Tonight was the first night of a new series on the path of Christ to the cross. I focused on Mark chapter 11 and the purpose behind everything that was happening there. Next week one of my students is preaching and I’m pretty excited about that.
Today was St Patrick’s Day and I wore my special shirt. It is a vintage style shirt with a Rubik’s cube on the front. It shows the blue, yellow, and red faces of the cube on a charcoal fabric and white text. If you are having a hard time keeping up the shirt has no visible green.
I say no visible green because a Rubik’s cube has green on the opposite of the blue face, so it is my special hidden green shirt.
Anyways, short post today, no major twists or revelations, just a simple update to a busy day.
Crazy Fun Night Crazy Fun Weather
Picking up cars with boys
Love does not condemn
What we all have in common but feel we bear alone
Sinner’s Club
Please tell me this generation knows what a Rubik’s Cube is. If they don’t, it’s official. I’m old.
Also, that was a seriously cool way to wear green but not show it. Score!
I believe most if not all of my students understood what a rubik’s cube is. I don’t know if any of them can solve one. I used to be able to solve in about 2 minutes. I should work on it and see if they are impressed that no matter how messed up the make it I can solve it in less than 2 minutes.
Now what are you going to do about red for St. Jospeh’s Day tomorrow?
hmmm, well I wore my Superman shirt today, but I think I have another one I could wear for tomorrow. You should have told me earlier though so I could plan for it.
LOL our youth pastor worn a dark green shirt under a white shirt (aka: hidden). The rest of us leaders and kids… a sea of green.
Question: do you ever NOT let a kid get baptized? Last night I watch a girl get baptized that had NO business being baptized. It turned my stomach in a bad way. I know too many things about this girl and in no way is she at a stage to make a life-change for God. Maybe I’m way wrong, God works in ways that I’ll never understand. It was probably a peer pressure thing…and it overall made me sad. I just couldn’t rejoice. Seriously I was waiting for something weird and movie like when she came out of the water… either a bright holy light would appear around this girl with the sound of harps OR it would be something freaky from the Exorcism with a scary deep voice saying something even more scary… (have I said I have a wild imagination?).
Anyways, original question – do you ever NOT let a kid get baptized?… maybe a post for the future…
That sounds like a great post. Personally I feel like a student that wants to be baptized and understands what it means should be allowed that opportunity. I spend a good bit of time with anyone that wants to be baptized making sure that they understand what it is all about.
I have baptized someone that I think was doing it because everyone else was, but I took him aside and made sure he understood what he was doing and saying by doing this. Did it fix his life? No, because that isn’t what baptism is. It is not a magical cure all.
Anyways, I’m gonna end up with a post if I don’t stop now. Good question though.
You’re weird.
but at least I’m not a fish …
Hoo ha ha!
ever see the movie Toys with Robin Williams? Now I have that song in my head.
If we wait for the time is right baptize, then none of us ever would be.
It is meant as an initiation, not the final step in the journey.
I tend to agree, but I also feel that it is somehow more than a symbol of initiation, it is joining with Christ in death and an act of obedience. These are things that people should know and understand before getting baptized.
As far as I can tell in the Bible, when people made a profession of faith they were baptized immediately, the nuts & bolts came later.
I agree 100%, but I also believe that they understood what they were doing. Look at what happened with Cornelius in Acts 10.
Baptism always follows clear teaching and understanding. Jesus even tells his followers to “count the cost” something we fail to teach new Christians.
Baptism is something special, but it is not something that must be earned.