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Thoughts

Fascia wind damage, huge storm the night before we went for vacation in the West Coast (Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Grand Canyons). I heard window banging sounds by the broken hanging pieces, but couldn't do anything about it, disturbed my … Continue reading

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Did Calvin celebrated Christmas?

This came up as a question in the Sunday school. Interestingly, after searching online, I came across this: Martin Luther: Pro-Christmas Zwingli: Anti-Christmas Clavin: Neither for nor against According to the article, it's all about the difference between normative vs. … Continue reading

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Will We Remember Our Sins in Heaven?

This idea that we will forget our sins in heaven came up during the Sunday school today and I wasn't sure if this was something the American fundamentalist church held in common so I kept quiet so that I could … Continue reading

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Vocabulary: Sobriquet

Kathy’s Word of the Week Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our CHRO sobriquet Pronunciation:soh–bruh-key Definition:nickname As used in a sentence:Bill is a sobriquet often used in regards to William.

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On Procrastination

An interesting resource. This Is What Happens to Your Brain When You Procrastinate September 22, 2021 Filed Under: procrastination, productivity, Wellness By Stephanie Vozza Photo Credit: iStock We can all probably agree that procrastination isn’t wise. Some of us like to believe we work … Continue reading

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Astronomy: Why do the times of sunrise and sunset change at different rates?

I should make a youtube video on this once I understood it. Need to boost my Youtube subscriber number for $. I noticed in Nov/Dec the Sunset time reverses sooner than the Sunrise time. Here's the answer. Source: Steve Ford: … Continue reading

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Thoughts

Why English Bibles say Jesus hung on a tree? Someone at church brought up this question and I looked it up. It has to do with the English word "tree". The Etymology of tree means wood, or wooden structure, in … Continue reading

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On the History of Thanksgiving in America

I need to look into the validity of some claims. The conservatives maintained only the positive side of the history, that the Indians (Native Americans) and the English pilgrims were friends and Thanksgiving day is to remember that. While the … Continue reading

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Biblical Terminology: Interesting Terms and Phrases

I'll try to keep an alphabetical order of these, based on phonetics. Some of these terms are well known by either the English speakers or Chinese speakers but new to me. Abomination of Desolation (那行毁坏可憎的) (it seems that American Christians … Continue reading

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Bible Study: The Gospel of John

I tried to log notes back in the CCCNY Bible study days. But I'll start fresh now. With Grace PCA and Pak Tong's notes. I came across a very good Chinese summary of Tong's video series. Unfortunately, it only went … Continue reading

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