Mun ei yleensä tuu kateltuu telkkaria ku iltasin, mut tos joku aika sit (kesk = kauan ennen sikakaranteenia) satuin sit röhnöttää sohvalla jo päiväsaikaan, olisko ollu joku arkikrapula tai vastaava… anyway, nelonen päällä ja ruudusa So you think you can dance (Tanssi jos osaat) -niminen jenkkisarja ja jotenki jäin koukkuun – instant bondaus!

Kysees on siis vähä niinku Idols tai Talent, mut pelkästään tanssijoille: riittää, että osaa tanssia – lajilla ei väliä, tosin sit joutuu kyl adaptoituun itelle vieraisiinkin tyyleihin. Aluks on noloja karsintoja, sit tiukkaakin tiukempi vegasviikko. Ja sieltä sitten karsitaan top 20 varsinaiseen “ohjelmaan” 10 miestä ja 10 naista.

Ite ohjelmassa tanssiparit arvotaan ja joka viikko sit arvotaan parille myös tanssilaji. Siellä on esim moni b-boy ollu paskat housussa ku arpa on osunu vaikka quickstepin kohalle. Siinä on kyl yks perkele tanssilajiks, huhhuh. Hiki kirpoo otsalle pelkästä kattelusta. Ei ne tuomarit sitä turhaan kutsu termillä “kiss of death”

Jumalainen juontaja, Cat Deeley <3

No juu, mut joka viikko kolme vähiten ääniä saanutta paria joutuu tanssiin vielä soolot ja ekana viitenä viikkona tuomaristo päättää ketkä mies ja nainen tippuu pelistä pois. Sit top 10:n kohalla kaikki valta on katsojilla aka jenkkiäänestäjillä, joiden äänet määrää ketkä tipahtaa. Kisassa etsitään siis jenkkilän suosikkitanssijaa, ei niinkään aina “parasta”. Tanssilajeista edustettuna on ollu ainaki hip hop, krump, perus valssit (wiener, hidas ja tavis), tangot (normi ja arkku), foxtrot, samba, salsa, mambo, rumba, broadway, chacha, jive, nykytanssi, jazz, disco, bollywood, paso doble, quicstep, jne jne jne… kaikkee löytyy kyl.

Mut siis ihan loistavaa, meitsi likettää. Täs sarjas on oikeesti lahjakkaita ihmisiä (+ hotteja pimuja, useempi selkeesti päivän_pimu_matskua), ihan parhaat tuomarit, loistavat koreografit ja kakkoskaudesta eteenpäin hoteista hotein juontaja Cat Deeley. Mietin pitkään et mikä tekee tästä niin paljon idolsii hienomman formaatin ja tajusin, ettei täs tuu ollenkaan sitä myötähäpeen ja yleisen vitutuksen tunnetta, ja se jos mikä on priceless! Ja tietty varmaan yks tekijä on sekin et tanssin itekin, niin tää kolahti senkin takia ihan täysillä. On toi tanssi vaan hieno liikuntamuoto ja upee taiteenlaji! <3456677

En tajua miten oon pystynyt missaa ton sarjan näin pitkään. No mut parempi kai myöhään ku ei milloinkaan, nyt oon siis kattellu nettitelkusta ekat viis kautta kokonaan hävyttömän lyhyel aikavälil ja kutoskautta sitä mukaa ku se jenkeis ilmestyy! Oottekos te muut seurannu kyseistä sarjaa?

Täs maistiaisia omalla spoiler-vastuulla:

Lacey & Pasha (hip hop) Hauska.

Heidi & Benji (mambo) Ei tästä setit enää paljo proommaks mee… saati nopeemmaks. Tää sai mut kiinnostuun lattaritansseista! Lähetääks P-man kursseille?

Courtney & Mark (jazz) ja huhhuh ku toi pimu on KUUUUUUUMA!

Anya & Danny (jive) Tää oli se mikä tuli telkusta ku satuin koukuttuun ja voin kertoo et propsit ei tästä koukutuksesta mee Avril Lavignelle (no offence), vaiks se skedetyttö onki.. jokkut ne osaa.

