Saturday, June 30, 2007

Ratatouille



I agree with the critics see below-me and my family totally enjoyed it....

check making of clip: http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3324063

Critics Reviews
Average Grade:
A-
Source
Brief Review
Grade*
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
"...serves up magic with its touching tale of a rodent chef." more...
A-
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
"...unexpectedly moving..." more...
A
E! OnlineDezhda Mountz
"...totally thrilling." more...
A
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
"...a blithe concoction, as well as a miraculously textured piece of animated design." more...
B
filmcritic.comDavid Levine
"It's easily the best Pixar creation next to The Incredibles; arguably it's even better." more...
A
Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
"Brad Bird and Pixar recapture the charm and winning imagination of classic Disney animation." more...
A
New York PostLou Lumenick
"...arguably the finest 'toon in the Pixar canon..." more...
A
New York TimesA. O. Scott
"...a nearly flawless piece of popular art, as well as one of the most persuasive portraits of an artist ever committed to film." more...
A
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
"...provides solid entertainment..." more...
B
Rolling StonePeter Travers
"...unique and unmissable film..." more...
A-
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
"...ranks among the greatest animated films in recent years..." more...
A
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
"...filled with delights." more...
A-
USA TodayClaudia Puig
"...blends a savory stew of ingredients that, when whisked together, create a wondrously tasty and visually stunning dish." more...
A-

Friday, June 29, 2007

joel sigel we will miss you:passed away today







1The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2He makes me lie down in green pastures.He leads me beside still waters.[a] 3He restores my soul.He leads me in paths of righteousness[b] for his name's sake.

4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,[c] I will fear no evil,for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. 6Surely[d] goodness and mercy[e] shall follow me all the days of my life,and I shall dwell[f] in the house of the LORD forever.[g] (psalm 23)

Thursday, June 28, 2007

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

church growth movie








Gimme that Showtime Religion byJohn MacArthurAll Rights Reserved





Can the church fight apathy and materialism by feeding people's appetite for entertainment? Evidently many in the church believe the answer is yes, as church after church jumps on the show-business bandwagon. It is a troubling trend that is luring many otherwise orthodox churches away from biblical priorities.
Church buildings are being constructed like theatres. Instead of a pulpit, the focus is a stage. Some feature massive platforms that revolve or rise and fall, with colored lights and huge sound boards. Shepherds are giving way to media specialists, programming consultants, stage directors, special effects experts, and choreographers.
The idea is to give the audience what they want. Tailor the church service to whatever will draw a crowd. As a result pastors are more like politicians than shepherds, looking to appeal to the public rather than leading and building the flock God gave them.
The congregation is served a slick, professional show, where drama, pop music, and maybe a soft-sell sermon constitute the worship service. But the emphasis isn't on worship, it's on entertainment.
Underlying this trend is the notion that the church must sell the gospel to unbelievers. Churches thus compete for the consumer on the same level as Frosted Flakes or Miller Lite. More and more churches are relying on marketing strategy to sell the church.
That philosophy is the result of bad theology. It assumes that if you package the gospel right, people will get saved. The whole approach is rooted in Arminian theology. It views conversion as nothing more than an act of the human will. Its goal is an instantaneous decision rather than a radical change of the heart.
Moreover, this whole Madison-Avenue corruption of Christianity presumes that church services are primarily for recruiting unbelievers. Many have abandoned worship as such. Others have relegated conventional preaching to some small group setting on a weeknight. But that misses the point of Hebrews 10:24-25: "Let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together."
Acts 2:42 shows us the pattern the early church followed when they met: "They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer." Note that the early church's priorities clearly were to worship God and to edify the brethren. The church came together for worship and edification; it scattered to evangelize the world.
Our Lord commissioned His disciples for evangelism in this way: "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations" (Matt. 28:19). Christ makes it clear that the church is not to wait for or invite the world to come to its meetings, but to go to the world. That is a responsibility for every believer. I fear that an approach emphasizing a palatable gospel presentation within the walls of the church absolves the individual believer from his personal obligation to be a light in the world (Matt. 5:16).
We have a society filled with people who want what they want when they want it. They are into their own lifestyle, recreation, and entertainment. When churches appeal to those selfish desires, they only fuel that fire and hinder true godliness. Some of these churches are growing exponentially while others that don't entertain are struggling. Many church leaders want numerical growth in their churches, so they are buying into the entertainment-first philosophy.
Consider what this philosophy does to the gospel message itself. Some will maintain that if biblical principles are presented, the medium doesn't matter. That is nonsense. Why not have a real carnival? A tattooed knife thrower who juggles chain saws could do his thing while a barker shouts Bible verses. That would draw a crowd. It's a bizarre scenario, but one that illustrates how the medium can cheapen and corrupt the message.
And sadly, it's not terribly different from what is actually being done in some churches. Punk-rockers, ventriloquists' dummies, clowns, and show-business celebrities have taken the place of the preacher--and they are depreciating the gospel. I do believe we can be innovative and creative in how we present the gospel, but we have to be careful to harmonize our methods with the profound spiritual truth we are trying to convey. It is too easy to trivialize the sacred message.
Don't be quick to embrace the trends of the high-tech superchurches. And don't sneer at conventional worship and preaching. We don't need clever approaches to get people saved (1 Cor. 1:21). We simply need to get back to preaching the truth and planting the seed. If we're faithful in that, the soil God has prepared will bear fruit






