June 5, 2012
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JulieMillerFan topical Index: 2005-2012
It has taken me 18 months and over 500+ hours of work to pull all this together. The effort was exhausting and at times I wondered if I would ever finish. But here it is… and just in time for my birthday today.
My reasons for doing this were all spelled out below, and hasn’t changed one word since the first draft. What has changed is now, 18 months later, my children no longer seek contact with me… both having expressed basic sinful tendencies and atheistic beliefs. They are old enough to do what they want — but the consequences of their actions will scar them in the years to come unless they find some manner of repentance and grace.
With Adult independence and freedom to choose one’s sins also comes the inevitability of the guilt and heartache that follows after bad choices. My prayer for them is that they do find the grace that is so freely offered when we humble ourselves before God and accept that His way is the right way… and from that prayer this topical index becomes all the more pertinent as now they can see not merely what I had to say, but moreso what the Bible clearly states on any number of matters, issues, topics, subjects and sins. If nothing else — I have long held the Bible in very high esteem and peppered my blogging with all manner of Biblical support for what is and isn’t Truth.
Thus, my reasons haven’t changed — but my heart aches more today than it did when I started this… and I can only hope that someday grace will intervene in their lives. Here’s what I originally wrote when I first began all this.
Wayne Shuman, 6-5-2012 …. my 48th Birthday.
This is not a post.
This is an index of themes and topics to which I have addressed over the years which will help only those who are looking for information on any number of specific topics, subjects, themes or Biblical truths. It provides links to posts I have written over the years in an alphabetic topical manner that should hopefully make finding information that much easier.
Why am I doing this? Well, partly as a matter of self-discipline to see what I have already covered and to give some structure to it all. Likewise, as stated above, it will help those looking for a particular thought or topic by giving a precise location on where to find it. Lastly, in case my children ever want to know their father; who I was, what I thought, felt or strongly believed on things. My children never got to know me well enough when they were growing up — prayerfully, someday, they’ll find my old posts to be a means of understanding who I was and how I lived my life.
Let me also be frank that I will include links to posts that were privatized for various reasons. I will also be including links to posts which I have left public — but in unfinished status. I provide these links because (A) someday I may go back and allow them public access or (B) I might go back to finish said posts when time permits, thus making the link that much more useful in years to come. Each post that is still privatized or unfinished will be noted as such.
American / Modern / Western “Christianity”Arrogance / Pride –Biblical Ignorance –
Categorical Catch-all (You have to read the post to understand)-
- “In the World and OF the World” (Particularly how Modern American Chrsitianity often times is ill-discerning of what it means to honestly follow Jesus — and how we more often than not call people “Christian” who particularly are not.)
- “I’m Tired” (This is my personal “95 Theses” akin to Martin Luther’s)
- “Cultural Slight of Hand: Redefining Sin” (Talks about how we’ve bought into the world’s thinking on sin, but covers many varied issues beyond)
- “Rethinking my Eschatology“
- “The sin of modern Non-Denominationalism“ (Unfinished post, open to reading and comments)
- “Revelation: Parable or Plain Fact“
- “The myth / cult of “good” or I am NOT “OK” / You are NOT “OK”.“
- “The Myth / Cult of ‘Good’.” (1st draft written 5-12-2009, unfinished and privatized)
- “The Myth / Cult of ‘Good’.” (2nd draft written 5-16-2009, unfinished and privatized)
- “Does Large Churches automatically equal God’s Blessing?“
- “Ichabod, The Glory Departed“
- “Isolationist Christianity“
- “WWJT“
- “Where the 7734 do they come up with parC <.< like this?” (Trust me, this is a must read….)
- “You’re What?!?!?!?“ (Being a Christian has really no impact on how “I” decide to live my life.)
- “Your house is on fire – Signed, God” (On being a “Christian Witch” and other foolish ways we pretend we can do whatever we wish… and tack Jesus into it to make it seem “holy”.)
- “Biblical Fasting – Not what you think it is“
- “Passing Lies as Truths (My #1 pet peeve)“
- “A Tale of Two Churches“
- “Our Reverse Theology: Using God“
- “Pregnant… Again… Again… Again… Again“
- “A Note to Roxanne“ ( —- This is one you have to read for yourself. It’s in the comments that follow after my post, and its not my comments. Read Marlana’s thoughts….)
- “Adventures in the Land of Loopholes“
- “Summary: Loopholes” (A poem written as a summary of the above post)
- “Do we really know how to love?“
Charismatic Chaos – (Thanks to John MacArthur for coining that phrase)
- “Are we Paying Attention?“
- “Spiritual Pride Explained” (The Word-Faith Movement in light of Scripture)
- “Tares among the wheat“ (This post is mostly about Liberalism, but it does mention Charismatic tendencies at chasing after miracles.)
- “The land of spiritual Abortions“
- “I am not as once I was: Only those who’ve lived in Darkness” (This is a protected post which is part of my testimony for Christ. If you wish to read it, message me.)
- “Why Matthew 12:31-32 is a source of comfort“
- “Can we sin so gravely that we cannot be forgiven?” (Brief comment about how Charismatics equate questions about speaking in tongues as blaspheming against the Holy Spirit.)
- “Random Thoughts and Questions: Life“ (Questions from my youth about the biblical use of Tongues in the Church.)
Church as a place for social events OR Church attendance is unnecessary -
Doctrine doesn’t matter
Emotions more important than Understanding / Knowledge / Reason- “Logic, Reason, Faith“
- “Scripture Abuse, P4: Where is your ‘HEART’?“
- “I’m Tired” (This is my personal “95 Theses” akin to Martin Luther’s)
- “Guarding your heart“
Faceless stands from anonymous Spam-mailings- What’s wrong with American Christianity, P1: Faceless proclamations
- “What’s Wrong with American Christianity, P1: Preaching to the Choir“ (Reposted 11-16-2011 with newly added intro)
- “Defending my Wife’s Honor” (What it really means to take a stand for Christ)
False Standard of Worship- “Worship isn’t merely just praising God“
- “Worship isn’t merely just praising God” (First draft written 2-6-2012, Unfinished & Privatized)
God’s word irrelevant or unnecessary- “Biblical Reductionism“
- “Biblical Reductionists” (First draft written 12-15-2011, Unfinished & privatized)
- “god words Vs God’s Word (Going to Hell in Jesus Name)“
- ALSO — “god words Vs God’s Word — going to hell in Jesus name” (First draft written 5-30-2010, unfinished and privatized)
- “Are we Paying Attention?“
- “Does Large Churches automatically equal God’s Blessing?“
- “Designer Bibles (RE: what good can come from forcing the text?)“
- “Playing Gideon…. (RE: Lacking Trust)“
- “Playing Gideon…. (Re: Lacking Trust)” (First draft written 5-1-2007, unfinished and privatized.)
Isolationist tendencies
Lacking Discernment- “What’s Wrong with American Christianity, P5: Lacking Discernment“ (First Draft written 12-23-2011, privatized and unfinished.)
- “Just a question – Just a Thought“
- “A post against False Teachers (Joel Osteen, Benny Hinn, etc…)“
- “1 Passage, 2 separate sermons“ (written 5-8-2012, Unfinished and thus privatized til I can give it some more time and attention.)
Limiting God (How He can work, which translation He accepts, etc.)
Manner of Worship (‘How‘ we worship God) is not relevantModern takes on “Mission / Ministry / Evangelistic” work
- “Minute Observations: Re-defining terms“
- “Misplaced Efforts & Intentions“
- “Real Life Sermons“ (Unfinished, but open to reading and comments.)
- ALSO — “Can you preach the Gospel in under 3 minutes?” (This was supposed to be a lead in to the other post… but God showed me how I was wrong in my thinking.)
- “Radical(LY) (STUPID) Christianity“
- “Our Big Disgusted God“
- “Pardon my Sarcasm“
- “A thought on Picketing and Boycotting“
Series: What’s Wrong with American Christianity –- What’s Wrong with American Christianity, P1
- Reposted 11-16-2011 as “What’s Wrong with American Christianity, P1: Preaching to the Choir” with newly added intro.
- What’s Wrong with American Christianity, P2: Wiki-Bible-pedia
- What’s Wrong with American Christianity, P3: Love is all you need
- ALSO – What’s Wrong with American Christianity, P3: All you need is Love… Love is all you need (First draft written 4-14-2011, privatized and unfinished.)
- ALSO — What’s Wrong with American Christianity, P3: Love, Love, Love… (Second Draft written 4-17-2011, privatized and unfinished)
- ALSO – What’s Wrong with American Christianity, P3: Love is All you Need (Fourth Draft written 4-27-2011, privatized and unfinished.)
- ALSO — What’s Wrong with American Christianity, P3: Love is All you Need (Fifth Draft written 4-29-2011, Privatized and Unfinished)
- What’s Wrong with American Christianity, P4: Plastic Halos, Plastic Smiles (This was actually an attempt at re-writing “What’s Wrong with American Christianity, P3: Love is all you need” that went in a totally different, but necessary, direction — Made public 12-23-2011)
- ALSO — “What’s wrong with American Christianity, P4: Repeat Offenders” (Written 5-22-2011, privatized and unfinished.)
- ALSO — “What’s wrong with American Christianity, P4: Plastic Halos, Plastic Smiles” (Written 5-31-2011, privatized and unfinished)
- ALSO — “What’s wrong with American Christianity, P4“ (Written 7-10-2011, Unfinished and privatized.)
- “What’s Wrong with American Christianity, P5: Lacking Discernment” (second attempt, written 6-6-2012, unfinished and privatized)
- “What’s Wrong with American Christianity, P5: Lacking Discernment“ (First Draft written 12-23-2011, privatized and unfinished.)
Westboro Baptist Church- “Our Big Disgusted God“
- “Our Big Disgusted God” (written 5-17-2006, as a teaser to the actual post that was to come)
- “Radical(LY) (STUPID) Christianity“
What the Bible means to me — An over abundance of teachers.- “Biblical Reductionism“
- “The ‘Jesus never said’ defense” (in the Comments section)
- “What’s Wrong with American Christianity, P2: Wiki-Bible-pedia“
- “Are we paying Attention?“
- “Heaven – My Revelations Homework“ (Comments section, last comment, second to last sentence — Nothing is more harmful to the Truth than when we re-interpret or re-invent or re-design God’s clear teachings or elevate our own thoughts to the level of God’s Teaching…. making ourselves into modern prophets.)
- “Designer Bibles (RE: what good can come from forcing the text?)“
Asian Culture:
Categorical Catch-All- “East Meets West – Pig’s Heart Soup (Recipe)“ (This simple post has taken on a life of it’s own —– 2,400+ hits over the years. Guess everyone’s wondering what to do with pig hearts.)
- “Stewed Pigs heart (Any other suggestions)?” (Kinda an open attempt to find a recipe before I created one)
- “Awaiting God’s Clarity – Deeply Personal Part 4: Direction” (How going out with friends is viewed culturally)
Externalized truth –Hong Kong
Long Lives
Taiwan -
Categorical Catch-all (You have to read the post to understand)-- “If this was America….“ (Pictures included)
- “The cost of living American in Taiwan” (With pictures)
- “Oh ‘YI’ of little faith” (written 1-25-2010, unfinished but open to reading and comments. Supposed to be my first post on how hard learning Chinese is — turned into a history lesson on Taiwan.)
- “Swimming with Sharks (and finding an Angelfish)“
- “Safely home in Taiwan — Typhoons not withstanding” (lots of pictures)
- “Ummm, I inadvertently started something over here“
- “A Taiwanese treat for my Friends (Pop Video)” (Video links no longer work)
- “American Pizza (Taiwanese Style)“
- “By Bus, By Train, By Ferry” (The low cost of inter-city travel in Asia)
- “5 things I will never grow accustomed to in Taiwan“
- “Allowing God to Direct our Paths“
- “T-minus 1 – Gifting… and I don’t mean wedding presents“ (Recounting “Red Envelope” gifting)
- “T-minus 6 – Cookie Boxes” (Wedding customs)
- “T-minus 7 – The Wedding Photo Shoot“
- “Home… but not quite home…“
- “Decisions – Prayer Time” (Rough Draft written 1-30-2008, unfinished and privatized)
Dust storm?????
Earthquakes -- “6-15-2012” (5.4 on the Richter — Shallow)
- “6-13-2012” (4.9 on the Richter — close to where I live and very shallow)
- “6-10-2012” (6.5 on the Richter)
- “6-6-2012“ (5.9 on the Richter)
- “4-19-2012” (5.1 on the Richter)
- 11-21-2010
- 7-25-2010
- “3-4-2010“
- “11-5-2009” (6.4 on the Richter — ouch)
- “8-17-2009“
- “7-26-2009“
- “6-8-2008” (5.3 on the Richter)
- “9-7-2007” (6.6 on the Richter)
Learning Chinese -- “My Comment to Marlana regarding Learning Chinese” (Privatized – written 11-2-2010)
- “Chinese grammar lesson to Jenny” (Private comments to a friend I thought worth keeping and maybe using later)
- “Chinese Language, P1: Deceptively Simple“
- ALSO — “Learning Chinese: Deceptively Simple, Frustratingly complex” (written 4-7-2010, unfinished and privatized)
- “Oh ‘YI’ of little faith” (written 1-25-2010, unfinished but open to reading and comments. Supposed to be my first post on how hard learning Chinese is — turned into a history lesson on Taiwan.)
- “Inserting one’s foot in one’s mouth makes for easier pronunciation“
Taiwan Independence- “Taiwan is NOT Chinese Taipei“
- “An Important News item your American News forgot to Report“
- “Deitrich Boenhoffer & Human Oppression“
Taiwan Posts and pictures- “4 beds, 5 days, 8 towns — traveling in Taiwan” (written 10-15-2010, unfinished & privatized)
- ALSO — “4 beds, 5 days, 8 towns — Traveling in Taiwan” (1st draft written 10-7-2010)
- “Taiwan’s East Coast and thoughts of Heaven“
- “Taiwan Pics Pt 1: Haulien Night Market” (Pictures included)
- “Taiwan Pics Pt 2: East Coast & Mountains” (Pictures included)
- “Taiwan Pics Pt 3: Gong Cian” (I still can’t quite spell the name of the town right… give me time. Pictures included)
- “Taiwan Pics Pt4: Shou Hoo, Kai & Me” (Pictures inlcuded)
- “Taiwan Pics Pt5: Shou Wan Zie – 5 Yr Old Debbie” (Pictures Included)
- ALSO —- “5 Year Olds are the bestest!” (Another post about Debbie)
- “A Night in Bali – A Day in Taipei” (Pictures included)
- “And finally… the pictures“
- “Pictures… Pt 2“
- “The land of Mopeds and Beetle-Nut“
- “Adventures in the Land of Resourceful Economy“
Taiwan Wedding customs
- “10… 9… 8… 7…“ (thoughts from 2 hours before Kai and I’s wedding.)
- “T-minus 1 – Gifting… and I don’t mean wedding presents“
- “T-minus 3 – Shopping (Still)“
- “T-minus 4 – The Relatives (and man are there a lot of them!!)“
- “T-minus 6 – Cookie Boxes“
- “T-minus 7 – The Wedding Photo Shoot“
Tourist Guide -
- “Tourist Guide to Dining in Taiwan” (written 1-11-2011, unfinished and privatized)
- “Taiwanese Restaurant Review: Water Frog” (Pictures included)
- “Travel Tips for those going to Asia“
Atheism:
- “Another Atheist Evolutionary discussion” (Not my own post, someone elses)
- “Asking Evolution questions to an Atheist“
- “The Atheistic Issue“
- “I am not as once I was: Chapter 3 – Youthful perspectives” (Protected post that was a chapter of my testimony. This recounts my 4 year turn to Atheism from when I was 15-18)
- “In defense of (Christian) Punk Rock“
Bible:
Abused Scriptures (A 5 part series) -- Matthew 7:1 Does ‘Judge not lest you be judged’ really mean we can’t tell people about their sins? - “Scripture Abuse, P5: Judge NOT! (AKA LEAVE ME ALONE!)“
- ALSO — “Scripture Abuse P5 – LEAVE ME ALONE!” (3rd draft written 9-29-2010, unfinished and privatized)
- ALSO — “Scripture Abuse P5 – Judge ME not!!!” (2nd draft written on 9-13-2010, unfinished and privatized)
- ALSO — “Scripture Abuse P5 – Leave me Alone” (1st draft written on 9-2-2010, unfinished and privatized)
- Proverbs 3:5 “Just what does ‘Trust in the Lord with all of your heart…’ really mean?” – “Scripture Abuse, P4: Where is your ‘HEART’?“
- ALSO — “Scripture Abuse, P4: Where is your ‘HEART’?“ (3rd draft written on 8-22-2010 unfinished and privatized)
- ALSO — Jeremiah 29:11 – “God Loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life“ (2nd draft written on 8-18-2010 which went in a TOTALLY different direction than the original and final. Unfinished and privatized. I would deal with this thought 3 months later in “Ours is not a happy tune – What Christianity says to Non-Christians“)
- ALSO — “Scripture Abuse, P4: Where is your ‘Heart’?“ (1st draft written on 8-17-2010 that lacked direction and substance and was privatized for just that reason.)
