tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-354419792011-07-15T17:24:03.943-04:00"As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another." ~Proverbs 27:17. I believe that Christians should all work to support one another, and I pray this blog provides a way for those of us in the faith to talk, laugh, and live. Christianity is fun, and I hope this will be an enjoyable place for all of us...Chris Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00989143017832951701noreply@blogger.comBlogger241100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35441979.post-69143851398709576842008-04-07T08:21:00.002-04:002008-04-07T10:52:30.784-04:00

You're probably asking yourself what's up with the picture for today's post. Well not only does it touch on today's topic, but I think it's pretty hilarious: when I think of reggae, I don't immediately think of reggae from Finland...but to each their own, I guess.I was telling my wife the other day that the topics of Kindness, Goodness, and Gentleness are probably the three most difficult for me

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I definitely admit that I had to use Google to find a song with "Kindness" in the title; and the search turned up this song by Dialated Peoples...now that's a group I haven't heard from in quite awhile. Anyway, back on topic: What is kindness and how does it apply to each one of us? The Dictionary defines kindness as, "the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic;

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Anyone noticing how I've been using song titles/lyrics for my Fruit of the Spirit posts? It's kinda fun to do :) So yes, today we're continuing with our look at the Fruit of the Spirit with Patience: easily the most difficult next to love, in my opinion.I don't know what it is, but I can't stand waiting in lines...it gives me fits, particularly at the grocery store or WalMart. Usually it's due

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Whooooa, man...we're gonna, like, continue on the topic of the Fruit of the Spirit from Galatians 5:22-23. Today's totally far-out topic is Peace, man...Ok, so I'm not going to talk like a hippie throughout this entire post (Thank God, right?)...but the funny thing is, whenever I think of peace, the first thing I think of is a hippie. When you look up peace, you get the typical definitions:

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Today we have another entry about a popular hymn, "It is Well with my Soul."Like I said before, I grew up in a church where we sang a lot of hymns and this was one of them. It was one of those songs where I'd sing it but never bothered to focus on what I was singing because, admittedly, it's a little difficult due to the wording. At their concert in February, Selah gave the background of this

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Remember that old Sunday School song?I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart.Where? Down in my heart!Where? Down in my heart!I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart,down in my heart down in my heart to stay.Good stuff! Today's topic, continuing on the Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) is Joy. The dictionary defines joy as, "the emotion of great delight or happiness caused

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"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. " ~ Galatians 5:22-23After just chowing down on some chunky, unsalted organic peanut butter with raisins, I was thinking, "I would love to eat an orange right now." That stuff makes your mouth DRY! By anyhoo, it got me to thinking about

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I grew up in a church where we sang at least one hymn in every service...now I'm the first to admit that hymns can get a little dry from time to time or just plain weird (See: "God of Earth and Outer Space")...but now that I'm a little older and have some semblance of intelligence, I think about those old hymns and I realize that they were pretty awesome. Sometimes we sing hymns and immediately

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I remember some years ago, Patsy Clairmont came out with a book called "God Uses Cracked Pots," which apparently was full of funny quips about God and life (I don't know, I've never read it). I always liked the title of that book, because in a metaphorical sense, it's definitely true. When my fiance and I went on our first date, we went to see the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit here in town, which

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As of right now, my beloved New York Yankees are 1 win away from clinching a spot in the playoffs! Yeaaaah boyyy. Now if only we could get the one lousy win already, sheesh! I'll tell ya, I didn't think we'd pick it up the way we have: we were playing really lousy for a good portion of the season, and it didn't help that none of our pitching was healthy. Hopefully we'll kick it up a notch

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It's hard to believe that it's been six years since the terrorist events of 9/11. Six years! September 11, 2001 was a day that had a tremendous impact on my life and on the lives of millions: I remember going to New York to see ground zero a couple weeks after 9/11...I'll never forget that horrible, putrid smell, or how solemn the lively city of New York became. I remember how patriotic and

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Ah, Hulk Hogan...probably one of my favorite entertainmaint figures of all time (sad, I know). My fiance and I love watching Hogan Knows Best on VH-1; it cracks me up...so I decided to look up his entry on Wikipedia, which was interesting. I used to be a big wrestling fan growing up - yes, I knew it was fake - and Hulk Hogan was ALWAYS my favorite. I haven't watched wrestling in a few years now