WWE and another senseless death





I use to watch wwe(formerly wwf)growing up but somepoint in the 90's stop watching it due to its immoral shift from "family entertainment good vs evil" to r-rated and worse pure trash. in this competive entertainment sports field wrestlers now see the need to use steriods and the like to create and mantain their muscalar physiques(the women forced to utilize plastic surgeryand who knows in time they will use performance enhancing drugs as well) and here is another victim of keeping up with the joneses who committed a atrocious crime:
http://www.cnn.com/video/player/player.html?
a futher link to benoit tragedy stories

sorry for not posting at the momment....



i am sorry i have not posted this week on a regular basis but my son crashed my keyboard and i had to get a new one.....i shall begin posting this end of the week soon....


God bless

Saturday, June 23, 2007

Pulpit pimps


shopping mall faith








all i can say after reading this is:






14"Now therefore fear the LORD and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. 15And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." (joshua 2:14-15)




24"No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.(matt 6:24)


Friday, June 22, 2007

Those so called insignificant momments....


I haven't been blogging personally since this week i have been busy with my son's graduation-it is from pre-k but it is one of those milestones you can not pass,it is important to my son and of course i wanted to be there to honor and cherish the momment unlike my father. It is important for us parents to be there in both the big moments as the little ones--the significant times as well as those so called insignificant times which are still God's gift to us to enjoy with our children.


3Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward. 4Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children[a] of one's youth. 5Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them!He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.[b]

(psalms 127:3-5)


4Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. (ephesians 6:4)

Paul Potts: a heavenly voice


noisy kids or kids being kids




Try living in the projects it is far worse!!!

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Tribute to Ruth Graham







The Woman Who Fears the LORD 10[d] An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. 11The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. 12She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life. 13She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands. 14She is like the ships of the merchant; she brings her food from afar. 15She rises while it is yet night and provides food for her household and portions for her maidens. 16She considers a field and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard. 17She dresses herself[e] with strength and makes her arms strong. 18She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out at night. 19She puts her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle. 20She opens her hand to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy. 21She is not afraid of snow for her household, for all her household are clothed in scarlet.[f] 22She makes bed coverings for herself; her clothing is fine linen and purple. 23Her husband is known in the gates when he sits among the elders of the land. 24She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers sashes to the merchant. 25Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come. 26She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. 27She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. 28Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: 29"Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all." 30Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. 31Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates.


proverbs 31:10-31

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Best time to do anything


Best Time to Do AnythingORIGINAL AIRDATE: 2/27/2007
Jamie Zanginer of Real Simple Magazine offered some practical tips to help make the most out of your day.

