學校在我家(School at My Home)

「學校在我家」是 神賜予父母的恩典與責任

我們的孩子在家裡上學，沒有去一般的學校，從他們兩、三歲開始，就經常有人問「什麼時候把孩子送到學校去？」到了孩子學齡階段，人們的問題就多半圍繞在我們做父母的專業技術上：「你是學教育的嗎？」「你是怎麼教所有的科目呢？」「孩子的社交活動怎麼辦？」「自然科學實驗怎麼教？」「他們的體育活動呢？」「每天上課幾小時？」等等。

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Sermons About Parenting from John Piper

John Piper 牧師有關教養孩子的講道集 （mp3）

Raising Children Who Hope in the Triumph of God

教養兒女使其將希望寄託在神的得勝上（中文翻譯連結請見文末）

"The most important school a child should ever attend is the home. The most influential theological teachers he should ever have are Mom and Dad. And the unifying theme in the curriculum of this school is God—who is the beginning and the goal of all education. The family is a school for instruction, a boot camp for training young soldiers of Christ, a fortress for protection, a hospital for healing, and a launching pad for missionary zeal."

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Christian parody of MAC/PC commercials

Three thought provoking Christian parodies of the "Hi I'm a MAC... and I'm a PC" commercials. The comments are interesting, too. Enjoy.

Jesus and Alexander

Jesus and Alexander

Jesus and Alexander died at thirty-three;
One lived and died for self; one died for you and me.
The Greek died on a throne; the Jew died on a cross;
One’s life triumphed seemed; the other a loss.
One led armies forth; the other walked alone;
One shed a whole world’s blood; the other gave His own.
One won the world in life and lost it all in death;
The other lost His life to win the whole world’s faith.

Jesus and Alexander died at thirty-three;
One died in Babylon; and one on Calvary.
One gained all for self; and one Himself He gave;
One conquered every throne; the other every grave.
The one made himself god; The God made Himself less;
The one lived but to blast; the other but to bless!
When died the Greek, forever fell his throne of swords
But Jesus died to live forever Lord of lords.

Jesus and Alexander died at thirty-three.
The Greek made all men slaves; the Jew made all men free.
One built a throne on blood; the other built on love,
The one was born of earth; the other from above;
One won all this earth, to lose all earth and heaven.
The other gave up all, that all to Him be given.
The Greek forever died; the Jew forever lives;
He loses all who get, and gains all things who gives.

- Charles Ross Weede -

Prayer Before Starting Work

工作前的禱告

My Heavenly Father, as I enter this workplace,
I bring Your Presence with me,
天父,我將祢的同在帶進這工作場所.
I speak Your Peace, Your Grace, Your Mercy,
And Your Perfect Order into this office.
我宣告祢的平安,祢的恩典,祢的憐憫和祢完美的規律進入這辦公室.

I acknowledge Your Power over all that will be spoken, thought, decided and done within these walls.
我承認今天在這形成的每一句話,每個念頭,每項決定及每一件事,祢都掌權.
Lord, I thank You for the gifts You have blessed me with.
主! 謝謝祢賜給我才能.
I commit to using them responsibly in Your Honor.
我承諾要為祢的榮耀,盡職地使用它們.

Give me a fresh supply of strength to do my job.
請賜我新的力量投入職場工作.
Anoint my projects, ideas and energy so that even my smallest accomplishment may bring You Glory.
恩膏我的專案,點子和體力,甚至使我最小的成就,也能榮耀祢.
Lord, when I am confused, guide me.
主啊!當我困惑時,求你引導.
When I am weary, energize me.
當我厭倦時,求祢激勵.
When I am burned out, infuse me with the light of the Holy Spirit.
當我枯竭時,求聖靈的光注入我.
May the work that I do and the way I do it bring faith, joy and a smile to all whom I come in contact with today.
願我的工作和做事的方法,可以為今天所接觸的人,帶來信心,喜樂和笑容.
And oh Lord, when I leave this place, give me traveling mercy.
還有當我離開辦公室,主,求祢保守我路途平安.

Bless my family and home to be in order as I left it.
也賜福保守我的家與家人.
Lord, I thank You for everything You've done, everything You're doing and everything You're going to do.
主. 為所有祢已經成就的,正在做的,和將要成就的,我感謝祢.

In the precious and holy Name of Jesus I pray, with much love and thanksgiving.
謹以深深的愛和感恩,奉耶穌的名禱告.

Amen.
阿們!

如何為你的孩子禱告

我們雖不能成為完美的父母，但是可以成為禱告的父母。

• 網上閱讀（或下載）簡體中文版 - 如何為你的孩子禱告


• 網上購買英文版 - The Power Of A Praying Parent

Daily Devotion in Chinese

Daily Devotional Pages in Chinese,

• Daily Bread of Life - from Bread of Life Church in Taipei
• Daily Devotion - from Chinese Christian Evangelistic Association

Chinese Devotional Bible

• Online Version
• Download Version

Chinese Sermons On The Net

NetSermon.org contains a huge audio file collection of Christian sermons and teachings spoken in Mandarin or Cantonese from all over the world.

「講道錄音及專題講座資料庫」包含了全球各地許多華人教會牧師及傳道人的講道或教導，以傳揚福音、造就信徒為目的。

Which Theologian Are You?

Take a simple quiz of 30 questions to find out which theologian are you?

