Reflection begins with Eugene Peterson's quote: ...What is essential in prayer is not that we learn to express ourselves, but that we learn to answer God. (I took only the last line).
Scripture Reading: Psalm 1:1-6
Sermon: Word: Teach Us to Pray (9th Sermon in the Series: The Prayer of Prayers: Exploring Jesus' Model, the Lord's Prayer)
"...Whatever they do prospers..." - Psalm 1. Is a key verse to "we are free to do anything, when we walk with God".
If my works reward me honor higher than that of my Lord's, I have done far worse than those who do not glorify God by their inaction.
Saying sorry simply on account of inevitable accidents, it is not sorry at all, it is not the same as apologizing out of sincere regret.
The first type of sorry is what many do today. Particularly, it is how those new atheists view apology as, I conjecture, if they ever believe in apology at all.
This time, pastor Cho was doing expository preaching on Psalm 27. With some thoughts and study on my phone, I was trying to keep up, I barely finish studying the Psalm when the sermon ended, but loved it!
Ernest Becker (Pulitzer Prize winner of 1974 for his The Denial of Death which I have just added to my reading wishlist on Amazon) was quoted in the Reflection:
I think taking life seriously means that whatever you do must be done in the lived truth of the evil and terror of life, of the rumble of panic underneath everything - otherwise it is phony. - Ernest Becker, Escape from Evil, (1975)
Basically, suffering is necessary.
And the other quote was from Jonathan Edwards in A Divine and Supernatural Light (1734):
There is a difference between having an opinion that God is holy and gracious, and having a sense of the loveliness and beauty of that holiness and grace. There is a difference between having a rational judgment that honey is sweet and having a sense of its sweetness. A man may have the former that knows not how honey tastes; but a man cannot have the latter unless he has an idea of the taste of honey in his mind.
The Prelude music: Intrada from Suite for Brass Quintet by Henry Purcell surprised me with a familiar theme from Benjamin Britten's A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. I did not know this 20th century composer [Britten] took the ending from a 17th century piece [Purcell] for his introductory theme.
Praise Hymn: Come, Thou Almighty King by Anon, c. 1757, music by Felice de Giardini, 1769.
Confessional Response song: One Thing I Ask from Psalm 27:4,7-9, by Andy Park. Very Asian theme. I'll maintain my reservation. Once you go Puritan, it's very hard to sample any other cultural taste anymore.
Commitment Hymn: The Church's One Foundation by Samuel J. Stone, 1866, music by Samuel S. Wesley, 1864. This song apparently is Redeemer's favorite, at least at W83.
Scripture Reading: Psalm 27:1-14, read by some new young guy (to me). His reading was definitely impressive, comparable to Max McLean in his own right.
Sermon was perhaps the last of the series on The Prayer of Prayers: Exploring Jesus' Model, the Lord's Prayer. It is titled: Repose: The Power and Glory. The last line: For Thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever and ever, is not in Luke 11, and supposedly only appeared in the later manuscript of Matthew 6.
Psalm 27 begins with two different kinds of fear (v. 1 vs. v.2). One is fear (yirah=fearful awe), the second one is dread/afraid.
This is about a Christian's life struggling between a self-kingdom and the kingdom of God. My paraphrase from Rev. Ab. Cho.
The after Hymn: Be Thou My Vision, of Irish tradition, was definitely sung countless times. But I still love this hymn. Somehow, I just love Irish traditional music. Peculiarly, Irish tradition has certain commonality with some aspects of Chinese culture, or maybe it is just me.
Offertory and Postlude were all Henry Purcell's Suite for Brass Quintet.
I think it is a real deal. Easiest ever, compared to the ancient method of downloading the 2GB image file and redsnow that. Just download a small app(TowelRoot) from the website and presto. Done. Not even requiring a reboot. As for tethering Wifi, two more apps(Xposed Installer APK, Exposed XTether APK) required, and after a reboot, that is it!
I'm glad I patiently waited until now, or I would have wasted too much time jail breaking and rooting such device.
As for iPhone 5 (iOS 8.1), the jail breaker is Pangu, now everyone in the West has to learn this Chinese word. I believe there is wifi tethering ability via Cydia, but one thing people like is the change of fonts at a system level via BytaFont 2.
