Today’s Quick Word
Romans 16:25-26 Now to him who is able to establish you in accordance with my gospel, the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ, in keeping with the revelation of the mystery […]
Jude’s Warning to the Church
Vision Christian Media recently reported that Dr Aaron Edwards has failed in his attempt to be re-instated at Cliff College in the UK after he had been dismissed for publishing […]
Real vs. Counterfeit Repentance
By James Jeffery One True Assurance // Fundamentals of the Faith (Part II) “For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death” […]
Today’s Quick Word
Job 11:5-6 Oh, how I wish that God would speak, that he would open his lips against you and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two […]
No Laughing Matter
Tickle v Giggle for Girls Pty Ltd: A landmark legal decision The Federal Court has decided the first gender identity discrimination case in Australia. In Tickle v Giggle for Girls […]
Walk for Life, Sydney, 21 September, 2.00 p.m.
Today’s Quick Word
Mark 12:12 Then the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders looked for a way to arrest him because they knew he had spoken the parable against them. But […]
World News
PLAN TO MAKE IT EASIER TO BUILD CHURCHES MEETS STRONG OPPOSITION INDONESIA: Opposition has emerged to a proposal by Indonesia’s Ministry of Religious Affairs to do away with the role […]
The Trojan Horse of Civil Law
THE TRUTH, THE CHURCH AND THE TROJAN HORSE OF CIVIL LAW IN THE CHURCH – A RESPONSE TO JOHN BUCHANAN. Give Light and the Darkness will Disappear of Itself (Erasmus). […]
The NSW Assembly and WHS Legislation
THE NSW ASSEMBLY OF 2024, AND WORK, HEALTH AND SAFETY LEGISLATION If we would bring non-Christians to Christianity, we must first be Christians (Erasmus). I am yet to meet an […]
Love and the Law
LOVE AND THE LAW: A Response to Hugh Prattis Hugh Prattis makes a good and necessary plea that we seek to understand one another. Amen to that. And he is […]
Love and Legislation
Love and Legislation There’s been some debate recently about the interplay between legislation and love. Some people – including me – have claimed that complying with certain legislation is loving, […]
Interview: The Elder-Led Church
In this interview, AP (The Australian Presbyterian) talks with Murray Capill of the Reformed Theological College Australia about the Biblical responsibility for churches to be led by a plurality of […]
Ultimate Authority
By James Jeffery Fundamentals of the Faith (Part I) “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.” (Isaiah 40:8 ESV) What is Your […]
Chinese Translation of Meditation
基督教冥想 初學者指南 我把平安留給你們,把我的平安賜給你們,我賜給你們的平安不像世人給的平安。你們心裡不要憂愁,也不要害怕。(約翰福音 14:27) 任何人都能冥想。問題是,你希望它有意義還是無意義? 東方的冥想模式被一些西方名流視為典範。但情形並非一直如此。直到一兩個世代之前,基督教冥想都是西方的冥想模式,並且至今仍是世界各地數百萬人採用的方式。 兩種冥想的主 要區別在 哪裡呢? 印度教等東方宗教旨在通過日漸複雜和自律的冥想來達到更高的精神境界。 然而,今天在西方, 這種冥想主要用於日常事務開始前或結束後尋求身心平靜。通常的做法是保持身體靜止,找到 一個自己的口頭禪,無意識加以重複以停止思考——關閉大腦。一切為了讓你感覺好一點。 這種簡化的方法幫助一些人通過呼吸練習來應對日常壓力,並以阻止思維來與世界隔絕。 自相矛 盾的是,有些人發現這很難做到。這是因為神沒有把我們設計成不會思考的受造。我們最大的福祉不是停止思考,而是盡可能最好地思考。基督教冥想因此有了用武之地。不需要冥想虛無(或停止思考)以達到更高境地,基督教冥想有意識地從一個更高的境界去獲取什麼。一種方法是倒空思想,而另一種方法則去發掘豐富美好的想法。 十分鐘的個人冥想時間大約相當於一天清醒時間的百分之一。如果你真的希望它能影響你一天中剩餘 99% 的時間(或幫助你睡眠),你應該進行豐富而非貧乏的冥想。 以下是關於如何進行基督教冥想的建議。找一個安靜、偏僻不被打擾的地方。兩種不同類型冥想的相似之處到此為止。選擇一節經文或簡短的聖經段落。網上有大量每日聖經靈修的資源。 另一 個(也是更好的)方法是尋找適合的經文。可以在白天花一些時間閱讀新約聖經某一章,以從中 找到一節經文作為當晚或第二天早上的冥想片段。 閱讀幾遍這節經文。慢慢地再讀一遍,認真專注於每一個詞。考慮文本中對你來說最重要的一個 或多個詞彙。捫心自問,這些詞告訴我上帝怎樣的屬性——他是誰,他說了什麼, 做了什麼; 它 們也告訴我自己的秉性——我是誰,我說了什麼,想了什麼,做了什麼?並非所有問題都有解答, 但至少會有一個答案。結合經文的上下文及其中最佳詞彙思考這個答案。 在腦海中思考這些 […]