Have you ever wondered if there's a perfect time to grocery shop, travel, or go to the DMV? Well INSIDE EDITION did, and went to Jamie Zanginer from Real Simple magazine for some tips that can streamline any routine.
Visiting the DMVOne of the worst places to waste time is at the Department of Motor Vehicles. So experts say try to make an appointment, and if you can't, avoid the morning rush and go mid-week.
Post OfficeAnother time waster is standing in line at the post office. Zanginer said the best time to go is a half-hour after the doors open for the day. "You miss that early morning rush for the door from the people who are waiting for it to open," Zanginer said.
Going Grocery ShoppingZanginer suggests going early morning, midweek when the shelves are fully stocked. "The aisles are usually empty," she said. "There are not a lot of shoppers, the checkout lines are fully staffed and the shelves are really stocked with fresh ingredients."
And if you're buying fresh fish at the grocery store, Thursdays are a good day. That's when shipments for the weekend typically arrive.
Trying on ShoesBelieve it or not, there's even a best time to try on shoes! Go at the end of the day, because your feet actually swell during the day, so you want to make sure that any shoes you buy are going be comfortable when your feet are their largest.
Going to the DoctorIf you have to visit the doctor, schedule an appointment for first thing in the morning or right after lunch. That's when doctors are still on schedule, and if you're having surgery, early morning is best.
"Try to get one of the doctor's first appointments," Zanginer said. "That's when you eliminate wait times and it's also great because if you have any fasting to do you don't spend that whole day hungry."
Asking for a RaiseWhen is the best time to ask your boss for a raise? Experts say the middle of the week, towards the end of the day. He or she just might be in a good mood because they are about to go home!
Booking FlightsThe best time to book a flight is Wednesday morning from midnight to 2 a.m., when cheap fares flood the market. FlyingThe best time to fly depends on Mother Nature. To avoid weather delays, travel between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.. You'll also avoid airport rush hour.
Cleaning the HouseThere's even a best time to clean the house - four in the afternoon. That's when you're in the best mood of the day and hand-eye coordination is at its peak.
Getting Your Picture TakenIf you want to look picture perfect, take your picture towards the end of the day when your eyes are less puffy and you're more awake.
With all these tips, you just might get back a few moments to do something really important.

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

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Sunday, June 17, 2007

hispanic worship


Hymn"Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer"


