tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200722842011-07-28T15:06:56.409-07:00Brettnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-54450212098230129302009-01-23T12:53:00.000-08:002009-01-23T12:54:22.706-08:00

I am starting a new blog at http://www.otherscentered.com so I will be adding all new posts there.

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I just got back from our Church men's retreat at Skamania Lodge with teachings by Gayle Erwin and it was amazing. There was nothing profound about it, it simply stated the simple message of the Gospels by focusing on the nature of Jesus.We have cartoonized Jesus, God, Satan, Heaven, and Hell so much that Christianity is often not recognized anymore and the true purpose of why Jesus came is not

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-10852558472530800142008-11-08T22:59:00.001-08:002008-11-08T22:59:28.750-08:00

I find it rather disturbing that the America and the rest of the world, are acting like Obama is the President now.  He does not take office until January 20th but that doesn't seem to matter to a lot of people.  I have already read about and heard a call to make him the President earlier than the 20th because we can't wait that long with Bush in the White House.  Things just don't smell right to

Brettnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-5729865467387304422008-11-02T23:04:00.001-08:002008-11-02T23:31:13.464-08:00

Today we went over Matthew 27 and the suffering that Jesus faced on the cross. Our Pastor reminded of us about Hebrews 12:1-4 which says:...let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross,

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Last night was a great Bible study at church. It was a great reminder that God is in complete control and knows exactly what He is doing. We went over Matthew 27 which is about the various trials Jesus went through after being betrayed by Judas, falsely accused by the Jewish leaders, and taken before Pontius Pilate. The end result of these trials resulted in Jesus being severely beaten to the

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-73855779473479505142008-10-28T09:30:00.000-07:002008-10-28T09:35:05.707-07:00

Here is an excerpt from a column written by Hilmar von Campe who, as a young boy, experienced first hand the evil of Hitler and the Nazis.There are various ways to perform an abortion, but abortion is said to be more dangerous than childbirth. In a late-term partial-birth abortion, which is also used for advanced pregnancies, the cervix is dilated to allow passage of a ring forceps. A foot or

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-79623835918642371262008-10-27T21:35:00.000-07:002008-10-27T21:48:11.544-07:00

Our Tax System Explained: Bar Stool EconomicsSuppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.The fifth would pay $1.The sixth would pay $3.The seventh would pay $7.The eighth would pay $12.The ninth would pay $18.The tenth man

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-1724387035785534222008-10-26T22:45:00.001-07:002008-10-26T22:59:59.440-07:00

When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges for Israel. The name of his firstborn was Joel and the name of his second was Abijah, and they served at Beersheba. But his sons did not walk in his ways. They turned aside after dishonest gain and accepted bribes and perverted justice. So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah. They said to him, "You are old,

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-44555129734251037912008-10-09T00:11:00.001-07:002008-10-09T00:29:31.211-07:00

For a while I thought the John McCain that drove Conservatives nuts and called evangelical Christians agents of intolerance had taken captive and replaced with a John McCain that would finally go after Democrats and make efforts to reach out to the people of his own party.Well, the party is over and he keeps missing chance after chance to hit Obama hard. He could go after Obama on his horrible

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-78466930553390887012008-10-05T10:56:00.000-07:002008-10-20T22:28:18.215-07:00

Obama likes to say that this is just a guy who lives in his neighborhood. Obama served on a committee for a foundation that Ayers was in charge of. He worked as a "community organizer" to help advance Ayers' "educational reform" that had the purpose of indoctrinating children to grow up and hate America.He went to a church for 20 years and listened to a "Pastor" spew hatred about America and

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-31354971503533192352008-10-04T11:27:00.001-07:002008-10-04T11:27:12.068-07:00

McCain better start going after Obama hard and let people know about his ties to radicals such as Bill Ayers and corrupt people like Rezko.

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-65695989662803386822008-10-01T01:12:00.000-07:002009-03-11T11:24:39.496-07:00

The last time we heard kids sing about change we got this...

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-2058916995951916472008-09-29T08:33:00.000-07:002008-09-30T23:48:20.057-07:00

This video was removed because of a claim by Warner Music. My hunch is that Google didn't want this on Youtube because they are in the Obama camp.This sums it up nicely in 10 minutes on who is responsible for the problem we are in and why I am greatly concerned about who is "fixing" the problem.I wonder why they would want to take this down. Watch it for yourself. I can't believe what these

Brettnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-24516334987594162572008-09-27T00:43:00.000-07:002008-09-27T00:44:21.690-07:00

I actually heard the post debate discussion before watching the debate and heard a lot of people say that McCain won, Obama won and that they tied. After watching the debate re-run, I think a few things are very clear to anyone who has actually been following this entire campaign from the very beginning what seems like forever ago and even further back when Barack Obama gave his speech 4 years

Brettnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-26387960169003683552008-09-12T22:14:00.001-07:002008-09-12T22:15:01.515-07:00

Sarah Palin is not running to be the President. She was selected to be the Vice President by the real Republican Presidential nominee, John McCain. We don't need to know what Palin's plan for the country is because she will not be running the country. It really cracks me up, yet bugs me at the same time, that they keep comparing Obama to Palin. That is quite telling when it comes to the

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-61050891056801562402008-09-11T17:51:00.001-07:002008-09-11T17:52:40.091-07:00

Dr. Andre Lalonde, executive vice-president of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC), told the Globe and Mail yesterday, "Palin's decision to keep her baby, knowing he would be born with the condition, may inadvertently influence other women who may lack the necessary emotional and financial support to do the same."So, women who decided to give birth to their baby

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-86189685594291757902008-09-07T20:11:00.001-07:002008-09-07T20:22:03.003-07:00

Keep talking Joe Biden because the more you talk, the more you will reveal how insanely irrational and hypocritical your views are.Biden said in an interview with Tom Brokaw:No, what I voted against curtailing the right, criminalizing abortion. I voted against telling everyone else in the country that they have to accept my religiously based view that it's a moment of conception. There is a

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-65143080081355581632008-09-05T22:31:00.001-07:002008-09-05T22:31:14.620-07:00

Last weekend, Michael Moore and some other Liberal loons were quick to say that God was on their side because he was sending a hurricane to possible kill more people in New Orleans and destroy their property in order to spite Republicans who were holding their convention in Minnesota.As it turns out, the hurricane seems to have played to the Republican's favor since it allowed them to hold a

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-68039464916855036252008-09-05T22:15:00.001-07:002008-09-05T22:15:03.283-07:00

This is a very good article by Thomas Sowell about Sarah Palin's apparent lack of foreign policy experience and Joe Biden's apparent abundance of foreign policy experience.  It is a good read.http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell0904408.php3 Blogged with the Flock Browser

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I find it quite timely that Obama appeared on O'Reilly the night after Palin gave her speech to 37 million Americans. He is in complete panic mode now and was forced to go on The Factor. He is in such a downward spiral right now that he actually had to say to O'Reilly that the surge seceded, something that even Katie Couric pleaded with him to admit while on his Eurepean Magic Mystery Tour (as

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Rush Limbaugh made comment today that was revealed tonight to be more true than he probably even knew. Rush said that Barack Obama is half the man that Sarah Palin is. He did not say or mean this in a sexist way. He was making a point that Obama is a lightweight. He is all talk. He sounds good but has nothing while Sarah Palin is tough and has actions to back it up.Barack Obama gave a

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-78341823266910452792008-09-01T22:36:00.001-07:002008-09-01T23:03:33.244-07:00

I keep hearing from people about how this story somehow proves that abstinence only education is to blame for teenage girls getting pregnant. If anything, this girl's pregnancy proves that abstinence does work and if she would have abstained from having sex, she would not be pregnant. Abstinence is 100% guaranteed to keep young girls from getting pregnant and STD free. The problem is not

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-51563769137900974202008-08-30T16:32:00.001-07:002008-08-30T16:33:13.059-07:00

Michael Moore has said that if Hurricane Gustav hits New Orleans on the first day of the GOP convention, it proves there is a god in heaven. Wow. What a great god Michael Moore serves. A god that would send a natural disaster to a city possible causing massive destruction just a few years after Katrina hit just to spite the GOP and their convention to officially nominate their candidate for

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-66658815667848974102008-08-29T23:41:00.001-07:002008-08-29T23:42:50.596-07:00

Like so many people today, I am extremely excited about John McCain's pick for VP. Is it because she is a woman and I really want a woman in the White House? No. If that were the case, I would have voted for Hillary. I am not a Democrat so I don't care about gender, race, ethnicity, etc. I care about character and who the person is.I have not been overly excited about McCain since he won the

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-65503217972248262562008-08-22T08:51:00.001-07:002008-08-22T08:53:00.326-07:00

The Presidential campaign is starting to heat up with all of the new ads. The one thing that is really making angry on the Democratic site is their defense of Barack Obama's position on this bill that would have protected babies who survived an attempted abortion. The evidence is quite clear that he is lying about his claim that he would have supported the Bill if it were the same as the Federal

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-61481017433088934292008-08-18T23:11:00.001-07:002008-08-18T23:14:18.674-07:00

I think that the discussion from Saturday put the entire Presidential campaign into perspective and made the decision that our country faces as clear as it has ever been.Saturday night was disastrous for Barack Obama and was a homerun for John McCain. America has never faced such a crucial Presidential decision in its history, and I say that in light of decisions that pitted George W. Bush

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-6476906785231564852008-08-14T08:59:00.001-07:002008-08-14T08:59:51.239-07:00

Testing to see how this works with Flock's built in blog editor.