Jeanine & Brandon (paso doble) Jeanine <3

Ashleigh & Jacob (hip hop) Tää on ny viimesimmästä jaksosta mitä oon katellu ja tosi hyvää settii vaikka toi tyttö on ballroom ja jätkä contemporary!

… josko riittäis tältä erää, lisäilen kommentteihin si kiinnostuksen mukaa lisää suosikkeja. Oho, tulipa tästä pitkä… vähemmän kaljaa, enemmän unta. Ny unta palloon ja kuolaa petariin. Öitä tyypeille!

The brand new single ‘Idols’ from Black Gold is released on December 14th. Here at United, we take a first look at the track. Consisting of Eric Ronick (Vox & Keys) and Than Luu (Percussion) the guys are said to take inspiration from The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour & 60’s psychedelia. A very unique blend of old & new whilst happy, upbeat and guaranteed to put a smile on your face.

Black Gold will return to the UK this December. Catch them at the following venues;

• The Lexington, London – 8th of December
• Hare and Hounds, Birmingham – 9th of December
• King Tuts, Glasgow – 10th of December
• Cockpit 3, Leeds – 11th of December
• Portland Arms, Cambridge -12th of December
• Freebutt, Brighton – 13th of December

Idols is from Black Gold’s debut album, Rush, out now on Red Bull Records.

myspace.com/blackgold

Park Si Yeon is following in the footsteps of Yoo Jae Suk. We reported that Yoo Jae Suk was leaving Family Outing soon and but it looks like Park Si Yeon is going to beat him to it.

The show might have declined in ratings but still managed to stay strong with its lovable cast and big name celebrity guests. Now it seems like they’re losing all of it.

So you might be wondering why she would leave after only being on the show for 6 months. Staff from the show expressed, “Park Si Yeon has to leave Family Outing because of health issues. I don’t think we’ll pick a replacement for her after she leaves.”

My guess is that they aren’t picking a replacement because the status of the show is unclear after Yoo Jae Suk’s decision to depart next January.

Park Si Yeon was absent at the most recent filming of the show because of health reasons as well. Park Si Yeon’s representative said they she might return if she becomes healthier but it seems like she might not have anything to return to.

CREDIT : http://www.allkpop.com

what the f..k ? chunhee, yejin, mc yoo ? isnt it enough ? i can feel the ending of the show right now ! damn it ! this news made my day so bad T_T

Watched several videos of Jeong Hoon including the parting message that he gave just before his enlistment.

Suddenly misses him a lot.

Hoonie, where are you?

Guys, it’s the end of the world. Our beloved MC Yoo Jae Suk will be stepping out from his show, Family Outing.

The Chocolate E&TF Entertainment revealed on the 26th,

“We and the SBS are currently under a contract to film the episodes for Family’s Outing until January of 2010.

We are not planning on extending it. Yoo Jae Suk had already shown us his desire to exit the program in September, and agreed to end his appearance next year. Yoo Jae Suk now needs family time for his wife, Na Kyung Eun, who is currently in her 5th month of pregnancy.”

It’s only MC Yoo himself that will be quitting the show – however, there is a 99% possibility the whole program will come to an end as well.

CREDIT : http://www.allkpop.com

are you serious ??? we need you !!! #1 mc we need you !! how can FO stay without you ?? after miss yejin and chunhee is #1 mc ? damn it !

I’m wondering how many times you have already asked or been asked, what are your plans for the Holidays?

Thanksgiving is just the precursor to the craziness! 

A prayer request was mentioned a few weeks ago by an acquaintance, regarding finances and the holidays, she wasn’t sure how they were going to afford it.  Everyone in the room was solemn,  everyone sort of  lowered their heads and nodded, they understood the finances, the economy, the strain on their wallets this year.  Smiling I said,  ”skip Christmas!”  Gasp!  The room went quiet!  Certainly a Christian did not propose skipping Christmas!  I could hear the song from Fiddler on the Roof, “unheard of, ubsurd!…tradition”!!! 

