with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
耶 穌 對 他 說 : 你 要 盡 心 、 盡 性 、 盡 意 愛 主 ─ 你 的 神 。
—— Matthew 22:37 —— 馬 太 福 音 22:37
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
你們必曉得真理,真理必叫你們得以自由。
—— John 8:32 —— 約翰福音 8:32
Now this is eternal life: that they know you,
the only true God , and Jesus Christ ,
whom you have sent.
認識你是獨一的真神,並且認識你所差來的耶穌基督,這就是永生。
—— John 17:3 —— 約翰福音 17:3
If you remain in me and my words remain in you,
ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
你們若常在我裡面,我的話也常在你們裡面,
凡你們所願意的,祈求,就給你們成就。
—— John 15:7 —— 約翰福音 15:7
So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
你不要害怕,因為我與你同在;不要驚惶,因為我是你的神。
我必堅固你,我必幫助你;我必用我公義的右手扶持你。
—— Isaiah 41:10 —— 以賽亞書 41:10
耶穌看見這許多的人,就上了山,既已坐下,門徒到他跟前來,
Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him,
他就開口教訓他們,說:
and he began to teach them. He said:
虛心的人有福了!因為天國是他們的。
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
哀慟的人有福了!因為他們必得安慰。
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
溫柔的人有福了!因為他們必承受地土。
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
飢渴慕義的人有福了!因為他們必得飽足。
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
憐恤人的人有福了!因為他們必蒙憐恤。
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
清心的人有福了!因為他們必得見神。
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
使人和睦的人有福了!因為他們必稱為神的兒子。
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
為義受逼迫的人有福了!因為天國是他們的。
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
「人若因我辱罵你們,逼迫你們,捏造各樣壞話毀謗你們,你們就有福了!
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
應當歡喜快樂,因為你們在天上的賞賜是大的。在你們以前的先知,人也是這樣逼迫他們。」
Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
「你們是世上的鹽。鹽若失了味,怎能叫他再鹹呢?以後無用,不過丟在外面,被人踐踏了。
You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.
你們是世上的光。城造在山上是不能隱藏的。
You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.
人點燈,不放在斗底下,是放在燈臺上,就照亮一家的人。
Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.
你們的光也當這樣照在人前,叫他們看見你們的好行為,便將榮耀歸給你們在天上的父。」
In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
—— Matthew —— 馬 太 福 音
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
來自哥倫比亞大學(Columbia University)與紐約基因中心(New York Genome Centre,NYGC)的兩名科學家在科學期刊(Science)上發表的論文中指出,他們已找出迄今密度最高的DNA儲存技術,可在每公克的DNA中儲存215PB的資料量,約是2012年哈佛研究成果的100倍,亦達到現今DNA理論儲存極限的85%,凌駕現有的其他研究。
這兩名科學家Yaniv Erlich與Dina Zielinski採用了名為DNA Fountain的新架構,以用來創造DNA之每個核苷酸(nucleotide)可儲存容量的最大值。他們成功地在DNA分子中存入了6個檔案,包含一個完整的作業系統KolibriOS、一隻電腦病毒、一張50美元的Amazon禮券、先鋒號鍍金鋁板(Pioneer plaque)、一份1948年的研究,以及1895年的法國電影《火車進站》(Arrival of a train at La Ciotat),而這也是世界第一部公開放映的電影。
我們所稱的現代科學是在這個夾縫中間偶然產生出來的一個副產品,雖然文藝復興具體說來是對現代科學有一點點幫助,但這好像不是他們的主要動機。我們可以比較刻薄地說,他們主要是在研究占星術的過程中間,順便給天文學增加了一些知識。而且占星術在他們研究的各種怪力亂神的知識中間應該還算是比較純潔的,比較不純潔的知識,確實是跟黑巫術沒有什麼區別的。像與《浮士德》中梅菲斯特原型有關的人物,德國大師阿格里帕(Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa)這種人,他們研究的那些古老法門中間就包括這樣的技術,你如何把美洲的、亞洲的、埃及的、各個地方的一些神秘植物湊起來構成一個魔圈,在適當的時候念適當的咒語,點燃這個魔圈,就可以發揮召喚某些精靈或者是抵御某些精靈的作用,而這些精靈呢,能夠告訴你許多寶貴的知識,比如說把不同的金屬轉變的知識,比如說操縱火蠑螈和其他神秘生物的知識,變化各種元素,使人延年益壽,或者通過某些神秘的門道,在地球的各個antipode之間來回穿梭的知識,諸如此類的東西。在當時人看來,這些技術好像跟科學是沒什麼區別的,在他們看來,這都是運用一定固定程序的實驗和研究取得某種目的效果的行動,跟現代化學家看待他們實驗的態度是基本相同的。
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.
It is a curious fact that in bad days we can very vividly recall the good time that is now no more; but that in good days we have only a very cold and imperfect memory of the bad.
John Calvin, for example, argued that all sin is mortal
in the sense that itrightly deserves death, but that
no sin is mortal in the sense that it destroys justifying grace.
