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Pao & Me

2012-01-18T14:16:00.000-08:00

First family portray (Kearney Family)

2012-01-11T11:44:00.000-08:00

End-of-Year Video Update with Spanish Subtitles

2011-12-14T19:43:00.000-08:00

End-of-Year Video Update with Spanish Subtitles

Jesus, The Glory of God.

2011-11-20T12:38:00.001-08:00

Growing up in church and especially when going to special youth camps or conferences, one is exposed to a large portion of the Old Testament narratives and often times challenged by the lives of this “great men of God” who dared to do the impossible, who dared to believed God and decided to step up into a new world of experiencing God himself and his mighty power. It´s impossible to forget about Abraham who believed in God´s provision and was willing to give up his son, of course we can´t forget about Joshua who saw the sun stand still, or what about Moses who spoke with God in many occasions, was used by Him to perform many miracles and even dared to ask God to show him His glory and He did (Exodus 33).
Many times I heard these stories used to challenge us to ask God to show us His glory and even sing songs about it, desiring that God would perform miracles through us, knowing that our God is the same God who showed Moses his glory. The problem is that at the end of the day, we end up a bit discouraged by the notion that deep inside we know that “these things happened in the Old Testament times” and from time to time when we are captivated by one of these narratives there is a glimpse of jealousy running through our veins desiring that we would of experienced these times in which God revealed himself in such a way.
The other day, I found myself pretty surprised as I was reading Hebrews 1:1-4 which says: “Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high” (ESV). After reading that, I was like... “Wow, hang on a minute... what?” I was really caught by the declaration that Christ is “the radiance of the glory of God”. Apart from this, is pretty obvious that the author of Hebrews almost ignores the awesomeness of the fact that God spoke before by the prophets and jumps right away to talk about the pre-eminence of Christ, and how now we get the privilege of knowing Jesus he who is “the radiance of the glory of God”, not just that but he also is “the exact image of his nature”, therefore, Jesus is God! This is simply awesome! All that longing for what the patriarchs and the prophets were able to enjoy and the Bible itself screams that we got the best deal in all of history! Jesus has been revealed by God to us and we can have direct access to him! While all these was going through my mind I remembered that there is a verse that talks about the prophets desiring what we have, and I found it in 1Peter 1:10-12, “Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.” These verses are simply the opposite of that feeling of jealousy towards the prophets who experienced God´s glory and power; these verses are saying that they were the ones longing for this time in which grace would be revealed through Jesus Christ, it even says that the angels long to look into it. In other words, it does not get better than this, Jesus is the “image of the invisible God” (Colossians 1:15) and he has been revealed to us, and even though now we can´t see him physically, we have his revelation in the completion of the Word of God. We enjoy the blessing of salvation and this time of grace, we can directly talk to him, enjoy a relationship with Jesus and be filled with his Spirit. The problem is that we so easily forget about this, we forget that we have God´s most glorious revelation; He has spoken to us by sending His Son! Jesus Christ the one who created the world and upholds the universe together! (Hebrews 1:2-3). The people from the Old Testament had just a glimpse of God´s glory and for short periods of time, like the experience with Moses, God´s glory just passed by (Exodus 33) but Christ has come to stay with us, this is awesome! (Matthew 28:20). This is not a small deal, this is literally glorious. This is why the study of the Bible and especially Christological issues are so important and life changing for me, it is a huge reminder that the person of Christ is all I need, he is all in all, he is God, and my goal has to be to get to know him more and more, learning to marvel at his person, his acts and works, his grace, his love, his forgiveness and all there is in the scriptures for me to learn about him and what he wants to do in my daily walk with him.
As we consider these great men of God in the Old Testament we find a great gallery of many of their lives in Hebrews 11, the well know passage about faith and the great legacy of example these people left for us, but in the end it says: “And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised, since God had provided something better for us...” (Hebrews 11 39-40). This better thing for us is nothing less than Christ and the grace that we receive from him! Again this reminds us that we got all the glory that we need, this is a call to rejoice in Jesus Christ and to behold his beauty, to fall in love over and over again with him and all he has done for us.
But the next question that came to my mind was; “ok, we got God´s radiant glory, but what about all those miracles that these people experienced?” And as soon as I think that, I acknowledge that God still is able to perform miracles whenever and wherever he wants but there is an amazing miracle that many times we overlook as such, this is that we, wretched sinners, who were rebellious against God, dead in our sins and trespasses have been caused by God to be born again! (Ephesians 2:1-10; 1Peter 1:3) This is a miracle that has happened in all of us who have placed our faith and hope in the person of Jesus to forgive our sins through his death and resurrection, knowing that he took our sins and he gave us his righteousness. Sadly we don´t marvel as much for this as we do with some of the visible miracles from the Bible, but this is without a single doubt the miracle that I´ll get to enjoy for all eternity and I need to learn to rejoice more and more in this reality.
Finally I want to mention what this revelation of Christ does in us while we are still on the Earth, in 2Corinthians 3:18 says: “And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from the degree of glory to another” (ESV). When we behold the glory of Jesus, and we look just to him, we love him, we get to know him deeper, and beholding this glory is that by the Spirit we are being transformed in to that same image!!! What more glory do we need than this? That we, humans and sinners can be transformed into the image of this glory, by this life long process called sanctification. This is real glory, this is far beyond anything else, the privilege of having been invited into the family of God, having our sins forgiven and the opportunity of a life lived to discover more and more of the person of Jesus Christ. I pray that God will help me to live in such a way that I could be in awe of the person of Jesus Christ, his sacrifice for me and the privilege that I have of being part of God´s family and being able to behold his glory! That I would understand that the life that he has given me is the greatest demonstration of his power that I need and that this should bring joy to my soul knowing that I have been reconciled with him for eternity! Glory be to God!

Assimilation Seminar

2011-10-21T06:52:00.001-07:00

Assimilation Seminar on Prezi

2011-10-20T16:42:00.001-07:00

Let the Peoples Praise You, O God, Let All the Peoples Praise You!

2011-10-01T16:04:00.001-07:00

The Church, the Neighborhood, and the Nations

2011-10-01T16:03:00.001-07:00

From Every Land to Every Land: The Internationalization of Missions – Its Potential and the Price

2011-10-01T16:02:00.001-07:00

The Global God Who Gives the Great Commission

2011-10-01T16:01:00.001-07:00

The Glory of God, the Lostness of Man, and the Gospel of Christ

2011-10-01T16:00:00.000-07:00

Courage, Christe, and Finishing the Mission

2011-10-01T14:57:00.001-07:00

Sun Stand Still - Steve Futrick

2011-05-11T19:05:00.000-07:00

So, this is Steven Futrick, a new pastor/preacher that I found looking at some videos from James McDonald´s show called "the elephant room"... I was curious about it so I looked into him. Looks like five years ago he started a church, and in this short time his church grew up to over 8.000 people! I know, amazing!

This is a sermon called "Sun Stand Still". I want to share it with you because God really challenged me with it. Just watch it and enjoy it... I´m planning to keep sharing more videos of him but way shorter in which he makes a specific point about the topic of praying with big faith! Its really cool!

Good Friday_short film

2011-04-17T09:52:00.000-07:00

Video from Mars Hill Church for Good Friday. A short film on the last hours of Christ.

