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    SALVAGED "T-NOTES" (aka "GOD NOTES") ORIGINALLY POSTED to POSTEROUS HELLO ! INTRODUCTION TO SALVAGED T-NOTES (GOD NOTES) I started a website entitled “God Notes” on posterous.com (posterous was subsequently purchased by Twitter but promised everything would remain as-is) on 11/30/10 and continued posting to it thru 8/16/12. Around that time, or shortly thereafter, I suddenly received a pop-up telling me that I was “permanently banned” from posting on posterous. It did NOT explain why, not offer any opportunity to “contact” them and ask for more information, etc. Subsequently, I wrote a letter via postal mail to the last known address of posterous headquarters in San Francisco and it subsequently was returned to me un-read, as if there is nobody in that office anymore. Posterous did NOT go out-of-business, and you can still browse various posterous websites, but they removed ALL of mine except for one; namely my audio-bible website entitled www.HearingTheWord.posterous.com . As of 2/19/13 this is the only posterous website of mine (of many) that remains available for viewing (and listening; it’s an audio site). Also subsequently, YouTube terminated my account citing, randomly, “copyright” issues and ‘community guideline” violations. However, YouTube signaled to me that they can pick-&-choose what they consider to be “community guidelines” even if it means being “too good” which seems to be the case (in one instance they chose a posting I made about an injured professional football player, entitled “thoughts & prayers for…” and used NO outside media footage(neither video or image or anything else) but simply a photo of the player’s name (created & photographed by me). Hence, what I ascertained, indirectly, was that I was becoming a political “hit job” by posterous/twitter and YouTube/google. They do NOT want nor like users who are “too conservative” (and yet I consider myself a moderate on the conservative side, indicating that extreme liberalism is the preferred “norm” for these institutions; whereas I frequently spoke out, and continue to do so, against abortion, and against gay marriage (yet am against gay bashing of any kind) . Fortunately, I managed to salvage some of the posts by going back to my gmail account from which the post was sent. However, in some cases this does not include the original content if it was linked to a YouTube video, etc. Nor do I have the time or means to put it all back together from the original content because I do not have a “perfect cataloging system” for all my various media means & modes (much of it I do have backed up here& there but it’s on various different flash-drives, cd’s etc, some of which subsequently failed, or in one case I had a few flash-drives stolen). Hence, the only response to such deletion or loss of intellectual property is to try to at least show what activity you did on such behalf (for the doubters, scoffers, cynics, & political hitmen) and urge fellow believers to put pressure on such institutions against political hit jobs (one problem being that conservatives tend not to make much, or enough, “noise” (perhaps part of the reason we still have an extremely liberal president) while small segments of liberalism make disproportionate “noise” to get what they want (the gay community being one of them). With that said, I present to you my T-note (standing for “theological notes) or “god note” library, in part, for what it is worth; and also possibly for potential future legal action against Posterous/Twitter and/or YouTube/Google .

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    SALVAGED "T-NOTES" (aka "GOD NOTES") ORIGINALLY POSTED to POSTEROUS HELLO ! INTRODUCTION TO SALVAGED T-NOTES (GOD NOTES) I started a website entitled “God Notes” on posterous.com (posterous was subsequently purchased by Twitter but promised everything would remain as-is) on 11/30/10 and continued posting to it thru 8/16/12. Around that time, or shortly thereafter, I suddenly received a pop-up telling me that I was “permanently banned” from posting on posterous. It did NOT explain why, not offer any opportunity to “contact” them and ask for more information, etc. Subsequently, I wrote a letter via postal mail to the last known address of posterous headquarters in San Francisco and it subsequently was returned to me un-read, as if there is nobody in that office anymore. Posterous did NOT go out-of-business, and you can still browse various posterous websites, but they removed ALL of mine except for one; namely my audio-bible website entitled www.HearingTheWord.posterous.com . As of 2/19/13 this is the only posterous website of mine (of many) that remains available for viewing (and listening; it’s an audio site). Also subsequently, YouTube terminated my account citing, randomly, “copyright” issues and ‘community guideline” violations. However, YouTube signaled to me that they can pick-&-choose what they consider to be “community guidelines” even if it means being “too good” which seems to be the case (in one instance they chose a posting I made about an injured professional football player, entitled “thoughts & prayers for…” and used NO outside media footage(neither video or image or anything else) but simply a photo of the player’s name (created & photographed by me). Hence, what I ascertained, indirectly, was that I was becoming a political “hit job” by posterous/twitter and YouTube/google. They do NOT want nor like users who are “too conservative” (and yet I consider myself a moderate on the conservative side, indicating that extreme liberalism is the preferred “norm” for these institutions; whereas I frequently spoke out, and continue to do so, against abortion, and against gay marriage (yet am against gay bashing of any kind) . Fortunately, I managed to salvage some of the posts by going back to my gmail account from which the post was sent. However, in some cases this does not include the original content if it was linked to a YouTube video, etc. Nor do I have the time or means to put it all back together from the original content because I do not have a “perfect cataloging system” for all my various media means & modes (much of it I do have backed up here& there but it’s on various different flash-drives, cd’s etc, some of which subsequently failed, or in one case I had a few flash-drives stolen). Hence, the only response to such deletion or loss of intellectual property is to try to at least show what activity you did on such behalf (for the doubters, scoffers, cynics, & political hitmen) and urge fellow believers to put pressure on such institutions against political hit jobs (one problem being that conservatives tend not to make much, or enough, “noise” (perhaps part of the reason we still have an extremely liberal president) while small segments of liberalism make disproportionate “noise” to get what they want (the gay community being one of them). With that said, I present to you my T-note (standing for “theological notes) or “god note” library, in part, for what it is worth; and also possibly for potential future legal action against Posterous/Twitter and/or YouTube/Google .

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    SALVAGED "T-NOTES" (Aka "GOD NOTES") ORIGINALLY POSTED To POSTEROUS

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    SALVAGED "T-NOTES" (aka "GOD NOTES") ORIGINALLY POSTED to POSTEROUS HELLO ! INTRODUCTION TO SALVAGED T-NOTES (GOD NOTES) I started a website entitled “God Notes” on posterous.com (posterous was subsequently purchased by Twitter but promised everything would remain as-is) on 11/30/10 and continued posting to it thru 8/16/12. Around that time, or shortly thereafter, I suddenly received a pop-up telling me that I was “permanently banned” from posting on posterous. It did NOT explain why, not offer any opportunity to “contact” them and ask for more information, etc. Subsequently, I wrote a letter via postal mail to the last known address of posterous headquarters in San Francisco and it subsequently was returned to me un-read, as if there is nobody in that office anymore. Posterous did NOT go out-of-business, and you can still browse various posterous websites, but they removed ALL of mine except for one; namely my audio-bible website entitled www.HearingTheWord.posterous.com . As of 2/19/13 this is the only posterous website of mine (of many) that remains available for viewing (and listening; it’s an audio site). Also subsequently, YouTube terminated my account citing, randomly, “copyright” issues and ‘community guideline” violations. However, YouTube signaled to me that they can pick-&-choose what they consider to be “community guidelines” even if it means being “too good” which seems to be the case (in one instance they chose a posting I made about an injured professional football player, entitled “thoughts & prayers for…” and used NO outside media footage(neither video or image or anything else) but simply a photo of the player’s name (created & photographed by me). Hence, what I ascertained, indirectly, was that I was becoming a political “hit job” by posterous/twitter and YouTube/google. They do NOT want nor like users who are “too conservative” (and yet I consider myself a moderate on the conservative side, indicating that extreme liberalism is the preferred “norm” for these institutions; whereas I frequently spoke out, and continue to do so, against abortion, and against gay marriage (yet am against gay bashing of any kind) . Fortunately, I managed to salvage some of the posts by going back to my gmail account from which the post was sent. However, in some cases this does not include the original content if it was linked to a YouTube video, etc. Nor do I have the time or means to put it all back together from the original content because I do not have a “perfect cataloging system” for all my various media means & modes (much of it I do have backed up here& there but it’s on various different flash-drives, cd’s etc, some of which subsequently failed, or in one case I had a few flash-drives stolen). Hence, the only response to such deletion or loss of intellectual property is to try to at least show what activity you did on such behalf (for the doubters, scoffers, cynics, & political hitmen) and urge fellow believers to put pressure on such institutions against political hit jobs (one problem being that conservatives tend not to make much, or enough, “noise” (perhaps part of the reason we still have an extremely liberal president) while small segments of liberalism make disproportionate “noise” to get what they want (the gay community being one of them). With that said, I present to you my T-note (standing for “theological notes) or “god note” library, in part, for what it is worth; and also possibly for potential future legal action against Posterous/Twitter and/or YouTube/Google .

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    HELLO !

    INTRODUCTION TO SALVAGED T-NOTES (GOD NOTES)


    I started a website entitled God Notes on posterous.com (posterous was subsequently purchased by Twitter but promised everything would remain as-is) on 11/30/10 and continued posting to it thru 8/16/12. Around that time, or shortly thereafter, I suddenly received a pop-up telling me that I was permanently banned from posting on posterous. It did NOT explain why, not offer any opportunity to contact them and ask for more information, etc. Subsequently, I wrote a letter via postal mail to the last known address of posterous headquarters in San Francisco and it subsequently was returned to me un-read, as if there is nobody in that office anymore. Posterous did NOT go out-of-business, and you can still browse various posterous websites, but they removed ALL of mine except for one; namely my audio-bible website entitled www.HearingTheWord.posterous.com . As of 2/19/13 this is the only posterous website of mine (of many) that remains available for viewing (and listening; its an audio site). Also subsequently, YouTube terminated my account citing, randomly, copyright issues and community guideline violations. However, YouTube signaled to me that they can pick-&-choose what they consider to be community guidelines even if it means being too good which seems to be the case (in one instance they chose a posting I made about an injured professional football player, entitled thoughts & prayers for and used NO outside media footage(neither video or
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    image or anything else) but simply a photo of the players name (created & photographed by me). Hence, what I ascertained, indirectly, was that I was becoming a political hit job by posterous/twitter and YouTube/google. They do NOT want nor like users who are too conservative (and yet I consider myself a moderate on the conservative side, indicating that extreme liberalism is the preferred norm for these institutions; whereas I frequently spoke out, and continue to do so, against abortion, and against gay marriage (yet am against gay bashing of any kind) . Fortunately, I managed to salvage some of the posts by going back to my gmail account from which the post was sent. However, in some cases this does not include the original content if it was linked to a YouTube video, etc. Nor do I have the time or means to put it all back together from the original content because I do not have a perfect cataloging system for all my various media means & modes (much of it I do have backed up here& there but its on various different flash-drives, cds etc, some of which subsequently failed, or in one case I had a few flash-drives stolen). Hence, the only response to such deletion or loss of intellectual property is to try to at least show what activity you did on such behalf (for the doubters, scoffers, cynics, & political hitmen) and urge fellow believers to put pressure on such institutions against political hit jobs (one problem being that conservatives tend not to make much, or enough, noise (perhaps part of the reason we still have an extremely liberal president) while small segments of liberalism make disproportionate noise to get what they want (the gay community being one of them). With
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    that said, I present to you my T-note (standing for theological notes) or god note library, in part, for what it is worth; and also possibly for potential future legal action against Posterous/Twitter and/or YouTube/Google . BEGIN CUT-and-PASTE from GMAIL (little editing)
    JP VANDERKOK

    <vanderkok@gmail.com>

    8/16/12

    to post, post, post, 2rEdreSP, zazo112momi, Vanderkok.send, POST


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kige-S6uxc

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kige-S6uxc

    I MADE the ACADEMIC HONORS DEANS LIST ! CALVIN COLLEGE, GRAND RAPIDS, MI
    http://www.unborn-life-is-sacred.posterous.com http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com http://fight4kindness .posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-publicschools.posterous.com www.hearingtheword.posterous.com

    Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all."
    Mark 9:35

    "Istuen, Jeesus kutsui kaksitoista ja sanoi:


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    "Jos joku tahtoo olla ensimminen, hnen on oltava viimeinen, ja kaikkien palvelija. "
    Mark 9:35
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kige-S6uxc JP VANDERKOK

    <vanderkok@gmail.com>

    8/16/12

    to post, post, post, 2rEdreSP, zazo112momi, Vanderkok.send, POST


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0t35S2J990

    I GOT ALMOST PERFECT GRADES IN SPANISH ! SEMESTER IN SPAIN


    Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love Ephesians 4:2
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0t35S2J990

    -"" " - 8 12 ------- LIFE http://www.HE ARINGtheWORD.posterous.com ALSO http://unborn-life-issacred.posterous.com/


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    http://fight4kindness.posterous.com/ http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-public-schools.posterous.com/ AM "" YouTube reason.ALSO CIAFBI http://pray- 4 1 -etal.posterous.com / ALSO http://pray-4-latinos-and-minorities-inamerica.posterous.com/ http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com/ http://keepthefait hbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/ http://www HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/ vanderKOK -http://www.unborn-life-is-sacred.posterous.com http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com http://fight4kindness .posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-publicschools.posterous.com www.hearingtheword.posterous.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0t35S2J990 YouTube - Videos from this email

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    [MULTI-YEAR REVIEW]

    re "The TRINITY is OUR SOCIAL PROGRAM" by MIROSLAV VOLF


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_xsaETOSDQ ARE YOU CONFUSED? FEELING LOST or SCARED? Having TROUBLE with a RELATIONSHIP? Seeking a NEW RELATIONSHIP? Having FINANCIAL TROUBLE? WONDERING what LIFE is ALL ABOUT ? There is ONLY ONE ANSWER to ALL the QUESTIONS or CONCERNS. See http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com And PLEASE HELP PROTECT UNBORN LIFE ! See http://unborn-life-is-sacred.posterous.com/ ALSO, HELP PROMOTE KINDNESS, SEE http://fight4kindness.posterous.com/ . And, please pray for our public schools & be an advocate for chapels in all public schools. See http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-publicschools.posterous.com/
    BY the way, if you see an advertisement for Obama on this or any of my other videos, it is NOT because I endorse Obama for re-election. I think Barack & Michelle Obama are both very nice people, but because of their position on abortion (they refuse to restrict abortion in any way, whereas I am pro-life & adamantly against all forms of abortion) & marriage (they refuse to restrict the definition of "marriage" to being the union of man & woman alone, whereas I believe marriage is a Biblical definition given by God to be used strictly for the union of man & woman) I am opposed to their reelection. I have attempted to disallow Obama ads on my YouTube videos but sometimes they keep appearing for some reason.
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    ALSO, please remember & pray for our judges, elected officials, police officers, 1stresponders, CIA, FBI, Homeland security, and ALL those who dedicate their lives & careers to defending America & freedom, which ultimately helps the entire world, or should, if everything is working right (but this also depends on integrity in all people, for which we also pray) SEE http://pray-4-our-judges-officials-1stresponders-etal.posterous.com/, ALSO, I ask you to pray for racial harmony in America, & to keep our Latino, Black, & other minority Americans in our prayers. SEE http://pray-4-latinos-and-minorities-in-america.posterous.com/

    ALSO: http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com/ http://keepthefaithbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/ http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK -VANDERYouTube - Videos from this email

    [MULTI-YEAR REVIEW]

    REVIEW of the PIGHIUS v CALVIN DEBATE


    ARE YOU CONFUSED? FEELING LOST or SCARED? Having TROUBLE with a RELATIONSHIP? Seeking a NEW RELATIONSHIP? Having FINANCIAL TROUBLE? WONDERING what LIFE is ALL ABOUT ? There is ONLY ONE ANSWER to ALL the QUESTIONS or CONCERNS. See http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com And PLEASE HELP PROTECT UNBORN LIFE ! See http://unborn-life-is-sacred.posterous.com/ ALSO, HELP PROMOTE KINDNESS, SEE http://fight4kindness.posterous.com/ . And, please pray for our public schools & be an advocate for chapels in all public schools.
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    See http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-publicschools.posterous.com/
    BY the way, if you see an advertisement for Obama on this or any of my other videos, it is NOT because I endorse Obama for re-election. I think Barack & Michelle Obama are both very nice people, but because of their position on abortion (they refuse to restrict abortion in any way, whereas I am pro-life & adamantly against all forms of abortion) & marriage (they refuse to restrict the definition of "marriage" to being the union of man & woman alone, whereas I believe marriage is a Biblical definition given by God to be used strictly for the union of man & woman) I am opposed to their reelection. I have attempted to disallow Obama ads on my YouTube videos but sometimes they keep appearing for some reason. ALSO, please remember & pray for our judges, elected officials, police officers, 1stresponders, CIA, FBI, Homeland security, and ALL those who dedicate their lives & careers to defending America & freedom, which ultimately helps the entire world, or should, if everything is working right (but this also depends on integrity in all people, for which we also pray) SEE http://pray-4-our-judges-officials-1stresponders-etal.posterous.com/, ALSO, I ask you to pray for racial harmony in America, & to keep our Latino, Black, & other minority Americans in our prayers. SEE http://pray-4-latinos-and-minorities-in-america.posterous.com/

    ALSO: http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com/ http://keepthefaithbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/ http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK -VANDERYouTube - Videos from this email

    [MULTI-YEAR REVIEW]

    MY REVIEW OF 'PRESENCE of GOD in PASTORAL CARE " by WAYNE OATES


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCM8JSQdQV0

    ARE YOU CONFUSED? FEELING LOST or SCARED? Having TROUBLE with a RELATIONSHIP? Seeking a NEW RELATIONSHIP? Having FINANCIAL TROUBLE? WONDERING what LIFE is ALL ABOUT ? There is ONLY ONE ANSWER to ALL the QUESTIONS or CONCERNS. See http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com And PLEASE HELP PROTECT UNBORN LIFE ! See http://unborn-life-is-sacred.posterous.com/ ALSO, HELP PROMOTE KINDNESS, SEE http://fight4kindness.posterous.com/ . And, please pray for our public schools & be an advocate for chapels in all public schools. See http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-publicschools.posterous.com/
    BY the way, if you see an advertisement for Obama on this or any of my other videos, it is NOT because I endorse Obama for re-election. I think Barack & Michelle Obama are both very nice people, but because of their position on abortion (they refuse to restrict abortion in any way, whereas I am pro-life & adamantly against all forms of abortion) & marriage (they refuse to restrict the definition of "marriage" to being the union of man & woman alone, whereas I believe marriage is a Biblical definition given by God to be used strictly for the union of man & woman) I am opposed to their re-election. I have attempted to disallow Obama ads on my YouTube videos but sometimes they keep appearing for some reason.

    ALSO, please remember & pray for our judges, elected officials, police officers, 1stresponders, CIA, FBI, Homeland security, and ALL those who dedicate their lives & careers to defending America & freedom, which ultimately helps the entire world, or should, if everything is working right (but this also depends on integrity in all people, for which we also pray) SEE http://pray-4-our-judges-officials-1stresponders-etal.posterous.com/, ALSO, I ask you to pray for racial harmony in America, & to keep our Latino, Black, & other minority Americans in our prayers. SEE http://pray-4-latinos-and-minorities-in-america.posterous.com/

    ALSO: http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com/ http://keepthefaithbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/ http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK


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    -VANDERMULTI-YEAR REVIEW]

    TEACHING MINISTRY PAPER, FOR BOB DEVRIES


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fv2qmIyhhI

    ARE YOU CONFUSED? FEELING LOST or SCARED? Having TROUBLE with a RELATIONSHIP? Seeking a NEW RELATIONSHIP? Having FINANCIAL TROUBLE? WONDERING what LIFE is ALL ABOUT ? There is ONLY ONE ANSWER to ALL the QUESTIONS or CONCERNS. See http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com And PLEASE HELP PROTECT UNBORN LIFE ! See http://unborn-life-is-sacred.posterous.com/ ALSO, HELP PROMOTE KINDNESS, SEE http://fight4kindness.posterous.com/ . And, please pray for our public schools & be an advocate for chapels in all public schools. See http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-publicschools.posterous.com/
    BY the way, if you see an advertisement for Obama on this or any of my other videos, it is NOT because I endorse Obama for re-election. I think Barack & Michelle Obama are both very nice people, but because of their position on abortion (they refuse to restrict abortion in any way, whereas I am pro-life & adamantly against all forms of abortion) & marriage (they refuse to restrict the definition of "marriage" to being the union of man & woman alone, whereas I believe marriage is a Biblical definition given by God to be used strictly for the union of man & woman) I am opposed to their reelection. I have attempted to disallow Obama ads on my YouTube videos but sometimes they keep appearing for some reason. ALSO, please remember & pray for our judges, elected officials, police officers, 1stresponders, CIA, FBI, Homeland security, and ALL those who dedicate their lives & careers to defending America & freedom, which ultimately helps the entire world, or should, if everything is working right (but this also depends on integrity in all people, for which we also pray) SEE http://pray-4-our-judges-officials-1stresponders-etal.posterous.com/, ALSO, I ask you to pray for racial harmony in
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    America, & to keep our Latino, Black, & other minority Americans in our prayers. SEE http://pray-4-latinos-and-minorities-in-america.posterous.com/

    ALSO: http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com/ http://keepthefaithbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/ http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK -VANDERYouTube - Videos from this email

    [MULTI-YEAR REVIEW]

    PARTS of a MISSION PAPER, CALVIN SEMINARY


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOwLjZ0_J98

    ARE YOU CONFUSED? FEELING LOST or SCARED? Having TROUBLE with a RELATIONSHIP? Seeking a NEW RELATIONSHIP? Having FINANCIAL TROUBLE? WONDERING what LIFE is ALL ABOUT ? There is ONLY ONE ANSWER to ALL the QUESTIONS or CONCERNS. See http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com And PLEASE HELP PROTECT UNBORN LIFE ! See http://unborn-life-is-sacred.posterous.com/ ALSO, HELP PROMOTE KINDNESS, SEE http://fight4kindness.posterous.com/ . And, please pray for our public schools & be an advocate for chapels in all public schools. See http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-publicschools.posterous.com/
    BY the way, if you see an advertisement for Obama on this or any of my other videos, it is NOT because I endorse Obama for re-election. I think Barack & Michelle Obama are both very nice people, but
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    because of their position on abortion (they refuse to restrict abortion in any way, whereas I am pro-life & adamantly against all forms of abortion) & marriage (they refuse to restrict the definition of "marriage" to being the union of man & woman alone, whereas I believe marriage is a Biblical definition given by God to be used strictly for the union of man & woman) I am opposed to their reelection. I have attempted to disallow Obama ads on my YouTube videos but sometimes they keep appearing for some reason. ALSO, please remember & pray for our judges, elected officials, police officers, 1stresponders, CIA, FBI, Homeland security, and ALL those who dedicate their lives & careers to defending America & freedom, which ultimately helps the entire world, or should, if everything is working right (but this also depends on integrity in all people, for which we also pray) SEE http://pray-4-our-judges-officials-1stresponders-etal.posterous.com/, ALSO, I ask you to pray for racial harmony in America, & to keep our Latino, Black, & other minority Americans in our prayers. SEE http://pray-4-latinos-and-minorities-in-america.posterous.com/

    ALSO: http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com/ http://keepthefaithbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/ http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK -VANDERYouTube - Videos from this email

    MULTI-YEAR REVIEW]

    LITURGY PAPER, CALVIN SEMINARY


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0edhE0dWcMg

    ARE YOU CONFUSED? FEELING LOST or SCARED? Having TROUBLE with a RELATIONSHIP? Seeking a NEW RELATIONSHIP? Having FINANCIAL TROUBLE? WONDERING what LIFE is ALL ABOUT ? There is ONLY ONE ANSWER to ALL the QUESTIONS or CONCERNS. See http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com And PLEASE HELP PROTECT UNBORN LIFE ! See http://unborn-life-is-sacred.posterous.com/
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    ALSO, HELP PROMOTE KINDNESS, SEE http://fight4kindness.posterous.com/ . And, please pray for our public schools & be an advocate for chapels in all public schools. See http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-publicschools.posterous.com/
    BY the way, if you see an advertisement for Obama on this or any of my other videos, it is NOT because I endorse Obama for re-election. I think Barack & Michelle Obama are both very nice people, but because of their position on abortion (they refuse to restrict abortion in any way, whereas I am pro-life & adamantly against all forms of abortion) & marriage (they refuse to restrict the definition of "marriage" to being the union of man & woman alone, whereas I believe marriage is a Biblical definition given by God to be used strictly for the union of man & woman) I am opposed to their reelection. I have attempted to disallow Obama ads on my YouTube videos but sometimes they keep appearing for some reason. ALSO, please remember & pray for our judges, elected officials, police officers, 1stresponders, CIA, FBI, Homeland security, and ALL those who dedicate their lives & careers to defending America & freedom, which ultimately helps the entire world, or should, if everything is working right (but this also depends on integrity in all people, for which we also pray) SEE http://pray-4-our-judges-officials-1stresponders-etal.posterous.com/, ALSO, I ask you to pray for racial harmony in America, & to keep our Latino, Black, & other minority Americans in our prayers. SEE http://pray-4-latinos-and-minorities-in-america.posterous.com/

    ALSO: http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com/ http://keepthefaithbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/ http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK -VANDERYouTube - Videos from this email

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    WORSHIP EXAM, CALVIN SEMINARY


