Posted on April 22, 2009 by runninglight | Edit
Today there were two news reports that I was troubled about. Here they are?
In Notes Left in Family?s Killings, Md. Man Details Debts, Depression
In one of six notes he left scattered about the rented house in Middletown, Christopher Wood, 34, described his financial hardships and his struggle with depression and anxiety ? factors that investigators believe contributed to the killings.
Police investigating death of Freddie Mac official
By ALAN ZIBEL and MATTHEW BARAKAT ? 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The chief financial officer of money-losing mortgage giant Freddie Mac was found dead in his basement early Wednesday morning in what police said was an apparent suicide.
David Kellermann, 41, apparently hung himself, a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation. He asked not to be identified because the investigation was ongoing.
HOW incredibly sad this is. Due to money two men decide to take there lives with one taking the lives of his entire family. How far will we go until we realize that there is no pleasure in the temporal items of this world. There are such extreme times in a person?s life where the feeling?s of loss become so overwhelming that the only way out seems to be taking of life. I do not underestimate such feelings and believe they are real as witnessed by those in the Bible. Kind David cried out to God in anguish along with many others who were at the end of a desperate situation. But, there was the but! Let me explain. King David though going through extreme circumstances on the outward, exercised faith in His speech by using a ?but.?
Just look at Psalm 13
1 How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul,
Having sorrow in my heart daily?
How long will my enemy be exalted over me?
3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God;
Enlighten my eyes,
Lest I sleep the sleep of death;
4 Lest my enemy say,
?I have prevailed against him?;
Lest those who trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
Doesn?t sound to good for David!!! He is desperate and see?s no end??but?
5 But I have trusted in Your mercy;
My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.
6 I will sing to the LORD,
Because He has dealt bountifully with me.
David was in desperate situations like all of us are at one time in the world. He was guilty of murder, adultery and loosing a Kingdom because of it! Talk about a failure. Yet he looked to to the Lord to be merciful. He thought in terms of how God could get the glory from this, instead of, the empty cup that so many are drinking from. God has a plan, and purpose! The two men that did such horrible things needed to know about the ?but? of the scriptures. Though they were in financial crisis, but God is merciful and compassionate (Psalm 145).
This awakens me to share the pleasure of God to others in this world, who are in desperate need. Money just does not do it! Read Ecclesiastes if you don?t believe me!
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Columbine shooting
Today is the 10th year anneversary of the Columbine shooting that took place in Colorado when Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold went on a killing rampage killing 12 students and a teacher, as well as wounding 23 others, before committing suicide.
I can remember the how blown away I was wathing the news. Growing up near L.A. I was familiar with youth my age flying off the handle, but this was extreamly insane of these two people. So many look to video games, music, and the other cultural influences in teenagers as a result of this masacare, but let me give you one other that goes much more deeper in to the issues with our adult culture... EVOLUTION.
Our President Barak Obama when inaugurated listed things needing to be done in the U.S. and one of them was "We will restore science to its rightful place." Now the evolutionist I'm sure herald this statement which will become a battle cry for more evolution to be taught. How did evolution effect such a two young students? Even if not being taught it directly in school evolution propaganda is everywhere. Practically every dinasour book takes a long earth age perspective. So from child on, it is always in back of our brains. Life is in a constant stuggle of the strong vs. the week. There is no point to life, no right or wrong, no consequences, Life is what I make out of it, Life is about me! Oh, how wonderful humanism is!? The religion is atheism, "Darwin is it's prophet and evolutionary science is its sacred book."
Oh let's remember on this day how one get's to the point of thinking of taking so many people's life. There is a battle of the minds that is taking place. 2nd Corinthians 11:4 "But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ."
Religion is not the answer, but Jesus is. "I have come that they may have life and life more abundantly."
I can remember the how blown away I was wathing the news. Growing up near L.A. I was familiar with youth my age flying off the handle, but this was extreamly insane of these two people. So many look to video games, music, and the other cultural influences in teenagers as a result of this masacare, but let me give you one other that goes much more deeper in to the issues with our adult culture... EVOLUTION.
Our President Barak Obama when inaugurated listed things needing to be done in the U.S. and one of them was "We will restore science to its rightful place." Now the evolutionist I'm sure herald this statement which will become a battle cry for more evolution to be taught. How did evolution effect such a two young students? Even if not being taught it directly in school evolution propaganda is everywhere. Practically every dinasour book takes a long earth age perspective. So from child on, it is always in back of our brains. Life is in a constant stuggle of the strong vs. the week. There is no point to life, no right or wrong, no consequences, Life is what I make out of it, Life is about me! Oh, how wonderful humanism is!? The religion is atheism, "Darwin is it's prophet and evolutionary science is its sacred book."
