I am reading a book right now called (see above, I don't feel like putting all the dots in again) by Jim Osterhouse... It's good, so I thought I would inscribe the basics:
F: Fallen Humanity
Man is fallen. Dead (100% gone) and unable to help themselves. God was needed to save us.
A: Adopted By God
We are all called sons of God (even the girls, this is important because when the Bible was written the men inherited more). Adoption is much different then living in an orphanage, God is our father!
I: Intentional Atonement
Jesus didn't die on accident, it was planed before time began.
T: Transformed by the Holy Spirit
We are changed when we accept Christ. The Holy Spirit is pouring love into our hearts. (abbreviated Romans 5:5)
H: Held by God
When my little sister is scared she wants to be held by someone bigger and older, usually mom or dad. When we are scared we are held by God.
There it is... "a fresh look at the reformed faith"
R
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Smart sign
Someone had to think hard to come up with this sign... It is located on the top of Niagara falls.
R
R
Monday, January 9, 2012
Hey guys
I haven't posted for awhile.
I was just thinking tonight, (I know, bad idea right?) Paul compares life to a race. This appeals to me especially cuz I like athletics. Also happens that I have a song named run that I was listening to tonight. In a real race there is one point: to get to the end first, you give all you have to get there and if you succeed you usually are happy. In the race of life there is another purpose. It's more like running with a wall of fire behind you. The point is to take as many people with you to safety. The problem is no one else sees the fire, you have to get them to come with you but it's hard to run so who would come? You need help, from the Holy Spirit and the Bible. All you must do us preach the word and trust it will change them.
R
I was just thinking tonight, (I know, bad idea right?) Paul compares life to a race. This appeals to me especially cuz I like athletics. Also happens that I have a song named run that I was listening to tonight. In a real race there is one point: to get to the end first, you give all you have to get there and if you succeed you usually are happy. In the race of life there is another purpose. It's more like running with a wall of fire behind you. The point is to take as many people with you to safety. The problem is no one else sees the fire, you have to get them to come with you but it's hard to run so who would come? You need help, from the Holy Spirit and the Bible. All you must do us preach the word and trust it will change them.
R
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Santa is not real, really!
Disclaimer: I didn't come up with this or even find it. One of my friends sent it to me.
IS SANTA REAL? An engineering perspective on the well-known legend
1) No known species of reindeer can fly. BUT there are 300,000 species of living organisms yet to be classified, and while most of these are insects and germs, this does not COMPLETELY rule out flying reindeer which only Santa has ever seen.
2) There are 2 billion children (persons under 18) in the world. BUT since Santa doesn't (appear) to handle the Muslim, Hindu, Jewish and Buddhist children, that reduces the workload to 15% of the total - 378 million according to Population Reference Bureau. At an average (census) rate of 3.5 children per household, that's 91.8 million homes. One presumes there's at least one good child in each.
3) Santa has 31 hours of Christmas to work with, thanks to the different time zones and the rotation of the earth, assuming he travels east to west (which seems logical). This works out to 822.6 visits per second. This is to say that for each Christian household with good children, Santa has 1/1000th of a second to park, hop our of the sleigh, jump down the chimney, fill the stockings, distribute the remaining presents under the tree, eat whatever snacks have been left, get back up the chimney, get back into the sleigh an move on to the next house. Assuming that each of these 91.8 million stops are evenly distributed around the earth (which, of course, we know to be false but for the purpose of our calculations we will accept), we are now talking about .78 miles per household, a total trip of 75« million miles, not counting stops to do what most of us must do at least once every 31 hours, plus feeding, etc.
This means that Santa's sleigh is moving at 650 miles per second, 3,000 time the speed of sound. For purposes of comparison, the fastest man-made vehicle on earth, the Ulysses space probe, moves at a poky 27.4 miles per second - a conventional reindeer can run, tops, 15 miles per hour.
