by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 30, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Governance, World Issues
Recently I was asked to share something about the political situation in Malaysia at a missions prayer group. I was given about ten minutes so only the highlights. I shared that in the past, many churches and Christians in Malaysia did not get involved in politics as...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 23, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Christian Living, Faith
You have made us for yourself and our hearts are restless until they find their rest in you. (Augustine 354-430) I am sure that many of us have come across the above quote by Augustine. We now have scientific evidence to support it. In an article in a recent issue of...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 10, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Christian Living, Faith, Jesus, Jesus' Resurrection
Recently someone dear to me asked, “Why are you a Christian?” He was relooking at his own journey of faith and asked me for my reasons for being a follower of Jesus. It has been a long time since I have visited this question. A lot of my ministry is with...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 2, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Church, Corporate Worship
Is it just me? Am I the only one thinking that so much of modern worship is reduced to privatised, personal, emotional encounters with God? This Saturday I will be teaching on worship. It has been a very long time since I last did some public teaching on worship. In...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 27, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Christian Living, Happiness, Life Issues, Spiritual Friendship
Are you happy? Apparently you are now able to answer this question scientifically. A recent edition of the Harvard Business Review (HBR) focuses on the topic of happiness (Jan–Feb 2012 issue). Of course their concern is the bottom line. The subtitle on the cover...