研读圣经,明白真理

每年各教会都要在施洗前举行1至2期慕道班,以帮助信徒明白圣经要道。这是非常必要的。但这还远远不够,教会应该通过多种渠道,各种形式,运用圣经知识来栽培信徒,这是教会一项长期而艰巨的任务。基督徒的信仰与行为都离不开正确的圣经知识为指导。     

扎根于真理的沃土--湖北省基督教第十二期义工培训班侧记

圣经是信徒生活、信仰的标准,是真理的准绳,是绝对的权威,作为传道人, 必须熟悉圣经。在这一年里学员读完了新、旧约圣经,背诵了507 条圣经金句。写完了新约大纲式的讲童。     

神学与圣经(四)

正根据汪维藩老师的理解,中国神学的建设需要通过这样几个途径达成。首先是继承基督教新教以圣经为本的传统。中国教会是一个高举圣经的教会,信徒尊重圣经权威,热爱神的话语,这就决定了中国教会的神学探索所应侧重的,是基于圣经的神学而非基于哲学的神学。其次是重视信徒在新时期的信仰实践与灵性实践,并加以提炼,以形成源于实践的神学而非书斋神学。再次,     

圣母光荣升天的特恩

一、圣经的启示 圣经对于圣母死亡和升天的数据，可以说是没有明确的记载。教会钦定圣母升天为信理的根据，更是教会的传统及其信仰意识。所谓信仰意识，即是指各地的信徒均不约而同和长时期地如此相信，亦在礼仪中如此庆祝。由于教会相信圣神是临在于教会内，因此，圣神不可让教会及全体信徒数世纪皆生活在错误的道理之中。     

如何理解圣经无误?

<正>基督教新教继承了16世纪宗教改革以来的信仰传统和基本观念,强调圣经是基督徒信仰与生活的最高权威和行事为人的准则。中国教会信徒尊重圣经权威,热爱神的话语,相信圣经都是神所默示的(参提后3:16),是永远不会带错方向的完美标准,是我们"脚前的灯""路上的光"(参诗119:105)。我不否认圣经无误,只是想说明我们需要正确地理解圣经无误。     

读经五字要诀

圣经是每个基督徒必备熟读的一本圣书,它是基督教至高无上的信仰准则和行动指南。圣经是基督徒生命的粮食,口渴者的活水源泉,是信徒脚前的灯、路上的光,也是指引人们进入永生的道路,因此主耶稣告诫门徒“你们查考圣经,因     

我心目中的和谐教堂

一所教堂是周边信徒的"家",是信徒心目中崇高、圣洁的地方,是信徒得以安息、得到牧养的地方;一所教堂是周边非信徒心目中认为高尚、神圣的地方.无论信徒与非信徒,每个人都希望所看见的教堂能够发出好的亮光. 在我心目中,一所教堂必须是一个和谐的教堂,也只有和谐的教堂才能真正荣神益人,才能真正实践圣经教导,才能成为信徒的家,才能成为基督信仰的见证,才能健康地发展.     

用健康的神学思想营造和谐——福建教会构建和谐教堂略记

被称为“和平的福音”的基督教,其圣经蕴含着丰富的“和谐”思想,承载着神人和好、人人和平、人物和谐的美好信息。因此,积极创建和谐教堂、构建和谐人际关系符合圣经主旨。一、多角度诠释中国教会创建和谐教会的神学价值,激发信徒创建和谐教堂的信仰热情树立正确的圣经观才能建立信徒和谐健康的生命!正确的行动来源于思想,教会的活动来自神学思想的支撑。多角度、多层面诠释圣经和谐之价值,才能增加教会在创建和谐教堂这一事工上的动力。     

悔改归正

基督称他的道为“悔改、赦罪的道”(路24:47),以此吩咐他的门徒去传讲。悔改是圣经教导的重要真理。只顾表面教会人数增加而不谈悔改,自然是信徒的信仰素质下降的根本原因,为此我们有必要再认真看看圣经如何讲悔改。本文将分两次刊出。     

圣经中的题材和体裁

圣经是我们基督教的经典,是慈父上帝对我们人类的默启;圣经是指导我们信仰真理的准绳,又是历代圣徒、使徒、信徒灵性生命的食粮和行动的指南。我国有一个伟人曾说:"圣经是全人类最完美的百科全书。"圣经的内容神妙、奇幻、丰富、璀璨,卷卷、章章、节节、句句都闪烁着光芒。无论旧约新约.无论题材体裁广异,但归根结底记载上帝对人类的拯救大爱——"神爱世人"。整本圣经是为人类的救主耶稣做圣美的见证。     

"Psychotherapy" versus "treatment"

Presents a comment on "Psychological treatments" by D. H. Barlow. Barlow proposed that we distinguish between the terms "treatment" and "psychotherapy." The author believes that not only is the distinction unnecessary, but that its implications could have negative consequences for the field of clinical psychology. It is the proposed distinguishing feature that treatments are "specifically tailored to the pathological process that is causing the impairment and distress" that is most problematic. Clinical psychology does not need a distinction that further exacerbates the split between researchers and practitioners.     

