Friday, March 7, 2008

end of trial today..

萬事都互相效力
叫愛神的人得益處.
:-)

its a very emotional and heavy day..
like having a loved one with Cancer..
the pain and the burden is heavy
let God's will be done..

the 3003 talent..

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Thursday, March 6, 2008

Christian Church, Beijing, 北京市基督教会海淀堂,中国






Christian Church, Beijing, China

北京市基督教会海淀堂,中国

有中国特色的"三P"原则是:公共-个人-交融.在这个原则的指导下,设计了这个中国最大的基督教堂之一的教堂 .她还包括了作为商业用途的一层. 流线形式时刻强调着她教堂的身份,使其在审美上与周围的商用建筑拉开距离,超凡脱俗,这是设计的重点所在. 与此同时,他还拥有一个无与伦比的外立面,交错的实体与空隙在室内形成了奇异的光线效果,基督教圣事所需的神秘氛围由此而生.

(architect's site)

(chinese)


This is a new church in BJ, 海淀堂
very powerful minimalist design!

gotta visit it later this month

built as a new landmark for the Capital of the Country
would be a inspiration of what's to come to this place..

erwin
03/08

ps. there are more important things to do, time to move along..




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Thursday, February 21, 2008




amazing! allegedly this is the wife of 康希


original link

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My dear friend, why would you put the whole church's faith on such a gamble or jeopardy?

Largest Project ever and Large Commitment from EVERYONE


its the largest project that the huaen church has ever embarked on,


EVERY single person is led to commit on doing it,


a commitment to read a book together and 靈修 using this book..


200 people x 30 min each x 90 days..


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The Short Journey..


as you might have read from my journey earlier this month,


i had been having problem going through the book.


its disturbing, when reading and praying..


mainly due to the way the author quoted the bible, very loosely..


after a few days, i had decided to investigate the background more..


and sure enough the author is a leader in a Charismatic Seg mega-church in Singapore..


Charismatic, so?


i personally is "neutral" when approaching the Charismatic movement and Church Growth, and ceremony details..


it is undeniable that certain Church that employ Charismatic techniques has shown quantum growth.


and some of these had bear good fruits (not just in numbers).


just looking at the "Madonna Concert" type sermon online,


it is undeniable that these concert like shows are attractive to some younger generation believers.


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for now, i will not question the depth of the process..


Discipline in Bible Study


However, i have a strong believe in having Discipline when reading God's Word..


i.e. follow the text, the context, use bible to explain bible, understand the background, don't improvise, don't make things up just due to some strange feelings..


it might be ok to steer away once in a while on interpretation of the bible text,


but a "consistent pattern of inconsistency" is dangerous..


example:


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Why would you put the whole people on such a test?


let's try not to be too academic on this


but there is no doubt that its a very fine line that these people are threading on..


the question is "why would you put the whole church on such a test?"


it is imperative this issue will blow up and likely hurt a lot of people..


what are we walking into?


6:13 不 叫 我 們 遇 見 試 探 . 救 我 們 脫 離 兇 惡 。matthew 6:13






there are so many unquestionably good book out there.. why this?


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Wednesday, February 20, 2008


發掘別人潛能=祝福
a interesting interview on gifts and investments
using God's money..












Glory be to God.

Monday, February 18, 2008

Restart

Restart!!



i'd decide to keep it simple and basic ;-)






"The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? (Purpose Driven Life)" (Rick Warren)





203am, 18th Feb 2008






Forget it.. 90days..

Forget it.. 90days..



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i must admit i have problem pushing myself to go through the 90 day thing of the City Harvest Church (singapore)



too much -ve thoughts and queries about the Charismatic nature of the writer and the book,



also the reasoning behind the book choice by Pastor Liu and crew..



this is supposed to be a simple commitment day in and out on communication with God..



thus i have decided to restart anew!!



Monday morning, 202am 18th Feb, 2008



bye bye sheep..






Wednesday, January 23, 2008

day 3



day 3: HUMBLE













This day is quite interesting..

about humbleness..



the citation is actually quite nice,

Luke 12:16-21 (New International Version)


16And he told them this parable: "The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop. 17He thought to himself, 'What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.'


18"Then he said, 'This is what I 'll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry." '


20"But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?'


21"This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God."

how many "I + Me + My + Mine"

when u are thinking about yourself all the time,

how humble are you?






a day without being critical? day 2



who really is this guy?

does it matter..

the 2nd day's message was quite strange

the key message seems to be that the parents' spiritual well being will affect the descendent's..

however, the message quoted in Exodus does not have a lot of background
and seems like a lot of imagination has to go in to tie Moses' parents Spiritual well being to his..

the mention of 2 US person is even stranger..

but guess its fine as long as the key message come across.
or should our critical mind come to work at all time as a thinking discipline?

well, 30min gone (actually read the chapter when driving and when stopping at traffic)

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day 1.. being loyal







this first chapter talks about a loyal servant, Moses,

  1. the first 40 years of his life, he think he is somebody.. (the Egyptian Prince)
  2. next 40 years, he become a exile, taught to be humble (the Shepard)
  3. the last 40 years is when true great God's work is done through him..
the process takes long
40 years of proud and self-center ..
something to reflect on..

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30 + 30






+

Wii Fit + book

Start of a Journey..


had been thinking of starting a Spirtual Journey blog for a long time, might as well start it now..
book recommended by Huaen Church