I received a forward today that I have read several times before in some shape or fashion. I believe every time I have received, it came from someone I respect and appreciate. This sender is no different. Some of the content of the forward brings up some things that I have been questioning for a long time, but only lately have I been a bit more vocal with my questions.



I will throw out some of my thoughts after the bottom of the forward. Here it is:



Strong true… Continue

Housing Strangers in MY Home?





Back in 1990 or 1991, I saw the craziest thing while I was washing clothes at the Laundromat. I was a 12 year old boy reading one of the Jack T. Chic tracts that were lying around when a bearded guy wearing “Jesus clothes” walked by carrying a cross made out of pipes. The stranger got my attention, and I just HAD to talk to him. I wanted to know why he was dressed that way, bearing a cross, etc. He was really nice, and wanted to talk to me about… Continue

All of my life I have heard the topic of smoking, dipping, and wreckless driving as social sins that were accpetable to address and judge at youth devos, bible classes, and in sermons.



Overweight, and overindulgent living (in regards to food) has been excused (winked at, or overlooked)for so long as we heart attack, blood pressure, and high cholesterol ourselves out of a quality life for our family and friends. How much strain is placed on the healthcare industry, our employers,… Continue

***DISCLAIMER***I am not writing this to say I agree or disagree with the proposed tax plans of the Democratic or Republican Party. I just want those that resent their money being taken from them to help 'lazy bum slackers' to take some solace in knowing that others are helped as well that are not part of the problem.***



I once knew a woman who would be counted as one of the bum slackers that many hate benefiting from their wealth being redistributed by the government. She drank… Continue

Isaiah 58 (ESV)

True and False Fasting

1"Cry aloud; do not hold back;

lift up your voice like a trumpet;

declare to my people their transgression,

to the house of Jacob their sins.

2 Yet they seek me daily

and delight to know my ways,

as if they were a nation that did righteousness

and did not forsake the judgment of their God;

they ask of me righteous judgments;

they delight to draw near to God.

3 'Why have we fasted, and you see… Continue