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A few years ago, I was a professing Christian who had fallen away from the faith. To say I was a "backslider" was an understatement. I had slid so far back in some regards, there was no way you would ever have even considered me a Christian in the first place. I was definitely living "the way of the world."

I knew I was not right with God by no means. My mother would tell me I was saved because I had came to salvation as a child. But, I didn't feel that way. I knew I was living a sinful life, going through the motions of "apologizing" to God and asking Him to forgive me ... and then doing whatever I wanted. I figured there would always be time to "live" like a Christian later. I wanted to do things my way for the now. Plus, I was a good person. There were lots of people far worse than me.

There were times that I would seek God more earnestly and want to have Him in my life. It was during one of those times that I came across a website and it changed me. When I first came across The Way of the Master, it had Kirk Cameron as the first thing you saw and he asked you if you were a Christian. You picked "yes" or "no" and then he would walk you through the ten commandments. I realized real quick that I was in serious spiritual trouble. 

I know. It is silly and I am not even sure why I did it other than it is easier to update my Facebook with it than anything else and I love me some Facebook!

Why anyone wants to know every little thing you do or why we would bother to tell everyone about such things ... is a mystery to me. But, it is kind of addictive. So, I am definitely all a'twitter. :)

http://twitter.com/therogueangel

Update 3:56 PM: If you are on Twitter ... let me know. I need to follow some people around like a crazy cyber stalker. Ha!

I don't have a lot of time to blog right now. I need to get to church and get our Pastor's computer hooked back up and ready to go. He will need it when he comes in Monday morning for sure, if not tomorrow.

Anyway ... I wanted to point you to some really awesome posts that I read this morning. They spoke volumes to me and I hope you will enjoy them as well.

First is ...

We are the Problem

Some of us have formed an unholy alliance with a political party which forces us to spend time defending them and their policies. Others of us have refused to be good stewards of the miracle of transformation God desires to work in our lives, and we have been caught up in the things of this world. Until we change, both as individuals and as church families, our great nation will continue to decline.

And then there is ...

It's Not Just Politics. A Word of Warning to Christians.

I sometimes wonder what happens to Christians around election times. I support democracy in America. But more importantly, I am first a subject in a holy kingdom. The rules of that kingdom supersede the rules of this kingdom. In that kingdom, gossip, slander and lies are against the rules. So is hatred, idolatry and fear mongering.

Both are really good posts, with honorable points and intentions. They are definitely worth the read. So ... what are you waiting for? Check them out!

I think Blogrolling.com has been hacked. Some idiot who can't spell is declaring that ...

ALLAH IS GREATEST

And Mohammed Hist Massenger

My reply: It's too easy. I am not even going to go there. LOL!

Update 10/9/08: The hacking attack is over. We can edit our blogrolls once more! :)

Update 10/10/08: Well, I was wrong about editing blogrolls. Blogrolling.com has been down since yesterday.

While taking a stroll through BGEA, I found this and think it is just the sweetest thing ...

"On November 7, my father will celebrate his 90^th birthday, and we'd like to give him a special gift. If you or someone in your family came to know Jesus Christ through his ministry, please share that with him. Send us your story--or a simple greeting--by November 1, and we'll put all the messages together and present them to my father when we celebrate his birthday. Thank you for helping us encourage him on this special day." - Franklin Graham

If you came to Christ via Billy Graham's ministry, please participate in this. It is such an awesome way to honor a man who has given his life to bringing the world to the Lord.

You know something about. Yep, that is what the Associated Press should do. If you want to know why, check out this post by GetReligion on one of the AP's latest stories about Sarah Palin. It just really makes you giggle and shake your head ... while saying, "Stupid little Associated Press. You just can't help yourself."

The sad thing is, they are not the only media outlet publishing such articles. Check it out.

And, I thought eight was enough ...

Duggar family reveal sex of No. 18: It'll be a girl

"We would love more,'' Michelle said. "We really believe that each child is a gift from God. We would love to receive more gifts if the Lord sees fit. I guess we'll just wait and see."

I love the Lord. I do. I love my kids. I do believe that children are a gift from God. He says so! But, I am going to tell you ... I couldn't do it. The Lord has obviously gifted her with more patience than I ... not to mention the physical makeup to continuously have children. The article says she has been pregnant a total of 12 years of her life! I cannot even begin to imagine that and I am not sure I want to.

Kudos to them though. When God said be plentiful and multiply, they heeded.

While surfing the web today, I came across this site that has some beautiful backgrounds: Christian Wallpaper. You should check them out!

Newsvine is this really neat site I found. It is like del.icio.us but more on the news end of things and much more interactive. You can post your own articles, seed news links, and comment on the articles and seeds of other users. It is still in beta, but it looks promising.

From the site ...

At Newsvine, you can read breaking news from around the world, write your own articles, and publish links from across the web directly to your column. You'll also keep ad revenue from all traffic your pages generate. Feel free to register and select a domain name for yourself (yourname.newsvine.com) whenever you'd like. It's all free of course.

I have sent out a few invites to a few friends that I thought would be interested. If any of my other friends/readers are ... let me know. :) I can be found on there at http://therogueangel.newsvine.com/.

Yesterday, I came across a link to this site over at Adrian Warnock's blog and have been fascinated with it's contents ever since. If you have checked out Theopedia: An Encyclopedia of Biblical Christianity, do so. I highly recommend it.

And, John Piper is the featured theologian over there. I did a review of his book, God Is The Gospel, not long ago. I highly recommend it as well. :)

I found this wonderful site and I wanted to take a minute to share it with you. It is called The Way of the Master. The first thing the site will ask you is if you are a Christian. Even if you are, select "No" and follow it to the end conclusion. It is very enlightening and well worth the few minutes you will spend.