Nathan Holritz shot this video of a special moment between me and Mike Colon and you won't want to miss it!


http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Opensourcep...mike-colon.html

I cannot believe i missed this. You guys are outta control!

I love you all... even if you are a weeeeee bit on the strange side

hahaha, oh my goodness, that was hilarious. I love the music, Bow Chick a Wow Wow.

WOW!!!!!!!!!

I cant tell you how sucky my day has been..You guys made my month LOL..Thats great. I cant stop laughing.

Hilarious.....I would have freaked out !!!!!

This is why I became a phot og :-)

WOW... how fun to relive THAT moment!!! It was definitely the funniest thing I've ever seen!!!! LOL!!!! Bob and I are still laughing our asses off!!! Great video Nathan!!! ~ Dawn

That was HILARIOUS!!!

LMAO... I needed to see that! awesome.

You are a sick and twisted individual. And that's why I like you so much!

Nice remodel on the house BTW. Did you buy whole block? *snerk*

I'll bet Mike is going to put a rear view (pun totally intended) mirror on his NEXT massage table!

All the best,
Roxanne

Haha. It's always nice to see something that can make you laugh just when you need it.

Hahaha. Nice music selection!

Happy birthday...(a day early) David Jay!!!!

Ooooooooo...what a lucky man...you are...

Haha, that was one of the funniest things I have seen in a long time!

Wow.....

Oh...that was just too funny!!!

Good thing I wasn't there, I might have had a heart attack from laughing so hard.

Really guys, you put tears in my eyes.

Thanks!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DJ

Sweet!

That is too funny. I hate laughing when I'm by myself at work I was wondering how far down he was going to let you go

Your hand was in his crack! - that was soooo freakin funny - If I were Mike I would have let her go on (thinking it was a woman) Of course I am single - Mike was great.

Sorry to rain on people's parade but I find this offensive. Maybe I'm too "square" but my expectations of those taking the name of Jesus Christ are rather high! Even more so those that enjoy "success" and are seen as "thought leaders".

Just my humble opinion.

-Mike

hmmm...
so that's what the big dogs do on their day off eh??

+1000000000000!! That was hilarious!

I laughed out loud. A somewhat nervous, uncomfortable laugh. But a laugh nevertheless. You probably wouldn't see me being on either side of that prank -- but I don't personally roll like that. Ha!

i'll be sure to not drink the water at partnercon.

I have to completely agree with you Mike, and I am sure we'll get flamed for speaking our convictions on this matter. This is immature and perverse.

Maybe make a hint for those of us who wish not to see these things?

Yes... yes you will.

Looking at this through my "Christian filter", I found this video hilarious. The only thing I'd be worried about in this video is that they did the prank in front of girls. But perverse? I certainly wouldn't use that word. It's just two very straight fun guys being crazy.

Hebrews 10:24 says "Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds." I believe that passage would be in the context of a relationship with a fellow believer. And since I don't have the type of relationship with DJ to at least discuss and talk about certain things he does (or the plenty of things he could talk to me about), then I just let the Holy Spirit do His job of convicting. Without that relationship and DJ knowing my heart, my words will fall very short. He has no idea where I would be coming from since there are a lot of "nuts" out there.

But as far as this prank is concerned, I think it was pretty harmless and fun!

Johnny,
Thanks for your support. I did want to add a little more by way of explanation. I believe as men of Christ we need to be above reproach. To be salt and light for a fallen world the fact of regeneration *in Christ* needs to be evident in our lives. Part of the sanctification process is literally turning away from the "old man" and the becoming more like the *sinless* Christ whose name we take on us. It's not that we will be sinless, but that we SIN LESS. AS Paul says, however, His grace doesn't give us licinse to sin:

Romans 6:1-14
"What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin. Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace."

I continue:
I say this in all humility, knowing that I am far from perfect myself. I see DJ having the opportunity to impact a large audience, and that can be for God's glory and to further His purpose and Kingdom, or not. Both being part of a prank like this and then posting on the Internet, I gently ask DJ if he believes this a something a representative of Jesus would do (or not)? What may seem a "harmless" prank to some really causes me concern for DJs witness. I say this as a brother in Christ wishing someone had taken the time to do the same for me. Some might say this is none of my business -- it's DJs life. I felt I needed to speak out as a brother in Christ, and as a friend, as in Proverbs:

Proverbs 27:6 "Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses."

