Product Information

Author / Soo-Inn Tan

Foreword by / R. Paul Stevens

ISBN / 9789810806279

Publisher / Graceworks Private Limited

Publication Date / 2008

Format / Paperback (Softcover)

Language / English

Number of Pages / 64

Size / 20.4 x 11.4 x 0.5 cm

Weight / 70 g


Condition of the book:

This book remains unused and in good condition. Shows light age-related yellowing to the page edges and page margins, and a small stain on the bottom page edge. Text remains clear and fully readable. Binding is intact and secure.

Author Description

Soo-Inn is a director of Graceworks, a ministry committed to promoting spiritual friendship in church and society. He runs this ministry in partnership with his wife, Bernice. He also serves as honorary associate pastor of Evangel Christian Church, Singapore. Bernice and Soo-Inn have four sons. Soo-Inn has a BDS from the University of Singapore, a ThM from Regent College and a DMin from Fuller Theological Seminary. His primary passions include connecting the Word of God to the struggles of daily life, and the promotion of the discipline of spiritual friendship. He has been a supporter of Arsenal Football Club since 1971 and his favourite movie is Star Wars 4.

Product Description

This booklet contains five meditations from a key passage (Luke 24:13-49) that undergirds Graceworks ministry of seeing lives transformed through community. The meditations focus on the encounter between the risen Christ and two of His disciples on the Emmaus Road, and point us to the life-giving spiritual friendships that are critical steps to finding wholeness in a broken world.


From the back cover of the book

"I found myself resonating immediately with Soo-Inn's booklet.... His emphasis on community and friendship comes as a breath of fresh air in the midst of unparalleled Christian individualism.... That God should minister to us through others should convict us of our smug spiritual selfishness. Above all, the beauty of the lurking God shines brightly on every page of this monograph."
(L.T. Jeyachandran, Executive Director, Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (Asia-Pacific), Singapore)

"Most people will not have the time or inclination to read Aelred of Rievaulx or the other works that Soo-Inn Tan cites, but they will recognize in this book that here is a man who knows their human situation, who has walked the road of friendship himself...."
(Peter H. Davids, Professor of Biblical Theology, St Stephen's University, New Brunswick)

"As we eavesdrop on the conversation between the author who serves as our friend and guide, and the Author of life who is our ultimate Friend and true Guide, we are invited to join their dance steps of true friendship—spiritual friendship."
(Sivin Kit, Lead Pastor, Bangsar Lutheran Church, Kuala Lumpur)

"When I read this book on friendship I was reminded of an ancient saying by Brigid of Kildare, 'A person without a soul friend is like a body without a head'. Dr Soo-Inn Tan helps us appreciate the Emmaus story in a fresh way and invites us to enter into the friendship with Jesus and with one another through his heartwarming meditation on that story."
(Koichi Ohtawa, Director, CLSK, Japan)

"In a day when society is more and more fragmented and loneliness is the major problem of the twenty-first century, Soo-Inn Tan's book, Friends in a Broken World, brings hope and encouragement."
(Judith L. Davids, Pastoral Counsellor, St Stephen's University, New Brunswick )


Contents

1 / Lonely in a Broken World

2 / Jesus, Our Divine Friend

3 / Divine Friendship and Human Friendship

4 / Friendship and Truth

5 / The Practice of Friendship