Quick post and update on my debate class. We have started in class debates and have finished only two of them. Each debate takes about two days and maybe half of another. Both times the negative side has won. I hope that when it's my turn to do it I win.
Also, my first debate is on the 31st. I'm so nervous. I'm going to go and watch the varsity debate on the 24th though. I have to be at the school around 6:30 am for the debates though. :P How horrible, especially since they're on saturday's. Well, time for bed. Good night peoples.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Friday, October 2, 2009
video games
I've decided that starting monday I will not play any video games on school days. I'm starting to get too addicted...again. short post, I know. I'll try and make another one later on, today or tomorrow.
~the skater
~the skater
school
On monday we're going to start having in class debates to prepare for our first debate on the 31st. I'm so nervous and excited. We're debating poverty at the moment, and I have almost completed mine. I'm about half way finished. My teacher says that one debate will probably take up the whole class period. I'll put my debate up after monday.
I'd also like you guys to pray for my friends that I sit with at lunch time. They've got some really bad lives and none of them are Christians. So, if you'd pray for them that would be great. Thanks
I'd also like you guys to pray for my friends that I sit with at lunch time. They've got some really bad lives and none of them are Christians. So, if you'd pray for them that would be great. Thanks
Thursday, October 1, 2009
kill the good reward the bad
Alright sis, you can stop whining like a little girl. I'm posting now. :P
recently I read an article in the paper, in the opinion page. You can read the whole thing for yourself if you want. I won't be posting the whole thing here, it's just easier that way. The name of the article is "POCATELLO'S DOG POLICIES SHOULD BE REVIEWED" The article is talking about how dogs are being put down because of "aggressive" behavior. What is this aggressive behavior? It's not biting, it's growling and barking. You're probably thinking the same thing I was when I read the article. That's not aggressive behavior, every dog does that. Here's one story of a dog with the so called aggressive behavior.
"One so-called vicious dog, a St. Bernard-collie mix named Balou, is due to be euthanized in the near future. He's been in a cage since May 17. Balou's offense: He growled at an animal control officer and then was spotted in his owners backyard without a muzzle."
(insert sarcasm) Oh my goodness! the dog didn't have a muzzle after growling! can you believe that?! The next story is even more crazy.
"Another story is that of Rosco, a Newfoundlan-Labrador mix. He got into trouble when a Rottweiler bit his owner's daughter. Rosco bit the attacking dog in defense of the daughter. after an investigation, rosco was put in a tarp covered cage, where he's been since July 6. The Rottweiler that bit the daughter of Rosco's owner was not cited for any violation...animal control cited the daughter for allowing a vicious dog to run at large for Rosco's run-in with the Rottweiler."
WHAT?! the dog that attacked is allowed to live, gets no punishment, and is not cited while the other dog that was just defending it's master's daughter gets all of that? If I were there I would give Rosco a lot of treats and praise him. The Rottweiler should be the one to die, it attacked the daughter, it's the vicious one. Rosco was just protecting his family. People are really stupid if they do things like that.
When I first read this article I was about to try and compare it to humans, when I realized it wouldn't change a thing. This is what I was thinking. What if it were some guy that attacked someone's daughter? Then what if the father punched, maybe even shot the attacker? That's what I was thinking, but then I realized they'd probably put the father in jail. We live in a world where the government is just stupid.
This allows criminals to start suing officers if their drug sniffing dogs, search dogs, or just normal police dogs growl, bark, or attack someone. This probably will happen sometime. and then the courts will allow it. My brother said that he heard that this guy who was robbing a house, fell onto some forks and knives, and then sued because they left silverware out where someone could get hurt. He won the case. That man shouldn't have been in the house in the first place.
recently I read an article in the paper, in the opinion page. You can read the whole thing for yourself if you want. I won't be posting the whole thing here, it's just easier that way. The name of the article is "POCATELLO'S DOG POLICIES SHOULD BE REVIEWED" The article is talking about how dogs are being put down because of "aggressive" behavior. What is this aggressive behavior? It's not biting, it's growling and barking. You're probably thinking the same thing I was when I read the article. That's not aggressive behavior, every dog does that. Here's one story of a dog with the so called aggressive behavior.
"One so-called vicious dog, a St. Bernard-collie mix named Balou, is due to be euthanized in the near future. He's been in a cage since May 17. Balou's offense: He growled at an animal control officer and then was spotted in his owners backyard without a muzzle."
