Psa 24:3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?
Psa 24:4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Psa 24:5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Psa 24:3 谁能登耶和华的山？谁能站在他的圣所？
Psa 24:4 就是手洁心清、不向虚妄、起誓不怀诡诈的人。
Psa 24:5 他必蒙耶和华赐福，又蒙救他的神使他成义。
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A good article by Read Mercer Schuchardt in ChristianityToday brought my attention to Tyler Wigg Stevenson's book, "Brand Jesus", with a few excerpts that I've been waiting for others to say.
"What would you think if you were in a modern auditorium and heard the
presenter make "The wild claim that the messiah had arrived sometime in
the mid-seventies; that he had been an undocumented Filipino migrant
worker who spoke about the inbreaking kingdom of God; that, while
working in Guam, he had been brought in by the local ecclesiastical
authorities on trumped up civil charges; that the local governor had
caved to their demands and executed him for treason; and that his life
and death changed everything we thought we knew about God, the world, and ourselves"?" - Schuchardt
At the same time, Stevenson also emphasized that one should not tell American churchgoers to shun Brand Jesus for that would only be a superficial solution:
"Consumerism is bad. It is very, very bad, indeed. But it is no worse
than humans are, and we are no worse than we have always been. If we
are to deal genuinely with the problem of consumerism, we need to
answer the question of how its evil influences our world and our lives." - Stevenson (excerpt from Brand Jesus)
In conclusion, I couldn't have put it better than Schuchardt:
"Stevenson's book confirms that this de-Christianization is now all but
complete in American culture. Hopefully a remnant will read Stevenson's
book, take a break from eating, and start praying."
It is one thing when the congregation works together for a charity event, mission trip, prayer station on the street, but making a movie? That's an interestingly new idea, from Sherwood Baptist Church, Georgia. Of course, the challenges would be finding talents, morale control as well as doctrinal concerns.
Nonetheless, the necessity of this kind of creativity definitely beats that of those who would only follow the the back of others if only they are popular and successful.
Next time when cheap graphic card comes to mind, think of The Radeon HD 4670 first.
It is said that the doctrine of Predestination is not a necessary tool for preaching. I believe it is true to some extend.
When Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, how many remember the names of those researchers, scientists and directors behind the NASA project? Who's going to talk about man on the moon if you don't tell them Neil Armstrong first?
It is said that God will not help those who don't help themselves. Many couldn't accept Predestination because they view this statement from an observer's reference frame. Unless you've truly taken the effort to help yourself and further study the sovereignty of God and the true disgusting nature of our fallen state, it is rather difficult to imagine that one could get this far if God had not laid the hidden steps, a set of very personal steps first.
I have a theory, that those who love to fire people, either at work or in churches, tend to have problem with one if not both of his parents. Of course, usually in churches, their excuse would be: I don't like firing people, I just have no choice.
Many define what is nice first, then they accept Jesus.
But I say it is right to accept Jesus as Lord first, then define what is nice.
When I came across this article about Muslim background believers being persecuted as Christians, even in America, by their Muslim family, etc., I come to wonder one thing:
It is known that the Muslims hold to their faith more seriously and tighter than today's Christians. But when one holds their faith to a point they will threaten their own for leaving such faith, which indeed is the greatest crime in Islam faith, any normal human being has to wonder of the validity of such faith. In the Bible, the only reason one would leave God is of selfish reason. But if someone is to be punished for seeking the truth, that is against Allah's essence. A real Allah does not need social pressure to keep His people in and He will punish those who seek not the truth of Him.
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