HE is risen!
When The Christ breathed his last breath on that cross, designed for maximum torture effect, one of the supernatural things that happened was the thick curtain that separated the Holy of Holies from the rest of the temple was torn open.
Thus, as Paul states in 1 Timothy 2:5; For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.
Through no initial actions of my own, in fact, in my natural born state I was incapable of any action, Christ bore the righteous wrath of God for my sin.
I love Him, because he first loved me.
It is about a relationship, not religion.
Happy Easter
Showing posts with label faith. Show all posts
Showing posts with label faith. Show all posts
Sunday, April 1, 2018
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
The Purge... and other ramblings
Word is, that the tube of you, or should it be called Ewetube (for the sheeple) is going to be purging all firearm related sites and postings. We already know the book of about-face has some pretty serious conservative-filtering Al Gore-rythyms.
How long, do you suppose, before google and other blog hosting sites start doing the same? After all, Ewetube is google.
Wouldn't it be an interesting experiment to search for videos that are posted of people's "World of Warefare" and similar gaming sessions and start tagging all of those as "inappropriate"?
Of course, all the movie trailers that glorify "gun" violence from the movies that make the hypocrites wealthy would need to be tagged as well.
I wonder how that would go?...
Rhetorical question; Why separate and specify "gun" violence? To me, that implies that other forms of violence are acceptable.
Saw a great meme yesterday.
It's also a bit disheartening, as I see this as a way that the statement of "A good guy with a gun stopping a bad guy with a gun" will get twisted to make currently lawful firearm owners outlaws and "bad guys"
I saw a short conversation on social media yesterday where someone claimed to know (not in a happy way) that this March For Our Lives movement is VERY well funded (Gee, what a surprise!) with meetings in towns and cities across the country. This may be an astroturf movement that retains some perceived legitimacy.
What's that saying? "Beware the power of large numbers of stupid people"?
It seems to me that this country's drain-circling is getting a tighter and faster trajectory.
OK! Enough depressing thoughts! Easter is this weekend!
HE IS RISEN!! HE IS RISEN, INDEED!
How long, do you suppose, before google and other blog hosting sites start doing the same? After all, Ewetube is google.
Wouldn't it be an interesting experiment to search for videos that are posted of people's "World of Warefare" and similar gaming sessions and start tagging all of those as "inappropriate"?
Of course, all the movie trailers that glorify "gun" violence from the movies that make the hypocrites wealthy would need to be tagged as well.
I wonder how that would go?...
Rhetorical question; Why separate and specify "gun" violence? To me, that implies that other forms of violence are acceptable.
Saw a great meme yesterday.
It's also a bit disheartening, as I see this as a way that the statement of "A good guy with a gun stopping a bad guy with a gun" will get twisted to make currently lawful firearm owners outlaws and "bad guys"
I saw a short conversation on social media yesterday where someone claimed to know (not in a happy way) that this March For Our Lives movement is VERY well funded (Gee, what a surprise!) with meetings in towns and cities across the country. This may be an astroturf movement that retains some perceived legitimacy.
What's that saying? "Beware the power of large numbers of stupid people"?
It seems to me that this country's drain-circling is getting a tighter and faster trajectory.
OK! Enough depressing thoughts! Easter is this weekend!
HE IS RISEN!! HE IS RISEN, INDEED!
Friday, February 16, 2018
It takes a village?
There are numerous random yet related thoughts cascading through my pea-brain after perusing through the sewer of social media, the general media and the expectant reactions to current events from Florida.
It goes without saying that both sides of the disarmament debate come out in predictable fashion on the normal talking points. The gun grabbers don't wait for the smoke to clear and blood to flow before insisting that America needs to "turn them all in"! Those cherishing this country's foundation, freedom and the Constitution quickly offer the rebuttals.
One aspect that is increasingly bothering me is the ramping up rhetoric over mental illness. Please don't misunderstand where I'm going; Mental illness is a very real danger and does need to be addressed. Unfortunately this is a general issue that has been increasing for years and for many debatable reasons.