- Revelation 3:19 “Just what did Jesus mean by saying ‘Behold, I stand at the door and knock…’?” – “Scripture Abuse P3: Poor, Pitifully Lonely Jesus“
- ALSO — “Scripture Abuse P3: Poor Pitifully Lonely Jesus“ (1st draft written on 8-8-2010, unfinished and privatized)
- Acts 4:19 “How do we apply Peter’s statement ‘We should obey God rather than you…’?” – “Scripture Abuse P2: Civil Disobedience“
- ALSO — “Scripture Abuse P2: Civil Disobedience“ (1st Draft written on 8-2-2010, unfinished and privatized)
- Hebrews 12:1-2 “Do people really cheer us on in Heaven as ‘a great cloud of witnesses’?“ – “Scripture abuse P1: Praying to Saints, Mary & others“
Biblical Hermeneutics- Living Under Illusions (topic found in comments after post)
- “A posted Response” (Hermeneutics on the Greek word “Arsenokoites” or literally “Homosexual”)
- “Why Matthew 12:31-32 is a source of comfort“ (BASIC Hermeneutics explained.)
Biblical WISDOM versus Earthly ‘wisdom’- “In the World and OF the World“
- “Renouncing Worldly ‘Wisdom’ to embrace the Word“
- “Fatal flaws flaunted as ‘Wisdom’.“
- “god words Vs God’s Word (Going to Hell in Jesus Name)“
- ALSO — “god words Vs God’s Word — going to hell in Jesus name” (1st draft written 5-30-2010, unfinished and privatized)
- “Tares among the wheat“
- “The Mystery of God explained“
Bible Studies (Books / Passages / verses worked through)
- “In the World and OF the World“ (A look at 1 John 2:19 in respect to people “walking away from” Christ or Christianity. In the comments section is a good review of Hebrews 11 in respect to why we seek a world to come and merely use the things of this world as temporary or fleeting.)
- “Worship isn’t merely just praising God“ (A clear look at John 4, the woman at the well, and what it means to worship.)
- “Plumbing the riches of Hebrews” (The book of Hebrews worked through)
- ALSO — “Digging into Hebrews” (first draft written 6-22-2011)
- “Gee but it’s great to be back home —” (the book of Ecclesiastes worked through)
- “11-10-2009 12:50 PM” (John 9)
- “BT1: If Christ is my Savior, what am I saved from?“
- “BT2: If Christ is my Savior, what am I saved from? (Part 2)“
- “BT2: If Christ is my savior, what am I saved from? (Part 2)” (1st draft written 10-12-2009, unfinished and privatized)
- “Favorite Scripture, P1“ (John 9)
- “Favorite Scripture, P1.1: John 9 Continued” (John 9 finished)
- “The myth / cult of “good” or I am NOT “OK” / You are NOT “OK”.” (The Rich Young Ruler: Luke 18:18-30; Matthew 19:16-30; Mark 10:17-31)
- “The Myth / Cult of ‘Good’.” (1st draft written 5-12-2009, unfinished and privatized)
- “The Myth / Cult of ‘Good’.” (2nd draft written 5-16-2009, unfinished and privatized)
- “So Even Xanga has X-rated SPAMMERS” (Proverbs 7:10-27 The Harlot and how she traps her victims)
- “Re-Categorizing People” (Revelation & what it means to be an Enemy of God)
- “Presidential Homework” (Deuteronomy 17:18-20)
- “Hannah Prayed” (1st Samuel 1-3, the life of Hannah, mother of Samuel)
- “Getting Mad @ God” (A brief commentary on Luke 17:24-27)
- “Passage to Share: Psalm 15 (Theology 491)“
- “Hell: It ain’t all it’s cracked up to be” (Luke 18:26-31)
- “Alive and well and sleepy” (Luke 2:14 explored)
- “After Surgery Update and Genesis Review“ (Genesis 2:18, 24 & Proverbs 18:22 looked at)
- “A Comment to Jim Exley” (Reflection on Ephesians 5:1)
- “Playing Gideon…. (RE: Lacking Trust)” (A look into the life of Gideon)
- “Playing Gideon…. (Re: Lacking Trust)” (First draft written 5-1-2007, unfinished and privatized.)
- “Walking Tightropes“ (Reflections on Hebrews 11:1,6)
- “Sad Thoughts from the Road, Part 1: Smiling” (Reflections on Romans 1:32)
- “God wants us to be Spiritual Fruitcakes“ (Reflections on Matthew 7:17-20 and what it means by “By their fruit you shall know them.”)
- “Outlining Romans 1:1-6“
- “Encouragement Verses” (A good look at 1 John 1:9 & 2:1)
- “Favorite Scripture: The Church” (A good look at Hebrews 10)
- “Save One, Lose one…. (John 8:1-11)“ (A really good review of the woman caught in Adultery.)
- “Poem“ (Nahum 1 restructured as a poem)
- “Favorite Scripture, Part 1“ (John 9 discussed in detail over 3 posts.)
- “Favorite Scripture, Part 1.5 (John 9 continued)“
- “John 9, Conclusion“
- “Do we really know how to love?“ (1 Corinthians 13:4-8 looked at in depth)
- “How God builds Character in his Children” (The use of sorrow and trials and tribulations in the life of the believer.)
- “In your Anger do not Sin” (Dealing with the Sin of Anger through forgiveness.)
Categorical Catch-all (You have to read the post to understand)-
- “Specific Generalities“
- “The History of Sin and Grace“
- “Designer Bibles (RE: what good can come from forcing the text?)“
- “I am not as once I was Chpt 9.5: 16 steps to salvation” (How may one be saved — this is not a set of rules, it’s merely what I had to go through myself.)
- “Why Non-Believers HATE the Gospel“
- “Anger – The Biblical Perspective“
- “Biblical Fasting – Not what you think it is“
- “Verse to Share: Ps 13:5-6“
“Contradictions” in the Bible
Demons, Devils, Fallen Angels -
- “Life in Christ is warfare, not a band-aid“
- “Modern Demonology” (Unfinished, but open to reading and comments)
- “Designer Bibles (RE: what good can come from forcing the text?)” (Satanic Agendas)
- “Candid thoughts on ‘Life after death’.”
- “Innocence lost = Deeply hidden scars + Years of shame“
- “Innocence Lost = Deeply hidden scars + Years of shame” (First draft written 7-11-2008, unfinished and privatized.)
- “Hannah Prayed“
- “Theology 102: The Blindness“ (Prologue deals primarily with the previous post on Satan)
- “Theology 101: The Devil“
- “Why Matthew 12:31-32 is a source of comfort“
- “Apologetics 101: Always be prepared“
- “Conversations Part 4: the prostitute“ (Last thought written was about how Satan is a master puppeteer.)
Did God Write the Bible? –- “Poem: Response to Derek Webb ‘What Matters More’.“
- “Random thoughts on God’s Word” (3rd section of comments within the text of the post)
Divorce & Remarriage
Encouragement to the Fallen – Tempted – Tried – Tested –- “Dealing With ‘Temptation’.“
- “Dealing with Sin – Not without Irony“
- “Depressing thoughts and stupid actions“
- “The ‘Cross’ is not a temporary setback“
- “Innocence lost = Deeply hidden scars + Years of shame“
- “Innocence Lost = Deeply hidden scars + Years of shame” (First draft written 7-11-2008, unfinished and privatized.)
- “Theology 431: Temptation – is there ever peace?“
- “Living Life by Fear“
- “How God builds Character in his Children“ (How God uses Trials in our lives)
- “On a Christian’s Influence in the World“
God’s Plans for Israel (history past) -
How we are to witness to others-Is the Bible FULLY True or trustworthy? -
- “Biblical Reductionism“
- “Biblical Reductionists” (First draft written 12-15-2011, unfinished and privatized.)
- “Poem: Response to Derek Webb ‘What Matters More’.“
- “Is God Impotent?“
- “Stray Thought“
- “Apologetics 101: Always be prepared” (The Science of Authenticity is discussed — how we know the Bible can be trusted)
Lies attributed as being “In the bible” OR that people believe true-All Men are “children of God” –- “Logic, Reason, Faith“
- “Fatal flaws flaunted as ‘Wisdom’.“
- “Life in Christ is warfare, not a bandaid“
- “Random Comments on God’s Word“
- “Reviewing the World around me” (Briefly explores the fact that only way into God’s family is by adoption.)
God helps those who help themselves -
God Loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life -- “Ours is not a happy tune – What Christianity says to Non-Christians“
- “What does ‘Jesus Loves You’ really mean?” (Unfinished post, but open to being read and commented on.)
- “God Loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life” (Unfinished and privatized — written 8-18-2010)
- “I’m Tired” (This is my personal “95 Theses” akin to Martin Luther’s)
- “Cultural Slight of Hand: Redefining Sin“
- ALSO — “The Emperor’s New Clothes: Cultural slight of Hand” (written 2-17-2011, unfinished and privatized)
- ALSO — “Suppressing sin — by redefining terms” (Written 2-6-2011, unfinished and privatized)
Let Go, Let God
Love the sinner / Hate the Sin -
Men are basically good -- “What Does the Bible Say is ‘Evil’? Part 1” (Continuation from below — written 6-28-2012, unfinished and privatized)
- “What does the Bible say is ‘Evil’? Part 1“ (This is actually my personal notes from a year long bible study on every single verse in the Bible that used the word “Evil” and what the Bible actually claims is “Evil”) (Written 6-11-2012, unfinished and privatized)
No Hell, No Judgment, No wrath (God is only ‘love’) -
You can lose your salvation -
- “In the World and OF the World“ (A look at 1 John 2:19 in respect to those who “walk away from” Christ and Christianity — and how they were never saved in the first place.)
- “Worship isn’t merely just praising God“ (A brief look at Calvinism and the doctrine of “the Perseverance of the Saints”)
- “Theology 401: Who saves whom?“ (A look at “can you lose your salvation?”)
Literal Interpretation of Scripture -
Judas -- “Did Judas Preach the Truth?“
- “Theology 401: Who saves whom?“ (A look at “can you lose your salvation?”)
Ministry of the Holy Spirit -
Pharisees / Sadducee -
Rapture of the Church - (And other End Times matters)- “The Liberal / Mystic ‘christian’ Gamble“ (It’s dealt with in the comments, specifically the very last one)
- “Rethinking my Eschatology“
- “End Times“
- “Where the 7734 do they come up with parC <.< like this?” (Trust me, this is a must read…. It’s too funny to miss.)
Take up your Cross — just what does that mean?-
The Ten Commandments-- “The ‘Jesus Never Said’ Defense“ (Dealing primarily with homosexuality, but every one of the 10 commandments is specifically stated to make a point)
- “The myth / cult of “good” or I am NOT “OK” / You are NOT “OK”.“
- “The Myth / Cult of ‘Good’.” (1st draft written 5-12-2009, unfinished and privatized)
- “The Myth / Cult of ‘Good’.” (2nd draft written 5-16-2009, unfinished and privatized)
The Trinity OR the Triune nature of God-
Time and Eternity
What does it mean to “repent”?-- “Repentance brings Renewal“
- “I am not as once I was: Chapter 10 – Coming to the end of my rope” (A Review of my own repentance and what it cost me in terms of family, friends and freedom.)
- “PEN THIEF!!!!!“
- “RE:Thinking – Grace“
- “Cleaning up before a Bath“
- “The power of a Word“
What does the Bible mean by “Heart”-- “Scripture Abuse, P4: Where is your ‘HEART’?“
- “Living Under Illusions” (Comment found in 4th section of this lengthy blog)
- “What does ‘Jesus Loves You’ really mean?” (Unfinished post open to being read and commented on)
- “The myth / cult of “good” or I am NOT “OK” / You are NOT “OK”.“
- “The Myth / Cult of ‘Good’.” (1st draft written 5-12-2009, unfinished and privatized)
- “The Myth / Cult of ‘Good’.” (2nd draft written 5-16-2009, unfinished and privatized)
- “Guarding your heart“
What does it mean to be “Spiritually Blind or Dead?”-- “Spiritually Dead“ (Written 3-19-2011, Unfinished and privatized)
- “Dead“ (Written 3-12-2011, Unfinished and privatized)
- “Re-Categorizing People” (defined as “An Enemy of God”)
- “Theology 102: The Blindness“
What does it mean to “Trust” in Christ?-- “Logic, Reason, Faith“
- “Trusting God to meet our Needs“
- “Playing Gideon…. (RE: Lacking Trust)“
- “Playing Gideon…. (Re: Lacking Trust)” (First draft written 5-1-2007, unfinished and privatized.)
- “Cleaning up before a Bath“
- “Walking Tightropes“
- “On a Christian’s Influence in the World“ (Believing in God’s Word over Satan’s Lies)
What is “Holiness”-- “False Standards of Piety: What Holiness is NOT“
- The Wrong Definition of Holiness (1st draft written 4-12-2011, privatized and unfinished.)
- “Redefining Christianity“
What is “Idolatry”?
What is “Pride”?-
What is “Thankfulness?” -
What is “Tithing?” -- “What is ‘Tithing’ anyway?“ (written as a response to this Revelife post: “Tithing: what is it and why we should.” which was blatantly in error Biblically.
What is “The Gospel”? -
- “What’s Wrong with the Gospel, P1 – The missing parts” (Unfinished / Privatized as of 12-16-2010 — I couldn’t figure out how to get an Adobe file to be usable in my blog, which halted the whole series I planned)
- “Ours is not a happy tune – What Christianity says to Non-Christians“
- “Renouncing Worldly ‘Wisdom’ to embrace the Word“
- “What is “The Gospel”?“
- “A Chance to preach the ‘Gospel’.”
- “The History of Sin and Grace“
- “Why Non-Believers HATE the Gospel“
- “Debate (Psst… Bring your friends)” (discussed randomly through the comments section)
What is “Sin” –- “Dealing with Sin — Not without Irony“
- “Cultural Slight of Hand: Redefining Sin“
- ALSO — “The Emperor’s New Clothes: Cultural slight of Hand” (written 2-17-2011, unfinished and privatized)
- ALSO — “Suppressing sin — by redefining terms” (Written 2-6-2011, unfinished and privatized)
- “I’m a Natural Born Liar“
- ALSO — “I’m a Natural Born Liar” (1st draft, written 4-24-2010)
- “Everything’s Broken“ (Unfinished post, open for reading and comment)
- “Let another man praise you“
- “Debate (Psst… Bring your friends)” (discussed randomly through the comments section)
- “In your Anger do not Sin” (Dealing with the Sin of Anger)
What is “The unforgivable / unpardonable sin”? -- “Living Under Illusions“
- “Why Matthew 12:31-32 is a source of comfort” (This is part one of a two part series)
- “Can we sin so gravely that we cannot be forgiven?” (This is part two in the series)
What is “Worship”?-- “Worship isn’t merely just praising God“
- “Worship isn’t merely just praising God” (First draft written 2-6-2012, Unfinished & Privatized)
- “Living Under Illusions“
- “Worshiping with NON-Believers“
Christianity
Analogies and pertinent thoughts of the Christian life, Christianity and truth. (NOTE: All quotes are my own unless otherwise noted)
Analogies about Life in Christ
Being the bride of Christ — and taking a stand for my beloved.…. there is no Christianity without struggle… one has to apply themselves to study, to obedience where Scripture speaks and to fellowship with other believers if one is to grow. This includes such things as accepting rebuke, correction and exhortation where other believers see the need to do so (in love). ….. accountability holds us true to Christ and molds us more into his image through regular scripture reading and constant fellowship with other believers. ….. Accountability, both to other believers and to the Word of God where it stands plain and true, is entirely necessary if we are to remain true to God in a long term fashion.
Honest Christianity is something that takes a lifetime to grapple with
- “god words Vs God’s Word (Going to Hell in Jesus Name)“
- ALSO — “god words Vs God’s Word — going to hell in Jesus name” (1st draft written 5-30-2010, unfinished and privatized)
But Christianity isn’t about isolation… it’s about integration. It’s about taking what I know, sharing it with others, and watching the seeds God’s planted grow into wonderful gardens of Peace, Joy, Love, patience, goodness, gentleness, kindness, faithfulness & self-control. It’s about sharing the Gospel… with others who don’t believe. It’s not about creating a Christian sub-culture, with it’s own exclusive language intended to keep people unaware of the Grace of God. And it’s definitely not about removing ourselves from the world so thoroughly that the salt we are becomes lost in the gravel of those around us. Light is meant to shine INTO THE DARKNESS. Not back upon itself.
the Church functions as a check against our human nature and propensity for sin… not that it takes our sins away, but that it helps us to face the things we don’t always want to…. and that in doing so, it is fulfilling a role for which God intended — helping us to be our brother’s keeper.
I cannot cite scripture unless I am willing to obey what I read.
I cannot quote scripture unless it’s so dear to me, that it is my life, and I am willing to follow on, even though it hurts.
I cannot bandy around the Name of the Lord, whether by tongue or by affiliation, unless I am willing to lay down my life and live the life that HE calls me to live.
….if I intend to call upon His name, to take it upon myself as my own, then I am likewise called and foremost called, to obey. It is not an optional choice.
Christianity is… Not Mountain-climbing but walking a path… (That is to say that Christianity isn’t us striving to reach mountain peaks but more like trying to stay on a straightforward path. It’s not about moving ahead of others in our climb to the top — more like walking side by side on a road.)
Christianity is… Not an adjective, but a verb.