Marriage Is Meant for Making Children...Disciples of Jesus by piper




Ephesians 6:1-4
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
I have tried to show from Scripture that the main meaning of marriage is to display the covenant-keeping lovebetween Christ and his church. In other words, marriage was designed by God most deeply, most importantly, to be a parable or a drama of the way Christ loves his church and the way the church loves and follows to Christ. This is the most important thing for all husbands and wives to know about the meaning of their marriage.
Marriage Portrays the Magnificent
The key passage has been Ephesians 5:23-25: “The husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.” Don’t be so familiar with this that it doesn’t strike you as amazing. Where in all the world would anyone talk about marriage this way? In three verses, he says it three times:
Verse 23: marriage: even as Christ is the head of the church.
Verse 24: marriage: as the church submits to Christ.
Verse 25: marriage: as Christ loved the church.
What is the most important meaning of marriage? It is found in the words: “as Christ . . . as the church . . . as Christ.” The ultimate meaning of marriage is not in marriage itself. It is not in the husband and not in the wife and not in the offspring. The ultimate meaning of marriage is in: “as Christ,” “as the church,” “as Christ.” Marriage is a magnificent thing because it is modeled on something magnificent and points to something magnificent. And the love that binds this man and woman in marriage is a magnificent love because it portrays something magnificent—“as Christ loved the church” and “as the church submits to Christ.” The greatness of marriage is not in itself. The greatness of marriage is that it displays something unspeakably great, Christ and the church.
Filling the Earth . . . With Worshipers of Jesus
Now what I want to add today is that marriage is for making children . . . disciples of Jesus. There is a double meaning that I hope will help you remember the point. Marriage is for making children—that is, procreation. Having babies. This is not the main meaning of marriage. But is an important one and a biblical one. But then I add the words disciples of Jesus. “Marriage is for making children disciples of Jesus.” Here the focus shifts. This purpose of marriage is not merely to add more bodies to the planet. The point is to increase the number of followers of Jesus on the planet.
The effect of saying it this way is that couples who cannot make children because of issues of infertility can still aim to make children followers of Jesus. God’s purpose in making marriage the place to have children was never merely to fill the earth with people, but to fill the earth with worshippers of the true God. One way for a marriage to fill the earth with worshippers of the true God is to procreate and bring the children up in the Lord. But that’s not the only way. When the focus of marriage becomes, “Make children disciples of Jesus,” the meaning of marriage in relation to children is not mainly, “Make them,” but, “Make them disciples.” And the latter can happen, even where the former doesn’t.
Where We’re Heading
But we are getting ahead of ourselves. Here’s where we are going. First, I want us to see that God’s original plan in creation was for men and women to marry and have children. Having children is God’s will. Second, I want us to see that in the fallen world we live in, not only is marrying not an absolute calling on all people, but producing children in marriage is not an absolute calling on all couples. Normal, good, painful, glorious—but not absolutely required of all. Thirdly, we will focus on what Ephesians 6:1-4 says about how marriage becomes the means for making children disciples of Jesus.
1. Having Children Is God’s Will
First, the meaning of marriage normally includes, by God’s design, giving birth to children and raising them in Christ. Genesis 1:26-28:
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
After the flood we read in Genesis 9:1, “God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.’” This was God’s original design. Marriage is the place for making children and filling the earth with the knowledge of the Lord the way the waters cover the sea (Habakkuk 2:14). It has never ceased to be a good thing. “Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate” (Psalm 127:4-5).
And in the New Testament no one is more positive about children than Jesus himself. Mark 10:13-14 says, “They were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.” So from beginning to end, the Bible puts a huge value on having and raising and blessing children. If you are among the many at Bethlehem with large families, be affirmed! It is a magnificent calling. We will come back to it in a moment. This is one of the great meanings of marriage—to bear and raise children for the glory of God.
2. Having Children Is Not Ultimate
But the second main point I want to make is that, while the meaning of marriage normally includes giving birth to children, this is not an absolute. In this fallen, sinful age, in desperate need of knowing the Redeemer, Jesus Christ, nature by itself does not dictate when or whether to beget children. The decision about whether to conceive children is not ultimately a decision about what is natural, but about what will magnify the Redeemer, Jesus Christ.
In other words, there’s an analogy between the singleness question and the children question. God said in Genesis 2:18, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” So it sounds, at first, like marriage is always the way to go. Then the unmarried Paul said in 1 Corinthians 7, verse 7 and verse 26, “I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another. . . . I think that in view of the present distress it is good for a person to remain as he is.” So there are different gifts and different callings. Marriage is not absolute.
So it is with conceiving children. In the beginning, God said to mankind, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.” That’s normal. That’s good. But it’s not absolute any more than marriage is absolute. What is absolute is to pursue spiritual children, not natural children. Marriage is not absolutely for making children. But it is absolutely for making children followers of Jesus. Consider a few passages.
Having Hundreds of Children
In Mark 10:29-30, Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.” Here Jesus shifts the absolute from having children biologically to having hundreds of children through the family of Christ and through spiritual influence. It might include adoption. It might include foster care. It might include making your home a place for backyard Bible clubs. It might include hospitality in a neighborhood where your home is every kid’s favorite place. It might include your nursery job or your care for your nieces and nephews or the Sunday School class you teach. The point is: Marriage is not absolutely for making children; but it is absolutely for making children followers of Jesus one way or the other, directly or indirectly.
