Fun For Geeks

This is a fun thing...if you are a geek. It is a super hero maker. You give the specifics and you can make just about any super hero you ever wanted. You have to try it. It is easy once you get use to the interface. Hero Machine 2.0I will try to post my best creation (not sure if I will be able to do that). Anyway, I made one for Jessica (Super Jessica) or something like that but apparently I didn't save it. Let me see you creations, if possib...

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Teaching Theology

I am preparing to teach a class called Christian Doctrines. It is a systematic theology class. I am really looking forward to it. The textbook is Erickson's Introducting Christian Doctrine, which is something of an abridged version of Erickson's classic Christian Theology. These are both great books for a study in theology. The first is a bit more managable with about 450 pages while the other one is more a reference book with about 1300 pages (not really a quick read). The class will follow the standard format of most systematic theology classes...

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The Funniest Thing I Heard Today - 6.29.07

What you got...baby I want it! Rhonda and Jessica, doing the worst Aretha Franklin impression I have ever heard, and yes, they got the words backwar...

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Overton Update

Well...We heard from the church in Nevada this week. They decided to pursue another individual. I am not sure why but whatever the reason I am no longer a candidate at that church. So, my family and I are continuing to pray for God's direction. Our time out there was really nice. We saw some great sites. We saw Hoover Dam which is an remarkable feat of engineering. It was amazing looking over that wall and see this gigantic dam which harnesses the Colorado River to power a lot of the southwest. If you have a chance to go see it, it is worth stopping...

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The Funniest Thing I Heard Today - 6.28.07

There is a picture of a dog on that monkey's bottom....

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Remembering Being a Bapitst

I came across a an interesting mnemonic device the other day that will help one remember what it means to be a Baptist. It is in the form of an acrostic:Biblical AuthroityAutonomy of the Local ChurchPriesthood of the BelieverTwo Ordinaces (Believer's Baptism and Communion)Individual Soul LibertySeparation of Church and StateTwo Offices of the Church (Pastor and Deacon)This is a pretty decent overview of what it means to be a Baptist. While there is more that could be detailed here, this would give someone a great understanding of the basics to...

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The Old New Testament Truth

I am teaching Sunday School for our class tomorrow. Our teacher called me Friday and asked if would sub. I enjoy teaching Sunday School and I think Lifeway's material is helpful for the instructor if used correctly. I hear a lot of complaints about Lifeway's materials and when I ask the critics about it, I find they are usually using the material differently that for what it was intended. Anyway...I digress...The lesson is on Habakkuk (the whole book). Not that I think the whole book of Habakkuk can be covered in an hour, but one could do a quick...

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Too Late to be Blogging

It is almost 3:00 AM and I cannot sleep. This usually means God is trying to get my attention. At 1:00 AM, I decided I would read my Roger Williams biography. I did that for an hour and still wide awake. I got up at 2:00 AM and went to the basement (my study/office/poolhall) and looked into God's Word and in prayer sought Him out. I was looking over a sermon I gave a week or so ago in Psalm 119. I referenced a verse in Isaiah. Here is the verse that struck me at about 2:30 this morning (you will love this, Kim):Yahweh will guide you always; He...

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Catching Up...

My family and I were in Nevada for about five days meeting a church which is possibly interested in me as their pastor. So I got behind on the blog. I did try to remember the funniest things I heard along the trip. I posted them below to catch up on those. As for the church we visited, what a great body of believers! They treated my family and me so very kind. These believers are in the middle of Mormon country and in the middle of the desert AND in the middle of gambling country. Yet, there is this group of Christians growing and serving the...

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The Funniest Thing I Heard Today - 6.18.07

It was 112 degrees today. Rho...

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The Funniest Thing I Heard Today - 6.17.07

Good thing you bought the insurance. Jess...

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The Funniest Thing I Heard Today - 6.16.07

Good thing I bought the insurance....

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The Funniest Thing I Heard Today - 6.15.07

I don't think I am allowed to take the car into Arizona, am I? ...

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The Funniest Thing I Heard Today - 6.14.07

You are going to Las Vegas and you are drinking milk?United Airlines Stew...

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2008 Movies or GEEKFEST!

It is probably old news but I found out that there are some cool movies coming out in 2008. Here is a list of those that I would not mind seeing in the theater:Speed Racer - A live version of the cartoon. I loved that show. Below is shot of the Mach 5. Matthew Fox of Lost is going to be Racer X.Star Trek XI - J.J. Abrams, the director of Lost, will be directing this movie (I see a theme here). Apparently, it will star James T. Kirk but it is rumored...

