Thanks for stopping by! Congrats on the birth of your daughter.

In regards to your comment, trust me, I know of the problem you guys have in the US. And I never said that a tamper proof card or Bush has anything to do with the Anti Christ.

But what strikes me is precedent such a measure incorporates. A “tamper proof” card is such an ideal scenario. How long would it take to fake these cards? And what steps would be taken to rectify this?

Trust me, I’m not anti Bush. I’m anti World Government. Bush is simply a pawn behind a world wide push to set in motion the agenda of the Anti Christ.

In the name of protecting sovereign nations and taxes etc, society eagerly embraces any technology. I just raise the question, “at what cost are these seemingly harmless measures going to take on our liberties?”

http://www.youtube.com/profile_play_list?user=DGJohnPiper

And bi jingo crikey! First you’re on Facebook and now you’re commenting on my blog! U becoming a geek like me or something!

So few words yet filled with such powerful truth. I love the way Piper articulates the sermon and draws us into a deeper revelation of God’s transforming Word. It really is a matter of how we see God and whether or not He has the capacity or will to keep us. To lose one’s salvation is not a matter of how weak we see ourselves, but how powerfully we see God. If He said He will lose none that belong to Him, then I must believe that He also has the means to keep me with Him. Despite moments of sin, His love and power are even greater than those. I am redeemed, saved, called and kept by my Jesus. Without Him I am dead!

Keep on living it,
Pastor Mark.

I did listen to your message - right on! Just recently I was teaching our teenagers about “praying in Jesus’ name.” It just kills me when folks flip that line out at the end of a prayer without thought.

http://citywestchurch.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=59

Scroll down to week 17

I recently also posted another message by Piper here regarding the same thing:

http://www.layguy.com/2008/07/05/being-salty-not-wealthy/

Am surprised to see that Craig Groeschel from LifeChurch.tv is going to be their next year - I would go just to check him out and party with United.

Craig’s church seems extremely different to Hillsong. Do you know much of him?

But you’re right about the younger Houston. I like where he’s coming from. And on a semi-related note, you’ve probably seen John Piper’s refreshingly bold statements against the prosperity “gospel” : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTc_FoELt8s&feature=related

http://theverticall.blogspot.com/

I’m glad Brian’s son seems compelled to reach out to the lost and needy much more than his daddy.

Next year Mr Joel Osteen is making an appearance - automatically disqualified me from attending.

@..I made this offer within my possibility, only person can know exactly it’s legit or not, he’s in here however for security reason, i can not provide you more information, just try to download and use you will understand.

Nothing comes for free, right?

I LOVE Mark Driscoll — even his rantings on Emergent Theology (which I agree with Driscoll) and femanism phobia (kidding — but Mark does come of hyper macho at times). I also love Driscoll when he comes back to cnetr and apologizes for rantings that go way over the line — show him to be passionate yet human.

The point Mark Driscoll makes that leaves me feeling he missed the point is that God the Father first appears as an African American woman just to break the preconconeptions of the Mack. Later in the book God the Father appears as a man because Mack will need a father figure to face that days revelations.

I guess the whole “graven image” argument would be mute for Driscoll of at The Shack we had the Middle Eastern figure, Jesus, and the Asian chick, Holy Spirit, without the Papa figure, God. Maybe it would have been better to give the Asian figure wings — preferably white like a dove - and just let God the Father be the booming voice from the sky like at Jesus baptism in Scripture.

As for the modalism argument, I really think the authro just used sloppy wording and imagery to try and correct a misconception that some may have through reading the book that the 3 are so separate they lose their oneness. But hten again, I am assuming much on the side of grace for the authro with limited vocabulary to work with.

My final assesment - the more you tell people, including Christians, NOT to read a book the more they will actually do so. The same was true fro the DaVinci Code book and movie. (What is it about forbidden fruit that we love so much?)

Avoidance of controversy and issues like this are norm for the church. The TRUTH will survivie any challenge and any debate. I do not agree with some of the doctrine and theology presented in the book. I am THRILLED that several people in my church who have lived at distance from following Christ as well as many more who have never attended church and been turned off by church and faith in Christ as they have witnessed in being lived or not-lived by others are reading the book and asking questions and reconsidering their views of God and faith and church that have kept them away.

I tedn to approach these things like the Apostle Paul in Athens. I don’t set out to slam the teachings of false religions (Greek Mythology and Paganism) or even the cultural artists of the day (like the Greek poets) but search for a connecting point that serves a launching pad to help direct and guide people to the TRUTH of God and man and sin and salvation as revealed IN SCRIPTURE. The Shack is giving me lots of connecting points.

“Men of Athens, I can see that you are religious people…let’s talk about the UNKONWN GOD.” (Acts 7)

And let’s face it, as a pastor and one whose life is devoted solely to the mission of helping people living far from God to connect with Him through the salavation of Jesus Christ, it can sometimes be more effective to tell some, “why don’t you read The Shack and then let’s talk” instead of “why don’t read THE BIBLE and let’s talk”. Sad but true — too many have formed opinions about the BIble without ever reading and the set out to dicredit it to others who have not read it.

How is what we are doing different if we fail to read The Shack and persuade others to do the same?

The Shack is interesting and may be an entry point to someone really starting their pursuit of God as long as the BIBLE is next on their list of books to read. Wonder if Amazon has thought of packaging the two together?

Can you comment on the above?

What they are asking you to do helps to have their articles “stumbled” so they get a lot of traffic, and through their advertising earn a lot of money.

That money is enough to buy licensed copies, but unless someone can prove to me this is legit, I’m inclined to think it’s not legit.

Can anyone geniunely prove it is legit? Once you used your license key were you able to activate properly with any of those programs?

Cheers and thanks

A.

Well I got my Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 from them before for a 1-year license (I’m using it at the moment). The license seems legit (as said by Van from bastillwork) as it will certainly be blacklisted by now, if not.

Van has given me the license key for the Vista yesterday

BTW - does anyone know who the woman was singing along with Michael here?