Just Look Around

Currently Hearing: husband&wife
Currently Reading: Romans
Currently Excited About: Returning to the USA

5 EXAMPLES OF HUMAN DEPRAVITY

1.) Reality TV
2.) Children's Playgrounds
3.) History
4.) Black Friday
5.) Traffic Jams

Can you think of any more?

It Is Finished...

Ok, so the video graphics are cheezy (in my opinion), but get a load of what he has to say about the ascension...
Wow...

Please Explain...

Currently Hearing: Canopy Glow by Anathallo
Currently Reading: The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

What?

Some Wonderful Korean Phenomena

1.) Cell Phone Charms


2.) Couple Clothes


3.) Various Animal Hats


4.) "Fear of the Sun" Visors


5.) Various Seafood Flavored Snacks

Ra, Ra, Sis-Boom-Ba

Currently Reading: 1 and 2 Timothy
Currently Learning: The Arcing Bible Study Method
Currently Dreaming Of: This Summer with My Family

Ahem, ahem... I have an announcement to make...

June 7, I will be running a half-marathon on Jeju Island here in Korea.
I have been training for the marathon for roughly 8 or 9 weeks, and I am getting closer and closer to the day of the race.
I have uploaded a Nike+ widget onto this blog page, so if you get curious, you can look at my latest runs and cheer me on until the big day!
I didn't want to write anything about it until I made sure that I would go through with signing up for the marathon (so that is why you haven't heard anything about it for the past month). Yesterday was my first double-digit run ever (10 miles)! It was pretty tough, seeing as it was in the hot afternoon sun in the middle of the day, but I finished, and am one step closer to 13.1! Wish me luck!

Sorry for the lame update, but I was feeling bad for depriving you of what's floating around in my head. It seems like I always have something to write about until I sit down at the keys (then it all escapes me)...
If only there were a way to connect my brain to the Web.

Kisses,
Brandon

Oh, the Possibilities...

So, today I was talking to one of my friends over a delicious peanut butter & jelly sandwich and our dialogue turned to the newest exoplanet that has been discovered as of late.

Well, we are both Bible teachers, so you can imagine where the conversation started to float...

We started talking about the possibility of another planet being discovered that supports sentient, soul-possessing beings. What kind of implications does this have for Christians? My friend holds the position (though we both admit it is nothing more than speculation lacking any biblical evidence whatsoever - but hey, it's fun to talk about) that because of the nature of who God is, it is no doubt possible that he could have created other "worlds." I mean, He can do whatever pleases Him. I then mentioned what this might mean about an Incarnation of the Son of God, redemptive history, etc. My friend noted that it is possible for this/these other world(s) to be sinless and to have never experienced a Fall.

To me, this seems to raise all sorts of questions about the nature of God's revelation - but I guess Edwards' ideas of how "proper and excellent" it is to behold God's "awful majesty" through moral and natural evil in order to better know who God is wouldn't be too applicable to Zaxquod and Numbio in the Garden of Yexherti137 that never were tempted by the evil unicorn and didn't partake of the moon fruit from the forbidden tree.

But what if they did sin? What does this mean for their redemption? I could type for WAY longer, but I have to head to class, but have fun chewing on this.

Live Long and Prosper,
Brandon

Who Do You Work For?

Currently Hearing: Of Dangers and Ditches by Matt Chandler
Currently Hoping: I Don't Get Sick by A Plea to My Immune System

1 Corinthians 10:31 (ESV)
"So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God."

What is the reason you do the things you do?
Do you do them for yourself?
Do you do them for the glory of God?
Is self promotion your motivation?
Do you seek to proclaim Christ in all things you do?

Chances are, the answers are usually as follows:
Myself.
More often than not.
Not normally.
Often.
Rarely.

It seems that almost daily I am further convinced of the depravity of humanity, and it is quite beautiful that in the midst of my certainty regarding the inherently sinful nature of mankind and the misappropriation of glory and worship on creation rather than Creator that I can find such graditude and praise for Christ welling up in the deepest parts of my heart.

I am a sinner.
I am guilty of glorifying myself or created things rather than Creator.

This is why I need the gospel.
This is why the Spirit tears off the blinders covering my eyes to show me my sin.
This is why Christ crucified frees me from fear and gives me joy unspeakable.
Now I am freed from sin, death, and punishment for my rebellion.
Now I am free to live a life that gives God glory and to pray that all the false security of earthly things would be stripped away.

May We Throw Ourselves Before the Cross of Christ,
Brandon