Welcome listeners, brothers and sisters in Christ and friends to this series of 16 talks on God’s law vs grace. Today is our first Talk. I would like to introduce the series. This is a 16 part series in 15 minutes segments on the major theme of Law vs Grace. We have entitled our series “Law vs Grace” because, in the mind of many, the two are in contradiction, conflict or competition. We will be exploring their relationship over the 16 sessions. We should be able to cover a good range of this topic to enable us to have a clear and firm grasp of the matter.

又到了我们一起研读神话语的时间了！今天，我们要从圣经中一起来听一个有关安慰的信息。在预备今天这个信息的时候，肖兰就想到了一支乐队。很多年以前，美国的Simon & Garfunkel 乐队唱的一首歌，名字叫《七点钟新闻》。这首歌其实是改编自著名的《圣诞是个平安夜》。有意思的是乐手们唱着平安夜圣善夜，而后面衬托的背景却是一幅幅不平安的新闻画面——有关于种族歧视的新闻报道，黑人领袖马丁路德·金正带领人民上街游行，有关于人们因吸食过量毒品而丧生的消息，有在芝加哥一个杀害九名护士学生的家伙接受大陪审团的审判，还有在华盛顿的反战示威，还有已故总统尼科逊预言美国若不加强在越南的兵力，这场战争将会延长五年才有望结束的讲话画面。