And see the sunshiine.
See the birdies sing.
SHOUT OUT YUR LOVE 4 GOD!!!!!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Article Summarizing POints From Marvin OLasky
“Social justice” is a topic that can divide conservative and liberal Christians, but Dr. Marvin Olasky urged a Bryan College audience to consider the term in light of “Biblical justice.”
Dr. Stephen Livesay, left, and Dr. Marvin Olasky
Dr. Olasky, editor-in-chief of World Magazine, visited Bryan March 18, at the invitation of President Stephen D. Livesay and spoke to a group of faculty, staff, students, and visitors on the matter.
“We have to ask, what is social justice and what we should be doing as Christians,” Dr. Olasky said. “Does it mean economic redistribution? Does it mean equality, and, if so, what kind: equality of opportunity, equality of rights, equality of results?”
He suggested several concepts to keep the discussion from devolving into an emotional argument:
Think logically.
Grant that there are people on the political right and left who care about the poor—and people who don’t.
“If you are a conservative and say, ‘Whatever I earned and have is mine,’ remember that your parents and the social and economic environment you are in contributed to your success.
“If you are on the liberal side and think goods should be distributed equally and the government should have a larger role,” consider the possible negative effects of receiving support that was not earned.
Acknowledge that anything society does to help the poor, “and that is something Christians should do,” can either hurt or help. “In the 19th century, the poor were regarded as being in the middle of the (economic) ladder. They could either go up or down. Today, they are viewed as being at the bottom of the ladder.”
The Bible is the source for wisdom in this area. “The Bible uses words for “justice” 150 times, for righteousness 100 or more times, and there is an understanding that justice and righteousness go together,” he said. The Bible teaches righteousness and justice that glorifies God. We are supposed to help the poor because it makes God happy, and biblical justice shows faith in God, not government.”
“What about the rich?” He said Scripture condemns the rich who use their wealth to accumulate power and more wealth by corrupting government.
“What do we learn from human nature? What the Bible teaches.” He said we are not to trust individuals, the free market system or something else, but to trust God.
In response, he suggested believers challenge individuals who espouse social justice “in an unbiblical way. If social justice is used as a hammer to push toward a political position, that is not biblical.
“Go out and start doing what the Bible says; help the widows and orphans, help immigrants, visit those in prison. Do it, don’t just yak about it.”
Dr. Stephen Livesay, left, and Dr. Marvin Olasky
Dr. Olasky, editor-in-chief of World Magazine, visited Bryan March 18, at the invitation of President Stephen D. Livesay and spoke to a group of faculty, staff, students, and visitors on the matter.
“We have to ask, what is social justice and what we should be doing as Christians,” Dr. Olasky said. “Does it mean economic redistribution? Does it mean equality, and, if so, what kind: equality of opportunity, equality of rights, equality of results?”
He suggested several concepts to keep the discussion from devolving into an emotional argument:
Think logically.
Grant that there are people on the political right and left who care about the poor—and people who don’t.
“If you are a conservative and say, ‘Whatever I earned and have is mine,’ remember that your parents and the social and economic environment you are in contributed to your success.
“If you are on the liberal side and think goods should be distributed equally and the government should have a larger role,” consider the possible negative effects of receiving support that was not earned.
Acknowledge that anything society does to help the poor, “and that is something Christians should do,” can either hurt or help. “In the 19th century, the poor were regarded as being in the middle of the (economic) ladder. They could either go up or down. Today, they are viewed as being at the bottom of the ladder.”
The Bible is the source for wisdom in this area. “The Bible uses words for “justice” 150 times, for righteousness 100 or more times, and there is an understanding that justice and righteousness go together,” he said. The Bible teaches righteousness and justice that glorifies God. We are supposed to help the poor because it makes God happy, and biblical justice shows faith in God, not government.”
“What about the rich?” He said Scripture condemns the rich who use their wealth to accumulate power and more wealth by corrupting government.
