Hypocrites

Why is it OK for people over eight years to vilify President Bush. For years those on the left showed the POTUS, VPOTUS, and SECDEF in crosshairs. Congressmen (Murtha, Pelosi, Durbin) openly called Marines 'Warmongers', Sailors and Soldiers at GITMO Nazi Gestapo, and the list keeps going. The MSM opines about their right to Free Speech and how educated and sophisticated these positions are.

However, when the same happens from a Right's point of view it is very different. A Coffin in a the front yard to make an abortion statement? Pretty creative, however tasteless, but it makes a point. Yelling something like 'Baby Killer' in Congress? Doesn't compare to calling a Marine a Cold-Blooded Killer. These people are ignorant Red-Staters, Birthers, Right-Wing Radicals, Tea-baggers, and it continues.

Hopefully these people will run the course of the French Elites, Russian Aristocracy, and English Royalty in the next election...lose their electoral heads.

Benefits of a Big Town

'Big City Living' has many benefits!!!

Here is one of them: Being able to take J & M downtown to the All Star Game and the All-Star Fan Fest. We had a great time as 'The Boys' enjoyed a great time downtown. With the Arch in the background, made this picture really special!!!

In East St. Louis...

We took the train 'across the river' to East St Louis. Yes, one would say East St. Louis is more dangerous than Sadr City in Baghdad...(or is at least neck and neck with Detroit)

The boys wanted to see the city from the 'other side' and walk back. Okay. I though about hitting the Blackjack Table at the 'President Casino' while on there, but would be too difficult asking a 'local' to watch the boys outside while I was bankrupting the family finances.

FANFEST

Needless to say, Michael beat both of us at the 'What's Your Call' booth. He was always the first to answer and was 100% in agreement with the 'Call at the Plate'. Well, whose to say the umpire's call was correct?

Doesn't Get Much Better than This

I must say that sitting on the patio watching J & M try to eat ribs, hearing the rumble of the Stealth Bomber flyover and just enjoying watching the boys enjoying all the action was priceless.

However, I must say that by the end of the night, the boys have no respect for our Beloved Leader. When we were leaving, the METRO station was right across the street. As we got ready to cross, out came the police tape and restricted all access to that entire stretch of street. We literally had to walk almost two miles around the entire stadium to get to the METRO station that was 30 feet away. They had to make way for all the security and motorcade.

The boys just couldn't understand why. They were very tired and think our Beloved Leader is very selfish, rude, and thinks he the King. This observation from only a little traffic inconvenience.

That's quite a description. I think that of our Beloved Leader, and my reasoning has nothing with traffic! Just wait boys! Your current opinion will only get more refined the more you read and study...

Spiritual Garbage and Pseudo-Spirituality

This picture above is the end result of listening and adhering to Rob Bell, Brian McClaren, and others who would rather you develop your own 'journey' to 'g'od than to follow the infallible, irrefutable, undeniable Word of God.

This is from Rob Bell and his book "Velvet Elvis"

I was in an intense meeting with our church leaders in which we were discussing several passages in the Bible. One of the leaders was sharing her journey in trying to understand what the Bible teaches about the issue at hand and she said something like this: “I’ve spent a great deal of time recently studying this issue. I’ve read what the people on the one side of the issue say, and I’ve read what the people on the other side say. I’ve read the scholars and the theologians and all sorts of others on this subject. But then, in the end, I decided to get back to the Bible and just take it for what it really says.”
Now please understand that this way of thinking is prevalent in a lot of Christian churches,…but this view of the Bible is warped and toxic, to say the least… The assumption is that there is a way to read the Bible that is agenda—and perspective—free…This perspective is claiming that a person can simply read the Bible and do what it says—unaffected by any outside influences… When you hear people say they are just going to tell you what the Bible means, it is not true. They are telling you what they think it means.(053, 054, emphasis his)

This [canon of the Bible was not settled until the 4th century] is part of the problem with continually insisting that one of the absolutes of the Christian faith must be a belief that “Scripture alone” is our guide. It sounds nice, but it is not true. In reaction to abuses by the church, a group of believers during a time called the Reformation claimed that we only need the authority of the Bible. But the problem is that we got the Bible from the church voting on what the Bible even is. (67, 68)

We must be on the ball and not get caught up on 'self-oriented' faith discussions. It is not about us, but all about God. I'll stick to God's word and leave the interpretation up to the Holy Spirit and his quickening of my spirit as I study God's Word.