Being “Children of God”In Romans 9:8, Paul said, “It is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.” In other words, in God’s kingdom, bringing “children of the flesh” into being is not absolute, but seeking to bring into being “children of God” is absolute.
The Most Important Family
In 1 Corinthians 4:15, Paul says, “Though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.” This is the most important family in the Christian life, and this is the main way we have children, not by natural birth, but by supernatural birth. For many marriages they go together. But not for all.
Begetting Spiritual Children
One more verse on this point—Romans 16:13: “Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; also his mother, who has been a mother to me as well.” Here is motherhood extending out beyond the son of birth to the son of affection and care. So I conclude that among Christians mothering and fathering by procreation is natural and good and even glorious when Christ is in it. But it is not absolute. Aiming to bring spiritual children into being is absolute. Marriage is for making children. Yes. But not absolutely. Absolutely marriage is for making children followers of Jesus.
3. Making Marriage a Place for Making Disciples
Now in the few minutes we have left, let’s focus on God’s calling on marriage to be a place for making children followers of Jesus. We will focus this week on mother and father, and next week on the father, both because the father gets special focus in this text and because next Sunday is Father’s Day. Here’s the text again:
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ‘Honor your father and mother’ (this is the first commandment with a promise), ‘that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.’ Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”
Five Brief Observations
The father has a leading responsibility in bringing the children up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Notice that verse 1 says, “Children obey your parents.” Both. Not only father or only mother. But parents. But when the focus shifts from the duty of children to the duty of parents, the father is mentioned, not the mother. “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” So my first observation that we will unpack next week more closely is that in the marriage, fathers have a leading responsibility in bring up the children in the discipline and the instruction of the Lord.
Nevertheless, both mother and father are called to this together. Both are mentioned as the special object of the child’s honor. Verse 1: “Children, obey your parents (mother and father) in the Lord.” You can hear this truth in Proverbs 6:20-21: “My son, keep your father’s commandment, and forsake not your mother’s teaching. Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck.” And you recall that Paul reminded Timothy to hold fast to what his mother and grandmother had taught him as a child (2 Timothy 3:14; 1:5). So both mother and father bear responsibility in this marriage to bring the children up in the Lord, with dad having the leading responsibility.
It is important that mother and father be united in this effort. It is not always possible because sometimes one spouse is not a believer, and then you do the best you can in finding practical common ground, for example, in the way the children are disciplined. But God’s design is a united front. Both have one goal: This child is to grow up in “the discipline and instruction of the Lord”—grounded and shaped and permeated by the Lord, aiming to honor the Lord. God does not design that we be divided on this. The children need one united front coming from mom and dad. Don’t confuse the children. Work through your differences of what to teach, and how and when to discipline, and then stand united before the children. Don’t let the children manipulate you against each other. Make that a hopeless ploy. God is one.
Which leads to the fourth observation. The most fundamental task of a mother and father is to show God to the children. Children know their parents before they know God. This is a huge responsibility and should cause every parent to be desperate for God-like transformation. The children will have years of exposure to what the universe is like before they know there is a universe. They will experience the kind of authority there is in the universe and the kind of justice there is in the universe and the kind of love there is in the universe before they meet the God of authority and justice and love who created and rules the universe. Children are absorbing from dad his strength and leadership and protection and justice and love; and they are absorbing from mother her care and nurture and warmth and intimacy and justice and love—and, of course, all these overlap.
And all this is happening before the child knows anything about God, but it is profoundly all about God. Will the child be able to recognize God for who he really is in his authority and love and justice because mom and dad have together shown the child what God is like. The chief task of parenting is to know God for who he is in many attributes and then to live in such a way with our children that we help them see and know God. And, of course, that will involve directing them always to the infallible portrait of God in the Bible since ours is always important.
Finally, God has ordained that both mother and father be involved in raising the children because they are husband and wife before they are mother and father. And what they are as husband and wife is where God wants children to be: As husband and wife, they are a drama of the covenant-keeping love between Christ and the church. That is where God wants children to be. His design is that children grow up watching Christ love the church and watching the church delight in following Christ. His design is that the beauty and strength and wisdom of this covenant relationship be absorbed by the children from the time they are born.
Parents Pointing to Christ and the Church
So what turns out is that the deepest meaning of marriage—displaying the covenant love between Christ and the church—is underneath this other meaning of marriage—making children disciples of Jesus. It is all woven together. Good marriages make good places for children to grow up and see the glory of Christ’s covenant-keeping love.
May the Lord give us a united focus on what really matters in marriage: Husbands and wives loving like Christ and the church, and the children seeing it, and by God’s grace, loving what they see.

