I probably won't be posting very much in the next few weeks. I've got a class coming up that I'm teaching (www.whiterosegeneration.com), and I'm determined not to get behind in our homeschool while I prepare for this. Hopefully the devil doesn't read my blog and he won't throw any kinks in my plan, but even so I'm sure that won't leave much computer time for me!
The Stringers have been very busy lately with school and church, and Caleb and Madelyn also had a piano recital yesterday. I'm so proud of their hard work and dedication. Way to go, guys!
Monday, May 23, 2011
Happy Birthday to my Awesome Husband!
I'm so thankful that I let the Lord write my love story. He sent me the most wonderful man to be the leader of my home and the father of my children. It's been a true joy to walk along beside him as we have built such a wonderful life together with the help of our Lord. How blessed it is to have a husband who is also my brother in Christ. Happy Birthday, Jason!
Monday, May 9, 2011
"Just a minute!"
Just for future reference, whenever you call your 2-year-old and she says, "Just a minute!" at the very same time your 6-year-old says, "Mama, I smell something
funny," you should take off running. What was really funny was when I walked into the bathroom, she said, "Mama, take a picture of my pink piggies." (All the bloggers' children know that know matter how big the mess, a picture will be taken!)
:-)
I couldn't resist sharing this from one of my Facebook friends:
LITTLE JOHNNY SOLD TOOTHBRUSHES
The kids filed back into class Monday morning. They were very excited. Their weekend assignment was to sell something, then give a talk on productive salesmanship.
Little Sally led off: "I sold girl scout cookies and I made $30," she said proudly, "My sales approach was to appeal to the customer's civil spirit and I credit that approach for my obvious success."
"Very good," said the teacher.
Little Jenny was next: "I sold magazines," she said, "I made $45 and I explained to everyone that magazines would keep them up on current events."
"Very good, Jenny," said the teacher..
Eventually, it was Little Johnny's turn. The teacher held her breath ..... Little Johnny walked to the front of the classroom and dumped a box full of cash on the teacher's desk. "$2,467," he said.
"$2,467!" cried the teacher, "What in the world were you selling" ? Toothbrushes," said Little Johnny.
"Toothbrushes," echoed the teacher, "How could you possibly sell enough tooth brushes to make that much money?"
"I found the busiest corner in town," said Little Johnny, "I set up a Dip & Chip stand, I gave everybody who walked by a free sample."
They all said the same thing, "Hey, this tastes like dog poop!"
Then I would say, "It is dog poop. Wanna buy a toothbrush? I used the President Obama method of giving you something crappy, but looks good, for free, and then making you pay to get the bad taste out of your mouth."
The teacher was speechless.
LITTLE JOHNNY SOLD TOOTHBRUSHES
The kids filed back into class Monday morning. They were very excited. Their weekend assignment was to sell something, then give a talk on productive salesmanship.
Little Sally led off: "I sold girl scout cookies and I made $30," she said proudly, "My sales approach was to appeal to the customer's civil spirit and I credit that approach for my obvious success."
"Very good," said the teacher.
Little Jenny was next: "I sold magazines," she said, "I made $45 and I explained to everyone that magazines would keep them up on current events."
"Very good, Jenny," said the teacher..
Eventually, it was Little Johnny's turn. The teacher held her breath ..... Little Johnny walked to the front of the classroom and dumped a box full of cash on the teacher's desk. "$2,467," he said.
"$2,467!" cried the teacher, "What in the world were you selling" ? Toothbrushes," said Little Johnny.
"Toothbrushes," echoed the teacher, "How could you possibly sell enough tooth brushes to make that much money?"
"I found the busiest corner in town," said Little Johnny, "I set up a Dip & Chip stand, I gave everybody who walked by a free sample."
They all said the same thing, "Hey, this tastes like dog poop!"
Then I would say, "It is dog poop. Wanna buy a toothbrush? I used the President Obama method of giving you something crappy, but looks good, for free, and then making you pay to get the bad taste out of your mouth."
The teacher was speechless.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
Happy Birthday to My Precious Old Bible!
I love my Bible. My perfect, preserved copy of God's Holy Word for the English speaking people, the Authorized 1611 King James Bible. The New Age Bible versions that have infiltrated the churches in the last 100 years have lead to the absolute chaos and crisis of doctrine we have today. It's paved the way for the heretical Emergent Church movement, led by universalists like Rob Bell and others. While this is true, the saddest thing to me on a personal level that has come from everyone owning their own personalized, preferred Bible translation, is the obvious difficulty it presents in memorizing and familiarizing ourselves with Scripture. Before, the preacher read and preached the KJB, the people read along in their KJ Bibles, the children studied from the KJB in Sunday School, greeting cards and Bible literature all quoted from the Authorized text, and even those who did not make a concerted effort to memorize Scripture had it written on their hearts just by sheer repetition. Satan would have none of this! So, he pulled out his oldest trick (literally) and began to question once again, as he did in the garden, "Hath God said....?"
And so, the heretical compromised texts that had been altered by the gnostics of Alexandria, which had made their way into the Latin Vulgate and other corrupt translations, began to weave their way into the English language, the language spoken by the most definitively Christian nation in history, the U.S.
I have never read from anything other than the King James Bible, other than when I had to purchase required texts for college (The Jerusalem Bible and the New Revised Standard Bible). However, I used to hold to the position that this was my preference, and that if one was going to read from another version, he should choose a scholarly "objective" version (like the NRSV) and not an interpretive "subjective" version like the NIV. After much study on this subject, however, I realized that the "objective vs. subjective" issue has absolutely NOTHING to do with the Bible version debate. The truth is, you could have a very scholarly, completely unbiased translation, but IF IT'S FROM THE WRONG SOURCE, it's HERESY!
