So, Brent and I were scheming last night. We were talking about how we are going to be living together as single men for the rest of our lives unless drastic measures are taken. We came up with a full proof way to get wives. Here it is...
See our other roommate, Brian Klontz, Brent's brother, is a complete and total ladies man. I don't mean that as an insult, he just is. He isn't out like, "playing the field" or "hooking up with chicks" he just has something that girls want. I don't know what it is, but chicks just melt when they are around him. We'll put it this way; Brian is doing all the dating that Brent and I aren't. He evens out the balance of the universe of dating. Brent + Me = 0 dates. Brian = about 1 million.
Anyways, here's our plan...
Brent and I are going to do everything that we can to get Brian married as soon as humanly possible. Why? So we can kick him out of our house, he owns another one, and get some new roommates. Only this time, we will get God fearing ladies as roommates. Brian's room is big enough to share, so two of them will fit nicely. Then we will proceed to merely, "hang out" as roommates do. Watching movies, having dinner, etc. Every single night will be just like a date. Only we don't have to take the girls home, because they are already there! Then after a while and the ladies fall in love with us, we will marry them and they will bear our children.
Foolproof plan. I don't see any flaws at all. It's perfect.
Now we just need some Christian ladies to volunteer, any takers?
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Friday, October 13, 2006
The ECM Round 2 : Blogspotting
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It's time to take another look at the emerging/emergent church. I had a good friend this week ask me about the ECM, wanting to know more info, so I told him what I know and also told him that I'd find some good articles and blogs that have, at least pretty solid people, giving their take on the ECM.
My personal opinion of the ECM is rather low. The ECM is exactly that, a movement. Its a bunch of people people moving in a direction, unfortunately they aren't unfied in that direction. Which is one of the ironys of the ECM. They claim to preach the gospel, but they embrace relativism over truth. They run to eccumenicalism over biblical doctrine. The ECM is typified by post-modernism and a lack luster search for truth. They are a dangerous bunch that is re-introducing mysticism to thousands of unsuspecting "believers."
So folks, feast your internet browsers on my linkage!!!
First, a Wikipedia entry on the emerging church. Useful stuff.
Emergent No a fairly popular blog that is run by some people that care about the truth of God's word. Most notably on their site is posted a transcript of Phil Johnson teaching at the Shepards Conference this past year. The links on their site are also very helpful in gathering info.
Here's a website with lots of cool links. Some interesting articles from Lighthouse Trails. They are dedicated to combating contemplative prayer and mysticism within the church.
Oh boy does heresy love company, our "friends" at Planet Preterist have jumped in bed with the ECM. That's encouraging. For those of you that don't know, hyper-preterism or pantelism is a damnable, heretical view of eschatology or "the end times". I do not recommend that you read anything of this site other than this article, and read this article with caution. I, in no way endosre anything they have posted or believe. I only posted this link to demonstrate how willing ECM leaders are to extend the olive branch to even the oldest and most obvious heretics. If you want to know more about the heresy of hyper-preterism, please study it with your pastor, elders, or other SOLID, BIBLE BELIEVING, REPUTABLE Christian teachers.
And finally, Mars Hill Seattle. Home of the infamous Mark Driscoll. The Officially, Unofficial "Leader" of the ECM. Mark and his church are surely the most conservative of the ECM. I have heard rather recently that Mark has denounced the movement officially, but I don't have it in writing, so consider it "from the grapevine." I'm not a "baby with the bathwater" person, but I would personally tread through Driscoll's stuff lightly. Check out The Acts 29 Network for a list of ECM churches that identify with the ECM through Mark Driscoll.
As always, consult your local Bible for a heavy dose of Truth. In a world of shifting sands and "new" heresies popping up everyday, the word of God stands strong.
"A timeless God does not produce dated material" - Tom Shrader
That's my quote for the ECM. If God is timeless, then why does the church need to be "hip?"
Everything in this blog is not meant to offend or be offensive. I wanted to post some info that I gathered while looking for some more details for a friend. I don't claim to know the personal beliefs of anyone in the ECM, Mark Driscoll, included. I only know what they wrote, and here are some links to that.
Do your own research, make your own decision based on the scriptures. Be like the Bereans mentioned in Acts 17:10-11.
10The brothers[a] immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. 11Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
Always check the scriptures to see if what people are telling you is true. This applies to the ECM and myself. Just because I said it, doesn't make it true. Ironic eh?
lol
It's time to take another look at the emerging/emergent church. I had a good friend this week ask me about the ECM, wanting to know more info, so I told him what I know and also told him that I'd find some good articles and blogs that have, at least pretty solid people, giving their take on the ECM.
My personal opinion of the ECM is rather low. The ECM is exactly that, a movement. Its a bunch of people people moving in a direction, unfortunately they aren't unfied in that direction. Which is one of the ironys of the ECM. They claim to preach the gospel, but they embrace relativism over truth. They run to eccumenicalism over biblical doctrine. The ECM is typified by post-modernism and a lack luster search for truth. They are a dangerous bunch that is re-introducing mysticism to thousands of unsuspecting "believers."
