PSA to Cows: Eat Grass

Strange and dumb are reasonably mild terms to apply to this:

The British government is sending out a different message: Sex can be fun and healthy, for young and old alike.

In two new leaflets, the National Health Service advises elderly patients that it’s “never too late to experiment” and tells teenagers that sex every day “keeps the doctor away.”

“Urging them to enjoy their own bodies is a bit like encouraging cows to eat grass or birds to fly,” said the Independent newspaper.

Those excerpts come from this WaPo story.

You want my take? No? Then quit reading here.

So you’re still reading. OK, thanks.

Urging them to sin against their own bodies is like encouraging cows to eat tansy or birds to fry…only worse. Much, much worse.

“Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body” (1 Corinthians 6:18).

Instead of keeping the doctor away, I thought it brought on the doctors…for treating STDs and for “treating” pregnancy and for delivering babies. But, hey — maybe it doesn’t work in the Mother Country like it does here in the Colonies.

If you think that’s my Victorian morality showing through, that’s OK. I just as well have it (as long as it’s first Christian morality) since Victoria’s offspring seem to have sprung free of it.

Look, I know they’re not legislating anything (yet), but I’ve got a question. If you “can’t legislate morality,” can you legislate immorality?

HT: Emily Belz — “Forget abstinence education!”

Yellow Stuff in a Jar

And in a bottle:

What is that yellow stuff in the jar?!

I saw that stuff by the kitchen sink late last night. So what was I supposed to do, huh? I took the above photo at 10:45 (Pacific).

Early this morning (at 6:35), it looked somewhat different:

What is that yellow stuff in the bottle?!

So, two questions for you:

  1. What is that stuff?
  2. What’s it for?

Post your answers as comments below. I’ll be back in a couple of days or so to update this post with the answers.

Meanwhile, I’m thankful it works for its intended purpose!

PS: If you’re part of my family, please don’t give away the answer. 🙂

Pakistan: Intense Persecution

So a bunch of pastors there have designated this coming Sunday as a day of prayer for Pakistan:

Pakistan allowed the Taliban to impose sharia law Islamic law in the region, and Pakistani Christians are asking the world to pray for their nation.

Todd Nettleton with Voice of the Martyrs explains. “We know of more than 300 pastors in Pakistan who have joined together to mark Sunday July 26 as a day of prayer for their country–a day of prayer particularly for the church there, which is facing intense persecution.”

Nettleton says even though Christians are facing incredible amounts of persecution, the church is growing. “Depending on the area of the country where you are, it can grow openly above ground. In other areas, particularly the areas that have recently gotten under the control of the Taliban, the church is forced to grow in sort of a quiet way.”

While many Christians left the Taliban-held areas for fear of their safety, there is still a Christian witness, says Nettleton. “There are still some solid believers who are committed to reaching Muslims for Christ. They have said, ‘There are still some Muslims here who still need to hear the Gospel, who need to hear about Jesus’ love, so we’re going stay and we’re going to keep ministering.'”

Nettleton says they don’t do this lightly. “They face incredible risk, literally risking their lives to be in that area, to be a follower of Jesus Christ in a place that’s controlled by the Taliban. The Taliban believe that any Muslim who follows Jesus is an infidel and should be killed.”

Source: Mission Network News

Prayer Walking?

Behold my first research project in a long time.

Here are the main questions that I’ll be investigating for now:

  1. What is it?
  2. Is it in the Bible as history?
  3. Is it in the Bible as teaching or doctrine?
  4. What are its purposes and goals?
  5. What are its benefits?
  6. What are its cautions if not dangers?
  7. Who uses it?
  8. Who is objecting to it?
  9. Is it in the news?

I hope to post the results sometime. But I have to get them first. Hopefully, it will be before my 50th birthday.

May a Christian Do That?

What if you weren’t a Christian?

I asked that question in my most recent devotional (Thoughts for the Week) which I posted on July 14, 2009. (I first asked it some 17 years ago when I wrote it for publication as part of the March 31, 1993, lesson in Christian Light Publication‘s youth Sunday School quarterly.)

Last week, though, I got the following responses via email: Read it all

Above all, love God!