“What do we learn from human nature? What the Bible teaches.” He said we are not to trust individuals, the free market system or something else, but to trust God.
In response, he suggested believers challenge individuals who espouse social justice “in an unbiblical way. If social justice is used as a hammer to push toward a political position, that is not biblical.
“Go out and start doing what the Bible says; help the widows and orphans, help immigrants, visit those in prison. Do it, don’t just yak about it.”
Sunday, March 28, 2010
The Society: A Tale of PErversity
This is the poem i wrote:
Get off my telephone!
Just dance and ride my disco stick and everything,
Will be fine.
Just dance and all will,
Be Solved.
Stoned Stoners walking throughthe streets,
Yelling, " whose kid is this?"
They have lost a tooth,
And are now searching for that lost night.
What has happened?
Why do we let perversity run amuck in our culture?
Movin' your hips like, yeah
Movin' your head like, yeah
Guess what?
Hasn't ende anything and just made you seem like,
a prostitute to some
Wait for JUliet,
Well I am sorry to say she seems to have disappeared.
Cause this our love story,
Just dancing and movin our hps tosolve the worlds problems
What has happened?
Why do we let perversity run amuck in our culture?
Now we want people to remember me
We, guess what? Most will probably not, though
Most will remeber the twilight of vampire and werewolves
...And a pale girl
Who wanted to inadvertantly take the "dive"
And Join the..
Amensiac next door,
Wo happens to be a spy
Check your local theater, bookstore, or music store,
And you'll find ten things:
One, Vampire with there hearts gone
Two, Teen Sex or Sex with abstinence as an undertone
Three, Zombies who wish they were stars for George Romero
Four Wizards Five, Witches who star with James PAtterson
Six, Strange Violence, reminiscient of horror films
Seven, anti-war hippies
Eight, rebellion against parents and authrities
Nine, scorn for religion, mainly Christianity
Ten, Freedom from restriction... lets be nude tree huggers, eh?
Dear God PLease Help
Us as we struggle against the paganism of this world
Let the perversity die
And let ust starts to glorify you.
__________________________EXPLANATION________________________________________________
There are a couple of parts that may offend:
The part about prostitute is based off of a friend of mine who thinks that about MIley Cyrus
Nude tree-huggers is based off trhe enviromental movement and an ad in a magazine i saw for Levi jeans with a half nude person fom the back.
I WROTE THSI TO SHOW GOD IS OUR ONLY HOPE>>>>>ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!
Get off my telephone!
Just dance and ride my disco stick and everything,
Will be fine.
Just dance and all will,
Be Solved.
Stoned Stoners walking throughthe streets,
Yelling, " whose kid is this?"
They have lost a tooth,
And are now searching for that lost night.
What has happened?
Why do we let perversity run amuck in our culture?
Movin' your hips like, yeah
Movin' your head like, yeah
Guess what?
Hasn't ende anything and just made you seem like,
a prostitute to some
Wait for JUliet,
Well I am sorry to say she seems to have disappeared.
Cause this our love story,
Just dancing and movin our hps tosolve the worlds problems
What has happened?
Why do we let perversity run amuck in our culture?
Now we want people to remember me
We, guess what? Most will probably not, though
Most will remeber the twilight of vampire and werewolves
...And a pale girl
Who wanted to inadvertantly take the "dive"
And Join the..
Amensiac next door,
Wo happens to be a spy
Check your local theater, bookstore, or music store,
And you'll find ten things:
One, Vampire with there hearts gone
Two, Teen Sex or Sex with abstinence as an undertone
Three, Zombies who wish they were stars for George Romero
Four Wizards Five, Witches who star with James PAtterson
Six, Strange Violence, reminiscient of horror films
Seven, anti-war hippies
Eight, rebellion against parents and authrities
Nine, scorn for religion, mainly Christianity
Ten, Freedom from restriction... lets be nude tree huggers, eh?
