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Saturday, July 19, 2008
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People who spew vitriol and venom at Christians are really starting to bug me. I still love 'em, but I find myself tempted to wish a swift kick upon their ass-side. In the last couple of weeks, I've been working at a Christian high school camp and our church's vacation Bible school. I can say with absolute conviction, that I've just spent two weeks with some of the best people on earth.
Sure, we've all met our fair share of church-goers that act like jerks - a frighteningly proportionate ratio to those outside the church - but it's wrong to judge the whole on the faults of a few of the parts. I've never encountered the depth of compassion, kindness, and humility among "non-Christians" as I have amongst a great number of Christ-followers. People who jump on the bandwagon of bad-mouthing Christians are often guilty of the "log in their own eye while trying to remove the speck from a brother's eye."
One trend that absolutely needs to hit the skids is the "Christians cause nothing but hurt in the world" mindset. Last week's VBS reminded me of how often that sort of thinking is nowhere near the truth. Two years ago, a region in Indonesia was suffering from a cholera outbreak. The culture there enhanced the spread rather than slow it. A few Christians found a local to translate a story about how to stop the spread of cholera. They recorded the story but needed extra tapes and crank-powered players to get it into the ears of the suffering people. Twenty-five elementary aged kids at our VBS asked if they could raise money for the need. In one week, they came up with exactly enough to spread the word about fighting cholera. That year, only 8 people had to be hospitalized and only one of them died. Reports coming in today state that those Christian kids probably saved the lives of thousands through their initiative, generosity, and kindness. So, for those who enjoy bashing Christians, let me quote one of your favorite misquotes: "Don't be so quick to judge."
Monday, July 14, 2008
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Man, I'm dead-dog tired. Made it home from speaking at a high school camp and suffered only a couple of glorious wipeouts (one during Capture the Flag, the other while being pulled in a tube behind a ski boat). Have a full schedule of painting and staining for this week and am coordinating our VBS program every evening this week.
It's never safe to pass out from exhaustion. You never know when your teenage daughter will sneak up on you with your own camera.
Saturday, July 05, 2008
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I have been called away for an emergency. A local high school Christian camp had its speaker cancel four days before the camp begins. I'll be filling the vacancy so I won't be posting or visiting other sites for a while.
Somehow, it doesn't seem to make much difference. Xanga seems to be dying a slow death.
Is it just my often faulty perception or do you sense it too? And if it is, what's causing the demise?
Friday, July 04, 2008
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In Context
"... give me liberty or give me death!"
"For my part I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery ... It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and to our country ...
Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and parliment. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt ... An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us!
...Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of the means which the God of nature hath place in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the Holy cause of Liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.
Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battle alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations; and who will raise up friends to fight our battle for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave ...
Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"Yeah, I'll take this guy over Obama any day. Henry was a gifted orator; Obama is a manipulative propagandist. Words like "change" and "hope" hold a plethora of meanings to a vast assembly of listeners. They only make the hearer feel good about Barack Hussein Obama. In essence, the "democratic" (now synonymous with Marxist) candidate is nothing more than a stealth ventriloquist. He's been speaking out of his butt and both sides of his mouth for more than four years and few of us can even realize it.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
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- Name: Nick
- Country: United States
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- Birthday: 5/1/1961
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