Comments for Steven Sim http://www.stevensim.org Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think - Jean-Paul Sartre Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:23:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Of Heroes and Gotong Royong… by JR http://www.stevensim.org/2008/11/of-heroes-and-gotong-royong/#comment-676 JR Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:06:45 +0000 http://www.stevensim.org/?p=388#comment-676 Very well written. :) True, "heroes do not always come in capes and red undies", but it would be very Interesting to see one! ;D JR Very well written. :)

True, “heroes do not always come in capes and red undies”, but it would be very Interesting to see one! ;D

JR

]]> Comment on Bayan Baru UMNO Youth Should Debate Issue Intellectually Rather Than Making Police Report by Steven Sim http://www.stevensim.org/2008/11/bayan-baru-umno-youth-should-debate-issue-intellectually-rather-making-police-report/#comment-675 Steven Sim Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:45:41 +0000 http://www.stevensim.org/?p=387#comment-675 My frustration, and I believe the frustration of many others is that UMNO has always tend to avoid the real issue and instead kept harping on "racial sentiment" as a blancket decree to shut everyone up. Primitive politics. My frustration, and I believe the frustration of many others is that UMNO has always tend to avoid the real issue and instead kept harping on “racial sentiment” as a blancket decree to shut everyone up.

Primitive politics.

]]> Comment on Bayan Baru UMNO Youth Should Debate Issue Intellectually Rather Than Making Police Report by joshuawoo http://www.stevensim.org/2008/11/bayan-baru-umno-youth-should-debate-issue-intellectually-rather-making-police-report/#comment-663 joshuawoo Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:07:34 +0000 http://www.stevensim.org/?p=387#comment-663 Right. It's an amusement for the UMNO Youth to react and respond in such immature manner. That just reveal their usual working mechanism. Right. It’s an amusement for the UMNO Youth to react and respond in such immature manner. That just reveal their usual working mechanism.

]]> Comment on God, Our Father and Mother… by God's Word is Truth http://www.stevensim.org/2008/10/god-our-father-and-mother/#comment-613 God's Word is Truth Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:22:25 +0000 http://www.stevensim.org/?p=378#comment-613 As far as I know, Henri Nouwen's RC theology and spirituality is strange. For him to "spiritualize" Rembrandt’s Prodigal Son drawing, as if reading from scriptures, is even more bizarre and strange. For a really biblical view of the "Prodigal son", check out this MP3 sermon from John Macarthur and also the transcript of the sermon here: http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=9908135378 A Tale of Two Sons: With A Never Heard Before Surprise Ending to the Parable of the Prodigal Son (VCY Rally) God's Blessings As far as I know, Henri Nouwen’s RC theology and spirituality is strange. For him to “spiritualize” Rembrandt’s Prodigal Son drawing, as if reading from scriptures, is even more bizarre and strange.

For a really biblical view of the “Prodigal son”, check out this MP3 sermon from John Macarthur and also the transcript of the sermon here: http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=9908135378

A Tale of Two Sons: With A Never Heard Before Surprise Ending to the Parable of the Prodigal Son (VCY Rally)

God’s Blessings

]]> Comment on God, Our Father and Mother… by blogpastor http://www.stevensim.org/2008/10/god-our-father-and-mother/#comment-612 blogpastor Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:57:06 +0000 http://www.stevensim.org/?p=378#comment-612 Beautiful truth. He made them in His image. Male and female made Him them. Comforting thought. God is like a mum. Beautiful truth.

He made them in His image.

Male and female made Him them.

Comforting thought. God is like a mum.

]]> Comment on Freedom In Christ by Joreen http://www.stevensim.org/2008/10/freedom-in-christ/#comment-610 Joreen Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:08:12 +0000 http://www.stevensim.org/?p=371#comment-610 Arrange ten fingers, Steven had preached two Sundays ago. :) If not mistaken, this Sunday is Dr. Khong's turn to wrap up. JR Arrange ten fingers,

Steven had preached two Sundays ago. :)

If not mistaken, this Sunday is Dr. Khong’s turn to wrap up.

JR

]]> Comment on God, Help Me To Be Irrelevant… by joshuawoo http://www.stevensim.org/2008/10/god-help-me-to-be-irrelevant/#comment-609 joshuawoo Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:49:11 +0000 http://www.stevensim.org/?p=375#comment-609 This is my second time reading this post. When i read it a few days back, didn't thought of its "relevance" with the activities at CHC. I like the way you draw the attention to the life-giving life of Jesus, putting him between the anti-culture and the pro-culture. Drawing from Barth, Christ is so explosive that none of these two attitudes towards culture is adequate and radical and powerful enough. The giving of the Son by the Father, through the Spirit is the Trinitarian manifestation that explodes and shuttered all of our cultural baggage and contexts. Now and ever more we have to re-work and re-think as attempt to pick up the pieces left from the massive explosion and piece them together. To the Critical Social theorist like Habermas, this will be the critical attempt to critique oneself and others yet without giving up the positive effect and purpose of such critique. To Joreen, The picture might not be as irrelevant as you think. Perhaps you are the life-giving presence that shutters Steven's cultural baggage (there is a reason why he is known as "chi ko pek") and hence through you, he learned to reflect upon the life-givingness of Jesus to him, and through that, Steven's own life-givingness to others. JW This is my second time reading this post. When i read it a few days back, didn’t thought of its “relevance” with the activities at CHC.

I like the way you draw the attention to the life-giving life of Jesus, putting him between the anti-culture and the pro-culture. Drawing from Barth, Christ is so explosive that none of these two attitudes towards culture is adequate and radical and powerful enough.

The giving of the Son by the Father, through the Spirit is the Trinitarian manifestation that explodes and shuttered all of our cultural baggage and contexts. Now and ever more we have to re-work and re-think as attempt to pick up the pieces left from the massive explosion and piece them together. To the Critical Social theorist like Habermas, this will be the critical attempt to critique oneself and others yet without giving up the positive effect and purpose of such critique.

To Joreen,

The picture might not be as irrelevant as you think. Perhaps you are the life-giving presence that shutters Steven’s cultural baggage (there is a reason why he is known as “chi ko pek”) and hence through you, he learned to reflect upon the life-givingness of Jesus to him, and through that, Steven’s own life-givingness to others.

JW

]]> Comment on God, Our Father and Mother… by Joreen http://www.stevensim.org/2008/10/god-our-father-and-mother/#comment-608 Joreen Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:44:34 +0000 http://www.stevensim.org/?p=378#comment-608 Woah! Gulp... the hands are really different! How Intriguing! JR Woah! Gulp… the hands are really different!

How Intriguing!

JR

]]> Comment on God, Help Me To Be Irrelevant… by Joreen http://www.stevensim.org/2008/10/god-help-me-to-be-irrelevant/#comment-607 Joreen Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:23:14 +0000 http://www.stevensim.org/?p=375#comment-607 Amen! And congrats! You're taken the first step to include a picture that was totally irrelevant... ;P JR Amen!

And congrats! You’re taken the first step to include a picture that was totally irrelevant… ;P

JR

]]> Comment on Freedom In Christ by susun 10 jari http://www.stevensim.org/2008/10/freedom-in-christ/#comment-604 susun 10 jari Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:57:33 +0000 http://www.stevensim.org/?p=371#comment-604 Hey man! couldn't make it as i was in a rush back to the South. are you preaching this sunday? Hey man! couldn’t make it as i was in a rush back to the South. are you preaching this sunday?

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