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5/13/2009

Judge Others

Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Fogive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you.
 
Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?
 
Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,' when you yourshelf fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
9/17/2008

PAKISTAN---A NATION AT RISK

Pakistan is now the focus of the long war on teerorism. Its new President has a murky past and few democratic credentials. How canthisdangrous place be made safe?
8/19/2008

Musharraf Bows Out

President Musharraf announced his resignation on Monday, thereby ending a nearly nine-year highly controversial career as head of state. The resignation not only saved him from what wound have been the first impeachment of a president in the history of Pakistan, but also remarkably lowered political and economic tensions with the stock market soaring and falling rupee showing some stability against the US greenback.

 

It was on October 12, 1999 that Musharraf overthrew the elected government of Nawaz Sharif and vowed to end corruption, improve the economy with an address to the nation similar to his farewell address as president: tears in his voice, a charge sheet against those who opposed him and a list of his own accomplishment.

 

In his televised address to the nation, he said that his resignation was motivated by his desire to avoid horse-trading during the process of impeachment as well as a confrontation amongst all the pillars of state namely the parliament, the judiciary and the legislature. He added that the army might, too, have been dragged into controversy, if he did not resign. This, he said, would have further compromised the stability of the country.

 

He rejected allegations that he was conspiring against the government, saying had he been conspiring against the government, the Prime Minister would have not been able to get a unanimous vote of confidence and the budget would have not been passed smoothly.  

 

In some respects he was a victim of his own success. The Musharraf era saw the emergence of a more assertive middle class, who were in the forefront of protests against his imposition of emergency rule. But towards the end of his presidential career even the economic accomplishments he could claim as his own were tarnished by the sapping negativity of months of political crisis. In July 2008 annual inflation was over 24%, while the value of the rupee fell dramatically as the long political stalemate dragged on. 1_229989_1_9

8/7/2008

Hurdling the Hopes Of 1.3 Billion Chinese

When Liu Xiang claimed victory in the 110-m hurdles in Athens, delivering China its first ever sprint gold, you could almost sense the alarm in the announcer’s voices. Few had heard of this mystery athlete, much less knew how to pronounce his given name. What a difference four years make. In Beijing, Liu, 25, along with basketball star Yao Ming, will be the poster boy for China’s mighty Olympic squad. Here’s a quick language guide: his name (pronounced Sheeahng) means “to soar” in Chinese.

 

Soaring is just what China expects Liu to do. A recent Internet poll found that the Chinese citizenry’s No. I Olympic wish is for Liu to win gold. The Chinese Sports Ministry, which has three doctors dedicated to Liu’s well-being, apparently holds similarly high hopes. “Officials told us if Liu could not win a gold medal in Beijing, all of his previous achievement would become meaningless,” said Sun Haiping, Liu’s coach, to the press last year. Just how important Liu to the Chinese nation? Well, an insurance company has valued his legs at $ 13.5 million.

 

Yes, that’s just a teeny bit of pressure. And there’s no sign of its letting up. In June, Cuba’s Dayron Robles---wearing an oversize gold cross, a chunky watch and a pair of glasses---almost casually broke the world record that Liu had set two years earlier. Now Liu must strike gold and try to reclaim the word mark. “In China, I don’t think even the Prime Minister is as famous as he is,” says former British world champion Colin Jackson of Liu, who demolished Jackson’s world record. “There’s a lot of pressure on him to deliver that gold medal, but he has incredible competition. That must be hell for him.” Liu Xiang

8/21/2007

No More Translation.

