by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 30, 2015 | 2015, Aging, Articles, Christian Living, Life Issues, Obedience & Faithfulness
Recently I was at a gathering of alumni from Regent College and the Biblical Graduate School of Theology. Regent College alumni were asked to stand up on the basis of which decade they had graduated. The oldest batch were those who graduated from Regent in the ’70s...
by Bernice Lee | Jun 13, 2015 | 2015, Articles, Christian Living, Evangelism, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
’Tis the season for church camps here in Singapore. Which means a migratory pattern akin to that of the wildebeests in Africa or the bisons in North America. Well, perhaps we’re not quite like the thundering hordes that cross the Serengeti or the Great Plains, but we...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 22, 2015 | 2015, Articles, Death & Grief, God, God’s Sovereignty, Life Issues
We visited a pastor friend last night. In obedience to God’s call, he left the world of business many years ago to enter the pastoral ministry. In his journey, time and time again, he took on difficult church assignments in obedience to God’s leading. You would have...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 14, 2015 | 2015, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
Sometimes you read something that is all at once beautiful, wise, and states powerfully what you have already discovered to be true. This is how I felt about the following passage that I read last night: When we find that all that we hope for does not happen, that...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 13, 2015 | 2015, Aging, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
It’s strange to be 60. It feels “old” in a way that 50 didn’t. Well, maybe not “old” but significant. Sixty feels like a significant milestone. As one of my sons reminded me, I am now closer to the day of my death than to the day of my birth. Of course I have been...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 24, 2015 | 2015, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
Eric Liddell (1902–1945), the Scottish athlete, rugby union international player, and missionary, was reported to have said: “God made me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure.” I feel the same way when I preach. (When I run I get cramps.) Most Sundays I am...
