Motorcycles

March 30, 2006 at 09:59 · Filed under Techie Stuff

I hate motorcycles. I do. I can’t stand the fact that I am chronically cheap to the point that I won’t consider a new one. I told Kade about the Ducati I saw. I knew if I sat on it I would buy it. What did I do? RAN AWAY! I am so cheap it isn’t funny. Kade don’t start with me about frugal. I am cheap.

If Nick had all the money in the world…this would still be too much :)

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Once More

March 28, 2006 at 18:35 · Filed under Personal

I have nerves worse today,
Then before I said “I do”
Maybe because instead of a hello,
This is a goodbye to you,

Take me back in a time machine,
So I can replay in slow motion,
When things went from amazing,
To cold, hard, hateful emotion,

What were you thinking,
When you laid in bed with him?
Was it about the fake love?
Or your young husband; tall and slim?

I can only imagine how odd it is,
To go from 21 to 37,
A young buck of life,
To an old English devon,

I hope this is final,
For the book is already shut,
Don’t bother remembering me,
This man has had more than enough,

I thought the world of you,
And maybe for a moment you did of me,
To bad I wasn’t enough,
For your big wandering eyes to see,

I thank you on behalf,
Of the women around the world,
And for the children I one day,
Will pickup with glee and twirl,

Remember back to this day,
When you looked at this poor man,
Spit in his face with anger,
And let go of his trembling hand,

All I can do for you now is pray,
Poor woman I fear for your life,
I can only imagine the pain,
And the feel of that sharp knife,

Though you threw my things,
Out of our home,
Know that in my place,
Jesus never leaves you alone,

Turn to Him when it hits,
That I wasn’t such a bad guy,
Let the angels come upon you,
And your worries with them fly,

I picked up this pen to spite you,
To make sure you knew my anger,
Till I realized quickly,
In this there was much danger,

Tonight I will pray a rosary for you,
For us both to come closer to Christ,
That through your stormy oceans,
One day you can see His light,

Goodbye forever dear woman,
May I never hear your voice again,
I hope only for salvation,
For the thoughts I have are surely a sin,

Lord forgive me for this poem,
And the anger for which I wrote,
Let forever the Spirit guide me,
For all the words I spoke…

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Start of a new day!

March 28, 2006 at 06:06 · Filed under Personal

I am going to start posting more often I think. I am a horrible person for posting once every thousand years but such is the life of a single computer guy. I have sidewinder 5.2.1 running in VMWare which is just about the coolest thing since I got Windows 1.0 running in VMWare. If anything I feel I have no reached a point where I can get a cookie for my hard work. Yep, just a cookie. I have yet to victory dance to this accomplishment so stay tuned in as I am sure it will come.

Spirtually I am down. I am attempting to talk to my Lord more often and pray more deeply, but to be honest I am tired. I really think this trip to Tampa and the subsequent trip up here will help greatly in my spirtual walk. Lord please bless all of us with your Grace. Allow me to be in constant communion with your peace and love. Please show me the devout life for which you call me and make that path clear. Please use me as your tool and make me in the image of the man you desire. In Christ, Amen.

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Sola Scriptura, THATS UNBIBLICAL!

March 15, 2006 at 11:05 · Filed under Personal

Sola Scriptura…THATS UNBIBLICAL!

Brothers and Sisters I wanted to talk today about Sola Scriptura. The term is Latin for Scripture Alone. Many of my Protestant Brothers and Sisters site this as all we need for guidance in our faith. I always hear “The Bible is the only thing I read and need.” As a Theologian in training I can’t help but smile. One blogger put it this way:

“Scripture is the only infallible rule for faith and practice”

Now when these words are spoke I know this is an opportunity to discuss the Catholic faith. Let me speak a little on why this topic came up. I found a Christian Rapper online and was listening to his music. I was enjoying some of the songs when a track about Sola Scriptura came on and I began to cringe. Usually I let these things just pass by because it isn’t the time or place. What got me this time was at the end of the song he “calls out” Roman Catholics. I was very very hurt that a CHRISTIAN Brother would call us out like that. I began to wonder about the double standard in place. All the same I wanted to write down the argurments I have used in the past. Without further wait:

Sola Scriptura changes like a high school girls wardrobe

• The Catholic Church established the New Testament canon and books. The Catholic Church is based on tradition. The Protestant denominations sight the New Testament as proof of SS. Therefore the Protestants of today have already based their church in tradition.
• Given time, every Church forms a tradition. Why do you have a have a Sater Meal?
• Hard to argue against the Catholic Church that formed the Bible who you claim as the sole source

Sola Scriptura is like car with square wheels, just doesn’t work

• There are over 20,000 Protestant denominations despite what Ephisians 4:5 says – one Lord, one faith, one baptism.
• If Sola Scriptura assumes that only the Bible is correct, why are there 20,000 denominations? Are there 20,000 different Bibles?
• Peter and Paul had this battle 2000 or so years ago. Look at what St. Peter says to the early Church in 2 Peter 3:15-16 -And consider the patience of our Lord as salvation, as our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, also wrote to you, speaking of these things as he does in all his letters. In them there are some things hard to understand that the ignorant and unstable distort to their own destruction, just as they do the other scriptures.

Sola Scriptura is not out of any history book I know

• All the Orthodox Churches of today (IE Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox) who can both trace their origin to the original apostoles deny Sola Scriptura.
• Somehow the early church for 400 years worked without the New Testament cannon. What were they using?
• The Creed which so many Protestants use known as the Nicene or the Apostles Creed States - “We believe in one holy catholic apostolic Church” not “We Believe in the Bible Alone”

Sola Scriptura is not Biblical

• 2 Timothy 1:13,14 – Take as your norm the sound words that you heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. Guard this rich trust with the help of the holy Spirit that dwells within us.
• 2 Timothy 2:2 – And what you heard from me through many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will have the ability to teach others as well.
• 1 Corinthians 11:2 – I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold fast to the traditions, just as I handed them on to you.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:15 – Therefore, brothers, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught, either by an oral statement or by a letter of ours.
• Many many more but I need to get to my next point, all we needed was those few for this point

Sola Scriptura is 2 + 2 = 5

• The scripture doesn’t teach to just use the scripture. SO….how does that all work?
• If the New Testament canon wasn’t created when the scripture was in place, how can the scripture tell us to use something that is unknown?
• You can’t tell me as a Catholic that my Church is infallible if your Scripture to what you base that in was decided by that same very Church.
• Sola Scriptura is unable to deal with a simple fact of history, the printing press wasn’t created until 1450. Most people couldn’t read well into the 1900’s.

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No return necessary

March 12, 2006 at 10:42 · Filed under Personal

in the faces of those i pass by,
on the streets or in my car,
its you i see here and there,
your image never very far,

i buried you within my subconscious,
hid you behind my fears,
i wish you would have stayed there,
if only not washed away by my tears,

go away already,
I do not want you anymore,
i left you in my past,
slammed close that old wooden door,

for so many months i linked,
my pain and your horrid ways,
now i can not help but be happy,
and link them to our happy days,

i wrote you a letter,
letting you know i didn’t want you back,
just that i have now,
forgotten everything i thought you lacked,

sleep easy in your world of happiness,
i will dream easy in mine,
knowing that when i awaken,
everything will be just fine…

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