Matthew 24:6

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James 4:1

Resting in the Arms of The Sovereign

"Nothing can happen to you outside the parameters of the sovereign hands of God. The question Christians need to ask is not how can I get away from suffering but the key is why did my loving heavenly Father allow this? A wrong response to pain, trouble, suffering, sorrow and failure is a lack of trust in God's sovereignty over every area of your life. Understand the goal of suffering is to make us more Christlike." Kimber Kauffman, pastor College Park Baptist Church, Indpls, IN

"The sovereignty of God is the one impregnable rock to which the suffering human heart must cling. The circumstances surronding our lives are no accident: they may be the work of evil, but that evil is held firmly within the mighty hand of our sovereign God." Margaret Clarkson

It is not just a question of being saved from hell, but of being saved so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our body. And it is adversity that makes us exhibit His life in our mortal flesh. The only thing that will enable me to enjoy adversity is the acute sense of eagerness of allowing the life of the Son of God to evidence itself in me. No matter how difficult something may be, I must say "Lord, I am delighted to obey you in this." Instantly, the Son of God will move to the forefront of my life, and will manifest in my body that which glorifies Him. You must not debate. The moment you obey the light of God, His Son shines through you in that very adversity; but if you debate with God, you grieve His Spirit. You must keep yourself in the proper condition to allow the life of the Son of God to be manifested in you, and you cannot keep yourself fit if you give way to self pity. It is one thing to choose adversity, and quite another to enter into adversity through the orchestrating of our circumstances by God's sovereignty. And if God puts you into adversity, He is adeuately sufficient to "supply all your needs". (Phil 4:19). Oswald Chambers

The Heart of a Child

A nurse on the pediatric ward, before listening to the little ones chests, would plug the stethoscope into their ears and let them listen to their own hearts. Their eyes would always light up with awe, but she never got a response to equal four-year old David's comment. Gently she tucked the stethoscope into his ears and placed the disk over his heart. Listen, she said...........what do you suppose that is? He drew his eyebrows together in a puzzled line and looked up as if lost in the mystery of the strange tap - tap - tapping deep in his chest.

Then his face broke out in a wondrous grin and he asked, "is that Jesus Knocking?"

Power of Prayer

Another message from Bill Bright.

The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
James 5:16, (KJV).

Dear friends:

In the 1930s, Stalin ordered a purge of all Bibles and all believers in the former Soviet Union. Millions of Bibles were confiscated and multitudes of believers were sent to the gulags (prison camps), where most died for being "enemies of the state." In Stavropol, Russia, this order was carried out with a vengeance.

Recently, the CoMission ministry, which Campus Crusade for Christ sponsored, sent a team to Stavropol. The city's history was not known at that time. But when our team was having difficulties getting Bibles shipped from Moscow, someone mentioned the existence of a warehouse outside of town where these confiscated Bibles had been stored ever since Stalin's day. After much prayer by the team, one member finally got up the courage to go to the warehouse and ask the officials if the Bibles were still there. Sure enough, they were. Then the CoMission asked if the Bibles could be removed and distributed again to the people of Stavropol. The answer was "yes"!

The next day the CoMission team returned with a truck and several Russian people to help load the Bibles. One helper was a young man, who was a skeptical, hostile, and agnostic collegian who had come only for the day's wages.

As they were loading the Bibles, one team member noticed that the young man had disappeared. Eventually, then found him in a corner of the warehouse weeping.

He had slipped away hoping to quietly take a Bible. What he found shook him to the core. The inside page of the Bible he picked up had the handwritten signature of his own grandmother! It had been her Bible! Out of the many thousands of Bibles still left in that warehouse, he stole the one belonging to his grandmother -- a woman persecuted for her faith all her life.

No wonder he was weeping -- God had just dramatically revealed Himself to this young man. His grandmother had no doubt prayed for him and for her city. Her prayers had followed him, and now this young man's life has been transformed by the very Bible that his grandmother found so dear.

"O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!" (Romans 11:33, KJV).

Yours for fulfilling the Great Commission each year until our Lord returns,

Bill Bright

Cloudy and Cold

It's Monday. It's cold. It's cloudy.

Talk about a great day for a fireplace, some hot chocolate, and a good book. Or better yet, a fireplace, some hot chocolate, and a good friend.

