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  Here we are in the second decade of the 21st-century. It just seems like yesterday  that we were celebrating N'SnycThe Backstreet Boys and Christina Auguilera,  not to forget Britney Spears either. The 90s was a transitional period for me in more ways than one,  I discovered meditation  I saw my independence  and the 90s seem to be a year of growing up for myself.  I was attending Trent University as a part-time student  and left before the year started to go to a Hindu monastery in California,  well in all honesty it was part Christian as well I know that might sound a little bit confusing. There is a new movie out called the "Awake" on the life of Paramahansa Yogananda  which is currently playing on Netflix.  In the 1990s I believe that I needed a guru.  I had some friends in Peterborough and one of the friends had similar thoughts as myself so we went out on a spiritual quest sort of.  My quest took me to California.  Before I left for California I had read a book fr

Recently we had a visitor at our church Harvest Bible Chapel York Region who posed some serious questions about the Bible and the Son of God. In this blog I will try to remember some of the tricky questions and give an apologetic answer for the ones I remember. The first hard question he posed was why did God love Jacob, but hated Esau;  As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” (Romans 9:13).  Have I hated - This does not mean any positive hatred; but that he had preferred Jacob, and had withheld from Esau those privileges and blessings which he had conferred on the posterity of Jacob. This is explained in  Malachi 1:3 ," And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness;" compare  Jeremiah 49:17-18 ;  Ezekiel 35:6 . It was common among the Hebrews to use the terms "love" and "hatred" in this comparative sense, where the former implied strong positive attachment, and the latter, not positive hatred,

Most of the time spent on this blog is talking about the postmodern world and how it affects our lives and in particular the way the church is reacting to the modern society. The reason why this interests me is because I have an overall feeling that life is relatively short. I'm not going to babble about how the world has forgotten certain things, but if postmodernity offers us anything it is freedoms with restrictions. I resemble a postmodern bird in the cage who is waiting to sore in freedom. The doctrine of my life thus far has been, do what you want and leave the rest to God. But there is a soreness in our society right now. It is kind of like a bruise that is not healing on its own! Looking back on the tradition of the church, A church that has created many saints and more sinners in recent times. A good question to ask for the church right now is what is the will of God for my life? Obviously the will of God is for the church to grow in number and also in holiness and sanctif

This morning I woke up rather early, and decided to attend a Catholic mass. The word mass can have somewhat of a depressing impression, but what the mass represents is something that can be looked at as significant. When Jesus died on the cross over 2000 years ago, his sacrifice on the cross is what is celebrated in the Catholic mass. It's not that Jesus is dying again in a symbolic way, it's an unbloodied way to memorialize the sacrifice for our sins. Although I attend a nondenominational church, I like the concept of the mass although I am quite aware that there are differences in doctrine in regards to the full atonement of Jesus Christ. The word mass conjures up dark and gloomy clouds for me, why in the world would you want to celebrate the death of Jesus Christ? We do it on good Friday but why do the Catholics do it all year around every day? It's true that Christ resurrection is also very important part in our justification, and even though the Catholic church celebra

Turning 40 for me was a milestone. Being halfway through life can be troubling sometimes. And it could be more troubling when you've never married. I've never been a pleasure seeker but to look back on my pathway though,  I can't help remembering that movie the bucket list. People say that you should regret your life especially when you come to the end of it, but being halfway through I am reminded that it is only a number. I've been through dark valleys, and I've been through times of great despair. But looking back at your life at 41, you can say that there still some things that I wish I had of done. When things slow down, your heart races.  I used to believe that age was only a number, and in fact that exactly is what it is. When you are younger you worry about the future, and when you're older you worry about not having enough time left. I remember a time when I was in college, there was a concept in life that I had there too at that particular time. I am n

So it's almost approaching Easter time and there's lots to do. Coming from a Roman Catholic background, easter time was always a very serious time of the year. Now that I am a part of a nondenominational church, easter takes on a new importance for me. I was talking with my mom the other day and I asked her if she thought it was strange that I don't attend a Catholic church anymore. I don't believe anyone in my immediate family feels that it's somewhat peculiar, but the question I should be asking is to myself do I think it's strange that I know longer attend a Catholic church? I would have to say that I don't know how to respond to this question, other than what I've been learning over the past several years which has led me out of the Catholic Church and into Pentecostalism and nondenominational is something called doctrine. Being a 41 year-old male right now, and also when I was in my 30s.. I started to form my own doctrinal beliefs based on evangelic

Many of us wonder and many of us are content at the way things are. I used to be the kind of person who questioned some things, I say somethings because it's hard to think of a word for some. I know that I never questioned the absolute. To question the absolute would mean spiritual suicide, even before I knew about God I had somewhat of a reverential fear for the person who created me. To think back on the life which is more than halfway finished, and to revel in the things that I've done and the things that I have yet to do, gives me pause to look at my life at the way that things are now. Of course no one is guaranteed tomorrow and that I will not repeat, but to live a life of regret has been something that I've always tried to avoid. Being loyal to my country has always been first priority in my life aside from my belief in a Diety. I was taught to be loyal to my country and to be loyal to my country means that I'm being loyal to my God. There are many ways that th

