tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357195282012-02-16T01:56:36.746-08:00Ridiculous Religion, Pretentious Politics, and the Pursuit of Truth. Things are never as they seem.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550457846036397190noreply@blogger.comBlogger1731100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35719528.post-49969668195417337182009-06-14T14:22:00.000-07:002009-06-14T14:23:35.211-07:00

Take a look at this bizarre instructional paragraph from Timothy:"A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner. But women will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in

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Two friends sit down in a coffee shop for some relational exercises: a chat. This, more of a mentor relationship, with one having more life experience, more wisdom, more of everything than the other. The mentored chimes right in as soon as their bottoms hit their seats:"I've been wondering about this project I'm working on; can you help me find a way to get around this hurdle that has just popped

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How Hamas is reasserting itself in Gaza using money, manpower and force.Daily Telegraph articleIt seems a little ridiculous on this side of a retaliation against fresh Hamas rocket attacks in Israel that Israel will be called cruel and disproportionate and 'a bully', but undoubtedly it will happen. Protests, checkered scarfs, fog horns.... what a crazy world.

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In the current invasion of Gaza by Israel to root out and put an end to Hamas rocket attacks, I certainly don't stand in complete solidarity with Israel, but I am far more with Israel than whatever body their enemy chooses to inhabit. In all the coverage I've seen and the articles I've read, there are questions the mainstream media is shamefully not raising.What are the Palestinian people doing,

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550457846036397190noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35719528.post-48120929157513089222009-01-09T23:26:00.005-08:002009-01-10T12:04:49.151-08:00

This post follows: Part 1, Part 2If we can guess at the beginning of the thousand year reign, corresponding with the rise of Charlegmagne, who "is regarded not only as the founding father of both French and German monarchies, but also as the father of Europe: his empire united most of Western Europe for the first time since the Romans, and the Carolingian renaissance encouraged the formation of a

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(Click here for Part 1)Prior to the fulfillment of prophecy, thousands of theories swirl about. I have seen people prove that many people in history and in the present are the antichrist, and they make good cases as to why. Indeed, on this side of fulfillment, our best is guesses, but some are better than others of course, and some are plain illogical.I admit that post-millennialism has a tough

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There are few Christians who view the 1000-year reign of Christ as something that has already happened. Not so few to make it an obscure, irrelevent theology, but it is certainly heavier on the other side of the argument. Those who view the coming of Christ to set up his Kingdom on earth should not expect the marriage of the Lamb and the transfer of the New Jerusalem from heaven to earth until

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As a continuation of my last post, where I made some points about Genesis-prophecies of a pre-tribulation rapture of sorts (in Noah and Lot), I thought I'd add a little about points for the "other side".First, let me say that I don't think the stories of Noah and Lot prove a pre-tribulation rapture, nor was I meaning to say that they do. Simply, there are some seeming prophetic types for a

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The first Christians had no Bible but the Old Testament, and perhaps the use of some of the non-canonical texts like the Book of Enoch. Mostly they relied on the wisdom and teaching of the church Fathers, who had the exact same Bible. It's more prudent of us to search for the truths and prophecies of end-times things in the Old Testament, because the New Testament was written with knowledge

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I have had a lot of time on my hands lately so I've been doing a lot of looking into things and, apart from becoming completely cynical and near-paranoid (in a good way!), I have come to understand some new, "alternative" perspectives on the world. Some not so alternative. I'm going to share with you some of the things I've seen:Zeitgeist: the underground movie everyone is talking about, which

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550457846036397190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35719528.post-62420383514821351452008-12-07T10:58:00.000-08:002008-12-07T10:59:05.258-08:00

As Christians, it is the journey we are on to become whole and perfect beings. It is to correct our engrained nature to reflect the divine "nature" if you can call it that. Let's call the divine "nature" good. Our mission is to become this 'good' that God is, because we are children of 'good' and are alive in the body of the 'good' Christ.Often this begins with guilt as we learn about the divine

