Any one to join me in my sojourn?

Haha 2 weeks in church without my 2 closest friends. But feels okay, leh.

Thank God =)

Seems like i can go on!

“The Bible is a written revelation from God, and we must approach it as such. In terms of what God has decided to tell us, and in terms of accuracy and authority, there is no difference between God and the Bible. To say, “The Bible says” is to say “God says.” The two are synonymous. This provides definition to the Christian faith. That is, you can claim that you are a Christian, but you are really not a Christian if you disagree with Paul, or Matthew, or Isaiah. As long as you disagree with the Bible, you may say that you are a Christian you can make the sounds that form the sentence ­ but you cannot fool God. If you disagree with the Bible, then you disagree with God, and you are not a Christian. And if you are not a Christian, then you are entitled to none of the promises and blessings that God has deposited in Christ for those who are Christians, who are the beneficiaries. Therefore, whenever we approach the Bible, we must remind ourselves that it is the written revelation from God, and it provides an inflexible standard that defines and governs all the doctrines and practices of the Christian faith. Whether we are reading the letters of Paul, the prophecies of Daniel, or the Psalms of David, it is Christ who speaks through the pages, and who teaches our minds as we read, so that our response to the words of Scripture is our response to God himself. There is to be no gap in our minds between faith in God and faith in the Bible, or obedience to God and obedience to the Scripture. Our attitude toward the Bible reflects our attitude to God. May the Spirit grant us wisdom to perceive and acknowledge this.” – Vincent Cheung

I was playing a game (or rather, a few games) of scrabble during a recent youth camp and the rapid rate at which new words are being added to the english scrabble dictionary is frightening.
It just brought me to think about something though rather mindless, but interesting.

Can the rules of language ever stay constant?

The editors of The American Heritage Dictionary recently published this book entitled, “100 words almost everyone mispronounces” and the list includes words like “forte” and “niche”.

If everyone pronounces forte as ‘for-tay’ instead of the traditional ‘fort’,
and niche as ‘neesh’ instead of the traditional ‘nitch’, doesn’t it mean that ‘for-tay’ and ‘neesh’ are now standard pronounciations?

I mean, the first time someone mispronounced the word forte as “for-tay”, it was an unambiguous mistake. As was the second time, and perhaps albeit it being less forgiving, the third. But what happens at the thousandth time, or the millionth? When not one, but gradually all unknowingly choose to say “for-tay” and genuinely think themselves unmistakably right. The majority end up rejecting the minority who insist that ‘fort’’s the right way to go. At some point the wrong version has to become right, doesn’t it?

After all, how long can the tiny band of purists hold out against the rest of the world?

okay, sunday was unexpectedly interesting. haha got “pangsaed” so went for lunch with evelyn elaine and joseph. Ended up spending 2 more hours with the Es window shopping, haha. It was a nice change, for once. Met Sharon to discuss stuff after that.

Nothing much happening, plus the lack of broadband internet access in the new place makes everything a pain. I can’t check up on the big four, can’t check my email all the time now, can’t facebook and no youtube. =S

Looking forward to youth camp though. Been praying and thinking of something the youth can take back after the wshop and yupp, God’s given me some direction so =)

Gonna be glad when this week’s over. 2 job interviews (!), subject registration, and all that happening in the course of youth camp. hoolalala.

That said, i’m still hoping and waiting upon the Lord. I’m kind of certain where He’s gonna place me for now, and i’m quite excited…