Heart Touchers - MTV Awards and Purity Rings

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MTV VMA Awards and Purity Rings...Really?

by Lane Palmer (dare2share.org)

Once again, MTV's Video Music Awards show was absolutely
no stranger to controversial statements and all out attacks on
Christian values and standards.

Wow. Shocker.

And who'd ever imagine that a former sex addict comedian from
Britain would take shots at the Jonas Brothers because they wear purity rings?
In case you missed it, host Russell Brand thought that slamming
Christians who have decided to remain sexually pure until they
have made a lifelong commitment to their husband or wife would be...funny?

What about you? Are you a 'go with the crowd' person who just
can't understand why anyone would abstain from sex until marriage?
If so, you are definitely in the majority my friend. Right there with all
the folks who now have pain, regrets, scars, unwanted pregnancies,
and diseases they will keep for life.

What is fascinating to me is that people forget that it was God who
invented sex in the first place, and Jesus Himself set the standard
when He referred to marriage:

"Haven't you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made
them male and female,'and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his
father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one
flesh'? So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined
together, let man not separate." (Matthew 19:4-6)

Jesus is describing the marriage formula that God had in mind in the
Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve. The phrase 'one flesh' is a reference
to sex, and clearly Jesus indicates that marriage is the prerequisite for this amazing act.
So, since God invented sex, and designed it for a 'marriage only' context,
maybe that is why there are negative consequences for rebelling against His design?
And...that is also why those who are 'stupid' enough to wait for marriage will
have all the positive rewards for remaining pure.

Like? Well, think about it for a minute. Do you want to be able to look your
future spouse in the eyes and tell them you saved yourself for him or her?
Or would you rather have to have 'the talk' about all the people you hooked
up with because, of course, that's just what happens when two people are 'in love'.
And...would you rather not have to worry about an STD every waking
moment of the day, or never have to give that a second thought?

And probably the biggest reason is that - contrary to popular belief - God
wants you to enjoy sex. So when you cheapen it and share the deepest,
most intimate physical act in the universe outside of a permanent and
committed relationship, you completely trash the whole idea of sex.

That's why the Bible gives this clear warning:

Run from sexual sin! No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does.
For sexual immorality is a sin against your own body. Don't you realize that
your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to
you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high
price. So you must honor God with your body. (1 Corinthians 6:18-20)

If you are a virgin and have pledged to save your virginity, congratulations
on an amazingly wise choice. Sure, you'll be made fun of, slammed and
insulted, but believe me...it is worth it. Before you know it, you won't even
be around these people anymore.

And...before you know it, you'll be walking down an aisle in a church
preparing to make the biggest commitment you'll ever make with another
human being. What do you want going through your mind at that point?
Memories of your victories over sexual temptation and immorality? Or
memories of...what was his/her name that I wasted my virginity on?
If you have had sex outside of marriage, remember that it is never too late
to commit to purity and let God restore your virginity through His amazing
forgiveness and love.

So, Russell Brand...maybe take your ridiculous 'jokes' somewhere where
people find stupidity funny.

And Jonas Brothers - and Jordin Sparks - Major Major props to you. Get
ready to hear 'well done' from Jesus Christ when you get to the other side.

Head: What you need to know about this truth

God invented sex, and designed it to be both satisfying and intimate inside
a marriage relationship. That's why there are so many consequences when
His design is broken.

Heart: What you need to feel about this truth

Picture a future conversation with your fiancée about your sexual history.
Believe me, the choices you make now about sex and relationships will
never leave you. Decide today not to have a 'history', and that conversation
will be one of the best you've ever had.

Hands: What you need to do about this truth

Commit to purity, and buy (or ask your parents for) a purity ring. They are a
great visual way to remind you of what's in your heart.

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Creation Q & A

Q: A Miniature Big Bang or More Hot Air?

A: Scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
have hit the switch to activate the nearly $9 billion Large Hadron Collider.
But what will it producea mini big bang or more hot air?

