I received an interesting article yesterday that shows where technology is going. Radio was before tv and the main form of getting your news and entertainment. We as a tv program have radio programs that we do weekly. But, now radio programs are going out and being replaced with podcats and mp3 players. People can now download what they want to hear and so the need for radio is becoming less and less.

10 years ago I never imagined that this is where we would be going. I have an ipod and primarily listen to music on mine. This shows how much technology is changing many ministries like ours.

Our Islam program has been going well. It has definitely fit in with what is happening in the world.

I can tell that it is getting to be fall because it has become cooler here and I love this time of year. TN is really pretty in the fall.

This past week we started our new series on Islam and it is so relevant to today. We hear about Islam every day. I have been doing some commercials also to try to get people like you to join our tape of the month club which is really the backbone of our ministry.

This past week I received an e-mail where it talks about how the terroists want to do something worse that 9/11. They are saying that all the muslims that live here should get out. They also said that they are going to disguise themselves as regular people with regular names and also as christian or toher religions. This made me realize that they hate the US and no matter what they are going to try to destroy what we have.

We nee to continue to pray for our country and our leaders. There is such a threat right now and it is more of a threat now than ever before.

This week I have been thinking on the fact of 9/11. It is so hard for me to watch even after 5 years since that tragic day. Even when I watch the news they just don't get what we are facing now and in the future. I can remember going to school and we were in a cold war but we never heard about the terroists every day and we never worried about being attacked. That was so far from our minds. I do feel bad for the people who were killed. It is very hard to believe that the twin towers are no longer standing. We were in New York the week before and I never imagined they would be gone. Our family went up one night to the top of the Empire State building and it was so clear and the twin towers were so beautiful.

This weekend we start a new series on Islam and what it means for us and for the nations. What people do not understand is that we are facing an enemy that does not care what we think and wants to kill for the sake of Allah. We can not and will never negotiate with terroists. With everything that is happening we know the Lord's return is soon.

We need to pray for our president and in my opinion he is the right man for the job. The Lord put him in office at the right time. I would not want to be in his shoes. The decisions he makes he needs wisdom and it is our responsibility to pray for him.

I don't know if you saw the documentary on ABC leading up to 9/11. They did a good job of interpreting what I think really went on. We did miss on things and we should have seen the warning signs. I think also the Lord allowed 9/11 and he can allow another one to get our attention and to show us who he really is and we need to be more fervent and reverent to a God that will allow things to happen when a nation turns from Him and turns to things that are not of Him.

Well, it has been awhile. I can't believe that Labor day has come and gone. We are already looking towards Christmas and what we are going to do this year.

Many of you probably heard about Steve Irwin's death (formally known as the Crocodile man). When I heard about it I could not believe that he had died. I was not a fan of his but I thought he was funny at times and somewhat stupid too. Yet, he loved animals and tried to help them as much as he could. He also loved his family more than we will know. I would definitely not go after crocodiles or handle snakes like he did. I really do not like reptiles but the Lord put them here for a reason. Why? I am not sure. What I see as sad is now he has small children that have lost their dad and someone who was not afraid of anything and put his life on the line.

This is an example to me of how as christians we need to put our life on the line because of who we serve. I think back to columbine high school and how the one girl was asked if she belived in God and she said yes and was killed for her belief. She put her life on the line for God. No matter what would happen.