What concerns me is the high potential for the "mental illness" aspect to become a slippery slope of denial of freedoms. What is mental illness? Who defines it? We've already witnessed the prior administration try to limit veterans. According to Joyless Behar, those who profess a faith in Christ are mentally ill.
Are we being subvertly herded into that corner? I believe those who are in the positions of (real) power on the side of reducing the common person's freedoms know that the cliche anti-gun arguments don't work. Time for another approach.
What's the old saying about getting a neighbor to agree to putting up a fence? Make him think it was his idea!
So, back to mental illness. Almost every one of these killers has had someone in their lives that knew that something was askew. Hildabeast wrote a book a number of years ago about it taking a village to raise a child. While I don't subscribe to probably ANYTHING that woman (I use that term loosely) believes, perhaps the key to this problem is friends/ family members to be more proactive, not intrusive oversight by a rigid government with un-ending laws and regulations. Yeah, I'm being idealistic. I'm coming from a perspective of one who has a teenage stepson who doesn't present with "mental illness", but I know he has some serious anger issues. When he is in my home, any firearms I may or may not have are locked away. We have made it a point to not let him be aware that there may be firearms in the house. I don't want to be "that guy" that allowed someone access to things with which they could create carnage.
I don't know what the general, legislative answer is. I do know that a depraved heart separate from the redeeming and renewing work of Christ is capable of evil beyond our imaginations.
It goes without saying that both sides of the disarmament debate come out in predictable fashion on the normal talking points. The gun grabbers don't wait for the smoke to clear and blood to flow before insisting that America needs to "turn them all in"! Those cherishing this country's foundation, freedom and the Constitution quickly offer the rebuttals.
One aspect that is increasingly bothering me is the ramping up rhetoric over mental illness. Please don't misunderstand where I'm going; Mental illness is a very real danger and does need to be addressed. Unfortunately this is a general issue that has been increasing for years and for many debatable reasons.
What concerns me is the high potential for the "mental illness" aspect to become a slippery slope of denial of freedoms. What is mental illness? Who defines it? We've already witnessed the prior administration try to limit veterans. According to Joyless Behar, those who profess a faith in Christ are mentally ill.
Are we being subvertly herded into that corner? I believe those who are in the positions of (real) power on the side of reducing the common person's freedoms know that the cliche anti-gun arguments don't work. Time for another approach.
What's the old saying about getting a neighbor to agree to putting up a fence? Make him think it was his idea!
So, back to mental illness. Almost every one of these killers has had someone in their lives that knew that something was askew. Hildabeast wrote a book a number of years ago about it taking a village to raise a child. While I don't subscribe to probably ANYTHING that woman (I use that term loosely) believes, perhaps the key to this problem is friends/ family members to be more proactive, not intrusive oversight by a rigid government with un-ending laws and regulations. Yeah, I'm being idealistic. I'm coming from a perspective of one who has a teenage stepson who doesn't present with "mental illness", but I know he has some serious anger issues. When he is in my home, any firearms I may or may not have are locked away. We have made it a point to not let him be aware that there may be firearms in the house. I don't want to be "that guy" that allowed someone access to things with which they could create carnage.
I don't know what the general, legislative answer is. I do know that a depraved heart separate from the redeeming and renewing work of Christ is capable of evil beyond our imaginations.
Monday, March 28, 2016
Pastoral conversation
This is a conversation I had with our pastor yesterday. I'm posting this since Murph's leg is feeling better, he needs to have something that pains him.
I happened to be in the one kid's area where my lovely bride teaches Sunday school when the pastor came to get his kids. She proceeded to tell him the question she posed to the kids for the morning's lesson. "Why is important that Jesus rose from the grave?"
As a quick and brief discussion ensued, I added the comment that not only is Christ the Bread of Life, but also the yeast, as He is risen.
The pastor responded with "This I say to the yeast of these"
I responded, "Well, today is Yeaster!"
I hope you all had a glorious day of remembrance.
I happened to be in the one kid's area where my lovely bride teaches Sunday school when the pastor came to get his kids. She proceeded to tell him the question she posed to the kids for the morning's lesson. "Why is important that Jesus rose from the grave?"
