Poignant

Here is a poem that does a wonderful job of praising our Father in truth. Read through the poem. Think about what it's saying. Then, scroll down a little more and watch the video I posted there. I'll write a little more after the video.

All praise to the name of the savior who reigns.
He’s taken our blame, embraced all our shame,
He’s raised from the grave so his fame we proclaim.
Salvation by grace through faith in his name.

All praise to the name of the savior who reigns.
He’s taken our blame, embraced all our shame,
He’s raised from the grave so his fame we proclaim.
Salvation by grace through faith in his name.

Jesus, the beautiful and blessed Son,
Immutable, majestic one
Who was resurrected from the grave
for the depraved.
He paved the path for some
Place faith in His passion, son
Be saved from the wrath to come.

He’s fabulous, His status is immaculate
I’m lacking the vernacular to adequately capture His glory.
Incomparable, unconquerable, all powerful, unstoppable
Absolutely phenomenal.

No obstacle He can’t navigate.
He’s God and so He fascinates.
With Him it’s impossible to exaggerate.

Lord of all continents,
Source of all consciousness,
His compliments are the consequence of His accomplishments
Every sphere of life, He’s the Lord of it
And every other power is either fraudulent or subordinate.

At first we snubbed Him,
Now His vessels of mercy love Him.
Your highest thought is infinitely unworthy of Him.
Beyond vocabulary His actions vary,
His wrath is scary
All His adversaries are imaginary.

He has no competitors.
Ask Nebuchadnezzar, bro
He’ll mess you up, have you eating grass,
You can bet He’s amazing.

He takes in blatant, flagrant vagrants, breaks them, remakes them, and shapes them
to hate sin.

Jesus!
There’s no better name!
That’ll never change and He’ll forever reign while we spread His fame.

So all praise to the name of the Savior who reigns
He’s taken our blame
Embraced all our shame
He’s raised from the grave so His fame we proclaim
Salvation by grace through faith in His name!

All praise to the name of the Savior who reigns
He’s taken our blame
Embraced all our shame
He’s raised from the grave so His fame we proclaim
Salvation by grace through faith in His name!



Now scroll down to see a short video. Well worth your time to listen to the whole thing, and you need to listen to the whole thing to get the whole message.

For those of you on facebook, who can't see the video, here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPZlzDTdSsE

































































Surprised?

Many people would be.

God forgive us for our prejudices, for our "respecting of persons".

God, help us to remember that you are the ultimate in creative capacity, and man thinks up nothing that God has not thought of. Man just twists the beautiful and uses it to consume upon his lusts in sin.

This is how the genre we've labeled "rap" is meant to glorify our Creator God and His Son, Jesus Christ.

Thoughts?

Piper Preaches at Angola Prison.

Powerful sermon delivered to lifers and death-row inmates at Angola State Prison. If 48 minutes of sermon seems too long to watch, it's not. This is powerful stuff.



For those of you reading this on facebook and can't see the video, here it is.

On CSPAN?

Guess what. They're not on CSPAN. They are behind closed doors. This isn't abnormal, but it just goes to show that it's business as usual in Washington. I'm so tired of business as usual.

Go here to find contact information for your congressmen. Let them know you don't want this healthcare bill to strip away any more of our liberties. Let them know you want open and transparent dialog, and broadcasting the debates would be a good first step.

Here's the link to the video up top in case you can't see it on facebook.

A Water Droplet @ 2000 frames per second.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5bsQ_YDYCI

Move Your Money

http://moveyourmoney.info/

People all over the country are choosing to move their money out of bigger banks and into smaller, community-oriented financial institutions that generally avoided the reckless investments and schemes that helped cause the financial crisis.

Fueled by the personal initiatives of thousands, it’s a grassroots effort that has the potential to shift power in the financial system away from Wall Street and to Main Street.

Check out the video, read up on what inspired the idea, connect with others through Facebook and Twitter and then use the tools and links provided to find a community bank or credit union in your area.

But does this have any chance of succeeding??
Read here.

My Bible

This is from James MacDonald's blog.This is my Bible.

I am who it says I am. Matthew 5:16
I can do what it says I can do. Philippians 4:13
I am going where it says I will go. John 14:3

God’s Word is milk for my soul. 1 Peter 2:2
God’s Word is seed for my faith. Luke 8:11
God’s Word is light for my path. Psalm 119:105
God’s Word is power for my victory. Hebrews 4:12
God’s Word is freedom for my life. John 8:32

When I read God’s Word it brings me joy. Jeremiah 15:16
When I study God’s Word, it keeps me from shame. 2 Timothy 2:15
When I memorize God’s Word, it purifies my heart. Psalm 119:11
When I quote God’s Word, it defeats my enemies. Ephesians 6:10, 17
When I meditate on God’s Word, it brings me success. Joshua 1:8
When I abide in God’s Word, it gives me confidence. John 15:7

I am a Bible-believing follower of Jesus Christ!
You might be able to quickly read down through the list above and nod and say to yourself, "Yep, I believe all those." But do you? Really? Do you live like it? Do I?

What would be different in your life, if you really believed and acted on just the first two?

How would your Bible Study habits be different if you really believed and acted on 4 through 8?

Let 2010 bring us a renewed vigor to yearn to know God better through the study of His Word and the application of it's principles.

God Bless

Tear-jerker

If you've got the time to read it all, this is a heartwarming story about a coach who didn't give up, and a church motivated to show love. It's worth it.

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Somewhere between home and the football field, Christian Swain's driver's side window short-circuited. This had better not be an omen, he thought. He'd waited his whole life -- all 33 years -- to be a high school head football coach, and he didn't want his first season to be a clunker. He kept pressing the electric buttons inside his beat-up gold '99 Ford Taurus, but the window stayed stuck wide open. As he turned onto Interstate 5, the wind stung his face. Good thing it was summer.

He drove onto campus and parked next to a stadium with no stands. The school -- Roosevelt High in north Portland -- was a notorious bottom-feeder located in the poorest part of the city. It had no cheerleaders, no marching band, no press box and, as far as Swain could tell, no quarterbacks. But still three months away from opening night, the coach had reason to believe he could pull this off. He had grown up just east of campus, on the wrong side of the bridge himself, and he knew if these kids were anything like him -- hungry, a little nuts and searching for a better life -- he could win a game. Maybe even two.

When the school hired him last January as campus monitor -- i.e., to keep peace in the hallways -- Swain was curious to know why the team had just gone 0-9. At that time, he had just applied for the head-coaching job and was desperate to read the pulse of the school. From his career as an undersized middle linebacker at nearby Lincoln High in the mid-'90s, he remembered Roosevelt as having tough, reputable teams. Built in 1923, the school resembled an East Coast prep academy complete with a picturesque bell tower. He had always seen potential there. Little did he know the place was rotting from the inside out.

Continued...

Change Blindness

In visual perception, change blindness is the phenomenon that occurs when a person viewing a visual scene apparently fails to detect large changes in the scene. For change blindness to occur, the change in the scene typically has to coincide with some visual disruption such as a saccade (eye movement) or a brief obscuration of the observed scene or image. When looking at still images, a viewer can experience change blindness if part of the image changes.

Here are 10 examples. See if you can find what changes in all 10. I got them all except the sail boat one. I can't figure that one out. http://www.psych.ubc.ca/~rensink/flicker/download/

For more info see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Change_blindness

*EDIT: Nevermind! I managed to get the sailboat one. :-)