by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 19, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Governance, World Issues
Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 11, 2013 | 2013, Articles, God, God's Love, Jesus, Jesus' Life
Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 4, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Media, Movies & Television
[Warning: Spoilers ahead. You may want to watch the movie The Hobbit (2012) before reading this.] You know The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) may be a movie in trouble when the character you find most “real” is a CGI character. All kudos to Andy Serkis who...
by Bernice Lee | Jan 28, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Christian Living, Prayer
I love jigsaw puzzles. Apart from the challenge of figuring which piece goes where, there is the joy of seeing a beautiful picture coming together under your fingers. Sometimes, distinctive colours or patterns give you clues to which pieces belong together. Most...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 21, 2013 | 2013, Afterlife, Articles, Life Issues
I first saw Les Misérables, the musical, in Singapore in 1996. Saw the movie recently. My favourite scene: When Marius sings “Empty Chairs at Empty Tables”. Really hit me hard, especially in 1996, because of the losses I was struggling with in my own life. Second...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 14, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Church, Preaching & Teaching
Preachers are in the mind-changing business. Every time we preach we hope that the Lord will see fit to use our sermons to effect some God-desired change in our hearers. Hence what Howard Gardner says about mind change for larger audiences caught my eye. Large...
