by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 28, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Christian Living, Rest & Busyness
By any account it was a tough day at the office for Elijah (1Kings 18). First there was the day-long show-down with the prophets of Baal. Interesting odds. 1 vs. 850. Then there was the waiting for God to come through, to burn up the drenched bull. God came through...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 1, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Christian Living, Remembrance, Rest & Busyness
You do know that Sunday is the first day of the week don’t you? I won’t blame you if you didn’t. Most diaries and planners start the week with Monday and end it with Sunday. You have nice long strips of planning time for Mondays to Saturdays....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 25, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Christian Living, Evangelism
It was quite jarring to walk into bookstores in Malaysia to be confronted with the cover of the June, 30th issue of TIME magazine. The headline screamed: “Should Christians Convert Muslims?” Fact is, there are state laws in Malaysia that penalizes anyone...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 11, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Christian Living, Obedience & Faithfulness
I just discovered that Tony Blair, Prime Minister of Great Britain, is just two years older than me. And here he is, leader of a country, and here I am, er… well… I picked up this interesting bit of information from David Brook’s article, The...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 27, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Christian Living, Life Issues, Loving Others, Work & Vocation
The boys and I went to see ‘Finding Nemo’ last Sunday. Cool dad-son bonding film. I had only one beef about the movie. I hated the way the dentist was portrayed. (Let me declare up front that I was trained as a dentist and practised that noble profession...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 5, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Battling Sin, Christian Living, Following Jesus, Jesus
I doubt any reader of this column would ever consider becoming a suicide bomber. Killing as many people as you can while killing yourself seems so far removed from the spirit of Him who said: “I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” (John...
