Facebook: Friendship with no Strings Attached

Let me preface this post by saying, I do have a facebook account and I use it.
Facebook has become a crazed in the last few years, in fact it was launched in February of 2004 a mere 4 years ago. By september of 2007, facebook had over 64 million subscribers and about 14 million uploads DAILY!
Facebook is a new technology that I call Friendship with No strings attached. It is easy to be a "friend" in facebook, you only have to ask someone to be your friend and 99% of the time, they will say, "YES."
The amazing fact that I have people on my "friend's list" that I have NEVER EVER EVER spoken to. In fact, I was asked to be friends with people at the School that I attend that I normally would not recognized.
Another "important" aspect of facebook are applications. One can get the "daily verse," or "the farside of the day," or "fun fact." However the most revolting part of this application comes by way of SUPERPOKE. Superpoke, which I could never sign up for, is an application that allows you to, "dance with," "throw a sheep at," "hug," "eat thanksgiving with," etc. This application allows you to do things with people that you would never do in real life.
Facebook is a great technological advance, it allows people to keep in touch with others, and helps you find people that you have not seen. YET I have to ask, if you have lost touch with someone, why do you need to find them again?
If you are not friends with someone, why are you looking to be "friends" with them over facebook?
If you are not going to throw a live sheep; why must you do this on facebook?

Facebook is Friendship with no strings attached! I wanted you to know that.

gap

With all this busyness... Here is a Proverb!

I have not posted for over a week.
It has been quite a busy couple of weeks at school and work, and I could not get time to post.
I was thinking about what to post early this morning. The truth is that for days now, I have had in my head the passage that I will be teaching on this Friday night at Hillside.
Proverbs 15:11
Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD;
how much more the hearts of the children of man!

Sheol was consider for the Jewish people as the place of the dead.
Abaddon was the place of destruction.
The NIV says, "Death and Destruction lie open before the LORD;"
This is an argument from the Greater to the lesser; that is, God can see Death and Destruction open before Him... How much more can He see your small heart.

I will not give you the whole lesson, but suffice it to say that Knows it all, even your heart.
As I was thinking about this for Friday, I pondered on the fact that God is omniscient and that He is omnipresent. These truths should not only be a deterrent to not harbor hidden sin, but they also should be an encouragement to look for vindication only before our God.
As we think of our God, let us worship him and fear him because even Death and Destruction Lie open before Him.

Worshiping Jesus Christ

I was quite surprised as I was watching a re-run episode of the Simpsons about this line.
Though it seems like a shot a Christianity, I could easily imagine how this can become true in the minds of unbelievers.
Take a quick sampler of some of our Christian songs,

"I love You, I need You
Though my world may fall,
I'll never let You go My Savior, my closest friend
I will worship You until the very end"

"My heart is glad that You've called me Your own
Cause There's no place I'd rather be
Than In Your arms of love, In Your arms of love.
Holding me still, holding me near, In Your arms of love.
I sing a simple song of love To my Savior, to my Jesus.
I'm grateful for the things You've done, My loving Savior, my
precious Jesus."

What are the songs that we should sing?
How should we sing to our God? How are we to worship him?

I will attempt to develop this in the next week...

Here is a song that will wet your appetite for true worship:

Man of Sorrows! what a name
For the Son of God, who came
Ruined sinners to reclaim.
Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Bearing shame and scoffing rude,
In my place condemned He stood;
Sealed my pardon with His blood.
Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Guilty, vile, and helpless we;
Spotless Lamb of God was He;
“Full atonement!” can it be?
Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Lifted up was He to die;
“It is finished!” was His cry;
Now in Heav’n exalted high.
Hallelujah! What a Savior!

When He comes, our glorious King,
All His ransomed home to bring,
Then anew His song we’ll sing:
Hallelujah! What a Savior!

American Karaoke!

Melissa, my dear wife, convinced me that I should prefer her and that I'd watch American Karaoke err... Idol with her.
I did, well I guess I am. She told me that tonight they were going to do songs from the Beatles and I love the Beatles.
American Karaoke is probably the biggest show in television right now, but I do not seem to understand the point.
I told Melissa that if I wanted to see average singers, I would go to my local bar, which I do not frequent, and see some dude attempt to sing "Boulevard of Broken Dreams."
But I digress, these Beatles songs were completely trashed by these amateurish mediocre singers. Melissa kept asking me if I liked the singers, I kept saying, "they are nothing special."
American Karaoke might be huge in pop-culture, but I will stick to NOT watching, unless my sweetheart insist.
For now, I will continue to listen to my IPOD, where TRUE artists reside!

gap

News: New Seven Deadly Sins

I saw this in a couple of blogs.

Look at this

I wonder if they will make a new Movie?

Shepherds' Conference

Shepherds Conference came and went... Probably the fastest one ever!
I was so blessed by the Plenary Sessions and Seminars.
As I was poking around the website I saw what the Mission Statement of the Shepherds' Conference.

Our mission is to provide the opportunity for men in church leadership to be challenged in their commitment to biblical ministry and to find encouragement as together we seek to become more effective servants of our Chief Shepherd.

This is exactly what happened this year.

I was also blessed by seeing so many of my old friends, I even saw a guy who I had not seen since I was a freshmen in College!
Also, I was also quite blessed by meeting some new friends.

Here are my HIGHLIGHTS!

*Dr. MacArthur's Message on the Widow's Mite
*Andy Snider's Seminar on Worship
*Dr. Lawson's Message on Hebrews 4:12-13
*Matt Waymeyer's Seminar on A Biblical Critique of Infant Baptism
*Phil Johnson's AMAZING Sermon on Mars Hill [the Acts one, not the church =) ]
*My Lunch with Jon Blakely (old friend from our CSUN bible study)
*My Dinners with Melissa, Cael, Shannon and Spencer
*My Lunch with Joe Penberthy (Old Friend from Seminary/Crossroads)

All in all, It was so much fun!

Like a kid before Christmas...

Every year our church puts together The Shepherd's Conference.
This year is another treat to be there and enjoy the fellowship of men that are ministering around the world.
I will not be live-blogging :)
You might want to check Challies for that. Or Pulpit Magazine