thanks doc

I just took code from Dr. Adrian so I could have a searchable Bible tool here....


....so from now on, don't take my word for it....be a Berean.

26 fun words for 2004

anaphylactic
bilious
caucus
depilatory
estrangement
fiduciary
gregariousness
hooligan
interstitial
juxtapose
koto
laud
muster
nuncii
onomatopoeia
pencillated
quinceañera
rounce
smeltery
tintinnabulation
undulating
ventricle
wyandot
xyloid
yearn
zoographical

first tests of '04

from over at Dappled Things...



Find Your Warped Personality
this quiz was made by mysti

and:

What Famous Leader Are You?

and then this one, because I just couldn't stop:

What Classic Movie Are You?

new syndicate

Dean over at Blogs4God told me my old RSS feed wasn't working. So I changed.

Thanks.

so why'd He ask?

Questions to which God Knew the Answers before He Asked


1. To Adam: "Where are you?"


2. To Cain: "Where is Abel your brother?


3. To Jacob: What is your name?


4. To Pharoah: "How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me?"


5. To Balaam: "Who are these men with you?"


6. To Solomon: "What shall I give you?"


7. To Satan: "Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?"


8. To Job: "Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?"


9. To Isaiah: "Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?"


10. To Peter: "Who do you say I am?"


11. Also to Peter: "Do you love me?"


12. To the Jews, about Lazarus: "Where have they laid him?"


13. To Saul: "Why are you persecuting me?"

There's certainly a sermon here for every question asked, but the simple life lesson is that God never asks a question to which He doesn't already know the answer.

Why does He ask? The possibilities are likely endless. Simple answers are:

• He loves you and wants to talk with you


• He's using a common parental tactic to get you to confess to your mistake or transgression


• He's asking you so you'll give the obvious answer and be in accordance with Him


• He reveals His passion for His children by asking a question rather than making a statement.


• He brings Himself glory by asking a question and then answering it, or even being the answer.

Make no misktake about it....God knows the answers. He doesn't ask because He doesn't know. He doesn't need your help getting to a solution. He asks for your benefit and for His glory. If you find yourself being questioned by God....you can be pretty certain it's not to fill Him in on the details.

turns out saddam really did have some nasty stuff after all

Cam reports that Danish troops have found 36 mortar shells packed with what may be blister gas (designed to weaken infantry by causing skin to break out in painful blisters)...and also astutely surmises that this will be an ongoing issue for years to come.

Important to note: Up to as many as 100 more may be found nearby...which was in road construction. The weapons were 10 years old...but still presumably viable. They were buried...in the middle of nowhere. The weapons were found in plastic bags....and leaking.

The weapons are there...they will be hard to locate, and for the safety of the people of Iraq, its vital that the effort continues in earnest.

A story about Cotter....indirectly

Despite living in Craig, Colorado, at the time, Cotter was born at the Steamboat hospital, 45 miles away. According to this story, the practice is faily commonplace.

For us, the logic was simple. Craig did not offer epidural anesthesia. For us, that was essential. There was no way I was going through that delivery unless I was numb from the chest down.

understatement

The actor who recently portrayed Jesus in Mel Gibson's soon to be released movie, had this to say:

Jim Caviezel
It was uncomfortable up there on that cross.

source: Us Magazine

sung to the tune of beans beans the magical fruit...

A New Mexico youth was suspended from school for bringing anti-fart pills to school.

When Gas-X is made criminals, only criminals will carry Gas-X.

leftovers from the back of the emotional refridgerator

Walter Weckler
Revenge has no more quenching effect on emotions than salt water has on thirst.

eschatologically important

The last dozen-and-a-half^1,000 Ethopian Jews are headed for Israel.

no infants were harmed in the addition of this blog

Crikey! Gator Bites has been added to my blogroll.

the 'big bang' is the explosion of scientific credibility

Take a dose of man's innate desire to understand his origins, multiply it by his own foolish pride, factor this to the Xth generation of implausibility, then divide your result by the rejection of God's Word and again by the denial of God's existence and your result would be this load of space monkey baloney.

when the real world just isn't real enough

Over at Jen's, I've graded the newest competition of reality TV.

new discipleship tool

The Broadman Christian Standard Bible is now available online, fully searchable.

iraq-ed my brain on this one

another c&p special

Interesting facts about Iraq
Just in case you might think of Iraq as "only" an oil rich nation, ruled by an evil dictator for 30 years, whether it has been supporting terrorists or may not be very important, here are a few important facts regarding the important history and roles that this nation has played down through history*