Also in the spirit of 2 Corinthians 2:4:
"For I wrote to you out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you."

I hope DJ takes this in the spirit it was offered.

May we all see each other through grace filled eyes,
Mike

We'll just have to disagree on this one...

I don't see DJ drunk out of his mind, yelling curses, angry, not happy, running around saying "Christ loves you, b****! Now come to daddy!" Yeah, I can see that totally hurting his witness.

What I CAN see is DJ jumping back in the pool immediately afterwards, getting in deep conversations with people around him about what he read in the Bible that morning and what they thought about it. He could do that because of the relationships he has built. And I totally can't see someone in the pool saying "Hey DJ, I would have believed you a minute ago that I am a sinner and I do need a Saviour but after that little prank you did, I totally not going to believe that now."

But that's just me.

Hey

Mike, Johnny & Rich you forgot something


HAPPY BIRTHDAY DJ

heheh

You're right! I'll post my Happy birthday in the real thread though.

Rich,
I don't want to get into a flamefest, and most likely we will have to disagree on this. I'll leave this with you...

Would you senior pastor do the same, in front of everyone present in the video, and then show it at church next Sunday? I can only hope the answer is a resounding NO! Our behavior in private and/or away from church needs to match what we present to the Lord on Sunday in His house... He sees us every day, after all.. so we are fooling no one but ourselves.

Eph 1:4:
"just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love"

Where we draw the line (of rightousness) is important -- we fall short of His rightousness by (our old) nature -- and by (our old) nature would be be drawn to become man pleasers and soften that hard line He draws relative to holiness and purity (some may remember this post relative to purity).

God is set apart from all else in his purity; in fact, he is the measure of purity. Out of his holiness comes his necessary abhorance of all moral imperfection. Habakuk tells us that God's purity makes him unable look on wickedness with approval, and Psalm 24 tells us that only those who are similarly pure may stand in the presence of our holy God.

Our recognition of God's holiness is a driving force for our sanctification. Those of us who are his are called to be holy as he is holy. It is out of our reverence for a holy God that we submit to him in obedience and conduct ourselves circumspectly before him. We are called be holy in our behavior so we can be like the One who called us (1 Peter 1:15-17).

Again, I offer this with a tender heart, knowing that only through a complete reliance on Jesus Christ that I am transformed... and it's a lifelong process.

In the service of a righteous and Holy God,
Mike

i cannot believe a funny video has turned into a preachfest.

+10000000. Where's that eye rolling smiley??

I sure hope this emoticon doesn't get me into any trouble...

I thought it was funny.

Next time, I think you should ask that a warning be given, and bring up the rest of it with the poster (DJ in this case) privately.

you is bad.

That is indeed one course of action. But DJ posted in a public forum, and thus I thought I should respond...

As for a preachfest, I am sorry if people feel that way. I have tried to respectfully (and prayerfully) present my feelings & beliefs to someone I care very deeply about, and to this forum.

I'll shut up now.

-Mike

I'm with Kaitlin. Personally I found the prank hilarious and something two very close friends might play on each other. Then of course it's a different matter if it should be posted online or not, the people in question should know whether it'd end up with hurt feelings or a "Wait until I can get back at ya!". But if anyone is offended by the video (those who watch, or are in it), that should be taken up in private with DJ.

Mike,
I fully respect and can understand your stance. Like you say, it was posted in public and of course you should respond if you feel the need to. But perhaps certain details are better dealt with in private with DJ?

Just my humble opinion.
/N

I don't think you should have to "shut up". We're all adults here -- or at least we should be -- and can discuss serious things without being afraid that we'll be shut down by elementary school tactics. Just next time maybe start a new thread to discuss it so as to not interrupt the "flow" of this fun one!

I, for one, appreciate your heart and enjoy discussing this kind of stuff.

Well, I am SURE that I will be flamed for this!

