Flame's read your Bible through
in six months challenge. In order to complete you will need to read at least six
chapters a day starting tomorrow, don't worry it will only take between
thirty minutes and an hour depending on your reading speed and the
length of the chapters. I will be doing this, anybody want to join me?
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Sunday, June 9, 2013
A Few Questions for My Readers
Hello folks, I have a few questions for y'all today.
If a fellow wears a dress why do we call it cross dressing? I mean, girls wear pants and we don't call that cross dressing. You say, well he is wearing girls' clothes and that is gross. Is he? The dress was made for him, not for a girl, so he isn't cross dressing is he? Then why is it wrong for him to wear it? If I sewed up a dress for myself and wore it tomorrow, wouldn't you be shocked and disgusted? Why should you be, I made the dress for myself, so therefore it is not women's clothes. People often argue that girls can wear pants because the pants they wear are not actually mens pants, well then why can't guys wear dresses as long as they were not actually made for women?
While I am on the subject of pants, the Bible speaks of clothing as a covering, so, why is it okay for you to wear skin tight jeans? That goes for girls and guys. If you are wearing skin tight clothes, is that really a covering? If you do wear skin tight clothes, why do you? It cannot be comfort, loose is always more comfortable I think. Search yourself on this, why do you dress the way you do?
That is all for now folks, please comment.
God Bless,
Flame of Jah
If a fellow wears a dress why do we call it cross dressing? I mean, girls wear pants and we don't call that cross dressing. You say, well he is wearing girls' clothes and that is gross. Is he? The dress was made for him, not for a girl, so he isn't cross dressing is he? Then why is it wrong for him to wear it? If I sewed up a dress for myself and wore it tomorrow, wouldn't you be shocked and disgusted? Why should you be, I made the dress for myself, so therefore it is not women's clothes. People often argue that girls can wear pants because the pants they wear are not actually mens pants, well then why can't guys wear dresses as long as they were not actually made for women?
While I am on the subject of pants, the Bible speaks of clothing as a covering, so, why is it okay for you to wear skin tight jeans? That goes for girls and guys. If you are wearing skin tight clothes, is that really a covering? If you do wear skin tight clothes, why do you? It cannot be comfort, loose is always more comfortable I think. Search yourself on this, why do you dress the way you do?
That is all for now folks, please comment.
God Bless,
Flame of Jah
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
An Anti-Calvinist Rant
Warning: Below is a rant, bring steel toes, you may need them.
Any of you who have been reading my blog for a while know that I am an anti-Calvinist. I am going to sum up my thoughts on Calvinist salvation below.
God created man in his image, as a sinner, then he doesn't like this sinner he created so he decides that he is going to judge this sinner for sinning, even though this sinner has no choice but to sin, (he was created that way remember,) this sinner is now condemned to an eternity in the flames of hell. Okay, God made a whole world of sinners just like the first one, they are all condemned to hell for they all have sinned. Then God chooses to save some of them from the judgment of hell. These have all sinned just like the rest, they are just chosen now, so they are forgiven for the sins they were created to commit, and now they are special. As for the rest of these sinners, they are doomed to hell. They weren't chosen, so they get cooked.
I know that sounds a bit silly, I meant it that way, but seriously folks, that is Calvinist salvation. God creates man without a free will, creates him to sin, condemns him to hell for his sin, then chooses to have mercy on some, but burn the rest. Do you call that just? First God creates men to sin. They have no choice. Then he is going to judge them for the sin he created them to commit? That is totally unjust any way you look at it. That totally flies in the face of the definition of just. God is just, and that is unjust, so that is not true. Next, God decides that he won't judge some of the men, and will have mercy on them, even though they have sinned like the rest. This doctrine makes God look insane. If you paint a wall red, you cannot be mad at the wall for being red. You made it that way.
God is just, God is true, and God is not insane...
He created man a free agent, told that free agent not to sin, that free agent disobeyed, God then judged that free agent for his sin, and also provided an atonement for his sin, the blood of Jesus Christ. If you believe on Jesus Christ, that God raised him from the dead, and you confess with your mouth that he is Lord, you are saved. Why does it need to be more complex?
P.S. For all of my Calvinist friends.
I don't mean any harm to any of you,
just please read and consider.
Any of you who have been reading my blog for a while know that I am an anti-Calvinist. I am going to sum up my thoughts on Calvinist salvation below.
God created man in his image, as a sinner, then he doesn't like this sinner he created so he decides that he is going to judge this sinner for sinning, even though this sinner has no choice but to sin, (he was created that way remember,) this sinner is now condemned to an eternity in the flames of hell. Okay, God made a whole world of sinners just like the first one, they are all condemned to hell for they all have sinned. Then God chooses to save some of them from the judgment of hell. These have all sinned just like the rest, they are just chosen now, so they are forgiven for the sins they were created to commit, and now they are special. As for the rest of these sinners, they are doomed to hell. They weren't chosen, so they get cooked.
I know that sounds a bit silly, I meant it that way, but seriously folks, that is Calvinist salvation. God creates man without a free will, creates him to sin, condemns him to hell for his sin, then chooses to have mercy on some, but burn the rest. Do you call that just? First God creates men to sin. They have no choice. Then he is going to judge them for the sin he created them to commit? That is totally unjust any way you look at it. That totally flies in the face of the definition of just. God is just, and that is unjust, so that is not true. Next, God decides that he won't judge some of the men, and will have mercy on them, even though they have sinned like the rest. This doctrine makes God look insane. If you paint a wall red, you cannot be mad at the wall for being red. You made it that way.
