神對亞伯拉罕 --生命的考驗 (創廿二)
神對摩西 --事奉的踏步 (出三)
神對以賽亞 --差遣的召命 (賽六)
三者都說 : 我在這裡
今天面對考驗、踏出及召命，你在那裡 ?
2008年11月27日 星期四
對基督徒非常有幫助的30條建議 *
資料來源：電子郵件轉寄資料，目前尚未在網路 找到出處
1. 下次如果覺得自己了不起時，試試行在水上。
2. 當魔鬼提起你的過去時，請提醒牠的未來。
3. 你不是幸運，是蒙福。
4. 若想要真正活著，得先徹底死去。
5. 機會也許只敲一次門，但試探與誘惑卻總是在 按門鈴。
6. 我們常在強壯時，忘了 神。
7. 那些只在星期天呼喚"天父"的人，在一星期餘下的日子活得像孤兒。
8. 不要以自我為中心，要以基督為中心。
9. 沒有基督，沒有平安；認識基督，得到平安。
10. 為什麼我們不常向朋友提起神？因為我們不常向 神提起我們的朋友。
11. 應當把你的一切獻給基督，因為他把他的一切都給了你。
12. 你現在所追求的，值得基督為它死嗎？
13. 使你向 神靠近的人，是你真正的朋友。
14. 神愛我們，不是因為我們是怎樣一個人，而是因為他是怎樣一位神。
15. 神的應許像夜空的星星。夜越深，星星的光芒越亮。
16. 沒有基督的生命，是無望的盡頭。有基督的生命，是無盡的盼望。
17. 我雖不知道未來掌管著什麼，但我知道誰掌管著未來。
18. 把你的重擔交給主，讓它留在主那。
19. 不要畏懼明天，因為神已在那。
20. 當你除了 神，一無所有時，你將知道神就是你全部的需要。
21. 放手交給神，別再向神講述你的風暴有多大，當向風暴講述你的神有多大。
22. 能夠滿足人心的，是造人心的那一位。
23. 請常常保持著你心的光，因為你不知道，誰會藉著這光走出黑暗。
24. 當我們只顧工作的時候，我們獨自工作；當我們祈禱的時候，神工 作。
25. 神無所不在，所以我們可以隨處禱告。
26. 一個沒有需要的人永遠見不到神蹟。
27. 敬拜提醒我們生命的價值，但世界卻使我們忘記它。
28. 步履艱難的時候，別一味的禱告，卻不邁向神要你走的路。
29. 禱告會為我們作很多事，憂慮同樣可以。
30. 神祝福你，是要你成為別人的祝福。
1. 下次如果覺得自己了不起時，試試行在水上。
2. 當魔鬼提起你的過去時，請提醒牠的未來。
3. 你不是幸運，是蒙福。
4. 若想要真正活著，得先徹底死去。
5. 機會也許只敲一次門，但試探與誘惑卻總是在 按門鈴。
6. 我們常在強壯時，忘了 神。
7. 那些只在星期天呼喚"天父"的人，在一星期餘下的日子活得像孤兒。
8. 不要以自我為中心，要以基督為中心。
9. 沒有基督，沒有平安；認識基督，得到平安。
10. 為什麼我們不常向朋友提起神？因為我們不常向 神提起我們的朋友。
11. 應當把你的一切獻給基督，因為他把他的一切都給了你。
12. 你現在所追求的，值得基督為它死嗎？
13. 使你向 神靠近的人，是你真正的朋友。
14. 神愛我們，不是因為我們是怎樣一個人，而是因為他是怎樣一位神。
15. 神的應許像夜空的星星。夜越深，星星的光芒越亮。
16. 沒有基督的生命，是無望的盡頭。有基督的生命，是無盡的盼望。
17. 我雖不知道未來掌管著什麼，但我知道誰掌管著未來。
18. 把你的重擔交給主，讓它留在主那。
19. 不要畏懼明天，因為神已在那。
20. 當你除了 神，一無所有時，你將知道神就是你全部的需要。
21. 放手交給神，別再向神講述你的風暴有多大，當向風暴講述你的神有多大。
22. 能夠滿足人心的，是造人心的那一位。
23. 請常常保持著你心的光，因為你不知道，誰會藉著這光走出黑暗。
24. 當我們只顧工作的時候，我們獨自工作；當我們祈禱的時候，神工 作。
25. 神無所不在，所以我們可以隨處禱告。
26. 一個沒有需要的人永遠見不到神蹟。
27. 敬拜提醒我們生命的價值，但世界卻使我們忘記它。
28. 步履艱難的時候，別一味的禱告，卻不邁向神要你走的路。
29. 禱告會為我們作很多事，憂慮同樣可以。
30. 神祝福你，是要你成為別人的祝福。
2008年11月26日 星期三
來四14-16 : 尊榮的大祭司