4) The payload on the sleigh adds another interesting element. Assuming that each child gets nothing more than a medium-sized lego set (2 pounds), the sleigh is carrying 321,300 tons, not counting Santa, who is invariably described as overweight. On land, the conventional reindeer can pull no more than 300 pounds. Even granting the "flying reindeer" (see point #1) could pull TEN TIMES the normal amount, we cannot do the job with eight, or even nine. We need 214,200 reindeer. This increases the payload -not even counting the weight of the sleigh - to 353,430 tons. Again, for comparison - this is four times the weight of the Queen Elizabeth.
5) 353,000 tons travelling at 650 miles per second creates enormous air resistance - this will heat the reindeer up in the same fashion as spacecraft re-entering the earth's atmosphere. The lead pair of reindeer will absorb 14.3 QUINTILLION joules of energy. Per second. Each. In short, they will burst into flame almost instantaneously, exposing the reindeer behind them, and create deafening sonic booms in their wake. The entire reindeer team will be vaporized within 4.26 thousandths of a second. Santa, meanwhile, will be subjected to centrifugal forces 17,500.06 times greater than gravity. A 250-pound Santa (which seems ludicrously slim) would be pinned to the back of his sleigh by 4,315,015 pounds of force. In conclusion - If Santa ever DID deliver presents on Christmas Eve, he's dead now.
So I would suggest maybe giving a little more thought to what's really the meaning of Christmas, since it seems Santa is out of the question.
Merry Christmas!
Poor reindeer!
IS SANTA REAL? An engineering perspective on the well-known legend
1) No known species of reindeer can fly. BUT there are 300,000 species of living organisms yet to be classified, and while most of these are insects and germs, this does not COMPLETELY rule out flying reindeer which only Santa has ever seen.
2) There are 2 billion children (persons under 18) in the world. BUT since Santa doesn't (appear) to handle the Muslim, Hindu, Jewish and Buddhist children, that reduces the workload to 15% of the total - 378 million according to Population Reference Bureau. At an average (census) rate of 3.5 children per household, that's 91.8 million homes. One presumes there's at least one good child in each.
3) Santa has 31 hours of Christmas to work with, thanks to the different time zones and the rotation of the earth, assuming he travels east to west (which seems logical). This works out to 822.6 visits per second. This is to say that for each Christian household with good children, Santa has 1/1000th of a second to park, hop our of the sleigh, jump down the chimney, fill the stockings, distribute the remaining presents under the tree, eat whatever snacks have been left, get back up the chimney, get back into the sleigh an move on to the next house. Assuming that each of these 91.8 million stops are evenly distributed around the earth (which, of course, we know to be false but for the purpose of our calculations we will accept), we are now talking about .78 miles per household, a total trip of 75« million miles, not counting stops to do what most of us must do at least once every 31 hours, plus feeding, etc.
This means that Santa's sleigh is moving at 650 miles per second, 3,000 time the speed of sound. For purposes of comparison, the fastest man-made vehicle on earth, the Ulysses space probe, moves at a poky 27.4 miles per second - a conventional reindeer can run, tops, 15 miles per hour.
4) The payload on the sleigh adds another interesting element. Assuming that each child gets nothing more than a medium-sized lego set (2 pounds), the sleigh is carrying 321,300 tons, not counting Santa, who is invariably described as overweight. On land, the conventional reindeer can pull no more than 300 pounds. Even granting the "flying reindeer" (see point #1) could pull TEN TIMES the normal amount, we cannot do the job with eight, or even nine. We need 214,200 reindeer. This increases the payload -not even counting the weight of the sleigh - to 353,430 tons. Again, for comparison - this is four times the weight of the Queen Elizabeth.
5) 353,000 tons travelling at 650 miles per second creates enormous air resistance - this will heat the reindeer up in the same fashion as spacecraft re-entering the earth's atmosphere. The lead pair of reindeer will absorb 14.3 QUINTILLION joules of energy. Per second. Each. In short, they will burst into flame almost instantaneously, exposing the reindeer behind them, and create deafening sonic booms in their wake. The entire reindeer team will be vaporized within 4.26 thousandths of a second. Santa, meanwhile, will be subjected to centrifugal forces 17,500.06 times greater than gravity. A 250-pound Santa (which seems ludicrously slim) would be pinned to the back of his sleigh by 4,315,015 pounds of force. In conclusion - If Santa ever DID deliver presents on Christmas Eve, he's dead now.
