The original clip:
A guy played the clip into an autotune mic (not sure what that is, but it sure sounds cool):
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences
Commonly known as the 95 Theses by Dr. Martin Luther.
I just finished reading it and here are my thoughts:
"36. Any Christian whatsoever, who is truly repentant, enjoys plenary remission from penalty and guilt, and this is given him without letters of indulgence"
"37. Any true Christian whatsoever, living or dead, participates in all the benefits of Christ and the Church; and this participation is granted to him by God without letters of indulgence."
He's basically saying 'those letters of indulgence the pope gives you are worthless'
Although, there is "38. Yet the pope's remission and dispensation are in no way to be despised, for as already said, they proclaim the divine remission."
'Remission' means 'pardon' or 'forgiveness'.
So he didn't quite say they were worthless, but just about. And I can imagine the church officials were plenty mad.
"86. Again: since the pope's income to-day is larger than that of the wealthiest of wealthy men, why does he not build this one church of St. Peter with his own money, rather than with the money of indigent believers?"
'Indigent' means 'impoverished'.
That had to hurt, he's kinda implying the pope is greedy.
"89. What the pope seeks by indulgences is not money, but rather the salvation of souls; why then does he not suspend the letters and indulgences formerly conceded, and still as efficacious as ever?"
'Conceded' means 'acknowledged'.
'Efficacious' means 'Producing or capable of producing a desired effect'.
I'm not exactly sure what this one means. But it struck me, before I knew what those two words meant, as saying the pope should do away with the letters and indulgences since they weren't achieving the means the pope wished.
"90. These questions are serious matters of conscience to the laity. To suppress them by force alone, and not to refute them by giving reasons, is to expose the church and the pope to the ridicule of their enemies, and to make Christian people unhappy."
That leaves no option but for the church officials to answer the questions.
The truth is, you should just go and read the whole thing. it's only about four one-sided 8 1/2 by 11 pages. It's really good, and there's alot more in them that struck me. But there's just too much, and I have a hard time wording my thoughts, so I only gave a few.
I just finished reading it and here are my thoughts:
"36. Any Christian whatsoever, who is truly repentant, enjoys plenary remission from penalty and guilt, and this is given him without letters of indulgence"
"37. Any true Christian whatsoever, living or dead, participates in all the benefits of Christ and the Church; and this participation is granted to him by God without letters of indulgence."
He's basically saying 'those letters of indulgence the pope gives you are worthless'
Although, there is "38. Yet the pope's remission and dispensation are in no way to be despised, for as already said, they proclaim the divine remission."
'Remission' means 'pardon' or 'forgiveness'.
So he didn't quite say they were worthless, but just about. And I can imagine the church officials were plenty mad.
"86. Again: since the pope's income to-day is larger than that of the wealthiest of wealthy men, why does he not build this one church of St. Peter with his own money, rather than with the money of indigent believers?"
'Indigent' means 'impoverished'.
That had to hurt, he's kinda implying the pope is greedy.
"89. What the pope seeks by indulgences is not money, but rather the salvation of souls; why then does he not suspend the letters and indulgences formerly conceded, and still as efficacious as ever?"
'Conceded' means 'acknowledged'.
'Efficacious' means 'Producing or capable of producing a desired effect'.
I'm not exactly sure what this one means. But it struck me, before I knew what those two words meant, as saying the pope should do away with the letters and indulgences since they weren't achieving the means the pope wished.
"90. These questions are serious matters of conscience to the laity. To suppress them by force alone, and not to refute them by giving reasons, is to expose the church and the pope to the ridicule of their enemies, and to make Christian people unhappy."
That leaves no option but for the church officials to answer the questions.
The truth is, you should just go and read the whole thing. it's only about four one-sided 8 1/2 by 11 pages. It's really good, and there's alot more in them that struck me. But there's just too much, and I have a hard time wording my thoughts, so I only gave a few.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Grace
I reworded John Newton's poem 'Amazing Grace' about a year and a half ago, to see if I could make my mind see it in a new light. Although it made me really think about the words, it definitely wasn't an improvement:
Amazing Grace
John Newton
Amazing grace (how sweet the sound)
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now am found
Was blind but now I see
It was grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed
Through many dangers, toils and smares
I have already overcome
It was grace that led me safe thus far
And grace will bring me home
When we've been there a thousand years
Bright shining as the sun
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we first begun
Amazing grace (how sweet the sound)
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now am found
Was blind but now I see
It was grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed
Through many dangers, toils and smares
I have already overcome
It was grace that led me safe thus far
And grace will bring me home
When we've been there a thousand years
Bright shining as the sun
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we first begun
There are actually more verses in the poem, but this is all they put in the hymn books, which is where I was copying it from.
Grace
Susannah B.
Susannah B.
Oh, how beautiful that word 'grace', sounds - amazing that it saved a wretched person like me!
I was lost and alone but it found me, I was in deep darkness but now I stand in the brightest of lights. Grace taught me fear of the Lord and grace freed me from fear of men, grace was especially wonderful in that first hour after i put my trust in God. I have passed unscathed through dangers, difficulties, and snares aplenty already, it's grace that has brought me safely this far and it's grace that will bring me safely home. Now, when the earth has been around for ten thousand years, those who've found grace have just as much time to praise God as Adam and Eve did.
It served it's purpose fine, but it isn't good at all. even I see that. As hard as it was to keep from rewriting the rewrite, I succeeded (apart from fixing a few spelling mistakes). And the last word really should be 'do' not 'did'.
I was lost and alone but it found me, I was in deep darkness but now I stand in the brightest of lights. Grace taught me fear of the Lord and grace freed me from fear of men, grace was especially wonderful in that first hour after i put my trust in God. I have passed unscathed through dangers, difficulties, and snares aplenty already, it's grace that has brought me safely this far and it's grace that will bring me safely home. Now, when the earth has been around for ten thousand years, those who've found grace have just as much time to praise God as Adam and Eve did.
It served it's purpose fine, but it isn't good at all. even I see that. As hard as it was to keep from rewriting the rewrite, I succeeded (apart from fixing a few spelling mistakes). And the last word really should be 'do' not 'did'.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Works
If you think what I do, you think there's no such thing as salvation by works.
We all want to think there's something we can do that controls whether we go to Heaven, but the truth is that we have zero control whatsoever.
I've always looked at it in this way:
Salvation by works is impossible because it undermines our need for Christ's crucifixion and resurrection. Why would we need Christ to sacrifice himself for us if we control our own salvation by good works?
A few weeks ago at church it was put to me in this light:
God is totally just and righteous, He made Law and He judges us according to it.
