Being in the world not of the world according to Sinclair Ferguson

"We are often told not to be negative (notice the negative!). But this is bad counsel for those who would follow Christ. In his kingdom, being positive implies also being negative. Belonging to his kingdom means rejecting all the claims and the characteristics of this world's kingdoms. It means having a feeling of not belonging because you are 'strangers [aliens] in the world' (1 Peter 1:1)." (From The Sermon on the Mount, Kingdom Life in a Fallen World.)

When I was reading a week or so ago I stopped on this page because I felt he had just said something so profound that I had to mull it over for a while. Maybe this quote won't strike you how it did me, but it is certainly a good point either way.

Eric

Funny Music

Ok. Last November Theresa sent me an email containing a link to youtube. If it had not been from her, I probably would not have clicked it because some of my friends are a bit sketchy. Anyhow, after cleaning out my inbox today and finally stumbling on it again, I decided to post it here. I know many of you are former band nerds, choir geeks or orchestra snobs, so here you go. I also seem to remember a particular brew-known talking about it a while back at the retreat. For the mothers, he says damn and ass each once and tells someone he will see them in hell. Anyhow, enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM

Waiting for the Franklins

So I was piddling around thinking of all the wonderful things to say as we await the Franklins' news. Lo and behold, (I used that phrase for you ninepoundhammer), I found something to keep me busy other than my homework! Anyhow, I stumbled across a couple of jokes that I used to enjoy long ago that I had forgotten. Perhaps these will help you one day when you are lacking any thought processes in your brain at all:
1) Two ropes walk into a bar. The bartender says to the rope "Hey! we don't serve ropes in here" so one of the ropes left. The other rope frayed up his hair and tied himself in a knot. The bartender said to the rope "Are you a rope?" and the rope said "Nope, I'm afraid not".

2) Why was the Tomato blushing? Because he saw the salad dressing.

Ok, that's about all I got. Back to homework and answering Theresa every so often when she asks, "have they posted yet?"