About this user
I am first and foremost a follower of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I am second a husband to a wonderful woman whom God has led to me and blessed me with a love that most people search their whole lives for and never find. Third of all I am a blessed father to 3 beautiful children that I love and am very proud of. I could go on and on about me but all you will find is more about Him! Jesus that is. He is what my life is really all about! If you are really seeking truth about life, I challenge you to find out more about Jesus Christ, God most High and His character. If you truly/whole heatedly seek Him, He will clear up all you have ever wanted to know about life and more. Here is a few verses that should give you more of a perspective on what it means to really be a true Christian. 34Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: 36"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" 37Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself. 40All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
If you know me, then you know, Christmas actually starts October 31st at my house! I mean that is when I believe you should start listening to your Christmas music at least. Halloween is pointless and Thanksgiving is just the opening feast to Christmas... people. LOL!! At least that is my opinion. Every year after Thanksgiving dinner at my grandma's house, we used to put up the Christmas tree. It became a family tradition. Now I have adopted a new tradition.... start decorating for Christmas the beginning of November! Start celebrating the arival of our Saviour. Celebrate for 2 full months. At least you will be able to enjoy the decorations that are going to take you so long to put up anyway. What?? You want to just turn right back around and have to take them down again?? Come on!! I am ready for the joy and good will and love to be here! To see the excitment the children get over putting up the tree, decorating, giving and getting of gifts. And most importantly explaining to them the true reason behind the season.... Jesus and His love for us! He should be your focus every Christmas, and always. Anyway in saying all this, the countdown to Christmas is on and will remain on all year long!
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The Bible, Theology, Apologetics, Philosophy, Science, Chess, Music, UFC, Weight Lifting, Games etc..
How To Understand the Bible
The Wesley Bible by Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990 Readers of the Bible soon discover that some passages need to be explained. We shall become better informed and more satisfied Bible Christians if we recognize the principles by which the Bible is usually interpreted. The guidelines below are generally accepted principles of Bible interpretation, arranged in order of importance.
1. Take the plain sense of the words. The Bible was written to be understood by regular readers. Most of the time the important meanings of Scripture are clear.
2. Interpret the meaning consistently with the context. In any writing, some sentences will be misunderstood if read by themselves. But when read as part of the whole paragraph or longer section, the intended meaning of the writer becomes clear.
3. Explain Scriptures by Scripture. In Matthew 13:3-8 Jesus told the parable of the sower. In 13:18-23 He carefully explained the meaning of His story. In other places the meaning of a passage will be supported by other passages that deal with the same subject. In cases like these we feel confident that we have the correct understanding of a difficult passage when the Bible itself affirms our explanation.
4. Interpret occasional problem passages in light of clear and accepted teachings of the whole Bible. We believe that God's revelation of truth is consistent with itself. If some passage seems to contradict a major teaching in Scripture, we assume that we are not understanding the meaning of the passage. We need to look further for an explanation that is consistent with the character of God and with His will for people as revealed in the whole Bible.
5. Not every passage or book presents a full treatment of a subject. Sometimes a single book may emphasize one side of an issue while another book presents the opposing side. Examples would be Job and Proverbs dealing with the issue of material blessings that can be expected when we serve God, or Galatians and James discussing the place of good deeds in the Christian life. such pairs do not demand either - or choices, but help us better understand the full - orbed both - and truths of Scripture.
6. Examine Old Testament ideas in the light of New Testament teaching. Biblical revelation is progressive. God began to reveal Himself in the Old Testament, but He gave us His fullest revelation in Jesus Christ and in the New Testament. This is not to say that New Testament teaching supplants Old Testament truth, or that the New Testament is complete without the Old Testament. It is to say that Old Testament ideas must always be understood in the light of the New.
7. Meanings are often made clearer by knowing the geography, history, literary forms, or customs of Bible times. To know that a denarius was the customary day's wage helps us understand Jesus' economic fairness in the parable of the laborers (Matt 20:1-16).
8. Christian consensus is usually a sound guide. When a majority of devout and informed Bible students agree on the meaning of a passage, their interpretation should usually be accepted as correct. Protestant teaching, however, is committed to the principle that every person who can read the Scriptures for himself can understand their message of the Bible. When the experts disagree, the reader may choose which interpretation to accept, based on the best information known to him.
9. Distinguish between the significant and the less important. If no significant Bible truth is at stake, we may agree to disagree harmoniously on our interpretations. If some significant doctrine is effected, we rely on our best understanding of the whole teaching of Scripture and on the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit.
10. We may not need to know today. We will never know everything about Scripture - or any other area of important truth - and we need not know everything. Enough is clear in the Bible to bring us to Christ and to show His will for us. Therefore, in interpreting an unclear verse we sometimes need to adopt an attitude of suspended judgment. We may admit that we do not know the meaning, or that we are not yet ready to decide among possible interpretations of the passage.
In taking this attitude, there is no weakening of the fabric of Christian truth because no essential teaching stands or falls on or interpretation of any one passage or even of several related passages. If the teaching is Scriptural, it will be supported by further study of the Word. For every passage of uncertain meaning we shall find half a dozen that teach every essential truth clearly.
Yenna's groove
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Nathan's most embarrassing dance art 1
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Baptisms on July 31st 2011
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My folks took all of us to Medieval Times for my daughter's 11 year birthday surprise.
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So Lorie got me this GIANT Valentine's Day card along with some chocolate's and this really cool dog that... we... You will just have to see! Thank you honey! CFS!
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