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I was having a bad day (or so I thought). Students at school were not overly concerned about their upcoming files. I had a headache and a cough left over from a sinus infection that I contracted 3 weeks ago, and my laptop with all my files decided that it was time to stop living life.I wanted to wake up early that morning before school to read the Bible and pray but I have been very tired

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Today was another very good message at Church. Our Pastor spoke about the calling of Matthew to follow after Jesus and compared Matthew 9:9-12 to Luke 5:27-31 which contain some seemingly small yet very significant differences. The events as told in the book of Matthew are told from his own perspective. In this version of the story, Jesus was passing by and it says that He saw a man named

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Today was a very good teaching to hear at Church. We read the story from Matthew 8:28-34 when Jesus crossed over the Jordan to the land of the Gadarenes. If you don't know the story, these were the descendants of the tribe of Gad who did not cross over the Jordan to settle in the land where the Lord provided but decided to stay on the East Bank. Because of their compromise, we find them in the

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-41757366287290401832008-04-26T16:38:00.000-07:002008-04-26T17:15:08.055-07:00

As I go through my daily life living up here in the beautiful, yet completely insane Pacific Northwest, I have to scratch my head and wonder what is wrong with the world.Today, my family and I went to the outlet mall and as we were walking around, we saw something that is becoming more and more prevalent. A woman had a baby stroller with her as she was walking around. It is always fun and

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-71201816534734880872008-04-21T22:06:00.000-07:002008-04-21T22:39:41.589-07:00

I saw a movie that is very funny if you realize what it's intended purpose was. Idiocracy, by Mike Judge the creator of Beavis and Butthead, gives us a glimpse of what the future would be like if all the smart people in the world went extinct and morons ruled the country. The basic plot of the movie is that smart people didn't reproduce at the same rate as the dumb people (sometimes, as we see,

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-1723679189900679132008-03-22T09:41:00.000-07:002008-03-22T10:04:47.777-07:00

The Lord is doing huge works in my life right now starting with those two amazing weeks in February. Throughout all of this, the main message has been clear: Have faith in the Lord, trust in His ways, follow all of His commands and He will take care of us and provide all that we need. Right now He has me in a spot familiar to Peter. In Matthew 14:22-33 we see the story of Peter and Jesus

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As I was praying today, I told God about several things that my heart is desiring lately which include a possible career change and the desire for us to stay in our current home. Right now I teach 45 minutes away from where we live and our house is for sale. The house is probably more than we can afford living on a single teaching salary so our attempt to move is two fold: To get closer to work

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-76136333341742649812008-03-07T15:10:00.000-08:002008-03-07T15:23:39.651-08:00

Psalm 119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. Since our amazing two week experience, my wife and I cannot read enough of the Bible. We used to fill our free time with worthless things like TV shows, mindless surfing on the internet, or going out to places like the mall or bookstores for no real reason. Now, our main desire is to spend as much time in God's

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Well, the crazy two weeks are over and it is a relief in one sense and a huge disappointment in another. Those two weeks were the best two weeks of my life because the Lord basically showed me what it was like to experience His true power. What I learned is that the Lord is real, He is powerful, and He is perfect love. I am not sure how to describe it to anyone who hasn't experienced first

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-49797161886269560952008-02-23T13:22:00.001-08:002008-02-23T13:58:23.175-08:00

I realized now why I had to go through what I went through the past nine years in my walk with the Lord and in my marriage. This morning, the Lord gave me Psalm 27:Psa 27:1 A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?Psa 27:2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-90009242785395522072008-02-19T18:06:00.000-08:002008-02-19T18:31:44.342-08:00

It is amazing how clearly I can hear God now that I am following all the things I need to be doing. Those things mainly consist of tithing faithfully and seeking Him first. I have always known that He says to test Him on the tithe to see if we can out-give Him and the few times that I did test, He did out-give. He didn't out-give by much but it was always more. He did out-give in different

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-72187362679218051342008-02-16T06:14:00.000-08:002008-02-16T07:10:46.237-08:00

I had an idea for how I wanted to write this post. I started writing it but couldn't order my thoughts and couldn't figure out how I was going to express everything that has happened with my wife and me over the past week. After last night, it finally hit me. The Lord does not want me to tell all the details because they are not meant for everyone. What He wants me to share starts off with a

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-50826554429164189442008-01-23T09:34:00.001-08:002008-01-23T09:38:54.504-08:00

It blows me away how ignorant so many Churches and Christians are concerning things that the Bible explicitly tells us to not be ignorant of. In this case, I am specifically speaking of why we are no longer under the Old Testament Law. The book of Romans makes it painstakingly clear why this is yet so many still are ignorant.First of all, Jesus said in Matthew 5:17 Do not think that I have come