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTZpvTa_YSA
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    ARE YOU CONFUSED? FEELING LOST or SCARED? Having TROUBLE with a RELATIONSHIP? Seeking a NEW RELATIONSHIP? Having FINANCIAL TROUBLE? WONDERING what LIFE is ALL ABOUT ? There is ONLY ONE ANSWER to ALL the QUESTIONS or CONCERNS. See http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com And PLEASE HELP PROTECT UNBORN LIFE ! See http://unborn-life-is-sacred.posterous.com/ ALSO, HELP PROMOTE KINDNESS, SEE http://fight4kindness.posterous.com/ . And, please pray for our public schools & be an advocate for chapels in all public schools. See http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-publicschools.posterous.com/
    BY the way, if you see an advertisement for Obama on this or any of my other videos, it is NOT because I endorse Obama for re-election. I think Barack & Michelle Obama are both very nice people, but because of their position on abortion (they refuse to restrict abortion in any way, whereas I am pro-life & adamantly against all forms of abortion) & marriage (they refuse to restrict the definition of "marriage" to being the union of man & woman alone, whereas I believe marriage is a Biblical definition given by God to be used strictly for the union of man & woman) I am opposed to their reelection. I have attempted to disallow Obama ads on my YouTube videos but sometimes they keep appearing for some reason. ALSO, please remember & pray for our judges, elected officials, police officers, 1stresponders, CIA, FBI, Homeland security, and ALL those who dedicate their lives & careers to defending America & freedom, which ultimately helps the entire world, or should, if everything is working right (but this also depends on integrity in all people, for which we also pray) SEE http://pray-4-our-judges-officials-1stresponders-etal.posterous.com/, ALSO, I ask you to pray for racial harmony in America, & to keep our Latino, Black, & other minority Americans in our prayers. SEE http://pray-4-latinos-and-minorities-in-america.posterous.com/

    ALSO: http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com/
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    http://keepthefaithbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/ http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK -VANDERYouTube - Videos from this email

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    CHURCH HISTORY EXAM, PROF MULLER's CALVIN SEMINARY


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdrO-_YLGxQ

    ARE YOU CONFUSED? FEELING LOST or SCARED? Having TROUBLE with a RELATIONSHIP? Seeking a NEW RELATIONSHIP? Having FINANCIAL TROUBLE? WONDERING what LIFE is ALL ABOUT ? There is ONLY ONE ANSWER to ALL the QUESTIONS or CONCERNS. See http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com And PLEASE HELP PROTECT UNBORN LIFE ! See http://unborn-life-is-sacred.posterous.com/ ALSO, HELP PROMOTE KINDNESS, SEE http://fight4kindness.posterous.com/ . And, please pray for our public schools & be an advocate for chapels in all public schools. See http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-publicschools.posterous.com/
    BY the way, if you see an advertisement for Obama on this or any of my other videos, it is NOT because I endorse Obama for re-election. I think Barack & Michelle Obama are both very nice people, but because of their position on abortion (they refuse to restrict abortion in any way, whereas I am pro-life & adamantly against all forms of abortion) & marriage (they refuse to restrict the definition of "marriage" to being the union of man & woman alone, whereas I believe marriage is a Biblical definition given by God to be used strictly for the union of man & woman) I am opposed to their reelection. I have attempted to disallow Obama ads on my YouTube videos but sometimes they keep appearing for some reason.
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    ALSO, please remember & pray for our judges, elected officials, police officers, 1stresponders, CIA, FBI, Homeland security, and ALL those who dedicate their lives & careers to defending America & freedom, which ultimately helps the entire world, or should, if everything is working right (but this also depends on integrity in all people, for which we also pray) SEE http://pray-4-our-judges-officials-1stresponders-etal.posterous.com/, ALSO, I ask you to pray for racial harmony in America, & to keep our Latino, Black, & other minority Americans in our prayers. SEE http://pray-4-latinos-and-minorities-in-america.posterous.com/

    ALSO: http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com/ http://keepthefaithbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/ http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK -VANDERYouTube - Videos from this email

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    SYLLABUS FROM PROFESSOR FELDMETH's CLASS, FULLER SEMINARY


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1-jm90A_1o

    ARE YOU CONFUSED? FEELING LOST or SCARED? HavingTROUBLE with a RELATIONSHIP? Seeking a NEW RELATIONSHIP?Having FINANCIAL TROUBLE? WONDERING what LIFE is ALL ABOUT ? There is ONLY ONE ANSWER to ALL the QUESTIONS or CONCERNS. Seehttp://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com And PLEASE HELP PROTECT UNBORN LIFE ! See http://unborn-life-is-sacred.posterous.com/ ALSO, HELP PROMOTE KINDNESS, SEE
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    http://fight4kindness.posterous.com/ . And, please pray for our public schools & be an advocate for chapels in all public schools. See http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-publicschools.posterous.com/
    BY the way, if you see an advertisement for Obama on this or any of my other videos, it is NOT because I endorse Obama for re-election. I think Barack & Michelle Obama are both very nice people, but because of their position on abortion (they refuse to restrict abortion in any way, whereas I am pro-life & adamantly against all forms of abortion) & marriage (they refuse to restrict the definition of "marriage" to being the union of man & woman alone, whereas I believe marriage is a Biblical definition given by God to be used strictly for the union of man & woman) I am opposed to their reelection. I have attempted to disallow Obama ads on my YouTube videos but sometimes they keep appearing for some reason. ALSO, please remember & pray for our judges, elected officials, police officers, 1stresponders, CIA, FBI, Homeland security, and ALL those who dedicate their lives & careers to defending America & freedom, which ultimately helps the entire world, or should, if everything is working right (but this also depends on integrity in all people, for which we also pray) SEE http://pray-4-our-judges-officials-1stresponders-etal.posterous.com/, ALSO, I ask you to pray for racial harmony in America, & to keep our Latino, Black, & other minority Americans in our prayers. SEE http://pray-4-latinos-and-minorities-in-america.posterous.com/

    ALSO: http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com/ http://keepthefaithbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/ http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK -VANDERYouTube - Videos from this email

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    PROFESSOR HAMMER's SYLLABUS: PASTORAL CARE

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    CLASS
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgBbSYvARQc

    ARE YOU CONFUSED? FEELING LOST or SCARED? HavingTROUBLE with a RELATIONSHIP? Seeking a NEW RELATIONSHIP?Having FINANCIAL TROUBLE? WONDERING what LIFE is ALL ABOUT ? There is ONLY ONE ANSWER to ALL the QUESTIONS or CONCERNS. Seehttp://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com And PLEASE HELP PROTECT UNBORN LIFE ! See http://unborn-life-is-sacred.posterous.com/ ALSO, HELP PROMOTE KINDNESS, SEE http://fight4kindness.posterous.com/ . And, please pray for our public schools & be an advocate for chapels in all public schools. See http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-publicschools.posterous.com/
    BY the way, if you see an advertisement for Obama on this or any of my other videos, it is NOT because I endorse Obama for re-election. I think Barack & Michelle Obama are both very nice people, but because of their position on abortion (they refuse to restrict abortion in any way, whereas I am pro-life & adamantly against all forms of abortion) & marriage (they refuse to restrict the definition of "marriage" to being the union of man & woman alone, whereas I believe marriage is a Biblical definition given by God to be used strictly for the union of man & woman) I am opposed to their reelection. I have attempted to disallow Obama ads on my YouTube videos but sometimes they keep appearing for some reason. ALSO, please remember & pray for our judges, elected officials, police officers, 1stresponders, CIA, FBI, Homeland security, and ALL those who dedicate their lives & careers to defending America & freedom, which ultimately helps the entire world, or should, if everything is working right (but this also depends on integrity in all people, for which we also pray) SEE http://pray-4-our-judges-officials-1stresponders-etal.posterous.com/, ALSO, I ask you to pray for racial harmony in America, & to keep our Latino, Black, & other minority Americans in our prayers. SEE http://pray-4-latinos-and-minorities-in-america.posterous.com/

    ALSO:
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    http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com/ http://keepthefaithbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/ http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK -VANDERYouTube - Videos from this email

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    FROM JUDY GUNDRY-VOLF's CLASS, FULLER SEMINARY


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04q2e7mZpKQ

    ARE YOU CONFUSED? FEELING LOST or SCARED? HavingTROUBLE with a RELATIONSHIP? Seeking a NEW RELATIONSHIP?Having FINANCIAL TROUBLE? WONDERING what LIFE is ALL ABOUT ? There is ONLY ONE ANSWER to ALL the QUESTIONS or CONCERNS. Seehttp://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com And PLEASE HELP PROTECT UNBORN LIFE ! See http://unborn-life-is-sacred.posterous.com/ ALSO, HELP PROMOTE KINDNESS, SEE http://fight4kindness.posterous.com/ . And, please pray for our public schools & be an advocate for chapels in all public schools. See http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-publicschools.posterous.com/
    BY the way, if you see an advertisement for Obama on this or any of my other videos, it is NOT because I endorse Obama for re-election. I think Barack & Michelle Obama are both very nice people, but because of their position on abortion (they refuse to restrict abortion in any way, whereas I am pro-life & adamantly against all forms of abortion) & marriage (they refuse to restrict the definition of "marriage" to being the union of man & woman alone, whereas I believe marriage is a Biblical definition given by God to be used strictly for the union of man & woman) I am opposed to their re19

    election. I have attempted to disallow Obama ads on my YouTube videos but sometimes they keep appearing for some reason. ALSO, please remember & pray for our judges, elected officials, police officers, 1stresponders, CIA, FBI, Homeland security, and ALL those who dedicate their lives & careers to defending America & freedom, which ultimately helps the entire world, or should, if everything is working right (but this also depends on integrity in all people, for which we also pray) SEE http://pray-4-our-judges-officials-1stresponders-etal.posterous.com/, ALSO, I ask you to pray for racial harmony in America, & to keep our Latino, Black, & other minority Americans in our prayers. SEE http://pray-4-latinos-and-minorities-in-america.posterous.com/

    ALSO: http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com/ http://keepthefaithbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/ http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK -VANDERYouTube - Videos from this email

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    ANCIENT CHURCH EXAM, CALVIN SEMINARY


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6IWf8uA-Zg

    ARE YOU CONFUSED? FEELING LOST or SCARED? HavingTROUBLE with a RELATIONSHIP? Seeking a NEW RELATIONSHIP?Having FINANCIAL TROUBLE? WONDERING what LIFE is ALL ABOUT ? There is ONLY ONE ANSWER to ALL the QUESTIONS or CONCERNS. Seehttp://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com And PLEASE HELP PROTECT UNBORN LIFE ! See http://unborn-life-is-sacred.posterous.com/ ALSO, HELP PROMOTE KINDNESS, SEE

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    http://fight4kindness.posterous.com/ . And, please pray for our public schools & be an advocate for chapels in all public schools. See http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-publicschools.posterous.com/
    BY the way, if you see an advertisement for Obama on this or any of my other videos, it is NOT because I endorse Obama for re-election. I think Barack & Michelle Obama are both very nice people, but because of their position on abortion (they refuse to restrict abortion in any way, whereas I am pro-life & adamantly against all forms of abortion) & marriage (they refuse to restrict the definition of "marriage" to being the union of man & woman alone, whereas I believe marriage is a Biblical definition given by God to be used strictly for the union of man & woman) I am opposed to their reelection. I have attempted to disallow Obama ads on my YouTube videos but sometimes they keep appearing for some reason. ALSO, please remember & pray for our judges, elected officials, police officers, 1stresponders, CIA, FBI, Homeland security, and ALL those who dedicate their lives & careers to defending America & freedom, which ultimately helps the entire world, or should, if everything is working right (but this also depends on integrity in all people, for which we also pray) SEE http://pray-4-our-judges-officials-1stresponders-etal.posterous.com/, ALSO, I ask you to pray for racial harmony in America, & to keep our Latino, Black, & other minority Americans in our prayers. SEE http://pray-4-latinos-and-minorities-in-america.posterous.com/

    ALSO: http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com/ http://keepthefaithbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/ http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK -VANDERYouTube - Videos from this email

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    MISSION PAPERS, BY Vander


    March 24, 2012 10:11 AM ARE YOU CONFUSED? FEELING LOST or SCARED? HavingTROUBLE with a RELATIONSHIP? Seeking a NEW RELATIONSHIP?Having
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    FINANCIAL TROUBLE? WONDERING what LIFE is ALL ABOUT ? There is ONLY ONE ANSWER to ALL the QUESTIONS or CONCERNS. Seehttp://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com And PLEASE HELP PROTECT UNBORN LIFE ! See http://unborn-life-is-sacred.posterous.com/ ALSO, HELP PROMOTE KINDNESS, SEE http://fight4kindness.posterous.com/ . And, please pray for our public schools & be an advocate for chapels in all public schools. See http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-publicschools.posterous.com/
    BY the way, if you see an advertisement for Obama on this or any of my other videos, it is NOT because I endorse Obama for re-election. I think Barack & Michelle Obama are both very nice people, but because of their position on abortion (they refuse to restrict abortion in any way, whereas I am pro-life & adamantly against all forms of abortion) & marriage (they refuse to restrict the definition of "marriage" to being the union of man & woman alone, whereas I believe marriage is a Biblical definition given by God to be used strictly for the union of man & woman) I am opposed to their reelection. I have attempted to disallow Obama ads on my YouTube videos but sometimes they keep appearing for some reason. ALSO, please remember & pray for our judges, elected officials, police officers, 1stresponders, CIA, FBI, Homeland security, and ALL those who dedicate their lives & careers to defending America & freedom, which ultimately helps the entire world, or should, if everything is working right (but this also depends on integrity in all people, for which we also pray) SEE http://pray-4-our-judges-officials-1stresponders-etal.posterous.com/, ALSO, I ask you to pray for racial harmony in America, & to keep our Latino, Black, & other minority Americans in our prayers. SEE http://pray-4-latinos-and-minorities-in-america.posterous.com/

    ALSO: http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com/ http://keepthefaithbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/ http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK -VANDER22

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    re ITINERANT PREACHERS: A PAPER I WROTE


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY0WvsAEobA

    ARE YOU CONFUSED? FEELING LOST or SCARED? HavingTROUBLE with a RELATIONSHIP? Seeking a NEW RELATIONSHIP?Having FINANCIAL TROUBLE? WONDERING what LIFE is ALL ABOUT ? There is ONLY ONE ANSWER to ALL the QUESTIONS or CONCERNS. Seehttp://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com And PLEASE HELP PROTECT UNBORN LIFE ! See http://unborn-life-is-sacred.posterous.com/ ALSO, HELP PROMOTE KINDNESS, SEE http://fight4kindness.posterous.com/ . And, please pray for our public schools & be an advocate for chapels in all public schools. See http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-publicschools.posterous.com/
    BY the way, if you see an advertisement for Obama on this or any of my other videos, it is NOT because I endorse Obama for re-election. I think Barack & Michelle Obama are both very nice people, but because of their position on abortion (they refuse to restrict abortion in any way, whereas I am pro-life & adamantly against all forms of abortion) & marriage (they refuse to restrict the definition of "marriage" to being the union of man & woman alone, whereas I believe marriage is a Biblical definition given by God to be used strictly for the union of man & woman) I am opposed to their reelection. I have attempted to disallow Obama ads on my YouTube videos but sometimes they keep appearing for some reason. ALSO, please remember & pray for our judges, elected officials, police officers, 1stresponders, CIA, FBI, Homeland security, and ALL those who dedicate their lives & careers to defending America & freedom, which ultimately helps the entire world, or should, if everything is working right (but this also depends on integrity in all people, for which we also pray) SEE http://pray-4-our-judges-officials-1stresponders-etal.posterous.com/, ALSO, I ask you to pray for racial harmony in
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    America, & to keep our Latino, Black, & other minority Americans in our prayers. SEE http://pray-4-latinos-and-minorities-in-america.posterous.com/

    ALSO: http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com/ http://keepthefaithbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/ http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK -VANDERYouTube - Videos from this email

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    A BIT OF REFORMATION HISTORY


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeghBxxWs9E

    ARE YOU CONFUSED? FEELING LOST or SCARED? HavingTROUBLE with a RELATIONSHIP? Seeking a NEW RELATIONSHIP?Having FINANCIAL TROUBLE? WONDERING what LIFE is ALL ABOUT ? There is ONLY ONE ANSWER to ALL the QUESTIONS or CONCERNS. Seehttp://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com And PLEASE HELP PROTECT UNBORN LIFE ! See http://unborn-life-is-sacred.posterous.com/ ALSO, HELP PROMOTE KINDNESS, SEE http://fight4kindness.posterous.com/ . And, please pray for our public schools & be an advocate for chapels in all public schools. See http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-publicschools.posterous.com/
    BY the way, if you see an advertisement for Obama on this or any of my other videos, it is NOT because I endorse Obama for re-election. I think Barack & Michelle Obama are both very nice people, but because of their position on abortion (they refuse to restrict abortion in any way, whereas I am pro-life & adamantly against all forms of abortion) & marriage (they refuse to restrict the definition of "marriage" to being the union of man & woman alone, whereas I
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    believe marriage is a Biblical definition given by God to be used strictly for the union of man & woman) I am opposed to their reelection. I have attempted to disallow Obama ads on my YouTube videos but sometimes they keep appearing for some reason. ALSO, please remember & pray for our judges, elected officials, police officers, 1stresponders, CIA, FBI, Homeland security, and ALL those who dedicate their lives & careers to defending America & freedom, which ultimately helps the entire world, or should, if everything is working right (but this also depends on integrity in all people, for which we also pray) SEE http://pray-4-our-judges-officials-1stresponders-etal.posterous.com/, ALSO, I ask you to pray for racial harmony in America, & to keep our Latino, Black, & other minority Americans in our prayers. SEE http://pray-4-latinos-and-minorities-in-america.posterous.com/

    ALSO: http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com/ http://keepthefaithbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/ http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK -VANDERYouTube - Videos from this email

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    re MIROSLAV VOLF's CLASS, FULLER SEMINARY


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyBVWrJDzWc

    March 24, 2012 10:11 AM ARE YOU CONFUSED? FEELING LOST or SCARED? HavingTROUBLE with a RELATIONSHIP? Seeking a NEW RELATIONSHIP?Having FINANCIAL TROUBLE? WONDERING what LIFE is ALL ABOUT ? There is ONLY ONE ANSWER to ALL the QUESTIONS or CONCERNS. Seehttp://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com And PLEASE HELP PROTECT UNBORN LIFE ! See http://unborn-life-is-sacred.posterous.com/ ALSO, HELP PROMOTE KINDNESS, SEE
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    http://fight4kindness.posterous.com/ . And, please pray for our public schools & be an advocate for chapels in all public schools. See http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-publicschools.posterous.com/
    BY the way, if you see an advertisement for Obama on this or any of my other videos, it is NOT because I endorse Obama for re-election. I think Barack & Michelle Obama are both very nice people, but because of their position on abortion (they refuse to restrict abortion in any way, whereas I am pro-life & adamantly against all forms of abortion) & marriage (they refuse to restrict the definition of "marriage" to being the union of man & woman alone, whereas I believe marriage is a Biblical definition given by God to be used strictly for the union of man & woman) I am opposed to their reelection. I have attempted to disallow Obama ads on my YouTube videos but sometimes they keep appearing for some reason. ALSO, please remember & pray for our judges, elected officials, police officers, 1stresponders, CIA, FBI, Homeland security, and ALL those who dedicate their lives & careers to defending America & freedom, which ultimately helps the entire world, or should, if everything is working right (but this also depends on integrity in all people, for which we also pray) SEE http://pray-4-our-judges-officials-1stresponders-etal.posterous.com/, ALSO, I ask you to pray for racial harmony in America, & to keep our Latino, Black, & other minority Americans in our prayers. SEE http://pray-4-latinos-and-minorities-in-america.posterous.com/

    ALSO: http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com/ http://keepthefaithbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/ http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK -VANDERYouTube - Videos from this email

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    AMOS PAPER I DID AT SEMINARY


    March 24, 2012 10:11 AM
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    ARE YOU CONFUSED? FEELING LOST or SCARED? HavingTROUBLE with a RELATIONSHIP? Seeking a NEW RELATIONSHIP?Having FINANCIAL TROUBLE? WONDERING what LIFE is ALL ABOUT ? There is ONLY ONE ANSWER to ALL the QUESTIONS or CONCERNS. Seehttp://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com And PLEASE HELP PROTECT UNBORN LIFE ! See http://unborn-life-is-sacred.posterous.com/ ALSO, HELP PROMOTE KINDNESS, SEE http://fight4kindness.posterous.com/ . And, please pray for our public schools & be an advocate for chapels in all public schools. See http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-publicschools.posterous.com/
    BY the way, if you see an advertisement for Obama on this or any of my other videos, it is NOT because I endorse Obama for re-election. I think Barack & Michelle Obama are both very nice people, but because of their position on abortion (they refuse to restrict abortion in any way, whereas I am pro-life & adamantly against all forms of abortion) & marriage (they refuse to restrict the definition of "marriage" to being the union of man & woman alone, whereas I believe marriage is a Biblical definition given by God to be used strictly for the union of man & woman) I am opposed to their reelection. I have attempted to disallow Obama ads on my YouTube videos but sometimes they keep appearing for some reason. ALSO, please remember & pray for our judges, elected officials, police officers, 1stresponders, CIA, FBI, Homeland security, and ALL those who dedicate their lives & careers to defending America & freedom, which ultimately helps the entire world, or should, if everything is working right (but this also depends on integrity in all people, for which we also pray) SEE http://pray-4-our-judges-officials-1stresponders-etal.posterous.com/, ALSO, I ask you to pray for racial harmony in America, & to keep our Latino, Black, & other minority Americans in our prayers. SEE http://pray-4-latinos-and-minorities-in-america.posterous.com/

    ALSO: http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com/
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    http://keepthefaithbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/ http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK -VANDERYouTube - Videos from this email

    ECCLESIOLOGY SYLLABUS & EXAM


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rmAjdNtrNw

    ARE YOU CONFUSED? FEELING LOST or SCARED? HavingTROUBLE with a RELATIONSHIP? Seeking a NEW RELATIONSHIP?Having FINANCIAL TROUBLE? WONDERING what LIFE is ALL ABOUT ? There is ONLY ONE ANSWER to ALL the QUESTIONS or CONCERNS. Seehttp://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com And PLEASE HELP PROTECT UNBORN LIFE ! See http://unborn-life-is-sacred.posterous.com/ ALSO, HELP PROMOTE KINDNESS, SEE http://fight4kindness.posterous.com/ . And, please pray for our public schools & be an advocate for chapels in all public schools. See http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-publicschools.posterous.com/
    BY the way, if you see an advertisement for Obama on this or any of my other videos, it is NOT because I endorse Obama for re-election. I think Barack & Michelle Obama are both very nice people, but because of their position on abortion (they refuse to restrict abortion in any way, whereas I am pro-life & adamantly against all forms of abortion) & marriage (they refuse to restrict the definition of "marriage" to being the union of man & woman alone, whereas I believe marriage is a Biblical definition given by God to be used strictly for the union of man & woman) I am opposed to their reelection. I have attempted to disallow Obama ads on my YouTube videos but sometimes they keep appearing for some reason.
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    ALSO, please remember & pray for our judges, elected officials, police officers, 1stresponders, CIA, FBI, Homeland security, and ALL those who dedicate their lives & careers to defending America & freedom, which ultimately helps the entire world, or should, if everything is working right (but this also depends on integrity in all people, for which we also pray) SEE http://pray-4-our-judges-officials-1stresponders-etal.posterous.com/, ALSO, I ask you to pray for racial harmony in America, & to keep our Latino, Black, & other minority Americans in our prayers. SEE http://pray-4-latinos-and-minorities-in-america.posterous.com/

    ALSO: http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com/ http://keepthefaithbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/ http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK -VANDERYouTube - Videos from this email

    DUDLEY WOODBERRY's ISLAM BIBLIOGRAPHY


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi2SUFHcO6I

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    See http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-publicschools.posterous.com/
    BY the way, if you see an advertisement for Obama on this or any of my other videos, it is NOT because I endorse Obama for re-election. I think Barack & Michelle Obama are both very nice people, but because of their position on abortion (they refuse to restrict abortion in any way, whereas I am pro-life & adamantly against all forms of abortion) & marriage (they refuse to restrict the definition of "marriage" to being the union of man & woman alone, whereas I believe marriage is a Biblical definition given by God to be used strictly for the union of man & woman) I am opposed to their reelection. I have attempted to disallow Obama ads on my YouTube videos but sometimes they keep appearing for some reason. ALSO, please remember & pray for our judges, elected officials, police officers, 1stresponders, CIA, FBI, Homeland security, and ALL those who dedicate their lives & careers to defending America & freedom, which ultimately helps the entire world, or should, if everything is working right (but this also depends on integrity in all people, for which we also pray) SEE http://pray-4-our-judges-officials-1stresponders-etal.posterous.com/, ALSO, I ask you to pray for racial harmony in America, & to keep our Latino, Black, & other minority Americans in our prayers. SEE http://pray-4-latinos-and-minorities-in-america.posterous.com/

    ALSO: http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com/ http://keepthefaithbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/ http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK -VANDERYouTube - Videos from this email

