The Bethel Rebel: Life according to Johnny Ginsberg

I talked to my conservator, and I emailed my uncle in Virginia this week.   It looks like so far, the trip to Virginia is a go.   We just need to adjust the actual times, so as to be able to have a good climate there for comfort.   Probably the trip will most likely happen in [...]

Greetings one and all.  May God bless everyone who reads this blog. I have a couple of things I want this summer.  I’d like to upgrade my digital SLR camera, which I have said before.  The other desire of my heart I’d so love to happen is to have a summer vacation on the East [...]

I’ve touched on this before, but I’m going to restate my desires. I want to serve God in the way He wants me to serve.  I’ve given several alternatives, based on whatever opportunities for me to serve Him are best suited.  I could serve God by working in an office doing office-type work.  I could [...]

Congratulations to now President Barack Obama.  We are now at a turning point in American History.  We have for the first time a president whose ethnicity is other then European American.  We have a president who is promising change in Washington, which is why he was elected. Changes in the government as a platform seem [...]

One of my teachers threw me a bit of a curve when I discovered through the syllabus that I had as a required text the New American Standard Bible.  So…I ordered the new Bible via Northwestern Book Stores online.  For some reason, I decided to buy the Life Application Study Bible with the NASB version.  [...]

I liked Pastor Bob Merritt’s message for this weekend at Eagle Brook.  He pretty much says that there is no sin that is unforgivable, with the exception of blasphemy of the Holy Spirit.   With God, you come to him messy, stinky, and full of blemishes, and He kindly and lovingly cleans us up and loves [...]

I just watched Governor Blagojevich’s “news conference” a few minutes ago.  This guy is in severe denial about what he’s doing and where he stands.  I’ll quote Shepard Smith and the other gentlemen–this individual just did what the US Senate calls a filibuster.  Talk about what you want to talk about, and not directly addressing [...]

It looks like Eagle Brook is hosting a gathering of single adults for Friday the 16th of January.  It looks like it could be interesting for me to attend.  But for me to consider attending this event, I have the following thoughts. I’m a single guy, and I am not usually averse in meeting people [...]