Walking the Aisle

I really don't know much about this altar thing, but it seems to have something to do with attempting to bring non-believers to salvation or give them the opportunity to do so.  I really don't have much to say about it, because I didn't even really know about it until now.  I guess it's effective at camps and stuff but not so much at church (mainly because people don't seem to pay much attention in church).  Yeah, that's about all I have to say.

Grilled Cheesus

Would you be suprised if Jesus appeared to you on a grilled cheese sandwich?  That's what happened to this guy on an episode of Glee that we watched in Bible.  He called it "Grilled Cheesus".  I don't really watch Glee that much, and when I saw this episode, I just thought it was Ok, I problably wouldn't watch it that much. In this episode, the guy kept praying to Grilled Cheesus for terrible things like winning football games and touching a girl innapropriately.  And he got everything he prayed for.  This makes me wonder if the producers of Glee compare our God to some sort of genie or something. And also this episode seemed to make Christians look judgemental.  Like there was this gay guy who didn't really want to become a christian, one reason because he felt that Christians rather judged him for being gay, even though he didn't exactly choose to be.  Some christians really do do that sort of thing. (and yes I did say 'do do').  Overall I think that their view on Christianity is actually almost accurate except that God doesn't give you everything you pray for and that christians are not supposed to judge people for their sins.  Although; I am actually not quite sure what they thought about it.  It just had some truth to it. BTW here's what Grilled Cheesus looked like.

the beatitudes

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inheret the earth
This is one of the beatitudes that Jesus preached on the mountainside to the crowds below.  That's also what today's blog is about.  I am going to tell you about at least three of these beatitudes, starting with the one above.  I'm not sure if I am doing this assignment correctly, because Mr. Mendenhalls instructions were a little confusing.  Blessed are the meek, Jesus said.  People who are meek are people who don't have a lot of pride.  They don't show off or anything like that and are ready to help others.  When Jesus says 'for they shall inheret the earth', I believe He is talking of the New Earth that will come after the Second Coming of Jesus.  Another beatitude Jesus taught went like:"Blessed are the poor in spirit, For they shall be comforted." When Jesus says,'Blessed are the poor in spirit,' I think he is talking about those who just have hard lives.  I don't think it just means people who are poor in money. 'For they shall be comforted', God will bring them comfort.  And one more beatitude Jesus said:"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." Those who are pure in heart are people who always sought to do the right thing.  They sought to have pure thoughts and actions.  It's those people who will go to heaven to see God.  And that concludes today's blog.

Halloween

Hello bloggers, this is a blog about Halloween.  The holiday were the veil between the living and the dead is thinnest.  I think people like to celebrate halloween because people like to step outside of their boundaries and get scared.  But is it right spiritually?  That depends.  'Cause if you think about it, halloween was invented by Christians a long time ago.  It was made for Saints, I think.  But why do people think it's evil?  I guess because some people think it is an act of the Devil.  I honestly think it is O.K. if you don't associate with anything demonic during Halloween (i.e. demonic costumes ect.).  Someone has pointed out; however, something like, 'If there were a holiday on Hitler's birthday, would you celebrate?'.  I don't think it's the same thing.  If you celebrate Halloween just for the candy, well really there ain't nothin' wrong with that.  Non-christians celebrate Christmas just for the presents, don't they?  If you disagree, say so and tell me why.  I would like to know more about why Christians don't celebrate Halloween.

I'm done

                                               

special bowling olympics

The other day our sophomore class went to da bowlin' alley to help some mentally challenged people bowl.  Some of them were REALLY good, while others had to use the ramp thing.  The people in my lane had to use the ramp, for they were either in a wheelchair or were simply unable to bowl normally. What I would do is give them da ball and they would put it on the ramp and let it roll.  I felt bad for some people.  I mean the ones who had REALLY bad problems.  Like, there was this one guy who was screaming the whole time, apparently unable to control himself.  It made me wonder why God lets that happen to some people. But I believe that God has a reason for everything to happen.  So, maybe God was using these people to teach us what we learned there.  Otherwise, I think they all had a great time.  They gave out awards to the winning bowla's (bowlers). I don't have much more to say.  I guess they had fun bowlin' in da bowlin' alley. 

                                                         The End
                                                    Let's go bowlin'

homecoming week-Andy Braner chapel

hey bloggers, here's a blog about Andy Braner.  He's been teaching in chapel for the past homecoming week. He runs a Christian camp called camp Kivu. u can check it out at http://www.campkivu.com/.

Here r some important points that he made:
There are two groups of people: "how" people and "why" people. "How" people are ur scientists who try to figure out how things work. "Why" people are ur philosophers who try to figure out why things work. Andy Braner is a "why".

He also said we should ask the question, "What do I believe?" Ask yourself, "how do i know God is real?" There are two types of truths:
I. Subjective Truth

II. Objective Truth

Subjective Truth is basically our opinion. i.e., is it true that country music sucks and rock music rocks? In my opinion I think so, but not everyone does. Objective Truth is what we know is true.

There are three divisions of religion with their own Objective Truths:
Hindus - worship creation and not the Creator.
Bhudist - worship themselves
Christianity - worship God


And finally, he said that Genesis 1:1 is the main establishment of our belief.  Because if Genesis 1:1 is off, then the whole Bible is off, if you think about it.  So basically, our whole belief is based on Genesis 1:1.


We had a lot of fun this homecoming week, and learned a lot too.  Remember to check out the website at the top.  See ya!!!!:)

racism

What's up bloggers! zachatack here with a blog about racism.

racism is a problem in a lot of areas in our society, even the church.  basically, it is a way people can blame other people for their problems.  how should christians respond to this? We should refer to the Bible, and how it says that we are all created equally.  There is only one race of humans.  There are no blacks, whites, middle browns, there are just people, who have different skin color.

if you have ever looked down on someone because of their skin color, or where they come from, you are sick. That's not even cool. They are no different from you except that they come from different areas (i.e., black people are black because they come from Africa, where it is hot, and it darkens their skin).

So, don't be racist.  God doesn't like it.

This is a blog about friends.  I like my friends to be Christian and to like me for who I am.  I like someone who I can invite to my house often and hang out with when I'm bored.  I also think they should have similar interests with me and if we disagree on something, we don't make fun of each other for it. the Bible says "for there is no greater love than this; that a man lay down his life for a friend." I have a good friend outside of OBA whose name is Corbin Couch. We used to live next door to each other, and are very close.

thats all