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I saw this video on the Foxnews website.  It talked about atheism so I was intrigued and I watched the 6 minute clip.  There are two ladies in the video.  The first one is the show's host and I never did catch her name.  She states that she is catholic.  The other lady is Annie Laurie Gaylor, who works with an atheist group that has purchased billboards that say "Reason's Greetings" and "Heathen's Greetings." The exchange is absolutely terrible.  The lady from fox news treats Annie terribly.  She talks over her and never really lets her answer.  She is condescending and mocks this lady.   If you know the truth and you are confident of the truth - you simply have no reason to treat people poorly . She knows the truth of the gospel and yet she treats this other woman as dirt. Of course, I believe that the atheist lady Annie is hurting people by spreading a message that there is no God.  She says some terrible claims in there like "youn...

I have never worked in the sheep industry.  I have seen sheep and I have owned a couple of wool sweaters.  I have eaten lamb and I read about sheep (in the Bible) quite a bit.  If I met a modern-day Shepherd I don’t think we would have too much in common.    However I do relate to the Shepherds in the Christmas story.  They were out in their fields watching there sheep when an Angel appeared to them.  The Angel told them to go find a baby lying in a manger and worship him as the Savior.  The most amazing part of the story is that these Shepherds did what the Angel asked them.   In the middle of life and work, God reached out to them and they listened.  How busy are you?  How set is your life?  Is there room for spontaneity?  Is there room for God to speak in your life?  The Shepherds listened and their lives suddenly took on more meaning.  They became part of the Christmas story. What story are you a part of?...

This is the last in the Authentic Manhood list.  Robert Lewis' 4 pillars are: Reject Passivity Accept Responsibility Lead Courageously Expect the Greater Reward Moses was one who was looking to the greater reward.  Hebrews 11:24-26 states; "By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh's daughter.  He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time.  He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as a greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward." Moses traded the earthly reward for the heavenly reward.  He traded the immediate success for the long-term success. When I was in high school I drove a little 3 cylinder car called a Chevy Sprint.  It was tiny and would barely go 65 miles an hour.  One day someone pulled out in front of me and totaled my car.  It was sad.  I liked that little car because ...

This is part 3 in a 4 part series on a look at authentic manhood from Robert Lewis' book: Raising a Modern Day Knight . The third pillar of Biblical manhood is to Lead Courageously.  I'd like to point out first of all that it doesn't say "lead confidently."  There is a large difference between confidence and courage.  Courage is the ability to face your fears and not be paralyzed by them.  Courage is not the absence of fear.  It simply not being controlled by your fears. I lead with a lot of faith.  I place a lot of faith in people and a lot of faith in my own abilities.  I generally believe that everything will work out as long as we do our best.  I am not a visionary leader that sees things before they happen.  I hold fast to the maxim that "if we just do the right things over time we will succeed."  People around me generally have one of two reactions. Some people see that as a source of strength.  I worked with a lady in O...

Please pray for Christians in China.  They are dealing with persecution from the police.  Here is the news story: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,579979,00.html?test=latestnews

God walked up to Adam and asked him why He was hiding.  Adam told him that he was hiding because he was ashamed and naked.  God asked him why he was ashamed asked him if he had eaten from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.  Adam, in his amazing brilliance, tells God this; "The woman that you gave me told me to do eat the fruit." What a wuss.  Adam shirks responsibility and blames his wife.  If you really read into it Adam blames his wife and blames God, "you gave her to me."  No one made Adam eat that fruit.  Adam ate that fruit by his own account.  He is responsible for his actions. In Hebrew class yesterday we took a look at Genesis 3:4.  "The serpent said to the woman, you will not die."  What's interesting about this is that the "you" that is used her is used in the masculine plural sense.  That means that the serpent wasn't just responding to Eve, he was responding to Eve AND Adam.  While this whole exchange wa...

In his book Raising a Modern Day Knight Robert Lewis's first principal of authentic manhood is Rejecting Passivity. It is very easy for me to be passive.  Standing up for what I believe is right does not come naturally for me. When faced with a tough situation or a lot of work my first reaction is to just keep my mouth shut and quit before I start.  The best things in my life have happened because I reject passivity and made a move. When I finally decided to follow Christ with all of my heart I knew I had to move from where I was.  I needed to get away from the town, those friends, and that life.  I needed an escape.  The only place I knew to go was to a camp in northern Minnesota that I went to as a high schooler.  Instead of just hoping for it or thinking that they wouldn't want me in the first place, I went for it.  I wrote them a letter and told them that I would do whatever it took to be up there for the summer.  If they would feed me an...

How do you answer the following questions? 1. You become a man when ______________________. 2. What makes you a man is ______________________. There are a million different answers for those questions.  Last week I did a Message about Joseph (the earthly father of Jesus).  I said that he was an authentic man.  Here are my quick points: 1. Joseph was righteous 2. Joseph loved his wife 3. Joseph was a man of action. Robert Lewis, in his book Raising a Modern Day Knight , states that there are 4 characteristics of biblical manhood.  He states that a man: Rejects Passivity Accepts Responsibility Leads Courageously Expects the Greater Reward. I started praying for these four characteristics about 5 years ago.  I pray them (among other things) each morning.  In the next few weeks I will share with you what Lewis is talking about and how this has shaped me as well.