So tonight's (4/14) Bible Study, I brought up the analogy to evangelism from the Raising Lazarus passage in John 11. The pastor tried to reject it fearing it has connection to allegory (hidden meaning), but later admitted such possibility as application (when preached in sermon). I replied that I liked that "application", hinting that that's basically what I was talking about. I personally don't see much difference between analogy, allegory or application in this case, they are just words. Earlier, there was also discussion on Jesus Wept. The pastor still stuck to his same reasoning. I recall Dirk had in the last Sunday School added the explanation similar to Pak Tong's, that it was the same reason Jesus wept over Jerusalem, the stubbornness of sinners, when the pastor gave only one reason: how broken the world is by death, which I believe can be acceptable, if it must be taken, but a lower class reasoning, because Jesus conquered death and His attitude to face death is not that of a crying baby, but as a warrior.
Nadia fell in the evening of 4/14/2022 around 4:46pm and almost hit her head to the corner of the fire pit. I thank God for the save. Only a few light bruises on the arms and right cheek. Most damage was the lower right lips with very minor tears. I checked the camera video, had she hit the corner of that solid rock pit, I do not dare to imagine what fatality we would be facing. I need to show her the video, she needs to learn to be aware of her surroundings.
They have several of these (fan compositions) from time to time, I must say, these 17 year old definitely have composition talents. I would ask where they learn these techniques, and I doubt it's hard to find, but I do not have the time and energy to venture into this for now.