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Name: Joel
Gender: Male
Interests: Creationism: 6, 24-hour day, Young Earth Creationist.Interest in Apologetics: Scripturalism. Epistemology.Favourite Authors: Gordon Clark and Vincent Cheung.Evangelism: Biblical Evangelism, Open air preaching, The Way of the Master, Operation 513. Preaching of grace always preceded by knowledge of the law. Salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone; and true faith is preceded and accompanied by repentance, a turning away from sin; a love for the things that God loves and a hatred for the things that God hates; a desire not to be like Britney Spears or the vast majority of professing Christians - but to be like Christ.Hobbies: Fossil Collecting, Mentalism (magic illusions), Empire: Total war, Counterstrike, drums, soccer.
Expertise: Scripturalism, Creationism, Biblical evangelism, Soteriology, Epistemology, Modern Philosophy.
Occupation: Student
Industry: Christianity
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MSN: joeltayzhiming@hotmail.com
Member Since:
9/30/2004
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Quote of the day: Sanctified by paying taxes!
"The
Roman taxes of Christ's day were outragerous. Yet, Christ commands his
followers to pay their taxes. Strange though it may seem, we are
sanctified by paying taxes." Gordon H. Clark, What do Presbyterians
believe, p.141
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If you disagree with the Bible, then you disagree with God, and you are
not a Christian
Reflections on First Timothy by Vincent Cheung.
http://www.vincentcheung.com/books/timothyfirst.pdf
page 5-6
"The Bible is a written revelation from God, and we must approach it as
such. In terms of what God has decided to tell us, and in terms of
accuracy and authority, there is no difference between God and the
Bible. To say, "The Bible says" is to say "God says." The two are
synonymous. This provides definition to the Christian faith. That is,
you can claim that you are a Christian, but you are really not a
Christian if you disagree with Paul, or Matthew, or Isaiah. As long as
you disagree with the Bible, you may say that you are a Christian you
can make the sounds that form the sentence but you cannot fool God.
If you disagree with the Bible, then you disagree with God, and you are
not a Christian.And if you are not a Christian, then you are entitled
to none of the promises and blessings that God has deposited in Christ
for those who are Christians, who are the beneficiaries. Therefore,
whenever we approach the Bible, we must remind ourselves that it is the
written revelation from God, and it provides an inflexible standard
that defines and governs all the doctrines and practices of the
Christian faith. Whether we are reading the letters of Paul, the
prophecies of Daniel, or the Psalms of David, it is Christ who speaks
through the pages, and who teaches our minds as we read, so that our
response to the words of Scripture is our response to God himself.
There is to be no gap in our minds between faith in God and faith in
the Bible, or obedience to God and obedience to the Scripture. Our
attitude toward the Bible reflects our attitude to God. May the Spirit
grant us wisdom to perceive and acknowledge this." - Vincent Cheung
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Simon Murphy from Redemption Hill Church has preached a very good sermon entitled The Gospel and Your Money, which can be heard here.
If you are sick about hearing sermonettes about money that sound like a
fund-raising speech, this is a sermon you would not want to miss.
[phrasing above is lifted from Daniel Chew's website]
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