In the sermon the pastor once again gave the same erroneous/insufficient interpretation of Matthew 7 on "judge not".
C: Judge not... = "don't sit on God's throne to judge"
Though this is true, but it is not the context of the passage. For some reason, more than one had failed to read and connect the following verses, which is simply "don't be hypocrites". I remember one time Hailong even asked me: "is that really connected?" A good response to their narrow view on "judge not" is simply to ask: Do you see any connection between the beam in the eye illustration and the first verse?
Sunday School was as marvelous as usual. We started a series on Prayer, with many more important discussions to follow the next few weeks.
Because David's not going to be around for a while due to work, we decided to do the "praise" team every week. Oh how I wish that I could get Eleni a taste of singing in Handel's "Worth is the Lamb". Once you tasted the pearls, you won't want to go back to dog food. True reformed praise and worship improves one's musical skill during the activity, zeal for musical theory and its connection to the creation and the word of God. If not, it's just called American culture thing in worship. Not just worship.