My Journal

It is interesting to note that Dr. Shishko, of the OPC, pastors a church in New York, Franklin Square on Long Island. If it were a few years ago, I would have taken the opportunity to attend a service there.

Perhaps this sheds more light than the debate between MacArthur and Sproul. Nonetheless, as I thought about Rev. Lin's past rejection of having Sproul's DVD on infant baptism, claiming that it raises confusion, I have come to be sceptical of her true motive (which I shall move to another section of my journal)

Good debate. My conclusion on the debate is simply this:
The paedobaptists champion the standard of "innocent until proven guilty"; while the credobaptists champion the standard of "guilty until proven innocent".
As such, it is as much likely in tendency for the presbyterians to intentionally admit false believers as for the baptists to discriminate foreigners especially those who disagree with their belief.

I hold the paedobaptist's view, thus, I shall add that this view promotes mutual trust between the missionary and the field before God; while the credobaptist's view, promotes mutual trust mainly among the humans, should they extend that trust under the grace of God, they must inevitably borrow, admittingly or not, from the paedobaptist's view)

Dr. White argued that circumcision is accomplished now by regeneration. That is a stretch. As regeneration is not a physical sacrament.

My last conclusion is: discipleship begins at conception. Even a mother could sing to the babe in the womb. Singing Godly hymns. Thus, this is a stronger stand against abortion. A mother's own discipleship becomes the cause of the newborn's discipleship.

I don't mind that most Asian Methodist churches are turning charismatics. It's not like the Western UM are any better. However, one good thing from this is it balances out the majority Charismatics' view on immersion baptism being the only mode.

A very helpful recommendation. Though, I have not started the reading.

02/22/2015 Morning service: St. Augustine: Intelligentia prima est ut te noris peccatorem. (The beginning of knowledge is to know oneself to be a sinner) Preparation by Rev. Abraham Cho. Sermon by Rev. David Bisgrove on Psalm 32:1-11, Prayer of Confession (1st sermon in series: Pilgrim Prayer: Psalms for the Journey). He made note of the differences in the terms: transgressions, sins, iniquity, guilt.

03/08/2015 Morning service: Scripture reading: Psalm 42:1-43:5. Prayer of Thirst (3rd sermon in series: Pilgrim Prayer: Psalms for the Journey) Bijan Mirtolooi: Jonathan Edward's essay on the Trinity made the distinctions between hope (waiting) and faith (active).

03/15/2015 Morning service: On the need to face suffering, The famous quote from Mencius was used: When Heaven is going to give a great responsibility to someone...
Preparation by Rev. Abraham Cho. Sermon by Tim Keller, on Psalm 91:1-16. Prayer of Rest (4th sermon in series: Pilgrim Prayer: Psalms for the Journey). I have touched on the same issue before, but since Keller mentioned it again, I'll say that his accusation of Joseph for being mean, self-absorbed, is unfounded. Keller's closest basis, although were not referred, appeared to have been from Gen 37:10,11,20. Nonetheless, Joseph's hard training was necessary.

Because people do not assume different teachers may uphold contradicting views, it's not a good idea to have temporary substitute teachers.