Home Again, Home Again

I don't know if I've mentioned it here within the confines of my blog but those of you who know me know that I love my family, I love being home. The warm and familiar surroundings of everything that I grew knowing and loving. Sadly, I'm employed with UPS to provided my livelihood which in turn translates to brief and abbreviated breaks only last few or so days.

I can now identify with my parents and how hard it was for us as a family to leave my grandparents home and drive back to Knoxville.

Interesting element to this Christmas, this was the first time in awhile that I was able to go to church @ FBC Concord. To be honest I felt like an outsider my time spent there both Sunday morning and Monday afternoon confirmed for me that Bayleaf is where my church home is at this point in time. I can't fault the people cause as the saying goes: "Out of sight, Out of Mind" I didn't go totally unnoticed there were a few people who noticed that I was there, but it did not have the feel that Bayleaf does.

In Other News:

I seem to be managing one post a month. New's Years Goal #1 write and post more, #2 continued weight loss. #3 read more

The Final Push

Greetings to the Blogosphere; I trust that everyone had great Thanksgiving spending it with family and friends I know I did.

We are in the home stretch here @ Southeastern and with that a great amount of apathy starts to set in. My attitude is one of wanting to be done with the semester. Please be so kind as to keep me in mind in the next few weeks as I press toward to finish.

I have one major project to get done before the end of the semester and few tests to study for. Nothing I can't handle but still a lot to get done.

I totally different front the possibility of my parents returning to the state of their birth is at their doorstep. My dad comes to Fayetteville this Friday to interview for a job with the Dept. of Transportation. I would covet your prayers for this opportunity that would put my family less than 2 hours away from me here in Wake Forest, as opposed to 6 hours in Knoxville.

Thats all for now, I'm sure to be back on here with more content later

Moral Activists, Gay Bashers, or Lovers of All People

Well fall/winter has finally decided to make its presence known here in the late weeks of October in to November. I can remember when the seasons changed gradually now they seem to do it all in one night or all in one week. The change is seasons also brings to mind how constant God is amid all this change. The weather, the leaves, it all changes but there is God constant as He was yesterday and as constant as He will be tomorrow. There is strength and comfort to be found in that statement.

Well the title to this commentary stems from a movie I watched earlier in the week. Called "I Now Pronounce You Larry and Chuck". The synopsis of the story is two straight guys pretend to be gay in a effort to insure Larry's (played by Kevin James) kids are provided for by insurance should he die. The problem was that a change in the beneficiary could only made within a year of a significant event; i.e. marriage, death etc.

Anyways all that that to say during the course of the movie the they attend this party that is raising money for AIDS research. Upon leaving the party they are confronted by a group of protesters shouting things like: "Gay is not the Way" or "Faggots will burn."

I'm of the conviction that watching movies is a good way to perceive how people view the world. Watching this movie and this scene in the particular shows me that the vast majority of the world thinks and views Christians and the Church as nothing more than moral activists and gay bashers. Sadly I think this label is too accurate. Instead of being the vessels of love that we are called to be we've become insecure legalists and we've drawn the lines in very close, and said your either this or your out.

This is not a condonment of the homosexual lifestyle....No...let me be very frank in saying that. I believe that the homosexual lifestyle to be a sin not matter however you try to color it. Do I believe that is a greater sin. No all sin is sin and the couple in a heterosexual relationship outside of marriage are just as guilty. Do I believe that Christian loses his or her salvation upon becoming gay. I would say no, but I would have hard time fleshing out how a Christian can live in a lifestyle of sin and truly honor God. I would also call into question whether or not this person was truly saved to begin with.

All of this said is more or less be a plea to the Church and us as Christians we should love those that are struggling with probably one of the greatest deceptions of all. We should be the first to show them that true contentment and fulfilment is in Christ alone.


Wow want a mouthful, All that said, its a really funny movie if your needing a laugh from two of the funniest actors out there definitely pick this one up.

Weight Loss and Other Things....

Well its been an action packed couple of weeks thus far. Definently a few surprises were beheld concerning my midterms in both Theology and Bible Exposition. The results of my theology midterm have to be the best on any test that I've taken here at seminary thus far. I was so relieved cause I left the classroom with the feeling that I failed the thing outright.

Bible Exposition was a tough from the first question to the last question so when I managed a C when I thought I failed that one as well.

On the weight loss front I've been cheating a little with regard to eating out, but surprisingly enough only gained a marginal amount back. As of right now I weigh in at 281 lbs.

On the theology and ministry front I was made aware of a very interesting interview with Joel Osteen on 60 Minutes the CBS news program. If you are not sure or want very clear example on where Osteen stands then I invite you to watch this video.

A New Look

A new look, hope all my readership enjoys