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This is a slightly incoherant rant.

It is not the responsibility of the church to feed you or to nurture your spiritual growth. That responsibility is your own. You want solid food, but can barely stomach the milk that has already been given to you.

The church’s responsibility is to reach the lost for Christ, and that means going out to where they are, not being lazy and trying to get them to come in where we are. Be a missionary or get out of the way.

Sick

I am definately not feeling so hot.

 

 

although, as always, i am of course looking hot

Romans 9:13

Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

Think about that one.

Me N Mah Peeps

So myself and a few other gentlemen whom i respect deeply have started a joint venture here

I had a dream

More of a nightmare really. Honestly, it’s quite interesting. Aparantly I had figured out a way to go back to school full time and work at fifth third full time. It was terrible, and then right before i woke up, I found out I had an 8 page paper due for a class that I didn’t even realize I had been taking.

Calvanistic

I am a calvinist. Know why? Becuase romans 9 and romans 11 tell me to be. I serve a God that is in control, not one who has no power over humanity. Is your G(g)od in control?

Lately

So a lot has happened to me in a very short period of time. Since the last time I wrote a post, I’ve quit decided to stay in grand rapids, quit school, got a job, and bought a house. But most of that is pointless, the thing i want to talk about is my decision to stay in grand rapids.

I know to most of you, this seems like an insignificant matter, but to me it was one of the biggest decisions i had made in a long time. I would say that it was an even bigger decision than me quitting school or buying a house.

The reason that this was such an important decision is because i know that by staying in grand rapids im accepting a life and a lifestyle that will cause me to fully rely on God for the rest of my life. Our decision to stay wasnt about family or friends, it was about God. I feel that God has led me to crosswinds for a very specific purpose, and im not yet sure what that purpose is. But i had felt for a long time that if i left michigan to take a youth ministry job that would be in a higher paying area, that i would just be running away from the miraculous things that God has in store for me, for my wife, for my church, and for Grand rapids and its surrounding suburbs. I knew that if i stayed here it would mean that i wouldnt be able to do ministry full time, at least for a while, and that my wife and i would have to settle for less than what i dreamed of being able to give her.

But God can give me more. (and no, im not talking about health, wealth, and prosperity) I’m talking about purpose, a reason for living, and ripe field to harvest.

Since when is evangelical a bad word?

In a recent post from Mark-o- from YS, it has become blatantly apparent to me that being evangelical is a bad thing (insert dripping sarcasm). It seems that the organization does not agree with telling people the truth about eternity (there is a hell, you might end up there) in order to spread the good news (which, i wonder, why they even care anymore, after all, there is no hell, and people aren’t generally bad). When i tell someone about sin and hell, im not condemning them (God allready did that) I’m just warning them about what’s going to happen if they don’t turn to Christ. If there is no sin, everybody is basically good, and there is no hell, then why the H E double toothpicks are we telling people about Jesus in the first place?

Mark-o-’s post can be found here

Edit: I would like to note that it was not Mark-o- that made the disturbing comments but rather the comments under his post.

Rabbi Robbi

With the right lighting and atmosphere, I can make people believe anything I want them to – Rabbi Robbi (Taken from an interview to which i don’t have the right to cite)