Thanks to all the Kansas people who stuck around awhile after College Weekend. I praise God for our friendships. You totally made my weekend. Each one of you really bring your own special spirit to our group.

Bummer about the StL Cardinals. Better luck Tuesday. Yesterday's game was definitely a nail biter. I even sensed Jake getting a little worried when the bases were loaded in the ninth inning. *grin* Turns out he had nothing to worry about. The Tigers held onto their lead and got a well deserved win.

I love Baseball.

We WIN!

The St. Louis Cardinals are going to the World Series again! I didn't get to watch the game last night since I went to Thursday night Bible Study at ISU, but man what a battle!

I had to think, as I reflected back on how close the game was and how close the Cardinals were to losing in the ninth inning, how thankful I am that getting to heaven isn't that nerve-wracking. I'm thankful that my battle's already been won by Jesus Christ! I'm thankful that the Bible tells us that we're already winners! I don't have to get nervous and wonder if I'm part of the winning team. I'm thankful that Jesus loved me enough to fight the battle for me.

Pictures that wouldn't publish yesterday

Eating...I don't have any acceptable pictures of us eating...I was busy.

Rock Climbing...There's an amazing view from the top.

View from the top...see, told ya it was amazing.

Bus riding...Great time for great conversations.

A few things

First off:

Here's the group that went to Apple River State Park this past weekend. We're standing in front of the little white church where we worshipped together. The weekend was a great success. It's a wonderful time of true fellowship. Thanks a TON to everyone who made it possible.

We played a lot of catch with the football.


We frolicked along the trails


We climbed "The Rock", ate a lot, and spent a lot of time on the bus. I was going to post pictures of some of that stuff, but Blogger's screwing up.


Secondly:
Mark has a post on his site regarding the topic of our discussion last week

Encouraged!

I want to truly thank everyone who contributed to this dicussion on eternal security. It was an excellent growth activity for me, and I hope it was for everyone else who was following along! It is my prayer that this blog will be read for encouragement and challenge in our Christian walk, and that it will not sow discontent or discord among the Body of Christ. I appreciate those of you who's comments focused on reminding us that issues such as these shouldn't be our "main focus". Our main focus should always be on Jesus Christ, His payment of our debt, and living our lives in submission to Him.

I want to begin wrapping up this discussion with a warning to both sides of the issue.
**The responsibility of a proponent of eternal security is to avoid the following pitfall: If a little boy prays to receive Christ in a Good News Club at eight years old, he is permanently grafted into God's family. This sonship is permanent and unalterable no matter what he does from then on. If that little boy grows up to live a life full of drunkenness, drugs, immorality, rape, and murder, he still goes to heaven, for his salvation is not based at all on anything he did or does—but totally on what God did for him on the cross. This is the radical view of unconditional security. When a person is justified it is once for all. All the convert's sins—past, present, and future—are forgiven. So future sin is irrelevant to his salvation—they have all been forgiven in advance 2000 years ago. As far as his salvation goes, sin is irrelevant.

People off this side of the road don't need to worry much about sin in their lives—they can simply rejoice that "there is therefore now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus." Being in Christ is irrevocable insurance—the premiums were all paid in advance by Jesus death.

In its most radical forms, unconditional security proponents will argue that if the Lord returned today there would be thousands of people raptured right out of the arms of prostitutes or gay lovers, for their salvation is not based at all on any behavior, but only on something which happened in the courts of heaven.This radical form of unconditional security follows a path far off the road on the left. But there is a path far off on the other side too.
The danger for the people who believe in conditional security is in their defining of the "conditions". It's possible to steer off the other side of the road, constantly anxious about their own salvation. They disbelieve unconditional security so much that they practice eternal insecurity. They believe "one sin and you're out" of God's family. This sort of insecurity leads to spiritual hypochondria as people constantly check their pulse to see if they're still spiritually alive.

If these eternally insecure people slip into sin, they feel they have to get born again, again . . . and again, and again. One single slip is grounds for expulsion from God's family. Any thought, word, or deed that is disobedient breaks the relationship with God and will damn the individual.