Dear God PLease Help
Us as we struggle against the paganism of this world
Let the perversity die
And let ust starts to glorify you.
__________________________EXPLANATION________________________________________________
There are a couple of parts that may offend:
The part about prostitute is based off of a friend of mine who thinks that about MIley Cyrus
Nude tree-huggers is based off trhe enviromental movement and an ad in a magazine i saw for Levi jeans with a half nude person fom the back.
I WROTE THSI TO SHOW GOD IS OUR ONLY HOPE>>>>>ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Random Tidbits
Odd number equal even numbers
What do you do if you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?
Is there any point in telling a mime he has the right to remain silent?
I wrote a poem "bashing" on Lady Gaga, the Hnagover movie, Miley Cyrus, Twilight, Bourne movies, and teen lit. Will Post in a a few days or so.
What do you do if you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?
Is there any point in telling a mime he has the right to remain silent?
I wrote a poem "bashing" on Lady Gaga, the Hnagover movie, Miley Cyrus, Twilight, Bourne movies, and teen lit. Will Post in a a few days or so.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Heathen Homeschoolers?????
Does this make sense? This is an actual group in NOrthern Virginia. Heres there statment:
Description
A support group for Northern Virginia homeschoolers who identify with the heathen label. We are pagans, atheists, agnostics, Unitarian Universalists, liberal Christians, secularists, and humanists, as well as those recovering from and or/questioning our faiths -- some of us defy labels altogether. Frequently off-topic, off-color and very chatty. Members required to have a sense of humor.
Does this honestly make any sense???
Description
A support group for Northern Virginia homeschoolers who identify with the heathen label. We are pagans, atheists, agnostics, Unitarian Universalists, liberal Christians, secularists, and humanists, as well as those recovering from and or/questioning our faiths -- some of us defy labels altogether. Frequently off-topic, off-color and very chatty. Members required to have a sense of humor.
Does this honestly make any sense???
Thursday, March 25, 2010
A Neccasary "Evil"??
Is there ever such a thing? No, plain and simple. This is going to deal with a little bit of everything.
First, LAdy Gaga's video Telephone. No, I havent seen it but PLuggedIN Reviewed it, and frankly it is frightening and perverse and pagan. I Will post the link. Decide for yourself is it Christin in any way and does it sound like these for the sake of "art" would be a necassary evil?
http://www.pluggedin.com/music/tracks/2010/ladygaga-telephone.aspx
\Second healthcare. is socialized healthcare necassary? DSO we need a sociliest dictator in charge? NO. THis one is obvious but read up on it.
First, LAdy Gaga's video Telephone. No, I havent seen it but PLuggedIN Reviewed it, and frankly it is frightening and perverse and pagan. I Will post the link. Decide for yourself is it Christin in any way and does it sound like these for the sake of "art" would be a necassary evil?
http://www.pluggedin.com/music/tracks/2010/ladygaga-telephone.aspx
\Second healthcare. is socialized healthcare necassary? DSO we need a sociliest dictator in charge? NO. THis one is obvious but read up on it.
Monday, March 22, 2010
A Truth
The Truth remaisns
The bones rot from within
But truth remains
Nothing stops it,
not death not funerals
Nothing gets in its way.
The bones rot from within
But truth remains
Nothing stops it,
not death not funerals
Nothing gets in its way.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Book Review: Germ
THis book is amazing.
Language:
NONE>
SEX:
NO
Violence:
YEs. as much as an R-rated movie. people get torn up by bullets, described. etc.
READ IT>
Language:
NONE>
SEX:
NO
Violence:
YEs. as much as an R-rated movie. people get torn up by bullets, described. etc.
READ IT>
Friday, March 19, 2010
Random Tidbits
Go into the teen books section at your local bookstore and nearly any book you pick up will fall into the enxt few categories: sex, zombies, witches, vampire.
HAd to make a movie.