But really, in all seriousness, here is a young family struggling financially and what are they going to do, in the name of tradition, they’re planning on running around mad, standing in line for hours on Black Friday for the perfect gift, the best deals for Aunt who knows and cousin twice removed!  With it they will max out credit cards to make sure everyone is remembered and feelings are not hurt, why?  Is this really “Christ-mass” as Christians claim it to be?

Aren’t we called to be good stewards?  So, do you think starting the New Year off with debt is really living up to our Lord’s desires or is it peer pressure to follow what is considered a normal routine once a year?

Jesus spoke of three stewards in Matthew 25, each being given a number of talents, (first steward received five talents, the second two and to the third one talent) the master would return from his journey and ask them to account for their investment of the talents.  The first steward invested the five talents and earned another five, the second traded two and made another two, but the third steward dug a hole and hid his master’s money.  When the master returned he was very pleased with the first two stewards and the third he was not.  “you wicked lazy servant”.  Do you not know that your finances are G-d’s, you are His stewards and what you hold in your bank account is His, not yours.

Matthew 25:30

“Throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth”.

My first point is that our money is His money, not ours to waste and if we’re really honest with ourselves, materialism is the heart of Christmas, not Jesus. 

Secondly, what are His thoughts on idolatry?

Exodus 20:3-4

“You shall have no other gods before me, you shall not make yourself and idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below”?

I’ll use Santa as my example here…Just wondering, what our Lord really thinks about the fat man “giving” gifts to our children, when our Lord our G-d already gave us grace the greatest gift of all!  Why are we celebrating a “Saint” as we all claim?  First of all, Jesus nor G-d ever called us to celebrate His birth, and if we are to be celebrating anything, it is communion with our Lord.

1 Corinthians 11:24-25

“…take, eat, this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.  In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me”.

I’m not saying that celebrating Jesus’ birth is wrong, I know many friends that  bake a cake, decorate for a party and sing “Happy Birthday to Jesus” others make it their mission to serve.  In these times of depression and severe struggle there are many we should be reaching out to, blessing their lives.  I think it’s perfectly fine to ask Jesus what is right for your family, what tradition your family should be setting and partaking in. 

The truth is that Christmas has nothing to do with Christ and Christians are unaware of this fact, they’ve been sucked into believing that they must spend, they must decorate and they have become slaves to the craze! 

If you’re truly interested in knowing the truth and what the origins are behind the tree, lights, Santa, mistletoe, then I suggest you take a look at this video, your eyes will be opened to the pagan rituals you may be celebrating in your own home, and you can make a decision for yourselves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2JXDSl_z5U

Joshua 24:15

“But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.”

this is new jean from levi’s x clot ! which was worn by edison chen in juice x pump 20 party ! dope huh ? it will be released soon !

Crossposted to Jewschool.

Arurtz Sheva, the news service of the West Bank’s settlers says:

In a powerful echo of the Biblical story of the patriarch Abraham, a Mumbai doctor smashed his father’s idols and eventually decided to become a Jew in the Land of Israel.

Abraham was born Vagirds Frads to a Hindu cleric who worshipped idols, and a mother who prepared food for them. As did the Biblical Abraham, young Vagirds could not understand how his father could honor a man-made statue, nor why his mother would cook for them. “Sometimes I eat it in secret,” he confided…

What’s wrong with this? Special Thanksgiving Turkey points to the first person who gets it right.

The full article is here. Hat-tip: Yid By Choice.

BFF

“A lot of us want all the benefits of God without making the proper sacrifices to receive them”

This idea of performing works to gain God’s favor is foreign to Scripture and a rejection of a passage that Maness preached on this Sunday. It amounts to invoking the blessing of the last idol in the temple. Maness misses the text completely. It is not about what yet we have to do, it is about how it is impossible for anyone to do so.

First we must note that to isolate this portion of Scripture out of the mix of parables that precede and follow it, or out the the context of the rest of the Scripture, is not the right way to expound upon it. To do so is to keep people hearing of the freedom to which we have been called in Christ. In the liberal social Gospel, the salt is all about what deeds good doers do to preserve the world around them. That is actually quite contrary even to the portion of Scripture to which Maness appeals. The salt, as Jesus parallels elsewhere, is fire:

Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off.

