Angels Among Us?

It has been said that in the 1950’s through the 1980’s, one out of every 10 chart-topping pop songs contained the word “angel.” Earth Angel, Wild Angels, 10,000 angels, Send me an angel, How do you talk to an angel, Dancing with angels, City of angels, Fly to the angels, etc. Aerosmith, 50 cent, Jessica Simpson, Patsy Cline, Fleetwood Mac, Dave Matthews Band, and Rod Stewart are just a few to release a song entitled, “Angel.” We have U2 singing about an angel of Harlem, Juice Newton singing: Just call me angel of the morning, Charlie Pride wants to kiss an angel good morning, blind man Jeff Healey sang about angel eyes, Allman Brothers say “I’m no angel”, and the J. Giles Band tried to put an angel in the centerfold! In addition to music, there are multitudes of movies, websites, books and resources. Our culture is fascinated with angels but yet the church rarely teaches about them.
Angels are mentioned more than 200 times in the Bible. Among other things, they guarded Eden, provided manna, fought battles, and even talked with Mary, Daniel, Joseph, Zechariah, and Balaam’s donkey! Angels are involved in the world today as well. They can protect us, encourage us, deliver us from trouble, and enlighten us. Angels were created by God. They are rational beings that have a will. They live in heaven but can be sent to earth.
According to the Bible, angels are not on your shoulder. They are not cute little, fat, arrow toting babies. They are not aliens. They are not great looking women with wings. In fact, every angel mentioned in the Bible is male- though there very well may be female angels. People don’t turn into angels when they die either. If God needs another voice in the angelic chorus, he will create another angel. There is not one guardian angel assigned to each one of us ala Clarence in “It’s a Wonderful Life.” To say that we each have a specific angel is to limit God. He can and does send numerous angels to minister to us at different times. Angels can take on different forms and they are not bound by gravity or natural laws. Sometimes those forms appear to be human as Hebrews 13:2 says, “some have entertained angels unaware.”
Angels are servants of God. They were never meant to be worshipped or summoned by humans. In fact, it can be very dangerous when we try to contact angels and spirits. One of the great fallacies of our time is that people have been conditioned to believe that all contact with the spiritual world is positive. However, there are also fallen angels, called demons. The Bible teaches that Satan sometimes parades as “an angel of light”. (2 Cor. 11:14) Therefore we must be aware of angels, but not fascinated to the point that we try to replace God with them.
Scripture also teaches that angels celebrate when a person becomes a Christian. (Luke 15:10) The angels longed to see how God was going to redeem his people. They marveled on the night of the Savior’s birth. The mystery, kept hidden for ages was revealed. God was going to come to earth, confining himself in the form of man, to pay the price for us. Then he would indwell his believers through his Spirit. What a wonderful savior. No wonder the angels praise him. Want to start a party in heaven….accept Christ!

I have a fever but I am not sick

This afternoon I have been working on my sermon series for Christmas. I got curious and looked up an internet Christmas Countdown to see that Christmas is 59 days away. That means it is all over in 60 days. I love the season and the build-up more than the day itself. We decorate our house like the Griswold's and have it all up the day after Thanksgiving. So I decided to see how long that would be. I found a Thanksgiving countdown and it shows that there are 31 days until thanksgiving.
Well, I guess I can wait that long to decorate, but can I wait 31 more days to listen to christmas music? 31 days. I have tons of christmas music on my ipod and on cd. I absolutely love it. I am not sure I can wait 31 days to start listening to it. I decided I would see if there are any christmas music stations online that are already playing the sounds of the season. I determined that if they were, then I would give myself permission to begin listening to it. Well, it only took 30 seconds to find dozens of station already playing holiday tunes.
So there, I admit it. On october 26, I have Christmas fever. I have been listening to Christmas music for hours and I dont feel a bit guilty. Only 59 more days of this music? I hope the time crawls by!

Cass Sunstein, Regulatory Czar, says marraige should be abolished and abortions should be paid for by taxpayers!

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=113802#

The MOTHER of all Monkeys? Maybe. The Mother of all false fossil frenzies? For Sure!

We have all heard about "Ida" a suppossed "missing link." The grandious claims made by the Discovery Channel and others are enough to convince the uninformed.
Now to be unconvinced, you just need to listen to msnbc!
"In fact, Ida is as far removed from the monkey-ape-human ancestry as a primate could be, says Erik Seiffert of Stony Brook University in New York."
Now we know "Ida" is a cat-like animal that has gone extinct.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33416595/ns/technology_and_science-science/?gt1=43001

Christian Values have no place in schools but sensitivity to Gay rights should be taught in kindergarten....so says Obama'a school Czar

Kevin Jennings, Obama's appointed school czar, doesnt care too much for traditional values. In the years before he became a political appointee in the Obama Education Department, Jennings served as founder and executive director of the Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), an organization that seeks to promote the mainstreaming of homosexuality in the nation’s schools.
Jennings believes that Christian beliefs are dangerous and can lead to homophobia. This is one reason why he is pushing for gay/straight alliance clubs on every high school campus. He also wants sensitivity training to gay, lesbian, and even transgender issues to begin as early as kindergarten.
HELLO? Mr Jennings. You have every right to be a complete idiot yourself, but do you have to shove your ideas down everyone else's throat? I have three children, two of which are in elementary school. I know for sure that they do not even know what "sex" is. Yet you want to teach 5-6 year olds about alternative lifestyles? Unreal. Lord save us all!

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/55754

Interesting Find in Egypt

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1253820674074&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Coins bearing the image of Joseph have been discovered in Egypt. The coins contain dates that are consistent with the biblical account of when the Isrealites were in Egypt. Liberal scholars have tried to cast doubt on the biblical account of the Hebrews being slaves in Egypt because few archealogical discoveries supporting it. Well, here's another one!

CHRSTMAS COUNTDOWN!

The most wonderful time of the year is around the corner. I am a big fan of the season. It officially begins at the Partin household the day after thanksgiving. This year that day is November 27! There are 15 days left in October added to the 27 in November = 42 days!

Celebrate Good Times Come On!

What a weekend we had at Plymouth! Family Fun Day and Car Show was...well...FUN. Praise the lord for holding off the rain. Sunday was Homecoming 2009 and we had 207 sould in the building. That shattered the previous attendance record of 173 set last year. Thanks be to God for all he has done, is doing, and will do!