Another Awesome Bible Study Last Night

Last night at The Gate we had another unbelievable Bible Study. We were studying John Chapters 7 and 8. The Woman Caught In Adultery in Chapter 8 is the story of each of us. Jesus shows so much compassion to a person caught in the act of sin. He doesn't condemn her, but He does tell her to go and sin no longer. To have a Lord that cares that much about us is incredible. This is a story about each of us in that each of us will go through the same thing in the Day of Judgment. We will be standing before God and Christ will tell us, "Don't worry, you're taken care of. You are forgiven. You are perfect in Me!" What a great day that will be.

We had 2 Buddhist students from Nepal attend last night's Bible Study. One of our sisters in Christ is a good friend of theirs and brought them with her. We showed them our love for them and shared with them what it is like to live in a personal relationship with the Creator of the Universe. They heard the Gospel in a loving, compassionate way, and felt our love for God and each other. I pray they will return next week.

My Favorite Photo

I thought I would use Rob's advice in the Blogging 102 by Rob post below and add some pictures to my blog. I added a photo to my profile (not a good photo, but I don't take many pictures of myself). And I added this one. This my favorite picture of my son Matthew on a Take Your Son to Work Day about 8 years ago while I was flying C-5s in the Air Force and living in Dover, Delaware. A full-size version is located here. Link. It got blurry if I tried to make it larger in the blog.



I really touched up the pciture to make it look this way. I would never put my son out there on the windshield! But, please don't tell him that.

Blogging 201 By Rob

Here's the next installment of blogging instruction from Rob, Link. Good advice on posting pictures Rob!

The Guest Speaker List Grows for AXIOM04

I posted earlier about the Illinois Baptist State Association Collegiate Conference called AXIOM04 that my collegiate group is hosting and I will be speaking at on October 8 and 9. The Lord is really beginning to fill out the program. Frist on Friday Night October 8 we will start with a concert by Bebo Norman, Bethany Dillon, and Jason Morant. Bebo is one of Christian music's big stars and Bethany Dillon and Jason Morant are two up and coming worship leaders that are the heir apparrents to David Crowder. Bebo and Bethany will be giving a concert and Jason will lead us the conference in worship after the concert is over. They are touring together and happened to have a concert cancel on them and were unexpectadly available when we asked. I've heard they're unbelievble. We're expecting 350-400 college students for the conference on Saturday and 1500 for the concert on Friday.

The concert is in the evening and just today I heard that George W. Bush will be speaking that afternoon in our church. What an incredible weekend we have lined up. The traffic will be horrible, but I am a Bush fan as are most of my students. God is working in our group and I am excited at what is going on.

Praise God for the work of His Spirit in our lives!

What Could You Do?

Jordon Cooper and Darryl Dash have links to this incredible music video. Link. Makes you think about what is important in life and what we can accomplish.

The Fever is Catching

I like Off Shore Fisherman's post on the DDR. The same thing is happening at my house. My son has gone from being a computer nerd who spends every waking minute on his butt playing Sims 2 to a danceaholic. Its great! My daughter also spends a lot of time dancing. I'm not much of a dancer, but sure have a great time watching them as the music speeds up. The fever is catching!

A Sad Day for Montreal

Will the Montreal Expos be moving to Washington, DC? It looks pretty likely. Here's a story on Yahoo Sports. Link.

I wish the Canadian teams could succeed at a better rate. Several hockey teams have moved from Canada to the US, and now it looks like the Expos will be moving. It was just 3 short years ago when Bud Selig wanted to close down the Twins and Expos franchises. Now the Twins have won the American Leage Central Division the last 2 years. I'll be cheering them on through the World Series unless they play the Cardinals.

I thought the most depressing game in baseball was last summer. I blogged about it here. Link. Basically it was an all Canadian game during interleague play between the Toronto blue Jays ane the Montreal Expos. What was depressing is that it was a home game for Montreal and they were playing it in Puerto Rico. That had to be a slap in the face for all Canadians.

Blogging 102 by Rob

Rob has another good post in his series on blogging. Link. He hasn't been blogging very long, but is doing a great job at it. Keep them coming brother.

The Word on War

I have an unbelievable opportunity to lead a breakout session at the Illinois Baptist State Association's annual Collegiate Conference called AXIOM04. This year's conference theme is "Your Word is Truth". I lead the McKendree College Baptist Collegiate Ministry and I am a retired US Air Force Navigator. So, I guess I am a natural for the breakout session called "The Word on War". I'm not so much concerned about people's opinions on the war in Afghanistan and Iraq, but I am interested in resources others have come across that deals with what the Bible says about war. I have found some solid resources, but am interested in more. Please let me know if any of you brothers and sisters have seen any resources dealing with the Word on War that you can recommend.

Thanks for the help. Your brother in the Lord,

Rick

Blogging 101 by Rob

Rob Williams has a post on Blogging 101, for those of you who are interested in becoming bloggers, or those of you who don't know how to use all the tools. Link. There is always room for more in the blogosphere.