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Sincerely, Gideon

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About Me


i am a Christian because i am convinced that loving my neighbor as myself is the best way to conduct my life.
i am convinced that having compassion is the best way to live.
i am convinced that the way of Jesus is the best possible way to live.
The reason i believe these things is that it is rooted in profound truths about how the world actually is.
And that is probably because the Dude who lived in the way i try my best to imitate is the same Dude who made the world the way that it is.
i humbly consider myself an artist.
'murder the madman' is a collection of some of my poetry, and it is illustrated by me
i am a photographer
i also dabble a little in other forms of art
i do not claim to do things in the name of God.
i do, however, claim to be relatively in tune with the Character of God and from that i can inductively reason what to do.
And yet, that often conflicts with my ego and thus a battle ensues,
my ego of which sometimes, sadly, overrules.
And that is wrong, but it is the truth.
Jesus Christ is not only my Savior, but He is my Lord and i am His servant.
i find Peace and Joy in suffering because my Lord underwent the most suffering the world has ever known and it did not phase Him in the least.
†††
"A man's heart is like a rose,
And Forgiveness it's only sun.
For any hand, of God or man,
That would cuddle it's bloodstained pedals,
Must first be willingly crucified by it's thorns." "Science is mankind's narrow understanding of the Artful Law of God by which He actively governs the Universe, and yet He is not bound by it." "If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing."
1 Corinthians 13:1-3 "Not every one that saith unto me, 'Lord, Lord', shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?' And then will I profess unto them, 'I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity!'"
Matthew 7:21-23

My Interests

Music:

    Saviour Machine*
    Project 86*
    He Is Legend
    MewithoutYou*
    Underoath*
    Staple*
    Jars of Clay*
    Stavesacre*
    Dead Poetic*
    Disciple*
    Mutemath*
    Maylene and the Sons of Disaster*
    The Glorious Unseen*
    The Chariot*
    Norma Jean*
    Showbread*

    NIN
    Rob Zombie
    Interpol
    Nirvana
    Dream Theater
    Jethro Tull
    Rage Against The Machine
    TOOL
Movies:


    Garden State
    Memento
    Number 23
    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
    Truman Show
    Fight Club
    Across the Universe
    Walk the Line
    SAW
    The Jacket
    Lord of War
    V For Vendetta
    Lady In The Water
    The Island
    Red Dawn
    Chronicles of Narnia
    11:14
    Four Brothers
    300
    Juno
    Dead Poets Society
    Pulp Fiction
    Resivoir Dogs
    Kill Bill
    The Machinist
    Sin City
    Match Point
    The Cell
    Terminator
    Indiana Jones
    Four Feathers
    The Matrix
    Mission Impossible I and III
    Secret Garden
    The Notebook
    Hitch
    Labyrinth
    Butterfly Effect
    The Weatherman
    October Sky
    Chicken Little
    Chumbscrubber

I'd like to meet:

Notable Dudes:

William Blake/ C.S. Lewis/ Brennan Manning/ Eric Clayton/ Andrew Schwab/ Mark Solomon/ Rob Bell/ Dr. Hovind/ Larry Norman

Stuff I Dig:

Art (visual, audible, sensible, tastable, and smellable art), Dancing, Movies, Music, Theater, Shows, Books, The infamous Argfist, Pretty trees, Roofs, Old churches, Trains, Rain, Cemetaries, Sun rises and sun sets, Climbing stuff (especially trees)

Music:


Literature:

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
It's All Downhill From Here
We Caught You Plotting Murder
Do Not Disturb
Simplicity
PO.ET.RY
Gideon's Dawn
Velvet Elvis
The Gutter
Oh the Places You'll Go
Searching For God Knows What
Tartuffe
Screwtape Letters
Songs of Innocence and Experience
Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Paradise Lost
Confessions (Rousseau)
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
Frankenstein
Rant
See a Grown Man Cry Now Watch Him Die

*HM Magazine*

Heroes:

Hero- Someone who fights for a cause, or is noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose, especially one who has risked or sacrificed his or her life. One who performs an extraordinary and praiseworthy deed.

The Almighty Creator of All Existence, the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the Bright Morning Star, the Great I AM, Holy and Eternal God who manifest Himself into a human body, utterly shattering the barrier between God and man:
Jesus Christ,

IESVS NAZARENVS REX IVDAEORVM.

My Blog

Ocean Floor

The ocean floor is a desertHere I stand aloneA melting tower among drifting sandIt's not that I'm drowning butI've finally learned which way is upAnd alien on a distant surfaceI bound for the skyBut a...
Posted by Sincerely, Gideon on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:12:00 PST

Repentance

Salvation does not come from a momentary emotional prayer that one prays It comes by the Grace of God through Faith in Jesus Christ alone And that faith is naturally acted out Day to da...
Posted by Sincerely, Gideon on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:47:00 PST

917

Those hauntingly familiar faded colorsRed, yellow, blue and blackImposed upon a war torn wallWeathered with silent peaceThe tattered image of an ideaLong since thought ofLong since practicedYet it rem...
Posted by Sincerely, Gideon on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:10:00 PST

Malady

In my mindEmpty space congregatesAs all the ameliorationsBegin to separateNot lagging from this endBut creeping upAnd upon us againFace flushed redYou and I! ! ! ! ! ! !It goes deeper than usIn betwee...
Posted by Sincerely, Gideon on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:58:00 PST

Ode To Substitutionary Atonement

I. Thou fresh burdened Lamb of Love Thou cultivated Soil of Humility Shattered Humanity thus evince A grisly tale more wholly than our mind: What blood stained account pierces through Thy frame Of Dea...
Posted by Sincerely, Gideon on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:22:00 PST

Righteousness

cannot be found in myselfin additionthere is nothing contained in me to esteembut God becoming a manto pay the wages of my sinso that i wouldn’t have tonow that is substantial to boast in!sincer...
Posted by Sincerely, Gideon on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:55:00 PST

Brother

I don’t know if you casually casted thatOr if it was intended to pierceSlander from the outside evaporates on the hot steel of my breastplateBut thisThis rapes me from the insideThis twists...
Posted by Sincerely, Gideon on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:38:00 PST

Self-Esteem

A euphemism for pride Self-esteem The very thing that you were told would make you a better person Self Actualization "The achievement of one’s full potential through creativity, independence, s...
Posted by Sincerely, Gideon on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 12:49:00 PST

rock

Check out this video: las vegas local band Hallow ...
Posted by Sincerely, Gideon on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:41:00 PST

This is me

If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.&...
Posted by Sincerely, Gideon on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:20:00 PST