Oh let's remember on this day how one get's to the point of thinking of taking so many people's life. There is a battle of the minds that is taking place. 2nd Corinthians 11:4 "But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ."
Religion is not the answer, but Jesus is. "I have come that they may have life and life more abundantly."
Thursday, April 16, 2009
The modern prophet (Our news)
This says the Lord concerning the prophets, Who make my people stray? Micah 3:5
I would like to think that today's prophets are not those in the pulpits of America, but our 24/7 news agency's, CNN, MSNBC & Fox News Channel, that like the prophets of ancient times are the voice peace of the country.
Have you ever watched the news (like I did this morning) and just thought, This isn't news, its commentary on the news! I think you have. These news anchors are the prophets and prophetesses of today as they critique, put down & sway public opinion through there clever spin.
In our news today I saw a CNN reporter interviewing a Father with his little girl on his shoulders at one of the Tea Party rallies that are happening all across the United States in protest of the Bank bailouts. This reporter wouldn't even let the man answer her questions, but instead saw it as a opportunity to criticize Him and the protest.
Now I love debate, but what was this reporter doing? She was putting her own opinions first on the protest before simply reporting the news. She had become a prophet to sway the nations.
For me watching, this was quite embarrassing to watch. It was a very immature move on the reporter's part. Here is a Father of a 2 year old at a peaceful protest doing what this country is founded on, the freedom to voice a public opinion on our government, and she uses it as a pulpit to argue her and those she represents agenda and doctrine. It was sad to watch.
Our news in this country is no longer news, its various prophets swaying the public. If anyone gets a chance to read Joel C. Rosenberg's new book "Inside the Revolution," please do. If you would like to get an idea of what is happening in the middle east (really what is happening), then I dare you to read it! You will get interviews from the rulers of countries like Iraq and Afghanistan, one on one discussion with those who have fled their lives, been a part of the radical Islam groups and much, much more. There words, not our news prophets.
I would like to think that today's prophets are not those in the pulpits of America, but our 24/7 news agency's, CNN, MSNBC & Fox News Channel, that like the prophets of ancient times are the voice peace of the country.
Have you ever watched the news (like I did this morning) and just thought, This isn't news, its commentary on the news! I think you have. These news anchors are the prophets and prophetesses of today as they critique, put down & sway public opinion through there clever spin.
In our news today I saw a CNN reporter interviewing a Father with his little girl on his shoulders at one of the Tea Party rallies that are happening all across the United States in protest of the Bank bailouts. This reporter wouldn't even let the man answer her questions, but instead saw it as a opportunity to criticize Him and the protest.
Now I love debate, but what was this reporter doing? She was putting her own opinions first on the protest before simply reporting the news. She had become a prophet to sway the nations.
For me watching, this was quite embarrassing to watch. It was a very immature move on the reporter's part. Here is a Father of a 2 year old at a peaceful protest doing what this country is founded on, the freedom to voice a public opinion on our government, and she uses it as a pulpit to argue her and those she represents agenda and doctrine. It was sad to watch.
Our news in this country is no longer news, its various prophets swaying the public. If anyone gets a chance to read Joel C. Rosenberg's new book "Inside the Revolution," please do. If you would like to get an idea of what is happening in the middle east (really what is happening), then I dare you to read it! You will get interviews from the rulers of countries like Iraq and Afghanistan, one on one discussion with those who have fled their lives, been a part of the radical Islam groups and much, much more. There words, not our news prophets.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Gay movement good for Christianity in America?
Ok, with that title I need to do some defending. Please hear me out.
I begin my defense by stating a Christian doctrine so true and foundational yet not without its proponents, ?God is Sovereign.?
This is a direct quote from the scriptures themselves (Gen 15:2)
Genesis 15:2
But Abram said, "O Sovereign LORD?
Now the awkwardness with the Sovereignty of God is abroad in the Christian culture. ?How can God be in control of all?? ?How can a Holy God allow such evil and wrong doing in the world??
On our subject we could say, ?How can God allow such behavior that by nature does not work??
But in my own heart there became a wonderfully gentle peace that has come over me when I grabbed a hold of the truth that God does all things for His Glory. (Psalm 115:1 ?Not to us but to your name be the Glory?)
All things, even evil things are allowed and purposed to His utter Glory (Job, Acts 2:23)
Now where I use to get muddled with this is when I would look at a statement like the above and then look to my own end as a argument against such a statement.
