This week at Payne Church
Friday, September 18, 2009
In a small town, it is all about your family. If they do something really bad, then it is hard to regain your reputation. In the case of Jesus, that would be a real problem since his earthy family tree is filled with more unrighteousness than you would expect possible.
This Sunday: Noah: The Drunkard.
Join us this Sunday at 9:30a in Payne OH to hear how Jesus can free you from your past.
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So True - Four Chords, 36 Songs
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Since I play Guitar, I find this funny. It is so true. Enjoy. (Caution: profanity around 4 minutes if that this is an issue).
(HT to Jeremy Cotton from Facebook)
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Sicko and how to argue Part 1
Monday, September 14, 2009
Because of the recent debate in the United States is over health care and health insurance, I decided to watch an argument for the single payer system found in Michael Moore's Film Sicko. I will review it in a four parts since so it is more manageable of a read. I watched it from a prospective of an independent with strong libertarian beliefs and a Biblical Christianity worldview (so you know my biases up front).
Granted the movie is two years old but many of the arguments from that movie are still being made today. The only thing I will talk about today is the movie itself, what it is saying and how well the movie said it. I'm then going to look at the pros and cons of the argument in future posts.
Overall, enjoyable movie to watch. Though Moore isn't the most pleasing to look at, he does a good job of movie flow and watchablity. It doesn't matter if you have a clue about how the system works, Moore uses language that anyone can understand. He explains things and make no real assumptions as to the watchers' IQ. Very accessible movie for any one in the USA .
His overall argument is that the U.S. has the means (though not the desire) to move to a single payer health care system. He claims from the start that this movie is for those with Health care not those without it. He wants to awaken them to the current state of health care. Sicko is a vehicle for him to give people the desire to make this happen. He tries to show the abuses of the current American system and how it came to be. Through the corruption of the Republican run government, scare tactics and misinformation, the single payer system has never gain support (when it should have).
He also set out to dispel some of that misinformation coming out of the Canadian, U.K. and French single payer system. By interviewing doctors, patients, natives and Americans living in those countries, he tries to show how much better a good single payer system can be and for the most part batter than the United State system. This was by far the most entertaining section of the movie because it showed the film maker get funny looks from foreigners when asking questions.
The film ends with the Moore trying to get Americans heroes health care at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (where terrorist get better health care than Americans). This is where the film has problems but I guess it would be hard any film on Health care. Every argument flows into one another very well but when Moore goes from Europe to Skid row to Cuba, the movie seems to derail a little in flow. Of course, how else do you end it? The Moore check/donation was a little over the top and I'm not sure how I feel about including it.
I would recommend the movie to watch for anyone who is unclear about how we got into this mess. As for arguments he made? I'm saving that for part two.
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This week at Payne Church
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
In a small town, it is all about your family. If they do something really bad, then it is hard to regain your reputation. In the case of Jesus, that would be a real problem since his earthy family tree is filled with more unrighteousness than you would expect possible.
This Sunday: Adam: The Pacifist
Join us this Sunday at 9:30a in Payne OH to hear how Jesus can free you from your pass.
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This week at Payne Church
Thursday, September 3, 2009
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Traditions are the things we either hold to or run from, especially in the Church. This week we look at what the Bible says about Communion. Why is there some much arguing over this issue and why do we do it at all?
Join us at 9:30am on Sunday at Payne Church of Christ located at 220 W. Merrin St in Payne OH.
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This week at Payne Church
Thursday, August 27, 2009
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Traditions are the things we either hold to or run from, especially in the Church. This week we look at what the Bible says about Baptism. Why is there some much arguing over this issue and why do we do it all?
Join us at 9:30am on Sunday at Payne Church of Christ located at 220 W. Merrin St in Payne OH.
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This week at Payne Church
Thursday, August 20, 2009
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Traditions are the things we either hold to or run from, especially in the Church. This week we look at what Jesus says about the Lord's Day. Why do we meed every Sunday?
Join us at 9:30am on Sunday at Payne Church of Christ located at 220 W. Merrin St in Payne OH.
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The "evolution" of God
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Last night on the Colbert Report, a guy by the name of Robert Wright. He is probably smarter than me but on Jesus and the Bible he is missing something. He grew up Southern Baptist, probably in a Fundamentalist church in OK. So, I'm sure he is responding to some what he heard growing up but some of the stuff he quotes is way off of true historical facts. I haven't read the book but I can respond to what he says in the interview. The interview below.
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He says two things, one about Jesus and one about the NT. I recommend Jesus and the eyewitnesses to talk about the reliability of the NT as a written Oral History. Here is a good review of it by Andreas Köstenberger. Also, did Jesus call himself God, see the Michael Bird Book Are You the One Who Is to Come?: The Historical Jesus and the Messianic Question. See a good review of it here. If you are going to criticize someone, at least criticize the best of the argument (not a lesser person).
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This week at Payne Church
Thursday, August 13, 2009
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Traditions are the things we either hold to or run from, especially in the Church. This week we look at what the Bible says about the tradition of Singing. Is more than old songs versus new songs and why do we do it every Sunday?
Join us at 9:30am on Sunday at Payne Church of Christ located at 220 W. Merrin St in Payne OH.
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Luke and Sara's Story
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Luke and Sara Shortridge are two people God used in a huge way to show me his grace. Ten years ago, Luke invited me to go to a Christian concert while his buddy Brent and future wife Sara showed me Jesus at a lunch table everyday. They are great people and have been of great encouragement from a distant and up close over the years.
Currently, Luke and Sara are going through a real tough time for their newborn Jackson has been in the hospital for seven straight weeks. This last weekend at their church (Cedarcreek.tv), they showed two videos showing how Luke and Sara have been dealing with things. Enjoy (as much as you can watching a child and his parents suffer through a tough time)!
Part 1
Part 2
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