 

卓越之路

中交第二航务工程局有限公司

 

2006年是二航人倍感骄傲和荣耀的一年。在这一年里,二航局收获了太多的成功和喜悦——

顺利完成公司制改造,中交第二航务工程局有限公司揭牌;

荣获中国交通建设十大桥梁英雄团队称号;

赢得中国质量管理领域的最高荣誉全国质量奖,确立了在中国交通施工企业中的标杆地位……

在这一系列成绩的背后,二航人走出的是一条拼搏奉献、持续创新的追求卓越之路。

 

A Remarkable Road

----Second Navigational Engineering Bureau Co., Ltd

A Subsidiary of China Communication Construction Corporation

 

l        2006 was an even more glorious and pride-filled year for SNEB staffs. In this year, SNEB achieved an incredible amount of success and joy.

l        Successfully completed its recognition and founded the SNEB Co., Ltd.

l        We were awarded recognition as one of ten superior bridge-building companies in China.

l        Won the National Quality Award, which is the highest award for quality control management in China, and was recognized as a standard bearer in the Chinese communication construction industry.

 

Behind this string of successes, SNEB’s people have taken the road of sacrifice of incessantly remarkable creativity.

 

 

追求卓越  成就辉煌

中交第二航务工程局有限公司的前身,是创建于解放初期,交通部直属的航务工程一级施工企业。五十多年来,二航局培育了“诚信共赢,拼搏奉献,持续改进,超越自我”的核心价值观,她以“争科技领先,创管理一流”的精神,践行着“港航连四海,路桥通五洲”的企业使命,她以“成为世界一流的工程建设企业,成就基业长青的百年二航伟业”为愿景,引领着二航人不断追求更强、更大、更卓越。

 

Pursuing Excellence, Achieving Glory

 

The predecessor of SNEB was established in the first days of the liberation as a first class engineering company directly subordinate to the State Transportation Ministry. During the subsequent 50 years, SNEB has maintained its core values: win-win with integrity, sacrifice continuous modification and personal excellence for a better future, and she has sought the best technology and created first-class management, to achieve its mission: linking the oceans by navigational works and connecting the continents by road & bridge works, and she has become a leading industry in the world by following its hope of establishing SNEB’S greatness for the next hundred years by directing its people to become stronger, bigger and outstanding.

如今,二航局已发展成为一家融设计、施工、科研、资本运作于一体,以路桥、港航、铁路、市政工程施工为主业,“大土木”、多元化经营的大型工程建设企业,产品遍布全国27个省(市、自治区)以及东南亚、南亚、中东地区。

 

So far, SNEB has developed itself to be a well-rounded construction enterprise in design, construction, research, capital operation, municipal construction and large-scale civil work and so on. Its products are everywhere in over 27 provinces in China, and many Southeast Asia, South Asia and Mid-east Countries.

 

二航局下辖8家子公司、6家分公司,具有公路工程施工总承包特级、港口与航道工程施工总承包特级、市政公用工程施工总承包一级资质。2003年,通过了质量、环境和职业安全健康一体化管理体系认证。

 

SNEB owns 8 subsidiary companies and 6 branches, with special construction permits for national expressway and port construction; first class permits for municipal construction qualifications. In 2003, it was certified for unified quality in environmental and vocational health and safety.

 

作为中国航务工程建设的主力军,二航局为中国的港口和航道建设事业作出了巨大贡献,修建各类码头200多座。近几年来,二航局还参与了黄骅港北防波堤、长江口深水航道整治二期等国家重点工程的建设。

 

As a major force in Chinese Navigational Engineering construction, SNEB devotes itself to contribution in Chinese ports and navigational channels construction. More than 200 ports have been built by us. In recent years, SNEB has been participating in many national key projects such as the North anti-wave bank of Huaye harbor, and the Regulation Project for Deep Water Navigation Channel in Yangtze River.

 

20世纪90年代,二航局高起点进军桥梁建设市场,致力于打造中国建桥企业第一品牌,建造和参与建设了近百座跨江、跨海大桥,在江阴长江大桥、武汉白沙洲大桥、荆州长江大桥、武汉军山大桥、鄂黄长江大桥、润扬长江大桥、南京长江三桥、武汉阳逻长江大桥等工程的施工中,创造了一项又一项中国建桥纪录。

 

In the 1990s, SNEB entered the bridge-construction market and dedicated itself to establishing itself as the top brand Chinese bridge construction company. With this aim, we have constructed and have participated in the construction of nearly 100 river-crossing and sea-crossing bridges, such as: The Jiangyin Yangtze River Bridge, The Wuhan Baishazhou Bridge, The Jinzhou Yangtze River Bridge, The Wuhan Junshan Bridge, The E’huang Yangtze River Bridge, The Ruiyang Yangtze River Bridge, The No.3 Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, The Wuhan Yangluo Yangtze River Bridge and so on. During these bridge construction, SNEB set many bridge-building records in China.

