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This doesn't count as social networking... just trying to help a friend.

Testing. Testing 1, 2.

The Lord has need of it

I must needs a car. Please, if you know anyone who has one and they are selling for cheap (free) please let me know.

Oh people!

Today at 4 0'clock I will be taking my drivers license test. Please pray! I want to drive places!

And also, does anyone have a car that I can have?

Do I like rap music?

Matisyahu's newest album is making me feel like I do alot more than I did before. I love it when people can rhyme about things that aren't of this world, things that are holy, set apart, of God, and not things that are finite, temporal, disgusting, and distasteful to the heart of God.

Romans 12:9
"Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good."

Merely What?

If you don't know this about me already, I like to read good books. Lately I've been reading William Lane Craig's Reasonable Faith: Christian Truths and Apologetics - Third Edition. But just last night my good friend gave me a book to borrow called Mere Christianity by that gnarly man known as C. S. Lewis, the author of The Chronicles of Narnia.

Who wouldn't be stoked on that?

This is what I do in 3rd period

Jesus, have mercy.

You gypsy!

I was in third period and decided to do an internet search. Here's what it came up with:

-The Bible is the world’s best-selling book. The bible is also the world’s most shoplifted book. Must be those Gideon bibles in the motel rooms getting shop lifted.

Watch me tumbl!

I dislike blogspot very much. After tasting and seeing that tumblr is good, I just can't stand anything else.

Blogspot, step it up.

And here's a quote to chew on while your doing that:

"To suppose that the eye could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest degree."
-Charles Darwin, 1872

This is that sweet girl that everyone has been hearing about. She's got people praying for her literally across the world. Her name is Daisy Love Merrick, and she was diagnosed with cancerous Wilms Tumor. It was the largest tumor that cottage hospital has seen yet - about the size of a Nerf Football extending into her pelvis and up against her lungs. Praise God the doctors got the whole tumor out! But the battle is not over. She had stage three cancer so they are looking at 7 months of chemotherapy, and possible radiation. Please pray for this girl in that she would 1)be strong, 2)have her bowels function properly, 3)that her and her family would continue to love Jesus and trust him, and 4) that no radiation would be needed.

Thank God It's Friday!

Sometimes sleeping life can get a bit difficult to deal with, especially during the school year. This is how a typical school day goes for me:

-6:30am - wake up at (after hitting snooze 6 times)

-7:00am - take shuttle over to Juan's house

-7:26am - wake Juany up

-7:45am - start school very tired

-7:45am-12:09pm - waiting for lunch because I forgot to eat breakfast

-12:09pm - eat lunch

-sometime after lunch - endure extreme tiredness without the help of Reimel's monotone voice

-6th period - ceramics! This class is great!

-3:00pm - get home and accidentally fall asleep on the couch

-11:pm - struggle to fall asleep after brushing teeth with minty tooth paste wakes me up

That's why I love Friday's so much. Because I have the joy of looking forward to Saturday.


Thank God it's Friday!

Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics by William Lane Craig

I just recently started this book. I'm only a good couple pages in and it's definitely the most intellectual reading I have done. The book gives Christian Truths and Apologetics from Dr. William Lane Craig's perspective (go figure).

In the book so far, Craig has given some of the historical background of Christian apologetics and has discussed the roles of the Holy Spirit and Apologetics in knowing that Christianity is true.

Although I do not understand his view completely on the Holy Spirit, and although I feel as though I might disagree with that certain topic, I am eager to continue reading this book and hopefully I will be able to understand it all. Maybe it'll be easier when I've actually got food in my stomach (unlike right now)!

Daisy Love Merrick

Last night Daisy was hospitalized after a fall on the playground. The doctors found severe internal bleeding and looking closer they found a cancerous tumor known as a Wilms Tumor. Wilms Tumors are typically found in young children under the age of 5. Daisy is 5 now.

