Talking about 2006 May Motorcycle Trip
Hey, check out the new blog that David is maintaining for our motorcycle group. The next ride is May 5th-7th 2006. Check out the routes!
Aaron
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2006 May Motorcycle Trip
The next motorycle trip will be the weekend of May 5th-7th. We will originate out of Ames and head southeast down towards Wapello State Park. If you would like to join us, or just get the route info, let me know. Should be 12-15 people going as of now.
Friday night we would stay at Wapello State park, which has a lake. Saturday night we would stay at Stevens State Park. Sunday morning we return. Camp under the stars or tent...cook around a fire. You know the drill!
Here are links for the idea:
Friday:
http://tinyurl.com/dfctm Saturday:
http://tinyurl.com/dvbfl Sunday:
http://tinyurl.com/7levz
Bearing Arms
Ok, so after 2 trips to Sportsmans in Ankeny, one trip to JAX in Ames, and two gun shows, I finally found the handgun to add to my collection. I already own a .22 rifle and a 16 guage shotgun (yes, 16 guage). Gifts from my parents when I was a teenager. I didn't have a handgun yet, so I finally took care of that problem today!
It's a Ruger Blackhawk .357 Magnum. It has a 6.5" barrel. It actually came with a second chamber that holds 9mm, so it can actually shoot 3 different jackets (.357 Mag, .380 Special, and 9mm). Nice 6 round single action shooter. Should be lots of fun. I saw it brand new at Sportsmans for $439.99, but I got it (brand new) from a booth at the gun show at the fairgrounds in Des Moines for $386! I wanted the one that did 9mm so I could take it to the range in Ames and plunk off the cheap ammo. The Mags will be for when needed in the middle of the night (hopefully never!) :-)
If you'd like to shoot with me sometime, just let me know!!
Zondervan fan?
I found an article in the January 2006 edition of "The Berean Call" kind of interesting. It was titled "Earnestly Contend" by Dave Hunt. I don't always agree with what Dave Hunt says or how he says it, but this comment was intriguing:
The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association published a special "Crusade Edition" (1962, 1964, 1969) of Halley's Bible Handbook and boldly removed Halley's careful documentation of the evil of the popes and the slaughter of true Christians. Zondervan published a revised edition of Halley's Bible Handbook in 2000, which likewise eliminated references to the RCC's (Roman Catholic Church's) heresies and the millions of evangelical CHristians slaughtered by Rome. Instead it says: "The Roman Catholic CHurch responded to the Portestant Reformation by reforming and renewing itself."
When challenged about its lies, Stan Gundry, Zondervan's Vice President and Editor-in-Chief responded, "The purpose of the rewriting was...to give a more balanced portrayal of the history of Christianity." Whitewashing Roman Catholic doctrine and practice and leaving out the slaughter of millions of Christians gives a "More balanced" history?! And who owns Zondervan, publisher of The Purpose-Driven Life?
In 1988, Zondervan and its NIV Bible were purchased by Harper & Row Publishers (now HarperCollins Publishers), who put out pro-homosexual books such as Making Out, The Book of Lesbian Sex and Sexuality ("Beautifully illustrated with full-color photography...") and others! HarperCollins is a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's The News Coporation, which owns Twentieth Centry Fox and Fox Broadcasting. The latter produces some of the most immoral, anti-family shows on television. Murdoch - to whom Pat Robertson sold the Family Channel (paid for by CBN donors) for $1.9 billion - was knighted by the Pope after donating $10 million for a new Catholic cathedral in Los Angeles. And Rick Warren claims to be Murdoch's pastor.
Christian publishers have put profits ahead of sound doctrine and have made a lot of money by giving customers what they want instead of the biblical truth they need, selling out to the world monetarily as they alread had morally. Isn't this the opposite of contending for the faith?
