by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 22, 2005 | 2005, Arrogance & Pride, Articles, Christian Identity, Christian Living, Life Issues
One learns about jealousy early in life. “Dad seems to like my brother over me.” “Why is she teacher’s pet?” “And why, oh why does she prefer to be in his arms and not in mine?” There was this girl I really liked. And she...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 22, 2005 | 2005, Afterlife, Articles, Life Issues
Earlier in the year I was helping to share the gospel with someone who in many ways was very interested in the Christian faith. The main thing that held her back was this: She really loved her mother who was a practising Buddhist. To embrace Christianity was to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 25, 2005 | 2005, Articles, Communication, Life Issues
A long time ago I learnt from C. S. Lewis never to judge a man as he is without knowing how far he has come. Lewis wrote in Mere Christianity: “Human beings judge one another by their external actions. God judges them by their moral choices. When a neurotic who...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 18, 2005 | 2005, Articles, Life Issues, Sex
Last Friday our cell group discussed sex. And I wondered how often does this happen in conservative evangelical churches in Asia. A lot of the credit must go to our pastor, Rev. Wong Fong Yang. He is running a pulpit series on Money, Sex and Power. He is a believer as...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 11, 2005 | 2005, Afterlife, Articles, Life Issues
“This world is not my home, I’m just passing through. My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue. The angels beckon me from Heaven’s open door And I can’t feel at home in this world anymore.” [Words and Music by Albert E. Brumley]...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 2, 2005 | 2005, Aging, Articles, Life Issues
Recently I have been thinking about what it means to grow old. Why? Maybe it’s because I am now 50. Or maybe it was brought on by the death of my father two years ago. But I suspect it’s all the World War 2 documentaries I have been watching. Often these...
