by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 10, 2020 | 2020, Articles, Church, Small Groups
“You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.” — Augustine of Hippo) A basic Christian spiritual discipline is Bible study. This is correct and must continue to be emphasised. The Bible is God’s special revelation to us. It...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 3, 2020 | Articles, Christian Living, Dependence on God, Faith, God
Somehow, and somewhere, behind and above a discouraging world, stands a poised Father, completely in control and utterly unfrustrated. To believe that human beings are the final arbiters of history is inevitably to become a whiner rather than a thanker because human...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 27, 2019 | 2019, Articles, Gratitude
It’s a bit hard to believe that this is the last Graceworks commentary for the year. This year feels more full than other years. Perhaps it has been developments in family, especially caring for mum in Penang. She is 92, living with dementia and other health...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 20, 2019 | 2019, Articles, God, Jesus, Jesus' Second Coming, Redemption
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 13, 2019 | 2019, Articles, Christian Living, Faith, God, God's Grace, God's Will, Jesus, Jesus' Birth
Mary, the mother of Jesus, was no wimp. The angel Gabriel declared that Mary was “highly favoured” and that the Lord was with her (Luke 1:26–28), which are Luke’s code words for the fact that Mary was a woman of substance. She was maybe 14 years old? Yet she stood her...
