The Benchley church of Christ will be holding a gospel meeting next week. Click the thumbnail below to download the PDF version of the flyer with all the necessary information. We hope to see you there!
Category: Mark's stuff
Halloween photos
November 4, 2008 – 11:37 am
Halloween photos are now up in the image gallery. As always, the gallery is CoolIris-enabled, which means you can go download the plug-in here and then go to the album page and click the little CoolIris icon to view the photos as a cool 3D wall.
2008-10-05 - David Watson - Dating and Relationships: Part 2
November 3, 2008 – 9:33 pm
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By David Watson
Benchley, October 5, 2008
- Qualities to look for in a date or spouse:
- Choose wisely!
- Your spouse is with you everyday for the rest of your life. I Kings 11:4; 12:25
- Go in the direction of God when choosing a mate. Proverbe 4:25-27
- Someone who loves God with all their heart, soul, and mind. Matthew 22:37; Proverbs 16:8; Luke 12:16
- They will be spiritually minded. Psalms 1:1-3; Romans 8:5-8
- They will live the life. I Peter 3:3-4
- They are always trying to grow. Psalms 92:12-15; Ephesians 4:15; Hebrews 5:12; II Peter 3:18
- Someone who loves their neighbor as themselves. Matthew 22:39
- They are unselfish. Luke 10:30-37
- They will admit their own mistakes. Luke 19:8-10; I John 1:8
- They are forgiving. Luke 11:4; Ephesians 4:31-32
- Someone who truly loves you.
- Not infatuation. Romans 13:13-14; Matthew 5:28
- Not puppy love.
- Choose wisely!
Scary driving
October 31, 2008 – 6:47 am
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
October 30, 2008 – 11:53 am
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!
October 28, 2008 – 9:38 am
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
October 27, 2008 – 6:40 pm
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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
- agape - “love for the sake of its object”
- Love for God and neighbor. Matthew 22:37-39
- God’s love for us. Romans 5:8
- 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
- True love is not about what you can get out of it.
- Paul’s selflessness. II Corinthians 12:15
- 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
- Positive
Claymation chess
October 23, 2008 – 3:56 pm
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
October 21, 2008 – 6:42 pm
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.
- There are three things involved:
- What is the purpose of local church membership?
- To do the things Christ authorized a local church to do:
- Glorify God. Ephesians 3:21; I Corinthians 10:31
- Edify the saved. Acts 20:28,32
- Teach sinners. Philippians 4:15-26
- Benevolence and discipline under some circumstances. Acts 4:34-36; I Corinthians 5:1-5
- Each has equal obligation according to ability and assignment. Matthew 25:15
- To do the things Christ authorized a local church to do:
- 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
October 21, 2008 – 1:22 pm
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!