by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 6, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Life Issues, Meaning & Purpose
I suspect the GDP of many countries will dip this month. How can it not when managers and mechanics alike stare hypnotized at TV screens while the soccer giants of the world battle away for the World Cup? And while the GDP of many countries may be suffering, the take...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 31, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Life Issues, Sex
Want a sure fire way of shocking good church folk? Just say ‘sex’. For some reason, sex, in the minds of most Christians, is filed under ‘evil’. Which is an insult to God and a travesty of the facts. Fact: God created humankind as male and...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 24, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Christian Living, Life Issues, Rest & Busyness, Work & Vocation
“If you asked twenty good Christians today how they are doing, nineteen of them would reply, busy. But if you asked almost any of the desert fathers, they would have told you that busyness is a sin. You see what has happened? A vice has become a virtue.”...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 17, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues
“You don’t have to wait till the bus pulls out. I am sure that you have more important things to do”, dad said when I dropped him off at the bus station this morning. He had been visiting and was on his way home. (Dad and mum live in Penang, about...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 5, 2002 | 2002, Aging, Articles, Life Issues
A sweet young thing came up to me at the mall a few days ago. She gave me a dazzling smile and I thought: “Wow, the old guy still has it.” I blessed her with a smile in return. Then she asked me if I would like to buy some hair dye. She was selling some...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 7, 2002 | 2002, Articles, God, God's Provision, Life Issues, Relationships
Have you noticed that food and eating appears all over the bible? The trees in the idyllic garden of eden had trees that were pleasant to the sight and good for food (Genesis 2:9). Heaven is the Wedding Feast of the Lamb (Revelation 19:6-8). Jesus want us to remember...
