Igudesman and Joo Improv

Posted on March 23, 2015 by timlyg

Talented training, is important. But, Igudesman and Joo, should motivate enough:

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Methodist Church the Charismatics Way

Posted on March 21, 2015 by timlyg

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.

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John 8:27~

Posted on March 20, 2015 by timlyg

v.28 I like particularly Augustine's expository against the Sabellians:

I am not of myself. For the Son is God of the Father, but the Father is God yet not of the Son. The Son is God of God, and the Father is God but not of God. The Son is Light of light; and the Father is light but not of light. The Son is, but there is [one] of whom he is; and the Father is, but there is none of whom he is.

Reminders: On teaching - two kinds: 1. data immigration officer, 2. the other kind.
Josh MacDowell (on Janet Mefferd's show): Two extremes - 1. fundamentalists (truth) vs. 2. liberals (relationship with people). The problem: The separation of truth & relationship.

Of course, the reminders (particularly #1. on both cases) are my impression at the Bible Study today. Interesting how Rev. Lin, out of favoritism, permitted both extremes, while rejecting vehemently (but subtly bof course, like any post-reformed liberals) those whom she has conflicts.

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Tim Keller's Book List

Posted on March 18, 2015 by timlyg

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

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Journal Transfer: Sermon recaps of recent past

Posted on March 18, 2015 by timlyg

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.

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Pedagogy: Substitute Teachers

Posted on March 18, 2015 by timlyg

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

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Vocab: Aqedah

Posted on March 18, 2015 by timlyg

The binding of Isaac (Genesis 22).

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Intellectual Property? I think not

Posted on March 15, 2015 by timlyg

I believe in intellectual recognition, not intellectual properties. It is a shame that the capitalist robbers twisted this around.

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Pope Francis' Short Term Desire

Posted on March 13, 2015 by timlyg

Paraphrasing: To go buying pizza without being recognized...

Obviously, even from a Roman Catholic's standpoint, he doesn't have what it takes to be a pope.

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Ubuntu: power.d display brightness by AC/Battery mode

Posted on March 13, 2015 by timlyg

I believe someone unplugged my AC cord in the school's library and put hers in the same socket, despite 3 other available sockets next to it. I did not realize it until I finished my studies.

Hence, I was determined to have my Ubuntu alert me as Windows does, when the power adapter is unplugged, there should be an alert. In this case, the preferred reaction would be to dim the screen brightness. However, I have learned that it was very time consuming to find a solution.

First, there were no user-friendly configurations available. Then, after having pm-utils and writing scripts in /etc/pm/power.d/, I've encountered the xauth issue. Thereby preventing xbacklight from accessing the X server due to the lack of privilege from the power.d. I researched into this for too long to no avail.

Then I reverted back to the original solution I found but abandoned for some reason I don't remember.

Now it works with this script in power.d:

#!/bin/sh
case $1 in
    true) #laptop_mode_battery 
        expr `cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/max_brightness` / 3 > 
            /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness
        ;;
    false) #laptop_mode_ac 
        cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/max_brightness > 
            /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness
        ;;
    help) help;;
    *) exit $NA ;;
esac
exit 0

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