- “Regarding the Truth“ (Comment section, my first response)
- “The Truest Test of ‘REAL’ Christianity, P1“
Christianity is… Warfare, not a bandaid.
Works are the bubbles that show the water is boiling. (Not my statement, this one is Finney’s)
- “Laying my cards on the table (Losing readership / Speaking Truth)” (said in the comments section)
Thoughts on living the Christian Life or on life in General
Cults on the one side of me, Sinners grabbing at their sin in the name of Christ on the other side of me, and I’m told my voice is to be on the mute setting. I’m told that their opinions hold more value than mine because I preach a gospel of exclusion.
- “My Responsibility“ (I love the above quote — it so perfectly sums up our day and age.)
I’d much rather have a perfect (imperfectly so) heart before my Lord than a perfect smile (that masks a wicked heart) before others. —– I’d much rather be open, purely visible, even in my sinful frailty than to pretend everything is fine or perfect and all the while be completely sinful to my rotten core.
Grace is so profound, that nothing in the arsenal of man’s fallen state can ever erase it… even death.
Just because the Streets are paved with Gold, doesn’t mean I’m going onwards to eternal materialism and hedonistic pleasure. Heaven isn’t about me. It’s about Christ.
The problem with Christianity in America is that there are far to many definitions for what a Christian IS here in America. Biblically, there is only ONE definition: Someone who commits themselves wholeheartedly to OBEYING Jesus, following no one and nothing else, not even their own fancies. (Personal note 6-5-2012 — I have been saying this exact comment for over 30 years now. It’s sad that I still need to after all this time.)
- “You’re What?!?!?!?“ (Being a Christian has really no impact on how “I” decide to live my life.)
- “Envisioning Heaven….Heading for Hell“
If you allow your thoughts to wander in fields of dissatisfaction, you sow the seeds for discord and discontent.
- “I am not as Once I was: The Conclusion, Pt2” (Protected post, meaning only close friends can review it. I am pretty blunt about what led to my salvation, in every detail, and it’s not a pretty picture.)
- “Guarding your heart“
My enemy has no power that my Lord does not allow him to possess. Now there is a truly comforting thought….
Our egos become the idol and God is lost between the pages of His own book as we seek to exalt ourselves through its (the bible) words.
Nothing is more harmful to the Truth than when we re-interpret, re-invent or re-design God’s clear teachings or elevate our own thoughts to the level of God’s Teaching…. making ourselves into modern prophets.- “Heaven – My Revelations Homework” (Comment section)
- “A Question regarding Heaven and Hell” (Comment section)
How deep the sorrow of God must be for the millions upon millions of people he loves….. who daily continue in their sin not seeing it’s damage to themselves and others.
Question: What to do with someone who once accepted but now rejects the faith? (NOTE: This is the only quote that is abbreviated for brevity’s sake, the actual response spells things out in more detail.)
My Answer: 3 fold approach.
1) Excommunicative = remove the sinful yeast from your presence. (1st Corinthians 5)
2) Incommunicado = Do not even great them lest you encourage them in their sinful beliefs. (2 John 9-10)
3) Restorative = Aim to bring the brother / sister back. (Galatians 6:1-3; Matthew 16:15-17) This assumes they will listen to you in response to their sin.- “Spiritual Pride Explained“ (Dealt with in the comments section)
Our responsibility is not to play “god” — our responsibility is to be found faithful TO God.
A Christian marriage isn’t two saints living in harmony; it’s two sinners working through grace, together. (Sondi DiGrazia — My mentor in Christ, how I miss her wisdom at times)
True discipleship, true Christianity, comes at a cost of everything we have, at the price of leaving behind what we THINK is right, what we THINK is true, what we THINK is of value…. and grabbing at that which honestly does have value: The Love of God.
(Truth is) a standard, like gravity, that anchors every soul to ONE firm foundation… and judges all men by that same standard.
we were all prostitutes and harlots before Christ cleanses us and washes us clean…. the very fact he accepts us as his spotless bride shows how far mercy and Grace will go towards repentant sinners.
- “A Question regarding Heaven and Hell” (in the comments section)
The beauty we know is but a pale imitation of the Glory of God. A small fraction of what truly is and will be. Paul writes that all creation groans to be freed from the entrapment man’s fall to sin placed it under… creation groans to be redeemed. And Revelation speaks of the heavens and earth melting away and a new heaven and a new earth taking their places… all of this pointing to the fact that whatever we see of which we call “Beautiful”…. is but a pale reflection of what will someday truly be so.
This is not meant to discourage…. it is a grand thing. God has prepared for us something far more glorious than we can ever dare imagine or hope for. Wow…. I can’t wait.
- “Horizons“
There’s a fine line between beating people up WITH the truth and lovingly guiding them TO the truth. It’s the line I desire to find balance in.
- “Opening my eyes to the world around me” (This quote is found in the comments section)
we all to often get so caught up in presenting Christ as ‘The Answer‘ that we often forget how important it is to ask the questions.
What would Jesus think about our debates? Our attempts to wrap our dogma around His message. Our attempts to place God into a small sized box so that we can place him on a shelf somewhere claiming “I’ve got this whole God-thing figured out”.
- “WWJT” (What would Jesus Think?)
Where do we go when we die?: Depends… did you accept or reject Jesus application to erase your criminal record?
You don’t counterfeit what doesn’t have value, what isn’t real in the truest and purest sense — that is why there are no counterfeit pennies and why cults love to tack “Jesus” into their teachings.
Categorical Catch-all (You have to read the post to understand)-
- “Random Thoughts on ‘Being’ Christian” (Unfinished post open to being read and commented on)
- “Specific Generalities“
- “god words vs God’s Words (Going to Hell in Jesus Name)“
- ALSO — “god words Vs God’s Word — going to hell in Jesus name” (1st draft written 5-30-2010, unfinished and privatized)
- “Money Changes Everything“
- “Empty Nest Syndrome” (How allowing God to lead us can actually work through someone’s life, namely my own.)
Christians as a display of God’s Glory
Christian Fellowship
Christmas
Da Vinci Code (and other foolish conspiracies…)- “Biblical Reductionism” (A comment on Dan Brown, and a detailed look at what took place at the Council of Nicea)
- “Two Books, One Tall Tale“
- “Candid thoughts on Jewish Conspiracies“
Dealing with an accuser
Dealing with Temptation
Giving versus Serving -- “Christian Service – Giving is the EASY part“ (Unfinished / Privatized — written 11-24-2010)
- “Giving: Tied up in Committee“
- “If it is in my power to Give“
How Sin leads us down a slippery path
- “Invincible“
- “In your Anger do not Sin” (Dealing with the Sin of Anger)
- “Spiritual Pride Explained“
Lifestyle Evangelism -
- “Debate (Psst… Bring your friends)“
- “Reviewing the World around me“
- “WINNING THE LOTTERY…. well…. sort of.” (A personal story of how I managed to influence on shop owner by my life and speech.)
- “Circumstantial Providence“ (The story of how I got started on Ebay… but also talks about how I got to witness to a Lesbian Goth girl over several years…. by being her friend.)
- “Isolationist Christianity“
- “A thought on Picketing and Boycotting“
- “Try a little Kindness“
- “Apologetics 101: Always be prepared“ (A conversation with a non-believer on demonology and Christ)
No Common Ground with / for Heresies -
- “Explosive Situations“
- “No, we cannot ‘agree to disagree’.”
- “Spiritual Pride Explained“ (Dealt with in the comments section)
Obedience to Christ- “Depressing thoughts and stupid actions“
- “Realizing the Power of ‘IS‘.“
- “How do you define “Beauty”?“
Prayer
- “A Unique Perspective on Prayer“ (Make sure to catch my “Public Prayer Guidelines” in the comments section — I may have to blog about those someday)
- “Sad Thoughts from the Road, Part 3: Sin“ (talks about James 5:16 for a bit and gives context for “the effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man” which many miss.)
Putting on the Mind of Christ
Repentance
- “Repentance brings Renewal“
- “RE:Thinking – Grace“
- “Cleaning up before a Bath“
- “Redefining Christianity“
- “The power of a Word“
- “Heavenly Commodities“
(1) Security of the Believer (Once saved / Always saved)
- “Worship isn’t merely just praising God” (A brief look at Calvinism including thoughts on the doctrine of the Perseverance of the Saints)
- “Theology 401: Who saves whom?“ (A look at “can you lose your salvation?”)
- “Encouraging the Family“
- “Can we sin so gravely that we cannot be forgiven?“
(2) People “leaving” Christianity – never were Christians to begin with
Anne Rice -- Anne Rice leaves Christianity & Harvey Cox destroys Church History” (Unfinished / Privatized — written on 8-2-2010)
General Scripture References commented on- “In the World and OF the World“ (Detailed look at those who “Tried Christianity” and fail to adhere to it.)
- “Pilgrim’s Progress Bible Study, Part 9: Interpreter’s House, part 3“ (The topic is dealt with in a footnote after the main body of the blog.)
- “A comment I made at facebook” (Merely a comment, not a blog post, Privatized until I could work it into a post. — written on 7-27-2010)
- “The Truest Test of ‘REAL’ Christianity, P1“
- “Did Judas Preach the Truth?“
- “Realizing the Power of ‘IS‘.“
- “Theology 401: Who saves whom?“
- “Wheels within wheels“
- “Comfort Ye my Children…“
My Son -
Taking on the Life of Christ
- “BT2: If Christ is my Savior, what am I saved from? (Part 2)“
- “BT2: If Christ is my savior, what am I saved from? (Part 2)” (1st draft written 10-12-2009, unfinished and privatized)
- “God wants us to be Spiritual Fruitcakes“
What does it mean to “Fear” the Lord?
What is the true test of being a Christian?- This is a multi-part series I’ve been intending to write since 2006. As it is important to do correctly, I’ve taken my time in getting to it. Here, though, is a glimpse at the topics / tests.
False Starts
- “These great and precious promises” (written 9-9-09, unfinished and privatized)
- “Christianity: P1 marks of a true Christian” (written 7-19-2009, unfinished and privatized)
- “One more thing…” (Written 3-31-2007, unfinished and privatized. This was an attempt to get everyone thinking on this particular topic.)
Intended aim (and some that made it into being)
- Endurance:
- Obedience:
- :
- “True and False Obedience” (Unfinished but open to reading and comments)
- Love (not tolerance, but Agape)
- :
- Forgiveness
- :
- “Anger – The Biblical Perspective” (This is a clear look at how UNforgiveness in our hearts means God will not forgive us.)
- Hope
- :
- Repentance
- :
- Humbleness
- :
What Christianity “IS NOT“! -
- “I’m Tired” (This is my personal “95 Theses” akin to Martin Luther’s)
- “Redefining Christianity“
- “A thought on Picketing and Boycotting“
What is the standard for “Good”?
- “The myth / cult of “good” or I am NOT “OK” / You are NOT “OK”.“
- “The Myth / Cult of ‘Good’.” (1st draft written 5-12-2009, unfinished and privatized)
- “The Myth / Cult of ‘Good’.” (2nd draft written 5-16-2009, unfinished and privatized)
Why every Christian belongs in Church
- “In defense of Church attendance“
- “Living in the Past“
- “In Defense of the Church, Part 2“
- “In defense of THE Church“
- “In Defense of MY church“
- “Sad Thoughts from the Road, Part 3: Sin“
- “The blessing of Christian Fellowship“
- “A Comment worth sharing (Redefining Christianity 2.0)“
- “Favorite Scripture: The Church“
- “Closure: a story of the Internet“
Witnessing for Christ -
- “Turning things Around“
- “The land of spiritual Abortions“
- “Radical(LY) (STUPID) Christianity” (More like how NOT to witness…)
- “Debate (Psst… Bring your friends)“
- “Saying NO! and meaning it“
- “Reviewing the World around me“
- “Pardon my Sarcasm” (Dealing with “Left Behind” the computer game…. yeah, you read that right.)
- “Apologetics 101: Always be prepared“ (An Example of defending Christianity on the fly)
Contemporary Christian Music
The Archive Series – Trying to bring back the lost artists of yesteryear.- “Archive Series 8: Steve Camp“
- “Archive Series 7: Mark Heard – Christian, Artist, Poet“
- “Archive Series 6: The Daniel Band (Early Christian Metal)“ (Totally Cool, Dan McCabe from the band discovered my write up and posted some comments.)
- “Archive Series 5: Don Francisco – Poet Storyteller“
- “Archive Series 5: Don Francisco – Poet Storyteller“ (First Draft written 3-21-2008)
- “Archive Series 4: Jennifer Knapp” (This is prior to her coming out as a “christian lesbian”. I have since privatized this post as I don’t wish to support this artist.)
- “Archive Series 3: Craig Smith” (Probably my most popular of the Archive Series with over 1200 views)
- “Archive Series 2: Praise Music“
- “Archive Series 1: Sweet Comfort Band“
- “Archive Series: Who is Julie Miller anyway?“
In Defense of Christian Music (Or my personal history in CCM)
List of Artists I recommend and why -
Various Singers and their songs:
- “Thanksgiving: Remember Your Chains” -
- ALSO — “Thanksgiving: Remember Your Chains (First Draft written 11-25-2009)” (Unfinished / Privatized)
- “Stuck on Steven Curtis Chapman“
- “If You’re Truly Wise“ (Thoughts and a song from Larry Norman)
- “Re-Introducing Rosie Thomas“
- “Ebay Music Reviews” (Three independent bands reviewed: Deluge, Greg Doles and Deep Roots)
- “A Christmas Gift for one and all…. Enjoy!!! >grin<“ (A song by the band Apologetix)
- “Broken World – Across the Sky” (The artist is “Across the Sky”. They only had one CD that I know of.)
- “One from the Road: Las Vegas” (Dougie MacLean – Turning Away)
- “Thoughts on Crying“ (Mark Heard “I’m Crying Again)
Cults and major world religions
Categorical Catch-all - (You have to read the post to understand)-- “Questions for Christians (Borrowed from Nyclegodesi24)” Questions 4 & 5 deal with Christianity versus other world religions
- “Rethinking my Eschatology“
- “Counterfeits – Spiritual and Real” (Why cults love to use the bible or add Jesus as one of their teachers.)
- “One of many Flavors – Christian Apologetics” (What Christianity has to say to cults)
- “A thought on Picketing and Boycotting“
- “Apologetics 101: Always be prepared“ (A discussion on spiritual Counterfeits)
Emergent Theology & the Openness of God
Gnosticism
Health & Wealth CharismaticsIslam
Jehovah’s Witnesses- “No, We cannot ‘agree to disagree’.”
- “Jesus IS Jehovah, Period.“
- “Confused” (Just a casual mention in the midst of bad advertisements at Xanga.)
Liberalism- “Welcome to the New Church“ (NOT MY POST… but very well written sarcastic piece from one of the FaceBook commentors in the BQN comments post below)
- “The Brian Quincy Newcomb Comments” (Posted 10-9-2011, privatized collection of facebook comments that followed after I called BQN a “black plague on the face of Contemporary Christian Music” for his Unitarian Universalism and liberal interpretations of scripture. MANY Christian musicians spoke up in his defense, showing their NON-Christian beliefs… hence why I kept the comments in the first place.)
- “The Liberal / Mystic ‘christian’ Gamble“
- “Defining Fundamentalism & accepting that I am one“
- “What’s making me angry“ (very little of my own thoughts on this one — a basic reprint of Bishop Spong’s thoughts which indeed have made me angry — Spong is an Episcopalian who favors homosexual christianity)
- “Is God Impotent?“
- “Tares among the wheat“
- “Who Speaks for God?“
- ALSO —”Who Speaks for God?” (1st draft, written 11-11-2009, unfinished and privatized — This actually presents the entire Facebook conversation from the Liberal argument which I presented only a snippet of in the finished post.)
- “Revelation: Parable or Plain Fact“
- “Heaven – My Revelations Homework“
- “Is Your Jesus Real?“
- “These great and precious promises” (written 9-9-09, unfinished and privatized)
Mormonism
- “Explosive Situations“
- “Defending My Wife’s Honor“
- “A Chance to preach the ‘Gospel’.”
- “My Responsibility“ (Unfinished post, open to reading and comments)
- “I am not as once I was: Chapter 3 – Youthful perspectives“ (Protected post that is part of my serialized testimony. This chapter recounts my introduction to and near baptism INTO the Mormon church.)
- “Question Everything….“
Mysticism
- “The Liberal / Mystic ‘christian’ Gamble“
- “Why Matthew 12:31-32 is a source of comfort“ (Dealt with under the Hermeneutic Principle for “Interpret Scripture literally”)
Roman Catholicism / Roman Catholic church
Categorical Catch-all – (you have to read the post to understand)- “Laying my cards on the table (Losing readership / Speaking Truth)” (Subtitle this one: What the Roman Catholic Church needs to do to repent.)
- “Judgment Comes“ (Not in the post, but in the comments that follow)
- “Rethinking my Eschatology“
- “Of Josh & James & Jesus (Oh… and Martin Luther)“
Does Christ Share His Glory?
Praying to Mary, Saints & others instead of Jesus -Was Jesus sacrifice on the cross enough? Is Jesus work finished?
