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[读经] 各从其类创世记 (新译本) 创1:21 于是，上帝创造了大鱼和在水中滋生各种能活动的生物，各从其类；又创造了各种有翅膀的飞鸟，各从其类。上帝看这是好的。创6:19所有的活物，你要把每样一对，就是一公一母，带进方舟，好和你一同保全生命。创6:20 飞鸟各从其类，牲畜各从其类，地上所有爬行的动物，各从其类，每样一对，都要到你那里来，好保全生命。创7:2洁净的牲畜，你要各带七公七母；不洁净的牲畜，你要各带一公一母；创7:3空中的飞鸟，也要各带七公七母，以便传种，活在全地上； .... 创7:13就在那一天，挪亚带着他的儿子闪、含、雅弗，以及他的妻子和三个儿媳，一同进了方舟。创7:14他们一家，所有走兽各从其类，所有牲畜各从其类，所有在地上爬行的动物各从其类，所有有羽有翼的飞禽各从其类，创7:15有生命、有气息的，都是一对一对来到挪亚那里，进入方舟。利未记利11:12 所有在水里没有翅和鳞的活物，你们都要当作可憎之物。利11:13 在鸟类中，你们要憎恶，也不可吃这些雀鸟∶兀鹰、雕、鹫、利11:14 在鸟类之中，以下这些是你们不可以吃的：鹰、兀鹰和雕、鸢、所有的隼类、所有的乌鸦类，驼鸟、夜鹰、海鸥和其他的鹰类、小枭、鸬鹚和鸱枭、白鹭、塘鹅和鸨、鹳、所有的鹭鸶类、戴胜和蝙蝠。利11:15所有乌鸦类利11:16鸵鸟、猫头鹰、海鸥、苍鹭等鹰类。 ......

在创世纪中的 "类" 是什么意思?（中文翻译) - 讨论邀请 What is the meaning of kinds in Genesis? by James Gibson

创世记第一章的时间表和科学证据（中文翻译） By C. S. Davis

Cause and Effect, Ground and Consequent 选自 CS Lewis <Miracles> 以后有时间再翻译

在创世纪中的 "类" 是什么意思？ What is the meaning of kinds in Genesis? by James Gibson

How Many Species Are There on Earth and in the Ocean? The diversity of life is one of the most striking aspects of our planet; hence knowing how many species inhabit Earth is among the most fundamental questions in science. Yet the answer to this question remains enigmatic, as efforts to sample the world's biodiversity to date have been limited and thus have precluded direct quantification of global species richness, and because indirect estimates rely on assumptions that have proven highly controversial. Here we show that the higher taxonomic classification of species (i.e., the assignment of species to phylum, class, order, family, and genus) follows a consistent and predictable pattern from which the total number of species in a taxonomic group can be estimated. This approach was validated against well-known taxa, and when applied to all domains of life, it predicts ~8.7 million (±1.3 million SE) eukaryotic species globally, of which ~2.2 million (±0.18 million SE) are marine. In spite of 250 years of taxonomic classification and over 1.2 million species already catalogued in a central database, our results suggest that some 86% of existing species on Earth and 91% of species in the ocean still await description. Renewed interest in further exploration and taxonomy is required if this significant gap in our knowledge of life on Earth is to be closed.

[科学系列之5] 本能，理性和良心有些匆忙，资料和理解都不够. 因为将离开一段时间.所以还是希望把最后一篇科学的文章发了.

<<Chronological Study Bible>> 对约翰福音1:1的注释供大家参考

一个主贴被删除了 @我是zebrazebra , 我想大概是你不应发博客链接. 百度有时吞链接

George Strait - Love's Gonna Make It Alright

分享一条新闻在过去几周里，我们的查经组为一个大学四年级男生祷告过. 我们听说他今天去与主同在了。今天他的母亲发布了一条消息.

The passion of the christ耶稣的受难视频:耶稣受难记主题曲(中文) 纪念主耶稣受难与复活...玛拉纳塔(主必快来)

Don't Hate Me For Loving You http://tieba.baidu.com/mo/q/checkurl?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.51t.com%2Fting%2F25bb2bbc%2F9b6468c2%2F&urlrefer=740416963e5193052025b5095d255799

