I know this does very little in the grand scheme with the small base of people that read this blog but I had to share this because I was infuriated and literally started to cry when I read this...
Read this. This is what it has become. These are the kind of people we are. No excuses.
Unbelievable
Read the whole article...
Friday, November 28, 2008
Saturday, November 22, 2008
I'm convinced....
...that Stacie Orrico (There's got to be more to life than temporary highs) and Switchfoot (meant to live for so much more) were onto something...
...that if you don't have a holy discontent for more of Him in your life, you need to be closer to the Lord...
...that being a genuine follower of Christ has nothing to do with forwarding e-mails about United States legislation or ones that state you don't care about the Lord if you don't forward them, or passing around rumors of political candidates, or wearing a christian-ese shirt in a public place (which many are even afraid to do that), or having a jesus phish on your car....
...that the real life we should be living has miracles happening downtown in large cities with whoever is around watching, and us slipping into the crowd before any credit can be given...
...that we are called to so much more than 9-5...
...that our fears really DO control us, and we are just afraid to admit that...
...that we have an idea of how we should be, but it is so contrary to most anyone we know who calls themselves a christian, so we stay how we are, solidifying a boring, powerless life...
...that true love is more powerful than any other weapon...
...that is we only had control of our tongues, and asked the Lord how we should respond to situations or comments, the world would look completely different...
...that church every sunday morning, wednesday night, and the occasional sunday night service should make up about 3% of our attempting christ wanna be lives...
...that if you are unwilling to ever push yourself in any area (mainly physically, emotionally, and spiritually) it will be hard for the Lord to use you for anything substantial...
...that money, cars, shopping, shoes, teeth whiteners, socks, the morning after thanksgiving, movies, and a lot more things are just simply meaningless, but as it is, they control our lives...
...that even a one day trip in another culture that lives far below your standard of living, would be far more than life-altering...
...that Satan's #1 tool in the United States is putting blinders to either side of our eyes, making us have spiritual tunnel vision and never seeing the whole picture...
...that in most people of the age of 50, you will find a story of a dream birthed in them at a young age that they never pursued and regreat greatly, but still watch younger generations repeat the same mistakes...
...that if we even began to understand the importance of the calling that we have been given, we would live completely different..
...that the evidence of our total ignorance is our lives themselves...
...that if you don't have a holy discontent for more of Him in your life, you need to be closer to the Lord...
...that being a genuine follower of Christ has nothing to do with forwarding e-mails about United States legislation or ones that state you don't care about the Lord if you don't forward them, or passing around rumors of political candidates, or wearing a christian-ese shirt in a public place (which many are even afraid to do that), or having a jesus phish on your car....
...that the real life we should be living has miracles happening downtown in large cities with whoever is around watching, and us slipping into the crowd before any credit can be given...
...that we are called to so much more than 9-5...
...that our fears really DO control us, and we are just afraid to admit that...
...that we have an idea of how we should be, but it is so contrary to most anyone we know who calls themselves a christian, so we stay how we are, solidifying a boring, powerless life...
...that true love is more powerful than any other weapon...
...that is we only had control of our tongues, and asked the Lord how we should respond to situations or comments, the world would look completely different...
...that church every sunday morning, wednesday night, and the occasional sunday night service should make up about 3% of our attempting christ wanna be lives...
...that if you are unwilling to ever push yourself in any area (mainly physically, emotionally, and spiritually) it will be hard for the Lord to use you for anything substantial...
...that money, cars, shopping, shoes, teeth whiteners, socks, the morning after thanksgiving, movies, and a lot more things are just simply meaningless, but as it is, they control our lives...
...that even a one day trip in another culture that lives far below your standard of living, would be far more than life-altering...
...that Satan's #1 tool in the United States is putting blinders to either side of our eyes, making us have spiritual tunnel vision and never seeing the whole picture...
...that in most people of the age of 50, you will find a story of a dream birthed in them at a young age that they never pursued and regreat greatly, but still watch younger generations repeat the same mistakes...
...that if we even began to understand the importance of the calling that we have been given, we would live completely different..
...that the evidence of our total ignorance is our lives themselves...
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Abortion: Perhaps a Different View
I just finished reading a book, at 3AM this morning, that detailed a view of abortion that I had not thought of yet and I am interested in your thoughts...
