Friday, October 31, 2008

Happy Ordinary Day to my Christian readers...

...since,of course, a child of God has no business celebrating Halloween.

Here is a link to last year's post on this subject.

"And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret." Ephesians 5:11, 12

Vote for Obama! Vote for Change!

This is for all those Americans out there who are weary of old-fashioned 18th century American ideals, and are ripe and ready for CHANGE!
Especially for those of you who are...
...sick and tired of having your own money in your pocket! Isn't it time to spread the wealth?
...over-burdened by the thought of having to raise your own children! We'll just let Nanny State medicate and brainwash them into submission. Put them on that bus when they're 3 years old for some early intervention, enroll them in after school and summer programs, along with free breakfast and lunch. Factor in the possiblity that they leave home at 18 for the state university, and basically you've reduced a lifetime of parenting to a fast-food drive-thru each evening and some weekend vacations. That is so much easier than the old-fashioned way, Mamas!
...bored with just hearing English when you go out in public. Who needs border patrol when you've got AMNESTY!?
...freaked out by little babies that poop in diapers! With federally funded, unrestricted abortions for any and all women/girls of all ages, the chances of you having to get close to one are almost nil.
...tired of the snobby American government only associating with other humane, democratic world leaders, perhaps we could host Hugo Chavez or Fidel Castro, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, or maybe Kim Jong-il if he's still really alive, at the White House! And I bet we could even get Louis Farrakhan to provide the entertainment.
...weary with going to polls and voting and blah, blah, blah. We'll just let the un-elected judges make all the laws from now on. No more having to read fine print and consider what might be best for your family!
...bored with the old-school definition of marrige and family. It's just so non-inclusive! After all, a family is "who you love and who loves you". The possibilities are endless. Man + Man, Man + Woman + Woman, Woman + Woman, Man + Dog, Child + Woman.
...really fed up with looking for that "Made in America by Americans" sticker. The best thing would be to tax entrepreneurs so heavily that they take their businesses overseas. Then everyday could be "multi-cultural" day! Made in China, made in Japan, made in India by hungry little children......
...burnt out on waving Old Glory, and the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas, The Ten Commandments, and the Bible. Let's just re-write history and make villians of all white people and ridicule anyone who dares to act like they believe in God. If we search diligently, maybe we could even snuff out some 180-year-old former slave owner and make him pay reparations!
...weary of having to choose your own doctors and direct your own healthcare. Doesn't it make perfect sense to let some fat, rude, overworked bureaucrat that you've never met decide when and where you need medical care? After all, it's worked great in socialist Canada and Europe! They've greatly cut expenses by denying all those cumbersome operations to people they deem unworthy of the risk and cost. In the end, a funeral and a small life insurance payout are much cheaper than a hospital stay.
It's definitely true, that a vote for Obama is a vote for change. "Change you can believe in" has been the mantra. Maybe it should read, "Change you better hope you can live with" if you're un-American enough to vote for a man by the name of Barack Hussein Obama II.
"My son, fear thou the Lord and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change: For their calamity shall rise suddenly, and who knoweth the ruin of them both?" Proverbs 24:21, 22

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Sunday, October 26, 2008

The Greatest Evidence of Your Christianity

"Ah! you know more about your ledgers than your Bible; you know more about your day-books than what God has written; many of you will read a novel from beginning to end, and what have you got? A mouthful of froth when you have done. But you cannot read the Bible; that solid, lasting, substantial, and satisfying food goes uneaten, locked up in the cupboard of neglect; while anything that man writes, a catch of the day, is greedily devoured. "I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing." Ye have never read it. I bring the broad charge against you. Perhaps, ye say, I ought not to charge you with any such thing. I always think it better to have a worse opinion of you than too good an one. I charge you with this: you do not read your Bibles. Some of you have never read it through. I know I speak what your heart must say is honest truth. You are not Bible readers. You say you have the Bible in your houses; do I think you are such heathens as not to have a Bible? But when did you read it last? How do you know that your spectacles, which you have lost, have not been there for the last three years? Many people have not turned over its pages for a long time, and God might say unto them, "I have written unto you the great things of my law, but they have been accounted unto you a strange thing."

Others there be who read the Bible; but when they read it, they say it is so horribly dry. ............. Do you know why? Blind men cannot see, can they? But when the Spirit touches the scales of the eyes, they fall off; and when he puts eye-salves on, the Bible becomes precious. I remember a minister who went to see an old lady, and he thought he would give her some precious promises out of the word of God. Turning to one, he saw written in the margin "P.," and he asked, "What does this mean?" "That means precious, sir." Further down, he saw "T. and P.," and he asked what the letters meant. "That," she said, "means tried and proved, for I have tried and proved it." If you have tried God's word and proved it—if it is precious to your soul. then you are Christians; but those persons who despise the Bible, have "neither part nor lot in the matter." If it is dry to you, you will be dry at last in hell. If you do not esteem it as better than your necessary food, there is no hope for you; for you lack the greatest evidence of your Christianity.

Sermon "The Bible"by Preacher Charles H. Spurgeon
Text: "I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing." Hosea 8:12

Monday, October 20, 2008

The Dangers of Democracy

(in other words, giving EVERY illiterate, uninformed "Joe" and "Jane" a vote....can be risky) If only we Americans cherished our privilege of voting, and took it seriously; rather than considering it a right to be toyed with.

This requires absolutely no commentary; it speaks for itself....and I definitely DO NOT trust myself as to what I would comment anyway.

Please listen:
Why are you supporting Obama?

Here's an excerpt from a great article by HSLDA's Mike Smith (read the full article here )

Alex Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh at the time of America's birth, wrote a warning to America in 1787. He observed that the average age of the world's greatest civilizations was about 200 years, during which they inevitably progressed through the following sequence:
from bondage to faith,
from faith to courage,
from courage to liberty,
from liberty to abundance,
from abundance to complacency,
from complacency to apathy,
from apathy to dependence, and
from dependence back to bondage.



I'm afraid the culture at large today is stuck somewhere between apathy and dependence, and on our way to bondage.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Friday, October 17, 2008

Camp-Out



Not to be outdone by her big brother KK who is off camping and deer hunting with the guys this weekend, Sis has set up her own camping headquarters right here in the living room! (That's my kind of camping!)

Introducing Baby Audrey

My sister Jada gave birth this morning to a beautiful baby girl! Mom and baby are both doing well.

"Audrey" weighed in at 8 lbs, 2 oz. and was 19 1/2 in. long. She has a head full of soft, long, fuzzy, beautiful, dark hair!

Madelyn Audrey is so proud of her new little cousin and namesake!

Thanks be to the Lord for adding another blessing to our family. Congratulations to Aunt JayJay, Uncle Greg, and big sister Maggie!

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Monday, October 6, 2008

Saturday, October 4, 2008