So I would suggest maybe giving a little more thought to what's really the meaning of Christmas, since it seems Santa is out of the question.
Merry Christmas!
Poor reindeer!
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Arguing~~ a controversial subject
I have been noticing over the last few years (15 to be exact) that there is more then one form of arguing. Assuming we are talking about peer to peer and there is no authority involved I have come up with three styles. I will use two fictional characters (Bill and Fred) to demonstrate all three.
1. The DV style (Devil's version)
This style is very common, basically this is intentionally twisting the meaning of other's words. Also used is the years ago trick. People change, especially in their childhood. When you are three and say something, you don't expect to have to stand by it ten years later. For example:
Bill: Hey there Fred
Fred: 'sup?
Bill: I met a caveman the other day, he was weird...
Fred: are you implying that all cavemen are weird?
Bill: um... no.
Fred: yes, you are! You may not have said it but it's clearly what you meant!
Bill: no its not!
Fred: yes it is! My grandfather is a caveman, you just called him weird!
Bill: No I didn't!
Fred: yes you did, you just said that. And beside 6 years ago you said the same thing and you said "I think your grandpa is weird cuz he is a caveman"
Bill: I did not!
Clearly Bill didn't mean to insult Fred's grandfather, he was just stating a fact.
2. The HV style (the honest version)
This is how people should really argue. It involves listening to what the other person had to say and trying to figure out the true meaning. If the person is younger then don't quote him from years ago. Really only a few months should be between when he says something and you quote it back to him. Especially if it's something trivial. For example four years ago I did not like basketball at all. Now I love it. Here is the example of the HV argument.
Bill: hey ya Fred!
Fred: 'sup Bill?
Bill: I was just wondering who you think is going to win the Super Bowl ?
Fred: well the steelers defense is pretty good, but I just don't think they have the offensive power to beat the packers.
Bill: What, seriously? The steelers have the hottest offense in the league!
Fred: No, look (whips out an iPhone) the game happened yesterday, and the steelers only had 35 total yards!
Bill: who'd of known!
3. Third and finally we have the IV style. This stands for Idiots Version. Now keep in mind, you don't have to be and idiot to use this, I just named it that for reference. This is when you believe you are right yet use faulty reasoning and untrue statements that you think are true. This is the style that most often uses references from years ago that no one really remembers right anymore, and maybe isn't true anyway. Twisted meaning is common too, just accidentally you truly believe that they said something else then they actually were trying to say. Example:
Bill: Hey fred!
Fred: 'sup bill?
Bill: Do you use the longest road in the catan version cities and knights?
Fred: no, of course not!
Bill: I think you do!
Fred: no, remember last time when we played we didn't use it!
Bill: dude that was like six years ago! You can't remember that!
Fred: oh yes I can! And anyway it says so in the rules.
Bill: why don't you go check then?
Fred: no reason to... I have the rules memorized.
Bill: ok, I'll go check then... ... See here! It says you do use it!
Fred: that rule book must be wrong!
Bill: I'm leaving, good bye Fred!
Fred: good riddance. :)
All the examples in this post are factitious. Any reference to any person living or dead is purely consequential.
Comment on any errors that you find.
Signing out,
Ryan Lokkesmoe
P.S. the packers will win the super bowl
1. The DV style (Devil's version)
This style is very common, basically this is intentionally twisting the meaning of other's words. Also used is the years ago trick. People change, especially in their childhood. When you are three and say something, you don't expect to have to stand by it ten years later. For example:
Bill: Hey there Fred
Fred: 'sup?
Bill: I met a caveman the other day, he was weird...
Fred: are you implying that all cavemen are weird?
Bill: um... no.
Fred: yes, you are! You may not have said it but it's clearly what you meant!
Bill: no its not!
Fred: yes it is! My grandfather is a caveman, you just called him weird!
Bill: No I didn't!
