Sunday, December 25, 2011 at 09:00PM A triple treat this week: Christmas & Pot Luck & Pastor Mark!
Bring a favorite dish (sweet or savory), fresh fruit or just a drink to share. Even if you can't bring any food, come along anyway and share fellowship with us. We would be delighted to welcome you to our church!
Friday, December 23, 2011 at 06:27PM
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The word "Nativity" refers to the birth of Jesus.
Nativity, St. Andrew's Church, Chesterton, Cambridge (CC, TheRevSteve's photostream, Flickr)
Thursday, December 22, 2011 at 09:00PM More readings from the elegant text of the King James Bible (read by actors from the National Theatre):
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at 09:00AM 
A gallery of photos related to the King James Bible in the
December, 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/12/king-james-bible/richardson-photography#/02-westminster-abbey-670.jpg
Monday, December 19, 2011 at 08:53PM 
100 KJV Phrases in 3 minutesThe Kings English - 100 phrases in 3 Minutes [HD] delivered in British English (it wouldn't sound right otherwise!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQVbBjgBS6A
Monday, December 19, 2011 at 06:03PM The entire seven-book Chronicles of Narnia series has been recorded by Dr. Chrissi Hart in 101 podcast episodes and made available for free (by permission of the CS Lewis estate). You can either listen to each one online or download the MP3 files and listen to them when you are offline.
Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 05:46PM
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"The apple of his eye," an expression which is still used in Modern English, refers to a thing or person which is somebody's favorite. is used several times in the King James Bible. The first place is in Deuteronomy:
Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 05:36PM The Christmas Story is a charming Nativity play acted out by a lovely cast of children. If English is not your first language, be prepared for a few unclear words (New Zealand accent: similar to, but different from Australian English). Even your webmaster, a native speaker, had a little trouble understanding some words, but this play is still a pleasure to watch! 
Mary Hard at Work
Friday, December 16, 2011 at 05:59PM
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Reverend Gavin Tyte's beatbox version of Luke's gospel.
Friday, December 16, 2011 at 12:55PM Please contact Frank for details.
Friday, December 16, 2011 at 12:32PM "A Drop in the Bucket" is another common idiom from the King James Bible.
Isaiah 40:15
"Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing."
A drop of dew on the tip of a leaf (highly magnified). Source: 'Dangled' (CC, ecstaticist's photostream, Flickr)
bucket (CC, DWStucke, Flickr)
Friday, December 16, 2011 at 10:48AM In this interactive YouTube animation, three hedgehogs get ready to sing Christmas carols, but keep encountering problems. Get ready for a series of very entertaining cartoons. Click on one (any hedgehog!) of the hedgehogs before the 30 seconds are over.
Hedgehog Carolers
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If the YouTube link above stops working, go directly to Bird Box Studio's YouTube Channel:
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 09:40PM Many common English phrases and idioms come from the King James Bible. One of these is from the Book of Genesis: "Am I my brother's keeper?" "Am I my brother's keeper" is especially elegant because of the rhythm. Notice how short and long syllables alternate:
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at 08:48PM London's National Theatre recently celebrated the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible. For English speakers, the old-fashioned English in this version sounds very elegant. Read about the King James Bible in Wikipedia English and Chinese 欽定版聖經.
A special holiday treat from the BBC: the King James Bible recited by talented British actors, including Lindsay Duncan (Genesis), Patricia Routledge (Psalms), Maureen Lipman (Isaiah), Mark Gatiss (Luke) and Simon Russell Beale (Revelation).
Part 1: In the Beginning (free podcast, downloadable if you are using the Firefox browser)
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at 11:32AM For a limited time, Amazon is offering 25 free MP3 downloads of Christmas carols. Check it out:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000453281
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 08:22PM As in previous years, HIC will be singing Christmas carols at 7:00 PM on Dec.17th in front of the Eslite Bookstore in Hsinchu. Victory English fellowship will be joining us. Please contact Frank for details.
Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 09:54PM HIC will be having potluck this Sunday. Please bring a favorite dish (sweet or savory), a drink or fresh fruit to share. If not convenient, come anyway and enjoy the fellowship.
Extra special treat: Pastor Mark will be speaking!
Monday, October 17, 2011 at 11:06PM A short upbeat video that might interest some readers:
In The Land Of Mao, A Rising Tide Of Christianity
http://vimeo.com/14462218
Saturday, October 15, 2011 at 05:45PM Sunday's message (October 16, 2011) will be delivered by John T
Monday, October 10, 2011 at 01:48AM Today's message, Entering into God's Rest, was delivered by Pastor Dale.
Today was HIC's 21st Anniversary. Hsinchu International Church was established 21 years ago, on October 7, 1990: 21 years
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Entering into God's Rest
The following passages were mentioned:
Psalm 46:10
10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
1Peter 5, 6-7
6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.
7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you
Hebrews 3:11
11 So I declared on oath in my anger,
‘They shall never enter my rest.’ ”
Hebrews 4:9-11
9 There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God;
10 for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works,[a] just as God did from his.
11 Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.
1 Kings 19:11-18
11 The LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by.”
Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. 13 When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.
Then a voice said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
14 He replied, “I have been very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.”
15 The LORD said to him, “Go back the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you get there, anoint Hazael king over Aram. 16 Also, anoint Jehu son of Nimshi king over Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah to succeed you as prophet. 17 Jehu will put to death any who escape the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death any who escape the sword of Jehu. 18 Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.”
Exodus 14:10-13
10 As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried out to the LORD.
11 They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?
12 Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!”
13 Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again.
Joel 2:12-13
12 “Even now,” declares the LORD,
“return to me with all your heart,
with fasting and weeping and mourning.”
13 Rend your heart
and not your garments.
Return to the LORD your God,
for he is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and abounding in love,
and he relents from sending calamity.
This last verse will be our guiding verse for the comin year.
