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Friday, March 6th, 2009Okay, it’s been a little while since I’ve been back to the site, but I have something that’s been sticking in my craw for a few months now. That’s right, I said “craw”.
If you remember my post a few weeks ago about celebrities bowing down and offering servitude to the president while yapping about saving [...]
Let’s Go Life Typecasting: Fishing for Stereotypes
Monday, February 16th, 2009If you ever watch a movie or television show that features a church scene, there are some things you pick up on. They are things I don’t think I would have picked up on before I became a Christian.
What are these things? Read on; I’ll get to them a little later.
But, I noticed a lot [...]
God: The Creator of Creativity
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009Last Sunday in church our minister did a sermon called “Work of Art.” He talked about how God, the Creator, was the ultimate artist. As we sat listening, Marc immediately looked up in Genesis the story of the creation of the Earth. (On the first day God created…) Then he looked at me and said, [...]
Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009A person at a church we used to go to sometimes made comment that her ex-husband was into martial arts. She also said martial arts (I think mainly Oriental) were deeply satanic.
I know…it sounds really silly.
Here’s my confession: I actually bought into it.
It was my first church as a new Christian, so I trusted the [...]
Obama’s New Stimulus Program: Family Planning and Nancy Pelosi
Thursday, January 29th, 2009Obama’s stimulus package is going through Congress and being debated. It’s been both praised and criticized. Though some rave about the brilliance of it, others question why it has hundreds of millions of dollars for family planning services tacked onto it.
Here is a video with Nancy Pelosi talking about why these family planning services are [...]
Pledging to Serve the Public Servant: Celebrities Need to Take a Civics Class
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009My brother in law sent me a link to this video:
His initial comments were about celebrities thinking just because they are celebrities, they’re qualified to dictate our actions and morals.
If you look a little deeper, but not too deep (these are pretty shallow people, even though they’re “involved”), you will find the biggest load of [...]
Barbecue for the Lord: Tasty Meat, Seasonings, and Sacrifice
Friday, January 23rd, 2009Before I was a Christian, I saw Abel’s sacrifice of livestock more pleasing to God than Cain’s grain as God taking favoritism on Abel. It wasn’t until much later that I realized that it was shown to me that it was only because Abel gave his choicest animal (showing real sacrifice) rather than Cain’s offering [...]
Song of Songs: What’s Up With That?
Friday, January 9th, 2009Recently, I heard you will never hear a sermon on Song of Songs because it doesn’t have bullet points. It doesn’t make a definite point and have specific verses one could point to in order to live a better life closer to God. It’s poetry. Actually, it’s a very beautiful poem.
Imagine my surprise when I [...]
5 Great Qualities to Look for in a Church
Monday, January 5th, 2009Yesterday, as I sat in church, I thought over my family’s 2008 church experiences. In the beginning of the year, Marc and I were having a difficult time in the church we’d been a part of for 4 1/2 years. In April, we finally got the courage to discuss our concerns with church leadership. When [...]
Do We Know What It Means to “Fear the Lord”?
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008When I was a kid I heard people say they feared the Lord. Or they’d say something about how we need to fear God, not this world. On K-Love, I frequently hear a commercial that says, “Fear God, not Man.”
As a child, that seemed backwards to me. I was told to pray and God would [...]
