Of Demons

When the word demon comes to mind we automatically think of red, scaly creatures with horns, wings, and pitchforks. Google "demons" and you will get just that. Funny that nowhere in the Bible does it describe demons physically. So how did we get this perverse idea of what demons look like and why do we continue to view them as such? part of it is probably the demons getting you to think that's what they looked like if they exist at all. Think about it, a demon's goal is to deceive you and make what is evil look good. If demons really did look like that and would appear to people, people would be afraid and most likely turn the other way.

The Following is taken from the preface of THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS by C.S. Lewis

I HAVE no intention of explaining how the correspondence which I now offer to the public fell into my hands.

"There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them. They themselves are equally pleased by both errors and hail a materialist or a magician with the same delight. The sort of script which is used in this book can be very easily obtained by anyone who has once learned the knack; but disposed or excitable people who might make a bad use of it shall not learn it from me.

Readers are advised to remember that the devil is a liar. Not everything that Screwtape says should be assumed to be true even from his own angle. I have made no attempt to identify any of the human beings mentioned in the letters; but I think it very unlikely that the portraits, say, of Fr. Spike or the patient's mother, are wholly just. There is wishful thinking in Hell as well as on Earth."

5 Types of Christians

I thought this survey was interesting, it was taken from leadership magazine


Active Christians 19%

* Believe salvation comes through Jesus Christ
* Committed churchgoers
* Bible readers
* Accept leadership positions
* Invest in personal faith development through the church
* Feel obligated to share faith; 79% do so.

Professing Christians 20%

* Believe salvation comes through Jesus Christ
* Focus on personal relationship with God and Jesus
* Similar beliefs to Active Christians, different actions
* Less involved in church, both attending and serving
* Less commitment to Bible reading or sharing faith

Liturgical Christians 16%

* Predominantly Catholic and Lutheran
* Regular churchgoers
* High level of spiritual activity, mostly expressed by serving in church and/or community
* Recognize authority of the church

Private Christians 24%

* Largest and youngest segment
* Believe in God and doing good things
* Own a Bible, but don't read it
* Spiritual interest, but not within church context
* Only about a third attend church at all
* Almost none are church leaders

Cultural Christians 21%

* Little outward religious behavior or attitudes
* God aware, but little personal involvement with God
* Do not view Jesus as essential to salvation
* Affirm many ways to God
* Favor universality theology

What kind are you?

Prince Caspian - May 16

...sucked

The Definition of Me is You

It is Your love that defines me
and Your love that reminds me
It's not what i do
This life i live You have given
and in You i am hidden
This is what i know is true
the definition of me is You

Colossians 3:3
For you have died,
and your life is hidden
with Christ in God.

Acts 17:28
In him we live and move and have our being'
as even some of your own poets have said,
'For we are indeed his offspring.'

You Are Being Loved

Zephaniah 3:17
The Lord your God is in your midst,
A mighty one who will save;
He will rejoice over you with gladness;
He will quiet you by his love;
He will exult over you with loud singing.

Romans 8:1
There is therefore now no condemnation
For those who are in Christ Jesus.

Isaiah 49:16
Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
Your walls are continually before me.

You are being loved,
There's a song being sung over you...

See the Glory

Wake up and see the glory
Open your eyes and take it in
Wake up and be amazed
Over and over again

Lord of the Dance

I am the heart, You are the heartbeat
I am the eyes, You are the sight
And I see clearly, I am just a body
You are the life
I move my feet, I go through the motions
But You give purpose to chance
I am the dancer
You are the Lord of the dance

How can we keep from singing?

Who keeps the rocks from crying out?
Who are the voices that will shout his praise?
Who are the ones who bear his name?
Who are the children he has claimed as his?