Matthew 7:15 – 23 (NIV)”Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles? So, every sound tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears evil fruit. A sound tree cannot bear evil fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus you will know them by their fruits.

"G" versus "g"

Honoring Europe and Standing Before the Throne of Judgement

Sweden rules 'gender-based' abortion legal

An article in "The Local, Sweden's News in Englis" has an article in today's (12 May 2009) edition. Read it HERE. Should we be surprised?

Our Beloved Leader is not surprised, in fact his entire being is wrapped in death from his time in the Illinois State Senate. Furthermore, he wants us to worship this Europe (France, March 2009):

In America, there is a failure to appreciate Europe's' leading role in the world. Instead of celebrating your dynamic union and seeking to partner with you to meet common challenges, there have been times where America has shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive.

The Fall of America?

Well, if the world thinks we are arrogant/dismissive/derisive because we look down upon nations who do not value human life, then I am proud to be arrogant/dismissive/derisive.

We cannot take Israel's Covenant and promises as our own, but the Bible can be read and lessons learned about our lives and how we, as a nation, will come to ruin. Israel had been overrun, taken into captivity, destroyed, lead into wilderness, etc because of their straying from God's Word. It has happened to all great nations from the beginning of time. The Bible is clear- all nations will turn away from Him and His ways.

It is Happenning now in America

Ezekiel 22:30

I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.

Psalm 106:23

Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him, To turn away His wrath from destroying them.

Isaiah 59:16

And He saw that there was no man, And was astonished that there was no one to intercede; Then His own arm brought salvation to Him, And His righteousness upheld Him.

Isaiah 63:5

"I looked, and there was no one to help, And I was astonished and there was no one to uphold; So My own arm brought salvation to Me, And My wrath upheld Me.

Jeremiah 5:1

"Roam to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, And look now and take note. And seek in her open squares, If you can find a man, If there is one who does justice, who seeks truth, Then I will pardon her.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the LORD said to me, "Even though Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, My heart would not be with this people; send them away from My presence and let them go!

Ezekiel 13:5

"You have not gone up into the breaches, nor did you build the wall around the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the day of the LORD. (NASB ©1995)

'O' Watch

" Oh My ME! Joey Boy Said What?"






We thought Dan Quayle was funny. Well, only the MSM though he was funny because he actually had values, told the truth, was faithful to his wife, and had no 'dirt' for them to find.
But to the MSU, that's besides the point.


Joey Boy is at it again:

"I would tell members of my family - and I have - that I wouldn't go anywhere in confined places now," Biden said on NBC's "Today".




And he didn't stop there!!!

"It's not just going to Mexico- if you're in a confined aircraft and one person sneezes it goes all the way through the aircraft.""That's me. I would not be at this point, if they had another way of transportation, [be] suggesting they ride the subway."

Three More years of Entertainment!

Good for the Goose, not so Good for the Gander?

It seems again that the Media Double Standard is alive and well: Golf Analyst David Veherty was reported by FoxNews this weekend as saying:

"From my own experience visiting the troops in the Middle East, I can tell you this though," Feherty wrote toward the end of his column. "Despite how the conflict has been portrayed by our glorious media, if you gave any U.S. soldier a gun with two bullets in it, and he found himself in an elevator with Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Osama bin Laden, there's a good chance that Nancy Pelosi would get shot twice, and Harry Reid and bin Laden would be strangled to death."
Feherty, a former Ryder Cup player who grew up in Northern Ireland, has gone to Iraq over Thanksgiving the past two years to visit with U.S. troops, and he created a foundation to help wounded soldiers.