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-53174662097125554622008-01-17T19:57:00.000-08:002008-01-17T20:36:06.799-08:00

This year started off looking very promising with our math department and our school overall but that promise has turned into the same frustration that I have had every year as a teacher. We made several changes in our school which focused on collaboration within each department to establish clear objectives for teachers and students. This collaboration has now turned into requirements from the

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-38820826290378155052007-10-10T16:46:00.000-07:002007-10-10T16:59:28.403-07:00

As I listen to the debates for President from both sides, one thing is made very clear. The Democrats sound like they are running for Senior Class President and the Republicans sound like they are running to be President of the most powerful nation on Earth. The Democrats refuse to address questions and talk about silly issues. They talk a lot but rarely ever say anything while the Republican

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-72906383048276871142007-09-03T17:46:00.000-07:002007-09-03T21:09:11.497-07:00

There is a little sarcasm in my title but I actually do love my two children very much and wouldn't trade anything to go back to a life without them. They bring far more joy to my life than they do stress and frustration but they definitely have their moments. This weekend included some of each. We went camping along the coast and the weekend was great. We decided to come home last night

Brettnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-75771251337647029812007-08-31T08:23:00.000-07:002007-08-31T08:48:23.362-07:00

It is really amazing how rampant perversion, mainly sexual, is in among the elected leaders in our Government, both local, state and national. Mitt Romney rightly described the ordeal with Larry Craig as "disgusting" but was criticized for being too harsh in his language by the media. Disgusting is a good word but I am not sure if that even describes it completely. Larry Craig is married to a

Brettnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-57886703991148282702007-08-23T08:39:00.000-07:002007-08-23T09:54:24.727-07:00

Our Wednesday night service focused on Joel Chapter 3 and it's New Testament parallel passage in Matthew 25. It is a reference to the Day of the Lord and God's judgement during the end times when He will bring the Jews back to their land and gather the nations of the world for their final judgement.Joel 3:1-17 says:1 “For behold, in those days and at that time,When I bring back the captives of

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-87800487595033164682007-08-22T15:51:00.000-07:002007-08-22T22:07:33.861-07:00

I saw that Hillary's official Blog had a post on Global Warming and what she was going to do to help save the world from this evil that threatens humanity. I also found an interesting article from Spiegel Online regarding the CO2 produced by Moose flatulence so I asked Hillary in a comment:What is Senator Clinton's plan regarding the recently reported Spiegel Online article on the Moose

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-36907434613180127462007-08-09T10:52:00.000-07:002007-08-09T12:24:37.334-07:00

If you haven't ever read the Proverbs 31 description of a virtuous woman, specifically a wife and mother, you should. It is completely the opposite of what the feminist movement born in the 60's considers what a woman should be. According to feminism, women should be treated just like men. They are no different than men. The ideal model of feminism was Eleanor Roosevelt. Today, many people

Brettnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-1148999646069051412007-08-08T11:04:00.000-07:002007-08-08T11:05:17.204-07:00

Here are the top 5 things we tell our kids that I really don't understand why.5. Don't throw rocks into the lake!What is wrong with throwing rocks into a large body of water? People tell their kids this all the time but what is the point of a lake other than to throw rocks in. (I know, there are lots of other things a lake is good for but you get my point. It is fun to watch rocks spash)4. Don't

Brettnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-91960809586586815902007-08-06T20:45:00.000-07:002007-08-06T20:59:56.142-07:00

When did the world become so overtly insane. Worldnetdaily reported a story about how a Mayor in a Canadian town refused to fly a rainbow colored homosexual pride flag in the town hall. Why on Earth would a town hall fly a homosexual pride flag? Why would a group of people who are characterized by whom they have sex with have their flag represented at the town hall. I am left handed. Does

Bnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-74536040368160335802007-08-04T10:30:00.000-07:002007-08-04T16:25:17.105-07:00

Lately I have heard many people say that Christians and Muslims worship the same God. They make this claim because they do not think about the issue any further than Allah means god in Arabic. Since Allah simply means god this obviously leads one to conclude they are the same. Some will go a little further by saying that Ishmael was a descendant of Abraham and Yahweh is the God of Abraham so

Bnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-57180229967813440432007-08-02T18:34:00.000-07:002007-08-02T18:53:01.700-07:00

I saw several Jesus fish, creation fish, evolution fish, alien fish, and so on during my drive home from work the other day. Out of curiosity, I looked up Darwin fish emblems online to see what they had and I found this gem. One thing about Christians that really cracks me up and makes me throw a backhand to my forehead with a sigh of, "Oh brother", is when they get into these silly duels with

Bnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-30301538452066133182007-07-31T20:59:00.000-07:002007-07-31T21:04:11.079-07:00

