Bill

I think that has something to do with crabcakes...which I do enjoy.

Is this the whole NASCAR Experience thing or are you going to be racing?

I need that bumper sticker that says "I'm not speeding, I'm qualifying..."

IMO - it was a great Super Bowl. You couldn't ask for a better finish...AZ gets the go-ahead score, then PIT comes back and gets the game winner. Exciting finish to a bit of a sloppy game.

I've been all over the web listening to people complain about officiating - it has been bad ALL YEAR for every game it seems and to have the biggest stage for the NFL still have issues...sigh. They need to do something to get more calls right and to ensure fewer calls are missed. The officiating is having more to do with deciding outcomes than the players on the field. I realize these officials are human and all, but it's getting really bad.

I wish my gym had a power rack where I could set up and do rack deads (partials as you called them) - we only have a squat rack and there's no way to do partials with it. I too take a break from time to time with full deads because they're pretty taxing. I think the last time I had gotten to 455 x 2 for 3 sets or something like that.

There's nothing like full squat reps to really work the legs and even some of your core muscles. Like I said, I drop as far as my flexibility will safely allow me to (for now) which is where my thighs are below parallel, and drive out of the hole. I think I've gotten back to 225 with that since some time off over the summer to tend to some other things.

Squatting over broken glass? Wow. I just worry about getting all the way down to the lowest point my flexibility will allow. I see so many that quarter-rep them and miss the full benefit of the exercise.

Any of you guys like to deadlift at all? I have been consistently pulling 400+ off the floor these days - which helps immensely when I spend my free time laying block...lol.

I would have an incredibly hard time picking one name off that list as "the greatest". In their own ways, each deserves the accolades they've recieved.

The only one I wouldn't vote for would be OJ.

One of the best things we can give them is our prayer support too.

I just know right now that between the medical expenses, the ministry project that God has birthed in me that will be coming out later this year sometime, my missions trip to Peru, and the basics of life, my already-thin resources are getting a little tapped out.

So that's why I elect to pray for them rather than financially support.

Just a little reminder to remember to pray for them too...that's all.

WE ARE... PENN STATE!

Actually...I follow so many teams that I'd fill the forum with them all. I'm a huge fan of football in general.

Me, watch baseball? Eh, that's just a filler until training camp opens LOL!

Dad's not been with me now for the better part of 13 years. So Father's Day is always sort of strange anymore.

He was a good man, but a hard man. Very demanding of me almost to the point of "perfect wasn't good enough". Had many vices too. Never really lived out a Christian example, but had signed a statement of faith in a Gideon's New Testament in '51 when he went to Korea in the war.

I do remember that he was there for many of the things that were important to me (graduation, band concerts, etc.). But that's about all. And I think some of those things he did out of a sense of "obligation" rather than really being supportive.

Don't get me wrong...I loved my dad, but when I look back I hope for my sake I don't become like him.

Hey, the guy below is awesome... you all oughta take a gander over to his website and check him out! 

I use that skill and knowledge and inspiration on my website and wait on God's timing for moving back into a more visible speaking/teaching role.

:oww:

*Slips 'Nony a $5 spot for the advertisement* Not sure the site is worthy of the word "awesome" at the moment but thanks for the endorsement

Why I say that is that I really need to get some updates posted for sure. I've been too consumed with too many other problems to do that of late. And I sure do miss writing the ezine. I put it off for a time while I renovated the site, and now everything else has gone kinda kablooie on me. Hopefully soon we'll be back.

While I was in the Church of the Brethren, I was a commissioned layminister that did "spot duty" in our district of 70 churches.

When I left there, I was no longer eligible to serve in that role and there was really no place for me in my new church.  So now, I use that skill and knowledge and inspiration on my website and wait on God's timing for moving back into a more visible speaking/teaching role.

Hey Bill. I didn't know you were in the Church of the Brethren. That's interesting.

I used to be, Calamity.

I spent 11 years there (from 1991-2002) and that was the church I rededicated my life to the Lord in. I left because I just really felt like God was saying to me that I needed to move on and that my time there was through. I was a commissioned lay minister for about 3 years when I moved on.

While I was in the Church of the Brethren, I was a commissioned layminister that did "spot duty" in our district of 70 churches.

When I left there, I was no longer eligible to serve in that role and there was really no place for me in my new church. So now, I use that skill and knowledge and inspiration on my website and wait on God's timing for moving back into a more visible speaking/teaching role.

