12/14/2024 So we got an email about our church sprinkler system failure causing us not able to worship tomorrow at Grace. So Nadia and I decided to visit the church which U has been moonlighting at. Millington Baptist Church. I have my list of churches to visit, MBC and PCA's Crossroads Community Church are on top of my list because they are being mentioned most during my time at Grace. I had briefly checked MBC's website before and was impressed by some of their programs, such as Behind the Pulpit podcast, which is supposed to be a chat about the sermon that was just preached. The idea was my praise, but I cannot value the content because I haven't gone through them comprehensively yet. But now, reading their statement of faith, I caught some error: #5 "Satan is the author of sin", if I understand what they're implying, then I would not agree. Everyone of us is the author of sin, not just Satan. They probably got this off of John 8:44 "father of lies" or that it was Satan who beguiled Adam and Eve, which are inadequate for this conclusion.
12/10/2024 Dr. Tong criticized 周神助牧师 of twisting the verse: 1 Corinthians 14:15 - "pray with the spirit and also pray with the understanding. 我要用灵祷告，也要用理智祷告." or 用悟性祷告. The Charismatics twisted this verse to be all should speak in tongue. Tong had them hosted a debate on this during the 4th 华富大会。I have just ordered this meeting for $22.
12/09/2024 Dr. Ed Feser's method to bully is to bully back. This Catholic way is not biblical. Jesus doesn't care if someone's a bully or not, He rebuked Peter harshly, He cleansed the temple with wrath, He ignored the high priests and Pilate.
The above list was from the Youtube video above.
Obsession with something, usually morality, religion. The fundamentalists are scrupulous in obeying God, I believe. Such as a the Pharisees. Faithfulness is key, not scrupulous obedience, which is like mere loyalty.
意思是家庭事务错综复杂，虽廉洁公正的官吏亦难论断其是非。
Domestic disputes are above outsiders' paygrade, even for an upright judge.
This of course, requires a kind of God-fearing wisdom.
12/05/2024 25 most viewed Wikipedia pages in 2024, according to CNN:
1. Deaths in 2024, 44,440,344 pageviews12/04/2024 So I stopped by the Building Department of South Amboy today just right before work. Because the train's running 30+ mins late, I get to do this. I had to inquire about the building codes for Solar Panels installation. Unfortunately, the secretary's (some old lady) answer was simply: "I'm just a secretary here, I don't know anything, sir. Maybe check the websites." What a joke!!!
The next step of business is to call JCP&L about tying solar energy into the grid or not.
Apparently there's on-peak and off-peak rate for electric bills. So it's wise to do laundry at night 8pm-8am in case of JCP&L/FirstEnergy according to Google AI:
Interesting Taiwanese Historian (呂捷) take on Modern Western Civilization from the aspect of Donald Trump's presidency. This is a good research into some terminology and history:
12/03/2024 Best way to do LaTeX in html/website. This is for all math lovers out there. I have done this while at City College 8 years ago, using plugins by WordPress, but this is for general websites.
The issues of Social Security drainage by 2033. Graham Stephan gave the explanation. Noting interestingly that Ida May Fuller, first recipient of the Social Security Benefit retirement checks in 1940 (based on the average lifespan of 58 in the 1930s), lived to be 100 years old in 1975 and thus collecting $22,888.92 in SS benefits, despite only paying $24.75 total for the 3 years of her working taxes under the new program.
The SS program is based on paying forward to older generation and on a predicted average lifespan. So it would fail when
1. the predicted average lifespan is wrong (shorter than reality),
2. the older generations outnumbered younger generations exponentially.
So what will happen:
App that Mr. You used to adjust intonations in music recordings: Cubase / Waves Tune Stereo. Waves.com's pitch correction plugin.
A selfish person is not always prideful; but a proud person is always selfish.
Selfish = self-centered
Therefore, self-centeredness or selfishness is the root of pride and not the other way around.