Flowing champagne marked the startup this week of the Large Hadron
Collider (LHC), a nearly 17-mile-long (27 km) tube located 300 feet (91 m)
beneath the Swiss-French border. The new LHC is the world's largest and
most powerful particle accelerator, designed to (essentially) hurl two beams
of magnet-accelerated particles at each other inside a vacuum, with the
inevitable, hoped-for result being some incredible collisions.

CERN researchers separately test fired two proton beams through the LHC,
and they plan to begin the actual high-energy collisions in about a month.
When they do, more than 9,000 magnets will accelerate the two proton beams
to 99.99978% the speed of light, each transiting the LHC racetrack some 11,000
times per second. At full speed, each proton beam will have an energy equivalent
to a car being driven at over 1,000 miles per hour (1700 kph).

The beams will then intersect at predetermined places for "experiments," with
particles colliding up to 600 million times a secondall near detectors that
will allow scientists to monitor the collisions for "interesting events," as the
BBC puts it. This is despite the fact that the individual particles are so small
that the "task of making them collide is akin to firing needles from two positions
10 km [6 mi] apart with such precision that they meet halfway," CERN's
website explains.

But what are the aspirations for the expensive project, which is already two
years late in starting up?

Read the rest of our examination of the Large Hadron Collider and the research
to be conducted there at: http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2008/09/11/big-bang-or-hot-air

Source: AnswersInGenesis.org

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Thought For The Day

"Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very
long time." --Chinese Proverb

Verse for the Day

"The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is weary of bringing it to his
mouth again." --Proverbs 26:15

Teen's Thought For The Day

A friend is someone who walks in when everyone else walks out

Parent's Thought For The Day

"To be in your children's memories tomorrow, you have to be in
their lives today."

Coach's Thought For The Day

"We can't win at home. We can't win on the road. As general manager, I
just can't figure out where else to play." --Pat Williams, Orlando Magic general
manager, on his team's 7-27 record, 1992.

Creation/Evolution Thought For The Day

"To improve a living organism by random mutation is like saying
you could improve a Swiss watch by dropping it and bending one

of its wheels or axis. Improving life by random mutations has the
probability of zero." -Albert Szent-Gyorgi, Nobel Laureate (Medicine, 1937).

Writer's Thought For the Day

"As a writer, or a storyteller, try to tell the stories that only you can
tell. Try to tell the stories that you cannot help telling, the stories you
would be telling yourself if you had no audience to listen. The ones that
reveal a little too much about you to the world." --Neil Gaiman

Deep Thought For The Day

Don't talk about yourself. That will be done as soon as you leave the room.

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the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me."
Galatians 2:20

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If you are in 7-12th grade and live in the southern Wisconsin/northern
Illinois area come check us out! Jr. High meets on Sunday
mornings from 9:30 am - 10:30 am. High School age meets on
Sunday night from 6:30-8:00 PM at Faith Community
Church which is located at 2931 Lucerne Dr. in Janesville,
WI. (About 3 blocks south-east of the Pontiac Convention Center.)

Currently we have students from Edgerton, Fort Atkinson, Milton,
Janesville Craig, Janesville Parker, Marshall, Franklin, Clinton,
Beloit Memorial, and Beloit Turner. E-mail me back if you have
any questions about our weekly meetings or would like to come
to any of our events that are listed below... We have way too
much fun and then, most importantly, talk about issues that
are relevant to you as a teenager.

This Week: October 5

Jr. High -- 9:30 am - 10:30 am - "Battle of the Sexes"

High School -- 6:30 - 8:00 pm - "Indescribeable"

Visit our youth website to see our topics for the rest of 2008!

http://www.faithcommunitychurch.net/upcoming_topics

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6:30 - 8:00 PM Wednesday nights -- These groups are limited to
no more than ten teens and are split into Jr. High and High
School ages. This night is for those teens who want to dig
deeper than what we do on Sundays. These cell groups will also
be doing special activities with each other as the year goes on to
build community.

Jr. High and High School age meets at the Youth Room at church. Questions, call 757-1938

This Week October 1: Repentance and Deliverance (King Hezekiah)

For more info on our small groups, visit: http://www.faithcommunitychurch.net/small_groups

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