People on this insecurity path are never sure. They are not sure that they are in or out today, so they turn morbidly introspective trying to eliminate any vestige of wrong thoughts, words, or deeds. They reason that if they live a perfect life, totally free from any sin, then they will be saved.

Their mistake is focusing on themselves instead of Jesus, as if all responsibility for staying saved is theirs and God is somehow looking for an opportunity to kick them out of the family. In their preoccupation with human effort they are more humanist than Christian.**I think we can all agree that the Bible teaches Holiness. Regardless of your view, we are to always love God with everything we have in us, and love our neighbor as ourself. Let these truths be our uniting factor.

If anyone has any closing comments or would like to respond to a comment that was posted earlier, feel free to do so here.

**Taken from http://www.crivoice.org/security.html** on 10-13-06**

Eternally Secure? Part II

First off, if you haven't read the previous post and it's comments, this post won't make as much sense as if you had read them. I know this is long, and I'm sorry if some of you have a hard time getting through it all, but I'd like to get all this out there for discussion at once rather than stringing my views over several days. Please don't give up on it, just because of it's length...print it off and read it at your leisure, and then come back and share your thoughts with me on it. I'm really interested in feedback on this.

As you read through these discussions it's important to remember that no one here believes in Hyper-grace, or the ability to just say "I accept Jesus" and then go out and live in wickedness with your salvation "secure". We all agree that Holiness is the mark of saved person. Please continue reading with the motive of Love for our brother and a desire to be a Berean!

Before I get into the my understanding of eternal security, I'd like to lay some groundwork by going over the Biblical definitions of "sin". The Bible does not refer to all sin in the same manner. There are specific words to refer to specific types of sin. In the broadest definition, "sin" is any action or attitude that is not motivated by love for God, for others, or ourselves.

Christ makes this clear he declares that the most important commandments are to "love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind, and to love your neighbor as yourself" (Matthew 22:37-39 NIV).

So I did sin, when I got angry and yelled at my brother, by not having loving attitudes toward him. But under this broad definition of sin, there are different types of sins. For instance, the apostle Paul writes that "all have sinned" (Romans 3:23 NIV). We would say that a minister, who uses pastoral influence to lure others into sexual activity, has sinned. A drug-dealing pimp, with a criminal record as long as his stretch limo, has sinned. A person who chooses to reject God, has sinned. And a person whom God tells to "depart into utter darkness," has sinned.

While I've used the same English word in these five cases, the New Testament's original language distinguishes between each with five separate words--with five separate meanings.

1. Hamartia

Paul uses this Greek word in the sentence "for all have harmatia-ed and fall short of the glory of God." Hamartia describes actions and attitudes that "fall short" of God's perfection. I hamartia-ed when I yelled at my brother. We hamartia when we're impatient with the clerk at Burger King. We hamartia whenever our actions and attitudes are not completely God-like.

Luke uses hamartia in his version of the Lord's Prayer: "Forgive us our hamartia-s for we also forgive everyone who hamartia-s against us" (Luke 11:4 NIV). Christ implies that his followers do hamartia--fairly regularly!

John is even more direct. "If we claim to be without hamartia , we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us" (1 John 1:8-10 NIV). But John encourages us by revealing "there is hamartia that does not lead to death" (1 John 5:17b NIV).

Occasional hamartia, then, doesn't cancel one's reservations for heaven. But it mustn't be ignored! When hamartia is not confessed and repented of, it can evolve into deadlier varieties.

2. Adikia

While often translated "sin," adikia more accurately describes an action that is "a perversion of righteousness." The person who adikia-s has lost sensitivity to God and views immoral actions as completely normal, even righteous. The minister who uses parishioners sexually--and even believes this is spiritually helpful for them--is sinning in this manner. The whole being is twisted toward impure living.

I was concerned about pleasing God in my actions and attitudes, so I wasn't adikia-ing when I gave in to the temptation to tell Tom what I thought of him at that moment. And so, I was still in relationship with God--and that is what determines where we spend eternity! The person who adikia-s has willfully and deliberating turned away from God and His love, and will spend eternity separated from God unless he or she restores that relationship with God.

3. Anomia

The drug-dealing pimp with twenty years in the business is living a lifestyle of sin. This is not the occasional woops-I'm-sorry-God-I-won't-let-it-happen-again sin, but anomia.

