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Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:34:02 GMT

Stunning

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:52:13 GMT

Dear Diary

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:14:57 GMT

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.

Sincerely,
chippa

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Awesome

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:17:07 GMT

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."

Yes!!!!!

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:39:01 GMT

The tweet heard around the world . . .

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:30:30 GMT

or if you'd prefer

I want to . . .

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:05:03 GMT

Paragliders at Point Cartwright on the 7D from Christian Fitzpatrick on Vimeo.

Too Easily Pleased

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:50:23 GMT

"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.

Really Funny

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:20:34 GMT

Happy Birthday, blessings101!!!

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:14:04 GMT

Happy Birthday, blessings101!!!

Me, not Jack

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:19:57 GMT

"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

Science is Far From Fool Proof

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:06:26 GMT

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

Hilarious

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:47:15 GMT

9/11

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:02:03 GMT

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?

Less Than Thrilled

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:33:36 GMT

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.

Life Teaches Us More

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:21:15 GMT

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.

I WON AGAIN!!!

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:54:49 GMT

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.

The Foundation Matters

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:33:31 GMT

"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

Ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-NINETEEN

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:38:51 GMT

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 *

UNBELIEVABLE DEAL!!!

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:32:05 GMT

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

Unitarian, Liberal, a rose by any other name . . .

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:54:23 GMT

"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.

Ted Kennedy

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:25:04 GMT

Once, when I was fishing in Hyannis Port, Ted Kennedy sailed by me in his boat. He waved. It is good memory.

Obama called fascist, charming liar . . .

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:36:42 GMT

YouTube's Description:
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.

A Friend's Most Brilliant Project

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:36:39 GMT

Electric Pickle from Ken McKibben on Vimeo.

Happy Birthday, dukesewell!!!

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:01:48 GMT

Happy Birthday, dukesewell!!!