Peer Pressure

Posted: February 5, 2012 in Bible Study
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Peer Pressure = Contagious Stupidity

I’m not sure that any of us are immune to this equal opportunity contagion.  Even those of us (by us I mean you since I have little will power) with great will power are sparsely able to resist the allure of it.  Despite our assumptions that peer pressure is merely an adolescent affliction, it is truly ageless.

It can strike at any time, in any place, and at anyone.   So then what is our best defense against such an indiscriminate foe?  I believe the best advice is found in Proverbs 12:26.

The righteous should choose his friends carefully,
For the way of the wicked leads them astray.
- Proverbs 12:26

Our absolute best preventive medicine is to place ourselves among peers who will provide the “right” kind of pressure.  Pick your friends wisely.

Procrastinationist

Posted: January 27, 2012 in Church, Life in General
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I figure that if a botanist is an expert in the field of botany and a chemist is an expert in the field of chemistry…than I must be a procrastinationist as I am an expert in the field of procrastination.  Take this evening for example.  I should have been working on the sermon for this Sunday at Connecting Point, but instead I’ve been surfing Facebook and making up alternate lyrics to Bon Jovi songs.

As I sat here wondering why I procrastinate so much, I figured what better way to study this out then to write about it.  Or at least if I’m not studying why I’m such a procrastinator I can be comforted by the fact that I’m still procrastinating as I write this instead of the sermon.

I was looking for some deep philosophical reason for it.  I don’t buy the lame excuse that everyone uses about being ADD or having too much sugar in their diet or being dropped on their head as a baby.  I don’t think any of those things apply to me.  I’m pretty sure my procrastination is caused by a dash of laziness and a whole heaping desire to just goof off.  So instead of risking that I say something remotely useful, I’ll just sign off now :)

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