Friday, February 15, 2008
Expelled
PLEASE go to expelledthemovie.com and watch the trailer... I can't wait for this one to come out.
Miracles
For my class with William Dembski, renown as a leader in the intelligent design movement, we have been reading "Miracles" by C.S. Lewis. Up until today this has been a difficult and mostly academic read.
But today we started talking about if Miracles still happen. Well, of course I believe they still happen, but perhaps only intellectually. He showed a video that blew my socks off. It was an interview of a man in his sixties who experienced a miracle. AND, this happened here in DFW, not in the 3rd world like many stories of miracles
His story goes like this: His wife, daughter and granddaughter were driving down I-35 when his wife's heart stopped. The car crossed the median and hit a truck head on at 70 MPH. (They showed pics of the car, it was unrecognizable) The wife and the daughter were killed instantly, but the 3 year old grandbaby was flown to Fort Worth in critical condition. The man, Therman Scrivner (in case you want to google it) walked into the hospital and a nurse said that he shouldn't go in to the room because his granddaughter was very disfigured. He said to her, God IS going to heal her. In the interview he said that God didn't tell him as such, but he was standing on the promise of scripture. The doctors said it would be impossible for her to live. Here is a rundown of her injuries: Her knees were crushed, legs broken in two places, her face was unrecognizable, her brain had disconnected from her eyes and her spine, and she was bleeding from everywhere. Since her brain was disconnected, she was blind, and was on machines to breath.
Well, this man assured everyone that God was going to heal her 100%. He then proceeded to Pray and read scripture over her, and worship and praise God for the next ten hours.
To make a long story short, within 10 months she was completely healed with NO trace of the accident ever happening. The brought her on stage and she had NO Scarring on her face. Therman said that NO surgeries had been performed on her. "Not one knife has touched her..." he said.
The power of faith to heal.... Wow. I checked out his website, and yah, seems kinda wierd and charismatic, but I believe that this happened to this man. I'm not so sure about his "healing seminars" but it's intersting nonetheless.... Ever seen or heard of a Modern day miracle?
Here's the site:
http://www.tlsm.org/index.htm
But today we started talking about if Miracles still happen. Well, of course I believe they still happen, but perhaps only intellectually. He showed a video that blew my socks off. It was an interview of a man in his sixties who experienced a miracle. AND, this happened here in DFW, not in the 3rd world like many stories of miracles
His story goes like this: His wife, daughter and granddaughter were driving down I-35 when his wife's heart stopped. The car crossed the median and hit a truck head on at 70 MPH. (They showed pics of the car, it was unrecognizable) The wife and the daughter were killed instantly, but the 3 year old grandbaby was flown to Fort Worth in critical condition. The man, Therman Scrivner (in case you want to google it) walked into the hospital and a nurse said that he shouldn't go in to the room because his granddaughter was very disfigured. He said to her, God IS going to heal her. In the interview he said that God didn't tell him as such, but he was standing on the promise of scripture. The doctors said it would be impossible for her to live. Here is a rundown of her injuries: Her knees were crushed, legs broken in two places, her face was unrecognizable, her brain had disconnected from her eyes and her spine, and she was bleeding from everywhere. Since her brain was disconnected, she was blind, and was on machines to breath.
Well, this man assured everyone that God was going to heal her 100%. He then proceeded to Pray and read scripture over her, and worship and praise God for the next ten hours.
To make a long story short, within 10 months she was completely healed with NO trace of the accident ever happening. The brought her on stage and she had NO Scarring on her face. Therman said that NO surgeries had been performed on her. "Not one knife has touched her..." he said.
The power of faith to heal.... Wow. I checked out his website, and yah, seems kinda wierd and charismatic, but I believe that this happened to this man. I'm not so sure about his "healing seminars" but it's intersting nonetheless.... Ever seen or heard of a Modern day miracle?
Here's the site:
http://www.tlsm.org/index.htm
Monday, February 11, 2008
30 Things that make me happy (prompted by Amy)
1. When Amy is really excited to see me when I get home from work.
2. Driving away from work at the end of the day.
3. Thanks or encouragement from others, written or verbal.
4. Driving my 38 Chevy.
5. Going to bed on Friday night, knowing tomorrow is Saturday.
6.Losing weight.
