Dr. Brilliant

Just read on CNET that Dr. Brilliant is going to be leaving google.org. I know that must mean something significant to someone but as i read that all i could think is what an awesome name.
"May I speak with Dr. Brilliant?"
"Paging Dr. Brilliant."
"Dr. Brilliant your table is ready."
It would even make an excellent headline.
"Dr. Brilliant saves the world."
I wonder what his full name is ... Hopefully it's something just as cool. Would be a waste to pair "Dr. Brilliant" up with "Reginald T."

It's a great name but it wouldn't suit me. I'm one of those "confounding the wise" "foolish things" God is so fond of choosing. I'd say more often than not after a conversation with me most people walk away thinking "...ok..." rather than "brilliant!".




-- Post From My iPhone

Lost Child

I had a terrible dream last night.  I dreamed that my son, Nathaniel climbed up into a car that then rolled away.  All night in my dream I was searching the streets desperately trying to find the car that he was in.  It was horrible.  I would dream a while then wake up then have the same dream then wake up ... and it continued that way until morning.

I am reminded of the following verse:

Luke 16:13 - "and not many days after, the  younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living."

My love, even for my own son, is not perfect because I am not perfect.  God's love for His children is perfect.  I think about the horror I felt during that dream and wonder just how deep God's sorrow is for His lost children.

Luke 16:7 - "I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance."

Tech Faith

Read Psalm 20:7 this morning and was convicted in the faith I tend to place in technology. When the Internet is down or the computer has a problem or when my iPhone locks up I react as if I actually think those things are infallible. Of course they're not but the fact that I allow it to get to me indicates I place too much dependence on those things.
I guess anything that I place my faith in that is not God can turn into an idol. That's dangerous. I'm glad those things fail occasionally. Praise the Lord that He never fails.


-- Post From My iPhone

Current Media Intake:

Books:

Our Hands are Stained with Blood by Michael L. Brown

Stand Bold in Grace by Dr. Robert Gromacki

Types in Hebrews by Sir Robert Anderson

Fundamental Biblical Hebrew by Andrew H. Bartlet

Interlinear Chumash - Bereishis

What the Bible Says About Healthy Living by Rex Russell

Magazines:

Collide

Outreach

Relevant

Consumer Reports

Archaelology Magazine

Podcasts:

Reach and Teach

Bereans Online

Biblical Hebrew Vocabulary

Hebrew Podcasts

The Relevant Podcast

Stand to Reason

Thru the Bible

Understanding the Times

Zola Levitt Presents

66/40 Radio Broadcast

Israelisms Podcast

A New Beginning with Greg Laurie

Archaeocast

Buzz Report

Pastor to Pastor

Searchlight

Social Networking:

Facebook

Twitter

Myspace

Practical Path

Exodus 14:15
And the LORD said to Moses, "Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward.
NKJV

Sometimes practical steps lead through miraculously opened doors. God may part the water, but we have to be willing to take practical steps to advance down the path.

The Scream

So there was a night this week when my son Nathaniel crawled into my bed at 4:30 am. About an hour later he let out a blood curdling scream that sent me sitting up immediately. I asked him if he was ok and he said "yeah" and went back to sleep. I, on the other hand had to wait for my heart attack to subside. Not really any deep spiritual insight ... Just a moment in life I thought I'd share.


-- Post From My iPhone

Shutup

Hebrews 2:1 "Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away."

I've taken on a new challenge for myself. I've decided I need to shutup ... and listen.  I've always suspected that I learn more by listening than by talking but God has recently confirmed this to me.