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In an effort to make this a fairly well-rounded blog (and since I love music) I decided to post my own mini reviews of some recent releases. I'm also definitely open to any suggestions readers might have about music I should check out too, so let me know!* Todd Agnew - "Better Questions": I got the opportunity to see Todd Agnew in concert this summer and I was already a fan of his music. It's not

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Our Sunday School class recently started a new series on the prophet Jeremiah. Our teacher asked the group, "So what can you all tell me about Jeremiah?" The answer was a resounding, "Ummmmmm...." Yeah, I felt kinda bad...grew up in church, I've read a lot of the Bible, and yet I couldn't come up with a single thing about Jeremiah besides that dumb "Jeremiah was a bullfrog" song :-O Fear not,

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Hey hey hey everyone! Yes, I know it's taken forever for me to post something on here; I admit it's gone by the wayside, but things have been quite busy for me. Soooooo here's an update:In February I got engaged to Rebekah and we'll be married October 21st...we're excited! We'll be taking a week-long honeymoon to Venice, Italy, which is VERY exciting.I graduated with my Masters Degree from UNC

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Hey there readers! On behalf of all the contributors to this blog, I'd like to wish you a very Happy and Blessed 2007! So for us East Coasters, this new year is only about an hour and 15 minutes hold, and here I am blogging. Well I am honestly trying to make an effort to post more regularly here. And I also ask that those who read this blog try to spread the word about it. Again, it's not

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The above photos are of the Cross Movement and Third Day, a Christian rap group and rock group, respectively. Now why am I posting on this? Well it's simple: there are a number of people who do not recognize groups like these as valid means for spreading the Gospel. Some go as far as calling rap and rock the "Devil's Music." Now I do agree there's some so-called Christian bands out there

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First of all, I hope everyone had a truly blessed Christmas this year and I hope the blessing of Christ's birth resounds in us year-round.This Christmas I felt led of the Lord to sponsor a needy family during the holidays, so I contacted my church and they gave me the information for a family that had no money for Christmas gifts. So my mother, girlfriend, and I got together and bought them a

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This past Sunday, we visited Calvary Church here in Charlotte; and the pastor, Dr. John Munro, gave an interesting sermon about why the world is the way it is when God is supposed to be so good and loving. He basically covered two basic truths:1) God is soverign - meaning He does what pleases Him...after all, He did create the universe right? Daniel 4:35&37 say, "He does as He pleases with the

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John 15:13 (New International Version)13Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends."Laying down your life" for your friends could be something as simple as putting their needs before yours. It could mean putting your problems aside to help someone else deal with theirs. It could mean lifting someone up in prayer when you feel like you're the one who needs it the

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Yup, that's dictionary.com's definition of trust. And even better, the example it gives does all the work for me: "God is my trust." Awesome! Proverbs 16:25 says, "There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death." Wow...that's heavy stuff...but it's oh-so-true. How often in our lives have we said "I wish I didn't do that"? Too many times, in my experience. So why

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From Chris: Whaddup everyone! I'm working on getting others to contribute entries to this blog so you all won't get bored with me blabbering all the time ;) So here's our first contribution from my buddy Shantryce...y'all make her feel welcome:Hi, I know the people here don't know me but I'm Shantryce E., Shanny Shan, I would first like to say hi! This is my first time doing a blog so please,

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This Sunday Bekah and I traveled down to Lexington, SC to see Jeremy Camp in concert. It was awesome to finally get to see him because he cancelled his performance at Sonfest due to personal reasons. When I got the tickets in the mail, I found out it was an Unplugged performance and not his usual rock show. I was down with that, because his Live Unplugged CD is very cool. The drive was not

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Hey all,Welcome to my new blog! I'm gonna try my very best to update it regularly and post things that are - in my opinion - insightful, thought-provoking, and fun. I absolutely encourage commenting, but please keep it clean, polite, and civil. Remember the golden rule...if you don't know it, read Matthew 7:12! Our faith is something we shouldn't keep to ourselves, and our walk with the Lord

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