Fred: yes you did, you just said that. And beside 6 years ago you said the same thing and you said "I think your grandpa is weird cuz he is a caveman"
Bill: I did not!
Clearly Bill didn't mean to insult Fred's grandfather, he was just stating a fact.
2. The HV style (the honest version)
This is how people should really argue. It involves listening to what the other person had to say and trying to figure out the true meaning. If the person is younger then don't quote him from years ago. Really only a few months should be between when he says something and you quote it back to him. Especially if it's something trivial. For example four years ago I did not like basketball at all. Now I love it. Here is the example of the HV argument.
Bill: hey ya Fred!
Fred: 'sup Bill?
Bill: I was just wondering who you think is going to win the Super Bowl ?
Fred: well the steelers defense is pretty good, but I just don't think they have the offensive power to beat the packers.
Bill: What, seriously? The steelers have the hottest offense in the league!
Fred: No, look (whips out an iPhone) the game happened yesterday, and the steelers only had 35 total yards!
Bill: who'd of known!
3. Third and finally we have the IV style. This stands for Idiots Version. Now keep in mind, you don't have to be and idiot to use this, I just named it that for reference. This is when you believe you are right yet use faulty reasoning and untrue statements that you think are true. This is the style that most often uses references from years ago that no one really remembers right anymore, and maybe isn't true anyway. Twisted meaning is common too, just accidentally you truly believe that they said something else then they actually were trying to say. Example:
Bill: Hey fred!
Fred: 'sup bill?
Bill: Do you use the longest road in the catan version cities and knights?
Fred: no, of course not!
Bill: I think you do!
Fred: no, remember last time when we played we didn't use it!
Bill: dude that was like six years ago! You can't remember that!
Fred: oh yes I can! And anyway it says so in the rules.
Bill: why don't you go check then?
Fred: no reason to... I have the rules memorized.
Bill: ok, I'll go check then... ... See here! It says you do use it!
Fred: that rule book must be wrong!
Bill: I'm leaving, good bye Fred!
Fred: good riddance. :)
All the examples in this post are factitious. Any reference to any person living or dead is purely consequential.
Comment on any errors that you find.
Signing out,
Ryan Lokkesmoe
P.S. the packers will win the super bowl
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Thanksgiving
Today is thanksgiving, as some of you know, and I decided to post a small list of the things I am thankful for... (not really in order) btw, I am really tired so this might come out a little weird...
God
Jesus's sacrifice for us
God's acceptance of that sacrifice (often taken for granted)
Family
Friends
Steve Jobs
Sports
Food
Mac and Cheese
More Mac and Cheese
A bed to sleep in
A house to stay inside on cold days
The Packers
My other friends
Laughter
Sleep (and lots of it)
My church family
Singing (you never thought I would say that mom)
Amazing things
Other amazing things
Food
Wifi
Football
The incredibly luxurious lifestyle almost every American lives (even the prisoners)
Dad's job
Homeschooling
Getting an A sometimes
Weight lifting
Food
Basketball
Snow
Cold temperatures
Hot chocolate
Many other things that are evading my conscious mind right now...
Well, thanks for reading. What are you thankful for?
God
Jesus's sacrifice for us
God's acceptance of that sacrifice (often taken for granted)
Family
Friends
Steve Jobs
Sports
Food
Mac and Cheese
More Mac and Cheese
A bed to sleep in
A house to stay inside on cold days
The Packers
My other friends
Laughter
Sleep (and lots of it)
My church family
Singing (you never thought I would say that mom)
Amazing things
Other amazing things
Food
Wifi
Football
The incredibly luxurious lifestyle almost every American lives (even the prisoners)
Dad's job
Homeschooling
Getting an A sometimes
Weight lifting
Food
Basketball
Snow
Cold temperatures
Hot chocolate
Many other things that are evading my conscious mind right now...
Well, thanks for reading. What are you thankful for?
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Friday, November 11, 2011
Funnyness is back
I haven't put any jokes on for a while so here it goes :)
Funny Puns:
I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger, then it hit me.
I couldn't quite remember how to throw a boomerang, but eventually it came back to me.
