Standard of My Criticism

I take the wrong they believe to be correct, and destroy them. I would never do harm on them those wrong they believe to be wrong.

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Vocab: Urbane

Kathy’s Word of the Week (2019-01-12)

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urbane

Pronunciation:
ur-bane

Definition:
notably polite or polished in manner

As used in a sentence:
The dialogue is witty and urbane.

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Today's Sermon: Psalm 90

Reflection:

Though always a warning against delay and unpreparedness, and regret can never be escaped, there is never a requirement nor last minute review/accountability for salvation.

Thus even in the last moment, one may pray for mercy and treat one's life a new beginning.

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The Inadequacy of the Law

In the Thursday Bible Study about two weeks ago, we pondered upon the purpose of the law as we were studying Psalm 1.

I made reference to the fact that somewhere in Hebrews it is said that the law is inadequate, because it only reveals our sinfulness, like an X-Ray, recalling Pak Tong's lesson. The pastor did not connect and I forgot where in Hebrews it was.

Now that I can reflect and search, it is in Hebrews 7. Particularly verses 12, 18, 19, etc.

Of course, in Psalm 1, we are talking about more than just reciting and not breaking God's law, the meditation is relationship deep.

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The Fake Evangelists for Muslims

Now in America, there are many claims of evangelism towards the Muslim nations and people. I've listened to the testimonies of these "wannabes" preachers of the Gospel to the Muslim community and have come to one conclusion: That their target was not really Muslim. It's easier or great to call them Muslims for them because preaching to the Muslims is well-known to be the toughest thing to do in the world, and who doesn't want to be known to accomplish a tough job.

However, their approach of "just to show love and friendship" is not going to cut it for the Muslims. They are ignorant of cultures and other religions.

The more believable ones are those testimonies of Muslim converts experiencing some vision of Christ, unfortunately to the Charismatics' liking.

So, the one key I use to determine if it's a cop out:
The foundation of Islam is built on the assumed failure of Judaism and Christianity. Failure to understand this will never result in preaching the Gospel to the Muslims. To a non-Muslim or fake/cultural Muslim, yes, but not to a Muslim, you are not preaching the Gospel to a true Muslim if you fail to understand the basic tenets of Islam, not to mention if you don't even understand Arabic when you call yourself a missionary to the Muslim nations.

Yes, I am trying to make a harsh criticism here, because there are those few who truly bring the Gospel to Muslims, and I will not allow a fool's testimony to tarnish their works.

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Who's to blame in miscommunication?

Though word terminology and grammar are important, the burden of language does not lie solely on the speakers, because the listeners are not mere logical machines.

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Vocab: Excoriate

Kathy’s Word of the Week (12/17/2018)

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excoriate

Pronunciation:
ex-co-ri-ate

Definition:
censure or criticize severely

the papers that had been excoriating him were now lauding him

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The Move

On Thursday, November 15, 2018, we officially closed our first house.

On the 17th, the moving company came, at around 10:30AM, finished moving everything to South Amboy within 2 hours. The Chinese mover's rate jumped from the estimated $250 price to $500 (including tolls & tips), which is still cheaper than the average $700-$800 market rate. These two movers (one of them the boss) did a great job. And then we're officially living in South Amboy.

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Windows 7 installation stuck at Completing Installation...

Solution:

SHIFT-F10 for command prompt, then type: explorer.exe

After that, task bar should appear for restart purpose. But in my case, system began to restart before task bar even shows up.

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Unsubscribing all Redeemer's Newsletters

Now that Tim & Kathy Keller's presence is gone for good. Michael Keller's following the others' example. It's clear that it's either soliciting donations or posting non-interactive mass faux mails/newsletters with contents I could easily get from any postmodern Christian journals.

Time to start unsubscribing them all as they come in. I just did with West83's and City to City.

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