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The sooner you start the farther you get

With the odd exception, it is common sense that the sooner you start on a journey the farther you will get. How I wish I could go back to my teenage years and begin living fully for Christ immediately from the word go. Where would I be now if I had realised what was important and stayed away from ungodly things. Kids today are at a great advantage, in that they can start living for Christ from an early age. In hindsight, what I'd give to do so. Unfortunately in this world, 'learning from your mistakes' and 'learning the hard way' seem to be the way people learn what is good and what is not.  Old people are naturally considered wise, presumably because of the vast amount of experience they have to draw from. I can not accept that this is God's way. God can use bad situations to bring about good and can teach us through correction. Indeed, this very correction is proof that God loves us, just as a loving Father would correct his own child. However, I cannot ac...

Why are Christians geeks?

Why are Christians geeks? It's a viable question. When you go to a youth event today or you go to a 'Christian' rock concert or turn on the 'Christian' television channels, you find people who are trying to be cool. They are trying to keep up with the latest trends, they have the latest hair styles and they use the latest slang words, but despite all this, they are complete geeks. Although some of them dress like they've come straight outa' Compton, you know that if they actually went to Compton they wouldn't quite fit in! From a Non-Christian's point of view, it's pathetic. From a Christian's point of view, it's annoying because they are promoting Christianity as something that it is not. To all those geeks out there who say we need to be culturally relevant to reach our youth today I commend you for your heart being in the right place. But two things come to mind: 1) You ain't foolin' nobody, geek. 2) Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Chr...