by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 1, 2016 | 2016, Articles, Church, Community, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
This weekend we will be ministering in Malacca at the kind invitation of our friends, the City Community Church. Friday night I will be sharing on the “Heavenly Meaning of our Daily Work”. Saturday morning I will share about “Spiritual Friendship”, how we need to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 6, 2016 | 2016, Articles, Church, Community
I often get asked to preach on 1 Corinthians 13 for weddings. I am glad to do so but I am also aware that 1 Corinthians 13 is calling for a love between brothers and sisters in the church, though the principles are also helpful for husbands and wives. Paul uses strong...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 17, 2016 | 2016, Articles, Church, Community
A few nights ago, Bernice and I hosted a dinner for some young Christian dentists and their mentor, a professor from dental school. We were meeting to see how we could more intentionally mentor dental students who were serious about following Christ in...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 21, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Community, Spiritual Friendship
“It takes courage to be transparent.” I was teaching on spiritual friendship a few evenings ago when one of the participants made the above comment during the question-and-answer time. I appreciated the comment because it meant that he understood that spiritual...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 1, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Church, Community
Definition of BUCKET LIST: a list of things that one has not done before but wants to do before dying Origin of BUCKET LIST: from the phrase kick the bucket (to die) First known use: 2006 (Merriam-Webster) There are few things on my bucket list. I should pay more...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 25, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Church, Community
The early church had no political power. She emerged at a time when Rome was master and Caesar was Lord. The church couldn’t appeal to Caesar to allow them to continue to use the word “Allah”. Neither could they put pressure on Rome to stop those who wanted to...