This is just a quote for on the state of the Black people that are in this country. Read it and weep tears of sorrow as I did.
"[F]orty years after the Civil Rights Act, African-American students on the average are the weakest in the United States, at all ages, in all subjects, and regardless of class level."
"Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America," by John H. McWhorter
We have got to do better. It starts with YOU and YOUR children. Teach them today!
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Saturday, January 15, 2011
A Word on FRIENDSHIP!
I recently heard back from a high school class mate of mine that I have not talked to in 24 years! And it made this story all the more important to me. Read and enjoy.
"One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, 'Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must really be a nerd.' I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friends tomorrow afternoon), so I shrugged my shoulders and went on. As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids running toward him. They ran at him, knocking all his books out of his arms and tripping him so he landed in the dirt. His glasses went flying, and I saw them land in the grass about ten feet from him... He looked up and I saw this terrible sadness in his eyes. My heart went out to him. So, I jogged over to him as he crawled around looking for his glasses, and I saw a tear in his eye. As I handed him his glasses, I said, 'Those guys are jerks.' They really should get lives. ' He looked at me and said, 'Hey thanks!' There was a big smile on his face. It was one of those smiles that showed real gratitude. I helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived. As it turned out, he lived near me, so I asked him why I had never seen him before… He said he had gone to private school before now. I would have never hung out with a private school kid before. We talked all the way home, and I carried some of his books. He turned out to be a pretty cool kid. I asked him if he wanted to play a little football with my friends. He said yes. We hung out all weekend and the more I got to know Kyle, the more I liked him, and my friends thought the same of him. Monday morning came, and there was Kyle with the huge stack of books again. I stopped him and said, 'Boy, you are gonna really build some serious muscles with this pile of books everyday! ' He just laughed and handed me half the books. Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends.
When we were seniors we began to think about college. Kyle decided on Georgetown and I was going to Duke. I knew that we would always be friends, that the miles would never be a problem. He was going to be a doctor and I was going for business on a football scholarship. Kyle was valedictorian of our class. I teased him all the time about being a nerd. He had to prepare a speech for graduation. I was so glad it wasn't me having to get up there and speak. Graduation day, I saw Kyle. He looked great. He was one of those guys that really found himself during high school. He filled out and actually looked good in glasses. He had more dates than I had and all the girls loved him. Boy, sometimes I was jealous! Today was one of those days. I could see that he was nervous about his speech. So, I smacked him on the back and said, 'Hey, big guy, you'll be great!' He looked at me with one of those looks (the really grateful one) and smiled.... ' Thanks,' he said. As he started his speech, he cleared his throat, and began…
'Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you make it through those tough years. Your parents, your teachers, your siblings, maybe a coach...but mostly your friends.... I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best gift you can give them. I am going to tell you a story.' I just looked at my friend with disbelief as he told the first day we met. He had planned to kill himself over the weekend. He talked of how he had cleaned out his locker so his Mom wouldn't have to do it later and was carrying his stuff home. He looked hard at me and gave me a little smile. Thankfully, I was saved. My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable..' I heard the gasp go through the crowd as this handsome, popular boy told us all about his weakest moment. I saw his Mom and dad looking at me and smiling that same grateful smile. Not until that moment did I realize it's depth. Never underestimate the power of your actions. With one small gesture you can change a person's life, for better or for worse. God puts us all in each others lives to impact one another in some way.
Look for God in others."
I was never going to kill myself but it is good to hear from friends and with all the ways to get in touch with people today... do it. It might be what some one needs.
