March Chat Room

The March Chat Room was a great success! We had 50-60 kids come out. The place was bustling with activity and chatter, just how we like it.

The entertainment for the evening was a variety of performances from regular Chat Room attendees. Jachin Wilson played guitar solo, Steven Palermo played guitar and sung, and Carina Botterbusch played the piano and sung as well. We had a few solo acts by Jess Ilko and Kaira Rosario, and I ended the night by playing a few songs.

This month we served espresso drinks again. We appreciated the donation of wings and 70 cupcakes by my good friend Brian Ford and his wife Kim. The Chat Room had suffered in advertisement and donations, but seems to be getting a second wind. I hope momentum picks up and enthusiasm is in the air at future Chat Rooms! Stay tuned for upcoming entertainment.

God vs. The Scientist

One day a group of scientists got together and decided that man had come a long way and no longer needed God. So they picked one scientist to go and tell Him that they were done with Him.

The scientist walked up to God and said, “God, we’ve decided that we no longer need you. We’re to the point that we can clone people and do many miraculous things, so why don’t you just go on and get lost.”

God listened very patiently and kindly to the man and after the scientist was done talking, God said, “Very well, how about this, let’s say we have a man making contest.” To which the scientist replied, “OK, great!”

But God added, “Now, we’re going to do this just like I did back in the old days with Adam.”

The scientist said, “Sure, no problem” and bent down and grabbed himself a handful of dirt.

God just looked at him and said, “No, no, no. You go get your own dirt!”

Postmodernism

• There are no absolutes.
• No one thinks for themselves: our culture shapes the way we view life and process our environment.
• Reality is individual: what I think is real is real for me, but may not be for you.
• Nothing can be proven for sure by science or argument.
• Whatever a person believes or says is completely right and valid for that person.

Heard these statements before? These are all beliefs that permeate our institutions and the culture that we live in. Chances are you’ve heard someone say or allude to more than one of these ideas. Maybe even in your Bible-believing church.

You might be surprised to learn that all of these statements are part of a single belief system. It is known as postmodernism and is the prevailing worldview in our culture today. It is not a religion, but rather a set of accepted beliefs.

One postmodernistic buzzword floating around is tolerance. At first glimpse, tolerance might sound like a great plan for us to all get along and love people of other beliefs. It would be, if we follow the traditional definition for tolerance: love the sinner, but not his sin. However, postmodernist tolerance demands that we ignore sin altogether: love each individual and accept his personal moral standards. That definition presupposes that each person is right in his beliefs, religion, and morals. But that is NOT what the Bible teaches.

“Jesus answered: ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’”

–John 14:6

The statements at the beginning of this entry are postmodernistic, and postmodernism does not cooperate with Biblical Christianity. It is impossible to believe a postmodern doctrine and follow the Lord Jesus Christ. He does not tolerate other gods (Deut. 4:24), He is real and absolute (John 1:1), and He is the ONLY Way (John 14:6).