Why....?

Wow..., I feel like I set this up and I've just been neglecting putting up new post, but here is a new one, long over due.

Today at lunch I had an interesting event occur at our table. We were sitting there, eating like normal, and this kid came and sat down, no food, just sat and didn't say anything. I don't even know who he is, I've mabey only seen him once before. Anyway, after a minute or two, he raised his head and asked, "Do you think God is real?," at which I replied by vigorously shaking my head yes beacause I had a mouth full of breadsticks. Then ensued a conversation that he began by saying why he didn't think there was a God, and telling us how he saw people using Christianity as a way of just covering your bases, or even how he sees people who praise God when they have a great life, yet hate him when life is bad. We explained how we know God is real because of what he has done in our lives, how we are not just hoping God is real, but that we know he is real and we've felt him. We explained that Christianity is more than religion, but a relationship with Christ. The entire time he respected what we said, as well as us respecting his thoughts. At the end of lunch he took off and didn't give us time to even get a name, but we hoped that at least a seed was planted. At the end of it all it left me remembering why I believe in Christ, and how he saved me from a dark path that was leading me to destruction. I thought of how even when bad things happen God is in control, and I praise him for that. It's amazing how someone asking questions can make you remember why your a Chritian to begin with. So I thought I'd ask, what has God done in your life to show he is there, why do you believe what you believe?

Love God, Love People

The I Heart Revolution 2 from Tony Mazon on Vimeo.

"Love God, love people, that's it. That's the revolution - revolutionary I know, but if we understand what that means, if we get it, if we establish in our thinking how that looks, and we start living it, we will change the world. It's not so much about the big stuff, it's just about the stuff. It's about the people in the places being the answer - in the places, and together; becoming the answer to the big stuff. It's about your backyard and it's about my backyard." - Joel Houston

This being my first real post, I want to pose the question, "What does it mean to love God, and love people?". My answer to that begins with biblically defining love. Love is clearly summed up in Romans 12:9, which says, "[Let] love [be] without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good," love is clinging to what is good, the things of God. That being said, if we cling to God, if we truly love him, we will love the things and people that he loves. We will be compelled to reach out to a dying world as God calls us to. It's not enough to stay in our huddle, we have to get out and go to this world and show them the Christ that we have. The basics of what I'm trying to say is that if we LOVE GOD, like we say we do, we should as well LOVE PEOPLE!

Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love [is] the fulfillment of the law. - Romans 13:10

He's a "Foos-ball" He-ro (Stars in His Eyes)!!!

The name "foosball hero" basically comes from my being a self proclaimed "master of foosball". But seriously, the name of this blog pretty much comes from the main purpose that I want it to serve, that being knocking back and forth, as you do the ball in foosball, theological discussion. My goal in this is to get people asking each other questions that make you think deep on something you may not have really thought about, or even something you may have a very well biblically based view on. Whatever the topic, either brought up by one of my blogs, or by a comment posted on one, the purpose is to pose a biblically based question to make people think about why they may believe something that they believe. Is that view based on God and his holy word, or preconceptions of tradition?