This is probably in vain, but I will disclaim anyways: THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL POST! This is simply a response to what just occurred in my “backyard” last week. Now that we got that out of the way… Many are aware of the recent tragedy that occurred at Independence High School in Glendale, AZ this past Friday. As …
Part 2: Who Let the Dogs Out? More Chronicles of a Religious Busybody (Philippians 3:2-6)
The road to Hell is paved with good intentions. ~ Anonymous (perhaps Samuel Johnson) Do barking dogs make you feel welcome? A neighbor of mine owns a dog that is all bark and no bite. I see this pup almost everyday and it constantly feels the need to notify the world that I have stepped out of my front door. …
Who Let the Dogs Out? Chronicles of a Religious Busybody (More Philippians 3)
All dogs go to heaven…let’s hope not. Steer clear of the barking dogs, those religious busybodies, all bark and no bite. All they’re interested in is appearances—knife-happy circumcisers, I call them. The real believers are the ones the Spirit of God leads to work away at this ministry, filling the air with Christ’s praise as we do it. We couldn’t carry this …
More Repentance: Where Is My Love?
“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” ~ Mahatma Ghandi “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and …
I’m SO Sorry: A Jihadist for Jesus Repents
Once you’ve cut off a person’s nose, there is no point in giving him a rose to smell. ~ Indian proverb Romans 2:1-5 Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. 2 We know that the judgment …
Philippians 3: Where I Am, Have Been, & Am Going
So I know it doesn’t take much effort to make a blog post out of someone else’s words, but I have two reasons for doing this: 1) It’s the Word of God…what words could be better?! (Isa. 40:8; 55:11; 2 Tim. 3:16-17; Heb. 4:12) 2) Why reinvent the wheel? If it’s been said just point people to the source. I …
What is Love? Idol don’t hurt me no more.
Confession: I grew up watching Saturday Night Live. I honestly don’t remember how an eight year old like myself at the time was introduced to this show, but it was fast, furious, and it stuck. I faintly recall a skit involving a very flatulent Kevin Kline in a jacuzzi and I guess I knew it was for me. I’m sorry, …
Do I Really Want To Die?
“Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but nobody wants to die.” Can I be honest with you? I mean, we don’t really know each other. All we have is this binary relationship which social science does not seem to put much stock in. Well, if you insist. Straight up, I’m a flaming hypocrite. This word hurts. It assaults me to …
Get Lost! (not really…well, I mean it but you have to see why)
Hehe…so even after a title like that you curiously decided to read anyways? I like you; this will work. I’m glad you could sense the sarcasm and were perceptive enough to understand that things are not quite like they appear, even this blog. Anywho, have you ever known any jerks while you were growing up? You know, the punks who …
Finding Life in the Path of Perishing (pt 2)
“There are five gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and the Christian. Many people will never read the first four.” ~ Gypsy Smith In my previous post I briefly explored the ramifications of what life could be like if believers in Christ actually took His Sermon on the Mount seriously. The sermon is a drastic call to radical discipleship, one of …