Seven gifts of the Holy Spirit 圣灵的七个礼物笔记

[科学系列之4] 进化现象和进化论 (1) 生物进化或演化 (evolution) 是一种被广泛观察到了的现象, 是事实。例如，狗的品种已成千上万. 这是因为进化. 起初神创造了植物，动物，然后人类。神命令他们生育繁殖，充满大地。进化或演化是生物"生育繁殖充满大地"的一种方式. 圣经<创世纪> 与科学对本能的研究 (进化心理学，社会生物学，动物行为学, 行为科学, 进化伦理学) 是一致的, 所有生物的本能确实是按照神的旨意 --- 生存和繁衍. 这些本能早已设计在这生物的遗传基因里，以应付它环境中一切特别的情形。

Jerusalem, by William Blake

什么是信心？你的信心有多强？这是一个我不能肯定的问题. 一直认为也许我还没有达到一种境界. 我很想知道，你们的信心有多强？

[科学系列之3] 大爆炸理论和宇宙起源 (1) 1927年，比利时神父、物理学家乔治·勒梅特首先提出了关于宇宙起源(The Beginning of theUniverse)的大爆炸理论(The Big Bang Theory)，但他本人将其称作“原生原子的假说”。

2008年重要的考古发现 Khirbet Qeiyafa Khirbet Qeiyafa (Elah Fortress) is the site of an ancient city overlooking the Elah Valley. The ruins of the fortress were uncovered in 2007. 8 July 2008 : A 17-year-old volunteer, Oded Yair, uncovered a large potsherd on the floor of a room. Qeiyafa 遗迹（以拉堡垒）是一座俯瞰着以拉山谷的古老城市的遗迹。这个堡垒的废墟在2007年被发现. 2008年7月8日：一个17岁的志愿者，乌迪德亚伊尔，在一个房间的地板上, 发现了一个大型陶片。

[读经] Knwoledge 知识 Prov. 3:13 (NIV) Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding, 现代译箴3:13 寻求智慧的人有福了；找到悟性 (理解)的人有福了。 Prov 3:18-20 (NIV) She is a tree of life to those who embrace her; those who lay hold of her will be blessed. By wisdom the Lord laid the earth's foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place; by his knowledge the deeps were divided. 新译本箴3:18 对紧握智慧的人来说，智慧是生命树，凡是紧抓智慧的，都是有福的。耶和华以智慧奠定大地，以理解坚立高天。因他的知识，深渊就裂开，天空也滴下甘露。 Prov 13:20 (NIV) He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. 当代译箴13:20与聪明人同行，必得教益；与愚昧人结伴，必受亏损。 Prov 19:2 (NIV) It is not good to have zeal without knowledge, nor to be hasty and miss the way. 当代译箴19:2没有知识的人是不足取的；行动急躁的人，必有错失。 Prov 19:8 (NIV) He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; he who cherishes understanding prospers. 箴19:8得着智慧的，爱自己的灵魂；珍惜理解的，必得兴旺。 Prov 23:23 (NIV) Buy the truth and do not sell it; get wisdom, discipline, and understanding. 箴23:23你要买真理，不可出卖；要得智慧、教训和理解(力)。 Prov 24:3-4 (NIV) By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures. 新译本箴24:3-4房屋的建造是凭着智慧，又借着聪明 (理解)得到坚立；并且借着知识，各房间充满各样宝贵和美好的财物。 Prov 24:5 (NIV) A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledge increases strength. 和合本箴24:5智慧人大有能力，有知识的人力上加力。 Hos 4:6 (NIV) My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. "Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children. 新译本何4:6我的子民因无知识而灭亡；因为你拒绝了知识，我必拒绝你，不让你作我的祭司；因为你忘掉了你上帝的律法，我也必忘记你的子孙。 Hos 6:6 (NIV) For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings. 新译本何6:6我期望慈悲，不喜爱祭祀；期望人认识上帝的知识，而不是人献的燔祭。 Eph 5:17 (NIV) Therefore, do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is. 新译本弗5:17因此，不要作糊涂人，要明白什么是主的旨意。 1 Cor 12:8 (NIV) To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit. 译本林前12:8有人借着圣灵领受了智慧的言语，又有人靠着同一位圣灵领受了知识的言语. 1 Cor 14:20 (NIV) Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be like adults. 现代译林前14:20弟兄们，你们在思想上不要像小孩子；在坏事上要像小孩子。你们在思想上要成熟像大人。 Rom 10:2 (NIV) For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. 现代译罗10:2我可以证明他们对上帝确实很热心，可是他们的热心并不是以真知识为基础。 Jam 1:5 (NIV) If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 当代译雅1:5如果在你们当中有谁缺少智慧，他就应该祈求那位乐意厚赐给人，而且不苛刻责备人的上帝，就必定得着。 Jam 1:17 (NAS) Every good thing bestowed and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation, or shifting shadow. 思高本雅1:17一切美好的赠与，一切完善的恩赐，都是从上，从光明之父降下来的，在他内没有变化或转动的阴影。

