Mental Musings

Once you put your faith and trust in Christ, it is then not possible to pick and choose what you will believe in God's Word. God tells us that all scripture is from God and that Jesus is the Word of God. If you choose not to accept certain parts of God's Word than you choose not to accept Christ. If you believe that certain parts of God's Word are false or wrong, then you are claiming that Christ is false or wrong. You cannot separate Jesus from the Word of God, for Jesus is the living, breathing Word of God. You cannot choose to both accept and reject Jesus, to believe and disbelieve Him, or claim He is truth and, yet still, somehow untruth.

Ashton Poole, photo by Noah Pace. This is a guest post by my 17-year-old son, Ashton. He loves to take photographs and write stories which he shares on Tumblr . To Christians involved in politics: (Well, some.) The only problem I ever have with anyone's political opinion is in how they express it. Whenever I see words like "libtard" or "retardican," I have officially lost all interest in whatever that person had to say, no matter what it was. Joe Biden gave an excellent example during the 2012 VP debate, when he started laughing at what Paul Ryan had to say. At that point, I had no interest in anything Biden had to say; I couldn't stand the thought of that man in a position of power. The point I'm trying to get at is this; many Christian's should avoid talking about, say, President Obama in the manner I see many speaking of him in. I don't care if he is a islamic extremist who was sent here to destroy our country, don't ac...

We had a very interesting visitor today: a young man, named Orion, who looked to be in his early twenties wanted to warn us of the coming apocalypse. He shared that he had been summoned to the throne of God where he saw Jesus at the right hand of God and Mary at the left hand and Trayvon Martin crying out for justice because of George Zimmerman’s not guilty verdict. God told Orion to pick up a golden bow and shoot a fiery arrow setting loose the first disaster of the tribulation that would destroy a large portion of the Eastern seaboard. Orion claimed to only know about the beginning and ending of scripture, but he continued to ask questions about who we thought certain characters really were supposed to be. He told us that Echidna was the serpent that tempted Eve in the Garden of Eden. He said that Adam spoke Latin first and shared what were supposed to be the last words that he spoke directly to Orion. He explained that the Greek gods and Norse gods are real and that they sit...

So today I was returning from a meeting about an hour from the church when I suddenly felt extremely lethargic and a little sick to my stomach. I was having trouble keeping my eyes open and it was a struggle to keep my head and arms from simply dropping. Coupled with the rainy weather and high summertime traffic, this was not a good feeling to have while zooming down Interstate 95. Since my home is closer to the Interstate exit than the church, I decided I should swing by my house before heading back to the church. It was an enormous effort to get my feet out of the car and walk up the steps to get in the house, but that movement made me realize something: I was having trouble breathing. I have had asthma for about five years and I am still trying to learn how to tell when I am experiencing problems with my breathing. It seems that the symptoms are never the same. I have experienced this sudden exhaustion before, but I was with someone else and able to let them drive the rest of...