Monday, December 17, 2007

H & M

There is this store called H & M...now i'm no fashion guru or anything, and not a fan of these stores usually, but i found some sweet stuff there. The store in San Fancisco. I got a pretty tight bennie, and cool lil military hat and a cool scraff...all for under $20! Anyways just wanted to share that...picture may come one day but for now nothing...just a thought to share with all

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Willow Creek

Ok so i stole this from copper hills web site and give all credit to Joseph Isaac for posting this on the Copperhill Communtiy Church Blogsite

http://blog.christianitytoday.com/outofur/archives/2007/10/willow_creek_re.html

Basically if you've never heard of Will Creek they are a program driven church to the extreme. I've seen serval specials on Nightline and show like that...so check out the artical. Very interesting

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

For Christ's sake...what are we doing

Well people might see that and think that I'm evil...whatever. I just wanted to share this. I was looking up quotes just randomly. I wanted to print some out and put them on my wall at work so i have something to look at and look to, so i can be constantly reminded of why i live. I decided to look up some Milton quotes since Milton is the man...Half of the quotes i found were so amazing but a little long and a little hard to understand. That's John Milton for ya. anyways i found this quote and it just hit me like a golf club to the side of my head.

"We read not that Christ ever exercised force but once; and that was to drive profane ones out of His temple, not to force them in." - John Milton

Wow...That's all i could think and this thought has been on my mind all day. I've been think of church and people who claim to be Christians. Who claim to do works in Christ's name. I think of the anti-abortion crowd...the anti-gay crowd. What they are doing out there. They are using force to tell these people they are going to hell. They are using methods that's Christ would have never used. Now I'm not saying abortion is good, because i firmly believe it is murder, but to hold a sign screaming and yelling at some girl who maybe 16 and not know whats she's really doing, someone who probably needs to be loved and reached out too. To see that on T.V., in the news, anywhere, saddens me. This goes a little bit with my sex drugs and rock n roll topic of beating people with the bible, who don't realize the need for a savior yet. The same for the anti-homosexual crowd. i see them and i just get sad, because is this the way we treat God's creations. They are sinners just like the rest of us, so why can't they ask for forgiveness and repent from there sins. I know a lot won't and its easy to attack them, but attacking them isn't going to get them to change there ideas and come to the Lord. Not to be so cliche but where is the Love. The Love that God showed all his people. The love that believers need to show. We must stand strong for what we believe, but we gotta show the world what true love is. That love that God showed us by giving us His Son. Sending him to be born to die. Its Christmas time, maybe now would be a good time to really show someone how amazing Christ birth was...a virgin birth of a Boy who would grow up into a Man that would die on a cross so that we could one day pray for Him to save our lives. And he came back to life and lives.

Anyways i know the Milton quote talks about forcing unbelievers into the church...not really bringing them in, but one thought sparked others in my mind and i just felt like a little ranting.

Monday, December 10, 2007

My Wife

This month is Alisons birthday...i just wanted to say something about her...I love her a lot. I am so thankful for her in my life. I really think she is what a wife should be. She has been my helper, she has been fully suportive of what i do, she never discourages me and always encourages me. She makes me a better person. I strive to be better for her, so that i can hopefully make her better, even though i can't think how. She makes me yummy food and helps me be healthy. Because of her i will live a longer life. God really did bless me when he made her and brought her into my life. I can never ask for anything more than her

Friday, December 7, 2007

Ok so...

Ok so...my wife pointed out that all my post for some reason start with this...i think i'm a mess. so next post i'll try to start it differntly, but maybe this is my signature way of starting a post...i don't know...but i just thought this was funny.

Monday, December 3, 2007

Sex Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll

Ok so as you may know i work for an orginization called Free To Be, We go into school teaching them Sexual Abstinance before marriage. We are a non-religious orginization and we teach that there are many physical, emotional, and social reason t0 wait to have sex before marriage. So lately thats whats been on my mind. The reasons to abstain from things. I have a onetruth shirt thats has pictures depicting in a clean way, Sex Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll. it says:



"in a world filled with so much "pleasure", we feel so much dissatisfaction. could it be that we were meant to experience something far greater?"



Now this is a christian company and the message is talking about God and how he made us and wants us to experiance Him, His Son which is far greater than all the worldly pleasures out there. I was thinking how to relate this message though...to a world that doesn't want to hear about God. A world who doesn't understand "the bible says" or "God said". What good is it to teach them something they don't believe? don't get me wrong...teaching the bible is top of my "Things to Do" list. But to tell a sinner the bible says so...is stupid, unless they understand the need for the bible, for a savior, for a loving God in there lives.

So i've been thinking of this message...Sex Drugs Rock and Roll...Why wouldn't it appeal to a world that sees these things as things that the rich people do...things that the popular people do...things famous people do. Watching t.v. and seeing whos in the news it doesn't surprise me that these things appeal to most people. SOOO what can we do to teach this world that these things are empty? What do we do to show the world that theres something more out there? I don't have the answers...i'm still trying to figure it out. But for now i'm out there. I'm out there trying to show people the need for a savior...and if this message fails i try to show them that worldly things will fade and be gone...so i don't know...i just wanted to share these thoughts so thanks for listening.

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