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550457846036397190noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35719528.post-15227140488183181932008-12-01T10:27:00.001-08:002008-12-01T10:33:22.406-08:00

A common phrase amongst prayers at the dinner table, I suddenly found it funny the other day, with all my recent study of food, that we would say this prior to consuming some of the garbage we consume. Granted, a lot of our consumption is mindless and based on ignorance, but the habit of asking for a blessing on toxic intake begins to sound ludacris to the one who suddenly discovers what is

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I read an excerpt from a book called The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein here. In it, she describes the actions of people like Milton Friedman in the days, weeks, and months after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Essentially, "within 19 months, with most of the city's poor residents still in exile, New Orleans' public school system had been almost completely

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I have had the actions of Joseph as Governor of Egypt as described in Genesis on my mind as I've watched the unfolding of this whole-world financial crisis. If you're not familiar with the story, here's a quick recap:Joseph was in prison, accused of attempted rape on the Captain of the Guard's wife, when he was brought before Pharaoh as a last resort to interpret dreams that had been plaguing him

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550457846036397190noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35719528.post-30268469725512682602008-11-20T16:57:00.004-08:002008-11-20T17:07:41.918-08:00

“How much?” I asked her with my window rolled down.“What would you like?” She replied, sauntering over to my car – a subtle imitation of playing hard-to-get, which I guess is a turn-on for men who like the thrill of the chase.“I’d like for you to spend the evening at home, out of the cold. How much will it take?” I replied.“What?” came back with a gasp. She was a fish out of water.“How much would

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550457846036397190noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35719528.post-57296635361100189732008-06-13T11:37:00.002-07:002008-06-13T11:40:32.945-07:00

Funny what taking the train does to me. For 140 minutes a day, I sit there, mostly reading and listening to my ipod. When I'm not reading, I'm staring out the window at the morning sun illuminating the high Fraser, or the vibration rings coming to the shore of the Burrard Inlet - it's a beautiful start to any day.I'm always drawn to the people as well - my fellow commuters. And without fail, I

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Once in a while I scare the hell out of myself and think about death. And not just glazing over it, but actually facing it, thinking about what it is to die. I simply cannot fathom the understanding of death by an atheist. How do you consider yourself nothing more than matter and come to accept that death is completely and utterly ceasing to exist? How does one imagine that some day there will be

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550457846036397190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35719528.post-39286056263641207032008-03-29T10:13:00.003-07:002008-03-29T10:20:47.502-07:00

John says that “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” The Word he was referring to was Jesus, and he was speaking of the entrance/coming of Jesus to our world, to creation.I can’t help but be filled with joy at the observation of our creation when I consider deeply the nature of language, of our communication. It’s insanely creative that we can bring

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For as long as I consider myself to have graduated from thinking like a child, I have been perplexed by the purposelessness of life. It seemed to me that being born, growing up, marrying, reproducing, raising children, having them grow up, marry, reproduce, and so on until the day you die is a bit of a waste of time. When all is said and done, it amounts to nothing more than what we started with

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There has got to be one truth, regardless of the limitless number of perceptions, and therefore interpretations, of it. Take yourself for example – unknown in truth by everyone, even your own self. Your spouse could be talking to you, telling you something very important, but in length, so your mind begins to wander. What appears to her as attentive listening (her perception) is actually a façade

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550457846036397190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35719528.post-38777295256099041242008-03-16T20:27:00.001-07:002008-03-16T20:29:35.723-07:00

It seems in us is a need for identity, for self-definition, and separation. We want so much to be either associated or disassociated, known for something or as something, and called a certain way. A lot of this has to do with the ego, whose food is identity, and whose position is lost as we enter ‘the kingdom of heaven’.In our relationship with the world of matter – including our own bodies as

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song by Phil WickhamI close my eyes, I'm trying to listen'cause it's been so long since I heard you speakSend your love, cover over the distance -between you and meOh, how long must I wait for my love?'Cause I need you, oh I need youMy heart is bursting and breaking apartoh my loveCome on and blind my eyes, I'm looking to heavenHolding all your promises against my chestI offer up the life I've