I keep hearing about these basketball teams LA has, but I've yet to find them...I mean, the Clippers never show up during the season and apparently the Lakers didn't show up for the Finals

Detroit really made LA look silly. The series was really never close at all and the Lakers got absolutely zero production out of anyone other than O'Neal and that #8 guy who should have been suspended anyhow due to his legal troubles (JMO).

I think this is the end of the Lakers as we know that team anyhow. I sense Zenmaster Phillip is going to retire and with free agency who knows if the team will stay the same next year.

I think that the "bad offense or great defense" question has been resoundingly answered....great defense.

Pardon the advertisement...

But another one I frequent that is very good is Christian's Corner ( http://www.christianscorner.com/forum ) and I am in the process of really getting mine up and running so an invite there is always open.

I sometimes get lost in the vastness of WorthyLand, so these are good reprises for me personally.

Scary? This is scary:

That is just hilarious, Ronald! LOL! :oww: :oww:

I find it absolutely hilarious that there are 2 threads titled "Benny Hinn" that are posting to within a minute of each other!

Sorry, just looking for the humor in this LOL! :oww: :oww:

And yes, Benny Hinn is not to be trusted.

Steeler fan here. Live about 80 mi outside of the 'Burgh.

Was glad to see they did something for Tommy Maddox, but I hope that Hines Ward gets taken care of for sure. If not, they will eventually lose a good receiver. Ward has most definately done more than Plexiglass has for the Steelers' success and I just think Plex is a whiner right now.

I'm likin the Pistons myself here...

I carry a cellphone only, and that's enough for me because my reception's good just about everywhere I go.

I am looking for a PDA though... lol

We are also discussing this at NTBForums.

I got the email on this movie and flat out couldn't believe it at first...but sadly it's out there.

I think my $7 is better left in my pocket on this one for sure.

I was starting to think the same thing, serotta.

ANYTHING...whether it's Rick Warren, The Cutting Edge, Eastern Regional Watch, Worthy Ministries, NoTurningBack.net, your pastor, my pastor, or some poster on a forum who thinks they have a great insight...should be compared to the Word. As for the book at hand, I read PDL and while I found a few things I didn't agree with, felt were worldly or out of context, I certainly didn't discard the entire book for it.

And I'm having a hard time accepting the statement of "feel-good preaching" in the context of biblically-based sermons on dealing with life issues. After all, many of today's young couples (of which I am one) never got the biblical foundations in their homes because of being children of "baby boomers' or "free-love 60's" parents that didn't hold biblical values. Right now, they're swimming. They're saved, they attend church faithfully, pray, read the bible, etc., but need someone to help them along in dealing with life issues and what God says about them. Sometimes, I would almost rather have my pastor preach on "how-to" type things so that I can APPLY that scriptural principle in my life to help me grow and become more like Christ. And isn't that something that everyone can use...more application of scriptural principles and less deep-seated theological knowledge and $50 seminary words?

Before someone flames me: In no way do I discard the preaching of the Gospel, making people aware of their need to turn from sin and live a life pleasing to God and that there is a heaven and hell and unless you turn you burn. The message needs to be preached, without mincing words. But the idea of discipleship brings a person from that initial moment of decision for Christ to completeness in Christ. And in my opinion, that's not accomplished by preaching hellfire and brimstone salvation messages every Sunday, or deep theological theory that cannot be applied. The art of an effective preacher is one who can present ALL these items in the right season.

Strong words.

But it is up to those who participate that determine the tenor and value of it.

Obviously the ladies are making theirs work, because they required a password on it...I can't imagine it being pies and jokes if you need a password to participate.

But is the "inherent danger" of an altar call in that people will never come back, never return again, or is the "inherent danger" the fact that the church is scared to have to disciple new believers?

Because in my mind, that's something sorely lacking in today's church and has contributed to some of the problems in the church and Christianity in general (Benny Hinn comes to mind... :x:) People in ministry speak under "the unction of the Spirit" and no one has truly been rooted and grounded enough in the faith to say "wait a second, no, this is not truth" and are being misled left and right.

So what really is the "inherent danger" in an altar call...even though that's not what this thread is about...

Your website is very nice, however the full-screen flash is a little annoying...had to alt-tab back to regular windows. A more direct way of getting around that would be nice.

I didn't listen to the tracks yet, but will when I have time.

God bless

I'm just a very private person and tend to keep a lot to myself.

I think knowing I'm 31 and male is enough internet profile to share...jmho.