7.Hearing from/talking to OU friends.
8.Thinking about future ministry opportunities.
9.Seeing Max, Strap and Kels in the same place at the same time.
10. Eating. (which conflicts with #6)
11. Looking at/talking about old cars with Scott or other car folk.
12.Telling stories about my Dad or my Grandparents.
13.When Amy says she loves me a thousand times a day.
14. Giving Amy gifts.
15. Fixing something broken.
16. Playing Guitar/leading worship.
17. Any of my favorite music LOUD.
18. Comments on my Blog.
19. When Jenny comes to visit.
20. Hanging out in Corpus with the VanDycks.
21. ASU Football, or when any Arizona team wins anything. (rare)
22. Arizona in general.
23. Building/playing with model cars.
24. Shaq getting traded to the Suns.
25. Spending time in the Word.
26. Norman, Ok
27. Going to River when in Norman.
28. Loud exhaust pipes on cool cars.
29. Reminiscing about Project Impact LA (Disneyland especially)
30. Thinking about the Cruise and the possibility of another one next year.
2. Driving away from work at the end of the day.
3. Thanks or encouragement from others, written or verbal.
4. Driving my 38 Chevy.
5. Going to bed on Friday night, knowing tomorrow is Saturday.
6.Losing weight.
7.Hearing from/talking to OU friends.
8.Thinking about future ministry opportunities.
9.Seeing Max, Strap and Kels in the same place at the same time.
10. Eating. (which conflicts with #6)
11. Looking at/talking about old cars with Scott or other car folk.
12.Telling stories about my Dad or my Grandparents.
13.When Amy says she loves me a thousand times a day.
14. Giving Amy gifts.
15. Fixing something broken.
16. Playing Guitar/leading worship.
17. Any of my favorite music LOUD.
18. Comments on my Blog.
19. When Jenny comes to visit.
20. Hanging out in Corpus with the VanDycks.
21. ASU Football, or when any Arizona team wins anything. (rare)
22. Arizona in general.
23. Building/playing with model cars.
24. Shaq getting traded to the Suns.
25. Spending time in the Word.
26. Norman, Ok
27. Going to River when in Norman.
28. Loud exhaust pipes on cool cars.
29. Reminiscing about Project Impact LA (Disneyland especially)
30. Thinking about the Cruise and the possibility of another one next year.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Harold Bullock Conference
Sometimes we don't realize that certain moments were pivotal in our development until much later. I can say that the conference I just attended has the potential to be one of those moments. The reason I said 'potential' is because I need to systematically go through and process all the Areas that the Holy Spirit was challenging me. If I just put my notebook on the shelf, I'll forget it by next week. Harold was telling me that he went to a conference in 1974 that Max Barnett put on. He said that it was the most amazing conference he had been to. He spent many of his free moments going back over the content of the conference. He said it took him 14 years to do it. Wow.
I also want to start a "blogging series" as I unpack the stuff from the conference. I hope that writing about it will aide in processing and applying it to my life.
Just a teaser: To still be walking with Jesus and Making Disciples in 30 years, an MDiv just won't cut it. I need more specific character training. I'm not giving up on Seminary, but there are some opportunites at Hope coming up that will help with this. I'm praying about taking a light load at Southwestern to make time for this training.
On a side note, an Awesome pastor from an Awesome church in California asked if I would come and lead worship and start a college ministry at a nearby campus.... what an honor! I told him that we needed to stay here for now, but to keep me in mind for the future. ..
I also want to start a "blogging series" as I unpack the stuff from the conference. I hope that writing about it will aide in processing and applying it to my life.
Just a teaser: To still be walking with Jesus and Making Disciples in 30 years, an MDiv just won't cut it. I need more specific character training. I'm not giving up on Seminary, but there are some opportunites at Hope coming up that will help with this. I'm praying about taking a light load at Southwestern to make time for this training.
On a side note, an Awesome pastor from an Awesome church in California asked if I would come and lead worship and start a college ministry at a nearby campus.... what an honor! I told him that we needed to stay here for now, but to keep me in mind for the future. ..
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