by Soo-Inn Tan | May 27, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Mentoring, Preaching & Teaching
I am a man on a mission. I am tracking down all the people who have impacted my life for Christ so that I can thank them. So when Bernice and I were in Vancouver in 2010, we visited with J. I. Packer. He was one of a number of profs who had taught and mentored me when...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 2, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Church, Corporate Worship
Is it just me? Am I the only one thinking that so much of modern worship is reduced to privatised, personal, emotional encounters with God? This Saturday I will be teaching on worship. It has been a very long time since I last did some public teaching on worship. In...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 4, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Church, Community, Life Issues, Mental Illness
“1 in 10 will suffer from mental illness” The above was the headline of the November 19, 2011 edition of The Straits Times (Singapore). The article, written by Chang Ai-Lien, senior correspondent, went on to say: More than one in 10 people in Singapore...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 23, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Church, Corporate Worship
Have you washed anyone’s feet recently? Anyone washed yours? Probably not. Well, for some of us maybe once a year, during Maundy Thursday. Foot washing is not a practice that is part of modern life. Therefore when we see Jesus doing it in John 13, we see...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 15, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Church, Preaching & Teaching
Do you want to learn about Artificial Intelligence from one of the top experts on the subject? Now you can. Professor Sebastian Thrun of Stanford University is offering his “Introduction to Artificial Intelligence” course online and for free. His remote...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 24, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Corporate Worship, Loving Others
We were in Perth over the weekend. I met a number of friends whom I had not seen for a while. There was a brother I had not met for 40 years. There was a couple whose wedding I conducted 20 years ago. Some of them had walked with me through the darkest days of my...