HEY! Stop that! That horse is Dead already!

Hey guys, I don't have to tell you this, but this world is pretty messed up...
Two different headlines. Two different days. Two different crimes. Two different punishments...
Now I AM sad.

Syracuse woman sentenced to probation in newborn's death 28 years ago

OH firefighter gets jail time for killing dogs


Oh...and then there's this!

Connecticut Church Posts Controversial Gay Exorcism Video on YouTube

Joke of the Day

I promise I won't do this too often, but this one made me smile bigger than most:

The Good, Clean Funnies List - Centipede

Cool Physics Stuff...

...that is totally unrelated to our Bible study, other than a few of us talked about it there.

Check it out Ferrofluid, Aerogel, Non-Newtonian Liquids?! the coolest things people have made in a long time. Sorry about the language in the text in this link, I do not appreciate it either (it's not even funny from a worldly perspective... I checked), but the videos and the stuff are cool.

Google it, it's worth it.

Guitar Chords

Found a website for guitar chords for hymns.

Posts on prayer

Here are two posts on prayer over at the Pyromaniacs blog.

I post them because the first one I have read a few times in the past couple years (it was just reposted today by the blog author) and thought about it quite a bit. It certainly stirs my thoughts.

I want to say that I am on-board in agreement with what is being said in both posts. In the first post I agree completely with the statement that prayer itself has no power, it is the one that we are praying to. And I also believe that the Bible does have power. (I am going to guess that most people are going to agree with these points as well).

What I am going to guess stirs the most debate is 1) If "prayer" is 1-way or 2-way and; 2) If prayer is 1-way, then what we "hear" back is revelation / prophecy, and; 3) (This wasn't really explored in detail in the linked post) We are not prophets. (This deals with cessationism and dispensationalism which are huge topics that I haven't gotten my mind wrapped around yet).

I find the second post linked refreshing--I guess this was the first time that I saw prayer/petition and the unchanging will of God all lined up.

Crummy Church Signs

Just a quick link to an EXCELLENT blog. (Humorous)

Crummy Church Signs

Ponderings on ANGER.

Hi Y'all -

I had this on my mind and figured I might as well put up my first blog post.

I read this morning about when David wanted to move the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem - I Chronicles 13. The first time he had them do it all wrong and a guy ended up getting killed by God when he tried to stop the Ark from falling (which wasn't supposed to be on an oxcart in the first place).

So not only did God get angry, but it also says that David got angry in verse 11: "David was angry because the LORD's anger had blazed out against Uzzah. He named that place Perez-uzzah (which means 'outbreak against Uzzah'). It is still called that today."

This all got me thinking about Ephesians 4:26: "'In your anger do not sin': Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry..."

What do you all think that looks like? I know I often feel guilty if I'm angry at someone because I'm pretty sure I'm doing it in a sinful way (aka hate). One thing that has often helped me is to realize that I don't have an obligation to be angry at someone. Also, sometimes I think you can be angry about something without being angry at the person doing the 'something'. Maybe this doesn't make much sense, but it seems to work in my head. Please comment with your thoughts.