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I haven't had too much time to post to my blog lately... I've been working on migrating my blog over to lifewithchrist.org. The problem is that I don't have much in the "technical skills" department. More than most, but not enough to do decent web design. I mean, I know how to "mod" a basic HTML template, but that's about it! Throw in some tables and the whole thing gets very scary!

Anyway, a really, really nice guy over at lifewithchrist.org sent me his template and stylesheet and I'm busy "modding" it. You should really check lifewithchrist.org out... they have some excellent features! And FREE!

In the meantime, I have been reading other people's blogs. That's why it looks like all I've been "blogging" are references to other people's blogs!

I came across this and thought it was particularly good:

NextReformation.com:

"Wednesday, October 29th, 2003

Last Saturday morning I set aside some time to spend with the Lord, and found myself thinking about the distortion of biblical faith and community that was and is most of the western church. Suddenly I found the Lord talking to me about how serious this really was in His eyes... so serious that the dominant metaphor in the Old Testament for the church immersed in culture and a whore. 'Israel running after her lovers' is a common theme in Isaiah, and in many other prophets too.

I wasn't in a mood to hear about it, and I found myself staring at the bare facts (no pun intended) and feeling very grieved. So I got busy doing something else.. cleaning junk from the garage.

On Monday morning I sat down to read my bible and found the Lord taking me to Ezekiel, ch 20-24. There it was again. I felt the weight of it all in my spirit and found myself in tears, realizing how badly compromised the church has been.

This isn't a message that is well received, or a metaphor that is popular or pleasant. And naturally, it is never we who are running after other lovers, we are never the ones who have compromised and compromised and accommodated to our culture until we are not a distinct or Holy people at all. It's always the other guys who have lost the edge. We are the passionate and pure ones... right?

Er... right?"

OUCH!