Britt Merrick, her father, said this last night:
"Our oncologist said that he is 80% sure that Daisy has a Wilms' Tumor.
That is a malignant tumor. It is cancer but a highly curable form.
They will operate Wednesday or Thursday and depending on the size of the tumor they will either take it all out or just some of it.
Daisy will have to have chemo therapy either way.
That is all we know now and will not have any definitive answers for a couple days."

Pray that:

• Please pray that the tumor removal surgery would be scheduled as soon as possible. Her biopsy has to be done first…

• Please pray that the biopsy procedure of the tumor today would go well …

• Please pray for good results from the biopsy

• Please pray that the doctors will have a PRECISE understanding of the level of chemo that will be needed after the surgery…the lowest amount for Daisy’s body and the strongest amount needed to completely eradicate any cancer cells

• Please pray that the surgery will COMPLETELY remove the tumor…if part of the tumor is inoperable it complicates her recovery severely.

Reinstated!

My third period multimedia teacher is now making all his students start blogs on blogspot. I asked if I could keep on using my tumblr account.

I guess not.

So now, I am reinstating the updating of my blog Splurge of the Moment!

So, as required (I think), I am going to tell you about myself. I'm a 16 year old boy going to Carpinteria Highschool. I play guitar and bass and a bit of piano. I also love apologetics and through my studies I have become firmly rooted in my beliefs of Christianity. If you've got any questions for me or want to say anything, comment it up!

Hope you all enjoy, my non-existent readers.

P.S. If you really do exist, please leave a comment so I can feel good about myself again.

New blog

just so you all know, I'm now on tumblr.

I don't update this one.
as you can tell.
so go there.

Yes on 8?

One of my friends had posted "Yes on 8" (Prop. 8 is for abolishing gay marriage) on his Facebook account status. People commented on his status displaying similar and different views to his. Mainly the opposition (both Christian and non-Christian) came with attacks at the originally Judeo-Christian teaching of homosexual relations being wrong. After reading the comments that were posted I wanted to display my own view on the topic:

*Note: It is easy to generalize all Christians into a category as those who display hateful signs to gays as Westboro Baptist Church does, and it is also very easy to generalize all gays into categories as well. We must recognize that people are all individual and made unique, and not generalize. :)

Firstly, lets look at the differences between what those who support gay marriage say, what statistics say, and what the Bible and Bible believing Christians say about homosexual relations/marriage:

Biblical views:

• It is wrong to have sexual relations man with man (Lev 18:22)
• It is punishable by death (Lev 20:13)
• It is unnatural (not born with the desire) for men and women, lustful (sensual desire and sinful), and indecent (Rom 1:26-27)
• It is not permissible in the kingdom of God (1 Cor 6:9-10)
• It is your choice

Supporter of gay marriage:

• There is nothing wrong with it
• You are naturally (born) that way.
• It is part of your identity
• You are made that way.
• If Christianity says to "love your neighbor as yourself" then you sin in denying a person the right to love someone even if they are of the same sex.

Statistics:

• 78% percent of gays have an STD
• 50% have gonorrhea
• Less than 3% of the gay community is over 55 and a little less than one percent of that 3% die of natural causes
• 23% are more likely to have an STD than a hetero-sexual person
• A homo-sexual male's life expectancy is 20 years shorter than that of a hetero-sexual male (Worse than cigarettes)

Let's address how one who supports gay marriage views this.

One in favor of homosexual relations would state that someone who is gay is born with the desire to have sexual relations with another person of the same sex-- it's a part of who they are and they have no control over it ,like a bird has no control of if it grows feathers or not. However, in order for this to be true, there needs to be a gene that would make this happen. If this gene does not exist then that means that homosexuality is not natural and it is a choice that elicits a person's sexual orientation.

We need to look at how and why a person would come to be homo/bisexual then.