创世纪的一部分新的翻译 (1) "起初, 神创造了天和地" ----意思是---- "一开始, 神创造了整个天地宇宙" 希伯来原文: Bereishit bara Elohim et hashamayim ve'et ha'aretz.. 英语翻译: in the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth The first word in the original Hebrew is" בְּרֵאשִׁית". 在希伯来原文的第一个字是" בְּרֵאשִׁית ", 这个词的字面意思是“一开始”。 The second word is the verb "bara"; this verb is used fairly infrequently in the Hebrew bible, and always takes God as its subject (in other words, only God can bara something). 第二个字是动词bara (创造)，这个动词希伯来圣经中相当不常使用，并总是神作为其主体的（换句话说，只有上帝才能bara (创造)东西）。余下的字"The heaven and the earth" "天和地", 是一种比喻, 意味着“一切”，而不是字面上的"天空和地球"。希伯来文短语英语翻译的“天和地”，并不意味着神只创造了地球, 是指创造了整个宇宙.

[读经] 起初　神创造天地 1:1 起初　神创造天地。 1:2 地是空虚混沌．渊面黑暗．　神的灵运行在水面上。 1:3 神说、要有光、就有了光。 1:4 神看光是好的、就把光暗分开了。 1:5 神称光为昼、称暗为夜．有晚上、有早晨、这是头一日。 1:6 神说、诸水之间要有空气、将水分为上下。 1:7 神就造出空气、将空气以下的水、空气以上的水分开了．事就这样成了。 1:8 神称空气为天．有晚上、有早晨、是第二日。 1:9 神说、天下的水要聚在一处、使旱地露出来．事就这样成了。 1:10 神称旱地为地、称水的聚处为海．　神看着是好的。 1:11 神说、地要发生青草、和结种子的菜蔬、并结果子的树木、各从其类、果子都包着核．事就这样成了。 1:12 于是地发生了青草、和结种子的菜蔬、各从其类、并结果子的树木、各从其类、果子都包着核。　神看着是好的． 1:13 有晚上、有早晨、是第三日。 1:14 神说、天上要有光体、可以分昼夜、作记号、定节令、日子、年岁． 1:15 并要发光在天空、普照在地上．事就这样成了。 1:16 于是　神造了两个大光、大的管昼、小的管夜．又造众星。 1:17 就把这些光摆列在天空、普照在地上、 1:18 管理昼夜、分别明暗．　神看着是好的． 1:19 有晚上、有早晨、是第四日。 1:20 神说、水要多多滋生有生命的物．要有雀鸟飞在地面以上、天空之中。 1:21 神就造出大鱼、和水中所滋生各样有生命的动物、各从其类．又造出各样飞鸟、各从其类．　神看着是好的。 1:22 神就赐福给这一切、说、滋生繁多、充满海中的水．雀鸟也要多生在地上。 1:23 有晚上、有早晨、是第五日。 1:24 神说、地要生出活物来、各从其类．牲畜、昆虫、野兽、各从其类．事就这样成了。 1:25 于是　神造出野兽、各从其类．牲畜、各从其类．地上一切昆虫、各从其类．　神看着是好的。 1:26 神说、我们要照着我们的形像、按着我们的样式造人、使他们管理海里的鱼、空中的鸟、地上的牲畜、和全地、并地上所爬的一切昆虫。 1:27 神就照着自己的形像造人、乃是照着他的形像造男造女。 1:28 神就赐福给他们、又对他们说、要生养众多、遍满地面、治理这地．也要管理海里的鱼、空中的鸟．和地上各样行动的活物。 1:29 神说、看哪、我将遍地上一切结种子的菜蔬、和一切树上所结有核的果子、全赐给你们作食物。 1:30 至于地上的走兽、和空中的飞鸟、并各样爬在地上有生命的物、我将青草赐给他们作食物．事就这样成了。 1:31 神看着一切所造的都甚好．有晚上、有早晨、是第六日。

