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Here in Alabama, there are three classes of people: Alabama Crimson Tide fans, Auburn Tiger fans, and atheists. Two of the three will go to Hell when they die. Which two depends entirely on who you ask.

Those Alabamians who like football but have no particular team preference are called, “agnostics.” It is the hope of the faithful that someday these poor, pathetic souls will purchase an Alabama jacket or be given an Auburn cap and thereby experience the joy of committing themselves to a particular team. Until then, they are considered social and recreational outcasts. To pray for them is all that we can do.

Why all the religious references in a column that’s supposed to be about football? Because religion and football are closely entwined, my friend, with much more in common than you may think. Note this passage from the Big Playbook of St. Gipper, recently discovered in a dark basement on the campus of Notre Dame University.

The passage reads: “And on the seventh day God created football and all was right with the world… until Satan brought forth the referees…”

It is impossible to believe in college football without also believing in a Higher Power. Here in Alabama - and in a whole lot of other places - football is a religion. To some, it is the only religion. Blasphemy, you say? I don’t think so. More prayers are said and answered during the average college football game than in most churches during a month of Sundays. That explains why evangelists love to hold revivals in football stadiums. The mood has already been set. The congregation holds season tickets.

Consider this: Alabama has been getting a lot of national press lately because of two things:

(1) The quality (or lack thereof) of the University of Alabama’s football team and
(2) Moral stands being taken and legal battles being waged by Alabamians over the separation of church and state. Football and religion. Religion and football. And on we go.

Playing offense for God in Alabama are folks like the high school students who walked out of class because they weren’t allowed a moment of prayer before a math test. Personally, I’d rather have my teenagers saying prayers in school classrooms than singing rap songs and riding around in loud cars. I do think these young people are limiting themselves, though. When I was in school we prayed before EVERY test, not just math.

Then there’s Judge Roy Moore, one of God’s team captains, if you will. Moore is the Alabama judge who has a plaque of the Ten Commandments hanging on the wall in his courtroom. The Supreme Court has ordered the plaque to be taken down, but our beloved governor, Fob “I’m The Law In These Parts” James, has said that he’ll send in the National Guard to make sure the plaque stays up. You can call this beefing up the defense.

Which brings up another question: if Alabama secedes from the Union because of ACLU and NCAA oppression, does that make Fob our king? If so, I think that’s more than reason enough not to secede. King Fob. Sounds like a giant gorilla with a speech impediment, doesn’t it.

Back to the subject at hand, I think the opinion that football has become a bonafide religion is further attested to by the fact that no one has yet tried to shove a legal crowbar between organized religion and organized college football. Maybe they realize how futile their efforts would be. Or maybe they’re just afraid of divine retribution. I understand Bear Bryant and Shug Jordan were not men to be crossed while they were here on earth. God forbid some heretic ACLU lawyer upset them now.

When the Universities of Alabama and Auburn play one another as they did last weekend, the faithful drop whatever they’re doing and flock to the game like wise men chasing a far off star. The entire state stands still. Try finding a washing machine repairman or an emergency room doctor during an Alabama/Auburn game. They are nowhere to be found. You may die in dirty clothes, but that’s what you get for not attending the big game.

The ending of this year’s Iron Bowl was, as it always is, of apocalyptic proportions. In the final moments of the game, just before the buzzer sounded to signal the end, everyone’s faith was put to the test. As the clock ticked down - 6… 5… 4… 3… 2… 1… you were either devoutly for Alabama or had completely given your life to Auburn.

There was no “Atheist” section in these stands.

Amen.

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“At that time a fountain will be open to the people of Israel and Jerusalem, a Fountain to cleanse them from all their sins and defilement.” Zechariah 13:1 (TLB)

From the Book of Genesis on, the coming of the Son of God is the central theme that makes up each and every book of the Old Testament. There are hundreds of prophecies that reveal facts about the coming of Jesus, the life of Jesus, and the death of Jesus. The coming of this man, who left the throne in Heaven to come to earth with the specific purpose of being tortured and crucified for our sins, to die for our crimes; to pay off a debt that we owed, was the most anticipated event in human history!