 

在高等级公路建设市场,二航局参与了沪宁高速公路、京珠高速公路、同三高速公路等国道主干线的建设,修建高等级公路400多公里。

 

In the expressway construction market, SNEB participates the construction of Shanghai to Nanjing Expressway, Beijing to Zhuhai Expressway, Tongjiang, Heilongjiang to Sanya, Hainan Expressway. The total amount of construction reaches to 400 kilometers.

 

2005年,二航局成功挺进铁路建设市场,承建了合武铁路湖北段、洛湛铁路岑茂段、太中银铁路等项目。

 

In 2005, SNEB broke into the railway construction market, and constructed the Hefei to Wuhan Railway---Hubei Section, Luoyang to Zhanjiang Railway, Cenxi to Maoming Section, and Taiyuan to Yinchuan Railway and so on.

 

在市政、水利、环保工程领域,二航局也取得了十分突出的业绩。广西贵港航运枢纽船闸工程荣获鲁班奖。上海合流污水治理一期工程3.2标,创造了地下顶管直径最大、一次顶进距离最长、三维曲线顶进三项国内第一。

 

In municipal construction, water conservancy and environmental protection fields, SNEB has also obtained outstanding achievements. Guangxi Kuigang ship lock project won the Luban Award, which is the highest honor for a Construction Project in China. Shanghai sewage plant 1st phase project (bid No.3.2) and established three records in China: an underground dome pipe construction with the largest diameter, the longest distance of single pipe jacking, and dome pipe with three-dimension curves.

 

不断创新  提升品质

创新是企业的生存之本。二航局通过技术、管理和机制的持续创新,大大增强了企业的核心竞争力。

Continuous Innovation, Quality Promotion

Innovation is the essence of a company. With continuous innovation of technology, administration and regulation, SNEB has strengthened its nuclear competitiveness greatly.

 

将水工施工技术成功嫁接到桥梁工程施工中,并不断加以创新,二航局利用设备和技术优势,在中国桥梁建设市场演绎了后来居上的神奇故事。

 

SNEB successfully employed hydraulic engineering technology into bridge engineering construction and with its predominance of equipments and technology, SNEB was considered as a dark horse in Chinese bridge construction market.

 

在中国公路特大桥市场,二航局的市场占有率已跃居榜首。在跨江跨海特大桥工程施工领域,二航局占据了三分之一的市场份额。

 

In the highway’s super bridge markets, SNEB has jumped to the top of the market share. Where in the super river-crossing and sea-crossing bridges, SNEB now holds one third of the market. 

 

承建标志性工程,迅速扩大了二航局的影响力,提升了企业的竞争力。世界上最大跨径斜拉桥苏通长江大桥、世界上最长的跨海大桥杭州湾大桥、世界上最大跨径钢桁架拱桥重庆朝天门大桥、世界上最大跨径单跨双铰钢桁加劲梁悬索桥贵州坝陵河大桥,承建这一个个具有世界影响的工程,充分体现了二航局的技术、管理、人才和设备优势。

 

By constructing more landmark projects, SNEB has rapidly expanded its influence and promoted its competitiveness.  Its technology, administration, talented staffs, and the predominance of equipments were sufficiently utilized on the Sutong Yangtze River, which is the longest single-span cable-suspension bridge in the world; The Hangzhou Bay Bridge, which is the longest harbor-crossing bridge in the world; The Chongqing Chaotianmen Bridge, which is the longest span multiple arch bridge with rigid frame arch in the world; and the Guizhou Balinhe Bridge, which is a concrete reinforced box suspension bridge with the longest span.