If I have sinned (which I have, we all have), and I say to God on judgment day, "OK, God, I know I did all this bad stuff, and I deserve to got to Hell, but look at all these good works I've done. I did this good stuff so you should let me off the hook."
If God was to listen to me and let me into Heaven, he would be taking a bribe.
Only corrupt judges take bribes, since God is incorruptible and I've broken the law, my works don't get me any closer to getting into Heaven.
We are saved by God's grace and through our faith.
Works are just a side-affect, if you will, of our faith.
There are works in our lives because God tells us to do good works, and we have faith in Jesus Christ our Lord, and we have a desire to obey God.
We all want to think there's something we can do that controls whether we go to Heaven, but the truth is that we have zero control whatsoever.
I've always looked at it in this way:
Salvation by works is impossible because it undermines our need for Christ's crucifixion and resurrection. Why would we need Christ to sacrifice himself for us if we control our own salvation by good works?
A few weeks ago at church it was put to me in this light:
God is totally just and righteous, He made Law and He judges us according to it.
If I have sinned (which I have, we all have), and I say to God on judgment day, "OK, God, I know I did all this bad stuff, and I deserve to got to Hell, but look at all these good works I've done. I did this good stuff so you should let me off the hook."
If God was to listen to me and let me into Heaven, he would be taking a bribe.
Only corrupt judges take bribes, since God is incorruptible and I've broken the law, my works don't get me any closer to getting into Heaven.
We are saved by God's grace and through our faith.
Works are just a side-affect, if you will, of our faith.
There are works in our lives because God tells us to do good works, and we have faith in Jesus Christ our Lord, and we have a desire to obey God.
Monday, September 28, 2009
3:16
Everyone knows John 3:16 "For God so loved the world..."
I thought it'd be interesting to look up all the 3:16's in the Bible and post them here.
I'm gonna put most verses in context by giving the verse before and after it (and additional verses before if needed).
Here goes:
(ESV)
Genesis 3:16 - 15I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and her offspring;
he shall bruise your head,
and you shall bruise his heel."
16To the woman he said,
"I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing;
in pain you shall bring forth children.
Your desire shall be for your husband,
and he shall rule over you."
17And to Adam he said,
"Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
and have eaten of the tree
of which I commanded you,
'You shall not eat of it,'
cursed is the ground because of you;
in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
Exodus 3:16 - 15God also said to Moses, "Say this to the people of Israel, 'The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations. 16Go and gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, 'The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, "I have observed you and what has been done to you in Egypt, 17and I promise that I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, a land flowing with milk and honey."'
Leviticus 3:16 - 12"If his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD 13and lay his hand on its head and kill it in front of the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron shall throw its blood against the sides of the altar. 14Then he shall offer from it, as his offering for a food offering to the LORD, the fat covering the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails 15and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins and the long lobe of the liver that he shall remove with the kidneys. 16And the priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering with a pleasing aroma. All fat is the LORD’s. 17It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, in all your dwelling places, that you eat neither fat nor blood."
Numbers 3:16 - 15"List the sons of Levi, by fathers’ houses and by clans; every male from a month old and upward you shall list." 16So Moses listed them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded. 17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon and Kohath and Merari.
Deuteronomy 3:16 - 15To Machir I gave Gilead, 16and to the Reubenites and the Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead as far as the Valley of the Arnon, with the middle of the valley as a border, as far over as the river Jabbok, the border of the Ammonites; 17the Arabah also, with the Jordan as the border, from Chinnereth as far as the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah on the east.
Joshua 3:16 - 15and as soon as those bearing the ark had come as far as the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (now the Jordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of harvest), 16the waters coming down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far away, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, and those flowing down toward the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. And the people passed over opposite Jericho. 17Now the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firmly on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan, and all Israel was passing over on dry ground until all the nation finished passing over the Jordan.
Judges 3:16 - 15Then the people of Israel cried out to the LORD, and the LORD raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The people of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab. 16And Ehud made for himself a sword with two edges, a cubit in length, and he bound it on his right thigh under his clothes. 17And he presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.
Ruth 3:16 - 15And he said, "Bring the garment you are wearing and hold it out." So she held it, and he measured out six measures of barley and put it on her. Then she went into the city. 16And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, "How did you fare, my daughter?" Then she told her all that the man had done for her, 17saying, "These six measures of barley he gave to me, for he said to me, 'You must not go back empty-handed to your mother-in-law.'"
1 Samuel 3:16 - 15Samuel lay until morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli. 16But Eli called Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son." And he said, "Here I am." 17And Eli said, "What was it that he told you? Do not hide it from me. May God do so to you and more also if you hide anything from me of all that he told you."
2 Samuel 3:16 - 14Then David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, saying, "Give me my wife Michal, for whom I paid the bridal price of a hundred foreskins of the Philistines." 15And Ish-bosheth sent and took her from her husband Paltiel the son of Laish. 16But her husband went with her, weeping after her all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, "Go, return." And he returned. 17And Abner conferred with the elders of Israel, saying, "For some time past you have been seeking David as king over you.
1 Kings 3:16 - 16Then two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him. 17The one woman said, "Oh, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth to a child while she was in the house.
2 Kings 3:16 - 14And Elisha said, "As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not that I have regard for Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would neither look at you nor see you. 15But now bring me a musician." And when the musician played, the hand of the LORD came upon him. 16And he said, "Thus says the LORD, 'I will make this dry streambed full of pools.' 17For thus says the LORD, 'You shall not see wind or rain, but that streambed shall be filled with water, so that you shall drink, you, your livestock, and your animals.'
1 Chronicles 3:16 - 15The sons of Josiah: Johanan the firstborn, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. 16The descendants of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son; 17and the sons of Jeconiah, the captive: Shealtiel his son,
2 Chronicles 3:16 - 15 In front of the house he made two pillars thirty-five cubits high, with a capital of five cubits on the top of each. 16He made chains like a necklace and put them on the tops of the pillars, and he made a hundred pomegranates and put them on the chains. 17 He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south, the other on the north; that on the south he called Jachin, and that on the north Boaz.
Ezra 3:16 - nonexistent
Nehemiah 3:16 - 15And Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it and covered it and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars. And he built the wall of the Pool of Shelah of the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that go down from the city of David. 16After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, repaired to a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the artificial pool, and as far as the house of the mighty men. 17After him the Levites repaired: Rehum the son of Bani. Next to him Hashabiah, ruler of half the district of Keilah, repaired for his district.
Esther 3:16 - nonexistent
Job 3:16 - 16Or why was I not as a hidden stillborn child, as infants who never see the light?
