Go Ho Ho - Gap 2009 Holiday Commercial

Ah!!! Post-modernism at its finest! Doesn't it absolutely.... disgust you? This song tells its viewers that they can do whatever they feel is right (which is the essence of Post-modernism). "What's wrong with that?" you might ask. Two things. One- so, if i want to go murder somebody, thats ok? Ah, no. Two- Jesus is the only Truth we should be seeking. So the idea that "Any truth is the right truth for you, and any truth is the right truth for me" is not true! That's what's so hard about the holiday season. Nobody wants to offend any one else, so they create "Happy Holidays" and "Season's Greetings". In my opinion, I am offended by people attempting not to offend anyone. In this post-modern world, I'm also offend because my religion is being overlooked. Sure, I agree that "all men are created equal" and all are entitled to their beliefs, but c'mon!!! It's all one sided. If "all men are created equal" then I should be able to put manger scene in front of my town hall!! That's CHRISTMAS!!! There would be no CHRISTmas without CHRIST!!! So, go ahead, believe what you want! But know that i believe in spreading my religion (i am instructed to) and that i will be saying MERRY CHRISTMAS this year.

Hamish and Andy - Team Ghosting 2.0

Rosemount Marching Band 2008 Follow Me

This is the band show this year. We stole it from Rosemount High School in Minnesota. (sorry!!).

A Christian's Perspective of Human Nature and the Modern Christian

Urban Dictionary is an online dictionary of terms commonly used by today’s society, such as one of my personal favorites, pwnd (yes, that is how it’s spelled). Recently, I have used this website and find it handy and disgusting at the same time. Case in point was a recent football game. I was conversing with a fellow trumpet player about my goals as Senior Section Leader in the following year, one of those being no pelvic thrusts (use your imagination). He was angry that this would not be included, and called me a “Bible humper”. I had a good idea about what this was, but I responded by saying that I was not (which is true). Later that evening, when I got home, I remembered his insult, and looked up on Urban Dictionary. I was appalled at the definition. It was entirely inappropriate and irreverent. And it wasn’t just one definition. There were several. I was lead to ask myself, “Why would someone write this? What would lead someone to reject a person (God) who loves them so much he purchased them with His greatest gift?”. The answer to this question is simply human nature. We’re born into sin, and in sin we remain (Romans 3:23).

Another definition that bothered me was the Jesus Freak entry. But it was not the corruption of the humans in this definition, it was how Christians (literally meaning Little Christ) appeared to the world. Human nature, by my definition, is not just how we adapt and survive; it is also how we react to stimulus. To react is an action, and actions speak louder than words. And if humans encounter a hard choice (stimulus), they will, by nature, react by taking the easier course (sin). Human nature is based not only on instinct (to respond to stimulus), but also what is learned. If Christians say “I’m like Jesus” and act the way I have seen Christians act, the world will gain a false conception of who Jesus was. The fact of the matter is this has already happened! It’s either the world doesn’t see Jesus in us or that we ask people to believe in something we don’t entirely know a lot about. Within my own realm of the world (the Bartlesville Band), I don’t see Jesus in most of the “Christians”. I hear “Christians” chastising our Mormons and other religions, and they curse and speak of sexual immorality, and I don’t hear Jesus. I see “Christians” act in way that is un-Christ like. I am brought to tears. Didn’t Jesus say “Don’t judge, or you will be judged” in the ONLY sermon He preached? Jesus spoke in the middle of the city on a mountain, a passage to this day called The Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5-7). This is Jesus, God, preaching, about what the Christian nature should look like. And notice, he’s not preaching to just his disciples, but also to the sinners in the crowd. Matthew 7:28 says “When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching,” The crowds is the key word. These people weren’t just Jews, but also to Gentiles. I am ASHAMED to be called Christian if this is what “Little Christ” is! I am ASHAMED if this is MY reputation. Realize that when you act in a non-Christ way, you not only spoil the holy name of Jesus Christ, but you also ruin an opportunity for someone who could be better equipped for evangelism. Either contribute to the effort or get out of the way for those who are! I’m not judging you who this might apply to, because I myself am not perfect. No human is. But I strive to be perfect, just as God in Heaven is perfect, which is how Jesus lived, and how Christians should live.

I encourage those Christians who feel that this message is directed at them to be Jesus, just as Jesus was YOU on the Cross. In the aforementioned sermon, Jesus said “ For I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” The first reaction I got from this passage is that you have to be righteous like Jesus to gain heaven. If this is the case, we have to evaluate two things. One- you don’t gain heaven. It was purchased for you. Second- the term “righteous” is a statement, not a measurement. Jesus’ description of righteous in Matthew 5:20 is not that we should be good to enter heaven, but that the Pharisees were hypocrites, and were not righteous. Jesus directed His sermon at their ways as He criticized how they had taken the law out of context. In fact, Jesus makes this His point in the sermon by stating that He has “come not to abolish the law, but to fulfill it.” (Matthew 5:17). Here, Jesus is implying that He has come to tell the Jews what they have done to distort the law and to express to the Gentiles what the law is supposed to mean. This is what we should be doing. The Sermon the Mount is your guide to the Christian nature. Read several times. Ask someone what this means. It is the key to puzzle that is what witnessing looks like.