    SOME of my GREEK QUIZZES by Vander


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6zB9Arr7oA

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    ABOUT ? There is ONLY ONE ANSWER to ALL the QUESTIONS or CONCERNS. Seehttp://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com And PLEASE HELP PROTECT UNBORN LIFE ! See http://unborn-life-is-sacred.posterous.com/ ALSO, HELP PROMOTE KINDNESS, SEE http://fight4kindness.posterous.com/ . And, please pray for our public schools & be an advocate for chapels in all public schools. See http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-publicschools.posterous.com/
    BY the way, if you see an advertisement for Obama on this or any of my other videos, it is NOT because I endorse Obama for re-election. I think Barack & Michelle Obama are both very nice people, but because of their position on abortion (they refuse to restrict abortion in any way, whereas I am pro-life & adamantly against all forms of abortion) & marriage (they refuse to restrict the definition of "marriage" to being the union of man & woman alone, whereas I believe marriage is a Biblical definition given by God to be used strictly for the union of man & woman) I am opposed to their reelection. I have attempted to disallow Obama ads on my YouTube videos but sometimes they keep appearing for some reason. ALSO, please remember & pray for our judges, elected officials, police officers, 1stresponders, CIA, FBI, Homeland security, and ALL those who dedicate their lives & careers to defending America & freedom, which ultimately helps the entire world, or should, if everything is working right (but this also depends on integrity in all people, for which we also pray) SEE http://pray-4-our-judges-officials-1stresponders-etal.posterous.com/, ALSO, I ask you to pray for racial harmony in America, & to keep our Latino, Black, & other minority Americans in our prayers. SEE http://pray-4-latinos-and-minorities-in-america.posterous.com/

    ALSO: http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com/ http://keepthefaithbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/ http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK -VANDERYouTube - Videos from this email

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    SOME of my HEBREW QUIZZES


    Vander
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjJSU9Kji9g

    BY

    ARE YOU CONFUSED? FEELING LOST or SCARED? HavingTROUBLE with a RELATIONSHIP? Seeking a NEW RELATIONSHIP?Having FINANCIAL TROUBLE? WONDERING what LIFE is ALL ABOUT ? There is ONLY ONE ANSWER to ALL the QUESTIONS or CONCERNS. Seehttp://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com And PLEASE HELP PROTECT UNBORN LIFE ! See http://unborn-life-is-sacred.posterous.com/ ALSO, HELP PROMOTE KINDNESS, SEE http://fight4kindness.posterous.com/ . And, please pray for our public schools & be an advocate for chapels in all public schools. See http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-publicschools.posterous.com/
    BY the way, if you see an advertisement for Obama on this or any of my other videos, it is NOT because I endorse Obama for re-election. I think Barack & Michelle Obama are both very nice people, but because of their position on abortion (they refuse to restrict abortion in any way, whereas I am pro-life & adamantly against all forms of abortion) & marriage (they refuse to restrict the definition of "marriage" to being the union of man & woman alone, whereas I believe marriage is a Biblical definition given by God to be used strictly for the union of man & woman) I am opposed to their reelection. I have attempted to disallow Obama ads on my YouTube videos but sometimes they keep appearing for some reason. ALSO, please remember & pray for our judges, elected officials, police officers, 1stresponders, CIA, FBI, Homeland security, and ALL those who dedicate their lives & careers to defending America & freedom, which ultimately helps the entire world, or should, if everything is working right (but this also depends on integrity in all people, for which we also pray) SEE http://pray-4-our-judges-officials-1stresponders-etal.posterous.com/, ALSO, I ask you to pray for racial harmony in America, & to keep our Latino, Black, & other minority Americans in our prayers. SEE http://pray-4-latinos-and-minorities-in-america.posterous.com/
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    ALSO: http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com/ http://keepthefaithbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/ http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK -VANDERYouTube - Videos from this email

    re DUALISM & PHYSICALISM: ENEMIES of the GOSPEL


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PZPkhUtNEk
    --

    ARE YOU CONFUSED? FEELING LOST or SCARED? HavingTROUBLE with a RELATIONSHIP? Seeking a NEW RELATIONSHIP?Having FINANCIAL TROUBLE? WONDERING what LIFE is ALL ABOUT ? There is ONLY ONE ANSWER to ALL the QUESTIONS or CONCERNS. Seehttp://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com And PLEASE HELP PROTECT UNBORN LIFE ! See http://unborn-life-is-sacred.posterous.com/ ALSO, HELP PROMOTE KINDNESS, SEE http://fight4kindness.posterous.com/ . And, please pray for our public schools & be an advocate for chapels in all public schools. See http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-publicschools.posterous.com/
    BY the way, if you see an advertisement for Obama on this or any of my other videos, it is NOT because I endorse Obama for re-election. I think Barack & Michelle Obama are both very nice people, but because of their position on abortion (they refuse to restrict
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    abortion in any way, whereas I am pro-life & adamantly against all forms of abortion) & marriage (they refuse to restrict the definition of "marriage" to being the union of man & woman alone, whereas I believe marriage is a Biblical definition given by God to be used strictly for the union of man & woman) I am opposed to their reelection. I have attempted to disallow Obama ads on my YouTube videos but sometimes they keep appearing for some reason. ALSO, please remember & pray for our judges, elected officials, police officers, 1stresponders, CIA, FBI, Homeland security, and ALL those who dedicate their lives & careers to defending America & freedom, which ultimately helps the entire world, or should, if everything is working right (but this also depends on integrity in all people, for which we also pray) SEE http://pray-4-our-judges-officials-1stresponders-etal.posterous.com/, ALSO, I ask you to pray for racial harmony in America, & to keep our Latino, Black, & other minority Americans in our prayers. SEE http://pray-4-latinos-and-minorities-in-america.posterous.com/

    ALSO: http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com/ http://keepthefaithbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/ http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK -VANDERhttp://www.unborn-life-is-sacred.posterous.com http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com http://fight4kindness .posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-publicschools.posterous.com www.hearingtheword.posterous.com YouTube - Videos from this email

    EXEGESIS of a CORINTHIANS PASSAGE


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osx7BY-sR-c

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    QUESTIONS or CONCERNS. Seehttp://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com And PLEASE HELP PROTECT UNBORN LIFE ! See http://unborn-life-is-sacred.posterous.com/ ALSO, HELP PROMOTE KINDNESS, SEE http://fight4kindness.posterous.com/ . And, please pray for our public schools & be an advocate for chapels in all public schools. See http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-publicschools.posterous.com/
    BY the way, if you see an advertisement for Obama on this or any of my other videos, it is NOT because I endorse Obama for re-election. I think Barack & Michelle Obama are both very nice people, but because of their position on abortion (they refuse to restrict abortion in any way, whereas I am pro-life & adamantly against all forms of abortion) & marriage (they refuse to restrict the definition of "marriage" to being the union of man & woman alone, whereas I believe marriage is a Biblical definition given by God to be used strictly for the union of man & woman) I am opposed to their reelection. I have attempted to disallow Obama ads on my YouTube videos but sometimes they keep appearing for some reason. ALSO, please remember & pray for our judges, elected officials, police officers, 1stresponders, CIA, FBI, Homeland security, and ALL those who dedicate their lives & careers to defending America & freedom, which ultimately helps the entire world, or should, if everything is working right (but this also depends on integrity in all people, for which we also pray) SEE http://pray-4-our-judges-officials-1stresponders-etal.posterous.com/, ALSO, I ask you to pray for racial harmony in America, & to keep our Latino, Black, & other minority Americans in our prayers. SEE http://pray-4-latinos-and-minorities-in-america.posterous.com/

    ALSO: http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com/ http://keepthefaithbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/ http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK -VANDERYouTube - Videos from this email

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    APOSTLE PAUL's RHETORICAL DEVICES


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AktuqtTtjG4

    ARE YOU CONFUSED? FEELING LOST or SCARED? HavingTROUBLE with a RELATIONSHIP? Seeking a NEW RELATIONSHIP?Having FINANCIAL TROUBLE? WONDERING what LIFE is ALL ABOUT ? There is ONLY ONE ANSWER to ALL the QUESTIONS or CONCERNS. Seehttp://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com And PLEASE HELP PROTECT UNBORN LIFE ! See http://unborn-life-is-sacred.posterous.com/ ALSO, HELP PROMOTE KINDNESS, SEE http://fight4kindness.posterous.com/ . And, please pray for our public schools & be an advocate for chapels in all public schools. See http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-publicschools.posterous.com/
    BY the way, if you see an advertisement for Obama on this or any of my other videos, it is NOT because I endorse Obama for re-election. I think Barack & Michelle Obama are both very nice people, but because of their position on abortion (they refuse to restrict abortion in any way, whereas I am pro-life & adamantly against all forms of abortion) & marriage (they refuse to restrict the definition of "marriage" to being the union of man & woman alone, whereas I believe marriage is a Biblical definition given by God to be used strictly for the union of man & woman) I am opposed to their reelection. I have attempted to disallow Obama ads on my YouTube videos but sometimes they keep appearing for some reason. ALSO, please remember & pray for our judges, elected officials, police officers, 1stresponders, CIA, FBI, Homeland security, and ALL those who dedicate their lives & careers to defending America & freedom, which ultimately helps the entire world, or should, if everything is working right (but this also depends on integrity in all people, for which we also pray) SEE http://pray-4-our-judges-officials-1st36

    responders-etal.posterous.com/, ALSO, I ask you to pray for racial harmony in America, & to keep our Latino, Black, & other minority Americans in our prayers. SEE http://pray-4-latinos-and-minorities-in-america.posterous.com/

    ALSO: http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com/ http://keepthefaithbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/ http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK -VANDERYouTube - Videos from this email

    NOTES on PSALMS
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDx11pKUpPo

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    BY the way, if you see an advertisement for Obama on this or any of my other videos, it is NOT because I endorse Obama for re-election. I think Barack & Michelle Obama are both very nice people, but because of their position on abortion (they refuse to restrict
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    abortion in any way, whereas I am pro-life & adamantly against all forms of abortion) & marriage (they refuse to restrict the definition of "marriage" to being the union of man & woman alone, whereas I believe marriage is a Biblical definition given by God to be used strictly for the union of man & woman) I am opposed to their reelection. I have attempted to disallow Obama ads on my YouTube videos but sometimes they keep appearing for some reason. ALSO, please remember & pray for our judges, elected officials, police officers, 1stresponders, CIA, FBI, Homeland security, and ALL those who dedicate their lives & careers to defending America & freedom, which ultimately helps the entire world, or should, if everything is working right (but this also depends on integrity in all people, for which we also pray) SEE http://pray-4-our-judges-officials-1stresponders-etal.posterous.com/, ALSO, I ask you to pray for racial harmony in America, & to keep our Latino, Black, & other minority Americans in our prayers. SEE http://pray-4-latinos-and-minorities-in-america.posterous.com/

    ALSO: http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com/ http://keepthefaithbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/ http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK -VANDERYouTube - Videos from this email

    LINKS to EDUCATION QUOTES


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3xVc0RqsmY

    ARE YOU CONFUSED? FEELING LOST or SCARED? HavingTROUBLE with a RELATIONSHIP? Seeking a NEW RELATIONSHIP?Having FINANCIAL TROUBLE? WONDERING what LIFE is ALL ABOUT ? There is ONLY ONE ANSWER to ALL the QUESTIONS or CONCERNS. Seehttp://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com And PLEASE HELP PROTECT UNBORN LIFE ! See http://unborn-life-is-sacred.posterous.com/
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    ALSO, HELP PROMOTE KINDNESS, SEE http://fight4kindness.posterous.com/ . And, please pray for our public schools & be an advocate for chapels in all public schools. See http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-publicschools.posterous.com/
    BY the way, if you see an advertisement for Obama on this or any of my other videos, it is NOT because I endorse Obama for re-election. I think Barack & Michelle Obama are both very nice people, but because of their position on abortion (they refuse to restrict abortion in any way, whereas I am pro-life & adamantly against all forms of abortion) & marriage (they refuse to restrict the definition of "marriage" to being the union of man & woman alone, whereas I believe marriage is a Biblical definition given by God to be used strictly for the union of man & woman) I am opposed to their reelection. I have attempted to disallow Obama ads on my YouTube videos but sometimes they keep appearing for some reason. ALSO, please remember & pray for our judges, elected officials, police officers, 1stresponders, CIA, FBI, Homeland security, and ALL those who dedicate their lives & careers to defending America & freedom, which ultimately helps the entire world, or should, if everything is working right (but this also depends on integrity in all people, for which we also pray) SEE http://pray-4-our-judges-officials-1stresponders-etal.posterous.com/, ALSO, I ask you to pray for racial harmony in America, & to keep our Latino, Black, & other minority Americans in our prayers. SEE http://pray-4-latinos-and-minorities-in-america.posterous.com/

    ALSO: http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com/ http://keepthefaithbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/ http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK -VANDERYouTube - Videos from this email

    REGENERATION: MY DESERT EXPERIENCE, by Vander


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMdvPh0mqC4
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    ARE YOU CONFUSED? FEELING LOST or SCARED? HavingTROUBLE with a RELATIONSHIP? Seeking a NEW RELATIONSHIP?Having FINANCIAL TROUBLE? WONDERING what LIFE is ALL ABOUT ? There is ONLY ONE ANSWER to ALL the QUESTIONS or CONCERNS. Seehttp://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com And PLEASE HELP PROTECT UNBORN LIFE ! See http://unborn-life-is-sacred.posterous.com/ ALSO, HELP PROMOTE KINDNESS, SEE http://fight4kindness.posterous.com/ . And, please pray for our public schools & be an advocate for chapels in all public schools. See http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-publicschools.posterous.com/
    BY the way, if you see an advertisement for Obama on this or any of my other videos, it is NOT because I endorse Obama for re-election. I think Barack & Michelle Obama are both very nice people, but because of their position on abortion (they refuse to restrict abortion in any way, whereas I am pro-life & adamantly against all forms of abortion) & marriage (they refuse to restrict the definition of "marriage" to being the union of man & woman alone, whereas I believe marriage is a Biblical definition given by God to be used strictly for the union of man & woman) I am opposed to their reelection. I have attempted to disallow Obama ads on my YouTube videos but sometimes they keep appearing for some reason. ALSO, please remember & pray for our judges, elected officials, police officers, 1stresponders, CIA, FBI, Homeland security, and ALL those who dedicate their lives & careers to defending America & freedom, which ultimately helps the entire world, or should, if everything is working right (but this also depends on integrity in all people, for which we also pray) SEE http://pray-4-our-judges-officials-1stresponders-etal.posterous.com/, ALSO, I ask you to pray for racial harmony in America, & to keep our Latino, Black, & other minority Americans in our prayers. SEE http://pray-4-latinos-and-minorities-in-america.posterous.com/

    ALSO: http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com/
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    http://keepthefaithbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/ http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK -VANDERYouTube - Videos from this email

    re RACISM & DISCIPLESHIP, by Vander


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6he_rRNnFw

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    And PLEASE HELP PROTECT UNBORN LIFE ! See http://unborn-life-is-sacred.posterous.com/ ALSO, HELP PROMOTE KINDNESS, SEE http://fight4kindness.posterous.com/ . And, please pray for our public schools & be an advocate for chapels in all public schools.
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    See http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-public-

    schools.posterous.com/
    BY the way, if you see an advertisement for Obama on this or any of my other videos, it is NOT because I endorse Obama for re-election. I think Barack & Michelle Obama are both very nice people, but because of their position on abortion (they refuse to restrict abortion in any way, whereas I am pro-life & adamantly against all forms of abortion) & marriage (they refuse to restrict the definition of "marriage" to being the union of man & woman alone, whereas I believe marriage is a Biblical definition given by God to be used strictly for the union of man & woman) I am opposed to their reelection. I have attempted to disallow Obama ads on my YouTube videos but sometimes they keep appearing for some reason. ALSO, please remember & pray for our judges, elected officials, police officers, 1stresponders, CIA, FBI, Homeland security, and ALL those who dedicate their lives & careers to defending America & freedom, which ultimately helps the entire world, or should, if everything is working right (but this also depends on integrity in all people, for which we also pray) SEE http://pray-4-our-judges-officials-1stresponders-etal.posterous.com/, ALSO, I ask you to pray for racial harmony in America, & to keep our Latino, Black, & other minority Americans in our prayers. SEE http://pray-4-latinos-and-minorities-in-america.posterous.com/

    ALSO: http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com/ http://keepthefaithbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/ http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK -VANDERYouTube - Videos from this email

    CHURCH & MISSION BY VANDER


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lMY5yXhWvw
    YouTube - Videos from this email

    http://www.scribd.com/doc/30093385/Education-Quotes-Church-State-Law-Etc http://www.scribd.com/doc/32908412/PDF-Church-Mission
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    ARE YOU CONFUSED? FEELING LOST or SCARED? HavingTROUBLE with a RELATIONSHIP? Seeking a NEW RELATIONSHIP?Having FINANCIAL TROUBLE? WONDERING what LIFE is ALL ABOUT ? There is ONLY ONE ANSWER to ALL the QUESTIONS or CONCERNS. Seehttp://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com And PLEASE HELP PROTECT UNBORN LIFE ! See
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    . And, please pray for our public schools & be an advocate for chapels in all public schools. See http://pray-4-chapels-in-the-public-schools.posterous.com/
    BY the way, if you see an advertisement for Obama on this or any of my other videos, it is NOT because I endorse Obama for re-election. I think Barack & Michelle Obama are both very nice people, but because of their position on abortion (they refuse to restrict abortion in any way, whereas I am pro-life & adamantly against all forms of abortion) & marriage (they refuse to restrict the definition of "marriage" to being the union of man & woman alone, whereas I
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    NANCEY MURPHY IS WRONG that we "HAVE NO SOULS" , MOUW TOO


    NANCEY MURPHY IS WRONG that we October 26, 2011 11:23 AM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI3-tHGFbU0
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    http://www.unborn-life-is-sacred.posterous.com http://keepthefaithforchrist.blogspot.com/ http://keepthefaithbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/ http://www.HEARINGtheWORD.posterous.com http://www.YouTube.com/vanderKOK -VANDERYouTube - Videos from this email Subject: 1/30/12 re ROUSSEAU, LOCKE, VOLTAIRE & AMERICA To: vanderkok@gmail.com ..frank pastore talking w/ a Jewish rabbi re how the concepts of these philosophers/authors impacted American culture even up to the ideology of our current president (ie socialism) .

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    Subject: (p2) 1/30/12 re OBAMACARE & ATTACK ON RELIGION re LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE...the announcement came this week that the whitehouse intends to require even religious-based schools & hospitals that employ non-religious persons to include contraceptions & abortion options in healtcare plans ...frank pastore discusses the ramifications w/ J. Wesley Smith..& the carefully chosen emphasis by the whitehouse to promote "freedom of worship" but not so much "freedom of religion"..a subtle distinction w/ large consequences these 2 talking contend...

    Subject: 1/30/12 re OBAMACARE & ATTACK ON RELIGION re LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE To: vanderkok@gmail.com ...the announcement came this week that the whitehouse intends to require even religious-based schools & hospitals that employ non-religious persons to include contraceptions & abortion options in healtcare plans ...frank pastore discusses the ramifications w/ J. Wesley Smith..& the carefully chosen emphasis by the whitehouse to promote "freedom of worship" but not so much "freedom of religion"..a subtle distinction w/ large consequences these 2 talking contend...

    Subject: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GIVE NATURE EQUALITY w. HUMANS?...so here u have frank pastore reviewing some of the ramifications of denying the "exceptionalism" of humans (based on belief in Imago Deo, being born in the image of God) ...as he is talking to J.Wesley Smith who has an excellent blog athttp://www.firstthings.com/blogs/secondhandsmoke/ , its frightening when u start to ponder the consequences of making nature (be it plants or animals) equal to human in terms of rights & dignity, ..but its actually happening...they also discuss eugenics...and how the history of eugenics also defies the belief in Imago Deo...

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    Subject: (cont) CONSEQUENCES of DENYING HUMAN EXCEPTIONALISM ....& WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GIVE NATURE EQUALITY w. HUMANS?...so here u have frank pastore reviewing some of the ramifications of denying the "exceptionalism" of humans (based on belief in Imago Deo, being born in the image of God) ...as he is talking to J.Wesley Smith who has an excellent blog at http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/secondhandsmoke/ , its frightening when u start to ponder the consequences of making nature (be it plants or animals) equal to human in terms of rights & dignity, ..but its actually happening...they also discuss eugenics...and how the history of eugenics also defies the belief in Imago Deo....even before Hitler there were those who thought they could manipulate life to make a "stronger breed" of human beings by killing the "weak" & breeding the "strong" ..& that notion may be on the rise again in unrecognized ways...as frank & wesley point out

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    BIBLE READING LOG: 2 KINGS 20 to MALACHI 4
    JP VANDERKOK <vanderkok@gmail.com> Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 9:56 PM To: "POSTEROUS.com , Vk@g 9/11/09 Video" <post@vanderkok.posterous.com>, "Postereous, Godnotes, Tnotes" <post@godnotes.posterous.com>, MALACHI 4: "The day is coming....burning like an oven..all who do wickedly will be stubble...will leave them neither root nor branch"(1)...but to you who fear My name, the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings"(2)...you shall trample the wicked"(3)...Remember the law of Moses"(4)...I will send you Elijah the prophet"(5)...he will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children & the children to the fathers"(6) END OT MALACHI 3: "Behold, I send My messenger...the Messenger of the covenant...He is coming"(1)...who can endure the day of His coming"(2)...He is like a refiners fire"...He will purify the sons of Levi"(3)...then the offering of Judah & Jerusalem will be pleasant to the Lord"(4)..I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, perjurers, adulterers...those who exploit"(5)...will a man rob God ? Yet you have robbed me...in tithes & offerings"(8)...bring the tithes into the storehouse...try Me"(10)...yet you said 'It is useless to serve God"(14)...'for those who do wickedness are raised up. They even tempt God & go free'(15) "those who fear the Lord...they shall be Mine, says the Lord...I will make them My jewels"(17)...you shall again discern between the righteous & the wicked"(18) MALACHI 2: "priests, this commandment is for you...if you will not hear...I will send a curse(1-2)...& spread refuse on your faces"(3)...that my covenant with Levi may continue...one of life & peace"(4)...he feared me & was reverent"(5)...law of truth was in his mouth"(6)...lips of a priest should keep knowledge"(7)...but you have departed. You have caused many to stumble"(8)...Have we not all one Father?"(10)...You have wearied the Lord...you say everyone who does evil is good in the sight

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    of the Lord"(17) MALACHI 1: "word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi...'I have loved you' Says the Lord...yet you say, 'In what way?'"(1-2)...Jacob I have loved...Esau I have hated(2-3)...says the Lord, 'They may rebuild but I will throw down'(4) they shall be called the Territory of Wickedness"(4b)...against whom the Lord will have indignation forever"(4)...when you offer...the blind...lame...sick..as a sacrifice...is it not evil?"(8)...nor will I accept an offering from your hands"(10)...you bring the stolen, lame, & sick...should I accept this?"(13)...My name is to be feared among the nations" ZECHARIAH 14: "Behold the day of the Lord is coming...the Lord ..will fight against those nations [who attack Jerusalem] "(1-3)...the Lord my God will come & all the saints with you...in that day there will be no light...one day...known to the Lord...at evening time it shall happen..that it shall be light...(67)....living waters shall flow from Jerusalem...& the Lord shall be king over all the earth...it shall be..the Lord is one, His name is one"(8-9)...Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited"(11)...the Lord will strike all the people who fought against Jerusalem"(12)...their flesh...eyes...tongue...shall dissolve... (12b)...nations which came against Jerusalem...shall go up from year to year & worship the King"(16)..whichever do not ...on them there will be no rain"(17)...'Holiness to the Lord' shall be engraved on the bells of the horses"(20)...every pot in Jerusalem & Judah shall be holiness to the Lord"(21) ZECHARIAH 13: ...a fountain shall be opened for the house of David...for sin & uncleanness"(1)...I shall cut off the names of the idols...& they shall no longer be remembered"(2)...if anyone prophecies...then his mother & father will say, 'You shall not live because you have spoken lies in the name of the Lord"(3)...Strike the shepherd...sheep will be scattered"...one-third shall be left"(8)...will refine them...test them...they will call on My name"(9)...I will say, 'This is My people...& each one will say, 'The Lord is my God'"(9b) ZECHARIAH 12: "word of the Lord...against Israel...says the Lord who forms the spirit of man within him...I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkeness...(1-2)...I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone"(3)...I will strike every horse with confusion"....I will make the governors of Judah like a firepan in the woodpile"(6)...they shall devour all the surrounding peoples"(7)...glory of ...Jerusalem shall not become greater than... Judah"(7b)...house of David shall be like God, like the Angel of the Lord"(8)...& I will pour on the House of David..the Spirit of grace...& they will look on Me whom they pierced...they will mourn for him...& grieve for him..."(10) ZECHARIAH 11: "The sound of wailing shepherds...for their glory is in ruins...sound of roaring lions...for th pride of the Jordan is in ruin"(3)..."says the Lord feed the flock for slaughter"(4)...so I fed the flock for slaughter, in particular the poor of the flock..."(7)..I took 2 staffs, one I called beauty...the other, Bonds...& I fed the flock..."(7b)...I dismissed the three shepherds...my soul loathed them"(8)...I said 'I will not feed you. Let what is dying, die'(9)..."I took my staff beauty & cut it in two, that I might break the covenant.."(11)...so it was broken..the poor knew...it was the word of the Lord"(11b)...then I cut my other staff, Bonds...to break the brotherhood between Judah & Israel"(14)...Lord said 'Take the implements of a foolish shepherd...'who will not care...nor seek...nor heal...nor feed'(15-16)...woe to the worthless shepherd...his arm shall wither...eye ...blinded"(17) ZECHARIAH 10: "Ask the Lord for rain...He will give them showers"(1)...idols speak delusions...they are in trouble because there is no shepherd"(2)...my anger is kindled against the shepherds"(3)...I will strengthen the house of Judah...& I will save the house of Joseph...I will bring them back...I will hear them"(6)...I will also bring them back from the land of Egypt"(10)...they shall walk up & down in His name..."(12)

