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Scripture on Trinity - by Stephen Tong

Shown in Hebrews 1:8-9 喜爱公义,恨恶罪恶的上帝是圣子 用喜乐油膏(Acts 10:38)你 - 喜乐油就是圣灵。 上帝用上帝来膏上帝:圣父上帝,用圣灵上帝,来膏圣子上帝

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Stephen Tong on Biblical Calling of God

It seems that the 3 pointers Tong used to give were not recorded by me. And since last Sunday School's topic is on the Will of God, I should really write this down which was way overdue. The 3 verses … Continue reading

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Critiquing Josh McDowell's Evidence That Demands a Verdict

Stephen Tong criticized heavily Josh McDowell's book: Evidence That Demands a Verdict (铁证待判) - evidential apologetics vs. presuppositional apologetics. Same kind of criticism by all Pressup folks like Sye Ten Bruggencate, Van Til, etc. God judges you, you don't judge … Continue reading

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The Easy Definitions on the subject of the Doctrine of Predestination for terms like Reformed, Calvinism, Arminianism, Molinism, Pelagianism, etc.

By using the right, simple to the point definition for Predestination vs. Arminianism when someone asked "What is Calvinist/Arminian" on Facebook which she later was convinced that she held to the Calvinist's view and I replied "God be praised". I … Continue reading

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Sunday Service 2/18/2024

GCC Sermon on: I Corinthians 7:25-40 "Watch and Pray" Sermon question #1: How much of what you feel you need to accomplish in life comes from people? How much from God? How can you calibrate correctly?Ans: I think the form … Continue reading

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Journal of the Week

2/28/2024 I asked about quality Xun 埙 (ancient chinese ocarina) before on youtube a while back. The one I have from Ebay back in 2019 was $6 (8-hole clay) after watching 鹿晗's series: 择天记. I believe it was out of … Continue reading

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Comparing the Westminster Confession of Faith WCF (1646) against the London Baptist Confession of Faith LBCF (1689)

Looks like someone beat me to it. This will help me venture further, what else the "Reformed" Baptists got wrong, apart from Christology (they would usually say that Christ's human nature is uncreated), and Paedobaptism (a flawed understanding of covenant … Continue reading

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Sunday Service 2/11/2024

Sermon: Godliness and Contentment 1 Corinthians 7:17-24 I'm glad that the pastor brought up the topic of activeness. He coined "Active Contentment", which is also used by other religions but it is fine and a good thing. Against stagnation. Though … Continue reading

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Bible Study: 1 Peter

Peter writing this to the strangers (saints) of 5 cities: Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. I'm trying to find a mnemonics to memorize these 5: PGCAB. PongalCosby? Peter Going Crazy B? Chapter 1 - a reminder of who we … Continue reading

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Pride is not the root of all evil

It seems that may Christians fall for the quote: Pride is the root of all evil. It's a famous quote. It's in Hollywood, it's what our American Christians seem to love saying or using. They would conflate every bad thing … Continue reading

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