by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 11, 2024 | 2024, God's Grace
Read Genesis 27 & 28 Jacob was a cheat. Guided by his mother, Jacob cheated his elder brother of his blessing by masquerading as his older brother to get the blessings from their father. Not a hint here that mother and younger son trusted God and His...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 3, 2024 | 2024, Corporate Worship, God's Glory, God's Grace
I was naughty and I gave the audience a trick question. I read out two passages that described an encounter between people and God. First, I read out the Isaiah 6:1–8 passage. Then I read the Luke15:11–32 passage. I asked them which picture of God they...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 22, 2024 | 2024, Faith, God's Grace
Once in a while, I will meet a young dentist or dental student who will remind me that I was once the chairman of the Sheep Farmers Club. They would have learnt this from one of their lecturers in the National University of Singapore dental faculty, Dr Vijayan...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 15, 2024 | 2024, Community, God's Grace, Gratitude, Loving Others, Spiritual Friendship
I am on a mission to thank the friends who stood by me in my darkest moments. Those of you who know me will know of my ten black years, a period that started with the death of my first wife from cancer and ended with a journey through clinical depression, with a...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 24, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Christian Living, God, God's Grace, Growth, Leadership
Tonight (23 June) I will be sharing at an FES (Singapore) leadership consultation on “Leaders who Fail.” There is a sense of deja vu here. In 2003 I was part of the first Eagles Leadership Conference and was asked to do a workshop on “Growing Through...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 25, 2020 | 2020, Articles, God's Grace, Loving Others, Redemption, Soo-Inn Tan
A few nights ago I was introduced to a new Christmas song, “O Come All You Unfaithful”. Here are the first two verses and the chorus: O come, all you unfaithful Come, weak and unstable Come, know you are not aloneO come, barren and waiting ones Weary of...