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The Logic of Security
Dealing with some "privileged information" (Positive Collusion) matter at work, I was reminded of some illogical behaviors I've seen in church. One in particular, a debate with a Chinese church member on privacy/security in digital information. I won't ever deal … Continue reading
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Bible Study: Psalm 13
After Thought: While reading Psalm 13, I thought to myself...could the reference to God in pronouns "Thou" and "He" in the same passage be hinting to the Holy Trinity? (Thou = 2nd person; He = 1st person). Because "my heart … Continue reading
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The Wicked vs. The Fools vs. The Heathen vs. Sinners vs. Scorners
The wicked (ungodly) רָשָׁע (rasha) generally refers to those who knows God to some extend but then denies God. They are proud, they are rebellious against God. They are more willing to challenge and test God than the mere fools. … Continue reading
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Steve Lawson: Preachers Who Can't Preach
Lawson has a good point on rebuking preachers who are:- Lecturers - We love lecturers in the classroom, we hate them in the pulpit! Instruction of the minds.- Devotional/motivational speaker - heart reaching heart.- Legalistic - Will reaching will. Versus: … Continue reading
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Bible Study: Genesis, Exodus, Acts
So I'm back to my planned daily Bible study, I thank God for this pandemic. I'm now being motivated to dwell deeply in His words once again. Genesis was thoroughly done, so I'll just memorize the topics of each chapters. … Continue reading
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True or False: God Hates the Sin, but Loves the Sinner
Many anti-intellectual fundamental Christians have recently love to bring this up. I first heard this from Stephen Tong: Hate the sin, but love the sinners. This is from the perspective of a preacher. Not from God's viewpoint. This has also … Continue reading
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Sunday Service 2020-04-05
Online. Watching Stephen Tong's Chinese + Indonesian a day prior due to time zone difference. Watched Michael Keller's of Redeemer LSQ. At night I watched Tim Keller's Peace in Times of Suffering and Uncertainty, that was posted days ago. I … Continue reading
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Sunday Sermon Online
The is the second week (Saturdays) that we connect to Dr. Stephen Tong's GRII online sermon live, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Chinese version at 8:30pm EST, Indonesian at 10:30pm EST Saturday. Before these past two weeks, we followed Michael … Continue reading
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Sunday Service 2020-02-23
So we were told that our church was flooded and the power was out. We had to temporarily move to Mt Carmel OPC for service. I've been to that church once, didn't intend to go back. So I thought this … Continue reading
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Sunday Worship - 2020-02-09
Second week Nadia and I went to the earlier scheduled Sunday School for the adults (10AM). We're doing Westminster's Confession of Faith. Now Chapter 2. I've been motivated to return to my Ligonier course of the same topic led by … Continue reading
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