Cheezy Christian T-Shirts Do More Harm Than Good

I appreciate the zeal of the people who make cheezy Christian t-shirts, but I believe they are doing more harm to the gospel than good. I pray that the Lord will take their zeal and direct it in Christ exalting ways. I don't believe all Christian t-shirts are bad, just most of them. Here are a couple examples of fear mongering.

Atheism Described Perfectly

Creation Museum

The youth group and I took a visit to the Creation museum over the weekend. In the picture to the left is one of my favorite students, Connor Deford. He got attacked by a camel at the petting zoo. If you know Connor, this stuff happens to him wherever he goes. I have been wanting to visit this place for some time now. I have heard a lot about the museum, some good things and some bad things. I didn't know what to expect. After visiting this place I was blown away. It was amazing. I could not believe how well it was put together and how informative it was. I was especially surprised how clear and boldly the gospel was preached and shared throughout the whole museum. From the beginning to the end, Christ was preached. It was awesome. The museum had many exhibits that detailed God's good creation, the fall of man into sin, total depravity of man in society today, God's redemption of man in Christ alone, the authority of Scripture, the evidence against evolution, ect. They even had an exhibit for Martin Luther (one of my hero's). It truly was breathtaking to see. I absolutely loved it and am very thankful for Answers in Genesis and Ken Ham, who speared the creation of the Creation Museum. So if you haven't checked it out, make some plans this summer and go and visit the Creation Museum, I promise that you won't be disappointed

Tree Huggers Remind me of Jonah 4

When I think of Jonah whining about the vine after God killed it, this picture comes to my mind. Enjoy

Praise God for Lecrae and Flame - Christ exalting rap

Don't Waste Your Life Video

The Gospel

I have a godly jealousy right now. One of my good friends is at a conference in Chicago called the Gospel Coalition. I wish I was there, but I trust God that He didn't want me there. I actually missed it because of youth group on Wednesday. I couldn't go to a conference and hear about the gospel while the Lord has given me a gracious task of proclaiming the gospel to kids that I love very dearly. Plus, I would miss my wife and would miss seeing my youth group kids. So I decided to write about the gospel.

The Gospel is the joyous declaration that God is redeeming the world through Christ (Matt 1:21; Luke 1:68; Eph 1:7; Col 1:20), and that he calls everyone everywhere to repent from sin and trust Jesus Christ for salvation (Mark 1:15; Acts 2:38; 17:30).

Each of us has sinned against God (Rom 3:23), breaking his law and rebelling against his rule, and the penalty for our sin is death and hell (Rom 6:23). But because he loves us, God sent his Son Jesus (John 3:16; Eph 2:4; 1 John 4:10) to live for his people's sake the perfect, obedient life God requires (Rom 8:4; 1 Cor 1:30; Heb 4:15) and to die in their place for their sin (Isa 53:5; Mat 20:28; 26:28; Mark 10:45; 14:24; Luke 22:20; John 11:50-51; Rom 3:24-25; 4:25; 1 Cor 15:3; 2 Cor 5:21; Eph 5:2Heb 10:14; 1 Pet 3:18). On the third day, He rose bodily from the grave (Mat 28:6) and now reigns in heaven (Luke 22:69; 24:51; Heb 8:1), offering forgiveness (Eph 1:7), righteousness (Rom 5:19), resurrection (Rom 8:11), and eternal blessedness in God's presence (Rev 22:4) to everyone who repents of sin and trusts solely in Him for salvation.

That's the gospel, o' what glorious news!!!