"Enmeshment" and "Fusion"

The paper examines two related concepts utilized by two different schools of family therapy. Any family seen to be "enmeshed" is also seen as "fused," and vice versa. The difference in the level of focus, on the "system containing the individuals" (structural) or the "individual in the system" (fusion), determines the difference in therapeutic approach of these two schools.     

"本体论"与"伦理学"--形而上学的两个向度

形而上学有两个密切相关的内在向度,就是本体论向度与伦理学向度.在哲学史上,哲学家们之所以在"追求形而上学"的同时,又总是"反形而上学",并非是人们的形上本性出了问题,而是因为人们总是将形而上学视为单纯的"一维性",总是用一个向度来取代或遮蔽另一个向度.而所谓的"后形而上学思想",也并不是消解了形而上学,而是指形而上学从"本体论向度"转向了"伦理学向度".     

“对的”与“好的”

什么是“对的”,和对它的证立,是道德哲学中具有争议性的核心问题,也是效用主义和道义论间的主要差异之所在。统合效用主义对于“好的就是对的”这个陈述有一套完整周延的说法。而道义论对这个问题的证立不够周延或没有足够的说服力。     

"石狮"、"风水"与"吉祥"

谁都知道,在古老的中国,不管是衙门、宫殿、庙宇的门前,还是豪宅、大户人家的门口,人们都能看到摆着一对石狮。据说,这对石狮子在许多中国人的心目中,它不但是一种气派的象征,而且还是一种被人认为是好的“吉祥物”。如今,旧时的衙门没有了,但遗留下来的宫殿、庙宇的门前,其中有些石狮仍有保存。然而,想像不到的是,这号称“吉祥物”的石狮今天却开始“走”进某些党政机关的大门口,它们(石狮)在那里时时都在保护着这些政府要员“平平安安”、“吉祥如意”。这不仅使我联想起一些极端的报道,有些政府官员为升迁,请算命先生定位,用风水术为政府…     

"Us" and "Them":

Abstract: In the Aristotelian tradition, politics is a matter of public deliberation over questions of justice and injustice. The Bush administration's response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, has been uniformly hostile to this notion, and it has instead promoted a jingoistic politics of self‐assertion by an America largely identified with the executive branch of its government. This is doubly disturbing, as the executive branch has sought to free itself from international law, multinational commitments, and domestic judicial regulation, even as it has sought to validate itself by demonizing its enemies. This essay draws out the disturbing echoes here of Carl Schmitt's work of the 1920s, in particular of Schmitt's conception of the sovereign as the ungrounded ground of the law and the political as the site of mortal conflict between friend and enemy. The essay argues that Schmitt's position in the twenties, for all of its evident problems, is superior to that of Bush, Wolfowitz, and Ashcroft in at least two senses: Schmitt condemns the idea of waging war for profit and recognizes that such wars will often be disguised as moral crusades waged against the “inhuman”; and he acknowledges that claiming to fight a war for humanity denies one's enemies their humanity, leaving them open to torture and even extermination.     

PREFERRING "HOUSEWIVES" TO "FEMINISTS"

Four studies are described outlining the favorability of attitudes toward women. In Study 1, participants indicated their attitudes toward women and men and their construal of the term "women". The results revealed that women were evaluated more favorably than men, but that male right-wing authoritarians (RWAs) who construed women as referring primarily to feminists were least favorable in their attitudes. In Study 2, participants indicated their attitudes toward both "housewives" and "feminists". The results revealed that feminists were evaluated less favorably than housewives, and that the most negative attitudes toward feminists were expressed by authoritarian men. Study 3 revealed that high-RWA males held more negative symbolic beliefs concerning feminists (i.e., beliefs that feminists failed to promote participants'values) and that these beliefs accounted for variation in attitudes among high RWAs and much of the RWA-attitude relation. Finally, Study 4 revealed that high RWAs perceived greater value dissimilarity between them-selves and feminists. The implications of the findings for future research are discussed.     

从"管制"到"平衡"--政府与公众理想关系模式的构建及其制度化

论文从行政民主的角度探讨政府与公众之间的理想关系模式及其制度化构建过程 ,将我国在改革之前的政府与公众模式概括为管制模式。论文指出 ,在制度变迁的过程中 ,这一模式日益受到挑战。而在新的制度环境下 ,我国政府与公众的关系模式应该是平衡模式。这一模式的制度化措施包括培育自主的市民社会 ,赋予公众以独立的活动空间 ;促进行政公开 ,建立一个开放负责的政府 ;推进行政法建设 ,抑制行政恣意     

易道辩正

易道是易学思想的精髓或内在精神,其最根本的特征是所谓的“一阴一阳之道”。作为易学结构基元的易卦卦象符号,与阴阳观念具有先天性的亲和力,从而使得阴阳观念有了一个可以符号化表征的形式系统。在汉代,阴阳五行与易学成为一个统一的有机整体。两汉的象数理论试图将易道(天道)完全形式化努力的最终结果是“入于礻几祥”,成为一套牵强附会的繁琐哲学。魏晋以后,诸如“时”、“中”一类具有明显的个人独知默会、参悟修证意义的命题,逐渐成为一阴一阳、生生不息的“易道”最为生动的表征。道之真谛,若以易理言之,就是“自强不息”,“与时偕行”。