To remember HIM! The author of our Salvation!!!

Why is it so DIFFICULT???

2011-04-16T21:43:00.000-07:00

LIFE IS DIFFICULT! EVEN MORE IF YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN!

Jesus didn´t promise an easy life, that´s why He said that we need to take our cross to follow Him.

The good news is that it doesn´t matter how difficult, it will always be worthwhile!!!

My problem is that is extremely hard for me to think about the present and these "small steps"... I am a future lover!

I´m always looking forward for what is coming next, I have this kind of sense of disconformity with the present. That can be both, a good and a bad thing... BUT, that´s not the topic now!

I really need to star enjoying the present that God is giving me and start concentrating in this little small steps that will take me to that future that I am excited about!

That thought of QUITTING goes around my mind once every so often... when it gets really hard and I don´t know what to do! My emotions pull me down and I just want to get to the top of the mount NOW! It can be really hard!

The scary thing is that this is just the beginning! More and bigger difficulties are going to come around as life goes on!

I really don´t have much to say about it... this is just an expression of one of my thousands of failures!

"LORD! I need your help! Help me to be concentrated in those little steps that you want me to walk! Help me not to quit, but to learn of my failures! Help me to understand your grace every day in a deeper way! I need you! Help me to live today in such a way that tomorrow I wont regret my yesterday!"

Esperando el Reencuentro!!!

2011-04-16T15:30:00.000-07:00

Este es un pequeño video que me recuerda el asombroso mes que pasé con Pao en diciembre cuando fui por Uruguay... y definitivamente me da fuerzas para seguir esperando en las semanas que me faltan para verla cuando valla ahora en mayo, 2011.
Es difícil la espera... pero vale la pena!

Una Piedra Deforme! (Piedras Vivas_1 Pedro 2:5)

2011-04-13T20:17:00.000-07:00

La semana pasada Rose Klassen dio una presentación en KLBC sobre "cristianismo y comunidad". Luego de presentar el tema y mostrarnos las necesidades que tenemos como individuos de pertenecer a una comunidad, nos dio una bolsa para que la pasemos entre todos y tomemos de dentro de ella una piedra. Casualmente quedé en último lugar para recibir la bolsa, así que mientras todos tomaban la piedra, ella leyó 1Pedro 2:5, y explicó cómo Dios quiere construir con nosotros, piedras vivas, estas comunidades, para que podamos ser esa casa espiritual.

De repente, la bolsa llegó a mi, y solo unas 10 piedras quedaban en ella, pero no tomé ninguna piedra en seguida, sino que me quedé esperando. Me empecé a sentir super incapacitado para la tarea, no soy lo suficientemente bueno cómo para poder ser una piedra útil usada en ninguna construcción, y mucho menos en la casa espiritual que tiene cómo referencia, como mayor ejemplo a Jesucristo. Quién soy yo? Yo no soy lo suficientemente bueno para nada! Cómo se le puede ocurrir a Dios utilizarme a mi? no lo se!
Entonces, miré la bolsa con piedras, entre medio de todas las piedras con algo de forma, me encontré a mí! La piedrecita que ven en la foto... Toda machucada, deforme, y definitivamente sin valor para poder construir cualquier cosa. La tomé, la miré... y ahí mientras pensaba en lo inútil que soy para el Reino de Dios, ahí fue que me acordé... de qué? LUCAS 15:28
Jesús está hablándole a las multitudes de lo que cuesta seguirle... y una de las cosas que dice, es que tenemos que calcular el costo, y si realmente tenemos lo que se necesita para seguirle... Por un tiempo tuve dificultades con este versículo, porque yo se que no tengo lo que se necesita para seguirle, yo no soy esa persona que a veces parece que hasta merece ser hijo de Dios por lo "santo" que es... o sea, yo me conozco a mi mismo, se de mis fracasos, se de mis pocas fuerzas, se de la cantidad de veces que he querido abandonar la carrera. Yo no tengo lo que se necesita... pero aún así estoy siguiendo a Cristo? Esto era muy confuso... hasta que un día, escuchando una prédica de Dante Gebel, fue que escuché algo que transformó la forma de entender este pasaje. Él dijo que no se trata de darnos cuenta que tenemos lo necesario para seguir a Cristo con todas nuestras fuerzas, sino se trata de poder reconocer que no podemos, que si comenzamos a construir por las las nuestras "estamos fritos"! Entonces, cuando llegamos a ese punto es que Él nos puede tomar, recibir en su gracia, en su perdón, en su amor. Recordándonos que Él es el que nos da el poder para vences, en Él es que somos útiles... la respuesta NO ESTA EN NOSOTROS!!! Es en ese lugar de humildad en el que podemos ir a Dios y pedirle ayuda confiando que Él mostrará su poder en nuestras debilidades!
GRACIAS DIOS!!!

Finalmente, volviendo a la piedra... la miré, y le di gracias a Dios por su poder tan grande que puede lograr edificar una casa espiritual de bendición para otros utilizando una piedrecita tan inútil como yo!

Suerte?

2011-04-08T15:03:00.000-07:00

Que increíble que ha sido este tiempo con Pao, estos 14 meses y medio...

Como en esta canción... este tiempo ha sido a distancia y me muero por volver a estar junto a ella, a poder finalmente encontrarnos y disfrutar de estar en las mismas coordenadas geográficas.

"Lucky to be in love with my best friend"

La gran diferencia que tenemos con esta canción, es que lo nuestro no es solo por suerte... es mucho más que eso... es una bendición de Dios que todavía dos por tres me cuesta creer que sea realidad. Cómo es posible que dos personas tan distintas seamos tan parecidos al mismo tiempo? cómo es posible que Pao se halla fijado en mi? No se, no me pregunten a mi porque yo no tengo respuesta para eso. A veces me pregunto si no será que está cegada de alguna manera y que algún día verá lo insignificante que soy y que ella se merece alguien completamente mejor. El hecho de que eso no halla pasado todavía me da ánimo de que quizá ella ya sabe cómo realmente soy y aún así decidió amarme! Wow... que increíble. Es obvio que esto no puede ser por suerte, es obvio que esto no se pudo dar por casualidad... Esto es una gran bendición de Dios!

La amistad es un regalo de Dios, el poder encontrar alguien con quién uno se puede sentir cómo tal cual es, alguien con quién puedo ser honesto, alguien a quién no tengo que ocultarle nada. Alguien para compartir los momentos malos y los buenos, las risas y las tristezas, con quién puedo ser serio y también puedo tener mis momentos de estupidez sin miedo a ser juzgado!

Le agradezco mucho a Dios por los amigos que me ha dado en el correr de mi corta vida, pero esto... esto es demasiado... el hecho de que Dios me esté dando a una mejor amiga con la cual estamos planeando una vida entera por delante para compartirla y para poder cultivar esa amistad para que siga creciendo y por medio de ella poder glorificar a Dios....??? WOW... nada de "luky", esto es algo completamente inmerecido y que Dios en su amor increíble por mi me otorga tan grande privilegio!