blog of note


on coke rewards,fantastic four and sin revised 6.19.07





While watching the movie: fantistic four rise of the silver surfer during the previews they show a interesting commercial on coke rewrds program. In it a bottle cap is rolling down the stairs of a commuter hub-what is noteworthy on this is that bottle cap is redeemable for prizes on the coke rewards program website. So as it rolls downs the stairs each person using it sees thiers hearts desire in that bottlecap some sees a laptap or a blockbuster rentals etc


This is what sin does exactly to us as it either seeks to further enslave us or tempt us to fall and turn away from God it masquerdes itself to each of us(hiding its poison,monstosity) according to our individual hearts desire SEEKING TO EXALT ITSELF ABOVE GOD AND hiding the reality it is nothing but a deck of cards,a jenga game or a desert mirage that when the storm comes it will collapse...

13But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called "today," that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. (hebrews 3:13)
casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,(2 COR 10:5)


23For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.


(romans 6:23)
24"Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 26And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it." (MATT 7:24-27)


24By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, 25choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. (hebrews 11:24-25)


20Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,who put darkness for light and light for darkness,who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
(ISAIAH 5:20)



genesis 6:5 my response




see link:






We must in study of scripture put the teachings of men,traditions,practices,church etc under the light of scripture and let scriptures alone decide convince what is true and biblical from what is fable and lies and from that reject the false teachings,lies and fables and embrace what is true in our hearts,minds and apply and what is true as we live out the faith in the real world:

15Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved,[a] a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

English Standard Version (ESV)
2 Timothy 2:15

So, my very dear friends, don't get thrown off course. Every desirable and beneficial gift comes out of heaven. The gifts are rivers of light cascading down from the Father of Light. There is nothing deceitful in God, nothing two-faced, nothing fickle. He brought us to life using the true Word, showing us off as the crown of all his creatures.

James 1:16-18

18-19 I give fair warning to all who hear the words of the prophecy of this book: If you add to the words of this prophecy, God will add to your life the disasters written in this book; if you subtract from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will subtract your part from the Tree of Life and the Holy City that are written in this book.

Revelation 22:18-19

But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.

2 cor 4:2

105Your word is a lamp to my feet
and a light to my path.

psalms 119:105

7And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.



8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. 9What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me--practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

philippians 4:7-9

4nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship[a] from God that is by faith.

2 tim 1:4

7Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness;

1 tim 4:7

You've been raised on the Message of the faith and have followed sound teaching. Now pass on this counsel to the followers of Jesus there, and you'll be a good servant of Jesus. Stay clear of silly stories that get dressed up as religion. Exercise daily in God—no spiritual flabbiness, please! Workouts in the gymnasium are useful, but a disciplined life in God is far more so, making you fit both today and forever. You can count on this. Take it to heart. This is why we've thrown ourselves into this venture so totally. We're banking on the living God, Savior of all men and women, especially believers.

1 tim 4:6-10

3-5You're going to find that there will be times when people will have no stomach for solid teaching, but will fill up on spiritual junk food—catchy opinions that tickle their fancy. They'll turn their backs on truth and chase mirages. But you—keep your eye on what you're doing; accept the hard times along with the good; keep the Message alive; do a thorough job as God's servant.

