Worship and Theology 敬拜與神學

Joshua Law

Professor Joshua Law teaches voice, choir and East Asian music at CCSF since 1972. As a boy, Joshua was fond of singing. He found interest in music in his preteen years when he started to learn to play the piano from his cousin Julia, sang in a church choir, learned music theory from his choir director Jenny K. Wong. Joshua began his music life as a violin player at his high school orchestra. He played trumpet as a teenager and started cello lessons in college because the small college orchestra needed one cellist. He was given free voice lessons in exchange for correcting music theory papers for a voice teacher. At his senior year at college, majoring in Social Work, he won first place in a city wide singing contest that landed him an European tour immediately after his graduation. Joshua was accepted into the graduate music program at Cal State L. A. from which he got his master's degree in music studying voice with Esther Andreas and William Vennard. He is specialized in voice pedagogy and was selected as a vocal workshop singer by Richard Miller. In addition to playing the above mentioned musical instruments, Joshua plays the baritone horn, the trombone, the saxophone and a number of other instruments. Joshua performed, in numerous occasions, leading roles in operas and oratorios, directed oratorio productions and Broadway shows, sang solo concerts, produced many concerts and many music for radio and TV programs and served in numerous singing contests as chief judge. Being known as an excellent vocalist and choir director, Joshua was invited by local and international churches for advice and workshops. To equip himself for such frequent invitations, he had pursued theological education which gave him two more post graduate degrees in theology and pastoral ministry. He maintains a piano tuning and rebuilding workshop at his house and in frequent occasions is invited to give sermons in churches, lectures on the principles and practices of church music all over this country, in Asia, South America and Canada.

主的評價決定了我們的價值感

主的評價決定了我們的價值感

使徒保羅在哥林多前書四章三至五節寫出,我們的人生意義的判斷基礎是不亞於主的判斷。

「我被你們判斷(評價)、或被別人判斷(評價)、我都以為極小的事.連我自己也不判斷(評價)自己。我雖不覺得自己有錯、卻也不能因此得以稱義。但判斷(評價)我的乃是主。」

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人生意義的來源

人生意義的來源 (The Source of Significance)

「別人評價」的囚犯 (Prisoners of Approval)

除了上帝的話語以外,有很多人的自我的意義感是多取決於許多其他的來源。

有些人讓他們的自我的意義感全面的取決於他人如何評價他們,他們認為他人怎樣評價他們是極度重要的。他們的行為準則多是為了吸引或獲得他人的批准讚賞,他們為要保存得到他人的批准讚賞而會避免做一些人際關係必須做的事。

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聖靈的再生

聖靈的再生。

多3:1-9;    多3:5 (Regeneration)

大綱:

  1. 3:3      我們的過去
  2. 3:4-7  我們目前有什麼
  3. 3:8-9  我們的利益

愛使我們成為“慈善家”擁有對人類的愛,總是供獻給人類。

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Spiritual Renewal

Spiritual Renewal – Renewing the Mind
by Joshua Law
Regeneration of the Mind
In physical birth we have Parents, Life, we are Heir, we have a Mind, Human Nature, but in our Spiritual birth, we got God as our Father, Eternal Life, All Things in Glory, Renewed Mind (Spirit) and we are partaker of Divine Nature.

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