by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 30, 2023 | 2023, Discernment, Spiritual Friendship, Work & Vocation
In my third year of seminary I had a very strong urge to go to Oxford to pursue a DPhil. I ran the idea by a friend and mentor. He said he thought that my doing a PhD would be a stretch. When I suggested that maybe I should do a DMin, a doctorate in ministry which was...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 26, 2023 | 2023, Death & Grief, Obedience & Faithfulness
Often it is hard to appreciate the power of a book until you have read the last page. Similarly, it is often hard to measure the impact of a person's life until he or she passes on. Many of us felt the impact of the death of Timothy Keller. Now that he has passed...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 18, 2023 | 2023, Articles, God's Love, God's Provision, Relationships, Spiritual Friendship
I have been reading the Bible since I was a child. A stint is seminary gave me additional tools to hear God's voice more clearly and more accurately when I study the Scriptures. But as so many have testified, you can never exhaust what you learn from the Bible....
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 12, 2023 | 2023, Afterlife, Articles, Christian Living, Life Issues, Spiritual Friendship
I was back in Penang recently and had breakfast with some old friends. We had all been in school together and have known each other for more than 60 years. We talked about things in the past, things in the present, and things yet unseen. There was a lot of loud...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 21, 2023 | 2023, Afterlife, Articles, Death & Grief, Meaning & Purpose
Some people are apprehensive about death because they fear that in the next life they will have to leave behind all that makes life meaningful in this life. They shouldn’t be. What are some things that make life meaningful in this life? Well, many of us...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 24, 2023 | 2023, Articles, Christian Identity, Following Jesus, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Maturity, Work & Vocation
D’oh —used to express sudden recognition of a foolish blunder or an ironic turn of events Merriam-Webster Doh Interj. A Gen-X colloquialism conveying an overall feeling of frustration. Slang Define I have taught two courses numerous times. One is a course on...