"Lucky to have been where I have been, lucky to be coming home again"

El estar separados ha sido, es y se que será muy difícil en todo este tiempo... Dicen que el tiempo vuela, pero estar lejos de Pao hace que todo se vuelva más lento, incluso a veces me he preguntado si el tiempo retrocedió, ya que mi anhelo de volver a verla me hace desear tanto que los días pasen que hasta pierdo la noción del tiempo. Pero el mismo Dios que me ha permitido conocer, acercarme y tener esta hermosa amistad con Pao, es el mismo que ordenó que estos 2 años los pasemos separados... proqué? no lo se, o quizá si me puedo imaginar muchos motivos... hay muchas cosas que él tiene que cambiar y seguir santificando en nosotros y quizá la distancia esté ayudando a acelerar ese proceso en nosotros. Quizá mi amor por Pao es tan grande que Dios me tuvo que alejar para que me pueda concentrar más en Él para poder experimentar la satisfacción de que lo único que necesito en la vida es a Dios y nadie más. No sé, los motivos pueden ser muchos... lo que sí se, y algo que muy pocas veces recuerdo o que quizá me cuesta aceptar, es que si este Dios tan enorme, tan sabio, poderoso, que nos ama tanto, decidió juntar nuestras vidas y esto es algo por lo cual estamos totalmente agradecidos... también deberíamos estar agradecidos por esta distancia que sin duda también es producto de su sabiduría, poder y amor!

Pero bueno, lo que me alegra y también estoy agradecido es que en menos de un mes vuelvo a Uruguay para una visita de un mes... Si, muy "happy to be coming home again"!!

"I´ll wait for you... I promisse you!"

Por siempre tuyo... Facu. <><

Conversación en Skype con Pao...

2011-04-05T16:27:00.000-07:00

Facu: Mi amor, tengo una mala noticia y una buena, cual querés primero??? (aunque ella no sabía q no había noticia buena...)

...(Después de hablar por unos minutos)...

Pao: Ahh, y cual era la noticia buena??

Facu: mmm... que te AMO muchísimo y que cada día estoy más enamorado de tí!

Pao: ((inlove)) (carita enamorada del Skype)

((punch)) (carita boxeadora que da goles del Skype)

Facu: jejeje

otra vez contradiciendote?

Pao: no, es algo que tiene secuencia

Facu: jejeje

Pao: estare toda enamorada asi...

xo cn una respuesta asi recibiras lo de la segunda carita

Facu: x?

Pao: xq estaba esperando algo "nuevo"

una verdadera noticia

Facu: es q mi amor por vos se renueva cada día!!!

Pao: dejame decirte algo....

FRUTERO!!!

Jua, Jua... Una genia la Pao

What happened to Joseph???

2011-03-22T09:27:00.000-07:00

Yesterday in class we talked about Mormonism. It was defiantly interesting. I mean, i came to the conclusion that if you want to examine a religion, bigin with it's history and how it started. This is a key issue with Joseph Smith. If we look at his story (which most Mormons ignore, or they've been told a twisted version of it), we see that Joseph Smith kept changing His version of his own vision, and pretty big changes. The constant changes in their doctrines and practices are also a bi issue. But something that really calls my attention is His Christian background and th way that they emphasize that we cannot trust the Bible without their twisted and not liters interpretation of it.
What is this? Is it just a religion created by a man who wanted to deceive people? Or did he really believed it? Shaw it just a product of His own imagination or did he really had a vision that fame from Satan to turn more people away from the real Gospel? The answer, we don't know for sure, but my personal opinion is that liars dont usually get that far. I think that Satan has been deceiving people throughout history of mankind creating different lies that will appeal to different kinds of people. We need to remember that Satan mostly presents himself as an angel of light and not of darkness.
A great verse to remember in this case would be Galatinas 1:8 that says:
"But though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach unto you any gospel other than that which we preached unto you, let him be anathema."
Let's remember and embrace the Gospel of Jesus Christ our savior!

Hypocrisy in Christianity.

2011-03-20T20:32:00.000-07:00

Today at small groups (WMBC) we watched another track on the DVD series "The reason for God" by Tim Keller. The overall theme today was Hypocrisy in Christianity.

What do people outside the Church think about it? Well, it doesn´t seem to be a big problem to outsiders or at least not one of the first oppositions to Christianity. It seems to be more of a problem for people inside the church or people who uses that as the big excuse to leave the church.

The question then would be... how are we going to live? Is it really possible to live up to the standards that we have in Christianity? If we are to preach what Jesus thought us, are we gonna be able to accomplish all those things?
It is interesting that in the "Reason for God", even the non Christians recognize that every human been can´t always live up to their own standards... So, how are we as Christians supposed to live on this Earth the Christian walk?, knowing that we are in a process of sanctification, which by default means that we will not be perfect till we get to heaven. Can we still preach the bold teachings of the Bible, about total surrender to God if we all know that we are not there yet? Can we rebuke other people knowing that we are also sinners like they are?
Dan Degeer reminded us one of the things that Martin Luther wrote; the Christian life is a life of repentance. We are called to live our lives repenting of our sins, and this is something that keeps us humble. I strongly believe that we are still called to preach about the life that God is calling us to live, a life of high standards and a life in which God will always keep working on us. But.. when we add to our message our personal experience of failure and struggle, this will bring life to the message and it will make it more appealing for the people. We need to remember that an important part of our Christian walk is to share our struggles with one another...
I am convinced that when we break free from our masks and our fears to show ourself just like we are... this is when we will see the power of life in community and how stronger we can get just by being honest.

Well... there is another issue. As we stated before, most of the disappointment with Christianity comes from within the church. We are very auto-critic with churches, we always have higher expectations of our churches... and that is "ok", because it is that insatisfaction that will make us grow. But, there has to be a balance too, right? if we just start criticizing, that is the first step towards an hypocritical attitude. We are also to be loving with people, walk with them in the path of restoration.
Then... what is the balance? How are we not to be too tolerant or too judgmental?
This will be a constant struggle, something that will also depend in our personalities. But we need to pray that God will help us to be humble, acknowledging our sin and helping people to get closer to Jesus as we also try our best.

God, remove the masks from me, keep me humble and bring me closer to you!

