John 3:16 (Klingon Language Version)
vaD joH’a’ vaj loved the qo’, vetlh ghaH nobta’ Daj wa’ je neH puqloD, vetlh ‘Iv believes Daq ghaH should ghobe’ perish, ‘ach ghaj eternal yIn.

The truth is the truth no matter how you say it.

My chicken’s thighs rub.

When she runs across the yard, I can smell burning feathers.

That can’t be good.

There are three engineers in a car; an electrical engineer, a chemical engineer and a Microsoft engineer.

Suddenly the car just stops by the side of the road, and the three engineers look at each other wondering what could be wrong.

The electrical engineer suggests the electronics of the car be removed down to its parts and then try to trace where a fault might have occurred.

The chemical engineer, not knowing much about cars, suggests that may be the fuel is becoming emulsified and getting blocked somewhere.

Then, the Microsoft engineer comes up with a suggestion, “Why don’t we close all the windows, get out, get back in, open the windows again? Maybe it’ll work!?”

It’s sad that so many Christians worship the third engineer.

What operating system do you think G-d wants you to use? Did you ask Him?

Why not?

I get out. I just don’t get out as far as some people do.

I stay close enough to home so I am able to run back inside in case the helicopters come.

This is an excerpt from a Bridges for Peace newsletter referring to Yom Kippur. Note the dedication of an entire nation to their faith and G-d’s commandment.

The State of Israel was almost completely shut down on October 12–13 for the biblically mandated Day of Atonement, known as Yom Kippur in Hebrew. Most of the country’s Jewish residents join in a 25–hour period of fasting, prayer, and introspection. Traffic came to a standstill, as all public and virtually all private transportation was stopped. No flights were allowed in or out of the country. Israeli radio and television services were halted.

Yom Kippur is a day of afflicting oneself. During the twenty-five hours (sundown to sundown) of the day, no food or water is ingested; no entertainment is enjoyed; no one bathes; husbands and wives refrain from intimacy; and all attention is turned to spiritual matters. The synagogues were full as the people joined together to seek the Lord in an attitude of repentance.

All this activity is in accordance with the Lord’s command that the Children of Israel set aside the tenth day of the seventh month (on the Hebrew Calendar) for a day of divine atonement.

“It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the Lord. And you shall do no work on that same day, for it is the Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the Lord your God” (Leviticus 23:27–28).

How effective would the Church be if Christians had this level of commitment?

Embarrassing, isn’t it?