Hi, everyone, and welcome to today's edition of my random, non sequitur-ial, and somewhat unrelated stream of questions that are bouncing about within my grey matter! Are you ready to play? Well, buckle up, buttercup...cuz the thought train's leavin' the station and we don't brook no whiners.
- If human beings were the first beings created by God with free will, the assumption being that angels do not have free will, then how did Lucifer ever get uppity enough to think he was better than God and rebel?
- I'm not a details-oriented person - not a knob-twiddler or a bit-flipper. I am, however, a creative individual. How am I going to do in my new development job with this mindset since I am not anal enough to closely monitor and resolve the tiny details?
- Ampache is setup and working like a charm from the coffee house down the street from my pad sans wi-fi. Looks like EVDO and a clear cell signal will do the trick after all.
- If I claim to be a Christian and yet my practical day-to-day actions would place my philosophy more in the materialist, dualist, or deist camps, how would I ever know unless someone tells me?
- Assuming the above question is true, where is the balance between trusting God for nothing and trusting God for absolutely everything (e.g. the whole "so heavenly minded they're no earthly good" mindset)?
- Prius owners all look alike to me.
- My new job scares me insofar as I'm afraid that I won't be able to find the middle ground between having nothing to do (i.e. being unemployed) and becoming a "good employee" (i.e. workaholic). I don't want to go back to the cavalcade of busyness that I was locked into before I got laid off.
- Sound-isolating headphones with active noise cancellation are great things to have and allow me to hear things in music I've never heard before. If you don't have a pair, I'd strongly recommend that you make the investment in a good set - your ears will thank you.
- Is it rude to stop at a fast food restaurant and just take your kids to the bathroom without buying anything? The woman in the white minivan at the Sonic next door looks like she's trying to hide the fact that she and her kids are using the facilities without buying anything. Perhaps she thinks the carhops will grab bats and lead pipes and assault her if the figure out what she's doing. Perhaps I've just seen too many movies.
- Sweet baby ray, I love my Pre!
- Jega is excellent coding/blogging/digitally ambient music.
Feel free to chime in on any answers to questions, although feel free to keep your "you should do this..." instructional posts to yourself.
1. Perhaps angels do have some will, just not as much free will as we do. The Bible indicates that God created John the Baptist special from the womb. Perhaps Lucifer was a special creation given more free will than other angels. The fact that 1/3 of the angels followed Lucifer seems to indicate that they at least had the ability to disobey God.
2. If you can't partner with someone who IS a details person, you may just have to suck it up and create some tools that help you become more detail oriented. Gannt charts for example
3. n/a
4. I think if you are a Christian AND a disciple (meaning that you are growing to become more Christ-like through a process of sanctification), the Holy Spirit and God's word would flag you to the differences between your actions and the character of Christ. Of course he could use another person to bring it to your attention, but he isn't limited to that.
5.I think the balance lies in realizing that God intends for us to fully depend on him for the results, but we are supposed be his hands and feet. The Bible clearly shows us that we are to demonstrate our faith with works.
6. That's because when you pass them driving as fast as you do, they are all blurry
7. Ever think about being self employed?
8. Does that apply for country music as well?
9. I dunno if it is rude, but I always buy something if I go into an establishment primarily to use the facilities. I don't however purchase anything in the bathroom that comes from a vending machine.
10. you need to get our more
11. I have no context with which to add a comment.
In regards to #4, I'm kind of thinking of my own situation wherein I had one idea of Christianity that I ran on for a long time but would only really recently call myself a "disciple" of Christ for the last 2-3 years or so. If I "got saved" when I was 11, and didn't really start the discipleship process until I was 32, that's a 21 year disparity there which seems like an awfully long time to wait for me to figure it out. I think of all those folks that are sitting in church thinking they're Christians when they're really not (or are definitely not achieving forward motion).
In regards to #8, yes....I suppose it would. Although I find the term "country music" to be a bit of an oxymoron, as well you know.
yeah on # 4 I think that is probably why mentor-ship is such an important part of being a disciple. I think our modern church model makes it easier to hide in the pew, so to speak. When living in active, transparent relationship with other more mature believers, the "telling you" part would naturally happen.
I was a pew hider for a long time too...I frankly didn't know better. I guess that is your point, eh?