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Daniel 7 – That's tough

Daniel 7:9-10

The Ancient of Days:

“. . . and the books were opened.”

What’s in the book I ask? What’s that all about? Why does He sit down, what are all the people there for? Ay!!!

The Vision of Daniel (taken in forced exile to Babylon) A vision of 4 beasts then of a judgement. Tens of Thousands will be before the Ancient of Days: (GOD ALMIGHTY) and then He will sit and the books will be opened.

What might the books say? (I think they will have names) I think there will be a many books, but there will be books of the deeds of men and there will be a Book of Life (Psalm 69:28, Phillipians 4:3, Revelation 3:5, Revelation 13:8, Revelation 17:8, Revelation 20:12, Revelation 20:15, Revelation 21:27)

Will God find your name in the Book of Life?

He will if you are trusting that Jesus Christ’s death on the Roman Cross nearly 2000 years ago has allowed Him to be the substitute sacrifice for the wrongs you have committed, If you have repented of those evils and trusted Him for your Salvation (Romans 10:9-10)

Repentance: What is it? Dictionary Definition with Greek word Explanation

Salvation: What is it? Dictionary Definition

I don’t know about you but I personally am in awe of the might, power, holiness, righteousness and Love of our Lord and God. . . our Pastor has been talking about a fear of God that seems to be missing today. . . I agree the Holy reverential fear and wonder at the Awesome Majesty and Power of a mighty and all power God who created the Universe and all that is in it and still condescened to come to us as a man a lowly baby born in a manger.

Wow,
C

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Encouraging Rural Net Access

Link to CS Monitor Article on BPL

Could your Internet be provided through one of these?
Power Plug Receptacle

If Senate Bill 5 LINK to TEXTin the Texas House isn’t vetoed by the Gov of Texas then it may become a reality throughout Texas. Broadband over Power Line provides one more alternative as DSL, Cable, Satellite and Dial up compete for the Internet Accessible consumer. . .

With WiMax technology brimming to be launched in metropolitan and througout the US soon, Broadband penetration in the US could finally break above its dismal 16% current threshold. . .

I can only hope. . .

C

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Catch a Vision –

“It’s seeing people come to church and go home alone; not knowing anymore people when they leave than they did when they came in. They leave as lonely as they came. They aren’t connected and they feel like they don’t belong.”
Ronnie Whitehead – Pastor of Fellowship Brazos Pointe Community Church – Lake Jackson, TX

Ronnie’s Encapsulates the realization of Vision

If you read the article, let me know what your Popeye moment was? I have to say that I’m not sure I’ve quite reached into and found it yet, but there are several moments that are clear.

Viewing our small church, in such a growing area of the Hill Country, knowing that more and more people were coming and we hadn’t kept up for more than 25 years at least. . . Knowing that if we kept going like we were going that the Church would go from stagnation to deflation and finally death. . .

I didn’t like the thought of our little Church dying. . . Let’s see what God wants to do with me, with us. . .?

Later,
C
I Cor 4:2

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The End of a Calcutta era

End of an Era in Calcutta

Indian Government officials announced the phasing out of the Rickshaw. . .

This personal transportation device relied on human power to get you from point A to B and with its tall wheels provided comfortable transportation even in the most formidable of water situations . . .

The practice is being banned on the premise that it is de-humanizing to have one person pull another around, but the driver/pullers are wondering where they will make a living without their Rickshaws. . . ?

What do you think?

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Okay so that Bible stuff it isn't all made up after all eh?

Workers discover The Pool of Siloam

Well, its happened again. The Bible has been proven based in fact. . . Here on the inside cover of todays newspapers is covered a story from Jerusalem. A modern day sewer repair crew has discoverd the Pool of Siloam really did exist and they found it. Miracuously preserved and a mere 200 yards from a rebuilt pool, the actual biblical fountain where Jesus healed the blind beggar has been found.

“a much grander affair” Archealogists exclaimed about the discovery when they realized the Pool had a larger structure and construction than previously believed.

It’s good to know that Scripture is rooted in fact and history.

C

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Okay Thunderbird works for RSS!

Okay just a note this is a tech post.

You know I’ve been reading about the ever popular RSS feeds and seeing them online at several of my favorite sites, including this blog! Ha ha. . . check out this rss link. But you know I never quite got the usefullness of them. I mean okay so I can add a dynamic bookmark. . . Haven’t I seen this before? Yes. . . Pointcast . . . 🙂 an early news feed service that delivered news to the desktop. . . I thought what’s the point, and if the feeds are buried in my bookmarks, (I have way too many bookmarks. . . ) When am I ever going to use the feeds?

