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We've all been at a place in life where we've said to ourselves, "I would love to get Lasik surgery done on my eyes, but I'm so nervous around doctors." Well friend, you are in luck. Starting today you can perform Lasik from the saftey of your own living room. I hear you, "What about all those horrible doctors with their lobster claws and their tendency to steal my organs?" Doctors are a thing of the past so you have nothing to worry about, you see, this is Lasik@home. Take the jump for the Link and some more thoughts.

Lasik@Home

And I quote: "LASIK@Home is the same patented surgical procedure performed at eye clinics around the world, but without the unnecessary equipment and staff."

I'm sorry, the doctors at least seem important to me. I know I missed them when I tried to use my appendectomy in a box. For those of you that don't know much about Lasik, it's a procedure that is so intense that they often give the receiver heavy duty muscle relaxers just to get them through it. At any point during the surgery you can have parts of your eye being cut open or burned with a laser. Thank goodness I can finally do it at home, between dropping the kids of at swim practice and starting that roast.

Why Didn't The Reformed Theologian Cross The Road?

I thought theses were all pretty funny and it's nice to be reminded of how we are viewed every now and then. Even if you aren't Reformed you can probably spin these to your personal theology.

Top ten reasons why the Reformed Theologian did not cross the road:

10. A woman already crossed, and he would be in sin if he followed

9. The road is not safe if it wasn’t built between 1500-1700 AD

8. He believes that “road crossing” has ceased

7. The crossing guard was only helping people cross from one side, so he suspiciously thought he was denying double pre-destination

6. Romans 9 says nothing about crossing roads

5. The “Walk” sign was gender neutral

4. The road was called Tiber Ave

3. John Wesley said that God’s prevenient grace would pave the way, but he had to take the steps himself

2. He wasn’t elected to cross before the foundation of the road

1. Piper said that God is most glorified when we are most satisfied where we are

HT (Vitamin Z) No Jump on this one.
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I have a real problem with faith healers:

I believe they are all scam artists. There are people who tell me they've seen miraculous things and there is even a ministry in Florida that has supposedly raised 8 people from the dead and is healing sight and hearing nightly. I just don't believe a bit of it. Christ said that people have had signs and now they won't lead people to Himself. I am in no way saying that God can't do miraculous things. He can, He does and He will always be causing miraculous things, like giving a world full of sinners one more day when all they'll use it for is to blaspheme the one who gave it to them.

Here's some video evidence of why I really dislike Faith Healers, particularly the tv kind. Take the jump.

Is hell unloving?

I got to travel with my fiance to Birmingham, Alabama the other night. We went to see some of her old students graduate from high school. They had over sold the event and it was standing room only. So we left and I got an ICEE. ICEE's are so good.

The night really boiled down to six hours of driving for twenty minutes of picture taking. Although one of the girls did give Jennie a paper that she wrote about her. That was very touching. All that to say, I had some time to think on the way home while Jennie slept. Take the jump.



Jennie was precious on the way up, promising me that she would stay awake because she new she was taking a half day and could stay up. I, of course, new better and prepared myself to drive home. I got a chance to listen to the debate between Gene Cook Jr. (Host of the Narrow Mind podcast) and the very nice atheist Professor, Neal Basham. They debated whether God existed, in an hour, plenty of time. Seriously though, I did enjoy it and both sides gave interesting arguments.

Dr. Basham's credentials coming into the debate apparently hinged on a paper he wrote as it was brought up several times. In the paper he posited that God lies to us in a loving way, to save people. Basham more or less said, Hell is a lie to scare us into a relationship with God so that we can become good people.

I hadn't heard that before. It's nice to hear something new every now and then. What struck me was the idea that Hell is unjust and unloving. Which God me thinking about how Dr. Basham could have misunderstood what seems plain in scripture to me.

The idea of it being unjust is easy to cover. It's unjust if you don't view yourself in light of an objective source of absolution. God being that pinnacle leaves us always coming up short of taking the first step toward attaining that absolute good. So, Hell is just because no one deserves heaven. No one is like God. No one goes to Heaven. Hell is just and reasonable in the Christian world view.

When Dr. Basham brought up the idea that God is love and loving to his family, in an attempt to save them - it got me thinking. How is Hell loving? Is God love even unto those whom go to Hell? I don't jive with the idea of "God loves you all the way to Hell". I lean Calvinist. God's Sovereign, he doesn't watch hopefully as you flit about Him.

So, Hell is a part of God's sovereignty. How is that part of His loving decree? It made me think, and without going to scripture I rode home with that in my mind. I wasn't about to say that God stops being love for some reason. He is what He is, and that left me with trying to figure out how Hell could be loving.

It made me think about how God could be loving and have His part in people going to hell. I mean, if it's not God it's sin and if it's not heaven it's Hell so how could God's creation of Hell ever be considered a loving act? Now, I want to hear what other people have to say about this, but let me tell you where I ended up.


Christ calls us to hate our mothers and family, that scripture has been belabored and everyone basically says, "Well . . . it doesn't really mean hate so much as love God so much that your love for others would be like hate." It can seem a bit convoluted, and that verse alone deserves more than a sentence, but it sets up where I'm coming from. Hell is a loving response when you consider the other option, an eternity in front of God. "But, Chris, won't I have an eternity in front of God?"

The answer is, YES! Thankfully/Hopefully you'll be in front of Him as a son or daughter co-inheritors with Christ. Imagine what would happen if those that God considered His enemies could never escape from Him. I believe Hell would be nothing compared to the constant, aggressive, pro-active vengeance and wrath that would fall on that person for eternity. The enemy of God would beg for hell.

Now, this is just me bumbling around on a road trip and shouldn't be taken as my personal theology as I haven't compared it too deeply to scripture or spent more than a few hours thinking about it. Although, it is fair to say that the whole argument falls apart when you take into account the fact that Hell is the absence of God. So you couldn't have Hell in his presence. Just some thoughts and I'd love to hear what you think!

Coming Clean:

I have to be honest with all of you and admit that I haven't done my duty as a Southern Baptist. Please, respect that I have my reasons and that I am prayerfully seeking council on this issue. I haven't read "The Purpose Driven Life".

Forgive me.

Maybe there is and maybe there isn't a jump?

However will I find my purpose?

Update: 3D Woodcraft

Well, I finally got a chance to talk to the guys at 3D Woodcraft and they were very apologetic. They informed me that they had to hire new staff because they were so busy they couldn't answer phones. The order was also so late because of their over blown orders. They promised me that they were caught up and moving at normal pace. So I placed another oder with them.

Sure enough they completed my order and got in touch with me to see if they wanted me to pick them up or have them shipped.

They did a full 180 as far as their customer service is concerned. The product was a hit once I got it, but they did have real bad customer srevice. All that is cleared up and I would recommend 3D Woodcraft to anyone if they are able to keep things moving like they are now.And here is the rest of it.

3D Woodcraft is a lame company:

There is no need for a jump with this post. I just want everyone to know that 3D Woodcraft is lame. It took them a month to send me 3 wooden letters. Why did I need 3 wooden letters? Because they will be used at my wedding reception on the tables as decorative elements on the tables. It took a month for them to send them out after I paid for them.

I called them at least 3 times and wrote them an email requesting for them to give me any idea about what was going on with my order that was a month old. They never got in touch with me. They never called me nor did they ever email me. If the letters work, Jennie and I will use the font and letter size as a template for some other wood cutting company.

Fun fact: The answering machine at 3D Woodcraft told me I was a valued customer every time I called. Boo on 3D Woodcraft. . .boooooooo.And here is the rest of it.