The Dark Knight... the hopelessness...

Just saw The Dark Knight last night. A good movie from a movie standpoint, but hopelessness from a message stand point. The Joker seems to be most vulnerable (no armor, no guns, no vehicles, etc) yet everything goes his way...not even a scratch. Yes yes, his makeup does seem to run from time to time, but not a scratch, no blood, not even pain. Take this one scene, Batman gives him a royal beating, slams his head into a table, breaks a glass window with him, yet no visible signs of anything, but a little fatigue.  Where all the other characters in the movie all have scars, cuts, pain, etc. the joker on the other hand has a joyfully happy time. There is some insight to the Jokers past and why he is who he is, but it is so overshadowed by the carnage around him, that his past is quickly forgotten.  Evil just seems to triumph over good. Yes there are a few redeeming moments, where the people of Gothom show mercy to each other, but the darkness of the movie left me with a sad cloud the following morning. Maybe, that is the whole idea of this batman series.

In the end, I am thankful we do not exist in a universe where things are left to random chance, a flip of a coin. In stead all things are by the order of a living holy God, willed with mercy and long suffering to all who worship Him.

Old Stuff, New Stuff

Here is some old stuff, but first time that I have posted it online.

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Depravity T-shirt design
I love it when people start a internet based company that could not work in anyother format. Here is what I mean... I found this company on the web called Threadless. They are nothing more than a t-shirt printing company. What is cool, is that they encourage anyone to submit a T-shirt design for printing. Then they put that design up for a vote to the web community. If the design receives enough votes they print the shirt. That vote tells them that people will buy that shirt before they even print it. Is that awesome. Anyhow, so if you like my shirt please go to the site and vote for it.
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Fear and Faith

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The Lord is active.
I have been praying for greater faith. It seems that this is the area that I fight with the most. It is the fear of whether God exist at all. I have no doubt that christianity is it. My reason is very simple. It is the only religion known to me that offers salvation freely through grace alone. What does this mean? Simply that the most horrible individual in humanly terms can enter haven if they simply seek God through faith in His son Jesus Christ and believe that Christ paid the pentaly for him on the cross. NO GOOD WORKS NEEDED. Every other religion of the world (as far as I know) is based on a system of do xyz and God will be so pleased that He will grant you entrance in His kingdom.

This part is easy for me to get. The hard part is basic faith in the exsistance of God. The ironic thing about this is that Faith is defined in His word as “the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things unseen.” To me... that means that what ever I am looking for to help me with my doubts... does not exist. In the end of the day I must just have...blind faith.