"This passage was a metaphor meant to describe how American troops felt about our 43rd president," Feherty said in a statement. "In retrospect, it was inappropriate and unacceptable, and has clearly insulted Speaker Pelosi and Senator Reid, and for that, I apologize. As for our troops, they know I will continue to do as much as I can for them both at home and abroad."

He apologized later for what he said.


Wanda Sykes at a press dinner where 'Our Beloved Leader' was enjoying a 'worship me' service said:

"Rush Limbaugh, I hope the country fails, I hope his kidneys fail, how about that? He needs a good water boarding, that's what he needs."

She has not apologized for wishing the death of someone.

Personally, I don't think either one should apologize. They were both making offhand remarks about their underlying political leanings. Verehty was only drudging up an old joke, and only inserted different names. Sykes was using the recent comments (although wrongly) by Limbaugh and turned it around.

Remember, anything done in the presence of our 'Beloved Leader' is acceptable and proved worthy. Just don't insult the 'Beloved Leader's Gestapo'.

Biblical Teaching

The Bible is absolutely true, without error, divinely inspired by God. Period.

We, as Bible-believing Christians, should be thankful that God has used men (and women) of God throughout the centuries to preserve the Tenets of the Faith. This weekend we were introduced to one of most recent men in this long list of faithful.

Dr. Peter Beck, http://www.christianity.com/blogs/beck/11600313/, a graduate of Southern Seminary, who completed his PhD in Church History, was a former member of Parkway Baptist Church. This is where we currently attend church, and continually are blessed by the sound Biblical teaching by the pastor and leadership. Dr. Beck considers Parkway his 'home church', although he is now a religion professor at Charleston Southern University.

He is truly a man of God who is not afraid to 'step on toes' for the Word of God and discernment. This weekend he took us through how Baptists through the centuries beginning with Luther and Zwingli started a movement that is still going today. The reformation did not stop at Calvin and Wesley.

One of my take-home messages was the fact that those theologians from Zwingli's disciples to Spurgeon's detractors had the same issues that the we have had in the 1980s through today. 'Liberals' (Cooperative Baptist Fellowship) claim today: 1- Scripture is not divinely inspired, it is biased by those who wrote it. 2- We can fellowship with many faiths to enlarge our 'tent'.

Jesus gives us a very sobering warning that we need to take seriously: Matthew 18:5-14, and Mark 9:42-48. (v. 6)
1. It is better to be dead than to lead one of my 'little ones' astray.
2. Stumbling blocks are part of a fallen world. BUT woe to you if you 'willingly' allow one to come through you! (v. 7)
3. It is better to take drastic spiritual/physical action (cut it off) than to suffer eternally. (v. 10)

Paul many times in his writings warns the leaders to 'be on guard' for 'perverse teachers' (Acts 21). He instructs us to be alert and don't be fooled by these who want to 'tickle your ears'.

EMERGING SYNDROME

Our Generation is now dealing with the Post-Modern Theology and seen in the Emerging Church 'Syndrome':

1. "The Shack": No reverence for Almighty God (who is pictured as a Female), and that there are may paths to God, not one narrow way.

2. Brian McClaren: ("The church has been preoccupied with the question, "What happens to your soul after you die?" As if the reason for Jesus coming can be summed up in, "Jesus is trying to help get more souls into heaven, as opposed to hell, after they die." I just think a fair reading of the Gospels blows that out of the water. I don't think that the entire message and life of Jesus can be boiled down to that bottom line."

3. Josh Reich: "Some of the values of the emerging church are an emphasis on emotions, global outlook, a rise in the use of arts, and a rise in mysticism and spirituality."

4. Tony Jones: "I now believe that GLBTQ can live lives in accord with biblical Christianity (at least as much as any of us can!) and that their monogamy can and should be sanctioned and blessed by church and state."

Tony Jones, Part Two: "Since then [college years], I’ve become more uncomfortable with the notion that people are inherently bad, prideful, etc. I don’t deny the reality of sin. But I do doubt that human beings are depraved from birth. So, without quoting the Bible, what do you think? Are human beings predisposed to good or evil?"

Whaaaaaa? "Without quoting the Bible?" It's all about TONY and TONY's GLORY, forget God's Glory.

