August 2008
8 posts
“In this day and time, if somebody f*ck with me, I’m not gonna shoot nobody and leave ‘em livin’ to come back at me or my family, so the only thing to do is just go on ahead and kill them. That’s sad to say because there is another side of me, because we was brought up in a church. I got a good heart; I’m good people; I know God for myself. I know that I...
“Shakespeare notwithstanding, Oliver Stone had created an enduring image of the moment of overload (with Scarface) when cocaine was peaking in America and the drug culture was turning toxic.” - Martin Targoff
“Bob was watching Bianca take poppers and he said to Diana Vreeland, ‘It really becomes more like pagan Rome every day,’ and she said, ‘I should hope so - isn’t that what we’re after?’” - The Andy Warhol Diaries
Are we really after the life of pagan Rome? It certainly seems like it. There is such a large focus on our careers, and the things that we...
“Studio 54 was the high temple of the Great Stoned Age, a nightly spectacle of wanton debauch fueled by four main ingredients - marijuana, alcohol, Quaaludes, and cocaine - all of them working toward a common end.” - Can’t Find My Way Home
“I can’t trust myself with anything but this, And that’s what you get when you let your heart win” - Paramore
Reasons you should believe that God chose his people to believer, instead of people choosing to believe in God. - The Doctrine of Election
Yes, there are huge problems in believing the doctrine of election (above). But there are even bigger problems if you deny it. Let’s look at this example:
Preacher: Why are you a Christian, and your roommate not?
Student: Because I accepted Christ and...
plans interrupted
reading my daily devotionals, I came across this: http://www.crosswalk.com/devotionals/Crosswalk%20Devo/11579788/ ok…so this doesn’t REALLY drive home the point well. But it did reminded me of this weekend of how we got rained out a day early. I honestly thought it was a true blessing in disguise. We weren’t super rushed to get home, and we probably missed all of the weekend...