2011-01-25T22:02:00.001-08:00

Colossians, Assignment 2: “Called to Suffer and Rejoice”- Colossians 1:24

2010-10-04T18:25:00.000-07:00

In the John Piper´s sermon “Called to Suffer and Rejoice: To finish the Aim of Christ´s Afflictions”, he analyze the problem of the interpretation of the verse in Colossians 1:24. How could anything be lacking in the afflictions of Christ? Wasn´t His sacrifice all sufficient?
To be able to interpret this properly, is necessary to see and understand the context and the point that Paul is going to make in the next few verses. So, as a conclusion of looking at the verses 25 to 29, we can conclude; All Paul´s work is not from him, but is God working in him. He would compare the truth of the Gospel with a mystery that is being revealed, because it has been hidden and now they had to reach out the gentiles with it. This proclamation (of Christ), is the fulfilling of the stewardship that God has given to Paul, offering to the nations the hope of glory. Most of the times, this teaching involves suffering because of the situations that Paul had to go through to spread the Gospel.
Then, how can we say that by suffering, he was filling up what was lacking in Christ´s afflictions? We know that Christ´s afflictions were to give salvation to the lost, but this is still hidden to most peoples. So the afflictions are lacking in the sense that they are not seen and known among the nations. Then, Paul´s sufferings, fill up Christ´s by extending them to people they were meant to bless. John Piper also gives an example of Philippians 2:30, about someone called Epaphroditus and how he risked his life to serve Paul, and he says that this man completed what was deficient in their service to him. This is, the presentation of their offering in person, giving the same idea of Colossians 1:24. So what is lacking in Christ´s sufferings is a personal presentation to the nations.
Paul also says that he rejoice in his suffering… why is that? Piper would say that if we choose comfort over the sufferings of missions, we choose against joy. Those who know the mystery and spread it through the world, are the happiest people.
As a conclusion, a Romanian pastor said it this way: “Christ´s cross was for propitiation, ours is for propagation.”
In a personal way, when I think of the impact that this should have in my life, there is two things I can think of. First of all, taking my cross is a voluntary act of worship to God, this means that I can choose to suffer to make the personal presentation of his sacrifice or not. The second one, is that if rejecting this, is to choose against joy, because suffering for Christ and for the sake of the gospel brings joy… I need to say yes to this. This means that if I am in a situation that would bring suffering to me, but would bring glory to Him, I have to go for it, fearless or at least with faith that He will do His will through me.

Colossians, Assignment 2: “Called to Suffer and Rejoice”- Colossians 1:24

2010-10-04T18:23:00.000-07:00

Summary outline of Bible Basic Interpretation: Chapter 6:

2010-10-04T18:16:00.001-07:00

There is a literary gap that we can bridge to us, giving attention to the literary quality of the Bible. This helps to point up its artistic beauty and helps to give the Bible interpreter a more accurate view of the Scriptures and the way in which the content is communicated in its different forms.
Unity, variety and utility are important when it comes to understand the rhetorical interpretation of the Bible. “Rhetoric” is the style of language, the art of writing or speaking as a means of communication with concern for literary effect. So, in this kind of interpretation we have to consider the style (ways of expression) and the form (organizational structure), this will influence the way that the Bible will be understood. This is why we need to identify different kinds of “genre”. To identify these different genres, we need to remember that the Bible presents people as real living people, and that also presents the authors as capable literary writers. So then, what is a literary genre? It refers to the category or kinds of writing characterize by a particular form and/or content. Distinguishing the various genres in Scripture helps to interpret the Bible more accurately. Some of these genres in the Bible can be history, law, narrative, poetry, prophecy, Gospels, Epistles, Wisdom literature, etc.
This awareness of the different genres in the Bible helps me more in the synthesis than in detailed analysis, and that verses and paragraph can be seen in the light of the whole Bible. Also structural patterns (how you arrange things in the text, will produce a different effect.) help us to see why certain passages are included where they are. These structures can be analyze in different ways; like large structural patterns, smaller structural patterns (eg. Parallel, ring, chiasm, alternating, inversion, inclusion, trilogy, acrostic, ascending or descending and repetition pattern).

Summary outline of Bible Basic Interpretation: Chapter 5:

2010-10-04T18:15:00.001-07:00

Grammatical interpretation of the Bible is to give attention to the words of the Bible and how they are used. There are two procedures for the proper grammatical interpretation.
The first one is to discover the meaning of a word. We can do this by examining the etymology of the word (The original meaning and the different meanings developed from it). We also have to discover the usage of the word; by the same writer the same book, or other books in the Bible, or other writer in the Bible and outside the Bible. Something else that helps getting the meaning of the words is to discover how the synonyms and antonyms are used. Also is considering the context. There are different contexts that we can consider; the immediate context, the paragraph or chapter context, the context of the book, the context of a parallel passage, and the context of the entire Bible. The last thing that helps to discover the real meaning of the word is to decide after analyzing all this, which of all the meanings fits better for the thought of passage.
The second one is to discover the meaning of a sentence. We can do this by analyzing the sentences and its elements, noting its parts of speech, the kind of sentence it is, the kind of clauses it has, and the word order. Also by discovering the meaning of each key word (this is related with all the first part) and how they contribute to the meaning of the sentence. In the last place, we have to consider the influence of each part of the sentence on thought of the whole.
These are the things that help bridging the grammatical gap to help us to interpret the Bible in a better and more precise way.

Summary outline of Bible Basic Interpretation: Chapter 4:

2010-09-22T17:48:00.001-07:00

The context presents one of the one of the greatest problems in Bible interpretation. To understand the Bible properly, we need to clear our minds form previous ideas, opinions and systems of our own day and focus on the surroundings of the Apostles and the Prophets. The circumstances of the book would answer some important questions toward the interpretation, like who wrote it? To whom? Why? etc.
Since a cultural gap exist between our day and the Bible time, it is imperative to become familiar with the biblical culture and customs, to understand the original meaning of the text.
If we need to study the culture, what do we mean by that? It is the “total pattern of the human behaviour, including the way of thinking, speech, action, belief and social life of a racial, religious or social group.”
There are two task for the interpreter: to determine what the text meant to the immediate readers and to determine what does it mean now in our context. Analyzing all these may take us to the question, are there some of the Scriptures interpretations restricted by the culture and time, and therefore not transferable to our culture? If some of them are limited, how do we determine which one is permanent and which one is not? There are four principles to determine that: 1- Some “things” (situations, commands, or principals) are repeatable, continuous or not revoked, therefore they are permanent and transferable to us. 2- Some “things” pertain to an individual or have been revoked, therefore they are not transferable. 3- Some “things” pertain to similar cultural settings in which only the principles are transferable. 4- Some “things” pertain to cultural settings with no similarities, but in which the principles are transferable.
Sometimes is difficult to understand the difference between the principle 3 and 4, therefore, there are three steps to follow: 1-To see if the behaviours in the biblical culture mean something different in our culture. 2-If it means something different, determine the timeless principle. 3-Determine how the principle can by apply in a cultural equivalent.

Summary outline of Bible Basic Interpretation: Chapter 3:

2010-09-22T14:58:00.001-07:00

There are two axioms when we approach to the Bible. One is that the Bible is a book written in different languages, spoken by people for the purpose of communicating ideas from the writer to the readers. The second axiom is that the Bible is a divine book, inspired. Corollaries are conclusions drawn from the axioms, in other words these principles of interpreting the Bible are just descriptions of the way people read and think in order to understand the meaning of any writing.
From the first axiom, we can think of six corollaries which are: 1- The Bible was recorded in a written language following normal and grammatical meaning, including figurative speech (God is a God of sense, no of confusion). 2-Eache writing was written to some specific readers, in an specific historical, geographical situation and with an specific purpose because exegesis is to discover the original meaning of the text). 3- The Bible is affected by the cultural environment, then, an ignorance of the some cultural customs may lead to wrong interpretation. 4- The Bible must be understood in its own context. We can understand the meaning based of how it is used in the sentence, paragraph or a whole book. 5- Each biblical writing, has a specific literary form, such as narrative, poetry, prophesy, letters, etc. Therefore, if we are not aware of this, we can misinterpret in statements in those sections. 6- Each biblical writing was understood according with logical communication.
From the second axiom, we can draw four corollaries: 1- The Bible is inerrant, without an error in the original writings. 2- The Bible is authoritative, since the Bible comes from God, it has an intrinsic authority. 3- The Bible has unity. It doesn´t contradict, and “scriptures interpret itself”. 4- The Bible has mystery. It contains many things hard to understand. Some examples are the prophesies, the miracles and some of the doctrines.

