Hurry Up And Get Young

Just a bit of relaxing on a Friday night. Caught a moment of "That 70's Show"
recently and remembered that Mila Kunis famously fibbed that she was older~from her IMDB page:  
"Auditioned for the situation comedy That '70s Show (1998) at age 14. Though actors had to be at least 18 to get the role, she truthfully claimed she would be 18 on her birthday, not specifying which birthday, and won the role."
So what is Ella Mae Morse doing in this post?

"Signed by Jimmy Dorsey at the age of 14 (she lied about her age and said she was 19) and was subsequently fired after discovering the truth about her age."
Both Ella Mae and her Mom swore that she was 19-she went on the road with the band until her school sent Dorsey a note saying that he was responsible for a minor.
Why all this?
After the mad hurryrush, teenagers wanting to be older, we become older and...that is that.
I am very happy to be my age, and to have so much of my journey behind me.
Simply enjoy Life. Whenever you are.

Bad Duncan! Bad!!

I don't news much, but I just came across this item.
Duncan Hunter, Republican Representative from California has made a royale hash of his life.
Public/campaign funds used to maintain a lifestyle which allegedly
included affairs with 5 different women.
Not bad enough? Here's a pull quote from the Yahoo article:
"Hunter and his wife, Margaret, were charged last year with improperly using more than $250,000 in campaign funds for family vacations, their children's private school tuition and other personal expenses. Margaret pleaded guilty to the charges earlier this month, but Hunter, who was reelected to his sixth term in November while under indictment, has refused a plea deal."
When someone does wrong, it is wrong.
A Christian ministry leader years ago decided that HE did not have to pay taxes.
He ended up in prison, and that was well deserved.
Duncan Hunter may end up there.
"But Doug! He's a REPUBLICAN! Circle the wagons! We NEED his VOTE!"
Nope.
Wagon circles are fine if someone is innocent.
But protecting the guilty because of political affiliation only encourages bad behavior.
Bottom line-keep to the straight and narrow, be honest and REMAIN honest, especially if people have invested confidence in you.
Don't be a Duncan.

But Then,Teacher, WHO Is My Brother?

Borrowing from history~~the picture above is of the Hovelson brothers, circa 1910 or thereabouts. Not a real car, though they were truly brothers.
Heard a sermon today about "Falsity In The Family"~the Family, of course, being the Family of God.
Conundrum Corner~if some are false, are they actually, truly IN the Family?
Jesus Christ, Paul, Peter, Jude and others all warned against 'false brethren'.
No where in Scripture can I find it stated that false believers will be with the Family of God in Heaven.
So...we pray that that God's Will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.
Would you consider it God's Will on earth that we welcome false brethren and teachers into the Lord's Church?
Or, as is stated throughout Scripture, are we to be wary of such false believers?
Even, perhaps...confronting them, and NOT fellow shipping with them?
Paul stated to the Galatian church: 
"⁶I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel; 
⁷which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. 
⁸But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed! 
⁹As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be accursed!"
Here's the thing-there are dead churches full of unsaved false believers which have oodles of theology promoting a different Gospel. 
Paul doesn't say, "Y'know, there are some true Christians in those churches, so we should fellowship with them even though they have a wrong Gospel."
Some may say, "You can't play God, Doug! You don't know who is or isn't saved!"
No, but it's not about me. I follow the God who said,
" ²¹“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. 
 ²²“Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’ 
²³“And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.' "