by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 7, 2009 | 2009, Articles, Governance, Malaysia, Racism, World Issues
(AP) Dozens of Malaysian Muslims paraded Friday with the head of a cow, a sacred animal in Hinduism, in a dramatic protest against the proposed construction of a Hindu temple in their neighborhood. The unusual protest by some 50 people in Shah Alam, the capital of...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 1, 2009 | 2009, Articles, Church, Preaching & Teaching
I have the privilege of teaching a course on Christian Spirituality in a major seminary in town. For three hours every Tuesday, nineteen students and myself grapple with issues that pertain to our relationship with God. The last forty minutes or so of every class, I...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 21, 2009 | 2009, Articles, Christian Living, Rest & Busyness
We were talking about a Christian leader who had to leave a position of leadership because of some personal problems. My friend said two things. First he said, “We should have seen it coming. Why didn’t we see it coming?” Then he said, “I could...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 14, 2009 | 2009, Articles, God, God's Word
In preparation for a lecture, I revisited the temptation narrative in Genesis 3 and learned something new. The first thing that Satan did when he approached Eve was to change God from an object to be worshipped to a subject to be discussed. Here is Satan’s...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 10, 2009 | 2009, Articles, Church, Corporate Worship, Young Adult Ministry
Does your church have a youth service? A number of churches have youth services targeted at the young. These services are different in feel from the “main” services. The worship style is more contemporary, the music modern and louder, and hymns are usually...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 31, 2009 | 2009, Articles, Racism, World Issues
Film director Yasmin Ahmad dies KUALA LUMPUR: Award-winning film director Yasmin Ahmad has died from massive bleeding in the brain at the Damansara Specialist Hospital. She died at 11.25pm yesterday. She had undergone surgery following her collapse at the TV3...