Carrie Underwood - Blown away

一些笔记为自己以后使用

十字军运动的一些历史背景以前翻译的

[读经] 他的王国的开始是巴比伦 Genesis 10 Nations Descended from Noah 1 Now this is the genealogy of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And sons were born to them after the flood. .. 6 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan. 7 The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtechah; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan. 8 Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.” 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 From that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, 12 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (that is the principal city). 创世记 10 1 挪亚的儿子闪、含、雅弗的后代记在下面。洪水以后，他们都生了儿子。 .. 6 含的儿子是古实、麦西、弗、迦南。 7 古实的儿子是西巴、哈腓拉、撒弗他、拉玛、撒弗提迦。拉玛的儿子是示巴、底但。 8 古实又生宁录，他为世上英雄之首。 9 他在耶和华面前是个英勇的猎户，所以俗语说：“像宁录在耶和华面前是个英勇的猎户。” 10 他国的起头是巴别 (巴比伦)、以力、亚甲、甲尼，都在示拿地。 11 他从那地出来往亚述去，建造尼尼微、利河伯、迦拉， 12 和尼尼微、迦拉中间的利鲜，这就是那大城。

关于十字军 @哥本草根112 , 你 <神爱之家>的十字军的帖子有人反对，谴责, 我写了很多楼的回复，但连同你的主帖被删，我所有的回复都被删了. 关于十字军，宗教裁判所, 等, 我的态度是仍然是愿意信任那个时候的基督徒. 除了罪人的野蛮、愚昧，也有信徒的虔诚. 而十字军, 它的的意义是巨大的，是历史的. 在某种程度上讲，基督徒几乎没有选择的可能性。穆斯林王国在十四、十五、十六世纪变得越来越强盛，奥斯曼土耳其帝国不但征服了他们的穆斯林同胞，进一步统一了伊斯兰，而且继续向西推进，占领了君士坦丁堡，并闯进欧洲本土。到了十五世纪的时候，十字军东征不再是为远方基督徒而承担的怜悯性使命了，而是不顾一切地守住基督教界生存的最后一片剩余地了. 如果没有他们的努力，我们今天所认识的世界将不会存在。

关于女巫事件回复 @天天看美剧

科学的位置和局限性 (1) 哲学, 科学 ============== 哲学是对真理和存在，知识，行为准则的理性研究, 是科学的方法论。哲学的主要工具是亚里士多德的逻辑。科学被定义为理解和描述一般真理或一般规律的，通过科学方法检验过和获得的, 知识或知识体系. 科学分为社会科学和自然科学. 自然科学寻求发现和阐释支配自然世界的规则: 自然规律.

[听歌] 凡事都有定期 (传道书 3:1-8) Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 1. To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2. A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3. A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4. A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 5. A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 6. A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; 7. A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; 8. A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

新教信仰关于救恩的三个观点

[读经] 你深知我一切所行的 Psalm 139 (New King James Version) 1 O Lord, You have searched me and known me. 2 You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. 3 You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether. 5 You have hedged me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain it. 7 Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? 8 If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. 9 If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, 10 Even there Your hand shall lead me, And Your right hand shall hold me. 11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall falla]">[a] on me,” Even the night shall be light about me; 12 Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, But the night shines as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to You. 13 For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. 14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. 15 My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them.

愿神与你同在, 直到我们再相会 - 纪念我的异教朋友 God be with you till we meet again 我常情不自禁去找这首歌听. 这首歌总是，从不例外, 让我想起我很久以前的朋友，因为我跟着他们学会这首歌，也因为我们最后一次见面和告别时, 我们唱了这首歌. 在中国的网站，我试过很多很多次，我从来没有能够找到这首歌。今天我竟然在中国网站上发现了这首歌曲. 有一种感动，想来告诉我的故事. 故事很长，我今天不能完成. 但今天我想先把音乐传上来.

[读经]我必坚定他的国直到永远 1 Chronicles 17 11 And it shall be, when your days are fulfilled, when you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your seed after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He shall build Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. 13 I will be his Father, and he shall be My son; and I will not take My mercy away from him, as I took it from him who was before you. 14 And I will establish him in My house and in My kingdom forever; and his throne shall be established forever.”’” 历代志上 17 11 “你在世的年日满足归你列祖的时候，我必使你的后裔接续你的位，我也必坚定他的国。 12 他必为我建造殿宇，我必坚定他的国位直到永远。 13 我要做他的父，他要做我的子；并不使我的慈爱离开他，像离开在你以前的扫罗一样。 14 我却要将他永远坚立在我家里和我国里，他的国位也必坚定直到永远。”

What Is Reformed Theology? There is something healthy about returning to one’s roots. When it comes to evangelical Christianity, its roots are found in the soil of the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation. Just as the Reformers protested the corrupt teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, so today evangelicalism itself is in need of a modern reformation. Simply put, Reformed Theology is the theology of the Protestant Reformers and the heart of historical evangelicalism. As C.H. Spurgeon once said, Reformed theology is nothing other than biblical Christianity. ----------copied from "A Teaching Series by Dr. R.C. Sproul".