Just as fish understand no other life than swimming, anomia -ers understand no other life than sinning. So while I hamartia-ed by calling my brother a "fool," I was still trying to live, as best I knew, a life that was pleasing to God and others. Therefore, I had not anomia-ed or disqualified myself from heaven.

4. Asebia

Asebia deals specifically with rebellion toward or rejection of God. The Lord will never cut off the believer who wants to please Him and maintain a relationship with Him.

Paul reminds us in Romans: "For I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love. Death can't, and life can't. The angels won't, and all the powers of hell itself cannot keep God's love away. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, or where we are--high about the sky, or in the deepest ocean--nothing will ever separate us from the love of God demonstrated by our Lord Jesus Christ when he died for us (Romans 8:38-39 TLB).

However, we can choose to reject God--through active rebellion or passive indifference--and thus separate ourselves from Him. The Apostle Paul uses the word asebia when he describes the immorality and idolatry in the first chapter of Romans (18-32).

My anger toward my brother was in no way a willful, conscious rejection of God, the Bible, or the church. I may have wanted to reject my brother at the moment, but I had not asebia-ed.

5. Parabasis

Finally, parabasis is a legal term for guilt and condemnation. This term was reserved for condemned criminals: "Guilty as charged!" But Christians don't live under God's gavel of judgment: "There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus" (Romans 8:1). "God's love is made complete in us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment (1 John 4:17).

For believers, who have sincerely asked forgiveness for past sins (all varieties) and desire to daily love God, others, and themselves, there is no parabasis. There will be occasional times when Christians will sin (hamartia) by falling short of God's perfection. However, hamartia shouldn't be taken lightly, but confessed since the "wages of hamartia is death" (Romans 6:23). I not only had to ask God for forgiveness, but my little brother as well.

These occasional hamartia-s, however, do not earn one an overheated eternity--unless the believer chooses to reject God (asebia), live a lifestyle of immorality (anomia) and unrighteousness (adikia), while refusing God's forgiveness (parabasis).


Ok, with those definitions out there, I'd like to offer another take on Hebrews 6. Basically, if I understand them correctly, Mark and Dave are defending the idea that, since it's not obviously clear that the message of Hebrews 6 is directed at truly saved believers, that we shouldn't use that passage to defend conditional security. While I agree that the text may not be conclusively speaking to the saved, it's also not conclusively speaking to the unsaved. Can you "share in the Holy Spirit" and be unsaved?

With that said, here's how I think it could possibly fit into the concept of conditional security: Hebrews 6:4-6 4 It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age, 6 if they fall away, to be brought back to repentance, because to their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace.

So one thought I had is this: What if, by "fall away", the writer is refering to those who have "Asebia'd" (see above for definition). In that case, wouldn't it be impossible to come back to repentance due to the very definition of Asebia? Can you repent to a God you reject?

However, the "because" clause in verse six makes me question that. Why would the author say it's impossible to repent for Asebia "because to their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again..." Regardless of this, I do believe that there is a distinct possibility that the Author of Hebrews is refering to a saved Christian and saying that if they should turn their back, and cease to believe in Christ, that there remaineth no hope for them. However, he expects better than this from the readers of this letter. He acknowledges their good works as evidence of a conversion and of a desire to follow God.So, my position is this: I believe in conditional eternal security with the condition being that, after conversion, you do not reject God.

The chances of a real believer walking away from God in rebellion and losing his own soul are remote. Remote, yet possible (I don't think the Bible conclusively points to an inability for a true Christian to walk away). There is no state of grace we can reach where we could not of our own free will decide to reject God and finally lose our own soul.

But the chances of a real Christian eventually losing his own soul are slim. Why? Because "His seed remains within us." At conversion we experienced a sort of "spiritual gene splicing." God's nature was planted inside us. We received a tendency to be Godly. Sure, it is possible for us to disobey Him. But spiritual rebellion—the hardened set-chin spiritual defiance that breaks a relationship—is a very unlikely happening for a truly born again Christian.

If I understand Mark and Dave's view correctly, we have a lot of similar beliefs, with one key difference. They believe that a true believer will show that they're a true believer by living a life of holiness. If someone professes to be saved, but at some point ceases living like a Christian, then they hold that that person never really had a saving faith.

