Durocher's Blog

There is a great sin in the church. It is the greatest sin that any man has ever committed. I have not personally committed it; I'm just asking for a friend. Pride Have you heard of it? Maybe you've seen it. I know you've felt it. But have you committed it? Years ago I was sitting(again) with a friend. This friend, we'll call Billy, was a man who claimed he followed Jesus, but he was always getting drunk. We sat in the dark on his porch and talked--him drunk--me sober. He knew drunkenness was a sin, there was no denial on his part, but he kept doing it. As he condemned himself as a failure, I tried to help him understand an important truth. "Billy", I said, "The only difference between your drunkenness and my pride is the fact that other people can see yours. "Every time you get drunk a huge 'D' is embroidered on your shirt for all to see. You parade your sin through the town". Pride isn't like that. Pride is slick and

Cheers theme song "Making your way in the world today Takes everything you got Taking a break from all your worries It sure would help a lot Wouldn't you like to get away? Sometimes you want to go Where everybody knows your name And they're always glad you came You want to be where you can see The troubles are all the same You want to be where everybody knows your name You want to go where people know The people are all the same You want to go where everybody knows your name" If you've never seen Cheers, you might not get much of what I'm about to say. You'll get the general idea, but not the comparison. But seriously? Who hasn't seen Cheers?! If you read the lyrics from the theme song, you'll get it. It really says it all. The theme song could really point, in all aspects, to Jesus and His church. The whole world longs for... Making your way in the world today Do not love the world or the things in the world. 1 John 2

Gotcha! How's that for click-bait? Don't worry, I'm not going to do a boring lecture on bible translations. I wouldn't think it was boring, but most normal human beings would rather watch paint dry. And herein lies our problem. Most Christians never put any serious effort into understanding where the bible came from. And I'll tell you from experience, it's not that easy to research. There is so much garbage out there. Like the book in the picture above. It's absolute garbage and casts unnecessary doubt upon the word of God. It proclaims that ALL modern translations are from the devil. Grandma says it's the only  REAL bible Back in 2001, I was involved with fighting wild fires in Montana. I met a girl, Tracy, who worked for the forest service. She was not a Christian but was very interested to hear about Jesus. After many weeks working together, it was time to go home and I told her I would send her a bible and some other good books.

The day It was a hot August in 2003 in Richland Washington. I just finished night shift and was listening to a sermon on the radio on the drive home. The speaker asked, " When was the last time you bought flowers for your wife "? I thought it was a good question, so being the awesome husband that I am, I stopped and bought her a dozen roses. That morning she went for a pregnancy checkup. The next thing I knew we were at the hospital for a delivery! A month early! The previous month In my prayer time during the previous month I had come to realize that I was failing at mustering up compassion. I heard about it, and I read about it, but I couldn't develop the 'feeling' of compassion. I realized that I just might be the least compassionate person alive. I began to confess this to God and ask that He would " Give me compassion, because I can't seem to make it happen on my own ". I was about to learn a very valuable lesson. When God wants