Careful attention should be paid to the fact that Christ is speaking of false teaching. See Matthew concerning the false handling of the Law or just a couple of chapters back in Luke. And mind that these verses that Maness is ripping out of context, have a context. What is being spoken of is ridding oneself of all falsehoods. And that includes the false teaching that it is by doing good that favor with God is earned. For even the Pharisees had good works and those who come to Christ on that last day will also have their records to prove their deserts, and Christ will say to them to depart into hell. There is something more deeply to be considered, for our righteousness must exceed that of the Pharisees.

It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell. And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell, ‘where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’ For everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

Salt is equated with fire.

Fire does not preserve, it purifies by destroying impurity. It is proper to read the above quote: “Have fire in yourself, but if the fire has lost its ability to purify, what good is it?” And as Jesus makes clear in Matthew, it is the Word of God that is the flame that we are to have within which the world is to see as our good works. And else where that it is the Word that sanctifies and still elsewhere, it is by the Word of his mouth that he destroys his enemies and purifies the world. Our testimony to the Word sets the world on fire, not our good deeds. The world has good deeds. The Word of God must not be hidden under any false humility of good works, then. It must cause division, as Jesus said earlier in Luke, it is a sword that divides and does not bring peace to the world around it but it does bring peace to the brethren. No preserving of the world there. The salt is the Word of Judgement that our God is a consuming fire. For those who have ears to hear, it is the words of life, John 6, to those who do not, it is the stench of death. Those who do not have Christ, hate it. But those who have been quickened by the Holy Spirit love Christ exclusively and so are hated by the world as he is. We are not embraced by the world, John 17, but the world hates the body of Christ because his Word tells all what they are, sinners under the wrath of God. Funny then, that Christ tells his followers to hate the world, yet some believers claim that we are to love them as one of our own. Jesus in John 17 refuses to even pray for them.

Maness said that classes are not what the church is about. But, that is what the fellowship of believers is all about, that is what discipleship is all about. His is a typical, post-modern, redefiner of terms, just like others in the emergent movement who draw the veil and kill by keeping the people from knowledge. Discipleship is a classroom and doctrine always precedes the works that flow from it. Without knowledge the people perish.

Maness would have his practicioners not learn doctrine and would rather keep them busy, practicing “godliness” and never coming to a true knowledge of the Son. Ephesians, though, puts the unity of the knowledge of the Son first in order, that the mature believer might stand not driven like a infant by every wind of doctrine and the cunning craftiness of men. But to Maness it doesn’t matter what the truth is, the church is a social work organization, established to bring blessings to the world and to perserve it. This, however, is the opposite of even the text he sites. When Jesus said that the world will know of the love of God among believers it was because of how they treated other believers, not the way that they dole out welfare to the world. Jesus said that, even though it does not appeart to be him, when his own gave him a drink or clothed him, they were doing so because it was to his brethren. He was specifically speaking of doing charitable deeds within the body of Christ.

Indeed, Jesus told those who came to get their needs filled, that they follow just to have their bellies filled. He said, unless one eats of his flesh and drink of his blood, he has have no part in him. And we know that not just any can eat of it. Case in point, Judas, or those of Corinthians who did not rightly discern the body of Christ who were sick or had died. Those who are not his are condemned when they eat of the substance of his body if they are not one with it. To feed the world without requiring adherence to the Gospel is to be a partaker with them. Adherence to the Gospel is not merely doing good deeds. First must come the commandment to repent, take up the cross, or as Jesus says, you will also perish like all other sinners.

Far from being outreach, general good deeds ministries are in contempt of the word of God for they do no command discipleship, or as Maness said, classes. For liberals, doing deeds is what it is all about. So it was for those under the law, too. Forget that the Word has a specific meaning and that it must mean the same to all or it is not the revelation of Christ. There is one body, one baptism, one faith, one God and Jesus Christ, the Word, with whom we all must stand, or stand against. But, without that knowledge there is only death, for there is no foundation upon which to stand.

The point that Christ is making all along is that the sacrifices that men make are nothing more than their own riches, dedicated to themselves out of the pride of their hearts believing that what they do or who they are is what is pleasing to God. And just who is it that seeks to purchase the gift of God with what they do or who they are except those who are bitter in spirit?