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    ZECHARIAH 9: "Tyre built herself a tower..heaped up silver...& gold (3)...the Lord will cast her out"(4)...he who remains..even he shall be for our God"(7)...rejoice..your King is coming to you...lowly & riding on a donkey"(9)...He shall speak peace to the nations. His dominion shall be from sea to sea"(10)...I will set your prisoners free(11)..you prisoners of hope"(12)..I will restore double to you"(12)...Lord will be seen...will blow the trumpet"(14)...will defend"(15)...will save"(16). ..they shall be like jewels of a crown"(16b) ZECHARIAH 8: "Says the Lord 'I am zealous for Zion'...I will return to Zion & dwell in the midst"(13)...Jerusalem shall be called the City of Truth(3b)...old men & women shall again sit in the City of Jerusalem...full of boys & girls playing in the streets"(4-5)...say the Lord 'I will save My people"(7)...they shall be My people & I will be their God"(8)...before these days ...I set all men against his neighbor"(10/..but now...I will not treat..as in the former days"(11)...seed ..prosperous..vine..fruit...(12)...just as you were a curse ...you shall be a blessing"(13)..just as I [was] determined to punish...I am determined to do good, to Jerusalem"(14-15)...things you shall do ...speak each man the truth...judgment for..truth justice & peace"(16)...Let none of you think evil in your heart against your neighbor"(17)...love truth & peace"(19)...many peoples & strong nations..shall pray before the Lord"(22)...ten men ...every language...shall grasp the sleeve of a Jewish man, saying, 'Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you"(23) ZECHARIAH 7: "word of the Lord...came to Zechariah...ask the priests...when you fasted & mourned...during those 70 years, did you really fast for Me?"(5)...do you not eat & drink for yourselves"(6)...execute true justice. Show mercy & compassion, everyone to his brother"(9)"Do not oppress"(10)...[but] they made their hearts like flint...thus great wrath came from the Lord"(12)...just as they would not hear...[then] I would not listen"(13)

    ZECHARIAH 6: "Behold..4 chariots..bronze mountains...1st chariot..red horses..2nd chariot..black horses...3rd chariot...white horses...4th chariot ..dappled horses...what are these ?(1-4)...the four spirits of heaven"(5)...make an elaborate crown...& set it on the head of Joshua"(11)...speak to him, behold...'The man whose name is the Branch...from His place He shall branch out"(12..Yes He shall build the temple of the Lord...He shall be a priest on His throne(13)...the elaborate crown shall be for a memorial"(14)...if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord"(15) T2: ZECHARIAH 5: "I turned... & saw a flying scroll..."(1)...this is the curse..over the whole earth...every thief shall be expelled...every perjurer shall be expelled" (3)...I will send out the curse"(4)...angel said lift your eyes...what see? A basket...woman inside... This is Wickedness(8)...he thrust her down.." (8b)...then there were two women ...with wind in their wings...they lifted up the basket...(9)..where ?...to build a house for it in the land of Shinar"(11) ZECHARIAH 4: "Now the angel who talked to me came back & wakened me & said..Lwhat do you see?"(1)..a lampstand of solid gold...bowl...seven lamps...seven pipe...2 olive trees(4)..What are these ?" The Lord to Zerubbabel...'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit"(6)...o great mountain... you shall become a plain"(6)...Zerubbabel shall bring forth the capstone...grace, grace to it"(6)...these seven rejoice to see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel...they are the eyes of the Lord"(10)...What are these 2 olive trees?...olive branches...gold pipes"(11-12)..."These are the two anointed ones who stand. Beside the Lord"(14) Zechariah 3: "Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord & Satan standing at his right hand to oppose him"(1) The Lord said,'The Lord rebuke you

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    satan"(2)...Joshua was clothed with filthy garments"(3) [God said] 'Take away the filthy garments from him"(4) [God said] I have removed your iniquity. I will clothe you with rich robes"(4)...If you walk in my ways... I will give you places to walk..."(7)..I am bringing forth My Servant the Branch"(8)...behold the stone I have laid before Joshua...upon the stone are seven eyes"(9)...I will remove the iniquity"(9b)...in that day everyone will invite his neighbor under his vine & under his fig tree"(10) ZECHARIAH 2: "Behold, a man with a measuring line...to measure Jerusalem...says the Lord, "I will be a wall of fire all around her [Jerusalem], I will be the glory in her midst"(1-5)...he who touches you touches the apple of His eye"(8)..many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day & they shall become My people"(11)..be silent all flesh, before the Lord, for He is aroused from his holy habitation"(13) ZECHARIAH 1: "Word of the Lord came to Zechariah...'The Lord has been very angry with your fathers"...says the Lord 'Return to Me'...& I will return to you'"(1-2)...do not be like your fathers..turn now from your evil ways"(4)...I saw a man riding on a red horse...& behind him..horses, red, sorrel, & white"(9)...the Lord has sent to walk & fro...all the earth is resting quietly(10-11)...I am exceedingly angry with the nations at ease"(15)...then I saw 4 horns..& said, 'What are these?'..these are the horns that scattered Judah, Jerusalem, & Israel"(18)..the Lord showed me four craftsmen..I said, what are these...Lord said, "To cast out the horns of the nations"(21) HAGGAI 2: 'Word of the Lord came by Haggai..."(1) "Who is left among you who saw the temple in its former glory?"(3)...My Spirit remains among you, do not fear"(5)...I will shake heaven & earth...will shake all nations,,will fill this temple with glory"(7)...in this place I will give peace"(9)...Is the seed in the barn ? As yet, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate & the olive tree have not yielded fruit, but from this day I will bless you(19)...I will take you Zerubbabel...& make you like a signet ring"(23) HAGGAI 1: "Word of the Lord came by Haggai...(1)...time the Lord's house should be built"(2)...go to the mountains, bring wood, & build the temple"(8)..& they came & worked on the house of the Lord"(14) ZEPHANIAH 3: "woe to her who is rebellious & polluted"(1)...she has not obeyed His voice"(2) ...her prophets are insolent treacherous people"(4) the Lord is righteous in her midst...He brings His justice to light. He never fails"(5)...Wait for Me' says the Lord...all the earth shall be devoured"(8)...I will restore to the peoples a pure language, that they all may call on the name of the Lord, to serve Him with one accord(9)..my worshipers"(10)...I will leave in your midst a meek & humble people...they shall trust in the name of the Lord"(12) ...Shout O israel...the Lord has taken away your judgments"(14-15)...the Mighty One, will save...He will quiet you with His love"(17)...I will deal with all who afflict you"(19)..gather those who were driven out...appoint them for praise & fame"(20) ZEPHANIAH 2: "Gather yourselves together...yes gather(1)..before the Lord's fierce anger comes"(2)...seek the Lord all you meek of the earth..seek righteousness, seek humility"(3)...Moab shall be like Sodom...Ammon like Gomorrah"(9)the Lord...will reduce to nothing all the gods of the earth"(11)...make Nineveh a desolation"(13)...the city that said in her heart, 'I am it, & there is none besides me...everyone who passes by her shall hiss & shake her fist"(15) ZEPHANIAH 1: "the word of the Lord which came to Zephaniah...I will utterly consume everything"(2)...I will cut off man from the face of the land"(3)...I will cut off every trace of Baal"(4)...Be silent..., for the day of the Lord is at hand...the Lord has prepared a sacrifice. He has invited His guests"(7)..on that day a mournful cry from the fish gate"(10)..all those who handle money are cut off"(11)...I will punish the men who are settled in complacency...who say in their heart, 'The Lord will not do good nor will He do evil"(12)...they shall build houses but not inhabit them"(13)...the day of the

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    Lord is near...a day of wrath...trouble..distress..devestation...desolation...darkness..gloominess"(1415)...distress upon men...they shall walk like blind men...their blood shall be poured out like dust"(17)...neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them"(18) HABBAKUK 3: "A Prayer of Habbakuk...Lord I heard Your speech & was afraid.".(2)..."His glory covered the heavens...His brightness was like the light. He had rays flashing from His hand"(4)...oh Lord were You displeased with the rivers"...anger against the rivers...wrath against the seas(8)...you divided the earth with rivers"(9)...you trampled the nations in anger"(12)...you went forth for the salvation of your people"(13)...You walked through the sea with Your horses"...though the fig tree might not blossom(17)...Yet I will rejoice in the Lord"(18)...the Lord God is my strength. He will make my feet like deer's feet"(19) HABBAKUK 2: "I will stand my watch"(1)..the Lord answered, "Write the vision & make it plain on tablets"(2)...the vision..at the end will speak, & will not lie"(3)...Behold the proud, his soul is not upright in him. BUT THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY HIS FAITH"(4) [woe to the wicked]..."he enlarges his desire as hell. He is like death & cannot be satisfied" ...woe to him who increases"(6)...you have plundered many nations"(7)...woe to him who covets evil gain for his house"(9)...cutting off many peoples"(10) "woe to him who builds a town with bloodshed"(12)...the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of God"(14) "woe to him who gives drink to his neighbor...to make him drunk..to look on his nakedness"(15)..."the cup of the Lord's right hand will be turned against you"(16) "Woe to him who says to wood, awake'..to silent stone 'arise' "(19) HABBAKUK 1: "The burden which the prophet Habbakuk saw..."(1) Oh Lord how long shall I cry, & You shall not hear?"(2) "even cry out to You violence & You shall not save"...the law is powerless..."(4) the wicked surround the righteous, perverse judgment proceeds"(4) [The Lord replies] "Look, be astounded ! I will work a work in your days" (5)...I am raising up the Chaldeans...they are terrible...their horses are swifter than leopards"(5-8)...they all come for violence"(9)...[prophets 2nd Q] "Are You not from everlasting Oh Lord my God?"(12)...You cannot look on wickedness"(13)...why do You hold Your tongue when the wicked devours a person more righteous than he?"(13)... NAHUM 3: "Woe to the bloody city...full of lies & robbery. Its victim never departs"(1)...horsemen charge with bright sword...multitude of slain...countless corpses"(3)...multitude of harlotries of the seductive harlot"(4) "I will lift your skits over your face. I will show the nations your nakedness"(5)...all who look upon you will flee from you & say 'Nineveh is laid waste' ...you also will be drunk, you will be hidden"(11)...the gates of your land are wide open for your enemies" (13)"draw your water for the siege"(14) "the fire will devour you"(5) ...your commanders are like swarming locusts" (17)...your injury has no healing"(19)...all who hear news of you will clap their hands over you, for upon whom has not your wickedness passed"(19b) NAHUM 2: "He who scatters has come...man the fort , watch the road"(1)...the Lord will restore the excellence of Jacob"(2)..the shields of his mighty men ar made red...the valiant men are in scarlet"(3) "He remembers his nobles"(5)...the gates of the rivers are opened"(6)...though Nineveh of old was like a pool of water, now they flee away. 'Halt, halt' they cry, but no one turns back"(8) "Where is the dwelling of the lions?"(11) "...I am against you says the Lord...the sword shall devour the young lions"(13) NAHUM 1: "The burden against Nineveh...God is jealous & the Lord avenges...the Lord will take vengeance"(1-2)...the Lord has His way"(3)..He rebukes the sea & makes it dry"(4)...the mountains quake before Him"(5)...His fury is poured out like fire"(6)...the Lord is good,a stronghold"(7)...He knows those who trust in Him"(7b)...[but] darkness will pursue His enemies"(8)...I will dig your grave..for you are vile"(14)...for the wicked one... is utterly cut off"(16)

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    MICAH 7: "Woe is me!...there is no cluster to eat of the first ripe fruits which my soul desires"(1)...the faithful man has perished from the earth"(2) they all lie in wait for blood. Every man hunts his brother with a net"(2b)...the prince asks for gifts,t he judge seeks a bribe"(3) the best of them is like a brier"(4)..Do not trust in a friend...guard the doors of your mouth"(5)...son dishonors father...a man's enemies..of his own household"(6)...therfore I will look to the Lord...my God will hear me" Do not rejoice over me my enemy...when I fall I will arise. When I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light in me"(8)...He will bring me forth to the light"(9)...the nations shall see & be ashamed of all their might"(16) they shall lick the dust like a serpent...& shall fear because of You"(17) "Who is a God like You?...He delights in mercy"(18) You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea"(19) MICAH 6: "Hear now what the Lord says....hear o you mountains the Lord's complaint"(2)...o my people what have I done to you"...testify against Me(3)...I brought you up from...Egypt..I redeemed you...I sent..you Moses, Aaron, & Miriam"(4)..that you may know the righteousness of the Lord"(5)...will the Lord be pleased with 1000's of rams?....shall I give my firstborn?"(7)...He has shown you OH MAN WHAT IS GOOD & what does the Lord require of you, But to DO JUSTLY, LOVE MERCY & To walk humbly with your God"(8)...shall I count pure those with the wicked scales?" (11)You shall eat but not be satisfied"(14)...you shall bear the reproach of my people"(16) MICAH 5: "Now gather yourself in troops...but you Bethlehem Ephrathah , though you are little among the thousands of Judah.Yet out of you shall come forth from Me the One to be Ruler of Israel"(2)...& this One shall be peace"(5)...when the Assyrian comes, we shall raise against him..7 shepherds & 8 princely men"(5)...the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst...like dew from the Lord"(7)...the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles...like a lion"(8)...your carved images I will also cut off...you shall no more worship the works of your hands"(13)...I will pluck your wooden images from your midst"(14) MICAH 4: "..the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established...& peoples shall flow to it"(1)...out of Zion the law shall go forth"...He shall judge...& rebuke strong nations...they shall beat their swords into plowshares, & their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation. Neither shall they learn war "(4) Everyone shall sit under his vine & under his figtree & no one shall make them afraid.(4) "All people walk each in the name of his own god. But we will walk in the name of the Lord our God forever & ever"(5)...I will gather the outcast...I will make the lame a remnant"(67)...the Lord will reign over them in Mount Zion ...even forever"(7b)...like a woman in birth pangs from now you shall go forth"(10)...& to Babylon you shall go, there you shall be delivered"(11)...[many nations will be gathered] like sheaves to the threshing floor"(12)...You[zion] shall beat in pieces many peoples"(13) MICAH 3: "Hear now, o heads of Jacob...is it not for you to know justice ?(1)...you who hate good & love evil"(2)...who also eat the flesh of my people"(3)...says the Lord concerning the prophets who make my people stray...who chant peace ..but prepare war"(5)...you shall have night without vision"(6)...her priests teach for pay"(11)...because of you Zion shall be plowed like a field" MICAH 2: "woe to those who devise iniquity & work out evil on their beds...they covet fields ...& oppress a man"(2)...says the Lord, 'Against this family I am devising a disaster...for this is an evil time"(3)...do not prattle you say to those who prophecy"(6)....they shall not return insult for insult"(6b)..."Is the Spirit of the Lord restricted"(7)...do not My words do good to him who walks uprightly"?(7b)...if a man should walk in a false spirit...& speak a lie, saying, 'I will prophesy to you of wine & drink' even he would be the prattler of his people"(11) MICAH 1: "word of the Lord came to Micah...hear...listen"(1-2)...The Lord is coming out of His place"..for the transgression of Jacob..for the sins of Israel"(5)...I will make Samaria a heap of ruins"(6)...all her pay as a harlot shall be burned with fire"(7)...I will wail & howl , I will go stripped & naked"(8)

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    JONAH 4: "But it displeased Jonah exceedingly & he became angry"...Lord it is better for me to die than to live"(3)...the Lord said, "Is it right for you to be angry?"...Jonah went & sat outside the city...[& God grew a plant over his head for shade] "Jonah was very grateful for the plant"(6)...[ but then God sent a worm & made the plant wither] & "the sun beat on Jonah's head & he grew faint" "& he wished death"...Is it right for you to be angry?" [Jonah said] "It is right for me to be angry even unto death"... [God said]"You had pity on the plant...should I not have pity on Nineveh?"(10-11) JONAH 3: "second time...arise go to Nineveh...& preach to it"(2)...a three day journey"(3)...40 days & Nineveh shall be overthrown"(4)...the people of Nineveh believed God" [ the king decreed] "Let man & beast be covered with sackcloth & cry mightily to God"(8)...then God saw that they turned from their evil ways ...& God relented"(10) JONAH 2: "Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish's belly"(1)...out of the belly of Sheol I cried"...I said 'I have been cast out of your sight"(4)..the waters surrounded me, even to my soul"(5)...weeds were wrapped around me"(5b)...when my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord"(7)...I will sacrifice to You with the voice of thanksgiving"...salvation is of the Lord"(9)...so the Lord spoke to the fish & it vomited Jonah unto dry land"(10) JONAH 1: "Word of the Lord came to Jonah...go to Nineveh, that great city...for their wickedness has come up before Me"(1)...but Jonah found a ship going to Tarshish"(3)...but the Lord sent out a Great wind to the sea"(4)...the ship was about to be broken up"(4b)...every man cried out to his god"(5)...but Jonah was fast asleep"(5b)...the captain said'what do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God' "(6) [then they cast lots to see who was the cause of the proble, & the lot fell on Jonah & said, who are you?] & Jonah said, "I am a Hebrew, & I fear the Lord"(9)...then the men were exceedingly afraid...they knew he fled from the presence of the Lord..."(10)...what shall we do to calm the sea?"...pick me up & throw me into the sea"(12)...they cried out, 'We pray Oh Lord do not let us perish for this man's life'(14)...& they picked up Jonah & threw. Him into the sea & the sea ceased from its raging"(15)...then the men feared the Lord exceedingly"(16) & the Lord prepared a greatt fish to swallow Jonah & Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days & three nights"( OBADIAH 1: "The vision of Obadiah....says the Lord concerning Edom...you shall be greatly despised"(2)...the pride of your heart has deceived you"(3)...though you set your nest among the stars...I will bring you down"(4)...the men at peace with you shall deceive you"(7)...for violence against your brotherJacob, shame shall cover you"(10)...you should not have gazed on the day of your brother"(12)...you should not have stood at the crossroad(14)...as you have done it shall be done to you"(15) AMOS 9:"I saw the Lord standing by the altar...'I will slay the last of them' ...he who flees...shall not get away..though they dig into hell, from there my hand shall take them...though they climb up to heaven from there I will bring them down"(1-2)...though they hide on carmel...at bottom of sea...[or] go into captivity"(2-4) ...the eyes of the Lord are on the sinful kingdom"(8)...all the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say the calamity shall not overtake us"(10)...the days are coming says the Lord when the plowman shall overtake the reaper & the treader of grapes him who sows seed. The mountains shall drip with sweet wine"(13)...I will plant them in their land & no longer shall they be pulled up"(15)

    AMOS 8: "What do you see Amos ? A basket of summer fruit"...the end has come upon my peple israel"...many dead bodies everywhere...shallbe thrown out in silence"...I will make the sun go down at noon"(9)...I will send a famine"(11)....

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    AMOS 7: "The Lord God showed me...behold he formed locust swarms(1)...I said 'O Lord forgive I pray"(2)...so the Lord relented"(3)...then the Lord showed me...conflict by fire(4)...I said 'Lord God cease I pray"(5)...so the Lord relented"(6)...the Lord stood on a wall made with a plumb line"(7)...I am setting a plumb line in the midst"....Amaziah said to Amos 'Go you seer...never again prophesy at Bethel"(12-13)...Amos answered 'I was no prophet & no son of a prophet...but a sheepbreeder"(14)... [you say don't prophesy against Israel?]...therefore your wife shall be a harlot"(17) T5: X OB, y bb, 51 1blf(rbi, 1-2),58 sac bunt, 8 squib past p (rbi 1-3),26 AMOS 6: "Woe to you... at ease in Zion..."(1)...woe to you who put far off the day of doom"(3)...who lie on beds of ivory"(4)...who sing idly"(5) ...but are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph"(6)...if ten men remain in one house they shall die"( 9)...He will break the great house into bits" AMOS 5:"Hear this...the virgin of Israel has fallen"(1)...says the Lord, seek Me & live"(4)...seek the Lord & live"(6)...you who turn justice to wormwood"(7)...they hate the one who rebukes in the gate & they abhor the one who speaks uprightly"(7)..seek good & not evil that you may live"(14)...hate evil, love good, establish justice in the gate"(15)...there shall be wailing"(16)...what good is the day of the Lord to you"(18)...it will be as though a man fled from a lion & a bear met him"(19)...Take away from Me the noise of your songs"(23)

    AMOS 4: "Hear this word, you cows of Bashan"(1)...[God] will take you away with fish hooks"(3)...I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities...yet you have not returned"(6)...I withheld rain(7)....I blasted you with blight & mildew"(9)...I sent among you a plague"(10)...I overthrew some of you"(11)...YET you have not returned to Me"(11b)...prepare to meet your God o Israel"(12) AMOS 3: "Hear this word...o children of Israel...you only have I known Israel...therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities"(2)0...a lion has roared, who will not fear. The Lord God has spoken"(8)...for they do not know how to do right"(10) ...as a shepherd [takes a sheep out of the mouth of a lion] so shall the children of Israel will be taken out, who dwell in Samaria"(12) AMOS 2: "- will not turn away [Moab's] punishment"...I will send a fire upon Moab"(1)...I will not turn away [Judah's] punishment"(4)...their lies led them astray "(4b) "I will not turn away [Israel's] punishment"(6)...they sell the righteous for silver"(6b)...& pervert the way of the humble...a man & his father go into the same girl..."(7)...the strong shall not strengthen its power nor shall the mighty deliver himself"(14)...the swift of foot shall not escape"(15)...the most courageous men shall flee naked"(16) AMOS 1: "The words of Amos...'The Lord roars from Zion...the top of Carmel withers"(3)...I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza"(7)...the remnant of the Philistines shall perish"(8)...Edom...pursued his brother with the sword...& cast off all pity"(11)... JOEL 3: "When I bring back the captives of Judah & Jerusalem...I will also gather all nations...they have cast lots for my people"() ...have given a boy as payment for a harlot...& sold a girl for wine"(3) [o Tyre & Sidon] you have taken my silver & gold"(5)...the people of Judah & Jerusalem you have sold to the Greeks"...prepare for war"(9)...beat your plowshares into swords...let the weak say 'I am strong' "(10)...the vats overflow...their wickedness is great"(13)...the Lord also will roar from Zion...the heavens & earth will shake"(16)...in that day the mountains shall drip with new wine"(18)....Judah shall abide forever, & Jerusalem from generation to generation"(20) JOEL 2: "Blow the trumpet in Zion & sound an alarm in My holy mountain"...the day of the Lord is

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    coming...is at hand"(1)...a fire devours...the land is like the Garden of Eden before them...behind them a desolate wilderness"(3)...before them the people writhe in pain"(6)...everyone marches"(7,8)...the Lord gives voice before His army"(11)...Turn to Me with all your heart...rend your heart & not your garments"(12)...Let [the priests] say spare Your people Lord' "(17)...fear not"(21)...do not be afraid"(22)...the fig & the vine yield their strength"(22b)...I will restore to you the years [taken from you by the] swarming...crawling..consuming...chewing locust"(25)...you shall eat in plenty & be satisfied"(26)...My people shall never be put to shame"(27)...afterward I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh"(28)....& I will show wonders in the heavens & on earth"(30)...whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved"(32) JOEL 1: "The Word of the Lord...hear this...give ear...tell your children"(2-3)...chewing locust..swarmiing locust...crawling locust...consuming locust...wail...because of the new wine...a nation has come up against My land"(6)...he has laid waste My vine & ruined My fig tree(7) ...vine has dried up...fig tree withered...all the trees have withered...joy has withered"(12)...the day of the Lord is at hand"(15)...o Lord to You I cry out"(19)...the beasts of the field also cry out to You"(20) HOSEA 14: "O Israel return to the Lord your God"(1)...say to [God] 'Take away our iniquity'(2)...we will offer the sacrifices of our lips" [no more will we call the work of our hands] "our gods"(3)...I will love them freely"(4)...His branches shall spread"(6)...the ways of the Lord are right"(9) HOSEA 13: "When Ephraim... offended thru Baal worship he died"...now they sin more & more"(2)...they shall be like the morning cloud...like early dew...like chaff...like smoke from a chimney"(3)..yet I am the Lord...there is no savior besides me"(4)...they forgot Me, so I will be like to them a lion...like a leopard...like a bear"(7-8)...Israel, you are destroyed"(9)...but your help is from Me"...I will be your king(10)...iniquity of Ephraim(12)...an unwise son, should not stay long where children are born(13)...Samaria is held guilty, she has rebelled...their infants shall be dashed in pieces, & their women with child ripped open"(16) HOSEA 12: "Ephraim...daily increases lies...they make a covenant with the Assyrians...the Lord also brings a charge against Judah...& will punish Jacob...he took his brother by the heel...he struggled with God"...Ephraim provoked [God] to anger" HOSEA 11: "When Israel was a child I loved him, & out of Egypt I called my son"(1)....I taught Ephraim to walk"(3)...I drew them by gentle cords, with bands of love"(4) [but] they refused to repent"(5)...my people are bent on backsliding"(7)...my heart churns, my sympathy is stirred...I will not again destroy Ephraim, for I am God & not man,the Holy One in your midst , & I will not come with terror"(9)...they shall walk after the Lord, He will roar like a lion..." Ephraim lies...Israel...with deceit...Judah still walks with God"(12) HOSEA 10: "Israel empties his vine"(1)...their heart is divided"(2) [God] will ruin thir sacred pillars"...o Israel you have sinned"(9)...sow for yourselves righteousness, reap in mercy,..it is time to seek the Lord, 'til He comes & rains righteousness on you"(12)...you have eaten the fruit of lies"(13)...o Bethel because of your great wickedness, at dawn the king of Israel shall be cut off utterly"(15) HOSEA 9: "Do not rejoice o Israel...for you have played the harlot"(1)...the days of punishment have come"(7)...all their wickedness is in Gilgal"(15)...Ephraim is stricken...were they to bear children, I would kill the darlings of their womb"(16) HOSEA 8: "Set the trumpet to your mouth"(1)...Israel will cry to me, 'My God we know you"(2)...your calf is rejected, O Samaria"(5)...the stalk has no bud, if it should produce, aliens would swallow it

