http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JHS8adO3hM

Just wanted to let you all know our Production Mgr at Oasis is posting short clips from Sunday morning sermons on YouTube.  These are just brief snippets from the full length sermon from  Oasis Christian Fellowship.  If you go to the “Sermons By Louie” section of my web site (far right corner) you will be able to locate this clips.  The latest two I added today are: 1) More Lord: More, More, More and 2) You Are FREE.  Thanks for listening.

I just finished updating my reading list.  Check it out whenyou get a a chance.

Happy New Year to all my readers.  I recently updated my calendar through March of 2009 (see Upcoming Events in Column 3 of this site).  I also updated “What Louie’s Reading” as well.  I’m planning on doing much more personal writing in 09 so be prepared.

Two notable movies to watch.  I loved The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as well as Eastwood’s “Gran Torino.”  Check them out’ they’re definitely worth seeing.

My son, Brody, turned 13 last Friday.  Yes, he is now a teenager.  My youngest turd (my term of endearment for my kids) just became a teenager.  He was sitting on my lap on the eve of this pubescent right of passage.  As the clock oozed past midnight, I looked at him and asked, “Do you feel any different at 13 than you did when you were 12?” 

“Yes, I think I do, Dad, ” He responded.

“In what way?” I wondered. “What is different for you today than yesterday?”

“The Responsibility,” he answered

I almost barfed.  I laughed outloud and so did Brody.  As if, in a few seconds of time, the weight of his personhood became heavier.  Don’t send me emails explaining the psychobabble of teenage transcendence.  I know what you mean, but certainly this is not thrust upon him at 10 til midnight on the eve of his birthday. 

As if to prove my point for me, Brody woke up the next morning at 7:30 so he and I could play RockBand on the Wii before the women arose.   Oh, the responsibility of it all.  BTW, our Wii band is named “ZitNipple.”  Watch for our World Tour coming to  city or village near you.  ZitNipple rocks with Brody on drums and me on the bass.   Oh yeah, the responsibility of it all.

Happy New Year

Follow this link to view a simple, clear presentation of the Gospel.  This presentation was developed and recorded by Vic Cales, a fellow staff Pastor with me at Oasis-Wauseon (www.oasis-wauseon.com).  This DVD is being used to win people to Jesus from Nairobi, Kenya to the University of Michigan football team.  If you would like a copy, just email me with your address.  We’ll get one (or many) in your hands to use as a simple tool for sharing the Gospel.  Entire families are coming to know the Lord at Oasis.  That is our hope and goal worldwide.  The time is near; let’s make some disciples.

http://www.oasnet.net/louie/Your_Inheritance-small.mp4

When I was a professor at Kentucky Christian University, Barry Blair was a student of mine.  That little known fact has garnered him almost nothing, except occasional ridicule.  Barry is far more known as a founding member and the musical genius behind Audio Adrenaline as well as a quality producer after his retirement from Audio A.

The reason for my quip is this: the first solo CD from Barry since his Audio A days has finally arrived.  It is an instrumental Christmas CD and it is beautiful.  Barry recorded and produced it on his own and is typical of Barry’s known quality.  Give it a listen at http://www.myspace.com/noelcd then go order 10 copies for your family and friends at http://www.tonecrashrecords.com/noelcd.htm  His bulk prices are incredible.  This is a timeless Christmas caveat that will remain in my tray for a long time…or at least until Dec 26.   Great work Barry!!!  It is great to hear your guitar prowess once again.

Vic and I went to a meeting in Toledo last night.  Bob Borcherdt invited us to hear a dude named Mark Anderson, a YWAMer, discuss the Call2All (www.call2all.org), a mission to reach every people group on earth.  It was astounding, exciting, invigorating, visionary..you get the idea.  Check out the website and see if this is anything you might be interested in.  Oh, and if you’re not interested in the Great Commission, you might want to pick up a copy of an old, all-time best seller called “The Word of God. ”

Bring someone into the Kingdom, today, would ya?  Unless you’re too busy doing ministry.  (Can you tell I”ve had too much coffee?)

Here is a humorous and insightful video about the differences between Men and Women.  Take 5 minutes and enjoy it RIGHT NOW!! 

A great friend and Word guy, Max Smith, sent me this email. I think it’s worth repeating.  Max wrote:

What would you call someone who…

went around afflicting people with cancer?

who went around killing infants in their cribs?

who went around causing accidents that killed teens?

flew planes into buildings to teach people a lesson?

would cause terrible storms that kill thousands of people?

went about giving husbands and fathers heart attacks so

their wife and kids could “learn from their suffering”?

What would you call them?

In religious America, we call him God.  And that is a lie.

It’s sad, but true.  You want to know God?  Read about him in

Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.  Do you think he’s changed? 
Seriously.  Do you REALLY think he’s changed?  He hasn’t.

He is life.  He is the Redeemer.  He is a lover.  He is the healer.

Watch the work of Jesus in these four books and ask then ask

yourself, I mean seriously ask yourself, “do I REALLY think that

God is doing these horrible things?”  Where did this stuff come

from?  These all came from the father of lies, satan.  He has used

the religious American church to blame God for his (satan’s) own

evil work.  So, how do we change it?  Preach the gospel.  Give

people the WORD.  It is CLEAR.  It is TRUTH.  God is really,

really, really, GOOD.