by Soo-Inn Tan | May 25, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Life Issues, Suffering
It’s not easy for me to revisit my past, especially a period I call my ten black years. I wished I could go back in time and do things better, make better choices, be a better man. But I can’t go back in time. Now, I seek to redeem my past by sharing whatever lessons I learnt from those dark times, with others. The most important lesson is this — God is bigger than our failures.
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 11, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Life Issues, Suffering
In her book, The Power of Meaning, Emily Esfahani Smith writes: As much as we might wish, none of us will be able to go through life without some kind of suffering. (Emily Esfahani Smith, The Power of Meaning, New York, NY: Crown, 2017, 185.) Smith does not write from...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 30, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Life Issues, Media, Movies & Television, Suffering
(Spoilers ahead for fans of Bones.) The finale of the TV series Bones, was a two-part episode (season 12, episodes 11 and 12). The first part, “The Day in the Life”, ended with a horrendous explosion. The bad guy had won. He had successfully attacked the good guys and...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 2, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Life Issues, Suffering
Our church small group is studying the book of Revelation. I have the privilege of leading a few of the sessions. It’s a book that is full of symbols and imagery that made sense to the original writer and audience but can often be hard to interpret by...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 25, 2017 | 2017, Articles, God, God’s Sovereignty, Life Issues, Suffering
“Your story is not over yet.” I was at a very low point in my life. Everything was falling apart. I felt trapped, paralysed, looking at an oncoming car on the road of life, about to be road kill. I happened to be at a morning prayer meeting for church...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 11, 2015 | 2015, Articles, Christian Living, Evangelism, Life Issues, Suffering
A few weeks ago I had the privilege of speaking to the Cancer Support Group of Pantai Baptist Church (previously First Baptist Church), a church where I served as pastor in the early ’90s. After I had given the message I asked the group to divide themselves into...