Later Moses came with God’s Laws. But God’s Laws did not save anyone. They could not save anyone. They were merely designed to show us why we need our Savior. For all the Laws did was show us how far short of the mark we were.

Jesus Christ is the soap that removes the stain of our sins, the perfume that covers the stench of our transgressions. He is the only begotten Son of the Most High, The King of KIngs, the Lord of Lords. For He is, was, and eternally shall be the beautiful Fountain that cleanses us from all our sins, washing away our defilement; reconciling us to the Father. Have you washed in the Fountain of Life? Come to the Fountain of God’s Grace and Mercy, and your sins, though they are like scarlet, will be made white as snow with the blood of the Lamb.

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If we know anything about the mind of Christ, then we must also know something about His mind for His church. In other words, if any of us have caught a glimpse of Christ then we should also have a pretty good idea of what His church should look like. Otherwise, if we can’t imagine what Christ’s church looks like, then how can we claim to know Christ?

So, if Christ were leading His church, what would that look like? My answer to this is… I don’t know. Or at least I don’t know from watching this play out before my fleshly eyes. This is the honest answer for anyone whose primary idea of “church” has been a building, a paid pastor and all the usual, western fixin’s.

If your idea of church is not these things and yet you’re still taking part in these things, then why? Maybe you know better… or maybe you’re fooling yourself into thinking you know better. I’ll believe you when you say “I know better” as soon as you start acting better.

But God’s Spirit will lead us into freedom.

The first step toward freedom and obedience is to take care of our unfinished business with the Almighty. When our consciences are clear before God, then we will be free to confront any life-circumstance.

The same quality of freedom applies to God’s people despite all the hardship or opposition that the world can assemble against us. Our successfulness or lack thereof is not ours to measure. It is our place to obey Christ directly and then trust Him to work out the end product of these things.

If we belong to Christ, then it is fitting that we should stumble around and fail miserably every time we try to live apart from Him.

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Numbers are the language of our universe. As the stars dance above in accordance to pre-determined paths, so are all of our activities governed by math. Since the beginning of logical philosophy, this perfect order has been seen as evidence of supernatural design and humans have sought to comprehend the spiritual meaning of numbers. Today, Pythagorean numerology is widely used in both old and new contexts, though sometimes criticized due to it’s history of secrecy and magic. However, numerology has spiritual roots in the interpretation of Hebrew writing and in numbers in the Bible.

Hilda Phoebe Hudson said that, “to all of us who hold the Christian belief that God is truth, anything that is true is a fact about God, and mathematics is a branch of theology.” Many are familiar with the meaning of the number 666. The number of the beast has had Christians watching their lives for three sixes for millenia. However, the spiritual meaning of numbers has more to it than the devil! Some modern Christians choose to interpret double or triple integers that they notice repeat in their lives (on a clock or sign, etcetera) as “angel numbers” to be interpreted by using the Pythagorean technique of adding the digits to find the spiritual meaning of numbers.

The Meaning Of Numbers:
1.) The number one in Pythagorean numerology represents rugged individualism and aggressiveness for survival. The Cantonese believed that one meant a sure thing.
2.) Two is a blessed balance or a union of female and male in Pythagorean belief. The Chinese meaning might be more related to simplicity and ease.
3.) The number three is reflected in the Holy Trinity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit and in the story of Christ rising after three days of death. It is representative of completeness.
4.) Four represents stability that can be build upon to initiate creation in Pythagorean numerology, however, the Chinese thought it unlucky and related to suffering before death.
5.) Five to Pythagorean numerologists represents the tireless action required in order to avoid instability. The Chinese felt that this was the number associated with the self and the individual.
6.) Through the Pythagorean system, the growth and temporary stability represented by the number six shows a point where one can pause to understand before moving on. The Chinese believed six to be easy and simple.
7.) In Hebrew, the word “seven” also means “full” and “complete.” More negative in Chinese systems, the Pythagorean philosophy casts a shadow of mystery on seven to be puzzled out.
8.) To Pythagoras, eight represented having enough power and fulfillment to be able to sacrifice some before moving on, if necessesary. In several cultures, eight can represent prosperity and abundance.
9.) The spiritual meaning of numbers in many cultures recognizes nine as the most lucky digit, since it is only one less than ten. It is the moment of change and transition before the ultimate. The Chinese believed it to be related to the concept of eternity.