 

二航局现有员工6000余人,其中各类专业技术和管理人员3200余人。拥有各类大型工程船舶九十多艘,大型施工机械设备3200多台(套),装备的先进性及新度系数处于同行业领先水平。

 

There are more than 6,000 staffs in SNEB, including 3,200 specialists and manager. SNEB owns and operates a fleet of over 90 modern engineering vessels, more than 3,200 sets of land construction equipment & plants. The technology and quality have reached the best level among similar strips.

 

            诚信共赢  铸就品牌

“诚信服务,优质回报”,二航人秉承这一经营理念,不断满足并着力超越顾客的要求和期望,努力构建与顾客和相关方“互惠共赢,共同发展”的战略伙伴关系,铸就了非凡的二航品牌。

“建一项工程,树一座丰碑,育一批人才,交一方朋友,拓一片市场”,是二航局建立诚信经营体系的真实写照。

 

Being honest and double win, Brand Establishment  

With the faith: honest service, high quality repayment, we have been doing our best to meet and exceed the requirements of the customers, and endeavor to build the strategic partnership relationship with the customers, to establish an excellent reputation for SNEB.

 

近年来,二航局共获得“鲁班奖”、“詹天佑奖”、国家优质工程银质奖、中国市政工程金杯奖十多项,获得部、省级优质工程奖三十多项。

 

二航局以服务社会、回报社会为已任,把为项目所在地修建道路,改善交通环境作为重点支持领域,把为所在地大学生和农民工提供就业机会作为重点支持对象。

热心公益事业,彰显社会责任,塑造了二航局良好的企业形象。

 

二航局先后获得了“全国精神文明建设工作先进单位”、“全国企业文化建设工作先进单位”、“全国质量效益型先进施工企业”、“全国用户满意施工企业”等荣誉称号。

 

In recent years, SNEB has been awarded almost 30 ministry and province prizes, such as Luban Award, Zhantianyou Award, the National Excellent Project---Silver Prize, Chinese Municipal Construction-Golden Cup Prize.

 

SNEB takes a duty of social service and repay society; takes the key supports for the roads construction where the project is; and provides more working opportunities for the local college students and local labors. SNEB won the award as the National Spiritual Civilization Construction Unit, the National Enterprise Culture Construction Excellent Unit, National Quality Benefit Construction Company, National Customers Most Satisfied Enterprise and so on.

 

 

超越自我  开创未来

“路桥建设旗帜,交通行业尖兵”,二航人用智慧和力量,创造了一个又一个奇迹,实现着“百年二航”的伟大梦想。

 

Constant Surpass, Splendid Future

 

As the leader of Road and bridge construction, the pioneer of communication Construction, SNEB created one miracle and another constantly with their wisdom and power. They are fulfilling the great dream to keep vigorous SNEB for ever.

 

光荣已沉淀为历史,梦想承载着未来。为了实现可持续发展,二航局制定了新的发展战略:立足于“大土木”工程,国内国际市场并举,以资本运作为手段,推动企业产业结构优化升级,成为核心竞争力强、主业突出、具有全方位服务能力的世界一流工程建设企业,成就基业长青的百年二航伟业。

 

The honor has become history and the dream bears the future. In order to achieve the sustainable development, SNEB makes a new developing strategy, which is based on large-scale civil work not only in China but also in oversea countries; with the method of capital operation, to update the enterprise industrial system. SNEB will develop to a vigorous enterprise with nuclear competitive power, well-rounded and first class construction enterprise in the world. 

 

“十一五”规划开局之年,二航局完成施工产值85亿元,经营合同额超过130亿元,实现利税5亿元,继续保持着又好又快的发展势头。

 

In the first year of China's 11th Five-Year Plan, SNEB has completed 8.5 billion RMB of construction production, contract sum more than 13 billion RMB; has carried out tax benefit 500 million RMB, keeping a good and quick development.

