Dear brothers and sisters,
When there is a problem, some people pray to ask God and Buddha for help. Good. However, they do not fast and repent. So is that prayer effective? Continue reading Sám nguyện
Category Archives: Học tiếng Anh – Learning english
John 7
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Jesus Goes to the Festival of Tabernacles
7 After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He did not want[a] to go about in Judea because the Jewish leaders there were looking for a way to kill him. 2 But when the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles was near, 3 Jesus’ brothers said to him, “Leave Galilee and go to Judea, so that your disciples there may see the works you do. 4 No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.” 5 For even his own brothers did not believe in him.
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Tâm
Dear brothers and sisters,
Why do both God and Buddha teach to love everyone?
Because when we love everyone, we have peace. We cannot have peace when we love only ourselves, our children, our spouses, our parents and our close friends. When we love everyone – especially those who hurt us – our heart have peace.
Yes, when we love persons those who hurt us, our heart have peace. True peace. Continue reading Tâm
John 6
Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand
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6 Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), 2 and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick. 3 Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. 4 The Jewish Passover Festival was near.
5 When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” 6 He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.
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Sài Gòn yếu đuối biết dựa vào ai?
Dear brothers and sisters,
This song reminds me of the time before I came to DCN – often lonely but not knowing who to rely on. Perhaps more exactly, I was often suffering and wanted to stop suffering but not knowing how.
I started feeling lonely since I was 7 years old. I started dying from then on. I died. However now I live.
I send my wish to the stars, so that the lonely people on the earth can feel that there is a star in the sky praying for them and is making itself a light for them to look up to and hope. Continue reading Sài Gòn yếu đuối biết dựa vào ai?
John 5
The Healing at the Pool
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5 Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda[a] and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. [4] [b] —and they waited for the moving of the waters. 4 From time to time an angel of the Lord would come down and stir up the waters. The first one into the pool after each such disturbance would be cured of whatever disease they had. 5 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
7 “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.”
8 Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” 9 At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.
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A town with an ocean view
Dear brothers and sisters,
Do you know how happy it feels to be born and raised by the sea?
That is, you can watch the sunrise. You can go to the sea early in the morning, when the sun has not risen yet. A bit chilly, even in the summer, and it is so dark that you may not see each other clearly. You can sit on the beach, cover yourself with sand to keep warm and watch the first red, organ and pink rays of the sun, then run down to the sea to bathe. Even if it’s winter or rainy, the sea water is always warm. So great. Continue reading A town with an ocean view
John 4
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Jesus Talks With a Samaritan Woman
4 Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John— 2 although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. 3 So he left Judea and went back once more to Galilee.
4 Now he had to go through Samaria. 5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.
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Thiên ca
Dear brothers and sisters,
Thanh Duy is a multi-talented artist. I like his voice. I am happy when Thanh Duy sings Zen songs. His voice makes the songs better. I like the songs he sings, but maybe I like this one a little more “Ai bảo đi tu là khổ”.
Enjoy. Continue reading Thiên ca
John 3
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Jesus Teaches Nicodemus
3 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.”
Nicodemus was a Pharisee in the Jewish ruling council, politically his job was to go against Jesus. Coming to Jesus to learn was dangerous for his job and his safety. So he had to sneak in at night.
3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.[a]”
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Lý do nào để yêu em
Dear brothers and sisters,
I like this song – “Lý do nào để yêu em”. Bùi Công Nam composed and performed it, released in Octorber, 2021.
To Bùi Công Nam’s version, I feel the guy in the song is cute. He likes a girl but is shy, maybe more exactly, afraid of her, because she is too high up, he can’t reach, so he doesn’t dare to approach her. However, he is still cheerful and dreamy. His feelings is pure and lovely. Continue reading Lý do nào để yêu em
John 2
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Jesus Changes Water Into Wine
2 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”
4 “Woman,[a] why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
This term “woman” in Greek has no meaning of disrespect.
5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
Continue reading John 2Heaven & Earth (1993)
Dear brothers and sisters,
This is an emotional film. You can watch the film’s introduction below. I’ll just share my feelings about the film and the score.
Right from the first minutes of the film, I saw images of vast rice fields and low mountains that looked quite familiar to me. I thought of the fields in Ngu Hanh Son mountains, across the Han River, in my hometown Da Nang, although until I visited this place when I was in high school, there weren’t many rice fields left. And it’s true that the film was set in Ngu Hanh Son because the main character was born and raised here. Coincidentally, the main actress was also from Da Nang. Continue reading Heaven & Earth (1993)
John 1
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The Word Became Flesh
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome[a] it.
TĐH’s explanation is in purple.
John 1 is the official way to write “John, Chapter 1.” John has 21 chapters. If we do one chapter for each article, we will have 21 long articles.
In the beginning: Here, John echoed the first sentence of the Bible (i.e. The first sentence of the Old Testament): “In the beginning God created the Heavens and earth.” (Genesis 1:1). So, John started the story of Jesus from “the beginning” – the time God created heavens and earth.
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Chào anh chị em,
Mình đã viết rẩt nhiều về Phật pháp trong các bài trà đàm, và sẽ tiếp tục như thế. Minh là luật sư tranh tụng, tập trung vào lý luận trước tòa để thắng, và Phật pháp có trình độ lý luận siêu việt, nên mình thích nói về Phật pháp.
Tuy nhiên mình cũng muốn công bình và phong phú cho các bạn, nên mình muốn viết và gửi đến các bạn một chút về Thánh kinh Kitô giáo (Công giáo, Chính thống giáo và các nhánh Tin lành) với Do thái giáo là gốc rễ đầu tiên. Do thái giáo là một nửa đầu của Thánh kinh Kitô giáo, gọi là Cựu Ước, lời hứa hẹn cũ của Chúa – Thượng đế, Yahweh, YHWH, Adonai, Elohim – với Abraham là sẽ đưa con cháu của Abraham về vùng Đất Hứa. Tân Ước là nửa sau của Thánh kinh Kitô giáo là lời hứa hẹn của Chúa Giêsu (Jesus) cứu rỗi loài người.
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