My own end, is what I think, is the right thing. This ?right thing? is usually what makes me ?Happy.? There was a time when our own happiness was not such dominant thought in the world, but more issues of survival and virtue. This ?right thing? that we all think God should be about the business of doing is birthed from our own sinful state of thinking we are the center of the universe, or ours. ?How could God allow that, look at the bloodshed and the atrocity, the injustice?? ?How does God get the Glory for that?? Notice that these common thoughts come from the perspective not of faith in what the scriptures teach, which is again, ?All things work together for good to those who love God and are called according to His Purpose (His Glory.) These well known arguments against the purpose of God come from our reasoning that God is not doing things as I think are right.
Now my argument is that God is purposing all things for His Glory. Whether the Pharaoh of Egypt or the Homosexual agenda in America.
I now would like to share why I believe this generation in America is allowing such behavior. One world?Guilt.
What pain is to the body, guilt is to the soul. And this generation of leaders is guilty. I remember sitting with some family members in my living room watching a sporting event when they asked where my son was. They knew he was in his room playing his ?evil? video games, wasting his 14 year old life away, yet they asked and then went on to say how bad it is to be into video games like that. I quickly thought about what I was doing at 14 as the son of a 50/60?s generation that smoked dope all day while taking off their clothes listening to the most stoned out music in the rain! I was not any different. So I asked my family members, ?Now what is it that your generation added to our society, Porn & Pot!??
My parent?s generation was a mess and has a bolder amount of guilt like yeast has gone through the batch of dough. This generation I believe is extremely guilty. Abortions are 46,000,000 since Roe v.s. Wade, We have a massive drug problem in the country, America generates more porn than any other country (90% of the porn sites are U.S. created), music has become less innovative than ever, and now Gay marriage.
To my generation this is normal behavior that?s why I think the younger generation say?s, ?what?s the big deal, let them get married, so what.? It?s not because of guilt for the younger generation, it?s plain, allowed normal behavior.
I believe the response to guilt in the leaders of this generation is either a extreme brokenness before God, and the breaking of his commandments or a further allowance of behavior that makes for a atonement for their own sins. If they were to say that Gay marriage is wrong then consequently they would have to look at their own lives of having massive sex, smoking extreme quantities of the ganja, and simply not parenting their children because they where to into their BMW?s and boats. The change of this world is a temporary change for self exaltation, while the humility and brokenness that is found in Jesus is for His exaltation. This current generation is for self exaltation.
God will purpose in the hardness of heart of this generation in such a way as to make the riches of His grace known. Simply put, ?Where sin abounds, grace abounds all the more? (Rom 5:20).
God is moving all things to a place where this grace in Jesus abounds all the more. Today I know look at such trends in American culture though the lens of God?s perspective and no longer what I think is right. ?How can God allow this in America?? My answer is, ?Why not?? What makes you think God revolves around what you think and not His purpose, exalting his Glory through the grace in Jesus to a lost world?
22What if God, choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath?prepared for destruction? 23What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory?Romans 9:22
This will make uncomfortable who think of justice from their own prejudices of right and wrong. But as one famous Christian Pastor put it in his 1st Chapter, first sentence, ?It?s not about you.?
God is concerned about his Glory and the current push to have same sex marriages in America will be used by God to further the maximum Glory to His Name.
What could the results of such a law be in America? For sure a certain further distancing between Christina ethics and the worlds for sure. What if Pastor?s will have to perform same sex marriages? Some will no doubt go to jail. From the perspective of some this is bad, because who would want to go to jail? But for the one who knows the ultimate purpose of God is for His Glory jail is a opportunity to be used by the Masters Hand to minister to others and suffer, if it be the Lord?s will, to His Glory. How sufferings show the Glory of God? Because when we suffer for Christ name we show to a dying world the infinite worth of following Christ! This glorifies God. We are satisfied in Him and Him alone. ?There is nothing I desire on the earth besides you? Psalm 73:25.
If we see the allowance of more and more then it is sure to exalt the holiness of others more and more!
With this is mind, let us believers in Christ fight for what we believe in through a peaceful, law abiding way. If the Homosexual agenda in America get?s its way, I believe there victory will result in an outpouring of opportunity for those desperately trying to atone for their sins through false pleasure and allowance. No matter?God wins.
I begin my defense by stating a Christian doctrine so true and foundational yet not without its proponents, ?God is Sovereign.?
This is a direct quote from the scriptures themselves (Gen 15:2)
Genesis 15:2
But Abram said, "O Sovereign LORD?
Now the awkwardness with the Sovereignty of God is abroad in the Christian culture. ?How can God be in control of all?? ?How can a Holy God allow such evil and wrong doing in the world??
On our subject we could say, ?How can God allow such behavior that by nature does not work??
