I just wanted to tell you all about this movie, I have not watched it yet, but we finally got our copy and I hope to see it soon. Anyway this movie was made by a Home school family and just from looking at their website and listening to the soundtrack I can tell you this is professional quality! I am so exited about this movie! It is Christ-centered and well It just looks cool. There is a button to the right of the screen that will direct you to the website I would encourage you to check it out.
Joelle
I am an American and I live in a country founded by men who sought after God, and His laws and statutes. I am a descendent of this legacy and many others are or have been grafted into this country and this legacy. Now this legacy goes back even farther than our founding fathers, it goes back to those who really started this country…the puritans. I do not know what you have been taught concerning the puritans, whether they were stuck up Hippocrates, God-fearing men, or nothing at all, regardless of what you were taught the only people who can really tell you the truth about the puritans is the puritans themselves. How can we know for sure who the puritans were? The answer is simple; we read what they wrote. Baxter, Bradford, Bradstreet, and Winthrop were all puritans and they told their stories so we could know the truth. I have read these writers and let me tell you, they are men and women we are to look up to and model ourselves after if we want to be better Christians. In John Winthrop's Arrabella Covenant he claims that America is a city on a Hill ( taken from Mat 5:14 "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.). Meaning this country is different and we are going to be an example to the world, the world will look to us for freedom and righteousness.
As far as I know almost every president we have had in the United States has made some kind of reference to America being "A city of a Hill" in their inaugural address, even President Obama gave mention to this in his speech. However, I would like to venture to ask the question, is America still a "City on a Hill"? We might claim to be a city on a hill in words, but are we a city on a hill in our deeds?
I believe that to some extent we still are a city on a hill, but if so we are a very dim light that is slowly flickering and fading. We could be so much more, but we choose not to. We have become like disobedient children and have turned from what we know to be right. I am not talking only about "the liberals", but to everyone! Think about it. If we have one a secularly raised child and a child raised in a Christian home, and the secular child goes off and does whatever he/she thinks is right because to them there are no consequences; and then the Christian child goes off and does whatever they like, knowing there will be consequences, which child is most at fault? Well both are at fault, but the Christian child is more so, because they knew better. We as Christians are supposed to be different from the world, not like the world. It the world goes one way and we know that way is wrong we should not just sit back and do nothing, or worse follow them.
We could have another scenario where we have the secular child, and a Christian child and they are friends. The secular child goes to do something wrong and his/her, Christian friend knows they are doing something wrong, but does and says nothing. The secular child is at fault because they did wrong, but the Christian child is also at fault because they did nothing to warn their friend.
Many of us Christians have done the same, we have allowed sin to pass by us without a word or a warning, or we joined them in sin. We are all partly responsible for our actions and we will all have to answer for them, whether we were instigators, accomplishes or bystanders.
Our country has fallen so far from where it first started. Not only have we fallen away from our original purpose and morality, but have turned upside down and backward! We save trees instead of children. We say women are better than men (opposed to equal and different), we say dogs are "children", we talk about world peace (which we know will never come to be), we want to throw out capitalism to make room for socialism!
Just the other day I went to get my license and I could not get one without a birth certificate, my friend went to get a passport and could not get one without a birth certificate, yet our president can get elected without one!
We have thrown down our laws and stomp on them, instead of up holing them. We only have the freedoms we enjoy in America because of our laws in the Constitution. If we throw out the constitution, we throw liberty away too.
President Obama asked stay at home moms to go back to work, while allowing illegal immigrants to come into the US, live on welfare, and do nothing!
People, we need to stop letting our country side down this slippery slope. We have allowed people to come into government positions who are anti- America, and Are trying to make us like everyone else, thus no longer a city on a hill.
Let us not allow this country that our founding Fathers sacrificed their lives, fortune, and sacred honor for, fall into the hands of those who do not honor it, do not have regard for the men who fought for freedom, and who do not hold God's law as Higher than their laws. It was our Founding Fathers duty to fight for their posterity's freedom. Today, as their posterity, it is our duty to fight so that our freedoms will not dwindle into oblivion, but instead that us and our posterity may come back to the cross of Christ, and our light be rekindled so that we may once again shine as a bright light in a dark world. May America forever be a city on a hill.
