Category Archives: Theologization

True Christians, A Well Chosen Sermon Title for a Typical Church of Today

Posted on June 12, 2017 by timlyg

I understand that Rev. David Tong was invited once again to speak at CCCNY. The title of his sermon was "True Christians". Even though I have not heard it, I believe it was a title aptly suitable for such a … Continue reading →

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Trust vs. Believe

Posted on May 29, 2017 by timlyg

Let me start with an illustration of these two verbs: "I believe in the Gospel" "I trust His promises" After a simple Socratic Method I did on LigonierConnect, and reading Peter Enns' Why I Don’t Believe in God Anymore, I … Continue reading →

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List of Mistaken Christian Identity

Posted on May 25, 2017 by timlyg

I should just compile a list of what many who claim to be Christians today and perhaps in the past as well do not get in their own twisted logic: Christians not required to go attend church on Sundays; but there … Continue reading →

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Common Wrong Conception of Western Missionaries

Posted on May 6, 2017 by timlyg

The misleading idea today is that missionaries are those who work with a christian organization in a foreign country. The error could be further from the truth. The idea of being a missionary, is to preach the Gospel to non-believers … Continue reading →

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The Obnoxious Celibates

Posted on April 29, 2017 by timlyg

From time to time, there are those singles, regardless of their ages, usually in churches, deeming themselves to be very good with children, youth or young adults. I'm not so easily fooled by them as many in churches do today. … Continue reading →

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There is a way to tell - Do you truly believe in the doctrine of Predestination - Total Depravity

Posted on April 6, 2017 by timlyg

I've noticed many in the Reformed Churches profess the doctrine of Predestination. However, they behave as those who have no life, as if they were Elects on papers, on some sort of contracts, but not in spirit. The Litmus Test: … Continue reading →

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CCCNY Directory Database

Posted on March 21, 2017 by timlyg

An interesting attempt. Turning the tedious directory work in Excel & Word into Access GUI. Cool trick: Round-up / Ceiling of a positive double: In VB.NET, using the fact that int() = floor() -Int(-a/b) It would appear that some MS … Continue reading →

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Radical vs. Liberal Muslims

Posted on March 12, 2017 by timlyg

Listening to the International Panel talk at the 2017 Ligonier Conference, the host mentioned 80% of Muslims are non-muslims who do not care about the Quran. Only the small percentage, the radicals are true Muslims. I'm not sure of the … Continue reading →

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2017 Ligonier Conference

Posted on March 11, 2017 by timlyg

I was excited when I learned that Stephen Tong was invited to guest speak at the conference. Although, I am beginning to feel that there was a kind of narrow mindedness in the organization of the conference, based on Dr. … Continue reading →

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Ligonier Class: Church History III: The Reformation

Posted on March 10, 2017 by timlyg

Lesson 1: Introduction The Holy Roman Empire centered in Germany and Austria became more German and Austrian such that nation states rose. Nothing holy, nor Roman, nor like an empire. Europe began to be centralized in the 16th century, politically. … Continue reading →

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