History:
- 1492 and on - The early settlers of what would become the USA, weren't necessarily born killers. As time went on, however, especially in the 1800's, the decision to take all of the land that the continent could provide from Native Americans by slaughter and government lies supported the notion that NA were not really people. Therefore, there land could be taken, but even more sad, we could exterminate hundreds of thousands of them.....
- 1800's and early 1900's: African Americans. Brought over on boats with unbelievably inhumane conditions (do some research on it), and then thrown into slavery. As if the slavery wasn't bad enough, murdering at will and killing for fun became common practice for this race. How did it happen? The American public was convinced that they were animals and not really people. This supported the idea that anything could be done to them without guilt. All men were created equal, but not the dark skinned ones....
- 1930's, 40's: German citizens were not inherently mindless killers and filled with hatred toward the Jews. Hitler successfully used the public to help exterminate Jews by convincing the citizens that they were not really people, therefore they could be eradicated.
- 1973 to present: Despite the fact that a child was born 21 weeks after gestation (9.5 inches long, and just about 10 ounces) and survived to be a healthy fully formed baby, despite the fact that we now have video evidence of a "fetus" reacting to the pain of being covered with acid and being ripped out of a womb, despite the millions of cases of women emotionally collapsing post-aborting, despite the fact that some killers of pregnant moms are charged with double murders, the current attitude of the American public is that pregnancy is a choice and those things growing inside of mothers are fetuses and not people. Amazing how we know that they are already people, but still pretend otherwise. We are being convinced that they are not people! Just like the other mass murders! And in the world right now, every minute 89 babies are aborted. I am not even getting into moral issues here...just talking straight philosophy. Anyone else see the enormous disconnect?
Dehumanizing people groups give us full rights to do what we want...
My own thoughts: I am pro-choice in the sense that...isn't it ones choice to get into bed with someone they don't want to have a child with...sorry if this is too blatantly honest, but can't people just stinkin' keep their pants on? Sheesh....
History:
- 1492 and on - The early settlers of what would become the USA, weren't necessarily born killers. As time went on, however, especially in the 1800's, the decision to take all of the land that the continent could provide from Native Americans by slaughter and government lies supported the notion that NA were not really people. Therefore, there land could be taken, but even more sad, we could exterminate hundreds of thousands of them.....
- 1800's and early 1900's: African Americans. Brought over on boats with unbelievably inhumane conditions (do some research on it), and then thrown into slavery. As if the slavery wasn't bad enough, murdering at will and killing for fun became common practice for this race. How did it happen? The American public was convinced that they were animals and not really people. This supported the idea that anything could be done to them without guilt. All men were created equal, but not the dark skinned ones....
- 1930's, 40's: German citizens were not inherently mindless killers and filled with hatred toward the Jews. Hitler successfully used the public to help exterminate Jews by convincing the citizens that they were not really people, therefore they could be eradicated.
- 1973 to present: Despite the fact that a child was born 21 weeks after gestation (9.5 inches long, and just about 10 ounces) and survived to be a healthy fully formed baby, despite the fact that we now have video evidence of a "fetus" reacting to the pain of being covered with acid and being ripped out of a womb, despite the millions of cases of women emotionally collapsing post-aborting, despite the fact that some killers of pregnant moms are charged with double murders, the current attitude of the American public is that pregnancy is a choice and those things growing inside of mothers are fetuses and not people. Amazing how we know that they are already people, but still pretend otherwise. We are being convinced that they are not people! Just like the other mass murders! And in the world right now, every minute 89 babies are aborted. I am not even getting into moral issues here...just talking straight philosophy. Anyone else see the enormous disconnect?
Dehumanizing people groups give us full rights to do what we want...
My own thoughts: I am pro-choice in the sense that...isn't it ones choice to get into bed with someone they don't want to have a child with...sorry if this is too blatantly honest, but can't people just stinkin' keep their pants on? Sheesh....
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Back to quotes...
Here is a quote from a really good article I read recently...
When the church takes a stance that emphasizes political activism and social moralizing, it always diverts energy and resources away from evangelization. Such an antagonistic position toward the established secular culture invariably leads believers to feel hostile not only to unsaved government leaders with whom they disagree, but also antagonistic toward the unsaved residents of that culture—neighbors and fellow citizens they ought to love, pray for, and share the gospel with. To me it is unthinkable that we become enemies of the very people we seek to win to Christ, our potential brothers and sisters in the Lord.
Thoughts?
