My Journal

Study at MeRF: ###

Surprised that Korin showed up. Though she would be intimidated by an all man group...technically that isn't true, there were one or two ladies attending from time to time. I'm impressed. I was impressed at her inquiry on predestination last time (Why do we still need to preach). I didn't pick her, nor Orlando, to be very into reformed theology. They just keeps surprising me every time at MeRF. Boy have I been missing out all these years, trapped in the Chinese Immigrant's America is God's Heaven churches.

There were discussions on means of praise. Contemporary vs. hymnal musics.

Eddy brought up an interesting question: Why the difference in contemporary worship today?

I thought for a while, came up with one theory: It appears to be dependent on social media technology. The invention of television and radio, sound systems, etc. which is since the late 1800s.

Pak Tong once commented on the Exodus: That it was the greatest choir ever formed. The entire millions of Israelites singing and praising the Lord after the Red Sea. God was the only audience in such worship. Today, the audience are greater than the singing team. It is the difference between worship and entertainment.

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His name was mentioned in #99 of Dr. Tong's Hebrews Expository.

Zainuddin M. Z. is called the Billy Graham of Muslim.

He secretly became a Christian and got baptized after his Hijrah in Mecca where he saw what he interpreted to be a vision from God, of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross before Kaaba. He believes that it was how God was telling him to became a Christian. - Paraphrased from Tong.

This revelation is never public even after his death.

I thought to myself, lots of Muslims converting to Christianity because of some supernatural visions in the middle East. Many western conservatives are skeptical of it. I am too. But I am willing to open to the possibility that this is in fact the Lord's direct doing. Direct, meaning not through the act of demons.

However, because of this, it attracted many Charismatics' attention and zeal to aid these new Muslim converts. Resulting in really really bad theology. Therefore, the reformed needs to do more evangelical works than they are currently claiming, this is a rebuke from the Lord, I'm sure.

Now, as for Zainuddin's secrecy in conversion and perhaps even to the extend of cover up, it can only be left to the Lord's mercy, as Naaman did before Elisha.