Summary outline of Bible Basic Interpretation: Chapter 2:

2010-09-21T19:42:00.001-07:00

Understanding how individuals and groups have interpreted the Bible through the history can guide us with warnings, directions and information. Bible students over the centuries have taken different positions interpreting the Bible: Literal, allegorical, traditional, rationalistic and subjective.
The biggest groups are the Literal and the Allegorical. The extreme literal interpretation would say that the meaning is found in every monosyllable of the Scriptures, but the allegorical would say that we need to search for the hidden or secret meaning; they think that the literal is superficial, but the allegorical is the true meaning. Of course, through the history we find many different schools and people that would interpret the Bible in one of the extremes or any of the middle points in between. This is why some of them came out with rules to distinguish which kind of passages we can give an allegorical interpretation and which one we can´t.
Then the other three positions are: Tradition, says that the truth is found in written books and unwritten traditions. Rationalism, says that the Bible is to be studied only for its historical interest. And finally, subjectivism teaches that faith is a subjective in one´s moment of despair and therefore they reject the authority of the Bible.
Are all these different view still a problem? Yes, we can find easily allegorical interpretation in many pulpits in churches and the Catholic church still places tradition of the church above God´s word. So is our responsibility to stress the historical, grammatical and literal approach to the Bible to understand the Scriptures properly.

Summary outline of Bible Basic Interpretation: Chapter 1:

2010-09-20T21:41:00.001-07:00

It is necessary to understand the Bible in order to apply it to our lives. But do we understand what we are reading? Seeing the words in the Bible does not necessarily mean that we catch the meaning of it. There are three steps in studying the Bible; Observation, Interpretation and Application. Hermeneutics is the science (principles) and art (task) by which the meaning of the Biblical text is determined. Without Hermeneutics, we are missing the step of interpretation in the process of studying the Bible. Observation is the discovery and interpreting is the digesting of the Bible truth.
The problem is, if we are not careful with the interpretation, we can make the Bible say anything we want. That’s why a heart appropriation and not just head apprehension is the true goal of Bible study, because if we don´t interpret properly, we may end up applying the Bible wrongly. Especially if we teach, this will affect others!
The big issue is that the Bible is difficult to understand because is an ancient book, which leaves some gaps, such as: Time, geographical, cultural, linguistic, literary and spiritual gap.
Hermeneutics is a tool for the Exegesis (which is the study and determination of the meaning of the Biblical text) for the personal edification or exposition to others.
There is also some qualifications interpreting the Bible like being a born again believer, because the unsaved does not experience God´s Word. Also a prayerful attitude, acknowledging the possibility of not being corrects the willingness to obey the Bible and depend on the Holy Spirit and knowledge of the history and the backgrounds are essential as well. These are prerequisites, not guarantees, especially if the person comes with preconceived notions.
So, is it clear or very complicated? As a divine book in which God is communicating to man, the message is clear, but God still includes some deep things that would make us struggle with it.

New Testament: Weekly Textbook Assignment Questions:

2010-09-20T20:03:00.000-07:00

1. Briefly describe the rise of the power of the Roman Empire.
2. How did Augustus contribute to the establishment of Rome as a leading World Empire?
3. Nero is hailed by some and hated by others. Explain.
4. How did Alexander pave the way for the spreading of the Gospel worldwide?
5. Give a brief description of Herod the Great’s reign.

1. Rome was founded in 753 B.C., being a union of small villages ruled by a king. A couple of centuries later they achieved a solid political organization, which after a long period of wars Rome became dominant in the Italian Peninsula by 265 B.C. After that and for over one hundred years Rome was in constant war against Carthage, who was dominant in the western Mediterranean with the commerce of the area and had a powerful army. The wars between them ended in 146 B.C. when Rome was able to capture their city. Then, there were no major problems for Rome to conquer Spain, North Africa and Macedonia. Rome then, went after Asia Minor, and in 63 B.C. they conquered Syrian. It became part of the Empire and Judea was turned into a province as well. Caesar was that in the 50´s conquered Gaul turning the Roman Empire after 500 years of wars, into the ruling Empire of the known world.
2. Augustus ruled in the Roman Empire from 27 B.C. to the 14 A.D. This was a period of time when the people were tired of the constant war, and the moral of the Empire was falling apart. So he implemented many reforms, such as; setting a regular professional army and a school for the citizens. The veterans were given a place to make a good living in the colonies and at the same time were representatives for the Roman Empire. Augustus also improved the moral of the people by rebuilding many temples, settling the imperial cult, the worship of Rome and the emperor himself. Augustus also took a census of all the people and properties, as a base for recruiting the army and to charge more taxes. Also, having such a large Empire, he improved the defence in the frontiers because they were having some problems with the Germans. As a conclusion, we can say that he brought order out of chaos!
3. At the beginning, Nero had a peaceful and successful reign with good advisors. However after five years, he took complete control of the government which incurred in the hatred of the Senate. This also derivated in oppression and violence in order to maintain the peace. Especially, when in the 64 A.D., there was a bib fire that destroyed part of the city and some accused him for starting the fire, so he blamed the Christians. This was the reason why the Romans started a long persecution towards the Christians.
4. Alexander, a genius managing the army with a big admiration for the Greek culture, extended the empire, conquering most of the known world, including India, being one of the fist Europeans to explore those lands. His empire, however did not survive his death, but he caused an enormous impact in the culture of all the regions where he established his empire. One of the most noticeable things was the teachings of the Greek as the “international” language. This is why, with the Greek being the universal medium of communication, the Gospel was easily spread throughout the different civilizations and cultures.
5. Herod the Great reigned from 37 to 4 B.C. After the invasion of the Parthians he had to escape to Alexandria, and then to Rome. Here, he won the favour of Antony and Octavian and was set as the King of the Jews. He destroyed the brigands that were in Galilee and finally captured Jerusalem with some help from Rome.
As one of his first acts he established a high priest. This resulted in tensions between Cleopatra and him. In 29 B.C. Rome declared war on Antony and Cleopatra. Herod, seeing the danger, dissolved his alliance with Cleopatra and made peace with Octavian (from the Roman Empire). This helped him to keep his positions as the king of Judea. Herod gave many benefits to the people through subsides in times of hunger, and by doing public works. He made Palestine free from invasions, because of the stronger army that he built. This peace brought prosperity, but Herod was not able to win the friendship of the Jews because he was a foreign for them. Even though he built a new and greater temple, he never was a godly Jew. In 23 B.C. he married another woman named Mariamne. In order to please her he removed the high priest and gave his ministry to Simon, the father of his new wife. They had two sons, who after coming back from Rome, faced death for speaking their mind against their father.
Herod died in 4 B.C. after having a reign filled with violence and hatred.

WOW! Un Groso!

2010-08-10T14:07:00.000-07:00

Viaje a Haití con Proyecto Amércia

2010-07-16T13:40:00.000-07:00

2010-03-01T18:10:00.001-08:00

Quién ayudará a la Iglesia!? Who would help the Church!?