HAd to make a movie.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Progressive Movement
Jonas
3/17/10
The De-formation of America
There have been numerous great men in history. We know about them; we hear of their great accomplishments. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. John Adams, chief drafter of the Constitution. George Washington led a group of soldiers through the War of Independence. By the end he only had five soldiers left who would stand with him. These men were all great, but sometimes it is those we rarely read about or know little about that have the greatest affect on us as a nation. Some of these men and women we have heard of. Some for the better and some for the worse. Here are just a few: Thomas Jefferson, Robert Lafollette, Hiram Johnson, John Dewey, Margret Sanger, Theodore Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson, to name just a few. But the main things that will be dealt with in this essay are who some of the original leaders were, and the philosophies and the key issues that they wanted dealt with. Finally, what do Christian doctrines say about this and were Dewey’s education reforms based upon this movement?
Robert Lafollette was probably the first “official” Progressive. When he became governor of Wisconsin, he instituted new laws and regulation on certain things, which caught the attention of others. Though he and other governors were the first signs of Progressivism, Theodore Roosevelt was the first to actually gain power and push the Progressive agenda. He pushed for women’s rights’ reform, but my belief is that two people had a greater influence on us as a nation than Theodore Roosevelt. These two people were, in my mind, the embodiment of this movement and also are the start of the modern liberal movement.
The aforementioned people were Margaret Sanger and John Dewey. I will start with Margaret Sanger. But to start with her, I need to give you some background. In the 1800s Charles Darwin published his book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection; or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life. This is a well known book from which we get the theory of evolution ,but you have only to read the title to find racism and segregation. “ Favored races” which race is favored? According to Darwin it was the least “ape-like”, or, in other words, white people. After this was published, people began trying to get “ape-like” people into zoos and museums. In fact they did this to a man in the Brooklyn Zoo, saying he was an ape. Now, Margaret Sanger followed Darwin when it came to preserving “favored races”. She is the founder of Planned Parenthood, and was a believer in eugenics. So why is she one of the Big Two in my mind? Because now we have more than the Holocaust and the Killing Grounds in Russia, combined, in deaths through abortion. We have millions of little babies dead in landfills because they have been aborted. So again why? Because she pushed Progress. This was a “woman’s right to choose”; women needed this right. This ideology gave women “rights” just like Progressives wanted. Now onto the second person.
John Dewey was the second big guy in the Progressive Movement. He pushed for educational reform. Well, you say, that can’t be to bad…can it? Yes it can, because his idea was to remove the Classical Education and just teach kids practical information and be able to hold jobs. Here’s the problem: the classical model wanted to build children up to think for themselves, have a values-based life, and to be able to hold leadership positions and be independent business men. This man, John Dewey, gave the government control of education. That is a problem, because the government will indoctrinate them 40 hours a week. What is a Christian kid supposed to do? What is he supposed to believe? You think he will believe the Bible and what the body of Christ teaches, or the 40 hours of indoctrination? Dewey’s method was socialistic and very much Progressive. One issue was, that his education idea said everyone can be a leader in our culture by being in leadership roles. That meant women had the right to be above men, if they wanted. They could get a degree and take a leadership position. Dewey wanted this. It was not values-based, this was pagan. He wanted boys and girls to grow up with just a basic knowledge of life applicable things. Today kids learn only math which applies here and there.
Progressivism is not in any way a Christian ideology. At all. It removes God from the picture. It takes away certain rights and it is just plain paganism. It starts by taking Christian ideals away; mainly women being allowed in leadership position above men. Finally, it destroys the concept of “one nation under God”. Instead it replaces it with this mantra, “one nation under natural stuff, and lets allow kids to just learn from the government, and give women the right to vote and by the way….let’s make an unlimited government, and everything is just a party.” This is movement based on reform, actually it should be called deform.
