Monthly Archives: October 2008

Scary driving

To help get you in the mood to be scared today, here’s an in car video of some scary driving by a rally racer.  (If you haven’t heard of rally racing before, look up some more videos about it.  It’s crazy how fast these guys drive down the tiny little dirt roads they race on.)

Bonus video, for the uninitiated (I think I heard some bad language at the very beginning of this one, so mute your speakers for the first 15-20 seconds):

Google doodles

Do you ever wonder who makes all the specialized Google logos for holidays and special events?  They’re all done by one guy named Dennis Hwang.  Here’s a video of him showing how it’s done:

That screen he’s using is a Wacom Cintiq.  It has a pressure sensitive drawing tablet built into the LCD.  Awesome, but expensive!

Paddle Ball!

Owen has been having fun with his new paddle ball from Nana and Grandpa.  Check it out!

2008-09-28 - David Watson - Dating and Relationships: Part 1

 
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Dating and Relationships:  Part 1

By David Watson

Benchley, September 28, 2008

  • Genesis 29:16-35 - Jacob’s love for Rachel and lack of love for Leah
  • True love:  I Corinthians 13
  • Infatuation
    • The difference between true love and infatuation Amnon had for Tamar.  II Samuel 13:1-15
  • Paul’s recommendations for marriage.  I Corinthians 7:7-9
  • Warnings about purity.  I Corinthians 5:15; I Timothy 5:2
  • Love’s double-cross
    • Initially attractive traits become an annoyance.
    • Look to the future!  Proverbs 4:25-27
  • Selfishness
  • Love:  I Corinthians 13
    • Positive
      • Patient
      • Kind
      • Rejoices with the truth
      • Bears/endures all things
      • Believes/hopes all things
      • Never fails
    • Negative
      • Is not jealous
      • Does not brag/not arrogant (Proverbs 28:30-31)
      • Does not act unsbecomingly
      • Does not seek its own
      • Is not provoked
      • Does not take into account a wrong suffered.
      • Does not rejoice in unrighteousness

Claymation chess

This took someone a LONG time to make, but it looks awesome.  I have a Chessmaster game that has some chess sets that look sorta like this, but they don’t go quite this far with the animation.

 

2008-09-28 - Jesse Jenkins - Local Church Membership

 
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Local Church Membership

By Jesse Jenkins

Benchley, September 28, 2008

  • The Lord adds one to the church in a universal sense when one is baptized, but that does not automatically make one a member of any particular local church.
  • What is the local church?
    • It is a special fellowship in which one agrees to worship and work with other Christians in a locality.
    • The local church is under a common oversight.
    • The members give into a common fund to finance the work the Lord authorized the local church to do.
  • By what procedure does one become part of a local church?
    • There are three things involved:
      • Must be a Christian
      • Must agree to work and worship with the local church.
      • Local church agrees to accept.
  • What is the purpose of local church membership?
  • Who is really in the local fellowship?
    • Those who have joined.  Acts 9:26
    • Those who have partnership in the work assigned by Christ.  Acts 9:28
    • Not one who ceases to work in the local fellowship and will not repent.  II Thessalonians 3:6
  • A local church is to control its fellowship.
    • Discipline one who is living so as to bring reproach upon the Name of Christ.  I Corinthians 5:5
    • Refuse to receive one who is living so as to bring reproach upon Christ.  Acts 9:26
  • The Bible knows nothing of “free lance” members.
    • Must join a local fellowship.  Acts 9:26
    • Must work with a local fellowship.  Acts 9:28
    • Each needs fellowship with other Christians for edification of himself and others.  Hebrews 10:24-25
    • Each needs to be under oversight of elders.  Hebrews 13:17
  • Are students to still be members back home or are they to be members where they attend?
    • Students should be members where they attend.
    • For nine months of school, students should be members where they attend.
    • For three months out of school, students should be members where they attend.

Fantastic Contraption

I heard about this game on Tekzilla.  It is a free Flash-based physics puzzle game and looks like a lot of fun (and a huge time killer).  Check it out!

In case you missed it…

I’ve had this video for a while and just now got it up on Vimeo, so if you missed it, here it is:  Owen’s first birthday!  (The video is pretty long, but there’s some slow-mo slip and slide goodness if you make it to the end.)

2008-09-21 - Josh Vaughn - If I Was the Devil…

 
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If I Was the Devil…

By Josh Vaughn

Benchley, September 21, 2008

Get fit!

In my continuing efforts to keep from being too festively plump, I have decided to get serious.  I have now started the 100 Push Ups Challenge.  Who’s with me?  I also made an account on Gyminee to start tracking my fitness, so come be my gym buddy and let’s get in shape!