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    up"(7)...Israel is swallowed up"(8)...Israel has forgotten his maker"(14) HOSEA 7: "When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim [&Samaria] was uncovered"(1)...I remember all their wickedness"(2)...they are all adulterers"(4)...they prepare their hearts like an oven"(6)...none among them calls upon Me"(7)...Ephraim is a cake unturned"(8)...Aliens have devoured his strength, but he does not know it"(9)...Ephraim is also like a silly dove, without sense"(11)...I will bring them down like birds of the air"(12)...they did not cry out to me with their heart, when they wailed upon their beds"(14)...though I strengthened their arms...yet they devise evil against Me"(15)...they return but not to the Most High"(16) HOSEA 6: "Come & let us return to the Lord...He will heal us...He will bind us up"(1)...He will revive us...He will raise us up...that we may live in His sight"(2)...O Ephraim..., O Judah...what shall I do...I desire mercy & not sacrifice, the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings"(4-6)...harlotry of Ephraim, ...Israel is defiled"(10) HOSEA 5: "Hear this...take heed...give ear (1)...Ephraim you commit harlotry...Israel is defiled"(3...) ...Israel & Ephraim stumble in their inquity, Judah also"(5)...[God] has withdrawn Himself from them"(6)...they have begotten pagan children"(7)...I will pour out my wrath"(10)...I will be to Ephraim like a moth...I will be like a lion to Ephraim"(14)...in their affliction they will earnestly seek me"(15) HOSEA 4: "Hear the Word Of the Lord, you children of Israel...there is no truth or mercy or knowledge of God in the land"...they break all restraint with bloodshed upon bloodshed"...my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge"(6)...the more they increased the more they sinned against me"(7) HOSEA 3: "the Lord said to me, 'Go love a woman who is loved by a lover & is committing adultery...just like the children of Israel....love the raisin cakes of the pagans"(1)...the children of Israel shall abide many days without king or prince...afterward [they] shall return & seek the Lord their God"(5) HOSEA 2: "say to your brethren, 'My people' & to your sisters, 'mercy is shown'(1)...I will not have mercy on her children, for they are the children of harlotry"(4)...she went after her lovers, but ME she forgot"(13) [but] behold I will allure her(14)...will make a covenant for them...to make them lie down safely(18)..I will betroth you to me forever"(19)...betroth you to me in faithfulness"(20)...then I will say tho those who were not my people, 'You are my people' & they shall say, 'You are my God' " HOSEA 1: "The Lord said to Hosea...go take yourself a wife of harlotry...for the land has committed great harlotry by departing from the Lord"(2)...so Hosea went & took Gomer...& she bore him a son"(3)...Lord said 'Call his name Jezreel'...then she bore a daughter...call her name LoRuhamah...no mercy...on Israel...yet I will have mercy..On...Judah"(7)....will save them by the Lord...not by sword"(7)...she bore another son ...call his name Lo-Ammi...for you are not my people"(8)...& it shall come to pass...it shall be said to them...you are the sons of the living god"(10)...then ...Judah &... Israel...shall be gathered together....& appoint for themselves one head"...great will be the day of Jezreel"(11) DANIEL 12: "At that time Michael shall stand up, a great prince...& there shall be a time of trouble...such as never was...your people shall be delivered, everyone who is found written in the book"(1)...& many of those who sleep in the dust of The earth shall awake, some to everlasting life...some to everlasting contempt...those who turn many to righteousness...like the stars forever"(3)...but you Daniel... seal the book until the time of the end"...then I Daniel looked...onthis riverbank/..one said to man in linen...'how long...?...man in linen swore by Him who lives forever...when the power of the holy people has been completely shattered

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    all these things shall be finished"(7)...although I heard I did not understand...I said 'My Lord, what shall be the end...?,'...he said 'Go your way Daniel, for the words are closed....'til the time of the end....'(9)...many shall be purified,made white...none of the wicked shall understand(10)...go your way til the end, for you shall rest"(13) DANIEL 11: "First year of Darius the Mede I stood up to confirm & strengthen him"(1)..."three more kings will arise in Persia & the 4th shall be far richer"...he shall stir up all...against Greece...then a mighty king shall arise...his kingdom shall be broken up"(4)...& divided toward the four winds of heaven....his kingdom shall be uprooted...king of shouth shall become strong...great dominion... [whose] daughter shall go to the king of the North to make an agreement"(6)...she shall be given up...but from a branch of her roots one shall arise in his place...king of the south ....shall fight with the king of the north"(11)...king of the north will return & muster a multitude..."....King of north shall build a siege mound"(15)...after this he shall turn his face to the coastlands & take many"....his heart shall be moved against the holy covenant"(28)...he shall return & show regard for those who forsake the holy covenant"(30)...those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall corrupt with flattery"(31)...but the people who know their God shall be strong"(32)....the king shall speak blasphemies against the God of gods"(36)...he shall exalt himself above all(37)...at the time of the end the king of the south shall attack him [& the king of the north] & "he shall overwhelm them"(40)...he shall also enter the Glorious Land...he shall stretch out his hand...he shall have power (42^43)...but news from the east & north shall trouble him...he shall go with great fury..to destroy...yet he shall come to an end, & no one will help him"(45) DANIEL 10: "Third year of Cyrus, king of Persia...a message was revealed to Daniel...it was true...he understood..."(1)...I Daniel was mourning three full weeks...I ate no pleasant food"(2-3)...24th day of the first month...by ..the Tigris..I lifted my eyes...a man face like lightning...the men who were with me did not see...heard voice...deep sleep...face in ground...hand touched me...Daniel...stand upright...I have come becau se of your words"(12)...one having the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips"...I said 'No strength remains in me'"(17)...he said'O man greatly beloved, fear not'...I was strenghtened"(19)...the prince of Greece will come"(20)...but I will tell you what is noted in the scripture of truth. No one upholds me against these except Michael your prince"(210 B8: DANIEL 9: "First year of Darius...I Daniel understood by the books...Jeremiah...that He would accomplish 70 years in the desolations of Jerusalem"(2)...I prayed...o Lord who keeps His covenant...we have sinned..we have done wickedly"(5)...to us belongs shame of face"(8)...He has confirmed His words by bringing upon us a great disaster"(12)..."yet we have not made our prayer before the Lord"(13)..."O my God incline Your ear & hear"..."not because of our righteous deeds, but because of Your great mercies"(18)...OH LORD HEAR, OH LORD FORGIVE, OH LORD LISTEN & ACT"(19)...while I was speaking in prayer...the man Gabriel...reached me about the time of the evening offering"(21)...He said 'Daniel I have come ...to give you skill to understand"(22)...70 weeks...for your holy city...to fiinish the transgression...to make reconciliation...to seal up vision & prophecy...&to anoint the most Holy"(24)...there shall be seven weeks & 62 weeks"(25)..."after the 62 weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for himself"...people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city..."(26)..."he [the evil prince?] shall confirm a covenant with many for one week"(27)...but in the middle of the week shall bring an end to sacrifice & offering"(27b)... DANIEL 8: "third year of ...king Belshazzar...a vision appeared to me Daniel..I was in Shushan the citadel...I was by the river Ulai..a ram...2 horns...1 horn higher than the other...no animal could withstand him(1-4)...suddenly a male goat... from the west(5)...without touching the ground...notable

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    horn...& ran [at the other ram] with furious power"...with rage...he broke the two horns(7)...the male goat grew very great(8)...the large horn was broken...[replaced with] four notable ones...[& a little one came out of one of the four] "which grew exceedingly great"..."It grew up to the host of heaven"(10)...it cast down some of the stars...& trampled them"...he even exalted himself as high as the prince of the host"(11)...he cast truth down to the ground. He did all this & prospered"(12)...then I heard a holy one say to another holy one...how long?...he said to me for 2300 days, then the sanctuary shall be cleansed"(14)...I Daniel was seeking the meaning...suddenly one having the appearance of a man"(15)...man's voice said 'Gabriel, make this man understand the vision"(16)...I was afraid & fell on my face...& he said, 'Understand, son of man, that the vision refers to the end of time'(17)...as he was speaking I was in a deep sleep...he stood me upright...the ram with 2 horns...the kings of Media & Persia"(20)...male goat is king of greece"(21)...large horn... is the first king"(21b)...4 kingdoms shall arise out of that nation but not with its power"...when transgressors...reached fulness..king shall arise...fierce features...sinister schemes...he shall destroy ...the holy..& prosper(24)..."shall cause deceit to prosper...shall exalt himself"(25)...shall even rise against the prince of princes...but he shall be broken"(25b)..."I Daniel fainted & was sick for days"(27) DANIEL 7: "In the first year of Belshazzar King of Babylon, Daniel had a dream"(1)...four winds of heaven...four great beasts...a lion had eagle's wings...its wings were plucked...it was made to stand...it was given a man's heart...& a bear had 3 ribs in its mouth...& they said to it, 'Arise, devour much flesh"(5)...& there was a leopard...with four wings...& four heads...& dominion was given it"(6)...& a fourth beast...had huge iron teeth...had 10 horns...& another little horn...with eyes like a man...& a mouth speaking pompous words"(8)... Thrones...ancient of days...garment white as snow...hair...like pure wool...throne..fiery flame..wheels...burning fire...the beast was slain...the rest of the beasts ...their dominion taken away"(12)...& behold one like the Son of Man"(13)....to Him was given dominion & glory...an everlasting dominion"(14)...those great beasts are four kings...but the saints of the most high shall receive the kingdom,,,forever..."(18)...fourth beast ...different...small horn..making war against the saints...& prevailing until the Ancient of Days came...& the time came for the saints to possess the kingdom"(22)...the 4th beast is a 4th kingdom ...different from the other kingdoms...it shall devour the earth...ten horns...ten kings...& another one after them....different...shall subdue three kings...shall speak pompous words against the most high...& shall persecute the saints of the Most High"(25)... [but ultimately] "the kingdom...shall be given to the people...the saints of the Most High"(27)

    DANIEL 6: "Daniel distinguished himself above the governors & satraps because an excellent spirit was in him"(3)...so they sought to find some charge against Daniel"...[& they made a new rule] ...."any man who petitions a god or ruler other than you [the king] ...shall be thrown in a den of lions"...King Darius signed the decree"(9)...Daniel went home...with his windows open to Jerusalem he knelt down & prayed & gave thanks before his God"(10)...& the men found Daniel praying"(11)..& they brought Daniel & cast him into a den of lions"(16)...& a stone was laid on the mouth of the den"(17)...the king rose early in the morning & went in haste to the denof lions...& said, 'Daniel...has your God...been able to deliver you...from the lions...[Daniel said]my God sent His angel & shut the lions mouth...they have not hurt me"(22)...o king I have done no wrong"....the king was exceedingly glad"...[no injury was found on Daniel] because he believed in his God"(23)...& the king cast Daniel's accusers into the lion's den...& the lions broke all their bones(24)...[&Darius made a decree that] "men must tremble & fear before the God of Daniel"(26)...for He is the living God & steadfast forever"(26)...He delivers & rescues & works signs & wonders"(27) DANIEL 5: "Belshazzar the king made a great feast & drank wine in the presence of a 1000 ...they brought gold vessels ..from the house of God & drank from them...in the same hour the fingers

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    of a man's hand appeared ...& the kings couuntenance changed & his thoughts troubled him"(6)...al the wise men could not read the writing"(8)...let Daniel be called"(12)...I have heard that the Spirit of God is in you &that light & understanding & excellent wisdom is found in you"(14)....you Belshazzar have not humbled your heart"(22)...you have praised the gods of silver & gold ...who do not know or see or hear...& the God who holds your breath ....you have not glorified"(23)...]& His hand wrote] "mene, mene, tekel upharsin"...Mene...God has numbered your kingdom...tekel...you have been weighed & found wanting...peres...your kingdom has been divided...then Daniel was proclaimed third ruler in the kingdom"(29)...that very night Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans, was slain"(30) DANIEL 4: "Nebchadnezzar...to all peoples...I thought it good to declare to you the signs & wonders that the Most High God has worked for me(1-2)...His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom"(3)...I saw a dream which made me afraid"(5) [nobody could interpret it] but at last Daniel came before me...& [he interpreted it saying]" the tree that grew...its fruit abundant...is you king(22)...[& you are the tree who will be chopped down by the watcher]"they shall drive you from men, your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field...& seven times shall pass over you, til you know that the most high rules"(25) [but they will leave the stump & its roots] "your kingdom shall be assured to you after you come to know that heaven rules"(26)...therefore break off your sins by being righteous"(27)...at the end of 12 months (29)...a voice fell from heaven...the kingdom has departed from you"(31)...that very hour the word was fulfilled...he was driven from men & ate grass like oxen"(33) [then Nebuchadnezzar understood & said ]"My understanding returned to me & I blessed the Most High"(34)...my reason returned to me & I was restored to my kingdom"(36) ...now I...praise & extol & honor the king of heaven"(37)

    DANIEL 3: "Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold...all the officials gathered together for the dedication(1-4)...[a crier declared] "it is commanded...that when you hear the horn...you shall fall down & worship the gold image...whoever does not...shall be cast...into the fiery furnace"(6)... [everybody bowed down but the Chaldeans accused Daniel of not bowing down](12)...[so the king ordered Daniel to come to him] & asked "Is it true...?"(14)...Daniel answered...."Our God...is able to deliver us...from the furnace...let it be known ...o king that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image"(18)....[so the king commanded] that they heat the furnace seven times more than usual"(19)...[the fire killed the men who threw Daniel into the fire]...the king was "astonished...& said 'Look, I see four men...walking in the midst of the fire & they are not hurt...& the form of the 4th Is like the Son of God"(25) (dodger stadium, 914pm, double morales 5/22/09)...[Daniel & the men came out] & they saw the men on whose bodies the fire had no power"(27)..."& Nebuchadnezzar daid 'Blessed be the God of Shedrach (Daniel) Meshach, & Abed Nego who sent His angel & delivered His servants...therefore any peoples...who speak anything amiss about [their God]...shall be cut in pieces"(29)

    DANIEL 2: "...in the 2nd year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign, [he had dreams, which caused him to be troubled & lose sleep"...the chaldeans said 'Tell us the dream & we will interpret it for you'...[but the king wanted them to tell him the dream & the interpretation otherwise they would be cut in pieces. ..the chaldeans said] "There is not a man on earth who can tell the king this matter"(1-10)...except the gods"(11)...[the king became angry] "& the decree went out & they began killing the wise men"(13)...& they sought Daniel [ to kill him also] ....then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision"(19)...& Daniel said 'I thank you & praise You o God...for you have made kown to us the demand of the king"(23)...[daniel said to the king] "I have more wisdom than anybody living"...you oh king are king of kings"...but after you shall arise a kingdom inferior..."and another..(40)..& in the days of these kings the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed"(44)...the dream is certain & its interpretation is sure"(45)

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    ...the king answered "Truly your God is the God of gods"(47)..then the king promoted Daniel"(48)... DANIEL 1: "In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem & besieged it"(1) & the Lord gave Jehoiakim into the hand off Nebuchadnezzar...& the king [gave instructions] to bring young men, in whom there was no blemish...gifted in all wisdom... [to teach]...the language & literature of the Chaldeans...[among whom] were four sons of Judah [who were re-named:] Daniel =Beltashazzar, Hananiah = Shadrach, Mishael = Meshhach, Azariah = Abednego (1-7)....[Daniel would not eat the king's delicasies] ...God had brought Daniel into the good will of the chief of the eunuchs...[but the chief was concerned that if Daniel did not eat the delicasies his physical appearance would be bad & displease the king]....[but daniel said]..."Test your servants for ten days...give us water & vegetables...then let our appearance be examined before you..."(1213)...at the end of ten days their features appeared better"(15)...God gave them knowledge & skill in all literature & wisdom"(17) ...& the king found them ten times better than all the magicians & astrologers..."(20) EZEKIEL 48:"And the name of that city from that day shall be:"The Lord is there' "(35) EZEKIEL 47: "then He brought me back to the door of the temple, & there was water flowing(1)...the water came up to my ankles(3)...[then]the water came up to my knees"(4) ...[then] the water came up to my waist"(4b)...[then] it was a river that I could not cross"(5)...He said to me, 'Son of man have you seen this?"(6)...this water ...when it reaches the sea its waters are healed"(8)...along the bank of the river ...will grow all kinds of trees...their fruit will not fail...they will bear fruit every month because the water flows from the sanctuary"(12)

    EZEKIEL 46: "The gate way of the inner court that faces toward the east shall be shut the six working days, but on the sabbath it shall be opened" EZEKIEL 45: "You shall set apart a district for the Lord"(1)......"enough o princes of Israel... Remove violence & plundering, execute justice & righteousness"(9)... EZEKIEL 44:"He brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary that faces towards the east but it was shut. And the Lord said to me,'This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, & no man shall enter by it, because the Lord God of Israel has entered by it"(1-2)...Son of man, mark well what I say to you(5)...Say to the rebellious, 'You have not kept charge of my holy things'(6-8)...because [the Levites "who went far away from me" who ] caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity, therefore I have raised my hand in an oath against them" (12)they shall NOT come near me to minister to me(13)......nevertheless I will make them keep charge of my temple"(14...but the priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok who kept charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from Me, they shall come near Me to minister to Me) they shall not clothe themselves with anything that causes sweat(18)...they shall neither shave their head nor let their hair grow long"(20)...they shall not take as wife a widow or divorced person but take virgins of the descendants of the house of Israel, or widows of priests"(22)...& they shall teach my people the difference between the holy & the unholy"(23)... EZEKIEL 43: "Afterward he brought me to the gate...that faces toward the east, & behild the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east. His voice was like the sound of many waters, & the earth shone with His glory...the Spirit lifted me up & brought me into the inner court"(1-5)...Then I heard Him speaking to me...while a man stood beside me(6)...'Son of man this is the place of my throne...(7) No more shall the house of Israel defile My Holy name(7b)...Son of man describe the temple to the

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    house of Israel that they may be ashamed of their inquities... ...& if they are ashamed...make known to them the design of the temple...This is the law of the temple...the whole area surrounding the mountaintop is most holy'"(12) EZEKIEL 42: "Then he said to me, 'The north chambers & the south chambers...are the holy chambers "(13) EZEKIEL 41: "then he brought me into the sanctuary & measured the doorposts"(1)...& he said this is the most holy place"(4)...as one went up from story to story the side chambers became wider all around(7)...galleries ...paneled with wood..made with cherubim & palm trees(18)... EZEKIEL 40: "In the 25th year of our captivity....the Lord...took me there...in the visions of God He took me into the land of Israel...there was a man whose appearance was like bronze..he had a line of flax & a measuring rod in his hand"(1-3)...he said 'Son of man fix your mind on everything I show you..."he measured..the wall...& measured..the gateway...& measured the vestibule...he measured the width of the entrance"(1-11)...he measured the gateposts"(14)...then he. Brought me into the outer court"(17)...then he measured the width(19)...he brought me toward the south (24)...he measured the southern gateway (28)...then he brought me to the north gateway (35)...there was a chamber (38)...instruments with which they slaughtered the burnt offering... EZEKIEL 39: "son of man prophesy against Gog...I will knock the bow out of your right hand & cause the arrows to fall out of your left hand..."(1-3)...they shall know that I am the Lord"(6)...the cities of Israel [will make fires with your weapons for seven years](9)...son of man speak to every bird & beast...gather together...for a great sacrificial meal...that you may eat flesh & drink blood...drink blood until you are drunk"(19)...the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day forward(22)...for I shall have poured out my Spirit on the house of Israel"(29) EZEKIEL 38: "Son of man set your face against Gog" ...I will put hooks in your jaws"(4)...you will say 'I will go to a land of unwalled villages"(11)...to take plunder"(12)...when Gog comes against the land of Israel my fury will show in my face"(18)...I will call for a sword against Gog"(21)...they shall know that I am Lord"(23)

    EZEKIEL 37: "The hand of the Lord came upon me...& set me down in a valley...of bones(1)...they were very dry"(2)...& He said 'Son of man can these bones live?"(3)...O Lord God you know(3b)... Prophesy & say "I will cause breath to enter into you"(4-5)...as I prophesied...there was a noise..., a rattling...& the bones came together...but there was no breath(7-8)...& [God] said to me 'Prophesy to the breath"...& breath came into them & they lived"(10)...says the Lord [to Israel]I will open your graves'(12)....I will put my Spirit in you(14)...son of man take a stick...& take another stick..join them together, they will become one stick in your hand"(17)....david my servant shall be king over them"(24)...I will make a covenant of peace with them"(26) EZEKIEL 36: "Son of man prophesy to the mountains of Israel...because the enemy of you has said 'aha' (2)...because you have borne the shame of the nations(6)...the nations around you shall bear their own shame"(7)...you mts. Of Israel shall shoot forth your branches & yield your fruit"(8)...nor will I let you hear the taunts...anymore"(15)...say to Israel I do this for my holy name's sake"(22)...I will sanctify My great name"(23...I will sprinkle clean water on you"(25)...I will give you a new heart & put a new spirit within you"(26)...you will remember your evil ways..."(31)...

