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Um, Global Warming, Please?

Our culture seems to pride itself on demanding a burden of proof for everything. If you’ve ever had a discussion about the Bible or Jesus with anyone, chances are, you’ve had a discussion with someone requesting evidence or facts for your beliefs.

I guess that’s why Josh McDowell has produced The Evidence that Demands a Verdict Volume 1, The Evidence that Demands a Verdict Volume 2, The New Evidence that Demands a Verdict Fully Updated, and on and on and on….

So, why is it any different with Global Warming? Because, right now, I’d like to believe its true. Those of us who live in the south and do not have the wardrobes of those who live in the North, can’t deal with this Northern weather for too much longer! But seriously, if I were examining the claims of those who believe in Global Warming to decide whether it was an idea that I wanted to embrace, would there be enough evidence to back up their claims? Right now, I’d have to say, No! In fact, the Earth cannot be substantially warming at an alarming and life threatening rate, and produce the kind of COLD weather that we are dealing with. I think those who say we are only experiencing a weather cycle, would appear to be more accurate. After all, the Godfather of Global Warming, Al Gore, has been seriously proven wrong in recent months, first Gore had to admit that he made up the claim that the arctic polar-caps would be ice free in 5 years, earlier he was proven wrong that Polar Bears are in fact not facing extinction, but instead their population has increased. Now AccuWeather, is saying this could be the worst winter in 25 years!

I like Billy’s Tweet the other day: “Thank God for global warming, it would really be cold if it wasn’t true”

Here’s a little video from MSNBC to show what’s been happening with the weather lately in the United States, I love the little golf cart car they show at the end of the video, the very product of the global warming debate to save the Earth, funny 😆

Join the Conversation: What’s the Weather Like In Your Area of the Country?

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The Sweater Poll

Fall is here. That means cold mornings throughout most of the country. So, I’m just wondering, have you brought out your sweaters yet? I’m just curious because in the south, God’s country, it’s cold in the mornings, in the mid to upper 70’s in the afternoon, and then cool in the evenings. Yesterday on my way home I noticed a guy sitting in the car next to me at the red light wearing a thick, winter style sweater. I had my window down because it was hot! I think some people feel a little cold and dive right into their winter clothes, so how about you? Fill out the poll below to let us know!

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Thanks for Participating!

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Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort Video Footage

With Hurrican Ike leering on the coast of Texas I am reminded of Hurricane Katrina. I wrote in another post how Katrina not only changed the people’s lives who were effected by the hurricane, but it changed my life as well. Here is video footage from 2 of our 4 Relief Trips that our church took in the days and weeks after Katrina. Please note, this first video is 18 minutes long, but was used as a sermon filler to show the church members what people in that area was facing and how we needed resources and assistance as our church was going to adopt a neighborhood called Eagle Pointe. There is a lot of footage of the damage to homes and property as well as some personal interviews by some of the residents of the community we adopted. It has some rough spots that are very shaky, but I had to use the video available to me. This was the first video I had ever edited and made into a movie, so bear with it, it is worth the watch.

Our church was one of the first relief assistance teams on the scene. A couple of days after Katrina hit Biloxi, MS we loaded an RV up with water and as much food as possible, and 6 of us went to offer whatever help we could offer, this is what we saw and what we heard from some of the people…

Update: You may have to hit play and then pause to let it load some, the file is big.
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This video footage is from trip #2 of our adoption of the Eagle Point Community. We were larger than the Red Cross; we had over 40 volunteers, two half-ton trucks, a semi-truck, two RV’s and a 15 passenger van full of volunteers and supplies for the people of Biloxi. We provided them with basic necessities and a hot meal. The first video literally took me all night to create. The next morning several local news agencies used it for their local news stories, one used it to partner with us with a program called, “A Time to Care” along with the US Army. A service rep with Purpose Driven, who happened to be in Rick Warren’s small group got the first video in his hands, he showed it to his executive leadership team, and they donated our remaining Purpose Driven Life Books to the relief effort, and credited our account for the entire balance (very cool!). We handed the books out to everyone as well as Bibles. With no power it is a perfect opportunity for people to read, and as the church lived out the Gospel, many people were interested in what God had to say to them through His Word.  I never knew that video would make it so far around the nation. Video 2 was made possible because of video 1.


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This was truly living out the Gospel.