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Could God’s holy days, which portray His plan of salvation, exclude Jesus’ sacrifice? How could Jesus’ ultimate sacrifice be less than holy? Didn’t God have the Israelites smear lamb’s blood on their doors to avert death? Didn’t that clearly represent Christ’s offering for mankind? Yes!

The Passover lamb was to be kept from Nisan 10 until the 14th (Ex. 12:1-6). It was then to be killed on the 14th. It was to be killed in the evening. How do we know for sure which evening is being discussed? Because God the Father set us a PERFECT EXAMPLE!

When did God decree that Jesus could declare “it is finished” and die on the stake? Why at the very same time that THE JEWS were sacrificing their Passover lambs at the Temple! The Jews had always killed the Passover lambs during the final hours of the 14th. It was towards the end of the 14th, not at the beginning of the 14th, that the Passover lambs were killed.

After the lambs were killed they were prepared (which took some time) to be eaten, naturally, that evening - which began the 15th and the FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD. Nothing of the Passover lamb was to be left over until the morning (Ex. 12:8-10).

God decreed that only unleavened bread should be eaten with the Passover lamb, and that only unleavened bread should be found throughout our property for seven days: “neither shall there anything of the flesh, that you sacrificed the FIRST DAY AT EVEN, remain all night until the morning…you shall sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun…”(Deut. 16:1-7; Matt. 27:45-46).

Here God clearly shows that He considered the Passover sacrifice, done at “the going down of the sun.” as the FIRST DAY of the SEVEN DAYS OF UNLEAVENED BREAD (Mark 14:12). If we’re to blindly follow popular Church tradition that kills the Passover lamb at the beginning of the 14th, rather than at the end of the 14th, then we end up with eight days of unleavened bread! Does it make sense that the lamb must be eaten with unleavened bread and then somehow afterwards for a whole day you can eat leaven again?! How preposterous! At least a child could figure this out. And that’s what we all need to become again, like humble little children, hungry for God’s truth, eager to please our Father and let His will be done, and commandments kept, rather than attempting to defend vain traditions (Mark 7:7).

God’s Word shows that from the end of the 14th (the beginning of the 15th) until the 21st day of the first sacred month is seven days (Ex. 12:18).

The Passover lamb is killed at the end or afternoon (between the two evenings in Hebrew) of the 14th and eaten at the beginning of the 15th with unleavened bread: “For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: Therefore let us keep the feast…with unleavened bread of sincerity and truth”(1 Cor. 7-8). Christ is our PASSOVER - not our “Lord’s Supper.” Jesus’ last supper with His disciples offered Him the perfect opportunity to replace the traditional lamb with a bread and wine ceremony symbolic of His offered body and blood. (Even the rabbis decreed after the Temple’s destruction that it was permissible to not eat a Passover lamb).

As we partake of these holy emblems, what are we remembering? Are we commemorating the night of Jesus’ betrayal or are we commemorating Jesus’ DEATH? We’re to eat the BREAD in remembrance of Jesus’ body that was sacrificed at the end of the 14th and we’re to drink the WINE in remembrance of Jesus’ shed blood on our behalf at the end of the 14th (1 Cor. 11:23-26). [And Jesus clearly associated His hour of trial and crucifixion with wine, not grape juice. See John 2:3-4].

We’re to remember Jesus’ sacrifice as our very personal Passover Lamb - the Lamb of God! Passover - with the bread and the wine substituted for the lamb - is the annual holy day, observed at meal time on the evening of the 15th, that commemorates Jesus’ sacrifice.

The Passover is both a memorial and a feast (Ex. 12:14). The PASSOVER MEMORIAL is the FIRST of the seven days of unleavened bread (not eight), and the FIRST of God’s seven holy days that portray His plan of salvation for all mankind.