2 tim 4:3-5

For there are a lot of rebels out there, full of loose, confusing, and deceiving talk. Those who were brought up religious and ought to know better are the worst. They've got to be shut up. They're disrupting entire families with their teaching, and all for the sake of a fast buck. One of their own prophets said it best:

The Cretans are liars from the womb,
barking dogs, lazy bellies.
He certainly spoke the truth. Get on them right away. Stop that diseased talk of Jewish make-believe and made-up rules so they can recover a robust faith. Everything is clean to the clean-minded; nothing is clean to dirty-minded unbelievers. They leave their dirty fingerprints on every thought and act. They say they know God, but their actions speak louder than their words. They're real creeps, disobedient good-for-nothings.

titus 1:10-16


For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

2 pet 1:16

"Unless I am convinced by proofs from Scriptures or by plain and clear reasons and arguments, I can and will not retract, for it is neither safe nor wise to do anything against conscience. Here I stand. I can do no other. God help me. Amen." (martin luther)

Happy father's day online resources












parenting God's way series;


Saturday, June 16, 2007

A Christain father's Ultimate wish,,,






Tommorow it will be Father's day and I would like to wish God,all the fathers and mothers who must step in the gap as fathers(as well as other family members,friends,pastors etc) Happy father's day and many more!!!

We fathers are underappreciated and at other times unrecognized and invisible case in point: the above pictures illustrate my son's artwork for father's day 2006(he was 4 years old)--this year his class did not make anything for all the fathers represented there.Well to end this little post this is a christain's father ultimate wish for their children:


19Grant to Solomon my son a whole heart that he may keep your commandments, your testimonies, and your statutes, performing all, and that he may build the palace for which I have made provision." (1 Chronicles 29:19)


9-16 How can a young person live a clean life? By carefully reading the map of your Word. I'm single-minded in pursuit of you; don't let me miss the road signs you've posted. I've banked your promises in the vault of my heart so I won't sin myself bankrupt. Be blessed, God; train me in your ways of wise living. I'll transfer to my lips all the counsel that comes from your mouth; I delight far more in what you tell me about living than in gathering a pile of riches. I ponder every morsel of wisdom from you, I attentively watch how you've done it. I relish everything you've told me of life, I won't forget a word of it. (Psalm 119:9-16)


8My theme song is God's love and justice, and I'm singing it right to you, God. I'm finding my way down the road of right living, but how long before you show up? I'm doing the very best I can, and I'm doing it at home, where it counts. I refuse to take a second look at corrupting people and degrading things. I reject made-in-Canaan gods, stay clear of contamination. The crooked in heart keep their distance; I refuse to shake hands with those who plan evil. I put a gag on the gossip who bad-mouths his neighbor; I can't stand arrogance. But I have my eye on salt-of-the-earth people— they're the ones I want working with me; Men and women on the straight and narrow— these are the ones I want at my side. But no one who traffics in lies gets a job with me; I have no patience with liars. I've rounded up all the wicked like cattle and herded them right out of the country. I purged God's city of all who make a business of evil.(Psalm 101:1-8)


I have not departed from Thy judgments, for Thou hast taught me.103How sweet are Thy words unto my taste, yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!104Through Thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.(Psalm 119:102-104 )


14"Now therefore fear the LORD and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. 15And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." (Joshua 24:14-16)

A Christain father's Ultimate wish,,,






Tommorow it will be Father's day and I would like to wish God,all the fathers and mothers who must step in the gap as fathers(as well as other family members,friends,pastors etc) Happy father's day and many more!!!

We fathers are underappreciated and at other times unrecognized and invisible case in point: the above pictures illustrate my son's artwork for father's day 2006(he was 4 years old)--this year his class did not make anything for all the fathers represented there.

Well to end this little post this is a christain's father ultimate wish for their children:


19Grant to Solomon my son a whole heart that he may keep your commandments, your testimonies, and your statutes, performing all, and that he may build the palace for which I have made provision." (1 Chronicles 29:19)


9-16 How can a young person live a clean life? By carefully reading the map of your Word. I'm single-minded in pursuit of you; don't let me miss the road signs you've posted. I've banked your promises in the vault of my heart so I won't sin myself bankrupt. Be blessed, God; train me in your ways of wise living. I'll transfer to my lips all the counsel that comes from your mouth; I delight far more in what you tell me about living than in gathering a pile of riches. I ponder every morsel of wisdom from you, I attentively watch how you've done it. I relish everything you've told me of life, I won't forget a word of it. (Psalm 119:9-16)


