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Got this from Ian Shelton IV, who got it from the guys at the White Horse Inn.
“Whenever you hear someone preach, ask yourself this question: Why did Christ need to suffer and die on a cross in order for this sermon to make sense? And pastors, it wouldn’t hurt for you to ask yourselves the same question.”
My response to bad sermons is usually, “Christ died for this?”
Ciao!
“Preachers who ignore the history of redemption in their preaching are ignoring the witness of the Holy Spirit to Jesus in the Scriptures.” – Edmund P. Clowney, Preaching Christ in all of Scripture
Tomorrow my family will remember my grandmother, the late Chua Siu Khim, 100 days after her death.
It’s a cultural thing, more than anything else.
But this is the second work of the law when it hath by its convictions brought the sinner into a condition of a sense of guilt which he cannot avoid, — nor will anything tender him relief, which way so ever he lose, for he is in a desert, — it represents unto him the holiness and severity of God, with his indignation and wrath against sin which have a resemblance of a consuming fire. This fills his heart with dread and terror and makes him see his miserable, undone condition.
- John Owen
Dr. Michael Horton, author of great books like, Putting Amazing Back Into Grace, and Christless Christianity (which I’ll be getting any day now) will be coming to Manila for a series of conferences on Reformed Theology. He will be speaking in my church, Quezon City Evangelical Church, on January 29 and 30, 2010.
Guess who’s the very blessed individual who will be taking Dr. Horton on a tour of Tagaytay, and who will be feeding him fertilized duck eggs? =)
Anyway, for more information regarding the conference, go here.
Ciao!
Determined to update my blog every Monday and Friday. This means that no matter how seemingly small or inconsequential the matter is, it will be found here twice a week. Or maybe not.
This is my first update for the week.
Some major changes are happening. Stay tuned.
Our church conducted two funeral services less than thirty-six hours apart. The first was for a sixty-six year old member who suffered from cancer. The second was for a forty-four year old guy, who was a “special person,” and who died from complications arising from a “depressed lung.”
Being reminded of one’s destination is very sobering indeed. Of course, it gives comfort to the Christian that the apparent destination–the coffin–is not the ulitmate destination.
Peace.
July 25, Saturday.
This was our last day in Hong Kong.
M and I had another tasty breakfast at the Hoi Keng place. This time, M had the Beef Rice Roll while I had the Century Egg Congee again. (If I find something I like, whether food or clothing brand, I stick with it.) Aside from the congee and the rice roll, we also had some “Fried Dough.” These looked like long bread rolls and were very tasty.
We spent the morning packing stuff and preparing stuff and last-minute shopping for gifts.
After lunch, we had dessert at an interesting place called Modern Toilet. I think the pictures below will best describe this place better than any words I use.
After a wait in the airport and a quick flight home, we were back in Manila a few hours before midnight. Bliss!
“There is an old adage that says you can give a hungry man a fish, or better still, you can teach him how to fish. Jesus would add that you can teach a person how to fish, but the most successful fisherman has hungers [even] fish will not satisfy.” (Ravi Zacharias, Jesus Among Other Gods)
