Funny Pictures - Day 3

No clue where or how I found this. But it's great.

Funny Pictures - Day 2

I just like the look on both of their faces. Scene is classic!

Denominations

for my Christian friends or anyone else who cares to read. . . 

I was reading this last night and it got me thinking. A few words changed to make it more applicable. 

1 Corinthians 1:10-17, reprised: 


¹⁰I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought. ¹¹My brothers, some from Chloe's household have informed me that there are quarrels among you. ¹²What I mean is this: One of you says, "I follow Calvin"; another, "I follow Arminius"; another, "I follow Knute Larson"; still another, "I follow Jesus."

 ¹³Is Christ divided? Was Calvin crucified for you? Were you baptized into^[b] the name of Arminius? ¹⁴I am thankful that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,¹⁵so no one can say that you were baptized into my name. ¹⁶(Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I don't remember if I baptized anyone else.) ¹⁷For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with words of human wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

Funny Pictures

I love doing Google Image Searches (that's GIS) and finding funny pictures.

I'll be posting a few of them over the next couple of days. Yeah, I'm going for quantity, not quality.

Fireproof

Well, I did it. I watched the movie Fireproof. You know it, right? It's that Christian movie made by that church down in the south somewhere. Oh, and it stars Kirk Cameron, hot off his hit roll as Mike Seaver in Growing Pains.

I'll say it - it wasn't that bad. It was actually a lot better than I thought going into it. As a guy who's been in the church and seen some of the garbage they try to pass off as "good", I think I have some room to speak.

I guess I should define "wasn't that bad". Ever watched a Lifetime movie? Well, imagine a Lifetime movie with some Christian stuff in it and you've got yourself Fireproof.

There were a few scenes that made me go "ugh!". When Kirk sits down on the couch to get some fast food, what kind do you think he gets? Right - Chic-fil-A, the place for Christians on the go to get a chicken sandwich (except on Sundays!). Don't get me wrong, I love me some Chic-fil-A, they just came out with a spicy chicken sandwich and might I say, it's the cat's pajamas.

The other "ugh" part was when (spoiler alert, like you care) Kirk finds out that another man is wooing his lady. In a fit of rage, he gets into his truck and rushes off to the hospital where the guy works. He busts in the door, looking for this home wrecker with a look that can only be described as "bout to open a can of whoop ass!" He finds the guys office, goes in, and tells the guy that "Hey, I just wanna let you know you've got competition!" . . . what? I thought for sure he was going to beat the crap out of that guy from here to Mecca, but no dice. Just a rowdy alert to her gentlemen suitor that he's got some competition. . . what a let down.

The other thing that kind of annoys me is that when the movie is over, there is no conflict that is left unresolved. Marriage is fixed, Oedipus Complex resolved, car fixed, dirty floors cleaned, and the cat and the dog get married. I think partly, I'm jaded by new movies where it's always a tragedy of some sort where the main character gets shot by gang members at the end or two star-crossed lovers die by ingesting poison. I just would have liked a little unresolved conflict.

Aside from those little pet peeves, I think the movie did its job of telling the story it wanted to tell. Again, we ain't talkin' Shakespeare here, just a story about a guy finding God and saving his marriage. What surprised me was that it wasn't a straight forward "life sucks, you're wife is leaving, you find God, marriage instantly gets better and life is good". I'd say the conversion happens at about 1/3 of the movie and the rest of the movie is him dealing with the issues of his broken marriage and cheatin' wife, only with his newly found faith.

Finally, if you're not Christian, skip it. This is definitely a movie made by Christians for a Christian audience. There are Christian themes that you're just not going to get and it's going to make the movie that much more Lifetimey. I wish it was different but I just don't think it is. Actually, if any non-believers would like to contact me with their review, I'd love to hear it.

Rev.

ps - Man, I've missed writing.

Been a while . . .

It's been a while since I've much of anything. I think it's time to start.

I think I'll start now.