tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283669442007-10-14T14:24:54.845-07:00-mike-Blogger182125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28366944.post-65358339243461804982007-07-27T23:50:00.000-07:002007-07-27T23:51:42.526-07:00

Seriously friends. This is rather upsetting. I think I'm entitled to a bit of comment loving. Here's the deal, if you comment me, I will comment you. Fair? I thought so.

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As Christians, we hold to the belief that God sent his breath over the void and created life out of nothingness. This first act of creation was the beginning of the God-Drama that we find ourselves in. The Spirit of God "impregnated" the waters and brought about new life. This is a simple doctrine that is held as being true by Jews and Christians of all stripes and colors. Also, peculiarly to

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This was one of the best movies I have seen in a very long time. I laughed so very hard I thought I was going to die. I want every single one of you to go out and see it. Now. I know that I'm a little late on this whole "watch movies when they come out like normal people" thing but I do want to say that along with every single person who ever said anything good about this film, yes. I agree.

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Is one of the most beautiful things I have been privileged to drink in my life. I'm sitting sipping a pRwandan medium blend we found in Kyle's house out of his French press ma-jig. I'm very happy right now. :) Plans for the day: 1. Figure out what there is to do once Jesse and his cousin, James, return. 2. Acquire one or two things from the store across town. 3. Swim. 4. Party like a Rockstar.

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Well, I am going to Kentucky soon. And by soon I mean in a few hours. I'm gonna be visiting a few friends (whose pictures are posted below) and hanging out in both Louisville and Lexington. I really don't have too many plans but I'm sure I'll figure out a way to occupy my time. I'll try to keep everyone updated as I go along. Kyle and Jesse David

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I thought that maybe some of you would be interested to see some fun pics of me and my friends. This is me and my housemate Brian. We were hanging out in Boise this past weekend with friends. I stare rather intently at the camera. I'm trying to show it just who the alpha male really is. This pic is a few months old but it is in place to prove that I do not, in fact, have a "belly"

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my church and the monestary are the truest expressions of the christian faith in the magic valley followed closely by the roman catholics and the eastern orthodox and the hippies that go to church by the bridge. the rest constitute as ecclesial communities but not churches in the truest expression of the word. to be churches you got to eat god on a regular basis. baptists. pentecostals.

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I know that this phrase is most often used in association with those in the "professional ministry," something I sometimes consider, but I think that it has a much broader meaning. Basically, I am deciding where I am going to live in the winter. I know that I have made some suggestions a while ago, but now that summer has begun, I think I need to start getting priorities straight. Boise, ID has

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Today is the day before the nation goes to celebrate it's highest feast, the day upon which independence was gained from the nation of England and a new country was established. Citizens from sea to shining sea will gather with friends and family in remembrance of the red, white, and blue. Differences set aside, Christians will gather with Unitarians, Republicans with Democrats, Gays with

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Just thinkin'...

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I have been mostly opposed to contemporary music styles in churches for a few years now. It's not a matter of whether God "approves" of the music or not it's just that most of this popular music espouses a view of one's relationship, in the community of the redeemed, to our God that is all too similar of the same stories we hear on the radio by pop musicians telling of their love to their

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This duck was a very homely duck. She hated the way she looked. Spotty feathers and a poor complexion, she always knew she would never amount to be anything more than aesthetically dull. Despite her best attempts to dress herself in trendy duck-clothes and use only the finest of poultry make-ups, she nonetheless remained plain. One day, this duck (whose name was Liz the Duck) was taking a walk

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http://www.myheritage.com

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I'm on Facebook. Search for "Kenneth Michael Noakes" Add both of them and only one is going to add you back. Haha!

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HowManyOfMe.comThere is 1 person with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name? Beat that!

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I voted today for this cover on the new Orthodox Study Bible. I am excited to get a copy. Rick Mansfield, professor at Indiana Wesleyan University, posted on the release of the new Bible in 2008. This is the first project of its kind, and Orthodox Study Bible made by Orthodox Christians for Orthodox Christians. I think that it will be a very enlightening text for all of us non-Orthodox,

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Now I am just waiting for the rest of my books to arrive. I have been reading like a mad little Mike, locked away in some prison somewhere with nothing to do but sit down and put my nose in a book. Or something like that.

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"I bind unto myself today The strong name of the Trinity By invocation of the same, The Three in One and One in Three." -St. Patrick's Breastplate Today I just feel like giving a quote and a link. I am actually finishing up "Cruelty of Heresy" today and have a lot to think about. I've learned a lot these past few days in learning what exactly heresy is, why it is caused, and how it lives on

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So, today is the Western Days parade, a local festival in which there are many floats, festivities, and sno-cones. There has never been, as far as anyone can remember, a float that was turned down because it was deemed politically/religiously unacceptable. This years celebration marks the first time the general rule was violated as one group was denied the privalage to join in the festivities.

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Kyle Potter just used the term, "world-view," something he vowed never to ever say. In a recent conversation with Mr. Potter he was describing the differences in perception by Lexington's Episcopalians and more traditional (c)atholics when ideas of social justice were brought to the table. Episcopalians, in that location, tend to speak about sexual diversity and the need to put this above other

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If I were to be moving, say in December '07/January '08, where should I move to and why? I have a few thoughts, if I were to move, and I have reasons for all of them: Boise, ID: I could stay in my home state and be payed slightly more for the work I already do if not find a better job. Moving expenses would be cheap and I could find a place very easily. This is probably the safest of all my

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It seems that I have been feeling the need to buy some books for sometime. I have enough saved up to where I can fund this disorder without being in a financial pickle. I decided that I needed a few reference texts (systematic theology) and was really not feeling like buying any Grudem or Swindoll & Zuck. So, in the spirit of my last posts title, I bought myself Thomas Oden's complete systematic

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Hmmm... So, I've gotten a bit further into the book Kyle recommended that I read, "Cruelty of Heresy," and I'm finding it fascinating. It certainly seems to me that the Orthodox teachings of the Christian Church are not little bits of history we can ignore. I am convinced that Orthodoxy is a good thing and heresy is a bad. It really doesn't seem that difficult to understand. Wrong belief leads

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I am sorry that posts here have been few and far between. I don't get much reader feedback these days so it's a bit hard telling whether or not a post is read by anyone at all. I will be sure to put up some of my thoughts on "The Cruelty of Heresy" when I get a bit further through the book. My days are now filled with times amongst my friends. I am extremely grateful to all of them for who they

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I don't want to repost the whole text on my blog. Please click the link below to read something I wanted my friends to know but am having a bit of trouble typing twice. Click here for my myspace blog.

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