First of all, there is no such practice in the Bible. The only excuse they would use is that John or Andrew also "introduced" Jesus to others, which has nothing to do with introducing a friend for John the Baptist was acting as the herald of Christ. Andrew was proclaiming a good news.
Today, it is a common habit in companies to introduce one worker to another, one associate to another. Many churches pick up on this because they do not have true fellowship of the saints. It seems nice. Yes, I would use only the word "nice" - from the Latin meaning foolish. This practice, I believe comes from the ancient way of heralding the coming of a great one. However, to herald a great one to a friend today, is rather rare. And to say that a common worker or friend is worthy to be "heralded", is virtually hypocritical, for there is usually no such respect.
Now this is not the same as introducing others who are in need to someone who has the help to offer.
Conclusion, if we are to "introduce" someone, keep in mind that we are heralding him or her, and we better mean it or we don't do it all together. Because when we herald someone, he or she rightly deserves such greatness and therefore we do not deserve any gratitude. It would take tremendous hubris to have to slightest expectation of gratitude for introducing one to another, regardless of who the "introducer" is. In fact, we should be grateful ourselves for being allowed the opportunity to herald a great person. I will not expound on the definition of greatness here, I will only say that "great" here doesn't necessary refer to someone of high ranking of sorts. If we "herald" (yes it must be herald for there's no such thing as "introduce" in this context) the wrong person to someone, it is our responsibility to bear the guilt and embarrassment. As for those who have no shame from this vanity and mistake, I don't know how they differ from beasts.
Every so often, one wonders if there really was such genius who could pick up complicated tunes by heart. They were seen in made up movies, but rarely mentioned in real life. One would assume, they have perfect pitch, being blind might have been advantageous.
Kuha'o could be such person. Came across him on youtube. Blind, with perfect pitch. Self taught piano player for 3 years and without much access to the song "Carry On" by Kansas, he played it by heart. If it is true, a case study on this boy may be enlightening.
Of course, I much rather fancy the Broadway version seen in Supernatural S10E05. Not the song, but the piano accompaniment.
This happens when I accidentally plugged into an erroneous socket at the library at City College. The socket light was flashing green LED, causing my laptop power indicator to flash as well. At first I thought it was due to my old faulty batter, but I realized later it wasn't the case.
To solve this, the best solution is to have the file Windows\System32\Config\Software replaced, as it is corrupted. It appears to work for many.
I however, did more than that because I couldn't find a clean copy of the Software file. XP had it in the Windows\Repair folder. Others may have the file in Windows\tmp, etc. After doing chkdsk c: /r, which fixed a few other problems, took about 30 -50 mins (it even fixed the Software.old file which I renamed from Software), I found that the clean copy of Software for Vista resides in Windows\System32\Config\RegBack. Thanks to winhlp.com. Their process is rather long, but I think it was unnecessary in my case.
Their process:
Windows Vista/7:
1. Open your corrupted Windows drive. For example: C:\
2. Open "WINDOWS" folder & go to "System32" folder
3. Open "config" folder.
4. Open "RegBack" folder.
5. Use Copy on the hive file called 'SYSTEM'.
6. Get Back to "Config" Folder.
7. Rename the current hive file called 'SYSTEM' to for example: 'SYSTEM.Backup'. Rename 'system.sav' also , if it exists, for example, to: 'system.sav.backup'.
8. Paste the copied hive file called 'SYSTEM' into the 'config' folder.
9. Boot your Windows normally now on your PC.
10. Just re-install your drivers now & it's done.
Get Calibre.
Download DRM removal tools zip file.
Open Calibre, Ctrl-p for preference. Click Plugins under Advanced, click "Load plugin from file" button. Choose file from the unzipped tools. Bypass security warning, success!
Kindle books are generally stored here: C:\Users$$!Your Windows Username]\Documents\My Kindle Content
Drag azw format files into Calibre, right click convert file to any format.
All thanks to howotogeek.com:
I did not get all my kindle books converted, which I believe has something to do with serial numbers, etc. (the comments may have some helpful hints on this). In the mean time, I have successfully converted some of my more important books and I'm good for now.
Now, many know the foolishness of lying in order to injure someone. But since injury must be caused, misinterpretation must be done first. This way, it does not look like a lie and is thought to be easily excused due to "mistaken" situations.
Yet, this is why I say even mistakes, are sins. Contrary to what Mark Driscoll would say.
