Tim graduated from UD on Saturday. Here is a video I found that shows some of the graduation
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
Air Force Marathon
It was great to see both my son and daughter in the weekend events at Wright Pat Air Force Base in Ohio.
The video below shows the start of the race.
It was E's first time to ever attempt such a thing and we are so proud of her. Here's a couple of pictures:
Then on Saturday T ran the whole marathon. It wasn't his best time, but what an accomplishment!
Here's T partly through the race and then he's almost through after more than 6 hours!
Congratulations to both of you! We are very proud of your determination and persistance.
As T told us, you don't understand Hebrews 12:1 unless you've done this. "Let us lay aside every weight and run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith..."
The video below shows the start of the race.
It was E's first time to ever attempt such a thing and we are so proud of her. Here's a couple of pictures:
Here's the before and after.
Then on Saturday T ran the whole marathon. It wasn't his best time, but what an accomplishment!
Here's T partly through the race and then he's almost through after more than 6 hours!
Congratulations to both of you! We are very proud of your determination and persistance.
As T told us, you don't understand Hebrews 12:1 unless you've done this. "Let us lay aside every weight and run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith..."
Monday, January 14, 2008
Faithful Men: Satan's Counterfeits
Faithful Men: Satan's Counterfeits
I'm using this link to test out the back link feature. Sorry for any inconvenience.
I'm using this link to test out the back link feature. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Only One Blog at a Time
I had intended for this blog to contain thoughts about the Christian faith and life in general along with biblical studies along the way, but I'm having a hard enough time keeping up with one blog let alone two. So I'm going to let this blog sit unattended for a while. Here is a link to my active blog: Faithful Men
Sunday, May 06, 2007
Only One Way?
Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” John 14:6
Most of the time we are careful to point out the fact that there are not many ways to God, but only one. I think this verse also makes it clear that a way exists. Many people in our day have the mistaken notion that there are many ways to God and that as long as someone is sincere in what he believes, he’s home free. Jesus, of course, contradicts that belief by what He says here. However He is also making it clear that there is a way. Other people today believe that there is no way. No way exists to either know or reach eternal life. Eternal life probably doesn’t even exist according to them. However, Jesus refutes both ideas with one statement, “I am the way….”
There are some people I know who believe that Jesus was a great person, a good teacher and moral example. If you think about it carefully though, what conclusion should we come to when someone claims that He is the only way to God. He goes so far as to elaborate on this at the end of the verse so that there can be no mistaking what He is saying. “No one comes to the Father except through Me.” Can there be any respect for a great teacher and moral leader who makes this claim if it isn’t true? If Jesus is not God as He claimed to be, then He is not worth following at all.
Most of the time we are careful to point out the fact that there are not many ways to God, but only one. I think this verse also makes it clear that a way exists. Many people in our day have the mistaken notion that there are many ways to God and that as long as someone is sincere in what he believes, he’s home free. Jesus, of course, contradicts that belief by what He says here. However He is also making it clear that there is a way. Other people today believe that there is no way. No way exists to either know or reach eternal life. Eternal life probably doesn’t even exist according to them. However, Jesus refutes both ideas with one statement, “I am the way….”
There are some people I know who believe that Jesus was a great person, a good teacher and moral example. If you think about it carefully though, what conclusion should we come to when someone claims that He is the only way to God. He goes so far as to elaborate on this at the end of the verse so that there can be no mistaking what He is saying. “No one comes to the Father except through Me.” Can there be any respect for a great teacher and moral leader who makes this claim if it isn’t true? If Jesus is not God as He claimed to be, then He is not worth following at all.
Thursday, May 03, 2007
An Untroubled Heart?
Jesus said, “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.” John 14:1. This is an amazing statement when you think about the fact that just in the last chapter, verse 21 John describes Jesus this way, “When Jesus had said these things, He was troubled in spirit…” At the tomb of Lazarus the Bible says that “when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled.”
Why can Jesus tell us that we should not let our hearts be troubled and yet within the last few chapters Jesus is described as being troubled in His heart? I think a partial answer can be found in the fact that Jesus is described in Isaiah 53:4 as having borne our griefs and carried our sorrows. We are told to cast our cares on Him for He cares for us. First Peter 5:7. He has promised to be with us and to meet our needs. He has carried the burden of sin for us so that we would not have to.
I don’t mean to imply that if we could apply our Christian faith properly we would have no troubling of heart and no cares. I can’t conceive of that situation. Maybe my faith isn’t as great as it should be. But I think we should take comfort in the fact that “we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.” As a result, we may “come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” Hebrews 4:15, 16.
Why can Jesus tell us that we should not let our hearts be troubled and yet within the last few chapters Jesus is described as being troubled in His heart? I think a partial answer can be found in the fact that Jesus is described in Isaiah 53:4 as having borne our griefs and carried our sorrows. We are told to cast our cares on Him for He cares for us. First Peter 5:7. He has promised to be with us and to meet our needs. He has carried the burden of sin for us so that we would not have to.
I don’t mean to imply that if we could apply our Christian faith properly we would have no troubling of heart and no cares. I can’t conceive of that situation. Maybe my faith isn’t as great as it should be. But I think we should take comfort in the fact that “we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.” As a result, we may “come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” Hebrews 4:15, 16.
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Love One Another
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
This is the what Jesus tells His disciples in John 13 shortly before going to the cross. The level of love commanded here is quite amazing. We are love each other just as Christ loved us. What did He do for us? He considered Himself of no reputation and took on the form of man and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. (Philippians 2)
This is the kind of love we are to have for one another. That same chapter of Philippians verse 4 tells us to look out not only for our own interests but also for the interests of others esteeming others better than ourselves.
When we look at the characteristics of love given for us in 1 Corinthians 13 we find that love suffers long and is kind. Love is not boastful or envious. It doesn’t put on airs and is not puffed up. It does not behave rudely nor seek its own way. It is not provoked and does not think evil of others. It’s relatively easy not to speak evil of others, but not to think it?!
What a challenge for us who call ourselves Christians to realize that this kind of love is the target we are aiming at. Jesus told the disciples in John 13 that everyone would know our connection with Christ as His disciples by the evidence of this kind of love.
I have a long way to go.
This is the what Jesus tells His disciples in John 13 shortly before going to the cross. The level of love commanded here is quite amazing. We are love each other just as Christ loved us. What did He do for us? He considered Himself of no reputation and took on the form of man and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. (Philippians 2)
This is the kind of love we are to have for one another. That same chapter of Philippians verse 4 tells us to look out not only for our own interests but also for the interests of others esteeming others better than ourselves.
When we look at the characteristics of love given for us in 1 Corinthians 13 we find that love suffers long and is kind. Love is not boastful or envious. It doesn’t put on airs and is not puffed up. It does not behave rudely nor seek its own way. It is not provoked and does not think evil of others. It’s relatively easy not to speak evil of others, but not to think it?!
What a challenge for us who call ourselves Christians to realize that this kind of love is the target we are aiming at. Jesus told the disciples in John 13 that everyone would know our connection with Christ as His disciples by the evidence of this kind of love.
I have a long way to go.
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