by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 22, 2005 | 2005, Arrogance & Pride, Articles, Christian Identity, Christian Living, Life Issues
One learns about jealousy early in life. “Dad seems to like my brother over me.” “Why is she teacher’s pet?” “And why, oh why does she prefer to be in his arms and not in mine?” There was this girl I really liked. And she...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 2, 2005 | 2005, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Community, Mentoring
“How do you introduce spiritual mentoring into a church without adding more items into the church programme?” I was having a meal with the senior pastor of a fast growing church recently and he asked me the above question. I was giving him my usual spiel...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 14, 2005 | 2005, Articles, Christian Living, Loving Others
“If we live in a dog-eat-dog world, then why are we frequently so good to each other?” [Fehr and Renninger] Once more our TV screens overflow with images of human misery. One report estimates that 40,000 have perished in the recent earthquake in South...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 23, 2005 | 2005, Articles, Christian Living, Solitude & Quiet Time
“For most people, toilets are a private perch, a place for quiet contemplation.” Daniel McGinn WIRED It happened again. I was having a time of sharing and prayer with two key church leaders when one of them shared that the Lord had spoken to him while he...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 25, 2005 | 2005, Articles, Christian Living, Faith, God, God's Will
You never promised me a Rose Garden You never said it would be easy You never promised me a leisure lifetime You only said you’d never leave me? [‘Rose Garden’ Stevie Nicks] Change my heart O God, make it ever true, Change my heart O God, may I be...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 15, 2005 | 2005, Articles, Christian Living, Faith
Got a black magic woman Got a black magic woman I got a black magic woman Got me so blind I can’t see That she’s a black magic woman She’s tryin’ to make a devil out of me [“Black Magic Woman” Peter Green] God will make a way Where...
