Just Two Guys

So this is a lot like Two Chinese Boys or Numa, Numa or any of those, but I still can't help laughing... Just Two Guys

Hey Steve Blog

I just discovered that a friend of mine from church has a blog and it is stinking hilarious. A sample:

you might be an evangelical if you bought advance tickets to the Left Behind movie.

you might be an evangelical if you're baffled that the Newsboys concert didn't sell out, because "how could such a great show not be sold out?"

you might be an evangelical if you think your church should do a survey to find out why "worldly" people aren't coming to your church.

you might be an evangelical if you think being culturally relevant means that you can do power point in your services.

you might be an evangelical if your youth pastor actually said these words, "You can be a Christian and be cool too!"

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Thoughts on Acts 5:27-42

There are the apostles, waiting in the hall for Gamaliel to finish his speech. I wonder which of them first exhibited the attitude of gratefulness for their coming punishment. It had to be someone. Maybe Peter. They didn’t all take a flogging and then, leaving the court, smile at each other and say in unison, “That was great!” No, they were nervous in the hallway about what was coming. But one of them was full of foresight and faith. And the others followed his lead. He may have said, “I hope they flog us, boys. We’ll be the first people beaten for the name of Jesus, the first persecuted!” The Sanhedrin might have killed them instead. Did the leader in the hallway welcome that, too? To be the first martyr? And imagine what might have happened had the Apostles of the church not taken the attitude they did. What if they had complained against God for allowing them to be beaten? Would we still take that attitude and teach it in our churches? Would our doctrine today be void of the concept of gratitude for suffering? Would we miss opportunities to depend wholly on Jesus in times of trouble if our fathers had missed this one? And just as these twelve may have unknowingly rose to an important challenge in the history of the church, how often do we face challenges that might affect the lives of our children, grandchildren, and brethren in Christ? Will we reenter the trial chamber with faith and leave it, having received our scourging, with rejoicing?

Are You Ready?

I set my TiVo Season Pass for Olympic curling today. Opening ceremonies are tonight. Have you set your recorder?

Steve Nash is 32 today.

I miss him.