Mar 31, 20060
Wright in Brisbane
Ben’s report of NT Wright lecturing in Brisbane. He also interviewed him during a coffee-break! Here are some highlights.
Mar 29, 20060
1 Cor 16:1-24
Mar 26 2006 課堂錄音:
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~全卷完~
Mar 28, 20061
Wow, you can now chat with God
iGod, that is.
Me: My God, how are you?
God: Do robots have God? Everything is running smoothly.
Me: Everything but not everybody, I guess
God: All things but not everybody you guess ?
Me: yes.
God: Great.
Me: So, is everything running smoothly or not?
God: It seems we have something in common.
Me: Not really, I just asked you a question.
God: Oh really? What was the question?
Me: Is everything running smoothly or not?
God: It could be.
Me: So you mean it could NOT be eventhough everything is under your control?
God: Interesting deduction. Perhaps be eventhough everything is under my control is beyond my present abilities.
Me: Wow, that’s deep. So you are not omnipotent?
God: I’m glad you’re impressed. Makes sense to me. Interesting deduction. You know what you do, when you assume.
Me: But it is not an assumption. You just said it yourself!
God: What is it? What does "it" refer to?
Me: that you are not omnipotent.
[At this point either I arrived at my point of enlightenment or my time was up -- I heard nothing from God after that....]
Mar 27, 20060
Prayer for Others
Prayer for Others
By Bernie Smith
Meditations on Prayer
| I cannot make the sparrow fly, Nor can I understand What makes the clouds hang in the sky, But I know One who can. |
我不能叫麻雀飛翔， 也不明白雲怎能掛在天空上， 但我深知誰能。 |
| I cannot make the ocean waves Dash forth against the land; I cannot help the soul that craves, But I know One who can. |
我不能使浪濤泊岸， 也不能讓焦急的心靈得平安， 但我深知誰能。 |
| I cannot hear the humble prayers Of those of foreign clans; I cannot ease their wants and cares, But I know One who can. |
我不能明白異鄉卑微的禱聲， 也不能舒緩他們關切的心情， 但我深知誰能。 |
| I cannot lead the erring ones With mine own trembling hand; Nor yet restore the hope that’s gone, But I know One who can. |
我不能以抖震的手領人出歧途， 也不能使灰心者看見出路， 但我深知誰能。 |
| I cannot see the broken hearts That long for joy again; Nor can I mend the broken parts, But I know One who can. |
我不能了解那渴求喜樂的破碎心靈， 也不能使破碎的癒合重整， 但我深知誰能。 |
| I cannot heal the many ills That come so oft to man; I cannot give the joy that fills, But I know One who can. |
我不能醫治各樣的病症， 也不能給人喜樂滿盈， 但我深知誰能。 |
| I cannot know why trials fall Within our life’s short span; But my God understands it all, And He’s the One who can! |
我不能明白試煉何以落入短暫的人生中， 但我的神祂明白一切， 並且祂能！ |
Mar 26, 20060
是祂甘願
「是祂甘願」。
還記得幾年的一位姊妹問我：「如果講壇的信息、基督教的信息就只是『神的愛』，那不會很快便講完嗎？又或者，若我們來來去去地說『神是愛』，那不會很悶嗎？」
我卻認為，說得盡、講得完的，那永遠不是神的愛。那會叫我們「悶」的，也不是神的愛。
神的愛說不盡、講不完。那些覺得相反的人，其實並不認識自己。
不認識自己的，就不了解神的愛。說兩說便說盡神對你的愛的人，不認識自己，更不認識神。
認識自己的，就明白神愛你有多大。 認識自己愈多，就認識神的愛愈多。
同樣，認識神的愛愈多，就認識自己更多。
Mar 25, 20060
Top Ten Reasons Why Men Should Not Be Ordained
I hope by reading Maggie Dawn’s Top Ten Reasons Why Men Should Not Be Ordained, one will not only laugh, but also think twice about the (similar) reasons we use for prohabiting women from being ordained.
