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Sermon - Stephen Tong Sunday Service 08/09/2020 Matthew 6:5-8
No other religion teaches out to pray. As if Christians are not devoted enough that they need to be taught about this. By a kiss, Judas sold Jesus. Therefore, the appearance of devotion/intimacy is not good enough. The Lord's prayer … Continue reading
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Reflection on the COVID19 Pandemic situation
When prompted to answer Tante Lyna, here's the sum of my response: This is a new topic for me so I don't have much to say for now, I can lay down some basic foundations/questions that need addressing. I believe … Continue reading
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Sermon - Stephen Tong Sunday Service 08/02/2020 Matthew 6:1-6
Two types: Those who desire honor from men vs. from God. If there were no praises from men, perhaps there will be no more philanthropists. 1961, Tong began Q&A sessions, since no preachers dared. Who should we have charity to?Pro … Continue reading
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The Bahnsen vs Sproul Debate on Presuppositional Apologetics
Stumbled upon this online. Didn't know it existed, in 1977, I think. Also, I came across a transcript of it which I downloaded in PDF. In the end, the question Sproul had was "How do you know the Christian Bible … Continue reading
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Sermon - Stephen Tong Sunday Service 7/26/2020 Matthew 5:43-48
Tong critiqued the sound system team in the beginning, I wasn't aware of the quality of it. Christian ethics here looks like the lowest but is in fact the greatest as it is the ethics motive. It is active and … Continue reading
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Sermon - Stephen Tong Sunday Service 7/19/2020 Matthew 5:43-48
How to be complete? West - Socrates - Aristotle's rational vs. ethics.East - Buddhist's forgiveness vs. ethics.Confucius always use: 君子Tong used to teach his philosophy class: compare Confucius & Christian ethics. Also asked them if any lived up to Confucius' … Continue reading
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Beware of these
When Stephen Tong passes, there will be those who once broke up terribly with him coming back crying at his funeral. Or as if they really care. Beware of these. I recall a Serena Lin, who after getting her fellow … Continue reading
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Sermon - Stephen Tong Sunday Service 7/12/2020 Matthew 5:38-42 (Part 2)
Our love is passive; Our hate is active: If you treat me well I'll treat you well, but if you treat me bad, I'll treat you worse. Injustice everywhere. Hammurabi stone recorded oldest? code for equality in "vengeful treatment". Gen … Continue reading
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Sermon - Stephen Tong Sunday Service 7/5/2020 Matthew 5:38-42
Announces that live stream of the services will stop starting August. Those who could come to worship at church should come. Otherwise they feel like they can just sit at home doing this. It's not good having a habit of … Continue reading
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Sermon - Stephen Tong Sunday Service 6/28/2020 Matthew 5:33-37
God used Covid-19 to increase children's Bible camp's number from a couple hundreds to thousands, streaming the camp live online. Chinese high officers don't trust Chinese's own banks, sent their money overseas as US dollars to be saved. Why? They … Continue reading
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