Father/Son Camping Trip – Ian’s 10th Birthday
Happy 10th Birthday Ian!
Happy Birthday Ian! I’m very proud of you as a boy, as an older brother; proud of your tender and giving heart, and most of all, in awe of your devotion and love of Christ. May The Lord always bless you and give you strength.
Holy Wedding Day
Revelation 19:6-9a
6 And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, “Alleluia! For the[ Lord God Omnipotent reigns! 7 Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.” 8 And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. 9 Then he said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!’”
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Earth Day San Francisco 2015
“How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?15 And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things!'”
Romans 10:14-15
Passover Seder
Gina and I went to our first Passover Seder tonight. This is the symbolic meal the Jews ate, commanded by God (Exodus 12), to remember their Exodus as well as a shadow of the things to come (Colossians 2:17); that is Jesus Christ as the spotless lamb. Halleluja!
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me away from Your presence,
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,
And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.
13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners shall be converted to You.
14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God,
The God of my salvation,
And my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.
15 O Lord, open my lips,
And my mouth shall show forth Your praise.
16 For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it;
You do not delight in burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit,
A broken and a contrite heart—
These, O God, You will not despise.
Psalm 51:10-17
What Christianophobia Looks Like in America | Christianity Today
“In the US, hateful bigotry is not only directed toward groups such as racial and sexual minorities, but also toward conservative Christians. The survey comments evidence that some of the anti-Christian animosity verges into unreasonable hatred and fear.”
via What Christianophobia Looks Like in America | Christianity Today.
The persecution happening in China, North Korea, Egypt, and others, will happen to the Christian community here in the United States in a matter of years. The wedge that will seperate the Christian from the rest of society is the subject of homosexuality. As another article put it, “the issue of homosexuality and homosexual marriage are acting like a ‘truth serum’ for the evangelical churches.”
I believe we are experiencing the point in history where Paul speaks of the “falling away” from the faith (1 Timothy 4:1, 2 Thessolonians 2:3). We’re seeing already many church denominations and groups support homosexual marriage, while those who stand up (Here & Here) for their biblical belief are persecuted. But I believe the tipping point will be the Supreme Court ruling on same sex marriage.
Happy Palm Sunday!
Matthew 21:1-11
When they had approached Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to Me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them,’ and immediately he will send them.” 4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
5 “Say to the daughter of Zion,
‘Behold your King is coming to you,
Gentle, and mounted on a donkey,
Even on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’”
6 The disciples went and did just as Jesus had instructed them, 7 and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their coats on them; and He sat on the coats. 8 Most of the crowd spread their coats in the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them in the road. 9 The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting,
“Hosanna to the Son of David;
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord;
Hosanna in the highest!”
10 When He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, “Who is this?” 11 And the crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee.”
Happy Palm Sunday! We Praise God and Proclaim His Name!
Guadalajara, Mexico – 2015
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