No DTV transition till June 12

26 Obama said, "If I find fifty elder and poor people not having converter box, I will not transit to DTV."

27 Then the Congress spoke up again: "Now that I have been so bold as to speak to you, though I am nothing but dust and ashes, 28 what if the number of people without converter box is five less than fifty? Will you transit to DTV because of five people?"
"If I find forty-five there," he said, "I will not do it."

29 Once again the Congress spoke to him, "What if only forty are found there?"
He said, "For the sake of forty, I will not do it."

30 Then the Congress said, "May you not be angry, but let me speak. What if only thirty can be found there?"
He answered, "I will not do it if I find thirty there."

31 The Congress said, "Now that I have been so bold as to speak to you, what if only twenty can be found there?"
He said, "For the sake of twenty, I will not do it."

32 Then the Congress said, "May you not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?"
He answered, "For the sake of ten, I will not do it."

33 When Obama had finished speaking with the Congress, he left, and the Congress returned home.

新的開始

公司今個星期搬了新的辦公室，比起以前像貨倉般的環境，新的辦公室光猛多了。
不過現在少了私隠，因為牆的高度只有四尺多，站起來就可以和鄰居打招呼。但是我們不可以用這個理由去要求把牆加高，我們只好說，窗口的陽光太猛，要把牆加高才能擋住，看看上頭會不會同情我們。
不過搬家果真應驗了，不是所有人都能搬家。看來都要有兩手準備才行。

Thanksgiving and Christmas Preview

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三聚氰胺

看看新聞，發覺用三聚氰胺來代替蛋白質，並非一兩天的事。為了減低成本和提高驗出的蛋白質含量，無良的商人在牛羊的飼料加入三聚氰胺。由於牛羊的身體龐大，能排出有毒的三聚氰胺，所以沒有人發現飼料有問題。但後來他們把同樣的方法，用在貓狗的飼料上。貓狗細小的身軀不勝負荷，終於中毒身亡。更離譜的是他們為了爭取低收入的鄉村市場，把三聚氰胺加在嬰孩奶粉當中。本來加入不多，但為了降低成本，越加越多，最終爆發了嬰孩腎結石的浪潮。商人賠了貨品，更賠了商譽。當金錢比生命更重要時，這個國家還有希望嗎？

人若賺得全世界，卻賠上自己的生命，有甚麼好處呢？人還能用甚麼換回自己的生命呢？ （馬太福音16章26節）

Shout For Joy To The Lord

Megiddo

最近看超級星光大道，看到一個不起眼的名字——李伯恩。他雖然很早已經被淘汰，但是可以看到他在比賽當中，沒有去掩飾自己是基督徒的身份。但願他在演藝圈可以走得更遠，在米吉多爭戰站立得穩。

When Crtics Ask

Mistakes the critics make by Norman Geisler.

Norman Geisler in 'When Critics Ask' says: The Bible is without mistake, but the critics are not. All their allegations of error in the Bible are based on some error of their own. Their mistakes fall into the following main categories.

1. Assuming that the unexplained is not explainable
2. Presuming the Bible guilty until proven innocent
3. Confusing our fallible interpretations with God's infallible revelation
4. Failing to understand the context of the passage.
5. Neglecting to interpret difficult passages in the light of clear ones
6. Basing a teaching on an obscure passage
7. Forgetting that the Bible is a human book with human characteristics
8. Assuming that a partial report is a false report
9. Demanding that NT citations of the OT always be exact quotations
10. Assuming that divergent accounts are false ones
11. Presuming that the Bible approves of all its records
12. Forgetting that the Bible uses non-technical, everyday language
13. Assuming that round numbers are false
14. Neglecting to note that the bible uses different literary devices
15. Forgetting that only the original text, not every copy of scripture, is without error
16. Confusing general statements with universal ones
17. Forgetting that latter revelation supersedes previous revelation

傷痕

淺的傷痕，或者是皮外傷，復原以後你也不會再看見傷痕的位置。深的傷痕，或是手術之類的，痊愈以後，疤痕一直伴著你。傷口是好了，但是皮膚硬化了，不可能跟以前比較。主啊，求你教導我們，不要去做成永不磨滅的傷口，更不要在別人的傷口上撒鹽。

最佳位置

從前學化學的時候，老師談到粒子之間的距離。兩粒粒子太近，就會互相排斥；太遠，就會互相吸引。人際關系也是一樣，我們不斷的尋找最舒服的位置。可惜，困難在于每一個人的最佳位置都不一樣，我們只有從失敗經驗中學習。

E-mail

I sent several emails to a guy and he did not reply. I started complaining to him that he was not responding. Today I found out that I sent the emails to his old email address. How embarrass. When I am focusing how righteous I am, I will easily fall into the trap I made for myself.

I need some quiet time to slow down since I had made several silly decisions today.

Sharing

Russ shared another instance with email exchange with his customer. He didn't know whether she is a believer or not.

Customer: "When will the parts arrived?"
Russ: "According to the schedule, 3 days."
C: "Are you sure?"
R: "If there is no interruption, yes."
C: "To see is to believe."
R: "Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."
C: "Amen."

Sedation

Our BSF leader Russ shared his experience with sedation.

"Right before the sedation I was asking questions. Suddenly I fell asleep and on the next second I woke up. But actually hours had passed during the sedation."
"I don't remember I had asked so many questions. Next time I will control myself not to ask questions. But yet the doctor will think there is other problem on you."

"Right after the operation, the sedation was still effective. The nurse asked me for the name of my wife so that she could let her in. I told her it is Jeannie. However, when my wife came in, 'Who is Patti?', she asked. I swear that I don't know any Patti. The nurse actually asked me twice. For the first time, she heard 'Patti' and called the name outside but no one answered. For the second time, she got 'Jeannie'. But I only recalled the second time."

"Patti is the Latin for Jeannie" some classmate said.

