There’s probably no God

Apparently atheists in London England are unhappy with some recent ads that Christians ran and want to respond with a campaign of their own. The slogan would run on the famous double decker buses with the line “There probably is no god”. 

The first thing I find funny is the use of the word “probably”. The other irony I find in this story is that the common term used by those contemplating suicide is “Catch the bus”.

In light of all of the news and looking at the history of man and the miracle of life and the greatness of the universe, I conclude that not only is there probably a God but there IS a God, and it’s the Christian God. The one who created all things and offers remission for sins through the blood of Jesus Christ at Calvary.

Don’t miss the bus when it comes to God and eternal life.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081028174358.ui5hekmi&show_article=1

Fireproof movie

Over this past weekend I managed to take the family out to see “Fireproof” with Kirk Cameron. Right off the bat I recommend all Christians, especially married Christian couples to see this movie. It’s not hollywood quality but it is very well done. If you saw the movie “Facing the Giants” this movie is by the same people.

The movie is centered around Kirk Cameron’s character Caleb is a firefighter who is in the middle of some heavy duty marriage problems and teetering on divorce. Caleb’s father convinces his son to hold off on the divorce and read through a book he sends him called “The love dare” which is a 40 day program in which you have a set of daily tasks that will help bring you to understand love and marriage by the time you complete it.

Caleb has mixed results initially and keeps speaking to his father who is also a devout Christian whereas Caleb is a believer in God but doesn’t really have any relationship with God beyond that. Without giving much away, Caleb explores his marriage and his faith and learns how the two intertwine and what marriage really means.

We all cried during this movie including my 8 year old daughter whom I think really truly became born again during the watching of this movie. As a person who has been married for over 17 years I can tell you that this film can really help you no matter where you are in your relationship. Even those considering marriage should watch this movie to understand what marriage and love is.

The acting is fairly decent in the movie, Kirk Cameron does a great job looking like a mean jerk. There is some really good humor and this is one movie where someone says you’ll laugh and you’ll cry, is true here.

I wish the movie quality had been a little better. I felt like I was watching a TV movie on the big screen. The sound was not that great and the lips were a little off but that may have been a technical glitch of the theater I was at.

Again, I can’t say this was a great film when comparing it in a film setting, yet all the same it spoke to my faith and was a great movie without being a big budget block buster.

The Karate Kid

Hello readers it’s been a long time since my last post. I wish I could have been more active and I apologize to those that are disappointed but of course this is something I try to do with my free time and lately I haven’t had any. Also life has been very difficult as of late and I haven’t been motivated to do much of anything until this post which sort of relates to me and what God is showing me.

Let’s look at Isaiah 64:8:

But now, O LORD, You are our Father, We are the clay, and You our potter; And all of us are the work of Your hand.

Since there are very few potters and clay that we see today perhaps a more modern spin through the movie “The Karate Kid” will make more sense. Lately I have been going through some trials of my own and while at first glance they do not seem to relate to being molded and brought closer to God I believe that the things we go through are for that very reason.

In the movie the Karate Kid, Daniel Laruso is a young high school kid that moves to a new place and he is immediately attacked by some neighborhood thugs who are adept at the skills of hand to hand combat and give Daniel a good beating. Ironically in their first confrontation these kids are dressed as skeletons, adding a somewhat demonic theme to the scene.

Realizing that he has to face his problems Daniel turns to an unassuming older man that is the maintenance person in his new apartment complex. He finds that this man is highly skilled in the ways of Karate and can teach him what he needs to defend himself.

However Daniel does not get what he bargained for. The older man, Mr.  Myiagi puts Daniel through a series of, what appears to be, menial household chores. Painting fences, sanding deck wood, waxing cars.

Daniel cannot understand why Mr. Myiagi is putting him through such tasks and believes Myiagi is only working from his own selfish purposes and that once he completes working on his tasks then Mr. Myiagi will begin showing him the ways of a martial artist. Daniel lashes out against Myiagi and finally realizes that all he has been doing has been getting him ready as the moves he applied to painting and sanding and waxing had him repeating a variety of Karate moves again and again.

As far as realism in the movie goes I know that the movie is far from reality in this respect but the lesson here is very clear. God deals with us in much the same way. We are the student and he is the teacher. We may not understand why certain trials are put before us but the question is, will we apply our biblical teaching in these trials and let God shape us for the next task? Sometimes God allows us to get beat down so that we will finally cry out “LORD!”.

This is what God wants from us because he knows it works to our benefit. Love isn’t just pampering or being a bystander but a perfecting love. One that allows us to be hurt but learn from and use to bring us closer to God, closer to the truth. Because what happens here on Earth isn’t as important as entering God’s kingdom.

I’ve often heard atheists grumble and complain about how the people that were wiped out in the flood of Noah were killed by an evil God who committed terrible genocide. But God showed me that in the moment of those very people gasping for their last breath they would be given that opportunity to cry out “LORD!”. Just as our trials bring us to our knees so that we can cry out to God and come to know him.

We serve an awesome God. Wax on, wax off.