- “Judgment comes, P3: Harlots, Prostitutes & Adulteresses“
- “Is Your Jesus Real?” (Comments section)
Evolution:- “Another Atheist Evolutionary Discussion” (Not my own post, someone elses)
- “Asking Evolution questions to an Atheist“
- “A point where Evolution fails“
- “The Grace of God displayed in Noah and the Flood” (Strata used for dating based on gradual not catastrophic layering is discussed. See comments section)
- “The Evolution of Song – Thanks Amanda“ (Humorously, in the comments section. This post was actually a movie review on “That thing that you do” but someone started some comments on Evolution and I followed suit.)
Famous Folk
The Beatles –- “They didn’t go far enough” (Written 10-14-2007, unfinished and privatized)
- “The Beatles… masters of non-sense“
- “! (aka: Across the Universe)“
Dave Carroll- “Why YOU should NOT fly United Airlines“ (The United Breaks Guitars Video — that said, fly over to YouTube and check out Dave’s “Everyday Heroes – the 911 song” that one deserves far more attention!)
Beth Neilsen ChapmanSteven Curtis Chapman
Remember Your Chains -- “Thanksgiving: Remember Your Chains” -
- ALSO — “Thanksgiving: Remember Your Chains (First Draft written 11-25-2009)” (Unfinished / Privatized)
- “Stuck on Steven Curtis Chapman“
Kelly ClarksonRick Elias (former member of Rich Mullin’s Raggamuffin band)
Jim Elliot
Dan Fogelberg- “The passing of a true poet“ (Songs included)
Keith Green- “Cultural Slight of Hand: Redefining Sin“
- ALSO — “The Emperor’s New Clothes: Cultural slight of Hand” (written 2-17-2011, unfinished and privatized)
- ALSO — “Suppressing sin — by redefining terms” (Written 2-6-2011, unfinished and privatized)
- TRACT: What’s Wrong with the Gospel, the missing parts. (Unfinished / Privatized — Written on 12-16-2010 — I couldn’t figure out how to get an Adobe file to run in my blog, thus the project was scrapped.)
- “Rethinking my Eschatology“
- “A Question regarding Heaven and Hell“
- “A Comment at ReveLife”
- “Removed from Keith Green Ultimate Collection CD Auction“
- “Envisioning Heaven….Heading for Hell“
Mark Heard- “A post only for my friends (Protected)“ (A comment I made at a ReveLife post I thought worth sharing, but only with my friends)
- “A Comment at ReveLife”
- “Archive Series 7: Mark Heard – Christian, Artist, Poet“
- “(re)introducing Mark Heard“
- “Pardon my Sarcasm“
- “Thoughts on Crying” (Mark’s “I’m Crying Again”)
Chantal KreviazukC.S. Lewis
- “Dealing With ‘Temptation’.“
- “Trading C.S. Lewis Quotes“
- “A Question regarding Heaven and Hell“
- “The myth / cult of “good” or I am NOT “OK” / You are NOT “OK”.“
- “The Myth / Cult of ‘Good’.” (1st draft written 5-12-2009, unfinished and privatized)
- “The Myth / Cult of ‘Good’.” (2nd draft written 5-16-2009, unfinished and privatized)
- “Candid thoughts on ‘Life after death’.” (in the comments section)
- “Innocence lost = Deeply hidden scars + Years of shame“
- “Innocence Lost = Deeply hidden scars + Years of shame” (First draft written 7-11-2008, unfinished and privatized.)
- “Theology 431: Temptation – is there ever peace?“
- “She could always make me cry“
Leona Lewis
LifeHouse
- “Where I’ve Been Hiding lately” (12-28-2009 Video included — my project with the Gi-Kong Youth Group — WATCH THE VIDEO!!! the song is LifeHouse “Everything”)
- “Time Traveler’s Wife” (Video included. Lifehouse song that was sung under the trailer to “Time Traveler’s wife” movie.)
- “A Video for my Friends” (Lifehouse Everything Skit, the original performance)
S M Lockridge
- “S M Lockridge – That’s My King” (Audio file included)
- “My King Is” (Audio file included)
- “Getting out of the House“
Dougie McLean
Julie MillerD.L. Moody
Watchman Nee
Larry Norman -
- “If You’re Truly Wise“
- “I am not as once I was: Chapter 6.5 – U-Turns” (Protected post meaning only selected friends can view it. This was a part of my serialized testimony of how I became a Christian. If interested in reading, please message me.)
- “I am not as once I was: Chapter 3 – Youthful perspectives“ (Protected post, as stated directly above)
- “The Death of Larry Norman: Christian Music Pioneer“
- “Larry Norman Died“
President Obama
- “A Letter to President Obama (Not from Me)“
- “It’s not that I disagree with Obama as a person, but..“
Joel Osteen
- “Does Large Churches automatically equal God’s Blessing?“
- “A post against False Teachers (Joel Osteen, Benny Hinn, etc…)” (Doesn’t really point out errors in his theology, just a general post regarding
- “I’m Tired” (This is my personal “95 Theses” akin to Martin Luther’s)
Simon & Garfunkel
- “Wow“
Trailer Chior
- “What if the Moment Came?” (Video Included)
Vince Vaughn
Weird Al Yankovic
God:
Categorical Catch-all - (You have to read the post to understand)-
- “Life in Christ is warfare, not a bandaid“ (This particular post deals with MANY aspects of God’s dealings with man.)
- “Specific Generalities“
- “Realizing the Power of ‘IS‘.“
- “Horizons” (Minor reflection on God’s Glory)
- “Conspiring Against Me…“ (Minor reflection on How God looks at us and sees Christ.)
- “Heavenly Commodities“ (How God values tears)
God’s Opinion matters most- (Taking the Bible seriously)-- “Who Speaks for God?“
- ALSO —”Who Speaks for God?” (1st draft, written 11-11-2009, unfinished and privatized — This actually presents the entire Facebook conversation from the Liberal argument which I presented only a snippet of in the finished post.)
His Comfort-
His Discipline
His Faithfulness -- “God does not start what He will not Finish” (Not an study on, just an affirmation of)
- “Theology 401: Who saves whom?“ (A look at “can you lose your salvation?”)
- “The Desires of the Diligent“
- “Encouraging the Family“
His Forgiveness -- “Dealing with Sin – Not without Irony“
- “Depressing thoughts and stupid actions“
- “Anger – The Biblical Perspective“
- “Cleaning up before a Bath“
- “Sad Thoughts from the Road, Part 3: Sin” (Talks about how forgiveness is conditional and shows exactly how so.)
- “From Famine to Feast to Forgiveness“
His Grace-- “Dealing with Sin – Not without Irony“
- “Depressing thoughts and stupid actions“
- “An open letter to my children, P1 – Nathan” (in my comment to Keith S., Nate’s step-father)
- “I’m a Natural Born Liar“
- ALSO — “I’m a Natural Born Liar” (1st draft, written 4-24-2010)
- “The Grace of God displayed in Noah and the Flood“
- “Why I don’t Intend to Vote“
- “My #()&*#% Son“
- “Hell: It ain’t all it’s cracked up to be“
- “RE:Thinking – Grace“
- “Cleaning up before a Bath“
His Guidance- “How do YOU find God’s Direction?“
- “Allowing God to Direct our Paths“ (5-30-2008 Our first encounter with the Gong Qian Church — one of the reasons I became a Missionary to Taiwan)
- “An Earnest question, an honest response” (this is “God Speaks, Part 1″ though not named that way.)
- “God Speaks… part 2.5“
- “Speaking… through others“
- “Impressions….“
His Holiness
- “I’m a Natural Born Liar“
- ALSO — “I’m a Natural Born Liar” (1st draft, written 4-24-2010)
- “False Standards of Piety: What Holiness is NOT“
- The Wrong Definition of Holiness (1st draft written 4-12-2011, privatized and unfinished.)
His Judgment -- “Judgment Comes” (NOTE: This was never intended to become a series of posts!!!! but after 48 comments on this post alone, it seemed there was more to be said on the matter and thus the series was born.)
- “Judgment comes, P2 (When men cry ‘Peace, Peace’)”
- “Judgment comes, P3: Harlots, Prostitutes & Adulteresses“
- “Judgment comes, P4: a Presuming Spirit“
- ALSO — “Judgment comes, P4: a Presuming Spirit” (Written 9-16-2011, unfinished and privatized. Later worked into full post above)
- ALSO — “Judgment comes, P5: When Evil’s in fashion“ (Written 9-26-2011, unfinished and privatized)
- ALSO — “Judgment comes, P5: When Evil’s in fashion“ (Written 10-8-2011, unfinished and privatized)
- “What Does the Bible Say is ‘Evil’? Part 1” (Continuation from below — written 6-28-2012, unfinished and privatized)
- “What does the Bible say is ‘Evil’? Part 1“ (This is actually my personal notes from a year long bible study on every single verse in the Bible that used the word “Evil” and what the Bible actually claims is “Evil”) (Written 6-11-2012, unfinished and privatized)
- “Candid thoughts on Jewish Conspiracies“
- “Invincible“
- “Only God can judge me“
- “Ichabod, The Glory Departed“
- “Our Big Disgusted God“
His Patience -
- “Contemplating the Patience of God“
- ALSO — “Contemplating the Patience of God (Second draft – written 1-17-2011)”
- ALSO — “Thoughts on the Patience of God (First Draft – written 12-21-2010)” (BOTH Unfinished / Privatized)
- “The Grace of God displayed in Noah and the Flood“
His Power in keeping the Bible free from corruption by Men -
His Sovereignty -- “Why I don’t Intend to Vote“
- “Random Thoughts” (A random thought on “can God speak through Fortune Cookies”)
No Ambiguity with God
Why does God allow Evil to exist? -- “Random Thoughts on God’s Word” (Last section of comments within the text of the post.)
Your house is on fire, signed God -- “Blindly following something retarded” (In the comments section)
- “One of many Flavors – Christian Apologetics“
- “Your house is on fire – Signed, God“
Heaven:
- “Heaven – My Revelations Homework“
- “A Question regarding Heaven and Hell” (Hands down, my favorite post on the issue)
- “What if the Moment Came?” (Video Included)
- “I Do not think about Heaven“
- “Envisioning Heaven….Heading for Hell“
Hell:
- “A Question regarding Heaven and Hell” (Hands down, my favorite post on the issue)
- “Debate (Psst… Bring your friends)” (discussed randomly through the comments section)
- “Hell: It ain’t all it’s cracked up to be“
- “Incongruities“
Homosexuality, Lesbianism & the Biblical response
Homosexuality & Lesbianism -- Living Under Illusions
- “The ‘Jesus Never Said’ Defense“
- “The Brian Quincy Newcomb Comments” (Posted 10-9-2011, privatized collection of facebook comments that followed after I called BQN a “black plague on the face of Contemporary Christian Music” for his universal Unitarianism and liberal interpretations of scripture and support for “Homosexual Christianity”. MANY Christian musicians spoke up in his defense, showing their NON-Christian beliefs… hence why I kept the comments in the first place.)
- “Random Comments on God’s Word“
- “Turning things around“
- “I’m Tired” (This is my personal “95 Theses” akin to Martin Luther’s)
- “Cultural Slight of Hand: Redefining Sin“
- “I’m a Natural Born Liar“ (Hands down, my favorite post on the issue)
- “I’m a Natural Born Liar” (1st draft, written 4-24-2010)
- “Is God Impotent?“
- “Did Judas Preach the Truth?“
- “A posted Response” (Hermeneutics on the Greek word “Arsenokoites” or literally “Homosexual”)
- “Our Big Disgusted God“
- “Ray Boltz – coming clean“
- “Sick and tired of hearing about the Homosexual Debate” (Many claim this is one of my best written posts on the topic.)
- “Befuddled, Betwixt and Between“
Jennifer Knapp -- “Fatal flaws flaunted as ‘Wisdom’.“
- “Poem: Response to Derek Webb ‘What Matters More’.“
- “Jennifer Knapp: She is, she admits it“
- “Jennifer Knapp’s Return: Pt 3 What is the Truth?“ (Notice the date of my post — I wrote this 2 days before she came out of the closet. Likewise — I am almost certain either Jennifer Knapp or her lover responded to my post as the anonymous “Ruffian” — I had posted a link to this post at the Unofficial Jennifer Knapp BBS which I used to be a member at. The information “Ruffian” presents was not known to anyone, including her manager — I know, I spoke to many of the folks involved personally between 2005-2008 when I was “JulieMillerFan” on Ebay and had some national prominence myself.)
- “Jennifer Knapp *ahem* Returns!“
- “Stuck – Jennifer Knapp Revisited” (This is prior to her coming out. I have since privatized this post as I don’t wish to support this artist.)
- “Archive Series 4: Jennifer Knapp” (This is prior to her coming out. I have since privatized this post as I don’t wish to support this artist.)
- “COOL Smallville Moment“
- “.“
Sick of Hearing about the whole homosexual debate- “End Times“
- “Sick and tired of hearing about the Homosexual Debate” (Many claim this is one of my best written posts on the topic.)
Derek Webb -
J.E.S.U.S. -
Categorical Catchall- “WWJT” (What would Jesus Think?)
- “Jesus and the Twelve Examples“
- “Do we really know how to love?” (Jesus in the Garden — pursuing the cross)
Cleans out the Temple- “A first hand view of ‘the Temple’.” (I visited a Buddhist Temple and reflected upon Jesus driving the buyers and sellers out.)
Died for Sinners
My King Is- “S M Lockridge – That’s My King” (Audio file included)
- “My King Is” (Audio file included)
Only means of salvation / getting to Heaven- “My Responsibility“ (Unfinished post, open to reading and comments)
Is God
Mankind in his fallen state:
An Enemy of God by nature – Rejecting God by desire- “Fatal flaws flaunted as ‘Wisdom’.“
- “Random Comments on God’s Word“
- “Logic, Reason, Faith“
- “Re-Categorizing People“
- “The myth / cult of “good” or I am NOT “OK” / You are NOT “OK”.“
- “The Myth / Cult of ‘Good’.” (1st draft written 5-12-2009, unfinished and privatized)
- “The Myth / Cult of ‘Good’.” (2nd draft written 5-16-2009, unfinished and privatized)
- “Your house is on fire – Signed, God“
- “Theology 102: The Blindness“
- “Rationalizing God“
Categorical Catch-All - (You have to read the post to understand)-- “A Comment I need to review and post about later“ (Written 3-20-2010, unfinished an privatized. Comments about God made by an atheist — this one being the summation “I will go to this god’s Hell spitting and roaring in fury at his evil ways and denying him any dominion over me, having not spent one moment of my short life wasted in worshiping him, his evil ways or showing him anything but fury at the pain and misery he has chosen to subject us all to for no purpose but his amusement.“)
- “Worshiping with NON-Believers“
- “Why Non-Believers HATE the Gospel“
- “Regarding my Son“ (Mankind always seeks to justify it’s sin)
Has no real, true, or eternal “wisdom” to offer a Christian.
How man has sought to erase God from the Earth- “This Fractured Earth“ (Unfinished, but open to public reading and comments.)
- ALSO — “The Fractured Earth” (1st draft, written 5-30-2010, unfinished and privatized)
How Sin affects all mankindHow pornography affects the women involved in it.
Materialism
We are all Evil- “We ARE all Evil“
- “What is ‘Evil’ Anymore?“ (Meant as a point of discussion so that I could write the post “We are all Evil” — but no one commented. Then, when I wrote the intended post… I got quite a few comments)
- “What is ‘Evil Anyway?“ (original unfinished and privatized post that worked into “We ARE all Evil“. Written 9-29-2011)
Movie and TV Show Reviews, Reviewed or commented on
300
Across the Universe -
Amazing Grace
Andromeda -
Avatar- “Avatar – A portrait of Man (Movie Review)“ (Unfinished, but open to reading and comments.
Avengers -
BattleStar Galactica -Beautiful Mind -
Big Brother (BBC show) -
Coyote Ugly
Dark Knight -- “A Symphony of Chaos: The Dark Knight“ (written 7-20-2008, unfinished and privatized. I was gonna use the review to show how this movie reflects modern society — but hit a writer’s block midway through.)
End of the Spear
ER
Extremely Loud, Incredibly Close -
FireProof -- “Dinner & a movie (Review: Fireproof)“
- “Just in Case you Missed it: Fireproof review” (I had originally written the review and left it unfinished. When I did finish, I merely made it public and then wrote this post to point to that one.)