17There the wicked cease from troubling,
and there the weary are at rest.
Psalms 3:16 - nonexistent
Proverbs 3:16 - 15She is more precious than jewels,
and nothing you desire can compare with her.
16 Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
17Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
and all her paths are peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:16 - 16Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness. 17I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time for every matter and for every work.
Song of Solomon 3:16 - nonexistent
Isaiah 3:16 - 15What do you mean by crushing my people,
by grinding the face of the poor?" declares the Lord GOD of hosts.
16The LORD said: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty
and walk with outstretched necks,
glancing wantonly with their eyes,
mincing along as they go,
tinkling with their feet,
17therefore the Lord will strike with a scab
the heads of the daughters of Zion,
and the LORD will lay bare their secret parts.
Jeremiah 3:16 - 15"'And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding. 16And when you have multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, declares the LORD, they shall no more say, "The ark of the covenant of the LORD." It shall not come to mind or be remembered or missed; it shall not be made again. 17At that time Jerusalem shall be called the throne of the LORD, and all nations shall gather to it, to the presence of the LORD in Jerusalem, and they shall no more stubbornly follow their own evil heart.
Lamentations 3:16 - 15 He has filled me with bitterness;
he has sated me with wormwood. 16 He has made my teeth grind on gravel, and made me cower in ashes;
17my soul is bereft of peace;
I have forgotten what happiness is;
Ezekiel 3:16 - 15 And I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who were dwelling by the Chebar canal, and I sat where they were dwelling. And I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days. 16 And at the end of seven days, the word of the LORD came to me: 17 "Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.
Daniel 3:16 - 15Now if you are ready when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, well and good. But if you do not worship, you shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace. An who is the god who will deliver you out of my hands?" 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.
Hosea 3:16 - nonexistent
Joel 3:16 - 15 The sun and moon will be darkened,
and the stars no longer shine.
16 The LORD will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem; the earth and the sky will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.
17 "Then you will know that I, the LORD your God,
dwell in Zion, my holy hill.
Jerusalem will be holy;
never again will foreigners invade her.
Amos 3:16 - nonexistent
Obadiah 3:16 - nonexistent
Jonah 3:16 - nonexistent
Micah 3:16 - nonexistent
Nahum 3:16 - 15There will the fire devour you;
the sword will cut you off.
It will devour you like the locust.
Multiply yourselves like the locust;
multiply like the grasshopper!
16You increased your merchants
more than the stars of the heavens.
The locust spreads its wings and flies away.
17Your princes are like grasshoppers,
your scribes like clouds of locusts
settling on the fences
in a day of cold—
when the sun rises, they fly away;
no one knows where they are.
Habakkuk 3:16 - 15 You trampled the sea with your horses,
the surging of mighty waters.
16 I hear, and my body trembles;
my lips quiver at the sound;
rottenness enters into my bones;
my legs tremble beneath me.
Yet I will quietly wait for the day of trouble
to come upon people who invade us.
17Though the fig tree should not blossom,
nor fruit be on the vines,
the produce of the olive fail
and the fields yield no food,
the flock be cut off from the fold
and there be no herd in the stalls,
Zephaniah 3:16 - 15The LORD has taken away the judgments against you;
he has cleared away your enemies.
The King of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst;
you shall never again fear evil.
16 On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem:"Fear not, O Zion;
let not your hands grow weak.
17 The LORD your God is in your midst,
a mighty one who will save;
he will rejoice over you with gladness;
he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing.
Haggai 3:16 - nonexistent
Zechariah 3:16 - nonexistent
Malachi 3:16 - 15And now we call the arrogant blessed. Evildoers not only prosper but they put God to the test and they escape.'"
16Then those who feared the LORD spoke with one another. The LORD paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the LORD and esteemed his name.
17"They shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.
Matthew 3:16 - 15But Jesus answered him, "Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he consented. 16And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; 17and behold, a voice from heaven said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."
Mark 3:16 - 15 and have authority to cast out demons. 16He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter); 17 James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder);
Luke 3:16 - 15As the people were in expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Christ, 16 John answered them all, saying, "I baptize you with water, but he who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. 17His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire."
John 3:16 - 15that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
16"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Acts 3:16 - 15and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses. 16And his name—by faith in his name—has made this man strong whom you see and know, and the faith that is through Jesus has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all. 17"And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
Romans 3:16 - 10as it is written: .... 15 "Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16in their paths are ruin and misery,
17and the way of peace they have not known."
1 Corinthians 3:16 - 15If anyone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire. 16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? 17If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
2 Corinthians 3:16 - 15Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts. 16But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. 17Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
Galatians 3:16 - 15 To give a human example, brothers: even with a man-made covenant, no one annuls it or adds to it once it has been ratified. 16Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, "And to offsprings," referring to many, but referring to one, "And to your offspring," who is Christ. 17This is what I mean: the law, which came 430 years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to make the promise void.
Ephesians 3:16 - 15from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
Philippians 3:16 - 15Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you. 16Only let us hold true to what we have attained. 17Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us.
Colossians 3:16 - 15And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. 16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
1 Thessalonians 3:16 - nonexistent
2 Thessalonians 3:16 - 15 Do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.
16Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all. 17I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. This is the sign of genuineness in every letter of mine; it is the way I write.
1 Timothy 3:16 - 15if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth. 16Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness:
He was manifested in the flesh,
vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels,
proclaimed among the nations,
believed on in the world,
taken up in glory.
2 Timothy 3:16 - 15and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.
Titus 3:16 - nonexistent
Philemon 3:16 - nonexistent
Hebrews 3:16 - 15As it is said, "Today, if you hear his voice,do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion." 16For who were those who heard and yet rebelled? Was it not all those who left Egypt led by Moses? 17And with whom was he provoked for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
James 3:16 - 15This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. 16For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. 17But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.
1 Peter 3:16 - 15but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect, 16 having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. 17For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.
2 Peter 3:16 - 15And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, 16as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures. 17You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability.
1 John 3:16 - 15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 16By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him?
2 John 3:16 - nonexistent
3 John 3:16 - nonexistent
Jude 3:16 - nonexistent
Revelation 3:16 - 15"'I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! 16So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. 17 For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.
I thought it'd be interesting to look up all the 3:16's in the Bible and post them here.
I'm gonna put most verses in context by giving the verse before and after it (and additional verses before if needed).
Here goes:
(ESV)
Genesis 3:16 - 15I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and her offspring;
he shall bruise your head,
and you shall bruise his heel."
16To the woman he said,
"I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing;
in pain you shall bring forth children.
