by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 30, 2015 | 2015, Articles, God, God’s Sovereignty, Governance, World Issues
Last Friday, Joshua, our pastor, gave a powerful word at our church’s prayer meeting. With the nation still in mourning over the death of her founding prime minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, pastor pointed us to Isaiah 6. It was a timely word. In the year that King Uzziah...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 19, 2015 | 2015, Articles, God, God’s Sovereignty, Governance, World Issues
King Josiah was one of the good guys (2 Kings 22:1–23:30; 2 Chronicles 34:1–35:27). Upon encountering the Book of the Law (2 Kings 22:8), he instituted far-ranging spiritual reforms in Judah, putting down idolatry and leading the people back to a proper worship of...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 14, 2015 | 2015, Articles, Human Rights, World Issues
Two public lectures on ‘Muhammad SAW in the Bible’ by Shaykh Afeefuddin Al-Jailani scheduled in Kuching, have been withdrawn after protests. One was to be held at the Kuching Islamic Information Centre tomorrow and the other at the Islamic Centre at Unimas on...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 18, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Justice, Violence, World Issues
Shahrukh Khan, 16, told the AFP news agency that he ducked below a desk when gunmen entered his classroom. Speaking from Lady Reading Hospital, he said: “I saw a pair of big black boots coming towards me, this guy was probably hunting for students hiding...
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by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 28, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Books, Media, Violence, World Issues
Crime novelist PD James, who penned more than 20 books, has died aged 94. Her agent said she died “peacefully at her home in Oxford” on Thursday morning. The author’s books, many featuring sleuth Adam Dalgliesh, sold millions of books around the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 9, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Gender, World Issues
A core reality of the Christian faith is the understanding that followers of Jesus are called to grow in Christ-likeness. And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been...
