Spiritual Sundays

Chew on this: The Second Coming of Christ

Something must be clearly wrong with how we see our God if this is how the majority of Christians think. What is supposed to be the most beautiful day of all to Christians has been used against us to the point where we now live in fear of its arrival.

We have been lied to about God.

I can sit through two hours of Christian television and watch six sermons in a row. Each sermon directly contradicts the others, and no one even questions it. An evangelist will come to our church and preach a sermon on how God will never leave us or forsake us, and sixty seconds later he follows up an insinuation that He just might. We listen to teachings on Gods promises and how they are a free gift, followed by a list of things we must do in order to earn them.

There are between thirty and forty thousand different Christian denominations, each contradicting the others in some way. Logic alone would dictate that it is next to impossible to know God by way of church teachings.

Our religion today reminds me of a group of grandmothers exchanging their latest old wives tales and swearing by them to their dying day. With each generation the tale gets a little more embellished and exaggerated, until finally we are left with a religion that bears no resemblance to the truth and teachings that tell about a God who never existed.

Darin Hufford

The Misunderstood God

I am only into the first part of this book but this page hit me so hard. I have had so many days this year where I leave church confused and frustrated. I’m not saying that I agree with 100% of this authors writing but I truly agree with the last paragraph.

The power in this writing is amazing to me and needs to be taken into consideration. I have always told my friend that I would love to have read the Bible one thousand years ago and then again at its birth because I would bet money that the stories would be slightly different due to the time periods and people in charge.

Don’t get me wrong. I love God and I love going to church but I always wonder what parts have been changed. I also think that there has to be a balance of tribulation and happiness in life or we would never learn Gods lessons but there is a point to what Darin is saying. I have feared the day that Darin is talking about instead of embracing it. It’s time to reboot my thinking.

Preaching in Public Reactions

We had the craziest experience at the DMV last week and its one I’ll never forget. For some reason the line was really long that day. The line of people went out the doors and extended around two corners of the building. Seeing a line like this automatically makes people grumpy here in California because without a line the usual wait is 2 hours.

About 10 minutes into the wait we see this man casually set up a bench stool and stand on it so we could all see him. The man introduced himself and then proceeds to start preaching about God. I do have to say that I like his style. It was not the typical you are all sinners and talk down to the crowd approach. Nope this man had a full on half hour sermon prepared on how the world is headed towards the end of days and I thought it was pretty good.

It was interesting to stand there and watch peoples reactions. A few were quiet, a few of us were ok with it I mean after all we are just standing there doing nothing in line and the rest were just downright angry. I don’t mean mildly angry but furious. Some people were actually talking about getting out of line to go and mess with this man.

Here is the interesting part. Some guy literally pulls out a satanic book. I’m not kidding it was black and had a red satanic symbol on the front and markings and he totally started showing it to all the people around him.

The guy was laughing and saying “Should I go up and show the preacher this” and people were totally supporting him. Now the satan supporter is even more excited about his evil book and showing it to more people. Really you are going to actually show that to us all? I’m also thinking to myself wow these folks will support the guy condoning evil and turn into an angry mob against the guy proposing love and positive change, WTF.

What is wrong with people? If this preacher would have been a comedian no one would have complained at all. I’m not a cram it down your throat believer in God. I feel people should come to God in their own timing not by being harassed but Ill support this message any day. If people would have listened instead of scowling, his message was actually kind of freaky due to all the stats he had put together on the earth’s movements and other things that are going on lately.

This process of preaching and satanic book showing went on for 30 minutes. Maybe people were already agitated due to the long line and might have responded differently in an alternate environment but looking at the majority of individuals who actually wanted to possibly harm this guy was scary.

My reaction is this. I don’t think that preaching to a crowd at the DMV is necessarily the right thing to do but for some reason this preacher felt called to do it. Who knows maybe the man upstairs has sent him on a mission. I think it takes more courage to do what this preacher is doing vs. staying within the safe walls of the church so I just prayed for his safety as he spoke. With the reactions of some of the people in line he is going to need it on his journey.

A Young Pastor Dealing with Brain Cancer

I was listening to past services from our church. During the sermon When God Doesn’t Listen part of the Faith and Prayer series. Larry Osborne talks about Matt Chandler a young pastor from Texas who is dealing with brain cancer. After watching the brief video that our church aired I had to learn more about Matt as he is inspiring.

Matt Chandler is vlogging about his whole experience dealing with this cancer. Vlogs as of March show that he has gone through the surgery and is doing ok. What I like about Matt is that he still has so much fire and during some of his vlogs will read scripture to clarify his thoughts.

I have not viewed all the vlogs yet but I will. I have skipped around his story and so far the most inspiring vlog for me is the second week. In my opinion Matt’s website is one that should be followed especially if you believe in God. Matt’s discussions really prove that God can be showing mercy and grace even in dark times. The problem is we just can’t see it yet but need to have patience and faith in His plan.

There has not been a post since March and I now am anxiously awaiting Matt’s next update. I have prayed for Matt’s healing and was hoping that my readers would too. We need more people like Matt around whose stories can help guide us through dark times.

Matts vlogs

6/18/10

What does this Little Angel make you feel?

I received this picture and I’m still trying to figure out what it means. I guess this image could have many different meanings. I just thought that it was a very creative and pretty image and wanted to share. What do you feel when you see this picture?

6/14/10

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