1. The garden of Eden was in Iraq.
2. Mesopotamia which is now Iraq was the cradle of civilization!
3. Noah built the ark in Iraq.
4. The Tower of Babel was in Iraq.
5. Abraham was from Ur, which is in Southern Iraq!
6. Isaac's wife Rebekah is from Nahor which is in Iraq.
7. Jacob met Rachel in Iraq.
8. Jonah preached in Nineveh - which is in Iraq.
9. Assyria which is in Iraq conquered the ten tribes of Israel.
10. Amos cried out in Iraq!
11. Babylon which is in Iraq destroyed Jerusalem.
12. Daniel was in the lion's den in Iraq!
13. The 3 Hebrew children were in the fire in Iraq (and so was their sauna-mate)
14. Belshazzar, the King of Babylon saw the "writing on the wall" in Iraq.
15. Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, carried the Jews captive into Iraq.
16. Ezekiel preached in Iraq.
17. The wise men were from Iraq.
18. Peter preached in Iraq.
19. The "Empire of Man" described in Revelation is called Babylon which was a city in Iraq!
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And you have probably seen this one. Israel is the nation most often mentioned in the Bible. But do you know which nation is second? It is Iraq! However, that is not the name that is used in the Bible. The names used in the Bible are Babylon, Land of Shinar, and Mesopotamia.

The word Mesopotamia means between the two rivers, more exactly between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. The name Iraq, means country with deep roots. Indeed Iraq is a country with deep roots and is a very significant country in the Bible. Here's why:

* Eden was in Iraq--Genesis 2:10-14
* Adam & Eve were created in Iraq--Genesis 2:7-8
* Satan made his first recorded appearance in Iraq--Genesis 3:1-6
* Nimrod established Babylon & Tower of Babel was built in Iraq--Genesis 10:8-97 & 11:1-4
* The confusion of the languages took place in Iraq--Genesis 11:5-11
* Abraham came from a city in Iraq--Genesis 11:31 & Acts 7:2-4
* Isaac's bride came from Iraq--Genesis 24:3-4 & 10
* Jacob spent 20 years in Iraq--Genesis 27:42-45 & 31:38
* The first world Empire was in Iraq--Daniel 1:1-2 &2:36-38
* The greatest revival in history was in a city in Iraq--Jonah 3
* The events of the book of Esther took place in Iraq--Esther
* The book of Nahum was a prophecy against a city in Iraq--Nahum
* The book or Revelation has prophecies against Babylon, which was the old name for the nation of Iraq--Revelation 17 & 18

No other nation, except Israel, has more history and prophecy associated with it than Iraq.

i'm out of order? you're out of order!

I know you've seen this as many times as have I, but it still made me laugh, so....

These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and not published by court reporters who had the torment of staying calm while the exchanges were actually taking place.

Q: What is your date of birth?
A: July 15th.
Q: What year?
A: Every year.
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Q: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
A: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
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Q: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
A: Yes.
Q: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
A: I forget.
Q: You forget? Can you give us an example of something that you've forgotten?
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Q: How old is your son, the one living with you?
A: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which.
Q: How long has he lived with you?
A: Forty-five years.
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Q: What was the first thing your husband said to you when he woke up that morning?
A: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"
Q: And why did that upset you?
A: My name is Susan.
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Q: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo or the occult?
A: We both do.
Q: Voodoo?
A: We do.
Q: You do?
A: Yes, voodoo.
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Q: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
A: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
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Q: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?
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Q: Were you present when your picture was taken?
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Q: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
A: Yes. Q: And what were you doing at that time?
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Q: She had three children, right?
A: Yes.
Q: How many were boys
A: None.
Q: Were there any girls?
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Q: How was your first marriage terminated?
A: By death.
Q: And by whose death was it terminated?
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Q: Can you describe the individual?
A: He was about medium height and had a beard.
Q: Was this a male, or a female?
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Q: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
A: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
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Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?
A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
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Q: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
A: Oral.
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Q: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
A: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
Q: And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time?
A: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy.
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Q: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
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Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
A: No.
Q: Did you check for blood pressure?
A: No.
Q: Did you check for breathing?
A: No.
Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
A: No.
Q: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
Q: But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
A: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere

not the type of attention i'm craving

in my inbox...at work:

Sick of Men only Looking at the Women with Large Breasts?
You Deserve Attention Too.

As a matter of fact, I am sick of it. I'm sick of it because too men aren't guarding their eyes or respecting women and too few women are pursuing modesty and are disrespecting themselves.

I don't think this what they meant, though.

I have a hunch that I would indeed get people looking at me if I responded to this solicitation.

this is why

The Democratic Frontrunner has proven once again why he is utterly unembracable as a centrist politician.

Howard Dean
"The overwhelming evidence is that there is very significant, substantial genetic component to it," Dean said in an interview Wednesday. "From a religious point of view, if God had thought homosexuality is a sin, he would not have created gay people."

from WSJ BOTW

By this logic, sin does not exist, for God created us all in our fallen state. Malice is not a sin. Murder is not a sin. Lust is not a sin. Pride is not a sin. Avarice, rebellion, prejudice....all simply flavors of distinction in the Divine 31 Shoppe of human creation. Who needs a Savior when there is nothing from which we need to be saved?

May the Lord have mercy on us all.

sfd highlight #1

There are a lot of spiritual lightwights out there praying for heavyweight blessings.

Lord...may you bless me by never giving me new territory until I have been an obedient, adequate steward over the territory with which You have already blessed me.