When the church takes a stance that emphasizes political activism and social moralizing, it always diverts energy and resources away from evangelization. Such an antagonistic position toward the established secular culture invariably leads believers to feel hostile not only to unsaved government leaders with whom they disagree, but also antagonistic toward the unsaved residents of that culture—neighbors and fellow citizens they ought to love, pray for, and share the gospel with. To me it is unthinkable that we become enemies of the very people we seek to win to Christ, our potential brothers and sisters in the Lord.
Thoughts?
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
At a Recent Barack Obama Event
I have to admit, my first thought was total sarcasm...
"Really? you really think this is representing Christ?"
My second thought was just pure frustration, bordering on anger....
Your thoughts?
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Nature (Humanity) vs. Nuture (Gospel)
I know I promised to bring information from other sources, but I have been thinking a lot about this, and I am curious of your thoughts on the matter.
Fact #1: Our human nature teaches us to care about ourselves and serve ourselves in any way possible. Not to say that sometimes we in our human nature reach out to another human being to offer assistance especially in times of extreme need (natural disasters. family losses, etc.)
Fact #2: The Nuture, what we can be trained to follow is the Nature of Christ, which is a complete oxymoron to the way of the world. There are countless scripture about not conforming to the way of the world. In my personal opinion, in the top 5 ways that we act like Christ and not the world, is the fact that we should be more concerned about our brother than ourselves. That is true humility, true love, true sacrifice, etc.
Now, here is my question. We know that Fact #1 is bad and Fact #2 is what we should strive to be.
Why do so many of our lives look so much like a polar opposite to Christ and worse than that, if we were to be confronted about it, we have what we think is a strong defense for our actions...
i.e.:
- shopping for ourselves all the time
- gossiping about others knowing it is wrong
- just being a jerk, making people not want to be in your company
- always telling stories about how great we are
- never talking about Christ's life or the things He has done in our life
- thinking that being born in a certain country makes us entitled to certain rights and freedoms, forgetting that human being just like us are daily suffering and we just don't care
this list could go on forever...
Disclaimer: I am NOT saying I am perfect, but can SOMEONE shed some light on this please?
Fact #1: Our human nature teaches us to care about ourselves and serve ourselves in any way possible. Not to say that sometimes we in our human nature reach out to another human being to offer assistance especially in times of extreme need (natural disasters. family losses, etc.)
Fact #2: The Nuture, what we can be trained to follow is the Nature of Christ, which is a complete oxymoron to the way of the world. There are countless scripture about not conforming to the way of the world. In my personal opinion, in the top 5 ways that we act like Christ and not the world, is the fact that we should be more concerned about our brother than ourselves. That is true humility, true love, true sacrifice, etc.
Now, here is my question. We know that Fact #1 is bad and Fact #2 is what we should strive to be.
Why do so many of our lives look so much like a polar opposite to Christ and worse than that, if we were to be confronted about it, we have what we think is a strong defense for our actions...
i.e.:
- shopping for ourselves all the time
- gossiping about others knowing it is wrong
- just being a jerk, making people not want to be in your company
- always telling stories about how great we are
- never talking about Christ's life or the things He has done in our life
- thinking that being born in a certain country makes us entitled to certain rights and freedoms, forgetting that human being just like us are daily suffering and we just don't care
this list could go on forever...
Disclaimer: I am NOT saying I am perfect, but can SOMEONE shed some light on this please?
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
I'm back on 9.11
$600,000 was given to FEMA who used the money to research what happened on 9.11 that allowed the towers to fall, etc.
$40,000,000 was given to the investigation of former president Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky's relationship.
Really? Unbelievable.
$40,000,000 was given to the investigation of former president Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky's relationship.
Really? Unbelievable.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Holidays
A challenge:
Without researching, tell me what you know about the real lives of the people we have "holidays" for in the US...
- St. Nicholas
- St. Patrick
- St. Valentine
Without researching, tell me what you know about the real lives of the people we have "holidays" for in the US...
- St. Nicholas
- St. Patrick
- St. Valentine
Monday, July 14, 2008
Are these the words of my Jesus?
Recently, McDonald's, took an unashamed stance in favor of the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual) community. I know that for some of the people reading this, it may stir up something in you to want to fight for morality. I challenge you though. Before you get riled up about it, read some of these comments, and then please comment on my blog and reassure me that there words are similar to what Jesus would say to the people of McDonald's if he were to make a statement.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Porn and Economic Stimulus
This is a little out of my ordinary posts, but I found it very intriguing and very disappointing. Looks like all that money was put to good use...or not.
