Tuesday, February 15, 2011

This Old Dome is Celebrating 1,000 Page Views

Ladies and Gentleman, the moment has finally come (and gone).  On February 15, 2011, This Old Dome celebrated its 1,000th viewing (1,005 as of right now)!  To celebrate such a grand occasion, I had my guys here at This Old Dome gather some statistics that I thought you might find at least a little interesting.

-This Old Dome has been visited by people in 10 different countries.
-The USA has been the home of the majority of our viewers, followed by Canada, South Korea, Slovenia, Germany, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Croatia, Russia, and Egypt.
-First post: November 12, 2010.
-Days to reach 1,000: 95 (I think) .
-Busiest month: December 2010 with 388.
-Slowest month: January of 2011 with 139
-Currently 28 blog postings (29 after this one hits the internet waves)
-Attempted postings: 34 (some just did not make the cut or were never completed)
-Most viewed blogs: 1) Justified- "No Pointing Fingers" 2) One Heck of a Question and T3) Megamind and Corporate Worship and Lent 2011
-Post with most comments: One Heck of a Question
-Greatest Accomplishment: Naming my basketball team after my blog.
-GOAL: Getting James Puckett to read at least one post.

Well, here's to 1,000 more!

Monday, February 14, 2011

Unbelievable

I usually don't do this, but today I want to direct you to a different blog where an unbelievable article has been posted by Albert Mohler concerning a fairly new "business."  Go to http://www.albertmohler.com/2011/02/14/adultery-incorporated-the-infidelity-industry/ and read this article about ashleymadison.com, a dating service to hook you up with a married person.

Once you read it, weep and pray.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

This Old Dome is No Longer Just a Blog!

I have had the best of intentions to post what I am getting ready to post for weeks (four weeks to be precise).  But I guess it is better late than never to post great news.  The great news I want everyone to know is that This Old Dome is no longer just a blog, it is a basketball team.

Ever since the 2010 Clear Creek intramural season, I have wanted to be the captain of a team in the league.  Well, last year the director of the league didn't ask me to be a captain.  But, this year she did.  So what did I do?  With joy I accepted her offer and named the basketball team This Old Dome.  There is nothing like free advertising!  If you don't like the name, don't worry.  My team doesn't like the name either and they let me know about it.  But hey, one of the best parts about being a captain is being the person who decides the name of the team.

Thankfully, their dislike of the name doesn't curve our basketball skills.  We currently have a record of 3-1 and are ranked second in the league.  OK, so there are only four teams in the league, but second is still not that bad.  Because of a lame Valentine's Day banquet, we will not be playing this Monday.  But, come the week after that, we will be playing our final regular season game against everyones' arch nemesis, the top ranked Faculty/Staff/Family of Faculty and Staff team.  They are a strong team with the most players who have played organized basketball  and two young bucks with an endless supply of energy and speed.  They are not unbeatable, though, and with a strong fast-break defense and a victory in the battle of the boards, we will have a great chance of knocking them off the top.

So, stay tuned in and see how This Old Dome finishes out the season.

Saturday, February 5, 2011

When a Sinful Man Encounters God

The mountains quake before Him, and the Hills melt; the earth trembles at His presence-the world and all who live in it.
Nahum 1:5

There was once a man who lived his life in a world of sin.  In the eyes of all who lived and worked around him, he was a very successful man.  He owned a large business and made more money than he knew what to do with.  He had a family of four with a beautiful wife and two young children.  But, as I said before, he lived his life in a world of sin.

See, this man was a violent man.  He had an awful temper and he occasionally hit his wife and children.  His business practices were very deceitful.  He often lied and cheated in order to make a larger profit.  There were many times he even cheated people who were far less financially stable so that he could splurge on something else he did not need.  Of all the awful things he was involved in, from unfair and illegal business practices to striking his family physically, the piece of coal in his crown of evil was his unfaithfulness to his wife.  And the worst part about this man’s story was that he showed no remorse for all the things he had done (Nahum 2:1-5).

It was quite obvious that this man did not think much of God and his judgment.  He did not believe there was a God.  “Even if there is a God,” he thought to himself, “he was not anything to get excited about.”  The man thought this way until one day he met God.  On that day he was sitting in his office doing business as usual when God walked into the room surrounded by smoke.  Instant fright shot through his bones.  He did not have to think twice.  He knew that He was in the presence of God.

Those moments with God were far different than he imagined they would be.  Instead of quiet and peacefulness, he heard the thunder of lightning.  Instead of pearly gates, he saw the “age-old mountains” fall into the ocean and the “ancient hills” flatten in an instant.  Instead of talking to God like he would anybody else, he found himself face down on the ground too scared to move a muscle.  This is the story of what happens when a sinful man has an encounter with God.

Friday, February 4, 2011

One Heck of a Question

You guys might not know this about me, but I really don't know how our government works.  I mean, I am not completely ignorant about the functions and operations of our national government, but I could probably tell you more about the Washington Wizards point guard (John Wall) than I could tell you about the guy who lives on 1400 Pennsylvania Avenue (I am pretty sure that is the address of the White House, but if it is not, it just proves my point).

Well, a couple weeks ago in my American history class at the greatest school in the world (Clear Creek Baptist Bible College), my history professor asked the question that America is trying to answer.  I had heard this question before, but never so clearly.  The question goes something like this: Is America supposed to provide every citizen with equal opportunity or equal results?

My goal in this post is not to persuade anyone to believe the way I believe, though I will tell you that I find the first one to be far better than the second.  I simply just wanted to pose the question that everyone has been asking clearly and concisely.  And, if you decide to give your two cents on question posed as a comment on my blog, it will make my day.