《How Should I Live in This World》Page.24 R. C. Sproul 2009
Joel Scott Osteen (born 1963) is a televangelist in Houston, Texas. Osteen's televised sermons are seen by over 7 million viewers weekly in over 100 countries. 約爾·歐斯汀(生於1963年)是美國克薩斯州休斯頓的傳教士、電視佈道家和作家,約爾歐斯汀講道節目每週超過700萬觀眾觀看,全球超過100個國家會播出約爾歐斯汀的節目。
905. It doesn’t matter who likes you or doesn’t like you, all that matters is that God likes you. He accepts you, he approves of you. 中文 / Chinese: 誰喜不喜歡你並不重要,最重要的是上帝喜歡你。衪接受你,衪認同你。
906. In difficult times, we’re not supposed to quit believing; we’re not supposed to quit growing. 中文 / Chinese: 在困難的時候,我們不應停止相信;我們不應停止成長。
907. Why don’t you start believing that no matter what you have or haven’t done, that your best days are still out in front of you. 中文 / Chinese: 為什麼你不開始相信無論你做過什麼,那些好日子依然在你前面。
908. I want to challenge you today to get out of your comfort zone. You have so much incredible potential on the inside. God has put gifts and talents in you that you probably don’t know anything about.” 中文 / Chinese: 今天我想挑戰你離開你的舒適區。你有太多難以置信的內在潛能。上帝放了很多天資和禮物在你身上而你或許亳不知道。
909. Let go of yesterday. Let today be a new beginning and be the best that you can, and you’ll get to where God wants you to be. 中文 / Chinese: 捨棄昨天。讓今天成為一個新開始和做到最好,你就會去到上帝要你到的地方。
910. When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance. 中文 / Chinese: 當你聚焦做一個祝福,上帝會肯定你常有豐盛的祝福。
539. When the negative thoughts come – and they will; they come to all of us – it’s not enough to just not dwell on it… You’ve got to replace it with a positive thought. 中文 / Chinese: 當負面的思想出現時;它們會出現在我們身上,老想著是不足夠的。你要用正面思想代替它。
540. Too often we get frustrated by difficulties. But you have to realize, you can’t have a harvest without a few weeds. 中文 / Chinese: 我們很多時候都困難而感到挫敗。但你要明白,收割時總不能沒有雜草。
541. No one can offend you without your permission. They can say whatever they want, but you have the right to ignore it. 中文 / Chinese: 沒有你的許可,沒有人可以冒犯你。他們什麼也可以說,但你可以不理會它。
542. So many people are looking at what’s wrong, and I try to encourage them to look at what’s right in their life. A lot of people have it a lot worse than you do. 中文 / Chinese: 太多人看著錯的地方,而我嘗試鼓勵他們去看對的地方。很多人比你情況差很多。
543. If one dream dies, dream another dream. If you get knocked down, get back up and go again. 中文 / Chinese: 如果一個夢消失了,再造另一個夢。如果被擊倒,起身再前進。
544. People in tough times – it doesn’t mean they don’t have a great attitude. 中文 / Chinese: 人們在艱難的時候,並不代表他們沒有偉大的態度。
463. I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you're grateful, you'll see God open up new doors. 中文 / Chinese: 我相信假如你保持信念,保持信任,保持正確態度,你會看見上帝開放新的門道。
464. You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' See the positive in negative events. 中文 / Chinese: 你經過艱辛的日子就是人生。但我跟你說,’事情不是對你而發生,而是為你而發生’。在負面的事情會看到正面。
465. Let go of yesterday. Let today be a new beginning and be the best that you can, and you'll get to where God wants you to be. 中文 / Chinese: 放開昨天。讓今天成為新的開始和做到最好,這樣你會達到上帝為你安排的位置。
467. See, when you drive home today, you've got a big windshield on the front of your car. And you've got a little bitty rearview mirror. And the reason the windshield is so large and the rearview mirror is so small is because what's happened in your past is not near as important as what's in your future. 中文 / Chinese: 今天當你開車回家,你前面有一塊大的擋風玻璃,而亦有一塊小的倒後鏡。大的擋風玻璃和小的倒後鏡原因是過去發生的遠不及將來的重要。
468. Sometimes we look back and 10 years from now we think, 'Boy, those were great old days.' Well, you know, we're living in the good old days. 中文 / Chinese: 有時我們回看十年前,以前日子真好。想真的,我們正活在以前的好日子裡。
469. Don't ever criticize yourself. Don't go around all day long thinking, 'I'm unattractive, I'm slow, I'm not as smart as my brother.' God wasn't having a bad day when he made you….. If you don't love yourself in the right way, you can't love your neighbor. You can't be as good as you are supposed to be. 中文 / Chinese: 不要批評自己。不要整天想著,”我沒有吸引力,我很慢,我不像的兄弟。”上帝做你時不是心情不好.......... 如你不好好愛你自己,你不能愛你身邊的人。你不能把自己做到好。
470. It's easy to get negative because you get beat down. You go through a few disappointments and it's easy to stay in that negative frame of mind. Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is a whole cliche, but your attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life. 中文 / Chinese: 因為挫折而感到負面是很容易。經過幾次失望而停留在負面框架裡亦很容易。選擇正面和感恩的態度是格言警句,但你的態度決定你的人生。
For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. —— 1 Timothy 6:7-8
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Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
耶 穌 對 他 說 : 你 要 盡 心 、 盡 性 、 盡 意 愛 主 ─ 你 的 神 。
—— Matthew 22:37 —— 馬 太 福 音 22:37