All about Sheepsnot

I was watching an old debate between John Edwards and Dick Cheney this evening and they played a clip of Edwards speaking to the poor and the working class of America. It occurred to me that he did this from a wealthy position. Most, if not all, politicians who campaign on a platform of being "for the working man," never give up their wealth to do so. In fact, they charge $50,000 to talk to people about the plight of the poor, while never feeling it themselves. Do you want to know the difference between Jesus and a politician? Jesus, "being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death-- even death on a cross!" Jesus left the splendor of heaven and even gave up equality with God to become a servant among men, oftentimes not even having a comfortable plac...

   Let's pretend we're on an island. There are 20 of us. We only have access to what is on our island, so there are no import worries. We don't have a money system because everyone is just finding a place to live and helping each other when needed. I love carrots but can't grow them for squat. You hate carrots but are a world class carrot farmer, so I offer to trade you some of my crops for your carrots.     After awhile, we figure out that we have enough of each other's produce, so we start offering other things in return for what we need. I offer you a day's labor in exchange for help building a bridge between my bedroom treehouse and my bathroom treehouse. This bridge is especially necessary in the mornings. We can continue on like this forever without ever knowing we were supposed to be storing up stuff we don't need.     One day you come to me and say, "Can you help me build a radio out of a coconut? I'll give you some veggies!" I don'...