Your desire shall be for your husband,
and he shall rule over you."
17And to Adam he said,
"Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
and have eaten of the tree
of which I commanded you,
'You shall not eat of it,'
cursed is the ground because of you;
in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
Exodus 3:16 - 15God also said to Moses, "Say this to the people of Israel, 'The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations. 16Go and gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, 'The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, "I have observed you and what has been done to you in Egypt, 17and I promise that I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, a land flowing with milk and honey."'
Leviticus 3:16 - 12"If his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD 13and lay his hand on its head and kill it in front of the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron shall throw its blood against the sides of the altar. 14Then he shall offer from it, as his offering for a food offering to the LORD, the fat covering the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails 15and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins and the long lobe of the liver that he shall remove with the kidneys. 16And the priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering with a pleasing aroma. All fat is the LORD’s. 17It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, in all your dwelling places, that you eat neither fat nor blood."
Numbers 3:16 - 15"List the sons of Levi, by fathers’ houses and by clans; every male from a month old and upward you shall list." 16So Moses listed them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded. 17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon and Kohath and Merari.
Deuteronomy 3:16 - 15To Machir I gave Gilead, 16and to the Reubenites and the Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead as far as the Valley of the Arnon, with the middle of the valley as a border, as far over as the river Jabbok, the border of the Ammonites; 17the Arabah also, with the Jordan as the border, from Chinnereth as far as the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah on the east.
Joshua 3:16 - 15and as soon as those bearing the ark had come as far as the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (now the Jordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of harvest), 16the waters coming down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far away, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, and those flowing down toward the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. And the people passed over opposite Jericho. 17Now the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firmly on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan, and all Israel was passing over on dry ground until all the nation finished passing over the Jordan.
Judges 3:16 - 15Then the people of Israel cried out to the LORD, and the LORD raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The people of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab. 16And Ehud made for himself a sword with two edges, a cubit in length, and he bound it on his right thigh under his clothes. 17And he presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.
Ruth 3:16 - 15And he said, "Bring the garment you are wearing and hold it out." So she held it, and he measured out six measures of barley and put it on her. Then she went into the city. 16And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, "How did you fare, my daughter?" Then she told her all that the man had done for her, 17saying, "These six measures of barley he gave to me, for he said to me, 'You must not go back empty-handed to your mother-in-law.'"
1 Samuel 3:16 - 15Samuel lay until morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli. 16But Eli called Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son." And he said, "Here I am." 17And Eli said, "What was it that he told you? Do not hide it from me. May God do so to you and more also if you hide anything from me of all that he told you."
2 Samuel 3:16 - 14Then David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, saying, "Give me my wife Michal, for whom I paid the bridal price of a hundred foreskins of the Philistines." 15And Ish-bosheth sent and took her from her husband Paltiel the son of Laish. 16But her husband went with her, weeping after her all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, "Go, return." And he returned. 17And Abner conferred with the elders of Israel, saying, "For some time past you have been seeking David as king over you.
1 Kings 3:16 - 16Then two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him. 17The one woman said, "Oh, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth to a child while she was in the house.
2 Kings 3:16 - 14And Elisha said, "As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not that I have regard for Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would neither look at you nor see you. 15But now bring me a musician." And when the musician played, the hand of the LORD came upon him. 16And he said, "Thus says the LORD, 'I will make this dry streambed full of pools.' 17For thus says the LORD, 'You shall not see wind or rain, but that streambed shall be filled with water, so that you shall drink, you, your livestock, and your animals.'
1 Chronicles 3:16 - 15The sons of Josiah: Johanan the firstborn, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. 16The descendants of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son; 17and the sons of Jeconiah, the captive: Shealtiel his son,
2 Chronicles 3:16 - 15 In front of the house he made two pillars thirty-five cubits high, with a capital of five cubits on the top of each. 16He made chains like a necklace and put them on the tops of the pillars, and he made a hundred pomegranates and put them on the chains. 17 He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south, the other on the north; that on the south he called Jachin, and that on the north Boaz.
Ezra 3:16 - nonexistent
Nehemiah 3:16 - 15And Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it and covered it and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars. And he built the wall of the Pool of Shelah of the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that go down from the city of David. 16After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, repaired to a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the artificial pool, and as far as the house of the mighty men. 17After him the Levites repaired: Rehum the son of Bani. Next to him Hashabiah, ruler of half the district of Keilah, repaired for his district.
Esther 3:16 - nonexistent
Job 3:16 - 16Or why was I not as a hidden stillborn child, as infants who never see the light?
17There the wicked cease from troubling,
and there the weary are at rest.
Psalms 3:16 - nonexistent
Proverbs 3:16 - 15She is more precious than jewels,
and nothing you desire can compare with her.
16 Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
17Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
and all her paths are peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:16 - 16Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness. 17I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time for every matter and for every work.
Song of Solomon 3:16 - nonexistent
Isaiah 3:16 - 15What do you mean by crushing my people,
by grinding the face of the poor?" declares the Lord GOD of hosts.
16The LORD said: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty
and walk with outstretched necks,
glancing wantonly with their eyes,
mincing along as they go,
tinkling with their feet,
17therefore the Lord will strike with a scab
the heads of the daughters of Zion,
and the LORD will lay bare their secret parts.
Jeremiah 3:16 - 15"'And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding. 16And when you have multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, declares the LORD, they shall no more say, "The ark of the covenant of the LORD." It shall not come to mind or be remembered or missed; it shall not be made again. 17At that time Jerusalem shall be called the throne of the LORD, and all nations shall gather to it, to the presence of the LORD in Jerusalem, and they shall no more stubbornly follow their own evil heart.
Lamentations 3:16 - 15 He has filled me with bitterness;
he has sated me with wormwood. 16 He has made my teeth grind on gravel, and made me cower in ashes;
17my soul is bereft of peace;
I have forgotten what happiness is;
Ezekiel 3:16 - 15 And I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who were dwelling by the Chebar canal, and I sat where they were dwelling. And I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days. 16 And at the end of seven days, the word of the LORD came to me: 17 "Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.
Daniel 3:16 - 15Now if you are ready when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, well and good. But if you do not worship, you shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace. An who is the god who will deliver you out of my hands?" 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.
Hosea 3:16 - nonexistent
Joel 3:16 - 15 The sun and moon will be darkened,
and the stars no longer shine.
16 The LORD will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem; the earth and the sky will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.
17 "Then you will know that I, the LORD your God,
dwell in Zion, my holy hill.
Jerusalem will be holy;
never again will foreigners invade her.
