Graceworks: 29 books
Friends in a Broken World
Thoughts on Friendship from the Emmaus Road
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
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.
The Pattern
Discovering God’s Design for Marriage
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
“There is much joy as two people in love commit themselves to each other, and there is the joyful anticipation of how the marriage can become a blessing to the couple and to others. But there is also a degree of apprehension as even the best of marriages need hard work to succeed and too many marriages...
Strengthening Democracy in Malaysia
The Need for a Vibrant Public Sphere
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2013
What is democracy? For many of us, it simply involves having periodic elections to decide which political party forms the next government. Yet, democracy is more than just elections. It involves the existence of a space which allows for people to freely debate on public issues and government...
A Gentle Touch
Christians and Mental Illness
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Mental illness is not necessarily something spiritual that can be prayed away, but often is something pathological that may benefit from medical and psychological intervention. The author, who has himself experienced clinical depression, explains how we can care for and help those who are mentally...
Workship
How To Use Your Work To Worship God
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Shortlisted for the Australia Christian Book of the Year 2017
“The Hebrew root word for ‘work’ is also the root word for ‘service’, particularly service to God in worship. By combining the two English words, ‘work’ and ‘worship’, I hope to challenge people to integrate their...
The Real Picture
A Collection of Advent Meditations
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
Christmas is a paradox. We are bombarded with many reminders to be jolly yet for many it is the most depressing time of the year as another year end reminds us of unresolved problems and unfulfilled dreams. And if you are a Christian you are just jaded from the many Christmas seasons you have gone...
The Bible & the Ballot
Reflections on Christian Political Engagement in Malaysia Today
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2013
How do we relate Christianity to political engagement in Malaysia today? This is the question that we, as part of the community of believers, are trying to answer in this book. It is our conviction that “if Jesus Christ is not Lord of all, He is not Lord at all”. We proclaim the lordship of Jesus...
Walking with the Risen Christ
A Primer for Healthy Small Groups
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2017
Often, the approach to church small groups is functional. They are seen as part of a structure that serves a key function — building community. Popular author and preacher Soo-Inn Tan posits that this often results in the small groups missing out on the most critical relationship, the one they should...
Twelve Strands
Journeys with Asian Authors
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
Twelve Strands pulls together the writing journeys of 12 Asian authors from countries as diverse as South Korea and Pakistan. Some write poetry and songs, while others write children’s books. Some are able to share the deepest pains and highest joys of those whose testimonies they give voice to....
Vote for Change
My Decision at This Point in History
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
In most mature democracies, the government changes hands from time to time. A change of government doesn’t usher in the apocalypse. In fact, knowing how power tends to corrupt, perhaps political parties should take turns at being the opposition for seasons of humbling and heart searching.
Thinking on the Run
Essays on Community, Vocation, Life, Death, Media and Other Stuff
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
“In this collection, the honesty, the pithiness, and the fun combine. This is the Pacific Century, we are told, so it is appropriate that a writer on the tip of the Pacific Rim should bless so many people through the internet. Soo-Inn not only runs the race but also thinks on the run. Here his thoughts...
Prayer & Political Consideration
How & What to Pray For?
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2013
If prayer life is central to our faith, then it is important to understand how we can relate the act of praying to our political engagement. How do we pray when we face complex political difficulties?
Workship 2
How to Flourish at Work
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
Shortlisted for the Australia Christian Book of the Year 2019
How does faith at work look like in reality? In this follow-up to Workship 1, Kara Martin shares more practical wisdom on making a difference in the workplace. Topics range from hospitality and leadership, to ethical issues and workplace...
by I'Ching Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
Though the Christian faith is believed to have reached the shores of China way back in the 8th century, it is still generally perceived as a foreign or Western religion to many Cultural Chinese.
How does this perception of Christianity as a foreign approach to spirituality advance or hinder...