展開清晨的翅膀

現場版或伴唱版，任君選擇。

據理力爭

有時候吃虧了，好聽點就是選擇了息事靈人，難聽點就是怕出事怕麻煩。昨天學會了應該據理力爭，明明不願意的，就要表明。話說回來，可能年紀大了，發覺後生可畏，值得學習。

展开清晨的翅膀

zhǔ Yēhéhuá nǐ yǐjīng jiàn chá le / liǎo wǒ
主 耶和华 ， 你 已经 鉴 察 了 我 。
wǒ zuò xià wǒ qǐlai nǐ dōu / dū yǐ xiǎo de / dé / děi
我 坐 下 ， 我 起来 ， 你 都 已 晓 得 。
wǒ xíng / háng lù wǒ tǎng wò nǐ dōu / dū xì chá nǐ yě shēnzhī wǒ yīqiè suǒ xíng / háng
我 行 路 ， 我 躺 卧 ， 你 都 细 察 ， 你 也 深知 我 一切 所 行 。
wǒ shétou shàng dehuà nǐ méiyǒu yī jù bú / bù zhīdào
我 舌头 上 的话 ， 你 没有 一 句 不 知道 。
nǐ zài wǒ qián hòu huánrào zháo / zhe / zhuó wǒ àn shǒu zài wǒ shēnshàng
你 在 我 前 後 环绕 着 我 ， 按 手 在 我 身上 。
zhèyàng dì / dí / de qímiào shì wǒ bùnéng cè tòu
这样 的 奇妙 ， 是 我 不能 测 透 ，
nǐde zhì gāo nǐde zūn guì shì wǒ yǒngyuǎn bùnéng suǒ jí
你的 至 高 你的 尊 贵 ， 是 我 永远 不能 所 及 。
wǒ kěyǐ wǎng nǎli qù duǒbì nǐde líng
我 可以 往 哪里 去 躲避 你的 灵 ？
wǒ kěyǐ wǎng nǎli qù táo kě duǒbì nǐde miàn
我 可以 往 哪里 去 逃 ， 可 躲避 你的 面 ？
wǒ ruò zhǎnkāi qīngchén dì / dí / de chìbǎng fēi dào dì / de jí jiù zài nàli
我 若 展开 清晨 的 翅膀 飞 到 地 极 ， 就 在 那里 ，
nǐde shuāngshǒu yě bì yǐndǎo wǒ
你的 双手 也 必 引导 我 。

都是你的錯

這不是陳慧琳的歌，而是最近聽到幾個男孩掛在嘴邊的說話。
"We have test next week."
"I blame xxx on that."
"Why don't you have your book?"
"I blame yyy on that."
剛開始的時候，沒有太在意。但是當他一直用同一個理由，才發覺他是學習成年人的口吻。自己想想，有多少次，明明是自己的責任，卻把黑鍋推給別人身上。當我們一直堅持自己所謂的公義時，就永遠沒法得到從神而來的公義。好像馬太福音二十二章，婚筵的比喻，王已經為賓客預備禮服，但是那個賓客硬是要穿上自己認為是最好的衣服。他最後的結局是被王趕出婚筵的門外。

Wireless Security

Why should we care about wireless security?
1. wireless data are broadcasted in the air. If you don't encrypt your data, anyone can view your data transmitted.
2. protect your computers from unauthorized access. Anyone who can access your wireless network can also access your computer.
3. prevent unauthorized access of your ISP. If a hacker used your internet to hack in other sites, spread virus or download copyright video or software, you would be held responsible for the crime.

What is wireless security?
Have you ever use two-way radio? When your friend and you tune in the same channel, you can talk with each other. However, anyone can hear your conversation when he tune in the same channel. This is similar to unsecured wireless network.

Newer two-way radio has a sub channel option. Only your friend with correct sub channel can talk with you. Other people can hear noise only. Sophisticated hacker can try all sub channel to figure out the sub channel you are on and tap in to your message. This is similar to secured wireless network with weaker encryption WEP. Hacker can break your WEP key within an hour.

Latest fix to wireless encryption is WPA. No known method to break WPA key within reasonable time. WPA key is dynamic changing in regular interval to provide extra difficulty for hacker.

Sidenote:
You should only use channel 1, 6 or 11. They are the only three non-overlap channels in United States. These should create least interference.

Dilbert becomes religious

犯罪

今天的『烤麵包師傅』會議上，『桌上議題』是關於紐約州州長。主持人問，為甚麼州長知道他所做的事是錯的，還是要繼續做。這對我是一個提醒，為甚麼我們會不斷的犯罪，而不自知？

《像個牧者的主》

耶穌領導我安然休歇溪水中間，
祂伴著我經過困難，泉水心中湧出。
從今我若有憂愁，恩主率領分擔，
祂常導我歸向正途，平安的心舒暢。
我縱須身經幽谷，我必不會怕害，
遇萬事祂必看顧，要賜我真福氣。
一切試探會滅絕，是祂施恩堅固，
求看見大能，妙極，莫測，痛擊空中惡魔。
耶穌信實有光榮，恩愛恤憫永牽，
親自召我跨進聖城，由此得到永生，Oo---
祂為著我必會再來，我歸居天國。Amen。

給我一個交代

早一陣子，我們常常聽到新聞報道說，塵罐稀，你欠我們一個交代。我想了又想，我和他一丁點的關係也沒有，我為何要他向我解釋？

早一陣子，一位弟兄要到別的教會，我心中想，你欠我一個交代。現在再想，他根本沒有需要向我解釋。

早一陣子，一位弟兄遲到，我又在想，你又欠我一個交代。現在回想，他沒有欠我甚麼。

早一陣子，自己病了也堅持走到臺上，另外一位弟兄也病了，沒有回來。但是他居然比我還健康，我有想，你也欠我一個交代。現在才知道，他也沒有欠我甚麼。

當我們作神的僕人的時候，我們常常去比較，誰做得比較好。但是我們根本沒有去批評人的權利。我們還是把自己應該做的先做好吧。

你是誰，竟然批評別人的家僕呢？他或站穩或跌倒，只和自己的主人有關；但他必定站穩，因為主能夠使他站穩。（羅馬書14：4）

Bible Study: 馬太福音18

馬太福音18提到怎樣去處理犯罪的弟兄。耶穌要我們首先跟弟兄說，跟著找兩三個弟兄去勸他，再跟著告訴教會。
“如果你的弟兄犯了罪（“犯了罪”有些抄本作“得罪你”），你趁著和他單獨在一起的時候，要去指出他的過失來。如果他肯聽，你就得著你的弟兄。（馬太福音18：15）
但是，我們經常犯的錯誤是把這件事告訴全世界聽，這樣只會把問題弄得更糟。有時我發覺，自己不斷地罵偽人，其實自己比他們更加虛偽。怪不得一些非基督徒不來教會的原因，就是看到我們虛偽的一面。

形像

創世記 1:26
神就照著自己的形像造人、乃是照著他的形像造男造女。So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

究竟是指外型, 還是「形像」 (個性, 性格等)

家

星期天，一位姐妹問我甚麼時候回家。我不加思索就說，下午吧。原來她的意思是我何時回香港，但我的家現在是在美國。這幾天再想想這個問題，究竟我最渴望的家在哪裏？神的家，還是未來的天家？我的家在哪裏，我的心也會在那裏。

5 minutes singer

I am going to present this in Toastmaster some day but let me capture the points before I forgot.

The 3 important aspects of singing are Breathing, Pronunciation and Tone.