It’s important to note and get this straight with the first of God’s festivals and new year: How would God’s Church know when to celebrate God’s holy days or even what they are if it weren’t for the Jews? God has made the Jews His custodian and has committed His truths into their care, specifically the Pharisees (Matt. 23:2; Rom. 3:2-3; 9:4).

God’s holy days are faithfully proclaimed from Moses’ Seat each year “in their seasons” (Lev. 23:4) by His Jewish stewards who keep God’s SACRED CALENDAR. How would we know which “season” is which, or which month is the “beginning of months,” if God hadn’t ordained the JEWS to preserve that knowledge for us? (Gen. 1:14; Ex. 12:2; Rom.3:2-3).

Thankfully, God’s quite capable of ensuring that the Jews - despite themselves - will continue to fulfill this special calling (Num. 23:19; Rom.11:29). So everyone can put away their “calculators” (that only add up to confusion, everybody determining for themselves what’s right and what’s wrong). God’s “business” has a full-time “Jewish accountant” who’s solely responsible for the calendar.

Let’s not attempt to interfere with God’s business as He’s chosen to run it. God - through His Jewish agent - has preserved the knowledge of His holy days and the correct dates to observe them for all who truly want to know and share in celebrating God’s truth.

For additional vital information on the biblical festivals, I recommend the following free literature (although I disagree with them on the dates for Passover and Pentecost):

Pagan holidays or God’s Holy Days - Which?

God’s Holy Day Plan: The Promise of Hope for All Mankind

Passover and Pentecost Differences Settled!

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Only an evil God could have created this universe in six days. That is the conclusion I have reached after a long, and sometimes difficult journey, into the Science/Religion dimension.

I attended a two-room Missouri Synod Lutheran grade school just down the road from our family’s dairy farm.. When I started high school I accepted the “six- day” story of Creation. However our 4-8th grade teacher had also taught me the value of critical thinking about everything including science, religion and politics.

High school biology turned me toward evolution as a viable alternative theory to “six-day” Creation. College courses taught me that a “scientific theory” has a different meaning than the word “theory” has in the general population. A scientific theory is the summation of a great deal of observation and experimentation that can be replicated. I began to believe that Creationists, with their “six-day” story, either didn’t understand that evolution was a recognized fact by scientists or they wanted to exploit the common understanding of the word “theory.” The appropriate term for them to use would have been “hypothesis”; and it was clear to me by now that evolution was much more than a hypothesis.

In college I was steeped in science. I earned four degrees: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Sociology and Environmental Management. By this time I didn’t think much about the issue of evolution or the broader issue of the interface of science and religion. I was a True Believer in Science — period. I was sure that science would eventually make religion irrelevant.

The recent challenges to the concept of evolution have raised questions about “The Beginning” in my mind again. Age probably also played a part as mortality became more evident. I started reading explorations of the Science/ Religion dimension. I joined the Science and Religion Task Force at the synotical level of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. I attended several conferences. I thought about the subject frequently. The distillation of those thoughts are presented in the balance of this essay.

In my conceptual framework there are three belief systems regarding the beginning of the universe. Some of us believe that God created the universe in six, 24-hour days and that the earth is about 6000 years old. This belief is based on a literal interpretation of the Old Testament.

Others believe that our earth and the universe evolved over a very long time and are still evolving under the general direction of a Supreme Being. That belief is based on acceptance of science and on a spiritual sense of humility. Still others reject all notions of a Supreme Being and believe that the universe exploded (Big Bang Theory) and is still expanding from initial matter of incredible density.

Belief systems are not subject to proof. Much of the Bible has been proven historically accurate but ultimately Christianity (and other religions) is accepted on faith. Science has proven many of the physical processes that have and are influencing our universe, but the ultimate question is: Where did the initial matter come from? Atheists believe that science will someday prove how something could come from nothing. For now, they take it on faith: Science is their religion.

Science clearly demonstrates how the universe has changed and is changing. Some changes are even visible to the non-scientist. The process of mountain building is clear every time a volcano erupts. The processes of river erosion and delta formation are obvious to anyone who has looked out the window of an airplane. Ancient layered sediment in an ocean is later visible from highway road cuts. Physical structures and DNA show the relationships and distinctions among species.

