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Name: Rich
Country: United States
State: Mississippi
Metro: Hattiesburg
Birthday: 2/24/1981
Gender: Male
Interests: guitar (specifically awesome ones), theology, teaching, the second reformation of the church (still waiting on it), music, mississippi has really grown on me since i've moved here, law and order SVU, the students at my church, coffee...it is so necessary for survival, beavers, why do the intramural refs hate our team?, getting in a shape besides round (notice i'm interested and not so much motivated), yeah that about covers it
Expertise: my wife, erin....i have figured out all the answers as to what makes a woman do what she does so if there are any perplexed brethren out there ask me your question and i will show you the way of life.
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Member Since:
11/1/2005
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| all this time i thought i was a republican...tsk tsk. okay, so this is my first post in about a decade, but i thought it was worth putting on here. lately (ironically actually) i've been asking myself what my political orientation really is. i mean, i really disagree with a lot of republican ideology. not to say that i necesarily agree with all democratic ideology either, but i often times do find myself on the less conservative side of things. in most cases i seem to find myself in the moderate ideals of tolerance and freedom with wisdom. why is it that we think we always have to get worked up over issues? what is so freaking wrong with compromise? why do we have to whip out our guns over everything? do i think the idea of christian nationalism is stupid? yes. do i think that christians who make it their goal to condemn other peoples ideas and lifestyles do way more harm than good? yes. so, i don't really know where this is all coming from, but i do know that i'm sick of christians trying to moralize america in the name of jesus; this whole let's make america do all the right things so we'll be a christian nation. it's just disgusting and i don't know how much more i can take. so to all you who think what this country needs is a nice dose of morality in the name of jesus, go jump off a moderate cliff.
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| you shouldn't read this book if you are narrowminded or legalistic. however, if you want to live a life really free in christ, then i would recommend reading this book. take your pick..... | | |
| okay...so it has been a few days since my last post, but what can i say? i am not addicted to this e-devil like so many. at any rate, i have to comment on the way God has affected my heart of late.
for many months i have faced the difficult decision to really put my faith in the soveriegnty of God's plan for my life. futile waning? i think so. the non-abstract version: i have been wresting with school, that is, going back to get my master's degree while i am an employee at the college. it seems like the logical thing to do. it is free....why not embrace the goodness? it would help provide security for me with a job after i leave here, which is always a priority since i am responsible for my wife as well. well, juxtaposed to this feel good, security scenario is the call of God in my life to full-time ministry. now, the question is: do i trust in God's promise that he will take care of me no matter where he has called me? the answer that has so often resounded inside me is, "no." next, do i want to waste time on something that God has not called me to do. in different context, i come to the same answer as the first question.
so what does this boil down to? will i follow God's call, or will i turn back to bury the dead?
it is of no value for me to pursue that which defames the calling on my life. i will not sacrifice the blessing of obedience for the comfort i find in earthly security or "practical planning." does this mean i will not plan for retirement or wise investments? absolutely not. i believe whole-heartedly in prudent financing and investing and in the stewardship of the saints with their finances. but will i be a bad steward of the gift of time that has been ordained for me to use for his ministry and his kingdom? by no means. | | |
| has anyone ever faced the hard responsibility of crushing someone's view of God to show them a real biblical view of who he really is? today i face this awful task. my students at church began a discussion on sunday about God being fair, or unfair actually, when he has "created some for ignoble purposes." i am having to weigh the two realities that some people will hear this and will say "i cannot believe in a God who would do such a thing" and they will turn their back to God, or if i do not preach/teach a true gospel i am responsible for communicating a lie to those God has called me to relay truth. we just celebrated Reformation Day to commemorate a clarion or truth, Martin Luther. may God give me strength to be the same beacon of truth, and may he empower me to do it in love. and if not maybe he will just strike me dead so i can squirm my way out of responsiblity. | | |
| well, today i sold my soul to the e-fad devil. i am now on xanga and facebook, which is sad because i normally make fun of you people...i mean people like us. hopefully this little blog spot will turn into the highlight of someones life and they might possibly have some soul-altering experience, see the light, or things of the like. but as that is not likely going to be the case, i hope its at least amusing to those who read. | | |
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