2010-02-01T08:21:00.001-08:00

REDIMIR!_REDEEM!

2009-10-30T07:23:00.000-07:00

Espanol:Celeste
English: Red
Como Cristianos muchas veces nos ponemos en posición de críticos y comenzamos a rechazar todo lo que hay en el mundo. Simplemente hablando de las cosas que están mal, y de las cosas en que como cristianos no se nos esta permitido involucrarnos. Una palabra que cobro un nuevo significado para mi en estas ultimas dos semanas es la palabra "REDIMIR". Esta es una palabra que en las iglesias solo la escuchamos cuando se habla de que "Cristo nos ha redimido" o "hemos sido redimidos del pecado". Pero alguna vez se han puesto a pensar en que nosotros como Cristianos tenemos la oportunidad de redimir cosas que han sido tomadas por Satanás, cosas que ahora las consideremos "mundanas"? Redimir Según el diccionario es: "Comprar de nuevo algo que se había vendido, poseído o tenido por alguna razón o título." Una de las cosas que nosotros como Cristianos hemos condenado como mundano y en lo cual no debemos involucrarnos en absoluto es el baile. Esto resulta raro ya que Dios nos creo con esa habilidad e incluso en la Biblia aparecen en varias oportunidades el concepto del baile o la danza como una expresión de gozo y de alabanza a Dios. Cuando se le pregunta a un Cristiano que es lo malo del baile, las respuestas no son ningunas referidas al baile en si como algo malo, sino a sus usos, por ejemplo: Lo malo que son algunos movimientos sensuales, o el contenido de la música que acompaña el baile, el ambiente que se genera en torno a un baile, etc. Esta semana Dan y Suzie Potter, organizaron un baile para el liceo del pueblo, lo cual fue requerido por el liceo. El concepto de redimir, esta en que Dan quiso ese lugar como DJ para poder redimir esa fiesta, y que todas las cosas malas consideradas en un baile, no sucedieran. Mostrándole a los adolescentes que se puede tener una fiesta divertida y sana al mismo tiempo. Algunos ejemplos de esto podrían ser que Dan paso los últimos 2 días escuchando música que a los adolescentes les gusta, para seleccionar cuales son las letras apropiadas y cuales no, también el tener un buen contacto siempre con los chicos, el haber planificado otras actividades extras para los que no se sienten cómodos bailando (como malabarismos, trucos de magia, mini bicicletas, etc.), a de mas de reemplazar todos los videos musicales 'no apropiados" por otros muy divertidos y "moralmente correctos". Dios nos ayude a aprender de eso, saliendo de nuestra zona de criticas y de comodidad, para poder influir positivamente en las vidas de otros que no tienen idea de lo que esta bien o mal. GRACIAS DAN Y SUZIE POR INSPIRAR ESTAS COSAS EN MI!

As Christians we are often put in a position to begin to critic and everything in the world. Just talking about things that are wrong, and things that as Christians we are not permitted to get involved.
A word that takes on new meaning for me in these last two weeks is the word "redeem". This is a word that in the churches we only listen it when we speak of "Christ has redeemed us" or "we have been redeemed from sin." But, have you ever stop to think that we as Christians have the opportunity to redeem things that have been taken by Satan?
Redeem According to the dictionary is: "Buy something that again was sold, owned or had for some reason or title."
One of the things that we as Christians have condemned as sinful and that we should not get involved at all is dancing. This is rare because God created us with that ability, and even appear in the Bible several times the concept of dance or dance as an expression of joy and praise to God. When you ask a Christian why is bad to dance, the answers are not referring to the dance itself as something bad, but their uses, for example: What are some bad sensual movements, or the content of music's lyrics that accompanies the dance, the atmosphere generated around a dance, etc..
This week, Dan and Suzie Potter, organized a dance for high school of the village, which was required by his high school.
The concept of redemption, is that Dan wanted this place working as a DJ for that party to redeem it, and making that all the bad things wouldn't happen in the dance, showing teens that you can have fun in a good way. Some examples of this might be that Dan spent the last 2 days listening to music that teenagers like, to select the lyrics which are appropriate and which not, he also planned extra activities for those who do not feel comfortable dancing (like juggling, magic tricks, mini bikes, etc..), and replace all the music videos 'not appropriate' for some very fun and "morally correct".
God help us to learn from that, coming from our range of criticism and comfort, in order to positively influence the lives of others who have no idea of what is right or wrong.
THANKS DAN AND SUZIE BY INSPIRE THESE THINGS IN MY!

Life Journey_Viaje de la Vida

2009-10-30T06:25:00.000-07:00

Where you are going is important in life.. but never forget where you have been or where you have come from!

Donde vas en la vida es importante .. pero nunca olvida dónde ha estado o de dónde has venido!

Dreams and Kites_Sueños y Cometas

2009-10-29T21:51:00.000-07:00

Video Informativo y de oracion.

2009-10-26T05:31:00.000-07:00

Hola a todos, vengo con este video después de un tiempo para poder informarles las cosas que han estado pasando en mi vida. Para los que saben ingles también, perdonen la pobreza de la traducción en los subtítulos... es para gente que he conocido en Canadá... y la verdad que no había tiempo para detenerme en los detalles de la traducción.

Give me your eyes!!! Dame tus ojos!

2009-10-23T21:44:00.000-07:00

Azul:Espanol
Red: English
Pedir los ojos de Dios... Es una oración que ha estado en mi mente en el ultimo tiempo, El lunes pasado, hablando con un matrimonio que conocí aquíe en Michigan, comenzamos a hablar sobre PASIÓN, probablemente una de mis palabras favoritas. Pero esta vez pensando en la falta de Pasión, o el proceso en el cual vamos perdiendo nuestra Pasión. Para diferentes personas, Pasión puede significar diferentes cosas, ya que cada uno puede apasionarse por diferentes cosas, pero lo importante (y es lo que hablábamos el lunes con este matrimonio) es que DEBEMOS preocuparnos por ALIMENTAR nuestra PASIÓN! Buscar elementos que nos ayuden a poder mantener ardiente ese fuego que arde en nosotros, no dejar consumir la flama, no dejar que esa pasión se extinga y desaparezca. Acá es que entra esto tan importante de pedirle a Dios que nos de sus ojos!, Necesitamos ver las cosas como Dios las ve, ver su perspectiva, su punto de vista. Porque yo quiero vivir apasionado por las mismas cosas que Dios se apasiona, Quiero amar lo que Dios ama, quiero sentir como Dios siente, quiero VER como Dios VE.

Ask God's eyes ... It is a prayer that has been on my mind at the last time, Last Monday, speaking with a couple who I met here in Michigan, started talking about PASSION, probably one of my favorite words. But this time thinking about the lack of passion, or process in which we lose our passion.
For different people, passion can mean different things, because everyone can be excited by different things, but the important (and that's what we talked on Monday with the marriage) is that we will worry about feeding our passion! Find items that will help us to keep burning the fire that burns within us, not let the flame consume, do not let that passion die out and disappear. Here is this so important to come to ask God to give us His eyes! We Need to see things as God sees them, see their perspective, their point of view. Because I want to live passionate about the same things that God is passionate, love what God loves, feel like God feels, see as God sees.

