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Many times we ask the question of why? Why are there these things that God says we should not do? Why does Jesus say for us to not lust after a woman we are not married to?

God gives us commands or rules, otherwise known as laws of stuff that he says is not okay with him. Sin is disobeying these commands and laws. Simple right? Well kind of... In the New Testament Paul says that sin leads to...

I am heading back to Indianapolis for the holidays. It is kind of weird when you grow up where there is snow on the ground and everyone has xmas lights out but I will be honest the western US just does not feel very Christmasy. Granted it is my first holiday out here...I have heard it will grow on you and feel more festive in time.

In light of the holidays I would like to mention these holiday...

May this video inspire you. Some friends of mine from the Nasty Nati...

Merry early Xmas!

Searbird - Rescue
I'm pushing up daisies, I wish they were roses
I feel like I'm drowning but nobody knows it
I'm pushing up daisies, I wish they were roses
I feel like I'm dying, just want you to notice

somehow the grave has captured me
show me the man I used to be
just when I feel my breath is...

On black Friday I went to Frys electronics at 5am, it was crazy...there were 2,000 people in line and eight police cars keeping everybody in line. One guy bought eight tvs, one for every room. We stayed up all night and then bailed because it was not worth our time. We wanted hard drives that were $59....just wasn't worth fighting 2,000 people and 3 hour check out line. Up all night for...

I remember almost being caught, almost. My parents did not check up on the computer a whole lot so there were some close calls...but the closest I had been to being caught was probably at my friend's house when would be watching the "bad" cable channels and then his mom would come down stairs and we would change the channel to the playstation input on the TV and act cool and calm like nothing...

Many of you may know what I am referring to here, I never knew what blue balls were till I felt the pain deep in my lower stomach in high school and I asked a friend if his man parts every hurt so bad that his gut hurt. He said "dude it is called blue balls!"

You may have read the past posts on masturbation, they are pretty intense. Today I would like to take that conversation a little...

I think we have all seen Christian protester in one place or another. I saw a few in Vegas this weekend. The guys this weekend were standing outside of an Art festival, smoothly right in front of the entrance because they are not allowed in, one guy had a megaphone. I asked him why he wasn't using it and he said this "because they do no not like when I get on that thing down here."

Exactly,...

Sometimes it is hard to pick up the Bible and just read away every day of your life...

I totally think it is a gift to be able to just read the Bible from the front cover to the back. Honestly I never really have read it that way and I totally think that I am missing a few minor prophets in my completion of reading the the entire Bible. Shame on me....

All that aside. You have to find what works...

I have a good friend that is married. And point blank says that struggling does not just stop when you get married. It is lie we convince ourselves to believe that the struggle will just stop. He said to me that early in his marriage he had to confront masturbation and porn head on because it did not just stop.

Below is a confession called "Confessing from Norway." It proves what my friend...

You may have heard "junk in, junk out" or "you are what you eat" well I do think that is true to some extent. Maybe a better way of putting it is "to be about good stuff, take in some good stuff."

Philippians 4:8-9 - The Message
Summing it all up, friends, I'd say you'll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best,...