In the category of... "In Case You Missed It!"
Volkswagen believed to belong to Pope Benedict XVI before papacy for sale on eBay
Oi!
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Do Not Follow this Link if You Are Queasy
CANOE -- CNEWS - World: Man has arm reattached after croc bites it off: "Man has arm reattached after croc bites it off"
Stick this post in the category of "things that are hard to believe unless you see them..."
But don't look at this is you are made queasy easily...
Eeeew!
Stick this post in the category of "things that are hard to believe unless you see them..."
But don't look at this is you are made queasy easily...
Eeeew!
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Liberal MP Stronach leaving politics to return to Magna
Liberal MP Stronach leaving politics to return to Magna
Why?
1. Her Daddy offered her a multi-billion dollar company.
2. She lost the Conservative Party leadership bid to Stephen Harper.
3. She was only a cabinet minister for the few months Martin's Liberals hung on to power.
4. She wants to spend more time with her two kids.
You pick which one.
Why?
1. Her Daddy offered her a multi-billion dollar company.
2. She lost the Conservative Party leadership bid to Stephen Harper.
3. She was only a cabinet minister for the few months Martin's Liberals hung on to power.
4. She wants to spend more time with her two kids.
You pick which one.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Who Needs the Leafs?
Canada wins gold medal at hockey worlds
Once again, Canada reigns supreme in women's hockey, capturing its ninth world title Tuesday night in Winnipeg.
Kim St. Pierre stood firm and five different players scored goals as Team Canada skated to a 5-1 victory over the United States in the women's world hockey championship before a capacity crowd of 15,000 at the MTS Centre.
The North American rivals have met in all 10 world finals, with Canada winning the first eight in a row before falling 1-0 to the U.S. in a shootout two years ago.
Since then, Canada has captured gold medals at the 2006 Torino Olympics, the Four Nations Cup and at the 2007 worlds.
Jennifer Botterill, Jayna Hefford, Hayley Wickenheiser, Danielle Goyette and Sarah Vaillancourt scored for Canada, which went unbeaten in the week-long tournament.
"I'm just so happy," said Wickenheiser, Team Canada's captain. "We played our best game of the tournament when it counted."
Men-Only Church
Men-Only Church Times Sermons, Meets in Gym | Christianpost.com
Tim Challies linked to this article that describes a new "outreach" (where did that word come from anyway? I always thought it was called evangelism!).
The technique is to hold a men-only service once a month with a guaranteed 15 minute sermon for the boys. So guaranteed that they start a shot-clock (a countdown timer used in basketball games) in the gym when Bubba starts to preach.
The rationale behind the endeavour is from David Murrow, author of "Why Men Hate Going To Church." Murrow’s book is rather pathetic in my opinion, other than the title.
I would like to suggest why men hate going to church.
If a man is a true Believer, and he hates going to church, and it is not because of long unrepentant sin in his life, then maybe he hates “going to church” for some good reasons.
The solution, however, is not to stop “assembling yourselves together.” The solution is to “act like men” and take God at His Word. Find where Christ is preached and go there... and drag “the wife and kids” along with you!
[And yes, that last phrase was meant to get a rise out of you!]
Tim Challies linked to this article that describes a new "outreach" (where did that word come from anyway? I always thought it was called evangelism!).
The technique is to hold a men-only service once a month with a guaranteed 15 minute sermon for the boys. So guaranteed that they start a shot-clock (a countdown timer used in basketball games) in the gym when Bubba starts to preach.
The rationale behind the endeavour is from David Murrow, author of "Why Men Hate Going To Church." Murrow’s book is rather pathetic in my opinion, other than the title.
I would like to suggest why men hate going to church.
- Other than the fact that “no one seeks after God,” I think some Christian men hate going to church because Christ is not preached with passion.
- They hate to go to church because their sins are not addressed and there is no challenge to mortification.
- They hate going to church because they are tired of platitudes and hypocritical punctiliousness.
- They hate going to church because they are not challenged to give up their lives and die to self and lead with risk.
If a man is a true Believer, and he hates going to church, and it is not because of long unrepentant sin in his life, then maybe he hates “going to church” for some good reasons.
The solution, however, is not to stop “assembling yourselves together.” The solution is to “act like men” and take God at His Word. Find where Christ is preached and go there... and drag “the wife and kids” along with you!
[And yes, that last phrase was meant to get a rise out of you!]
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Saturday, April 07, 2007
Comments Closed
Comments Closed - at least on this post!
The trouble with a long comments string is that nobody wants to read all the conversation before they leave their two cents. What ends up happening is what takes place when you're the first relative to reach your grandparents... you hear the same stories over and over again.
I felt that the comments on the Tony Campolo / Nature of the Gospel post were starting to head that direction so I closed them off. It is very interesting reading however! And it has provided me with a truckload of ideas to blog about in the future.
My thanks to Darryl, Darrin, Kenny and ScottB and all the others for their input.
The trouble with a long comments string is that nobody wants to read all the conversation before they leave their two cents. What ends up happening is what takes place when you're the first relative to reach your grandparents... you hear the same stories over and over again.
