“A bird out of hand is worse than two in the bush.” ~Dan Delyon
“To those who are lactose intolerant, life is more like a box of chocolates than they’d like to admit.” ~Dan Delyon
“I discovered last birthday, that one can truly halve one’s cake and eat it too.” ~Dan Delyon
“Does a man lack for nothing who is content with nothing?” ~Dan Delyon
“I had the complete wrong idea a out what a ‘Book Club’ was until I went to college and learned that a book can indeed cause a lot of blunt force trauma.” ~Dan Delyon
“To some, world premier means the first time something has been seen. To others, it is their life’s ambition.” ~Dan Delyon
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“An enemy of my enemy is my friend…or else may be my friend…or else may be me. The friend of my enemy’s friend may be anyone, and the friend of my second cousin six times removed might be a an even more distant relative. In a word, all relationships are relative. Even so, the fellow who was removed six times gets points for persistence.” ~Dan Delyon
We strive in this life for all the wrong things
We cry from our broken dreams
Search the sky to see what it means
Fly toward the end of the stream.
Forever seems like too much to hope
endeavor to live right
define your own meaning.
and choke on the end of your rope.
It’s a bit dark in the tunnel alone
But who’s alone for real?
Who’s ever alone?
What we know makes us feel.
Cause we feel what we know.
We are never alone and
the purpose and plan
for this life is the hand
held out to correct, not to fan
the flames of our self seeking ways
but replace them with the purpose He always intended
and mend us and rend out the rot from our souls.
“Science seeks to poke every hornets nest to see what will happen. Technology seeks to harness the hornets to do its bidding. Philosophy seeks to understand why there are hornets. All three can lead to absolute insanity if they are separated from a purposeful reality — from the purposeful reality.” ~Dan Delyon
“Being right is far less important than staying right, and far easier to do.” ~Dan Delyon
“Hard choices are the ones you wish someone else could make for you, but know you would regret not making for yourself.” ~Dan Delyon
Not sure of original source. I found this second hand so to speak.
Most commonly, nihilism is presented in the form of existential nihilism, which argues that life is without objective meaning, purpose, or intrinsic value.[1] Moral nihilists assert that morality does not inherently exist, and that any established moral values are abstractly contrived. Nihilism can also take epistemological or ontological/metaphysical forms, meaning respectively that, in some aspect, knowledge is not possible, or that reality does not actually exist.
That’s a big surprise, now isn’t it? Now to show you a picture of a whale in distress
Wait, is this a whale or a lake that just looks like a whale? Or could it be Justin Beiber? I dunno.
It’s true. The heartless human race has endured too many Free Willie films and doesn’t care any more. Which brings me to my fifth and final point.
Us normal people will simply let the square root of pi be what it may. We have no time for times tables or simple addition. You don’t need addition to balance the checkbook, just subtraction!
Original Art by MichelleMarie
By his life He saved us
By his might He raised us
Empowering the resurrection cry.
Dying once, he saved believers
Calling all his saints to glory
A story for the resurrected life.
A friend to them who lowly bow
Ascending to the face of glory
For eternal shore awaits the justified.
Singing over the called and listening
Glory glistening from his voice
Rejoice, oh daughter of Zion,
face his splendid, sacred choice.
Renew the vow of covenant
and bless the nations with the joyful noise!
Level 4 Ministerial Beginner
Base skill modifiers:
| Interpretation | +2 |
| Expository Skill | +1 |
| Theological Argumentation | +2 |
| Ancient Languages | -3 |
| Cross Cultural | +2 |
| Primary Leadership | -3 |
Special Feats:
| Leading Worship | +2 |
| Leading Children | +3 |
| Technical Wizardry | +6 |
This character is especially suited for assistant pastoral positions in small to medium sized churches where the odd jobs abound. He could also function well in a medium sized church as overseer of these ministries as his intermediate leadership skills are strong, however due to the negative modifier on primary leadership, you should probably avoid placing him in this position as it may lead to critical mental fatigue.
Happy Lords day!
The calendar we all know and love is wrong. It wasn’t Christ’s birth that separates time. It was His death. At about 3 o’clock on a friday between the sabbath and the passover, the lamb that came into the world to take away the sins of the world was killed and eaten by death. He had been turned over to be crucified by the people who were supposed to guard that promise. In the most brutal of ironies, the author of life allowed His to be taken. The God who has all power, knowledge, and is everywhere — couldn’t even watch. The Son of God had been obedient to the Father, even though it meant his death. The Paradox split time.
That fracture in time and Christ’s magnetism created a breach through which all sins, past present and future could be collected and die. Because those sins died with Christ, we can live.
Jesus didn’t just die for our sins. THE FATHER RAISED HIM TO LIFE. Having destroyed our sins, he came back to life to give us THE reason to live. The relationship He gives, gives purpose for the rest of our lives, and since we know He lives, we know He can fulfill His promise to raise us up to life after we cross the divide of death.
1 Timothy 3:16
Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness:
He was manifested in the flesh,
vindicated by the Spirit,
seen by angels,
proclaimed among the nations,
believed on in the world,
taken up in glory.
Isaiah 53:2-5 (ESV)
For he grew up before him like a young plant,
and like a root out of dry ground;
he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
and no beauty that we should desire him.
He was despised and rejected by men;
a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief;
and as one from whom men hide their faces
he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Surely he has borne our griefs
and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
smitten by God, and afflicted.
But he was pierced for our transgressions;
he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
and with his wounds we are healed.
Broken mirrors reflect an image into hundreds of small incoherent pieces.
So we are with Gods image.
Until we are made back into the image of Christ.
