There was a time when you were a bit arrogant and prideful. Saying "a bit" might even be too nice. You were kind of a "My way or the highway" type of person, from what sports teams were the best to what music sucked and so forth.
I can honestly say though that over time you have grown to be understanding and humble. I think a combination of Jill and God whooped you into shape there. ;)
Even in reading this blog you can see that. You are transparent and admit your scum.
It's awesome.

Oh no.. I will keep praying for you and yours and I will include your friends as well. (Old friends dad from down the street right?) :(

Oh good grief.. I missed the whole limited atonement thing again... drats.

That would have been awesome! lol

Jeremiah
Azzen
Matthias
Simeon
Annen
Solomon
Ari
Ezra
.... Or Snake.. I like Snake. lol

Alabaster.

Right!
We ALL are bad people, the first thing as bad people that we need to do it admit we are bad people. Our parents have never done that. I fully admit I am a wretched person. God's grace is what saves us, not some cosmic list. I like Kevin. lol

I agree completely with not lying to kids about Santa.
Also.. I have no idea why fundamentalists do not celebrate Advent. I have even Googled it and haven’t found anything concrete. I think Advent is a great way to teach kids about Christmas or to simply just celebrate the season.

I think a huge problem with our parents were that they were bad people. They used their fundamentalist ways to make everyone, even themselves think that they were doing things right. Think about it, no rock music, no He-Man, no swearing, no Rudolph. They were surely raising us right, great parents and getting brownie points from God for it. (Please note the sarcasm here) Yet, behind all that, there was physical and mental abuse, affairs, back stabbing…. The list goes on.

I believe a lot of fundamentalists are like that. They hold onto weird, goofy things that don’t really matter at all, and make it a HUGE deal. I think to hide that inside they are rotten people who most likely hate themselves.

Teach your children right, teach them about Christmas, Saint Nick and it’s OK if they sit on Santa’s lap too! They will not burn in hell for it! If you are being truthful and teaching them right, they will know it’s just a story. They will know He-Man was just a toy, or that rock music may not always glorify God, but if you know that, you can just listen to the music because it’s good. Such as Tool. I KNOW they are pretty far from glorifying God, but I love their music. I don’t take it for anything more than that, I am not going to worship satan or anything because my faith in God is strong enough to know it’s JUST A FREAKIN SONG!

Because of the fundamental crap we were raised with, for awhile I was almost ashamed to say I was a Christian. I believed in God, always, but I would simply tell people I was spiritual because I thought Christianity meant focusing on all the wrong things. I never understood our parents hatred for the Catholic church so much. It never made sense to me that they never helped the poor, only themselves. It wasn’t until my mid twenties that I started to learn what Christianity really was.

Have you had that dream about hitting Pat Robertson with a guitar? lol
I raised my goal again, I am going to keep raising it to see how much I can raise through the end of the month. I walked 5 miles in the snow on Saturday for this! :D
http://www.firstgiving.com/stephaniereneau

Pat Robertson is the reason I like (hard) rock music. ;)

But yeah, good post!