But in my own heart there became a wonderfully gentle peace that has come over me when I grabbed a hold of the truth that God does all things for His Glory. (Psalm 115:1 ?Not to us but to your name be the Glory?)
All things, even evil things are allowed and purposed to His utter Glory (Job, Acts 2:23)
Now where I use to get muddled with this is when I would look at a statement like the above and then look to my own end as a argument against such a statement.
My own end, is what I think, is the right thing. This ?right thing? is usually what makes me ?Happy.? There was a time when our own happiness was not such dominant thought in the world, but more issues of survival and virtue. This ?right thing? that we all think God should be about the business of doing is birthed from our own sinful state of thinking we are the center of the universe, or ours. ?How could God allow that, look at the bloodshed and the atrocity, the injustice?? ?How does God get the Glory for that?? Notice that these common thoughts come from the perspective not of faith in what the scriptures teach, which is again, ?All things work together for good to those who love God and are called according to His Purpose (His Glory.) These well known arguments against the purpose of God come from our reasoning that God is not doing things as I think are right.
Now my argument is that God is purposing all things for His Glory. Whether the Pharaoh of Egypt or the Homosexual agenda in America.
I now would like to share why I believe this generation in America is allowing such behavior. One world?Guilt.
What pain is to the body, guilt is to the soul. And this generation of leaders is guilty. I remember sitting with some family members in my living room watching a sporting event when they asked where my son was. They knew he was in his room playing his ?evil? video games, wasting his 14 year old life away, yet they asked and then went on to say how bad it is to be into video games like that. I quickly thought about what I was doing at 14 as the son of a 50/60?s generation that smoked dope all day while taking off their clothes listening to the most stoned out music in the rain! I was not any different. So I asked my family members, ?Now what is it that your generation added to our society, Porn & Pot!??
My parent?s generation was a mess and has a bolder amount of guilt like yeast has gone through the batch of dough. This generation I believe is extremely guilty. Abortions are 46,000,000 since Roe v.s. Wade, We have a massive drug problem in the country, America generates more porn than any other country (90% of the porn sites are U.S. created), music has become less innovative than ever, and now Gay marriage.
To my generation this is normal behavior that?s why I think the younger generation say?s, ?what?s the big deal, let them get married, so what.? It?s not because of guilt for the younger generation, it?s plain, allowed normal behavior.
I believe the response to guilt in the leaders of this generation is either a extreme brokenness before God, and the breaking of his commandments or a further allowance of behavior that makes for a atonement for their own sins. If they were to say that Gay marriage is wrong then consequently they would have to look at their own lives of having massive sex, smoking extreme quantities of the ganja, and simply not parenting their children because they where to into their BMW?s and boats. The change of this world is a temporary change for self exaltation, while the humility and brokenness that is found in Jesus is for His exaltation. This current generation is for self exaltation.
God will purpose in the hardness of heart of this generation in such a way as to make the riches of His grace known. Simply put, ?Where sin abounds, grace abounds all the more? (Rom 5:20).
God is moving all things to a place where this grace in Jesus abounds all the more. Today I know look at such trends in American culture though the lens of God?s perspective and no longer what I think is right. ?How can God allow this in America?? My answer is, ?Why not?? What makes you think God revolves around what you think and not His purpose, exalting his Glory through the grace in Jesus to a lost world?
22What if God, choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath?prepared for destruction? 23What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory?Romans 9:22
This will make uncomfortable who think of justice from their own prejudices of right and wrong. But as one famous Christian Pastor put it in his 1st Chapter, first sentence, ?It?s not about you.?
God is concerned about his Glory and the current push to have same sex marriages in America will be used by God to further the maximum Glory to His Name.
What could the results of such a law be in America? For sure a certain further distancing between Christina ethics and the worlds for sure. What if Pastor?s will have to perform same sex marriages? Some will no doubt go to jail. From the perspective of some this is bad, because who would want to go to jail? But for the one who knows the ultimate purpose of God is for His Glory jail is a opportunity to be used by the Masters Hand to minister to others and suffer, if it be the Lord?s will, to His Glory. How sufferings show the Glory of God? Because when we suffer for Christ name we show to a dying world the infinite worth of following Christ! This glorifies God. We are satisfied in Him and Him alone. ?There is nothing I desire on the earth besides you? Psalm 73:25.
If we see the allowance of more and more then it is sure to exalt the holiness of others more and more!
With this is mind, let us believers in Christ fight for what we believe in through a peaceful, law abiding way. If the Homosexual agenda in America get?s its way, I believe there victory will result in an outpouring of opportunity for those desperately trying to atone for their sins through false pleasure and allowance. No matter?God wins.
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