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    waste"(4)...because you have shed the blood of the children of Israel"(5)...I will prepare you for blood"(6)...I will make you perpetually desolate"(9) ...the whole earth will rejoice when I make you desolate"(14) ... EZEKIEL 34: "Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel"...& say 'Woe to the shepherds who feed themselves"(3)... the weak you have not strengthened"(4)...with force & cruelty you have ruled them"(4b)...my sheep wandered...my flock was scattered"(6)...therefore I am against the shepherds"(10)...indeed I myself will search for my sheep"(11)...& will bring them to their own land"(13)...I will feed my own flock"(15)...I will save my flock"(22)...I will establish one shepherd...my servant David"(23)...I will make a covenant of peace with them"(25)...you are my flock,...you are men, & I am your God"(31)

    EZEKIEL 33: "Son of man speak to the children of your people..."....'whoever hears the sound of the trumpet & does not take warning...if the sword comes...his blood shall be on his own head...but he who takes warning shall save his life'...but if the watchman does not blow the trumpet...[the] blood I will require at the watchman's hand"(1-6)...you son of Man I have made a watchman...for Israel"...if you warn the wicked... you have delivered your soul..."(9)...say to them,'Turn, turn from your evil ways"(11)...the righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression"...if he trusts in his own righteousness & commits iniquity, none of his righteous works will be remembered"(12-13)...& if the wicked turns...& does what is lawful & right...he shall surely live...none of his sins shall be remembered"(15-16)...and I was no longer mute"(22)...son of man say to Judah "those who are in the ruins shall die by the sword"(27)...her arrogant strength shall cease"(28)...they shall know that I am the Lord"(29)...son of man the children of your people are talking about you...they hear your words but do not do them...with their mouth they show much love but their hearts pursue their own gain"(31)...they hear your words but do not do them"(32) EZEKIEL 32; "Son of man take up a lamentation for pharaoh king of Egypt & say...'you are like a young lion...like a monster...I will therefore spread my net over you...I will cause your multitude to fall...they shall plunder the pomp of Egypt"(12)....then they shall know that I am the Lord"(15)...he [pharaoh] shall be placed...with those slain by the sword"(32) EZEKIEL 31: "Son of man, 'say to pharaoh, king of Egypt' Whom are you like in your greatness?' Indeed Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon(1-3)...its height was exalted above all the trees.(5)..all the trees of Eden envied it that were in the garden of God"(9)...I have driven it out for its wickedness"(10)...no trees by the water may ever again exalt themselves"(14)...in the day it went down to hell I caused mourning"(15)...I made the nations shake at the sound of its fall"(16)...this is pharaoh & all his multitude"(18) EZEKIEL 30: "Son of man prophesy...the sword shall come upon Egypt"(4)...those who uphold Egypt shall fall(6)... I will also destroy the idols"(13)...her arrogant strength shall cease"(18)... EZEKIEL 29: "Son of man set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt..."....o great monster"....I will put hooks in your jaws"(4) ...I have given you as food to the beasts of the field"(5)...the land of Egypt shall become desolate & waste"(9)...it shall be uninhabited 40 years"...desolate 40 years(11-12)...it shall never again exalt itself"(15)...I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar"(19)...because they worked for Me"(20)... EZEKIEL 28: "Son of man, Say to the prince of Tyre... , "Because your heart is lifted up & You say 'I am a god'...(1-3)...I will bring strangers against you...they shall draw their swords"(7)...your heart was lifted up because of your beauty. You

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    corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor"(17)...you have become a horror & shall be no more forever"(19)...[Israel] will dwell safely...when I execute judgments on all those around them who despise them"(26) EZEKIEL 27: "Son of man take up a lamentation for Tyre"...What city is like Tyre destroyed in the midst of the sea"(32)...you will become a horror & be no more forever"(36) EZEKIEL 26: "Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, "Aha..."....thus says the Lord, 'I am against you Tyre"...with the hooves of his horses he [Neb] will trample all your streets"(11)...I will put an end to the sound of your songs...you shall never be rebuilt"(13-14). EZEKIEL 25: "son of man set your face against the Ammonites"(1) [& say] '...because you said 'Aha'...I will deliver you as a possession...they shall eat your fruit & drink your milk"(1-4)...because you rejoiced in your heart in disdain for the land of Israel"...I will cause you to perish"(6-7)... EZEKIEL 24: "Says the Lord, 'Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is in it"...(6)...woe to the bloody city...heap on the wood, kindle the fire"(10)...that its scum may be consumed"(11)...Son of man I take away the desire of your eyes witth one stroke yet you shall neither mourn nor weep"(16)...I spoke to the people in the morning & at evening my wife died"(18)....says the Lord your sons & daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword, & you shall do as I have done...you shall neither mourn nor weep"(19-23)... EZEKIEL 23: "Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother...they committed harlotry...their breasts were embraced, their bosoms pressed...names Oholah & Oholibah...Oholah ...lusted for her lovers"(5)"...therefore I have delivered her into the hands of her lovers"(9)....Oholibah became more corrupt in her lust than she [Oholah]"...(11)...she revealed her harlotry & uncovered her nakedness"(18)...I will make you cease your lewdness & harlotry"(27)...you will be filled with drunkeness & sorrow"(33)...I will cause lewdness to cease from the land"(48)... EZEKIEL 22: "Son of man...say, 'Thus says the Lord...you have become guilty by the blood you shed..."(4)...you have despised my holy things & profaned my sabbath"(8)...in you men uncover their fathers nakedness...one commits abominations with his neighbor's wife"(10-11)...son of maan the house of Israel has become dross to me...they are all bronze, tin, iron, & lead, in the midst of the furnace..."I will leave you there & melt you"(17-20)...I sought for a man among them who would make a wall...but I found no one"(30) EZEKIEL 21: "Son of man set your face towards Jerusalem, preach against the holy places ....says the Lord, 'Behold I am against you(1-3)...a sword is sharpened... to make a dreadful slaughter(10)...the third time let the sword do double damage (14)...exalt the humble & humble the exalted"(26)...you shall be fuel for the fire"(32) EZEKIEL 20: "Son of man speak to the elders...'says the Lord God, 'Have you come to inquire of me?...I will not be inquired of by you..."they greatly defiled my Sabbath(13)...profaned my sabbath(16)...nevertheless my eye spared them from destructio... EZEKIEL 19: "They put him in a cage with lions & brought him to the king of Babylon...your mother was like a vine in your bloodline....she had strong branches...but she was plucked up in fury...now she is planted in the wilderness...fire...has devoured her fruit...she has no strong branch...this is a lamentation"(1-14) EZEKIEL 18: "'The fathers have eaten sour grapes & their children's teeth are set on edge' "...you

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    shall no longer use this proverb in Israel"...the soul who sins shall die...but if a man is just he shall surely live"(1-9)...I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies"(32) EZEKIEL 17: "son of man pose a riddle...'a great eagle with large wings...came to Lebanon, took the topmost twig...& set it in a city...then he took some seed...& it grew...it became a vine..another great eagle & the vine bent its roots toward him...that he might water it..to bring forth branches & bear fruit..& become a majestic vine..." it is planted will it thrive (1-10)...all the pharaoh's fugitives with his troops shall fall by the sword"(v21)...I will also take a high branch & plant it...all the trees shall know that I have brought down the high tree & exalted the low tree"(24) EZEKIEL 16: "Son of man cause Jerusalem to know her abominations"(v1)...on the day you were born no eye pitied you...you were thrown out into the open field...I passed by you & saw you struggling in your own blood...& I said to you "Live!" (1-6)...I made you thrive....I spread my wing over you...I entered into a covenant with you...I washed you in water (7-9)...you were exceedingly beautiful..."(13)....but you trusted in your own beauty, played the harlot..." you did not remember the days of your youth"(22)...you built for yourself a shrine"(24)...you multiplied your acts of harlotry"(29)...I will judge you as women who break wedlock"(38)...everyone who quotes proverbs will say 'like mother, like daughter"(44)....Samaria did not commit half of your sins"...nevertheless I will remember my covenant "(v60)... EZEKIEL 15; "how is the wood of the vine better than any other wood. ,,,is wood taken from it to make any object...?...instead it is thrown in the fire for fuel"...so I will give up the inhabitants of Jerusalem..."(vv1-6) EZEKIEL 14: "they are all estranged from me by their idols"(v5)...even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, & Job were in it they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness"(v14)...yet behold there shall be left in it a remnant"(v22)...you shall know I have done nothing without cause"(v23)... EZEKIEL 13: "Says the Lord, 'Woe to the foolish prophets'...your prophets are like foxes in the desert"...they have envisioned futility...(vv3-6)..."you say, 'The Lord says', but I have not spoken"... because you have spoken nonsense & envisioned lies, Therefore I am indeed against you"(v8)..."they have seduced my people saying 'peace' when there is no peace"(10)...I will say the wall is no more nor those who plastered it"(15)...[they say] "peace peace when there is no peace"...(16)...with lies you have made the hearts of the righteous sad"(22) EZEKIEL 12:[said God to zeke] "Son of man you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house"(v1)..."dig thru the wall in their sight'(v5)...as though going into captivity"(v7)...say 'I am a sign to them, as I have done so it shall be done to them'(v11)..."son of man eat your bread with quaking & drink your water with trembling & anxiety"(v18)...& say to the people [likewise]...says the Lord 'None of my words will be postponed"(v28) EZEKIEL 11: "Then the Spirit lifted me up..'Son of man these are the men who devise iniquity"(v2)...prophesy against them o son of man"(v3)...this city shall not be the caldron nor you the meat in the midst...I will judge you at the border"(v11)...I will give them one heart & put a new spirit in them...& take the stony heart out of their flesh"(v19)...I spoke to those in captivity all the things the Lord had shown me"(v25) EZEKIEL 10: "Fill your hands with coals from the fire...& scatter them over the city"(v2)...& the court was full of the brightness of the Lord's glory"(v4)...the cherubim appeared to have the form of a man's hands under the wings"(v8)...the wheels were called in my hearing "wheel"(v13)...the spirit of the

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    living creature was in them'(v17)... EZEKIEL 9: "Put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh & cry over the abominations"(v4)...utterly slay old & young but do not come near anyone on whom is with the mark..."(v5)...I have done as you commanded"(v11) EZEKIEL 8: "I looked & there was a likeness of the appearance of fire...from his waist downward, & from his waist upward brightness...the color of amber...took me by a lock of my hair...& the Spirit lifted me up between earth & heaven(vv2-3)...'Son of man lift your eyes to the north...do you see the abominations...that the house of Israel commits..."(v6)...then He said 'Son of man dig into the wall...& I went in & saw...creepy things..abominable...& idols...& 70 elders of the house of Israel...each with an [incense] censer(v11)...'turn Again' & to my dismay women were sitting there weeping for Tammuz"(v14)...then he brought me to the inner court of the Lord's house ...& there were about 25 men... worshipping the sun..."(v16)...indeed they put the branch to their nose"(v17)...my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity.. EZEKIEL 7: says the Lord, "The end has come upon the four corners of the land"(v2)....the end has come it has dawned for you"(v6)...behold it has come"(v10)...the time has come(v12)...their silver & gold will not be able to deliver them"(v19)... EZEKIEL 6: says the Lord "In all your dwelling places the cities shall be laid waste"(v6)...the slain shall fall in your midst"(v7)...yet I will leave a remnant"(v8) EZEKIEL 5: "son of man take a sharp sword...pass it over your head..." [divide & weigh your hair...]..burn some hair in the fire]..."This is Jerusalem..."(vv1-5) fathers shall eat their sons & sons shall eat their fathers"(v10)...1/3 shall die by pestilence, 1/3 shall die by sword, 1/3 shall be scattered]... (v12) EZEKIEL 4: "Son of man take a clay tablet"(v1)...portray the city of Jerusalem...with battering rams all around it...take an iron plate set your face against it & it shall be besieged"(v1-3)...lie on your left side...the number of days you do so you shall bear their iniquity [of Israel]...(v4) [one day for each year]...390 days...then lie on your right side for 40 days for the iniquity of Judah...(vv5-6)[& bake bread using human waste for fuel in their sight](v12)...[finally Ezekiel objected to the use of human waste & God relented] "I am giving you cow dung instead of human waste"(v15) .... EZEKIEL 3: "Son of man...eat this scroll"(v1)...& it was in my mouth like honey"(v3)...I have made your face strong against their faces"(v8)...then the Spirit lifted me up & I heard a great thunderous voice: 'Blessed is the Glory of the Lord"(v12)...if you warn the wicked...& he does not turn, he shall die in his iniquity, but you have delivered your soul"(v19)...[but if] you did not give him warning, his blood I shall require at your hand"(v20)...the Spirit said 'Go shut yourself inside your house'(v23)...they shall put ropes on you...I will make your mouth...like a mute'(v24-25)...but when I speak with you I shall open your mouth"(v27) EZEKIEL 2: "and I fell on my face...& He said, 'Son of man stand on your feet...& I will speak to you...then the Spirit entered me..."& He said 'Son of Man I am sending you to [rebellious Israe]l'(v3)...do not be afraid of them (v6)...you shall speak my words"(v7)...open your mouth & eat what I give you...."(v8)... EZEKIEL 1: "in the 5th year of king Jehoiakin's captivity...the word of the Lord came expressly to Ezekiel"(v2-3)then I looked ...& behold a whirlwind, ...a great cloud...with raging fire engulfing

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    itself..."(v4)...from within likeness of four living creatures...likeness of a man...each one had four faces...four wings...legs straight...sparkled...liike burnished bronze....the creatures did not turn...each went straight forward..."(vv4-9) "Face of man...face of ox...face of lion...face of eagle...they went wherver the spirit wanted to go"...their appearance was like burning coals of fire..."a wheel was on the earth beside each living creature"(vv12-15)...their rims were full of eyes "(v18)...wherever the spirit wanted to go they went"(v20)...I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of many waters, like the voice of the Almighty"(v23)...like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day...this was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of God"(v28) LAMENTATIONS 5: "Our fathers sinned are are no more but we bear their iniquity"(v7)...Turn us back to you o Lord"(v21) LAMENTATIONS 4: "How the gold has become dim"(v1)..."Those who are slain by the sword are better off than those who die by hunger..."(v9)...the Lord has fulfilled his fury..."(v11) LAMENTATIONS 3: "Even when I cry & shout he shuts out my prayer"(v8)...He has set me up as a target for arrow"(v120....I have hope thru His mercies that we are not consumed...because His compassions fail not..."(v22)...the Lord is good to those who wait for Him"(v25)...it is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth"(v27)...the Lored will not cast off forever"(31)...let us lift our hearts & hands to the God in Heaven"(v41)....I called on your name oh Lord from the lowest pit"(v55)... LAMENTATION 2: "The Lord has swallowed up & not pitied all the dwelling places of Jacob"(v2)...He has poured out His fury like fire"(v4)...your prophets have seen for you false & deceptive visions"(v14)...is this the city that is called 'perfection of beauty'?"...you have slain them in the day of your anger"(v21)... LAMENTATION 1: "How lonely sits the city that was full of people"(v1)...she weeps bitterly"(v2)...Jerusalem has sinned gravely, therefore shehas become vile"(v8)...she did not consider her destiny"(v9)...the comforter who should restore my life is far from me"(v16)...my sighs are many & my heart is faint..."(v22)... JEREMIAH 52:"Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king...& he did evil...(vv1-2)... [&Nebuchadnezzar camped around Jerusalem]...the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah &...put out the eyes of Zedekiah"(v10-11)...all the persons [whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive] were 4600"(v30)... JEREMIAH 51: "says the Lord,'I will raise up against Babylon..."(v1)...utterly destroy all her army"(v3)...flee from the midst of Babylon"(v6)...His plan is against Babylon to destroy it"(v11)... [the]molded image is falsehood, there is no breath"(v17)...Israel is the tribe of His inheritance...My battle-ax (v19)...WITH YOU I WILL BREAK IN PIECES...the horse...chariot...man & woman...old...young...shepherd...flock...farmer...oxen...governors...rulers...(vv20-23)...mighty men of Babylon...became like women"(v30)...says the Lord [to Jerusalem] I will plead your case...Babylon shall become a heap(vv36-37)...like lambs to the slaughter"(v40)...Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that would come upon Babylon"(v60)...Jeremiah said to Seraiah...'When you have finished reading this book...tie a stone to it & throw it into the Euphrates...& say 'Thus Babylon shall sink & not rise'(vv61-64) JEREMIAH 50: against Babylon "The word that the Lord spoke against Babylon & against... the Chaldeans..."(v1)...Babylon is taken...out of the north a nation comes up against her"(vv2-3)...in those days [Israel & Judah] with

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    continual weeping shall come & seek the Lord"(v4)...everyone who goes by Babylon shall be horrified"(v13)...for she [Babylon] has sinned against the Lord"(v14)...I will punish the king of Babylon (v18)...I will bring back Israel"(v19)...I will pardon those whom I preserve"(v20)...call together the archers against Babylon"(v29)...they will become like women"(v37)...as God overthrew Sodom & Gomorrah...no one shall reside there..."(v40)... JEREMIAH 49:[Against Ammonites] "Says the Lord...'I will bring back the captives...of Ammon...'(v6)...against Edom (v7)...against Damascus(v23)...against Kedar & Hazor (v28)... JEREMIAH 48: "Says the Lord, 'Moab is destroyed...'(v4)...no one shall escape'(v8)...the calamity of Moab is near at hand'(v16)...Moab shall wallow in his vomit'(v26)... JEREMIAH 47: "Says the Lord, 'All the inhabitants of the land shall wail...'(v2)...the fathers will not look back for their children for lack of courage"(v3)...the Lord shall plunder the Philistines"(v4)... JEREMIAH 46: "This is the day that God may avenge Himself on His adversaries"(v10)...stand fast... the sword devours all around you"(v14)...Egypt is a very pretty heifer, but destruction comes"...but do not fear, O Jacob,... I will not make a complete end of you"(v28)... JEREMIAH 45: "Says the Lord" [To Jeremiah, to Baruch] "What I have built I will break down..."(v4)...I will bring adversity on all flesh"(v5)...but I will give your life [Baruch?] as a prize"(v5b) JEREMIAH 44: "Says the Lord,'You have seen all the calamity I have vrought on Jerusalem..'(v1)...because of their wickedness"(v3)...I sent my servants the prophets...but they [the people] did not listen..."(vv4-5)...so my fury & anger was poured out..."(v6) )...have you forgotten the wickedness" (v9)...thus says the Lord...I will take the remnant of Judah...& they shall all be consumed..."(vv11-12)...the people answered Jeremiah saying...'We will not listen to you...'(vv1516)...since we stopped burning incense...we lacked everything..."(v18)...Jeremiah answered 'The Lord could no longer bear... the evil of your doings.."(v19)...this shall be a sign, says the Lord, 'I will punish you in this place'(v29)...I will give Pharaoh Hophrah, king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies'(v30)... JEREMIAH 43: [but Johanan did not believe Jeremiah & said] "You speak falsely, the Lord our God has not sent you to say 'Do not go to Egypt to dwell there'(v2) [&Johanan took all the remnant, including Jeremiah & Baruch] "& went to the land of Egypt"(v7)...[& God said to Jeremiah take large stones] & tell them that God says "Behold I will take Nebuchadnezzar...& he will set his throne above these hidden stones...& he shall strike the land Of Egypt & deliver death to those appointed for death" (v11) JEREMIAH 42: [& Johanan asked Jeremiah to pray for the small remnant] "that the Lord your God should show us the way in which we should walk"(v3)...& Jeremiah said "whatever the Lord answers I will declare it to you"(v4) & they said "We will obey the voice of the Lord"(v6)...[& said the Lord] "If you will remain in this land then I will build you & not pull you down'(v10)...[but if you go to Egypt] "My fury will be poured out upon you when you enter Egypt"(v18) JEREMIAH 41: [& Ishmael came to Gedaliah & struck him with the sword & killed him](v2)..."& Ishmael carried away captive all the rest of the people"(v11) [but Johanan pursued Ishmael & recovered the captives, although Ishmael escaped] JEREMIAH 40: "when the Jews heard that the King of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah..."[under the care of Gedaliah] ...they...came to the land of Judah & gathered wine & summer fruit"(vv11-12). [&

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    Gedaliah was warned that Ishmael was sent to murder him, bue he did not believe it] JEREMIAH 39: "In the 11th year of Zedekiah...the city was penetrated"(v2)...[& the Chaldeans brought Zedekiah to Nebuchadnezzar who] "killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes"...& "he put out Zedekiah's eyes"(vv6-7)...but Nebuchadnezzar said re Jeremiah "Do him no harm"(v12). JEREMIAH 38: [and the princes said to the king]"Let this man [Jeremiah] be put to death"(v4)...& they took Jeremiah & cast him into the dungeon of Malciah...&Jeremiah sank into the mire"(v6)...[but Ebed-melech, a eunuch, spoke up for Jeremiah, & the king ordered Jeremiah out of the dungeon, v11]...& Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "If you surrender to the King of Babylon's princes, then your soul shall live, & this city shall not be burned with fire..."(v17)...& Jeremiah remained in prison until the day Jerusalem was taken"(v28) JEREMIAH 37: [so Zedekiah reigned instead of Coniah, son of Jehoiakim] "but neither he nor his servants gave heed ...to the words...spoken by Jeremiah"(v2)...[&Jeremiah told Zedekiah that the Chaldeans shall take the city ]..."& burn it with fire"(v8)...then a guard "seized Jeremiah, saying 'You are defecting to the Chaldeans'(v13)...& Jeremiah said "False, I am not defecting..."[but they did not believe Jeremiah & put him in prison](v15)...[&Zedekiah secretly came to Jeremiah & asked if there was any word from the Lord, & Jeremiah said]"There is, you shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon"(v17) JEREMIAH 36: [The Lord told Jeremiah] "Take a scroll of a book & write on it all the words I have spoken to you...that everyone may turn from his evil way"(vv2-3)...[& Jeremiah commanded Baruch] "Go read from the scroll the words of the Lord"(v6)...when they [the princes] heard the words, they looked at each other with fear & said 'We will surely tell the king' (Jehoiachim)"(v16)...then the princes said to Baruch, 'Go & hide, you & Jeremiah"(v19)...[when Jehudi read from the scroll the king took the scroll] & "cast it into the fire..."(v23)[& the king commanded Baruch & Jeremiah to be seized but they were hidden]...[& God said to Jeremiah, Take another scroll & write the words that were on the first scroll](v28)...[& God said "I will punish [Jehoiakim], his family, & his servants"(v31) JEREMIAH 35: [God told Jeremiah]"Go to the house of the Rechabites...give them wine to drink"(v2)...but they said 'Our father said we will drink no wine (v6)...but you shall dwell in tents'(v7)...thus we have obeyed"(v8)...[&God said]"Surely the sons of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, have obeyed the command of their father, but this people [Judah] has not obeyed Me"(v16)... JEREMIAH 34: "says the Lord [to Zedekiah] 'I shall give this city into the hand of the King of Babylon & he shall burn it with fire"...[yet] you shall not die by the sword, you shall die in peace..."(v4-5)...the people heard that everyone should set free his male & female slaves [& they obeyed but later changed their minds] (v10-11). "Says the Lord,'You have not obeyed me in proc,aiming libery..."(v17)...I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant." (V22) JEREMIAH 33: "...[the Lord] came to Jeremiah a second time...[while he was still in prison](v1)...I will cause the captives of Judah & Isael to return"(v7)...I will pardon their iniquities"(v8)...then it shall be to Me a name of joy..."(v9)...I will cause to grow up to David a Branch of Righteousness..."(v15) JEREMIAH 32: [when the king of Babylon besieged Jerusalem] "Jeremiah was shut up in... prison...in the king of Judah's house [Zedekiah]."(v2)...I bought the field from Hanamel, the son of my uncle"(v9)...I gave the purchase deed to Baruch...(v12)...[& said] "take these deeds & put them in an earthen vessel" (v14)...saysthe Lord ...houses...shall be possessed again in this land"(v15)...then I [Jeremiah] prayed...Lord there is nothing too hard for you (vv16-17)...& the Lord said 'Is there anything too hard for me'?(v27)...[but] because of all the evil [of Israel & Judah I will destroy this

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    place]...(v32)...[then] I will. Bring them back to this place"(v37... JEREMIAH 31: "Says the Lord, 'The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness"(v2)...you shall be rebuilt O virgin of Israel"...I will turn their mourning to joy"(v13)...there is hope in your future"(v17)...for the Lord has created a new thing in the earth, a woman shall encompass a man"(v22)...I will watch over them to build & to plant...they shall no more say 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, & the children's teeth are set on edge', every man shall die for his own inquity" (vv28-29)...this is the covenant I will make, I will put My law in their minds & write it on their hearts, & I will be their God & they shall be My people"(v33)....they shall all know Me from the least of them to the greatest"(v34)... JEREMIAH 30: "says the Lord, 'I will bring back from captivity my people Israel & Judah..[has] a man ever [been] in labor with a child?...so why do I see every man with his hands on his loins"(v6)...do not fear...I will not make a complete end of you"(v11)...I will restore health to you"(v17)... JEREMIAH 29: "says the Lord...to all who were carried away captive...build houses & dwell in them. Plant gardens & eat their fruit...(v5)...& seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be...pray to the Lord, in its peace you will have peace...(v7)...after 70 years I will visit you & cause you to return..."(v10)...then you will call upon me & pray & I will listen..."(v12)...because Shemaiah has caused you to trust in a lie...I will punish [him]...(v31-32) JEREMIAH 28: "As for the prophet who prophecies peace, when the word of the prophet comes to pass, the prophet will be known as one whom the Lord truly sent"(v9)...[then said the Lord to Jeremiah]"Go & tell Hananiah, you have broken the yokes of wood, but you have made in their place yokes of iron"(v13)...Hear now Hananiah you make these people trust in a lie...this year you shall die...so Hananiah the prophet died"(v15-17) JEREMIAH 27:"Says the Lord, 'Make yourselves bonds & yokes..."(v2)...."I have given all these lands into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar"(v6)...the nation... which will not put its neck under the yoke of the King of Babylon...I will punish"(v8)... JEREMIAH 26: "Says the Lord, if you will not listen to me...I will make this house like Shiloh..."(vv46)...& the people said, 'This man [Jeremiah] deserves to die, for he has prophesied against this city'(v11)...& Jeremiah said 'Amend your ways...if you put me to death you will surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves"(vv13-15)...then the people said 'this man does not deserve to die, for he has spoken to us in the name of the Lord"(v16)... JEREMIAH 25: "repent now everyone of his evil ways...do not go after other gods...yet you have not listened to me...because you have not heard My words...this whole land shall be a desolation....& these nations shall serve the king of Babylon 70 years..."(vv5-11)...says the Lord to me 'take this wine cup of fury'....& I took the cup & made all the nations drink...to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, & a curse..."[vv15-18]...says the Lord 'Drink, be drunk, & vomit, fall & rise no more' [Jeremiah 1-24, sent to myreligious quotes & to ldem] JEREMIAH 24: "there were 2 baskets of figs...one had very good figs...& the other basket had very bad figs"(vv1-2)...the Lord said "What do you see Jeremiah?"...& I said good figs, very good, & bad figs, very bad...Lord said, "Like the good figs, I will acknowledge the captives of Judah...sent out of this place for their own good into the land of the Chaldeans...(v5) "I will plant them & not pluck them up"(v6)...I will give them a heart to know me"(v7)...[likewise the bad figs]...I will give up Zedekiah...& the residue of Jerusalem & those who dwell in Egypt...."(v8)

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    JEREMIAH 23: "woe to the shepherds who destroy & scatter the sheep of my pasture"(v1)...the days are coming when I will raise to David a branch of righteousness...He will be called, 'the Lord our Righteousness'"(v6)...both prophet & priest are profane"(v11)...prophets saying 'i have dreamed,I have dreamed..."...they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart..."(vv25-26)...do not say 'the oracle of the Lord'"(v38) JEREMIAH 22: "Says the Lord, 'Do no wrong & do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood..."(v3)...woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness.."(v13)... JEREMIAH 21: "I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah...& the people...into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon ...he shall not spare them"(v7)...I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings"(v14) JEREMIAH 20: "then Pashhur struck Jeremiah & put him in the stocks"(v )...[Jeremiah says I was a ] reproach & a derision daily..I will not make mention of Him, nor speak anymore in His name, but His word was in my heart like a burning fire...I was weary of holding it back & could not"(v9)...the Lord is with me as a mighty awesome One, therefore my persecutors will stumble"(v11)...cursed be the day on which I was born"(v14)...because He did not kill me from the womb that my mother might have been my grave...why did I come forth from the womb to see labor & sorrow"(vv17-18) JEREMIAH 19: "says the Lord 'I will bring such a catastrophe on this place that whoever hears of it his ears will tingle"(v4)...this place shall be the valley of Slaughter"(v6)...I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons...& daughters"(v6)...I will break this city as one breaks a potter's vessel"(v11)...because they have stiffened their necks"(v15) JEREMIAH 18: "Oh house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter ?" (v6)...[but they rejected God & said] "we will walk according to our own plans"(v12)...My people have forgotten Me"(v15)... [Jeremiah says]"They have dug a pit for my life..."(v20)...therefore pour out their blood by the force of the sword"(v21)... JEREMIAH 17: "The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, with the point of a diamond it is engraved"(v1)...for you have kindled a fire in My anger which will burn forever"(v4)...cursed is the man who trusts in man & makes flesh his strength"(v5)...BLESSED is the man who trusts in the Lord...he shall be like a tree planted by the waters"(v8)...I the Lord search the heart, I test the mind..."(v10) [Jeremiah says]"Destroy them with double destruction"(v18)...if you will not heed Me to hallow the Sabbath day...then I will kindle a fire in its gates"(v27) JEREMIAH 16: [to Jeremiah] "you shall not take a wife nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place"(v2)...[the people here] shall die gruesome deaths"(v4)...because your fathers have forsaken Me"(v11)...& they shall know that My name is the Lord"(v21) JEREMIAH 15: Then the Lord said to me 'even if Moses Or Samuel stood before Me, My mind would not be favorable toward this people"(v1)...I will appoint...four forms of destruction...the sword to slay, the dogs to drag, the birds of the heavens & the beasts of the earth to devour & destroy..." [but to Jeremiah the Lord said] "I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked"(v21)... JEREMIAH 14: "judah mourns...& the cry of Jerusalem has gone up..."(v2)...yet you Oh Lord are in our midst...do not leave us"(v9)...the Lord said to me 'do not pray for this people...I will not hear their cry"(v11-12)...by sword & famine those [false]prophets shall be consumed"(v15)...

