May 31, 2011
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China Christian Books (中国基督教书刊）publishes lots of books online for free. Most of them are reformed. Also there are some classical commentaries written by John Calvin and others.
Reformation Translation Fellowship Publishing Company has a website where you can find lots of books in Chinese. Here is the 2011 catalogue.
May 27, 2011
The latest Revised Chinese Union Version Bible is available online now from HongKong Bible Society.
May 24, 2011
Bible Study, Chinese Church 1 Comment
As I am pastoring a Mandarin congregation, I have increasingly found that there are not many literatures out there suitable for Mainland background to use. And I am not that familiar with these resources either. Since some members from my church have asked me to recommend some books or online articles for them to read, here I list some web links that I know. If you know any good stuff out there, please let me know too.
Chinese Treasure (信仰宝库）－ a good library with materials for all levels of people.
Desiring God （渴慕神）－ 约翰。派博事工 - it’s John Piper, say no more!
“圣经概论” － 福音中国网站 － a brief introduction of all books from the Bible. On the same website, there are other books translated into Chinese, but I don’t know anything about them, I can’t find any information about the authors or publishers so I can’t say anything.
China Soul – 神州传播协会 － 远志明 and his organization have produced lots of wonderful video resources online and also you can find his writing online. Highly recommanded! Also, here is his own blog “远方的心月”
Here is another website posted heaps stuff on it but I don’t know those authors, but it is worthy to check them out – “武林英雄帖”
Hong Kong Mandarin Bible Church tries to reach out to those Mandarin speaking intellectuals in HK, their website is worthy checking out.
May 17, 2011
Recently, I was asked to give a devotion at 2011 IS Australia AGM. I haven’t preached in English since I joined SWCCC this January, so I kinda enjoyed the process of writing a short talk in English and Christine got chance to fix my English again too.
Devotion notes: 2011AGM devotion
May 2, 2011
November 30, 2010
It was great that I got to preach about the gospel as my last sermon at Hurstville Presbyterian Church. After the service, many people came to say goodbye to us. We will miss them, but glad that we are still in the same area.
Sermon notes (.pdf) sermon_2tim1
November 21, 2010
Sermon notes (.pdf) sermon_eph2
I have learned a lot from Tullian Tchividjian’s recent book “Surprised by Grace“, so you probably will find that I have ripped off lots of good ideas from the book. I hope this will do us good. 
November 12, 2010
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This is Liu’s testimony before the judge from his 2009 court case. Some stuff he said reflects the value from the Bible. I don’t know if he is a follower of Christ, and I can see God’s grace and mercy in his life. And I pray that he will receive PEACE – the ultimate prize for God.
Some quotes here:
因為，仇恨會腐蝕一個人的智慧和良知，敵人意識將毒化一個民族的精神，煽動起你死我活的殘酷鬥爭，毀掉一個社會的寬容和人性，阻礙一個國家走向自由民主的進程。所以，我希望自己能夠超越個人的遭遇來看待國家的發展和社會的變化，以最大的善意對待政權的敵意，以愛化解恨。(Hatred destroys a man’s wisdom and good conscience, and the sense of seeing others as your enemy poisons a nation’s spirit. They both stir up deadly conflicts, demolish forgiveness and distort human nature, preventing a country from developing its democratic system. Therefore, I will overcome my personal infliction for the sake of the future of the country, repay good to all hostile authorities, and love in order to defeat hatred.)
Jesus says in the Bible, “Love your enemy, and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Matthew 5:44-48)
What touches me the most is how he expresses his love towards his wife even though she was absent from the court. He claims that her sacrificial love is his light.
我在有形的監獄中服刑，你在無形的心獄中等待，你的愛，就是超越高牆、穿透鐵窗的陽光，撫摸我的每寸皮膚，溫暖我的每個細胞，讓我始終保有內心的平和、坦蕩與明亮，讓獄中的每分鐘都充滿意義。而我對你的愛，充滿了負疚和歉意，有時沉重得讓我腳步蹣跚。我是荒野中的頑石，任由狂風暴雨的抽打，冷得讓人不敢觸碰。但我的愛是堅硬的、鋒利的，可以穿透任何阻礙。即使我被碾成粉末，我也會用灰燼擁抱你。(While I’m serving in a visible prison, your heart is waiting in an invisible prison. But your love penetrates those prison walls shines through the iron gates. It touches every inch of my skin, warms up every cell of my body. You’ve brought me inner peace, so I can be bright and mentain my integrity. You’ve made every minute of my time in the prison meaningful. But, for me, I feel guilty and deep sorrow towards your love, your love is so burdensome that I can’t even make a step sometimes. I am the rock in the desert, beaten by wild wind and storm, it’s so cold that no one wants to touch. However, my love is solid and sharp, penetrating all obstacles. Even if I were crushed into ash, with these ash I would still embrace you.)
I pray that the love of Jesus will touch his heart even he is still in the prison, so that “out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. …you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” (Eph. 3:16-19)
November 7, 2010
Sermon notes (.pdf) sermon_eph1
