Windows Vista demo goes awry

This is a very funny news item about the GREAT and Mighty Microsoft Windows. I couldn't resist.

I hope you Windows users out there have a sense of humor

Tim
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The Fountain

"Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever--" therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life." (Genesis 3:22-24 - ESV)

The movie The Fountain is expected to be release in theaters on October 13th, 2006. This movie seems to be based on the tree of life describe in Genesis 3. The synopsis of The Fountain reads as follows: “An odyssey about one man’s thousand-year struggle to save the woman he loves. As a 16th century Conquistador, a modern-day scientist, and a 26th century astronaut, he searches for the secret to eternal life.”

If it is based on the tree of life described in the book of Genesis this movie seems to have an interesting story angle of the tree of life. However, I am usually very disappointed with modern movies anymore but this movie may have some potential. I don’t really know what the tree of life in Genesis is referring to but I have heard some theologians in the Reformed circle make the case that the tree of life is Christ who died on a tree for our justification.

Just another point I like to make about superheroes in the movies. I have been wondering why there is a fascination with superhero characters in resent movies. I have been wondering could it be that we as fallen and dying creatures are instinctively longing for the glorified bodies that we would have had before the fall.

In the trailer for the movie The Fountain the move seems to acknowledge that all have this common problem, DEATH. In other words, we all are going to die! When comes to theological issues of justification, imputation, atonement, and even predestination it bothers me greatly that many of my “Christian” friends seem to have NO interest in these truths. These truths are very important and we need to have clarity on them because from day we are born our bodies are decaying and we will eventually die. Our only hope is in these theological categories of the Christ who lived, died, and lives again for our justification. And for the elect we will have the glorified bodies that we long for because of what Christ did for us.

Tim
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Middle East and the Prophecy Books

Check out Bobby's Blog about The end is near! blah...blah....blah...

During my teen years I bought into the whole prophecy, Fundamentalist movement. It started when I started to read Chick Publications (which is poison). Later I went on reading books like The Late Great Planet Earth. At the time it was advertised on television. When I first saw the ad I was so intrigue with this “interpretation” of the Bible.

During my senior year of high school, I started to work for a local Christian bookstore. That gave me more exposure to these types of books. I did have some exposure to some good books as well but sadly many were not stocked on our shelves.

I remember the booklet 88 Reasons Why the Rapture Could Be in 1988. My bad theology was never to the point that I could believe that someone could predicted the year or the day of our Lord’s return. EVERYDAY we had people coming into the store wanting to purchase that booklet. The store that I worked didn’t stock it because the owner of the store didn’t agree with the theology of the author. Everyday I placed special orders for customer who wanted to read that booklet. These customers started to remind me of those who would purchase the trash newspapers that you will find at checkout line at you local grocery store!

At that point I was really beginning to question my Eschatology. Especially when the predicted day came and I WAS STILL HERE! My conclusion was that these people are nuts and I didn’t want any association with them! So, I distanced myself from them. I didn’t stop believing in the truth of Christianity I just avoided the subject of Eschatology altogether and concentrated my studies on other area of theology.

Over the years I drifted more and more to the Reformed understanding of scripture. After watching Choosing My Religion by RC Sproul in the bookstore I was on my way to becoming Reformed. After my best friend and I attended the first Ligonier conference we were getting our feet firmly planted on a solid foundation of Reformed Theology. It was like we were finally been fed after years of living in a famine.

A couple years back I decided to start studying of Eschatology again. I was surprised to learn that most folks in the Reformed camp embrace Amillennialism. I guess one reason it was shocking to me was because Dispensationalism teaches that Amillennialism was satanic. I believe that Amillennialism is the best view of Eschatology that best fits the scripture as a whole.

After reading Bobby’s Blog about the 88 Reasons it brought back memories. And I know that the whole cycle is starting over again because of the war with Israel in the middle-east. Anytime that the Middle East tension rises so do the number of titles of end times (blah… blah… blah…! ) books hits the Christian Bookstores shelves again!

Tim
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I have not given up!

Hello my fellow Reformed Bloggers. I must say that many of my online Reformed friends read my blog and I have let them down. I been busy with my personal life that I have been neglecting to update my blog.

I just want to let all my friends to know that I have not given up the After Skubalon, Light blog. I could use the excuse that I am busy but I know many others are blogging and they are as busy as I am (maybe more so!).

Just noticed that a long time online friend has got her blog posted now and I recommend that my readers check her blog out(Jessica's Blog). Jessica seems to be a woman gifted with wisdom and she is worth reading.

So my goal is to more regular in updating my Blog.

Your Brother

Tim

The Vulnerable Church: SIN AND THE HEART

The Vulnerable Church: SIN AND THE HEART

A friend of mine that really needs our prayers.

Tim

FilmChat: R ratings for "non-historical" smoking scenes!

FilmChat: R ratings for "non-historical" smoking scenes!

This is an interesting blog I was reading.