英语资讯
News

Am I W.Y.S.I.W.Y.G.? Are you?

Source:    2008-04-10   English BBS   Favorite  

If you spend a hundred bucks and buy the right software, you can create web pages the easy way, or you can save the money and struggle writing it all in HyperText Mark-up Language (HTML). With HTML, you have to imagine what each finished page will look like. With web-design software, nothing is left for you to figure out: "What You See Is What You Get" (WYSIWYG). The same is true of a number of different computer graphics applications. The best software is always WYSIWYG. From the very beginning of the human race, God has wanted us to be WYSIWYG. Sin is what prompted the fig leaves and all the other means of hiding what we really are, think, and do. Yet God keeps calling us back to the open transparency of Eden. The sage of Jerusalem put it this way: "The words of a man's mouth are deep waters, but the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook" (Prov. 18:4). In other words, just as you don't know what's at the bottom of a deep-flowing river, you can't tell whether people's words truly reveal their intentions, unless they are wise enough to be as clear as a bubbling brook. Paul told the Thessalonians that his motives were obvious; he had nothing to hide (1 Thess. 2:3-6). He tells the Corinthians he has laid his mouth and his heart open, as if for their inspection (2 Cor. 6:11), and he denies having used any manipulation (2 Cor. 7:2). We Christians must learn to be WYSIWYG people, with regard to confessing our sins (1 John 1:9), revealing our motives (1 Cor. 4:5), and, like Jesus, communicating clearly (John 18:20; Col. 4:4). When people can trust us as easily as a hiker who steps into a bubbling brook, they can learn to trust the One of whom we speak: the Savior whose motives and whose love are always as transparent as crystal. Nobody likes to be manipulated or deceived.

Steve Singleton has written and edited several books and numerous articles on subjects of interest to Bible students. He has taught Greek, Bible, and religious studies courses Bible college, university, and adult education programs. He has taught seminars and workshops in 11 states and the Caribbean.

Go to his Deeperstudy.org for Bible study resources, no matter what your level of expertise. Explore "The Shallows," plumb "The Depths," or use the well-organized "study Links" for original sources in English translation. Sign up for Steve's free "Deeperstudy Newsletter."

闁靛棙鍔楁晶浼村Υ閿燂拷2濠㈠灈鏅為鍥ㄦ媴閿燂拷4000闁告娲濋惁婵嬫儍閸曨収娼╅悗纰夋嫹   闁靛棙鍔樼粔鎾磹缁楄 鍋撻敓锟�5.5闁稿繐鍟╃粩鎾嚍閸屾繍鍤﹂柨娑樻湰閺佺偤宕樼仦钘夌ギ闁告瑯鍨伴崢銈囨嫻绾懐妲搁柛姘炬嫹
闁靛棙鍔楅々鎾礆閳瑰簱鍋撻幋锝咁伆閻犲浂鍘奸ˇ濠氬极濞嗗海顏遍悗鐢糕偓娑氼伇闁挎稑鑻崢銈囨嫻瑜版帩鏆欓柛娆欐嫹2闁煎搫鍊搁ˇ濠氬极濞嗘帩鍤� 闁靛棙鍔楃划浼村礉濞戞牑鍋撻幋鐐差杹闁哄牏鍎ゆ禍浠嬪及閻旇櫣绉圭€殿喒鍋撻梺顐h壘閺嗭拷

将本页收藏到:
上一篇:Neither White-washed Nor Unmarked
下一篇:Serenity
论坛精彩内容
网站地图 - 学习交流 - 恒星英语论坛 - 关于我们 - 广告服务 - 帮助中心 - 联系我们
Copyright ©2006-2007 www.Hxen.com All Rights Reserved