Breathing
1. Stretch your body and rib cage just like you warm up before exercise (I cannot illustrate here).
2. Breath in down to your stomach, not to your throat. Your throat must be relax or you will not sing in tune. You will feel your rib cage expanding on your back.
3. Sound is produced by splitting air. (Take a look at recorder or flute). Your soft palate serves this function. To learn direction air to the soft palate, try closing your lips with teeth not touching. Pronounce the sound "Hmm".
4. Your vocal chord vibrates but the sound resonance in your head through air flow. To keep the air flow and best resonance, keep your tongue forward touching your teeth and drop your jaw.

Pronunciation
1. Your lips and your tongue changes the pronunciation, not your throat.
2. You pronounce some words differently in singing. For example, Angel, Sing.
3. Pronounce the v sound in valley by bitting your lower lip.
4. The Wh sound in where should be pronounced as "Hware". The H sound starts the air flow for the word.
5. Be careful of the Th sound in Thy. It should never sounds like Die.
6. If the word starts with a vowel, you should add the consonant of the previous word. For example, Mary's (s)asleep.

Tone
1. Never tighten your throat or your will not sing the correct not. A tighten vocal chord gives you a different frequency of vibration.
2. Hear the note in your head before you sing it out. Do not try adjusting the tone
with your throat. Sing it correct the first time. If you know the note is out of tune, do not sing it. Do not settle for the wrong note.

Even though I can tell you how sing in 5 minutes, you have to practice on your own everyday to see improvements.

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The Potter's Hand

Nice to see performance from a big choir. I am not sure if we can move our congregation in the same way. I hope my disobedient escaping will not affect the choir too much.

Not Judge, but Discern

Matthew 7 told us not to judge others in the very beginning. I have to confess that I habitually judging other. Last Sunday a brother was late for church and I immediately thought that he was getting up late. He actually got a flat tire on his car. I remind myself not to draw any conclusion without seeing the whole picture.

Jesus didn't ask us to close our eyes and block our ears and ignore what is going on outside. On the contrary, we have to discern what's right and what's wrong. With a lot of false teaching around, we must stand firm on what Bible says.

He Keeps Me Singing

We can praise our Lord when our lives are smooth. How can we keep on praising when we face an obstacle?

不住的歌唱
He Keeps Me Singing

　　這是一首活潑輕快的聖詩，很難令人推測作者寫作時的境遇。 羅馬書8:35-39「誰能使我們與基督的愛隔絕呢？難道是患難麼，是困苦麼，…靠著愛我們的主，在這一切的事上，已經得勝有餘了。 因為我深信無論是死，是生…是現在的事，是將來的事，是高處的，是低處的…都不能叫我們與 神的愛隔絕，這愛是在我們的主基督耶穌裏的。」
　　本詩的作者卜理杰（Luther B. Bridgers, 1884-1948）生於美國北卡羅來納州，他是衛理公會的牧師及佈道家，十七歲時就開始講道。他知道他的決志奉獻將使他與名利絕緣，且要不斷的走訪各地，和不停地面對各樣的挑戰與困境。 他甘願接受這樣的一個人生。 婚後，他和妻子經常過著拮据的生活，但伉儷情深，以基督為一家之主，同心事奉。 他們有三個可愛的孩子，是一個令人羡慕的快樂家庭。
　　1910年卜理杰應他城的邀請主領為期兩週的奮興會，他將妻兒安置在岳父母家。這是一次成功的奮興會，他也在會中時常提到妻兒的故事。 大會結束後，他急於與妻兒相聚，但不幸接獲噩耗，他岳父家失火，全家無一倖免。 當他趕回家時，他的親友都擔憂他如何面對這毀家之痛，有人擔心他會精神崩潰，有人想他會埋怨　神。 但他的信心沒有因這悲劇而動搖，反而安慰向他慰問的人。 葬禮後，在寂靜的寒夜裏，惟主相伴，他含淚寫下了這首生命中黑夜的詩歌，並譜上了優美動人的曲調。 雖然他不明白為什麼他會如此悲慘地失去他家人，但他並不責問　神。　神給他足夠的信心和力量，承受這一切，成為神僕的楷模。
　　1914年卜理杰續絃，妻子是一位音樂教師。 從此他專心佈道，在第一次大戰期間，曾赴蘇聯、比利時、捷克海外宣道。

雲上太陽

wúlùn shì zhùzài měilì de / dí / dì gāo shān huò shì tǎng wò zài yīn'àn de / dí / dì yōu gǔ
无论 是 住在 美丽 的 高 山 ， 或 是 躺 卧 在 阴暗 的 幽 谷 ；
dāng / dàng nǐ tái qǐtóu nǐ jiānghuì fāxiàn zhǔ yǐ wèi / wéi nǐ wǒ ér yùbèi
当 你 抬 起头 ， 你 将会 发现 ， 主 已 为 你 我 而 预备 。
yún shàng tàiyáng tā zǒng bú / bù gǎibiàn suīrán xiǎo yǔ sǎ zài liǎn shàng
云 上 太阳 ， 它 总 不 改变 ， 虽然 小 雨 洒 在 脸 上 ，
yún shàng tàiyáng tā zǒng bú / bù gǎibiàn hā tā bú / bù gǎibiàn
云 上 太阳 ， 它 总 不 改变 ， 哈 ！ 它 不 改变

深觸我心

shēn chù wǒ xīn
深 触 我 心
Yēsū chénrán dàn / dān dāng / dàng wǒmende yōuhuàn
耶稣 诚然 担 当 我们的 忧患
bēifù wǒmen tòngkǔ
背负 我们 痛苦
Yēsū wèi / wéi wǒmende guo / guò fàn shòuhài
耶稣 为 我们的 过 犯 受害
wèi / wéi wǒmende zuì niè yā shāng
为 我们的 罪 孽 压 伤
yīn nǐ shòu de / dí / dì xíngfá wǒmen dé / de píng'ān
因 袮 受 的 刑罚 我们 得 平安
yīn nǐ shòu de / dí / dì biān shāng wǒmen dé / de yīzhì
因 袮 受 的 鞭 伤 我们 得 医治
wánquán de / dí / dì yīzhì
完全 的 医治
gǎnxiè Yēsū wǒde jiù zhǔ
感谢 耶稣 　 我的 救 主
wǒ dé / de píng'ān wǒ dé / de yīzhì
我 得 平安 　 我 得 医治
wǒde Yēsū ài wǒde zhǔ
我的 耶稣 　 爱 我的 主
nǐ de / dí / dì ēn diǎn shēn chù wǒ xīn
袮 的 恩 典 深 触 我 心

尋找

有人尋找學習機會。
有人尋找工作、事業。
有人尋找自己的舞台。
有人尋找金錢、權力、地位。
有人尋找神，尋找造物主。
同一時間，神也在尋找你。
你今天在尋找甚麼？十月十三日我們來尋找答案。

