Gideon

     Has anyone reading this lost a house yet or had a car repossesed, or lost a job? These are difficult times and they may get much worse before they get better. Even those of us that follow Christ and make an honest attempt to be in Christ every day of our lives may find ourselves in serious trouble at some point in the near future. I just wanted to give a note of encouragement to anyone that is being hit by these times and let you know that the Lord does love you and will sustain you... Read Full Story

According to a news article at:http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN0741602120080707, some liberals are calling for expanded energy exploration. Well Hallelujah!! This should have happened right after the oil crises of the 70's. We here in the U.S. have more complacency than any other nation. We think we are invincible and that no other nation can take us down. Well think again! We are coming very close to being on our knees because of the current oil crisis. This should have... Read Full Story

How many people know what I mean by a "seeker friendly church?" Is it wrong to use the things of man to bring people into a church, then preach the gospel and give an altar call? I have heard of some unusual ways of getting people to hear the Word such as a paint ball ministry and playing hard rock music to attract the people that enjoy that type of music. How do we know when the methods used to attract new people into our church have crossed God's line? I think that when we use methods that... Read Full Story

Barack Obama has made a video which you can see at:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl32Y7wDVDs. This video leaves me with a lot of questions. Obama says that as president he will end the war in Iraq. How will he do that? Will he just tell our troops not to fight unless fired upon first and then simply pull them out leaving Iraq essentially defenseless? Will he stop all offensives currently being done? He says he will cut ten's of billions of dollars in wasteful spending. What does he consider... Read Full Story

28 year old Lisa Stevens was married today in Bremerton Washington. She is a patient in the Intensive Care Unit at Harrison Medical Center and has terminal cancer. Doctors say she has only days to live. As if her medical problems aren't enough the power went out at the County Auditor's office however officials stayed until at least 10pm to get the marriage license paperwork completed. The hospital decorated the ICU and gave the bride a special quilt, flowers and sparkling grape juice to... Read Full Story

Who hasn’t heard about global warming and the catastrophic effects that are supposed to bring about the end of civilization as we know it? I certainly have and I started wondering about the other side of the argument. Al Gore made his video, “An Inconvenient Truth” very well known and the media was a huge help in that effort. Why haven’t we heard anything in the news about dissenting opinions? I think the media doesn’t want to listen to or broadcast anything that goes against the politically... Read Full Story

I just read a news story about a 5 year old boy who may have Asperger's Syndrome (a high functioning type of autism). This little boy, Alex Barton, was voted out of his kindergarten class after his teacher had him come to the front of the room and asked every other student why they didn't like him. The teacher then had each student vote as to whether or not Alex should remain as part of the class. They voted him out. What kind of values is this going to teach the children in that classroom... Read Full Story

I saw a TV news article the other day about families who have children that need special treatments requiring genetic material such as stem cells, these families are having other children that will supply the needed material. The article was actually about the UK having passed a law allowing this to happen. I have a son and wouldn't want him to have any disease or condition but if he did I can't say I would have another child to supply what is needed. According to New Scientist (http://www... Read Full Story

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I need to clarify my position related to the first post in my page. I still believe what I said but I left a very important point unsaid. As Christians, the love of Jesus must be prevalent in everything we do. That means that we treat everyone according to what Jesus said in Matt 22:39, "And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." (KJV) It is possible to love your neighbour regardless of their lifestyle, their beliefs or even in spite of how they treat you. The... Read Full Story