About R. Lin
從主6年、依靠主、愛主。感謝主給我們好老師和好教材，幸福之餘亦興奮，想要把在北美聽到的課翻譯成中文與更多朋友分享！福音真的是無價的珍珠！提姆凱勒有一句極有趣的話：文是為福音所造。"The ultimate purpose of language is the Gospel." - Tim Keller
福音美兮，願我在這裡的拙文能同大家享受也分享上帝的福音。
家在溫哥華，現今在芝加哥建築工程業界工作（因此而翻譯事工停頓了許多年），禱告有一天能全心全意地好好地宣道、講道、護道、翻譯、畫畫聖經啟示，等。
C.S. Lewis Institute Fellow (Chicago Chapter) 魯益師研究院 同仁
Registered Translator in British Columbia (Chinese to English);
Translator and interpreter of English to Chinese literature
Pianist (Canadian Royal Conservatory of Music)
Enthusiast of Christian apologetics, art, culture, history, literature, religion, science, philosophy, design and thoughtful living.
I arise today through the strength of heaven; Light of sun, radiance of moon, Splendor of fire, speed of lightening, Swiftness of wind, depth of sea, Stability of earth, firmness of rock. I arise today through God’s strength to pilot … Continue reading →
Making decisions is one of the most difficult things we do. If it is that hard to choose between the mint chocolate chip and the rocky road, how much more do we agonize over this church or that church, this … Continue reading →
I think natural selection is somewhat of a misnomer. Even natural processes can be God directed. For example, the cold winters were planned and executed precisely and intently, down to the exact temperature and duration, to cause necessary intended changes … Continue reading →
人的喜好真的是會一直改變的。 People really are fickle with their preferences and likes. 五個月來都看不順眼的紅色開水壺今天突然讓我賞心悅目。 An “kische” red tea kettle I couldn’t stand for five months suddenly looks particularly fitting and pleasant in my kitchen and pleasant today. 為了它天涯海角，不惜出高價住辦公室旁，不計時數，不算加班費還自掏腰包，不吃不睡，熬冰熬火，辛苦奮鬥，苦苦衝刺了就快兩年的工作(之前的相關工作和碩士學位也是費盡心血下盡工夫苦熬了四年才換來的)，竟然食之無味，心灰意冷。 A career I gave almost … Continue reading →
An interesting look at the intellectual prowress – or lack thereof – of Jesus. https://theologicalmatters.com/2018/05/22/jesus-logician-and-lord/ By Travis Dickinson
Q1 (1:00) 與非基督徒對答時，尤其是與一些聰明，對聖經略有所知的非基督徒，他們總會拿聖經文來跟我抬槓，要我解釋為什麼基督徒的行為像是從聖經挑挑選選過，僅服某些教條而不服其他另外些教條，例如，怎麼同性性愛是不被允許的，但女人帶領牧眾講道就ok。我嘗試研究一下，但讀到很多互相衝突的意見。 主持人代言：換句話說，我跟他們講一些聖經裡的真理時，他們就說那些是你挑來講的，我不服。那麼，我們真的挑三剔四的嗎？如何回應這種質疑呢？ A1 (Tom Price – 4:58) 應 – “我們似乎以個人偏好/利益來揀選經文”的這個疑問— 神學這個領域是含有極為嚴格的構架、理論、規範、和紀律的。當我們真正深入研讀聖經研究聖經來看它到底在說什麼的時候，我們會注意到有某些想法、某些主題會浮現出來，而且會貫穿全書，例如，上帝會說話的這個主題，上帝會與人溝通，向人顯現自己的特徵和性質，祂會表達祂希望人們如何來生活，而有時候祂對我們的要求跟我們自己想做的很不一樣。當我們凡人與上帝交流時，不管我們是什麼狀況- 有同性吸引的掙扎、自認是同性戀、或自認是中性或無性別、或我們是異性戀，不管是什麼狀況，我們與上帝會面時，祂即是最驚艷最完美最聖潔的存在，那麼當然祂這完美聖潔的創造者，面對我們這些被造物，祂一定是會挑戰我們每個人生命裡的每一部分，那我們就必須面對上帝對這些事情的看法，祂說這個是該怎麼樣，等，也都是應該的。我覺得我們生命裡沒有任何一部分是應該藏起來的，應該攤開雙手給上帝教導我們更正我們，看祂要我們怎麼去辦。那我們回到這個“說話[或啟示人]的上帝”這個主題時，我們就會注意到，上帝給我們的種種挑戰種種話語和教導，有些在聖經裡連綿不斷持續幾千年、各種不同場景都一貫不變的，有些則不是，而是在某些情況某些時間指定的。 例如，“一對”的這個主題，或是“家庭”的這個主題，上帝賦予“一對”還有做出“一個家庭組織”的模樣，是從創世紀就描繪地很清楚的，且都沒有變的，這個主題： 一男一女倆由婚姻到一起成為一體，這個主題從一開始就持續，到最後。[RL comment – not when Paul said it was fine to stay single and Jesus said in the new world people will be like angels … Continue reading →
Originally posted on Eric Hyde's Blog:
If you don’t know who Anthony Bourdain is it’s probably because you hate traveling and good food. He was THE perennial all-star travel and food critic; he held the job that I, and…
Thinking you can do away with all questions about God just because you have science, is like having a cake, a beautifully decorated and delicious one, then having biologists, chemists, physicists explain it by the physical sciences. Telling of the … Continue reading →
These lectures are great, especially because for October 2017 in my C.S. Lewis Fellows Program we rigorously scrutinized the origin, historicity, and the reliability of the Bible (Old and New Testament and how it came through the thousands of … Continue reading →
