by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 28, 2018 | 2018, Afterlife, Aging, Articles, Hope, Meaning & Purpose, Soo-Inn Tan
The third third of life, 60–90 and beyond, is a time of loss. It is a time when we bid goodbye to many things. We bid goodbye to a younger body. Our energy levels are not the same. We may need multifocal spectacles or go for cataract operations. Our hearing begins to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 21, 2018 | 2018, Articles, Christian Living, Christian Unity, Church, Evangelism, Loving Others, Persecution
What are the weapons of our warfare? I have always been intrigued by how the early church grew so rapidly. To quote Alan Kreider: The growth of the Christian church in the Roman Empire is mysterious. Scholars who spend their entire lives studying this phenomenon...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 14, 2018 | 2018, Aging, Articles, Authors, Christian Identity, Christian Living, Discernment, Malaysia, Obedience & Faithfulness, Rest & Busyness, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Friendship, Work & Vocation
Recently I was ministering in Kota Kinabalu, East Malaysia, and took the opportunity to meet up with an old friend, Pastor Lam Kee Hing. (He is a little older than me.) I don’t think I exaggerate when I call him the key leader in the ministry to indigenous...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 7, 2018 | 2018, Articles, Preaching & Teaching
With BGST’s, Vocation, Work and Ministry MM 101, 2017 cohort. An article on mentoring that I read recently (David L. Bartlett, “Mentoring in the New Testament,” in Mentoring, Dean K. Thompson & D. Cameron Murchison eds. [Grand Rapids, MI:...
by Bernice Lee | Aug 31, 2018 | 2018, Articles, Christian Living, Obedience & Faithfulness
We cannot all be heroes and thrill a hemisphere With some great daring venture, some deed that mocks at fear But we can fill a lifetime with kindly acts and true There’s always noble service for noble souls to do (1st verse of the Tanjong Katong Girls’ School...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 24, 2018 | 2018, Articles, Christian Living, Dependence on God, God, God’s Sovereignty, Rest & Busyness
Are you getting enough sleep? Numerous articles alert us to the dangers of poor sleep. The following is information from an article entitled, “Get Enough Sleep”. . . . poor sleep has been linked to significant problems, including: *greater risk of depression and...
