by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 23, 2001 | 2001, Articles, God, God's Word, Media, Movies & Television
What is one of the most exciting questions facing humankind as we enter the 21st Century? It is this: “Will CBS’s ‘Survivor2’, or NBC’s ‘Friends’ rule Thursday night viewing in the U.S.? This question is so vital it was chosen...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 23, 2001 | 2001, Articles, God, God's Grace
It isn’t always easy to tell the good guys from the bad in the bible. David was a man after God’s own heart. Yet the guy was a real jerk. He arranged for a man to be murdered to cover up his adulterous relationship with the man’s wife (2 Samuel 11)....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 15, 2001 | 2001, Articles, God, Trinity
Ever been jarred while reading Matthew 28:19? It reads: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit…”(NRSV) “The name” is in the singular. You expect one...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 28, 2000 | 2000, Articles, Christian Living, God, God's Love, Life Issues, Relationships, Solitude & Quiet Time
Do you ever get ambushed by a sense of intense loneliness? Most of our lives are too noisy and too rushed for us to feel anything, much less loneliness. But sometimes we may be suddenly gripped by a sense of intense loneliness. I was, last Saturday, as I was driving...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 10, 2000 | 2000, Articles, God, Redemption
The Nov. 6th issue of Newsweek carried an interview with Tetsuo Nakajima, a Japanese gangster(yakuza). He had been involved in crimes ranging from extortion to drug dealing and had served two prison terms. At the height of his yakuza career he fell in love with a...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 2, 2000 | 2000, Articles, God, Media, Movies & Television, Redemption
The Wolverine character in the ‘X-Men’ movie would seem to be a poor choice to remind us of the Lamb of God. We first encounter him as a vicious wrestler and for the whole of the movie, he has a chip on his shoulder the size of an oak tree. Yet his saving...