Amos 3:16 - nonexistent
Obadiah 3:16 - nonexistent
Jonah 3:16 - nonexistent
Micah 3:16 - nonexistent
Nahum 3:16 - 15There will the fire devour you;
the sword will cut you off.
It will devour you like the locust.
Multiply yourselves like the locust;
multiply like the grasshopper!
16You increased your merchants
more than the stars of the heavens.
The locust spreads its wings and flies away.
17Your princes are like grasshoppers,
your scribes like clouds of locusts
settling on the fences
in a day of cold—
when the sun rises, they fly away;
no one knows where they are.
Habakkuk 3:16 - 15 You trampled the sea with your horses,
the surging of mighty waters.
16 I hear, and my body trembles;
my lips quiver at the sound;
rottenness enters into my bones;
my legs tremble beneath me.
Yet I will quietly wait for the day of trouble
to come upon people who invade us.
17Though the fig tree should not blossom,
nor fruit be on the vines,
the produce of the olive fail
and the fields yield no food,
the flock be cut off from the fold
and there be no herd in the stalls,
Zephaniah 3:16 - 15The LORD has taken away the judgments against you;
he has cleared away your enemies.
The King of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst;
you shall never again fear evil.
16 On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem:"Fear not, O Zion;
let not your hands grow weak.
17 The LORD your God is in your midst,
a mighty one who will save;
he will rejoice over you with gladness;
he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing.
Haggai 3:16 - nonexistent
Zechariah 3:16 - nonexistent
Malachi 3:16 - 15And now we call the arrogant blessed. Evildoers not only prosper but they put God to the test and they escape.'"
16Then those who feared the LORD spoke with one another. The LORD paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the LORD and esteemed his name.
17"They shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.
Matthew 3:16 - 15But Jesus answered him, "Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he consented. 16And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; 17and behold, a voice from heaven said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."
Mark 3:16 - 15 and have authority to cast out demons. 16He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter); 17 James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder);
Luke 3:16 - 15As the people were in expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Christ, 16 John answered them all, saying, "I baptize you with water, but he who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. 17His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire."
John 3:16 - 15that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
16"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Acts 3:16 - 15and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses. 16And his name—by faith in his name—has made this man strong whom you see and know, and the faith that is through Jesus has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all. 17"And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
Romans 3:16 - 10as it is written: .... 15 "Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16in their paths are ruin and misery,
17and the way of peace they have not known."
1 Corinthians 3:16 - 15If anyone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire. 16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? 17If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
2 Corinthians 3:16 - 15Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts. 16But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. 17Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
Galatians 3:16 - 15 To give a human example, brothers: even with a man-made covenant, no one annuls it or adds to it once it has been ratified. 16Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, "And to offsprings," referring to many, but referring to one, "And to your offspring," who is Christ. 17This is what I mean: the law, which came 430 years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to make the promise void.
Ephesians 3:16 - 15from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
Philippians 3:16 - 15Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you. 16Only let us hold true to what we have attained. 17Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us.
Colossians 3:16 - 15And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. 16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
1 Thessalonians 3:16 - nonexistent
2 Thessalonians 3:16 - 15 Do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.
16Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all. 17I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. This is the sign of genuineness in every letter of mine; it is the way I write.
1 Timothy 3:16 - 15if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth. 16Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness:
He was manifested in the flesh,
vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels,
proclaimed among the nations,
believed on in the world,
taken up in glory.
2 Timothy 3:16 - 15and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.
Titus 3:16 - nonexistent
Philemon 3:16 - nonexistent
Hebrews 3:16 - 15As it is said, "Today, if you hear his voice,do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion." 16For who were those who heard and yet rebelled? Was it not all those who left Egypt led by Moses? 17And with whom was he provoked for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
James 3:16 - 15This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. 16For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. 17But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.
1 Peter 3:16 - 15but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect, 16 having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. 17For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.
2 Peter 3:16 - 15And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, 16as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures. 17You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability.
1 John 3:16 - 15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 16By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him?
2 John 3:16 - nonexistent
3 John 3:16 - nonexistent
Jude 3:16 - nonexistent
Revelation 3:16 - 15"'I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! 16So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. 17 For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Peace Child
I literally just finished a book called Peace Child by Don Richardson.
Never before had I read a book that made my cry with joy, it is such a beautiful story. It's so graceful and wonderful and I could not imagine a better story. (except for the original story, the bible, that this one is fashioned from.)
If you pick up the book and begin reading you'll probably put it down object strongly to the horrible treachery in the stories laid out for you, but those stories show all the better how beautiful the sharing of the gospel and the acceptance of Jesus is when you finally get to that part.
The book....I don't even know what else to say. It just gives me so much joy to think now about what took place halfway across the world forty plus years ago.
I would most definitely recommend this book to any and all. It is so....ok, I'm just gonna stop right here and come back and revise it or something tomorrow when I'm able to communicate a little better.
The bottom line is: read this book.
Never before had I read a book that made my cry with joy, it is such a beautiful story. It's so graceful and wonderful and I could not imagine a better story. (except for the original story, the bible, that this one is fashioned from.)
If you pick up the book and begin reading you'll probably put it down object strongly to the horrible treachery in the stories laid out for you, but those stories show all the better how beautiful the sharing of the gospel and the acceptance of Jesus is when you finally get to that part.
The book....I don't even know what else to say. It just gives me so much joy to think now about what took place halfway across the world forty plus years ago.
I would most definitely recommend this book to any and all. It is so....ok, I'm just gonna stop right here and come back and revise it or something tomorrow when I'm able to communicate a little better.
The bottom line is: read this book.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Butt-Air Lung Disease
Buggie is my mom's little sister.
She has some sort of lung problem, but I don't think she's got a diagnosis.
She was laying on the couch today and her dog, Abigail, was laying on the floor in front of it with her butt right below Buggie's head.
Abigail gassed and Buggie was disgusted - not by the smell, but by the idea that when someone flatulates, the air that was just in their butt is now in your lungs.
So she diagnosed herself with Butt-Air Lung Disease.
This probably wasn't nearly as funny when you just read it as it was when it happened, we were almost rolling with laughter.
She has some sort of lung problem, but I don't think she's got a diagnosis.
She was laying on the couch today and her dog, Abigail, was laying on the floor in front of it with her butt right below Buggie's head.
Abigail gassed and Buggie was disgusted - not by the smell, but by the idea that when someone flatulates, the air that was just in their butt is now in your lungs.
So she diagnosed herself with Butt-Air Lung Disease.
This probably wasn't nearly as funny when you just read it as it was when it happened, we were almost rolling with laughter.