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    JEREMIAH 13: "Go & get yourself a linen sash & tie it around your waist, but do not put it in water"(v1)...go to the Euphrates & hide it there in a hole in the rock"(v4)...after many days...the Lord said to me, 'Arise, go to the Euphrates & take from there the sash..."(v6)...then I went & dug & took the sash...& it was ruined, profitable for nothing"(v7)...[& the Lord said] "in this way I will ruin the pride of Judah &... Jerusalem (v9)...this evil people shall be just like this sash which is profitable for nothing..."(v10)...speak to them 'every bottle shall be filled with wine...'(v12)...thus says the Lord 'I will fill all the inhabitants...with drunkenness...& I will dash them one against the other...(v 13-14)...give glory to the Lord your God before He causes darkness"(v16)...what will you say when He punishes you" (v21)...can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopards his spots"(v23)...woe to you o Jerusalem"(v27) JEREMIAH 12: "Why does the way of the wicked prosper ?' (V1) JEREMIAH 11: "Thus says the Lord: 'Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant"(v3)...do not pray for this people or lift up a cry or prayer for them, for I will not hear them" (v14)... "I was like a docile lamb brought to the slaughter, and I did not know that they had devised schemes against me, saying 'Let us destroy the tree with its fruit'(v19)... JEREMIAH 10: " do not be afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, nor can they do any good"(v5)....they are altogether dull-hearted & foolish, a wooden idol is a worthless doctrine" (v8)...but the Lord is the true God"(v10)...thus says the Lord 'woe is me for my hurt, my wound is severe"(v1819)... JEREMIAH 9: "oh that I might leave my people & go from them, for they are all adulterers...they proceed from evil to evil & do not know Me" (v3)...they have taught their tongue to speak lies" (v5)...I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins"(v11)...they have walked according to the dictates of their own hearts"(v14)...Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom...but let him who glories, glory in this, that He understands & knows Me"(vv23-24)... JEREMIAH 8: "...then death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of those who remain of this evil family..." "No man repented of his wickedness saying 'What have I done?'(v6)...from the least even to the greatest everyone is given to covetousness"(v10)..."saying 'peace peace' when there is no peace"(v11)...is there no balm in gilead"(v22)... JEREMIAH 7 [God said to Jeremiah] "Stand in the gate of the Lord's house & proclaim...all you of Judah...amend your ways & doings...if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, & the widow...& do not shed innocent blood & walk after other gods...THEN I will cause you to dwell ...in this land that I gave to your fathers forever & ever...(vv1-7)...[see what I did to Israel in Shiloh b/c of their wickedness] ....[because] ...you did not hear...you did not answer (v130...[I will do to you as I did to Shiloh]...[b/c they worship the] "queen of heaven"(v18)...my anger & my fury will be poured out"(v20)...[Jeremiah, you shall say to them] "This is a nation that does not obey the voice of the Lord..."(v28)...the children of Judah have done evil"(v30)... JEREMIAH 6: "Thus says the Lord,'They shall glean as a vine the remnant of Israel, as a grape gatherer put your hand back into the branches"(v9)....from the least even to the greatest everyone is given to covetousness"(v13)...they have also healexd the hurt of My people slightly saying 'peace peace when there is no peace'(v14)....nor did they know how to blush"(v15)...people will call them rejected silver because the Lord has rejected them"(v30) JEREMIAH 5: "though they say 'as the Lord lives' surely they swear falsely"...they have made their

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    faces harder than rock"(v3)...therefore a lion from the forest shall slay them"(v6)...like well-fed lusty stallions everyone neighed after his neighbor's wife"(v8)...they have lied about the Lord & said 'it is not He'(v12)...nevertheless says the Lord I will not make a complete end of you"...will you not tremble at My presence?" (v22)...the prophets prophesy falsely...and My people love to have it so, but what will you do in the end?"(v31) JEREMIAH 4: You shall swear, "The Lord lives, in truth, in righteousness, & in judgment"(v2)...clothe yourself with sackcloth, lament & wail...o Jerusalem wash your heart from wickedness that you might be saved"(v14)...for My people are foolish, they have not known Me"(v22)... JEREMIAH 3: "you have played the harlot with many lovers, yet return to Me"(v1)...therefore the showers have been withheld"(v3)...yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but went & played the harlot also"(v8)...return o backsliding children, says the Lord, for I am married to you"(v14)...they will say no more 'the ark of the covenant of the Lord', it shall not come to mind" (v16)... JEREMIAH 2: "Thus says the Lord, 'I remember you, the kindness of your youth"(v2)...Israel was holiness to the Lord"(v3)...I brought you into a bountiful country...but you defiled my land"(v7)....my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living water, & hewn themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no water"(v13)...it is an evil & bitter thing that you have forsaken the Lord your God"(v19)...saying to a tree 'you are my father', and to a stone 'you gave birth to me' (v27)... JEREMIAH 1: "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you. Before you were born I sanctified you"(v5)...and the Lord said, "Do not say that I am a youth, for you shall go to all whom I send you, and whatevet I command, you shall speak"(v7)....to root out & pull down, to destroy & to throw down, to build & to plant"(v10). "I see the branch of an almond tree (v11)...I see a boiling pot"(v13)...I will utter my judgments against them concerning all their wickedness"(v17) ISAIAH 66: "On this one will I look, on him who is poor & of a contrite spirit and who trembles at My word"(v2)...hear the word of the Lord you who tremble at His word"(v5)....before she was in labor she gave birth, before her pain came she delivered a male child"(v7)...shall the earth be made to give birth in. One day? Or shall a nation be born at once?" (v8) "Behold I will extend peace to her like a river...." ISAIAH 65: "I was sought by those who did not ask for Me. I was found by those who did not seek Me"(v1)...when I called you did not answer"(v12)...he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth"(v16)...behold I create new heavens & a new earth"(v17)...my elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands"(v22)...the wolf & the lamb shall feed together"(v25) ISAIAH 64: "As fire causes water to boil...that the nations may tremble at your presence"(v2)...you are indeed angry for we have sinned...and we need to be saved"(v5)...we are the clay and you are our potter"(v8) ISAIAH 63: "I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord"(v7)...for He said, 'surely they are My people, so He became their Savior'(v8)...but they rebelled & grieved His Holy Spirit"(v10). ISAIAH 62: "....FOR jerusalem's sake I will not rest until her righteousness goes forth as brightness"(v1)...the gentiles shall see your righteousness"(v2)... you shall no longer be termed FORSAKEN"(v4)...you who make mention of the Lord do not keep

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    silent"(v6)...and you shall be called SOUGHT OUT, a city NOT FORSAKEN" (v12) ISAIAH 61: "The Spirit Of the Lord is upon me because the Lord has anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor. He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted"(v1)...that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord that He may be glorified"(v3)...instead of your shame you shall have double honor"(v7)...for I the Lord love justice"(v8) ISAIAH 60: "Arise, shine for your light has come (v1)...the Gentiles shall come to your light (v3)...the wealth of the gentiles shall come to you"(v5)...you shall drink the milk of the gentiles, and milk the breast of kings"(?)(v16)....the sun shall no longer be your light...but the Lord will be to you an everlasting light"(v17)...your sun shall no longer go down"(v20) ISAIAH 59: "Your iniquities have separated you from your God"(v2)...your lips have spoken lies"(v3)...their feet run to evil"(v7)...the way of peace they have not know"(v8)...we look for light but there is darkness...we grope for the wall like the blind"(v9-10)...we look for justice but there is none"(v11)...our sins testify against us"(v12)...then the Lord saw it & it displeased Him"(v15)...and wondered that there was no intercessor"(v16)...the Redeemer shall come to Zion and to those who turn from transgression"(v20) ISAIAH 58: "Is this not the fast I have chosen ? To loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens? To let the oppressed go free?(v6)...is it not to share your bread with the hungry"(v7)....then your light shall break forth like the morning"(v8)...if you extend your soul to the hungry... then your light shall dawn in the darkness"(v10)....the Lord will guide you continually...like a watered garden"(v11)...you shall be called the Repairer Of the Breach"(v12) ISAIAH 57: "the righteous perishes & no man takes it to heart"(v1) "you have uncovered yourself to those other than me...and made a covenant with them, you have loved their bed where you saw their nudity [hand?]"(v8) "He who puts his trust in Me shall possess the land"(v13) "I dwell with him who has a contrite & humble spirit"(v15)...[but] there is no peace, says my God, for the wicked"(v21) ISAIAH 56: "says the Lord, 'Keep justice & do righteousness'...nor let the eunuch say, 'Here I am a dry tree'...to the eunuchs who hold fast my covenant...I will give them an everlasting name"(v3-5) ISAIAH 55:"Ho! Everone who thirsts, come to the waters, & you who have no money, come buy & eat ! Yes come buy wine & milk without money & without price"(v1)....seek the Lord while He may be found"(v6)...My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways', says the Lord" (v8)....as the heavens are higher than the earth so are My ways higher than your ways"(v9)...as the rain comes down...[and] waters the earth....and makes it bring forth & bud, that it may give seed to the sower...so shall My word be that goes forth from my mouth"(v10-11)...and it shall be to the Lord for a name"(v13) ISAIAH 54: "Do not fear, for you will not be ashamed...you will forget the shame of your youth"(v4)...for your Maker is your husband"(v5)...the Lord has called you"(v6)...my kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall my covenant of peace be removed"(v10)...all your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children"(v13) ISAIAH 53: "He is despised & rejected by men...He was despised & we did not esteem Him"(v3) "all we like sheep have gone astray"(v6)...He was led as a lamb to the slaughter...so He opened not His mouth"(v7) ISAIAH 52: "Awake, awake, put on your strength, O Zion"(v1)...you have sold yourselves for nothing, you shall be redeemed without money"(v3) "My name is blasphemed continually, every day "(v5)

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    worthless"(v29) ISAIAH 40: "the voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God'"(v3)...the crooked places shall be made straight"(v4)...the glory of the Lord shall be revealed"(v5)...He will feed His flock like a shepherd"(v11)...to whom shall I be equal, says the Holy One"(v25)...the Everlasting God...neither faints nor is weary"(v28)...those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings like eagles.they shall run & not be weary. They shall walk & not be faint"(v31) ISAIAH 39: "they [the men from Babylon] have seen all that is in my house"(v4) [and Isaiah said] "the days are coming when all that is in your house shall be carried to Babylon"(v6) ISAIAH 38: [Isaiah says to Hezekiah] "you shall die"(v1) "Hezekiah prayed...and wept bitterly"(v2-3) [And God relented saying]"I will add to your days fifteen years"(v5) [hezekiah said]"You have cast all my sins behind your back"(v17) ISAIAH 37 "when King Hezekiah heard this he tore his clothes(v1)...and went to Isaiah and said 'Lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left"(v4) [and Isaiah said the Lord]"...will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land"(v7) [Hezekiah prays]"Oh Lord our God save us from his hand [re sennacharib, king of Assyria](v20). [And God said]"I will put my bridle in your lips & I will turn you back"(v29) "I will defend this city"(v35) [and an angel immediately killed 185,000 Assyrians] ISAIAH 36: "you are trusting in the staff of this broken reed...so is pharaoah, king of Egypt, to all who trust in him"(v6)...give a pledge to my master, King of Assyria, & I will give you 2000 horses"(v8) "who will eat & drink their own waste with you"(v12b) "Beware, lest Hezekiah will betray you saying 'The Lord will deliver us'(v18) ISAIAH 35: "Say to those who are fearful hearted: 'Be strong, do not fear" (v4)"the lame shall leap like a deer"(v6) "a highway ...shall be called the highway of holiness...whoever walks the road, although a fool, shall not go astray"(v8) ISAIAH 34: "the indignation of the Lord is against all nations"(v1) "the sword of the Lord is filled with blood"(v6) "there also shall hawks be gathered, every one with her mate"(v15) ISAIAH 33; "Woe to you who plunder, though you have not been plundered...when you cease plundering you shall be plundered"(v1) "the sinners in Zion are afraid"(v14) ISAIAH 32: " a generous man devises generous things, and by generosity he shall stand"(v8) "Tremble, you women who are at ease. Be troubled you complacent ones"(v11) "until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high and thw wilderness becomes a fruitful field"(v15) "the work of righteousness will be peace"(v17) ISAIAH 31: "Woe to those who trust in chariots... & horsemen...but do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the Lord"(v1) "the Egyptians are men & not God, their horses are flesh, & not Spirit..." ISAIAH 30: "woe to the rebellious children' says the Lord 'who take counsel, but not of me'"(v1). "The strength of pharaoh shall be your shame"(v3) "this is a rebellious people...who will not hear the law of the Lord"(v9)...who say to the prophets 'speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits'"(v10) "And [God] shall break it like the breaking of a potter's vessel"(v14) "the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you (Israel)"(v18) ISAIAH 29: "Woe to Ariel (Jerusalem)(v1)...you shall be brought down(v4)...you will be punished by

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    the Lord of hosts"(v6) "you have things turned around, shall the potter be esteemed as the clay"(16) "those who erred in spirit will come to understanding"(v24) ISAIAH 28: "The drunkards of Ephraim will be trampled underfoot..."(v3) "The priest & the prophet have erred through intoxicating drink"(v7) "all tables are full of vomit...whom will he teach"(v8-9) "for precept must be upon precept...line upon line...here a little there a little" "Thus says the Lord...I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation (v16)...I will make justice the measuring (v17)...your covenant with death will be annulled ISAIAH 27: "In that day the Lord...will punish Leviathan..." (v1) "Israel shall blossom & bud & fill the face of the world with fruit..."(v6) "wooden images & incense altars shall not stand"(v9) "you will be gathered one by one you children of Israel" (v12) "and shall worship the Lord"(v13) ISAIAH 26: "Trust in the Lord forever..."(v4) "the way of the just is uprightness"(v7) "with my soul I have desired you in the night"(v9) "let grace be shown to the wicked"(v10) "...they will see & be ashamed for their envy of people"(v11) ISAIAH 25 "oh Lord you are my God, I will exalt you"v1...for You have made a city a ruin(v2)...the strong people will glorify You (v3)...He will swallow up death forever(v8)...God will wipe away tears from all faces...Moab shall be trampled down (v10) ISAIAH 24: "the Lord makes the earth empty & makes it waste"(v1)...the land shall be entirely emptied & utterly plundered (v3)...the joy of the harp ceases (v8)...it shall be like the shaking of an olive tree (v13)...the earth is violently broken (v19)...the moon will be disgraced & the sun ashamed (v23)... ISAIAH 23: "Wail you ships of Tarshish, for your strength is laid waste" v14 "at the end of 70 years the Lord will deal with Tyre. She will return to her hire & commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth"v17 ISAIAH 22: "The Lord called for weeping..."[but you said] "Let us eat & drink for tomorrow we die" v12-13 ISAIAH 21: "Babylon is fallen, is fallen" v9 4/4/09 630 am ISAIAH 20; "Go & remove the sackcloth from your body & take the sandals off your feet. And he did so, walking naked & barefoot." v2 ISAIAH 19:"I will set Egyptians against Egyptians (v2)...the spirit of Egypt will fail (v3)...I will give the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel master... (v4)....rivers will turn foul (v6) where are your wise men...now ? (v12) [Egypt will be like a] "drunk man who staggers in his vomit"(v14)....[after all that]...there will be "an altar to the Lord in the midst of Egypt(v19)...in that day Israel will be one of three with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing...(v24)" ISAIAH 18: "woe to the land shadowed with buzzing wings..."(v1)[presumably Ethiopia] ISAIAH 17: "damascus will cease from being a city(v1)...the glory of Jacob will wane (v4)...yet gleaning grapes will be left in it, like the shaking of an olive tree (v6)...in that day a man will have respect for [his Maker] the Holy One of Israel (v7)...he will not respect what his fingers have made... (v8)...there will be desolation because you have forgotten God (v10)... ISAIAH 16 "we have heard of the pride of Moab...(v6) ...gladness is taken away (v10)...[Moab] will come to his sanctuary to pray, but he will not prevail' (v12)...the glory of Moab will be despized"(v14) ISAIAH 15 "...Moab will wail...their heads will be bald..."v2 ISAIAH 14 "...take this proverb against the king of Babylon (v4)...Hell from beneath is excited about you, to meet you at your coming. It stirs up the dead for you" v9 [comparison of the fall of the King of Babylon to the fall of Lucifer] "how you are fallen from heaven o Lucifer (v12)...is this the man who made the earth tremble...(v16)....who did not open the house of the prisoners(v17)...I will sweep [Babylon] with the broom of destruction...(v23)...I will break the Assyrian in my land...(v25)...wail...o city...all of Philistia you are dissolved (v31)

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    ISAIAH 13: "I will punish the world for its evil & the wicked for their iniquity" v11 "...their children will be dashed to pieces before their eyes.."v16 "...and Babylon will be as when God overthrew Sodom & Gomorrah" v19 ISAIAH 12: "in that day you will say...the Lord is my strength & song..." v1-2 "in that day you will say...praise the Lord...call upon His name..."v4 ISAIAH 11: "There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jessie, & a Branch shall grow out of his roots" v1 "wolf...lamb...leopard...goat... calf...lion...a little child shall lead them"v6 "child ..by the cobra's hole....child by the vipers den...they shall not hurt nor destroy...the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord" v8-9. "The Lord shall recover...the remnant of His people" v11 ISAIAH 10: (re assyria)"Shall the ax boast itself against him who chops with it"? (Re judah)important repeated verse "For all this His anger is not turned away. But His hand is stretched out still."(v4) "The remnant of Israel...will depend on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel in truth...the remnant will return to the Mighty God" v20-21 ISAIAH 9: "Unto us a child is born, a Son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulder, and His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."v6 "for all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still" v21 ISAIAH 8: "when they say to you 'seek those who are mediums & wizards, who whisper & mutter" should not people SEEK THEIR GOD ?" v19 ISAIAH 7 "The Lord Himself will give you a sign. Behold the virgin shall conceive & bear a son & shall call His name Emmanuel. Curds & honey He shall eat that He may know to refuse the evil & choose the good" v14-15 ISAIAH 6: "keep on hearing but do not understand. Keep on seeing but do not perceive" v9 ; "until the cities are laid waste & without inhabitant"v11 ISAIAH 5: "My well-beloved has a vineyard on a very fruitful hill' v1. The church or synagogue is the vineyard & God is tending to it ("He expected it to bring forth good grapes but it brought forth wild grapes"v2). Wild grapes are bad, corrupt, distasteful. They are NOT good fruit. Verses 8 & 9 may be a warning against materialism ("woe to those who join house to house"). Another woe: "woe to those who call evil good & good evil" v20 ISAIAH 4: "seven women shall take hold of one man" v1 may refer to the fact that so many men were slain that the women would all grab for any available man. 'Be called by your name to take away our reproach" (because they didn't have children, an embarrassment to Jewish women) "for over all the glory there will be a covering" v5(the glory of God is the "shekinah") ISAIAH 3: JUDGMENT on Jerusalem ISAIAH 2: "the idols he shall utterly abolish"(v18). Jamieson says the Israelites were prone to idolatry prior to the Babylonian Captivity, but not subsequent. "Whose breath is in his nostrils"(v22) --possibly a symbol of the fleeting nature of life. Isaiah 1: God is angry because the Israelites have not been faithful ("they have rebelled against me", v1) "they have turned away backward" v4). God is tired of their meaningless sacrifices ("I have had enough of your burnt offerings...I do not delight in the blood of bulls"v11). And so God is no longer interested: "Even though you make many prayers I will not hear"(v15), unless they "cease to do evil" & "learn to do good"(v16-17).God is willing to forgive, yet again ("Though your sins aere like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow"v18) but if they refuse, they shall be "devoured"(v20)."Those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed"(v28). 3/30/09 above

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    SONGS 8 "oh that you were like my brother" (v1) suggests tenderness & affection that is gone because Jesus is resurrected (says Jamieson), hence not physically present anymore. "cup of spiced wine"(v2) (last supper?);"his left hand is under my head" (v3) is a repeat of ch 2.6. "We have a little sister who has no breasts"(v8) they say represents the jewish church w/ superior knowledge of God (at that time) speaking of the gentile church who is less informed (thus no breasts to feed their own young w/ the word of God). "I am a wall & my breasts like towers" (v10) suggests the person (the Jewish church) was made strong by Christ & that she says it to let the little sister (Gentile church) know that Christ can do the same for her. Or, alternatively, this is the gentile church speaking as it might when it grows up & has breasts of consolation: faith & love. "Solomon had a vineyard" (v11) (solomon being a "type" of Christ & vineyard being the church) & of course the church will be given to those who "bear fruit", hence "my own vineyard" may suggest the transfer of the vineyard to Gentile keepers ."Make haste" (v14) is the final verse waiting for the visible return of Christ "on", not in" the "mountain of spices" (Jamieson says this is where Jesus' soul was for three days after the crucifixion). SONGS 7 Jesus/God continues to complment the church: "How beautiful are your feet...the curves of your thighs...your navel..your waist...your 2 breasts...your neck...your eyes, your nose, your head..' (v1-5). "I am my beloved's & his desire is towards me" (v10). Jamieson says it is now both the bride & the daughters of Jerusalem speaking as new converts continually enter in & claim God's love. "Mandrakes" (v13) apparently are also called "love apples." //419 am SONGS 6 The daughters of Jerusalem want to know what happened to Jesus ("Where has your beloved gone ?" v1) & not only that but they also have become "seekers" ("that we may seek him"). Matthews says that "those that belong to Christ & who are bound for heaven shall be called Shulamites" . Jesus has gone into the garden (the church) to "feed his flock"(nurture the believers) . & Jesus is flattering or complimenting the faithful: ("beautiful as Tirzah" (v4)is the residence of the kings of Israel? (says Jamieson) ("your hair....your teeth" v5-6. "The one bride (or "dove" ?) is contrasted with the many wives of the eastern kings in violation of marriage law" (v9) (Jamieson)."Return o shulamite" v13: now Shulamite is Jesus (Prince of Peace?? Jmsn now says "Shulamite is the feminine of Solomon" . "Two armies" (church militant & church triumphant ?). Above 3/26/09 Ch SONGS 5 Christ/God calls the church "sister spouse" as a way of keeping the body imagery from seeming excessively carnal, but at the same time the church is more than just a sibling for whom Christ has brotherly or sisterly love. God's passion for us goes beyond brotherly love. Christ is called "beloved" by the church in return. The incarnational Christ came into the garden (our heart) & "ate" & "drank" with us. Notice how God outdoes us all the time ? She invited God to eat fruits with her but He comes with MUCH MORE: myrrh, spice, honeycomb, wine, milk. The milk, some say, represents sustenance for the new believer & the wine for the older believer. Christ has Holy Communion With both young & old. "I sleep but my heart is awake" (v2)is a perfect image of a person sort of ready for Christ, or sort of in Christ, but yet merely human in some ways (I.e."spirit willing flesh weak") & not wholeheartedly dedicated. & some speculate that this is about Solomon who started out so good, honest, & wise but was not perfect later on. "He knocks"--now it is God knocking for us. This seems to answer the question of whether we are "elect" or whether we must also "seek" or "ask" in terms of salvation. It seems to be both/and. "Head covered w/ dew" v2 may suggest Christ w/ a crown of thorns, & blood & sweat dripping down his face. The excuse is "I just took off my robe" v3. She is already in bed, now He expects her to jump up & open the door ? & she's already washed her feet--does He expect her to get them dirty by walking over to the door ? Trivial excuses are what keep a lot of people from growing in faith. Nonetheless, she gets to the door with myrrh on hand (v5) (perfume on hand is a