"One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, 'Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must really be a nerd.' I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friends tomorrow afternoon), so I shrugged my shoulders and went on. As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids running toward him. They ran at him, knocking all his books out of his arms and tripping him so he landed in the dirt. His glasses went flying, and I saw them land in the grass about ten feet from him... He looked up and I saw this terrible sadness in his eyes. My heart went out to him. So, I jogged over to him as he crawled around looking for his glasses, and I saw a tear in his eye. As I handed him his glasses, I said, 'Those guys are jerks.' They really should get lives. ' He looked at me and said, 'Hey thanks!' There was a big smile on his face. It was one of those smiles that showed real gratitude. I helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived. As it turned out, he lived near me, so I asked him why I had never seen him before… He said he had gone to private school before now. I would have never hung out with a private school kid before. We talked all the way home, and I carried some of his books. He turned out to be a pretty cool kid. I asked him if he wanted to play a little football with my friends. He said yes. We hung out all weekend and the more I got to know Kyle, the more I liked him, and my friends thought the same of him. Monday morning came, and there was Kyle with the huge stack of books again. I stopped him and said, 'Boy, you are gonna really build some serious muscles with this pile of books everyday! ' He just laughed and handed me half the books. Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends.
When we were seniors we began to think about college. Kyle decided on Georgetown and I was going to Duke. I knew that we would always be friends, that the miles would never be a problem. He was going to be a doctor and I was going for business on a football scholarship. Kyle was valedictorian of our class. I teased him all the time about being a nerd. He had to prepare a speech for graduation. I was so glad it wasn't me having to get up there and speak. Graduation day, I saw Kyle. He looked great. He was one of those guys that really found himself during high school. He filled out and actually looked good in glasses. He had more dates than I had and all the girls loved him. Boy, sometimes I was jealous! Today was one of those days. I could see that he was nervous about his speech. So, I smacked him on the back and said, 'Hey, big guy, you'll be great!' He looked at me with one of those looks (the really grateful one) and smiled.... ' Thanks,' he said. As he started his speech, he cleared his throat, and began…
'Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you make it through those tough years. Your parents, your teachers, your siblings, maybe a coach...but mostly your friends.... I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best gift you can give them. I am going to tell you a story.' I just looked at my friend with disbelief as he told the first day we met. He had planned to kill himself over the weekend. He talked of how he had cleaned out his locker so his Mom wouldn't have to do it later and was carrying his stuff home. He looked hard at me and gave me a little smile. Thankfully, I was saved. My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable..' I heard the gasp go through the crowd as this handsome, popular boy told us all about his weakest moment. I saw his Mom and dad looking at me and smiling that same grateful smile. Not until that moment did I realize it's depth. Never underestimate the power of your actions. With one small gesture you can change a person's life, for better or for worse. God puts us all in each others lives to impact one another in some way.
Look for God in others."
I was never going to kill myself but it is good to hear from friends and with all the ways to get in touch with people today... do it. It might be what some one needs.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Seminary Scholarship!
Just applied for the Logos Bible Software Seminary Scholarship. Best of luck to me. Here is a blurb they wanted me to post.
Going to Seminary is expensive. On top of that, finding a scholarship can be really difficult. That's why I was so excited to find this Seminary Scholarship website today. Not only are they giving away a $1,000.00 scholarship and a digital theological library, all I had to do to apply was watch a short video and answer a few questions! It took less than 15 minutes. What is best of all is that if you're in seminary and apply for the Seminary Scholarship, and put my name as the person who referred you, if you win the scholarship, so do I! We could both get a $1,000.00 scholarship and digital theological library. So, do us both a favor and go apply for the Seminary Scholarship today.
Lord knows I need the money and the software!
Going to Seminary is expensive. On top of that, finding a scholarship can be really difficult. That's why I was so excited to find this Seminary Scholarship website today. Not only are they giving away a $1,000.00 scholarship and a digital theological library, all I had to do to apply was watch a short video and answer a few questions! It took less than 15 minutes. What is best of all is that if you're in seminary and apply for the Seminary Scholarship, and put my name as the person who referred you, if you win the scholarship, so do I! We could both get a $1,000.00 scholarship and digital theological library. So, do us both a favor and go apply for the Seminary Scholarship today.
Lord knows I need the money and the software!
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Charles Hodge on the Gospel
Quote from Charles Hodge
"The gospel is so simple that simple children can understand it, and it is so profound that studies by the wisest theologians will never exhaust its riches."
