http://thefireofnewdesire.com Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. (Colossians 3:2 ESV) Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:34:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I can't believe this, or actually I can... I found this article on FoxNews.com. This article is talking about how Obama doesn't need to learn anything from Jesus, but in fact Jesus needs to learn from Obama. Well first of all, not as a rant or anything, what in the ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/07/22/obama-is-better-than-jesus/ If you have been following my blog for awhile you most likely remember a post that I wrote about placing Christ as the center of everything that we do, just in case you don't here is a link to check it out. But you know what I have been realizing? ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/07/22/placing-christ-as-the-center/ This song wasn't written to glorify Christ, and I am sure that the two guys singing it aren't Christians either, but the truth in the message is real. Just listen... ...so yeah, I hope you enjoyed!ShareThis http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/07/21/pigeon-john-life-goes-on/ Hey everyone! Those of you who know anything about the area around Reno, Nevada, you know that Tornados are not a common part of life here. But today there was one, or two (I'm not sure, because the news story was confusing), that touched down around Fallon, Nevada, which is ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/07/21/tornado-in-nevada/ Have you ever been in a good healthy relationship as a Christian before? Well... I have. Let me lay out the details for you. About 5 months ago, I began "dating" a girl whom I really enjoyed being around. I absolutely thought that there was more than just potential with ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/07/21/unexpected-yet-deserved/ So this past week, as most of you know, I was at youth camp as a counselor. At the least the experience I had was extreme. The services were great, to food was at best okay, and we had some sweet pillow fights and candy wars. I gotta say, it ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/07/21/week-at-camp/ Hey everyone! This week I am going to take a week off from my blog. I am going to be at youth camp as a counselor with my youth group. So if you want take the time to go through some of the archives and see if you find anything ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/07/13/week-away/ Hey everyone! I just want to let you all know that we went out to the Sparks Farmer's Market last night, and it was great. We once again rose $65. It is funny. We rose that exact amount last time too! I just wanted to let you know that it ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/07/11/farmers-market-and-blood-water-mission-take-2/ As a Christian, there are many things in my life that I wish I didn't struggle with. To be honest I hate the fact that I struggle with certain things at all! These struggles can be small and personal, while others can be large and known by all. To me ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/07/11/striving-for-purity/ This past Monday was what our church and several others call City Wide Prayer. It is when people from a handful of churches get together and pray corporately for the cities of Reno and Sparks. I really enjoy these meetings, but I will be honest. There always seems to be, ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/07/09/a-prayer-closet/ Here you go, though you might enjoy this as much as I did... ShareThis http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/07/08/tripp-lee-what-is-the-unwasted-life/ I have lived in Reno my whole entire life. To be honest I love it here. I like it for a lot of different reasons, but one thing that I have never really gotten into is Artown. Every July, Reno turns into Artown. Everyday for the entire month there are ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/07/08/artown/ Today I was browsing through a clothing site called www.EphraimClothing.com. I had never heard of these clothes until recently when a good friend of mine mentioned that she liked them. So today I didn't have too much to do so I clicked over to see what was so cool about ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/07/07/heaven-in-your-head-hell-in-your-heart/ I hope that you all had a great 4th of July weekend, because I know I did. On Friday I went and hung out at my sister's house. While I was there I swam, got sun burned, hung in a chair like a monkey, and had some awesome bbq. After ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/07/07/great-weekend/ This morning I was making an egg, and I began daydreaming... ...As the lights turned on I found myself so excited that I almost forgot the real reason I was there. I stepped forward and grabbed the microphone... "Thank you all so much for coming out here to see us!!!" And ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/07/04/image-image-image/ How is it that we can tell who is and who isn't a Christian? Is it by the way they dress? The way they talk? The friends they have? How much they read the Bible? How much they pray? How they talk about Jesus? How much they show their convictions outwardly? This is a list of a ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/07/03/living-as-a-christian/ So I don't know if you have read my previous post yet, if you have to read it to know what I'm talking about. I told you that the iPhone is $599 for the 8gig, that is true, but only if you are going to do the no commitment plan. ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/07/03/iphone-price-update/ So, I woke up this morning totally stoked about being able to afford the new iPhone which is due for release next week, and it is cheaper than ever, only $199!!! As soon as I got to work I got online to see if there was anyway for me to ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/07/03/iphone-a-lie-of-a-price/ I am not sure if you have all seen this great book series that Mark Driscoll has written and is being published by Re:Lit. But in case you haven't here is a promo for the first book of the series... ... I plan on buying this book today. It is supposed ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/07/02/abyar-on-the-old-testament/ I don't enjoy ranting, and I don't enjoy reading rants. I can't help myself this time though. This morning I was browsing through some photos that a friend of mine posted on her Facebook, and even though they were of Yoga, I decided to check them out. I began reading ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/07/02/yoga-rant/ I found this post on Between Two Worlds today, and I thought that you may find it as interesting as I have. To read the post click here...ShareThis http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/07/01/between-two-worlds-on-the-florida-outpouring/ As most people do, I want more. I want to be more involved in larger scale ministry, I want to have a more serious "romantic" relationship, I want to make more money, and I want to know my future. But do you know what the funny thing is? If God ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/07/01/taking-what-youre-given/ So... I have decided I'm not going to post what I'm reading in the Bible. It is just too inconvenient, sorry... I am going to get a sweet Bible reading plan soon though, so I will try to post that up if I can.ShareThis http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/07/01/bible-reading/ Just a simple question... Do you support or listen to people who speak one way but live another? Do you favor certain teachers, preachers, or writers who seem to care more about having a great life today instead of glorifying our Father? Think about it...ShareThis http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/06/30/the-messenger/ There is a song written, which is pretty old, that says love cannot be described, so it describes what love is not. I used to think this was so cool. I was like, wow, what is love? I know that may sound silly, but it is truthful. The world has ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/06/30/love-is/ Hey all! I just wanted to remind you that it is possible to subscribe to this blog, just like any other blog. You can either sign up for a daily e-mail notification, or you can subscribe to the RSS feed. Either or would be appreciated. By subscribing you get the ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/06/27/subscribe-to-the-fire-of-new-desire/ So, I didn't post about what to read yesterday... Sorry for those of you who are thinking about following what I read, but just in case you are here is what I should have posted yesterday, plus todays... Genesis 5 Genesis 6 Genesis 7 Genesis 8 Genesis 9 Genesis 10 Genesis 11 Genesis 12 Genesis 13 Proverbs 25 Proverbs 26 I know ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/06/26/reading-trough-the-bible-days-2-3/ So I am newly getting to know this organization. They seem to be great. They want to help spread the message of Jesus Christ to the world, and what can be better than that? I am not sure there is anything... So I just recently noticed that I have been ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/06/26/2cjcprojectcom/ I have a question... How and what do you base who you vote for off of? As you know this year is the year of the election. And there is one problem for many people: There is not a perfect candidate. So when this happens how do you cast your ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/06/26/voting-for-who/ As you read in a couple posts back I just finished reading the NIV Study Bible. I wanted to write a post about how great it is, and here it is. This Bible was great. I could understand it, and it doesn't take the text and make it say something it ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/06/25/niv-study-bible/ How are we to treat people who are homeless? Are we supposed to just assume that they are fully able and are not working and burdening society by choice? Or should we assume that they are unable to work and do what we can to sacrifice a little time and ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/06/25/the-homeless-dilema/ If you live in Reno you most likely have heard about tent city. Tent city is a place where a large number of homeless people have began to post up tents. They have created a community in which they are policing and taking care of. But Reno has been trying ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/06/24/reno-to-close-tent-city/ I decided I am going to keep you all updated on what I'm reading in the Bible, just in case you want to follow along. Genesis Chapter's 1,2,3, and 4. Proverbs 24 I hope that by sharing this with you guys, that some of you who have a hard time picking up and ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/06/24/reading-through-the-bible-day-1/ Hey everyone! I am just writing this post to tell you that, yes, this is a blog where the writing is centered around Jesus Christ, but I am going to start writing more, and in order to do that I am going to write more about things that are happening ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/06/24/writing-update/ I have officially finsihed reading the entire Bible. I know that some of you are thinking, well I have done that before, or maybe your thinking cool, why are you telling us? Well I am telling you because from what I have learned since I have become a Christian is ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/06/23/accomplishing-the-bible/ Just in case you don't know, the REsuregence has opened up a new website called Re:lit. It is a display of all the books which the REsurgence is publishing in part with Crossway. I would highly recommend it to any of you who have enjoyed any of Mark Driscoll's books. ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/06/23/relit/ ShareThis http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/06/19/youre-the-god-of-this-city/ These three words all have some significance to them. Life is obviously what you will experience while you are alive here on earth, city is the place where you are right now most likely (I'm guessing that since your reading my blog), and calling is what God has for you ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/06/19/life-city-calling/ So, I have a pair of shorts made by Matix and I found this quote stitched into them yesterday, "The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance." This is a variant of a quote from Socrates. Just thought that was interesting...ShareThis http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/06/18/socrates-and-matix-are-homeboys/ How often do you really think of yourself as the dirty sinner that you really are? I mean, it is really easy to skim the surface and assume an understanding of your sinfulness which is extremely misconcieved. Let me explain... I go through life knowing that all that I do isn't ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/06/17/a-filthy-sinner-like-me/ Just in case you haven't been keeping up, the New Attitude '08 conference was about 2 weeks ago. They have posted up all the audio from the event on their website. There is audio from John Piper, C.J. Mahaney, Joshua Harris, and more! So just follow this link and enjoy!ShareThis http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/06/17/new-attitude-08/ Let me start this post of by simply defining two of these words... Christianity: (According to me) is following the teachings of the Bible. Which include all of the teachings of Jesus Christ. As a Christian you strive to be more like Jesus in all that you do. Churchianity: (According to Wikipedia) ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/06/16/christianity-churchianity-or-jesus/ Just letting you all know that our churches booth that we placed at the Farmer's Market in Sparks to raise money for the Blood:Water Mission went great. We raised $65. You may think that isn't very much money, but considering that all we were asking for were $1 donations, I ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/06/13/bloodwater-mission-fundraising-was-great/ Sex, Sushi, and Salvation is written by Christian George. I first heard about this book when I read an online review of it. The review was well written, but that isn't why I read it. I read it because the name was so abnormal. This Christian book has a very ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/06/13/christian-george-sex-sushi-and-salvation/ Tonight a few volunteers from my church and myself are going to be manning a booth at the Farmer's Market on Victorian Avenue. This booth is going to be to raise money for an organization called Blood:Water Mission. We are hoping to get people to simply donate one dollar which ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/06/12/bloodwater-mission-sparks-farmers-market/ I just want you to ask yourself these questions if you plan on living your life for Jesus... Is God the reason why you do what you do? Are you being honest with yourself? Today I have a serious case of writer's block, but I want you to think about these. And check ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/06/12/why-work/ Jesus Christ... That is why I'm a Christian. Maybe you don't know what I mean, so I will explain... Many, many years ago, actually about six thousand years ago, God created the heavens and the earth. He created them in six days, no more, and no less. During this time he ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/06/11/why-am-i-a-christian/ Did you know that we are not saved because of the things which we have done? We are only saved because of the grace of God. When God became a man and walked on this earth, he didn't do that just to make an incredible story. He did that to ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/06/10/gods-grace/ This week a lot of people I know are graduating High school. I just want to say congratulations to you all, and I hope that you are excited. Life after high school is totally different than you expect. At first you don't feel like it is much different, but eventually ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/06/06/life-after-high-school/ How do we know God? Are there different ways to know God? These are questions that every good Christian should find themselves asking. They are important for a few reasons. First it shows that you want to be accurate in the way that you are seeking for truth, you take ... http://thefireofnewdesire.com/2008/06/05/knowing-god/