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.

Choruses

All music arranged, performed and recorded by Joshua Law at his home studio

Title  (Sung in Mandarin)   Click
Wonderful Jesus   1drflJ
For God So Loved the World   4God
As The Deer   AsDeer
Blessed be the Name   BlesName
The Bond of Love   BondLove
Father I Adore You   FathrIAdU
He is Lord   HeIsLord
His Sheep Am I   HiSheep
Hosanna   Hosanna
His Name Is Wonderful   HsNmIs1drfl
I Love You Lord   ILoveULord
I Am So Happy   ImSoHap
In His Time   InHisTime
In Love (Chinese)   InLove
I Worship You   IWrspU
I Love Lord   LoveLord
March on Forward (Chinese)   MarchOn
My Jesus, I Love You   MyJesus
Pass It On   PassOn
Seek Yee First   SeekFirst
What a Friend We Have In Jesus   WhatFrnd
Wild Flower (Chinese)   Wildflwr

Hymns – English

      Joshua  Law Solos  (All hymns were recorded on the spot without practice at A133 CCSF accompanied by Judy Lee. The rest were recording in Hong Kong, accompanied by Pauline Yuen; I’ve a Home was recorded at home where Joshua sang all TTBB and played the accompaniment)

  1. Abide with Me
  2. All the Way, My Savior Leads Me
  3. Blessed Assurance
  4. Can I Go and Empty Handed
  5. He Leadeth Me
  6. He Lives
  7. I Need Thee Every Hour
  8. Lead Kindly Light
  9. One Day
  10. I Got Peace Like a River
  11. Shall I Go And Empty Handed?
  12. Softly and tenderly, Jesus is Calling
  13. Thinkest Thou of Me
  14. What a Friend We Have in Jesus
  15. This World is not my Home
  16. I’ve a Home beyond the River (Quartet)
  17. I’ve Found Jesus
  18. My God Lives
  19. Eternal Life
  20. Hear Our Prayers — Dvorak
  21. I Asked the Lord to Comfort Me
  22. I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked
  23. I’ll Walk with God
  24. The King of Love my Shepherd is
  25. The Penitent —  Van de Water
  26. The Publican —  Van  de Water

Hymns – Putonghua

Published 10/03/2012 | By Joshua Law | Edit

      Joshua  Law Solos  (All hymns were recorded on the spot without practice at A133 CCSF accompanied by Judy Lee. The rest were recording in Hong Kong, accompanied by Pauline Yuen; I’ve a Home was recorded at home where Joshua sang all TTBB and played the accompaniment)

  1. Abide with Me
  2. All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name
  3. All the Way, My Savior Leads Me
  4. Blessed Assurance
  5. Can I Go and Empty Handed
  6. He Leadeth Me
  7. He Lives
  8. I Need Thee Every Hour
  9. Lead Kindly Light
  10. One Day
  11. I Got Peace Like a River
  12. Softly and tenderly, Jesus is Calling
  13. Thinkest Thou of Me
  14. What a Friend We Have in Jesus
  15. This World is not my Home
  16. Sinner’s Prayer 罪人的禱告 —  楊伯倫作

人生意義的來源

人生意義的來源 (The Source of Significance) 羅天樂牧師著
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。因此,很多人成了「別人評價」的囚犯(Prisoners_of_Approval)有些人讓他們的自我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。基本上,他們最終變成了「別人評價」的囚犯,並因此可以被別人操縱中進入歧途。流行的心理學家稱此為「批准癮。」 Continue reading

處理信徒犯罪的問題

處理信徒犯罪的問題      羅天樂牧師著

聖經如何處理所有我們基督徒在生活及思想上做了的壞事?

一。基督臺前主的評價獎賞

沒日信徒站在基督的臺前[i]被顯露出來、叫各人按著本身所行的、或善或惡受報。在那裡,我們所做所想的所有不好的東西(罪惡),將包括在主的血所洗淨的罪裡面。被基督受死的血遮蓋著,因此我們不被定罪。

但問題是,如果我們今生沒有經常向上帝承認我們的罪[ii],我們就不會讓我們經驗到主的寬恕。這些未承認的罪將在我們的心中做幕後破壞工作,讓我們感受內疚,這內疚驅使我們再犯罪或將試圖批評,指出別人的罪。這就是世人甚至信徒及教會犯罪的主要原因。在教會或社會生活裡,我們不但要為自己的罪向神認而得赦免,我們也要彼此認罪,這是聖餐的一個前因後果,信徒合一的能源。 Continue reading