The Joke and the Fulfillment
Intro: I started this post on July 7, 2009, but I never finished it on that day. I didn't finish it until today, November 11, 2009. (Sadly my blog will insist on saying I posted it on July 7.) I'd forgotten all about it until today. I finished the post the best I could, but it wasn't easy since those emotions and events were foremost in my mind when I started it and it was all but forgotten when I finished it.
The Joke
Background: This is definitely the best joke and one of very very few good jokes that I've made
Cast:
Pinky - the youngest of the family
Somebody - a.k.a. me
Setting: Pinky trying to put toast into toaster but not able to reach.
Mom: May I assist you with that?
Pinky: Yeah, I can't get it in....what does assist mean?
Mom: Assist means help.
Somebody: that's why I'm called a sister - because I assist you.
The Fulfillment
I got my chance to assist Pinky at a lake in Minnesota, it came about like this.
Yesterday I, Grandma, two aunts (Mary and Buggie), Mom, two cousins, and five siblings (Married One, Jangles, J, Gracie, and Pinky) went to the lake.
There's a sandy place on the shore that could be considered a beach by some.
Everyone else was back on the grass behind the water, but Buggie and I were thigh-deep in water chatting and Pinky was playing in the lake with her kickboard. I thank God that we were facing in her direction when she swam too deep and lost her kickboard. I didn't notice at all, but Buggie was just about to call out to her that she was too deep and needed to come back when she lost the board. Buggie, kind of causually to me, said 'Pinky lost her board', I looked and sure enough she had, and she can't swim. I started walking and after a few steps started running. I got in above my waist and realized I was gonna have to swim, so I started swimming, looked up to see how close I was, and then it came to me that it's not just the people on the news who drown, it can be anyone. So I swam faster, got there, grabbed her, - and a wave of relief washed over me.......then I put my feet down. There was over six inches of weeds embraced by goopy mud on the bottom....it was disgusting. I turned around and there was Buggie, right behind me - that kinda surprised me, because in all the excitement I hadn't heard her behind me. She told me on our way back that she had yelled to me when I started swimming, 'You get her! You can swim faster than me, you'll get to her sooner!'
Mom and I and Buggie had a talk with Pinky about staying by the shore and not going more than chest deep without someone right beside her watching her.
Boy, was I thankful the rest of the dayfor the dear little sister God had given me.
The End
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Ghosts of Books
I love reading, when I pick up a good book I can't put it down until it's finished. (Well I can, but if I do, that's all I think about)
Now, this isn't very conducive to getting on with my life, especially during the school year.
So, when I'm able, I check out audio books from the library. I listen to those, literally, the entire waking portion of my day. In this way I can get my chores done (still no school) and I don't have to put my book down.
There's a lady down the road who pays me to go clean her house every couple weeks, several months ago I listened to a book while cleaning.
Every time I clean now, I'll get to a specific place (e.g. the ledge in the shower, the corner of the floor where the scale is, the pots and pans shelf), and somehow my mind will abandon what I was previously thinking, which, believe me or ask my friends, is something my mind does constantly. But this was different, I would just get this image in my mind of a man almost drowning (Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens), or of some other scene from my book.
I'd say a whole lot more about it, but I can't seem to put my thoughts into words.
I'm afraid this post doesn't convey the same....something-ness I'd like it to.
Another interesting thing that's kind of in the same category happened last night while I was on facebook.
I was looking at my list of online friends and every time I inhaled I got this feeling of the taste of tootsie roll. It was only for the first split second of each breath in. My mouth was closed and the taste was on my tongue, so I really wasn't smelling or tasting it, I just kept getting the sensation of tasting it. It was very, very odd, especially seeing as how there hasn't been any tootsie rolls in this house for weeks.
Ok, so you probably didn't need to hear about the tootsie roll thing.
But I've been wanting to post about the book for several weeks, it's just that I forgot what it was I wanted to post about. Actually, truth be told, it probably wasn't what I had originally thought of, it's just that when I was trying to rethink what I thought of first, this came to mind.
Again, it didn't come out in this post the same way it sits in my mind.
Now, this isn't very conducive to getting on with my life, especially during the school year.
So, when I'm able, I check out audio books from the library. I listen to those, literally, the entire waking portion of my day. In this way I can get my chores done (still no school) and I don't have to put my book down.
There's a lady down the road who pays me to go clean her house every couple weeks, several months ago I listened to a book while cleaning.
Every time I clean now, I'll get to a specific place (e.g. the ledge in the shower, the corner of the floor where the scale is, the pots and pans shelf), and somehow my mind will abandon what I was previously thinking, which, believe me or ask my friends, is something my mind does constantly. But this was different, I would just get this image in my mind of a man almost drowning (Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens), or of some other scene from my book.
I'd say a whole lot more about it, but I can't seem to put my thoughts into words.
I'm afraid this post doesn't convey the same....something-ness I'd like it to.
Another interesting thing that's kind of in the same category happened last night while I was on facebook.
I was looking at my list of online friends and every time I inhaled I got this feeling of the taste of tootsie roll. It was only for the first split second of each breath in. My mouth was closed and the taste was on my tongue, so I really wasn't smelling or tasting it, I just kept getting the sensation of tasting it. It was very, very odd, especially seeing as how there hasn't been any tootsie rolls in this house for weeks.
Ok, so you probably didn't need to hear about the tootsie roll thing.
But I've been wanting to post about the book for several weeks, it's just that I forgot what it was I wanted to post about. Actually, truth be told, it probably wasn't what I had originally thought of, it's just that when I was trying to rethink what I thought of first, this came to mind.
Again, it didn't come out in this post the same way it sits in my mind.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Home-church
We decided last week to look for a new church.
We have friends that go to a very small church and we were going to visit there today, but were unable.
The church gets together and eats breakfast, prays for 20 minutes, and then studies the bible. (I don't know whether or not they sing. If they don't, it may be that my family can get that started.)
There isn't an actual sermon, but I like the idea of reading a passage and then chewing on it as a group; of just examining God's unaltered word together.
It has this kind of home-church feeling, which Mom and me find really appealing. (I just made a rhyme by accident.) It makes me think of what the home-churches first century disciples led would have been like.
We have friends that go to a very small church and we were going to visit there today, but were unable.
The church gets together and eats breakfast, prays for 20 minutes, and then studies the bible. (I don't know whether or not they sing. If they don't, it may be that my family can get that started.)
There isn't an actual sermon, but I like the idea of reading a passage and then chewing on it as a group; of just examining God's unaltered word together.