The Godfather -- “Maybe it’s just me“
- “Going back to basics, well, sorta” (First Draft, written 1-29-2007, unfinished and privatized)
Godspell -- “Godspell“
Heroes -
House of Sand & Fog -
Hurt Locker -
Incredibles -
John Carter -
Last Temptation of Christ -
Lord of the Rings: The HobbitMatrix
MulanPrometheus & Bob -
Ratatouille
Saturday Night Live -
Sergeant York -
Sienfeld
Silent Hill -
Slumdog Millionaire -
Smallville
- “Smallville“
- “Feeding my carnal nature“
- “Smallville Moment: Gag Me…..“
- “Smallville Moment: Arrgh, Part 2“
- “Smallville Moment: Arrrrrrrggggghhhh“
- “Smallville Moment“ (Season 3, episode “Covenant”)
- “Smallville Moment” (Season 2, episode “Accelerate”)
- “Smallville Moment” (Season 1, episode “Crush”)
- “COOL Smallville Moment” (Season 1, episode “Hugs”)
- “COOL Smallville Moment” (Season 1, episode “Shimmer”)
- “Smallville Moments“ (Season 1, episodes “Pilot”, “Cool” & “Craving”)
Spitfire Grill
That thing that you do -
Transformers
Walk to Remember -
Wall.E -
- “Wall.E“
White Mountains Trilogy (John Christopher books: The White Mountains, City of Gold and Lead, Pool of Fire) -
Writer’s Strike Rip Off
- “Writer’s Strike Rip Off” (the higher cost of DVD’s while getting less for your money)
Pilgrim’s Progress, The Bible Study (a multi-part series)
- “Pilgrim’s Progress, The Bible Study — Pt 1“
- “Part 2: Townsmen’s rebuke“
- “Part 3: Marsh of Discouragement“
- “Part 4: Mr Worldly Wisdom“
- “Part 5: Evangelists Return“
- “Part 6: Mr Goodwill & the Sheep-gate“
- “Part 7: Interpreter’s house“
- “Part 8: Interpreter’s house, part 2“
- “Part 9: Interpreter’s house, part 3“
- “Part 10: At the Foot of Mount Calvary“ (This was a part I added, which isn’t finished. Thus it’s reserved for later, but Privatized for the moment.)
- “Part 11: Christian at the Cross“
- “Part 12: Meeting the Unaffected Ones“
Thanksgiving Day posts:2011 -- “Thanksgiving Repeat – Thoughts worth sharing“ (This is a repost of 2010′s “case against situational Thankfulness” but with much added to it.)
2010 -
2009 -- “Thanksgiving: Remember Your Chains“
- ALSO — “Thanksgiving: Remember Your Chains (First Draft – written 11-24-2009)” (Privatized)
- “A Celebration of Thanksgiving: Amanda’s Anniversary“
2007 -
2006 –- “Tough Choices, Tougher decisions” (How I spent Thanksgiving, not really a post on being thankful or what Thanksgiving means)
Wayne & Kai Shuman (Subtitled: on becoming a Missionary)
Marrying Kai, deciding to become a missionary and all that it took to move to Taiwan (in backwards chronological order…ouch)Living in Taiwan.- “$860.25” (the final credit card payment)
- “– home is where I wanna be“
- “Wedding Photography” (Kai & I’s wedding photos included)
- “How moving to Taiwan has Changed Me (Short Term)“
- “Creating Space“
- “Why I Left America???” (Video Included)
- “If this was America….“ (Pictures included)
The complexities of Learning Chinese. -
- “Kidnapped!!! (By 10 Year olds)“
- “My Comment to Marlana regarding Learning Chinese” (Privatized – written 11-2-2010)
- “Chinese grammar lesson to Jenny” (Private comments to a friend I thought worth keeping and maybe using later)
- “Chinese Language, P1: Deceptively Simple“
- ALSO — “Learning Chinese: Deceptively Simple, Frustratingly complex” (written 4-7-2010, unfinished and privatized)
- “Oh ‘YI’ of little faith” (written 1-25-2010, unfinished but open to reading and comments. Supposed to be my first post on how hard learning Chinese is — turned into a history lesson on Taiwan.)
- “Inserting one’s foot in one’s mouth makes for easier pronunciation“
- “Allowing God to Direct our Paths“ (5-30-2008 Our first encounter with the Gong Qian Church)
- “If this was America….“ (Pictures included)
My second time through 1st & 2nd grade (as an adult). (and other School related posts)-
- ALSO — “My second Grade Classmates (2nd draft written 1-14-2011, unfinished and privatized)
- ALSO — “My Second Grade Classmates” (1st draft written 1-13-2011, unfinished and privatized)
- “Where things are now“
- “Fear, Loathing & Phobias“
- “12 hours in a car with 4 giggling girls“
- “Survival tips for 1st grade second timers” (written 3-28-2010, unfinished and privatized)
- “Curses — Foiled Again!“
- “Snowballs sometimes start avalanches” (how I wound up in the 1st grade… again)
Leaving America
- “Leaving American Soil“
- “Stuck on Steven Curtis Chapman“
- “The Peace of God“
- “Looking at the earthly side of the picture“
- “AAARRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!“
- “An URGENT call to Prayer“
- “The Mobile Home may be sold“
- “Now the Proud Owner of…” (www.BethelAbba.Com website)
- “Selling my things and picking through the rubble“
- “Joining the other Lemmings” (Joining Facebook)
- “The Wicked laugh“
- “Finding Peace“
- “Final Preparations“
- “Target date in place“
Kai Comes to America for 6 months to help close down my Ebay business (July 2008 – January 2009)
- “Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone“
- “Praise His name and see it happen“
- “Wanting Direction — Looking for Answers“
- “Red Flags“
- “Flooded – Again” (RE: See 9-26-2008 below)
- “Prayer & Accountability Update, Pt 2“
- “Prayer & Accountability update“
- “Home“
- “Prazin our Amazin God“
- “On a Mission from God” (The direction of ministry Kai and I will take in Taiwan)
- “I’m Tired…“
- “I love my Blueberry *grin*” (Video link no longer works)
- “Shoddy Theology“
- “An invitation to Celebration: The pictures” (9-24-2008, Pictures included)
- “Flood Pics” (A pictorial time-line of our FEMA disaster)
- “@ Ben’s House” (RE: the flood)
- “Evacuation Plans” (RE: the flood)
- “Surgical Candor” (RE: my ear surgery to repair damage done in April of 2008, see below)
- “Prayer Request: Surgery“
- “Explaining my last two posts“
- “Giving: Tied up in Committee“
- “If it is in my power to Give“
- “8-9-08 11:39 AM (She chases Cobwebs)“
- “Explaining Ebay“
- “I need your advice… really… honestly…“
Our Wedding (both of them) and my first visit to Taiwan which led to the call to Missionary work (January 2008 – May 2008).
- “Trading Day for Night“
- “Trusting God to meet our Needs“
- “5 things I will never grow accustomed to in Taiwan“
- “Wedding Photos #1“
- “How do YOU find God’s Direction?“
- “(Yet) another trip“
- “Allowing God to Direct our Paths“ (5-30-2008 Our first encounter with the Gong Qian Church — This is a post about our Honeymoon.)
- “Back in Bali“
- “10… 9… 8… 7…“ (thoughts from 2 hours before Kai and I’s wedding.)
- “T-minus 1 – Gifting… and I don’t mean wedding presents“
- “T-minus 3 – Shopping (Still)“
- “T-minus 4 – The Relatives (and man are there a lot of them!!)“
- “T-minus 6 – Cookie Boxes“
- “T-minus 7 – The Wedding Photo Shoot“
- “Magnetic Personalities“
- “2 words Japanese, 6 words English“
- “Stepping out the Door“
- “A Swift Kick in the Pants“
- “3 Months – 1 Month“
- “Regretting what I lost“
- “My Ear“
- “A Visit to the Emergency Room“
- “yrasrevinna raey 1 yppaH“
- “Bothered“
- “Pictures… Pt 2” (My first visit to Taiwan)
- “Random Thoughts“
- “And Finally…… The Pictures” (My first visit to Taiwan)
- “Funny Stories: Meeting the Parents and surviving the Weekend“
- “Introducing Leona Lewis“ (Somehow the Asian Market hooked into her before the American market did. She was huge in Taiwan when I visited in January 2008… and unheard of in America at that time.)
- “A Tale of Two Churches“
- “Home… but not quite home…” (This is the first post wherein I spell out the call I heard for missionary work.)
- “Decisions – Prayer Time” (Rough Draft written 1-30-2008, unfinished and privatized)
- “Peace“
- “Laying plans before the Lord (Deeply Personal: Finale)“ (What it takes to get married to a foreign citizen)
- “The land of Mopeds and Beetle-Nut“
- “Sigh…. the best laid plans of mice and men“
- “Getting Mad @ God“
- “A Prayer for direction” (Even though this was written weeks before I met Kai, it carries some irony. In this post I reflect on Online dating and “Love”. If only I knew that I would write this 2 weeks before I would meet my wife-to-be… online.)
My Southern Baptist Church’s response to my remarriage (December 2007 – January 2008):
- “Church Politics: Divorce & Remarriage revisited“
- “Church Politics: Divorce & Remarriage“
- “A Father’s Blessings (Deeply Personal Part 3: Marriage)“
- “WWJT” (What would Jesus Think?)
Deeply Personal series: otherwise entitled — where is the Lord going with this? (May 2007 - January 2008)- “Laying plans before the Lord (Deeply Personal: Finale)” (Written 1-24-2008)
- “Awaiting God’s Clarity – Deeply Personal Part 4: Direction” (Written 9-2-2007)
- “A Father’s Blessings (Deeply Personal Part 3: Marriage)” (Written 8-23-2007)
- “Deeply Personal, part 2” (Subtitled: What is Friendship? — Written 6-25-2007)
- “Deeply Personal“ (Part 1: What is Love? — written 5
Getting to know Kai & wedding planning (March 2007 – January 2008)
- “It’s Nice to be Dating a WOMAN for once…“
- “Redeeming the Time“
- “Thankfulness; Part, whatever“
- “Online Dating (AKA How to have fun together, Online)“
- “Alive and well and sleepy“
- “An open prayer for Kai“
- “Dishes and other Non-Necessities“
- “Tired and utterly exhausted“
- “She wanted her memory back“
- “In my element“
- “The balance of Time“
- “Song Lyrics” (Audio link no longer works)
- “A plea for prayer, for Kai“
- “For Kai, with Love” (Audio link no longer works)
- “Coming to terms with love“
- “The Desires of the Diligent“
- “A rearrangement of lifestyles“
- “Little Monkey Pt 2 (Trip Pictures)” (Pictures included)
- “Little Monkey (Pt 1)“
- “Koinonia“
- “Questions – Questions – Quiet Answers“
- “Finding Answers (AKA Up Salt Creek without THE KEY)” (Unfinished post only recently made public.)
- “Old Surroundings… New Beginnings“
- “Kai“
- “Prayer Request“
- “Horizons“
- “A Protected Post“
- “Countdown“
- “Sometimes“
- “Time“
- “Dog-dead and brain-tired“
- “Unexpected Company“ (Privatized for whatever reason i can’t guess at, only just today made public)
- “Laughing…. out loud…“
- “With thanks to Kai….. Silly, Silly Kai“
- “The Joke is on me“
- “S-C-R-U-F-F-Y” (Pictures included)
- “Jesus and the Twelve Examples“
- “We do not turn for help“
- “A pause for reflection“
- “Loving others… Does God Grade on a Curve?“
- “The Thoughts of a Friend“
- “Can someone please tell me…“
- “Explaining God” (The link provided no longer works)
- “Kathy“
- “Homeward Bound“
- “Preparing for silence again“
Missionary Needs, Requests and Updates- Update “Just Enough: Missionary Update” (November 2011)
- Update “Goodbye to Cat #9” (November 2011)
- Update “Where things are now“ (August 2011)
- Needs “Prayer Requests” (June 2011)
- Update “Life in Taiwan: Ministry Update” (June 2011)
- Update “Christmas in Taiwan” (12-28-2010)
- “Stealing Glory” (written 10-24-2010, unfinished and privatized)
- ALSO — “Stealing Glory” (first draft written 10-21-2010)
- Update “Taiwan – 1st Year” (Unfinished, but open to being read)
- Needs ” ‘Missionary’ Needs update” (3-20-2010)
- Gifts given to us “Rearranging my thinking on ‘missions’ work” (3-2-2010 with pictures)
- Thoughts “– home is where I wanna be” (2-12-2010)
- Thoughts “What in the World is God Thinking?” (1-19-2010)
- Update “The Shuman Family Update” (1-2-2010 — NOTE: My children’s step-father tried to slander me by using a Xanga account set up under a name known to my children and myself. That person stepped forward to say it wasn’t her — I removed the comments, but privatized them in case they are needed in future matters. That is what all the comments between my daughter and I are referring to.)
- Missions work “Where I’ve Been Hiding lately” (12-28-2009 Video included — my project with the Gi-Kong Youth Group — WATCH THE VIDEO!!!)
- Update “Where’ve You Been?” (11-4-2009)
- Needs “In need of a recipe” (10-2-2009)
- Update “Updates, updates, updates” (9-12-2009)
- “20 to 5 (and the Gikong Youth Group)“ (9-31-2009)
- Missions work“Esther Day 4: Life Defining Moments” (8-15-2009)
- Missions work“Esther Day 3: Humility” (8-15-2009)
- Missions work“Esther Day 2: Ouch” (8-14-2009)
- Missions work“Esther Day 2: Misunderstandings and Humility” (8-13-2009 — Originally privatized for the sake of those involved. Now public)
- Missions work“Esther Day 1: Trust and obey” (8-12-2009)
- Thoughts “Update on Teaching Esther” (7-13-2009)
- Missions work“Rewriting Esther” (6-22-2009)
- Update “Soooo, about today —” (6-5-2009)
- Needs “Something else to keep an eye open for” (5-16-2009 – I already got the Bible, thanks)
- Needs “Care Packages welcome (Amended)” (4-16-2009)
- Prayer Request “Blahs & tha’ Blues“
- Prayer Request “Funny Thing about Illness“
- Prayer Request “Being Thankful for Being Sick“
- Thoughts “God does not start what He will not Finish” (3-3-2009)
- Thoughts “Jye Jye, DiDi & their (crazy) American Uncle” (2-20-2009)
- Thoughts “Praising God for Broccoli“
- Thoughts “Looking at the earthly side of the picture” (2-2-2009)
- Thoughts “On a Mission from God” (11-6-2008) (The direction of ministry Kai and I will take in Taiwan)
- Missions work Prayer Request “I need your advice… really… honestly…“
- Where it all started — “Allowing God to Direct our Paths“ (5-30-2008 Our first encounter with the Gong Qian Church)
Financial Accountability postings- “In serious need of Financial Advice“
- “$860.25” (4-6-2010)
- “Boring Stuff: Accountability post #6 – Feb to June” (6-19-2009 – Pictures included of our old and new beds — Kai and I TOGETHER slept in the first bed pictured…. for three straight months.)
- “Moving Backwards – Accountability post #5.5” (1-23-2009)
- “Accountability Update #5 – Dec (Yea, a little late)” (1-13-2009)
- “Prayer & Accountability update“
- “Boring Stuff: Accountability #4 – Nov” (12-3-2008)
- “Boring stuff: Accountability #3 (Rejoicing)“ (10-2-2008)
- “An invitation to Celebration: The pictures” (9-24-2008, Pictures included)
- “Boring stuff Pt 2: Financial Accountability” (8-26-2008)
- “Boring Post: Accountability 101” (8-10-2008)
- “10,000 to 1” (11-5-2006)
- “The balance of Time“
- “A rearrangement of lifestyles“
- “Progress Report“
- “Breaking Barriers” (8-12-2006)
- “Huge DVD purchase for resale” (8-2-2005)
- “DVD purchase closure” (the finally tally of sales)
Cars (and their relative impact on my finances)
- “A New Car“
- “Breaking Barriers“
- “Baby got an Owie“
- “Meeting other Christians… by accident“
- “Squee turns 10,000” (Pictures included)
- “Pictures: Squee” (Pictures included)
- “And I dub thee……“
- “A New Car“
Cats
Ah-Yong (Brave) (Nickname- Stumpy)
Bi Bee (White Nose) — (NOTE: actual Pinyin is “Bai Bi” but I didn’t know any better at the time, so it’s always been spelled wrong)- “Seven hours in the car with a screaming cat“
- “Curses — Foiled Again!“
- “Bi Bee the crime fighter” (Video no longer works, sorry)
- “New Cat / Old Cat – At my wit’s End“
- “Secret Project – Day 3“
- “Secret Project – Day 4“
- “Secret Project – Day 5 – How many licks?” (Video included)
- “Secret Project – Day 6 – Frustration“
- “Curious & Furious, the pictures” (Video included)
Bu-Ding (Patches) –
Categorical Catch-all (Multiple cats in one post)- “Meet the Chen-Shuman Cats”
- “Meet the Chen-Shuman Cats” (1st draft, Written 4-30-2012, Unfinished and Privatized)
- “Where things are Now“
- “I only have TWO (5) cats!!!“
- “New Cat / Old Cat – At my wit’s End“
Kiki (No special meaning) –
Shou Ho (Small Tiger) — (NOTE: actual Pinyin is “Shao Hu” but I didn’t know any better at the time so it’s always been spelled wrong)- “Seven Hours in the car with a screaming cat“
- “I only have TWO (5) cats!!!“
- “Frustration: Shou Hoo“
- “Bu Shou Hoo ~ Ni Shi Shoo Hoo“
- “Update: Shou Hoo’s vomiting“
- “New Cat / Old Cat – At my wit’s End“
- “You can take the cat out of the wild” (Video included)
- “Shou Hoo Nick Names (or the many facets of our cat)“
- “In case there is wonder” (Picture included)
- “Taiwan Pics Pt4: Shou Hoo, Kai & Me” (Pictures included)
- “The newest member of the Shuman Family” (Pictures included)
Tsong-Bing (Waffles)
- “A new Addition to the Shuman Family” (with Pictures)
Yao Yao (Biter) (Literally “Bite Bite”)- “Cat Number 4 (Yao Yao)“
- “Yao Yao died“ (Today is nearly 1 year after this… and I still cry when I read this post.)
