Interview with Jonathan

This is a short interview I did with my younger brother Jonathan in September last year. He had shorter hair. I changed the pitch of our voices but he is really cute in this short clip. Tell me what you think...I also did this with all of my other siblings.

Where did we come from?

A little girl asked her mother: 'How did the human race appear?'
Her mother answered: 'God made Adam and Eve; they had children; and so was all mankind made.'

Two days later the girl asked her father the same question. Her father answered: 'Many years ago there were monkeys from which the human race evolved.'

The confused girl returned to her mother and said, 'Mum, how is it possible that you told me the human race was created by God, and Dad said they developed from monkeys?'

Her mother answered, 'Well, Dear, it is very simple. I told you about my side of the family, and your father told you about his.'

Paul Jehle - Free Will

"There's your will and God's will. Which do you think is more powerful? Whatever you choose, you can never get outside of His choice because His will is much bigger than your will and you need to thank God for that because you wouldn't choose what is the best thing for your life. Only He would do that!"

~Paul Jehle

Hair Styles

Homer W. Hodge - Prayer

"Prayer should be the breadth of our breathing, the thought of our thinking, the soul of our feeling, and the life of our living, the sound of our hearing, the growth of our growing. Prayer in its magnitude is length without end, width without bounds, height without top, and depth without bottom. Illimitable in its breadth, exhaustless in height, fathomless in depths and infinite in extension."

~Homer W. Hodge

Victor Borge with Page-turner

This is very funny.

Paul Washer - "I'm Not Ashamed of the Scandal."

This video is breathtaking. At least listen to the part from 9:00 to 11:00. Those are two powerful minutes. Or, better yet, listen to the full message.

Birthdays..

Happy Birthday Natalie. You're great at piano, cooking, speech, apologetics, debate?, being kind, and the list goes on... Thanks for being such a great friend to our family.

And Kolten Anderson! Happy Birthday buddy! There's the face we all know, right? He just brings happiness with him wherever he goes. Kolten, you are great at playing chess, playing the Hammer Dulcimer (like no one's business), hunting, fishing?, camping, paintball, ultimate Frisbee, football, basketball, your hilarious humor (your dad also affirms this), and lots more! I hope you have a great 15th birthday! LOVE YOU LOTS, and wishing you many more years of...um...LIFE. :)

My Love/Hate Relationship with Running

Today I ran four miles to Rays food store just down the road. Okay, so I didn't run ALL the way. I walked about half. After getting back, I thought I was pooped and just Couldn't POSSIBLY RUN ANYMORE...

.......apparently NOT!

Devin wanted to run as well. I was thinking quite Crazily.
I said, "Sure, why don't we just run out to the Goldman's house. (The Goldman's house from ours: about 5 MILES. But it was 5 miles there! We also had to run back.)

After we arrived at their house, I was exhausted! But I had to run back...

To cut a LONG STORY short, I hate running. But that's not all. I brought along my mother's iPod and it was so wonderful listening to great PRAISE MUSIC WHILE RUNNING.
I just gave glory to God while I was sweating and panting like a St. Bernard doggy. I also know that running is great exercise for the body. But it sure is hard. :)

There you have it. I now have a concrete love/hate relationship with running.

P.S. Running distance: About 14 MILES. I'M POOPED. BUT HAPPY I FINISHED IT.

God Bless You All.

In Christ,
~David

"My sheep hear my voice..."

"So the Jews gathered around Him and said to Him, "How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly." Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name bear witness about me, but you do not believe because you are not part of my flock. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are one."

~John 10:24-30

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

Yes, it is true. That time of year has come. It is when we remember a man who had a large impact upon history. St. Patrick. The man who went to Ireland to preach the Gospel. He was truly a man of God. May we be more like him. Have a wonderful night. God Bless.

Thomas Aquinas - God

"If you comprehend God, He is not God."

~ St. Thomas Aquinas

Chick-fil-A by Tim Hawkins

Four Fingered Pianist

John Flavel - Sin

"There are no little sins, because there is no little God to sin against."

