Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Christianity: A Growing Process

When a person makes the decision to accept Jesus Christ as their savior, they usually are not instantly perfect overnight. At least not that I have seen. I believe in days to come, the Lord will do a QUICK work. But as of yet, I have not seen instant-overnight-perfection. If someone chooses to become a Christian at 28 years old then please remember... they had 28 years to develop some bad attitudes, bad habits, bad morals, bad judgments. Twenty-eight years is a LONG time. Sooo... the Lord has some work to do. The first step is that the person gave their heart to Him, confessed Jesus Christ as Lord & Savior, and repented for being a sinner. Now they have asked Him to change their heart & make them brand new. He will put a new spirit & a new heart in them. But people tend to remember how they used to respond to something and that's what they wind up doing...then they have to repent because it was the wrong way to respond. Reading the Word of God causes the person to have a new way of thinking: HIS way of thinking. Reading the Word washes the person's mind & heart (soul) & then they have to put into practice the things they have learned so they can develop these new habits to wipe out the old ones.

So cut a Christian some slack. It's tough as it is without Christ. Who is anyone to judge someone else? We are all in need of grace & mercy & forgiveness. Not a one of us is perfect to God's standards. We're all a disgrace to Him. So when we see other people's faults and bad habits, we should not be quick to criticize them or point out how bad they are. Remember, "You were once there too." I don't care if you didn't do what THEY do... the fact is: You've done something just as bad, if not worse.

Praise God that a person even chooses to accept Jesus Christ as Lord & Savior in their life. Nowadays, it's amazing, it's a miracle, to see someone even make that choice. It's so much easier to get caught up into the hype of this world's systems. There are so many things "to tap into" nowadays to help "escape" from the reality of the a lot of the darkness that's in our face on the news & on TV & around us.

There are however some Christians who just KNOW BETTER. They have known the Word of God for a long time, they confess to be walking with Him & to hear His voice. These folks know better & have no excuse. They have had the Holy Spirit working through them in gifts of the Spirit. If these type of folks are willfully sinning along & expecting others to "do as they say not as they do", then uh-uh I'm sorry but that's a no-no. They know better & the Lord will take care of judging them. I just stay away from them because they're fake --- like fake fruit: looks real enough to eat, but then you touch it & find out it's all plastic & fake. What a bummer.

Sunday, May 27, 2007

Ghost in a Shell in the making

The newborn "Blue Brain" surprised the designers with its willfulness from the very first day. It had hardly been fed electrical impulses before strange patterns began to appear on the screen with the lightning-like flashes produced by cells that scientists recognize from actual thought processes. Groups of neurons started becoming attuned to one another until they were firing in rhythm. "It happened entirely on its own," says Markram. "Spontaneously."


Read the rest here: Growing a Brain in Switzerland

Friday, May 25, 2007

U.S. military continues to keep separate from Jesus Christ

A Washington-based advocacy group, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, sent letters yesterday to Air Force Secretary Michael W. Wynne and acting Secretary of the Army Pete Geren contending that the military's extensive cooperation in the event would be unconstitutional.

"The Air Force and the Army have crossed the line here: A reasonable observer, upon examining the promotional materials, the Robins Air Force Base newspaper, and the current program schedule, could not help but believe that the Army and Air Force fully support and endorse the Christian substance of the celebration," the letters said.

In response, the Air Force issued a statement saying it is "not a sponsor" of the event and was "not aware until recently of the religious connotations surrounding Task Force Patriot's participation." After seeing the schedule, "Air Force officials began taking steps to avoid the appearance of any endorsement or preferential treatment of any religious faith or worship service," the statement said.


Read the rest here: Army and Air Force Deny Formal Links To Christian Event

Al-Qaeda wants a Nuclear Bomb

LUXEMBOURG - Al-Qaeda is searching for ways to create nuclear weapons for mass destruction, a former UN weapons inspection chief said during a press conference at an international convention ways to prevent a nuclear catastrophe being held in Luxembourg.



Read the rest here: 'Al-Qaeda trying to go nuclear'

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

a word for today

Jeremiah 6

(Jer 6:1 KJV) O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.

(Jer 6:2 KJV) I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate [woman].

(Jer 6:3 KJV) The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch [their] tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.

(Jer 6:4 KJV) Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

(Jer 6:5 KJV) Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

(Jer 6:6 KJV) For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this [is] the city to be visited; she [is] wholly oppression in the midst of her.

(Jer 6:7 KJV) As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually [is] grief and wounds.

(Jer 6:8 KJV) Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.

(Jer 6:9 KJV) Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.

(Jer 6:10 KJV) To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear [is] uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

(Jer 6:11 KJV) Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with [him that is] full of days.

(Jer 6:12 KJV) And their houses shall be turned unto others, [with their] fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD.

(Jer 6:13 KJV) For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one [is] given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

(Jer 6:14 KJV) They have healed also the hurt [of the daughter] of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when [there is] no peace.

(Jer 6:15 KJV) Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time [that] I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.

(Jer 6:16 KJV) Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where [is] the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk [therein].

(Jer 6:17 KJV) Also I set watchmen over you, [saying], Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.

(Jer 6:18 KJV) Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what [is] among them.

(Jer 6:19 KJV) Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, [even] the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.

(Jer 6:20 KJV) To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings [are] not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.

(Jer 6:21 KJV) Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.

(Jer 6:22 KJV) Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.

(Jer 6:23 KJV) They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they [are] cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.

(Jer 6:24 KJV) We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, [and] pain, as of a woman in travail.

(Jer 6:25 KJV) Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy [and] fear [is] on every side.

(Jer 6:26 KJV) O daughter of my people, gird [thee] with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, [as for] an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

(Jer 6:27 KJV) I have set thee [for] a tower [and] a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.

(Jer 6:28 KJV) They [are] all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: [they are] brass and iron; they [are] all corrupters.

(Jer 6:29 KJV) The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.

(Jer 6:30 KJV) Reprobate silver shall [men] call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.