B elievers cannot lose the habits, the seeds, the root of grace; yet they may lose assurance, which is the beauty and fragrancy, the crown and glory of grace. 1 John 3-9 | 1 Peter1-5

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These two lovers, grace and assurance, are not by God so nearly joined together but that they may by sin on our side, and justice on God’s, be put asunder. The keeping of these two lovers, grace and assurance, together, will yield the soul two heavens, a heaven of joy and peace here, and a heaven of happiness and blessedness hereafter; but the putting of these two lovers asunder will put the soul into a hell here, though it escape a hell hereafter. This Chrysostom knew well, when he professed that the want of the enjoyment of God would be a far greater hell to him than the feeling of any punishment. Thomas Brooks

“Free. Baby shoes, never been used.” (Hemingway?)

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A long the years, I have built and managed many websites that were just for fun and learned from experience what goes where and how much damage a comma can do. I discovered that I had a penchant for web stuff, so I can code, and play, but what I really like to do is to design and manage. And this is what I have focused on.

After all these years and such rich military experiences and life’s school of Hard Knocks of my past, I wanted to run my own business. I had developed multi-tasked skills and a passion for learning and puzzleing out the WWW. Most of all, to spread what I had learned, from my world travels and experiences, to those who would listen to my tales, and soak up the wisdom not to make the same mistakes. I offer website design themes , blogs, CMS’s and also custom work, so if you’re looking for a personal or corporate website/blog, please consider hiring me. www.jollymoon.com

I usually am a friendly person. I enjoy listening to good music, watching a good movie, being in the company of friends and being online. I love my church family, which you will here more about here, and I want to share my walk with God and growing in Grace and spirituality with Jesus Christ. I definitely have some geek blood running in my veins and keep thinking that I wish the net had been around when I was a kid and in my teen years. But then again, don’t we all?

T he nature of true, saving faith is presented in the Bible as essential to a believer, more so than just mental assent or knowledge of Jesus. Not all faith is saving; only faith that is evidenced by obedience is redemptive.

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John MacArthur, Jr. in his book The Gospel According To Jesus talks extensively about ‘Lordship Salvation.’ This comes by making Jesus Lord of all facets of your life, not just on Sunday or ‘head knowledge.’ “Unsaved people must obey Christ, give him their hearts, surrender their lives to Him, repent of their sins, submit to His lordship and follow Him. Many erroneously believe they can come to Christ, receive absolution and immortality, then walk away to continue living life as they please.”

James 2:14-20 says ‘faith without works is dead and cannot save.’ James describes spurious faith as pure hypocrisy (v.16), mere cognitive assent(v.19), devoid of any verfying works (v.17-18)–no different from the demons’ belief (v.19). Obviously, there is more to saving faith than merely conceding a set of facts. Faith without works is useless (v.20)

       ”Yet some in contemporary evangelicalism refuse to allow for any kind of relationship between faith and works. With this limitation, they are forced to receive virtually any profession of faith as the real thing.”

The gospel appeal is tacked on to a wholly inadequate explanation of what it means to believe,” says MacArthur. “The modern definition of faith (i.e. most churches today-I say) eliminates repentance, erases the moral significance of believing, obviates the work of God in the sinner’s heart, and makes an ongoing trust in the Lord optional.” Nothing could be further from the truth. True saving faith is active, repentant, constant, yielding, and obedient. Merely thinking about Jesus is not enough, nor is saying ‘I believe.’ You must show the Father that you are serious and will DO what it takes– an outward evidence to show what is really in your heart evidenced by verbs not thoughts.

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W hen Paul turned his attention from his masterful exposition of the gospel in Romans 1-11 to practical issues of Christian living, the first thing he did was call for commitment,’ says Jerry Bridges in his book “The Discipline Of Grace .” “Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God–this is your spiritual act of worship.” (Romans 12:1)

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Look for those who have walked with God down through the ages” he says. “Certainly, that is why the Bible is given to us. If God had intended it to be a textbook of doctrine, well, then, he would have written it like one. Oh, yes, we learn many crucial things about doctrine and Christian character in the Scripture, along with a great deal of wisdom. But if you’ll flip from cover to cover, you’ll notice that it’s overwhelmingly a book of stories–tales of men and women who walked with God.

‘When we commit ourselves to the pursuit of holiness, we need to ensure that our commitment is actually to God, not simply to a holy lifestyle or a set of moral values.’ As believers we need to be careful that we commit ourselves to God and not to a system, or church, or even just outstanding morals as pietific humanists. ‘We can be committed to a set of Christian values or to a lifestyle of discipleship without being committed to God Himself. But Paul said, offer yourselves to God, and in so doing that, commit yourselves to the pursuit of holiness in order to please Him.
         ’We should not seek holiness in order to feel good about ourselves, or to blend in with our Christian peer group, or to avoid the sense of shame and guilt that follows the committing of persistent sin in our lives…we need to work at ensuring that our (journey toward) holiness is a commitment to God, not to our own self-esteem.