5. Rob Bell: "God has an incredibly high view of people. God believes that people are capable of amazing things." And in Velvet Elvis he writes: "So this is reality, this forgiveness, this reconciliation, is true for everybody. Paul insisted that when Jesus died on the cross, he was reconciling “all things, in heaven and on earth, to God. All things, everywhere. This reality then isn’t something we make come true about ourselves by doing something. It is already true. Our choice is to live in this new reality or cling to a reality of our own making." (p 146)

Bell also states: "This is part of the problem with continually insisting that one of the absolutes of the Christian faith must be a belief that “Scripture alone” is our guide. It sounds nice but it is not true… When people say that all we need is the Bible, it is simply not true." (pps. 067-069)

SOLA SCRIPTURA

All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. (2 Tim 3:16-17).

But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self,… For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths. (2 Timothy 3:1-2; 4:3-4, NASB)

LUTHER, ZWINGLI, CALVIN, WESLEY, BUNYAN, AND SPURGEON

OF THE 21ST CENTURY

Today, when our '5 Sola' Leaders stand up and warn us, we had better listen! When John MacArthur, Al Mohler, Alstair Begg, Mark Dever, and others (now I count personally Peter Beck!) start naming names, we had better listen and dive even deeper into the Bible.

We as parents need to ensure we train up or children so that we are not the conduits of stumbling blocks. Whether actively or passively allow this GARBAGE to enter our homes, God has warned us that it is better off if we were DEAD.

I (and my wife) now take that even more seriously after this past weekend.

Top Ten Things I Will Miss about Beaufort

10. The only traffic encountered is when the 'Turn Bridge' is open to let sailboats through and being able to see the dolphins swim along side the causeway.
9. The home we brought Boo to after she was born and where J & M had many friends of late.
8. The church were we got the best Bible teaching that may be hard to beat!
7. The best five years of my Army Career in Savannah at the 429th.
6. Fresh seafood straight from the dock to the grill!
5. The closeness of our staff at the hospital and our department. Great people and friends.
4. Small town feeling and security where most reported crime was petty and insignificant.
3. Driving onto Parris Island (Marine Recruit Depot), and having the Marines salute the car. For a long time my boys didn't know how they knew I was an officer- I told them it was my Jedi Powers! The finally figured out- on their own!- that it was the color of the sticker on the windshield!
2. Having my parents close by. It was great to have them so close- it won't be long when they will move back to Indiana where they will be only a couple of hours away.

And the Number One Thing I will miss about Beaufort, South Carolina

1. My daily runs with M.D.S. (my friend, mentor, and boss) who was my spiritual Paul during my five years working with him on many projects from actual 'work' to home repair! The Lord may surprise me, but it will be very hard to find someone like Mark to work for in the future!

Top Ten List: Why I'm Glad to Be Leaving Beaufort

Top Ten

Things I will not miss about Beaufort, SC

10. Swing bridge open means your 20 minutes trip to Walmart is now 45".
9. War of Northern Aggression.
8. Dysfunctional School System and School Board.
7. Vast number of Liberal and Ungodly churches.
6. Limited number of Theologically-sound Biblically-based churches.
5. Racism: It is alive and well, both ways, in Beaufort.
4. Driving an hour to get to the closest Mall (Savannah).
3. More Mexican restaurants per-capita than Mexico City.
2. People think they are 'big shots' in Beaufort, but are nothing but a stinky fish in a very small pond.

And the Number One Reason why I am glad to be leaving Beaufort, SC...

1. Those !$%@*&@$ Sand fleas that only come out when the temperature and humidity are perfect for sitting on the Front Porch.

Top Ten List

I'll be doing a top ten list about Beaufort, SC.

Friday: Top 10 things I WILL NOT miss about Beaufort, SC
Saturday: Top 10 things I WILL miss about Beaufort, SC

Later Today, a post about what happened 15 years ago today...

Good Bye 'Little Buddy'

Our 'Little Buddy' left us last Thursday, 9 October 2008. We had 12 healthy and enjoyable years together. He was truly "Man's Best Friend".

