Regent University School of Udnergraduate Studies

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Star Trek vs. Star Wars

This is for all you Trekkie and Star Wars fans!

Thursday, March 22, 2007

What qualities are you looking for?

My church, Wave Church, Leon Fontaine, Senior pastor of Springs Church in Winnipeg, Canada, come conduct their relationship seminar. I heard him deliver four different messages over the two days he was here and they all where amazing. As a result, my family purchased a large portion of his resource materials, one of which is entitled Ideal Mate Material.

In this series, designed for young singles, he talked about several things in relation to future spouses, one of which was the qualities people should be on the lookout for in future spouses. He outline that they should:

1. Passionately pursuing God, not a spouse.
2. Understand God’s love and righteousness. (Have self-worth.)
3. be full of real joy (not just “funny”).
4. Be generous (One aspect of which is to give their 100% to their spouse, without looking for a return. Agape love)
5. Have moral and set guidelines that he or she will not crossed.
6. Know God’s plan for his or her life. (Or at least know the general direction)
7. Desire to grow and change.

He made the point that if these are the things that people should be looking for, they should also be the things people are working to improve in their own lives as well. He went much deeper into these things, yet this is a very general outline. Even though I believe I have a few years left before I will began pursuing a relationship like this, I very much agree with Fontaine’s assessment as for the qualities we should be looking for in a future spouse. Of course I believe there are many other things to be watching for when looking for a spouse, such as a similar understanding of the Bible, Politics, and common calling, yet I believe these are a pretty good starting foundation.

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Busch Gardens and the Fun Card!

This past summer my friends and I spent a lot of time at Busch Gardens located in Williamsburg. We had a blast!



We went up there many, many times, which was possible (and feasible) because BG began offer what they call a "fun card". For anyone who is a Virginia resident, you can pay the one day admission fee and get unlimited access to the park during the summer. You still have to pay for parking, yet that can easily be distributed among carpooling friends.



With the park an hour away from Regent, BG is a great place to spend some time this summer. The environment is beautiful and appealing. Though they do not have a massive amount of rides, the rides they have are awesome! And they are adding a new ride this year!



The park opens March 24th this year, so go convince you and your friends to go out and get a fun card (only $54.95) before the offer ends May 31th!

Monday, March 12, 2007

Soul Central!

So Session D has begun. Break was good, yet I am glad that school has began again. I know that my being at Regent at this time is preparation for my future, so that gives me a since of satisfaction during the school year.

Are any of you looking for a place to connect to other young people in the area? Well, I would like to invite to Soul Central. Soul Central is Wave Churches’ 18-30 age group and it is absolutely amazing! The environment is such that anyone can come, especially those who do not currently have a relationship with Christ (of course that status may change for them after going!).



Carl Lentz (the guy in the photo with the blue background) is the young adults pastor at Soul Central and for the most part gives the weekly message. He is absolutely amazing and on fire. He exudes so much energy during his messages that you sit there wondering when is he going to get tired and slow down. To most amazement, he never does!!!



It begins every Wednesday at 8:00pm over at Wave Church (click on the link below for directions). I encourage you to stop by! As amazing as Carl’s preaching style is, the messages are even better and will have you leaving pumped and energized!


For more info, click here!

Monday, March 5, 2007

CPAC and the future of Conservatism

This past Thursday through Saturday I found myself at my first ever CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) hosted in Washington D.C.! CPAC is the largest gathering of conservatives in the country today, attended by conservatives from across the nation. It was a time to remember. Throughout the event, I got to listen to nearly of the GOP candidates running for President and event met with a few. I even had the opportunity to meet with former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.



CPAC was started in the 70s, with a big hand of help by Ronald Reagan himself. At the 1975 CPAC he delivered a speech that could be redelivered today, with a few changes to individual’s name, with complete relevance. Reagan stated:

Since our last meeting we have been through a disastrous election. It is easy for us to be discouraged, as pundits hail that election as a repudiation of our philosophy and even as a mandate of some kind or other. But the significance of the election was not registered by those who voted, but by those who stayed home. If there was anything like a mandate it will be found among almost two-thirds of the citizens who refused to participate.

Bitter as it is to accept the results of the November election, we should have reason for some optimism. For many years now we have preached “the gospel,” in opposition to the philosophy of so-called liberalism which was, in truth, a call to collectivism.

Now, it is possible we have been persuasive to a greater degree than we had ever realized. Few, if any, Democratic party candidates in the last election ran as liberals. Listening to them I had the eerie feeling we were hearing reruns of Goldwater speeches. I even thought I heard a few of my own.

Bureaucracy was assailed and fiscal responsibility hailed. Even George McGovern donned sackcloth and ashes and did penance for the good people of South Dakota.

But let’s not be so naive as to think we are witnessing a mass conversion to the principles of conservatism. Once sworn into office, the victors reverted to type. In their view, apparently, the ends justified the means…

http://www.conservative.org/pressroom/reagan/reagan1975.asp

I challenge you to take some time this spring break to read this speech and give me your thoughts.
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