3/17/10
The De-formation of America
There have been numerous great men in history. We know about them; we hear of their great accomplishments. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. John Adams, chief drafter of the Constitution. George Washington led a group of soldiers through the War of Independence. By the end he only had five soldiers left who would stand with him. These men were all great, but sometimes it is those we rarely read about or know little about that have the greatest affect on us as a nation. Some of these men and women we have heard of. Some for the better and some for the worse. Here are just a few: Thomas Jefferson, Robert Lafollette, Hiram Johnson, John Dewey, Margret Sanger, Theodore Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson, to name just a few. But the main things that will be dealt with in this essay are who some of the original leaders were, and the philosophies and the key issues that they wanted dealt with. Finally, what do Christian doctrines say about this and were Dewey’s education reforms based upon this movement?
Robert Lafollette was probably the first “official” Progressive. When he became governor of Wisconsin, he instituted new laws and regulation on certain things, which caught the attention of others. Though he and other governors were the first signs of Progressivism, Theodore Roosevelt was the first to actually gain power and push the Progressive agenda. He pushed for women’s rights’ reform, but my belief is that two people had a greater influence on us as a nation than Theodore Roosevelt. These two people were, in my mind, the embodiment of this movement and also are the start of the modern liberal movement.
The aforementioned people were Margaret Sanger and John Dewey. I will start with Margaret Sanger. But to start with her, I need to give you some background. In the 1800s Charles Darwin published his book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection; or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life. This is a well known book from which we get the theory of evolution ,but you have only to read the title to find racism and segregation. “ Favored races” which race is favored? According to Darwin it was the least “ape-like”, or, in other words, white people. After this was published, people began trying to get “ape-like” people into zoos and museums. In fact they did this to a man in the Brooklyn Zoo, saying he was an ape. Now, Margaret Sanger followed Darwin when it came to preserving “favored races”. She is the founder of Planned Parenthood, and was a believer in eugenics. So why is she one of the Big Two in my mind? Because now we have more than the Holocaust and the Killing Grounds in Russia, combined, in deaths through abortion. We have millions of little babies dead in landfills because they have been aborted. So again why? Because she pushed Progress. This was a “woman’s right to choose”; women needed this right. This ideology gave women “rights” just like Progressives wanted. Now onto the second person.
John Dewey was the second big guy in the Progressive Movement. He pushed for educational reform. Well, you say, that can’t be to bad…can it? Yes it can, because his idea was to remove the Classical Education and just teach kids practical information and be able to hold jobs. Here’s the problem: the classical model wanted to build children up to think for themselves, have a values-based life, and to be able to hold leadership positions and be independent business men. This man, John Dewey, gave the government control of education. That is a problem, because the government will indoctrinate them 40 hours a week. What is a Christian kid supposed to do? What is he supposed to believe? You think he will believe the Bible and what the body of Christ teaches, or the 40 hours of indoctrination? Dewey’s method was socialistic and very much Progressive. One issue was, that his education idea said everyone can be a leader in our culture by being in leadership roles. That meant women had the right to be above men, if they wanted. They could get a degree and take a leadership position. Dewey wanted this. It was not values-based, this was pagan. He wanted boys and girls to grow up with just a basic knowledge of life applicable things. Today kids learn only math which applies here and there.
Progressivism is not in any way a Christian ideology. At all. It removes God from the picture. It takes away certain rights and it is just plain paganism. It starts by taking Christian ideals away; mainly women being allowed in leadership position above men. Finally, it destroys the concept of “one nation under God”. Instead it replaces it with this mantra, “one nation under natural stuff, and lets allow kids to just learn from the government, and give women the right to vote and by the way….let’s make an unlimited government, and everything is just a party.” This is movement based on reform, actually it should be called deform.