(insert sarcasm) Oh my goodness! the dog didn't have a muzzle after growling! can you believe that?! The next story is even more crazy.
"Another story is that of Rosco, a Newfoundlan-Labrador mix. He got into trouble when a Rottweiler bit his owner's daughter. Rosco bit the attacking dog in defense of the daughter. after an investigation, rosco was put in a tarp covered cage, where he's been since July 6. The Rottweiler that bit the daughter of Rosco's owner was not cited for any violation...animal control cited the daughter for allowing a vicious dog to run at large for Rosco's run-in with the Rottweiler."
WHAT?! the dog that attacked is allowed to live, gets no punishment, and is not cited while the other dog that was just defending it's master's daughter gets all of that? If I were there I would give Rosco a lot of treats and praise him. The Rottweiler should be the one to die, it attacked the daughter, it's the vicious one. Rosco was just protecting his family. People are really stupid if they do things like that.
When I first read this article I was about to try and compare it to humans, when I realized it wouldn't change a thing. This is what I was thinking. What if it were some guy that attacked someone's daughter? Then what if the father punched, maybe even shot the attacker? That's what I was thinking, but then I realized they'd probably put the father in jail. We live in a world where the government is just stupid.
This allows criminals to start suing officers if their drug sniffing dogs, search dogs, or just normal police dogs growl, bark, or attack someone. This probably will happen sometime. and then the courts will allow it. My brother said that he heard that this guy who was robbing a house, fell onto some forks and knives, and then sued because they left silverware out where someone could get hurt. He won the case. That man shouldn't have been in the house in the first place.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Debate class
In my debate class (I haven't told you I'm in a debate class at school have I? Well now you know) we have been discussing poverty. Me and two or three other people believe we should help those in poverty, the rest of the class is against it. They think we should stop helping them, force them out of the country, and even kill them......maybe use what Hitler used to get rid of them.They also say we shouldn't help other countries with wars and other stuff until we have helped ourselves and gotten out of debt. Right now we are learning how to debate. We are all writing debates on poverty, unfortunately for me I'm sick. And they're due tomorrow. I hope I get better before then. My first real debate will be either October 17 or 30. I'm really excited about it.
Every morning while the teacher is taking role she puts a quote on the whiteboard and then we write down what we think about it. We have only three minutes to copy down the quote and write our thoughts. Then she picks five people to go up and tell the rest of the class their thoughts. That person has only three minutes to tell their thoughts and answer questions, then the next person goes. I'll tell more about the debates in another post.
Every morning while the teacher is taking role she puts a quote on the whiteboard and then we write down what we think about it. We have only three minutes to copy down the quote and write our thoughts. Then she picks five people to go up and tell the rest of the class their thoughts. That person has only three minutes to tell their thoughts and answer questions, then the next person goes. I'll tell more about the debates in another post.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
youth group(s) during the summer pt. 2
This is going to be my final post on youth groups for a while (I think). So you can now sit and enjoy the final one. Here we go.
The devil never takes a break from evil, why do we take breaks from God? Are we letting the devil do better than us in his work? While he always causes evil, we decide to postpone Bible studies for a while. Every youth group I have gone to has taken a "summer break". I feel sad that I have not been able to go to a youth group that has a lesson every week. That's probably why I keep having "discussions" with my youth group about summer. And no matter how much we argue with each other, no one agrees with the other. I won't be satisfied that they don't have lessons every week and they don't want to have a lesson every week. I long for the day that we will be in heaven and all we want to do is worship God, I wish we could do that on earth, but I know it is impossible, I will still try though. I pray that God would change the minds of my youth leaders and let us go through the whole year with Bible studies.
My youth leaders and their daughter say they are Calvinists. The daughter said to me "But I think that one of the reasons that we do more fun stuff in the summer is it's a lot easier to get someone who isn't a Chirstian to come and get to know everyone while doing fun things. Then after getting to know everyone they might stick around for the more in depth times during the school year...we're only Jr. High/High school group. We can't get that deep or we would loose some of the people in our group." here's my answer to that.