Firstly, the success or failure of one's home affects all behavior, but mainly sexuality. Children love and desire touch-they long for the affection of loving parents. Consider this: If a child is neglected in this area he/she will never learn how to react to any sort of affection properly. When older they will still desire the affection of a father or mother that they had never received, and therefore look for it in another person (perhaps another in the same situation and one of the same sex) and accept it and react radically on the first hint of it they get (perhaps by claiming to be "in love"). Also, in a broken home there is a lack of an intimate love relationship between the two parents (man and woman). If the child never sees and observes a marriage the way God intends it to be then that image is free to be distorted because they do not know what love is to look like. And if that child's image of marriage is still unclear and they see the romantic affection in homosexual couples they may automatically accept that as good and right.

Now lets take a look at the topic in a biblical perspective.

The Bible clearly labels homosexuality as sinful (Lev 18:22; 20:13; Rom 1:26-27; 1Cor 6:9-10). Marriage was originally designed for one man and one woman, as with Adam and Eve. It was not designed for one man and one man or one woman and one woman. Why? Because He loves us. Take the ultimate and intended example of marriage, Christ and the Church ,the Bride of Christ. The Bible tells men how to love there wives in Ephesians 5:28-29,33. It tells us to love them as Christ loved the Church (even to death Rom 5:7-8; John 3:16), and as our own bodies. In other words, to protect them from any kind of harm and provide for everything need, even if it means our death. God loves us enough to give us commandments to live our lives by so that we would not have to endure the consequences of what they forbid. (He also gives us the Holy Spirit to help us live our lives according to it, seeing as we are sinners and we are going to fail with out Him (Rom 3:23; Zech 4:6)). If you take a look at the statistics listed above you will find that homosexuality is not good for you. It is not a healthy alternative to a man and woman love relationship. It should not even be considered as an alternative because it is so bad for you! It is even noted as worse than smoking cigarettes (A.K.A. Cancer-sticks)! If God had not warned us to not live this way then we would be in a grave, grave situation. Also, if you research the health benefits of a hetero-sexual marriage you will find that it is quite contrary to a homo-sexual one. It is actually beneficial to your health! God's law and design is perfect!

Some of those in favor of gay marriage also used scripture to back up their beliefs: "Love your neighbor as yourself". Answer me this, would you be loving your neighbor as yourself if you simply watched them have the very sinful behavior that could lead to a crippling of their health and ultimately to their death?

My point is clear. Yes on prop. 8. :]

Avo Fest!!!

Tommorow at 9 o'clock, Reality Carpenteria Church is having their church service on 9th Ave. and Palm in Carpenteria. Be there!!!

Gathering!

Hey everyone, sorry for not posting for the past millennium. A little update about what's up with me:

First, some of you may know that I have been doing The Gathering. If you don't know what it is, it's a pretty sweet deal. Every Monday at DP we meet in coach Zamora's room (H-3). The main vision is for kids (me in included) to grow in their relationships with our beloved savior Jesus Christ. So far we've met twice (Sorry everyone for the delay in getting it started. There was confusion on what I was supposed to do...) and it's been rad. Thanks for all of you who have been coming.

Second, I learned how to do a cart-wheel.

Third, I actually didn't learn how to do a cart-wheel because I've actually been able to for my whole life... Since conception. Don't ask questions.

That's pretty much it as of now...

Prayer requests:

• Pray for my strength.


• For me to keep Him the center.


• That the Lord would do a mighty work and that He would move in the hearts of the kids at The Gathering and inspire true, undefiled worship.

Thanks for reading!

I lied...

I can't give up blogging. It's irresistable when I try to resist....


Anyways!

Gap Fire. This thing is ridiculous. Many of my close friends are on evacuation warning and many have been already evacuated. Please pray for rain, pray for strength for fire fighters, pray for safety of homes and people.

:]

Sorry everyone.

I've pretty much given up on blogging. Haha. Maybe I'll pick it up later. :]

But just for fun I'll let you know when I post anything on Myspace or Facebook or something.

Peace!

Summer is here

Summer is here.

Graduatuions galore.

Boredom is here.

freedom in three years.