Sacrifices?

The man who does the law shall live by it, and anyone who violates it in any one point is guilty of the whole. Just what sacrifice is acceptable then? Surely nothing that man can do is acceptable, is it? No, we work out our salvation because it is God who is working in us both the willing and the doing of his good pleasure.

Jesus corrected the disciples thinking with this:

Jesus loved him. We might draw from this that the man later is born again. Jesus knew what was in man. So, just as with Nicodemus, Jesus makes clear, that man can do nothing of himself to enter into the kingdom. He must be born again and thusly dying to all, he is made joint heir with Christ able to do the works of God. In sum, Jesus is saying to the rich man that there is nothing he can do to receive the free gifts of God. That should make sense, but so many do not get it.

And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!” And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him, “Then who can be saved?”

It becomes apparent that all the sacrifices are not enough, for this one had done all that was required in the Law. One thing is lacking, that a man be sold out, completely. Nothing short of that will do. The question of the disciples is a correct response (rare for them). They got it, for they understood that even if a man sold all he had, he would still have himself, and they were exceedingly astonished. To that Jesus adds comfort:

“With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.” Peter began to say to him, “See, we have left everything and followed you.” Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

WARNING: If you are seeking God’s benefits beware of the balance sheet. The cost of a hundred fold benefit package is a hundred fold persecutions. If your life is getting easier, you’re on the wrong track, going in the wrong direction.

This companion to Maness’ verses tell us that it is impossible to sell out. Then what can be the answer?

In all the parables touching upon this idea of being sold out, the one aspect that glares at us is that it is man himself, no matter how poor, that is the riches too great to enter into the kingdom of God. Think of what Christ said about becoming a child, about being born again, about being poor in spirit. They all have something in common and that is the expression that man is totally depraved and unable to bring anything to God that He might look upon and be pleased. Man must realize his destitution as a child cast out into the mud and still covered in the unclean blood of his birth.

The word for poor, ptōchos, and the word humble, tapeinos, also have something in common. They connote an attitude of abject, servile poverty. But who is it that does not say to himself that he can do something for God or that he can give something to God, or that he is free to do as he wills to do so that he can give of his own work? Of riches, James says:

Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”

Riches are a gift, just as our spiritual condition is. And James has been making a parallel of religious nature, and is not speaking of monetary wealth necessarily. Rather, he is judging those who say they have “spiritual wealth,”” i.e, that they are the rich in good works. But they do not have faith if they believe themselves more spiritual than those who are poor in such good works because pride is not a good work. “Going to law,” simply proves that they have pride and bitterness. If that is the case, who will enter? James says humility and faith go together, not one without the other. And Jesus said that when all that is required is done not to think that we have done anything. Abraham is the example James gives of a man who demonstrates faith that accepts the provision of God not the produce of his own body. It is not one that honors the works of mens hands, but the works of God.

The sum is that the benefits and blessing are one no matter the outward appearance of them. Faith as a grain of mustard seed has great works, so too, little works have great faith. Or so the widows minas would tell us. And as we understand, faith is not merely believing, but it is the whole body of the knowledg of God. Faith, Christian faith, is the faith once and for all delivered to the saints. The knowledge of it is paramount. For without the knowledge of the holy how shall one be holy as God is holy?

Jesus adds these words:

unless he hate…yes,…even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

What Jesus requires is a heart, crushed to powder under the weight of its own sin, which recognizes that no man can offer anything in exchange for the benefits of God. What Jesus requires is a new one put in its place. See Isaiah 6, cf. Ezekial 36. He also says that is impossible for man. Christ went to great effort to dissuade his Jewish counter parts from believing that sacrifices can ever achieve the righteousness that God requires of man before he blesses him. It requires a pure heart to behold God, Matthew 5:8 Indeed, the only way is Christ and what he has done in securing all heavenly blessing in heaven for his children. That is where our treasure is, that is where our heart is, that is where Christ is enthroned above. And unless he gives his righteousness according to his sacrifices, there is no one who will enter or be blessed. Man, in fact, cannot make the good confession, as Isaiah did, nor repent of the works of their own hands, except that God sends forth fire from his thrown and purifies them.

