The Mason Chronicles

Thoughts: Romans

This book of the Bible, as a friend has pointed out to me, kinda rambles along. Repeating itself many times over and over. And apparently it was written while Paul was just literally rambling on to a disciple who was writing it all down.

So I read it like that, like I’m with a friend in a coffee shop, a friend who is just excitedly pouring out all these ideas and passions, no structure, just a constant flow of ideas. Like an excited little kid.

Romans is quickly becoming one of my favorite books. 

Love Pt. 2: All The Single….. People

Let’s play some Jeopardy. I’ll take Philosophical Phrases for a $1000… “You’ll find the one when you’re not looking.” …. Ummm… I’ll go with, “What is the most annoying thing you can say to a single person?” I got it right!? SCORE! Initiate happy dance!

                                               awwwwww snap! Got squirrels in my pants!

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Monday Warm-Up: Guest Post

Hey all, today I will be spotlighting a fellow blogger’s bloggle mcblogblog. Today’s guest post is from Jared Humphries (Blog link in the name, just click the heck outta it!) Jared is a dear friend of mine and someone I see as an older brother to me. I know quite a bit that I do today from this guy. Today I’m bringing you Part 1 of his series called, “The Ungodly God”. If you like this I suggest you go on and read the rest of this series and more at his blog. Enjoy!

jaredhumphries:

What does a non-Christian look like?

The mental picture that Christians seem to have of sinners is one of bloodthirsty, gothic gangsters.  They only speak in vulgarities, sleep with multiple sexual partners nightly, and stumble through life impaired by meth.  They generally congregate only in underground gay nightclubs, biker bars, Satanic temples, or black markets hidden in the sewers.  They prowl the streets committing random acts of terror and carving pentagrams into the bodies of their victims.  They eat children.

How many atheists, agnostics, Satanists, or Buddhists do you actually know?  I doubt you know any that eat children.  I doubt you know any with knowledge of secret bondage-in-a-sewer clubs.  Not one person that subscribes to these four belief (or non-belief) systems claims to derive their sense of morality from any form of deity, and yet most of them would be considered “good people.”  In essence, these godless savages worship themselves, because the one belief they do hold is that the seventy five years you get on this earth are best spent on the pursuit of happiness.

Just like Christians.

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Monday Warm-Up: Joy

Good Monday whatever time you’re reading this. Let’s get right into it shall we?

Today on this Monday Warm-Up, we’re going to be talking about Joy and it’s place in our lives. Yes, this is a happy post! I’ll wait for that to sink in…

                           This is how I’m imagining your faces right about now.

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