Monthly Archives: January 2021

Sermon - Stephen Tong Sunday Service 01/31/2021 Matthew 7:15-20

Hymn: Come Thou Almighty King - Felice de Giardini Hymn: O Love that Will Not Let Me Go - George Matheson, Albert L. Peace. St. Margaret Hymn: It is well with my Soul - Horatio G. Spafford v.16 My take … Continue reading

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What's New so Far

GameStop, etc. Stocks Short Squeezed yesterday. Here's my take with my limited understanding. It looks a joke in the economics world. The short story is, Stocks like GameStop (video game shops), AMC, BlackBerry, are not doing well in their profits, … Continue reading

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Bible Study: The Book of Isaiah

In the Redeemer's Men's fellowship, on the first chapter of Isaiah, the comparison was made to Karl Marx's "religion is the opiate of the masses". This reminds me that Stephen Tong once said that this is not originally from Marx, … Continue reading

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Vocab: Taciturn

Kathy’s Word of the Week Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our CHRO taciturn Pronunciation:tas-i-turn Definition:inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation. As used in a sentence:By nature, she is a taciturn woman who keeps … Continue reading

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Sermon - Stephen Tong Sunday Service 01/24/2021 Matthew 7:13-14

Chinese session:Best seller books don't mean they are good. Tong: many regret electing Biden as president, because one of his official is gay saying "I'm glad my 'husband' is here..."If America put into law these gender confusion, then the family … Continue reading

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Remotely Wake from Sleep Mode

The Magic Packet really does work. So far it works for an HP computer, I believe I have set in its BIOS to Wake-on-Lan and all WOL options are turned on on NIC adapter (device manager), for the host computer. … Continue reading

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Vocab: Urbane

Kathy’s Word of the Week Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our CHRO urbane Pronunciation:ur-beyn Definition:reflecting elegance, sophistication, etc., especially in expression: As used in a sentence:He maintained an urbane tone in his letters.

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Sermon - Stephen Tong Sunday Service 01/17/2021 Matthew 7:12

Opening Hymn: https://hymnary.org/text/thanks_to_god_for_my_redeemer 2nd Hymn: https://hymnary.org/text/safe_in_the_arms_of_jesus 3rd Hymn: https://hymnary.org/text/gods_way_is_the_best_way_though_i_may_n 范仲淹: 先天下之憂而憂,後天下之樂而樂 Active vs. Passive good. My note: Problem in today's America, the average are in the have, fewer have nots. Jesus' message here is ill-taken as a twisted motive: That … Continue reading

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Vocab: Hackneyed

Kathy’s Word of the Week Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our CHRO hackneyed Pronunciation:hak-need Definition:lacking in freshness or originality. As used in a sentence:Eventually, the phrase became so hackneyed that people stopped saying it.

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Evolution of Accents

We learn to speak by imitating ones around us. With variants. And if the new variant is liked upon, it would be imitated by others, thus, the evolution of its accent.

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