Here's a post I doctored up that i think says some things Jesus wants us to hear

Marcelo drops in

Marcelo, our Brazilian Exchange Son, has a real passion for skateboarding. He practises all the time, and things don't come super-easy for him. He has a lot of tenacity and heart. I admire that in him. We are so glad he has come to live with us, and I love to skate with him.
if you feel tempted to write me something about safety or headgear, I'm not there with you. Talk to the football coach, whose students have a much higher rate of head injury with helmets ON. Skateboarding is surprisingly safe, appearances notwithstanding.

So this is THAT DAY in Marcelo's skateboarding career! The day he dropped in!

One Sunday Morning at GrubbyKupp

just wanted to share a moment with you from this sunday's meeting... we cook and eat first, with everyone filtering in during that time. Then, around 11:15, we sit down together to sing and share in the word of God (who is Jesus, whom the Scriptures describe) and prayer.

why do i post so many of this trick on the web? because it's just so danged fun to do! i love to come here and look at it...
...and by the way, this footage was a series of first takes, after drinking almost 2 liters of liquid... and wicked fun.

our backyard bowl...

this represents mine and Sam's work so far. We started the bowl on my birthday, and have put somewhere around 20 man hour in on it so far. not more than that... the deepest point is, well, up to seth's neck... about 3.5 feet? maybe actually deeper since he was standing on a point not as deep as the deepest level... but it's deeper than a shovel handle...

the fear of the LORD

this is a recurring topic that seems difficult for us to get our heads wrapped around. Not different from so many of the facets of the Truth, who is Jesus.

One thing I'd like to note about all that is that the FEAR of the LORD is something delightful to the soul that is inclined to OBEDIENCE. This is central in Jesus' command that we make disciples, teaching them to OBEY. Not just teaching them about Jesus, but to OBEY all He commanded.

soooo... you get this thing, that 1 John deals with (read the whole book) by saying that if we obey him we don't fear condemnation, but if our hearts condemn us in any way, He is greater than our hearts.

The thing I think Paul W was nailing is that we christian folk are on the danger side of 2 Cor. 13:5 and Matt. 7:21. Way on the danger side of it. There's a warning to the whole body, along the lines of the book of James, right now! And the book of James will put the proper fear into you--the very fear that Philippians 2 is talking about.

Go read this stuff:
Phil. 2
James (whole book)
2 cor. 13:5
...and go find in another NT book where it says that each individual should look into whether or not they're ok with the LORD. I think Gal. 5 will help with that...
1 John, with a focus on the relationship of obedience to fear to forgiveness to freedom from sin...
Matt. 28:17-20
Heb. 3, with a good look at v.12
think on these things and don't flop around. Get solid in the fear of the LORD.

now, paul washer speaks to a certain audience, and some of it doesn't translate, but the Apostle Peter preached, "Save YOURSELVES from this perverse generation..." that was acts 2, and a clear call to get out of the trouble of God's wrath...

whether or not you like the "total depravity" rhetoric that is so commonly used to bind people under men's control, we see clearly that there is a serious wrath issue in regard to unbelief, pride, and not yeilding to the truth, who is Jesus.

So there's some food for thought.

Ultimately, it's not about the preacher, but the truth...who is Jesus Christ, Himself, among us, and soon to return.

the fear of the LORD

this is a recurring topic that seems difficult for us to get our heads wrapped around. Not different from so many of the facets of the Truth, who is Jesus.

One thing I'd like to note about all that is that the FEAR of the LORD is something delightful to the soul that is inclined to OBEDIENCE. This is central in Jesus' command that we make disciples, teaching them to OBEY. Not just teaching them about Jesus, but to OBEY all He commanded.

soooo... you get this thing, that 1 John deals with (read the whole book) by saying that if we obey him we don't fear condemnation, but if our hearts condemn us in any way, He is greater than our hearts.

I think that we christian folk are on the danger side of 2 Cor. 13:5 and Matt. 7:21. Way on the danger side of it. There's a warning to the whole body, along the lines of the book of James, right now! And the book of James will put the proper fear into you--the very fear that Philippians 2 is talking about.

Go read this stuff:
Phil. 2
James (whole book)
2 cor. 13:5
...and go find in another NT book where it says that each individual should look into whether or not they're ok with the LORD. I think Gal. 5 will help with that...
1 John, with a focus on the relationship of obedience to fear to forgiveness to freedom from sin...
Matt. 28:17-20
Heb. 3, with a good look at v.12
think on these things and don't flop around. Get solid in the fear of the LORD.

now, paul washer speaks to a certain audience, and some of it doesn't translate, but the Apostle Peter preached, "Save YOURSELVES from this perverse generation..." that was acts 2, and a clear call to get out of the trouble of God's wrath...

whether or not you like the "total depravity" rhetoric that is so commonly used to bind people under men's control, we see clearly that there is a serious wrath issue in regard to unbelief, pride, and not yeilding to the truth, who is Jesus.

So there's some food for thought.

Ultimately, it's not about the preacher, but the truth...who is Jesus Christ, Himself, among us, and soon to return.