Which is worse? Carnal expletives, or using God's name in such a way?

Movie Review from Plugged In Online: 

"When I sank into my seat to watch Semi-Pro, I thought I was settling into a typical Will Ferrell-variety PG-13 film (Talladega Nights, Blades of Glory, Anchorman). Within the first two minutes and the first three f-words, I realized that either the rating system had finally crumbled altogether, or Semi-Pro was seriously R-rated.

Before it's over, the f-word tally stands above 20 and the s-word's above 30. (One of the latter expletives is spray-painted in a child's nursery.) Extremely crude words allude to oral sex and are assigned to anatomical features. And mountains of milder swears include "a--," "b--ch" and "d--n."

Characters also abuse God's and Jesus' names with regularity, sometimes pairing them with other curse words."

It breaks my heart to think that there are children of God finding pleasure in such things. 

If you must strive, strive for Jesus.

I love you,

Michael

God is Love

Love one another

For love is of God

He who does not love

Does not know God

Hallelujah

Long time, no post.  Not that I have lost interest, I have just redirected.

I have just completed a study of "Hallelujah".  What a wonderful phrase. 

I think it a matter of the soul.

If you happen to stop by this site and see this, please read Psalms 113 - 118 in their entirety.  Then read Revelation 19, verses 1 - 9.

Then, if you want to, I suggest everyone write their own Psalm.  You can send me yours in a message.  I would like to compile a collection of them and would love to post them all (that is, if I receive any). 

I was thinking about life in general, Jacob specifically, all of my children and their lives, the COUNTLESS blessings in my life (blessed with blessedwithseven) and can't think of a better way to put it - - - Hallelujah. 

The hieroglyphic for "hallel" is like a little guy, standing up with his hands in the air.  It means JUBILATION. 

The rest of the etymology of the word is fascinating, but suffice it to say, please live your live with Hallelujah, Praise to the Lord-type jubilation.

Love,

Mike

If you must strive, strive for Jesus.

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Nineveh, Nahum, Methusalah and me.

It's February already?  Where did January go?  I have been working from home and have only traveled 2 weeks in the past 2 months +, that's quite a nice change of pace.

I really have been so busy trying to work, study, teach, put together a young people's study, organize, build an office building - or some other option - etc. that I lost January.

What happened in Jan?  I got to see James Maudlin.  I got to go within 150 miles of my hometown.  I continued to get paid.  I had my 23rd wedding anniversary (Blessedwithseven will correct me, if I am wrong on the number...).  I rediscovered Paul, Phil and Zeke (at a much different level).  I got to hear Terry Baze.  I came to a new sense of awe over my daughter.  I was elected President of the local Outreach Board of Directors.  I still make kimchi soup fairly regularly.  I called my mom.    I read Nahum.  I have developed a deeper love and appreciation for the Apostle Paul (Acts 16, 16 - 30).

Speaking of Nahum (Philip says "Na-hum, not Ho-hum").  What a book!  Nahum follows Jonah by about 135 years.  Jonah is more about Jonah and repent or be destroyed.  Nahum is more about "you forgot and you are going to be destroyed".  The thing is, about 75 years after Nahum the Medes and the Babylonians attacked Nineveh (within 2 years of each other) and destroyed the city.  Amazing.

I wonder why God spared Nineveh for 75 years?  Maybe there was someone righteous living there.  Maybe someone needed to be born. 

It's kind of like Methuselah dying the same year as the flood.  He was the longest living human being on record (969 years, right?) and the same year he died the flood came.  I like to think that God waited for Methuselah to pass over (Jordan, that is) before he destroyed the earth.

And that make me think.  Do you think God would hold up destruction for you?  (Or me?).  I say he could. I like to think about living a life that would make God want to hold up destroying, say, Nineveh.  What kind of life would that be like?  And, how much different would it be than the life I am living.  HMMMMMMMM?

Live like that.  Everyone will be better off for it.  Love like that, learn like that.  Think like that.  Whether you are 8 or 80 (o.k., tell your 8 year olds, because they are not visiting GBDMan's Xanga). 

And if you must strive, strive for Jesus.

I love you.

Mike

Currently Reading Thompson Chain Reference Bible-KJV see related

The "essential characteristic"

I was thinking about the role God's love plays in our salvation.  It is the essential characteristic.  It is coupled with the blood of Christ and combined the two (inseparable) ingredients equal salvation for all mankind. 

I thought about my 20+ years as a child of God (not that I am 20, I just spent the first 20 some deceived).  In all that time, if I had been keeping score, I can tell you that "ACTS 2 and 38" is beating "JOHN 3 and 16" in a blowout.  Why is that?  Do we want to discount the love of God?  Certainly not.

We don't even need to "be careful" (in my opinion) about talking too much about the LOVE OF GOD.  Afterall, God IS love.  God's love is AGAPE.  Man's love is PHILEO.  The two both translate to "love" but one far exceeds the other.

Knowing that God loves and how God loves is amazing.  God demonstrated his love for us, in that while we were still sinners, he sent his Son to die in our place. (Romans 5 and 8).  As a matter of fact, verses 6 - 11 (if you go and look at Roman's chapter 5) are very meaningful. 

I don't know who you were, before atonement.  I don't know where you came from.  Maybe you were a good person (like Cornelius) or maybe you were a righteous person (like Paul) or maybe you were a scoundrel (like so many of us).  But wherever and whoever you were, just like me, you were separated from God.  And in that place, he loved us (and continues to love) so much, that he made sure we have a way to salvation.

Undoubtedly, God has revealed his plan of salvation.  We must follow God's will in this, as in all things.  But to know that the plan is founded on God's love not only helps us to accept it, but helps us to live in "fellowship with Jesus Christ".

I think we need to live in a way where John 3 and 16 can catch up to Acts 2 and 38.  Afterall, you cannot have salvation with one apart from the other.

I love you.

Mike

If you must strive, strive for Jesus.