 

乘浩浩长风,破滔滔巨浪,云帆垂天,直济沧海!二航人正驾驭着历史的机遇,沿着追求卓越之路,不断超越对手,超越自我,迈向新的彼岸,创造新的辉煌!

There is still a long and indistinct way, and we are going to watch around and seek. Walking along the remarkable road, SNEB is developing with the historical opportunity, constant surpassing us and competitors, which leads to a much more splendid future.  

6/8/2007

The Abstract of My Graduation Thesis for the Master Degree of Law

 Thoughts on A Modern Chinese Idealistic Legal Model

—Inspirations from the Tao Te Ching and the Holy Bible

 

 Since 1978, while Chinese Legal Studies have seen great achievement, many problems have been exposed. And one of the fundamental problems is that we have not been able to established principles for a Chinese Idealistic Legal Model through which evaluation, criticism and direction can be given to the development of Chinese Legal System.  
 This thesis is composed of four sections. The first section begins with the conceptual ‘model’ proposed by Professor Thomas Kuhn who is a representative of the Historical Science school of thought, and from that conceptual ‘model’, to extrapolate and define a ‘legal model’ through a thorough analysis of the sources, development and context of his theoretical ‘model’ so as to explain its basic concepts and extrapolations, and to further confirm a means of analysis and evaluation of the value and meaning of a modern ‘Idealistic Chinese Legal Model’. 
 The second part, this thesis, from a generalized viewpoint, will compare the historical development of the Chinese legal model and the Western legal model. In this paper, it will be shown that the Chinese legal development has followed the path of ethics, morality and then to rationality. In this process, how the contradictions between ethics and legal principles, the assimilation of ethics and legal principles, and the application of ethics in legal principles, have been adapted through these three gradual cultural interactions. The Western legal model, on the other hand, has followed a cultural adaptation from legal obligations, legal rights and legal benefits. 
        The third part, this paper, from a detailed historical viewpoint and from a legal cultural viewpoint, will make a comparison between two classics, The Tao Te Ching from eastern culture and The Holy Bible, from western culture, and reveal the concept that law follows nature in the Tao Te Ching (God and man are one), and the natural law concept from the Holy Bible (God and man are unique), and their respective legalistic  differences and similarities. 
        In part four, this paper will present two thoughts in comparing the legal models growing out of The Tao Te Ching and the Holy Bible to create a proposition for consideration of  a ‘Modern Chinese Idealistic Legal Model’:  
        First, the written law itself is not possessed of a supreme inalienability. We must therefore imbue the law with such a supremacy, so that its core substance, law, morality and religion – freedom, equality, love, justice, order, will be properly juxtaposed, in other words, to create a ‘spiritual core’ in our modern Chinese Idealistic Legal Model.  
        Second, Intrinsic Harmony is an inherent quality of Chinese culture, and is a holistic continuum and never-changing function for a Chinese Legal Model, and which must therefore become the essence of the Modern Chinese Idealistic Legal Model.

 

3/23/2007

All I Really Need to Know I learned in Kindergarten

All I Really Need To Know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at top of the graduate-school mountain, but there in the sandpile at Sunday School. There are the things I learned:
Share everything.
Play fair.
Don't hit people.
Put things back where you found them.
Clean up your own mess.
Don't take things that aren't yours.
Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.
Wash your hands before you eat.
Flush.
Warm cookie and cold milk are good for you.
Live a balanced life---Learn some and think some and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.
Take a nap every afternoon.
When you go out into the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands, and stick together.
Be awre of wonder. Remember the little seed in the Styrofoam cup: The roots go down and the palnt goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that.
Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styofoam cup---they all die. So do we.
 
Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation. Ecology and politics and equality and sane living.
 
