They have some slammin’ deals. And their marketing technique is incredible — I’m always checking their site to see what the next deal is. Like I said, whiskeymilitia has me addicted.

Check out steepandcheap.com too.

I’ve been reading a series by Greg Boyd about the “violent strand” of God in the Old Testament. I recommend the series — although I’m sure it will make conservatives a little nervous. I agree with a lot, and disagree with some, but have found most of it to be pretty insightful. I haven’t read all of it yet, but my favorite quote so far:

If any Christian leader is going to appeal to the Old Testament to legitimize their nation’s warfare, they must commit to fighting the way the Israelites were commanded to fight. They must be certain that Yahweh himself has told them to enter into this war and must do so without any consideration of whether or not it meets someone’s criteria of a “just war.” They must refuse to take any practical or pragmatic issues into consideration and must place no trust in their military might or wisdom. And they must refuse to benefit in any way from their victory.

It has always been funny troubling to me when some Christians use the “God uses America as an instrument of His justice” rationale for America entering war or bombing terrorists. I think Greg’s quote shows us why. He goes further and contends that nobody since the time of Joshua has entered into war on the sole basis that God simply told them to do so. I think we need to stop using OT war and violence to justify America’s wars and violence.

What I appreciate the most about this series so far is the length Greg goes to explain how no matter what your thoughts are about the violent strands of God in the OT, it can not change your view of Jesus as being the incarnate God of the universe who sacrificed himself for you. If you are having trouble with the violence in the Old Testament (like I do sometimes), take heart, because Jesus is “the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being.” Do you want to know what God is like? LOOK AT JESUS.

“In Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form” (Col. 2:9)

• I’m finding out, at least for me, it’s easier to say “God is good” when I’m healthy.
• I seem to pray more when I’m sick; mostly for healing.
• I’ve never doubted God can heal; but found out today I doubt whether He actually wants to heal.
• I’m not sure which presents a greater theological problem…
• I’m also not sure what makes me feel worse — my sickness, or my daughters.
• Actually, I don’t know why I just wrote that — it’s my daughters sickness, easily.
• I feel so awful already, but the things I’d be willing to do (such as take on even more pain) to alleviate the sickness of my daughter have no measure.
• I begin to understand what kind of love it took for God to willfully bear my sickness for me on his body.
• Most of all, I begin to understand the sickness God bore for me had no measure…
• And for that, whether sick or healthy, I can easily say… God is good.

Dodgers #1 prospect Clayton Kershaw.  This pitch is stupid.

..or something like that.  Yeah, Gia and I aren’t the biggest fans of Valentine’s day, but we are BIG fans of this:

I saw this on another blog today and HAD to write about it. Check this out…

Thats right, friends, you can now buy shirts that proclaim the good news of Christ (or something like that)… in tongues. I’ve been waiting for this day for quite some time. Not because I want to buy one of these shirts, but because I see an amazing opportunity to make money here. I just realized any bible believing Christian knows they can’t even wear these shirts without properly translating it (1 Cor. 14:13), right? What idiots! HolyGhostTee’s completely failed to capitalize on this market! So, if you can translate tongues and want to make some cash in the process, please contact me and we can start printing TonguesTranslationTee’s. People will have no choice but to buy them. What’s better than getting paid for using your gifts?

Once again, in case you haven’t read my posts on the subject already, this is NO SCAM. Read HERE, or HERE.

The advice I’ve been getting from people who have cashed in on the rewards is to be patient and persistent. Apparently, two of my good friends gave up and spent their own hard earned money on an iPhone — giving up on yourfreeiphone.com. What suckers!

Currently I have had three people sign up for their free iPhone through this website. Apparently these three people recognize the value of affiliate programs. I can’t wait to get my iPhone… and I can’t wait to rub it in everyone’s face who say I’m falling for one of the oldest scams in the book.

So what are you waiting for? Get your fee iPhone now!

I’m sure you all are aware of Propositions 94-97, which would allow 4 Indian casino’s in California to expand their operations in exchange for payment to the state. The State has dug itself a pretty big financial hole… why not rely on trusty gambling addicts to help rectify the problem? Here are just a few reasons why I like these propositions:

1. The Tribes will get to audit themselves. Who doesn’t like to use the “foot-wedge” in golf?
2. The Tribes will get to pick and choose which slot machines’ revenues to include as payment to the state (therefore their highest profiting slot machines will not have to be included).
3. The propositions will allow 4 of the richest Native American Tribes (out of 100+ that have historically been impoverished) to make more money.
4. These rich casino’s will NOT be forced to offer affordable health care to their employees.
5. More than half of one of these casino’s employee’s children will still be eligible for taxpayer-funded health care.
6. Gambling addicts are FINALLY enabled to do something about forest fires and social issues.
7. The Casino’s still will not have to worry about their workers forming a union.
8. I will finally be able to support my daughter’s education by gambling with her college money.

Bakke is really good:

“Theological talk about the salvation of structures may be nonsense (I must admit you cannot evangelize what you cannot baptize), but if Christians think that social and economic structures matter enough for them to move where they function, they cannot criticize other Christians for working to develop or improve those systems in their communities where they do not function well.”

“So many evangelicals are unreconstructed social Darwinists who believe that only the powerful and the strong should survive. We have seen the large-scale commitment of evangelical churches to a conservative ideology masquerading as theology.”

“Some groups have complete sets of concrete, cultural practices which they regard as almost synonymous with the gospel. Their witness to Christ is frozen into cultural forms with are irrelevant or unintelligible to most people.”

That’s it for now…