As a quick and brief discussion ensued, I added the comment that not only is Christ the Bread of Life, but also the yeast, as He is risen.
The pastor responded with "This I say to the yeast of these"
I responded, "Well, today is Yeaster!"
I hope you all had a glorious day of remembrance.
Thursday, December 24, 2015
I've got nothing...
I have nothing of my own that I feel worthwhile to post, so I'm re-posting something from a friend's blog.
This video is pretty well done. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.
May you have an awesome Christmas.
May you have an awesome Christmas.
Thursday, November 26, 2015
Thanksgiving
Hoping that all who peruse this blog have an enjoyable Thanksgiving Day.
We have much to be thankful for, in spite of current events.
As a believer in the Risen Lord Jesus Christ, my thanksgiving goes beyond tangible things, though I have much to be thankful for in that realm as well.
We have much to be thankful for, in spite of current events.
As a believer in the Risen Lord Jesus Christ, my thanksgiving goes beyond tangible things, though I have much to be thankful for in that realm as well.
Sunday, April 5, 2015
Resurection Day
The message this morning was on the text found in John 20. For me, anyway, there were a couple of prominent take-away thoughts. John (as also found in the other accounts) describes how the stone used to seal the tomb was rolled away. I have heard over the years how this would not have been an easy task, given the typical size and weight of the stone and that there were Roman soldiers guarding the tomb. This was not done for Christ to be able to get out. He didn't require it, but for our sake to get in.
Also, John describes in chapter 20, verses 5-8 how he stopped and stooped to look into the tomb, but did not go in until after Peter. He then went in and believed. We cannot stand at the doorway and just look in. We must go into the tomb to believe. An add-on thought I had to that is the analogy that we must enter the tomb and leave our unbelief in the grave.
It has been a good day weekend of remembrance. Of what Christ has done and accomplished for me, so that I could be reconciled to God, to give me a new identity.
Also, John describes in chapter 20, verses 5-8 how he stopped and stooped to look into the tomb, but did not go in until after Peter. He then went in and believed. We cannot stand at the doorway and just look in. We must go into the tomb to believe. An add-on thought I had to that is the analogy that we must enter the tomb and leave our unbelief in the grave.
It has been a good
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Crime comes to visit
Fortunately, it didn't come to visit at our home. Instead it happened in the parking lot at our local big-box mart.
The Mrs. had done some shopping and had a cart full of goods that she had just started to load in the trunk. Her purse was in the top seat section. A red pick-up truck pulled up next to her and the driver reached out his window, grabbed her purse and took off.
My lovely bride has a way of always seeing God's positive influence in almost every situation. This is no different and as violated as one can feel given the circumstance, it certainly could have been worse.
Fortunately, this opportunistic slug of flesh was content with a simple snatch and run and not accosting anyone. My wife tends to be a fighter when cornered and her first instinct was to get in the car and chase after the guy. But when she went to get in the car, her son (14yrs old) was not there as he should have been, as he stayed in the car while she was shopping, but had wandered off to another store in the plaza. Without him being in the car, she wasn't going to go anywhere, which was good, because pursuing after this scumbag would not have been a wise idea. God looking out for her.
Another thing, this past weekend she had cleaned out and organized her purse, so she had a pretty good grasp of everything she had in it and a refresher of all the various cards (bank, discount, credit) that she needed to cancel. God looking out for her.
When we bought our house three years ago, she had attempted to change the address on her drivers license, but being post 911 security silliness, WV requires 5 generations of family name history, birth, death, marriage and divorce documentation and a utility bill in your name with current address, so she got frustrated and put it off for a later time, which had not yet come. The address on her drivers license is an old address, should the purse snatcher decide to try and up the ante. God looking out for her.
She doesn't think there was anything else with easily identifiable location info in her purse, but the health insurance card did have all our names on it.
Of biggest relief, her phone was in the car and the car keys were in her hand. Had the thief absconded with her phone would have been a nightmare of almost epic proportions. The amount of personal and work related info on that thing is scary, even though it's password protected. I'm sure the NSA would not be willing to give us the back-up info, either. God certainly looking out for her.