3/7/2007

Cutting Edge

Now I am teaching a group of college students with a wonderful English Course book Cutting Edge, published by Longman,Pearson.  
Cutting Edge is totally based on the task teaching methodology. From beginners through to advanced level, Cutting Edge’s straight forward and reliable methodology delivers an all-round practical knowledge of grammar, skills, vocabulary and real-life functional language. 
New Editions of Elementary, Pre-intermediate, Intermediate and Upper Intermediate levels are now available. A focus on high-frequency useful vocabulary helps students say what they want to say. Regular, well-structured speaking tasks encourage students to express themselves more extensively and fluently.
"Do You Remember" sections in every unit and extra Consolidation modules provide regular review and consolidation.
The Student Books include Mini-Dictionary to help them study independently.

 

2/13/2007

SK482

Finish the winter vacation class of NOS finally and I will go back home tomorrow.
I cannot forget those young and lovely faces.
Here is lawrence's words for you, if you find this blog.
Remember to practise the listening and speaking skills as possible as you can. We study English so as to make oral communications, of which the importance order is fluency first,then accuracy, appropriateness the last.
May God bless you all.
 
Some websites about my faith: 
 
An Useful English Self-studying Website:
 
7/31/2006

A Good Prayer

Dear Lord , I thank You for this day. I think You for my being able to see and to hear this morning. I'm blessed because You are a forgiving God and an understanding God. You have done so much for me and You keep on blessing me. Forgive me this day for everything I have done, said or thought that was not pleasing to you. I ask now for Your forgiveness. Please keep me safe from all danger and harm. Help me to start this day with a new attitude and plenty of gratitude.Let me make the best of each and every day to clear my mind so that I can hear from You. Please broaden my mind that I can accept all things. Let me not whine and whimper over things I have no control over. And It's the best response when I'm pushed beyond my limits. I know that when I can't pray, You listen to my heart. Continue to use me to do Your will. Continue to bless me that I may be a blessing to others. Keep me strong that I may help the weak... Keep me uplifted that I may have words of encouragement for others. I pray for those that are lost and can't find their way. I pray for those that are misjudged and misunderstood. I pray for those who don't know You intimately. I pray for those that don't believe. But I thank you that I believe. I believe that God changes people and God changes things. I pray for all my sisters and brothers. For each and every family member in their households. I pray for peace, love and joy in their homes that they are out of debt and all their needs are met. I pray that every eye that reads this knows there is no problem, circumstance, or situation greater than God. Every battle is in Your hands for You to fight. I pray that these words be received into the hearts of every eye that sees it. Amen.

5/29/2006

Martha

Luke 10:38-42
As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!"
"Martha, Martha,"the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."
 
 
Martha and Mary both had a close relationship with Jesus, who loved them deeply. He visited the sister's home three times that we know of, and probably many more. They lived with their brother Lazarus in Bethany, a village just outside Jerusalem. Like many sisters, Martha and Mary had quite different personalities, and we can see the difference clearly in how they related to Jesus.
 
Mary could drop everything and listen to Jesus. When he called, she answered instantly. She showed her love for him in extravagant ways, once lavishing a huge amount of expensive perfume on his feet(John12:3). For Mary, everything stopped when Jesus was present.
 
Mary's ways sometimes annoyed her sister Martha, who showed more obsessive concern about getting things done. "Duty first" was Martha's motto. She served Jesus by preparing meals and doing the work of hosting.
 
Which way was better? Martha preferred her own hard-working style, and she asked Jesus to set Mary straight. Jesus gently disagreed. Mary, who simply sat at his feet and listened, did the one really necessary thing in life.
 
Are you more like Martha or like Mary?
5/3/2006

Is The New Testament Better?

HEBREW 8:10  This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write down on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
V. 13:By calling this covenant "new", he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon
disappear.                                                    
 
Although hundreds of times His words enlighten me,  Am I still the same?  
It must be a big suffering to follow Him, to listen to what He tells us, if our hearts haven't been really changed yet, if so, it is also undersatndable to find that we betray His instructions so easily.
However, the Holy Spirit gives us a new will to help us follow His words, for it is God who work in us to will and to act according to His good purpose.
5/2/2006

Can a Believer Fall Away?

