The Frozen Frontiersman

So, I’m not exactly nailed down right now to this blog thing.  I think that this could go somewhere.  Something (Someone) tells me that this life, this worship, this revival, this ministry could soar and people will want and need to hear about it…but first I must move forward.  And, at least today, this butt didn’t feel like soaring, let alone moving.  Butt, that is the problem with pesky feelings, they are always voicing their absurd opinions.  And that is why I am on here.  Talking about talking about stuff I should just go do.  I guess, with that said, I should just go….

AMEN.

original vision, Mt. Sinai--a long dang time ago

So, here’s the thing.  Why am I doing this?  Why do people need to read what I think?  Well, I believe God has given me a vision.  What here follows could, therefore, be called a vision statement.  And boy do I have one!  

THIS WORLD IS GOING TO HELL IS A WICKER BASKET!  I like wicker basket better than hand basket, OK.  Yeah, I said it.  And here are some more theories:  we are moving towards an illiterate society, we are moving more and more towards humanism, consumerism, and fast food lives.  So, no one reads, no one talks–without the aid of media or the Internet, and everyone is losing perspective.  Everyone younger than I am, ie.”kids,” are falling apart due to inactivity of of social, mental, and most importantly SPIRITUAL areas of life.  Ergo, something needs to be done about this epidemic.  And just sitting and complaining about it and blogging all the time (wink!) isn’t going to solve the problem.

VISION.  Vision from God has shown me to equip the downtrodden, to speak truth into tossed salad lives, to be the medic on the battlefield.  And, in an age where the truth is being scoffed at as too “fundamental” and the church is trying to be overly sensitive and compromising, something has got to be done!  Again, we can’t just gripe about it without BEING the solution–standing in the gap.  I want to be like Jesus, and I want people to see that.  I want to sing unto God and let people hear the true song of worship and fellowship with God.  I want to teach the Bible.  Period.  It’s the most accurate, the most ancient, the most supernatural, the most poetic book ever written.  And I have mountains of proof.  Throwing it all together in my “med bag,” I then want to take it to the front lines of warfare.  These front lines are in coffee shops, pubs, music venues, college campuses, and non-traditional churches and Bible studies.  The deceived and confused masses need to hear philosophies that actually play out in the real world, songs that speak more than just to animal lust and emotion, and discover family and community that will assist them in the dregs of life–when academia fails, when theories fail, when religion fails, when people fail–I pray, I (we) can be there holding on to the driven in banner that still waves of victory.  Our God is a banner of victory, Jehovah (Yahweh) “Nissi.”  Be our banner, oh Lord.

AMEN!

THIS IS A RANT.

I meet far too many “Christians” who are, for all tenses and purposes, “Bible-Dumb.” You know, the I’ve-never-read-most-of-the-Old-Testament types. “Its too long.” “Its too boring.” “I don’t understand why Numbers and Obadiah even exist.” Understandable, yet alarming. Why do we give up so quickly? I am just sick of hearing polls quoted by pastors that expose literally 90-95% of Christians and the so called “Bible-believing” lot as basically biblically handicapped.

I don’t really want to harp on the “why” of this issue–the reasons are endless and simple to discern at the same time. WE DON’T KNOW THE WHOLE BIBLE BECAUSE IT IS NOT TAUGHT TO US ANYMORE. This is sad, but so very true. Something that you the reader must learn about me is: at the same time that I am very outspoken and zealous for truth, I hate hearing myself whine and complain about something I myself am not willing to take action in fixing. This is why, in part, we (my wife, church, and I) opened a music venue. I was becoming sick with the state of Christian music and its apparent lack of conviction and wisdom. So, we’re gonna do something about it. When we retain the full counsel of God, ie. Scripture in its entirety, vast landscapes for ministry open up before us.

This is a preemptive strike.

To soften the blow of my velvet brick to your glassy existence, I want to walk with you (if you think you have anything to gain from in-depth devotion to Jesus-The Word (John 1)). I have led several of my newer and younger friends here to simply “up-armor.” This is a verb used by the military when they fortify a vehicle with thicker, firmer armor because they KNOW this body will see fire. I want to strengthen and encourage. And I KNOW that those who see frontline duty, WILL see serious shots fired, action, and casualty. If you seek to take the Gospel to a lost and dying generation, you need as much help as possible. I’m here for that help.

Without further ado, I will now take us on a day-by-day jaunt through the eye-opening book of Habakkuk. Yes, that’s one of those little ones in the middle of the Bible that no one reads.

Stay tuned…this is revolution.

FF