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I'd like to meet:

A man was meant to be doubtful about himself, but undoubting about the Truth.
This has been exactly reversed...Nowadays, the part of a man that he asserts is
exactly the part he ought not to assert - HIMSELF. The part that he doubts is
exactly the part he ought not to doubt - the Divine Reason.
- G.K. Chesterton
In other words, I'm interested in meeting: Believers, skeptics, open-minded
truthseekers, anyone who desires to be more sure of the evidence that supports
Ultimate Reality (Truth) than they are of themselves…
---As we Live, Work and Play, let's remember to Worship in all we do...
It’s a lifestyle. JOHN 4:23-24 ----------------------------------------------
Did your well-designed MySpace page just happen by accident? No more than
a tornado in a junkyard could assemble a Ferrari, right? Yet, many believe that all
the intricacies and symmetry in the universe, and indeed life itself, came into
existence via random chance. Evolutionists are fond of claiming that all Intelligent
Design (I.D.) scientists possess a “religious” bias or are "Christians," even while
refusing to admit that an inherent anti-God bias taints their own “science.” The
videos below address these important issues.
In Video 1, Intelligent Design proponent Dr. Michael J. Behe, (not an adherent to
any religion or Christianity) explains why he has drawn scientific conclusions
that support both I.D. and Creationism. Dr. Behe is a biochemist at Lehigh
University and the author of "Darwin's Black Box."
In Video 2 award-winning journalist, and former atheist, Lee Strobel discusses the
mounting evidence supporting Intelligent Design vs. Evolution.
Are I.D. and Creationism religious and/or falsifiable?

Add to My Profile | More VideosLee Strobel - Evidence Against Evolution

Add to My Profile | More Videos'‘If the solar system was brought about
by an accidental collision, then the appearance of organic life on this planet
was also an accident, and the whole evolution of Man was an accident
too. If so, then all our present thoughts are mere accidents—the
accidental by-product of the movement of atoms. And this holds for
the thoughts of the materialists and astronomers as well as for anyone
else’s. But if their thoughts—i.e. of materialism and astronomy—are merely
accidental by-products, why should we believe them to be true? I see
no reason for believing that one accident should be able to give me
a correct account of all the other accidents. It’s like expecting that the
accidental shape taken by the splash when you upset a milkjug should give
you a correct account of how the jug was made and why it was upset.’
Reference C.S. Lewis (1898–1963), The Business of Heaven, Fount
Paperbacks, U.K., p. 97, 1984.
America Again

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Music:

Audio Adrenaline, BeBe & CeCe Winans, Carman, David Crowder Band, Delirious?, Kirk Franklin, Charlie Hall, Jeremy Camp, Martha Munizzi, Michael W. Smith, Matt Redman, SonicFlood, Steven C. Chapman, Chris Tomlin, Kathy Troccoli, Toby Mac, Darlene Zschech...along w/ just about any musical genre w/ positive content, big band/jazz/hip-hop/funk, etc. that makes me want to get up and DANCE.
Miracle Theater

Movies:

The Patriot, It's a Wonderful Life, La Vita è Bella, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Lord of the Rings, Love Comes Softly, The Passion.

Television:

“If your heart takes more pleasure in reading novels, or watching TV, or going to the movies, or talking to friends, rather than just sitting alone with God and embracing Him, sharing His cares and His burdens, weeping and rejoicing with Him, then how are you going to handle forever and ever in His presence...? You'd be bored to tears in heaven, if you're not ecstatic about God now!” -Keith Green

The Keith Green Story
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Books:

FEATURED BOOK
The Bible, the classics of C.S. Lewis, Francis Schaeffer, G.K. Chesterton, Lee Strobel's The Case for Christ; Dr. Ben Lerner's Body by God, The Maker's Diet by Jordan Rubin, Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural Captivity by Nancy R. Pearcey, Josh McDowell's Evidence that Demands a Verdict; Breaking Through by Wellington Boone; Oswald Chamber's My Utmost For His Highest; Desiring God, John Piper. Contours of a World View, by Holmes; Christian Apologetics, by Geisler; Worldviews in Conflict, by Nash; Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview, by Moreland and Craig. The Federalist Papers: James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay. Latest reads: The Marketing of Evil, The Probability of God, The Great Physician's RX for Health and Wellness; Religion, Reason & Revelation; Think Like Jesus; Symmetry and the Beautiful Universe; I Don't Have Enough Faith to be An Atheist; Why God Won't Go Away: Brain Science and the Biology of Belief.