So where does that leave us? Since we are Christians, we are His example. Christianity takes faith, and faith is based on righteousness and works. It is based on righteousness by looking like Jesus. Live the sinless life that Jesus gave up for you on the cross so that you can gain favor with God; for “In the way of righteousness there is life;” (Proverbs 12:28). Works also contributes to faith. If you have an abundance of faith, you are driven to show your faith through you works. However, neither of these can gain you heaven; “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.” (Ephesians 2:9). In conclusion, Jesus wants you to be like Him, and He wants you to spread the Word, but lets do it like He would and with His guidance.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bible+humper

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jesus+freak

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=christians

also, take a look at the video i posted called "John Piper-Make War"

John Piper-Make War

This is exactly what i needed to hear....maybe i should look into this John Piper guy...

Tim Hawkins Free Credit Report Spoof

Tim Hawkins in Chick-Fil-A

Showbread "The Fear of God" Album Trailer

Oh man! I cant wait to get my copy!!!!

2007 Blue Devils Hornline Warm Up: Semifinals

Oh my goodness. Keep in mind it's all slurred and there are no complex valves or slide patterns.

Branson

So this past weekend i was in Branson with my family. We had fun, and went to many places like Silver Dollar City and White Water. But one of the most intriguing things we went to was Noah, the Musical at Sight and Sound Theater. It was overall very good, especially the special effects. At one point, they took up these curtains on the side to reveal the inside of the Ark!!! It was a really cool show, and I encourage you to check it out. Not only was it awesome, it had a new revelation to me. Before the show, they mentioned that Jesus had said "So it was in Noah's day, so it will be in the coming of the Son of Man." So when i heard that, i thought about the story of Noah as it played before my eyes. I saw so many connections between the Ark and Jesus, between the times then, and the times now. At the end of the show, Jesus comes out of the Ark (well now it's not the Ark anymore, it has transitioned into a cross.) and explaines that He is the door, just as the the only way onto Noah's Ark was to belive in Jehovah and walk through the door. I found this very inspiring to go and be diciples and spread the Word of God, so that everyone I come into contact with can walk through the door. If that alone wasn't enough to get me pumped about Jesus, they also played a track of the people in the nearby city drowning as they knocked upon the door of the Ark, begging Noah to let them in. Friends, brothers, even mothers were pleading Noah to allow them passage on their massive vessal, and all Noah and his family could do was weep for them. It will be the same in the last days as Jesus saves those who belive in him, as he will save them and leave the others behind. What a sad realization. All those people will die or know what it means to truly die. That is why Jesus gave us the Great Commission. Go and make diciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Magic Bat

No way...not in a million years....

Toy Story 3 Teaser Trailer

Oh Man!! I am soo excited!!!!

Lessons from Middle School

Hey!! Just got back from the Nikao Middle School Retreat as a leader!! It was awesome!! We played some CTF and Kickball, but the main focus of the Retreat was how us as Christians are supposed to rely on each other for victory in our walk with Christ. What I took away from the trip was mostly on the second day when we did the silent hike. The path we took was rather rocky, and I used the rocks in the path as a metaphor to life. The road may be rocky, but it eventually pans out in the end. So what I believe God told me through this trip is that the road always gets better, you just have to keep walking. Isaiah 40:4 is a good example of what this means. It says "Every valley shall be raised up; every mountain and hill made low. The rough ground shall become level; the rugged places plain." What was funny about this verse is that I read after the hike. I thought to myself how amazing that is that God would inspire me to make that connection and then give me that verse. How truly blessed I am to have a God that loves me that much.

DEADLINE post-it stop motion

Monty Pyton- Argument Clinic

To the Pain!!!

You're Awesome

The ShamWOOHOO!

That'll Move the Chains

Adventure Time

Religions....

Mormonism.

did you know that at the core of mormonism is polytheism? its true. what mormons dont want you to know is the most stunning fact. they believe that jesus is the son of mary (of course)...BUT mormon doctrines state that a mormon accepts that the god of earth came to earth, had sex with mary, and that Jesus is the son of Lucifer (SATAN). This also ties into another hidden belief that when a person dies, he/she is given a planet to rule. that sounds like science fiction. lastly, i dont believe that mormons belive in the Jesus of the Bible. they make Jesus conviniate for them.

Islam

ok, i dont want to bash. true the mormonism bit was bashing, but i just want people to think. if you are either one of these religions, i just want you to rethink these statments. recently, as most of us know, the islamic clergy declared a "jihad" (holy war) on infedels. i want to ask, why kill for YOUR spot in heaven and for "allah" when you can put your trust in Jesus, who already HAS secured your position in heaven if you accept him, and tell (not kill) others about his unconditional love and have them join you in heaven for eternity. think about it.

funny story....

ok so me and my dad were kinda shopping around at best buy and eb games for like two times in one week. so at best buy we're playing Guitar Hero and my dad asks "Which do you like better, rock band or guitar hero?" and i said rock band (naturally). them at eb games he started looking at wiis...i and was all "huh..." and after we left eb games i asked him if he was going to buy us a wii and he said "pshh...no...". so the next day (good friday) we were at chili's forever and just as he's about to leave and he says "you cant ride home with me because i have to pick up some grocieries." (which was very subtle of him). So i get home and sit on the couch and then my dad walks in with this huge box and yells "suprise!!!" and i was (sarcastically) "i wonder what that is!!" it was the wii. he brought in another box which just so happened to be the wii....so yeah....

First post...

soo im kinda new at blogging so dont judge me. Uh if ur interested please visit the Zocks Productions youtube channel (youtube.com/zzzocks).  I'm also on facebook...and twitter...so yeah thats it...