Celin Deir - Because you loved me

《中国人的口误》之：黑暗的中世纪 [转载] 错误说法：黑暗的中世纪建议改为：虔诚的中世纪改正理由：“中世纪”是15世纪后期西方的人文主义者首次使用的一个概念，用于表示西欧历史上从5世纪罗马文明瓦解到14世纪末人文主义者正在参与的文明生活和知识复兴的时期。一般认为，构成西方中世纪文明的基础来自三个方面：1.古希腊罗马的遗产；2.基督教的宗教传统；3.日耳曼和斯堪的纳维亚的社会模式。但由于在中国，关于中世纪的概念始终受到前苏联官方伪历史学教条的误导，所以对中世纪的认识就难免显得偏颇，甚至颠倒。一说起中世纪，人们总喜欢在前面加上一个“黑暗的”修饰语。似乎在一些人的心目中，中世纪就是人类历史上一个最黑暗的时期，是一段不堪回首的岁月。中世纪就是宗教迫害、审判异端、火刑架熊熊燃烧的世纪。在今天看来，西欧的中世纪确实在某些方面走向了极端，只不过这是人类历史上一个精神的极端、信仰的极端和宗教的极端。但平心而论，在人类的哪一个历史阶段上又没有出现过极端呢？如19世纪思想体系和盲目乐观的极端，20世纪暴力和所谓**的极端，还有，可以预料的将会出现在21世纪的物欲与生活全面外在化、扁平化和视觉化的极端。我们认为，每一个时代都有其自身的优点和弊端。对每一个时代，我们不能以点代面，以偏概全，而应该进行全面的审察与综量的分析。当我们谈到中世纪的宗教不宽容与异教迫害时，我们同时也应该想到它的知识积累、大学创立、教堂建设、城市扩张、草坪文化、建筑与绘画艺术，以及人们在精神领域的纵深拓展。对照着今天的世界，我们完全有理由说，中世纪确实是信仰的世纪，是西方人苦修精神之功的世纪。就人类心性的虔诚程度、内心的静穆程度，以及超然物外的灵性之境而言，说不定它还是人类历史上一个无法再现的黄金时期。针对大众对中世纪的严重误解，我们觉得完全有必要为中世纪一辩，说不上为它唱赞歌，但至少要指出它那些值得人们去记取和怀念的地方。是的，从某种意义上说，中世纪是停滞的一千年，沉静的一千年，但同时也是充满了上帝之言、祈祷之声和人心祝福的一千年，是西人走向内心、修炼趋圣的一千年。是他们为未来那个即将要到来的更加激动人心的时代做充分准备、充分筹划的一千年。用今天的眼光来看，这一千年并没有白白流过，也没有无为而逝。因为正是这一千年为人类留下了无数弥足珍贵的文物（富含文化品格的物质形态），比如雕塑、城堡、草坪、教堂、大学。今日分布在欧洲各地的最著名的教堂几乎全为中世纪所建，甚至包括一些世界上最有名的大学都是中世纪首创。在5世纪至8世纪的整整400年间，几乎西方所有的学校都是由教会创办的。我们甚至可以认为，整个西方的现代教育都发轫于中世纪。这些雕塑、城堡、教堂和大学无疑是一种证明，证明中世纪除了它的火刑、审判外，也自有它的伟大、辉煌和虔诚。也许，正是有这静修的一千年，之后才会有西方接踵而至的宗教改革、文艺复兴、科技发展和民主政体的普及。如果用大历史的眼光看，我们就会发现，在中世纪的相对静寂和之后的极度热闹之间并不存在着截然的断裂，相反，它们之间似乎还存在着某种必然性的因果联系。仅从文化和宗教的角度说，中世纪是不可再现的，也是功不可没的。它在这方面的地位，完全可与古希腊、罗马的艺术成就媲美。另外，中世纪作为一个案例，足以对马氏的基础理论和一些人笃信的先物后文之信念构成毁灭性的打击。尽管有人认为，中世纪是人类所遭遇的一段迷途，但我们更愿意承认，中世纪从某种意义上说乃是一剂破除现代迷信的猛药。正是中世纪向人们证明了，伟大的信念和文化不一定非得要建立在一个所谓的物经基础之上。文化是文化的事，精神是精神的事，它与物质相涉，但无必然的牵连，更不存在着现代人迷信的那种先物后文的关系。从中世纪的例子中，我们得到的启示是，精神与信仰只相契人类自身，灵魂与心性的专注是人类自己的事务和喜好。似乎一个更有说服力的道理是：只有当人们具备了足够富有的精神，经历了足够多的心灵之旅时，他们才能谈得上、才有可能去从事一种被称为物质或世俗**的事业。也只有那些在精神上经历过伟大洗礼的时代和民族才有可能去享有一种物质上的从容富有和政治上的民主和谐。如果只凭“中世纪”的宗教狂热和火刑架就判它为黑暗的，那19世纪的黑奴交易， 20世纪的大屠杀、大清洗、内战、人为饥谨、反知运动等又该如何命名呢？与其他世纪全方位地相比，其实“中世纪”也并没有黑到哪里去。我们猜想，现代人一味地往中世纪脸上抹黑，一味地让它黑暗的程度升级，也许他们是别有用心的。常言道：贬低别人是为了抬高自己。就好像把那一千年贬得愈黑，最好是贬得最黑，就能为自己的黑找到某种开脱似的，或至少为自己的罪恶寻得某种释然之感。因为最黑的东西已经有了一个反向的标的，其余的东西哪怕再黑也就不可能到顶了。也许，他们一味强调别人的黑暗，是想突出自己的“光明”，是想衬托自己装疯迷窍的“开明”与“进步”。也就是说，把“中世纪”说黑，有意夸大它的黑暗程度，可能在很大程度上还不能算是一种学术错误，而是权势集团有意为之的一种政治阴谋，是统治阶级一种政治私欲的自然流露。既然如此，那我们在言及中世纪时最好慎用“黑暗”二字，千万不要跟着起哄。不能以它的黑来避自己的黑，更不能通过一种指责别人的方式来达到粉饰自己的目的。