But now I’ve found the answer. . . Thunderbird rss / atom feeder aggregate. . . Thunderbird which is a free open source Outlook Express competitor has a built in rss/atom feeder and reader built in. Now I use Outlook for most everyday email, and third parties want extra dough to add this functionality to Outlook. So my answer to them is uhh. . .”No Thanks!” I d/l Thunderbird today to add on the desktops of a couple of my works agent workstations. And low and behold I found Thunderbird has this feature built in and of course at the standard Thunderbird rate of Free/Zilch/Gratis . . . what’s not to like! 🙂

Pick of Thunderbird with the RSS feed of my blog

Okay so now I can see how rss feeds can be helpful. . . Here in an easy to use swoop method all my favorite rss / news /info blog feeds are integrated and listed. . . I can read the stories as I have time or skip them. . . And they are searchable. . .nice. . .

So RSS (thumbs up) I know I know better late than never right?
🙂

later,
C

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Why didn't I see this on the News?

Whitehouse Transcript of Embryonic Baby Adoptions

I’ve recently seen a spate of editorials criticizing the President’s stand on embryonic stem cell research. This editorial charge and large scale press coverage of Sen Frist’s public endorsement of embryonic stem cell research (in opposition to his previous stand) has led to an outcry spearheaded by many who disagree with the President’s principled decision.

His decision is based on the belief that life begins at conception. . . This is not some fairy tale but scientific fact that when an egg and a sperm unite and form the beginings of life that genetically everything that will determine the physical attirbutes and makeup of the embryo are already cemented. The truth of the matter is their are hundreds if not thousands of embryo’s created in the pursuit of fertility for our nation and the worlds couples who face infertility. . . These embryo’s have no one to defend them or what they can become, they become an easy target of a quick fix and encourage a decision based upon the basis that their life is not as important as another persons life. Because of this the President has encouraged umbilical cord stem cell research, and adult stem cell research*1 which have already proven to be viable alternative to provide cures to current diseases. This fact is often ignored and bypassed. . . But our President didn’t forget.

In the initial link you will see the transcript of an event where 81 children attended. All of these were abandoned embryo’s the off shoots of infertility treatments that would have been slated for destruction or an eternal frozen sleep. . . And yet their families choose to donate and give up for adoption these small fragile lives to couples who could not have children of their own or who desired an embryo adoption. . .

So I pause to wonder, what if Embryo 81 who was adopted and born were slated to medical research instead? The life lost, the cures unfounded and the artistry and creativity missed. . .

The question isn’t what cures can be found by embryonic stem cell research or how many lives can be saved, but what is the moral cost to our society, that allows unborn children to be destroyed before they ever had a chance in the name of scientific progress? Especially when umbilical cord and adult stem cell research is already showing the promise of cures *2

As the President summarized:

” The children here today remind us that there is no such thing as a spare embryo. Every embryo is unique and genetically complete, like every other human being. And each of us started out our life this way. These lives are not raw material to be exploited, but gifts. And I commend each of the families here today for accepting the gift of these children and offering them the gift of your love. (Applause.)”

In His Service,

C

*1 http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/03/21/australia.stemcell/
*2 http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Press_releases/2005/01_19_05.html

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Fitzhugh

Amazing. . .
Okay I confess I’m a doubter. . . I just couldn’t believe it would happen. . .

How wrong I was. . .

🙂

It’s good to be wrong. . .

Okay about 4 months ago we came back from a retreat. . . One of the men really got excited and single handedly annouced a pay off the debt campaign. . . We are a small church and had a $30k mortgage on a Family Life Center we built in 96. So I think okay this is good. . . but you know 3 months and 2 weeks went by and we still have $16k left to go. . . So 2 weeks ago our Pastor annouces we are going to pay off this debt in 2 weeks. . . And I have to say I was a doubter. . . Oh how little faith I have. . .

But God is good, and we had all the remaining amount come in yesterday. . . Which after the week before was still approximately $14,500 . . Wow God is very good. . . Now for a Church where the average weekly offering is $2,500 to $3,500 a week that was a really good week. . .

Go God. . .

Okay so now we are in the 29th fastest growing county in the Country, right smack in the middle of 3 growing Hill Country Suburbs and seeing a daily influx of new faces pass into our community. . .

?

C. . .

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Found Faithful 2005

Moreover it is required of stewards that one be found faithful (NKJV)
1 Corinthians 4:2

I taught a lesson on this verse and Zechariah 7:4-10 which I blogged about a few days ago. ( We have a Prayer Breakfast every Fri at our Church. )

There were a few points that caught my attention on this but verse 5 speaks of God knowing the motives of our heart. . . Also in Zechariah 7, God is chastising the Religious Jews in captivity about just Fasting and Going through the motions. . .

That’s what God is speaking to me about. . . Don’t go through the motions, cause God knows my heart and He knows yours? If I say I am a Christian. . . then God knows the motives of our inmost being of why we take certain actions. . .It isn’t for us to judge our fellow believer on their Godliness, it is to God to judge the believer and the unbeliever. . . But it is up to us to share what we know. . .

I’ve heard an adage from my Preacher in Mesquite when I was growing up. . . He would say (and I’m sure he took this from someone . . . :))

“You know I’m just a blind beggar, showing another blind beggar where to find some bread. The Bread of Life.”

I believe its true. . .

C