Monday Quotes!
A friend/coworker and I were just discussing how works fit into the Christian life. Here it is.
(Also, read more of what James writes at his blog!)Daniel
a simple man of God
Hopefully making theology simpler to understand! (2 Corinthians 1:12)
The Face of Terrorism in America?
Not only for his like and share season, but because he nails it am I sharing Anthony’s thoughts on this subject. Make sure to read his thoughts on this and many other things.
Daniel
Colorado
You may have already heard about what happened in and around a Colorado Planned Parenthood facility. Three people were killed, including a police officer, by a shooter by the name of Robert Lewis Dear, age 57.
My heart is broken by the loss of life. Even though I believe abortion is the taking of an innocent life, I don’t condone attacking a Planned Parenthood office. If that was all Robert Dear was doing, then he had no justification for his actions. What he did was murder.
But right off the bat, even before the whole story had been released (and we still don’t know all the details as of yet), accusations started flying; talk of gun control ramped up once again; and anyone and everyone with a Facebook or Twitter account made their own two cents known.
Cue Montel Williams…
I don’t know what to think about Montel Williams…
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Water on Mars – a Response
Good stuff here.
Daniel
OH NO! What Will We Do?
Recent word from NASA is that there is water on Mars, and that life on Earth probably came from there a long, long time ago – at least that’s the idea. I mean, it’s just too crazy to believe in a Creator, but life coming from non-life and then traveling through space in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, and secure domestic tranquility is perfectly plausible.
Just watch as Shepherd Smith on FOX News gets giggly as he and Corey Powell (Discover Magazine) mull over the thought that we all might be Martians.
Unfortunately, what is worrying some Christians (and getting atheists excited) is the idea that if life is found on Mars, then the veracity of the Bible will be called into question. In other words, why put your faith in Jesus Christ if the scientific community can find communities…
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When Heaven Becomes Real
In 13 days (August 12), I reach a milestone of the same nature as Anthony. That will be one year since my mom went on to a closer walk with He. (Do you see what I did there?) I like his words here. You should, too.
My city has been in the news a lot because of the deaths of five brave servicemen. The last of the funerals was held yesterday.
I have been to a whole lot of funerals as a minister. Even when I was young I had to go to a lot of funerals because my dad was a preacher – and guess who performed all the funerals for family and friends? It seemed like every other week someone would call on my father to preach someone’s funeral, and most were people I did not know.
Unbelievably, however, there are a lot of people in this world (especially America) who have never had to deal with the loss of someone really close, like a parent, sibling, or spouse, not even a grandparent. There are a lot of adults who have never even been to a funeral. For them, as it was for me…
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The Supreme Court Decided, Now So Must We
I was going to write something about the SCOTUS decision on marriage, but I will let Anthony take it from here!
Daniel
Folks, let’s be honest and get right to the point: all Hell is about to break loose upon the Christian church, its leadership, and anyone who dares hold on to the biblical definition of marriage. Make no mistake, demonic forces are gleefully frothing at the mouth, along with those they are influencing, at the buffet of litigious opportunity that has now been afforded them.
At this point you’ve no doubt hear the news: the Supreme Court has redefined marriage to be whatever makes a person happy, therefore making it a constitutionally protected right.
Because of today’s ruling, we will be seeing attacks on the Church and Christians from every conceivable angle. They will use today’s decision as the basis for ending tax-exemption, closing churches, and imprisoning ministers. The rainbowed sky is the limit.
Supporters of the new law will threaten and intimidate Christians in the workplace; deny benefits and contracts…
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Truth from the Zoo
I greatly enjoy practical wisdom and seeing things come to life in our world as found in scripture. Thanks, Anthony, for the thoughts!
Daniel
Conies
This morning I drove a school bus full of children from a summer camp to the Chattanooga zoo. While I was waiting on them, I took my Bible and a notebook inside where I could sit in the shade and study for my Sunday morning sermon…but first I had to take a look at a few of the animals (they’re so cuuuute!)
So, I went into a building that housed desert animals from around the world, and that’s where I saw a cute little fang-toothed critter straight out of the book of Proverbs – the coney.
“There be four [things which are] little upon the earth, but they [are] exceeding wise: … The conies [are but] a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;” – Proverbs 30:24, 26
The conies are second in the list “four (little) things” that are exceedingly wise. But what is a…
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3 False Dichotomies That Limit Faith
Once again, Edmond has some good thoughts, especially as one who loves apologetics, science, and matters of faith! Please read and enjoy!
Daniel
I Learned This In 10 Years, You Can in 10 Minutes
I enjoy reading Edmond’s thoughts, and I look forward to reading “The Secret Place” when it comes. Knowing his blog, I know it will be a blessing!
Daniel
Knowing Christ More Clearly with Saint Richard of Chichester
Know wisdom more clearly, and learn more from Proverbial Thought!
The prayer today reminds me of Peter’s words in his first letter:
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
1 Peter 1:3-9, ESV
Thanks be to you, our Lord Jesus Christ,
for all the benefits which you have given us,
for all the pains and insults which you have borne for us.
Most merciful Redeemer, Friend and Brother,
may we know you more clearly,
love you more dearly,
and follow you more nearly,
day by day.
Amen.Saint Richard of Chichester, 1197-1253
Weekend Words & Sunday Stanzas – 04/26/2015
Allow wisdom into your life, and open the door by starting at Proverbial Thought!
I spent some time both as a teenager and a young twenty-something, both before and as a Christian, despising this world and even this life.
As a teen, I fully hated this world. It offered almost nothing good to me, and even the good seemed tainted by bad.
It was being introduced to Jesus Christ at a small church that my life and my outlook on it began to change.
Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity. But that is not the way you learned Christ!— assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.
Ephesians 4:17-25, ESV
a regular life
i now give
a regular life
filled with the usual
hating the world
but finding it mutual
until God came along
and turned all that around
a brand new life begun
without much resound
but as God was working
through His Son Jesus Christ
this regular boy
was given extraordinary life
now the mission is clear
and the way seems obvious
who am i now
a disciple of Jesus
i will take the news
of the life that He lives
into the rest of the world
my life i now give
a simple man of God
Do we truly love the Lord our God with all our hearts, souls, minds, and strengths? Maybe I can help with the mind part, at least! This is Daniel M. Klem, apparent poet, reluctant yet passionate Disciple (Peter?), and foolish man attempting to understand theology!
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