VALORES, raices... VALUES, roots!

2009-10-21T15:25:00.000-07:00

AZUL:Espanol

RED: English

El Lunes pasado, fuimos con el grupo de Imaginations a un bosque que es una granja de árboles de Navidad. Luego de tener un hermoso tiempo en una fogata, nos tomamos un tiempo a solas para recorrer el lugar y para poder reflexionar sobre el nuevo tema de la semana: TIERRA, Valores, nuestras creencias. Declarando la frases: "Soy humano, yo creo. Yo vivo en conexión con mis valores" Nosotros como seres humanos, podemos vivir conectados con nuestros valores al Cabar en la tierra del Creer. Cabar en:
1_La Fundación, la necesidad de la Palabra de Dios
2_Seguridad
3_Cambio de nuestros valores, un desarrollo al mejorarlos y crecer en ellos.

Josue vivió arraigado a sus valores, en Josue 24:15 dice: "Pero si a ustedes les parece mal servir al Señor, elijan ustedes mismos a quiénes van a servir: a los dioses que sirvieron sus antepasados al otro lado del río Éufrates, o a los dioses de los amorreos, en cuya tierra ustedes ahora habitan. Por mi parte, mi familia y yo serviremos al Señor." Una de las cosas que hice en ese tiempo en el bosque es un video, reflexiono sobre las raíces que nos aferran a la Tierra, las raíces que nos mantienen firmes en la tierra. Pensando en PERSONAS, gente especifica que ha bendecido nuestras vidas con su ejemplo. A veces, ellos aparecen como mentores en nuestras vidas, los cuales invierten tiempo, dinero y hasta parte de sus vidas en nosotros, a veces no, solo es gente a la cual tomamos como referentes para recurrir cuando los necesitemos. Sea como sea, debemos encargarnos de tener buenas raíces... Buscar esa gente a la cual aferrarnos y que nos ayude a mantenernos firmes en los días de tormenta y de donde podamos alimentarnos.

Otras de las cosas que hice, fue un dibujo de una zona del bosque, en el cual aparecían muchas raíces de árboles, algunos de los cuales ya no estaban en pie, sino que por no tener buenas raíces, no resistieron y cayeron.

On Monday, the group went to a forest that Imaginations is a Christmas tree farm.
After having a beautiful time in a fire, we have some time alone to visit the place and to reflect on
the new theme of the week: LAND, values, our beliefs. Declaring the phrases: "I'm human, I belive.
I live in connection with my values" We as human beings, we can live connected with our values digging into the Earth of belief. Digging in:
1_The Foundation, the need for the Word of God
2_Security
3_Change of our values, a development to improve and grow in them.

Joshua lived rooted to his values, in Joshua 24:15 says, " But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD"

One of the things I did at that time in the woods is a video, I reflect on the roots that we cling to the earth, the roots that keep us firmly on the ground. Think about people, people specify that blessed our lives with his example. Sometimes they appear as mentors in our lives, they invest time, money and even part of their lives in us, sometimes not, it is only people whom we take as reference points for use when needed. Be that as is, care must have good roots ... Find these people to cling to and help us stand firm in the days of storm and where we can feed ourselves.
(Look at the video, sorry is only in Spanish)

Other things I did was a picture of a forest area, which contained many roots of trees, some of which were no longer standing, but not have good roots, could not resist and fell.

(Look at the picture in the top)

Alzad los Ojos y tengan VISION_Open your eyes and have a VISION

2009-10-21T14:09:00.000-07:00

Juan 4:35

¿No decís vosotros: Aún faltan cuatro meses para que llegue la siega? He aquí os digo: Alzad vuestros ojos y mirad los campos, porque ya están blancos para la siega.

John 4:35

³⁵Do you not say, 'Four months more and then the harvest'? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.

Cuento sobre el AMOR_(agua) Story about LOVE_(water)

2009-10-14T19:42:00.000-07:00

Iba por el desierto, caminando lentamente,
con la boca seca y casi sin fuerzas.
La falta de agua le hacia perder la nocion de la realidad.
Luego de caminar una milla mas,
callo sobre sus rodillas, exsausto y sin ganas de seguir,
sus pensamientos dejaron de ser claros,
hasta que le empezo a costar el simple hecho de respirar.
En ese momento solo podia pensar en una cosa: AGUA.
Que diferente seria su situacion con agua.,
pero el agua no era una realidad en su vida!
De repente, la esperanza desaparecio,
y solo pudo pensar en una cosa: MUERTE.
Asi termino su vida, olvidado...
Que diferente hubiera sido para el,
de haber sabido que en la siguiente milla,
habia un OASIS!
FACU <><

He went through the desert,
walking slowly, his mouth dry and almost no strength.
The lack of water made him lose track of reality.
After walking a mile, he fall on his knees,
worn out and not wanting to go, his thoughts were no longer clear,
until it started to cost the simple fact of breathing.
At that time could only think of one thing: water.
How different would your situation with water.,
But the water was not a reality in your life!
Suddenly, hope disappeared, and could only think of one thing: Death.
Thus ended his life, forgotten ...
That would been different for him,
if he had known that in the next mile, there was a OASIS!

FACU <><

Arte con pinturas mojada.. (Art with wet tecnic)

2009-10-14T19:04:00.000-07:00

Estas son las pinturas que hice hoy.

This are the painting that I did today.

Hoy estuvimos tratando de pintar! Lo cual estuvo muy bueno... fue algo que no hacia hace tiempo, la ultima vez fue en 5to grado en el liceo. La verdad al principio costo soltarme con los colores, pero despues me deje llevar un poco mas!

Today we were trying to paint! That was very good ... It was something that I didn't do for a long time, the last time was in 11th grade in high school. At the beginning it was difficult, but after a while, we did it ok!

Amor y el AGUA! (Love and the Water)

2009-10-13T21:22:00.000-07:00

Espanol : Celeste
English: Red

Esta Semana estamos estudiando el tema "I LOVE" (Yo amo) Una conexion con la intimidad.
Hay muchos aspectos interesantes del agua al relacionarla con el amor,
pensando en los tres estados del agua (solido, liquido y vapor) podemos ver lo siguiente:
- El amor es un liquido que llena cualquier forma que este vacia.
- El amor es vapor que penetra hasta en los momentos mas secos de nuestras vidas.
- El amor es solida roca que provee de fuerza, seguridad, un lugar para sanar y un lugar
de refresco.

Hay muchas cosas mas que podria decir sobre el agua! El lunes hicimos un viaje a un lago
enorme! Tomando un tiempo para caminar y reflexionar. Dentro de las muchas cosas que
notamos, es que el agua siempre se encuentra en movimiento, es envolvente, refrescante...
Pero en una zona del lago, habian unas piedras de las cuales algunas se encontraban
mojadas por el agua, y habia otras a las que el agua no alcanzaba y se veian mucho mas
hermosas las mojadas por el agua que las que no lo estaban. Tambien con el correr del tiempo
todas esas rocas han sido impactadas, movidas y hasta cambiadas por el poder y la fuerza
del agua! Que hermoso pensar que lo mismo pasa con el amor verdadero!

