Friday, September 19, 2008

Thursday, September 18, 2008

My new favorite chapter of the Bible..

Colossians chapter 3. Verses 1-17. (Verse 5 is the key to the whole section. Kind of makes you happy some things are in the Bible, if that makes any sense)

1Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 2Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
5Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. 6Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. 7You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. 8But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. 9Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices 10and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. 11Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.

12Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

15Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. 16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. 17And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Oh, my buckeyes...


Well i havent had power for awhile, which I will post about next, but wow, i must mention the Buckeyes football team. Yikes.
Okay look, let's be reasonable here. They are a heck of a good team. They have NFL talent at alot of positions, (obviously not starting QB, lol) but that doesnt make them good. Their offensive line is full of blue chippers, but they are garbage against decent competition. The defense had probably 4-5 1st round picks on it, but they arent thinkers. USC out thought them. Yes they are slow, but at the same time most defenses look slow vs. USC, dont they?

We learned that Pryor will be an awsome QB, but maybe not yet. He is exciting and will probably be a top 5 pick here in about 2 years, but we have yet to see him throw a 10 yard completion. But yes, a bad Pryor is just as good, if not better than a "good" Todd Beockman.

Honestly, I just wonder how top tier the Bucks are, or have been. They played 3 elite teams and lose by minimum 2 TD's each time. The refs were bad, but not 35-3 bad. If OSU played 2006 Florida 10 times, they would have lost 10 times. If they played 2007 LSU 10 times, they might win 3 of them. If they played 2008 USC 10 times, if might get worse every time they played. They can and will dominate the big 10, but then again, how much is that worth anymore? I love my Buckeyes, and once Terrelle Pryor starts, Beanie gets back, and they start playing the freshman wide-outs (Posey, Thomas) the offense will do a 180 in the right direction, but please, NCAA/BCS, dont let them play in the National Championship this year. They will probably win out, go 11-1, and win convincingly, and buckeyes fans will complain saying that they are a vastly improved team, and are by far the best 1 loss team, but please, ignore us and just put anyone from the Big 12 or the SEC over the Bucks. Allow us to kick the crap out of Notre Dame or East Carolina in the Rose Bowl or the Sugar Bowl, but leave us off the big stage. We will only embarrass ourselves yet again.

Next year OSU plays USC at home, and well, it could either be redemption or a repeat of this year. Just look at this, USC will return 10 starters on offense and several player on defense, and OSU will graduate 27 seniors, plus losing Beanie Wells to the NFL via going out early. Chances are, the Bucks will lose by more next year than this year. Sucks, but true. I still love them and will root for them no matter what, but lets be realistic, some programs are vastly better.

Friday, September 12, 2008

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Mr. President

Well...


Since I cant seem to want to talk about anything but politics or the buckeyes lately, I thought I would just have a small post about distractions. I got to be honest with you, i know who I am voting for in November, I do, I am postive, but I wont talk about it in public, that includes the Net, at church or in large groups of people, because honestly, I dont want to influence you at all. It really doesnt matter all that much who wins, they are all talking heads anyway, but for personal reasons, I have no doubt in on my choice.

But all of these are distractions. I have a zillion friends on both sides of the fence, and I totally understand why people vote the way they do. I will never, nor have I hate on you because of your politics. They are what they are for a purpose, so more power to you. But lately, it has just beem distracting me. Like take preaching lately, I have loved the past 3+ weeks of the Grace Effect. Its been a blast to share about Grace, and i am pumped about this Sunday as well. But all of these political issues being on my mind just distract me for meditating on how important God's Grace is to my life. So i am beginning a fast, for now on, I am jsut fasting on all of this for now on, speeches and commercials won't affect me anymore, its ridiculous to let them.

Jesus told us that HIS Kingdom isn't of this world and it isnt, so honestly, who cares? Jesus died on the cross for our sins. For our distrations. For our imperfections. We aren't perfect, but Jesus makes us perfect. Your candidate isn't perfect unless Jesus made him (or her now I guess) perfect.

Shane Claiborne wrote a awesome book (so I've heard) titled "Jesus For President", and it basically entails the idea that governmentcan only do so much, but through Jesus, WE can change the world.

So I guess, lets stop being so divided. It doesn't matter. Love your neighbor as yourself, even if they arent a elephant or a donkey.