Blogs Posted Under Faith

Some church’s display such profound ways of communicating the Gospel of Jesus Christ…. in a way that is creative, that is artistic, that is relevant to today’s culture.  Such is this video by The Village Church out of Texas. Not only is the cinematography simply amazing and utterly beautiful, but the rap-style talking and the music is profound, catchy, and memorable. Even if you are not a believer, if you have the slightest bit of creativity or artistic side.. || Continue Reading →

I know for a fact that I am right, but if not, I’ll be the first to eat crow.” Most likely, you have heard this idiom at one time or another. What does it mean? Well, maybe this will shed some light on it for you. The term in Wikipedia is defined as: “to display total humility, especially when shown to be wrong.” Makes sense. But, where did the quirky saying come from or originate? According to World Wide Words, The origin seems fairly obvious: the meat.. || Continue Reading →

Note: This was my first blog entry first posted in 2008.  Having recently popped in my Blu-Ray version of The Dark Knight, I was reminded of why I wrote this in the first place. For those who have yet to read it, I hope it gives you something to think about. I went and saw the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight, last night with a friend and as I was pondering the excellence of this movie this morning during my commute to work, I began to relish my long-ago love for superheros.. || Continue Reading →

Pastor Gus Bess with Overwhelmed By Grace ministries has been blessed with the gift of encouragement.  His daily emails he calls “Breath” showcase that gift.  If you want to receive these along with me, go check out more of his stuff and signup for his free e-blasts and you too will be overwhelmed. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about.. || Continue Reading →

I think that as Christians we tend to believe that if we are really nice people and always happy, that people will know that we are Christians and will want to pursue a relationship with Christ.   However, that is just not true. I know quite a number of the nicest people I know and they do not have a relationship with Jesus.  In fact, they are nicer than quite a number of Christians that I know. However, if you really want to know how the world is to know who it is that is truly.. || Continue Reading →

We all receive some form of hardships in our lives.  They can be a weekend with relatives or friends that we have to endure, financial strains, marital conflict, the loss of a job, a death in the family. But how should we receive the things that we run into? Take today for instance.  You are sitting comfortably in a chair (I am assuming) in front of your computer or laptop and reading this blog post (thank you by the way).  You don’t really know for certainty what today.. || Continue Reading →

Those of us that are Christians know that one of the great blessings that God bestowed on us is the gift of laughter.  Being able to laugh at ourselves and cliches in the world help us not take life too seriously. So along comes a video produced by the good folks at Fairwood Assembly of God Church in Renton, Washington. This video was shown at our high school youth group the other night and we all got some belly laughs.  I not sure what is funnier… what the video has.. || Continue Reading →

I am not sure of as to the original creator and it is foreign with subtitles, but this video appears to be an advertisement for bringing religion back into our public schools. While being a very controversial subject in itself, I thought that the content of the ad was very thought provoking. Very insightful and I can’t believe it was all directly quoted by Albert Einstein himself. As the video states at the end, “Religion is Knowledge too.”

Again, I want to stress that I am not a professional marriage counselor. However, what I have learned about marriage comes not from having the perfect marriage, but less than perfect marriage. This allows me to learn first-hand some important lessons with regards to saving your marriage or maintaining the spark that lasts for the duration of your vows (which last time I checked was for the rest of your LIFE). Tip #2: Regularly Date Your Spouse Too often, marriages get stuck.. || Continue Reading →

If you are like me, communicating things to your spouse usually comes in the form of passing ships in the night. In between running errands, work, tending to the kids, you usually try to catch up on the day with a mouth full of toothpaste while getting ready for bed. And this is usually for the small things of the day. Many times the things we would like to say to encourage or show love don’t get the time of devotion that they need. Tip #2: “Notes” Leaving.. || Continue Reading →