Like all self-respecting blog posts, I will start with a non-backed-up pithy quote. The church (i.e., believers) was not called to change or create a culture; it was called to change people and make disciples. I was thinking about this and started wondering (dangerous!) – it seems like my focus should not be on what [...]
I was thinking during church, oddly enough, about two things our Lord said. “Be anxious for nothing.” “Come unto me, all you who are weary and heavy laden.” Be anxious for nothing. Don’t be stupid, but don’t worry about it! How little we actually do this, it seems. We worry about … at least, it [...]
Well, here’s a different post on the Gospel. I think I wrote earlier about loving Christ and stuff. Well, this time, I thought it’d be interesting to refer to a passage that was read in church on Sunday. Romans 6:22 says that we have been set free from our slavery to sin, and have become [...]
We associate, of course, the “Word of God” with the Bible, right? And, I think that’s probably the general way its used, too, so that makes sense. Interesting, though; what do we associate “the love of God” with? God’s love towards us. Why? What do we associate “the love of money” with? Money’s love towards [...]
This is something that actually really, really bothered me, both because I could see myself in it and because it was sad to hear it. It seems that people involved in the arts… in my case, music… are very critical “by nature” (and, let me say now that being something “by nature” is NOT an [...]
Christ’s love for us is so… well, indescribable. How much He went through for such a WRETCH and such a SINNER as I. For no other reason but for His glory and because of His love. If I can even begin to understand the depth of His love in my life on earth… And this [...]
So, this will be an interesting one. I have been thinking recently… always dangerous, you know. Ok, so, we know idols are bad, right. Yeah. We don’t build golden calves in our rooms. And if we did, we should at least melt them down into bullion and sell it on the black market. Well, so, [...]
Well… this is going to be a little bit of an odd post, I guess. It’s a strange thing to talk about. It seems to me that the American brand of Christianity has really focused on a personal Gospel. Of course, what’s wrong with that? Well, nothing I suppose. But it seems we’ve shifted the [...]
Well, let’s see. Frisbee was fun. Soccer was fun. I can’t remember what I last posted, now, hm. We went to Katharyn’s to study and such last night after dinner, that was fun. I got computer organization and architecture homework almost entirely done, and Biblical Fundamentals reading. And I showed Katharyn the harp piece and [...]
Well, I’m still dissonant. If I could just “get over it,” it’d be easier, but this time, it requires talking to people and saying things I don’t particularly want to. Argh. But, odd timing enough, I just found a thank-you card from Mrs. Dixon/Santa Clarita Baptist Church in my bag from Valentine’s Day, for playing [...]