October 8, 2007 Time passes much too quickly
| Full of Grace and Truth Every morning when I rise Your mercies, Lord, are new. Though we don’t deserve to lift our eyes Your compassion still runs true. Lovingkindness forms your covenant And forgiveness is your gift When we trust in you and we repent Our broken souls you lift. You are full of grace and truth You are full of grace and truth Your mercy’s overflowing Your compassion still bestowing You are full of grace and truth We will cast ourselves headlong upon your grace We will stand upon your truth as we seek your face The wells of your mercy never run dry Your forbearance for your own will never die. You are full of grace and truth You are full of grace and truth Your mercy’s overflowing Your compassion still bestowing You are full of grace and truth Anthony Foster October 08, 2007 |
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Recent weird religious news…
So you think your church has problems?
Across the country, hundreds of ministers and pastors desperate to reach
young congregants have drawn concern and criticism through their use
of an unusual recruiting tool: the immersive and violent video game
Halo. Checkitout...
In August, a Roman
Catholic bishop in the Netherlands, Martinus Muskens, suggested
that Christians start referring to God as "Allah" as a way
of relieving world tensions. "Allah is a very beautiful word .
... What does God care what we call him? It is our problem." A
priest in Rome said Muskens' intentions were good, "but his theology
needs a little fine-tuning." Muskens said he spent eight years
in Indonesia, where Catholic priests used "Allah" during Mass.
[Fox News, 8-16-07]
The periodic Christian
Nudist Convocation took place in July at the Cherokee Lodge nudist
camp in Tennessee, and according to a dispatch in Nashville Scene, the
group evokes skepticism not only from most Christians (who dislike the
flaunting of naked bodies, even if innocently done) but from most Cherokee
Lodge members, who see them as too intense for naturism's laid-back
attitude. One CNC attendee acknowledged that many Christians would not
approve of Cherokee Lodge, but to him "(I)t's Jerusalem."
Another compared his work at nudist camps to missionary work: "(S)ome
people get sent to Africa, some people get sent to South America and
the Lord was like, 'I want you to go to nudist resorts.' And I'm like,
'Wow, what an assignment.'" [Nashville Scene, 8-2-07]
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Jesus is the Final Word Words may come and words may go Words are nearly all we know But of all of the sweet words that can be heard Jesus is the Final Word. Upon His more sure promise we will stand. His teachings, all His sayings, His commands. We will take them to the nations, Words of judgment, words of consolation So that every one might understand. You are the Final Word Blessed are those who have heard All authority is conferred For you are the Word that lives and moves You are the Word that comes to prove The Good News we confess will never fall As we answer your call. Jesus all you’ve said is true Lord you life and death has made us new Lord your gospel truth we will receive Your final Word we will believe. You are the Final Word Blessed are those who have heard All authority is conferred For you are the Word that lives and moves You are the Word that comes to prove The Good News we confess will never fall As we answer your call. Anthony Foster October 9, 2007 |
Your PC in 2008 and Beyond- future
shock again
True truth: Carrie's Kentucky Family- A friend in my cohort passed
this on- it’s all true, and in celebration of her just announced
engagement to be married, I post it here in her honor…these are
actual names of her family members…I think this is pretty cool,
part of what makes america great is the neverending assortment of names...and
I am almost sure I can nearly match hers for ingenuity's sake.
Big Bud and Little Bud--(Actual names, renamed themselves Bill and Jack)
Cue, Naughchetty Lavou
Early Cleveland, Furly Enders but called Dommer,
Morley Onden, Thurley Mitchell, Verly Fuller
Zuleema Pauline
Everett and Delbert DeJarnatt--pronounced in French dee-zhar-nay, but
on Yellow Dog Road its Dee-Jar-Nut
Dean Jerome, Kenneth Elwayne, Curly, Belva, Rufus Cloyce
And this is why her mom named her Carrie Beth!