In an interview with the Washington Post, House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said Monday that a strongly positive report on progress on Iraq by Army Gen. David Petraeus likely would split Democrats and that it would be a real big problem for them (Democrats), no question about that.Wow, here you have a leader in the Democratic Party, a Representative, and House Majority Whip, saying that

Bnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-51873347127722905072007-07-30T10:08:00.001-07:002007-07-30T20:13:58.430-07:00

The post I wrote in November on her story as told on the Oprah Show, produced more interest than anything else I have written. Some agreed with me, some disagreed with me, but the ones that caught my attention most were the ones that desired her to burn in Hell for what she did.I just started reading the book "Twelve Ordinary Men" by John McArthur telling about the lives and personalities of the

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1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. 2 For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. 3 I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. 4 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit

Bnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-46700667168378065472007-07-29T20:25:00.000-07:002007-07-29T21:12:20.117-07:00

I recently made an attempt to discuss religion and politics on the Ubuntu Backyard forum. The Backyard was there specifically to discuss topics like this apart from the main technical help forums so I thought the other people there actually might like to debate. I quickly found out that I was a very tiny minority being a Christian and a Conservative. Most of the other people in the forum were

Bnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-42940888683211554882007-07-26T08:58:00.000-07:002007-07-26T09:15:43.511-07:00

One thing that really bothers me is dishonesty in debate. The most guilty party of such dishonesty is the evolution camp. They refuse to respond to the actual points of the debate when it comes to creation vs. evolution. They love to makes charges of stupidity against creationists because they accuse them of not believing in such an obvious thing as evolution.Is this true? Well, yes and no.

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One of the comments from the site that did nothing but quote "fundies" and then comment on them brought the age old challenge for God to prove that He exists. If God is so powerful and real then it shouldn't be too hard for Him to reveal Himself to each person that demands a sign. This brought to mind a little passage found in the book of Matthew, chapter 12 verses 38-42. Jesus is talking to the

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I just checked my visitors and noticed I had a handful that came from an anti-"fundy" site. I am at the bottom regarding my post on the Muslim Cleric praying to open the Texas Congressional session. I really love the comments because these anti-fundies are very funny. They have no clue what is going on and really do believe that Allah and Jehovah are the same. They act like they are so smart

Bnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-47407831642408150692007-05-06T14:20:00.000-07:002007-07-22T10:06:23.283-07:00

I saw this on Worldnetdaily and I don't have a problem with it as long as they remain neutral and give quotes from both sides of the debate. The Way I See It #247 states:"Why in moments of crisis do we ask God for strength and help? As cognitive beings, why would we ask something that may well be a figment of our imaginations for guidance? Why not search inside ourselves for the power to

Bnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-19900350698754399162007-04-08T00:08:00.000-07:002007-04-08T00:11:33.589-07:00

The stupid people at the school district that staged a hostage situation at the hands of "The New Crusaders" inspired some very funny people to create a web page for the newly formed group with the same name. Check out the official website of "The New Crusaders"(Please note, the website is a satire in response to stupid people)

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-13875053152837809512007-04-07T23:48:00.000-07:002007-04-07T23:53:08.005-07:00

I am not one who is easily offended but the fact that a Texas Senator invited a Muslim Imam to open the Texas State Senate is outrageous. We are a nation of Christians who have built our nation on the God of the Bible and this woman invites a man to pray that our nation seek the blessings of Allah, the false Muslim god. This greatly offends me and if our nation continues to seek the blessings

Brettnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-68667131751215271932007-04-01T18:56:00.000-07:002007-04-02T18:40:20.880-07:00

Now that I am getting on the older side of young, I was able to attend the "older" mens retreat up at the mountain top retreat center down in Southern Oregon. It was one of those times when you think God is speaking directly to you because everything that was touched on was exactly what I needed to hear.The main focus of our teaching over the weekend was from 2 Timothy Chapter 2. Nine roles

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-68282302360401195772007-01-21T14:57:00.000-08:002007-01-21T15:45:20.873-08:00

We had a very good teaching today on Ezekiel 28 and the Lords proclamation against the King of Tyre. Ezekiel 28:12-19 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-44171025662447723282007-01-21T11:17:00.000-08:002007-01-21T11:33:07.777-08:00

"when you see these things begin to come to pass, then look up and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh" (Luke 21:28).I am a huge 24 fan and this season has really pulled back all the stops. In the first 4 hours of this day, Muslim terrorists have detonated a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles and have 4 more nukes to set off. The thought of bus bombings and nukes in America is

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-7272384189718378982007-01-12T23:38:00.000-08:002007-01-13T00:11:13.606-08:00

