Joie de Vivre A Wretched Man’s Quest To Follow Jesus Christ

It’s worrying me a little.

I’ve been slow on the adoption of ‘new’ technologies in the past couple of years.

Take, for example, this wonderful technology called a ‘podcast’.

I’ve seen it everywhere, but never really paid any attention to it, nor took the time to find out what it does or how it can benefit me. In times past, I’d have leapt at lapping up every piece of information on how it works and how I can benefit from using it.

No, I don’t know what it is, but for someone like me who’s been in the IT industry for more than a decade, it is a little disconcerting.

Well, as the wise (hmm…) old saying goes “better late than never”, I’ve finally caught up with how useful podcasts can actually be.

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I heard this over BBC Radio last evening and had a chuckle.

According to the scientist (I think) on the program, the reason why there are so many obese people in developed and even in developing counties is because humans have not evolved from our primal needs for food.

Where once our ancestors hunted animals for food, and therefore needed the high carbohydrates, salt and sugar levels to keep up a good level of energy to do so, we have not evolved from those dietary needs and are therefore getting fatter.

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I kid you not when I say that there are just some really, really bad ‘Christian’ T-shirt folks out there. So, if you plan on proclaiming your faith with a Christian T-shirt, please do it with some discernment.

I present to you three of the worst examples:

The Blood-Wiser

The blood that our Lord Jesus Christ shed on the cross is made a mockery, tagged to the ‘wiser’ so that the new ‘word’ rhymes with a popular brand of beer.

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I had intended to post my take on some other issue initially, but decided to pass on this video instead after watching it in the hopes that it shall also encourage and inspire you as it did me.

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.

– Matthew 28:19-20

Shalom Aleichem.

HT: Chris at The Christian Journey.

In Jeremiah 36, we read of how Jeremiah the prophet was instructed by God to write down all the warnings against Israel and Judah on a scroll and have it read to King Jehoiakim and the people of Judah during the fourth year of the latter’s reign.

This was during the time when the Babylonians under King Nebuchadnezzar had subdued both Israel and Judah and made the latter a vassal state.

After spending a period of time in Babylon, Jehoiakim was restored to his throne by King Nebuchadnezzar and made a vassal.

Alas, he continued to sin against the LORD, and stubbornly refused to turn away from his evil ways even after having tasted punishment when he lost the kingdom of Judah.

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Reading all the hoopla surrounding the deaths of famous people like the recently-departed Heath Ledger and others in years past made me just wonder what today’s mass media might say about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ if the event were to be set in these days.

It just amazes me sometimes how much people grieve and mourn when their favorite celebrities (or idols, which I think would be a more appropriate word here) pass on, when the latter didn’t know them from Adam (or Eve) all that time.

Some even succumb to the extreme act of taking their own lives to either ‘be with their idols in the netherworld’ or to express their inconsolable grief, as in the case of a fan or two of some celebrities like Leslie Cheung (a Hong Kong actor/singer).

Don’t get me wrong — I am not against feeling sad over the death of one’s favorite celebrity, but such extremities are uncalled for in my opinion.

Anyhow, coming back to my thoughts…

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Here’s the result of a pretty fun quiz that I did just awhile ago.

It’s just quite surprising that I’d be identified with John Calvin. Hmm…

Which theologian would you be?

Which theologian are you? created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as John Calvin. Much of what is now called Calvinism had more to do with his followers than Calvin himself, and so you may or may not be committed to TULIP, though God’s sovereignty is all important. Karl Barth 100% John Calvin 100% Anselm 93% Martin Luther 80% Jonathan Edwards 67% Friedrich Schleiermacher 60% Jürgen Moltmann 53% Charles Finney 33% Augustine 20% Paul Tillich 7%