怎樣作好的見證

我經常覺得很難在家人的面前作好的見證。
有不少在家中的事使我很困擾，例如我家的餐桌，最多只可以放一個大湯碗，其他地方都放滿了不知名的膠袋和紙袋。我趁在今天垃圾收集日把多餘的袋丟掉。
今天大清早，我姐姐問我把寫有「Thank You」的膠袋放到那裏，我把事實的全部說出。當她發現垃圾已被收了，她便開始大罵，問我為甚麼沒有問過她就丟掉她的膠袋，她只是未得閑收拾而已。
一連串的為甚麼我都無言以對，但是我還是不明白：
一、放在桌上多日的膠袋代表對你重要嗎？如果我覺得重要的，我一定會第一時間收好它。
二、得閑才會做的事是永遠不會做的，因為我們沒有真正得閑的時候，也代表那件事在你的優先次序是最低。
三、膠袋裏的幸運曲奇未有動過，難道你有真的看過這些膠袋嗎？
四、膠袋上有你的名字嗎？
每天回到家中，有一種不能形容的depression。你有沒有想過，家中一半以上的公用地方已經放滿了你的物品，在家中是沒有可能舒舒服服看電視或者是吃一頓飯。如果換轉是你，你會快樂嗎？
我真的無能為力，我沒有辦法做一個好管家。

Mary Did You Know

25 在耶路撒冷有一個人，名叫西面，這人公義虔誠，一向期待以色列的安慰者來到，又有聖靈在他身上。
26 聖靈啟示他，在死前必得見主所應許的基督，
27 他又受聖靈感動進了聖殿。那時，耶穌的父母抱著孩子進來，要按著律法的規矩為他行禮。
28 西面就把他接到手上，稱頌　神說：
29 “主啊，現在照你的話，釋放僕人平平安安地去吧！
30 因我的眼睛已經看見你的救恩，
31 就是你在萬民面前所預備的，
32 為要作外族人啟示的光，和你民以色列的榮耀。”
33 他父母因論到他的這些話而希奇。
34 西面給他們祝福，對他母親馬利亞說：“看哪！這孩子被立，要叫以色列中許多人跌倒，許多人興起，又要成為反對的目標，
35 （你自己的心也會被刀刺透，）這樣，許多人心中的意念就要被揭露出來。”
路加福音2:25-35

Choir Rules

If that is the rule for our choir, I have broken most of them.

必須認真學習，遵守指揮、負責人及職員會的指示，同心緊密合作。
練習或獻唱時不可喧嘩或私下傾談。
練習或獻唱時必須關掉傳呼機或手提電話。

Singing Class

Here are some exercise the teacher used.

1. Singing round with 4 groups.

Group 1: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 . . . . . .
Group 2:     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 . . . .
Group 3:         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 . .
Group 4:             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

2. Singing chord

Group 1: 1
Group 2: 1 2 3
Group 3: 1 2 3 4 5
Group 4: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

3. Singing intervals

8 ( 7 6 5 4 ) 3
We muted for notes inside the bracket and see how accurate the interval is.

The teacher said any notes should start with the brain, not with the throat. She added that she can teach the singing skills in 15 minutes but it takes a life time to master it.

為死人受洗

摩門教有一項傳統，他們會為死人受洗。他們的根據是：

29 不然，那些為死人受洗的，是為了甚麼呢？如果死人根本不會復活，那麼為甚麼要為他們受洗呢？

從上文下理來看，我們應該如何解釋？

弟兄姐妹

為什麼我們會叫「弟兄」, 但又不叫「妹姐」?

聖言光明

Let's see what we can learn from other choir.

恐懼森林

人生就像踏上旅遊巴士

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Receiving Holy Spirit Twice?

I was following the Bible Reading schedule and I found an interesting point on Holy Spirit. When did the disciples receive tht Holy Spirit? How different are the two "holy spirits"?

[So Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you."]
And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. (John 20:22)

And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance. (Acts 2:4)

My early Christian mentor

http://sammycafe.blogsome.com/2007/06/19/my-early-christian-mentor/

Father's day questions

Someone curiously asked me: Why the group of the fathers preformed choir on Father's day? Should they be rest and enjoy other people singing to them? My answers, two points:

1. It shows fathers serves and entertains their families all times
2. The fathers are singing to the Father up above

Evolution vs. Creationism 2

Actually I finished the whole blog from the start. I have several hundred more words, putting together the arguments and examples. But my arguments could be a bit extreme which challenge some common understanding of the Bible. So, I decide not to post it. But anyway, my conclusion is to give some breathing room for the study of Evolution; let the scientist do their research. My opinion anyway.

Evolution vs. Creationism

I read this news, saying 25% of American believe both evolution & creationism. This news makes me think.

It seems to be an untold expectation for every Christian: if you believe in Bible, you must not believe in Evolution. The reason: Bible says very clearly all lives are created by God, but not evolved by themselves.

This seems to be a fair enough argument. As an engineer, I do see many faults in Evolution theory. One killer weakness: the theory can not be verified by experiment. So people can only derive the "fact", but can not 100% prove it. This does not up to the standard of any strict science.

On the other hand, I have a relatively rebel-thinking: it may be still a good idea to let people continue the study of Evolution, even though eventually it may be proved incorrect. Evolution is a study that helps so much in modern medical advance. It also helps to explain common relationship between animal and human, fulling people's curiosity. Even though its fundamental may be flawed, for engineering perspective, it works!

To be continued ...

聽歌學國語

我的心你要稱頌耶和華

我的心，你要稱頌耶和華，不可忘記祂的恩惠。
祂赦免你一切過犯罪孽，醫治你疾病復原。
我的心，你要稱頌耶和華，不可忘記祂的恩惠。
祂以仁愛慈悲為你冠冕，為受屈的人伸冤。
天離地有何等的高，祂的慈愛也可等的深，
東離西有多麼的遠，祂使我的過犯也離我多遠，
耶和華有憐憫的愛，且有豐盛無盡的恩典，
從亙古直到永遠，耶和華祂是我的神。

父親節獻詩

Now I understand why Felix uploads choir music in this blog, because it is my turn this time.

