by Soo-Inn Tan | May 27, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Mentoring, Preaching & Teaching
I am a man on a mission. I am tracking down all the people who have impacted my life for Christ so that I can thank them. So when Bernice and I were in Vancouver in 2010, we visited with J. I. Packer. He was one of a number of profs who had taught and mentored me when...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 18, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Christian Living, Media, Movies & Television, Sacrifice
I just came back from watching The Avengers (2012) with Bernice. We enjoyed it. You expect the great battle scenes. You wonder if the plot and the characters will mean enough for you to care. They do. Those of us who are old enough to remember when the Avengers comic...
by Bernice Lee | May 12, 2012 | 2012, Art & Beauty, Articles, Books, Media
Confession is good for the soul, I have been told. So I shall indulge. How often have you looked at a piece of Christian art or product and cringed because it is just so much kitsch? I confess right now that I have, and it saddens me. Why is it that we, who have a...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 5, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Christian Living, Faith, Family, Marriage
Cafergot: “the proprietary name of a medication consisting of ergotamine tartrate and caffeine. This combination is used for the treatment of vascular headaches, such as migraine headache.” (Wikipedia) The cafergot tablets in my medicine pouch are fast...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 26, 2012 | 2012, Apologetics, Articles, Christian Living, Jesus, Jesus' Resurrection
The lady wasn’t interested. We had gone out a few times and I had hoped the relationship would become something more. Obviously she didn’t share the same hope. She did everything needed to let me know she wasn’t interested, short of actually telling...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 20, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Family, Parenting
We were doing some long overdue clearing of our house in PJ when I came across a birthday card I received from my dad and mum in 2002. Mum wrote a blessing in Chinese. Dad wrote the following: Happy Birthday to our only son, Tan Soo Inn. May God bless you and shower...