Clothed with camel hair!!

This post was recognized as a poet of the weAk for honoring M. Henry and DC Talk as great academicians. Repent and sin no more. -rlf 1/24/2007

While reading Mark, the fact that John the Baptist was clothed with camel's hair and ate locusts and wild honey stood out to me. What would we think? "Oh there's the preacher man...just eating locusts and wearing camel hair..." Why did he do these things? Perhaps those were his only options, but I believe that self-denial could have been a reason. Matthew Henry says it was for mortification of the flesh and a holy contempt of the world, and non-conformity to it. "The more we sit loose to the body, and live above the world, the better we are prepared for Jesus Christ," says Henry. I think the main idea is self-denial. We live in a world where self-denial equals insanity. But as Christians, we are to deny ourselves daily. Well, in the words of DC Talk, "What will people say when they find out I'm a Jesus freak?" Well....what will they say?

BOOM!!!

THIS E-MAIL HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A Post of the weAk! 1/17/07

Repent and sin no more! -rlf

first you hear the tribal drums pounding softly, then a shadow appears on the stage, he has water dripping from his head to make his hair look shiny. he begins to reach to the sky with both arms as if reaching for God's own strength in his upcoming battle. then he thrusts his arms towards the ground, the drums BOOM with excitement and fire begins surround him. and the announcer says "weighing in 240 pounds, 6'3'' Judas THE HAMMER!!! the crowd screams with excitement and little kids hold those blow up hammers that squeak when you hit things, just to show that judas does have a soft side to him. and then judas faught against the world champion Antiochus!! this rivalry has heatened quickly, as antiochus has already put our judas' dad and brothers for their careers of wrestling. .................3 years later Antiochus was defeated!!