We indeed must be careful not to become “churchified” or legalistically righteous, or even humbly pious, without truly searching our motives for why we are doing so. Danger truly follows us if we commit to a “system” of any kind. We must wholeheartedly, in repentance and with diligence, give ourselves to God daily, denying self and sin in our lives, to please God, not because we “have” to, but because we are truly grateful for His Grace and Mercy (hope, love, gifts, and forgiveness) that He lavishes on us.

“pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.” (IITim2:22)

When a person does read, especially a true reader, they typically know what they like. Science fiction is like that. Depending on the particular mood, a reader can find most anything of interest at least marginally readable. Swashbucklers, adventure, time travel, what ifs, strange things and foreign places. Most readers stick to one thing that they like most.

This is the fine story they really like, the exceptional storyline, the particular genre, the one thing that they will spend their time on when they actually do get time to read. It is really difficult to get a hard core reader to read something else; something outside of their usual happy space. (ha! pun intended!) Most readers only read authors and story lines that appeal to them and really love it when they come across something that is a fabulous new read; whether they discover it themselves, or take a recommendation, such as a trusted source that gives accurate reviews, or the occasional "trust me" from a friend.

    As you explore these unfamiliar stories and locations you will find that there really is a great bunch reading out there. Find something new to read. You will be glad you did. Now, some of these stories will become your favorites. Guaranteed.

We see a black hole full of interesting stuff on the internet everyday. This item from Squidoo Lensmasters (a social bookmarking website like Technorati,del.icio.us or Digg ). Squid U had this wonderful bit of fluff regarding “getting noticed.”

Squidoo : Your lens, “How To Set Up Your Office In A Coffee Shop,” was chosen as Lens of the Day and is one of my personal favorites. This is a fun and unique topic they won’t teach you in school. How did you come up with the idea for it? JaZilla : When I was deciding what I wanted to do lenses on Squidoo about, I kept remembering that old saying about “write what you know”. I know about using a coffee shop for an office; for years I’ve had a favorite local coffee shop that I’ve worked in. My husband even bought me a laptop several years ago so that I could write there. Squidoo : Even though your topic doesn’t have to do with a specific and popular search term, your lens has done well. Why do you think this is? JaZilla : I’m not sure. Some of it may be the result of promoting the lens myself, but I suspect that a lot of Squidoo readers are cafe society people. There’s a lot in common between people who like to hang out at coffee shops and Squidooers; you have to like a bit of chaos and be interested in a lot of esoteric subjects.

She recommends: The Neil Gaiman Reader: Critical Essays Free Speculative Fiction Online Avoiding Literary Agency & Poetry Contest Scams: A Writer’s Resource The Speculative Literature Foundation The Family of Nyms: A Writer’s Resource What Is “Speculative Fiction”? Avoiding Common Grammar Mistakes The Speculative Grammarian: Scholarly Journal of Satirical Linguistics

JaZilla’s Lessons for Lensmasters: 1. Write what you know–however weird or obscure 2. Write passionately about what you know 3. Write a lot about what you know

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I have the email from Ben Stein himself!         The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary. (only the first quote part…the rest was added as urban legend!! )

My confession:

I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don’t feel threatened. I don’t feel discriminated against. That’s what they are: Christmas trees. It doesn’t bother me a bit when people say, ‘Merry Christmas’ to me. I don’ t think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it. It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year. It doesn’t bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my beach house in Malibu . If people want a creche, it’s just as fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away. I don’t like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don’t think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period. I have no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can’t find it in the Constitution and I don’t like it being shoved down my throat. Or maybe I can put it another way: where did the idea come from that we should worship Nick and Jessica and we aren’t allowed to worship God as we understand Him? I guess that’s a sign that I’m getting old, too. But there are a lot of us who are wondering where Nick and Jessica came from and where the America we knew went to. Quoted by Ben Stein — remainder is urban legend In light of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke; it’s not funny, it’s intended to get you thinking. Billy Graham’s daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her ‘How could God let something like this happen?’ (regarding Katrina) Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response [real quote]. She said, ‘I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we’ve been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?’ In light of recent events…terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O’Hare (a famous athiest–she was murdered, her body found recently) complained she didn’t want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school. The Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK. Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn’t spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock’s son committed suicide– NOT TRUE ). We said an expert should know what he’s talking about. And we said OK. Now we’re asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don’t know right from wrong, and why it doesn’t bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with ‘WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.’ Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world’s going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says . Funny how you can send ‘jokes’ through e-mail and they spread like wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace. Are you laughing? Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you’re not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending it. Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us. Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it… no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process, don’t sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in. My Best Regards. Honestly and respectfully, Not — Ben Stein

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    As you explore these unfamiliar stories you will find that there really is a great bunch reading out there. Find something new to read. You will be glad you did. Now, some of these stories will become your favorites. Guaranteed.