Monthly Archives: December 2018

Today's Sermon: Psalm 90

Posted on December 30, 2018 by timlyg

Reflection: Though always a warning against delay and unpreparedness, and regret can never be escaped, there is never a requirement nor last minute review/accountability for salvation. Thus even in the last moment, one may pray for mercy and treat one's … Continue reading →

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The Inadequacy of the Law

Posted on December 26, 2018 by timlyg

In the Thursday Bible Study about two weeks ago, we pondered upon the purpose of the law as we were studying Psalm 1. I made reference to the fact that somewhere in Hebrews it is said that the law is … Continue reading →

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The Fake Evangelists for Muslims

Posted on December 26, 2018 by timlyg

Now in America, there are many claims of evangelism towards the Muslim nations and people. I've listened to the testimonies of these "wannabes" preachers of the Gospel to the Muslim community and have come to one conclusion: That their target … Continue reading →

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Stephen Tong's Q&A: Do not rush someone to serve

Posted on December 26, 2018 by timlyg

From Songs 8:4 - ...that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please. ... 不要惊动，不要叫醒我所亲爱的，等她自己情愿 . I believe this can also be a good verse against the concept of "consumer Christian". Against those who like tho urge … Continue reading →

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Who's to blame in miscommunication?

Posted on December 20, 2018 by timlyg

Though word terminology and grammar are important, the burden of language does not lie solely on the speakers, because the listeners are not mere logical machines.

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Vocab: Excoriate

Posted on December 19, 2018 by timlyg

Kathy’s Word of the Week (12/17/2018) Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our VP of HR excoriate Pronunciation:ex-co-ri-ate Definition:censure or criticize severely the papers that had been excoriating him were now lauding him

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The Move

Posted on December 19, 2018 by timlyg

On Thursday, November 15, 2018, we officially closed our first house. On the 17th, the moving company came, at around 10:30AM, finished moving everything to South Amboy within 2 hours. The Chinese mover's rate jumped from the estimated $250 price … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 installation stuck at Completing Installation...

Posted on December 18, 2018 by timlyg

Solution: SHIFT-F10 for command prompt, then type: explorer.exe After that, task bar should appear for restart purpose. But in my case, system began to restart before task bar even shows up.

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Unsubscribing all Redeemer's Newsletters

Posted on December 17, 2018 by timlyg

Now that Tim & Kathy Keller's presence is gone for good. Michael Keller's following the others' example. It's clear that it's either soliciting donations or posting non-interactive mass faux mails/newsletters with contents I could easily get from any postmodern Christian … Continue reading →

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The Borderline of Right and Wrong in Retaliation

Posted on December 15, 2018 by timlyg

“If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.” - Niccolo Machiavelli

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