If God created the universe in six days, he would have had to put all of this in place at the beginning. God would have had to create volcanoes that looked very old. God would have had to put dinosaur bones deep in rock sediments and make them show up as very old when tested. God would have had to layer the rocks and cover them with more soil than could be developed by natural breakdown of rock in six thousand years. God would have had to mix rocks from Canada into the soils of Wisconsin to make it look like a glacier had moved them. And all the relationships among extinct and existing species would have had to been designed to look like species evolved over long periods of time.

A few scientists and many believers in six-day Creation have argued that the Great Flood caused animals and plants to be rapidly buried in sediment to form fossils deep in rock formations. They also claim that coal and oil were formed by immediate compressing of the plant and animal life, respectively, during the Great Flood. However, they can not explain where all the sediment, necessary to bury all the fossils at one time, came from. And they can not do the math to allow them to show that the amount of biomass present on the planet at one point in time (The Great Flood) could have produced all the coal and oil ever present on the planet.

Only an evil God would have designed a universe full of the temptations to not believe in God - a universe full of evidence that supports a different conclusion. Only an evil God have given humans the mental capacity to conceptualize, experiment and understand — all to reach the wrong conclusion. Only an evil God would have tried to trick his most intelligent species into not believing in the reality of God. Only an evil God would get increasing pleasure as science answered more and more HOW questions and belief in God became increasingly difficult. Only an evil God would have designed such a universe to deliberately mislead us.

I don’t believe God is evil. Therefore, I cannot accept the six-day version of creation. Science by itself is equally hollow. HOW questions are important and interesting but ultimately not sufficient. Eventually, most of us want to have a sense of WHY. Religion/spirituality provides that sense of WHY. It gives us a purpose for this life. It creates a spiritual community where our needs for emotional security are met. It provides an ethical framework regarding the treatment of God’s creation (human and non-human, organic and inorganic). It defines boundaries for science.

Religion must also apply morality to itself, which it often has not. Christians have killed for Christ. Muslims have killed for Muhammad. Missionaries have often prepared the way for cultural destruction and political domination of the “poor heathen” they were sent to convert to Christianity. Religious fundamentalism often deteriorates into simple intolerance of any other group or their ideas. Such intolerance causes Christians to kill Christians in Northern Ireland (Protestants vs. Catholics) and Muslim to kill Muslim in Iraq (Sunnis vs. Shiites).

Such intolerance also causes some people of faith to reject science and specifically evolution.

The reality of evolution does not disprove the existence of God or the lack of a grand design. In fact the more science reveals the intricacies of the universe, the easier it is to think about a grand design-a grand design that resulted from a Supreme Being patiently letting evolution (and all the other natural processes) proceed by the physical principles that science has been discovering.

Science (HOW) and religion (WHY) should be complementary. The former taught in public places and by personal observation. The latter taught in churches, homes and personal sacred places. Both freely discussed, in generic terms, in any venue by people without blind faith in either Science or God.

Lowell Klessig LowellKlessig@Hotmail.com

Lowell Klessig is Emeritus Professor of Integrated Resource Management at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. In addition to articles in professional journals, he has authored numerous Extrension publications in non-technical terms for adult audiences. He served as Executive Director of the Wisconsin Rural Leadership Program. He has travelled to 47 countries and taught in six foreign countries. He writes a monthly column for a midwestern weekly newspaper and does occasional magazine features. (A one page bio summary is available electronically upon request.)

As I was going through one of the toughest times of my life I learned a great deal about the Lord, myself, and how to survive. My marriage began to fall apart. It seemed really sudden. We always had disagreements and arguments but they always seemed to get worked out. Then I had to travel out of town for a week. In that week’s time my life was turned upside down. When I returned everything was different. My wife was giving me the cold shoulder. Then she started staying out all night. I couldn’t talk to her. If I tried it turned into an argument. When I tried to get help from the pastor of the church it only made things worst.