R.C. Sproul (revised) What is the greatest upcoming Theological Battle?

River Flows In You

我爱你中国

哈利路亚

我希望你们 (My wish)

R.C. Sproul What is the greatest upcoming Theological Battle? 听了很多次，有几个词不能肯定或不明白. @我是zebrazebra 仅供您参考

Alison Krauss: Down To The River To Pray

[读经] 凡称为我名下的人，是我为自己的荣耀创造的 Isaiah 43 (NKJV) 1 But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine. 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you. 3 For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place. 4 Since you were precious in My sight, you have been honored, and I have loved you; therefore I will give men for you, and people for your life. 5 Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, and gather you from the west; 6 I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not keep them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth— 7 Everyone who is called by My name, whom I have created for My glory; I have formed him, yes, I have made him.” 以赛亚书 43 43 雅各啊，创造你的耶和华现在如此说：“你不要害怕，因为我救赎了你；我曾提你的名召你，你是属我的。 2 你从水中经过，我必与你同在；你趟过江河，水必不漫过你；你从火中行过，必不被烧，火焰也不着在你身上。 3 因为我是耶和华你的神，是以色列的圣者，你的救主。我已经使埃及做你的赎价，使古实和西巴代替你。 4 因我看你为宝为尊，又因我爱你，所以我使人代替你，使列邦人替换你的生命。 5 不要害怕，因我与你同在。我必领你的后裔从东方来，又从西方招聚你。 6 我要对北方说‘交出来！’，对南方说‘不要拘留！’，将我的众子从远方带来，将我的众女从地极领回， 7 就是凡称为我名下的人，是我为自己的荣耀创造的，是我所塑造、所作成的。”

[读经] 因为你们不信我 Numbers 20 10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock; and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels! Must we bring water for you out of this rock?” 11 Then Moses lifted his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and water came out abundantly, and the congregation and their animals drank. 12 Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not believe Me, to hallow Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.” 民数记 20 10 摩西、亚伦就招聚会众到磐石前。摩西说：“你们这些背叛的人听我说，我们该叫磐石来为你们流出水吗？” 11 摩西举手，用杖击打磐石两下，就有许多水流出来，会众和他们的牲畜都喝了。 12 耶和华对摩西、亚伦说：“因为你们不信我，不在以色列人眼前尊我为圣，所以你们不得领这会众进入我赐给他们的土地。”

[读经] 义人因信得生 Habakkuk 2 (NKJV) 2 Then the Lord answered me and said: “Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it. 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, it will not tarry. 4 “Behold the proud, his soul is not upright in him; but the just shall live by his faith. 哈巴谷书 2 2 然后耶和华回答我说：“把异象写下，记在版上，使读的人容易明白。 3 因为这异象有一定的日期，最后必要实现，并不虚谎。虽然迟延，还要等候，因为必然临到，不再迟延。 4 “看哪，骄傲的人，在他的心里不是正直，但义人必因信得生。”

