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Sunday Service 2/5/2023

Posted on February 6, 2023 by timlyg

Sunday School - Common Creation Questions - Lesson 5 Genesis 1 Previous discussion weeks have been focused mainly on Young Earth, but the pastor tried to be slightly open minded, though the go to against the opponents is always on … Continue reading →

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Stephen Tong on Various Worship style (i.e. contemporary Christian music, etc.)

Posted on February 2, 2023 by timlyg

In his Daniel Servitude series, video 3, @36:47. 要紧：对象，内容，动机不要紧：形式，日子，外表 对象 - 创造天地赐我五谷丰收的上帝来做感恩的祭，圣道的内容，纯正敬拜上帝的动机

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On Chinese Musicology

Posted on February 1, 2023 by timlyg

On Video 3 of Pak Tong's Daniel series (4 total), in video #3, history of Chinese music was mentioned: Tong explained how 12 pitches were reduced to only 5 pentatonic (gōng 宫, shāng 商, jué 角, zhǐ 徵 and yǔ … Continue reading →

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There's no need to always clear cache/cookies for the entire browser

Posted on January 31, 2023 by timlyg

We can do it per site. This is the instruction for Chrome. However I don't doubt Firefox/Edge will be behind. For cookies: Delete specific cookies Delete cookies from a site For Cache:

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On What Apologetics Is

Posted on January 31, 2023 by timlyg

After Tim Keller, after Stephen Tong, here's my definition: The art of persuasion against (active)/for (passive) those in bondage. Not by evidence but by God's revelation. Tong: 护教这个字原先的意思是被控诉的时候进行申辨。护教学的意思就是对那些反对我们信仰，不了解我们信仰的人，给我们基督徒攻击的时候，我们为所信的做出申辨。这样护教学就具有积极性和消极性两方面的作用。积极作用是护教学和宣教学配合起来，积极的向世人介绍信仰。消极作用是去消除世人对基督教的疑惑，释放人的心灵。

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Weekly Reflections

Posted on January 27, 2023 by timlyg

2/7/2023 - After hiatus, I am re-disciplining myself on basic book-keeping habit using the Money Lover app (which now has Webapp, for free at the moment). If they go PayApp on me, I'm looking for alternative app or write my … Continue reading →

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Bible Study: Daniel

Posted on January 27, 2023 by timlyg

It's interesting John Calvin expounded on this. Stephen Tong also did a specific character analysis on Daniel: https://www.fuyin.tv/content/view/movid/2212 This study will be a compendium of my church's Bible study as well as my own. From The Bible Project Summary:

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Neo-Calvinism

Posted on January 26, 2023 by timlyg

Reformed Forum had a live interview today with the two authors (Cory Brock, Nathaniel Sutanto) of their book, Neo-Calvinism, My question posted in the meet did not get answered: Hopefully not going too off topic, but since we mentioned "Eschatology … Continue reading →

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Weekly Reflection

Posted on January 19, 2023 by timlyg

1/23/2023 Vos: 'Eschatology Precedes Soteriology' - Protology (pre-fall state) is Eschatological, as protology is not eternal life. ~David TongLane Tipton: On incarnation (against Rome and Karl Barth): Jesus Christ did not come to solve an ontological problem given creation; but … Continue reading →

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Christianity in Chinese Characters/Words God in Ancient China (nonsense)

Posted on January 17, 2023 by timlyg

I've done it before in brief (against 遠志明's ministry nonsense on this matter) but after coming across this (someone did a good job in debunking some of the falsehood in this, I wish there are more of such), I shall … Continue reading →

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