I used to have a fear of hurdles, but I got over it.
I did a theatrical performance on puns, really it was just a play on words.
He drove his expensive car into a tree and found out how a Mercedes bends.
Lightning sometimes shocks people because it doesn't know how to conduct its self.
To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
A prisoner's favorite punctuation mark is a period, it marks the end of his sentence.
When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
Sleep comes so naturally to me, I can do it with my eyes closed.
The dead batteries were given out free of charge.
What is the difference between a poorly dressed man on a bike and a nicely dressed man on a trike? A tire.
If you step in a plane and see a friend of yours named jack, don't yell Hi Jack!
The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
No matter how much you push the envelope it will still be stationary.
A grenade thrown in a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart
Did you hear about the fire at the circus? The heat was in tents!
Funny Puns:
I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger, then it hit me.
I couldn't quite remember how to throw a boomerang, but eventually it came back to me.
I used to have a fear of hurdles, but I got over it.
I did a theatrical performance on puns, really it was just a play on words.
He drove his expensive car into a tree and found out how a Mercedes bends.
Lightning sometimes shocks people because it doesn't know how to conduct its self.
To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
A prisoner's favorite punctuation mark is a period, it marks the end of his sentence.
When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
Sleep comes so naturally to me, I can do it with my eyes closed.
The dead batteries were given out free of charge.
What is the difference between a poorly dressed man on a bike and a nicely dressed man on a trike? A tire.
If you step in a plane and see a friend of yours named jack, don't yell Hi Jack!
The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
No matter how much you push the envelope it will still be stationary.
A grenade thrown in a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart
Did you hear about the fire at the circus? The heat was in tents!
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Sufferings and natural disasters
Tonight at Power Tower, Pastor S talked about natural disasters and earthly sufferings. Especially relating to the point: "is God in control and ordaining it to happen?" We read a passage from Luke:
13:1 There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 And he answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way? 3 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. 4 Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem? 5 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”
In this section some Jews come to Jesus and tell Him about a disaster that had happened, that people offering sacrifices were ruthlessly murdered by pilate. They assume that they must have committed some sin and appear to be coming to Jesus to confirm this. They were probably shocked to find that instead of agreeing with them Jesus shows them their own pride and tells them twice what they didn't want to hear. They are proud that they hadn't sinned as badly as those that died. Clearly Jesus says that this is not the case, instead he points out that they will to die in the same manner if they do not repent. This isn't saying that if you are saved life will be easy and carefree. Then he goes and says it all again! Clearly the point of natural disasters are to point out, to people, how close they are to eternity and to make them start to think. Millions of people have died as a result of seemingly purposeless storms, earthquakes, and floods but I believe that millions have been saved forever as a result of these same disasters. "For God works all things together for good for those how love Him and are called according to His purpose" this might not mean that it will be for our good on earth but for the eternal good of others. Basically its a divine wake-up call.
13:1 There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 And he answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way? 3 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. 4 Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem? 5 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”
In this section some Jews come to Jesus and tell Him about a disaster that had happened, that people offering sacrifices were ruthlessly murdered by pilate. They assume that they must have committed some sin and appear to be coming to Jesus to confirm this. They were probably shocked to find that instead of agreeing with them Jesus shows them their own pride and tells them twice what they didn't want to hear. They are proud that they hadn't sinned as badly as those that died. Clearly Jesus says that this is not the case, instead he points out that they will to die in the same manner if they do not repent. This isn't saying that if you are saved life will be easy and carefree. Then he goes and says it all again! Clearly the point of natural disasters are to point out, to people, how close they are to eternity and to make them start to think. Millions of people have died as a result of seemingly purposeless storms, earthquakes, and floods but I believe that millions have been saved forever as a result of these same disasters. "For God works all things together for good for those how love Him and are called according to His purpose" this might not mean that it will be for our good on earth but for the eternal good of others. Basically its a divine wake-up call.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
New Testament
I just finished the entire new testament for the first time! I started it this summer. Now I am going to start the old testament and see how long that takes :D
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