John Cage - In a landscape

Biblical support of predestination Biblical support of predestination =================================== "For many are called, but few [are] chosen." (Matthew 22:14, KJV) "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations." (Jeremiah 1:5 NIV) "As soon as He was alone, His followers, along with the twelve, began asking Him about the parables. And He was saying to them, "To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but those who are outside get everything in parables, so that while seeing, they may see and not perceive, and while hearing, they may hear and not understand, otherwise they might return and be forgiven." (Mark 4:10-12, NASB) "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will,..." (Eph. 1:3-5, NASB) "And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified." (Rom. 8:28-30, NASB) "... but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God predestined before the ages to our glory; ..." (1Co. 2:7, NASB) "For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined to occur." (Act. 4:27-28, NASB) Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;And in Your book were all written The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them. (Psa. 139:16, NASB) "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion." It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy. For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: "I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth."Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden." (Romans 9:15-18, NIV) "The LORD said to Moses, "When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go." (Exodus 4:21, NIV) "What if God, choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction? What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory— even us, whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?" (Rom. 9:22-24, NIV) "For by grace you have been saved through faith and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them (Ephesians 2:8-10, NKJ) "And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed." (Acts 13:48, ESV)

Better Than I Used to Be -- Tim McGraw

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[读经] 若不撇下一切所有的，就不能作我的门徒 Luke 14 Leaving All to Follow Christ 25 Now great multitudes went with Him. And He turned and said to them, 26 “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. 27 And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. 28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it 29 lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, 30 saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish’? 31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace. 33 So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple. 《路加福音》14 25 有极多的人和耶稣同行。他转过来对他们说： 26 “人到我这里来，若不能放弃自己的父母、妻子、儿女、弟兄、姐妹，和自己的性命，就不能作我的门徒。 27 凡不背著自己十字架跟从我的，也不能作我的门徒。 28 你们哪一个要盖一座楼，不先坐下算计花费，能盖成不能呢？ 29 恐怕安了地基，不能成功，看见的人都笑话他， 30 说：‘这个人开了工，却不能完工。’ 31 或是一个王出去和别的王打仗，岂不先坐下酌量，能用一万兵去敌那领二万兵来攻打他的吗？ 32 若是不能，就趁敌人还远的时候，派使者去求和息的条款。 33 这样，你们无论甚么人，若不撇下一切所有的，就不能作我的门徒。

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[读经] 神啊，求你彻底洗净我的罪孽 Psalm 51 1 Have mercy upon me, O God, According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is always before me. 4 Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done this evil in Your sight— That You may be found just when You speak,a]">[a] And blameless when You judge. 5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me. 6 Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts, And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom. 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8 Make me hear joy and gladness, That the bones You have broken may rejoice. 9 Hide Your face from my sins, And blot out all my iniquities. 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. 11 Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit. 13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted to You. 14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, The God of my salvation, And my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness. 15 O Lord, open my lips, And my mouth shall show forth Your praise. 16 For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering. 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart— These, O God, You will not despise. 诗篇51 1 神啊，求你按你的慈爱怜恤我，按你丰盛的慈悲涂抹我的过犯！ 2 求你彻底洗净我的罪孽，洁除我的罪。 3 因为我知道我的过犯，我的罪常在我面前。 4 我向你犯罪，唯独得罪了你，在你眼前行了这恶，以致你责备我的时候显为公义，判断我的时候显为清正。 5 我是在罪孽里生的，出生之日就充满了罪。 6 你所要求的是真诚的心；求你在我内心的深处，给我智慧。 7 求你用牛膝草洁净我，使我洁净；求你洗涤我，使我比雪更白。 8 求你使我得听欢喜快乐的声音，你虽然粉碎了我，我会再次欢乐。 9 求你掩面不看我的罪，涂抹我一切的罪孽。 10 神啊，求你为我造清洁的心，使我里面重新有正直的灵。 11 不要把我从你面前丢弃，不要从我身上收回你的圣灵。 12 求你使我仍得救恩之乐，赐我乐意的灵扶持我。 13 这样，我就能把你的法则教导别的罪人，使他们也能悔改归向你。 14 神啊，你是拯救我的神，求你救我脱离流血的罪，我的舌头就高声歌唱你的公义。 15 主啊，求你使我嘴唇张开，我的口便传扬赞美你的话。 16 你不喜爱祭物，若喜爱，我就献上，燔祭你也不喜悦。 17 神所要的祭就是破碎的灵，忧伤忏悔的心，神啊，你从不鄙弃悲伤痛悔的心。