I'm of the opinion that a true believer will show that they're a true believer by living a life of holiness, however I believe that it is possible for this true believer to be drawn away of their own lust and end up rejecting God and losing their salvation.I'll do a part three tomorrow with some "closing thoughts", so don't jump to conclusions or get upset until you hear the final word. *grin*

Eternally secure?

It seems like the subject of eternal security has come up in a lot of my conversations recently. Most of the discussions have been completely un-related and among different friends. These conversations have spurred me to dig a little deeper into what I believe and why I believe it. (always a good thing right?)

I'm really hoping to get some good feedback on this stuff (whether in comments or in discussions), because I definitely don't think I've exhausted what the Bible has to say on this subject.

Let me start off by saying that I feel our statement of faith is rather vague on this subject. It makes it clear that our church doesn't believe in unconditional eternal security, but it also leaves a lot of interpretation up to the reader. This is how it reads:Although the gift of eternal life is a present possession of every true believer, it is possible for a believer of his own free will to forsake his faith, return to sin, and consequently forfeit eternal life with Christ.I believe the vagueness comes into play as different readers have very different definitions of the word "sin". If I'm a believer and I lie to my brother, is that a sin? Does it cause me to lose my salvation? I'm a believer and I commit adultury, is that an automatic loss of salvation? What if I'm a believer and I know to do good and doeth it not? What if I'm a believer, and in a fit of anger, after just watching my child die, (God forbid) look up and cry "I hate you God."? As different people read these examples, I'm fairly confident they'll have all kinds of different responses to each situation.

Some try and draw a line between "willful" sin, and "caught in the moment" sin. Some people try and re-label the "small" sins as "failures". Some people say "a sin is a sin is a sin".

Different people having different definitions for the word sin is very understandable. The KJV Bible translates several different Greek words into the word "sin". They each have very different meanings and were meant to be understood differently based on the specific context the author was addressing.

Since this is already getting a little long, in the next post I'll try and get into the different meanings of the word sin and see if that sheds some light on if or how we can lose our salvation.

Lighten up.

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

He who laughs last, thinks slowest.

Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.

Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.

The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.

If you lined up all the cars in the world end to end, someone would be stupid enough to try to pass them, five or six at a time, on a hill, in the fog.

If the shoe fits, get another one just like it.

The things that come to those who wait will be the things left by those who got there first.

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

Flashlight: A case for holding dead batteries.

The shin bone is a device for finding furniture in a dark room.

A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.

When you go into court, you are putting yourself In the hands of 12 people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.

Is it possible to be "Just Friends"?

Can Men and Women Be Just Friends?

Grant Langston
eHarmony.com

For many people, the idea of a man and a woman being friends is charming but improbable. "It always leads to something else," they argue, meaning that the relationship eventually becomes romantic or soon fizzles out.

Perhaps they are right. After all, in contrast to the countless love stories we see in the movies, male-female friendships are rarely acclaimed or depicted as an ongoing, freestanding bond. How many stories can you think of that richly portray or endorse the lasting, devoted friendship of a man and a woman as an end in itself?

Even the acclaimed film "When Harry Met Sally," which got a lot of people talking about cross-gender friendships, ultimately proved to be another tale of romantic love. Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan's tumultuous and endearing friendship is only a stage in the development of the more celebrated attachment of falling in love.

On the other hand, there are those who are seemingly surprised by the question and argue that of course male-female friendships are possible; why wouldn't they be? These people's persuasiveness almost makes the romantic pull of such relationships seem unusual. They ignore it altogether. "One of my best friends is a woman," the male proponent of this perspective insists. "And it's never crossed my mind to consider her in a romantic way." Well, that takes care of that, I think. "My friendships with men are far less complex than my relationships with women," a female with this position might say. "We can play sports and just have fun."

In our informal survey of people who are "just friends" with someone of the opposite sex, we heard a number of positive remarks. Over and over, men spoke about how a woman's friendship provided them with a kind of nurturance not generally available in their relationships with men. They said things like, "I don't have to play the macho game with women. I can show my weaknesses to a woman friend and she'll still accept me." When we asked women about their friendships with men, we heard comments like, "He is a good sounding board for getting the male perspective, the kind I can't get from my women friends."