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"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.” Matthew 13:44-46These can give us some great information about the ‘

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We have two enemies as Christians – the famous devil, and the famous flesh. The devil, of course, taught to be omnipresent, omniscient, and interested in our lives; the flesh, something of a mystical concept, but our most real ‘enemy’, if you will. Now the flesh, our body, is also sometimes called ‘the sinful nature’, which will appear more times in the letters than ‘the flesh’.The flesh is the

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It’s too bad the church has been left to the devices of man – it’s too bad there isn’t oversight and governance that isn’t based on faith. Faith tends to be a home wrecker when it gets into the wrong hands. Apart from all the good things faith has done on earth, it is responsible for the most evil things on the earth as well. To stay relevant to the topic, faith has destroyed the church (yeah,

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I hate all the religious indoctrination we get from the dusty old books. Everything from hell to salvation, from Christ to Antichrist – it’s all over-spiritualized to the point where it seems it’s of fairy tale land, and makes absolutely no sense. Everyone needs to question their beliefs and search for the truth.Further to my last post about ‘The Greatest Sin’, in which I wrote about the possible

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The most offensive sin has always been unbelief – in fact it is the root of disobedience. This became especially true after the work of Christ on earth. If the purpose of human life on earth is to be an object of love for the One who is Love, and disbelief in this love caused the fall, and salvation is the belief in the love of God as expressed through the person Jesus, then the greatest sin is

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Objective Ministries has launched a campaign "to make a design change to our Flag, the most visible symbol of our Nation, so that we can educate the ignorant and keep our citizens focused on our cultural values without being led astray by hate-filled, anti-American and anti-Christian demagogues." Here is the proposed new flag..."The thirteen stripes that represent the thirteen founding colonies

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Objective Ministries for Kidz

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It takes a certain level of humility to exercise wisdom, because a lot of the time, wisdom is more about not doing something than doing something. Because often wisdom is in the absence of action, it doesn’t get noticed. No one ever knows what you didn’t do – they only know what you did.If you are in an argument, and you decide to exercise wisdom, and not say the first thing that comes to your

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The problem: It was the fading belief in the magnitude of God’s love for Adam that led to the falls. Adam was created for love, created to be like God in every way, created perfect, without need or want. His desire increased for the things of this world, and his sufficiency in love was disintegrating, so he became of the sexes, and susceptible to all the bestial functions. Love eventually faded

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For this reason, a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. Genesis 2:24The wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. Revelation 19:7Marriage is ‘for this reason’, which I have written out in great detail in Who Was Adam? Who are We? and The Profound Mystery. Because I believe we can learn a lot from the salvation

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My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.Colossians 2 : 2 - 3

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More on the Redemption of our Bodies – see ‘Who was Adam? Who are we?’In his writing to the Ephesians about marriage (natural and the Christ-marriage), Paul says: "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. (Eph. 5:32) Another reference to this ‘

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550457846036397190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35719528.post-92004421565898413152008-02-02T21:53:00.000-08:002008-02-02T21:56:04.862-08:00

Jesus said many times that salvation is to believe in Him - simple as that. "Believe in Me," He would say. But this has long been a mystery and a point of contention in the church(es). What exactly did He mean by 'me'? What part of 'me' was He referring to? Maybe even what did He mean by ‘believe’?If believing in Jesus is the solution to the whole problem, then defining the problem should help us

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550457846036397190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35719528.post-44596135672536159682008-02-01T22:52:00.000-08:002008-02-10T20:51:27.378-08:00

I started my last post (Who was Adam? Who are We?) by saying that I once learned that “salvation is not a rescue solely of the spirit”, and I’d like to expand more on what I mean. I believe salvation begins with the spirit, a setting free, but it carries on to bring salvation to the mind, and then to the body as well.Romans 8:23-24 says: We ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan

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Salvation is not a rescue solely of the spirit. When I found this out, when this fact hit home, I was enraged that I had been taught otherwise. The life had been sucked out of the One True Way by saying it amounted to a golden harp and a big fluffy cloud for all who were “saved” … FOREVER! As a kid, I was afraid to ask, but I was a little concerned that I’d be bored out of my mind … FOREVER!Even

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John 3:16 states that because God loved the world, He incarnated Himself on earth in His Son (I kept looking at that wondering if it’s right because I felt compelled to mention His death, but it mentions nothing of His death, just His arrival). Our planet, the home of the ages, has experienced salvation. Christ came to it, lived on it, and died so that it would not experience the doom it had been

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Mind over matter is a very real thing. I’m not talking about bending spoons or levitating, but I think the mind has very real capabilities of meddling with our realities, and in fact meddles with our realities constantly. A mind determined towards one thing or another will often bring that thing into being. Those who don’t give up achieve. Those whose minds defer to other things achieve less. '

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I have been looking a lot at the expectations and supposed prophecies for the year 2012 (ie. dooms day) recently – very interesting stuff. Now, I don’t really believe all that, but I humored the possibility for a moment, that the world and my own life would end in less than 5 years. And I justified the thought by pairing it up with the fact that I can’t guarantee how long my life will be anyway,

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My deep psyche offers up an image symbolizing my current phase of life. It is one of a small white sail boat, having just left shore. The sands are gold, and the port city is old, white, and well-lit. The deep blue of the ocean the boat is riding on expands into darker and darker shades, and then to pure black. It seems the journey is to nowhere, and will end with defeat.I have it good - really

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Vancouver songstress Sarah McLachlan opens her song World On Fire with the lyrics “Hearts are worn in these dark ages”. Every time I hear that song, I think about how a lot of people think that we live in the darkest days in history. My tendency is to think that while yes, there are dark things happening on earth, and horrifying potential, we are actually the most privileged set of human beings

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Remember the name Ronald Weinland. I stumbled upon his website(s) and his free online book entitled '2008: God's Final Witness' yesterday. I started to read the book, thinking it was just another preacher pulling headlines from the newspapers which 'prove' that the world is about to end. Not the case with this guy; he was very "right" in his style, in that he would admit that many people make

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New favourite site: http://postsecret.blogspot.com/ Some people are so sad! :(

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I brought 2 books with me on a recent R&R trip to Hawaii, and I read one. The first was called ‘2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl’ by Daniel Pinchbeck, the second was ‘Piercing the Darkness’ by Frank Peretti. I only finished the first one, and it was so intriguing. To give you some background, it is based on ancient Mayan prophecies that date a cataclysmic end of time on December 21, 2012. It is

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You'd expect an interviewee to get more words out than the interviewer in "fair and balanced" reporting, as found on Fox News, wouldn't you?I don't know what irks me more -- the fact that Bill O is a real person, or the fact that he gets his own show on Fox. He makes me feel very smart.

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One stormy Hawaiian evening last week, I resorted to watching the CNN YouTube Republican Debate, which presented all of the leading contenders for alpha male of the elephant herd. A former Bush-lover myself, I was shown the distinct evolution in myself and my own views over the past several years as I became increasingly agitated by some of the answers given to the questions of the general

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Amazing what else it can buy

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Yup, it's true. Take a look at ChristianExodus.org.:) I have to keep posting these; they are ridiculous.

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Yes, it is now officially broken down to a science for us. See how the markets did today, but don't forget to check the Rapture Index as well. Today, it's up 2 points! Fasten your seatbelts!!The Rapture IndexIn its scoring, please remember the following criteria:Rapture Index of 100 and Below: Slow prophetic activityRapture Index of 100 to 130: Moderate prophetic activityRapture Index of 130

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I haven’t ever found any value in prayer, the religious duty. And I think, in our common perception of prayer, that most often it refers to asking for something. So we may get out our list and sit down in our favourite chair, and begin to ask God for certain things, whether noble or (let’s face it) selfish, but how does that line up with the character of God, and what does that say about how we