A Poem for my Other Home Country
Germany:
Strength through time,
Metal worker, fishers and farmers,
Maker of beauty
Harsh, beautiful, enduring
Country of strength:
They say you are a killer, I believe them
Since I have seen the images of dead
They say you are evil, and I believe them
Since I have read of the evils you have done
I am told your people lack pride, I believe this
Since I have seen how you have been beaten down for your crimes
The fact remains, you have done this
But you are still strong:
Tell me of another country in which endurance is king
Show me a harsher land and I will follow you there
Harsh,
Beautiful,
Enduring,
Rebuilt upon the ashes of the past
You hold on, beaten and battered,
By those who want you brought down.
You stand by the forge, scars upon
Your hands, and grime on your face
Callused hands take hold of
Your long held-in suffering and hold it out
Enduring through time and space,
Your face holds signs of grim determination
Determination, to hold on to your
Well worn place as an empire in the world
The beautiful harshness of time shows
Upon your ragged face.
Determination, harsh beauty, and continual
Strength through time.
Strength through time,
Metal worker, fishers and farmers,
Maker of beauty
Harsh, beautiful, enduring
Country of strength:
They say you are a killer, I believe them
Since I have seen the images of dead
They say you are evil, and I believe them
Since I have read of the evils you have done
I am told your people lack pride, I believe this
Since I have seen how you have been beaten down for your crimes
The fact remains, you have done this
But you are still strong:
Tell me of another country in which endurance is king
Show me a harsher land and I will follow you there
Harsh,
Beautiful,
Enduring,
Rebuilt upon the ashes of the past
You hold on, beaten and battered,
By those who want you brought down.
You stand by the forge, scars upon
Your hands, and grime on your face
Callused hands take hold of
Your long held-in suffering and hold it out
Enduring through time and space,
Your face holds signs of grim determination
Determination, to hold on to your
Well worn place as an empire in the world
The beautiful harshness of time shows
Upon your ragged face.
Determination, harsh beauty, and continual
Strength through time.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
Random Tidbits
This is a new thing where i post random Things.
I want to see Alice in Wonderland and Shutter Island
I am writing an apocalyspe story, it's 5? chapters and 15-16 pages long.
I am a Christian who believes in the Five-Points of CAlvinsm( also an essay on that topic is coming soon:)
I am a conservative who believes that Presidents Obama's administration is a FAILURE. Sorry bout the caps.
I want to live in Aussie-land
I finally got my little bro to read Rangers Apprentice, hes on book 7
I can't wait to for Rangers Apprentice book10 comes out. I have the first nine.
I hate math but I love Algebra( might tell you something about my me)
I love Edgar Allen Poe's short stories. Hop-Frog is his best one.
I am homeschooled. Based off of this blog you can see that I am so unsocialized. NOT!
I want to see Alice in Wonderland and Shutter Island
I am writing an apocalyspe story, it's 5? chapters and 15-16 pages long.
I am a Christian who believes in the Five-Points of CAlvinsm( also an essay on that topic is coming soon:)
I am a conservative who believes that Presidents Obama's administration is a FAILURE. Sorry bout the caps.
I want to live in Aussie-land
I finally got my little bro to read Rangers Apprentice, hes on book 7
I can't wait to for Rangers Apprentice book10 comes out. I have the first nine.
I hate math but I love Algebra( might tell you something about my me)
I love Edgar Allen Poe's short stories. Hop-Frog is his best one.
I am homeschooled. Based off of this blog you can see that I am so unsocialized. NOT!
Oh, the Wonderful Cross
The cross is so wonderfully amazing. When people think of the cross they think of the brutality, but why cant we think of its beauty? BEcause we have a mindset of death is bad. I hate to tell you this world death is what saved us. Death was never so beautifal. We die. Simple we all will die. I want to live for awhile longer but honestly I cant wait till I die and get to go and live with God. I am not saying go blow your head off to get to heaven sooner I am saing dont be afraid of death as a Christian.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
The Problem with Anarchy
Anarchy is the oppsition to any government. It is self contradictory since it is in and of itself the government of no goernment.
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