I was devastated, frightened, physically suffering from the effects of the situation. I prayed. I sought God’s wisdom. I wanted my marriage to be the way it was. If you have never experience the end of a relationship that you thought would last until you died you have not experienced pain. I wondered why. I went through extreme anger and finally gave up my desire to be in the marriage.

I knew what I was supposed to do - Love, but I didn’t know how. As I sought the answers from the scriptures I realized that Jesus was faced with the same dilemma. The bible says that he came to his own and they didn’t recognize him. They rejected him. The more he told them of God’s love and how God had sent Him into the world to save it, the more they hated him and wanted to kill him.

Finally the time came when they would kill him. Jesus, the king and creator of the Heavens and the Earth is being rejected by his own creation. They convicted him in a mock trial steeped in false accusations and false witnesses. He was beaten beyond recognition and then crucified. During the entire ordeal he maintained his love for men (for me). If he had not gone through this there would be no salvation for men. It wasn’t as if they forced him. He didn’t try to run or hide. He was there intentionally. He was there to die. He was driven by love. That love was for me. He did this knowing that millions, even billions throughout time would still reject him.

As the Lord showed me these things I was able to see that I wasn’t the first to ever be rejected. I was not the first one to ever suffer because of people but I never had to faced death. If Jesus was able to face all these things for my sake then I am willing to face them also. I wanted to handle my circumstances the way Jesus handled his. He didn’t hate or get angry. He didn’t retaliate. The bible says he could have called 12 legions of angels to rescue him. He chose instead to endure the pain and suffering for a people who rejected him. That is love. And that is the kind of love I desire to have.

Watching how Jesus handled himself in such a difficult time and realizing how much love he must have for me made me want to love in the same way. I was angry at my wife. I was angry enough sometimes to want to do physical harm to her. Through the love of God that had been born in me I was able to let go of my anger. I prayed more. I prayed differently. I no longer pray that her love for me would return but that my love for her would grow.

This and other revelations helped me get through that time. The marriage never came back together. It was my desire but it didn’t happen that way. If you are reading this, pray for me. I now have to make it through this time. I live alone. I don’t see my kids as often as I’d like. There are no court orders or restrictions. It is hard because of work and money. I am sad a lot. I may even be depressed. I still believe God. I trust Him. I am missing something though. I can’t seem to get on track.

The Mechanics of Faith Is a website where I hope to share some insight to growing in faith, and learning to trust God’s word. As I learn a will give any tips and instruction that will hopefully be of use to the readers of The Mechanics of Faith Web site

Why do people find it difficult to talk about religion? Have you ever heard the saying that there’s three things you don’t talk about. Religion, politics and other people. I have spent my whole life talking to people about all three of these topics and will continue to do so, because I find religion, politics and people extremely fascinating.

I rarely encounter an individual who would like to speak about religion, but I often, seem to worm a couple of tidbits of information from them. When I speak to someone, I do my best not to make any one feel uncomfortable, because of their religious or spiritual beliefs. This only causes frustration between us and will not get us anywhere.

I did not learn this lesson early but now have it securely fastened into my mind. Hopefully I never forget it, to some people it’s more important to be right than happy, I want to be happy and give them something to think about.

Some people when talking about religion can become quite animated and start throwing their arms in the air, jumping up and down, yelling and screaming, calling me names and even threatening me. This doesn’t make any sense to me, because they’re supposed to be compassionate and loving individuals. What’s wrong with them, I know there’s nothing wrong with me, what could be wrong with them. Just kidding. Isn’t this how we think though.

It seems like most people don’t have problems talking to other people whom agree with them. You will find very little difficulties talking about religion with others, whom agree wholeheartedly with your thinking. The difficulties arise when someone brings a topic into the conversation that becomes offensive, because they either don’t understand it or have been taught to believe something different about it.

The difficulties talking about other religions or spiritual beliefs, will probably always cause friction, until we start taking some time to understand where they are coming from. If you have somebody that upsets you, when speaking about their religion or spiritual beliefs, I have something I would like you to try the next time you see them.

Try to spend some time finding common ground, ask them about their religious or spiritual beliefs. Gather some information and try to understand, “Where Their Coming From”. This could lead you to a better understanding about them and possibly learn something about yourself.

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