[1] <全能父上帝>
全能父上帝，晝夜掌管天地萬邦。
全能父上帝，晝夜掌管天地一切。
萬國也讚美主，光輝普照在世間；
我要敬拜祂，屈膝稱讚上帝恩。
要讓全地歡騰榮耀主，國度全屬祢。



[2] <祢真偉大. How Great Thou Art!>
主啊我神﹗我每逢舉目觀看，祢手所造一切奇妙大工；
看見星宿，又聽到隆隆雷聲，祢的大工，遍滿了宇宙中。
我靈歌唱，讚美救主我神：祢真偉大，何等偉大 (2)。
當我想到 神竟願差他兒子，降世捨命，我幾乎不領會；
主在十架，甘願背我的重擔，流血捨身，為要赦免我罪。
我靈歌唱，讚美救主我神：祢真偉大，何等偉大 (2)。



[3] <主凡事引導. All the Way My Saviour Leads Me>
救世主凡事引導我，我何需別有所求，
主愛憐我何用多疑，我一生蒙主眷佑，
我憑信在主裡安居，享天上平安喜樂，
我深知無論遇何事，主為我安排穩妥 (2)。



All songs are orignated from these references : [1] [2] [3]

He Lives

This is probably the first Christian Song I learnt (excluding Christmas songs). Our high school music teacher is a Christian. She shared her faith with the students even though we were not in a Christian school. I don't think I know her much but I still remember this song she taught.

He Lives

I serve a risen Savior, He's in the world today;
I know that He is living whatever men may say;
I see His hand of mercy, I hear His voice of cheer,
And just the time I need Him, He's always near.

Chorus
He lives, He lives,
Christ Jesus lives today!
He walks with me and talks with me
Along life's narrow way.
He lives, He lives,
Salvation to impart!
You ask me how I know He lives?
He lives within my heart.

Church News

Two is not better than one

Can you think of a situation that two is worse than one?

After being told that my car had some weird burnt smell, I took my car for oil change this morning. As usual, the job was done in an hour. I was on my way back to work. Before entering the freeway, I noticed that the engine oil light was on. I immediately found my way to the nearest parking lot and parked my car. There was no engine oil left in the engine.

I did several things right at the moment.
1. I called a brother for advice.
2. I called the shop about the situation.
3. I insisted not driving the car back to the shop.
4. I prayed.

The technician from the shop came and he found two oil filter gaskets on the oil filter. It was because the old one was still attached to the engine. Oil was leaking from space between the gaskets. He removed that extra gasket and filled up the engine with oil. My car is on the road again. Hopefully I did not over stress my car.

Das Lied der Deutschen

That is, the song of Germany. I just know that we all learnt the melody.

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地球深度行--耶路撒冷

If you missed it on TV, here you go.

向世界出發‧蔡少芬‧以色列

Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday passed quietly but the songs are still lingering in my mind. I really should have understand the lyrics deeply but time was quite limited. Here is one of the transition I did not catch.

Life of Praise.

Songs of hope shall fill the night.
Words of faith shall mark the day.
Hymns of joy shall lift my heart;
this, the life of praise.

Songs of hope will fill our nights.
Words of faith shall mark our days.
Hymns of joy will lift our hearts;
this, our life of praise.

Century Praise 世紀頌讚

We finally find a page with songs from Century Praise.
The index can be found in
http://www.christianstudy.com/century_praise.html

When Terminator met Jesus ...

4/1 Hymns

Christ Arose
Because He Lives

Hey, are you a Chirstian too?

In my new working environment, I find a couple co-workers may be Christian, based on the books and decoration in their offices. Sometimes I want to ask them: "Hey are you a Christian too?" But I hesitate to speak out because I am not sure if this is "office political correct"? Perhaps I am over sensitive.

CCCAC HKSTM

Nine

I participated a Bible game last week. Each team randomly picked a number from 1~12, then described a Bible story or term related to the number. My team picked "9". This was a tough one. For other numbers, I can quickly think of a story.

1. One God
2. Five loaves, two fish
3. Trinity
4. Four Gospel
5. Five loaves, two fish
6. 6-6-6
7. Seven day to finish the creation
8. Eight beatitudes from Jesus
9. ??
10. Ten Commandments
11. ??
12. Twelve disciples

Well, so I guess nine and eleven are a difficult ones. Any ideas?

Happy Birthday, CCCAC

The anniversary celebration came to an end. Suddenly I feel so relieved. I don't think I have taken up too much responsibilities but I am glad to be part of it. Although I am not in the church for long (compared to others), I will miss all of you. Hope I will be refreshed after the short break.

What is our stand on G.W.?

Just wonder, conservative Christians are "Religious Correct" to support traditional marriage and reject abortion. How about Global Warning? Do we have an unify stands on this? Should we support mandatory pollution control in the industry? This is a hot topic nowadays. Although this seems to be an economy question, personally I believe this is a moral issue as well. A delay of action could cost human lives silently on a daily basis. And a wrong decision could hurt our children for generations to come.

Reference: White House rejects mandatory CO2 caps

Garage Opener

Thank you for all your prayers. I did make it. My fingers are still with me and I didn't have any electric shock. I fixed the "black box" in the garage. I would never imagine that the white gear had worn out like that.


I am the one with little faith. I always asked myself if I should work on the opener or what tools I should buy. The worries lingered around me for a few days and now God sets me free. Special thanks to the handy man who helped me putting everything back in place.
"So don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today's troubles is enough for today." Matthew 6:34, NLT

查經 彼得前書一章1-12

• 我們都是寄居的人。
• 聖父揀選，聖靈使我們成聖，聖子為我們贖罪。三為一體？
• 耶穌復活使我們有永生的盼望。
• 天上的基業是永存的。
• 試煉中的難過是暫時的，而不是試煉本身。
• 被試驗過的信心比精金更寶貴。
• 我們沒有見過耶穌，但我們信祂，愛祂。多馬？
• 靈魂得救是甚麼？
• 先知基督的靈和聖靈有甚麼分別？
• 天使為甚麼不能知道這些事？救恩？

Doomsday

I have heard this word in a span of one week. First someone worried our church will not be around 25 years later, because he thought as the world become worst and worst, Jesus is about time to come back. Then the doomsday clock move forward partly due to terrorism. And my friend in UK, who is not a Christian, really worries about global warming and believes the world is about to end.

While all of these are real concerns, we see doomsday precaution from time to time. And then comparing the world history of last two millennium , are we really in the lowest point globally and morally? Somehow I still feel optimistic. I am not saying that I don't welcome Jesus coming back though.

New Year Resolution

I asked God to teach me to be humble. It is not our strength or wisdom that God values most. Our wisdom is not comparable to His. He likes to use our weakness to teach us and to help others. Please don't allow Satan take control of our weakness and make us Satan's slaves. Let us explore our weakness and say no to temptation.

Hymns

I think I have got into habit practising hymns at home. There are plenty of resources that help us to get familiar with the tunes. It is especially useful if you need to learn the parts.

http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/
Interactive scores that you can change tempo and key.

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/index.htm
They have plenty of scores but you need to install the free Noteworthy viewer or plugin. http://www.noteworthysoftware.com/composer/download.htm

http://www.christianstudy.com/lifehymns.html
Basically the whole hymn book is up there.