| Precious Jesus, Holy Jesus Precious Jesus, Holy Jesus Precious Jesus, Holy Jesus Name that overcomes the grave. Name that tells us Yahweh saves Yours is the Name above all Names All our hope- we stake our every claim Only Jesus, precious Jesus. Precious Jesus, Holy Jesus Precious Jesus, Holy Jesus The Author of redemption’s plan The pure and spotless, holy lamb, The Son of God, the Great I Am Holy Jesus, Precious Jesus. Precious Jesus, Holy Jesus Precious Jesus, Holy Jesus You alone have paid the price You are the final sacrifice We’re perfected in the One who will suffice You took our sin you took the shame Perfected in the one who is age to age the same Precious Jesus, Holy Jesus Anthony Foster October 9, 2007 |
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Elsewhere in space and time, The heavens are still declaring the Glory of God- right here...
| As We Walk Within Your Light We will walk by the Spirit, we will walk side by side And God’s name, we will fear it, As he devastates our pride. Then our souls shall be mighty as we stand by His Grace As we continue to run the race. For your Spirit indwells us for we are not our own And your joy o’erswells us as we make the message known We will walk in true boldness-We will fight the good fight As we walk within the light We will walk in the truth, we will do what is right As we’re walking within Your light.  You have called us from darkness, you have opened our eyes As we gaze on the brilliance of the truth that never dies We will walk ever onward by the power of your might As we walk within your light. We will press onward, upward, as we follow your call We will never grow weary of the One who’s All in All. We’ll stay true to the vision, you will be our delight As we walk within your light You have case out the darkness Of death’s long reigning night So we’ll walk within your light So we’ll follow the source of our sight And we’ll walk within the light. Anthony Foster October 8, 2007 |
Another reason I am a teatotaler...
Man stuffs Rattlesnake in mouth to impress his girlfriend-doh. And here.
Guess you don't technically have to be drunk to do this.
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Heartbeat So hear the heartbeat of your Lord Anthony Foster October 9, 2007 |
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Blessed be the Name of the Lord
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Who gives and takes away.
Blessed be the name of the Lord,
HE will hear the prayer you pray.
Crying Blessed be the name of the Lord
In the darkness of your night
Blessed be the Name of the Lord
He is the only source of Light.
Blessed be the Name of the Lord
He promises to never leave
Blessed be the Name of the Lord
The strength of All who will believe.
In the stormlands of trouble He will be your guide
Blessed be the Name of the Lord
In the valley of shadowd in Him you can hide
Blessed be the Name of the Lord
Blessed be the Name of the Lord
Your portion forevermore
Blessed be the Name of the Lord
He’ll give you wings on which to soar.
In your deep devastation when you’ve done what is right
Blessed be the Name of the Lord
When the world comes against you, you must fight the good fight
Blessed be the Name of the Lord
We will walk by faith though we can’t see the end
When we walk by faith more faith he will send
For the battle is the Lord’s-We can’t win it alone
He will bring to dust all of earth’s mighty thrones
In Him we will trust- He who calls us His own
Blessed be the Name of the Lord
Anthony Foster
October 8, 2007
Reflecting His Glory
The beauty of the Earth displays true providence
The hills declare his worth-Delighting every sense
The mountains and the fields cry out-The rivers sing his song
The daylight drives out every doubt-That man can raise e’re long.
The World is a witness to His Master Design
The manifold fitness of kind begetting its kind
Each cry of each creature-An echo of Paradise
Each familiar feature sings the Song of Sacrifice.
Reflecting His Glory, reflecting His grace
Earth’s telling the story of our Creator’s embrace
For to Him and for Him and through Him it sings
All nature resounds-Till heaven’s Earthbound
And every creature crowns Lord Jesus as King.
In living and dying, in rising again
Each sunup and sundown-Each season defends
The truth of His Wisdom, His creative art
He would paint his Son’s picture on each hungry heart.
Reflecting His Glory, reflecting His grace
Earth’s telling the story of our Creator’s embrace
For to Him and for Him and through Him it sings
All nature resounds-Till heaven’s Earthbound
And every creature crowns Lord Jesus as King.
October 9, 2007
Anthony Foster