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Romance can be a very attractive word considering in encapsulates our culture through and through. We are fascinated with the idea that love or should I say lust is all there is to our lives, and to live in a world where there is no love if you will would be a completely boring and drab existence. But how do you define the word love? An ecstasy, an infatuation, a thrill, those in my estimation is what diminishes the quality of our existence. Picture a man with a strong craving for peanuts and I would bet you this man if not already is or will be fat. Logical? Well picture a man now with a craving for some peanuts, would not this man be a man of self control and virtue? Logically speaking, love in it's purest form is not the romanticized kind of love that we dream about, or even live out vicariously through the media or other outlets. Love exists because we were created to live in the image of God and being made in his image we are called to love one another in a harmonious way. Out...

Please let me revisit one of the post modern concepts that God doesn't exist. For this fallacy to be true there would be no use for death. In the post modern world the alternative to no God is that I am God and if I am God I do not need to die. This would be true if there was no death, no cessation of life after our bodies expired but that they would simply be renewed and continue living forever. This would not prove the non existence of God but would make God pantheistic, in other words we are God and God is us. The alternative to this is that we do expire, that there is a God and that God is not a romantic concept but a self existing God that requires nothing from human being other than their worship and adoration, among other things. Christianity is the answer to a no God question. All pantheism or panenthism requires is that we realize that we are divine but it doesn't solve the reality of death. If you were to view your own funeral, you would either not be human, or you ...

I know that it is not even November yet but there are only four days left until then. I would like to ask you this question, How was your year? Maybe you are wondering why even bother looking back, look forward and up never look back. Some of you are even embarrassed to look back at some of the things you did this year and you are probably moving your mouse to the URL button to leave this blog, but before you do take a minute and keep reading. What was your year like? Was it an awful year? Do you remember one time this year when you were really happy? No, not that time when you had a little to much to drink, well you can use that time if that is the only time you think you were really happy this year. I'm really sorry:( Well for the rest of you I'm pretty sure there were times with family, husband, boyfriend that you experienced some moments of happiness, but how about the times when you were alone? Can I ask you another question? Do you need to be alone or do you need to be ...

What is the age of your cat? What is the age of your car? Have you any grey hair? Who do you miss? This is turning out be be one of my worst blogs but if I am to be true to the inspiration that brought me here I must be true to the person who has long been not a part of my life, Maggie Johnston. I could write a song about you Maggie, how we all grow old, I could write a poem how we were once great friends, I could write a book how we were once great lovers, but in the time of eternity there is one thing that matters, how well did you know me? When the grey hair has come, I will still be dreaming, when the love has ceased, I will be thinking about you. When Christmases have come and gone I'll be living in my own little precious place with a window open, and the fire kindled, Will you come home? Maggie Johnston. Allot has transpired since I last talked to you, just as time passes there is so much to do. I found the meaning of life, I rode a bike, I feel in love, not once but twice....

Heavens to Betsey, what is the purpose of the blog other than to say that we all suffer from a common malady called sin and need the guidance and help of the Lord if we are going to come out alive from this post post modern concept of faith. Faith is the driving force behind your Christianity, and where there is no faith their is is no religion. Some people say we need to build our faith, true, but a faith that is a justifying faith can turn into a confused faith if we have lost the faith in the one thing that we had claimed we had faith in the first place. "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the things that we do not see, and to be certain of them." With this in our minds, how is it possible to please God with out faith?  "And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he (God) exists and that he rewards anyone who earnestly seeks Him." Let's look at those verses in detail. Now faith is the sub...

REM had a song that used to scare me before I found Christ. I would wonder how someone could deny their faith with so much determination as to write a song about it. I have been on a spiritual journey where there has been increasing temptations in intensity, and I think there is something useful if we look at the song and wonder why or how someone can give up on Christianity. Here are some of the reasons: There are so many things which appear unsettled, like the different denominations, the pressure to live a moral life always, the fear of hell which can make people question if they can loose their salvation once they have had their sins forgiven, strict demands of discipline by a preacher that if you are not progressing in your faith you never were really truly saved, the complication (seemingly) of the gospel message, and the lack of encouragement and condemnation from others and possibly Satan. There are many reasons why someone who were once at peace with God, not a true statemen...

Amid the terrible sounds of the Holocaust were people who once experience the freedom of mind and the freedom of conscience, but what drowned out there cries and screams for help was another persons Mind and memory. Can you ask me what it takes to loose your conscious thought of history? Could this have prevented the Holocaust from happening? Could pre war Germany thought been radically changed if it were not for the consciousness of thought and memory? Imagine you are in a room in the middle of winter there is not very much heart, and you are freezing to death, what would be your first instinct? If you were in your right mind your very first instinct would be to survive the feeling of cold. Now a simple question is is it just a feeling or is there more to your survival than just feeling away the cold. The cold is real, just as much as the feeling but if you want to know the truth everything is real, and part of not seeing or realizing that things are actually happening is that you d...

When we think of heaven most of us think of the sky or some Place beyond the clouds where there are angels strumming harps of gold and people walking around in with robes conversing in "Thees and Thy's," we have had images of heaven from the movies from books to TV, but the reality is that Heaven will ultimately be on this earth. You might be wondering what happens to people when they die, but if you are not let me take this opportunity to share with you what the Bible teaches. There are two places people go when they die, but both are referred to the abode of the dead or Sheol. Another word for this is Hades, Hades (hell) not referring to the place where the wicked go when they die, but an intermediary place commonly referred to as the grave or Sheol. If you have died in Christ you are awaiting the resurrection in Paradise, but if you have died outside Christ you are awaiting the final Great White Throne Judgement, to be cast into the Lake of Fire. This is what happens w...

