Let Jesus Do You a Favor

Please complete the following sentence.

Seeing is . . . (Believing). Excellent!

Seeing empirically constitutes believing. An empirical constitution and verification of faith is good enough. However, it is not a kind of faith Jesus Christ wants his disciples to have.

What Language Does God Speak?

A Speech Act Reading of Genesis 3:20-23

God speaks. Speaking, according to John Searle, is not merely saying something meaningful, it is rather performing such actions as asserting something as true, directing someone to do some future actions, committing oneself into undertaking some future actions, creating a new state of affairs, and expressing oneself (Searle, Meaning and Expression). The idea that speaking is a form of action goes back Socrates (in Plato, Cratylus, which is the earliest surviving writing that deals with language). John Austin, an Oxford Philosopher of Ordinary Language, developed the idea in his posthumous book, How to Do Things with Words. In speaking, people do things with words.

Lai Identity le Thlaraunun (Part 4)

Identity le Donghnak

Thawknak ttha co ro; donghnak ttha orh ro. Thawknak cu cinkenmi idem-idenity kilvennak hawi a si. Donghnak cu ruahchanmi epsi-identity sernak lam a si. Zeidah ka donghnak? Zeidah kaa ruahchan? Hi pawl hi identity sernak lamsial tu an si. Donghnak le ruahchannak cu zeitindah kan ruah?

Lai Identity le Thlaraunun (Part 3)

Identity le Nuncanziazia

Phungthlukbia, “A mui in zoh hlah a aan in ngai,” “Pasal ka biakam le ka tlah tem”tibantuk nih identity cu nuncanziaza he apehtlai ti an langh ter. Lai nunphung mit ah a dawhcah mi tuah awk le nundan kan ngeih hna. Lai chanbia ah atlengmi ruang ah, hlanlio le atulio Lai phung nih zohdawh mi nuncanziaza zawng an hun idang. Takchunnak ah, Krifa kan ican in Lai zumhnak identity (religious identity) cu laiphung um in Krifa idenity kan hun ilak. Laimi krifa nih ziadah kan tuah awk asi? Zeitin dah kan nun awk asi?

Lai Identity le Thlaraunun (Part 2)

Identity le Hramthawknak

“Vai uk phun hngal lo; Ciarcik sa ei” ti ka theih theu. “Via Uk” timi pa thlanglamhnak ma asi? “Via nih uk miphun” cu phun hngal lo le ei-awklo ei hmang miphun tinak dah asi?” Phun ihngalh ah cun cu nunphung nih atha a ti mi nuncanziaza in nun thiam a fawi. Laimi caah miphun hramthawknak le chanbia an baipi. Ka chimcang bantuk in hramthawknak cu cinkennak (memory) lawng in minung caan chung ah aum kho mi asi. Cinkennak i aral ngan bik mi cu philhnak (forgetfulness) asi. Hramthawknak cinken mi chimmi chanbia (oral history) le ttialmi chanbia (written history) ti’in chanhmi-phungbia (traditions) kan ngeih.

Lai Identity le Thlaraunun (Part 1)

Laimi si bu ah Krifa ttha si khawh asi maw? Laimi idenity le thlauraunun an ipehtlaih ning hlathlai ta u si. Cattial tu Lai holh tlinlo ruangah, Lai biafang thar, muichia pipi na tawn hna lai.

Work and Rest

Is work a curse and rest a blessing? Genesis 2:1-3 reports that God rested from all the work which he has been doing. Does it mean that God distanced himself from the world and the rest of the creation after completing creating them?

Who Is the Boss?

Genesis 2:18-24

God completed creating the universe and all the things in it, including the land, the living creatures, and the plants by the seventh day (Genesis 2:1-4a). Genesis 1:24-31 and 2:4-24 differently narrate the same story of mankind’s beginning. What are significant differences?

You Are in His Mind (Gen.1:26-31)

The Bible is about God, the world, and humanity. It focuses on the covenant relation between God and his creation. Genesis chapter one narrows down Creator-creation relation from the God-universe to God-world to God-human relation. In this way, the author of Genesis highlights that the making of human beings is the climax of the creation story.