空谷的回音

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Outreach Night

After the weekend preparation of the mailing packages, the publicity portion of the outreach came towards the end. Now we can keep our focus in prayer for the guest coming to the event.
We should give special thanks to
1. Our chief artist for the poster design.
2. Our webmaster for the webpage design.
3. Our media coordinator for the media connection and poster posting.
4. Our manager for looking over all the details.
5. Last but not least, all of you for sacrifying your weekend to prepare the packages.

Still keep praying for
1. The magnets would be delivered on time.
2. The invitation letters would be reached to the appropriate audience.

Should we care ...

What do think? Do we need to do care about Pope's speech / apology to Muslim recently?

1. Don't Care. We are Christian. He is Cathalic.
2. We should support his words
3. Avoid the wording, but support him
4. Just stay away with this topic, you don't want to get into trouble.
5. Why care? Does it matter with my Christian life?
6. I don't understand this question.
7. Others

John the Baptist and Jesus

In Matthew 11, it reads

When John heard in prison what Christ was doing, he sent his disciples to ask him, "Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?" (Matthew 11:2-3)

 

It seems that John did not know who Jesus is.  However,

1. John's mother and Jesus' mother were relatives.

2. John was the one who baptized Jesus.

Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. But John tried to deter him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?" (Matthew 3:13-14)

 

How should we interpret the seemingly contradicting passages?

Showers of Blessing

Browsing through SOBEM and found that videos below. Are we giving our best back to our Lord?

Favorite 聖經金句

I have one favourite 金句, which is John 3:16. This 金句 catch my eye when I was little. I still feel touching sometimes when I read it.

神愛世人
Four word, tell us one of the most important fact of this universe

甚至將祂的獨生子賜給他們
An example to show how much God loves us. Draw our emotion.

叫一切信入祂的
What we should do, as simple as that.

不至滅亡
The outcome

反得永遠的生命。
Better than we what we expect.

How about your favorite 聖經金句!?

Know, Understand, Feel, and Experience

After talking to Micah, I have learnt more about communication and relationship with God. And this morning, the following come across my mind:

Know: This is the first step. We have to know HIM. It is the job for Christian to spread the gospel.

Understand: We should spend time to study Bible, so we can understand God and HIS work. If we spend 20+ years full-time to study in school, we surely need to spend more time to learn about God.

Feel: To get closer with God, I think we need to feel HIM, like our family, our friends. For example, from history book, we learn many things about historical people, but we hardly feel closed to them. But Jesus is different, we learn about him from Bible. But we should still able to feel HIM because HE is still with us. In the last couple years, I start to gain this feeling.

Experience: To gain close relationship with God, I think the best way is to experience HIM. But actually I can't talk too much for this point, because I don't have any strong experience with God. From friend's sharing and Bible, I see people who have experienced God. Simply says, they are different. My favourite example is Paul. From a punk who messed up with Christian, to a fearless warrior who spread Jesus name. That was a huge turn-around.

One question as usual: How do we experience God!? From all the stories I heard, most time God come to them. It is not like they need to pray for it.

Taboo Question 1

Related to sex stuff, read at your own risk ....


In the movie "The Da Vinci Code", Tom Hanks asked this question:
I believe Jesus is God. But even Jesus has a child on earth, does it really conflict with his divine status?

First of all, I need to proclaim that I don't believe Jesus had an affair with Mary Magdalene or had a child. But I have a few questions.

1. I have an understanding that Jesus didn't have sexual desire. This is OK to me. Just a fact. But I also have an impression that Jesus didn't have sexual desire because it is bad. Does Bible really mention sex is bad?

2. I have learnt Jesus had bear many weakness of human body, such as pain and fear (he prays for God's mercy before getting caught). Then why can't he also bear sexual desire?

3. Jesus is our example to be a perfect man. He had a human body and show how to be good. But I guess he may cheat a little .... A lot of sins are related to sex. How Jesus show us to avoid those sins if he did not have this problem at all?

Rumors and News

News (especially bad ones) and rumors are spreading fast with the information boom. The same happens inside the church.  I dare not to say I never spread rumors.  Moreover, you can never assume the one next to you knows nothing about your secret.  Given the amount of news I have heard over the last 2 years, what would be the biblical way to resolve the pressure?  I have a urge to talk over the news with brothers but at the same time I feel extremely guilty of spreading rumors, especially when my news source does not authorize me to spread the news.

Da Vinci Code, The movie

I watched this movie last week, because of 2 reasons:
1. Want to watch Tom Hanks
2. I don't understand the ending of the book. What did Robert Langdor realize? Mona Lisa!? Maybe the movie can explain better.

Review of the movie, 2 things:
1. Tom Hanks lost weight
2. Still don't understand the ending of the movie. What did Robert Langdor realize? Anyone offer help?

God is listening

Case 1: Prayer Requests

In the retreat last week, I raised a question during panel discussion: If God know everything we need, why still pray for any specific request? It will not change God's mind anyway. In the same night, the people next to my room played so loud and so late till 2am. I can't sleep. Now I know what to pray specifically: Guys please go to bed soon! Well God gave me a good lesson.


Case 2: Bible Study

Recently, I'm looking for a Bible Study group within the company. I ask around and search for web but got nothing. Last week I passed by someone's office and saw a Bible on his desk. I didn't know this guy. But I want to check out if he knows any BS group here. Today I go to his office and start the conversation: I saw you have a Bible and I am a Christian ... Then he immediately told me they have a Bible Study lunch meeting every Wednesday, and invite me to join them!

God and Logic

I once read a book from 李天命. He mentions that Logic is the most strictly analysis process. Based on Logic, he derives many argument to question Bible and God. One classic paradox he likes to use: Can God make a rock so big, that even he can't lift it?

I spend some times to study the best explanation to counter this argument. There are a few good one but all seem to argue within the scope of Logic analysis.

Then my question: Is God beyond Logic!?

I think Yes. Human can only understand Logic within our brain limit. Plus, does Logic really can explain everything!? I don't think Logic can explain the creation of Universe. From nothing to something. Logic and any Science can't explain that. In another word, human can't explain anything beyond the point of creation, not even mention the Creator.

Genesis Trivia

- In Genesis 30, Jacob negotiated a new contract with Laban. They agreed that all non-white sheep were wages to Jacob. Being a deceiver, Laban sent away all non-white sheep on the same day. Jacob reacted by putting striped almond branches in front of the sheep and the sheep would give birth to striped sheep. (This is similar to parents-to-be put up cute baby posters in their room in hope for cute baby) Genetically, this would not work. However, it was God's blessing on Jacob to make it happen.

- Jacob had 12 sons. Levi's descendents did not receive any inheritance but Joseph's received twice as much (through his two sons). Historically, the eldest son received twice as much inheritance as the other sons.