Of the biggest disappointment, the purse was a Coach (I guess that's a nice one?) that was a gift from her co-workers. I guess by now it's probably been tossed into a ditch along the road somewhere.
The take away lesson is to always be vigilant of ones surroundings. She had turned her back to the cart for only a moment, to quickly get things in the car in the pouring rain. This is certainly a case against the concealed carry purses that some women use, but I'm not a fan of off-body carry anyway.
The Mrs. had done some shopping and had a cart full of goods that she had just started to load in the trunk. Her purse was in the top seat section. A red pick-up truck pulled up next to her and the driver reached out his window, grabbed her purse and took off.
My lovely bride has a way of always seeing God's positive influence in almost every situation. This is no different and as violated as one can feel given the circumstance, it certainly could have been worse.
Fortunately, this opportunistic slug of flesh was content with a simple snatch and run and not accosting anyone. My wife tends to be a fighter when cornered and her first instinct was to get in the car and chase after the guy. But when she went to get in the car, her son (14yrs old) was not there as he should have been, as he stayed in the car while she was shopping, but had wandered off to another store in the plaza. Without him being in the car, she wasn't going to go anywhere, which was good, because pursuing after this scumbag would not have been a wise idea. God looking out for her.
Another thing, this past weekend she had cleaned out and organized her purse, so she had a pretty good grasp of everything she had in it and a refresher of all the various cards (bank, discount, credit) that she needed to cancel. God looking out for her.
When we bought our house three years ago, she had attempted to change the address on her drivers license, but being post 911 security silliness, WV requires 5 generations of family name history, birth, death, marriage and divorce documentation and a utility bill in your name with current address, so she got frustrated and put it off for a later time, which had not yet come. The address on her drivers license is an old address, should the purse snatcher decide to try and up the ante. God looking out for her.
She doesn't think there was anything else with easily identifiable location info in her purse, but the health insurance card did have all our names on it.
Of biggest relief, her phone was in the car and the car keys were in her hand. Had the thief absconded with her phone would have been a nightmare of almost epic proportions. The amount of personal and work related info on that thing is scary, even though it's password protected. I'm sure the NSA would not be willing to give us the back-up info, either. God certainly looking out for her.
Of the biggest disappointment, the purse was a Coach (I guess that's a nice one?) that was a gift from her co-workers. I guess by now it's probably been tossed into a ditch along the road somewhere.
The take away lesson is to always be vigilant of ones surroundings. She had turned her back to the cart for only a moment, to quickly get things in the car in the pouring rain. This is certainly a case against the concealed carry purses that some women use, but I'm not a fan of off-body carry anyway.
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Redefining Terrorism?
I place very little faith and even less trust in this current administration and its agenda. They do have a history of changing definitions. I really have to wonder (it's not a very long stretch of idea) if the recent "Summit on Extremism" and this president's refusal to acknowledge the base behind the current slaughters is just another step in redefinition. I don't see it as much of a side step to suddenly include freedom loving people willing to defend the Constitution and people willing to profess the name of Christ (no, it's not a cuss word) under the ambiguous umbrella of extremism.
Of course, if the SPLC declares someone or an organization as worthy of being watched and scrutinized, then it has to be accurate. Right?!
And the effort to convince us that what the terror groups really need are jobs for them to lay down their weapons? Please. Spare me the diatribe. Then Marie Harf goes on to claim that the administrations position on this is "too nuanced" for us to understand?
We understand, alright. We understand.
All of this makes me think of Paul's letter to the Ephesians 4:13, 14:
13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.
Of course, if the SPLC declares someone or an organization as worthy of being watched and scrutinized, then it has to be accurate. Right?!
And the effort to convince us that what the terror groups really need are jobs for them to lay down their weapons? Please. Spare me the diatribe. Then Marie Harf goes on to claim that the administrations position on this is "too nuanced" for us to understand?
We understand, alright. We understand.
All of this makes me think of Paul's letter to the Ephesians 4:13, 14:
13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.
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