The Power Of Association

Does your church or ministry have a MySpace page? Did you know that MySpace has an association with this website: How? Because MySpace is owned by this man: Rupert Murdoch. An Australian self-proclaimed born-again Christian who owns, amongst others, these media and entertainment companies: Murderoch has admitted he tried to use his media outlets to turn public opinion for the Iraq war in this interview below: Bill Moyer has offered a short analysis of Murderoch's predatory nature when it comes to forging his media empire here: Perhaps the only redeeming quality to Murderoch is he allows himself and Fixed News to be lampooned in one of Fox's primetime comedy shows, The Simpsons: Perhaps this wouldn't be the case if The Simpsons wasn't such a profitable commodity. I'm not asking you to change your ways, I'm just asking you to look beyond the first layer of public image and recognise who you associate with, enable and ultimately allow yourself to be bought by. Technorati Tags: murdoch, murderoch, media, iraq, fox news, fixed news, simpsons, bill moyer, myspace, the times, the sun, church, ministry

Omazing Grace

Words fail me I actually found the lyrics so you can sing along: O-maaaa-zing Graaaa, How sweee da sound Hnnuuuaaa yuuunnuuu yuiike meeeeeee Aaauuu-iiiing graaauuuu yuuooo naaaay, yuuoooaar O-thaaaa yeuuuuiiiii niiii eeeeee HT: What a Weenie! Technorati Tags: amazing grace, video, worship, church, christian, humour

Blasphemically Challenged

I've been meaning to blog about this one for a while since it appeared on BoingBoing: "It's simple. You record a short message damning yourself to Hell, you upload it to YouTube, and then the Rational Response Squad will send you a free The God Who Wasn't There DVD. It's that easy... You may damn yourself to Hell however you would like, but somewhere in your video you must say this phrase: "I deny the Holy Spirit." Why? Because, according to Mark 3:29 in the Holy Bible, "Whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of an eternal sin." Jesus will forgive you for just about anything, but he won't forgive you for denying the existence of the Holy Spirit. Ever. This is a one-way road you're taking here." - The Blasphemy Challenge It's a shame to have to ruin all their hard work by interceding: "Father forgive them; they don't know what they are doing." - Luke 23:34 I'm not really going to delve much into this topic, suffice to say that I am almost certain that only believers can blaspheme the Holy Spirit, since it is a matter of the heart and not of words or deeds: "Then Peter said, “Ananias, why have you let Satan fill your heart? You lied to the Holy Spirit, and you kept some of the money for yourself. The property was yours to sell or not sell, as you wished. And after selling it, the money was also yours to give away. How could you do a thing like this? You weren’t lying to us but to God!” As soon as Ananias heard these words, he fell to the floor and died. Everyone who heard about it was terrified." - Acts 5:3-5 "Judas, the one who betrayed him, realized that Jesus was doomed. Overcome with remorse, he gave back the thirty silver coins to the high priests, saying, "I've sinned. I've betrayed an innocent man." They said, "What do we care? That's your problem!" Judas threw the silver coins into the Temple and left. Then he went out and hung himself." - Matthew 27:3-5 But I think this video posted on the counter-site, Challenge Blasphemy explains it better than I ever could in a hilarious and brilliant way. There is a hint of 'Andy Kaufman' comic genius in passtheaura. Look out for the salt-shaker*, points for guessing as to what this subtle Easter egg is alluding to. *If you're really struggling, go to the direct YouTube posting and read the comments. Technorati Tags: blasphemy, blasphemy challenge, god, christ, christian, apologetics, christian satire, holy spirit, forgiveness