It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the power of the coming age, if they fall away, to be brought back to repentance, because to their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to public disgrace.
                                                    ____ Hebrews 6:4-6
 
This passagee has caused interpreters great difficulty. People who don't believe " eternal security" think this passage refers to Christians who fall away from the faith. Others insist that the author of Hebrews must be referring to people who never fully become christians, because other verses seem to teach the eternal security of those in Christ.(eg:John 5:24, 6:37; Romans 8:1; Hebrews8:12)
 
Regardless, I think, the author is writing about a hypothetical situation. He is not describing what happened, but only what coould happen:if such a falling away even did occur, it would be impossible to rescue such people agian. For the reason, we are not those people who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved.
 
12/21/2005

Speech Contest

I atteded the First English Speech Contest for Graduate Students of Hubei province, and got the first prize.
 
What's amazing is that in both the semi-final and the final contests I got the Bible-relative topics on random. The semi-final's topic was the famous verse what Jesus said" theat others the way you would like to be treated." The topic in final was only one word--- "Devotion".
 
So I gave a speech according to what I leant from the Book. And thanks Lord then I won the frist prize.

New Oriental School

New Oriental School is the most famous language training school in China. Fortunately, I got a chance to teach kids' English there.
 
NOS gives me lots of opportunities to understand a lot that I never understood before. Kids are only 25% of our population but 100% of our future. Moreover, it is always correct to make each child active in the class.
 
On the other hand, I also know a lot about myself during the time I spent in NOS, the reason why He put me here, to be salt and light.
 
May He bless His work!
11/3/2005

Timothy

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.
 
Timothy Family was dissolved at last after 4 monthes continuous prayers and spiritual strugglling. So much sadness and tear filled in our hearts for the Chinese Church, the nation, and our Great Mission and Vision.
 
Nevertheless, I never doubt the work my Father want to do in this land and I also one hundred-percent believe that we will be trained to be the leaders of the Vision-lead Hospitals in the near future by this trial and hardship.
 
Each one should be changed to be like Peter with the power given by the Holy Spirit. 
 
My Lord! I hope you come! Soon!
 
9/13/2005

The Saddest Time in My life!

I could not imagine that the Thanks-giving Church not only still locked us outside yesterday, but also when we were all standing in sun to worship Jesus Christ, the paster even put a big loudspeaker to broadcast a tape to disturb us worshiping.
 
The purpose of what they did is to drive us away from the church, because the pastor of the church is not a real believer. What's worse, these hypocritical people pretend to be faithful to deceive B&S, expecially the foreigners, for their offerings.
 
I was extremely sad in my heart and soul when they broadcasted the loudspeaker loudly. I went down on my knees in front of them to beg them to stop playing the tape to disturb us worshiping.
 
So far, we've been locked outside the church for 2 mouthes,and also been praying everyday.
 
Now, we cannot do nothing but praying,hoping Lord do give us a way.
 
Lord, do not let us disglorify your name. Please help us, Lord, please------ 
 
 
8/24/2005

Gospel paper

I am not shamed of the gospel,because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes:first for the Jew,then for the Gentile.
                                                                              ---Romans1:16
 
Not as usual, I was thinking of how to write the Gospel Paper well all night, even in the dream, and then I got up at 6 this early morning to refine it.  Soon after,I printed it 500 copies,and fasted at noon to pray to God, hoping He can bless these papers, from which the students who get it can understand the good news and believe in Jesus Christ.
 
The paper was made very beautiful I believe Father God must do His grest work more deeply and widely in our campus this coming semester.
 
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. 
                                                                                 ---Mark11:24
I thoroughly believe my Father God.
 
8/18/2005

I came back!

It's been nearly one month that I did't take care of my space for I went back my hometown to see my parents. Thanks Lord that they are all well and besides they also began to listen to the gospel programmes from the radio every day.
 
The chuches in my hometown are very prosperous now, not only three-self church but house church.
 
Now I come back to Wuhan. We Timothy Family are still under pressures and our website was also closed by the government. We B&S still encourage other other and pray every night for God's Kingdom coming and His will fullfil on us soon.
 