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If you're looking for some ideas, try Target: click hereMore seriously though, go to the World Vision Gift Catalogue

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Warning! This may offend you!I didn't hear about this until now; I wonder what would've happened if she said "Suck it, Mohammed!". Methinks she'd need an extra bodyguard or two. :)

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I have always found it strange that the people who are considered our spiritual forefathers, the founders of the church, the workers of some of the greatest miracles recorded, were so glaringlyhuman. Jesus had spent a lot of time (three and a half years of constant working and travelling together) with his disciples; Peter, John, Matthew, etc. And yet, it wasn't until AFTER Jesusappeared to them

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Come on, is this necessary? See http://objectiveministries.org/kidz/

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This 11-minute video by Rob Bell will be sure to minister to you. Visit http://www.nooma.com/, and click the link to the video to "Rain 001", its location shown below. It's beautiful (maybe get the hankie ready too...) Great find Chris!

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Last month, I asked y'all for your thoughts on Matthew 25 : 37-45, and I got some GREAT feedback. I love that we're all free to think and percieve things differently. The original post is this: Help! Anyway, I just wanted to make sure this particular response didn't go un-read - it's brilliant! John writes:First, as a parent it is easy to understand that a child of yours-especially one that is in

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Interesting (and shocking) comparison between two [should be opposite] works: a monologue by a neo-nazi from a film, and an article from a popular Christian Magazine.Take a look : Dinner Table Don'ts.

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I love this! Someone who isn't afraid to be real!Kanye West - Jesus Walks

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I love the healing power of Jesus. Now before you roll your eyes and flip to another blog, let me show you what I did a while back. I was reading through Matthew (love it!), and I noticed a few similar instances where Jesus would simply heal everyone. There is a lot of teaching out there about pursuing physical healing, wanting it bad enough, having enough faith, spending enough, giving enough,

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Racquel, if you're out there (I know you check in from time to time), email me. I've been trying to get a hold of you but nothing is working :s Can't say I'm not a little worried being in Jordan and all ...mattcooper82@hotmail.comTalk to you soon!

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I am always bothered by the imposition by some Christians of their beliefs and values on everyone around them by political means. Mostly, it bothers me because it seems to be selfish. For example, Christians may lobby against legalizing gay marriage, but gay marriage is of little or no consequence to them. It seems the underlying motivation for this is purism; they want nothing more than a "

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On the first day, God created the dog and said: "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years."The dog said: "That's a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I'll give you back the other ten?"So God agreed.On the second day, God created the monkey and said: "Entertain people, do tricks,

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I’ve long wanted to write about goodness, but could never really find a great context for it, or a good way to explain what I’ve learnt about the word “good”. I used to think of “good” in the context of behavior, and to some degree this is correct, but there’s so much more to “being good” and what “being good” actually is.Good is an absolute. Good is what God is. As the originator of all things –

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My entire existence has been shut down and brought back up again by the belief in God’s love for me. And this morning I was thinking about the “righteous” of the past – those unexpected choices of His. We’ve all heard about what we may call the ‘sins of the fathers’. Whether it’s Noah’s drunken episodes, Abraham’s fathering of a child through his wife’s assistant, Jacob’s deceptive ways, Moses

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For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8 : 38 - 39

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In about a 5-minute drive from my home in North Burnaby, I arrive at the scene of a recent oil explosion. A pipeline was ruptured by the claw of a tractor, and Texas Tea erupted out of the earth like it had been caged for millions of years, drenching homes in the goop, and running into Burrard Inlet through the storm drain system, effectively destroying everything it touched.I took a drive down

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We have a new hire in the office, and he is passionate about mutual funds. I wish I was kidding! No, he's great. He loves to help people, he's enthusiastic about life and living and saving money, and doesn't waste time telling everyone around him how best to invest (whether or not they ask for it! ha).I guess old habits die hard. When I got a glimpse of his enthusiasm and charisma, I thought that

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[Then] the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?' The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.