Heroes:

Jesus, Paul, John the Beloved, C.S. Lewis.
“The heart of Christ became like a reservoir in the midst of mountains. All the tributary streams of iniquity, and every drop of the sins of his people, ran down and gathered into one vast lake, deep as hell, and shoreless as eternity. All these met, as it were, in Christ's heart, and yet he endured them all..."
-Charles Spurgeon
See more Heroes at prisoneralert.com /
persecution.com & woundedwarriorproject

PRAY, Not to Get God to Do Things Your Way, But to Prepare Yourself to Do Things HIS WAY...
Our Founding Fathers – Just a Bunch of
“Irrelevant Dead White Guys?” NOT!!
"I urge you, by all that is dear, by all that is Honorable, by all that is Sacred, not only that ye Pray, but that ye Act."
–John Hancock
"If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; but if we and our posterity neglect its instruction and authority, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us and bury all our glory in profound obscurity."
-Daniel Webster
“To the distinguished character of Patriot, it should be our highest Glory to laud the more distinguished Character of Christian."
-George Washington
"It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here."
-Patrick Henry
"We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We have staked the future of all of our political institutions upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God."
-James Madison
"From the day of the Declaration...they (the American people) were bound by the laws of God, which they all acknowledge as the rules of their conduct…I speak as a man of the world to men of the world; and I say to you, Search the Scriptures! The Bible is the book of all others, to be read at all ages, and in all conditions of human life…."
-John Quincy Adams
"The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind. Where, some say, is the king of America? I'll tell you, friend, He reigns above...Yet that we may not appear to be defective even in earthly honors, let a day be solemnly set apart for proclaiming the charter; let it be placed on the divine law, the Word of God; let a crown be placed thereon."
-Thomas Paine
"We have this day restored the Sovereign to Whom all men ought to be obedient. He reigns in heaven and from the rising to the setting of the sun, let His kingdom come."
-Samuel Adams
"I have carefully examined the evidences of the Christian religion, and if I was sitting as a juror upon its authenticity I would unhesitatingly give my verdict in its favor. I can prove its truth as clearly as any proposition ever submitted to the mind of man.”
-Alexander Hamilton
"God who gave us Life gave us Liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the Gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep forever."
-Thomas Jefferson
"I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth--that God Governs the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?
-Benjamin Franklin
“I desire to bless and praise the name of God most high for appointing me my birth in a land of Gospel Light where the glorious tidings of a Savior and of pardon and salvation through Him have been continually sounding in mine ears.”
-Robert Treat Paine
"Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers."
-John Jay
"Now I will avow, that I believe… that those general Principles of Christianity, are as Eternal and Immutable, as the Existence and Attributes of God; and that those Principles of Liberty, are as unalterable as human Nature and our terrestrial, mundane System."
-John Adams
"If thou wouldst rule well, thou must rule for God, and to do that, thou must be ruled by Him....Those who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants."
-William Penn
"By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion; and all sects and denominations of Christians are placed upon the same equal footing, and are equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty."
-Samuel Chase
"…Under God, we are determined that wherever, whenever, or however we shall be called to make our exit, we will die free men.”
-Josiah Quincy
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Worship Music Connect

"What do I have to do to get your attention?
Take out an ad in the paper?"

God

"Earthlings, don't treat me like an alien."

God

"How can you possibly be a self-made man?
I specifically recall creating you."

God

"Could you imagine the price of air
if it were brought to you by another supplier?"

God
“Used to be if you talked about God, everyone would smile and nod their approval. But whenever you talk about Jesus, sparks fly. Jesus is God with a face. Through Him, God speaks. If God is silent, it's anyone's game. We can speculate all we want and think what we like. But if God speaks, then our opinions don't matter. He's the authority on what He's like and what He wants.”
-Gregory Koukl
"The church has made a fine art of developing this secular conflict of wanting to be independent and free while still wanting to be secure in the faith. Many Christians are so worried about maintaining their freedom in Christ that they forget about the chains of the Gospel. Independent from what? The claims of Christ on your life? We are saved, but we fall short of honoring God by not possessing the mind of Christ." - from "Breaking Through: Taking the Kingdom into the Culture by Out-Serving Others,"
-Dr. Wellington Boone