Ephesians explains that those in Christ are now in possession of all spiritual blessings. Now! In short, there is no sacrifice that man can add to the finished works of Christ to procure favor from God and Jeff Maness’ minions cannot change that fact. The only thing they can do is to bind the children with burdens they cannot carry and prevent them from entering into the rest of God. Maness’ teaching is just like that which Paul condemns in Galatians, that which Jesus condemned as the leaven of the Pharisees, and that which caused him to weep over Jerusalem.

Jesus’ call is to lay down your life, but no one wills to do that of their own freewill. There is nothing you can do, for as Jesus and the prophets and apostles confirm, there is no one who does Good, except God, alone. HE HAS DONE IT ALL, and it is wonderful in our sight. Then upon what good work, what sacrifice will you come before God to petition him for his benefits? The only plea is for mercy. Except that it is the blood of Christ which he offered, which has purchased everything you need, you have nothing but filth in your hands.

There is a good sermon to listen to at Voice of the Sheep that touches upon the self-deception of the religious man. Listen as John MacArthur explains total depravity. Pay special attention to what he says about the 29min. mark.

A pink tracksuit, or better yet, one of Ms. Hall’s famous gem sweaters would go splendidly with a broken-in pair of Faturday pants. This fancy lady is the shiz, matching the radness of her wardrobe with classic hits such as “Zombie Killer,” “Shazam, I’m Glamorous,” and “Can’t Stop The Gems (Jams).” But wait…what’s this? Leslie’s pimpin her own line of pants, stretched to well-fed perfection and presumably, shiny as fuck, not to mention 100% vegan and not tested on cats. According to her web store, they’re also ideal for such ventures as sexy wrestling, yoga, and spicy longunderwear. “Go ahead and gain a few pounds, these pants will still love you… or my name isn’t Leslie Hall.” Do us a solid and gift us a pair. Then buy your own, one of Leslie’s albums,  and put ‘em both on. Have yourself a merry night with some cobbler, shirt optional.

“Watch out for my body rolls.”

—Ms. Hall

I love that Tina Fey is on the cover of this month’s issue of Harper’s Bazaar magazine. She looks absolutely gorgeous. Tina is a writer, movie star, political lightning rod, Emmy-winning actress, and budding (if reluctant) feminist icon. She has embodied that all-too-rare brainy/funny/sexy trifecta since she first snarked her way through Saturday Night Live’s ”Weekend Update.”  I’m currently obsessed with her television brainchild 30 Rock, which depicts what I would basically classify as  my dream job.  Now this woman is a celebrity I’d like to emulate.

You can read the complete Harper’s article about the lovely Ms. Fey right  here.

Photo credits: Alexi Lubomirski via Harper’s Bazaar

This video is being posted as a continuation of the article that I posted last week titled: The Idolatry of Theological Training. The pastor in the video is Tim Conway from Grace Community Church, in San Antonio, Texas, and the video was produced by a ministry of this church called: I’ll Be Honest.

Update 11/24/09: This article has been updated and a continuation of this post has been published here: Mount Zion Bible Institute.

Hey y’all-

We went to Taroko Gorge National Park in eastern Taiwan this past weekend. It was beautiful. In reality, there was so much to see and experience, that it is hard to process it all. So, I thought I would post some thoughts about the trip (and pictures) and leave it there for now. Then, I will post more as the week progresses and I think it through. Cool? Here goes:

1. “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth…” Yes, He did. And, He did an awesome job.

2. It is good to travel with people who know the way. This is our friend, Wei Lin, and her family. Our guides, hosts, and awesome friends…

3. Sometimes you just have to break out in praise of God’s creation. Well, at least, I do…..Jesus said, “I tell you, if these [His disciples] were silent, the very stones would cry out” (Luke 19:40).

4. God says that the creation praises Him even if the people do not. I want to praise. Why be silent? “Worthy are  you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things and by your will they existed and were created” (Revelation 4:11).

Beautiful

4. Sometimes people will climb a mountain to worship a false god when the real God is right there. “Behold, I stand at the door and knock . If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into him and eat with him, and him with me” (Revelation 3:20). These people were walking up three steps at a time and kneeling to pray. Such devotion…misguided as it is…..