It has this kind of home-church feeling, which Mom and me find really appealing. (I just made a rhyme by accident.) It makes me think of what the home-churches first century disciples led would have been like.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Shoes for Life
The Palouse 9-12 Project had a potluck today, and there was a hiking trail to the top of the butte we were at.
Me, my brother and my cousin went up it.
I was wearing slip-on (and off) shoes, and I'm in such awful shape that I was having a hard time with the climb even without having to worry about keeping my shoes on, so I did the sensible thing and went barefoot.
My cousin and I were talking about it hurting to walk with bare feet, and he pointed out that life tends to make our feet hurt because we won't wear shoes. The pain is self-imposed because we have a choice to put our shoes on.
I liked this analogy about shoes for life and it struck me that it'd be neat if the analogy worked out with Ephesians 6:15, which says 'and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace.' (talking about the armor of God)
It doesn't workout perfectly, but this is what I found.
The gospel of Jesus Christ is one of peace. We should always have that gospel (God) foremost in our minds, the closer you are to God, the easier life will be. That doesn't mean that you'll be given less obstacles, it means the obstacles you're given will be easier to deal with.
If you don't have that readiness, you'll be stumbling over the jagged rocks you have to walk on.
How do you get that readiness?
You get it by seeking out God's wisdom that is stored in His word, by praying to God earnestly and humbly, and by striving to live in a way that pleases God (which means being a doer of the word and not a hearer only).
I do need to add that I don't think this is necessarily what that verse is saying.
I've always understood the verse to be admonishing us to always be ready to share the gospel, in any circumstance.
10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 13Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. 14Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. 16In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; 17and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,
Ephesians 6:10-17 (ESV)
Me, my brother and my cousin went up it.
I was wearing slip-on (and off) shoes, and I'm in such awful shape that I was having a hard time with the climb even without having to worry about keeping my shoes on, so I did the sensible thing and went barefoot.
My cousin and I were talking about it hurting to walk with bare feet, and he pointed out that life tends to make our feet hurt because we won't wear shoes. The pain is self-imposed because we have a choice to put our shoes on.
I liked this analogy about shoes for life and it struck me that it'd be neat if the analogy worked out with Ephesians 6:15, which says 'and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace.' (talking about the armor of God)
It doesn't workout perfectly, but this is what I found.
The gospel of Jesus Christ is one of peace. We should always have that gospel (God) foremost in our minds, the closer you are to God, the easier life will be. That doesn't mean that you'll be given less obstacles, it means the obstacles you're given will be easier to deal with.
If you don't have that readiness, you'll be stumbling over the jagged rocks you have to walk on.
How do you get that readiness?
You get it by seeking out God's wisdom that is stored in His word, by praying to God earnestly and humbly, and by striving to live in a way that pleases God (which means being a doer of the word and not a hearer only).
I do need to add that I don't think this is necessarily what that verse is saying.
I've always understood the verse to be admonishing us to always be ready to share the gospel, in any circumstance.
10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 13Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. 14Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. 16In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; 17and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,
Ephesians 6:10-17 (ESV)
Friday, May 22, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Evolution, Creationism, and Intelligent Design
Last Sunday the pastor started a sermon series on the evidence of Christianity.
The first sermon was on evolution.
Sunday night I went to a friend's youth group and saw a poster advertising a lecture (actually more of a FAQ or Q and A session) by Michael Behe, author of Darwin's Black Box.
It was on evolution, creationism, and intelligent design.
I think that was definitely God's timing.
So, anyways, Behe is doing a lecture tonight in the university of a neighboring town and another one tomorrow night in the university in my town.
Sadly I can't go to either one because the community play I'm in keeps me busy in the evenings, which is why I was ecstatic when I heard there was another one early this afternoon.
I went, and I thought it was really interesting just hearing what he had to say.
I've put Darwin's Black Box on my list of books to read, because I'd like to hear what else he has to say. The QA session was only an hour long, so he was only able to answer about four questions.
The first sermon was on evolution.
Sunday night I went to a friend's youth group and saw a poster advertising a lecture (actually more of a FAQ or Q and A session) by Michael Behe, author of Darwin's Black Box.
It was on evolution, creationism, and intelligent design.
I think that was definitely God's timing.
So, anyways, Behe is doing a lecture tonight in the university of a neighboring town and another one tomorrow night in the university in my town.
Sadly I can't go to either one because the community play I'm in keeps me busy in the evenings, which is why I was ecstatic when I heard there was another one early this afternoon.
I went, and I thought it was really interesting just hearing what he had to say.
I've put Darwin's Black Box on my list of books to read, because I'd like to hear what else he has to say. The QA session was only an hour long, so he was only able to answer about four questions.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Edit: Tea Anyone?
I need to apologize for reporting incorrectly.
Moscow Pullman Daily News stated correctly the number of people attending.
You can see their report here: http://right-mind.us/blogs/blog_0/archive/2009/04/17/66933.aspx
Moscow Pullman Daily News stated correctly the number of people attending.
You can see their report here: http://right-mind.us/blogs/blog_0/archive/2009/04/17/66933.aspx
Inside Joke
I recently went with my brother (J), my friend (M), and her brother (B) to Seattle, WA. While we were there B decided to name himself Nobody, and then we all decided that M would henceforth be dubbed Everybody. And of course, we had to finish what we started, so J became Anybody and I became Somebody.
That's the end of my inside joke.
It's actually really amusing, because someone, quite unaware of our game, will say something like 'Everybody's afraid of the dark!' and M will reply 'No I'm not!'. Or someone will say 'Somebody hates pickles', to which I would declare that I did too like them.
It's actually not the end of the joke because we gave another of my friends (T) the name Who, which made me sad since I wanted to give her another -body name (there aren't any more so I wanted to do a play on words using the word body). But, alas, B would always reply to my suggestion with 'There are no more bodies! I buried them all!'
OK, now the joke is over.
That's the end of my inside joke.
It's actually really amusing, because someone, quite unaware of our game, will say something like 'Everybody's afraid of the dark!' and M will reply 'No I'm not!'. Or someone will say 'Somebody hates pickles', to which I would declare that I did too like them.
It's actually not the end of the joke because we gave another of my friends (T) the name Who, which made me sad since I wanted to give her another -body name (there aren't any more so I wanted to do a play on words using the word body). But, alas, B would always reply to my suggestion with 'There are no more bodies! I buried them all!'
OK, now the joke is over.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Tea anyone?
I was at the Moscow Tea Party (hosted by the Palouse 9.12 Project) yesterday. There were over 300 people there, despite the Daily News's false report of 'almost a hundred people'.