If you're a Calvinist then you know that God has already predestined and chosen us from before time even began. Knowing this, we should be able to preach the Word, even deeply without worrying about offending others. We preach the Word, and those who leave, leave. Like Paul said in 1Corinthians 3:6 "I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth." We are the ones who plant and water, but it is God who causes the growth. Don't think that just because someone walks away means that they wont be saved. You may have planted a seed in their hearts and if God allows it someone else will water that seed and God will save them. Don't try and make God, church, or the bible seem more exciting by doing your "fun stuff" instead of studying the Bible, do your "fun stuff" on different days than the usual youth group meetings. Don't try and impose on God's plan and works, just do your part and teach and let God work in other peoples lives. If He allows it they will be saved, if not, fine. God is God and you're not. (my Sunday school teacher says that a lot and I really like it.) God is the one who does the saving and those that He saves and chooses will go to Him and will accept Him, and they will not and can not be able to leave Him. (John 6:36,37,44 and 10:25-29)
You say the activities are to draw people to the group, I say do the Bible study and let God do that part. The Bible tells who God is and what He is like, not the games. Let's show people who God is instead of showing them how much fun we can be. Here's something that came to my mind the other day, most of the time when people try and make friends they just be themselves, they don't act differently and don't try to make themselves fit in or seem funner. i say if someone likes me because of who I am, Great! I just made another friend! If, on the other hand I have to change myself, then those people probably wont be very good friends. Let's show people who God is and not try to change Him. Let God do the pulling of people and you do the teaching, not the other way around.
1 Corinthians 9:24-25 "Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable." We are all running in a race, and we need to run as though we were going to win. We need to have the endurance and the discipline it takes to be in the Word constantly, meaning everyweek and everyday, no breaks. the more breaks we take, the farther behind we get. When you're in the middle of a race you don't take a break to play chess or something, you run so you can win. Don't give up the race or even take a break, you only have one life, so spend it telling others about Jesus Christ and what he did for us.
I would now like to say that I don't have am problem with the youth group doing the fun activities on days other than the regular youth group days that should be reserved for a Bible study, but when you replace that with the "fun activities" I've got a problem, and I won't back down.
The devil never takes a break from evil, why do we take breaks from God? Are we letting the devil do better than us in his work? While he always causes evil, we decide to postpone Bible studies for a while. Every youth group I have gone to has taken a "summer break". I feel sad that I have not been able to go to a youth group that has a lesson every week. That's probably why I keep having "discussions" with my youth group about summer. And no matter how much we argue with each other, no one agrees with the other. I won't be satisfied that they don't have lessons every week and they don't want to have a lesson every week. I long for the day that we will be in heaven and all we want to do is worship God, I wish we could do that on earth, but I know it is impossible, I will still try though. I pray that God would change the minds of my youth leaders and let us go through the whole year with Bible studies.
My youth leaders and their daughter say they are Calvinists. The daughter said to me "But I think that one of the reasons that we do more fun stuff in the summer is it's a lot easier to get someone who isn't a Chirstian to come and get to know everyone while doing fun things. Then after getting to know everyone they might stick around for the more in depth times during the school year...we're only Jr. High/High school group. We can't get that deep or we would loose some of the people in our group." here's my answer to that.
If you're a Calvinist then you know that God has already predestined and chosen us from before time even began. Knowing this, we should be able to preach the Word, even deeply without worrying about offending others. We preach the Word, and those who leave, leave. Like Paul said in 1Corinthians 3:6 "I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth." We are the ones who plant and water, but it is God who causes the growth. Don't think that just because someone walks away means that they wont be saved. You may have planted a seed in their hearts and if God allows it someone else will water that seed and God will save them. Don't try and make God, church, or the bible seem more exciting by doing your "fun stuff" instead of studying the Bible, do your "fun stuff" on different days than the usual youth group meetings. Don't try and impose on God's plan and works, just do your part and teach and let God work in other peoples lives. If He allows it they will be saved, if not, fine. God is God and you're not. (my Sunday school teacher says that a lot and I really like it.) God is the one who does the saving and those that He saves and chooses will go to Him and will accept Him, and they will not and can not be able to leave Him. (John 6:36,37,44 and 10:25-29)
You say the activities are to draw people to the group, I say do the Bible study and let God do that part. The Bible tells who God is and what He is like, not the games. Let's show people who God is instead of showing them how much fun we can be. Here's something that came to my mind the other day, most of the time when people try and make friends they just be themselves, they don't act differently and don't try to make themselves fit in or seem funner. i say if someone likes me because of who I am, Great! I just made another friend! If, on the other hand I have to change myself, then those people probably wont be very good friends. Let's show people who God is and not try to change Him. Let God do the pulling of people and you do the teaching, not the other way around.
