when she came for Youth Fellowship her pretty legs showed evidence that she had been caned. Her dad was dead set against her becoming a follower of Jesus. Any request to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 10, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Family, Following Jesus, Honoring Parents, Jesus
Do you know what it means to be lonely? It is to be the only Christian in a Chinese family when a parent or close member of the family dies. Automatically the family is united in expressing their grief through the prescribed funeral rites. In Malaysia and Singapore...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 18, 2010 | 2010, Articles, Following Jesus, Jesus, Life Issues, Meaning & Purpose
In the seventies, it was popular in some Christian circles to publicize the cause of Christ by pushing the slogan “Jesus is the answer.” Of course it didn’t take long for some one to retort in reply, “But what is the question?” This...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 24, 2009 | 2009, Articles, Following Jesus, Jesus, Life Issues, Meaning & Purpose
I was chatting with a friend yesterday morning. His wife, also a dear friend, is fighting cancer with faith and courage. I said he must be very tired. He said he was but that he has also been energised by the fresh realisation of his own mortality. He talked about his...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 10, 2009 | 2009, Articles, Following Jesus, Jesus, Jesus' Life
I have been revisiting Gethsemane in preparation for Maundy Thursday. I am struck afresh by the prophetic force of Jesus’ travail in the dark. Jesus is no eager suicide bomber rushing to his martyrdom. Instead He wrestles with His Father to see if there was...
