soldout, I'm a big fan of ihop and jesus culture, so I'm accepting your recommendation of deluge. just downloaded their 2 cds. I hope they're good or else I won't listen to anything else you have to say! haha j/k
I love Deluge. Just saw them last month - incredible band. Let me know what you think!
__________________ "We ask why there so many signs and miracles overseas but not in America. I’ll tell you why. Overseas, they preach to the lost. In America, we preach to the found." -Joel Stockstill
Ok! How would you characterize your social intergration or lack thereof with the general population of students and teachers in your high school? Did you have a circle of like-faith friends to make it easier, or were you a "pilgrim and a stranger (key of G) marching through this wearisome land..."?
PS, no sarcasm intended in above, it is a real question.
Interesting question.
I went to a high school with 2200 students. It was easy to find a good number of kids (and teachers) who were genuinely good, involved with church, and pursuing God. I even had a few Pentecostal friends!
I do think that I managed to find a happy medium. I didn't hang out with people that I knew were bad influences but maintained good relationships with most of the kids in my grade. I even ended up getting one of the biggest 'stoners' in our grade to come to church with me.
Really, high school was great for me all around. I think that it is easy to stumble in that environment, but it prepared me pretty well for what I'll encounter at a secular university.
__________________ "We ask why there so many signs and miracles overseas but not in America. I’ll tell you why. Overseas, they preach to the lost. In America, we preach to the found." -Joel Stockstill
If I'd had incredibly handsome and brilliant uncles, it may have been a help. I guess I'll never know.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
__________________ "We ask why there so many signs and miracles overseas but not in America. I’ll tell you why. Overseas, they preach to the lost. In America, we preach to the found." -Joel Stockstill
I'm not sure what the answer is, or even quite sure what the question is. But I remained a Christian through my teen years because of God's grace toward me DESPITE our "church" at the time and our holy pastor who raised me through my parents in a way that would fit right into a current episode of "Fringe". God sent a number of "Walter, Peters, and Olivia's" who deduced what was going on and led me out of the flock.
Lastly, I highly recommend family Bible studies. I'll admit, sometimes I huffed and puffed, but when we all sat around the Bible and really dove in, it helped us grow as a family and individually in our walks with Christ.
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