Interestingly, women do not report the same level of intimacy as men do with their cross-gender friendships. Even women who count men among their close friends feel barriers between them. Women will say things like, "I have fun with men, and they can even be supportive and helpful about some things, but it's just not the same. If I try to talk to my male friends the same way I talk to my female friends, I'm always disappointed." At first glance the payoff for men seems to be bigger than the payoff for women in cross-gender friendships, but that's not necessarily true. Women report great enjoyment from the diversity their friendships with men bring to their lives.

So, does all this mean the answer to the question about men and women being friends is yes? Few relationship issues are that plain and simple. The real answer is "it depends." So, you say, let's cut to the chase and get to the bottom line: What do these relationships depend upon? They depend upon how much each person in the relationship is willing to stretch and grow.

These friendships, you see, require both men and women to call upon parts of themselves that are usually less accessible when relating to their typical same-sex friends. For a man, a woman friend allows him to express his more emotional side, to experience his vulnerability, to treat himself and his friend more tenderly than is permissible with male friends. What is typically missing for him in this cross-gender relationship, however, is the kind of rough camaraderie he can have with another man.

For a woman, friendship with a man helps her express her independent, more reasoned, and tougher side-the harder edge that's kept under wraps in relationships with women. The downside for her is the relative absence of emotional reciprocity and intensity she normally shares with a female friend.

So, okay, twist our arms for a yes or no answer to this question and the answer will be yes. But we will quickly qualify it: men and women can enjoy friendship together, but not at the same level they do with friends of the same sex.

Baiting :-)

I came acrossed a really interesting article on male/female friendships today. However, I think I'm going to wait until Monday to post it. I like being able to see comments as soon as they come in, and I'm not going to be around a computer this weekend. :-)

I'm heading to Kansas City this weekend to help them with some work projects and to see old friends. Then, when I get back Sunday night, I'm going camping with my brothers and their kids. The kids don't have school Monday, so I'm taking the morning off to spend with them. I'm really looking forward to it.

Communication

Thanks for all the good comments on the previous post. It seems I always get a good response when the discussion turns to relationships. Any constructive thoughts on why there seems to be such a hunger for information/opinions on relationships? Is this hunger a good thing? Is it a bad thing? Do you not really care, and just wish I'd quit bringing it up? :-)

One of the questions I feel it's important to ask is, "Why am I entering into this relationship?"

Your purpose is to live for God. (2 Cor. 5:14-15) Are your life-goals designed to give God pleasure? Are you entering this relationship in order to increase God's pleasure or strictly your own?

Relationships will also give you a forum to show mercy in a way few other circumstances will. You will be called upon continually to be merciful to someone who you may feel doesn't deserve (and truly may not) mercy. You will be required to do what does not come naturally. Be forewarned that in the future people may at times bring out some very selfish and surprisingly sinful responses from your heart. Matt. 15:19)They may hurt you more deeply than you've ever been hurt before. Are you willing to be the personification of mercy to one who doesn't "deserve" it?

A gift

New Comments. Share your thoughts. I'd love to hear what you've learned about this topic.

Communication - Open, honest, loving communication is a beautiful thing. The bonds of friendship can be strengthen. The ties of Christian love can be tightened. Misunderstandings can be corrected. Assumptions can be laid to rest. Positive attributes can be raised to the surface. Beautiful change can begin.


Who said "Nothing good happens after midnight."?

God is good.

Tippecanoe and Taylor Too

I went to Taylor this weekend.

I love Taylor.

This weekend was no exception.

I'm horrible at identifying tree's.

Jake Heimer sounds like Larry the Cable Guy.

Joe Knochel has got to be one of the coolest guys I know.

Kent Heimer's focus on Jesus is inspiringly amazing.

Kansas girls are amazing volleyball players. (yes they beat us)

Being in the car for 3 hrs with just a 14 and a 15 year old girl was a new experience for me. (A good one)

I wish I took pictures.

When someone brings up Jeremy Haerr (a close friend who died 4 years ago at the age of 23) right before a group of 175 young adults sings "Light the Fire", you can get really emotional really fast.

Sometimes sobbing is good for your soul.

I'm having a really hard time re-adjusting to work.