Perverse??? What ARE you guys talking about??? If I wanted to be hearing scripture I would have joined a different forum.

Everyone has their personal beliefs. Maybe some have diverse opinions about gay folks. (I'm married by the way!!) Maybe some have opinions about race, politics, and so on. The thing is, they are not really opinions for this forum, as I see it.

The guys were having fun!!!! Let's stow away the dusty bibles and leave them to their happy day. Yes, it is "raining on their parade".

Sorry, but I couldn't believe what I was reading, or what this spiraled (downward) into. I suppose I might be banned now?

Anyway, since opinions are being so freely distributed, that's mine!

Hugh

there was nothing serious about the original posting. it was a funny video - just a few of you read something dirty into it. plain and simple. if you dont like the content, move on, dont stand on a pedestal and preach the gospel because something offended you.

Fully planning to bring that up the next time I'm in a confessional. Hoping the preist will understand what I'm trying to explain...

I'm so confused by your post. Were you talking to me? I need to reread what I wrote to see where you thought I was offended by this post and where I'm preaching the gospel...

I'm also very confused about where everyone thinks that Mike was preaching at everyone. What I read was Mike talking to DJ (who is a Christian) and asking him to basically defend his position. No where does Mike talk to anyone but DJ. He doesn't tell anyone to live by his morel laws at all. Imagine DJ is on stage and he just showed this video and then opened the mic up to the audience (us) for questions and answers. Several people said they loved the video. Then Mike steps up to the mic and talks to DJ... not to the audience... between two Christian brothers and the audience feels like Mike is speaking to them and is highly offended. That... I'm confused about.

Wow, seriously?

I am pretty sure everyone is confused because the "mic" that has been used to scold DJ is not a private letter or email, but a public forum.

There was nothing sinful or intentionally offensive, one could say it was distasteful maybe, but taste is a matter of opinion. What is distasteful to my mother may not be distasteful to me. This does not make this video sinful in any way.

I personally thought it was hilarious and I think DJ just could not help himself with that hot Mike Colon right there... Ladies can I get an AMEN!

+1

The video made me laugh, the discussion made me laugh again. Now I'm getting back to work... ;-)

None of us are not responsible for the actions of other people. David doesn't answer to anyone but God, and that won't be for a while, God-willing. He knows what he intended and he knows the effect of what he did and he doesn't owe anyone an explanation. In my upbringing, Christ had an incredible sense of humor and laughed heartily, though those passages were likely lost to time. I think it's important that when we feel the urge to moralize (like I am doing THIS VERY MINUTE) that we check ourselves and reflect on our responsibilities and if some of those are to the community, then fine, but they tend to be mostly to ourselves.

Our lives are full of temptation, greed and chances to sin. We are responsible for our own reactions to those things and Christ told us that we have free will as he did. We are all adults here and are fully capable of metabolizing that video as we see fit. Christ didn't demand anyone come to him, nor did he give anyone the right to judge another or demand they explain themselves to his community. Part of his calling was to shrug off the autocracy of the Romans and some of the Rabbis who had decided they were gods on earth and used that power to control and segregate the peoples in order to maintain that power.

Go ahead and witness, proselytize and spread your word, but is it really appropriate to publicly introduce shame or grief where none existed before? It doesn't seem the way of Christ, nor is it (in a lesser form) the way of the internet forum.

I respect EVERYone's right to proclaim their beliefs and exult in the glory of whatever god they choose. But if you choose to use religion and the word of Christ as an instrument of shame, yes, you should prepare to feel the wrath of the masses, especially when that instrument is used toward someone who is beloved in a community (and very respected as a Christian from what I understand from many people). Acknowledging you may be flamed doesn't inherently mean you are a martyr...it may just mean you are wrong and you've overreached your bounds, especially of humility.

It doesn't seem Christ-like to judge or heap scorn, especially on those who have fostered this joyous, inclusive and loving community that I have recently been introduced to. Can we just share love, take photos and raise our common respect for loving unions between respectful people to the highest!

Jesus was a libertarian!!!!


Oh and HAPPY BIRTHDAY D.J.! Thanks for bringing some laughter into my day!

+1000 ....Yeah, no kidding




AMEN!!