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After church yesterday, my friend and I went to Davie Street to watch the Pride Parade – we thought it might be interesting (we didn't tell anyone at church where we were going ... shhh!!). And it was indeed interesting; it was quite a show! There were floats and goodies and loud music, and thousands of spectators – all the normal parade stuff. However, as all the rainbow-drenched scenery

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You must watch this video montage of Mike Yaconelli, who recently passed away. He has some very good things to say. My favourite line: "I happen to think, that if we gave up a bunch of our programs, and just started getting kids serving, that maybe Jesus would show up in a way we never thought possible".Take a look:

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by Johnny CashYour own, personal, Jesussomeone to hear your prayers,someone who caresYour own, personal, Jesussomeone to hear your prayers,someone who's thereFeeling unknownand you're all alone,flesh and bone,by the telephone,lift up the receiver,I'll make you a believer.Take second best,put me to the test,things on your chest,you need to confess,I will deliver,you know I'm a forgiver.Reach out

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There is no evolution of God; only His interaction with an evolving world. For once He came to us and sat with drinkers and partyers and every type of sinner, he reversed the curse for the sick and lame - those things the leaders thought rightly brought shame to those who must've done some serious crimes, they thought brought by God, and God all the time.Instead of condoning the guilty one's

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I am a firm believer that to approach the matter of God and spirituality and salvation as a child, as instructed, means to come with no expectations, no preconceptions, no background "knowledge”; to take Him at His word, to believe Him. So for a moment, let’s drop the notion that there are all these God rules and that everyone is saved, and even that salvation is a journey, and let’s approach ‘

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A passing thought today as I was driving home from Abbotsford. For all the statistics I've heard about the size of our planet in context, I've never thought of it this way before. It's beyond comprehension to think that our planet is as a single particle of dust on an elephant in comparison to our universe. And to add to the analogy, what are we as individuals in comparison to our planet? How

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Here's a link to the trailer for Jesus CampI've also added a link in the Jesus Camp post of Ted Haggard.Enjoy!

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There are a few reasons why people are or become Christians, and they are:> they are born Christian, and know nothing else. If they were born Muslim, they'd be Muslim.> they aren't atheists, so they adopt the dominant religion thinking it's one way of many> they were atheists, or considered atheism, and it scared them to death, so in essence, they created a god.> they've been called, and have

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My last post sort of leads me to this post; something I’ve wanted to write about for a long time. It’s just such a hard topic, but it’s been on my mind’s back burner for so long.When I consider our history, as humanity and as a church, and I hold it up to the words of Christ, for some periods there is no hint of resemblance. And it begs questions of all of us in the here and now. I consider the

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I had seen this new documentary on the video store shelf called Jesus Camp, and had read the back to get an idea what it was about. To be honest, I had avoided renting this movie, as normally when I go to the video store I’m in the mood to be entertained, and I had anticipated this movie actually making me mad. But eventually I did rent it. View TrailerIt wasn’t horrible. I found it quite honest

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If you live on planet earth you should definitely take the time to watch the documentaries An Inconvenient Truth and The End of Suburbia. These may give you some good-to-know info.The basic premise of my point today is that there are two very real – and very global – catastrophes that are looming. In fact, they are predicted to be so close they’ll happen in our lifetime, even in the lifetime of

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Oh wait, it's past! Maybe I could still convince a few people... Did you know that there was a book released in 1987/88 entitled "88 Reasons why Jesus will return in 1988"? And when that didn't work, the next year there was a book called "89 Reasons why Jesus will return in 1989". Strange world eh?Short & sweet! Stay tuned...

