Check It Out!

My friend Chris is a man with a great passion for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He had a personal blog for some time, but recently purchased a web domain to be used for the advancement of the Gospel in Orange County. His purpose in doing this was to draw attention away from himself, and focus on the Gospel. In keeping with the Gospel-centered, rather than Chris-centered, approach, he has asked my friend Jon and I to join him in writing for this new endeavor. I am excited for the opportunities we will have in proclaiming the truth of the Gospel together through the written word. Please check it out at http://thegospelforoc.com/


If you are interested in reading Jon's personal blog as well, direct your little eyes to the right of the screen, and click on the link that says "Jon Chenot."

Fistfights With a Dream

And so we burned everything we owned. Because, who cares? And because why not? And because who are you? And because we don't need you. And because if we don't need you, you can't hurt us. So we learned to drink bitterness and eat disappointment, and every time you failed we feasted. And we wanted to tear down walls, because we thought if the roof collapsed, we would see the sky. And we did everything you said we couldn't, because who are you anyway? And who are we? And why do you care? And why do we? And if I knew who I was asking, I might get a better answer. And if i knew who I was fighting, I might strike a better blow. And because it felt better to swing than to sit, I kept on fighting. And you kept on failing. And we kept on eating and drinking. And we gave questions that couldn't be answered. And you gave answers that couldn't be questioned. And we stood in lines staring one another down, waiting for someone to blink. And we were sure. And you were sure. Yet we were right because we didn't blink.

So we began to get closer to the sky. To do this we tore down one wall at a time. First we tore down the wall of need. You gave us this wall. You gave us malls, and churches, and clothes, and ovens, and cars. And so we burned them, and tore them down. After that we could see the east. Next we tore down the wall of hurt. You told us hope, and ideas, and futures, but you never gave them to us. And when we tore down this wall we could see the north. Encouraged by our new view, we decided to take down the walls of God and laws both at once. God gave us laws, and hopes, and needs, and we had never seen him provide for any of those--so we knocked out both at once. But we should have knocked out the roof, which was made of fact, because when those two walls collapsed, the roof collapsed with them. And as I lay crushed into a hard reality under the weight of fact, I decided that bitterness did not quench, and disappointment did not fill, and that a staring contest is no way to settle an argument.