從希伯來書看主耶穌的形像
神子 (1章) : 遠超過天使 (1:4)
人子 (2章) : 與弟兄相同 (2:17)
使者 (3-4章) : 引領進安息 (3:1 / 4:9)
大祭司 (5-7章) : 乃照麥基洗德等次 (5:10 / 6: 20 / 7:11-19)
中保 (8-10章) : 是最美祭物 / 成更美之約 (8:6 / 9:11 / 10:10)
創始成終者(11-12章) : 信心榜的成全 (12:2)
牧人 (13章) : 牧者之牧 (13:20)
對牧養提摩太、培訓門徒的七個啟迪
1.神子 崇高位份 / 生命尊貴作貴重器皿
2.人子 與人認同 / 道成了肉身在人中間
3.使者 人生嚮導 / 使人得享救贖的安息
4.祭司 求告主名 / 具備慈悲忠信的服事
5.祭物 犧牲捨己 / 獻身捨已忘我的服事
6.信心 仰望耶穌 / 討神喜悅的首要條件
7.牧人 忠於牧職 / 大牧之小牧勿一言堂
神子 (1章) : 遠超過天使 (1:4)
人子 (2章) : 與弟兄相同 (2:17)
使者 (3-4章) : 引領進安息 (3:1 / 4:9)
大祭司 (5-7章) : 乃照麥基洗德等次 (5:10 / 6: 20 / 7:11-19)
中保 (8-10章) : 是最美祭物 / 成更美之約 (8:6 / 9:11 / 10:10)
創始成終者(11-12章) : 信心榜的成全 (12:2)
牧人 (13章) : 牧者之牧 (13:20)
對牧養提摩太、培訓門徒的七個啟迪
1.神子 崇高位份 / 生命尊貴作貴重器皿
2.人子 與人認同 / 道成了肉身在人中間
3.使者 人生嚮導 / 使人得享救贖的安息
4.祭司 求告主名 / 具備慈悲忠信的服事
5.祭物 犧牲捨己 / 獻身捨已忘我的服事
6.信心 仰望耶穌 / 討神喜悅的首要條件
7.牧人 忠於牧職 / 大牧之小牧勿一言堂
2008年11月25日 星期二
Shek O Trip
I went to Shek O on vacation last Saturday with Janet. WE were there last Lunar New year just after my father joined with the Creator. It's good to walk along the beach and listen to waves echo with swimmers playing around.
Life is leisure time and leisure time is life.
Life is leisure time and leisure time is life.
2008年11月23日 星期日
From Nick Vujicic's quotes
生於澳洲的力克(Nick Vujicic)雖然先天殘障，
沒有雙手，卻可擁抱數以萬計聽眾；
沒有雙腳，行蹤卻遍佈24個國家。
他近日在香港的名句如下:
在艱辛的日子堅持面對是很困難的,但是如果經常埋怨失去什麼，你便會忘記自己所擁有的。」
若神沒有賜你一個你想要的神蹟，其實是想你成為別人的神蹟。
若你將快樂建立在短暫的物質享樂上，快樂也不會持久。
沒有雙手，卻可擁抱數以萬計聽眾；
沒有雙腳，行蹤卻遍佈24個國家。
他近日在香港的名句如下:
在艱辛的日子堅持面對是很困難的,但是如果經常埋怨失去什麼，你便會忘記自己所擁有的。」
若神沒有賜你一個你想要的神蹟，其實是想你成為別人的神蹟。
若你將快樂建立在短暫的物質享樂上，快樂也不會持久。
2008年11月19日 星期三
All running out well
We've been on training trip for the past ten days and it's coming to the end the coming two days. All is smooth and blessed by the Lord. I am so grateful that the Lord just provided all we need and it runs out well in everyway.