It was a difficult time for us and our two boys. They are struggling, for the first time, about the concept of death. It is a productive and difficult experience, but is needed. It will make them stronger, especially spiritually. We have emphasized that only Man was created in God's image, not animals. However, God still loves animals, as he knows when 'every sparrow falls to the ground'. He has given Man the responsibility to care for the animals.

We don't know what happens to our beloved pets when they die, but we didn't give the boys a false sense of hope. What they do know is that God gave us the privilege of taking care of one of his very special animals, a miniature schnauzer named Oliver.

Oliver, from the first day we saw you with your brothers and sisters in Brandon Florida until last Wednesday, 8 October snuggling with you on the couch for the last time. You will always be our first 'Little Buddy'. There will be no others. We will always treasure our memories with you.

Oliver 'Little Buddy' Winslow

26 July 1996 - 9 October 2008

The Third Most Stupid Dog Breed

Need I Say More?

Yes, I do! This is from the CBS "Early Show". I didn't make this up, see the article here.

Great New Site

I was introduced to a new website that shows how much Darwin was right. (Not really, his idea of survival of the fittest really looks good on paper...)



This site, http://www.fark.com/, is excellent in that it links many obscure and outrageous articles in a nice, neat format.




One interesting piece is where the author will offer up a recent published picture and ask people to 'Photo Shop' and post it. There are rules, but does not apply to 'Sacrilege'. For example, there is a photo of Barack "I'm a Marxist Baby Killer" Hussein Obama on a plane surrounded by reporters. Here is what some came up with:



1. Obama's face superimposed on Jesus' body with the 'masses' in awe of him.

2. Obama's face superimposed on Jesus' body with the 'Little Children' surrounding him.

3. Obama's body replacing Charlton Heston's parting the Red Sea and leading the Hebrews to the Promised Land.



All very wrong, but yet at the same time, sadly thought of true by many of his adoring fans...



Hmm, and we let these people vote...

You think you wrecked your car...

This is what happens in Bosnia when an car full of angry drunk locals with various weapons tries to pass a military convoy...



Yes, it is photoshopped by a buddy back at home, but the Hummer accident was real, along with the four of us inside. It was in 2002 in Bosnia. My first, and hopefully my last.

I was sifting through pictures and decided to keep this one for posterity, especially since I still had my posterior!!!

Rule of Thumb for those countries in the Former Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), if the ground is tilled and turned over, there are no landmines. When we crawled out of the top, we were very grateful that we ended up in a recently tilled field!!!

Camping and Training Up Children

Dad and Grandad took Monk and Tic Tac on their first camping trip this weekend. I thought that Monk would be so germ-o-phobic that he would want a backpack full of wipes and concerned about the diseases he could get by not taking a shower for one night!

For Tic-Tac- I was expecting to have to call in a helicopter to rescue him from the top of a tree that he climbed up but not able to get down.

I was close on latter one: I overheard Tic Tac tell Monk "just push the boat out with me in it, I can catch fish out in the middle easier!"

To commemorate our first official camp-out, I gave them both a compass and a special little light with a white and red light. Late into the night they were both using their compasses and their lights in the woods. There were other boys who were there with their Game-boys, PSPs, iPods, etc. There were others who were playing football and fishing also. However, there were two older men who had brought 'adopted' boys that either did not have a dad to bring them or whose dad were deployed overseas.

During the weekend, they both made comments about how impressed they were with Monk and TicTac and how they were so interested in figuring things out together as brothers, involved in the 'outdoors', and how polite and knowledgeable they were with their compasses.

I am so proud of my boys. Even though the homeschoolers had been there all day Friday, we got there after the evil public school let out. That meant there were a few of us who had to set up in the less desirable areas. But for only one night? I've camped in worse areas!

R and I have stopped counting how many people have made comments about how impressed they are with our boys. We know that God calls and convicts people to many different ways to teach and raise up children.