So folks, feast your internet browsers on my linkage!!!
First, a Wikipedia entry on the emerging church. Useful stuff.
Emergent No a fairly popular blog that is run by some people that care about the truth of God's word. Most notably on their site is posted a transcript of Phil Johnson teaching at the Shepards Conference this past year. The links on their site are also very helpful in gathering info.
Here's a website with lots of cool links. Some interesting articles from Lighthouse Trails. They are dedicated to combating contemplative prayer and mysticism within the church.
Oh boy does heresy love company, our "friends" at Planet Preterist have jumped in bed with the ECM. That's encouraging. For those of you that don't know, hyper-preterism or pantelism is a damnable, heretical view of eschatology or "the end times". I do not recommend that you read anything of this site other than this article, and read this article with caution. I, in no way endosre anything they have posted or believe. I only posted this link to demonstrate how willing ECM leaders are to extend the olive branch to even the oldest and most obvious heretics. If you want to know more about the heresy of hyper-preterism, please study it with your pastor, elders, or other SOLID, BIBLE BELIEVING, REPUTABLE Christian teachers.
And finally, Mars Hill Seattle. Home of the infamous Mark Driscoll. The Officially, Unofficial "Leader" of the ECM. Mark and his church are surely the most conservative of the ECM. I have heard rather recently that Mark has denounced the movement officially, but I don't have it in writing, so consider it "from the grapevine." I'm not a "baby with the bathwater" person, but I would personally tread through Driscoll's stuff lightly. Check out The Acts 29 Network for a list of ECM churches that identify with the ECM through Mark Driscoll.
As always, consult your local Bible for a heavy dose of Truth. In a world of shifting sands and "new" heresies popping up everyday, the word of God stands strong.
"A timeless God does not produce dated material" - Tom Shrader
That's my quote for the ECM. If God is timeless, then why does the church need to be "hip?"
Everything in this blog is not meant to offend or be offensive. I wanted to post some info that I gathered while looking for some more details for a friend. I don't claim to know the personal beliefs of anyone in the ECM, Mark Driscoll, included. I only know what they wrote, and here are some links to that.
Do your own research, make your own decision based on the scriptures. Be like the Bereans mentioned in Acts 17:10-11.
10The brothers[a] immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. 11Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
Always check the scriptures to see if what people are telling you is true. This applies to the ECM and myself. Just because I said it, doesn't make it true. Ironic eh?
lol
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
I'm a n00b..../sob
I found out that I'm a n00b today.
/sob
It's called the NES Quiz. Take it and post your score in comments.
/sob
It's called the NES Quiz. Take it and post your score in comments.
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
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Monday, October 02, 2006
What a weekend
Hey everyone, I can't believe the weekend I had guys. It was crazy. It all started off with a down to the wire photo finish for our team and our quarterly sales goal. Unofficially we finished at 100.4% of goal. We haven't done most of the finalization yet so that number will probably go down quite a bit, so we probably won't have finished over 100%. On the other hand, I finished well over 100 this quarter. My best guess is about 130% that means boku bucks in the Bank. Yeah, it’s an obligatory plug for my roommate's workplace; I can't do anything about it. Then after work I went and hit up Guitar Center and pretty much bought a new guitar. I didn't on Friday, but I decided which one I wanted. I went back on Saturday and got this one in the Platinum Metallic Finish. It will be at my house sometime around Wednesday. It's a sweet amazing guitar, I will cherish it forever (or until I get the one with the Rosewood neck, hehe).
So that took 3 hours on Saturday, Dave and I were at Guitar Center way too long. Not because we wanted to be necessarily, but it took them forever to get the guitar ordered and everything, they were really busy and couldn't find someone's amp or something they brought into be repaired. So anyways, after that we went with my Mom to my sister Julia's play at school and then watched "The Dream Team" and then played WoW. So yeah, good weekend.
Sunday was super-fantastic. Had a good time setting up and getting ready for church, then got to hear Luke Simmons rock the Gospel on Sunday evening. Then went home, made dinner, hung out, more WoW (just a little) and now I'm at work. Waiting until 5 when I can go home and have fun again...
So that took 3 hours on Saturday, Dave and I were at Guitar Center way too long. Not because we wanted to be necessarily, but it took them forever to get the guitar ordered and everything, they were really busy and couldn't find someone's amp or something they brought into be repaired. So anyways, after that we went with my Mom to my sister Julia's play at school and then watched "The Dream Team" and then played WoW. So yeah, good weekend.
Sunday was super-fantastic. Had a good time setting up and getting ready for church, then got to hear Luke Simmons rock the Gospel on Sunday evening. Then went home, made dinner, hung out, more WoW (just a little) and now I'm at work. Waiting until 5 when I can go home and have fun again...
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