The World Over . . .

The World Over . . .

Back in 2008 a great preacher from Nor Cal introduced me to Matt Harding dancing around the globe and I loved the clip from the get-go.  It was a reminder to me of how big and beautiful God’s creation is as seen through diversity and nature.  Even now it reminds me of Revelation 7 where the apostle Paul spoke of the future and fulfilled Kingdom where a “great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, was standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb.”  Today while doing some research I saw that Matt created a new clip for 2012 and I was just as pleased.  While I like the music better in the 2008 video, it was cool to see places like Moscow, Helsinki, Manchester, and other spots around the US and the greater globe where I’ve been.  Either way, the picture is the same.  An awesome God, who created a colorful globe, filled with majestic people, and a profound message of divine love to take be taken to the world over.  My, what a wondrous world we live in.

PS, if you could visit any of these places, where would you go and why?

BSA, LGBT, My Sin, and the Wrong Question.

BSA, LGBT, My Sin, and the Wrong Question.

Like many guys who have achieved their Eagle Scout and others who care about the Boy Scout program, I’ve been watching the recent debate over homosexual leadership with some sense of emotion.  Just yesterday the National BSA postponed making their decision regarding the ban for reasons we can only speculate on. What many people don’t realize is that lifting such a ban will more than likely destroy the American Scouting program which has been a huge building block in society for over 100 years.    According to the LGBT community, the big push to lift this ban on homosexual leadership is based in a belief that this is really racial and therefore a civil rights issue. That sounds like a good and valid question until you realize that we are talking about a preference or propensity toward a behavior and not a skin pigment or ethnic group.

Do some men and women feel a same sex attraction?  I believe so.  However, that is not the fundamental question. The real issue is whether or not it’s right to simply act out what we feel. (more…)