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1. What purpose is there in having a lobby group called the "Christian Coalition"?2. Why is the Christian Coalition spending $1.4 Million in one single campaign to oppose universal health care legislation in the USA (Clinton reform 93/94); money which has been donated by well-meaning 700 Club viewers like my grandmother, who is by no means well-off, and money collected in other ways, like through

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Welcome Gabi!! :)For more pictures (she's adorable!) click here:Jen's Blog

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Once,while in winter years,those of foundation-falling and rebuilding,I was in my basement room;and while reading mystic writing,nothing too exciting, just Madame Guyon,I was suddenly caught upin a physical feeling of bliss.Like nothing I'd ever felt beforeit started with my core,and with its sudden force,my jaw dropped wide and stayed there,I could make no sound at all,my body slid, overpowered,

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Once,when all my friends had disappearedand I at God was angry,was in my bed attempting sleepbut could not for the thoughts.Lay in anger at my friends,turned in habit to my lord,and stopped just shy of speech.If Him I am not speaking to,and all others have defected,I am alone - the absolute -and shivers shook my bones.What's cold went colderthe dark turned blackas a universe of emptinessbecame a

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We know that we have passed from death to life because we love one another.1 John 3:14

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There are rumours that Charles Darwin, the famed evolutionary theorist, endured a death-bed conversion to Christianity. I don’t intend to find out whether or not that’s true (in this writing), but rather to entertain the thought.The man is considered pure evil by most adherents to any religion, a robber of faith (and thus salvation), a minion of hell, carrying out its anti-God purposes and lust

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However the outcome of it, I'm glad Bush took the time to visit Vatican City while in Europe to make audience with the Pope. I'm glad because it shows that Christianity is still relevant, that religion is still relevant. I know this is political showmanship on behalf of the president, but the Pope did get the opportunity to express his concerns to the president over issues like the Iraq war, the

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I had heard in the news that the pope’s jeep had been jumped on by an intruder today, so I went to youtube to see if I could get a video of it. Searching “pope” I came up with, and watched, the following video:I find it quite disturbing and immensely immature. I don’t think it’s disturbing in the cases and points it makes, but that it uses such simpleton logic that would convince the uneducated [

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However this may be interpreted, I am going to do it anyway. In December, on a whim, I booked some studio time and put down 3 songs (covers) as a sort of demo/audition. Not happy with the outcome, nothing became of it. As it was just sitting there, I thought maybe I would post the usable parts on here, for a laugh, as they say. So here we go, covering When You Say You Love Me, clips of the

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There are many, many ways to God. In fact, there are as many ways as there are people. Knowing my readers, that will be read two ways, and both will be happy. One camp will read that God is Jesus and that there are many ways to Jesus, and the other camp will read that all religions are the same script different cast, and they all bring us to the same place. I want to talk about the latter. I just

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I lay awake thinking about forgiveness last night, and realized I couldn’t just stop with my previous post. I have so much to say on it! Not that I have a huge readership or anything, but that I know there are readers who hurt terribly, and are trying to be free of it. How to be free but through forgiveness? It’s the fruit of healing.As noted earlier, our whole faith is based on forgiveness,

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If I were to ask you what the foundation of Christianity is, the bottom line, I think most of us would come up with the same answer: forgiveness. But I am always surprised how little attention this gets, and how little teaching, especially when the following words of Jesus are brought to mind: For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forigve you; but if you

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This could be the very minuteI'm aware I'm alive;all these places feel like home.With a name I'd never chosenI can make my first stepsas a child of 25. Lyrics: Snow Patrol - Chocolate

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Welcome To Heaven...will post more later...

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550457846036397190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35719528.post-63170447087094804702007-05-12T11:56:00.000-07:002007-05-12T14:33:25.014-07:00

Normally birthdays, for me, are non-events. I've never really made a big deal out of them; they're just another day. In fact, if it was possible to universally gauge ourselves in terms of general maturity and other non-substantial things, I'd think we'd have more to celebrate than our current time-counting method.In any case (jeez, I get sidetracked easy!), I'm approaching my 25th birthday, and

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One of the most insulting things anyone has ever said to me (and this wasn't too recently) is that I am "emotionally retarded". I don't know, I just can't shake it. Normally, when someone says something like this, I step back and evaluate the words said; I think we all do. This statement has just stuck into me like a thorn; I don't agree at all! It cuts even deeper when it's someone who's very

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