Monthly Archives: November 2012

Reflection on “The Origin of Species” (英 & 中)

<物種起源> 讀後感 By T.C. Lo (盧天賜); November 28, 2012 Charles Darwin’s name has become synonymous with the word evolution, though theories of evolution predated his work and though there is no single, monolithic “theory” of evolution but multiple theories with … Continue reading

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論恩典 (On Grace)

By T.C. Lo 盧天賜 (11/17/2012) In the book, <Grasping God’s Word>, the authors, Duvall and Hays, make an interesting juxtaposition between two Bible characters (Ref. 1): One was a recipient of God’s grace; another was an abuser of God’s grace. … Continue reading

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今天的聖經符合原文嗎? (附: 死海古卷的發現)

By TC Lo (盧天賜); November 9, 2012 我相信原文聖經是上帝的話語. 但原文早巳失傳, 而我們手頭的聖經是從抄本 (manuscripts) 翻譯過來的. 翻譯的正確與否是很容易考證的. 但問題是: 我們怎知這些抄本與原文符合呢? 我們可用以下數方面來探討. 抄本的數目 除聖經以外, 最古老的手抄本 (manuscripts) 不超過十本. 但新約的希臘文 (部份或全部) 手抄本却超過五千本, 如把其他文字的新約手抄本也算在內, 則超過二萬五千本. 把這麼多的抄本作比較, 學者發現它們是一致的. 抄本與原文的時距 新約原文與其各抄本的時距甚短: 部份約翰福音: 40年內. 全部新約: 100-150年內. 而最古老的非聖經文献, 如Plato and Aristotle 的作品, 它們的原文與抄本的時距達 … Continue reading

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