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Dr. Tim Keller's "Religion" Terminology
In his sermon, "Loosing My Religion - Why Christians Should Drop Their Religion", Dr. Timothy Keller uses definition of religion similar to that of Jefferson Bethke...or vice versa. It is no wonder Bethke looks up to Keller. Keller attempts to … Continue reading
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The Consumer Christian Excuse
Any church pastors/preachers that love to blame church works on the so called "consumer" Christians, are obviously evangelically handicapped. There is no such thing as a "consumer" Christian. If there be consumer Christians, there are no Christians at all. And … Continue reading
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Prove of Christian-hood
It seems that many would like to prove whether or not the others are Christians. Some test it on frequency of Bible readings. To these, I would ask: When is the last time you preached to a complete stranger...on the … Continue reading
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The So called Campus Ministries
Every so often, churches, particularly Chinese churches, love to brag about how they labor for the hardest ministries of all: The campus ministries. I would like to respond to them by asking: This tough ministry of students, are they college … Continue reading
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What about those who have not heard of the Gospel?
A common question, but the answers I've heard are mostly not to the point, useless. Such as at the last Friday's CCCNY Bible study. The pastor's reply was: We are not qualified to judge, it is God's decision, leave it … Continue reading
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Phil Robertson of the Duck Dynasty
When I first heard the news about how A&E put Duck Dynasty's reality show on hiatus due to his anti-gay remark on GQ magazine, I thought it is just like many other news that discriminate Christians for calling homosexuality a … Continue reading
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Ethnic Diversity in New York City
This calls for an interesting strategy for mission work in this city. This far, Redeemer's City to City is the only one that's close to such work. With Chinese immigrants (350k) so close to the majority Dominicans (380k), Mission target … Continue reading
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Jefferson Bethke
A while back, there was a youtube video that went viral. It is Jeff Bethke's "I hate religion, but love Jesus". Kevin DeYoung attempted a seminary examination on Bethke's poem. Subsequently, he thought Bethke listened to him. Did Bethke do … Continue reading
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Sunday Service
Yesterday's Advent celebration at Redeemer was excellent. Professional choir singing Christmas choruses with great clarity and dynamics. With only 21 singers, they could blast like a 200 chorister choir. After lesson readings, some by children, Dr. Tim Keller gave the … Continue reading
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Why He left Malaysia
Not long ago, there was a viral article from Malaysia by someone trying to justify why he had to leave Malaysia for good. It is about the corruption and injustice treatment against certain foreign spouse of a Malaysian. The responses, … Continue reading
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