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Oct 21, 2009

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Southern California

United States

Love spending time with my Wife, and family, serving in the Church, working with the youth, and Children. Going on Missions to Mexico, South America, sharing God's incredible love and meeting the sweetest people around the world who's circumstances are so dificult but who glow on the inside with the joy of the Holy Spirit.

Passion of Christ, Nativity, End of Spear, Hiding Place, Luther, Les Miserables, The inn of the sixth happiness,

Worship and contemporary Christian Music, some classical, and Musicals.

Bible- the most influential book in History. written by over 42 authors, over 1500 year period time. No other book has had the impact on the forming of our Nation and culture. Now we are seeing the demise of the America we once knew, why? The Bible is directly responsible for the greatness of our Nation. From the early days of our country the Bible was the central book of all our schools. All of our Ivy League Schools along with many of the major Universities were established for the training and teaching of the Bible for the building up of our culture, our nation, and reaching primitive cultures. Why would we turn our backs to what made us great? The Bible has influenced everything from the making of our laws, our Constitution (which is designed to protect us from tyranny, and protect the under dog), our judicial system, ethics and morality, a systems of trust which is key to marriage, business dealings, medical practice, and the health of society, by effecting the way people are treated and valued. The absence of religious and moral training of our children has lead to chaos, children who have no moral judgment to protect themselves, the loss of freedom, oppression of neighborhoods by gangs, Jail and prisons which are overflowing, and has opened a vacuum for radical religions to take its place which doesnt value life.From our schools, and hospitals, our emergency services, to our philosophy of establishing justice for all, self defense, protecting the innocent, and defending the week, bravery, valor, character qualities, the value of marriage (whos health is reflected in the quality of society), the value of the elderly, children, and the unborn, have all been influenced by and value come from the teaching of the Bible. Even our week ends, our Holidays, (the 4th of July used to be a day of worship and gratitude), weddings and funerals. Freedom is fighting for its life here in America and at the core of the fight is the value of people. Where did the value of people come from? The wonder and awe of the world and universe lead us to believe it made itself? Are we an accident, a blob which appeared out of the sludge (an idea our whole education system and great educators have adopted as true with out one transitional form ever being found), or are we made in the image of God? Do our lives have no true purpose, or are we loved and sought out by the God who has spared nothing to bring us into a communing relationship with him? The Bible teaches how we who have been made in the image of God and are the focus of his love, turned our backs to him inorder to pursue our our own vain passions, God has demonstrated his great love by not leaving man in his fallen state to perish but sent Jesus, God the son to take our place of punishment then rose from the dead on the third day to bring us back into a communing relationship with God who we were made for and who's Joy in knowing is overflowing and full of glory. Jesus, who is the central figure of the Bible and also of world history, said Gods word is more important than bread. We need to repent and return to what made us great as a nation of people and whos light has inspired the hopes of so many around the world.