Kontriving a Konnection with Khrist

Planning any New Year's resolutions?

Christians often decide to read the Bible through during the New Year... What if God provided a tool to encourage you to read his Word daily and remember what you read?

Or, if instead of God, Dolores Marie Patterson wrote a book called My Daily S.O.A.K.: A Personal Journey through the New Testament One Day and One Chapter at a Time? [Note: She is not God.]

My Daily S.O.A.K. is a devotional journal designed to take the reader through the New Testament in one year, one chapter and one day at a time. S.O.A.K. is an acronym. Each chapter of the book assigns the reader a chapter from the New Testament; a Scripture bite, which is a scripture from another part of the Bible; an Observation, which is a thought to ponder; an Application, which is an opportunity for questions and answers, and a Konnection, or short prayer.

A "Konnection" is a "short Prayer"? Then why not make it S.O.A.P.? Why force "connection" to be spelled with a "k"? Indeed, Khristians, like their kreator, move in mysterious ways.

- ChristianNewsWire.com | My Daily S.O.A.K. -- A Personal Journey Through the New Testament

A GAY Bible

It's called the Princess Diana Bible and all the characters inside are gay. Read Genesis. It's written by Writer/producer/director Max Mitchell in conjunction with his new film Horror in the Wind.

Why not write your own Bible? Everyone else does.

Horror in the Wind

Sunday Sermon: Christians Grasping at Power

California's Proposition 8 would eliminate the right to marry for same sex couples. Christians say that this is to preserve marriage and protect children, though it would do neither. If you want to protect marriage, eliminate the right to divorce, for Christians divorce in far greater numbers than do unbelievers. As far as children are concerned these Christians are denying family to children, now and in the future.

What these Christians really want is power. They want God's rules to apply to what they believe is our Christian nation. In the choice between following Christ's commandments to feed the hungry, take in the stranger, clothe the naked, and visit those sick and in prison (Matthew 25) and the acquistion of raw political power - the ability to impose religious law on everyone - these Christians have chosen the latter.

Jesus had the same choice given him, and here was his response.

Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Matthew 4:8-10

These Christians are making faith in Christ a truly repulsive prospect. The secular and unchurched rebel against attempts of the self-righteous to impose faith upon them, as well they should. Jesus never suggested this as a viable option. He called these Christians "unprofitable servants" to be cast into "outer darkness" where "there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." (Matthew 25:20)

These Christians believe that they can lie for God. But a lie is the opposite of God and these lies come from Satan, or for those who don't believe, from the vanity in the heart of the believer. They corrupt the Christian's efforts to share Christ with the world.

Jesus said,

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Mark 8:36

Mariah Carey Bible Buddy

Mariah "Touch My Body" Carey told reporters at Now magazine,

The only book I make time to read is the Bible.

She admitted that she doesn't find much time to read, but when she does, it's the Bible.

- Times of India | Mariah Carey has only read the Bible!

Gather Round, Children

Illustrated Stories From The Bible, by Paul John Farrell and illustrated by Kathy Demchuck. According to the Amazon product discription, stories include, Elisha and the Bears; Jephtha's Daughter; Little Gershom's Penis; Uriah the Hittite; David's Census; Moses Helps God Understand; Slaughter Of the Midianites; Famine In Samaria; Where Giants Came From; Wives For the Benjamites; and When Jesus Drowned the Pigs.

Elisha and the Bears is pictured on the cover. The prophet Elisha was ridiculed by a group of children. He curses the children and two mother bears kill 42 of of them. Read 2 Kings 2:23-24:

And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

Though probably needless to say, this book is not safe for small children.

- Amazon.com | Illustrated Stories From The Bible
- Skeptics Annotated Bible | Elisha and the Bears
- Thanks, | Cynical-C

The Ten

Ten stories about the ten commandments.

The Ten is written and directed by David Wain and cowritten by Ken Marino. This cavalcade of stars includes Jessica Alba, Winona Ryder, Paul Rudd, Famke Janssen, Adam Brody, Gretchen Mol, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Oliver Platt, Rob Corddry, Janeane Garofalo, Ron Silver and many others.

Hilarious sketch-style sendup of the human condition as it collides with God's often arbitrary rules. Includes a Sunday morning men's group with the purpose of walking around nude listening to Roberta Flack, a keeping up with the Joneses battle between neighbors to own the most high end medical imaging equipment, and a lusty scene between Winona Ryder and a ventriloquist's dummy.

- Wikipedia | The Ten

Fresh Out of Texas - The Ear Bible

Order now, for Christmas - the Ear Bible, "because faith comes by hearing."

Our lives are busy. Cooking, cleaning, commuting, and many other tasks consume much of our time. The Ear Bible was invented to convert these daily routines into time for becoming better acquainted with the Bible. Just 25 minutes of listening per day will take a person through the entire Bible twice in one year!

Faith, in this case comes at $149.95, plus $14.95 for the charger.

- Ear Bible