by Soo-Inn Tan | May 30, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Christian Living, Growth
I hate change. Give me the security of familiarity. I rejoice in the warmth of familiar faces and familiar places. Change takes so much out of me. But I have also come to terms with the fact that change is the perfect backdrop for divine encounters. In times of change...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 23, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Christian Living, Media, Movies & Television, Sacrifice
[Spoiler: If you intend to watch the movie Iron Man, go watch before you read this commentary!] Old time Marvel Comics fans like myself feel that we have died and gone to heaven, celluloid heaven that is. I picked up my first comic books in the 60’s. They cost...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 12, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Christian Living, Loving Others
Do you know the no.1 reason why people resign from their jobs? Because they do not feel appreciated. This is the conclusion of the U.S. Department of Labour as cited in the book, How Full is your Bucket? (Tom Rath and Donald O. Clifton, New York: Gallup Press, 2004,...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 11, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Christian Identity, Christian Living, God, God’s Sovereignty
Can you tell me a bit about your father? How is/was your relationship with him? Through the years I have had many opportunities to lead studies on the Parable of the Gracious Father (Luke 15:11-32). Often I would begin the study by asking folks to describe their own...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 25, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Christian Identity, Christian Living, Media, Movies & Television
Bernice and I caught an episode of the TV show, Damages, a few evenings ago. The series is a legal drama set in the exciting world of class-action litigation in the US. In that episode, Patty Hewes, the main protagonist, played by Glenn Close, wanted to see if her...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 21, 2007 | 2007, Articles, Christian Living, Evangelism
I led him to Christ. He let me stay in his house. Twenty years separate the previous two statements. I am in Melbourne to attend son Stephen’s graduation. (Was it only yesterday that I carried him newly born in the Penang maternity hospital?) When Ken heard I...