God is just, God is true, and God is not insane...
He created man a free agent, told that free agent not to sin, that free agent disobeyed, God then judged that free agent for his sin, and also provided an atonement for his sin, the blood of Jesus Christ. If you believe on Jesus Christ, that God raised him from the dead, and you confess with your mouth that he is Lord, you are saved. Why does it need to be more complex?
P.S. For all of my Calvinist friends.
I don't mean any harm to any of you,
just please read and consider.
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Come what may...
Come What May
This is a very well done movie, the acting is superb, the pace is really smooth, and the story just draws you in. With that kind of intro you are probably expecting this to be a positive review, brace yourself, this is not. With all of the positives of this movie, it has many serious, and minor errors which I wish to explore with you.
OK, we start with one of the most glaring things, a lot of talk about purity and standards, but, no practice. First off, the girl, I forget her name, claims she is guarding her heart for marriage, then she chooses a guy to be her partner in school, she knows that she will be spending hours with this guy, alone, excuse me but is there something something wrong here? How is this going to help her remain pure? Second, this guy is always pushing her standards, always trying to see what she will let him get away with and so on. She is supposed to be remaining pure but she sleeps on the couch with the guy? What? Get real. She speaks of not giving her heart away yet it is very obvious she has given it away to this guy. OK, this is a really nice christian girl and she likes the guy's Mom who believes in the opposite of everything that this girl does. The girl was claiming to be preparing to be a homemaker and wife yet she was training to be a lawyer, how will she ever have time for being a homemaker? One last thing on the girl, she serves sugary junk to everyone she likes, she acts like she likes them, but you kind of start to wonder ;).
Now for the boy. A perfect example of manhood, just the kind of guy I'd want my sister marrying... He is not a leader, he has no conviction about much of anything. He bends his beliefs to fit the situation. He pushes the girls limits constantly, always testing her limits instead of respecting them. To tell you the truth, in spite of him reading a Bible at the beginning, I didn't even know whether he was a Christian or not.
In the end the Mom becomes good, but never gets saved. Very disappointing in a Christian movie. You have an emotional experience and become good. What about salvation? You do not get to heaven by becoming good and nice. You must believe on the Lord Jesus Christ to be saved.
The only real bright spot in the whole movie is the boy's father, a really nice guy, with firm enough convictions to lose his job over them, he really seemed to be saved, though it never said so. That is one really hard thing with this movie, you get the impression it is a Christian film but really the script does little more than have references to praying, and occasionally someone is reading the Bible. This is a Christian movie, where is the gospel message? I don't think every Christian movie has to have a conversion scene or sermon in it, but you can still get the gospel message across in subtle ways, and for sure don't skip opportunities to throw a conversion scene in there like this movie does.
Well there you have it, my take on Come What May, if I missed something let me know.
This is a very well done movie, the acting is superb, the pace is really smooth, and the story just draws you in. With that kind of intro you are probably expecting this to be a positive review, brace yourself, this is not. With all of the positives of this movie, it has many serious, and minor errors which I wish to explore with you.
OK, we start with one of the most glaring things, a lot of talk about purity and standards, but, no practice. First off, the girl, I forget her name, claims she is guarding her heart for marriage, then she chooses a guy to be her partner in school, she knows that she will be spending hours with this guy, alone, excuse me but is there something something wrong here? How is this going to help her remain pure? Second, this guy is always pushing her standards, always trying to see what she will let him get away with and so on. She is supposed to be remaining pure but she sleeps on the couch with the guy? What? Get real. She speaks of not giving her heart away yet it is very obvious she has given it away to this guy. OK, this is a really nice christian girl and she likes the guy's Mom who believes in the opposite of everything that this girl does. The girl was claiming to be preparing to be a homemaker and wife yet she was training to be a lawyer, how will she ever have time for being a homemaker? One last thing on the girl, she serves sugary junk to everyone she likes, she acts like she likes them, but you kind of start to wonder ;).
Now for the boy. A perfect example of manhood, just the kind of guy I'd want my sister marrying... He is not a leader, he has no conviction about much of anything. He bends his beliefs to fit the situation. He pushes the girls limits constantly, always testing her limits instead of respecting them. To tell you the truth, in spite of him reading a Bible at the beginning, I didn't even know whether he was a Christian or not.
In the end the Mom becomes good, but never gets saved. Very disappointing in a Christian movie. You have an emotional experience and become good. What about salvation? You do not get to heaven by becoming good and nice. You must believe on the Lord Jesus Christ to be saved.
The only real bright spot in the whole movie is the boy's father, a really nice guy, with firm enough convictions to lose his job over them, he really seemed to be saved, though it never said so. That is one really hard thing with this movie, you get the impression it is a Christian film but really the script does little more than have references to praying, and occasionally someone is reading the Bible. This is a Christian movie, where is the gospel message? I don't think every Christian movie has to have a conversion scene or sermon in it, but you can still get the gospel message across in subtle ways, and for sure don't skip opportunities to throw a conversion scene in there like this movie does.
Well there you have it, my take on Come What May, if I missed something let me know.
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