Taste My Jesus

At the University of Chicago Divinity School each year they have what is called "Baptist Day." On this day each one is to bring a lunch to be eaten outdoors in a grassy picnic area. Every "Baptist Day" the school would invite one of the greatest minds to lecture in the theological education center. .One year they invited Dr. Paul Tillich. Dr.Tillich spoke for two and one-half hours proving that the resurrection of Jesus was false. He quoted scholar after scholar and book after
book. He concluded that since there was no such thing as the historical
resurrection the religious tradition of the church was groundless, emotional
mumbo-jumbo, because it was based on a relationship with a risen Jesus, who, in
fact never rose from the dead in any literal sense. He then asked if there were
any questions. After about 30 seconds, an old, dark skinned preacher with a head
of short-cropped, woolly white hair stood up in the back of the auditorium.
"Docta Tillich, I got one question," he said as all eyes turned toward him. He
reached into his sack lunch and pulled out an apple and began eating it. "Docta
Tillich.. CRUNCH, MUNCH "My question is a simple question,... CRUNCH, MUNCH...
"Now, I ain't never read them books you read..CRUNCH, MUNCH.." and I can't
recite the Scriptures in the original Greek...CRUNCH, MUNCH ...." I don't know
nothin' about Niebuhr and Heidegger...CRUNCH, MUNCH... He finished the apple.
"All I wanna know is: This apple I just ate, . . . . . . was it bitter or sweet?
Dr Tillich paused for a moment and answered in exemplary scholarly fashion:
"I cannot possibly answer that question, for I haven't tasted your apple." The
white-haired preacher dropped the core of his apple into his crumpled paper bag,
looked up at Dr. Tillich and said calmly, "Neither have you tasted my Jesus."
The 1,000 plus in attendance could not contain themselves. The group erupted with applause and cheers.
Have you tasted Jesus? Jesus has risen... and He's coming back one day... "Taste
and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him. If you have, rejoice in the hope of the resurrection that your faith in Him brings."

Psalm 34:8!

(PLEASE taste my Jesus!!! He leaves a sweet taste you cannot forget!)

Dinky the Elf on Amazon

Dinky the Elf is now on sale on Amazon.com. Get yours today.

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Dinky the Elf

I have a new publisher for my children's book Dinky the Elf. You can see how Dinky helps Santa and all the children of the work if you click here.

What Love means to a 4-8 year old . .

Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it. Touching words from the mouth of babes. A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does love mean?'

The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined See what you think:

'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love...'

Rebecca- age 8

'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'

Billy - age 4

'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'

Karl - age 5

'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.'

Chrissy - age 6

'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'

Terri - age 4

'Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.'

Danny - age 7
'Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'

Emily - age 8

'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen..'

Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)

'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'

Nikka - age 6
(we need a few million more Nikkas on this planet)

'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'

Noelle - age 7

'Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.'

Tommy - age 6

'During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling.

He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore'

Cindy - age 8

'My mommy loves me more than anybody
You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'

Clare - age 6

'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'

Elaine-age 5

'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'

Chris - age 7

'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.'

Mary Ann - age 4

'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'

Lauren - age 4

'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you...' (what an image)

Karen - age 7

'You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.'

Jessica - age 8

And the final one

The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.

Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.

When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,

'Nothing, I just helped him cry'

The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry

Click here to read about Gavin MacLeod's new movie called the Secrets of Jonathan Sperry. The above picture I saw on Hollywood.com.

Christian Knight Comics and Spire Christian Comics

If you were rasied in a Christian family and a were a comic book fan then you may have grown up reading Spire Christian comics. If so then you may be interested in going to Christian Knight Comics. On that site they have some that you can read on line. Another site that has them on line is Carpsplace.com.

This Was Your Life

The Choice

Paul by Al Hartley

Back in the late 70's Al Hartley did a comic book version of the Apostle Paul. He updated it to modern times. It really sends a good message.






























If you know in your heart that you need Jesus Christ in your life. Then pray this simple prayer.
Dear God,I know that I am a sinner and need forgiveness. I believe that Jesus Christ shed His precious blood and died for my sin. I am willing to turn from sin. I invite Christ into my heart and life as my personal Saviour.
If you have done this then you now need to find a Bible believing and preaching church. The links section at the left or below, depending on your browser, has links to some local churches in my area. You can e-mail them if they are not in your area. They may be able to help you find one in your area.

Need New Space

Does anyone know a site where I can store my photos? Blogger tells me I am close to the limit so I switched to photobucket. Now they are telling me the same. Both sites suggest that I pay for an upgrade but I can't afford that. Does anyone know of a site that gives unlimited space? If not I may have to stop blogging or cut back on all of my blogs.

Archie's Date Book

This story gave me some good advise as I entered my dating years. Christian and non-Christians just starting to date should read this story. Especially with many teenagers returning to school this week.
I tried to shrink this down to be able to fit it all on so the side didn't get clipped off. That made it harder to read so just click on the pictures and it will give you a full screen so you can read each page with ease.

Jon Voight on Obama

I can't believe this came from Jon Voight but I am glad that he stood up for what he believes.

The Watchmen

For those of you that look at my other blogs it comes as no surprise that I am a comic book fan. So with many of them that have been made into movies I have been going to the theaters more often then I had been in recent years. One that I thought would never be made was the Watchmen. I read the graphic novel when it came out over 20 years ago. Back then I was a Christian, as I still am, but some of what I read I didnt think about too much.
When the movie was released I decided to not see it as it was rated "R" and I try not to see movies with that rating. The rating didn't surprise me as one character, Dr. Manhattan, in the story is naked most of the time. I dedided to re-read the novel. When I did things hit me that I had over looked before or forgot about. There was open discussion about homosexuality. The main plot revolved around a murder mystery that is connected to World War III.
It seems that the superhero the Comedian, the perfect fighting man, discovered that former superhero, Ozymandias, who is the smartest man in the world and one of the richest, decideds that WWIII is on the horizion with America and Russia. He fakes an alien invasion in New York City, that kills half the city's population. He hopes this will unite the nations against a perceived common enemy. He also reveals that he had killed The Comedian and others to acheive his end of bringing his own strange peace to the world. He even went so far as to arrange an attempt on his life to direct attention away from himself as a suspect for murdering the Comedian. His assistant was killed and he then killed the killer that he hired and made it seem like self defense.



The problem with this is that it works. Now our heroes, Silk Spectre, Doctor Manhattan, Nite Owl, and Rorschach, realize if they tell the world things will get worse. In failing to save the world it brought the world a facade of peace. All but Rorschach agree to keep quiet. When he leaves to tell the truth and get some justice Dr. Manhattan kills him. However, there is a chance that the truth will get out. Earlier Rorschach mailed a diary that he had been keeping on this adventure. It arrives at the offices of a magazine that he always read. The editor of that magazine has to pull a two column article. He ask an assistant to find some filler material for the spot. On the last frame we see the hand of the assistant reaching into the mail pile and next to his hand is Rorschach's diary.

When I re-read this story I couldn't help but wish that certain politican who is also a comic book fan didn't read this back in the eighties and take it seriously. Well anyone for that matter.

Happy Easter Christ the Lord is Risen!

I Go To The Rock

In God We Trust

Should the motto "In God We Trust" stay on our currency? It is a question that has been asked for years. Now you can have your say if you go here to MSNBC.com and vote in their poll.