5. God says, “I am the Lord your God. . . You shall have no other gods before me” (Exodus 20:2-3). He also says humans are not to make any image or created thing and bow down before it. “You shall not bow down before them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God. . . ” (Exodus 20:5).

6. I worship the One, True Living God. I believe His is who He says He is in the Bible. I have my “hope set on the living God” (1 Timothy 4:10). John says, “Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world” (1 John 4:4). This is true.

Trust in the living God.

Confess your sin.

Turn from you sin and believe Jesus is God.

He came to earth to live and die for our salvation.

He accomplished what He set out to do.

Jesus will come again and gather His brothers and sisters.

Live for Jesus. Worship Him. Be saved.

Thoughts?

Uncle Jeff

next ep looked so funny ! because senior gagwoman is coming to help nation mc !! yeahhh ! you have to watch ep 71 first, then you will understand why she comes to help yoo jae suk ! and hyori nuna have to fight with her ? wowww ! after kim wonhee ! hyori nuna never under control to anyone ! since next guest ??? cant wait for it !

ushijima again~ ohohohoh

Gentile Christians who hate the sin of their own kind, when they see the Jews persecuted and murdered, should use this acid test to know they are the ancestors of the ten lost tribes of Israel.

The apostle Paul referred to this mystery when he said,

“I say then, Have they (the Jews) stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their (the Jews) fall, salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them (the Gentiles) to jealousy. Now if the fall of them (the Jews) be the riches of the (Gentile) world, and the diminishing of them (the Jews) be the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their (the Jews) fullness?” (Romans 11:11-12)

The apostle Paul is saying that the Jews were made to fall (hence the scapegoat) so the Gentiles would be jealous of the Jews.  A jealous person steals what someone else owns.  This is God’s trick on the Gentile to get them to embrace the Jewish Messiah Jesus.  In doing so, Gentiles would be forced by Rome to hear the Jewish Word of God; through which God could perform His miracle of salvation.

Therefore, if the Jewish Messiah Jesus made the Gentile rich in God’s grace, how much more will God make the Jews rich in God’s grace for having used them to be scapegoats?  This is the true salvation plan. For which privilege Israel will see their God and enjoy eternal life forever!

Woe unto you liars! For you have gone the way of Balaam and Balak, who taught the children of Israel a lie for profit… .

Why did people from every other race under the Sun, leave their original nations and band together into what is known as Israel?  The common denominator that caused the formation of Israel was a belief, rather than being flesh and blood ancestors.  It seems that every nation spawned its share of family members that didn’t agree with their family’s idea of worshipping idols.  It was this central idea that caused the formation of the people called Jews.

Although Abraham did have a son named Isaac, he wasn’t born until many foreign people were already a part of Abraham’s tribe known as the Hebrews.  While every other race had its gods and idols, some of their children grew up resisting this belief.

Some people from many nations believed there could only be one God who created all things.  These are the people God took out of every nation and from every race on earth to become Israel.  They wandered away from their blood relatives eventually finding their way to a herd of people known as the Hebrews.  They found a tribe that believed in one God.  Joining the clan of Israel, which later became known as the Jews.

Even the oldest founding father of the nation of Israel, Abraham, came from a Gentile race known as the Babylonians.  They worshipped idols.  He left home to look for another land because of his resistance toward the gods of his own natural father.  His journey brought him to many lands and peoples.  He finally realized he was alone.  He searched for and couldn’t find a tribe of people who believed as he believed.  So, Abraham became the father of the tribe he sought.

A tribe that would accept anyone into it, who believed in One God.  A nation of people whose only common denominator was their belief in the One God of creation.  Thus, the Hebrew nation was born. Later they would become known as the Israelites. Today they are known as the Jews.

To be continued…

awesome !! moreover, this song is one of my favourite from gd’s solo album and he did a great job with his best friend ! and he got best album award !! congrat to yg family !! you did a great job over this year !!

dope !!! and both of them wearing adidas obyo by jeremy scott !!! yg loves jeremy scott !!!