The problem with America is stupidity.
I’m not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don’t we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?
My lovely fiery side-kick Cindy sent this to me.
It just had to be posted.
Bruce
The mother answered, ‘God made Adam and Eve and they had children and so was all mankind made.’
Two days later the girl asked her father the same question.
The father answered, ‘Many years ago there were monkeys from which the human race evolved.’
The confused girl returned to her mother and said, ‘Mom, how is it possible that you told me the human race was created by God, and Dad said they developed from monkeys?’
The mother answered, ‘Well, dear, it is very simple. I told you about my side of the family and your father told you about his.’
ba
This statement caught my attention – Not that I question Rep. Shuler’s commitment to Christ or his veracity in what he stands for on any issue whether it is politics or religion. However, I have been a Baptist most of my life, well at least all of my so-called “religious life.” Over this span I have been a Southern Baptist, an American Baptist, a Landmark Baptist, an Independent Baptist, and a Sovereign Grace Baptist. Yet when viewed over all – I too just prefer to be called a “Baptist” – for according to personal preference that is what I am. Yet no matter what type of “Baptist Hat” I have worn or choose to wear – all of them have been under the fact that I have been a “born-again” Christian, not just simply a Christian! You may look like a Christian, act like a Christian, think like a Christian, and even do good works like a Christian – but if you are not born-again – you ain’t a Christian! “You must be born-again” (Jn 3:1-8) “to a living hope” (1 Pt 1:3).
ba
What concerns me – is that way too many are coming to church to worship, but they do not know who it is that they are worshipping. So many of our church members today are no different than the world around them. They act pious at times when it suits their need. However, question their motive for worship and all piety vanishes faster than a vapor of steam. Peter and Paul both admonished believers to make their calling and election sure. It should be an awful thought to each and every Christian that there is coming a day when Jesus will say to many – ”Depart from me you workers of lawlessness!” What seems more hideous at least at this time is that some of these many are worshipping with us every week and thus my concern – we don’t seem to care! May God put a burden on our hearts to share the goodnews of his Son to all.
ba
When I observe the natural world, I know that it was certainly not a random act for it to work with such precision, from the vastness of the universe to the minutiae of DNA. Think about the fact that He created us in His image (not referring to eyes, nose, arms, and legs). We can learn many things about God by thinking about ourselves.
I have some limited creative abilities. If I were God, lived outside of time, and had unlimited creative abilities, how would I do it? The entire plan would be in my mind from start to finish. (The earth was without form, and void…And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Gen. 1:2) Another translation uses the word “brooding” instead of “hovering.” God was brooding? Was He planning? I think He worked out every detail from start to finish. Our problem with this concept comes about as a result of our having to deal with our own pitifully finite minds. I can’t understand the mind of God. I know that we are responsible before Him, but I also know that He didn’t just spin this ball of existence into motion, sit back to see what happens, and then scramble around for solutions.
The other religions of the world put God into this type of category where He is made in our image rather than we in His. With this philosophy, God gets stressed, He gets worried, and He gets involved in a struggle of good against evil. People struggle with this good vs. evil dichotomy, God doesn’t. He truly is the Alpha and Omega. His Word is final! Nothing is outside His control. Just because we don’t understand it or have neat explanations for it doesn’t nullify the fact. That is yet one more reason why “The just shall live by faith.”
The Fiery Side-kick Cindy
“The old truth that Calvin preached, that Augustine preached, that Paul preached, is the truth that I must preach to-day, or else be false to my conscience and my God. I cannot shape the truth; I know of no such thing as paring off the rough edges of a doctrine. John Knox’s gospel is my gospel. That which thundered through Scotland must thunder through England again.”—C. H. Spurgeon
ba
—– [The Sovereignty of God, Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1930 (Photolithoprinted at Ann Arbor: Cushing – Malloy, Inc., 1979) p. 19] —–
I wonder – is God sovereign in your life or does it seem that your sovereignty dictates to Him? One of the things I learned a long time ago is that God must be God in order to be God, anything less then He would not be God.
So how do you define the sovereignty of God?
Can you say here and do you really believe and does your life reflect – “To say that God is sovereign is to declare that God is God.” Again, I wonder how you will answer.
ba
—– [Fool’s Gold?: Discerning Truth in an Age of Error, Wheaton: Crossway Books, 2005, p. 36] —–
2 Timothy 4:1-5
I solemly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with great patience and instruction. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths. But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
1 Corinthians 9:16b – … woe is me if I do not preach the gospel.
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