I would love to make this blog a theological treaty and that's what I am purposed to do. Let me just say right off the bat, if you are a player you are not a christian. If you think someone is playing you and they claim to be regenerated they have never had their sins forgiven. If you are playing someone and you suspect that person is playing you, you have allot of theological explaining to do, and I warn you as did the apostle Paul, those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. God is not a player and neither are his followers. Let me explain to you afresh what Salvation means. When you become converted or born again you are given a new nature. You still have your sin nature that is why it is explained, do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Salvation is God creating a redeemed species and that is what the new birth is. In the gospel of John, Jesus says you must be born again. Read those last two words very slowly...

I want nothing in life. I want to get everything for free. I don't want to wash myself, I prefer not to bathe or shave my legs or facial hair. I will not wear deodorant, I will not wash my hair. I will not get a job that is run by a corporation. I will abuse my body with tattoos and smoke illegal drugs. I will rebel against my parent, I will rebel against the authority, I will forget about natural laws and criminal laws. I am a child of the flower. I will sit in your grave, and pleasure things that need pleasure. I will vomit out of my mouth everything that I believe is wrong with my life. I am a child of the earth. I come from the earth and to the earth I will return, I have forgotten my soul and the purpose of my existence. I am an extremist, I am an activist. I believe I am Jesus and I pleasure myself when I thing religious thoughts. I am an activist, I am a Buddhist, I am a guru I am a saint. I get high off of my own vomit, I curse to shame myself, I am an embarrassment to my...

Funny sounding word, all post modernity is is the time period roughly that springs forth from the late 90's in my estimation to the early 21st century. You might say that post modernity is the beginning of the 21st century. There have been many changes in our culture post 911, the rise of Islam, the threat of terrorism, nuclear Holocaust war more real now than ever, and things like pseudo Christianity which is morphing into secular morality, which is the worst kind of religion because it says that I am a good person, religion is evil, and through my invented righteousness I have the freedom not only to control you but to make you become my slave. I would say that we have left post modernity and are entering into a semi dark age, with the focus no longer on technology but on the ultimate base pleasures that the bible calls sin. Antiquated and irrelevant in the eyes of this culture is the resurrection of the person of Christ, in it's place they are resurrecting man fallen spiri...

Let's not say that I'm sick of life, lets just say I'm tired. Nothing witty to say, nothing profound, just what is in my heart. I wonder how God feels at times, does he get annoyed that no one really cares and the ones who do care is he disappointed that the ones who don't care really want to care at times? My mind is like a blank slate right now, not much inspiration, besides what I feel right now. I do have hope for the future but there in this thorn in my flesh right now that is trying to tell me that you are too good of a person and sometimes God doesn't hear your prayers because if you were a little bit like that person down the street you know, the one with the tattoos and the big cross around her neck, you might just be effecting change where you see no change right now. Maybe just get a little rebellious, you know step out from what is clearly right and clearly wrong, cause a holy stir...but you know that's already been done and it just causes more pain ...

Yes it is sad that we have lost a genius an entrepreneur, and now the question looms who will take the place of the great Steve Jobs? Answer: no one. This is not a depressing thought, the computer industry if I can call it that is hanging over a cliff right now, don't be in denial about it. All those great ideas, all the great minds in the world..will the computer take the place of the tv, the radio? Has it reached it's climax? Will you be stuck with an iPhone, or an ipad forever kind of like the relics of the eight track, and the record, who will replace Steve Jobs? The answer to your question..technology is man made, man dies and so does the technology they create, it too dies. I bet you all had dreams of the future that far surpassed the Jetsons, but I have a good thought for you, "Have you ever thought about what has actually lasted through out the centuries and they are things we use today? Hint: 1. a good meal 2. music, which is constantly changing! 3. art and cl...

We all want people to recognize us for the things that we accomplish in life, but what if we are recognized for the wrong reasons. I'm not talking about making the nightly news for some heinous crime but being recognized for something that we don't have any right to be seen for. Imagine a man or a woman walking down the street who has just achieved one of their most important goals in life, I don't know, lets say they just climbed mount Everest in record time but they have no desire to be recognized for the cereal they just ate this morning. People are fascinated by greatness, or celebrity, but what we fail to realize is the process involved that brought that person into the public eye in the first place. I would not want to be recognized just for the sake of being famous, but I wouldn't mind being recognized for the right reasons. It just blows me away the importance this society places on the rich and the famous as if it is some goal that justifies your humanity...

I could end this blog right now and say no, running for a cure just gets peoples hopes up and they will never find a cure for cancer but I think if I said that I would loose all my friends on facebook for we all have had a friend or family member who has been touched with this disease. My alter ego who basically hates everything that is good says "Who cares for those rotten souls, whether they died or not they got what they deserved for the world is evil and full of evil people who deserve nothing but death!" But no, I am not my alter ego and I do have a heart of compassion for those dealing with or have lost a loved one to cancer. No, we can't bring them back, but we can and should honour their memories if we have a chance to do so. There was a time in my life when I had many questions about who I was, where I was going after I die and what would my life look like if even I could find the answer to one of my questions. I went on a search. It lead me to a book store whe...