The Timothies are all dedicated followers but some have difficulties in doing homework due to lower educational level. All in all,we thank the Lord for giving us these new badge of people in training for the coming three years!
The Timothies are all dedicated followers but some have difficulties in doing homework due to lower educational level. All in all,we thank the Lord for giving us these new badge of people in training for the coming three years!
2008年11月4日 星期二
What We Evangelicals Do Well
I read a piece on evangelicalism by Scot McKnight today and quote it as follows:
Temper fashionable cynicism by focusing on our strengths. I’m proud to be an evangelical. I think we do many things well. Some will roll their eyes at those first two statements. Why? Criticizing evangelicalism is fashionable and evangelicals have joined the fashion, sometimes with apocalyptic fervor. I wonder if the relentless critique of (sometimes hardheaded) evangelical pastors, theologians, and authors--not to mention blogs and internet sites--is not the place we ought to urge the beginnings of reform. I’m sure that most critics have their heart in the right place: they want evangelicalism to be more biblical and more robust. (I hope those are my motivations in my own critiques.) But there sure are a lot of critics. This is what I mean:
Some evangelicals think evangelicalism is not Reformed enough because it has lost touch with its Reformed roots. Some think evangelicalism ignores its Wesleyan heritage. Indeed, it would not be hard to find an evangelical survey that omits John Wesley. Some think we have fallen prey to political parties. Others think we need to recover the liturgy and lectionary, while others think we need to re-embrace the lost heritage of the Great Traditions of the classic creeds. Some think evangelicals have forfeited intellectual rigor as a populist movement, while others think evangelicals have become far too theological, creedal, and intellectual. Some think we have failed to preach prophetic texts and have lost enthusiasm for the Second Coming while others disparage every attempt even to suffer such literalism. Some think we’d be much better off if we were all charismatic, while others think charismatics are not real evangelicals. Some think we need to be more socially active while others raise the red flag at the first sign of the social gospel.
Some think evangelicalism is on its deathbed and that the only way forward is the emerging movement, while others think the emerging movement is dancing with the devil. Some think seeker services are the cat’s meow, others the end before the end. The worship wars get at least two responses: a hearty, dismissive “Get over it!” and a “Dig in your heels because if we give in here we will slide down the slippery slope!” For some, prohibiting entrance of women into ministry is the litmus test for fidelity, while for others it’s so utterly obvious that opposition is Luddite. Some today draw swords to affirm complementarian male-female relationships in the home and the church, while others think of the issue, “Times have changed.”Yes, we can always do better. But I’ve got a question for you: What do you think (we) evangelicals do well? I will mention a few--more could be listed--but I'm asking you to speak up in the comments section, because this is a post for evangelicalism.
We are good at being properly ecumenical.
Evangelicalism is a movement and not a denomination. We align ourselves with others--all others, in fact--who embrace the gospel. Because of this conviction, evangelicals are found working across denominational lines, forming parachurch organizations united around a common gospel theology, and joining hands in public with whoever wants to work with us. A genuine evangelical transcends her or his denomination in the unity only the gospel can bring. Think Christianity Today and John Stott.
We are good at urging everyone to experience the new birth.
The irreducible minimum of evangelicalism is the gospel and the need to respond to it and the work of God through the new birth. So, we preach the gospel and we evangelize with that goal in mind. We pray that God will anoint our lives and our words so that others might be born from above. Think Billy Graham and the urgings of youth leaders.
We are good at recognizing the importance of theology.
Evangelicals believe the Bible and in the hard-fought conclusions of Christian orthodoxy. And we believe those ideas really do matter. What we believe is more than what we happen to think. We believe the truth of God can be put into living statements for our day. Think Carl Henry and our publishing houses.
We are good at the need for personal transformation.
Evangelicals expect Christians to be good and to be holy and to be loving and, if they are not, we know there’s something wrong. We stare at the pages of the Bible that call for moral transformation in the power of the Spirit, and we believe it can happen today. Think Dallas Willard and the spiritual formation movement.
