A friend sent this to me and I’m amazed. Every little girl needs one, because who doesn’t want to look good for Jesus. Wow, I’m amazed and speechless. Enjoy.

One thing that really rang in my ears during our Christmas Eve service was the angel’s description of Christ to Joseph and Mary.

Actually, before I get to that point, let me rewind to the preface of these events. Picture this, the angel Gabriel - a warrior, and imposing figure (this is noted by the fact that his greeting are always begun with “Do not be afraid” or as the message puts it “foo, don’t wet your pants) shows up on the scene. He knows Christ [though no one else yet does]. He has served under King Jesus, so anything he says about Christ is a bit of a understatement given to a people who really have no idea what they’re getting themselves into. Needless to say he is not only the messenger of God, he also knows what he’s talking about first hand.

Luke 1: 32-33 [Gabriel speaking to Mary]

32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end.”

Matthew 1: 20-21 [Gabriel speaking to Joseph]

20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

And I know I’ve said this before, but this idea brought me back. I truly believe that how we view Christ effects how we’ll follow Him. Jesus was not meek and mild. He was and is the commander of an angelic army (remember the “Do not be afraid” guys - yeah he’s their leader). He is the Son of the Most High - the destined ruler of His People. He is also the savior King - sent to set the captives free.

Do I hear meek and mild? Hardly. So as we choose to call ourselves christians - followers of Christ, remember who it is we serve. Never forget we serve the King.

(sweet photo courtesy of youth Pastor Brian)

Oh, this is too funny. The Left Behind [lame-o Christian novels about the end times] folks have really out done themselves with making a new video game - Left Behind: Eternal Forces. It seems that Left Behind: Eternal Forces has also left behind the past 50 years and prefers its women barefoot and pregnant.

 Think I’m lying?

In the game, the player can recruit followers from the streets of New York City. When a follower’s loyalty is high enough, they become the player’s friend and can be trained in one of a number of careers, such as soldier, medic, musician, builder, or evangelist.

However, if the player recruits a female follower, he will find that instead of being titled “Friend”, the follower is now titled “Friend Woman” and is only able to be trained in a medical or musical career.

Check here for more.

Wow, um, I don’t really know what more to say on this one.

And yes, there are more issues with this game and the stupid nature of it. Violence… and just the fact of being a really, really bad idea -but this issue was the most amusing (and I mean amusing in the fact that they got the game wrong on so many levels).