Session 4 of IDMC: The Rhetoric of Symbols and Structures
My notes from the sessions at IDMC continue. This is session 4: The Rhetoric of Symbols and Structures Seeing with New Eyes The prime symbol in the OT: The ark of the covenant – a symbol of the Presence of God with his people. In Joshua 3:16, why did God cause the water to rise [...]
Session 3 of IDMC: The Rhetoric of Story and Surprise
(The following are my notes from attending the session at IDMC by Rev Edmund Chan) Biblical Narrative: The Rhetoric of Story and Surprise We must learn to read the Bible at the level of the informed imagination — William Lane Imagination: Beyond a One-Dimensional View of the Scriptures Informed imagination, not a runaway-imagination, added Ps [...]
Session 2 of IDMC: Seeing the GOD-picture
(The following are my notes from attending the session at IDMC by Rev Edmund Chan) Seeing God The whole purpose of the Scriptures is for us to know Him! Our view of the Bible must be theological. If we miss that we are only amassing knowledge so we can put a feather in our hats. [...]
女儿的名字:晨僖的意思和含义
Brief notes from the dictionary meanings of our daughter’s Chinese name, plus some motivations from the Scripture. In Mandarin only for now.
Why I must pray even when I don’t feel like it
I’m feeling very convicted by what I read in Don Carson’s book, “A Call to Spiritual Reformation“. Some time ago I developed a very strange way to evaluate my prayer life that actually led me to pray less. Originally this helped to alleviate my feelings of guilt about not being as prayerful as the giants [...]