Splinters of Silver
Scripture declares that the Words of God are pure, as silver tried in a furnace [Psalm 12:6], that God proves us as silver is tried [Psalm 66:10], and refines us as silver is [Zechariah 13:8-9]. I pray through this blog, not my words but, through the reading of the scriptures, through the presentation of thoughts and of comments, splinters of silver may prick and stay with us throughout our lives. |
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Prayer Time Interrupted
2007-05-19 10:18:00
58 year old woman stabs 44 year old man in neck with pen as he breaks up her prayer time at church.See here ...
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No Need For Church Building If You Have An Automobile
2007-05-18 15:44:00
Thanks to an article posted on another blog, I saw this interesting thought.You?ve heard of drive-in movies, well what about a drive-in church?In Florida they have a new kind of ?appeal to a different kind of person who doesn't want that traditional feeling.?Think you may want to visit? Here you go.http://www.driveinchurch.net/I just wonder who the lucky person is to take up the offering when it is pouring down rain. ...
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Girls Gone Wild In The Church
2007-05-18 08:25:00
I don?t know if you have ever heard of Girls Gone Wild, but with the television ads and news reports concerning it you may have. If you haven't, it does not contain Christian behavior.I was recently speaking with a pastor I know and he mentioned that there was a church he knew of (not sure if present or if where he had once been pastor) that a group of older women named themselves Chicks Gone Wild.Granted I can see where these women may have thought it fun to use such a title, but, honestly, for the cause of Christ?What are we Christians thinking when we use worldly titles and expressions and bring them into the church for spiritual awareness? Do we honestly think it pleases God to take a known thing (name, etc.) of sin and try to tweak it slightly and add a Christian connotation to it? Let?s face it ? that just isn?t right.Proverbs 14:9, Fools make a mock at sinIs this what we are doing?No wonder an unsaved person can feel comfortable at church and never have a desire to trust Christ ...
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Bible Inappropriate For Under 18?
2007-05-17 12:26:00
A recent article from Yahoo! News claims the following:HONG KONG (Reuters) - More than 800 Hong Kong residents have called on authorities to reclassify the Bible as "indecent" due to its sexual and violent content, following an uproar over a sex column in a university student journal.What in the world (or Hong Kong) is going on?Apparently a new website entitled http://www.truthbible.net/ (which I found NOT in English so good luck reading it), said (according to the report) the following:the holy book "made one tremble" given its sexual and violent content, including rape and incest.the Bible's sexual content "far exceeds" that of a recent sex column published in the Chinese University's "Student Press" magazine, which had asked readers whether they'd ever fantasised about incest or bestiality.What?s the big deal you say? According to the article:If the Bible is similarly classified as "indecent" by authorities, only those over 18 could buy the holy book and it would need to be seale ...
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Comments
2007-05-17 10:39:00
For some reason this week only a few of the comments to my blog are being emailed to me. I haven't changed anything so I don't know what is going on. Even my own comments do not get emailed to me even though I have it set up to do so.Because of this, if you leave a comment on a post and I do not respond, this may be the cause. When they are emailed to me I know there is a comment, the only other way is to search through every post every day, and I just don't have the time to do that.If it is really important, you can always email me here.Thanks. ...
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Share Your Book Knowledge
2007-05-17 08:14:00
I am currently trying my hand at writing a fictional book. I have looked a little around on the internet to see what is available, but I am hoping someone has some good insight they don?t mind sharing.I have spoken to two people that have used www.lulu.com, a self publishing company, and I have been reading through their Faq pages. It looks pretty good. I have purchased one book both to read and to also check out the quality, which appears to be just as nice as other books I have purchased in stores.They offer the sale of your book for 20% of your profit, the PDF download of your book from their website for free (which you can charge for), and you can purchase an ISBN for your book to have it listed at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and some other books stores.Does anyone know of other self publishing companies or know of any pros or cons of going this route?It just seems like finding a publishing company to publish your work is most likely a little more difficult than the self publishing.W ...
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Hate Speech For Hate Speech : Pleasure In Death
2007-05-16 09:06:00
As you may already know Jerry Falwell fell asleep for the last time Wednesday May 15, 2007.I am honestly not sure what all of Falwell?s personal convictions and teachings were. I am not a Falwell-ite or a Falwell follower so I really don?t know if I personally agree or disagree with all that he stood for and voiced.With that said, I find it interesting that those who claim he was full of ?hate speech? have such ?hate speech? against him. I think it is somewhat interesting for one to condemn a person of ?hate speech? by using ?hate speech?. [see here]What does this say about individual character? Almost like kids ? ?They did it first!?Really I don?t want to focus on the bashing of the ?friendly? non-theists here, but us Christians. How do we handle this when we are placed in the same condition?When the Taliban strikes with hate do we desire justice or do we spue speech like ?Just kill them all? meaning all Muslims? I?ve heard a preacher say from the pulpit that we should kill all the ?r ...