All I can say about this is WOW!If these are the people we put in power of our House and Senate then Lord, please help us! We are in big trouble.At least David Wu with his anti-Klingon bigotry is not representing my district. To any of my siblings in California or Nevada who would dare make fun of me as an Oregonian, all I have to say is Barbara Boxer and Harry Reid:)p.s. I find it very ironic

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-9658309039856033492007-01-04T22:37:00.000-08:002007-01-04T22:42:52.307-08:00

Here is another article that I find very interesting from raptureready.comSeven Major Prophetic Signs of the Second Comingby Jack KelleySixth Annual Year End Update 12-30-06There are seven major prophetic signs of the Second Coming, and for the first time in history all seven are in some stage of fulfillment. As in years past, I'll list the seven with their primary biblical references and offer

Brettnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-65406218406976098532007-01-01T11:40:00.000-08:002007-01-01T12:07:46.554-08:00

I find this article fascinating.Iran website heralding 'Mahdi' by springtimeThe Muslims are awaiting their promised Messiah, the 12th Imam (Click Here for a Brief Description),and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad believes that he will come this year even as early as the coming spring.If you compare the characteristics of the Mahdi with the Antichrist described in the books of Daniel and Revelation it is

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-58938013725696140772006-12-27T10:48:00.000-08:002006-12-27T11:18:24.632-08:00

I had a realization yesterday, the day after Christmas, that the use of the term "Happy Holidays" is both dishonest and disingenuous. Yesterday was also the day that a small number of weird (yes, people have never been to Africa who recognize a holiday created in the 60's that celebrates the ancient traditions of Africa are weird in the same way anyone who celebrates Festivus is weird) people

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-71321624263241035172006-12-23T14:21:00.000-08:002006-12-23T14:47:50.234-08:00

The transition is finally complete. I convinced my wife's aunt to let me tinker with her old system to see if I could make it work a little quicker. She had an old HP Pavillion with a Celeron Processor and 192K of RAM. The old thing was "running" Windows ME and it was basically unusable. You could not do anything when you turned it on because it was couldn't handle everything that was

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-48986694800900584462006-11-23T11:46:00.000-08:002006-11-23T11:49:02.004-08:00

This is taken from Rush Limbaugh's website. I wish this is why we celebrate this day today but I am not so sure about that. We have lost our way as a nation since George Washington gave these words 217 years ago declaring this day as the day we give thanks to our Lord.The George Washington 1789 Thanksgiving proclamation. Here's what George Washington proclaimed in 1789:Whereas it is the duty of

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-88913910682376909252006-11-10T12:05:00.000-08:002006-11-10T23:35:40.422-08:00

I was completely wrong this time. I underestimated the sentiment of voters who were angry with Republicans after the big win of 2004. After a couple of days to reflect, gather my thoughts, and read some analysis of the disastrous day, here is what I have come up with.Weak Republicans lose.If you haven't read Hugh Hewitt's Townhall article, check it out. He convincingly lays out the argument

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My wife told me about the Oprah show today regarding a woman who is now serving jail time for the murder of her baby when she was 15. In short, her story goes as follows. When Jessica was 15, she became pregnant but hid the pregnancy. After giving birth to the baby in the upstairs bathroom of her house she put the baby in the closet. After eating dinner she went back upstairs and stabbed

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Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, And pay attention to the words of my mouth.I wish we could bring the Bible back into our public education system. Our students need to hear words like these. I go insane everyday trying to give instructions to my students because they do not listen to a word I say. They have such a lack of respect for their teachers that they carry on conversations

Brettnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-23229645218085911252006-10-21T16:39:00.000-07:002006-10-22T00:11:30.200-07:00

I heard about this study on the Laura Ingraham show the other day then found it on cnn.com. The headline reads, "Confident students do worse in math; bad news for the U.S." and cites a study from the Brookings Institute (read it here) showing that students who feel less confident about their math skills from nations where math is not made "fun, and relevant" outperform students from other

Welcomenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-3537670550607152342006-10-16T21:42:00.000-07:002006-10-16T21:56:35.660-07:00

I saw this and had to laugh. When will the 50% of voters that vote Liberal Democrat (more like 30% when you take out the dead voters, illegal voters, and multiple voters who all suprisingly vote Democrat) wake up and realize that their side has nothing new or useful to offer this country.There is nothing wrong with Susan Estrich writing a book in response to Ann Coulter's book but come on.

Welcomenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-60394340647103065792006-10-15T21:05:00.000-07:002006-10-15T21:42:33.951-07:00

As I was watching the Dallas Cowboys game last weekend and the Oakland Raiders game tonight I was reminded of why I dislike Randy Moss and Terrell Owens and other like them so much. These guys have incredible God given talent. They have great speed, strength, and agility. All characteristics that make for a great NFL receiver. Both of them have had years of greatness but now, both are having

Welcomenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-75197536182650691442006-10-06T21:34:00.000-07:002006-10-06T21:52:18.675-07:00

The leftwinged Liberals in this country that control the Democratic Party have me so dumbfounded. These people are so insanely stupid that I don't know where to begin when it comes to the idiotic things they say and do. One thing I know for sure is that I hope and pray that come November, we do not wake up with any of those numbskulls in leadership positions.The one thing that does give me this

Welcomenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-90625236605589022432006-10-02T21:46:00.000-07:002006-10-02T21:48:43.657-07:00

Hugh Hewitt aske today what is the cause of all of the violence in our society, specifically the recent school shootings including the most recent shooting in Pennsilvania. From what I heard, most people kept naming the effects such as guns, video games, movies, drugs, and so on rather than the cause.To me, it is pretty clear what is wrong with our society. We have reduced God to one hour on

Welcomenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-58976789470696651142006-10-01T08:41:00.000-07:002006-10-01T08:42:08.457-07:00

As a public school teacher, I hear all the time that the problem with our public schools is that our society does not want to pay enough to fund education. Our schools are performing poorly because they are not getting enough money to fund all their needs. If only they had a little more from tax payers then all would be well. I get so angry when I hear this because I see all of the money wasted

Welcomenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-86127447050660074712006-09-25T22:37:00.000-07:002006-09-25T22:51:16.876-07:00

I just re-watched the Fox News interview with Clinton on youtube.com and decided to post a comment in response to some of the other comments I read. Most of them went something like, "Good job Clinton. Fox News sucks! It is about time someone stood up to them and told the truth!" Well, too bad most, if not all, of what he said was based on Liberal fantasies concocted to rewrite Clinton's

Welcomenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-51891742940893950292006-09-25T16:41:00.000-07:002006-09-25T16:53:22.965-07:00

I did not see the entire interview of Bill Clinton with Chris Wallace but I saw enough to witness the complete patheticness of our former President. This man is the ultimate victim. Everything he said made him out to be the poor little victim of everything and everyone. Whether it be the members of the military who wouldn't do what he wanted, the vast right wing conspiracy which was out to get

Welcomenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-5935195943481116802006-09-23T22:38:00.000-07:002006-09-23T22:40:30.815-07:00

I really hope so. This is a man that that needs to meet with his Creator and enter into his place in Hell. That is pretty much all I have on this one.

Welcomenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-3271855907360626342006-09-17T20:07:00.000-07:002006-09-17T20:32:46.278-07:00

I would say that I am a pretty good person by worldly standards. I can honestly say that I have not done very many things wrong in my life when it comes to acts used to judge whether a person is good or bad. I have never been drunk, I have never been in a fight, I almost got in trouble once in school but the Principal felt that it must be a mistake (and it was) so we just talked, I have never

Welcomenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-11884965552826544132006-09-16T08:57:00.000-07:002006-09-16T09:11:20.834-07:00

Just to show that I am an independant thinker and an equal opportunity critic of both political party, I am taking this time to bash Republicans. The Republicans in the Senate led by McCain, Graham, and Warner are spineless wussies and are putting our country in great danger. Whether it was true or not, the best line from the Path to 911 was Massoud said to Donnie Wahlberg, "Are their any men

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-39937765406060468642006-09-10T22:56:00.000-07:002006-09-10T23:08:49.309-07:00

Now that I have seen part 1 of the ABC movie it makes two things very clear. First, the enemy we face is evil and will not stop until they defeat us or they are destroyed. Second, the members of the Democratic party are a danger to the security of this country and are pathetic cowards. The main focus of this movie is not to smear the Clinton administration, they do a good enough job doing

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-50952541366208692992006-09-08T23:32:00.000-07:002006-09-08T23:57:02.493-07:00

I know, most of you are going to say, "What a stupid question!" It isn't though. We know the threat posed by the crazies we are fighting in the Middle East and preventing attacks from at home. We know that they want to destroy us and that they cannot unless we lose our will to fight. I would wholeheartedly suggest that the greatest threat to our nation are the liberals who have taken over the

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-61898125157084915542006-08-25T08:20:00.000-07:002006-08-25T09:46:19.175-07:00

I recently saw this question posed on a message board and figured I would share my thoughts on here. They came up with things such as his Christian faith, his handling of Iraq, and his various domestic policies. I would say that these are partially true but it goes much deeper.I believe the heart of the hatred for George Bush is moral relativism. The idea of moral relativism most clearly

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-80895730007441749092006-08-24T10:47:00.000-07:002006-08-24T11:20:27.329-07:00

I found this letter that Ari Fleischer wrote in response to Jimmy Carter's interview to Der Spiegel Magazine. I have only seen it from other blogs like extrememortman.com, powerlineblog.com, and theyeshivaworld.com so I will take it a little lightly until I see it from another source. Either way, the letter nails it in response to Jimmy Carter's pathetic interview regardless of whether it was