My work at Best Buy and Ebay
Best Buy - (My job from Oct 1996 – Feb 2009: I was a member of Best Buy’s Project Team almost from the beginning, starting with them on Oct 20th, 1996.)
- “Corporate America’s Version of ‘Customer Service’.”
- “Not everybody has their price” (My personal favorite post regarding my decision to go to the Missions Field.)
- “How moving to Taiwan has Changed Me (Short Term)“
- “God does not start what He will not Finish“
- “Let another man praise you“
- “Final Preparations“
- “Pray — Pray really, really hard“
- “Celebrity Spotting“
- “Home“
- “I’m Tired…“
- “Muted Excitement… Future Potential“
- “(Yet) another trip“
- “Stepping out the Door“
- “On the Road Again“
- “Burn Out“ (Comments on work at Best Buy and how 3 people quit because of how bad the work was. Written 11-9-2007, unfinished and privatized.)
- “An exercise in Sleep deprivation“
- “She wanted her memory back“
- “In my element“
- “Surprised by my co-workers” (Pictures included)
- “Traveling home… Finally“
- “We Interrupt this program“
- “Old Surroundings… New Beginnings“
- “PEN THIEF!!!!!“
- “Deeply Personal, part 2” (Subtitled: What is Friendship?)
- “Time“
- “The Building of a Best Buy“
- “Playing Catch Up“
- “The delivery driver must be getting hazard pay“
- “Homeward Bound“
- “*soft-hearted grin*“
- “Oh… MY… GOSH…“
- “Breaktime Thoughts“
- “Snow?!?!?!?“
- “Only God can judge me“
- “And the winner is…“
- “A contest for all my friends“
- “Break Time“
- “$5.99 worth of frustration“
- “$5.99 worth of anger“ (First Draft, written 3-19-2007, privatized because it vented to much anger.)
- “A Note to All“
- “Continuation…. Strengths and Themes“
- “Tough Choices, Tougher decisions“
- “Sleep is over-rated…“
- “Why being socially out of touch is not necessarily a bad thing“
- “Pardon my Sarcasm“
- “Impressions….“
- “Anniversaries Abounding!!!“
- “Curses… foiled Again…“
- “Life Intervenes… a tale of… overtime“
- “Frustrations Abounding“
- “Missed in my self-focus“
- “We interrupt this broadcast“
- “…And God is Good indeed“
- “My Strengths and Talents“
- “Someone Else’s Story“
- “Randomly working with Homeless People“
- “In your Anger do not Sin“
Ebay – (JulieMillerFan / AbbasChristianMusic store from 1999-2011 when I changed to Bethel*Abba)
- “Life in Christ is warfare, not a band-aid“
- “Just Enough: Missionary Update“
- “Empty Nest Syndrome“
- “Prayer & Accountability Update, Pt 2“
- “Rebuked – Sharply“
- “Prayer & Accountability update“
- “Biting the Hand that feeds you: Ebay VS the Sellers“
- “I’m Tired…“
- “Explanations for recent posts” (Written 8-12-2008, Unfinished & privatized. It was supposed to be a look at Ebay fees.)
- “Boring Post: Accountability 101” (This one explains the cost of working on Ebay)
- “Explaining Ebay” (This post recounts how I got started doing Ebay, and How God moved things to put me there. This post was originally privatized, but I just unlocked it today, 2-20-2012. Don’t know why I locked it down in the first place….)
- “A Comment at ReveLife”
- “How do YOU find God’s Direction?“
- “A Time for rewarding, a time for punishment“
- “In defense of (Christian) Punk Rock“
- “Blessings upon Blessings upon Blessings“
- “To My Daughter, Tasja, with love“
- “Time“
- “Dog-dead and brain-tired“
- “Being run out of business“
- “A Couple of Prayers“
- “And the winner is…“
- “Ebay Music Reviews“
- “I Love Goodwill“
- “Ouch! (I hope it’s legit)“ (Someone bid an LP up to over $1,000)
- “Circumstantial Providence“ (The story of how I got started on Ebay)
- “10,000 to 1“
- “Humbled and Thankful“
- “Anniversaries Abounding!!!“
- “Frustrations Abounding“
- “…And God is Good indeed“
- “What it takes to ‘make it’ on Ebay“
- “Huge DVD purchase for resale“
- “DVD purchase closure” (the finally tally of sales)
- “Beginnings“
Blogs about my blog (posts pertaining to Xanga & Revelife)
My Blog — things I’ve changed along the way (a good number of these posts are privatized)- “Xanga Friends laid to rest“
- “Frustrated by Xanga Changes” (Xanga changed the Blog editor in the middle of my huge Topical Index project.)
- “The Whining is Over” (Written 11-19-2009 and privatized — text contains my former blog heading that many found offensive)
- “Happy Dance! (thanks Marc)” (The arrival of Scripture reference tagging to my blog)
- “Retired from use” (Written 9-25-2009 and privatized — text contains my former blog heading)
- “Admittedly my weirdest (Xanga) week ever” (This blog is nothing more than a screen shot of my “footsteps” counter after having a very popular Xanga Front Page post. Nearly 9,000 footprints… 195 comments, 48 subscriptions.. just plain weird.)
- “Backfire: The penalty of a Front Page Xanga post“
- “Your Opinion Please“
- “Who’s Looking at me“
- “Xanga Challenge: What’s your most googled post?“
- “Confused“
- “Headers removed” (former headers I had that offended people. A powerful combination of 2 verses that I thought brilliant, but otherwise left people unsettled.)
- “Dichotomy & Tension“
- “I’ve Created a Blogring“
- “With many thanks to Trisia“
- “New Music and other changes“
- “Jesus and the Twelve Examples“
- “A Note to Roxanne“
- “To much of me in my Xanga” (Written 1-19-2007, this was simply just a private thought)
- “Come Thou fount of Every Blessing“ (This was from back when Xanga used to let us play music over our blogs. I had changed to this song.)
- “Finally“
- “My Jukebox” (Song included)
- “YEAH!!!!!!!!!!“
- “Introducing new friends and shouts to old ones“
- “With Gratitude to Isa… and her collection of friends…“
- “E-props“
- “Thoughts on Random Thoughts: I think, there for I think some more“
- “Getting out of the House“
- “Heavenly Commodities“
- “A little Help please?“
- “.“
- “Movie Review: End of the Spear“
- “Randomly working with Homeless People“
- “Thoughts on Crying“
My comedic writings- “70 helpful hints on becoming an Evil Overlord” (This was a sarcastic piece someone else wrote that I added a bit of humor to at the end — which found a life of it’s own unexpectedly.)
- “Sooo my daughter has her first boyfriend (P1: A Father’s Questions)“
- “Sooo my daughter has her first boyfriend (P2: A Daughter’s answers)“
- “Wayne: A through Z (With a few twists in the road)“
- “Scam, Scam, Scam, Scam“
- “An invitation to Celebration: The pictures” (9-24-2008, Pictures included)
- “For Bachelor’s Only (Ladies…. Ignore this… Trust me)“
- “Slow death…on a bun with fries please“
- “And for everyone else… with fun“
- “We do not turn for help“
- “Entry Number 3 on my really long day“
- “Tips on how to fry a Muppet“
- “Being on ‘The List’.”
- “One from the Road: Downtown Chicago“
My “Xanga Front Page” Posts -- “Corporate America’s Version of ‘Customer Service’.”
- “70 helpful hints on becoming an Evil Overlord” (This was a sarcastic piece someone else wrote that I added a bit of humor to at the end — which found a life of it’s own unexpectedly.)
- “Why you will NEVER be Xanga Front Page material“ (By far my favorite piece of sarcasm, which netted me over 6,000 views and 195 comments, most of them very clever and witty on their own.)
- “Backfire: The penalty of a Front Page Xanga post“
- “Admittedly my weirdest (Xanga) week ever” (This blog is nothing more than a screen shot of my “footsteps” counter after having a very popular Xanga Front Page post. Nearly 9,000 footprints… 195 comments, 48 subscriptions.. just plain weird.)
My “ReveLife Front Page” Posts - (NOTE: These links take you to the ReveLife page reposting my original posts — and show the changed title given to each one. Often my posts have been changed by the editor’s of ReveLife to tailor some need or agenda of their own — bear this in mind. In any case, each post has scores of comments, including some of my own, that may well be worth reviewing. )- “Defending the Honor of my Bride-Groom“
- “My son tried to kill his mother twice, now he wants to be a Christian” (NOTE: ReveLife really screwed this one up — they wrote me as from a FEMALE perspective and the original title was reflective of my son trying to kill ME his mom…. Ummm, right, not quite how I originally posted it. For the record, this was originally titled “Changing into my Christian Clothes“)
- “Unpopular Bible Verses for Christmas“
- “The wait is almost over: The hobbit movie trailer“
- “Thanksgiving Thoughts worth Sharing“
- “American Christianity: What’s wrong with my interpretation“
- “Video Game Ministry: Misplaced efforts and intentions“
- “Who speaks for God?“
- “Did Judas preach the Truth“
- “Satanic deception in your Church: Is your Jesus Real?“
- “Prayer style and marriage: a house divided“
- This is not a front page post, but a post that defined the reasons I felt Revelife (at it’s inception) was a bad idea from the get-go. Those reasons have proven 100% accurate now some 3 years later. “Why I am NOT leaving Xanga“
Revelife discriminated by Xanga — the posts.- “Recent Xanga Discrimination against ReveLIfe“
- “ReveLife: the Discrimination continues“
- “One of many Flavors – Christian Apologetics” (NOTE — I had mass-messaged my Xanga followers on this one. It got the attention of ReveLife. The editor then sent me a message asking me kindly to stop pointing this matter out… they preferred that ReveLife remained isolated for the sake of not causing problems with atheists and other cults. The very matter I pointed out in my posts proved true: It was Christians not wanting to deal with having to defend / define their faith against those who would mock & scorn. I still have the message from ReveLife should anyone care to read it.)
Removed Comments or Privatized posts (kept private)- “Movie Review: The Big Miracle — Manipulation at its finest“
- “The Questions we never ask” (Written 6-5-2012, Unfinished and privatized)
- “Just the way I am (NOT!!!)” (Written 3-20-2012, Unfinished and Privatized)
- “Removed Content from ReveLife comment to StuartandAbby“
- “A Comment I made at facebook“
- “Tell me your best joke” (written 3-13-2010, privatized 2 days later. It was supposed to be a contest, but the only entrant gave a foul joke that I would rather not share.)
- “What probably led to **** defriending me” (A Facebook fracas that I documented before said person actually did de-friend me two days later. The matter was over a heretical teacher she buys into and his heretical and myopic views of God. Written 12-19-2011, privatized for personal reasons, obviously.)
- “The Gospel according to Satan“ (Written 5-7-2009 — essentially never even started. Only one sentence long.)
- “Where is God in my hour of Abuse?” (written 2-16-2009 in an attempt to answer the question posed in the title. So many had asked me that, that I felt a post was warranted. Unfinished and privatized til I can do so.)
- “Life Love and Leadership” (Written 12-9-2008 — essentially never even started. Only one sentence long.)
- “Learning to live from a different angle“ (Written 7-28-2008, — essentially never started, only one sentence long.)
- “Giving Praise & Encouragement” (Written 4-6-2008, unfinished post regarding my growth in certain areas and what brought about changes in me in these areas.)
- “Stuck – Jennifer Knapp revisited“ (Originally public, I made it private after she announced her Lesbian christianity… as I don’t wish to support her in this decision.)
- “Burn Out“ (Comments on work at Best Buy and how 3 people quit because of how bad the work was. Written 11-9-2007, unfinished and privatized.)
- “A Note to one and all“
- “A Note to one and all” (First Draft — I was angry when I wrote both of these… thus I privatized them.)
- “Archive Series 4: Jennifer Knapp” (This is prior to her coming out. I have since privatized this post as I don’t wish to support this artist.)
- “Work, Work, Work…“ (Written 6-18-2007, only 2 lines written, not even much of a rough draft of anything.)
- “The Shuman Creed“ (Written 4-13-2007, not finished so privatized)
- “To much of me in my Xanga” (Written 1-19-2007, this was simply just a private thought)
- “Zealous for the Glory of God“ (Written 11-21-2006, unfinished and thus privatized)
- “Oops, I did it again“ (Written 7-10-2006, Unfinished and thus privatized.)
- “What probably led to **** defriending me” (a compilation of Facebook comments regarding the Roman Catholic system of salvation which made a friend upset.)
- “The Roman Catholic System of Salvation“ (Meant to be a post specifically addressing the issues my friend did not understand. Unfinished at the moment and thus privatized.)
Taking a Break posts
- “In Explanation of where I’ve Gone“
- “Where Am I?“ (1st draft — didn’t care for how it turned out so I privatized it and started over)
- “Internet Vacationing“
- “Traveling South“
- “Taking the Weekend Off“
- “I’m considering closing down my Xanga“
- “Siyanora – For now“
- “I am” (2008)
- “I am” (2007)
- “Closed… until further notice“
- “We Pause from this moment of Silence“
Topical Index (yes, it took me many months and posts to put this together — as well, many of the changes I made along the way to finishing it are shown by each renewed reposting along the way.)
- “JulieMillerFan topical Index: 2005-2012” (5-21-2012, FINISHED… and waiting to test the links to make sure.)
- “JulieMillerFan topical Index: 2005-2012” (5-16-2012, unfinished and privatized. Radical changes to Friends sections and clearer division of topics established)
- “JulieMillerFan topical Index: 2005-2012” (5-7-2012, unfinished & privatized)
- “JulieMillerFan topical Index: 2005-2012” (4-30-2012, unfinished & privatized)
- “JulieMillerFan topical Index: 2005-2012” (4-12-2012, unfinished & privatized)
- “JulieMillerFan topical Index: 2005-2012” (4-5-2012, unfinished & privatized)
- “JulieMillerfan topical Index: 2005-2012” (3-26-2012, unfinished & privatized)
- “JulieMillerfan topical Index: 2005-2012” (3-22-2012, unfinished & privatized)
- “JulieMillerfan topical Index: 2005-2012” (3-12-2012, unfinished & privatized)
- “JulieMillerFan topical Index: 2005-2012” (3-8-2012, unfinished & privatized)
- “JulieMillerFan Topical Index: 2005-2012” (2-20-2012, unfinished & privatized)
- “JulieMillerFan Topical Index: 2005-2012” (2-6-2012, unfinished & privatized)
- “JulieMillerFan Topical Index: 2005-2012” (1-26-2012, unfinished & privatized)
- “JulieMillerFan Topical Index: 2005-2012” (1-25-2012 — UNFINISHED… but accidentally left public. Only finished through January 2009)
- “JulieMillerFan Topical Index: 2005-2011” (1-22-2012, unfinished & privatized)
- “JulieMillerFan Topical Index: 2005-2011” (1-21-2012, unfinished & privatized)
- “JulieMillerFan Topical Index: 2005-2010” (5-27-2011, unfinished & privatized)
- “JulieMillerFan Topical Index: 2005-2010” (4-1-2011, unfinished & privatized)
- “JulieMillerFan Topical Index: 2005-2010” (4-1-2011 — lost all HTML coding somehow and saved to work it all back in… hours of work lost and hours more added… any wonder this project has taken a year?)
- “JulieMillerFan Topical Index: 2005-2010” (1-25-2011, unfinished & privatized)
- “A Glimpse of things to come“
My Serialized posts (that don’t have a home elsewhere) -
Conversations: A look at how God uses random conversations to get our attention.Convictions: How faith works positively and doubt, negatively, in the lives of individuals.
Favorite Scriptures
- “Which Translation do you read?“
- “Favorite Scripture, Part 1“
- “Favorite Scripture, Part 1.5 (John 9 continued)“
- “Warning: Spoiler Ahead (RE: John 9)”
- “John 9, Conclusion“
- “Favorite Scriptures # 2” (Teaser)
- “Favorite Scriptures Part 2.0 “Why Matthew 12:31-32 is a source of comfort“
- “Favorite Scriptures Part 2.5: “Can we sin so gravely that we cannot be forgiven?“
- “Favorite Scriptures Part 3: Luke 18:8“
- “Favorite Scriptures Part 4: 2 Titus 2:11-12” (This one is unfinished, but open to public viewing.)
Sad thoughts from the road
- “Sad Thoughts from the Road, Part 1: Smiling“
- “Sad Thoughts from the Road, Part 2: Tears“
- “Sad Thoughts from the Road, Part 3: Sin“
- “Sad thoughts from the Road, Part 3: Sin” (1st Draft, written 4-8-2007, unfinished and thus privatized)
- “Sad Thoughts from the Road, Part 3 REDUX: Sin“ (2nd Draft, written 4-8-2007, unfinished and thus privatized)
Songs expressing our emotions (This is a subtle serialization)
Personal posts (what I have shared about my life along the way)
About “me” -- “Wayne: A through Z (With a few twists in the road)“
- “Tagged… Sigh… Yawn…“
- “Continuation…. Strengths and Themes” (Written 1-2-2007, initially privatized, unlocked for public viewing just today.)