~John Flavel

All in Red...

Me, Karissa, Emma, Tami, and Bailey in red.

Death Comes Unexpectedly

Recently I've been thinking about death. I know, it seems weird. With the loss of my little brother, Christian, I've thought a lot about it. Death comes unexpectedly. Only God knows when people will die and how long they have to live. But it is our duty to glorify God in our daily lives. "Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." (1 Corinthians 10:31)

My uncle Kenny often says, "10 out of 10 people die" and, although it's somewhat comical, it's also very true. We'll all die. We were born into sin and because of sin there is death. That is the consequences. Death. We shouldn't be surprised when death comes. God said it would. But this life is not all that we have. Peter speaks of a living hope in 1 Peter. We have a living hope. My uncle Kenny has been preaching expository sermons and has been going through 1 Peter. Every week I am learning so much more about 1 Peter. If you feel God has treated you unfairly, possibly with suffering, read 1 Peter. Peter is writing to the early church which was undergoing persecution. He encourages them to look forward to a living hope.

And as we learn in Scripture, life is but a vapor. It comes quickly and goes quickly. Life is precious. Let us not take it for granted.

And even when death does come, we should thank God for His blessings, and praise Him for all the life around us. I'm not saying don't mourn. We should grieve for those who die. But we must also remember to thank God for life.

Something Wise from Gandalf

"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

~Gandalf the Grey, The Lord of the Rings

Random Stuff for A Random Post

People often say, "You crack me up. ha ha." And yet they fail to mention what bone cracked.

I really want to read a good book on procrastination but can't seem to get to it.

Don't get VCR and CPR confused because when someone's having a heart attack, the last thing they want is you handing them an appliance.

I bought some powdered water and didn't really know what to add.

Would people think you weird if your name was Fuzzy Goat?

If you went bowling would you use your ice cream bowl or your cereal bowl to win the game?

The Astronaut asks a man arrogantly, "How many times have you walked on the moon?" The man replies, "But I'm crippled."

How I love the Incarnation

Recently, as many of you may know, I (along with some cousins of mine) have been reading On the Incarnation by St. Athanasius. It has been so refreshing. When I begin thinking about all that God did on our behalf so that we might no longer be under the dominion of death, but have life, I stand amazed. We don't deserve it at all. We spat in His face and yet He was laying down His life for us. The Word made flesh was paying the price for our sins (John 1:1).

I like it the way Athanasius puts it: "For by the sacrifice of His own body He did two things: He put an end to the law of death which barred our way; and He made a new beginning of life for us, by giving us the hope of resurrection. By man death has gained its power over men; by the Word made Man death has been destroyed and life raised up anew." Chapter II, pg.37

God paid the penalty. He let us live. And He conquered death with the cross. God is immortal and cannot die and this is why He put Himself into a human body which was capable of death. The Word of the Father, the Son of God, died so that we might live for all eternity.

It blows me away. I continually ask myself, "Why? Why God? Why do this for me?" My only answer is that He did it out of His love for us. May we forever praise Him. Thank God for the Incarnation of Jesus Christ.

How to fit in almost any Church....

Apologetics Box

Yeah, I switched from the big 4x6 box to the sleek and small (not to mention safe?) 3x5 box. I want to start writing and revising cards real soon.

And hey! I know it's a pink color...but really, who cares? It's what's inside the box that matters. Right? Okay.

Well I guess that's about all I've got to say. Have a good night everyone. I'm gonna hit the hay.

St. Athanasius

"For it is a fact that the more unbelievers pour scorn on Him, so much the more does He make His Godhead evident. The things that they, as men, rule out as impossible, He plainly shows to be possible; that which they deride as unfitting, His goodness makes most fit; and things which these wiseacres laugh at as "human" He by His inherent might declares divine. Thus by what seems His utter poverty and weakness on the cross He overturns the pomp and parade of idols, and quietly and hiddenly wins over the mockers and unbelievers to recognize Him as God."

~St. Athanasius On the Incarnation pg.25

Eyes...

Jonathan

Jared