Sermon on 1 John 2:18-27 Last month, FIFA ruled that Chelsea had induced teenager Gael Kakuta to breach his contract with Lens and join the Blues in 2007. For that,…
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Sermon on Judges 20:18-48 An American writer once told this story, “There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other…
Sermon on Judges 19:16-30 One of the most peculiar aspects of this last story of Judges is that there are no names given in the story. Well technically there is…
Sermon on Judges 19:1-15 “Three rabbis are having a discussion on a particular difficult moral conundrum. Rabbi #1 is taking a contrary position to Rabbis #2 and #3. Rabbi #1…
Sermon on 1 John 2:3-11 Today’s topic is “Actions speak louder than words” 事实胜于雄辩. I asked my wife if such a topic is even necessary. Shouldn’t everybody already know this…
Sermon on Judges 15:1-20 She climbs a tree and scrapes her knee, her dress has got a tear. She waltzes on her way to Mass, and whistles on the stair….
Sermon on Judges 14:1-20 In my sermon 2 weeks ago, I spoke of the minor judges Ibzan, Elon and Abdon. Like a commercial intermission between the main programs of Jephthah…
Sermon on the Minor Judges 10:1-5; 12:8-15 The sermon series on Judges this year is proving to be very challenging for the speakers. There are moral ambiguities to grapple with…
Sermon on Judges 11:12-28 In the past week, something quite extraordinary happened. US President Barack Obama conceded a battle yet in doing so, he won a war. This is the…
Sermon on Judges 10:6-16 I have broken up the story on the next judge into smaller parts over the next few weeks because there are many unique issues to deal…
Sermon on Judges 9:25-41 Last week’s sermon topic was a reflection of the phrase “Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely”. 权力使人腐化；绝对的权力使人绝对的腐化。I would like to introduce another phrase as the reflection…
Sermon on Judges 7:19-8:21 This is the third sermon on Gideon. So far we have been focusing on the relationship between God and Man. In the first, I spoke about…
Sermon on Judges 6:1-32 In Judges, we have an honest portrayal of human nature, and God’s response to his people. It may be messy, but it is much more valuable…
Sermon on Judges 3:7-11 From this week onwards, we enter into a different segment of the book of Judges whereby we will be introduced to the judges themselves. I believe…
Sermon on Judges 1:1-21 This year, I made a new year resolution. I want to be more honest and authentic than ever before. I want to be more honest with…
Sermon on Luke 1:57-65 I have a music CD of a Celtic band called EKO. In the description of one of the tunes called Relativity, a play on the word…
Sermon on Luke 1:8-24 This year, we will be looking at the Christmas story from the perspective of Luke. This is something that we will be doing every three years….
Sermon on Ascent Psalm 132 Does anyone remember the lyrics to last year’s National Day song? Or the year before? I think there are very few. But if I were…
上行诗诗篇128篇的讲道 1敬畏耶和华，遵行他的道的人，是有福的。 2你必吃你亲手劳碌得来的，你必享福，事事顺利。 3你的妻子在你的内室，好像多结果子的葡萄树；你的儿女环绕着你的桌子，好像橄榄树的枝条。 4看哪！敬畏耶和华的人必这样蒙福。 5愿耶和华从锡安赐福给你；愿你一生一世得见耶路撒冷的繁荣。 6愿你得见你儿女的儿女。愿平安归于以色列。 我 最近跟一个神学院的同班同学在谈天。说着说着就讲到新加坡某间大教会。我说这件教会有很多会友，影响力当然也很大，可是他们的神学很极端，我感到非常可 惜。问题出在哪里？这间教会只强调福音的恩典，而完全否定做门徒的代价。所以，他们只强调福音所带来的祝福，例如健康，富裕，医治与自由。但是，我对我朋 友说圣经的见证却是基督徒也有患难，逼迫与灵命成长的辛劳。因此，我觉得这间教会只强调福音好听的一面是不符合事实，也不符合圣经的。我的老同学，现在也 是另一间教会的教牧，就质问我，“那你认为一个基督徒的生命，是祝福多，还是苦难多？”我就说应该是好坏参半，有喜乐的时刻，也有哀伤的时刻。那我朋友就 问“既然是好坏参半，那你在讲道的信息，是祝福多，还是苦难多？”啊！这个问题可真把我问倒了。我在讲道里面常常强调作主门徒的代价，付出，预备会友面对 苦难，却真的是很少提到祝福。就算是有，也是着重在永生的祝福，属灵方面的得着。扪心自问，这难道不是极端？圣经多处经文，就象诗篇128明明白白的表明 神对他子民的祝福，是毋庸置疑的。我自我反省，为什么很少主张甚至肯定神的祝福呢？ 我想主要 的原因有两个。第一，我难免会看重永恒，属灵的事物，因而看轻在世的柴米油盐，酸甜苦辣。所以，克服世界的诱惑，面对苦难不屈不挠的精神成为我的重点，因 而安逸的生活，物质上的充足，这些课题就被冷落了。这样的二分化是不正确的。圣经里面，尤其是旧约，没有厚此薄彼，神对于我们每日的生活是一样关怀的。这 也是为什么神在旧约建立神的国的时候，是在一个具体的迦南地建立。神要通过以色列人每日的生活起居，衣食住行，来表明他的同在，他的心意。所以，在地的经 历是可以反映在天的荣美，神的旨意行在地上如同行在天上。所以，我轻看在世的富足是错误的。 第 二个原因，我所面对的会众的生活情况个个都不同。我可以在讲道里面保证神的祝福必定临到神的子民。这不是困难的事。圣经的应许我照样搬出来就是。对于那些 蒙福的，那自然是没问题，因为所听到的和实际体验是一致的。可是，我要真么面对那些遭遇是相反的？说起来是比较难为情的，我害怕这些人跟我追债。“你说基 督徒会怎么好，怎么好。为什么我却不是这样？”我因为害怕面对这些难题，而避免肯定神的祝福。我怕我说得天花乱坠，听道的人每个来跟我对兑现支票。追根究 底，我觉得我这样的态度有两个错误的观念。第一个错误是高估了自己的责任而藐视了上帝无限的作为。我的责任是诚实的传达神的话，而不是为了提高可信度，符 合群众而扭曲了福音的震撼性内容。第二个错误是苦难虽然真的是苦，但不是完全是负面的。我应该培养一个正面，积极，乐观的方式来看待苦难。所以面对遭遇不 好的会友，我应该把改变生命景况的主权交给上帝，也同时进一步领会苦难的价值。 由此看来，我 很少主张甚至肯定神的祝福的原因是不成立的。根据圣经的启示，神对于敬畏他的人，遵行他的道的人的应许是祝福。祝福当然少不了永生的盼望。神的祝福当然也 少不了其他一些抽象的理念，象心灵上的平安和喜乐。但是，今天诗篇128所形容的祝福，却是非常具体实际的。神的祝福是我们日常生活经历得到的。美好的丰…
Sermon on Ascent Psalm 123 Introduction Have you been enjoying the sermons on the ascent psalms so far? I think it is a really good exercise for us to go…