I am honored to know such Malaysian as Ron Choong. A very talented theologian whom I think lives in NYC. He appears to be working with Tim Keller closely in his ACT (The Academy for Christian Thought) where they always setup a booth at the coffee lounge of Hunter College after the Sunday Services. It seemed that he had taught Sunday classes at Redeemer as well.<\/p>\n
Choong's credentials <\/a>are remarkable. He appears to know all the chief classical languages of Biblical times, in addition to French, German and the Malaysian languages. Lots of ongoing academic activities (PhD level) with focus in Princeton University. He is said to be an ordained PCA minister, though I don't see how he could find the time to pastor in his busy archeological career, unless he is one of those pastors who do not truly pastor but merely give talks on stages, write books and sit on their fame.<\/p>\n However, his non-historical view<\/a> of Adam is incredibly disturbing. If Adam were a bunch of primates\/hominids, then how would one go about original sin, etc. Would he approve of a non-historical Jesus as well?<\/p>\n Even if this theistic evolution is hypothetically correct, as Machen and Warfield (though they did not deny a historical Adam) had admitted, I still say that these people jump the gun a tad too soon. This is one of the reasons I am convinced that slow (in Math, etc.) is sometimes better. There are just too much unknown variables.<\/p>\n Nevertheless, his rare interest in the ancient central Asia and the Metropolitan Museum could be useful to my pursuit in similar area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I am honored to know such Malaysian as Ron Choong. A very talented theologian whom I think lives in NYC. He appears to be working with Tim Keller closely in his ACT (The Academy for Christian Thought) where they always … Continue reading