The last time I checked, there is no command in Scripture that says "Thou shalt instruct thy children until the 18th year age in thy home setting and deem all other methods as evil." We are commanded to train up our children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, but the decision to homeschool or not is up to individual families to decide. Sometimes when we are around very committed homeschooling families, we are made to feel that we are living in sin by not making the same decision for our family. We did not make our decision lightly and we are aware that we are responsible to train our children. However, I do read passages where many mighty men of God were trained in the local 'schools'.

Daniel was probably 12-14 years old when he was carted off to Babylon and was enrolled in the Babylon Independent School District where King Nebuchadnezzar was the Superintendent. God was faithful!

Also, I believe that Jesus also grew up in the Nazareth Public School System- of course back then it was run by the local Rabbi and they were 'enrolled' until they reached the age of manhood. As did most other boys in the Jewish culture like Peter, James, John, and Andrew.

We are called to be the salt and light: Matthew 5:13-16

13 You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.
14 You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. 15Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.

My boys are being salt and light in their world. They are sealed by God's Grace because they have professed Jesus as their Savior. That's the bottom line! Everthing else in life is for God to lead them. God has sealed them and belong to Him! God has blessed us with the privilege to be their earthly caretakers, aka 'parents'. We take our calling to train them in the Lord seriously.

We do not 'worry', as we learned this morning in church. Worry is a sin! God has led us to entrust our children to Him, and He will lead us in the way to raise them. Whichever way He leads us, we will never have regrets or feel guilty! We do pray often about how to raise our children, and we want to be faithful stewards of the blessings God has entrusted to our care.

Feeling guilty or worrying after obeying God's instruction? Seems to show a lack of faith or one who is confused.

Hmm... kind of like asking someone if at the grocery store is out of bananas and the reply is yes, we have no bananas. Huh?

Or to quote anyone who has given or received directions while driving (especially with your wife): Driver: Do I turn left here? Passenger: Right. Hmm...

Hypocrisy and Murder: Barak-Style

Barak 'The Baby Killer' Obama,



In my hospital parking lot, I have noticed quite a hypocrisy of sorts. It doesn't make sense, at least to this author and casual observer.



Maybe it is sad that some physicians, or medical professionals, are thought of being astute and scientifically savvy. Of course there are exceptions. Click on the Empty Suit, courtesy of the New Yorker, and read the article on Barak's Abortion Stance. This is not about the abortion debate, it is about murder. Cold Blooded Murder of living humans who survive birth but are unwanted. It is chilling to think this is someone who may win on charisma and flash. Some say he has no record to stand on, short on credentials.

I submit to you he does have a record to stand on. A scary and purely evil record. And just when you thought Barak was bad, read about his wife and her beliefs...

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/column.aspx?UrlTitle=obama_is_the_most_pro-abortion_candidate_ever&ns=TerenceJeffrey&dt=01/09/2008&page=1

Abortion is a very important issue to me, but one that I don't especially line up with because I understand that there is more power in how the states treat this issue. The president usually does not have much legislative power (bar the Supreme Court) to affect this area. However, when it comes to the most heinous stances, sometimes it boils over and must be said.

Bottom line: I can understand physicians who are pro-life, pro-choice, anti-choice, pro-abortion. Call it what you want. But I cannot process with my mind how an Obstetrician, if he/she is worth their salt, look at the stance Obama has taken and be in favor of him? This is Obama's only significant stance he has taken during hit time in the Illinois Senate and the US Senate.

Of course they would probably say it is a minor thing, his message of change is what is important. Well, let's see and go back in time: 1935 a similar person had a message of Change and his name was Adolph Hitler. "Unite for the Good of the Fatherland" was his election mantle, sounds eerily similar to Obama's trademark saying in 2008. Hitler, as we all know now, began the 'extermination' of the less-than-desirables: Elderly, handicapped, gypsies, blacks, non-native Germans, finally the Jews.

Obama thinks it is acceptable to kill human beings because it might lead to the infringement on Roe v. Wade. What a pathetic and evil stance to take.

Obama, and those who stand with him, have innocent blood on their hands. Too bad that baby who survived birth, but died an hour later of starvation and exposure to the elements doesn't have a voice or a vote.

I guess for that doctor with the Obama sticker missed the day they discussed the "Do No Harm" class.