The world is not a stranger, there are sites to see and places to go. But what became of the person that I used to know a blog a blog of poetry a blog of words meaningless until human beings put meeting to them.  I used to know a man who rambled quite a bit and was incoherent and what he said something like the homeless person that you see walking down the street on a cold winters day with no shoes on! Go see the priest they tell him go see the rabbi go see the clergyman, if you're looking for salvation you've come to the wrong place you won't find it here on the Internet well at least not on some of the sites. Sort of a self-education I've been giving myself recently, enough of the foolish talk. I've been reading about a condition called schizophrenia, something that supposed to stop life in its tracks. But what about the religion that I used to have before this apocalypse of truth, I digress. I'll tell you the truth something that you may not of considered bef

Some people in strategic leadership positions Face a great hurdle trying to bring new ideas into a company or into society. One of the things that has to be overcome is the indifference of people to except new ideas. The most successful ideas that could be excepted always comes with an incentive, but what if there is no incentive to offer does that idea just float away into the ether? I would say the idea then becomes the incentive itself. In a good marriage there is give-and-take, you take in the groceries and I'll vacuum the carpet, you shoveled the driveway and I'll do the laundry! The give-and-take and the incentives can be endless in a relationship defined as marriage. But should incentives determine whether or not we will succeed in a business venture or not? What about religious organizations? Surley you cannot buy and sell religion as if to go to Walmart and pick up a loaf of bread! The incentives based model may or may not work with religious organizations, unless what

Living a life as a 40 something has many challenges and advantages compared to when I was younger. The obvious one being that I'm still single, but the more complicated and difficult challenges that life throws at you you are more aware and prepared to handle something that may have given you more trouble when you were younger. I became a born-again Christian when I was 21, fell in love and then fell out of love. The romance department has been kind of well let's just say not happening, but that isn't a cause for depression... It's a cause to look at things as they really are! Most people my age would be extremely depressed that they had met that special someone yet, and believe me I know that there are people out there who are in the same situation that I'm in! Yet what the singleness have to offer compare to being in a relationship they are two completely different things. The obvious differences someone who is not single has another human being to snuggle up with

My journey has not always been an easy one, but it has been graced by Mercy and truth even when I was in rebellion against God. I came to a saving knowledge of the gospel when I was 21 but quickly backslid back into a life of sin, not sin in it's full power however I was backslidden enough not to realize that I was in the spiritual danger. This is where the story gets good. I remember attending the lollapalooza  in my early 20s with a friend of mine. The first band onstage was Cypress Hill, I was not at Cypress Hill fan at the time and neither was the friend the female friend that I went with to the concert. We made our way closer to the front of the stage, and happened to come across some old friends of mine. As the song by Cypress Hill came out, a lot of people around us starting lighting up.. Not cigarettes mind you, I started to walk away from my friends motioning to my girlfriend to follow me. We were going to make her way to the beer tent even though none of us were going to

I happened to come across a quote on Facebook yesterday, The quote is provided in the picture below and the reads  "When these small groups are created within the community of God's people, these people believe they are being good Christians and also are acting in good faith maybe, but they are small groups who have privatized salvation." Pope Francis January 29, 2015. This morning I woke up early and went to blog talk radio and logged into my account and was going to give an audio commentary on what I believe the pope meant by those statements. I was interrupted by an unforeseen event so now I'm going to use my blog as a way of communicating what my views are on the biblical small group and how I feel about what the pope said about this. For those of you wanting to hear further commentary on blog talk radio my show is called the alternative viewX and if time permits me in the future I will do just that. But for now I will leave a link to this blog, underneath the com

There have been many cultural trends of the 21st-century. But an in-depth analysis would not bring any insight into her current condition. However there was one trend that needs to be enlightened, I would say this trend is instant gratification. People in general have become slothful and indifferent to the realities around them, in an instant society our work is bogged down with personal affairs, and we don't have the time for those of us were working to do our jobs properly as we should. The indifference is calculated, Cold and manipulative. There was one thing that might make a difference in that thing is, social media. I have nothing bad to say about social media. But the trend that continues to manifest itself in the face of public opinion, is that society longs for something that it cannot achieve. I experienced this when I was in my early 20s just before I turned 20 years old. I was attending a theater school just after I graduated from high school. I have nothing bad to sa

I don't think it is fair to say that the church is in crisis right now. When we don't know what to say we should say the same thing that we were saying 2000 years ago. Whether the message seems to be irrelevant, or relevant for the 21st-century, The message should not change, but should be brought forth a new power and authority according to what the word of God teaches. We are not telling you to preach a new gospel, that would be no gospel at all. What we are saying determines the outcome of how the culture will view the church which in my opinion is irrelevant. The church has tried for years to conform to society in not being an offense to those who do not yet believe. But the current crisis demands that we continue to preach what was being preached by the early disciples and apostles of Jesus Christ. Cultural irrelevance should be our motto now and until Christ returns which could be at any moment for his bride the church.  Scripture should be our guide and our course of act

Images flood my mind right now of terrible events that could happen in the future events that were predicted thousands of years ago in a book we called the Bible. Not many people take the Bible seriously these days, and the ones who do are blessed with a life that only those who don't understand what true Christianity is all about, don't understand. This blog is for the truth seeker, those without hesitation who come to the cross of Christ in repentance for the sins that they have committed against the holy and a worthy God. Worthy are you oh Lord to receive majesty and glory and dominion, and let the church sing the praises and wonders of our glorious an awesome God. We call out to this generation to taste and see that the Lord is good, taste with your eyes taste with your lips and taste with your mouth the sweetness in the wonders of goodness the word of God incarnate. When we finally see for the first time we see that Christ is who he always said he was, all glory belongs to