Chinese Church and Hermeneutics (update)

On December 12, 2011, I blogged about the opportunity I had to teach a Chinese couple that were leading an underground church in China. You can read about that here. Those sessions were videotaped and were recently put on the web. Here are the links to them (in case you know of any mandarin speaking Chinese Christians who want to learn how to interpret the Bible):

Part 1: How to Interpret the Bible
Part 2: Interpreting Old Testament Law
Part 3: Interpreting the Letters in Scripture
Part 4: Interpreting the Parables in Scripture
Part 5: Interpreting the Gospels in Scripture

Also, the founder of the organization recording 32 lessons on salvation which are also translated into mandarin. Here is part 2 of 32.

J. Daniel Hays on Race

J. Daniel Hays, co-author of Grasping God's Word, visited Liberty University last month and spoke on the issue of race. Liberty has graciously provided the video from his two talks: a morning exposition and an evening discussion on interracial marriage. I think he did a wonderful job and, on the issue of interracial marriage, had some very insightful observations.

My Weight Loss Journey-Part 3

I truly do love the chocolate IdealShape. If you didn't catch the posts from last week, I was the March monthly winner for the IdealShape contest. Read the story here.

IdealShape is basically a powder that comes in chocolate and vanilla ... i highly prefer the chocolate. Most people probably drink it with regular milk or skim milk. I have different preferences. When I have a sweet tooth, I'll add some Truvia (an all natural stevia sweetener with zero calories).



1) 1 scoop of IdealShape chocolate plus 1 cup of vanilla sweetened almond milk = 210 calories
2) 1 scoop of IdealShape chocolate plus 1 cup of vanilla unsweetened almond milk = 150 calories
3) 1 scoop of IdealShape chocolate plus 1 cup of black coffee = 120 calories
4) 1 scoop of IdealShape chocolate plus 1 cup of vanilla unsweetened almond milk plus 1 tablespoon of peanut butter = 240 calories
5) 1 scoop of IdealShape chocolate plus 1 cup of vanilla unsweetened almond milk plus 1 tablespoon of PB2 = 195 calories

This last recipe is a new one. It tastes like a reese's peanut butter cup, but a little peanut butter taste. PB2 is an interesting product and I'm not sure exactly what to think of it yet, except it has less fat than regular peanut butter and a lighter taste.