"Americans have come to tolerate, embrace and even champion many things that would have horrified their parents' generation. The same things that Americans once almost universally abhorred have been packaged, perfumed, gift-wrapped and sold to them as though they had great value. Highly skilled marketers, playing on our deeply felt national values of fairness, generosity and tolerance, have persuaded us to embrace as 'enlightened and noble' that which all previous generations since America's founding regarded as grossly self-destructive -- in a word, evil... Marketing has become the 'art and science' of making evil look good (what was traditionally known as 'temptation') and selling it to the mass market."
-from The Marketing of Evil: How Radicals, Elitists, and Pseudo-Experts Sell Us Corruption Disguised As Freedom, by David Kupelian

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How the First Thanksgiving Came to Be
“Thanksgiving Day is the one holiday that is purely American.” O. Henry
The Pilgrims, Calvinist Protestants who rejected the institutional Church of England, believed that the worship of God must originate freely in the individual soul, under no coercion. The Pilgrims left Plymouth, England, on 6 September 1620, sailing to the New World on the promise of opportunity for religious and civil liberty.
For almost three months, 102 seafarers braved the brutal elements, arriving off what is now the Massachusetts coast. On 11 December, before disembarking at Plymouth Rock, the voyagers signed the Mayflower Compact, America’s original document of civil government predicated on principles of self-government.
Upon landing, the Pilgrims conducted a prayer service and quickly turned to building shelters. Malnutrition and illness during the ensuing New England winter killed off nearly half their number. Through prayer and hard work, with the assistance of their Wampanoag Indian friends, the Pilgrims reaped a rich harvest in the summer of 1621, the bounty of which they shared. The celebration incorporated feasting and games, which remain holiday traditions.
Such ready abundance soon waned, however. Under demands from investors funding their endeavor, the Pilgrims had acquiesced to a disastrous arrangement holding all crops and property in common, in order to return an agreed-to half of their produce to their overseas backers. (These financiers insisted they could not trust faraway freeholders to split the colony’s profits honestly.) Within two years, Plymouth was in imperiled by the specter of famine, blight and drought.
Governor William Bradford’s record of the history of the colony describes 1623 as a period of arduous work coupled with “a great drought... without any rain and with great heat for the most part,” lasting from spring until midsummer. Both the Plymouth settlers and their Wampanoag friends saw their carefully cultivated crops withering away.
The Pilgrims soon thereafter thought better of relying solely on the physical realm, setting “a solemn day of humiliation, to seek the Lord by humble and fervent prayer, in this great distress.” In affirmation of their faith, and providing a great witness to their Indian co-laborers, by evening of that day the skies became overcast and gentle rains fell, restoring the yield of the fields. Governor Bradford noted, “And afterwards the Lord sent to them such seasonable showers, with interchange of fair warm weather as, through His blessing caused a fruitful and liberal harvest, to their no small comfort and rejoicing. For which mercy, in time convenient, they also set apart a day of thanksgiving.”
Winslow noted the Pilgrims’ reaction as believing “it would be great ingratitude, if secretly we should smother up the same, or content ourselves with private thanksgiving for that, which by private prayer could not be obtained. And therefore another solemn day was set apart and appointed for that end; wherein we returned glory, honor, and praise, with all thankfulness, to our good God, which dealt so graciously with us...” This was the original American Thanksgiving Day, centered not on harvest feasting (as in 1621) but on gathering together to publicly recognize the favor and provision of Almighty God.
Bradford’s diary recounts how the colonists repented of their financial folly under sway of their financiers: “At length, after much debate of things, the Governor (with the advice of the chiefest amongst them) gave way that they should set corn every man for his own particular, and in that regard trust to themselves; in all other things to go in the general way as before. And so assigned to every family a parcel of land, according to the proportion of their number.”
By the mid-17th century, autumnal Thanksgivings were common throughout New England; observance of Thanksgiving Festivals spread to other colonies during the American Revolution. At other junctures of “great distress” or miraculous intervention, colonial leaders called their countrymen to offer prayerful thanks to God. The Continental Congresses, cognizant of the need for a warring country’s continuing grateful entreaties to God, proclaimed yearly Thanksgiving days during the Revolutionary War, from 1777 to 1783.
In 1789, after adopting the Bill of Rights to the Constitution, among the first official acts of Congress was approving a motion for proclamation of a national day of thanksgiving, recommending that citizens gather together and give thanks to God for their new nation’s blessings. Presidents George Washington, John Adams and James Madison followed the custom of declaring national days of thanks, though it was not officially declared again until another moment of national peril, when during the War Between the States Abraham Lincoln invited “the whole American people” to observe “a day of thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent Father... with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience.” In 1941, Congress set permanently November’s fourth Thursday as our official national Thanksgiving.