According to Kirk Mishkin, Head Research Consultant for AIMRCo, "Many of the sites we surveyed have reported 20-30% growth in membership rates since mid-May when the checks were first sent out, and typically the summer is a slow period for this market."
(referring to internet porn sites, and the check being the economic stimulus checks from the gov.)
Another random and equally saddening fact: Every second - $3,075.64 is being spent on pornography
According to Kirk Mishkin, Head Research Consultant for AIMRCo, "Many of the sites we surveyed have reported 20-30% growth in membership rates since mid-May when the checks were first sent out, and typically the summer is a slow period for this market."
(referring to internet porn sites, and the check being the economic stimulus checks from the gov.)
Another random and equally saddening fact: Every second - $3,075.64 is being spent on pornography
Monday, June 30, 2008
Quote Blog #1
To which do we pledge allegiance? Surely, one of them must have the wrong idea of how to move history. Can a servant serve two masters? To say that we must kill our enemies and join the project to "rid the world of evil" is to call Jesus unrealistic. And that is possibly desirable for many; surely his ideas do not resonate with any common wisdom. But can you call Jesus the Son of God and also say, "He just doesn't understand the world today"? How ironic is it to see a bumper sticker that says, "Jesus is the answer-but not in the real world." Remember, Jesus' followers were burned alive, beheaded, or fed to lions. They knew evil and the "real world." They would meet it face to face. If there was anyone who tried to deal with evildoers and terrorists, it was certainly first-century Christians.
- Shane Claiborne, Jesus For President
My thoughts: self-explanatory...thoughts?
- Shane Claiborne, Jesus For President
My thoughts: self-explanatory...thoughts?
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Intense Sermon
This sermon is intense...it is kind of long, but I REALLY want to know your thoughts...especially about the first 15 minutes of the video...
Sunday, June 15, 2008
New Blog Format
Hey All,
I can't write this in stone, but I think I have decided to change the format of this blog. I would like to post a quote and a few thoughts of mine and then get your reaction. I am just tired of listening to myself rant on ignorance and emotion, but I do read a decent amount and feel that many things I read are provocative and discussion starting. So, I know not many people read this, but hang on...it may get intense...I would absolutely love your thoughts!
Blessings!
I can't write this in stone, but I think I have decided to change the format of this blog. I would like to post a quote and a few thoughts of mine and then get your reaction. I am just tired of listening to myself rant on ignorance and emotion, but I do read a decent amount and feel that many things I read are provocative and discussion starting. So, I know not many people read this, but hang on...it may get intense...I would absolutely love your thoughts!
Blessings!
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Anonymous
I recently finished a book entitled Anonymous by Alicia Britt Chole. The subtitle is "Jesus' hidden years and yours" and it is basically about the in-between stages of life that we go through where we feel we aren't being used for the kingdom to the best of our abilities, or even some times like no one notices or cares how much we are capable of.Here are some quotable quotes from the book I wanted to share:
"Have you ever felt hidden? If so, you are in Excellent Company. The most influential life in all of history spent 90 percent of his days submerged in the unseen. During three mostly undocumented, undecorated decades, Father God empowered him to live an authoritative, obedient life and die and eternally fruitful death."
"'I want to walk like Jesus walked and live like Jesus lived!' is generally not equated in our hearts with, 'I want to live 90 percent of my life in absolute obscurity!'. No. Our desire to 'be like Jesus' contains several exemption clauses, not the least of which are Jesus' hidden years, desert experiences, temptations, tortures, and crucifixion. We will pass on those, thank you. What we are most definitiely interested in, however is Jesus' character and authority. How we long to see his character and authority transform this broken world through our lives!"
And I just really like this story: :-)
"I leave then with a shot story that came to me years ago about a young boy obviously destined for greatness.
Whenever I am disappointed with me spot in life, I stop and think about the little boy who was trying out for a part in a school play. His mother told me that he'd set his heart on being in it, though she feared he would not be chosen. On the day the parts were awarded, I went with her to collect him after school. The boy rushed up to her, eyes shining with pride and excitement. 'Guess what, mom,' he shouted, and then said those words that will remain a lesson to me: 'I've been chosen to clap and cheer.'"
If any of these quotes meant anything to you, I would definitely recommend the book. Reading it really helped me in this season of my life, and taught me to be obedient in all I do, and trust and KNOW that the Lord is not only planning my steps, but that he is building me into who I need to be for the rest of my time on this earth....
