Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Walk the Aisle

My church doesn't do this but I go to a camp called Falls Creek which does. I've never really thought of the "altar call" as being a bad thing. To me it always just seemed like the people wanted to pick out the ones who were ready to make a decision in Christ so that they could have someone talk to them and answer their questions. I still think that it is good for that, but also when your at a camp like Falls Creek and the music is playing and you're in the moment I can see where someone would just walk down to the front from their emotions rather than an actual desire to know Christ. I'm not gonna hate or oppose the altar call or judge every single person that wants to walk the aisle, but I do see where this can lead to alot of false commitments.

Monday, December 6, 2010

Grilled Cheesus

One thing that I noticed they said was God is just a santa for adults like it's just something that we believe because our parents and friends and teachers tell us it's real and that really someone just made it up like a legend or something. They also think that he is just some magical being that grants all your wishes. They also brought up the issue of the whole different denominations being right whenever one of the girl's said something like We're both from different denominations so we thought one of our was bound to be right. This is inaccurate because yes, there are different denominations of the Christian faith and it doesn't really matter what we disagree about on the little things. The only thing that really matters is that Christians believe there is a God that he sent his son to die for our sins and was ressurected 3 days later. When you believe that and really build your relationship with God then you'll want to grow in him and study His word and then gather up your own particular set of beliefs. Nobody agrees on everything. Also, the very last part of the show when Kirt said I don't believe in God but I believe in me and you. They ended the show by kind of pointing towards that God and prayer didn't make his dad better but that their relationship did. Some parts were good though! Like one I can remember when that principle's sister said that God doesn't make mistakes. I kinda like the show Glee, I've only seen it like 3 other times then this but I think it can be funny and they all seem pretty good at singing. But the writers of this episode seem to be maybe a little confused about Christianity.