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I am posting from my iPhone. I don't think I'm superior or anything like that, but I do think my fly points have skyrocketed.

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Men have had to mass huge armies, move mountains of groceries, immobilize nations to monopolize thrones and make an empire.

God sets His up with a pocketful of seeds—a speck of love, a pinch of faith. He fed His multitude with a few loaves and two fishes, built His cross from an acorn.

"The Kingdom," He said, "is like a mustard seed."
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"Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased."

-- C. S. Lewis, "The Weight of Glory"

I love that at nearly 38 years old, I am still filled with the joy and excitement of the unlimited possibilities found only in the promises of the uncreated and limitless God who has revealed Himself to mankind in the Bible.

Don't be so easily pleased. There is far more to be gained than what you can grasp with your hands or conceive in your mind.

Remember, the Gospel means "good news." It's good news indeed.
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Happy Birthday, [info]blessings101!!!
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"Abandoning orthodoxy and claiming to be a Christian is like trying to run a marathon after placing duct tape over your mouth and nose."

-- C. S. Lewis
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9/11 was a perfect example of why worldview matters -- why the belief that all roads lead to the same place and everyone is on their own path to truth is such a false and misguided notion.

No one but the terrorists thought they were doing God's work. But the terrorists believed in what they were doing enough to die for it.

Are you sure your brand of "truth" is actually true?
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I purchased my iMac 11 months ago. I love it. LOVE IT. I can't tell you how many times I've told H how much I love it. Seriously.

So when the latest Operating System upgrade rolled out at the beginning of September I was psyched to see what improvements had been made.

= El sucky suck.

Ever since the upgrade the my Mac has been mad glitchy. I'm wicked irritated and disappointed. I know R&D can't anticipate every problem, but seriously, the hardware is a year old . . . it's not like I'm dealing with a 5 year old machine.

I just found there's software updates available under the new OS, so I'm hoping this will smooth out the wrinkles.
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Flub upon flub . . . I couldn't extract the video, and once I figured out how to extract the audio I discovered the beginning of the sermon is cut off.

Essentially it starts out like this . . .

Just a few months after my wife and I were married we packed up everything we owned and moved from Cape Cod, Massachusetts to Mobile, AL.

Now as you can imagine there are pretty significant differences between the two places.

There are cultural differences . . .


So, if you'd like to listen to yesterday's sermon (it's very short, less than 15 minutes) then just click play below.

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I can't begin to tell you how many times I've won the British Lottery. I feel bad for the British, because I keep getting all their winnings. I imagine they hate me.
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"Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do what I tell you?

Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like: he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.

But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great."


Luke 6:46-49
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Go Duggars, GO!!!!!!!!

Meanwhile in the news, dread wearing mother of two drops dead in Vermont at hearing there is yet another Duggar baby on the way. Her dreads will be donated to science.

* runs off real low *
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A few weeks ago I ordered a FLIP Mino HD video camera -- $200. After ordering someone sent me a review for the Kodak Zi6 which received way better reviews, boasts better video quality, and is a lot cheaper.

After shooting with the FLIP for a few weeks I wasn't 100% crazy about it and returned it and ordered the Kodak Zi8.

THIS MORNING on Woot they are selling the Zi6 (the Zi8's fully capable predecessor) for only $69.99. That's insane.

Don't miss the bargain -- the sale ends at midnight tonight.

http://www.woot.com

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"All the literary men of Massachusetts were Unitarian. All the trustees and professors of Harvard College were Unitarians. All the elite of wealth and fashion crowded Unitarian churches. The judges on the bench were Unitarian, giving decisions by which the peculiar features of church organization, so carefully ordained by the Pilgrim fathers, had been nullified." -- Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1825

"They sowed tares while men slept and grafted heretical churches on orthodox stumps." -- Lyman Beecher

This semester I'm taking "American Religious Liberalism" with Dr. Albert Mohler (the President of my seminary). His lecture last week, which built the philosophical base on which American Religious Liberalism is founded, was pretty awesome. I look forward to hearing him dig deeper.

The reading is remarkable -- Dorrien's trilogy "The Making of American Liberal Theology." Dorrien is, by confession, a Christian liberal, so it's not like he's writing with a conservative slant. He seems to treat the subject very objectively.

What I'm struck with, and have suspected for years, is how well intentioned (no matter how misguided and unchecked) liberal theology is -- both in its early days as well as in it's present form. Reason stands above revelation -- "it functions not merely as the interpreter of scriptural revelation, but also as its legislator," and sentiment often informs and interprets theology and operates as a foundation rather than a means of coloring and enlightening what scripture tells us.

Sentiment and reason -- praise God, they are good, but in and of themselves, they are only tools subject to the authority of God. The gist: There is no genuine Christianity without the external authority of God's transcendence.

