Do What You're Told
Everyone should drop what you're doing (unless it's fragile) and go out and buy the new
Guster CD, Keep It Together.
What are you doing reading this...shouldn't you be in the car on the way to the CD store of your choice by now? I guess you could be ordering it from
CD Now but that doesn't excuse the fact that you're still reading this.
Exactly
Crutches. They allow us to walk when we would normally struggle. They steady us when we are broken. When we stumble they are there for us to lean on. Instead of fearing a fall, we know that the crutches will catch us and we don't fear.
When someone says, "Christ and God are just crutches for weak people who aren't strong enough to cope on their own," I reply, "Exactly."
Applications Apparent
Here's an article from
RazorMouth that applies to goings-on of late. I like it. You have to like it, too. (If you read it, you'll see why that last admonition is funny...to me, at least)
Making people mad
What in the Where?!
I was flipping through the program guide on tv last night and I came across "UFOs in the Bible" on the
History Channel. While I don't mind shows such as this even though they further the silliness in the world, I must say I was taken aback when I noticed it was on the
History Channel. Did I mention that the show was on the
History Channel?
What. The. Heck?!
"Hot" topics and Double Entendres
It is obvious that I've struck a nerve with certain folks, which I view as a good thing. I think we learn the most when we're challenged. But the struggle between plugging our ears and singing "La La La" when we don't like what we've heard or read and being open to it is a constant battle that must be waged in our own way and in our own time. I don't fault anyone for being upset or disagreeing with me. I disagree with a lot of people out there so to do so would be hypocritical. However, I will not sacrifice my beliefs for saving face or coming off as more "open-minded" (whatever that means).
That said, the topic continues...
Here are some articles on the nature of sexuality in a Christian relationship.
re:generation
Antithesis
And if you're feeling particularly daring there are many articles about sex over at
Credenda...but I admit, I am reticent in unleashing this site upon you who cannot take my own writing as anything less than firebrand and vitriol and sheep-like baaa-ing.
More to come...
There go those double entendres again...
Possibly Offensive to the World
This is in answer as clarification to a topic which was brought up in the comments of the
Skeptical Deist post.
Point by point (and some of you are not going to like this):
1. The non-Christian (NC) world thinks that their marriages are fine and dandy.
2. They may look fine and dandy and functional and great.
3. They are severly lacking in reality because they are not God centered or God-based...God isn't a part of them at all.
4. The NC world thinks that they are great at sex and do it right.
5. They do not and cannot have a completely full sexual relationship because God is not a part of their relationships at all.
6. This is because God created sex for man and woman...we become one flesh and the only time this coupling into one flesh is correct or good is when it is done within the context of the covenant of marriage.
7. NC sex can feel good, look good, be extraordinary in the physical but it is not complete and cannot be complete.
8. Christians can learn to have great sex physically but NC's cannot learn how to couple in the correct one-flesh way God intended because God is not present in their relationships.
Disclaimer: I'm not saying that all NCs are great at sex and all Christians are awkward. I'm not even saying that all Christians wait until marriage, although they should. Everyone is awkward at first and everyone must learn the physical. Great lovers are not born, they are taught and made through practice. The important message is that Christians choose to
learn sex together within the covenant of marriage while the world "tries out" partners before marriage to see if they match.
If you feel that I get anything incorrect or misrepresent a group, feel free to point it out....NCs and Christians alike.
