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 | May 29, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Christian Living, Jesus, Jesus' Second Coming, Obedience & Faithfulness
What were you doing last Saturday (May 21st, 2011)? I spoke at a men’s meeting in the morning, and at a church group in the evening. In between I rushed to finish a paper I was writing for my own church community. A full day. It was only much later that I discovered...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 23, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Jesus, Jesus' Death
The first time I saw my father cry was when the coffin cover was closed over his mother’s body for the last time. (I must have been 13 at the time.) I had never seen my father cry before. That saddened me so much that I burst out crying. The family was very impressed...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 23, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Jesus, Jesus' Death, Life Issues, Meaning & Purpose
Recently I have been thinking if I should get a motorbike and ride again. The last time I rode one was a long time ago. Bike riders understand this longing. Riding a bike is so different from driving a car. When you go about in a car, you are essentially moving around...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 8, 2010 | 2010, Afterlife, Articles, Jesus, Jesus' Second Coming, Life Issues
I suspect this piece will make some people angry but here it is. Recently when we were having dinner with some friends, I was asked as to where I stood concerning the interpretation of the thousand years of Revelation 20:4- 6: I saw thrones on which were seated those...