I felt that the comments on the Tony Campolo / Nature of the Gospel post were starting to head that direction so I closed them off. It is very interesting reading however! And it has provided me with a truckload of ideas to blog about in the future.
My thanks to Darryl, Darrin, Kenny and ScottB and all the others for their input.
Friday, April 06, 2007
Resurrection Hymn - Something to Sing with Joy on Easter Sunday!
Here is a hymn I wrote ten years ago that focuses on what the Resurrection means to the Christian. I think I might have posted it here before... sorry if this is redundant.
It can be sung to different tunes, but my personal favorite is Henry T. Smart's Regent Square... with GUSTO!
Resurrection Hymn
Sing, O Church, your glorious praises
Christ, your Lord, rose from the dead!
He, the proof that God will save us;
Jesus, our own glorious Head!
He our Master! He our Saviour!
He the Victor over death!
Raised by God to reign eternal,
Never did He see decay.
Now He reigns from heav’n supernal
Death no longer holds its sway.
O, the power of the victory,
How His grace and love display!
What a wondrous consolation
Jesus’ death was not in vain.
Raised as God’s own confirmation,
That the Son broke sin’s domain.
He is living! He is living!
Shout forth now this glad refrain!
Men will mock and disbelieve Him
Worry not at their refrain.
They shall bow the knee before Him,
To their sorrow and their bane.
He’s the Champion! Mighty Conqueror!
All will bow before His Name!
Praise Him for the grace He gave you
To repent and to believe.
Praise Him for His love that saved you,
Calling you Him to receive.
Praise the Saviour! Risen Saviour!
Worship Christ the Risen King!
Words: Paul W. Martin ©1997. Music: Henry T. Smart, Regent Square. Public Domain.
It can be sung to different tunes, but my personal favorite is Henry T. Smart's Regent Square... with GUSTO!
Resurrection Hymn
Sing, O Church, your glorious praises
Christ, your Lord, rose from the dead!
He, the proof that God will save us;
Jesus, our own glorious Head!
He our Master! He our Saviour!
He the Victor over death!
Raised by God to reign eternal,
Never did He see decay.
Now He reigns from heav’n supernal
Death no longer holds its sway.
O, the power of the victory,
How His grace and love display!
What a wondrous consolation
Jesus’ death was not in vain.
Raised as God’s own confirmation,
That the Son broke sin’s domain.
He is living! He is living!
Shout forth now this glad refrain!
Men will mock and disbelieve Him
Worry not at their refrain.
They shall bow the knee before Him,
To their sorrow and their bane.
He’s the Champion! Mighty Conqueror!
All will bow before His Name!
Praise Him for the grace He gave you
To repent and to believe.
Praise Him for His love that saved you,
Calling you Him to receive.
Praise the Saviour! Risen Saviour!
Worship Christ the Risen King!
Words: Paul W. Martin ©1997. Music: Henry T. Smart, Regent Square. Public Domain.
Stricken, Smitten and Afflicted (Isaiah 53:4)
Stricken, smitten, and afflicted,
See him dying on the tree!
'Tis the Christ by man rejected;
Yes, my soul, 'tis he, 'tis he.
'Tis the long-expected Prophet,
David's Son, yet David's Lord;
By his Son God now has spoken:
'Tis the true and faithful Word.
Tell me, you who hear him groaning,
Was there ever grief like his?
Friends through fear his cause disowning,
Foes insulting his distress;
Many hands were raised to wound him,
None would interpose to save;
But the deepest stroke that pierced him
Was the stroke that Justice gave.
You who think of sin but lightly
Nor suppose the evil great
Here may view its nature rightly,
Here its guilt may estimate.
Mark the Sacrifice appointed,
See who bears the awful load;
'Tis the Word, the Lord's Anointed,
Son of Man and Son of God.
Here we have a firm foundation,
Here the refuge of the lost;
Christ's the Rock of our salvation,
His the name of which we boast.
Lamb of God, for sinners wounded,
Sacrifice to cancel guilt!
None shall ever be confounded
Who on him their hope have built.
Thomas Kelly, 1804.
See him dying on the tree!
'Tis the Christ by man rejected;
Yes, my soul, 'tis he, 'tis he.
'Tis the long-expected Prophet,
David's Son, yet David's Lord;
By his Son God now has spoken:
'Tis the true and faithful Word.
Tell me, you who hear him groaning,
Was there ever grief like his?
Friends through fear his cause disowning,
Foes insulting his distress;
Many hands were raised to wound him,
None would interpose to save;
But the deepest stroke that pierced him
Was the stroke that Justice gave.
You who think of sin but lightly
Nor suppose the evil great
Here may view its nature rightly,
Here its guilt may estimate.
Mark the Sacrifice appointed,
See who bears the awful load;
'Tis the Word, the Lord's Anointed,
Son of Man and Son of God.
Here we have a firm foundation,
Here the refuge of the lost;
Christ's the Rock of our salvation,
His the name of which we boast.
Lamb of God, for sinners wounded,
Sacrifice to cancel guilt!
None shall ever be confounded
Who on him their hope have built.
Thomas Kelly, 1804.
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