And all that said, I don't mean to suggest that there isn't something to be learned from liberal theology or that liberal theology hasn't brought valid points to the table or good influences to our society, but liberal theology is, I think, unjustifiably optimistic, both in its view of man and it's eschatology. And despite its positive contributions, I think that liberal theology poses a larger threat to historic Christianity than does any other worldview -- atheist, Muslim, Hindu, etc. I say that because, when orthodoxy succumbs to liberalism, Christianity is rendered quite impotent to be anything more than a system of morality. There are plenty of systems of morality out there, but there is only one worldview that teaches Christ, crucified on our behalf -- the penal substitutionary atonement for those who'll put their faith in Him for their salvation -- resulting in our being rescued from a very real, very deserved hell. And there is only one triune God, immutable in His goodness and character, who created us and rightly judges us and saves us -- for His glory.
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Once, when I was fishing in Hyannis Port, Ted Kennedy sailed by me in his boat. He waved. It is good memory.
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8/21/09 - Obama is called fascist, charming liar ... on Air America of all places.

This is Naked Emperor News's second video on Obama's oh-so-shady backroom deal with the pharmaceutical lobby.


This is disappointing to hear. And it seems it's not just the GOP who's questioning Obama fervently.

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Happy Birthday, [info]dukesewell!!!
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We are just minutes away from taking off on our helicopter tour. We are flying into the Grand Canyon, then on the way back we'll fly over Hoover Dam, Mead Lake, and then we are flying down the Vegas Strip.

Word.
~ Pounded out feverishly on my BlackBerry.
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At the Venetian, Las Vegas, 2009.
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Bill Bell, are you there?

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"The fall echoes in the minds of sinful men and indicts God."
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He's just not that into you
Obama attracted many pro-life voters in 2008, but he's done nothting but jilt them
By Penny Young Nance

August 6, 2009

The battles on Capitol Hill over Sonia Sotomayor and health care have convinced me that pro-life Americans should take a cue from a popular chick flick. A hit movie newly out on DVD recently proclaims a shocking truth to women who make excuses for the bad behavior of men they date. That fact is: If he lies, cheats and treats you disrespectfully, "he's just not that into you."

The movie evokes cringes as one recognizes realistic scenes of bright women and men making humiliating mistakes and errors in judgment. In 2008, many pro-life Americans made a horrific error in judgment. Exit polling from the presidential election sponsored by Beliefnet.com showed that 20 percent of those voting for Barack Obama defined themselves as "pro-life." According to Christianity Today, 25 percent of self-identified evangelical or born-again Christians voted for President Obama.

Why? Most of these same folks turned out in both 2000 and 2004 for George W. Bush. The reasons for this change of heart are complicated, as in any breakup. They may have been reacting to the war or overspending by Republicans or any number of scandals. Maybe the spark was gone. Or maybe they were seduced!

It's OK, admit it. He's cute, he's smart, he's likable and he's charismatic. He promised change and attention to issues men and women of faith care about, such as poverty. One Christian conservative professor even wrote a book proclaiming that truly living like Jesus includes a vote for Mr. Obama. (Good to know.)

However, pro-lifers have been wronged. This lover who showed so much original ardor lied to you - and it started on the honeymoon. On the president's third day in office - one day after the 36th March for Life - he issued an executive order reversing U.S. policy that prohibited the use of U.S. funds to promote or pay for abortions abroad.

In March, he restored funding to the United Nations Population Fund that had been frozen due to its support of organizations that promote and even coerce poor women in other countries to have abortions. He opened the door for the federal funding of research that requires the destruction of human embryos and canceled the Bush "conscience clause" regulation that protected health care workers from being penalized for refusing to participate in providing abortions.

The president has meticulously chosen advisers and top administration officials who have outstanding pro-choice credentials, including Kathleen Sebelius, who is in charge of the nation's health care system as secretary of Health and Human Services. Make no mistake; in Washington, people are policy.

Then, of course, there is his appointee to the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor, who said in her Senate confirmation hearing that Roe v. Wade is settled law and that there is a constitutional right to privacy. Americans United for Life's research of her record warns that she is far more radical then even former Justice David Souter.

There are many other "indiscretions," but let's cut to the Mac daddy of all slights: heath care reform.

The Obama administration is pushing relentlessly and recklessly for government-run health care that would force almost all health care plans to include unlimited numbers of abortions for any reason and would make Americans complicit in these abortions due to the pooling of premiums. The legislation on the table amounts to the largest expansion of abortion in U.S. history.

How could he, you say? My fellow pro-lifers, grab a tissue and listen up. The truth is, he's not scared to get into a relationship, he hasn't lost your number, and he is not simply busy. Noooo. He is in bed with someone else. That's right! President Obama loves the abortion lobby. He takes their money and their calls, but more importantly, he does their bidding.

Apparently Mr. Obama doesn't think abortion is above his "pay grade" after all. He is 100 percent dedicated to the idea that babies in the womb are not life and deserve no protection.

But don't get mad; get even. Get involved in backing truly pro-life candidates and let Congress know what you think. Break up with Mr. Obama. It hurts - but he's just not that into you!

Penny Young Nance is a former special advisor to the Federal Communications Commission on family policy, a board member for Concerned Women for America and the President of Nance and Associates. Her e-mail is penny@nanceandassoc.com.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.prolife06aug06,0,1924976.story
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