- “Blessings (Part 2, but you wouldn’t know that)“
- “Blessings….” (Written 12-26-2006, unfinished & privatized)
- “Wheels within wheels“
- “A day of Reflection“
- “Anniversaries Abounding!!!“
- “A Life… from Death“ (Anniversaries Abounding 2.0)
- “Anniversaries Abounding, part 2.5“
- “Old Friends, New Friends“
- “Introspection 101“
- “Looking for God…. with eyes shut tight“
- “Where Moth & Rust & Thieves….“
- “The power of a Word” (The conclusion to being robbed)
- “Rocky Soil“
- “Unexpected Company“
- “Alone Again, Naturally“
- “Conversations Part 5, epilogue“
- “Getting out of the House“
- “…And God is Good indeed“
- “Observations of a Date Site Junkie“
- “To eat or not to eat, for this is the love of God“
- “I don’t Care“
- “New Pen-Pals“
- “Feeling Lost“
- “Personal Extremes“
- “Letting Go“
- “My Strengths and Talents“
- “Randomly working with Homeless People“
- “Beginnings“
Categorical Catch-all (Where everything that has nothing to do about anything finds a home.) (This really could just be “About Me” posts… don’t know why one post winds up there and another here… random mystery.)- “Christmas Companionship, Conversations & Cheesecake” (Video included)
- “Dirt and Soap, wind and water“
- “A very (VERY) good book“
- “What helps you through Anger?“
- “A New Years Resolution (Thanks Lauren)“
- “Is it 2008 already???“
- “Someone Else’s post worth catching“
- “One to Scare the Ladies“
- “Of the making of friends“
- “The power of a compliment“
- “A case of mistaken identity“
- “It’s done, now shut up.“
- “Of Musical Ironies“
- “The damage done” (pictures included)
- “Did I miss the memo to build an ark?” (Pictures included)
- “PEN THIEF!!!!!“
- “Not Surprising“
- “And time on for the heart and emotions“
- “Time off for the Brain“
- “Sweet Bond of Fellowship“
- “With Rudeness ill-befitting a lady“
- “You think the world would have had enough of silly love songs“
- “Invincible“
- “Take a deep breath….“
- “The blessing of Christian Fellowship“
- “Why I reject Christianity: A work in progress“
- “Opening my mouth, inserting my foot“
- “WINNING THE LOTTERY…. well…. sort of.” (A personal story of how I managed to influence on shop owner by my life and speech.)
- “Seeing Red“
- “Wow“
- “Speaking… through others“
Growing older (and all things that come with it)
My Birthday (And other anniversaries) -- “My ESL Students and my 4th wedding anniversary” (2012)
- “My Birthday is today“ (2011)
- “Soooo, about today —” (2009)
- “It’s My Birthday (I’m so dizzy, my head is spinning)” (2008)
- “A most Memorable Birthday” (2006 – The link no longer works. I will have to re-write what I had written someday.)
- “Anniversaries Abounding!!!” (October 2006)
- “A Life… from Death“ (Anniversaries Abounding 2.0)
- “Anniversaries Abounding, part 2.5“
My Materialism (or, dealing with the abundance of things I own… mostly DVDs)- “Bothered“
- “Ahhhhhhh Christmas….“
- “A Bad case of the I wants“
- “Worth the Wait… (EXTREMELY pumped in anticipation)“
- “Going back to basics, well, sorta” (written 1-29-2007, unfinished and privatized)
- “Why being socially out of touch is not necessarily a bad thing“
- “Breaking Barriers“
- “Materialism defined, or was that redefined“
- “…And God is Good indeed“
- “Huge DVD purchase for resale“
- “DVD purchase closure” (the finally tally of sales)
My Phobias- “Fear, Loathing & Phobias“
- “Prayer Request: Surgery“
- “I am not as once I was: Chapter 6.5 – U-Turns” (Protected post meaning only chosen friends can read it. If you have an interest, message me.)
- “Tagged… Sigh… Yawn…“
My Romantic side / nature- “A Prayer for direction“
- “A comment to Brad (Hunters and Knights)” (This post was directly written in response to a comment from the post directly above this one in this index.)
- “The Need to Love“
- “My Valentines Day Gift“
- “Commitment and Compromise“
- “Observations of a Date Site Junkie“
- “Romantic Euthanasia: how do I kill my Romantic Side?“
My Surgeries (and other medical posts)- “Surgical Candor” (RE: my ear surgery to repair damage done in April of 2008, see below)
- “Prayer Request: Surgery“
- “Regretting what I lost“
- “My Ear“
- “The Initial Diagnosis“
- “A Visit to the Emergency Room“
- “In strong need of immediate prayer“
- “Pain…. the great equalizer“
- “Surprised by my co-workers” (Pictures included)
- “After Surgery Update and Genesis Review“
- “Gastro-Lavages are not fun“
- “Ahhh… the dreams of illness“
- “The days not yet ended“
My testimony (How I came to Christ OR where I was before Christ)- “The Atheistic Issue“
- “My Birthday is today“
- “Logic, Reason, Faith“
- “Blindly following something retarded“ (This post originally started out as “Life in the Last Days” and was supposed to have been about what evidences show for that. I veered way off course in writing, couldn’t figure out why, until just before I concluded when I discovered my son had attacked me —- and everything I wrote, all of it, specifically addressed that attack, to each point. Sometimes God moves us in ways we don’t understand… only to reveal the reasons when the time is perfect.)
- “An open letter to my children, P1 – Nathan“
- “Is God Impotent?” (In the comments, not the post — very short time-line that is absolutely excellent for giving everything else a framework for understanding.)
- “A glimpse into my testimony (Oct 7th 1992)“
- “A post only for my friends (Protected)“ (A comment I made at a ReveLife post I thought worth sharing, but only with my friends)
- “God does not start what He will not Finish“
- “Let another man praise you“
- “Empty Nest Syndrome“ (how I came to be on Ebay)
- “A Teaser – My Testimony“
- “The Path to Reason” (First draft intro into my serialized testimony — unfinished and privatized. Written on 12-24-2007.)
- “10-5-07 9:31 PM“
- “My Son” (Written 6-2-2007, unfinished and privatized)
- “With a profound sense of awe and wonder“
- “Question Everything….“
- “Poetry Link (Beware: Shameless plug)“ (Link no longer works)
My Testimony serialized – (These are protected posts, meaning only close friends can review it. I am pretty blunt about what led to my salvation, in every detail, and it’s not a pretty picture.)
- “I am not as Once I was: The bitter truth“
- “I am not as Once I was: The Conclusion, Pt2“
- “A Protected Posting” (Written 5-5-2009 to let anyone interested in my testimony know that I had concluded it — if they wanted to read, they needed to let me know.) This post is something of an anomaly — it’s gotten 5,188 hits to date… from all around the world… and yet it really is only a 2 sentence post with nothing substantial stated. weird.
- “I am not as once I was: The Conclusion, Pt1“
- “I am not as once I was” (Written 5-5-2009, privatized because it needed more work. Became the framework for “I am not as once I was: The conclusion, parts 1 & 2″)
- “I am not as once I was Chpt 9.5: 16 steps to salvation“ (One of the few parts of this series which was public, not protected)
- “I am not as once I was: Only those who’ve lived in Darkness” (Chapter 9.0)
- “I am not as once I was: Chapter 10 – Coming to the end of my rope” (Public post — and yes, I wrote chapter 10 before chapters 9 & 9.5)
- “I am not as once I was: Chapter 8 – Carnal Pursuits” (Written 9-6-2008, Unfinished & privatized. Mostly worked into Chapter 9.0 and the reason there’s a chapter 9.5 — because there was no chapter 8)
- “I am not as once I was: Chapter 7 – Hardening Hearts“
- “I am not as once I was: Chapter 6.5 – U-Turns“
- “A Swift Kick in the Pants” (comments about why Chapter 6.5 took so long to get out)
- “I am not as once I was: Chapter 6 – It all started with a Girl“
- “I am not as once I was: Chapter 6 – It all started with a Girl” (Rough Draft written 4-13-2008, unfinished and privatized)
- “I am not as once I was: Chapter 5 – Graduation“
- “I am not as once I was: Chapter 4 – A Change in Venue“
- “I am not as once I was: Chapter 4 – a Change in Venue” (Rough Draft written 3-27-2008, unfinished and privatized)
- “I am not as once I was: Chapter 3 – Youthful perspectives“
- “I am not as once I was: Chapter 2 – Youthful pursuits“
- “I am not as once I was: Chapter 1 – Underpinnings“
- “I am not as once I was” (first draft at starting my testimony. Written 11-23-2007, unfinished & privatized)
- “The Path to Reason” (First draft intro into my serialized testimony — unfinished and privatized. Written on 12-24-2007.)
My Seminary Papers
My Views on money- “Penniless & happy VS Rich & dissatisfied“
- “Not everybody has their price“
- “Money Changes Everything“
- “Where Moth & Rust & Thieves….“
- “The power of a Word” (The conclusion to my being robbed)
Near-Death experience (and my views on death) –
Politics -- “A Letter to President Obama (Not from Me)“
- “Young Conservatives: Agenda Defined” (Video Included)
- “Presidential Homework“
- “Our Big Disgusted God“
- “It’s not that I disagree with Obama as a person, but..“
- “Deitrich Boenhoffer & Human Oppression“
- “Why I don’t Intend to Vote“
- “Of Josh & James & Jesus (Oh… and Martin Luther)“
- “HYPOCRITEs!!!!! (Movie Review: 300)“
- “We interrupt this broadcast (Thanks Excellee)“
My Family (Nate, Natasja and my ex)
My Children
-Nathan –- “Changing into my Christian Clothes“
- “I am not as once I was: Chapter 10 – Coming to the end of my rope” (Written afterward as a review of what repentance and coming to Christ really looks like)
- “Regarding my Son“
- “Repentance Brings Renewal“
- “Logic, Reason, Faith“
- “Blindly following something retarded“
- “An open letter to my children, P1 – Nathan“
- “Realizing the Power of ‘IS‘.“
- “An Open letter to Divorced Children Everywhere“
- “I am not as once I was: Chapter 10 – Coming to the end of my rope“
- “Regarding my Son“
- “Saying NO! and meaning it“
- “My #()&*#% Son“
- “Hannah Prayed“
- “A Time for rewarding, a time for punishment“
- “Church Politics: Divorce & Remarriage“
- “Redeeming the Time“
- “To My Daughter, Tasja, with love“
- “Dog-dead and brain-tired“
- “My Son” (Written 6-2-2007, unfinished and privatized)
- “Unexpected Company“ (Privatized for whatever reason i can’t guess at, only just today made public)
- “Jesus and the Twelve Examples“
- “Prayers for Non-Christian Friends“
- “Wheels within wheels“
Natasja –- “An open letter to my children, P1 – Nathan” (Tasja is addressed personally in the last comment of the comments section.)
- “Counterfeits – Spiritual and Real“
- “The Shuman Family Update” (My daughter came into all this through the comments — her step-father, Keith, tried to slander me while posing as someone close to the family. That person came forward to protest her innocence and it was then traced back to Keith. Those fake comments were then removed and placed into a privatized posting in case of future need.)
- “Realizing the Power of ‘IS‘.“
- “Sooo my daughter has her first boyfriend (P1: A Father’s Questions)“
- “Sooo my daughter has her first boyfriend (P2: A Daughter’s answers)“
- “An Open letter to Divorced Children Everywhere“
- “The Bond of Christ“
- “The Wicked laugh“
- “Finding Peace“
- “Church Politics: Divorce & Remarriage“
- “The Beatles… masters of non-sense“
- “To My Daughter, Tasja, with love“
- “Unexpected Company“ (Privatized for whatever reason i can’t guess at, only just today made public)
- “Jesus and the Twelve Examples“
- “Entry Number 3 on my really long day”
- “Prayer Warriors please read“
- “Squee turns 10,000” (Pictures of my car and my daughter included)
- “And I dub thee……“
- “Anniversaries Abounding, part 2.5“
- “Frustrations Abounding“
My Divorce & thoughts on my Ex-wife- “Explaining Ebay“
- “Church Politics: Divorce & Remarriage“
- “It’s Nice to be Dating a WOMAN for once…“
- “WWJT” (In the comments section when discussing 1st Corinthians 7)
- “To My Daughter, Tasja, with love“
- “My Son” (Written 6-2-2007, unfinished and privatized)
- “Unexpected Company“ (Privatized for whatever reason i can’t guess at, only just today made public)
- “I am not as once I was: Only those who’ve lived in Darkness“ (Protected post, part of my Testimony series. Viewable only to those I count as friends)
- “Deeply Personal“
- “We do not turn for help“
- “Entry Number 3 on my really long day“
- “Going back to basics, well, sorta” (written 1-29-2007, unfinished and privatized)
- “Blessings….” (Written 12-26-2006, unfinished & privatized)
- “A Movie I highly recommend“
- “Impressions….“
- “Anniversaries Abounding, part 2.5“
- “Breaking Barriers“
- “Personal Extremes“
Poems and Prayers
My Poetry
- “5-15-2011 2:35 PM Taiwan Time” (First Chinese poem)
- “12-2-09 10:10 AM – Shuman Theological Creed“
- “A glimpse into my testimony (Oct 7th 1992)” (reprints the first poem I ever wrote as a Christian)
- “Thoughts and more thoughts” (The reasons I stopped writing poetry. Privatized post)
- “6-20-2010 11:56 PM“
- “11-10-2009 12:50 PM“
- “10-19-2009 8:22 AM“
- “Taiwan’s East Coast and thoughts of Heaven“
- “So we’re not allowed to call upon God anymore“
- “1-12-09 8:21 AM“ (1st poem 2009)
- “I am not as once I was Chpt 9.5: 16 steps to salvation” (Again reprints the first poem I wrote as a Christian)
- “10-5-08 11:41 PM“
- “10-6-08 1:18 AM (A little lower than the Angels)“
- “8-9-08 11:39 AM (She chases Cobwebs)“
- “7-12-08 5:41 AM“
- “3-2-12 1:02 PM (Ecclesiastes)“
- “5-10-08 11:51 AM” (Unfinished & privatized)
- “1-12-08 9:13 AM (With gratitude to Amanda)“
- “12-17-07 10:20 PM“
- “10-12-07 7:25 PM“
- “10-12-07 6:50 PM“
- “10-07-07 10:07 PM“
- “10-5-07 9:31 PM“
- “9-2-07 10:35 PM” (Unfinished but just recently opened for viewing)
- “8-28-07 4:30 AM“
- “8-19-07 12:57 PM“
- “8-10-07 2:36 AM“
- “Horizons” (Unfinished poem)
- “11-21-92 10:55 PM” (Yeah, an old one)
- “6-8-07 2:31 AM (Lightning Spiderwebs)” (one of my personal favorite poems that I’ve written)
- “Time“
- “5-13-2007 1:25 AM Tis late and yet I find no room for sleep”
- “5-6-2007 2:00 PM“
- “5-2-2007 10:19 PM“
- “4-24-2007 12:04 AM“
- “4-18-2007 4:25 PM“
- “3-24-2007 4:38 AM“
- “3-14-2007 9:16 AM“
- “3-11-2007 10:17 AM“
- “3-2-2007 1:51 AM“
- “1-22-2007 7:37 PM“
- “4-7-2005 3:15 PM“
- “1-15-2007 2:58 AM“
- “1-10-2007 6:30 PM A response to Issy“
- “12-11-2006 2:15 AM – Alas“ (Written the night I met Sofie.)
- “Going Backwards to move forward” (Several older poems I’d written)
- “12-13-2006 10:58 PM“
- “12-15-2006 7:11 AM“ (Summary: Loopholes — this is poem is a summary of my previous post, linked here.)
- “A Christmas Thought“
- “11-28-2006 6:45 AM“
- “11-17-2006 2:25 AM” (I wrote 7 poems this night, one after the other, all in this post.)
- “11-1-2006 10:41 PM“
- “11-4-06 12:34 AM“ (Nahum 1 restructured as a poem)
- “10-26-06 3:42 PM“
- “10-26-06 10:01 AM” (A glimmer of Hope)
- “Spiritual Apathy“ (one of my early songs)
- “10-21-06 9:50 PM” (Inspired by Alison Krauss)
- “9-30-2006 6:05 PM” (Inspired by Rosie Thomas)
- “4-9-2003 11:20 AM“
- “7-6-2005 4:22 PM“
Prayer Requests and prayers- “Prayer Requests“
- “Prayer Request: Kai“
- “Prayer Request – Urgent and potentially serious“
- “Urgent Prayer Request“
- “An URGENT call to Prayer“
- “Pray — Pray really, really hard“
- “Prayer Request: Surgery“
- “In need of Prayer” (Written 3-29-2007)
- “Answered Prayers” (Written 7-16-2008)
- “Muted Excitement… Future Potential“
- “A call to Prayer and Fasting” (A posting of Compassion International’s desire for a day dedicated to prayer and fasting.)
- “Stepping out the Door“
- “A Swift Kick in the Pants“
- “In strong need of immediate prayer“
- “On the Road Again“
- “Prayer Warrior Updates“
- “My #()&*#% Son“
- “Mom died“
- “A(n Open) Prayer for GG“
- “She wanted her memory back“
- “The balance of Time“
- “A Prayer for Congo“
- “A plea for prayer, for Kai“
- “Insanity… Insanity“
- “Not Quite what I expected“
- “A Solemn Invitation“
- “Prayer Request“
- “A Protected Post” (Open only to select friends)
- “A Couple of Prayers“
- “A pause for reflection“
- “Entry Number 3 on my really long day“
- “Prayer Warriors please read“
- “This is a hard post to write“ (Originally this was a protected post for friends eyes only — dealing with GG’s drug addiction. I only today opened it for public viewing in the hopes that anyone else with these sort of problems will see an avenue for prayer support.)