1 Corinthians 9:24-25 "Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable." We are all running in a race, and we need to run as though we were going to win. We need to have the endurance and the discipline it takes to be in the Word constantly, meaning everyweek and everyday, no breaks. the more breaks we take, the farther behind we get. When you're in the middle of a race you don't take a break to play chess or something, you run so you can win. Don't give up the race or even take a break, you only have one life, so spend it telling others about Jesus Christ and what he did for us.
I would now like to say that I don't have am problem with the youth group doing the fun activities on days other than the regular youth group days that should be reserved for a Bible study, but when you replace that with the "fun activities" I've got a problem, and I won't back down.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Why is it the quiet one who wants more Bible?
This time I'm just going to respond to something one of the people at my youth group told me while we were chatting online. I copied her comment and have been thinking about it, and now I will respond to it....................here. First, here is her comment.
"just nobody knows what to think of what you've said on the forum, I guess it is really hard to voice your opinion about what we're reading, I know it is for me at least, but people just don't get it when one of the quiet kinds speaks up online about not getting enough Bible time when he's only spoke up during the lessons once or twice"
I can speak up at youth group about me not liking the summer activities we do, but I thought it might be better if I did it online.
First to clear one thing up for those of you who read my blog. I'm not the type who can speak up as much as I do over the internet. I might be able to, but I never do. I'm still working on speaking up more often. Though I must admit, it has been hard since we haven't had a Bible study for a while.
Why don't people get it when I ask for more and deeper lessons, even when I don't speak up during the lessons? Speaking up isn't what gives you the Bible time. Sure it makes it more interesting when people talk and have discussions, but that's not what gives you your Bible time. It's when the person that's teaching does the teaching. It's how deep they get into the Word, it's how much the lesson affects you and makes you think. when you're in the middle of the Church service you don't just start voicing your opinion on whatever the pastor is preaching on. You just let the Preacher preach, and the Holy Spirit move. I can sit at youth group and listen to what the youth pastor is saying and still get as much out of the lesson as those who are doing the talking. And I can do that by just listening.
That's the end of my post, sorry for it being so short. I would like to say one more thing though, I am not saying that you shouldn't ever speak up. That's important also, I'm just saying that speaking up doesn't always give you more of the Word than it does others.
"just nobody knows what to think of what you've said on the forum, I guess it is really hard to voice your opinion about what we're reading, I know it is for me at least, but people just don't get it when one of the quiet kinds speaks up online about not getting enough Bible time when he's only spoke up during the lessons once or twice"
I can speak up at youth group about me not liking the summer activities we do, but I thought it might be better if I did it online.
First to clear one thing up for those of you who read my blog. I'm not the type who can speak up as much as I do over the internet. I might be able to, but I never do. I'm still working on speaking up more often. Though I must admit, it has been hard since we haven't had a Bible study for a while.
Why don't people get it when I ask for more and deeper lessons, even when I don't speak up during the lessons? Speaking up isn't what gives you the Bible time. Sure it makes it more interesting when people talk and have discussions, but that's not what gives you your Bible time. It's when the person that's teaching does the teaching. It's how deep they get into the Word, it's how much the lesson affects you and makes you think. when you're in the middle of the Church service you don't just start voicing your opinion on whatever the pastor is preaching on. You just let the Preacher preach, and the Holy Spirit move. I can sit at youth group and listen to what the youth pastor is saying and still get as much out of the lesson as those who are doing the talking. And I can do that by just listening.
That's the end of my post, sorry for it being so short. I would like to say one more thing though, I am not saying that you shouldn't ever speak up. That's important also, I'm just saying that speaking up doesn't always give you more of the Word than it does others.
Monday, August 3, 2009
Purple!!
I've decided that purple is my new favorite color! it is so awsome! I've got a purple shirt and a purple bandanna and I want to paint my room PURPLE!!!!!!!