Book introduction

I am reading a book called 游子吟. I like it very much. I feel the author has similar style of mine. Lots of questions and has strong interest on natural science. He is much more knowledgeable though. This book describes his thinking process from a non-believer to a Christian. Reading this book is like talking to a friend who answering many of my Q&A stuff. This is the table of content:

第一章 神存在的真实性
第二章 《圣经》是神默示的
第三章 谁是真神
第四章 耶稣基督复活的证据
第五章 现代科学与基督教信仰
第六章 创造论与进化论
第七章 进入永生

I first jump around on the chapters I am interested the most, which are 1, 3, 6. The author often introduces new yet interesting question. For example, Darwin's theory was introduced about 150 years ago. Back then the society in Europe was still heavily favor on Christianity. But why this theory could gain such popularity so quickly? The author then answers this own questions.

This book is claimed to be quite popular. Sold 600,000 copies with three edition. Anyway, paper back is just $8. And a web site has the full content:

http://www.afcinc.org/afcsite/big_5code/literature/mc_lit/Song/prod-ct.htm

Why I buy Chinese Stocks (3)

My brothers ordered many dishes. It included all kind of animal I had never heard of. I enjoyed the food though. At the end we had a lot of left over. I want to box up some. Then my mother told me people usually didn't take left over when they ate there. Too troublesome I guessed. Well, seriously I didn't want to waste food so I insisted. But, I would regret I did that.

So we continued driving back home. Once we entered Zhuhai downtown I saw a lot of beautiful lighting on the streets. It was pretty late already, yet there were still many people hanging out. It really was a city full of energy. I felt proud of my home country. When we reached the custom, we need to leave the car and walked over for custom check. This joyful trip was about to end. I was holding a bag of leftover and then I closed the car's door.

Suddenly, someone pull very hard on the bag of my food. My first thought: robbers! But when I turn back, I saw no one. Then I looked down. I saw a little girl, around 7~8 years old, was pulling my bag. Besided her there was a shy little boy, seemed to be her little brother. This girl spoke to me in Mandarin: Give me, give me. I didn't eat for two days already. To be exact, these was what she said:

叔叔, 給我, 給我, 我二天沒有吃東西.

This girl was a beggar I believed. Did she really eat nothing for two days!? I doubted. But watching a little kid begging for food, I felt bitter. My first reaction was to give her the food. But a defensive thinking came to my mind. If I gave her the food now, what would happen? Would other beggars rush to me for more? I couldn't handle that... So I hold on this bag for some moment, while she kept pulling for the food. At the same time I yelled to my mom if I could give this girl the food. My mother was surprise to see this situation but she immediately said yes. So I released the bag. The girl said thank you to my mother (not me) then started to run. I wanted to give the girl some money, but I hesitated for other consideration. Then she disappeared inside the crowd.

After I went back Macao, I were very unhappy for many days. I was upset although there were many modern development in mainland, some children still need to beg for food on street. I was more upset about myself. Why couldn't I just give her the food without so many second thought. Imaging a picture of a big guy fighting food with a little girl ... shame!

Now when I pray before dinning, I truly felt the mercy God had put upon me. I thanks HIM for providing me food, without the need of begging. In big dinner such as Thanksgiving and Christmas, sometimes I recall the face of that little girl.

It has been five years already. This girl should be a teenager now. I hoped her life had improved. I understand no country can eliminate all poverty. But I felt sad to see kids begging for food in the middle of a modern city downtown. I offer my prayer for a better life of ordinary people in China. I also buy some Chinese stocks hoping to help the economic and creates more jobs there.

Why I buy Chinese Stocks (2)

My brother had a mainland driving license, so he drove for this trip. Once we crossed the border of Zhuhai (珠海), most of the time we stayed on the highways. In the old days, it took 7 hours to get to Foshen. This time, it took less than 3 hours. One minor complain, we stopped eight times meeting some good looking young ladies ... they were cashiers collecting road fee.

We spend a nice afternoon in Foshen. Surely it had great developments. Tall buildings and nice shopping malls everywhere. We met relatives and enjoyed the local food. In the evening we headed back to Macao. Around 8pm, when we were nearby Zhuhai, we felt hungry. My brother decided to bring us to eat.

His drove his car off the highway, going into some bumping countryside roads. He kept driving for 10 minutes. Now it was getting very dark outside. I guess we were driving inside a farm. I started to feel uneasy and ask where we were heading to? He said we would eat something nice. I doubted. Did he get lost?

Finally I saw some light ahead of us. In the middle of nowhere, there was a big house with decorative lightnings. My brother said that was the restaurant for our dinner. What kind of restaurant would locate in such a remote area? Then my brother said we would eat wild life animals (野味)!!

[to be continued ... last section tomorrow]

Sharing: Why I buy Chinese Stocks

There is a personal story I want to share for sometimes. Sometimes mean around five years. Whenever in special days like Thanksgiving and Christmas, when there are a lot of nice food on the table, I recall this experience. However, this was a very unpleasant incident. I didn't know how to start this sharing in the Fellowship.

This July, I will go back to Macao/China for visit. That experience flash back to my memory again, because it happened in China. I guess, blog space is the easiest place for me to share this story.

In the summer of 2001, I went to Macao for vacation. My family kept telling me there had been a lot of positive change in mainland. They will show me around all the great development in the country. In fact, I am looking forward to. On Saturday, me. my elder brother, my mother, and my nephew, were ready to visit my home town, where is Foshen (佛山). This supposed to be a fun one-day trip. What I didn't expect, I were about to encounter something that made me very unhappy for the rest of my vacation.

[to be continued .. two days later, haven't finish all the writing]

Be Strong in the Lord

Be strong in the Lord and be of good courage, your mighty defender is always the same. Mount up with wings as the eagle ascending, victory is sure when you call on His name.

* Be strong, be strong, be strong in the Lord, and be of good courage for He is your guide. Be strong, be strong, be strong in the Lord, and rejoice, for the victory is yours.

So put on the armor the Lord has provided, and place your defense in His unfailing care. Trust Him for He will be with you in battle, lighting your path to avoid every snare.

* Repeat

"Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil." Ephesians 6:10-11

Long answers

When I google some answer on Christian question, I often see those loooong article that make me marry-go-around without straight answer. Seriously I feel pretty frustrating on this kind of writing. Why can't they just straight to the point. If I answer my boss's question like that, I am sure I have been long gone.

My explanation: there is no definite answers for many spiritual questions. It really depends on how we interpret the Bible. So people just point out every scenarios. Then we, as readers, make our own judgement.

Aging Problem

Yes.  We have aging problem in our society.  And yes, we also have aging problem in church, especially for Chinese congregation.  It is not merely that we all get older.  It is our mentality and our spirit.  The younger generations are not as energetic or creative as the older generations.  We just don't want to get involved.  This is not a good sign, but what can we do?

your first name, my last name

For Christian couples, I realize the wife, almost all, change to use her husband's last name. I wonder if this is something that Bible suggest to do. Or simply a tradition for Christian, or perhaps just Hong Kong people. I find most couples from main land China don't do that.