「神采飛揚」網站

Lessons on Life

生命的功課

There was a man who had four sons.
He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly.
So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away.
有一個人，他有四個兒子。
他希望他的兒子能夠學會不要太快對事情下結論，
所以，他依次給他四個孩子一個問題，
要他們分別出去遠方看一顆桃子樹。

The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring,
the third in summer, and the youngest son in the fall.
大兒子在冬天前往，二兒子在春天，
三兒子在夏天，小兒子則是在秋天前往。

When they had all gone and come back,
he called them together to describe what they had seen.
The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted.
當他們都前去也都返家之後，
他把他們一起叫到跟前形容他們所看到的情景，
大兒子說那棵樹很醜、枯槁、扭曲。

The second son said no it was covered with green buds and full of promise.
二兒子則說，不是這樣子，
這棵樹被青青的嫩芽所覆蓋，充滿了盼望。

The third son disagreed; he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen.
三兒子不同意，他說樹上花朵綻放、充滿香氣，
看起來十分美麗，這美景事他從來不曾見到過的。

The last son disagreed with all of them;
he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit,
full of life and fulfillment.
小兒子不同意他們三人的說法。
他說樹上結滿了果子、累累下垂。
充滿了生命果子與豐收。

The man then explained to his sons that they were all right,
because they had each seen but only one season in the tree's life.
這個人就對他四個兒子說：你們都是正確的。
因為你們四個人是在這棵樹的四個不同季節前往，
並且只看到其中一個季節的風景。

He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season, and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up.
他告訴兒子們不可用一個季節的風景來評斷一棵樹或是一個人，關於構成一個人是怎樣的一個人的要件，還有一個人生命的 歡愉、喜樂、愛，只能在他生命的盡頭時候來做衡量。

If you give up when it's winter,
you will miss the promise of your spring,
the beauty of your summer, fulfillment of your fall.
當你在冬天時候就放棄，
你就會錯過你生命春天的盼望、夏天的美麗、秋天的收成。

Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest.
不要讓一個季節的痛苦毀掉其他季節的喜樂。

Don't judge life by one difficult season.
Persevere through the difficult patches and better times are sure to come some time or later.
不要因為一個痛苦的季節就對人生下結論，
持守忍耐度過這段艱難，美好的日子將在不久之後來到。

詩意中，蘊含豐富哲理
要作為每一個人心中的提醒
免得輕看了上帝給的豐富人生

PEERS Test

The PEERS test, developed by Dan Smithwick of the Nehemiah Institute, measures the Bible's influence on a person's perceptions of the world in five areas: Politics(P), Education(E), Economics(E), Religion(R) and Social Issues(S). The complete test consists of 70 questions and a mini version with 20 questions is available on line.

Click here to take the mini PEERS test

The results of the PEERS test taken by Christian students attending public schools and Christian students in typical Christian schools from 1988 to 2000 are available in the chart below. The chart shows the downward trend in Christian worldview scores for Christian students in both school systems. However, the good news is that Christian students who have received home school or classical Christian, or Principle Approach training are scoring at consistently higher levels.

Click here to view the chart online

Interpretation of the PEERS test score:

Biblical Theism worldview- 70 - 100
Moderate Christian worldview- 30-69
Secular Humanist worldview- 0-29
Socialist worldview- less than 0

Below are two articles with different views about choosing schools to educate our children,

• Education Our Children
• Nine Reasons for not Using Public Schools

You Raise Me Up

"You Raise Me Up" is a beautiful music video, featuring missionaries in Central Africa, performed by one of my favorite Christian praise and worship groups - Selah. If you would like to help building a hospital in Congo Africa, you may visit Laban Ministries.

You may view this music video by clicking one of the links below,

You Raise Me Up

• (WMV, Window Media Format)
• (rm, Real Media Format)

Mother Poem

M - O - T - H - E - R

"M" is for the million things she gave me,
"O" means only that she's growing old,
"T" is for the tears she shed to save me,
"H" is for her heart of purest gold;
"E" is for her eyes, with love-light shining,
"R" means right, and right she'll always be,
Put them all together, they spell
"MOTHER,"
A word that means the world to me.

- Howard Johnson (c. 1915)

What Is Mom's Job Worth? - Working Mom vs. Stay at Home Mom Salaries For 2006. (from Salary.com)

Breaking the Da Vinci Code

I finished reading the Chinese version of "Da Vinci Code" last weekend. The story is fascinating. The theories behind the story are somewhat unbelievable. For those of you who just want to know the "Code" but do not have time to read the whole story. I suggest you could visit the following sites:

• Everything about the Da Vinci Code (from Wikipedia English version and Chinese中文 version）


• Criticisms of The Da Vinci Code (also from Wiki - MORE interesting than the Code)


• 揭開「達文西密碼」的面紗 (from a Chinese Christian site)

Noah's Ark

Noah's Ark is one of the favorite Bible stories ever told in children's Sunday school. It is also the predominant theme in many baby-oriented products that are sold on the American market. I just came across a site called WorldWideFlood which could have the most complete information about Noah's Ark. If you're interested in anything about the Ark, you should not miss WorldWideFlood.com.

Models of Noah's Ark: one of the many interesting pages in WorldWideFlood

JesusNet

JesusNet is the best network system in the world. It's FREE, no porn, no spam, no spyware, personal hotline, no system requirement, infinite speed ... please check it out.

Family Devotion

"How to lead a family devotion?" is a good article for all dads who want, but don't know how to start a family devotion time on a daily basis. There are more interesting short readings for Christian men in the "Man in the Mirror" site.

Devotional Hotline in Chinese

River of Life Christian Church provides ten-minute daily devotional messages in Chinese. You may listen the message by dialing a local hotline number or on the internet. In Washington DC area, the hotline is

703-923-1319

Other local numbers (in US and Canada) and messages of the month can be found at rolcc.net.