[读经]怀着敬畏基督的心互相顺从。 Ephesians 5 8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), 10 finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. 12 For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. 13 But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light. 14 Therefore He says: “Awake, you who sleep, Aarise from the dead,and Christ will give you light.” 15 See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, 19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, 20 giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 21 submitting to one another in the fear of God. 8 你们原是在黑暗中，现今在主里却是光明的，行事为人就应当象光明的儿女。 9 因为圣灵(光明)结出的果实就是良善、正义，和真理。 10 要查明什么是主可以接受的。 11 不要与黑暗里不结果子的事有同伴关系，而是揭露他们。 12 因为他们暗中所行的事，就是连提起，也是可耻的。 13 但是，所有被暴露的的事情是被光所显露，因为一切能显明的便是光。 14 所以这样说：醒过来吧，睡着的人！从死人中起来！基督要光照你们。 15 所以，你们的行为要谨慎。不要像无知的人，要像智慧的人。 16 要善用时间，因为现在的日子很险恶。 17 因此，不要作糊涂人，要明白什么是主的旨意。 18 不要醉酒，醉酒使人耗散，而是要让圣灵充满。 19 要用诗篇、颂词及属灵的歌彼此说话；要从心底颂赞主，向他歌唱。 20 为一切事，奉我们主耶稣基督的名感谢父神 21 怀着敬畏基督的心，互相顺从。

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【读经】神公义的拣选 Romans 9 New King James Version (NKJV) Israel’s Rejection and God’s Justice 14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not! 15 For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.” 16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy. 17 For the Scripture says to the Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth.” 18 Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He hardens. 19 You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?” 20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?” 21 Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor? 22 What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, 23 and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory, 24 even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? 25 As He says also in Hosea: “I will call them My people, who were not My people, and her beloved, who was not beloved.” 26 “And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ There they shall be called sons of the living God.” 27 Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, the remnant will be saved. 28 For He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, Because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.” 29 And as Isaiah said before: “Unless the Lord of Sabaothl]" had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and we would have been made like Gomorrah.” 30 What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith; 31 but Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness.n]" 32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone. 33 As it is written:“Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense, and whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.” 罗马书 9 14 那么，我们要怎么说呢？难道神不公义吗？绝对不是！ 15 因为神对摩西说：“我要怜悯谁，就怜悯谁；我要同情谁，就同情谁。” 16 由此可见，这不在于人的意愿，也不在于人的努力，而在于施怜悯的神。 17 原来经上有话对法老说：“我兴起你，正是为此：好让我藉着你来显出我的大能，使我的名传遍天下。” 18 这样看来，神要怜悯谁，就怜悯谁；要使谁顽固，就使谁顽固。 19 那么，你会对我说：“既然如此，神为什么还要指责人呢？到底谁能抵挡他的旨意呢？” 20 哦，人哪！你到底是谁，竟然向神顶嘴呢？被造的难道可以对造它的说：“你为什么把我造成这样呢？” 21 难道陶匠没有权柄从同一团泥中，既造出贵重的器皿，又造出卑贱的器皿吗？ 22 但如果神想要显出他的震怒，显明他的能力，就以极大的耐心容忍那些承受震怒的器皿，就是他早已预备要归于灭亡的器皿，那又怎么样呢？ 23 再者，如果这是为要将他那荣耀的丰盛显明在这些得蒙怜悯的器皿，就是他早已预备要归于荣耀的器皿上，那又怎么样呢？ 24 这些器皿就是我们这些蒙召的人：不仅是从犹太人中，也是从外邦人中蒙召的人。 25 正如神在何西阿书上也说：“我将要称那不是我子民的为‘我的子民’，那不蒙爱的为‘蒙爱的’。 26 从前在什么地方对他们说‘你们不是我的子民’，就在那里，他们将被称为‘永生神的儿女。” 27 以赛亚论到以色列人，呼喊说：“以色列子民的人数虽然多如海沙，将要得救的却是剩余的少数。 28 主就是要在地上彻底、迅速地成就他的话。” 29 又如以赛亚预先说过：“要不是万军之主给我们留下后裔，我们早就变得像所多玛、格摩拉那样了。” 30 那么，我们要怎么说呢？那原来没有追求义的外邦人，却得到了义，就是因信而得的义； 31 而以色列人追求律法的义，却没有达到律法的义。 32 这是为什么呢？因为他们不是本于信，倒像是本于行为去追求的，所以他们就绊倒在那“绊脚的石头”上。 33 正如经上所记：“看哪，我在锡安放一块绊脚的石头，是使人绊倒的磐石；可是信靠他的人将不至于蒙羞。”