Happy birthday to me...
It's been a good weekend...
Sunday, August 14, 2005
Thursday, August 11, 2005
guys are weird...
*Guys are weird...
*I have been teaching math all week to incoming IUPUI freshman. That has been quite fun. I really like it. I think I may go the route of teaching college.
*Brian is playing with Avalon tonight...that's pretty cool
*tomorrow, he leaves for Germany to go play at World Youth Day...that's pretty cool too.
*I'm staying in Indiana...I guess that's cool
*guys are still weird...wouldn't you agree?
*I may be moving yet again soon...
*my b-day is on sunday...so wish me a happy one. I will be 23. I am glad for that...at least I won't be associated with the 21 year old crowd
*I was going to write something a bit more insightful...but I have to leave now...will write more later.
*I have been teaching math all week to incoming IUPUI freshman. That has been quite fun. I really like it. I think I may go the route of teaching college.
*Brian is playing with Avalon tonight...that's pretty cool
*tomorrow, he leaves for Germany to go play at World Youth Day...that's pretty cool too.
*I'm staying in Indiana...I guess that's cool
*guys are still weird...wouldn't you agree?
*I may be moving yet again soon...
*my b-day is on sunday...so wish me a happy one. I will be 23. I am glad for that...at least I won't be associated with the 21 year old crowd
*I was going to write something a bit more insightful...but I have to leave now...will write more later.
Monday, August 08, 2005
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
warning: deep thoughts may follow...
Heaven and Hell...
Tony gave me some CD's to listen to the other day. They were of some guy named Patrick Madrid giving a talk. At one point he was talking about hell. I have a question. What is hell? Is it a burning abyss? Is it a state of mind? Who goes there? For that matter...who goes to heaven? I don't think saying "the sinner's prayer" is what does it for you. I also don't think being baptized is what does it for you. I think that your life needs to change to portray Christ. Patrick Madrid mentioned something about that passage in Matthew 25 where it says this:
But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne.
but then, in Ephesians 3: 8-9, it says by grace are you saved, not of works lest any man should boast.
What does that mean? Do you think with grace will come good works? Or where is it where it says faith without works is dead? So if you have good faith, then good works will come? So really, I remember the priest asking me all kinds of questions about where you get Jesus, well where is it?
Ok...I have strayed a little from the heaven and hell topic...I am good at that. I used to think I had everything figured out. I know I don't at all. What are your thoughts on heaven and hell? I have to go now...I will write more about this later...
Tony gave me some CD's to listen to the other day. They were of some guy named Patrick Madrid giving a talk. At one point he was talking about hell. I have a question. What is hell? Is it a burning abyss? Is it a state of mind? Who goes there? For that matter...who goes to heaven? I don't think saying "the sinner's prayer" is what does it for you. I also don't think being baptized is what does it for you. I think that your life needs to change to portray Christ. Patrick Madrid mentioned something about that passage in Matthew 25 where it says this:
But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne.
32"All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;
33and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left.
34"Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
35'For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in;
36 naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.'
37"Then the righteous will answer Him, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink?
38'And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You?
39'When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?'
40"The King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you,to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.'
41"Then He will also say to those on His left, 'Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;
42for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink;
43I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.'
44"Then they themselves also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?'
45"Then He will answer them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.'
46"These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
but then, in Ephesians 3: 8-9, it says by grace are you saved, not of works lest any man should boast.
What does that mean? Do you think with grace will come good works? Or where is it where it says faith without works is dead? So if you have good faith, then good works will come? So really, I remember the priest asking me all kinds of questions about where you get Jesus, well where is it?
Ok...I have strayed a little from the heaven and hell topic...I am good at that. I used to think I had everything figured out. I know I don't at all. What are your thoughts on heaven and hell? I have to go now...I will write more about this later...
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