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
youth group(s) during the summer
"Everywhere there is apathy. Nobody cares whether that which is preached is true or false. A sermon is a sermon whatever the subject; only, the shorter is better." ~Charles H. Spurgeon
During the summer a lot, probably most youth groups substitute their normal meetings with fun stuff. It's play time, instead of God time. Sure there's some Bible lessons, but mostly it's all fun stuff. I can understand wanting to do all this stuff during the summer when everyone is out of school, but what I don't like is how they do it at the time when they should be doing Bible lessons. I don't care if it's done on a different day, like for example if youth group meets on Wednesday and they do it on a Thursday, or some other day. Unfortunately they do it on the day of youth group. My youth group is doing more fun than Bible.
The people at youth group tell me that I'm free to do Bible study on my own. True, but we're still taking a "summer break" from our studies, from learning about God, with each other. And while we do that, the Devil and his demons don't take a "summer break" from doing and causing evil. If Satan does not take a break from evil, why should we take a break from doing good, and learning about God? Doing a study on your own is good, but when there's more people and someone who knows the Bible better than you it's better. You can go more in depth and have better studies. If we truly did believe the bible, if we truly believed that Satan and the demons are doing and causing horrible things, if we truly did believe that God was who He says He is and that He is like He says He is, if we truly did love Him, then we would want to spend every second learning more about Him, worshiping Him, and telling about Him so that others may be saved, but we don't. I wish that I could force myself to spend all my time with God, but I can't. In fact I doubt it's even possible to forever be with God, always worshiping and telling of Him while on this earth.
That's all I have to say for now. Adios mis amigos y amigas.
During the summer a lot, probably most youth groups substitute their normal meetings with fun stuff. It's play time, instead of God time. Sure there's some Bible lessons, but mostly it's all fun stuff. I can understand wanting to do all this stuff during the summer when everyone is out of school, but what I don't like is how they do it at the time when they should be doing Bible lessons. I don't care if it's done on a different day, like for example if youth group meets on Wednesday and they do it on a Thursday, or some other day. Unfortunately they do it on the day of youth group. My youth group is doing more fun than Bible.
The people at youth group tell me that I'm free to do Bible study on my own. True, but we're still taking a "summer break" from our studies, from learning about God, with each other. And while we do that, the Devil and his demons don't take a "summer break" from doing and causing evil. If Satan does not take a break from evil, why should we take a break from doing good, and learning about God? Doing a study on your own is good, but when there's more people and someone who knows the Bible better than you it's better. You can go more in depth and have better studies. If we truly did believe the bible, if we truly believed that Satan and the demons are doing and causing horrible things, if we truly did believe that God was who He says He is and that He is like He says He is, if we truly did love Him, then we would want to spend every second learning more about Him, worshiping Him, and telling about Him so that others may be saved, but we don't. I wish that I could force myself to spend all my time with God, but I can't. In fact I doubt it's even possible to forever be with God, always worshiping and telling of Him while on this earth.
That's all I have to say for now. Adios mis amigos y amigas.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Proverbs 13:7-9
this is something I did for youth group after we had a little bit of debate on these verses.
after doing some studying on these verses I have decided to put down my thoughts on them. Proverbs 13:7-9.
Proverbs 13:7
"There is one who pretends to be rich, but has nothing;" I believe that these are people like the pharisees, who on the outside were rich in the spirit and in godliness, but on the inside they had nothing. On the inside they were hideous people. They were rich while on the earth, but their heavenly treasures are nothing.
"Another pretends to be poor, but has great wealth." This one took a little while, but this is what I have so far. These are people poor in the spirit and show it. They covet, they lie, and they do other sinful things. And the part about them having great wealth, welll I don't know exactly what it is, but this is what I read. They are people who are poor in spirit, but have great material wealth.
Proverbs 13:8
I don't think I had to look this one up since there really wasn't any debate on what it meant, but I decided to include it anyways. "The ransom of a man's life is his wealth, but the poor hears no rebuke." I came up with this, men who are rich are always watched and they are the ones that thieves look at, but a poor man is ignored.
Proverbs 13:9 now for verse nine. "The light of the righteous rejoices," The righteous rejoice and have joy, and they have a light of good works which doesn't go out. I think we all agreed with that, although I can't remember because it's been a couple of weeks. This one there was some discussion on though.
"but the lamp of the wicked go out." The wicked put out their own lamps, for it was they who rejected Christ and not Christ who rejected them. They were the ones who sent themselves to hell and still are sending themselves to hell. They chose not to follow Christ, and so they put their own lamps out.
so, those are my thoughts. feel free to comment.
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