I wore chains (as you can see if you click on the link to the article) to symbolize how the government has turned every citizen of the United States into a debt-slave, by the money they've borrowed. Proverbs 22:7 says, "The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender." The government has put me, you, and every US citizen over $35,000 in debt. Every baby born now, is automatically born with 35K of debt, and none of us have any say in this debt, we didn't borrow the money, and we didn't use the money, but somehow we're the one's stuck with the debt.
I was quoted in an article about it in the Lewiston Tribune. I would give you the actual article on the newspaper's site, but you have to subscribe to the newspaper in order to read the article. So, I'll have to give you this link instead (although, this may be the whole article here):
http://right-mind.us/blogs/blog_0/archive/2009/04/16/66913.aspx
I think it was great to have such a good turn-out, and now that it's over we have to keep going and take it the next step by doing things like calling our congressmen to either give our support or express our disappointment in them. (It's true that I've never yet called mine, so I'm not gonna be pestering people incessantly about them doing it, but I still think it's an important thing to do and I plan to start.)
Lots more pictures off Dale Courtney's blog:
http://right-mind.us/blogs/blog_0/archive/2009/04/15/66902.aspx
This is the local 9.12 project's site:
http://palouse912project.com/forums/
This is the national 9.12 projects site:
http://the912project.com/
I wore chains (as you can see if you click on the link to the article) to symbolize how the government has turned every citizen of the United States into a debt-slave, by the money they've borrowed. Proverbs 22:7 says, "The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender." The government has put me, you, and every US citizen over $35,000 in debt. Every baby born now, is automatically born with 35K of debt, and none of us have any say in this debt, we didn't borrow the money, and we didn't use the money, but somehow we're the one's stuck with the debt.
I was quoted in an article about it in the Lewiston Tribune. I would give you the actual article on the newspaper's site, but you have to subscribe to the newspaper in order to read the article. So, I'll have to give you this link instead (although, this may be the whole article here):
http://right-mind.us/blogs/blog_0/archive/2009/04/16/66913.aspx
I think it was great to have such a good turn-out, and now that it's over we have to keep going and take it the next step by doing things like calling our congressmen to either give our support or express our disappointment in them. (It's true that I've never yet called mine, so I'm not gonna be pestering people incessantly about them doing it, but I still think it's an important thing to do and I plan to start.)
Lots more pictures off Dale Courtney's blog:
http://right-mind.us/blogs/blog_0/archive/2009/04/15/66902.aspx
This is the local 9.12 project's site:
http://palouse912project.com/forums/
This is the national 9.12 projects site:
http://the912project.com/
Sunday, April 12, 2009
More engrishfunny.com
Definitely a one-of-a-kind valentine.
Sound advice....if you can decipher it.
What in the world???
I wonder if you'd receive different things from a $1 bill and a $100 bill?
Somehow this doesn't feel quite right...
Wiwichu a Meri Crismas an a japi nu Yir!!!
It's certainly true enough, it's just worded a little bit oddly.
While the site does have a lot of funny mis-spellings on it, I think there's also a lot of off-color humor on it (it's way worse than it was a few months ago), so the farther back pages are better.
A thought went up my mind to-day
This poem describes exactly the way I often feel.
I was so pleased with it that I decided to post it here - on Easter.
I think it's neat, because it was only the fourth poem in a whole book of her first 3 volumes published. I know this is probably more than you want to hear as far as why I decided to post it, so I'll let you read the poem now.
I was so pleased with it that I decided to post it here - on Easter.
I think it's neat, because it was only the fourth poem in a whole book of her first 3 volumes published. I know this is probably more than you want to hear as far as why I decided to post it, so I'll let you read the poem now.
A thought went up my mind to-day
That I have had before,
But did not finish, - some way back,
I could not fix the year,
Nor where it went, nor why it came
The second time to me,
Nor definitely what it was,
Have I the art to say.
But somewhere in my soul, I know
I've met the thing before;
It just reminded me - 't was all -
And came my way no more.
~Emily Dickinson
But did not finish, - some way back,
I could not fix the year,
Nor where it went, nor why it came
The second time to me,
Nor definitely what it was,
Have I the art to say.
But somewhere in my soul, I know
I've met the thing before;
It just reminded me - 't was all -
And came my way no more.
~Emily Dickinson
See? Wasn't that good?
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Once apon a morni- No wait, I mean midnight
Once upon a time, when my big sister was about twelve, she woke up in the middle of the night and thought to herself 'Oh, it's morning, I should go take a shower' and she did just that. The End
-My personalized version-
At 1:00 am Saturday morning my alarm rang and I shut it off without looking at it, knowing that it was 6:00 (I'm still wondering why I got up at what I thought was that time anyways, I was planning on get up around 8:00 since it was Saturday) I pulled on some clothes, went downstairs, used the restroom, washed my face, went into the kitchen....and then I saw the time. I mentally slapped myself then went back upstairs, got back into my pajamas and went to bed.
I have evidence that it was just a dream: I looked at my phone the next day (which doesn't have service so I just use it as an alarm clock) and it had alarms set for every half hour from 6 am to 5:30 pm but none at 1 am.
I also have evidence that it wasn't a dream: First, I could easily have dreamed I heard my alarm and then gotten up for real.
Second, when I woke up this morning my jeans were half draped on the bed under my covers (and I know they weren't like that when I went to bed last night).
I'm sure you want to know why a have alarms set for every half-hour on a service-less cellphone, the reason is this: since I didn't have a school bell that rings at the end of each class I decided to make my own, and phones are pocketable and you can set more than two alarms at once on it.
-My personalized version-
At 1:00 am Saturday morning my alarm rang and I shut it off without looking at it, knowing that it was 6:00 (I'm still wondering why I got up at what I thought was that time anyways, I was planning on get up around 8:00 since it was Saturday) I pulled on some clothes, went downstairs, used the restroom, washed my face, went into the kitchen....and then I saw the time. I mentally slapped myself then went back upstairs, got back into my pajamas and went to bed.
I have evidence that it was just a dream: I looked at my phone the next day (which doesn't have service so I just use it as an alarm clock) and it had alarms set for every half hour from 6 am to 5:30 pm but none at 1 am.
I also have evidence that it wasn't a dream: First, I could easily have dreamed I heard my alarm and then gotten up for real.
Second, when I woke up this morning my jeans were half draped on the bed under my covers (and I know they weren't like that when I went to bed last night).
I'm sure you want to know why a have alarms set for every half-hour on a service-less cellphone, the reason is this: since I didn't have a school bell that rings at the end of each class I decided to make my own, and phones are pocketable and you can set more than two alarms at once on it.
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