Monday, December 03, 2007
The Golden Compass, Harry Potter, and the like...
I know I haven't posted in forever, but an article I read today has brought me out of my seclusion and has single-handedly made me decide to post more...ha...
I saw a headline for this article and decided to check it out.
(reading it might held explain this post better)
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=
071204003305.4utrub9c&show_article=1
Basically, the article is saying how upset some prominent Christians groups are over the release of the new movie, the Golden Compass. Essentially, the short version of the movie, as I understand it, is that it is Narnia, but the Jesus figure stays dead at the end. The movie is based on a book written by an Agnostic, Philip Pullman.
I will try and keep this short and sweet (or not, it's sort of like flipping tables, ha). I am so tired of "Christian groups" making all of these "statements" and getting non-believers hating us more and making the believers who are always on edge, wanting to make sure not to have satan (lowercase "s" intentional, he doesn't capitalization) himself enter their household through any form of media.
Here's the deal: when we act like this, it solidifies the fact that we are ran by rules. This is not attractive. People do not want to join "organized religion". For goodness sakes, I don't even want to join organized religion.
When it comes to making the right choices in what you view, be smart. Not everything is beneficial, I agree, but watching this Golden Compass movie, or reading Harry Potter books is not going to send you to hell. An anti-Jesus movie should break our hearts and make us want to know Him better...not enrage us, and cause us to pick up our morality pitchforks and start calling our senators and state representatives.
The point: Christ doesn't stinking need defending...He is the Christ...the Alpha and Omega. He is the I am. He can raise people from the dead, and turn water into wine (not for getting drunk of course :-)). He is bigger than The Golden Compass, and Harry Potter. Spend your time in the Word, not defending Christ to the media...this will bring real change...and that's what we should want...not whining, but change...
Friday, February 23, 2007
My Dad's Blog
Normally I do not do this sort of thing. Almost everything that my dad posts is pretty good and interesting, but this series he is on right now is not only thought provoking, but I believe it could lead to a mass discussion on the things that need to be changed about the church in the U.S. and no matter what you believe, let me tell you, that would be a good thing.
I posted on the issue of combining politics and religion a while ago, and I only wrote a very short tangent of a piece, but my dad's series go into great lengths. The posts are very well written and the comment board is worth reading through as well.
I will put the web address at the end of this post, but for future reference, there is always a link on the right side of my page.
Also...feel free to comment on the topic on my blog, on this post, if you want to...blessings!
Beside the Point
I posted on the issue of combining politics and religion a while ago, and I only wrote a very short tangent of a piece, but my dad's series go into great lengths. The posts are very well written and the comment board is worth reading through as well.
I will put the web address at the end of this post, but for future reference, there is always a link on the right side of my page.
Also...feel free to comment on the topic on my blog, on this post, if you want to...blessings!
Beside the Point
Monday, February 19, 2007
Purpose
So, as many of you know, for the past 8 months or so, I have been just going crazy on what I should be doing with my life. Whether I should move away from State College, or stay for a little while. Well, after quite a bit of wisdom from a friend and a word from the Lord that someone gave me, I have come to these conclusions...
Purpose is not found in what you are doing at any given time, occupationally, it is about your identity in Christ and who he made you to be.
Life is about what drives you, not to please yourself, but to become who you should be, and to be who you are. So many people live their lives outside of what they were intended to be. Sitting at a desk everyday when risk and action drives them. Being a manager at a fast food restaurant when they should be touring the country singing.
Sometimes it's fear, sometimes it is people in the past who have told us we couldn't do it, but either way, it is time we live up to our potential.
If you love what you are doing, then you are living inside the design that God had for your life when He made you, on purpose the way he did.
If you have always had the desire to sing, then do it! If you want to take a job position that you are deathly afraid of, then do it! Life without an edge, whatever that looks like to you, is not much of a life at all...
Purpose is not found in what you are doing at any given time, occupationally, it is about your identity in Christ and who he made you to be.
Life is about what drives you, not to please yourself, but to become who you should be, and to be who you are. So many people live their lives outside of what they were intended to be. Sitting at a desk everyday when risk and action drives them. Being a manager at a fast food restaurant when they should be touring the country singing.
Sometimes it's fear, sometimes it is people in the past who have told us we couldn't do it, but either way, it is time we live up to our potential.
