"...Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons". Acts 10:34
"I'm being nice to you, I'm being polite to you...no, not because I wish you to be polite and nice like me, but in fact, I demand your respect towards me - because otherwise, I will turn my back on you". Such is many of the Chinese's way of sociology.
That is a breach of Acts 10:34, as well as a perversion of Matthew 7:12 (do unto others).
On last Friday's fellowship, the subject of Matriarchy of ancient China was brought up.
Out of suspicion, I could only take notes for further research.
After a brief referencing online, I have concluded that it is a minor thing that got spinned into a whole feminist propaganda.
First, there is Matrilineality; and there is Matriarchy. They are not the same thing. Matriarchy usually practices matrilineality, but not vice versa.
Matriarchy is a female dominant society.
Matrilineality is line of descendants traced via the mother side.
Although there is a group of Chinese called Musuo (摩梭), or Na, near Tibet, practicing matriarchy, there isn't much other evidence on this subject in Chinese history. Despite some theory that matrilineality had always been in China until the Shang Dynasty some 3,600 years ago. This theory based on the fact that the word (姓) has a female radical (部首) and the pattern of the meaning/type of characters used for the surname. This is of course, just a theory.
Some theory had gone even more absurd by saying that because the cavemen weren't smart enough to differentiate sexes or know enough biology to know there is a father, in addition to mother. Evolution could teach nothing useful but folly.
It is always best to speak with scriptural support, instead of some moral basis. Especially at the peak of conversation, we really don't need any of Bill Gothard's twisted morality.
Something like this should be easy enough to answer. Yet there is great debate over such issue.
I shall only attempt to discuss evil is to judgment as darkness is to common sense.
Darkness is often spoken of as the cursed creation. But then, we do not sleep in broad daylight.
In His creation, God set order of things. There is high and there is low.
There are greater beings and there are lesser beings.
To make the lesser greater, without the approval of God, is therefore, sin. For it is to cultivate matters of creation against God's will.
When I sang No. 4 of Elijah, "If with all your hearts" ...ye truly seek Me, ye shall ever surely find me...
I remembered Dr. Tong's "神找人，不是人找神". Of course, it is not to be applied in this context. As that reference related to those corrupt men who imagine their own gods.
Then there is this question, where in the Bible did Mendelssohn's piece is referring to...Of course, it is based on "Seek and ye shall find..." Matthew 7:7.
After a quick search, a prominent verse to support the lyrics is found in: Deuteronomy 4:29, Jeremiah 29:12-13.
Although, I wish I could find a site with all scriptural references for this oratorio. So I shall also include this entry in the Qestions category.
Just last Friday, I went to my first Udo/Deborah Middlemann open home fellowship.
I've read up on the Schaeffer case a little bit. They told me L'Abri has gone astray in major doctrine. I could tell. It seems there's the Europian factor of Christianity in all of them today. Distanting themselves from the so called 'Evangelicals' of today. Treating the Gospel mandate and Cultural mandate as one and the same. Although, I sensed Udo was keen on evangelical gospel.
I find great passion for The Schaeffer foundation when Prof. Udo stood up for a fair treatment on the 10 million illegal immigrants in this country. Hey, at least some theologians are giving their opinion on controversial topics, which is more than I could say for some coward preachers who while being great and respected even by me, hides behind Romans 13.
Lastly, there were mentioned of how when you hired, trained, prepared room and board, and provided air tickets for someone to provide temporary homecare for an elderly in Switzerland...and she called at the last minute saying she couldn't make it, thus breaking the commitment before it even started and say "I'll pray you'll get someone". I interrupted: "Tell her to pray for someone who wouldn't do that!" And everyone broke into laughters.
Recollecting those who love to introduce themselves/others to me just so I could 'trust' them: Dr. Stephen Tong is my favorite teacher; I'm a good friend of Rev. Tong; I have been involved in his ministry for 100 years; etc.
My only responses are: So what?; Good for you!
I don't care if it's Rev. Tong's grandfather, all I care is: If you're here to serve God or not?
World reknown town for spiritualism, mediums, healing. Near Buffalo.
I had no idea. But it's not surprising, given that Joseph Smith and the Jehovah's Witnesses were from the same state.
I recently had the opportunity to view a DVD documentary on "The Making of the King James Bible" by the Christian History Institute, which I learned has lots of interesting visual products pertaining to Christian history.
Just today (or more precisely, last night), I attended a one time course at MAPC on the same subject. To make sure I'm well prepared, I watched the DVD first without any further delay.
To make it a short summary of my learning, I shall jot this down from memory:
Since Queen Elizabeth had no heir, the throne fell on her cousin, King of Scotland, James VI. Thus making him King James I of England.
At that time, Bible translations were a common thing.
Due to the dispute on which version is accept in the church, the King called for a universal version.
The King James Bible owes much to Tyndale's version. A sidenote on Tyndale: He once debated against a catholic theologian in 1523, taken from wikipedia: "We had better be without God's laws than the Pope's." Swelling with
emotion, Tyndale responded: "I defy the Pope, and all his laws; and if
God spares my life, ere many years, I will cause the boy that driveth
the plow to know more of the Scriptures than thou dost!"
Before the KJB, the church used an unfavored Bishop's Bible. This was because there were in those days supporters of the Genevan Bible.
There was also the catholic's Rheims version, which has footnotes in certain verses here and there mocking the protestant movement (ie. Luke 1:48 on Mary being blessed).
In the DVD, it mentioned the Gunpowder plot of 1605 Nov 5th (which is annually celebrated by people reciting the incident and wearing Guy Fawkes' masks), in relation to the promotion of the KJV, as the plot failed.
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This is the bio of yesterday's (The origin of the King James Bible) lecturer:
Iain Torrance, Princeton Seminary president and Professor of Patristics, will present on the history and background of the King James Bible. Shortly after inheriting the English throne and uniting the kingdoms of Scotland and England, James VI of Scotland became James I of England and authorized a new English translation of the Bible from Hebrew and Greek texts. Begun in 1604 and published in 1611, the King James Version became England’s Authorized Version of the Bible. Since then, millions of Christians have lived out their faith through its words.
Dr. Torrance h
Update: 8/7/2025 Old King James Only Song (Independent Fundamental Baptist IFB Bible Song) - The Bible Bookstore KJV Bible Song. I can never get why KJV-Only folks are so shallow but this song maybe an antidote:
Song allegedly by John Marshall:
Lehman High School at Westchester Square, half of student body with disciplinary problem...I shall put this in my NYC crime map.
Quote from NY1:
Nearly half the students at a large Bronx high school were suspended
last school year, according to the Department of Education, which is now
required to release crime and suspension data.
Lehman High
School in Westchester Square tops the list of schools with discipline
problems, with 2,000 of the school's approximately 4,100 students
receiving suspensions.
Of those incidents, DOE sources say 122
suspensions were for "horseplay," 219 were for aggressive behavior and
456 were for insubordination.
Lehman has been in trouble in recent months, as its former principal resigned amid a grade-fixing scandal.
The school also received an "F" in two consecutive performance reports.
Citywide, suspensions were up 2 percent compared to the year before, but crime has gone down.
The
report says that major crimes such as rape, homicide, robbery, felony
assault and burglary dropped nearly 5 percent during the 2010-2011
school year, compared to the previous year.
Misdemeanors have also declined.
