by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 18, 2001 | 2001, Articles, Gratitude, Life Issues, Suffering
I received an e-mail from an old friend last week. He basically stated that the world is in such a mess that the only thing to do now is to hope that Christ returns soon. While few may share his strongly theological perspective on life, many will be able to identify...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 5, 2001 | 2001, Articles, Life Issues, Success
“Good Christians will never excel in the worlds of business and the professions. There is something in the Christian spiritual DNA that handicaps their ability to compete and come ahead in the real world.” I have encountered the above sentiments again and...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 28, 2001 | 2001, Articles, Christian Living, Evangelism, Life Issues, Relationships
This is a good time for evangelism. The gods of the day have been found wanting. Materialistic consumerism has been shown, yet again, to be no gods at all. Suicidal terrorism is no life giving god either. Recent events have brought home afresh that the only true...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 20, 2001 | 2001, Articles, Hope, Life Issues, Suffering
The stench must have been horrible. The fauna of the Nile had a field day. Perhaps ancient Egypt was a more violent place and time than today. Still, the sight of a continuous stream of dead male babies floating down the Nile would have given pause to any witness, in...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 29, 2001 | 2001, Articles, Hope, Life Issues, Violence, World Issues
Tensions rise over refugee ship Four dead in Spanish plane crash Policeman “killed family then himself” Mid-East ‘truce’ fails to bite These were the main headlines from BBC Online today (29th August, 2001). If they sound too grim, here is the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 9, 2001 | 2001, Articles, God, God’s Sovereignty, Life Issues, Suffering
I met one of my seminary profs from Regent College a few weeks ago. He was visiting from Canada. He is a senior statesmen in evangelical circles, particularly in the area of spirituality. Over lunch, he reminded us how he embarked on his ‘career’ in...
