by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 11, 2021 | 2021, Articles, God, Jesus, Preaching & Teaching
On June 25/26, Regent College will be celebrating her 50th birthday. This was meant to happen last year and on site, but the continuing impact of Covid-19 meant the celebration was postponed to this year and to be held online. My years in Regent (1981–1985) were...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 30, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Preaching & Teaching, Work & Vocation
A few days ago (April 27) friends on Facebook remembered that it would have been John Stott’s 100th birthday if he had not returned to the Lord in 2011. I realised I had never written about my debt to him. Like many evangelicals in my time, we received very...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 16, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Church, Preaching & Teaching
Last Sunday I had the privilege of speaking at the traditional services of Wesley Methodist Church (Singapore). It was a test of stamina as I had to preach at four services: three in the morning and one in the evening. I was given a free choice of topics and I chose...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 26, 2019 | 2019, Articles, Church, God, God's Grace, Preaching & Teaching
Last Saturday I had the chance to share at a CRU reading advocacy event. It gave me a chance to revisit some of the books that had impacted my life. One, which impacted my preaching, was Frederick Buechner’s book, Telling the Truth (New York, NY: Harper &...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 7, 2018 | 2018, Articles, Preaching & Teaching
With BGST’s, Vocation, Work and Ministry MM 101, 2017 cohort. An article on mentoring that I read recently (David L. Bartlett, “Mentoring in the New Testament,” in Mentoring, Dean K. Thompson & D. Cameron Murchison eds. [Grand Rapids, MI:...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 5, 2018 | 2018, Articles, Church, Preaching & Teaching
Whenever I have the opportunity to teach a course on homiletics, I usually show the class this clip. It’s one that shows excerpts from Martin Luther King Jr.’s last speech. He would be assassinated the next day, April 4th, 1968, at the age of 39. (You can read the...
