Category Archives: Theologization

Bible Study: Psalm 7

Psalm 7:4 This is not about wicked people doing to for others: as some may use it to their advantage, seeing how if they help others, they could be excused from any wrong doings elsewhere, or that those that they … Continue reading

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Bible Study: Psalm 4

v.5 Sacrifices of Righteousness demands hard work, facing the trials and sufferings of challenges. Not something many Ameristians recognize today, apparently. They would even call this sinfulness in anxiety. Conflating anxiety 焦虑 with concern/worrying 挂虑. v.7 Thou hast put gladness … Continue reading

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On Karl Barth

This may be a very long entry. Stephen Tong mentioned Barth long ago. But it has recently peaked my interest because Reformed Forum kept mentioning him. Alex kept seemingly defending him (曾劭愷|論范泰爾對巴特的評價) from the aspect of Van Til & OPC … Continue reading

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Beethoven Met Mozart

First heard of this from Dr. Tong on 1John 5:9 (The testimony of God greater than men): Then I fact checked: 1787, Beethoven did indeed went to see Mozart for tutelage. Beethoven was 17, using Max Franz's recommendation letter to … Continue reading

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Had Adam not Sinned...

This is a study on "eschatology precedes soteriology". It tackles questions such as "Did Christ come into the world for us? or we came into the world for Christ," which, as Mark Jones calls the latter, is a form of … Continue reading

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Bible Study: The Epistle of First Peter

Peter writing to the saints (v.2) in the Northern half of Turkey (Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, not Pisidia in the South), whom he knows not (v.1).

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Baptism of the Holy Spirit - Let's clarify it from the confusion of the Charismatics

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Bible Study: Psalm 16

v. 2 "...my goodness extendeth not to Thee" KJV God owes us nothing of any good things we do, nor God's goodness for us is conditioned upon something deserved. ~ John Calvin. Additionally, Calvin adds, that we are in the … Continue reading

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On Regulative Principle of Worship 敬拜的管制性原則

The Reformed Forum folks talked about it, in support of it. When I looked it up, it seems to be attributed to Calvin and Anabaptists. Thanks to Alex, my suspicion of the mixture of fundamentalism narrow-mindedness on the this principle … Continue reading

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2023 STEMI Last East Coast Rally DC Trip

Friday 9/1 10:30 AM flight, United Airline, from Newark, arrived 12pm in DC. Took their Metro $30 (beats Lyft's $60 one way to hotel) for 3 days unlimited, blue-line then to Orange-line to last stop Vienna, free transit to bus … Continue reading

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