-8My theme song is God's love and justice, and I'm singing it right to you, God. I'm finding my way down the road of right living, but how long before you show up? I'm doing the very best I can, and I'm doing it at home, where it counts. I refuse to take a second look at corrupting people and degrading things. I reject made-in-Canaan gods, stay clear of contamination. The crooked in heart keep their distance; I refuse to shake hands with those who plan evil. I put a gag on the gossip who bad-mouths his neighbor; I can't stand arrogance. But I have my eye on salt-of-the-earth people— they're the ones I want working with me; Men and women on the straight and narrow— these are the ones I want at my side. But no one who traffics in lies gets a job with me; I have no patience with liars. I've rounded up all the wicked like cattle and herded them right out of the country. I purged God's city of all who make a business of evil.(Psalm 101:1-8)


102I have not departed from Thy judgments, for Thou hast taught me.
103How sweet are Thy words unto my taste, yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104Through Thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.(Psalm 119:102-104 )


14"Now therefore fear the LORD and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. 15And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." (Joshua 24:14-16)

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

tragic true sad story!!!




See link below and click:






pray for her family and friends

pray for the hospital system that failed

pray that this tragedy may not be repeated again

pray,pray,pray......

my son takes me to theology class



Whenever there is a thunderstorm my son seeks security,peace and safety in my prescence likewise we christains should be like that with our heavenly father. Whenever sin,temptation,problems,fears,doubts,depression we should run to Christ and find our securiy,peace and safety in His prescence:


6Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition ([b]definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God.
7And God's peace [shall be yours, that [c]tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and being content with its earthly lot of whatever sort that is, that peace] which transcends all understanding shall [d]garrison and mount guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.(philippians 4:6-7)


4 These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, How I went with the throng, and led them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday.
5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him For the help of his countenance. (psalms 42:5-6)


23And after He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him.
24And [a]suddenly, behold, there arose a violent storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered up by the waves; but He was sleeping.
25And they went and awakened Him, saying, Lord, rescue and preserve us! We are perishing!
26And He said to them, Why are you timid and afraid, O you of little faith? Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great and wonderful calm ([b]a perfect peaceableness).(matt 8;23-26)


13No test or temptation that comes your way is beyond the course of what others have had to face. All you need to remember is that God will never let you down; he'll never let you be pushed past your limit; he'll always be there to help you come through it. (1 cor 10:13)


14Inasmuch then as we have a great High Priest Who has [already] ascended and passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession [of faith in Him].
15For we do not have a High Priest Who is unable to understand and sympathize and have a shared feeling with our weaknesses and infirmities and liability to the assaults of temptation, but One Who has been tempted in every respect as we are, yet without sinning.
16Let us then fearlessly and confidently and boldly draw near to the throne of grace (the throne of God's unmerited favor to us sinners), that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find grace to help in good time for every need [appropriate help and well-timed help, coming just when we need it].(heb 4:14-16)


1I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry. 2He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog,and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. 3He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God.Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the LORD. (psalms 40:1-3)

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Monday, June 11, 2007

Nyc ACS playing with the lives of minority children




News of One of the most defenseless group in our nation: children;



http://www.infowars.com/articles/ps/hiv_positive_foster_kids_used_as_guinea_pigs.htm

scroll down to guinea pigs post:



scroll down to guinea pigs info;



actual video documentary scroll down to guinea pig kids:
check for further update: post for feb 12,2007

http://barnesworld.blogs.com/barnes_world/2007/02/liam_scheff_the.html


these verses come to mind;




1 God calls the judges into his courtroom, he puts all the judges in the dock. 2-4 "Enough! You've corrupted justice long enough, you've let the wicked get away with murder. You're here to defend the defenseless, to make sure that underdogs get a fair break; Your job is to stand up for the powerless, and prosecute all those who exploit them." (psalms 82:1-3)


8Open your mouth for the dumb [those unable to speak for themselves], for the rights of all who are left desolate and defenseless;(A)
9Open your mouth, judge righteously, and administer justice for the poor and needy.(B)(provers 31:8-9)