Yes, we can do better. I wish a recognizable woman’s name would have come to mind for two of those categories. But we are doing well.What do you think we do well? Here’s the test: Can you affirm what we are doing well without saying one critical word? Try it. I think we’d all like to hear what you have to say.
Scot McKnight is the Karl A. Olsson Professor in Religious Studies at North Park University
Temper fashionable cynicism by focusing on our strengths. I’m proud to be an evangelical. I think we do many things well. Some will roll their eyes at those first two statements. Why? Criticizing evangelicalism is fashionable and evangelicals have joined the fashion, sometimes with apocalyptic fervor. I wonder if the relentless critique of (sometimes hardheaded) evangelical pastors, theologians, and authors--not to mention blogs and internet sites--is not the place we ought to urge the beginnings of reform. I’m sure that most critics have their heart in the right place: they want evangelicalism to be more biblical and more robust. (I hope those are my motivations in my own critiques.) But there sure are a lot of critics. This is what I mean:
Some evangelicals think evangelicalism is not Reformed enough because it has lost touch with its Reformed roots. Some think evangelicalism ignores its Wesleyan heritage. Indeed, it would not be hard to find an evangelical survey that omits John Wesley. Some think we have fallen prey to political parties. Others think we need to recover the liturgy and lectionary, while others think we need to re-embrace the lost heritage of the Great Traditions of the classic creeds. Some think evangelicals have forfeited intellectual rigor as a populist movement, while others think evangelicals have become far too theological, creedal, and intellectual. Some think we have failed to preach prophetic texts and have lost enthusiasm for the Second Coming while others disparage every attempt even to suffer such literalism. Some think we’d be much better off if we were all charismatic, while others think charismatics are not real evangelicals. Some think we need to be more socially active while others raise the red flag at the first sign of the social gospel.
Some think evangelicalism is on its deathbed and that the only way forward is the emerging movement, while others think the emerging movement is dancing with the devil. Some think seeker services are the cat’s meow, others the end before the end. The worship wars get at least two responses: a hearty, dismissive “Get over it!” and a “Dig in your heels because if we give in here we will slide down the slippery slope!” For some, prohibiting entrance of women into ministry is the litmus test for fidelity, while for others it’s so utterly obvious that opposition is Luddite. Some today draw swords to affirm complementarian male-female relationships in the home and the church, while others think of the issue, “Times have changed.”Yes, we can always do better. But I’ve got a question for you: What do you think (we) evangelicals do well? I will mention a few--more could be listed--but I'm asking you to speak up in the comments section, because this is a post for evangelicalism.
We are good at being properly ecumenical.
Evangelicalism is a movement and not a denomination. We align ourselves with others--all others, in fact--who embrace the gospel. Because of this conviction, evangelicals are found working across denominational lines, forming parachurch organizations united around a common gospel theology, and joining hands in public with whoever wants to work with us. A genuine evangelical transcends her or his denomination in the unity only the gospel can bring. Think Christianity Today and John Stott.
We are good at urging everyone to experience the new birth.
The irreducible minimum of evangelicalism is the gospel and the need to respond to it and the work of God through the new birth. So, we preach the gospel and we evangelize with that goal in mind. We pray that God will anoint our lives and our words so that others might be born from above. Think Billy Graham and the urgings of youth leaders.
We are good at recognizing the importance of theology.
Evangelicals believe the Bible and in the hard-fought conclusions of Christian orthodoxy. And we believe those ideas really do matter. What we believe is more than what we happen to think. We believe the truth of God can be put into living statements for our day. Think Carl Henry and our publishing houses.
We are good at the need for personal transformation.
Evangelicals expect Christians to be good and to be holy and to be loving and, if they are not, we know there’s something wrong. We stare at the pages of the Bible that call for moral transformation in the power of the Spirit, and we believe it can happen today. Think Dallas Willard and the spiritual formation movement.
Yes, we can do better. I wish a recognizable woman’s name would have come to mind for two of those categories. But we are doing well.What do you think we do well? Here’s the test: Can you affirm what we are doing well without saying one critical word? Try it. I think we’d all like to hear what you have to say.
Scot McKnight is the Karl A. Olsson Professor in Religious Studies at North Park University
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