| 212 Degrees--Boiling Point Get On Fire For God!! Issue 15 (October 2001) |
| What is 212 Degrees--Boiling Point?? Want to know more about the background, mission, and purpose of this 'zine for Christian teens? Follow the above link and find out who we are, what we're doing, and how we came about in the first place! Also, check out our statement of beliefs while you're at it. NOTE: 212 Degrees--Boiling Point does not support or endorse the advertisements placed on its pages by Yahoo!/Geocities. I have no control over the ads they put on this site...but soon we will be at our own address and will no longer have to deal with the ads at all! :) |
| SNACK SHACK The Bible says that man (and the rest of us) does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. Soooooo, why not grab a dr. pepper (or soda of your choice) and some chips (hey, fat grams and calories don't count on-line!!) and check out these "snacks" from God's Word. :) | TELL THE WORLD The Bible says to confess with your mouth what God has done for you...where He's brought you from...and what He's doing in your life. Tell the world!! This section of 212 Degrees--Boiling Point is set aside for testimonies. Maybe something you've gone through or are in the middle of right now can help someone else in their situation. Maybe God can use your testimony, your story, to bless someone else and in turn bless you as well. And maybe you can benefit from something someone else has to say. If nothing else, testifying results in giving glory to God, and THAT is our divine purpose! (This section is not available in this issue of 212 Degrees. Please check back for it in the next issue! Also, If you'd like to share your testimony in either the next issue or another upcoming issue, please send it to me at sonflower_16@yahoo.com. Thanks!) |
| MAIN STAGE This is the place where you can find all kinds of Christian music news. From reviews on the latest albums, to artists' testimonies, to links to Christian music sites. This is the place to be! |
| POETRY CORNER Welcome to the Poetry Corner! Make yourself at home. There are some giant bean-bags to sit on over in the corner over there... Do ya still have some snacks left from your visit to the Snack Shack? If not, help yourself to some refreshments...the ones laid out on that table over there... Now that you're all settled in, enjoy the selection of poetry for this issue of 212 Degrees--Boiling Point. | ISSUES WE FACE Do you ever wonder if God's Word has any practical advice concerning the issues we face today? Well, guess what! The Bible has plenty to say about most of our modern-day problems and concerns. Maybe it doesn't actually use the same terms we do now...but as King Soloman advised in Ecclesiastes, "there is nothing new under the sun". The Bible was written a long time ago, times have changed a little since then. But God hasn't changed a bit, and neither have his commands! So, let's explore some and see just what the Bible does have to say concerning some of the issues we face today. |
| KNOW THE TRUTH When you get depressed it is easy to *feel* like no one cares, like God is far away, and like you are very much alone. As Christians we are supposed to go by what we *know* and not by what we *feel*. What do you *know* about God? What kinds of things does the Bible tell you for certain about God? And what kinds of things has God shown you personally about Himself? In this part of 212 Degrees--Boiling Point we are going to keep a running list of things we *know* to be true about God. But I also want to challenge each of you to start your own list on a regular piece of paper or in a notebook. Add to your list every day, and when you start feelilng depressed or alone turn back to your list and see how awesome God is!! Know The Truth!! |
THINK ABOUT IT Throughout the Bible we find many parables that Jesus told the disciples and crowds that gathered around Him. He used these parables to help make it a little easier and clearer to understand some of the harder things He was trying to tell them. These parables really caused people to think, back in Jesus' time and now in our time. Well...these "parables" featured here aren't from God's Word, but the messages behind them are. Read them and see if they cause you to "think about it". |
| SPECIAL INSERT ARTICLES This section of 212 Degrees--Boiling Point is for all the special insert articles that are not specifically for a regular column, but are just as important to read! :) I hope you enjoy them! Wake Up Your Voice is Your Address The Occult Call for Unity And here's the fifth article in our series on Prayer! Prayer: Password Accepted |
| KEWL LINKS There's some pretty cool stuff on the world-wide web for Christian teens. I've put together a list of some of my favorite sites and webpages that might be of interest to some of you out there. This list is just the beginning, and I'll be adding to it every chance I get! I also welcome links suggested by others, so if you have a link that you want to share with everyone, please send it to me. Thanks! | Link From Your Site!! Here's the link graphic that I've created for 212 Degrees--Boiling Point. If you have a webpage, I'd love it if you'd save this graphic and then link to my site! If you need instructions on how to do this, just let me know! Thanks!  | |
| PRAY FOR REVIVAL This is something that I've been really thinking a lot about lately. Revival...our country, our whole world needs it now like never before. With school shootings happening so often, abortions being performed tons of times every day legally, and the occult in full-swing throughout our society, it seems that God has been put on the back-burner. I want to really encourage you to take a few minutes EVERY day to pray for revival to sweep through your country and world. Pray for your youth group and church, for your school, for your community, for your state and country....for all the leaders and people who make decisions that affect us all. Prayer is a very powerful thing...and the Bible says that when two or three are gathered in prayer, He is there in their midst. Thank you... |
Want To Help? Would you like to join the 212 Degrees--Boiling Point ministry team? If you you answered yes to that question, I'd like to inform you of several ways in which you might be able to help. 212 Degrees--Boiling Point is looking for help in the following areas: **Writing** (Mostly needed for devotionals and special insert articles.) **Publicizing** (We *need* two or three people to post to different messageboards when new issues of 212 Degrees come out.) **Music reviewing** (We *need* people who are willing to listen to new *Christian* albums and write up reviews for them to be featured in our Main Stage section.) **Prayer warriors** (Prayer is an important part of any ministry!) If you would like to join our team, please e-mail me. You will be asked for a brief testimony/statement of faith before you join, so please only respond if you are serious about helping and furthering this ministry. Thanks! | |
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Questions? Suggestions? Comments? Do you have a question about something featured in this zine? Or maybe you have a suggestion or idea...or just something you want to say! Well, here's your chance... e-mail me and tell me what you think! Maybe you just want to talk, that's fine too :) I'll respond immediately to everything I receive, so please don't hesitate to write if you have something to say. Thanks, and God Bless! | |
| Note From The Editor About three weeks ago horror swept through the United States…and the rest of the world. As you all know, four airplanes were hi-jacked by terrorists, two of them crashed into the World Trading Center in New York, one into the Pentagon in Washington D.C., and the other veered off course and crashed near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This has been a long and difficult past few weeks, full of lessons, revelations, and a mixture of emotions. Like most everyone else, I was shocked when I heard the news. No one feels ready for things like this. I think of all the people who boarded an airplane, or went to work, or dropped by the WTC on an errand, not knowing they’d never return home. I wonder about their souls. How many of them knew Christ as their Savior? I think of all those who lost loved ones. Their grief must be tremendous… I think of all the people who were injured, all the people who escaped with their lives and saw the whole thing take place. It reminds me how short life is, how unpredictable life is, and how we need to live our lives ready for anything that could happen. The one thought I really want to leave with you today is that God is still in control…even through all of this, He still sits on the throne. He’s just as powerful as He was a month ago, a year ago, a thousand years ago, and so on. He’s a big God, and He has the whole world in His hands…but even more than that, He’s a big God who can take care of all your needs. Trust Him and talk to Him today. He’s waiting to hear from you… Note: All the articles except two (both of them special insert articles) in this issue were written before the recent traumatic events in the U.S. I held off on sending out this issue because I felt I needed to... But I do aplogize that the issue was late in coming out because of that. Have a blessed month, and I'll talk to you again in November! Until next month... Your Sis in Christ~* |
| A Quote To Live By... "I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day."--Abraham Lincoln |
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