by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 26, 2008 | 2008, Articles, God, God’s Sovereignty, Life Issues, Meaning & Purpose
I never had the patience to enjoy jigsaw puzzles. But I have done a few in my time. The thing about jigsaw puzzles is, the more you work on one, the more you know where the remaining pieces fit. When you start out you have all these pieces in hand but you have few...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 19, 2008 | 2008, Articles, God, Media, Movies & Television, Redemption
Dark Knight is a movie that grabs you by the you-know-what and doesn’t let go till the last scene. It’s one of the few movies where I saw people clapping when the credits rolled. Was it that good? The box office receipts say yes. So do the critics. It is a...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 20, 2008 | 2008, Articles, God, God's Word
When do you normally hear from the Lord? I normally hear from the Lord in the morning when I am just waking up. I am lying in bed, not yet fully awake. And in that in between time, no longer asleep but not yet fully awake, I hear Him speak. Happened just a few...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 28, 2008 | 2008, Articles, God, Holy Spirit
Have you ever been slain in the Spirit (SITS)? Rested in the Spirit? Not quite sure what that means? Here is a helpful definition from Wikipedia: Being slain in the Spirit is a term related to the Charismatic movement and Pentecostalism which describes a religious...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 11, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Christian Identity, Christian Living, God, God’s Sovereignty
Can you tell me a bit about your father? How is/was your relationship with him? Through the years I have had many opportunities to lead studies on the Parable of the Gracious Father (Luke 15:11-32). Often I would begin the study by asking folks to describe their own...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 21, 2008 | 2008, Articles, God, God’s Sovereignty
The first seminary I applied to rejected me. I really wanted to go to that school. It was a top school in the US for the training of pastors. I had made the traumatic decision to leave a career in dentistry to pursue a church-related vocation. The next step was to get...