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Posing Questions From An Atheist
2007-05-15 15:08:00
From a comment here, from a post here, come these questions at their request here:My thoughts are in green.What is the "something" of a god? The God said I AM THAT I AM and scripture says He is a Spirit.What is the energy that god or gods used to create "something"? The God used His voice to speak things into existence.Is matter part of a god? Is energy? If so, what kind? Both matter and energy are creations of The God, for by him all things consist.To repeat, what is the nature of the "something" that supposedly created another "something"? The God?s nature is holy.Logic only applies to the real world and a certain quality that has developed in the evolution to human beings. To propose a non-naturalistic cause takes you outside of the system. You are correct. The God is outside of the natural system He created, He is supernatural.Mitt Romney recently said, ?I?m not exactly sure what is meant by intelligent design,? he said. ?But I believe God is intelligent and I believe he designed t ...
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FAITH A Four Letter Word
2007-05-15 08:56:00
Faith:Hebrews 11:1: the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.Encarta.com: belief in, devotion to, or trust in somebody or something, especially without logical proofDictionary.com: confidence or trust in a person or thing, belief that is not based on proofIt appears some believe faith to be a four letter word that they will have no part of. So today, I am questioning faith with the idea of, can anyone actually live life without such? I am not narrowing my idea of faith to only saving faith or even religious faith, but simply faith as it stands in anything.Does every person at least have some type of faith in something or someone, even if they deny such? I believe the answer is yes.Is there not a sense of faith in believing that ones mother and father are actually their biological parents? Unless there is a DNA test that proves undeniable evidence that such are, is it not based on trust in a person without actual proof? One may say that the evidence points to t ...
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Lukewarm Spue
2007-05-14 09:18:00
The Scripture: Revelation 3:15-1615 - I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.16 - So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.These verses are concerning the works of ?the church of the Laodiceans?.I have heard two teachings concerning these verses, but both agree that being lukewarm is not where one who claims to be a Christian should find themselves.[1] I have heard it said (summarized to my understanding) to be [hot] is to be on fire for God with a witnessing testimony, to be [cold] is to basically act as a lost person with no testimony, and to be [lukewarm] is to be wishy-washy with a hypocrite testimony that neither helps other Christians nor leads the lost world to Christ. The objection (I have heard) to this is that why would God want a Christian to be cold, as the phrase ?I would thou wert cold or hot? is used in verse 15.[2] I have heard it said (summarized to my understanding) to be ...
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A Quick Happy Mother's Day.
2007-05-13 06:32:00
Just a quick note to tell all you mother's out there Happy Mothers Day!I pray that you have a wonderful day and enjoy your family.Please remember those that have lost children and that may be unable to have children. While the church may spend this morning promoting those that have children, there may be some among you that are unable to. Let's not forget them, for they are no less a lady or lesser in God's eyes.And remember Father's Day is around the corner. Hint. Hint. ...
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Graduation to Deviation
2007-05-11 09:13:00
The school year is almost over and thousands of young adults will be graduating high school across the United States. Many will go to college, numerous to the military, others to jobs, and some haven?t really decided what to do yet.As a child grows the parents have/had the responsibility to instruct, discipline, and love that child to the best of their ability. Some are/were able to do a better job than others do to different circumstances, but all should be/have focused on preparing their child to face the trials, pitfalls, and enjoyments of adult life.My fear is the deviation of the young adults from the wise instruction of the parents as they become ?free? to do as they please as adults. I realize that everything one may get from their parents is not correct, but hopefully the good out ways the bad by this time. Neither the parents nor the young are perfect, but the greater responsibility lies on the parents from God Himself.I fear that while we as Christian parents make sure our ch ...
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Jesus Wept. Why?
2007-05-10 10:25:00
The shortest verse in the Bible is John 11:35, Jesus wept.My question to the reader today is - Why?1] Was it because Lazarus died?2] Was it because the people were crying?3] Was it because of the unbelief of the people? ...
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What Do Theists and Atheists Have In Common?
2007-05-10 08:00:00
I believe I have found what atheists, theists, and any other 'ists' seem to have in common.None of us very much like our beliefs/thoughts/ideas/convictions questioned, and we don't mind telling the offender so.I wonder if there is really such a thing as "agree to disagree".I doubt we could agree there is such.Sure we say, "We will just not talk to the other side", yet we still spend our time talking about the other side. So we really haven't agreed to disagree, but have decided to disagree behind their back so we don't have to listen to their point. This way we get to talk and make fun of them without any recourse or test of what we are saying. This helps us to feel free to sling railing accusations without actual support or facts to back up our claims.Interesting...Side/their/them - simply meaning anyone we personally disagree with.Just a tid-bit to think about. ...
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