The issue is not about the translation, it's about the manuscripts! The King James Bible was carefully translated from the original received texts, the Textus Receptus, or the Majority texts. These were carefully preserved and copied by the early church. Some manuscripts were taken to Alexandria and changed by the gnostics. These, through a series of events, have now become known as the Westcott-Hort Greek text, from which almost all modern Bible translations are taken. The King James Bible tells us that Satan was "subtil" in his deception, hard to recognize, and it's no wonder that many sincere Christians aren't aware of this deception.
The Lord is jealous of His Word. In closing the Holy Book, He left us a warning, "...If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life..." Rev. 22:18, 19
Here is a link to ENTIRE VERSES that are deleted from the NIV Bible. This list doesn't include deleted or changed words here and there, such as references to Christ's divinity and Hell, etc.
Here's a link to one of my favorite "watchers on the wall" for modern times, John McTernan. He is a defender of life, a defender of Israel, a defender of Biblical prophecy, a defender of family and marrige, and a defender of the King James Bible. He isn't a stuffy academic, but a very humble and knowledgeable child of God who knows how to get his point across. There are several useful links on the page below, including his personal testimony about the King James Bible.
John McTernan, 400 Years of the KJB
If you'll look on the right sidebar of my blog, you'll find a link to a position paper by my all-time favorite Bible scholar, Dr. Henry Morris, on the King James Bible.
If you aren't sure about this issue, I urge you to study up on it yourself! David Cloud from Way of Life Ministries (http://www.wayoflife.org/) is another great resource, as well as Dr. Samuel Gipp ("The Answer Book" among others).
Praise God for His kind provision for us, in giving us a Book from which we can know that we have eternal life! Happy 400 Years, King James Bible!
And so, the heretical compromised texts that had been altered by the gnostics of Alexandria, which had made their way into the Latin Vulgate and other corrupt translations, began to weave their way into the English language, the language spoken by the most definitively Christian nation in history, the U.S.
I have never read from anything other than the King James Bible, other than when I had to purchase required texts for college (The Jerusalem Bible and the New Revised Standard Bible). However, I used to hold to the position that this was my preference, and that if one was going to read from another version, he should choose a scholarly "objective" version (like the NRSV) and not an interpretive "subjective" version like the NIV. After much study on this subject, however, I realized that the "objective vs. subjective" issue has absolutely NOTHING to do with the Bible version debate. The truth is, you could have a very scholarly, completely unbiased translation, but IF IT'S FROM THE WRONG SOURCE, it's HERESY!
The issue is not about the translation, it's about the manuscripts! The King James Bible was carefully translated from the original received texts, the Textus Receptus, or the Majority texts. These were carefully preserved and copied by the early church. Some manuscripts were taken to Alexandria and changed by the gnostics. These, through a series of events, have now become known as the Westcott-Hort Greek text, from which almost all modern Bible translations are taken. The King James Bible tells us that Satan was "subtil" in his deception, hard to recognize, and it's no wonder that many sincere Christians aren't aware of this deception.
The Lord is jealous of His Word. In closing the Holy Book, He left us a warning, "...If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life..." Rev. 22:18, 19
Here is a link to ENTIRE VERSES that are deleted from the NIV Bible. This list doesn't include deleted or changed words here and there, such as references to Christ's divinity and Hell, etc.
Here's a link to one of my favorite "watchers on the wall" for modern times, John McTernan. He is a defender of life, a defender of Israel, a defender of Biblical prophecy, a defender of family and marrige, and a defender of the King James Bible. He isn't a stuffy academic, but a very humble and knowledgeable child of God who knows how to get his point across. There are several useful links on the page below, including his personal testimony about the King James Bible.
John McTernan, 400 Years of the KJB
If you'll look on the right sidebar of my blog, you'll find a link to a position paper by my all-time favorite Bible scholar, Dr. Henry Morris, on the King James Bible.
If you aren't sure about this issue, I urge you to study up on it yourself! David Cloud from Way of Life Ministries (http://www.wayoflife.org/) is another great resource, as well as Dr. Samuel Gipp ("The Answer Book" among others).
Praise God for His kind provision for us, in giving us a Book from which we can know that we have eternal life! Happy 400 Years, King James Bible!
Sunday, May 1, 2011
I Obviously Have Too Many Children
To all the naysayers out there who've said rude things to my face and behind my back about "all those kids" that Jason and I have so irresponsibly brought into the world...well, okay, I guess you might have a point. I'll at least concede that maybe we have too many children for the amount of toilets we have in our house. You see, a deep dark secret is that....my boys end up using the bathroom outside almost every morning. The routine goes like this: everyone gets up at the same time, the big kids take their showers first thing, and if the boys drag around, they miss their opportunities to use the restroom. Inevitably, they have to go bad and end up yelling, "Mom, I'm going to pee outside!"
So this evening when I told Summer to go pee pee, she found both restrooms full, then runs to the kitchen door yelling, "Mom, I'm going to pee outside!". When I tried to stop her, she burst into tears and then I had to video!
So the bottom line is this. STRINGER KIDS, you all better walk the line this week! Somebody's going on eBay before the week is out! Our kid:toilet ratio is out of balance!
- Posted using my iPhone
So this evening when I told Summer to go pee pee, she found both restrooms full, then runs to the kitchen door yelling, "Mom, I'm going to pee outside!". When I tried to stop her, she burst into tears and then I had to video!
So the bottom line is this. STRINGER KIDS, you all better walk the line this week! Somebody's going on eBay before the week is out! Our kid:toilet ratio is out of balance!
- Posted using my iPhone
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