Two girls are walking down the street. They are having a jolly time and talking and giggling like most girls do. The sun is shining and it is the perfect day; when suddenly (you will understand this if you are from OR) the sky turns gray and the clouds roll in and it begins to rain. Both girls rummage through their bags to get out their umbrellas. One girls pulls our her pink flowery umbrella, opens it and it saved from the ferocious downpour. The other girl pulls out a seemingly fine plain black umbrella but when she opens it, nothing changes; she remains to get wet. she still gets wet because her umbrella is full of gaping holes that let the rain pour through.
Girls, your parents (or grandparents; guardians etc) are very important to who you are and who you will become. Your parents are the ones who teach and instruct you. If your parents are Christians then they are also most likely the ones who teach you about Christ and the Bible. Your parents are to be respected and honored. 1) because they gave you life, 2) because they sacrifice many things to teach and raise you; and many more reasons.
I plead with you girls to not be so hasty to leave your parents and their instruction. Your parents have been alive much longer than you and have a wealth of wisdom to share, regardless of whether or not they are saved. God knows who your parents are and He gave them to your for a reason. Your parents love you and want to have a part in your life, and if you let them things will go well with you! Don’t be embarrassed by them and don’t shun them. How would you feel if someone you love did that to you? It makes me sad when I see girls and their moms shopping together and not getting along. You don’t have to agree with your parents on everything, in fact you should research things yourself, but you still need to respect your parents and obey them when the tell you to do things.
It may surprise you, but I am 18 and I live at home with my parents and I respect them, listen to them, obey their rules, and ask their advice. Why? because I have seen that their is no need to race into the world and try to be “independent”, all of that will come with time and you can learn to be independent while living at home. My father is my protector and when I get married my husband will be my protector. I am not some "ultra-girls-do-nothing-except-knit-person" (there is nothing wrong with that by the way), but I do want to live the way Christ recommends, because His way is the best way.
Many girls try to live on their own too early and without their father’s protection, they get hurt, or misguided. Some girls can be out on their own and do fine, but why “be fine” when you can be GREAT!
Eph 6:1-3 “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ‘Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise), ‘that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land’.”
Do this with me and honor your parents, so that you can live long in the land.
The girls I talked about at the beginning represent normal girls today. The one with the nice pink umbrella is the girl who listened to her parents and decided to stay under their protection. The girl with the black, broken umbrella is the one who walked away from her parents protection. The rain represents trouble. The girl who stayed under her parents protection was not hit my the “rain”, but the girl who walked away was hit by the pouring “rain”.
Personally I want to be the one who stays dry. What about you?
Today I was talking to some of my fellow apologists and I said it would be cool to have apologetics shirts. “They could say something like ‘Ask me about the verbal plenary inspiration of scripture’ on the front and ‘I *heart* apologetics’ on the back.” We laughed and thought it a funny idea. But really, what IS the verbal plenary inspiration of scripture? If you study apologetics you can learn about who God is, and how to defend your faith. I had never even heard of the verbal plenary inspiration of scripture until a few weeks ago. But I have grown so much and learned so much just in these past six months. It would take me a whole 4 cards and 6 min. to tell you about the verbal plenary inspiration of scripture, so i will save that for another time. But I just want to encourage you that Apologetics is probably the best thing since excepting Christ I have done.
In apologetics I learn who my God is (immutable, omniscient, mediator etc.) and how to defend my faith. This is so important. The world wants to tell you your faith is foolish and without proof. But that is a lie. When you spend time learning about who God is and how to defend that, you will do just that! you will stand firm and be a light.
"The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice." Prov. 12:15
let us not be wise in our own eyes, but listen to wise council.
Yes it maybe nerdy, but hey I think nerdy is cool! Please consider making apologetics apart of your life. You will never regret it, and you will learn so much and your faith in God will grow to be deeper and stronger that ever before.
Joelle
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