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10.11.2001
Here is a really neato interactive Bible history timeline.



10.10.2001
OH WOW. This is fascinating. DeadYetLiving has a discussion thread about the "sinner's prayer" that you should really check out. It started with this article from the Chicago Church of Christ.

I'll be reading this all afternoon.




10.9.2001
Don't get me wrong...I think that Bush is doing a great job with this whole terrorist thing and all, but you have to admit that he's not the most eloquentest of world leaders.



Ummm...Yea. I need to give my props to the boys and girls at DeadYetLiving for my tagline. I used it a few weeks ago, and it's really stuck with me. Their website has really grown since last spring; you should check it out if it's been a while.



10.8.2001
War Prayer, by Mark Twain.



Here's something to reflect upon after Mute Troubadour's "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" post.



After taking all of those personality tests the other day, here's a site full of 'em...emode.com. The one bad thing is that they keep wanting you to send tests to friends and sign up for their newsletter...blaah.



We took the Lord's Supper yesterday at Church. That never gets old or "routine" for me. Regardless of whether you view it as a sacrament or an ordinance, you must admit that it is an ingenious teaching device. I was thinking about it last summer, and noticed that it's observance uses all five senses to show the suffering of Christ.

Sight:
The wine (or watered-down grape juice) looks so much like blood that it's kinda creepy sometimes. I definitely have to stop and consider the blood that Christ shed for me.

Smell/Taste:
Most teaching techniques involve two senses at best: sight and sound. Just the fact that these other senses are being stimulated makes this lesson much more real to our bodies. Also, as I understand it, our olfactory (smell) sensors are very closely linked to our memory [that is why smells always remind you of the past], further ingraining the experience in our mind.

Touch:
Like smell and taste, this sense is rarely used in the learning experience. The sensation of the drink trickling down my throat and the hard, brittle feel of the bread (or stale, unleavened cracker thing) gives me a tactile reminder of the body that was broken for me.

Sound:
When I was first thinking about all five senses, this one was, at first, the hardest, but now, it is the most emotional of them. Some people try to carefully crush the bread in their mouth as quietly as possible, but I purposely make a loud noise. When I hear the crunch reverberate through the sanctuary, it reminds me that Christ was crushed for my sins [see Isaiah 53]. And, in a funny way, the clank of the little glass cups hitting their "holders" in the pew is almost like an "Amen" or "so be it" from the congregation, finalizing the observance.

It really can be an emotional time for me. Jesus knew what He was doing when He commanded us to do this to remember Him.





10.7.2001
Ok. After waaaaay too much work, I think I have the new layout done. let me know what you think.



I was marvelling at Mute Troubadour's page dedicated to Ussama Bin Laden, and I was stricken by the phrase, "All your base are belong to us." I thought I missed something big on the news, so I researched the phrase, and here's the history behind it. Scroll all the way to the bottom of the page; there's some cool gifs.



My body, which harmed no one, lay buried in earth, hidden down in the tomb, so that you might be bright above in the skies, ranking among the angels. --Cynewulf

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