Hey all

Ok so it has been a while since I have posted anything new on here. I am not as faithful a blogger as I should be I suppose. I just haven't had a ton of things I really wanted to write about.

Job situation:

So I am still looking for a job. Doesn't seem like anything is going to happen on that account anytime soon unfortunately... so all of you who read this please pray because I really do need a job. I have a decent resume, it just doesn't seem like anyone really wants to bite at the moment. It is an employers market, they can choice from huge numbers of applicants which makes it harder. So please be praying.

School situation:

For those of you who don't know I have decided to try and go back to school.That should be interesting because I have been out a year and already I am losing some of my study skills set. I applied for admittance into the Masters of Social Work at Cal State Bakersfield and would be attending the extension campus at Antelope Valley College. I hope that I get in.

Life in general:

We are once again looking for a new church. Its a really long story, but the church plant that we were volunteering just didn't work. Its a hard to explain it all. Basically we had differences of opinion about being transparent in what we are doing and how we are phrasing things it to other people. So we are looking for a new church to be feed and to fellowship in.

Dereks birthday is the 14th of May and we went and celebrated a little early by going and seeing the new star trek movie. I am not really a trekkie, but I enjoyed the movie and would recommend others to go and see it. :)

I recently started a new diet, so far the results are really positive. I have diabetes and it is already bring down my blood sugar. YEA..

My rant for this post:

I see a lot of people who say they are Christian but haven't had anything change. They go out and live their life like everyone else. They get drunk, they sleep with people not their spouse, they just don't seem to care that what they are doing is not good for them. In my time at Life, we were taught that there are reasons why we don't follow the things the world is doing, and so many of the graduates I know are not only in ministry but have taken a different path all together. Not all. Some I know are doing great things for God even if they are not in full time ministry, but there are too many others I have spoken with myself and seen some of their actions that it scares me a little for the future. They are liberal to the point of saying that abortion is not a big deal. They are liberal to the point it doesn't bother them that they are sleeping with someone who is not their spouse and never will be.

Yes I have had this rant before, but it scares me. People are coming out of life asking whether or not Ghandi is going to be in Heaven. Jesus said there is only one way to Heaven and thats through Him. Ghandi himself said that while he admired Jesus he was not a follower of Christ. Unless Ghandi had a death bed conversion that no one knows about I would seriously question whether he is in heaven or not and honestly I do not believe he is unless he changed his mind and asked Jesus to save him. If it was enough to simply be a good person or a charitable person or a non violent person then why did Jesus die to bring salvation? People are coming out of life thinking it is ok to be gay and be a Christian. Its one thing to struggle with homosexuality, it is another to actively participate in the life style. Just as there is something wrong with fornicators (yes I am using that word) polluting their bodies by going out and having sex with someone who is not their spouse. What are these"future leaders of the church" being taught? I would venture to say not as much as is needed.

We need to put more emphasis on good theology, proper exegesis, and what it really means to be a vessel that God is going to use.