- Charles Hodge
From Apologetics 315
"The gospel is so simple that simple children can understand it, and it is so profound that studies by the wisest theologians will never exhaust its riches."- Charles Hodge
From Apologetics 315
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Apologetic Quote
Hello,
Ran across this comment on the AOMIN (Alpha ande Omega) blog today. Enjoy it.
"Thus, anyone who believes in a god that isn't the Christian God is only using that theistic belief in order to avoid the responsibility of facing up to the true God. The Christian God is the most inconvenient and threatening thing that could possibly exist for someone who isn't a Christian. Never forget that. The Trinity demands allegiance, total worship and commitment, your entire life - from finances to marriage to thoughts - and not for religious people, but for everyone!" by Jamin Hubner
God's existence can not be denied logically. It can only be denied illogically. Thats what many unbelievers try and do time and time again.
Have a Merry Christmas!
Ran across this comment on the AOMIN (Alpha ande Omega) blog today. Enjoy it.
"Thus, anyone who believes in a god that isn't the Christian God is only using that theistic belief in order to avoid the responsibility of facing up to the true God. The Christian God is the most inconvenient and threatening thing that could possibly exist for someone who isn't a Christian. Never forget that. The Trinity demands allegiance, total worship and commitment, your entire life - from finances to marriage to thoughts - and not for religious people, but for everyone!" by Jamin Hubner
God's existence can not be denied logically. It can only be denied illogically. Thats what many unbelievers try and do time and time again.
Have a Merry Christmas!
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Quotes for Sunday
Here are a few quotes for Sunday. Enjoy!
Agnosticism:
I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism. What I hate is agnosticism, people who do not choose. - Orson Welles
Apologetics:
We need men and women who are willing to compete with secularists in defense of Christ and His truth. R. C. Sproul.
Atheism:
"Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist there is no God." - Heywood Broun
"If there were no God there would be no atheists." - G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
"The Seventh Judicial Circuit of the Court of Appeals of the United States held that atheism is a religion and therefore it cannot be promoted by a public school. Currently public schools are promoting atheism through a dogmatic and uncritical teaching of materialistic theories of origins". - John Calvert, Intelligent Design leader
"Atheism is a disease of the soul before it becomes an error of understanding." - Plato
To be an atheist requires an infinitely greater measure of faith than to receive all the great truths which atheism would deny. - Joseph Addison
Religion:
I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world. - Richard Dawkins
Agnosticism:
I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism. What I hate is agnosticism, people who do not choose. - Orson Welles
Apologetics:
We need men and women who are willing to compete with secularists in defense of Christ and His truth. R. C. Sproul.
Atheism:
"Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist there is no God." - Heywood Broun
"If there were no God there would be no atheists." - G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
"The Seventh Judicial Circuit of the Court of Appeals of the United States held that atheism is a religion and therefore it cannot be promoted by a public school. Currently public schools are promoting atheism through a dogmatic and uncritical teaching of materialistic theories of origins". - John Calvert, Intelligent Design leader
"Atheism is a disease of the soul before it becomes an error of understanding." - Plato
To be an atheist requires an infinitely greater measure of faith than to receive all the great truths which atheism would deny. - Joseph Addison
Religion:
I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world. - Richard Dawkins
Thursday, October 7, 2010
F.F. Bruce on the New Testament.
Hello all,
A small quote from F.F. Bruce on the reliablity of the New Testament:
"The evidence for our New Testament writings is ever so much greater than the evidence for many writings of classical authors, the authenticity of which no-one dreams of questioning. And if the New Testament were a collection of secular writings, their authenticity would generally be regarded as beyond all doubt. It is a curious fact that historians have often been much readier to trust the New Testament than have many theologians."
- F.F. Bruce
Defend the faith. Jesus is worth it.
A small quote from F.F. Bruce on the reliablity of the New Testament:
"The evidence for our New Testament writings is ever so much greater than the evidence for many writings of classical authors, the authenticity of which no-one dreams of questioning. And if the New Testament were a collection of secular writings, their authenticity would generally be regarded as beyond all doubt. It is a curious fact that historians have often been much readier to trust the New Testament than have many theologians."
- F.F. Bruce
Defend the faith. Jesus is worth it.
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