7/24/2005

We can worship Lord at the church again!

Since we were blocked ouside the church last time, we B&S of Timothy Fellowship and other fellowships have paryed to God continuelly for two weeks. And thanks Lord today we finally entered the church and worship God thankfully.
 
We believe God was using this trial to purify us and let us love one another as what we did in the beginning and secondly, to make us hold a stronger faith of preaching the Gospel back to Jerusalem, all over China frist.
 
Praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the heights above.
He set them in place for ever and ever, He gave a decree that will never pass away.
 
 
7/20/2005

I got my own computer

After a whole semester's hard working, I finally got payed yesterday and then decided to use all the money to buy a computer, which is really a hard decision and struggling for me.
 
Today,also after a whole day's looking for and comparing, I finally bought a COMPAQ brand computer, which is very wonderful.
 
Now I am writing my space on my own computer, hoping I can make full use of it to serve Lord!
 
Amen. 
7/10/2005

I cried for Jesus

For we know him who said,"It is mine to avenge;I will repay,"and again, "The Lord will judge his people."
 
This afternoon, as usual, we went to the Thanksgiving Church to attend the Timothy Family College students worship. However, when we reached the church, we found the gate of the curch was closed, and the guard said we were not allowed to worship in the church any more because of the pressures from the government.
 
Mr Li,Mrs Zhang and some other B&S had already been inside to argue with the pastors, but no way finally. So at 2 o'clock, we B&S began our worship to the Lord inside and outside the church together,seperated by the main gate. I was heartbroken that moment for that the children of the Lord were even refused to enter the home of Father. I cried saddly for Jesus, for the church, for our country.
 
However,thanks Lord. It was not very hot and didn't rain either,although it's report a heavy rain by the weather forecast.
 
We all sat on the ground at the gate of the church, and Mr Li shared the word of Father to encourage us. And the Holy Spirit also really worked among us, we all deeply touched Him and strongly believed God was using this case to complete his more prefect plan in China, in Wuhan,in our church.
 
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.  
7/6/2005

Send me,O'Lord

Tell me,O Lord
How you want me to give your life
to the world there is no hope
 
Tell me,O Lord
How you want me to give your love
to the world where love went cold
 
Do you see all the people sinking down?
Don't you see people aching in the darknees alone
 
Send me, Lord; send me, Lord
I am willing to give all
Send me out to those who need your hand
 
Fill me,Lord; fill me, Lord
Fill me with your love, O my Lord
With your hand to hold them once again
7/5/2005

Boss Deng

This early morning, my boss---professor Deng sent me a message saying that she has been finally relieved of her office.
 
Congratuations!
 
Professor Deng has been the Dean of the law school of our university for 5 years. She is very diligent and dedicated herself to the development of the law school. She is also strict to the students but we love her very much.
 
Thanks Lord give us the good relationship and may God bless her and her family!
 
Amen.
 
 
7/1/2005

Welcome July

Unless the Lord builds the house,
its builders labor in vain.
Unless the Lord watches over the city,
the watchmen stand guard in vain.
In vain we rise early
and stay up late,
toiling for food to eat---
for He grants sleep to those he loves.
Sons are a heritage from the Lord,
children a reward from Him.
Like arrows in the hands of a warrior
and sons born in one's youth.
Blessed is the man
whose quiver is full of them.
They will not be put to shame
when they contend with their
enemies in the gate.
 
 
Welcome July's coming! 
 
This semester is going to end in the beginning of July and the summer vocation is coming soon.
 
I have heard the fimiliar cries of the cicidas once again, and cannot helping looking forward to the summer.
 
We Timothy Family is going to travel to the Northwest in the middle July and individually I will visit Xinjiang the third time aftering my finishing the activities in Gansu together with B&S. 
 
Today is also the birthday of CCP.  May God bless our Party and help her to contral our nation much more effectively to glorify the name of Jesus Christ.
 
May your kingdom come. Amen.
 
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