Alex Tseng vs. David Tong: Theologically and character-wise, David's on the conservative side; Alex is not, though he may try pretend to be. Evangelically, Alex is more open than David in engaging the culture; while David maybe more evangelical than Alex, but he does not make enough external contacts himself to be effective, perhaps due to fear and a protected upbringing, so he substitutes this with hard labor (i.e. driving here and there tirelessly to serve), which I consider maybe of the influence of the Uzzah's ministry employed by Rev. Laura Lin who probably got it from Bill Gothard.
Got a clip of David Tong's speech on Marriage on Facebook, where he mentioned about needing to host marriage ceremony in the church. I agree. Although, we may differ in the reason for it. For David, he focused on the attendees who would be the congregants, the fellowship of brothers and sisters; I however, focus on the covenant with God, the importance of the House of God, which inevitably connects to the fellowship of believers. In David's reasoning, if you marry in Bali, then you are more into inviting your friends and family rather than your church members. Therefore, his reasoning is flawed. Of course, David and I probably both agree on disagreeing with Alex, who married in Bali and even attempted to defend it by saying that the likes of us would be practicing Roman Catholicism, making marriage a sacrament. I can respond to this very easily, if it's a sacrament, then lots of married couples who converted would need to redo their ceremonies, therefore we don't treat marriage as a sacrament. But as a covenant that is serious before God in time and place and people.