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Sunday, Christmas, and the Church

These two news reports just go to show the sad state of "the church" in America:

With Christmas falling on a Sunday, some churches break from tradition
Some churches to shut doors Christmas Day

What's more important: Santa or The One True Living God? Presents or Worship? Gifts or Worship? Come on people! Take a break from your self-centeredness for an hour on Christmas morning this year. You claim to be "christian," but you are not Christ-like. If you want to open presents that morning, just wake up a tad earlier. Better yet, why not practice some delayed gratification and open presents after church? Or how about opening them the night before? Think about your answers then tell me if you are a christian or not. Here are some examples:

Oh, we can't open them the night before, Santa hasn't brought them. Ahh, your true self is showing through. Are you teaching your kids the real reason for the season or that Santa brings them presents? What happens when they find out you've been lying to them all their life about Santa? Might they start to not trust other things you say?

We'll get busy with presents and forget church. Set an alarm and put it up and do what is necessary to get to church on time. Stop opening presents if you have to. Tell you kids to put them away…they'll be there when you return.

The kids can't wait. What's more important…God or worldly things?

Christians in America, we all need to step back, evaluate our lives, read the Bible, and decide are we "Christian" or are we truly Christians!?!?! Being a Christian is more than getting up and going to church on Sunday. Heck, its even more than going to church 3 times a week, being chairman of the deacons, and a Sunday School teacher! Christians were first called Christians because they were Christ-like. Is your life truly reflective of Christ? What does your Bible say about gathering together:

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching

—Hebrews 10:25

 

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Christmas Cards

Cyndi and I have made our own Christmas Cards every year. I have decided to put them up on the Internet for anyone else who wants to use them. Eventually, they will be available in our online store. They are all copyright by Christian Computer Solutions; however, you are free to use them under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License.

Wise Men Still Seek Him
Wishing You A Merry Christmas
Christmas Reminds Us That God Keeps His Promises
Each Year We Gather To Celebrate

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License.

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Deer

Just wanted to let everyone know that I did go deer hunting last week and I did harvest. I expect to have pictures posted soon. Also, my cousin, Adam, also harvested. I'll post pictures of his deer too. Good luck to everyone else in the woods! Stay safe!

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Work In Key West

Want to volunteer to do some work somewhere? Check out Key West. Here is an e-mail request I received from 5th St. Baptist Church:

KEY WEST, FLORIDA

Fifth Street Baptist Church
1311 Fifth Street
Dr. Charles Owens, Pastor
Project Coordinator Jacques (Jack) Dietz
Phone 305-296-2832 Church 305-294-2255

8 Camper sites Full 50 and 30 amps, Sewer and water, Cable TV, Wireless internet, WIFI Can sleep in Air Condition class rooms. Restrooms and shower. Washer and Dryer.

Roofer
Tear off hot tar and gravel roof 4-12 pitch. Two story. Replace plywood if needed. Replace facia if needed. Install felt paper.

Tear out crew
Remove old drywall. Remove floor tile (Asphalt).

Electrician / Air condition
Replace receptacles. Wire air conditioners. Install new split systems. Run some inside conduit, pull wire.

Carpenter
Hang drywall. Install new base cabinets. Hang new doors. Paint, Replace windows.

If you can help, call the contact information at the top!

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Disaster Relief Movie — Key West Oct 2005

I finally have my movie of our disaster relief trip complete. The video itself is 5 min and 10 sec. long. It has music, so make sure you have your speakers on. I don’t have a streaming media server, so you’ll have to download the video to your hard drive before you play it.

Please note that I have compressed the video with the Divx compressor. If the video doesn’t play, you will have to download and install the plugin. You can do that from here. I would recommend NOT giving them your e-mail address in step 1, unchecking the I would like to get updates, and choosing the DivX play bundle only. If you have any questions, you can send me an e-mail (my information can be found here.).

2005 SBCV Disaster Relief Trip to Key West — low quality — 6 Mb
2005 SBCV Disaster Relief Trip to Key West — high quality — 10 Mb
2005 SBCV Disaster Relief Trip to Key West — very high quality — 38 Mb
2005 SBCV Disaster Relief Trip to Key West — encoded to upload to google — 116 Mb

Please note that the very high quality video is hosted on another site because I didn’t have enough sace on my primary host. The speed will be slower, so be patient if you download it.

If you want to request a higher quality download, just send me an e-mail (my information can be found here.).

Update — I have posted a torrent to the high quality version. If you don’t know what a torrent is, don’t worry about it right now. I’ll post some instructions later to help you out. If you are the currious adventurous sort, go visit the Bittorrent Homepage.

[Update 2012-12-26 07:27:42] The links to the media needed redone.  They are fixed.  I don’t see any need to have a torrent for a 30MB file in today’s world so I removed it.  Heck, I haven’t seeded the file in so long I doubt it would work even if I had it up.  I also added a version that I encoded to upload to google video, back in the day.

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Indians to Christians — Convert or be Burnt girls shot near church

Radicals threaten to burn Christians to death

Warn of consequences if they don't reconvert to Hinduism by Sunday
Posted: November 17, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern

© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com

More than 60 Christian converts in northern India will be burned to death if they refuse to return to Hinduism by Sunday, a group of extremists has warned. To my Indian Brothers and Sisters: I'm praying for you. Let your light shine and allow others to see God in your life

WND is reporting that a group of 60 Christians will be burnt to death unless they "reconvert" to Hinduism.

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