The primary purpose of NoisyStreets.com is to expose the truth of God as made known by both the Bible and God's creation. Truth can be found in psychology, literature, genetics, astronomy, art, and more. We seek to expose this truth by publishing articles and blogs discussing various subjects. Most but not all of the articles reference the Bible, the ultimate authority on Truth apart from God Himself. Blogs are contributed by you, the community, and so each blog author is entitled to reference the Bible, or not. To complement the articles and blogs, we provide a discussion forum where members can discuss articles or create their own discussion threads about any topic they desire, as long as it pertains to the overall theme of the site. Tertiary to this is the social networking aspect of NoisyStreets.com. e.g. private messaging, friends, groups, wall comments, etc. Ideally, we desire that consistent visitors of the site will get to know each other on some level through these community-oriented features.

1) Read and Write blogs and articles about topics that are relevant to your entire life, spiritual, mental, and physical.

2) Discuss the articles, blogs, and forum topics.

3) Connect with other members of the site via private messaging, wall comments, and more.

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In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. On the 6th day of creation, God made man. Some time after the first man was created, man disobeyed God thus introducing all of mankind to sin and death. Since that time, mankind has continued to disobey God even while He reaches out to us. Two thousand years ago, a man named Paul wrote "For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse." (Romans 1:20 NIV) and "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work." (2 Timothy 3:16-17 NIV) We believe that the Bible is the inspired word of God and is infallible. We believe that everything else in known creation is fallible, particularly mankind. At the same time though, as Paul has pointed out, God reveals Himself through more than just the Bible. The United States' Declaration of Independence, for instance, refers to God's invisible qualities when it states, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." The key words here are "truths", "self-evident" and "Creator" (with a capital "C"). The goal of this web site is to expose these self-evident truths and link them to the Creator, the author of the Bible. In the Bible, these truths are often referred to as "wisdom". The Bible clearly states that true wisdom comes only from God. Below are several passages from the Bible relating to wisdom and the purpose of NoisyStreets.com.

Job 28:28 (NIV)
And he said to man, 'The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.'

Matthew 11:18-19 (NIV)
[Jesus said,] "For John [the Baptist] came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.' The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and "sinners."' But wisdom is proved right by her actions."

1 Corinthians 1:25 (NIV)
For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength.

1 Corinthians 3:19 (NIV)
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight. As it is written: "He catches the wise in their craftiness"

Proverbs 1:20-33 (NIV)
Wisdom calls aloud in the street,
       she raises her voice in the public squares;

at the head of the noisy streets she cries out,
       in the gateways of the city she makes her speech:

"How long will you simple ones love your simple ways?
       How long will mockers delight in mockery
       and fools hate knowledge?

If you had responded to my rebuke,
       I would have poured out my heart to you
       and made my thoughts known to you.

But since you rejected me when I called
       and no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand,

since you ignored all my advice
       and would not accept my rebuke,

I in turn will laugh at your disaster;
       I will mock when calamity overtakes you-

when calamity overtakes you like a storm,
       when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind,
       when distress and trouble overwhelm you.

"Then they will call to me but I will not answer;
       they will look for me but will not find me.

Since they hated knowledge
       and did not choose to fear the LORD,

since they would not accept my advice
       and spurned my rebuke,

they will eat the fruit of their ways
       and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.

For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,
       and the complacency of fools will destroy them;

but whoever listens to me will live in safety
       and be at ease, without fear of harm."


Other passages of interest include: Psalm 1:1-6; Psalm 111:10; Proverbs 1:7; Proverbs 9:10; Isaiah 33:6; Micah 6:9