by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 23, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
I just heard that a good friend had received a major promotion. I was glad, proud of him, joyful that a good friend had done well. I was also grateful to the Lord because in this world, good people may not get recognized. No matter how good you are, you take nothing...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 16, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Battling Sin, Christian Living, Jesus
This has been a rough week. I have been speaking to a group of youths at a church camp. Youths are not my usual target group. I normally speak to groups college aged and older. This was a group of folks aged 12 – 18. And this guy, who has been speaking to groups...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 8, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Christian Living, Loving Others
Most of us in full time church related jobs don’t get paid much. Hence those love gifts/honorariums/stipends really help balance the monthly budget. So I appreciated the love gift I received when I took a church camp recently. But what I really appreciated was...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 2, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Christian Unity, Church, Community
Most of us are familiar with the story of King Arthur and the Round Table. King Arthur had his knights sit around a round table because he didn’t want his knights jockeying for position and honour. At a round table all were equal. This is a concept familiar to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 26, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Christian Living, Evangelism, Justice, World Issues
“Elected officials should not be using their influence for personal gain.” “There are issues that are bigger than partisan politics.” “People need to know their rights under the constitution and not allow themselves to be slowly shunted...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 19, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Church, Corporate Worship
Here are the statistics. Lyrics of popular worship song “I could sing of your love forever”, 109 words. Psalms 89 which has the same theme, “I will sing of the LORD’s great love forever”, about 850 words. Big difference. And in the...
