by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 29, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Battling Sin, Christian Living
“Do you have a problem with pride Dr Tan? Well, that’s your Goliath. You deal with it.” Maybe not an exact quote, but that is what one of my students said to me recently. He had been very enthusiastic about my teaching, and he had told me so. He said...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 24, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues
On August 11th 2011, one of our pet dogs, Dusty, disappeared. Both Bernice and I were not in Singapore. I was teaching in a seminary in Malaysia and beloved Bernice didn’t tell me, so that I wouldn’t be distracted from my work. She told me two days later....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 18, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Christian Living, Obedience & Faithfulness
There was a time when I wanted to go to Oxford to pursue a doctoral degree. This was a long time ago. I realised subsequently that I subconsciously wanted to be like some of my professors who I admired. They had received their doctorates from Oxford. I am glad that I...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 8, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Media, Movies & Television
Just came back from watching the last Harry Potter movie with my beloved. The first Harry Potter book was published in 1997 and the first Potter movie was released in 2001. Like many, we felt the poignancy of the ending of a long story. Harry Potter and the Deathly...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 2, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Christian Living, Loving Others
I am writing this from Guest Room 1, Seminari Theoloji Malaysia (Malaysian Theological Seminary), Seremban. I am here to teach a Doctor of Ministry Seminar (DMin) on a theology of the ministry and the minister. It’s a one-week intensive. The pace is brutal. We...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 28, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Life Issues, Mental Illness
Last weekend, Bernice and I had the privilege to minister at a camp for college and university students from the Petaling Jaya Evangelical Free Church. This was a group of bright people, most of whom took their faith seriously. We had no doubts that from them would...
