Monthly Archives: April 2011

Source Search: Who are the preachers

While listening to MacArthur's "Fundamental Priorities of a Good Church", I heard two "puritan" preachers mentioned without names. Thus, I was unable to learn about the incidents in more detail. After some search, I believe I've found one, but while … Continue reading

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Rev. David Wilderson passed away

First thought across my mind: Why was he in Texas? David Wilkerson, famed "The Cross and the Switchblade" protagonist in real life then, well respected as the preacher who turned whorehouses and gangs (ie. the gangster-turn-evangelist Nicky Cruz) of New … Continue reading

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Obama releases Birth Certificate

Putting Americans from some chaos thanks to the "birthers" as well as Donald Trump, the Whitehouse has Hawaii released the certificate. Of course, in denial, the response of them is naturally: Why wasn't this done sooner...etc. Perhaps Obama doesn't have … Continue reading

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Answering Muslims: Is the Bible the Word of God

The aggressive Muslims (not extreme) love to contend with Christians on the validity of the Bible. Highly motivated by one of their heroes, the late Ahmed Deedat, they've challenged the Bible with Christians around the globe, particularly of the Western … Continue reading

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The Apple of the Eye

In the past week, celebration of the Passover by the Jews and Easter Sunday by the Christians reminded me of the phrase "the apple of His eye" as the Jews use it quite often when referring to the uniqueness of … Continue reading

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Social Club Fellowship

The problem with most fellowship today is not because it's just a social club, it's a social club using God as an excuse to be a social club. Thus it is obvious, when everytime before a Bible study or after … Continue reading

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Attempted rape in Brooklyn

At least after about 10 seconds of screaming, the neigbhors come out yelling. I really thought the neighbor was going to say he stayed home like a little chicken when he heard the scream during the interview. Good thing they … Continue reading

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Origin of the word: Easter

Some people questioned if the term "Easter" was of non-christian pagan origin. I've encountered this issue a couple of times lately. And now thanks to this article at Christianity Today, I can generally summarize the issue: The word "Easter" is … Continue reading

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nepotism

Following a news on ticket fixing by NYPD, I learned this: Nepotism: Abusing power in favoritism for relatives and close friends. I'd say nepotism is used more than just the police force. I personally know of a Becky Sergeant who … Continue reading

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Scordatura

Scordatura - cross tuning for string instruments. So that certain notes sequence can be possible.

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