Mine survivor

The sole miner survivor released one last comment about the tragedy. I find this lines are pretty touching and inspiring:

"We were worried and afraid, but we began to accept our fate," he wrote. "Junior Toler led us all in the Sinners Prayer" — a prayer for salvation of one's soul.

McCloy wrote. "The last person I remember speaking to was Jackie Weaver, who reassured me that if it was our time to go, then God's will would be fulfilled."

All 12 trapped miner died except Randal McCloy, who had been in comma for about a month after the tragedy.

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Why God wanted to become human

Someone asks me this old question: Why God need to turn himself into human (Jesus) to save us?

My interpretation of the question is: why God need to use such strange way to save human being? Any practical reason? My answer is to show HIS Love. And in the old time people need to kill animal to erase their sin. So Jesus do it all using his holy blood. But my answer isn't too convincing I guess ...

But now I have question too. In the old testimony, why need to kill animal to erase our sin? It is not their fault. And they have animal right too.

What can we do?

What can we do/not do as a Christian?
1. Can we watch movies?
2. Can we smoke?
3. Can we drink wine?
4. Can we play mahjong/Big 2?
5. Can we play video games?
6. Can we become a businessman?
7. Can we become insurance agent, financial adviser or any job based on commission?
8. Can a Pastor drive a sport car?

I won't list every possible question.  However, we've got to find a general rule of thumb on these issues.

Applications

This is a quote from Pastor Paul Sheppard on a radio promo:
"Stop talking to people who have your problems and start talking to people who have your solutions."
While this sounds right, do we have any Bible reference for this?

singing

When we sing a song in church, quite often the music lead asks people to sing like this:
- girls sing 1st part
- guys sing 2nd part
- then sing together

Any particular reason we like to do this so often? I think of a few:

1. let people to catch a breath
2. so we know how bad guy can sing
3. more variety
4. Bible teach us to do so !?

The World? The Spirit?

1 John 2:15-16:
15 不要愛世界和世上的東西。人若愛世界，愛父的心就不在他裡面了。
16 原來世上的一切，就如肉體的私慾，眼目的私慾和今生的驕傲，都不是出於父，而是從世界來的。

Romans 12:2:
2 不要模仿這個世代，倒要藉著心意的更新而改變過來，使你們可以察驗出甚麼是　神的旨意，就是察驗出甚麼是美好的、蒙他悅納的和完全的事。

Ephesians 2:2:
2 那時你們在過犯和罪惡中行事為人，隨著時代的潮流，也服從空中掌權的首領，就是現今在悖逆的人身上運行的靈。

John 15:19-20:
19 你們若屬於這世界，世人必定愛屬自己的；但因為你們不屬於世界，而是我從世界中揀選了你們，所以世人就恨你們。
20 你們要記住我對你們說過的話：‘僕人不能大過主人。’他們若迫害我，也必定迫害你們；他們若遵守我的話，也必定遵守你們的話。

Romans 14:1-6,12,15,23:
1 你們要接納信心軟弱的人，不要論斷引起爭論的事。
2 有人相信所有的食物都可以吃，信心軟弱的人卻只吃蔬菜。
3 吃的人不要輕看不吃的人，不吃的人也不要批評吃的人，因為　神已經接納他了。
4 你是誰，竟然批評別人的家僕呢？他或站穩或跌倒，只和自己的主人有關；但他必定站穩，因為主能夠使他站穩。
5 有人認為這日比那日好，也有人認為日日都是一樣；只要各人自己心意堅定就可以了。
6 守日的人是為主守的，吃的人是為主吃的，因為他感謝　神；不吃的人是為主不吃，他也感謝　神。
12 這樣看來，我們各人都要把自己的事向　神交代。
15 如果你為了食物使你的弟兄憂愁，你就不再是憑著愛心行事了。你不可因著你的食物，使基督已經替他死了的人滅亡。
23 但如果有人存著疑惑的心去吃，他就被定罪了，因為他不是出於信心。凡不是出於信心的，都是罪。

James 4:11-12:
11 弟兄們，不要互相毀謗；人若毀謗弟兄，或判斷弟兄，就是毀謗律法、判斷律法了。如果你判斷律法，就不是實行律法的人，而是審判官了。
12 立法的，審判的，只有一位，就是那能拯救人，也能毀滅人的　神；你這判斷鄰舍的，你是誰呢？

1 Corinthians 6:12:
12 甚麼事我都可以作，但不是都有益處。甚麼事我都可以作，但我不要受任何事的轄制。

Philippians 4:11:
11 我並不是因為缺乏才這樣說：我已經學會了，無論在甚麼情況之下都可以知足。

Genesis 1:28

1:28 And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.

1:28 神 就 賜 福 給 他 們 、 又 對 他 們 說 、 要 生 養 眾 多 、 遍 滿 地 面 、 治 理 這 地 ． 也 要 管 理 海 裡 的 魚 、 空 中 的 鳥 ． 和 地 上 各 樣 行 動 的 活 物 。

Sometimes I feel Genesis 1:28 is the 1st task God gave mankind. But in recent years, I heard all the news about global warning. Sometimes I wonder, do we all screw up God's 1st assignment to us?

Global Warming Capable Of Sparking Mass Species Extinctions

Quarter of Species Gone by 2050

Limit Atonement

I remembered someone mentioned about this concept long time ago.  But I forgot until today bible class.  Jesus died for the believers only.  How does this conflict with the Bible?

Can you feel the Love

A few years ago, I often chat with a co-worker, who has a daughter, about childcare stuff. She expressed the strong relationship between her and her daughter. I told her I can UNDERSTAND the love between a mother and a daughter. But I can not FEEL it.

Now I become a father, I can feel this love. It is totally different than just understanding it.

I am thinking about my relationship with God. I read Bible and listen sharing from bro/sis. I have no doubt that Jesus has deep love to me and everyone in this world. But do I really feel his love? How do I feel more his love?

Once Saved Always Saved

We had a Bible Study last Friday and we touched on this topic again.

The passage we studied was Hebrew 6:6-8. Our understand of the passage was that once you put shame on the name of Jesus, you are nailing Jesus on the cross again. There will be no way out.

Guess who?

"It is fascinating. In the West, you have bigger homes, yet smaller families; you have endless conveniences -- yet you never seem to have any time. You can travel anywhere in the world, yet you don't bother to cross the road to meet your neighbours," he said.

Do you think the above words are quite meaningful? Can you guess who say that?

Dalai Lama.

I am not a big fan of Dalia Lama but sometimes I feel what he says is quite insightful. Now as usual I have a question: Is it OK for a Christian to like words from other religious figure?