Hypocrisy at its finest.

Mr. Magoo and Contacts

I remember it well. It was January 6, 1992. I began my Master's degree at the University of Florida and needed to get a new driver's license.

It was the first test I flunked. There was no Bell Curve. There was no extra credit. Unless one memorized it, like many non-English speaking landscape workers. There was only one solution- go see the eye doctor and get glasses.

That is what I did. and came back a week later and got my driver's license. I firmly believe that I could have been a straight-A student during my undergraduate years had my vision been corrected then. I should sue someone...

Anyway, after years of fumbling with glasses, prescription sunglasses and not wanting to fork over 4 grand for eye surgery, I looked into contacts. No pun intended.

It has been two weeks since I began wearing them, and it has been a very positive experience.

Here are some changes I have had to make:

1. Don't wear your prescription sunglasses when you are wearing contacts. Things are EXTREMELY blurry!

2. You get to buy inexpensive sunglasses at the gas station now.

3. You get to walk in the rain again and not worry about the glasses getting wet.

4. You get to walk into or out of a building and glasses don't get foggy.

5. When working outside, your contacts won't slide down your sweatty nose and face.

6. Wear protective eyewear. My old glasses that I wore when working outside doubled as protective eyewear, as they were issued by the military. The other day I learned the hard way that I needed to wear goggle while cutting some wood. I could see clearly, and thought I was wearing my glasses. I wasn't, and spent the next few minutes rinsing!

7. I can now put a pencil behind my ear when working on my MPs (man-projects).

8. Those unsightly chronic nose-indentions are going away!

9. I won't have to use those silly 'flip-up' sunglasses when I lose my prescription glasses!

10. Touching my eyeballs is not as bad as I thought it would be.

No more Mr. Magoo!

Ben Stein's 'Expelled'

I ran across this while doing a routine search this morning. Check out the trailer about Ben Stein's upcoming movie on Darwinism and evolution. The Secular Left's agenda is about more than abortion and blind political correctness.

A recent Pew research study found the following concerning 'evangelicals' and evolution:
(A summary is at this website for Indiana Baptist Perspectives)

"...In contrast, 40 percent said they believed that humans had evolved over time; but of those, 18 percent said that evolution was “guided by a supreme being,” and 26 percent said that evolution occurred through natural selection..."

What a slap in the face to our Almighty God by people who apparently see Genesis 1-11 as not literal but just a nice allegory.

Those who claim Christ as their Savior, dismiss the entire 'after His own image' verse about the creation of Adam. It seems to be a simple conclusion for me. Jesus, through Mary, is a decedent of Eve. God told Satan that there will be a seed that will 'Crush your head'. If we dismiss these foundational verses of the Redemptive act of Christ that is prophesied in Genesis, then we dismiss the entire purpose of redemption of Christ on the Cross.

As we have studied Genesis 1-11 in our Sunday School, then those people who subscribe to evolution and dismiss Genesis as just a story, then their belief in Salvation through Christ is flawed.

If one doubts God's Word of the OT, then His NT is just as flawed. Therefore, one's salvation is flawed. And that is an area where I would not want to wander into.

The Evil Human Resource Director

Catbert, The Evil Human Resource Director, is my hero. Thanks to the US Army, I am working on advanced studies for Human Resources. I'm learning things like how to eliminate people from the 'payroll system', and disallowing travelling expenses with the help of Accounting Trolls.

Just think, your tax dollars at work! Ain't America Great?

Church Membership and the SBC

Thomas Ascol presented this resolution (again) for honest reporting and who is a 'regenerate church member'.

Watch the video below.

http://sbcvoices.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2007-06-16T15%3A33%3A00-04%3A00&max-results=7

Resolution Committee, a lot of 'FEELINGS', The committee 'Feels' or 'Felt'

Our church decided to honestly report our numbers because of the honesty issue. We don't have 450 members (which is what we reported). Salvation is not based on church membership. We have around 200 members with 110 who come to Sunday School.

Pastor Ascol's discipleship and 'Foundations' for teaching children and adults is outstanding and true discipleship.