Wednesday, May 29, 2013

What does this say to you?

1 Corinthians 1:10 I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.:


So!  There's to be no divisions among us.


How can the Church be one if there are so many autonomous branches?   


What shall we do?  If we are part of the Body of Christ as the various denominations claim to be, what shall we say about cooperation, unity, corporate worship, and the like?



divisionsplural of di·vi·sion (Noun)

Noun:
  1. The action of separating something into parts, or the process of being separated.
  2. The distribution of something separated into parts: "the division of his estates between the two branches of his family".

de·nom·i·na·tion/diˌnäməˈnāSHən/

Noun:
  1. A recognized autonomous branch of the Christian Church.
  2. A group or branch of any religion.


Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Yet another Angry Atheist encounter

My friend, +Jason Horton, please know, like you, I am tolerant of other beliefs and non-beliefs. I have not degraded our conversation to name-calling, however.

I'm neither trying to convince you that you are right or wrong. I am discussing another issue, a way of seeing things, that it appears you have selected to omit.

+Jason Horton wrote: "As for Muslims and suicide murderers surely you are aware of Jews and Christians doing exactly the same thing." 

Clearly, in the recent time, it would appear that Muslim suicide bombers have the majority. As for Christian suicide bombers, I don't have any in my circle of friends and neither do I keep bomb making material around my place.

While Wikipedia is not a scholarly source,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_terrorism will help you with your war against Christianity. While I don't see a large quantity of suicide bombers listed there, I see disturbing reports of people behaving very un-Christlike.

Prior to this century, the record for suicide bombers was held by the Kamikaze of World War II.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamikaze Clearly, they were not Muslim, Jewish, or Christian.

Here's an interesting concept for you:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_atheist

While this is not an effort to convert you to anything, there's an interesting list of people who you would find offensive now.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_former_atheists_and_agnostics


+Jason Horton asked "Where is your evidence that Jesus existed?" http://amzn.to/rzoM4f will get you started. 
Verbiage such as "of your rubbish", "under the delusion", and "you are ignorant" will show the reader that you are not tolerant. You attempt to be insulting. If you define that as tolerant, you appear to have a strange definition of the word.http://bit.ly/vWi6AL 

"It is still considered acceptable to have a religion" in the USA as well. You are not my first encounter with an Angry Atheist.

From this,http://gretachristina.typepad.com/greta_christinas_weblog/2007/10/atheists-and-an.html, I can see why you are angry. You have all the more reason to bring legal action, if any of those events occurred in your life. Fortunately, I think you were not as aggrieved as you would lead readers to believe.

Since you admit that you are an atheist and I find some humor in the manner in which you chose to state the obvious, that does not absolve you from being civil. In other words, during this discourse, I have not attacked your scholarship or sincerity regarding the faith with which you hold your non-belief. This is particularly true when, as you write, "I don't know you".

Again, please accept my apologies for the offenses you have concluded I singularly have placed in your way. Clearly, the acts of which I am alleged to have committed where not what my Lord Jesus would have me to have done.

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Dear Atheists,

While engaging in discussions, with Atheists, please remember it's Jesus you represent.

Did He say people would hate you because of Him?

There have been some testy atheists.  It has not always been this way.

Please remember Him as you talk about Him.

TwitLonger — When you talk too much for Twitter: "Dear Atheists,"

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Running in the Rain

A little girl had been shopping with her Mom in Target. She must have been 6 years old, this beautiful red haired, freckle faced image of innocence.


 
It was pouring outside. The kind of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the earth it has no time to flow down the spout. We all stood there, under the awning, just inside the door of the Target. 
We waited, some patiently, others irritated because nature messed up their hurried day.



 
I am always mesmerized by rainfall. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust of the world. Memories of running, splashing so carefree as a child came pouring in as a
welcome reprieve from the worries of my day.

Her little voice was so sweet as it broke the hypnotic trance we were all caught in, 'Mom let's run through the rain, 'she said.
'What?' Mom asked.

'Let's run through the rain!' She repeated.

'No, honey. We'll wait until it slows down a bit,' Mom replied.

This young child waited a minute and repeated: 'Mom, let's run through the rain.'

'We'll get soaked if we do,' Mom said.

'No, we won't, Mom. That's not what you said this morning,' the young girl said

as she tugged at her Mom's arm.

'This morning? When did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?'

'Don't you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, 'If God can get us through this,

he can get us through anything!''

The entire crowd stopped dead silent. I swear you couldn't hear anything but the rain. We all stood silently. No one left. Mom paused and thought for a moment about what she would say.



 
Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being silly. Some might even ignore
what was said. But this was a moment of affirmation in a young child's life. A time when innocent trust can be nurtured

so that it will bloom into faith.

'Honey, you are absolutely right. Let's run through the rain. If GOD let's us get wet, well maybe we just need washing,' Mom said.

Then off they ran. We all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they darted past the cars and yes, through the puddles. They got soaked.



 
They were followed by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars. And yes, I did. I ran.
I got wet. I needed washing.

Circumstances or people can take away your material possessions, they can take away your money, and they can take away your health. But no one can ever take away your precious memories...So, don't forget to make time and take the opportunities

to make memories everyday.


 
To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven. 
I HOPE YOU STILL TAKE THE TIME TO RUN THROUGH THE RAIN.

They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but then an entire life to forget them.



 
Send this to the people you'll never forget and remember to also. It's a short message to let them know that you'll never forget them.

If you don't send it to anyone,

it means you're in a hurry.

Take the time to live!!!

Keep in touch with your friends, you never know when you'll need each other -- and don't forget to run in the rain!

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