This is my personal summary sermon of Rev.Dr.Stephen Tong's Sermon on James 1:26-27 on 28 August 2005How do we know if a person is godly?From passive angle, speech control is a very clear judgment of spirituality. Sometimes within 10 minutes of talk you can tell a person's principles and spiritual level. James 1:26 tells us that we can judge a person's spirituality by...
Yakobus5 : 17 - 20Yakobus adalah satu-satunya kitab di Alkitab yang menfokuskan diri dalam membahas soal perbuatan. Tuhan mengizinkan surat ini diletakkan di belakang surat Ibrani — satu-satunya kitab yang membahas tentang iman, mengindikasikan bahwa setelah seorang punya iman, dia harus punya perbuatan. Karena perbuatan baik adalah wujud dari iman yang sejati. Mengapa Yakobus mengakhiri suratnya dengan doa dan penginjilan? Sesuatu yang sangat...
This is part of the sermon by Rev.Dr.Stephen Tong on 21 August 2005 on James 1:26According to James 1:26, a person who has no tight rein on his tongue is ungodly. He considers himself religious but he does not constrain his tongue, therefore he deceives himself.A person who has self-control can control the world. And self-control begins from the control of the tongue....
Yakobus 5 : 15 - 18Ada banyak kitab di Kitab Suci yang membahas tentang iman, kasih, Injil... hanya Yakobus yang menfokuskan diri membahas soal melakukan firman Tuhan. Apakah perbuatan orang Kristen tidak penting? Penting. Apakah perbuatan orang Kristen begitu penting, sampai berdampak pada keselamatannya? Juga tidak. Lalu apakah signifikansi perbuatan orang Kristen? Menurut orang Farisi, tujuan Allah memberi Taurat adalah supaya manusia melakukan...
This is taken from part of Rev.Stephen Tong's expository of James on 13th February and 6th March 2005 regarding the necessity of trials in our lives, especially for the youngsters.Often we think that we are great when we succeed and do well in life. When do we think that we have no wisdom? At time of poverty and persecution. At difficult times when...
A Brief Introduction of the Position of Reformed MovementBy Dr.Stephen Tong on 24 July 2005God's creation is not all of equal importance but has a central focus. The central focus of God's creation is human being as only human being is made in the image of God. Mankind is the center of the universe, the center of God's creation.There are now 6 billion...