If you love what you are doing, then you are living inside the design that God had for your life when He made you, on purpose the way he did.
If you have always had the desire to sing, then do it! If you want to take a job position that you are deathly afraid of, then do it! Life without an edge, whatever that looks like to you, is not much of a life at all...
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Rejecting the Cross
I have sat in many services before angry with the people attending. Some have been adults, some teenagers, but the common thread is a complete disregard for what the Lord did for them…
After all, gods are just beings who watch humans. They chuckle when they trip and they sit around talking about how smart humans think they are - a conversation filled with thunderous laughter no doubt.
The uniqueness of the cross is that my God…the true, one and only, God of gods, King of kings, became man by being born to a virgin. Mary should have been stoned for being pregnant outside of marriage. Jesus really was an illegitimate child in man’s eyes. He was a carpenter. Not a religious scholar, not a prince, not a business world leader, not even above average. God became man.
He pursued sinners. He didn’t care what it looked like to be hanging out with prostitutes, drunkards, lepers, and adulterers - he came to heal the sick, not the healthy.
Are you realizing the ADACITY of this? This is ridiculous. No god would do that for mankind. Not unless He created them, loved them, and wanted to make a way for them to spend eternity with him. Wow.
To top it all off, He humbled himself and was crucified on a cross - a thief’s punishment - even though he was without sin.
So, I sat there, angry at the teenager in front of me who kept turning around and talking with her friends and laughing during the message. I wasn’t angry because of disrespect for the speaker (although that is frustrating too), I was angry because when we forget what Christ did and live complacently, we reject everything he did for us.
We reject the cross.
Monday, September 04, 2006
Experience vs. People
What in the world does it mean to be Christlike? In an effort to figure this out, my thoughts drifted to this topic...
A lot of times our lives, as believers are driven by experiences. A lot of times devotions is done so that can be checked off the spiritual checklist, or the kids sitting along at the lunch table has someone to sit with so that others can see how great we are.
More rarely, yet more like Christ, our lives are driven by people...well, actually the love for people that the Lord has given us. We sit and listen to someone talk about their terrible life for hours, or we volunteer at a soup kitchen without people that we know, or we give our jacket to a homeless person in the winter, not because we want to be seen by people, but because we want to love people like Christ would.
Many of you know of some of my frustrations with girls/boys, men/women around my age, quite frankly searching for a spouse. Now, I am only talking to believers when I say this. If you are in a relationship for the feel good, to be able to say you are in a relationship, or (Lord, please let it not be so) for the ring, then you are in it for the experience and not the person.
Am I saying that experience is always bad and that you can't ever make smart decisions for yourself...not at all...but I am saying that no matter what, make sure that love for the Lord and for his people (that's everyone, saved and unsaved, sorry John Calvin), is your motivator and not your pursuit of great feelings and acknowledgement from men...because that will all fade...
A lot of times our lives, as believers are driven by experiences. A lot of times devotions is done so that can be checked off the spiritual checklist, or the kids sitting along at the lunch table has someone to sit with so that others can see how great we are.
More rarely, yet more like Christ, our lives are driven by people...well, actually the love for people that the Lord has given us. We sit and listen to someone talk about their terrible life for hours, or we volunteer at a soup kitchen without people that we know, or we give our jacket to a homeless person in the winter, not because we want to be seen by people, but because we want to love people like Christ would.
Many of you know of some of my frustrations with girls/boys, men/women around my age, quite frankly searching for a spouse. Now, I am only talking to believers when I say this. If you are in a relationship for the feel good, to be able to say you are in a relationship, or (Lord, please let it not be so) for the ring, then you are in it for the experience and not the person.
Am I saying that experience is always bad and that you can't ever make smart decisions for yourself...not at all...but I am saying that no matter what, make sure that love for the Lord and for his people (that's everyone, saved and unsaved, sorry John Calvin), is your motivator and not your pursuit of great feelings and acknowledgement from men...because that will all fade...
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
The Buzz about Greg Boyd
Well, if you didn't hear all about it in the news, then you missed out. This week, there was an article about Greg Boyd who is the pastor at Woodland Hills in St. Paul. The NY Times article (link below) described the reaction of his church when he delivered a series of sermons called The Cross and the Sword.To stay away from blabbering my own opinions, I would be interested in what you all think. The link is below, so check it out, and comment about your opinion concerning the things he said on my page. (if you comment, then I will respond in the comments section :-)).
The NY Times' story
Blessings!
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