by Soo-Inn Tan | May 29, 2025 | 2025, God's Grace, Success
In my last visit to Petaling Jaya (Malaysia) I met up with an old college friend. We had not met up in person since college, about 48 years ago, though we had kept in touch over social media. We had both stayed in King Edward 7th Hall (KE Hall), a residential college...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 12, 2024 | 2024, Christian Identity, Discernment, Media, Success
Just heard an excellent lecture about social media from Dr Graham Hill. I conclude that many Christians, including myself, are basically ignorant about social media and how it “disciples” us. We end up being manipulated by those who know how to use...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 11, 2019 | 2019, Articles, God, God’s Sovereignty, Life Issues, Success
There are times, not often, that I think the following: “Why hasn’t this church/organisation invited me to preach? Is it because of my chequered past? Is it because I am not high-profile enough? After all I see them inviting speakers like Edmund Chan, Robert Solomon,...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 8, 2018 | 2018, Aging, Articles, Life Issues, Meaning & Purpose, Success
The most important book I have read in recent times is The Power of Meaning by Emily Esfahani Smith. Smith’s thesis is this: if you spend your life chasing happiness you may get it but happiness is often short lived and ephemeral. But if you spend your life...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 6, 2005 | 2005, Articles, Life Issues, Success
“Four and Twenty years ago I come into this life, The son of a woman And a man who lived in strife. He was tired of being poor And he wasn’t into selling door to door And he worked like the devil to be more. A different kind of poverty now upsets me so...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 5, 2001 | 2001, Articles, Life Issues, Success
“Good Christians will never excel in the worlds of business and the professions. There is something in the Christian spiritual DNA that handicaps their ability to compete and come ahead in the real world.” I have encountered the above sentiments again and...