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-54558602324142790902006-08-21T11:05:00.000-07:002006-08-21T11:52:28.396-07:00

I recently read a letter on the Gold Star Families for Peace site by Ms. Cuniglio titled: Whats Really Happening on the Senate Floor. She starts this letter off withTo all the neo-Christians (who are giving the rest of us a bad name)I stand, transfixed by the idiocy I see taking place on the Senate floor. In a time of war, when so many Americans and innocents are dying daily, at a time of

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Then by all means, go see Snakes on a Plane! This is by far the best movie ever made about poisenous snakes on a plane flying from Hawaii to Los Angeles. It reminded me of an episode of Who's Line is it Anyway where they would ask the audience for a song title, in this case a movie title, and the cast would have to come up with the rest. I can just see it. Alright, lets have a title for a movie

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-57231684731064579792006-08-17T07:27:00.000-07:002006-08-17T07:31:56.807-07:00

We are thinking of getting a yellow lab today. We found a 10 month old male who is a great dog and could pick him up today but we are going to go look at a 3 year old female today just to be sure. We kind of prefer a little older dog so the female is appealing but the 10 month old is such a great dog. Both are being offered by families who cannot keep them so they are great deals. I have

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-1155747957520579422006-08-16T09:45:00.000-07:002006-08-16T10:08:14.223-07:00

I saw this on Worldnetdaily-IL: Obama Warns of Gas Guzzling Cars in Town Hall Meeting and it really cracks me up. I know, I know. I can hear it now. "All you do is bash Democrats!" the left will say. Yeah, I bash Democrats because they are so easy to bash and wrong so often. Does that mean Republicans are not worthy of bashing? No, they have their fair share of patheticness too but I have to

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-1155574394705147352006-08-14T09:14:00.000-07:002006-08-14T20:53:47.820-07:00

In May of 1948, the Jews did something that put a huge damper on the Church's acceptance of "replacement theology". For anyone who doesn't know what replacement theology is, it is the belief that the Jews are no longer God's chosen people. Because they rejected Jesus as the Messiah, God rejected Israel, removed His blessings from them, and replaced the Jews as His chosen people with the Church.

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I found this today on Tammy Bruce's page and is a good list of the facts regarding the current conflict in the Middle East.Courtesy of Janet Levy.Israel and Jerusalem Facts1. Israel became a state in 1312 b.c., two millennia before Islam;2. Arab refugees from Israel began calling themselves "Palestinians" in 1967, two decades after (modern) Israeli statehood;3. After conquering the land in 1272

Brettnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-1155107762954688342006-08-09T00:00:00.000-07:002006-08-14T20:57:00.000-07:00

I noticed that Joseph Lieberman lost his primary to a hardcore lefty in Connecticut. This really shows how far left the Democratic mainstream has become. Lieberman is one of the few intellectually honest Democrats left in power and he is now in danger of being ousted. He is a 3 term Senator from Connecticut and a former Vice Presidential Candidate only two elections ago. Now, because he had

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I have had several comments regarding my view on the pre-tribulation rapture of the church. One of the most common criticisms that keeps coming up is the fact that the teaching of the pre-trib rapture is a new teaching that began in the mid 1800's. One of the names that keeps popping up with this notion along with other attacks on the pre-trib rapture teaching is Dave MacPherson. I don't have

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I posted this last month but I didn't have the visuals to go along wit it. It really drives the point home as to why I really do not get the new "in" fashion known as low cut jeans for women. It amazes me how many girls walk around with low cut jeans that are a size too small causing "muffin top" to hang over the side. This may be the greatest term of the new millennium. We have a society of

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Imagine there's no heavenIt's easy if you tryNo hell below usAbove us only skyImagine all the peopleLiving for today...Imagine there's no countriesIt isn't hard to doNothing to kill or die forAnd no religion tooImagine all the peopleLiving life in peace...You may say I'm a dreamerBut I'm not the only oneI hope someday you'll join usAnd the world will be as oneImagine no possessionsI wonder if you

Brettnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072284.post-1154972616747428892006-08-07T10:43:00.000-07:002006-08-14T20:58:45.220-07:00

I recently heard the question, "If God is omnipresent, does that mean He will be in Hell?" I will have to admit that I have not given this much thought and will not give it much more than I already have. With that being said, my first inclination is that no, God will not be present in Hell. The biggest point of contention in this debate hinges on the meaning of the word present. Some people

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This article on Worldnetdaily is a great example of what "gay marriage" has and will continue to do to the fabric of our society. Anytime this topic is brought up for discussion the proponents always shout out the talking points, "How does homosexual marriage affect your life?" and "How could you deny two people who love each other the right to marry?". They do not discuss the real issues

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