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The Funniest Thing I Heard Today - 6.11.07

Are you alright Agnes?Judge Harold Bedford (portrayed by William Daniels) in the movie Blind Da...

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Good Soup. Bad Breath

I made French Onion soup today. It turned out tasting very good. It was a very simple recipe and it really hit the spot. It tasted like the stuff you get in restaurants (not that French Onion soup can really vary from place to place). As I was slicing the onions I got to thinking that I could just see a French farmer a long time ago needing to feed his family. All he had was several onions and some beef broth. Maybe if he threw them together and heated it up, he could pass it off for soup. And then viola French Onion soup was born (note the French)....

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The Funniest Thing I Heard Today - 6.8.07

Paris Hilton was released after 72 hours of being in jail. I have spend more time in Monopoly jail.Jimmy Kimmel, on a clip from the Larry King s...

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Plans for Overton

My family and I will be traveling to Overton, Nevada to visit a church which is interested in me as their pastor. Overton is about 60 miles Northeast of Las Vegas and is on the northern shore of Lake Mead (Hoover Dam is on the south end of Lake Mead). This visit is not in view of a call but just so that they can get to know us and we can get to know them. I will be preaching on Sunday morning, which will be Father's Day, and then we are supposed to have a dinner for them to get to know my family and I. I am working on a sermon from Hebrews 10:19-25....

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The Funniest Thing I Heard Today - 6.7.07

Four Hundred and Seventy Five dollars can buy a whole lot of man root.Ben Bailey, Host of the Discovery Channel show Cash C...

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The Secret of History

It is amazing to me how you can read all about someone or something in history. I am not referring only to my previous post to Roger Williams. Today I was reading about the family who started the Cadbury Chocolate company. A man named John Cadbury and his brother Benjamin founded the company in England. John son's sons Richard and George continued to make the company a success. Most of us have had a Cadbury Egg at Easter or a Cadbury chocolate bar. They are great. But, as Paul Harvey says, here is "the reesstt of the story."Richard had a daughter...

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The Funniest Thing I Heard Today - 6.5.07

I'm going to smash your dart.My daugther, Jess...

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Roger Williams Biography

I began a new book the other day. It is entitled Liberty of Conscience: Roger Williams in America and is authored by Edwin S. Gaustad. I have read through the first chapter (Exile from England) and it provided me with a great overview/refresher of the religious background of the time in which Roger Williams was born and lived (as if there was another background at that time - everything was motivated by religion during the Reformation). From Luther, Calvin and Loyola, to Henry VIII wives and their constant flopping of national religion, to the...

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The Funniest Thing I Heard Today - 6.4.07

My toe is shaped like a baseball bat.My daughter, Jess...

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The Funniest Thing I Heard Today - 6.3.07

There's a weiner in that glass!Said by ...

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Since It Is Baseball Season...

I found this game and became a little addicted. Hope you have f...

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Born Again Bargins

I went to my local used Christian book store today (Born Again Books). They had a pretty good one day sale. If you bought one book, you received 10% off, 2 books-20%, 3-30%, 4-40%, 5 or more books you received 50% off. Well, I just cannot resist that kind of offer. So I went in search of assorted commentaries. I came home with five:* Exploring Genesis - John Phillips - This is not a great commentary but Phillips is an outlining and alliterating savant. His thoughts toward this end are VERY helpful when developing sermons.* Zechariah - H. C. Leupold...

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History of Theology

I almost finished reading Learning Theology with the Church Fathers by Christopher Hall today. I am about 11 pages short of the 296 page book and I will probably finish that when I go to bed. It was a pretty decent book. Covering the major area of theology, the books gives a glimpse of what those in the first and second century held to and why.The thing that stuck me most about this book that I am not sure I noticed before is that each of these church fathers shaped their thoughts and crafted their creeds in response to some heresy. That is, there...

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What is this all about?

Well, I am going to try this blog thing. I am not sure how much my thoughts are worth reading but I will post them anyway. I am guessing this blog with be a conglomeration of theological thoughts, personal antidotes, interesting resources I have found, worthwhile quotations, thoughts on current events, and things like that. I suppose like most blogs, will post regularly at first but then eventually post sporadically.I guess I will start with the title of this blog and its related website: The 2 Timothy 2:2 Objective. Paul tells Timothy in 2 Timothy...

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