by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 22, 2009 | 2009, Articles, God, God's Grace
Smell is the only sense that does not make a brief stop at the brain’s relay station, the thalamus, before going to the prefrontal cortex, the area of the brain that explains, reasons and rationalizes. Smell is unmediated, unfiltered; it hits the prefrontal...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 5, 2009 | 2009, Articles, God, God's Will
Bernice and I will be going to North America next week. This was a ministry trip planned some time ago, before the recent outbreak of the H1N1 virus epidemic. A friend asked: “Are you still going?” He is a good friend and he was concerned for my safety....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 30, 2009 | 2009, Articles, Dependence on God, God
Once in awhile you get to demonstrate what you preach. Last Sunday I preached from Genesis 32:1-32. One of my main lessons was that Jacob had to learn to move away from self-sufficiency to dependence on God’s blessings before God could bless him and use him. I...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 16, 2009 | 2009, Articles, God, God's Word, Jesus, Jesus' Life
Recently I was reminded at a talk that the heart of the Christian faith is not a book. It is a person — Jesus. The context of the comment was our continuing (and necessary) attempts to build bridges with our Muslim friends. It is so tempting to draw the following...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 2, 2009 | 2009, Articles, God, God’s Sovereignty, Jesus, Jesus' Second Coming
Don’t know about you but the new year looks strangely like the old one. Which is why I am holding out for another one. This one: Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared. And the sea was also gone. And I saw...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 24, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Christian Living, God, Growth, Holy Spirit
My dad had a fiery temper. He was a passionate man. He loved passionately. He also angered passionately. Those who know me will probably be thinking: “Soo Inn’s a little like his dad. He too has a quick temper.” And you would be right. In the past my...