- “Loving others… Does God Grade on a Curve?“
- “Prayer Request“
- “A Prayer for direction“
- “Finding…. Balance“
- “Prayers for Non-Christian Friends“
- “Calling all Prayer Warrior Wanna-bes“
- “A Prayer Request“
- “The days not yet ended“
- “Frustrations Abounding“
- “We Pause from this moment of Silence“
- “Looking for God…. with eyes shut tight“
- “Where Moth & Rust & Thieves….“
- “Dark night of the soul“
- “Of Playing Games and Bible Study“
- “We interrupt this broadcast“
- “Sobering thoughts from Prayer“
- “Prayer Needs“
- “Pray for Me“
Prayer Warrior Series: (A call to prayer for those who needed it, and a week long focus on praying and visiting fellow Christian Xanga members)
- “Prayer Warrior Updates“
- “Prayer Warriors: Jeff“
- “Prayer Warriors: GG” (Originally privatized, open for public review on 3-10-2012)
- “Prayer Warriors: Christine“
- “Prayer Warriors: Erin“
- “Prayer Concerns“
Xanga Members Mentioned in various posts
Ben & Marissa- “How to feel better during an Illness” (Picture included)
- “Thank you Ben & Marissa, Aaron & Becca“
- “Rewriting Esther“
- “Wayne: A through Z (With a few twists in the road)“
- “A Special ‘Thank you’.“
- “A (Star Wars) Video for my Friends – Enjoy“
- “Your Opinion Please“
- “Administering ‘Anger Management’.”
- “@ Ben’s House” (RE: the flood)
- “Laying plans before the Lord (Deeply Personal: Finale)“
- “Ben… I could just…. Kiss you“
- “Deeply Personal“
- “Sweet Bond of Fellowship“
- “of $9.99 parts and 9 months frustration” (Pictures included)
CAT597 (Becca)
- “Thanks-GIVING“
- “Thank you Ben & Marissa, Aaron & Becca“
- “Administering ‘Anger Management’.”
- “A Note to Becca (& all)“
- “An invitation to Celebration: The pictures” (9-24-2008, Pictures included)
- “I need your advice… really… honestly…“
- “A Swift Kick in the Pants“
- “Regretting what I lost“
- “A Visit to the Emergency Room“
- “Prayer Warrior Updates“
- “A Great group of Friends“ (I do believe this post was actually written about Becca)
- “Getting Mad @ God“
- “Heroes: Episode 1 & 2”
- “Is it 2008 already???“
- “I missed you all“
- “Wow Factor (A post for Cat597)“
- “Introducing Amanda, Becca and Loreena“
- “Loving others… Does God Grade on a Curve?“
Ehrinn_I (Erin and Jared …. lest we forget her husband actually does have a name.) (NOTE: there are many, MANY times I mention Ehrinn in my posts, I’ve chosen mainly to connect those which have some comment to or about her.)
- “Thanks-GIVING“
- “How sad the Heart of God” (Unfinished, but open to reading and comment)
- “Tares among the wheat“
- “One of many Flavors – Christian Apologetics“
- “I am not as Once I was: The Conclusion, Pt2” (Protected post, meaning only close friends can review it. I am pretty blunt about what led to my salvation, in every detail, and it’s not a pretty picture.)
- “Administering ‘Anger Management’.”
- “Isolationist Christianity“
- “Looking at the earthly side of the picture“
- “I’m considering closing down my Xanga“
- “I need your advice… really… honestly…“
- “Why I am NOT leaving Xanga“
- “Prayer Warrior Updates“
- “Peace“
- “In defense of THE Church“
- “Is it 2008 already???“
- “I missed you all“
- “Blessings upon Blessings upon Blessings“
- “A Protected Post“
- “Deeply Personal, part 2” (Subtitled: What is Friendship?)
- “The Need to Love“
- “God Speaks… part 2.5“
- “Tagged… Sigh… Yawn…“
- “Envious“
- “Blessings (Part 2, but you wouldn’t know that)“
- “Finding…. Balance“
- “Why being socially out of touch is not necessarily a bad thing“
- “Unexpected Company“
- “A Quick Note“
- “Of Playing Games and Bible Study“
- “A Website I fully support“
Nyclegodesi24 (Fin***)- “Questions for Christians (Borrowed from Nyclegodesi24)“
- “Removed Content from ReveLife comment to StuartandAbby“
- “A glimpse into my testimony (Oct 7th 1992)“
- “Fellow Xanga-Christians do me a favor please, …“ (Sadly, Fin doesn’t keep his older posts, but deletes them yearly. Thus the link no longer works.)
Renaissance Pheonix (Amanda)
- “Thankfulness (Thank you Amanda)“
- “Thanks-GIVING“
- “A Celebration of Thanksgiving: Amanda’s Anniversary“
- “An invitation to Celebration: The pictures” (9-24-2008, Pictures included)
- “I need your advice… really… honestly…“
- “Why I am NOT leaving Xanga“
- “A Swift Kick in the Pants“
- “Prayer Warrior Updates“
- “1-12-08 9:13 AM (With gratitude to Amanda)“
- “Is it 2008 already???“
- “I missed you all“
- “In my element“
- “And for everyone else… with fun“
- “The Evolution of Song – Thanks Amanda“
- “Introducing Amanda, Becca and Loreena“
GG, GrimGower & Aneldrithcoblation (Bethany)
- “Thoughts and more thoughts” (The reasons I stopped writing poetry. Privatized post)
- “I am not as Once I was: The Conclusion, Pt2” (Protected post, meaning only close friends can review it. I am pretty blunt about what led to my salvation, in every detail, and it’s not a pretty picture.)
- “Administering ‘Anger Management’.”
- “Isolationist Christianity“
- “Let another man praise you“
- “Rebuked – Sharply“
- “Innocence lost = Deeply hidden scars + Years of shame“
- “Innocence Lost = Deeply hidden scars + Years of shame” (First draft written 7-11-2008, unfinished and privatized.)
- “(Yet) another trip“
- “A Swift Kick in the Pants“
- “Prayer Warrior Updates“
- “Prayer Warriors: GG” (Originally privatized, open for public review on 3-10-2012)
- “Introducing Leona Lewis“
- “Getting Mad @ God“
- “Re-Introducing Rosie Thomas“
- “In Defense of MY church“
- “For Bachelor’s Only (Ladies…. Ignore this… Trust me)“
- “How do you define “Beauty”?“
- “Untitled“
- “I missed you all“
- “Theology 431: Temptation – is there ever peace?“
- “Pregnant… Again… Again… Again… Again“
- “10-5-07 9:31 PM“
- “A(n Open) Prayer for GG“
- “And for everyone else… with fun“
- “Poem (Promised to GG)“
- “A Protected Post” (open to only select friends)
- “Time“
- “RE:Thinking – Grace“
- “Poem: Response to GG“
- “Deeply Personal“
- “4-18-2007 4:25 PM“ (in the last stanza of the poem is another poem that starts “Mirror, Mirror….”. That poem was GG’s own poem which described her self-loathing)
- “Jesus and the Twelve Examples“
- “Playing Catch Up“
- “This is a hard post to write“ (Originally this was a protected post for friends eyes only — dealing with GG’s drug addiction. I only today opened it for public viewing in the hopes that anyone else with these sort of problems will see an avenue for prayer support.)
- “Loving others… Does God Grade on a Curve?“
- “Can someone please tell me…“
- “You think the world would have had enough of silly love songs“
- “Invincible“
- “Don’t feel much like writing“
- “Take a deep breath….“
- “$5.99 worth of frustration“
- “$5.99 worth of anger“ (First draft written 3-19-2007, privatized because it vented to much anger.)
- “BSG 2.5“
- “Poem“
- “A Prayer for direction“
- “A comment to Brad (Hunters and Knights)“
- “Reviewing the World around me“
- “Letting Go“
- “Open for Debate“
- “A Note to All“
- “God Speaks… part 2.5“
- “Envious“
- “Blessings (Part 2, but you wouldn’t know that)“
- “Finding…. Balance“
- “Not my own” (One of GG’s poems)
- “Tough Choices, Tougher decisions“
- “Humbled and Thankful“
- “Can we sin so gravely that we cannot be forgiven?“
- “Frustrations Abounding“
- “We Pause from this moment of Silence“
- “We further interrupt this program“
- “Not the Post You expect“
- “Conspiring Against Me…“
- “The Sad demise of yet another JK board“
- “Introspection 101“
- “Comfort Ye my Children…“
- “Weep not for the Memories“
- “A Quick Note“
- “Of Playing Games and Bible Study“
- “Convictions, Part 2: David“
- “Prayer Needs“
Imnrdh (Roxann)
- “Administering ‘Anger Management’.”
- “Isolationist Christianity“
- “Is it 2008 already???“
- “For Bachelor’s Only (Ladies…. Ignore this… Trust me)“
- “I missed you all“
- “A Bad case of the I wants“
- “In my element“
- “A Protected Post“
- “Time“
- “With Rudeness ill-befitting a lady“
- “Jesus and the Twelve Examples“
- “Loving others… Does God Grade on a Curve?“
- “A comment to Brad (Hunters and Knights)“
- “A Note to Roxanne“
- “Revoko – Latin: I recant“
- “A Note to All“
- “God Speaks… part 2.5“
- “Envious“
- “Feeding my Spiritual Nature (Thanks Roxann for the balance)“
- “Smallville Moment: Arrgh, Part 2“
- “Blessings (Part 2, but you wouldn’t know that)“
- “Finding…. Balance“
- “Adventures in the Land of Loopholes” (This whole post is about Roxann)
- “Summary: Loopholes” (A poem written as a summary of the above post)
- “Humbled and Thankful“
- “From Famine to Feast to Forgiveness“
Jim Exley (Excellee) (This dear brother in Christ has passed on to be with Jesus. I miss him terribly)
- “Xanga Friends laid to rest“
- “Archive Series 5: Don Francisco – Poet Storyteller“
- “Is it 2008 already???“
- “I missed you all“
- “A Comment to Jim Exley“
- “Closed… until further notice“
- “Neon Lighting” (written 1-31-2007, unfinished and privatized)
- “Wow!!!! …. humbled“
- “God Speaks… part 2.5“
- “I Love Goodwill“
- “Tagged… Sigh… Yawn…“
- “Stunned silence“
- “We interrupt this broadcast (Thanks Excellee)“
- “A response to Issy“
- “Envious“
- “Smallville Moment: Gag Me…..“
- “Why you will NEVER be Xanga Front Page material“
- “Backfire: The penalty of a Front Page Xanga post“ (hee hee hee… read the comments section for the joke)
- “Thanks-GIVING“
- “I need your advice… really… honestly…“
- “Why I am NOT leaving Xanga“
- “A Visit to the Emergency Room“
- “Thankfulness; Part, whatever“
Friends and family Mentioned in various postsAnna
- “A Unique Perspective on Prayer“
- “Rebuked – Sharply“
- “Surprise Endings“
- “Church Politics: Divorce & Remarriage“
- “It’s Nice to be Dating a WOMAN for once…“
- “Old Surroundings… New Beginnings“
- “Introducing Amanda, Becca and Loreena“
- “To My Daughter, Tasja, with love“
- “Deeply Personal, part 2” (Subtitled: What is Friendship?)
- “Deeply Personal“
- “Succubus (With Addendum)“
- “$5.99 worth of anger“
- “A Prayer for direction“
- “The Need to Love“
- “Letting go of the past“
- “Finding…. Balance“
- “Not my own“
- “Commitment and Compromise“
- “What led to the post below” (Written 12-5-2006, privatized thoughts on whether I can ever know love… which led to the post above.)
- “Prayers for Non-Christian Friends“
- “Broken World – Across the Sky“
- “Poetry” (the poem 11-17-06 2:38 AM was regarding Anna)
- “10,000 to 1“
- “Humbled and Thankful“
- “Impressions….“
- “Breaking Barriers“
- “Wheels within wheels“
- “A Dream Deferred“
- “With Gratitude to Isa… and her collection of friends…“
- “Question Everything….“
- “Looking for God…. with eyes shut tight“
- “Unexpected Company“
- “Alone Again, Naturally“
- “Weep not for the Memories“
- “A Quick Note“
- “Dark night of the soul“
- “Sobering thoughts from Prayer“
- “Do we really know how to love?“
- “I don’t Care“
- “New Pen-Pals“
- “Romantic Euthanasia: how do I kill my Romantic Side?“
- “Letting Go“
- “Pray for Me“
- “Thoughts on Crying“
- “Futility“
- “Poem: Ask for the Moon“
- “Poem: I used to…“
Crazywood (What once I thought was Christian, turned out NOT to be — in almost every respect. Still, I was there 2 years and it does show up in my earliest blogs.)
- “Closure: a story of the Internet“
- “We Pause from this moment of Silence“
- “We further interrupt this program“
- “Not the Post You expect“
- “The Sad demise of yet another JK board“
- “Where Moth & Rust & Thieves….“
- “A Quick Note“
- “Poetry Link (Beware: Shameless plug)“ (Link no longer works)
- “A most Memorable Birthday“
- “Thoughts and re-thoughts from a not so SILENT HILL“
- “…And God is Good indeed“
- “Do we really know how to love?“
- “I don’t Care“
- “Feeling Lost“
- “Romantic Euthanasia: how do I kill my Romantic Side?“
- “A note to a friend“
- “What to do about Galen“
- “Poem: Ask for the Moon“
- “Poem: I used to…“
- “Beginnings“
Dust Mop (Mike — yes, we used to call him “Mop”)
- “$860.25“
- “Let another man praise you“
- “Untitled“
- “The ongoing saga of Mop“
- “Pregnant… Again… Again… Again… Again“
- “Old Surroundings… New Beginnings“
- “Sigh……. Mop. Grrrrrrrr“
- “Horizons“
- “Movie Review(s)“
- “Blessings upon Blessings upon Blessings“
- “of $9.99 parts and 9 months frustration” (Pictures included)
- “The Free Ride stops here“
- “Entry Number 3 on my really long day“
- “I overslept…. to God’s purpose“
- “Reviewing the World around me“
- “Envisioning Heaven….Heading for Hell“
- “Redefining Christianity“
- “zzzzzzt“
- “Pictures: Squee” (Pictures included)
- “Prayers for Non-Christian Friends“
- “Smallville Moment“
- “The days not yet ended“
- “From Famine to Feast to Forgiveness“
- “The power of a Word“
- “Where Moth & Rust & Thieves….“
- “To eat or not to eat, for this is the love of God“
Family
- “Prazin our Amazin God“
- “Mom died“
- “Thankfulness; Part, whatever“
- “A Note to BabieSassy“
- “Danger, Will Robinson, Danger“
- “A protected Post“
- “Mom“ (A protected post open only to my friends)
- “Tough Choices, Tougher decisions“
- “A Life… from Death” (Anniversaries Abounding part 2.0)
- “Anniversaries Abounding, part 2.5“
- “Prayer Needs“
- “Someone Else’s Story“
Ginny (my oldest younger sister)
FRS Family
Jess (She walked away from Christianity to pursue fame in this world. Last I knew, she was following after hypnotism and the party life — seeking to entertain those who pass for famous in this life. You can gain the whole world, Jess, but is it really worth the price you pay in the end?)
- “In the World and OF the World“
- “god words Vs God’s Word (Going to Hell in Jesus Name)“
- ALSO — “god words Vs God’s Word — going to hell in Jesus name” (1st draft written 5-30-2010, unfinished and privatized)
- “Jess’s highway to hell” (intentionally Privatized pooling of comments a xanga / facebook friend had been saying which showed her mouth was saying one thing and her life another. No man can serve two masters. When the disparity was pointed out — she de-friended me.)
- “Spiritual Pride Explained“
- “Jess’s thought life“ (As many posts as I have made public from private in this index project of mine… this is the only one I have taken from public TO private.)
Peggy
- “Peggy” (Note to Kai’s oldest sister written when I thought she was reading my blog…. turned out it wasn’t her, so I privatized the note.)
Phil Trone
Sofie
- “! (aka: Across the Universe)“
- “Time“
- “Playing Gideon…. (RE: Lacking Trust)“
- “Playing Gideon…. (Re: Lacking Trust)” (First draft written 5-1-2007, unfinished and privatized.)
- “We do not turn for help“
- “A comment to Brad (Hunters and Knights)“
- “Reviewing the World around me“
- “Opening my eyes to the world around me“
- “Looking for Prayer’s effect” (Written 1-3-2007, privatized prayer)
- “Finding…. Balance“
- “Alas“
- “Adventures in the Land of Loopholes“
- “My Amazing, Wild, Weird, Wonderful Weekend“
- “Danger, Will Robinson, Danger“ (Written 12-11-2006, privatized because I wanted to chew on my thoughts for a while.)
- “I’m walking on sunshine… Whoa” (Written 12-10-2006, privatized because I wanted to chew on my thoughts for a while.)
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Comments (1)
you have given them the knowledge, wayne… and you’ve given them into the Lord’s hand.
demonstrate to them His love THROUGH YOU on this earth… i have faith that while you remain faithful, they will return to the Lord.