Happy Halloween from the Munsters

Here’s a video clip from one of my favorite Munsters episodes. Grandpa is in a match race driving the Dragula. This clip is set to the Rob Zombie song. Enjoy!

The True Meaning of Halloween or Stupid Christian’s Eve

Here is an update of my post from 2008 concerning Halloween. Check out this opinion article from the Chattanooga Times Free Press October 29, 2009:

Halloween celebrates Satan

Luke 11:2, “Our Father which are in heaven, hallowed be thy name…”.

Hallowed means to hold holy, honored reverenced.All Saints Day, Nov. 1, long ago once was a day that Christians remembered those Christians who had died and left a good witness of a life lived for Christ and the good deeds that they had done for his sake.The evening before Hallow-Eve, the poor would go door to door asking alms, food, clothing, the necessities of life and were given these in the name of our LORD.In time, the pagans, Satan worshippers, to mock the Christians, would disguise themselves as evil beings, witches, devils, ghosts, monsters, coming in the dark to frighten and demand a “Treat,” alcohol, food, money and animals to sacrifice to Satan in their worship of him on a night Christians used to honor Christ.If the pagans’ threats were denied, they would “Trick” by vandalizing, stealing, burning, to punish their victims, just like today.In time, other people and Christians too, began to dress as the same and play “Trick or Treat.”Christians, why are you today still joining in on this holiday celebration of Satan? Please understand and stop.

Jesus loves you all. He is Lord.

ROBERT “BOB” M.

STANLEY JR.

Hixson

Wow talk about revising history to suit your own agenda! The “Christian” festival known as All Saints Day was actually moved from May to November in order to supplant existing Pagan festivals.  These Pagan festivals already featured many of the customs we attribute to modern day Halloween celebrations. To say that these customs were invented to mock Christians is absolutely untrue. No wonder the world continues to shake its collective head at all of the “Stupid Christians”

Watch this hilarious video concerning the origins of Halloween. The real point is that no matter where the traditions originated they have become thoroughly commercialized just like Christmas. By the way churches you might want to reconsider that “fall” or “harvest” festival you have as a Halloween alternative since that is the original reason for the Pagan holiday. I still haven’t figured out how when children dress-up and fill their plastic pumpkin with candy at a church it’s a great alternative but if they do the exact same thing at their friend’s and neighbor’s houses it’s wicked and evil? Churches need to wake up and smell the pumpkin pie. The Church should realize that the only kids participating in their “festivals” as a true alternative are the church kids who aren’t allowed to venture out and associate with their neighbors. The rest of the kids have figured out that churches simply offer a great way to score tons of candy quickly to supplement what they already get going door to door.

Resurrection Rod Run 12 on Vimeo

Check out some cool video from the October 09 car show at Mile Straight Baptist.

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Resurrection Rod Run 12 Slide Show

Here are some pictures from the October 2009 car show at Mile Straight Baptist Church. A big thanks to everyone who showed up despite the threat of rain!

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RevScottie Rod Shop MG Replica

OK here’s our latest project. It’s a replica of a 1953 MG roadster. Didn’t need a lot of work just new fuel lines, buffing, and clean-up. It’s a FiberFab kit built on a VW platform and runs great. It’s a fun little car to drive and it gets lots of looks going down the road. And as always it can be yours if the price is right.

Cat’s Out of the Bag

Well Mark Love let the cat out of the bag this morning. Journey Chattanooga will be moving out of the theater soon. The theater has served us well but there have been limitations. Anyone that has ever rolled into the theater parking lot before daylight knows the first limit. The theater requires an intense amount of set-up on a weekly basis. Volunteers begin arriving shortly after 6am in order to make it all happen and stay till noon or later to tear it back down. You may have noticed our more simple lobby set-up of late. It is because of the theaters summer movie schedule. We would barely get set-up and would have to start tearing down almost immediately because the theater opens at 11:30 am. We are essentially renting space for a little over an hour each week.  The theater also limits our ability to be creative. Anybody remember the fog machine and the fire department visit?

We want to do more in the community and God has dropped a more permanent space into our laps and thats not just trying to be all churchy talking either. Even with its shortcomings we werent looking to move out of the theater anytime soon. This opportunity just came out of the blue. We believe its one of those God things.  I dont know how Journey would have started had the theater not been available. Mark and I both envisioned it as sort of a nuetral meeting space where those uncomfortable with traditional church would feel free to come check out God. I am excited about the new warehouse space and I cant wait to see what God has in mind for us next!

Hillsong United Concert Road Trip

Hey guys the Journey Chattanooga crew road trip Saturday night was a blast!  We had a great time and I actually enjoyed the concert except for some of the middle portion which was just too slow for me. I’m a rocker, what can I say?

Concert aside we partied hard  including a midnight stop at the Donut Den in Nash Vegas. (If you enjoyed this Sunday’s donuts this is where they came from) Thanks to Mike Donehey of 10th Avenue North for the awesome suggestion.

 Here’s a short video clip from the Hillsong United concert. I shot this clip with my Flip video camera and it was probably the most high energy song of the evening. Enjoy!