El video que aparece al principio, me lleva a otro pensamiento, acerca de la necesidad
de cada ser humano. El recivir AMOR!
Que terribles son las consecuencias del la deshidratacion del amor! A caso no nos puede
llevar tambien a la muerte?
La unica diferencia con la realidad... es que nosotros debemos ahorrar agua... no derrocharla..
Pero es mi deseo para todos nosotros que podamos empezar a derrochar, derramar, invertir
en amor para otras personas! Este es un recurso inagotable que recivimos por medio de
Cristo, le cual es escaso para muchos!!!
AMEMOS cada dia mas! evitando la catastrofe de ver vidas destruidas por falta de amor!

This week we are studying the theme "I Love" (I love) A connection to Intimacy.
There are many interesting aspects of water related to love, thinking of the three states of water (solid, liquid and vapor) we can see the following:
- Love is a liquid that fills any empty shape.
- Love is vapor that penetrates even the driest times of our lives.
- Love is solid rock that provides strength, security, a place to heal and a place of refreshment.

There are many things I could say about water! On Monday we went to a huge lake! Taking time to walk and reflect. Among the many things we notice, is that water is always in motion, is enveloping, refreshing ... But in one area of the lake, had some stones, some of which were wet with water, and there were others that did not reach the water and were far more beautiful the wet by water which were not.
Also with the passage of time all the rocks have been impacted, inspired and even changed by the power and force of the water! Is nice to think that the same goes for true love!

The video that appears at the beginning, takes me to another thought, about the need of every human being. TO RECEIVE LOVE! That terrible are the consequences of dehydration of love! A case also can not lead us to death? The only difference with reality ... is that we must save water ... do not waste it ... But it is my wish for all of us that we can begin to waste, spilled, invest in love for others! This is a finite resource it received through Christ, which it is scarce for many!
LET'S LOVE every day! avoid the catastrophe of seeing lives destroyed for lack of love!

Efecto Mariposa! (Deciciones)

2009-10-11T21:32:00.000-07:00

English: RED
Espanol: CELESTE

This concept takes its name from when a butterfly flaps its wings, on opposite side of the world creates a tornado!

Today we were watching this movie! Which left me thinking a lot about choices! Small choices we took today, our future can change dramatically. Unlike the movie ... We do not have the option to return to the pass hoping to improve things by not making the mistakes of the past. But to do this, surely, would ruin everything!

Which brings me to one question: If we can not change the past to improve our present, what should we do with our choices? The answer is not very difficult, we must worry about choices we take from now on in our present thinking on the future consequences! Knowing that the smallest detail can affect us for life! Let us ask God through His Holy Spirit guide us and lead us day by day to take choices!

Ecclesiastes 2:14 says: The wise man's eyes aviertos, but the fool walks in darkness!

Este concepto recibe su nombre de cuando una mariposa bate sus alas, en lado opuesto del mundo se crea un tornado!

Hoy estuvimos mirando esta pelicula! Lo cual me dejo pensando mucho sobre Deciciones! Las pequenas deciciones que tomamos hoy, pueden cambiar drasticamente nuestro futuro. A diferencia de la pelicula... Nosotros no tenemos la ocion de volver atraz con la esperanza de mejorar las cosas al no cometer los errores del pasado. Pero de poder hacerlo, de seguro, arruinariamos todo!

Lo cual me lleva a una pregunta: Si no podemos cambiar el pasado para mejorar nuestro presente, que debemos hacer con nuestras deciciones? La respuesta no es muy dificil, debemos preocuparnos por las deciciones que tomemos de ahora en adelante en nuestro presente, pensando el las consecuancias futuras! Sabiendo que el mas minimo detalle puede afectarnos para toda la vida! Pidamosle a Dios que por medio de su Espiritu Santo, nos guie y nos dirija dia a dia al tomar deciciones, para que el dia de manana no nos tengamos que arrepentir de el ayer!

Eclesiastes 2:14 dice: El sabio tiene sus ojos aviertos, mas el necio anda en tinieblas!

INDESCRIPTIBLE

2009-09-29T20:52:00.000-07:00

Actualizacion de noticias! News!

2009-09-03T12:29:00.000-07:00

Hola queridos amigos y hermanos... Subo este video , para compartir con ustedes una nueva meta, un deseo que Dios ha confirmado en mi vida. La posivilidad de volver a Canada para comenzar en setiembre del 2010, un periodo de estudios en "Kawartha Lakes Bible College".

Esto es algo muy importante en mi vida, ya que poder hacer estos estudios, sera escencial para mi preparacion para el trabajo a tiempo completo como misionero en el futuro.

Quiero agradecer a Dios por todo lo que ha hecho por mi en este tiempo... Toda Su guia y direccion, la provision para poder hacer esto realidad, y por Su obrar en mi vida y a travez de ella.

Gracias a cada uno de ustedes, los que ha ha sido parte de esta aventura aqui en Canada, desde sus oraciones, palabras de aliento, consejos y tambien a los que han empezado a ofrendar para mi vuelta al instituto el proximo año proximo!

Hello dear friends andbrethren... I up loaded this video, to share with you a new goal, a desire that God has confirmed in my life. The posibility to return here to Canada to begin in September 2010, a period of study in "Kawartha Lakes Bible College".

This is something very important in my life, to be able to do these studies will be essential for my preparation for my full time work as a missionary in the future.
I thank God for everything he has done for me at this time ... All His guidance and direction, the provision to make this happen, and His work in my life and throughout it.
Thanks to each one of you who have been part of this adventure here in Canada, for yours prayers, words of encouragement, advices and also to those who have being giving offerings to my return to school next year!!!

Proyecto America, Pisco, Peru

2009-09-03T10:50:00.001-07:00

Proyecto America, Proyecto Global! Global Proyect

2009-09-03T09:19:00.001-07:00

Proyecto America, Florida, Uruguay!

2009-09-03T09:08:00.001-07:00

Proyecto America, Republica Dominicana

2009-09-03T08:50:00.000-07:00

Proyecto America, Nicaragua.

2009-09-03T08:48:00.001-07:00

Tears of the Saints, Lagrimas de los Santos!

2009-09-03T08:45:00.001-07:00

Enviado a las Naciones!

2009-09-03T08:09:00.000-07:00

El evangelio de la Prosperidad!_John Piper.

2009-09-03T08:07:00.001-07:00

History Makers, "Hacerdores de Historia", Organizacion

2009-09-03T08:03:00.000-07:00

Luces y Sombras de Korea del Norte...

2009-09-03T07:59:00.000-07:00

Enviame, YO IRE! (send me, I'll GO)

2009-09-03T07:58:00.000-07:00

No desperdicies tu TIEMPO!

2009-09-03T07:53:00.000-07:00

Recreacion facial!

2009-08-15T23:09:00.000-07:00

Esto lo hhice con un prgrama de esos que usa la policia para identificar personas... No es perfecto... pero creo que se acerca bastante!
Para los que quieran probar.... http://flashface.ctapt.de/
Despues dejen los comentarios a ver si lo lograron o no!

Mi Familia!

2009-08-15T21:53:00.000-07:00

Esta es mi familia amada!

Carta de Oracion!

2009-08-15T19:51:00.000-07:00

Haciendo Clic en las imagenes aparecen mas grandes para poder leer!Muchas gracias!!!