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    symbol of love but myrrh also represents repentance, so they say), just as He is about to open it Himself ("put his hand by the latch" v4) but by the time she opens it God is gone (v6). God kept her awake for the moment. But why did she hesitate ? Will He return? She runs out the door & this time the "watchmen" (priests/ministers) are not so sympathetic or helpful ("they struck me" v7). Suddenly she is "lovesick" realizing how much she needs God. They ask why is her beloved more important than any other beloved ? (v8). She responds poetically with praiseworthy language beginning with "white" (v10) which represents truth & purity & "gold" (v11), "spices"(v13), & "myrrh" (v13) are mentioned. "Legs are pillars of marble" (v15) (see Psalm 75.3): some comment that Christ's legs were NOT broken on the cross as were the legs of the 2 thieves. She ends by saying that He is not only her beloved but also a "friend" (v16). SONGS 4 Some say this is Jesus speaking of the beauty of His church ("You are fair my love"v1). Note that there are seven body parts mentioned: 7 considered the number of "perfection" in those days. "Hill of frankincense" scholars say representsCalvary & the "mountain of myrrh" (v6) is the embalmment of Jesus. "Sister-spouse" (v9) I've read is to indicate the anatomy imagery is "not carnal" but respectful. "Better than wine" is the real presence of Christ. Even though we say "This is the Body of Christ" in eucharist (some do at least) we all have a longing for the actual incarnation of Christ & Christ longs for our presence in heaven someday. "Awake o north wind" (v16) or come Holy Spirit, come. An invitation to Christ/God to come into the garden. SONGS 3 She longs for Jesus the Messiah ("I sought the one I love" v1) . Not finding God or Jesus in her bed or in prayer in her bed she realizes she MUST not wait for Him to come to her but that she MUST SEEK HIM ("go about the city"v2) and and almost immediately after the watchmen (ministers ?) find her she finds God & "she held him & would not let him go" v4. So excited to see God she wanted to let others know about Him, first of all her mother. But since nobody can truly contain God, suddenly, here comes God out "of the wilderness" (v16) "perfumed with frankincense & myrrh...", & gold(v10) supporting "Solomon's couch" upon which the King sits. & they refer back to Solomon in the final verse, thus you see the interplay between a story re a human (Solomon) versus an allegory re Jesus/God (535 am) SONGS 2 "like a lily" some say 'like" or "as" is referring to the church whereas Christ Himself "is" the lily. The Church strives to be "like" Christ. "Among the daughters" refers to daughters (& sons, v2) of men, NOT the innocent virgins as mentioned in ch 1."Like an apple tree": we became lost souls because of original sin & the tree of the fruit of life in the garden & because Adam & Eve tasted of that fruit. We became FOUND b/c of Christ. CHRIST is the apple tree among ordinary & the lily among thorns. We are "like" Christ & like the lily & like the apple tree. As we find comfort in Christ, others should find comfort in us as Christians. Once we are saved by Christ we sit at God's banquet with a banner declaring "LOVE" over our head (v4). Jamieson says our "nationality" is thus love. & in fact IN CHRIST we become "lovesick" (no, not sick of love but a little dazed by the power of love as you may feel with the one you love the most here on earth so is the power of God's love, only MUCH MORE so). v7 is interesting re "does of the field" . Do not "stir them" until it pleases--possibly advice re evangelism. We can plant the seed, mention Christ, but we cannot make the seed grow until it is ready. So if a person does not respond to the call of Christ, don't force anything upon them. Like "does of the field" they will quickly run ("until it pleases" v7b) . When Christ comes the doe will not run & Christ will say "Rise up my love" (v10) & will take away sin &/or the "covenant of works" ("the winter is past" v11), & now it is time to rejoice ("flowers appear", "time of singing" v12) & "come away" (v13). When we are callled by Christ we must leave what we have at that moment & follow Him, as you notice His disciples left the nets & boats & other items. "The dove" is Christ to whom we cry out & want to see the face of our Lord whom we will not see fully until we reach heaven.. "the foxes" are the little sins that need to be driven away constantly, as the grape in the spring which the fox wants to eat. Come quickly JESUS ("like the gazelle"v17)

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    3/24/09 SONGS 1: "kiss me" says who ? A female. To whom ? God ? Why ? Maybe she (a believer ? Or the church ?) Wants to hear God directly & not via the prophets. Kiss me with your "mouth" she says (v2). Your "love is better than wine"--better than getting drunk as well as also better than communion (wine is blood of Jesus in the eucharist) God's love is the direct presence of Christ in us.Christ is God & God is Christ. Your "name is ointment" (v3) . Interesting that Jesus was "anointed" with expensive perfume in Mark 14.5 . "Brought into chambers" (v4) suggests intimacy between believer & God ."If you do not know...follow in the footsteps of the flock" (v8) suggests discipleship. If she has questions, follow & learn from the Shepherd, & then teach likewise to those who listen to her ("feed your little goats"). "Ornaments of gold" possibly a crown of some sort, & Jamieson says the Hebrew for "spouse" is a "crowned one" which would fit here as God makes the believer a spouse. Fwd: Intro to SONG of SOLOMON: Most scholars agree that Song of Solomon is an allegory re the "holy mystery of love" (see jamieson) & not just about human love & intimacy, & that Songs "furnishes the believer with the language of holy love" (ibid). S Above 3/22/09 Eccles 12 Rember God not just during bad times ("before difficult days" v1) . Verse 2 suggests a time when there is a lot of light. If this chapter is referring to remembering God BEFORE one gets old (& have no choice but to remember God) then this verse may be a metaphor for days when a person is young & can see well (good eyes, things seem bright; "sun & light are not darkened" v2). In contrary, in old age life (& light) may seem dim & it may feel like clouds keep rolling over & covering the sun with one rain storm after another; but in youth "the clouds do not return after the rain". There is but one occassional bad moment, not recurring. . "When the almond tree blossoms" (v5) may be a metaphor for old gray hair amongst dark young hair."Desire fails" (v5) may be another reference to the condition of old age. "Silver cord is loosed"--perhaps spinal cord ? "Golden bowl", "pitcher", &"well" (v6) may be references to water which is no longer available. Water also represents life, & the maintenance of healthy living. "Words of the wise are like goads"(v11). A "goad" is a spear & so a good preacher pricks our conscience with pointed words. "Making many books" has various explanations by scholars. Some say that Solomon is expressing that if what he has written in Ecclesiastes is not enough to convince a person of the truths he expresses, nothing will do so. Others say "many books" refers to mere books of wisdom, yet uninspired, from which true wisdom will never be found & the writers (as well as readers) will weary of writing &/or reading. Thus, he too quickly comes to an end without belaboring his point any further. //402 am Eccles 11 "Cast your bread upon the waters" may refer to the practice of throwing seed into the overflowing Nile river, which, once it recedes, will leave the seed in fertile ground, hence "you will find it" (v1). You never know when bad times, or evil, may come ("clouds are full") so make friends w/ those around you ("give serving to [not just]7, [but even] 8 [or presumably more]." v1-2.) 7 was considered a lucky or even holy number . Once we die we are either bound for heaven or hell (tree falls, there it lies, southward or northward, v3) & nothing can change it. "Sow your seed" with abundance ("do not withhold your hand" v6) would later become the source of a great parable by Jesus for telling the Good News (parable of the sower). There will come a time of judgment for the days of youth you spend "in the flesh" ( "ways of your heart...sight of your eyes" v9). Therefore repent ("remove sorrow" or better yet avoid such sorrows before it is too late or necessary to repent ("put away evil" v10). Evil in some cases refers to temporary sins, not a permanent designation of wicke character. 3/21/09 above Eccles 10 "a little folly to one respected for wisdom & honor" (v1) " a wise man's heart is at his right hand" (v2) with "right" perhaps symbolic for more proficient. Verses 6-8 seem to suggest a "reversal of fortune" ("servants on horses...princes walk") In v8 a man falls into a pit he dug for another. "He who splits wood may be endangered by it" (v9). Some think this means that if you violate a rule of wisdom (lack of good judgment), you will be hurt b/c of it. Also, a fool talks too much ("multiplies words" v14), & neither fool nor wise can forecast the future (not

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    "two are better than one" & "woe to him who is alone when he falls" (v10) & "if two lie down together they will keep warm" (v11)suggests Solomon's embrace of marriage as being part of God's intention & it could also refer to Christians (or believers in God at that time before Christ) needing to support each other ("a three-fold cord is not quickly broken" v12) . He mentions a person coming "out of prison" to be "king" (v 14). Could this be Joseph ? & then does he also reflect on his own kingdom & believe that after he is gone he will be quickly forgotten ? Perhaps he thinks. It is better to be a youth still wise than to be an old king like himself (v13) ? How do we apply this chapter to our lives as Christians ? More questions than answers. Maybe that's the answer. Its just for reflection & each person can gain something from it in prayerful meditation with God. Eccles 3 Perhaps the most read passage of Eccles is 3.1-8. A "time" for everything including a "time to be born" & "a time to die" & the writer (Solomon ?) may be suggesting that some of these are determined by God. Verse 15 says, in part, "and what is to be has already been" suggesting God has already "played" it out in advance ? But yet in the same verse it says "God requires an account of what is past" suggesting we also have free will & will be held accountable for how we use it. & later says God tests us (v22) & if our works are no better than a random beast we are no better. "A man should rejoice in his own works, for that is his heritage" (v22) suggests that we have free will to use for better or for worse or not at all. Others say the cynicism is simply the writer reflecting what the "oppressors" think about the "oppressed" ("man has no advantage over animals. All is vanity [(futile)]" v 19 . This chapter also seems to corroborate that "original sin" corrupts everything (even "in the place of righteousness iniquity was there" v16 ). 3/18/09 Above Eccles 2 Having concluded that wisdom & knowledge (or "worldly wisdom") is meaningless, solomon tests "pleasure" ("how to gratify my flesh with wine" v3). He built "houses & vineyards"v4. He acquired servants (v5) & whatever his "heart desired" v10 , incomplete // 435 am Eccles 1 the writer (presumably solomon, son of david) repeats "vanity, vanity..." meaning "futility" on a periodic basis. "No remembrance" v11; (when they say"king over israel in jerusalem"(v12) it apparently indicates king over israel & judah simultaneously); solomon had more wisdom & knowledge than any other person & yet he says it is meaningless too. Is he speaking rhetorically for an intended outcome ? Or is he speaking exactly what he truly feels ? 3/17/09 above JOB 42: JOB finally humbles himself & says to God "I know you can do everything" v2 & adds "I uttered what I did not understand..."v3. & adds "Now my eye sees you...therefore I abhore myself...& REPENT" (v5-6) . Finally JOB repents which is what God wanted all along. & God tells the three friends that they have "not spoken...what is right" & tells them to go to Job & ask him to pray for them (v7-8). And the LORD blessed Job more than even before (v12) & Job lived happily ever after. JOB 41: God mentions "leviathan" & Bible scholars debate whether this is a whale or crocodile but agree that it is meant to symbolize a fearsome creature of the sea or river. And so GOD continues, asking Job "Can you play with a [leviathan] as you would with a bird, like He can ?" v5. Supporting The notion that the creature us a crocodile in v7 God asks the rhetorical question re whether JOB can harpoon a crocodile & "fill his skin with harpoons" or "his head with spears"? The answer being NO if it is a crocodile, BUT GOD CAN. The chapter is meant to highlight how MUCH MORE POWER GOD has than man. As you continue to read you might think God is speaking of a fabled dragon ("out of his mouth....shoots fire...smoke out of his nostrils" v19-20). Whatever it is, ONLY GOD could create such a beast & ONLY GOD can control it, the point hammered home that JOB also is created by God & for God & is at God's command.// 230 am JOB 40 GOD says to Job, "He who rebukes God, let him answer" v2. & JOB is essentially speechless ("put my hand over my mouth" v4) JOB 39 GOD continues to humble JOB with rhetorical questions: "Do you know when the deer gives birth?" v1 ; "Who has given the horse its strength?" v19; "Does the hawk fly by your wisdom?"v26 ;

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    "Does the eagle mount at your command?" v27 JOB 38 SUDDENLY GOD HIMSELF appears to JOB & says who is this man who speaks "without knowledge" v2. He tells JOB to act like a man & answer Him. God says, sarcastically, since you know everything Job, tell me what are the measurements of the earth or who determined them (v5) & WHO gave limits for the sea ("shut in the seas with doors" v8). He asks JOB are you so wise because you think you are so old ? ("Because the number of your days is great?"v21). God humbles JOB with questions intended to highlight WHO has the power ("Can you guide the Great Bear with its cubs" v32, presumably in reference to ursa major or the "big dipper" aka the Great Bear) or can you "send out lightning" ? v35. JOB 37 ELIHU proclaims God's majesty & sovereignty over all the earth ('He does great things which we cannot comprehend" v5 "He tells the snow to fall" v6 "By the breath of God, ice is given" v10) He asks if JOB can understand God's plan ("do you know how the clouds are balanced" v16). Elihu reminds Job that God shows "no partiality to those who are wise of heart" v24 //12:49 am JOB 36 ELIHU reiterates that God is just & rewards goodness & punishes wickedness ("does not preserve the life of the wicked but gives justice to the oppressed" v6 and in fact says "the righteous are seated forever" v7 but when the righteous do something wrong, God tells them ("He tells them...they have acted defiantly" v9) & teaches them ("opens their ear to instruction" v 10) but for those who do not listen to God there will be judgment ("but if they do not obey, they shall perish by the sword" v12) 3/15/09 above JOB 35 ELIHU continues to speak against Job's sense of self-righteousness & defends God as just. He contradicts Job by saying God is NOT dependent upon man being righteous or unrighteous. He says God is TOO FAR ABOVE all of man's ways to be dependent upon man ("If you sin what do you accomplish against him?"v6 "If you are righteous what do you give him?" v7 ) & reminds JOB to "wait on God" v14 // 317 am JOB 34 Elihu continues to speak & scolds JOB for some of what he has previously stated or implied. Elihu does NOT like Job's protest of himself being righteous & God questionable in His ways ("Job has said I am righteous but God has taken away my justice" v5 "Job's answers are like those of wicked men" v21) . I did not get the feeling, however, that JOB had truly gone so far as to say God is not just. I wonder if Elihu is misapplying Job's sentiments. Anyways, Elihu takes advantage of the moment to say that God is always just & fair ( "far be it from God to do wickedness" v10 "God repays man according to his work" v11; "God's eyes are on the ways of man" v21) //317 JOB 33 Elihu implies he is like an angel sent by God (v4) , yet also acknowledges he is human, flesh & blood & "formed out of clay" (v6) just like JOB & the three "friends". He wants to make sure JOB does not "fear" him as if he were God, Himself (v7) & then goes on to REBUKE JOB for defending his own personal integrity as if he were greater than God ("God is greater than man, ...why do you contend with him?" v12-13) & he begins to give the answer as to WHY sometimes "good" men must suffer in this life. Namely to prevent them from becoming overly proud or arrogant ("conceal pride from man" v17) God afflicts them ("man is chastened with pain" v19) & brings them (their soul) to the edge of the pit, v22) & it is at THIS POINT as the afflicted man is about to be thrown into the pit or killed by the executioner that the afflicted man must HOPE for a "mediator" or "messenger" to deliver him (v 23). This messenger must make the man realize it is GOD ALONE who is righteous & then the messenger pays the ransom for the afflicted one, delivering him the brink of eternal doom. It seems to be a CLEAR REFERENCE or foreshadowing of CHRIST to come ! Only at this point is man delivered & suddenly man will be rejuvenated ("young like a child" v25) & will truly honor God ("will pray" & will see His face with joy" v26) and will acknowledge his sinfulness ("perverted what was right"v27). Elihu says this descent to the edge of the pit & deliverance may be necessary more than once to teach the man wisdom ("twice [or even] three times" v29) //12:40 am

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    JOB 32 suddenly a new person, Elihu (meaning "God is Jehovah")appears & he is the son of Barachel (meaning"God blesses"). Elihu is apparently a little upset that JOB attempts to defend his own integrity ("JOB justified himself rather than God" v2) & also that the 3 friends have no response but still condemn him (v3) & says even though he is young that God can still inspire him ("breath of the Almighty gives him understanding" v8 ; "the spirit within compels me" v18) & that he's not there to "flatter" anybody (v 22) 3/14/09 JOB 31: JOB defends his integrity saying he has NOT lusted after women ("why should I look upon a young woman" v 1) because he made a covenant "with his eyes" (perhaps a metaphor for God being in his line of vision rather than anything else.) JOB says "let me be weighed" (v6) as another reference to honesty (honest scales of memasure); nor has he coveted his neighbor's wife (v9) but if he has done so then the "fire" which can refine gold can also consume an object to its destruction (v 12). JOB proceeds to mention a laundry list of sins, which, had he committed he would be worthy of judgment ("deserving of judgment" v 28, but makes clear he has NOT, b done so by beginning many sentences with "if" & saying if there was a book of judgment listing sins he would wear it proudly ("bind it on me like a crown" v 36) ( // 529 am) JOB 30: JOB compares his former status with his current status ("now they mock me" v1; "I am their taunting song" v9; "they...spit in my face" v10) & once again he speaks almost as if angry with God ("...You have become cruel to me" v 21) but it sounds to me like he is speaking prophetically of his situation & reverting back to the refining of gold metaphor he used earlier . Now he is being cast into the "mire" & is like "ashes" or "dust" v19 and like a rough metal being refined he feels the heat ("my bones burn with fever" v30) JOB 29: JOB continues to make a defense for himself & God & thinks wistfully of the times when God did walk with him (v5) & watch over him (v2). He remembers when things were so good ("steps bathed with cream" v6) & how he also was good to others ("delivered the poor" v 12) & people appreciated him ("caused the widow's heart to sing for joy" v13) & he did not tolerate evil ("broke the fangs of the wicked" v17) 3/13/09 above JOB 28 Job has answered the question of the plight of a wicked man on earth but has not yet fully resolved why a good man must suffer. & now in ch 28 he begins my making reference to "gold" as well other precious metals (silver, iron, copper) & the process of turning the raw element into something of value "refine" & "smelt" (v 1-2). It seems as if Job is saying that a good man is like gold or other precious metals which begins as a rough chunk who or which also needs to be refined by God thru fire (tough times) but if a good man can endure the tough times he becomes like a refined precious metal or actually much greater than gold because man is given "wisdom" ("neither gold or crystal can equal it" v17). Only man has a conscience which can "fear the Lord" or otherwise & this is the beginning of "wisdom" & likewise "understanding" ("to depart from evil" v28) JOB 27 JOB continues to maintain his integrity ("my lips will not speak wickedness" v4; "my righteousness I hold fast"v6; ) & reverses the blame condemning those who speak against him ("may my enemy be like the wicked" v7) & says in fact, he, himself, JOB, will teach them a few things ("I will teach YOU about the hand of God" v 11) essentially saying you KNOW NOTHING ! JOB 26 JOB responds by shaming his friends ("how have you helped him who is wwithout power?" v2; "have you declared sound advice to many?" v3) and then he proceeds to out-do Bildad in poetic praise of God ("he stretches out the north...he binds up the water..."v 7-8). Job wants to show that he loves God all the more than Bildad // 621 am JOB 25 Bildad makes a very short response in ch 25 & does not even bother to try to refute Job's discourse from ch 24 about how sometimes wicked men succeed in this worldly life. Instead, Bildad focuses on "original sin" & how nobody is good or righteous ("how then can man be righteous before God?" v4; "man ...is a maggot" v6) 3/12/09 above JOB 24: Then JOB goes on a diatribe against violence & crime, in general, not to be outdone by Eliphaz ("take the widows ox"v3 ; "push needy off the road" v4 "cause the poor to go naked" v 10) &

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    says sometimes they succeed in life ("they are exalted for a little while" v24) but it is shortlasting ("then they are gone"v24) /422 am JOB 23 & the careful reader will notice that Job seems to be growing fonder towards God as time goes by which is often showed by the "fear" of God ("I am afraid of Him" v 15; "Almighty terrifies me" v 16), & in this chapter you notice Job is focusing less on his own calamities, even though he still mentions them by & by ("my complaint is bitter" & "my groaning" v 2). Towards the end of this chapter you almost begin to think that Job is thanking God for his afflictions JOB 22 the only one being wicked in ch. 22 is Eliphaz as he concocts false charges against Job, saying "you have taken pledges from your brother for no reason" (v.6) & even taken clothes from the homeless ("stripped naked of clothing" v. 6b) and goes ON & ON. This chpter speaks LOUD & CLEAR re wrongly assuming that God is always the source of the fall of a good man. JOB 21 Job retorts that in fact some wicked people do live long lives & prosper "yet they say to God depart from us" v. 14 & "who is the Almighty that we should serve Him" v. 15 & even wonder how they can "profit" by praying to God, assuming they cannot. Job tells his "friends" that their words are "false" (v 34) JOB 20 Zophar launches a long diatribe about the wicked "he has oppressed & forsaken the poor" v.19; "no quietness in his heart" v. 20; "this is the heritage appointed [to the wicked man] by God" v. 29 JOB 19: Job goes so far as to actually blame God for his predicament ("God has wronged me" v.6; "set darkness in my path" v.8;) He also laments the loss of friends & is even a little angry at them ("my close friends have forgotten me" v.14) . Job cries aloud feeling all but forgotten or hated by both young & old("even young children despise me" v.18) but YET he does NOT curse God nor lose all hope in redemption & may even foreshadow the coming of Jesus ("I know that my redeemer lives" v.25) & he still firmly believes that he will see God (v.26) 3/11/09 Job 18 515 am Bildad is tired of Job's speech (when"...put an end to words" v.2) & reiterates his belief that Job has done something wrong ("light of the wicked indeed goes out" v.7) & that God punishes those already here on earth b/c of their disbelief ("the place of him who does not know God" v.21) Job 17 Job doesn't feel as if this life is worth living anymore ("grave is ready for me" v.1 "eye dim b/c of sorrow" v.7) Job 16 508 am JOB can NOT believe his "friends" keep mocking him ("scorn me" v.20). He maintains his innocence ("prayer is pure" v.17). He is depressed & in a state of shock or grief ("shattered" v. 12). He wonders why his "friends" think silence would be better ? ("If remain silent, how am I eased ?" v.6) JOB 15 Eliphaz says that JOB has lost the fear of God ("cast off fear ...& restrain prayer") & that Job, essentially, is wicked & a liar ("iniquity","tongue of crafty" v.5) & may be saying also "we are all sinners" due to orig. sin (v. 14-16) but that Job must confess & repent JOB 14 330 am Is JOB intentionally showing he is familiar with the doctrine of "original sin" ("born of woman...full of trouble" v.1; "clean thing ...out of unclean ?" v. 4 ) as well as "resurrection" ? ("if man dies shall he live again" v.14 ;"like a a tree cut down can sprout again" v.7 ) JOB 13 the interesting thing is that JOB refuses to acquiesce to a total lack of communication with God ("you would be silent & that's your wisdom..." v 5) . Job refuses to say that God will arbitrarily do as He pleases whether we like it or not. And that's the TURNING POINT ! Those who GIVE UP on God will be given up by God. Job, despite being miserable & taunted by "friends" refuses to give up on God & desires to "speak" & "reason" with Him (v. 3) and ULTIMATELY this is what we call "PRAYER", I.E conversation with God JOB 12 JOB refuses to be intimidated by Zophar ("I am not inferior to you" v.3) & JOB re-affirms His absolute faith in the STRENGTH of God, making a point of going MUCH FURTHER than Zophar in giving examples of what God can do if He so pleases ("makes fools of judges...loosens the bonds of kings...leads princes away..."17-19) GOD does whatever He so chooses. JOB makes sure his friends understand he knows this very well. JOB 11 then ZOPHAR responds to JOB not impressed with Job's rhetoric ("your empty talk" v.3) ZOPHAR says that God punishes us LESS than we deserve ("less than your iniquity deserves" v.6)

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    implying again that JOB must have done something really bad & exhorts JOB to truly confess & repent ("prepare your heart" v.13) & says if Job was innocent he would forget his misery (v.16) & says that the wicked's only hope is loss of life (v.20) 3/10/09 above JOB 10 328 am JOB realizes that he cannot make a defense for himself before God as do 2 men in court before a human judge "I will give free course to my complaint...will speak bitterly" v.1) He will simply COMPLAIN & LAMENT, not try to give judicial evidence for his innocence, all the while maintaining his innocence ("You know that I am not wicked" v.7) Job realizes the difference between being a common sinner versus total wickedness & depravity; & may be speaking aloud for his "friends" hoping to teach them the difference. JOB indicates that we are ALL at the MERCY of God ("even if I am righteous I cannot lift up my head" v.15) & becomes a little morbid toward the end with the theme of Sheoul becoming apparent ("before I go...to the land of darkness...shadow of death"v.21) JOB 9 JOB responds by 1st acknowledging the GREATNESS of God ("God is wise in heart & mighty in strength" v.4) & also HUMBLES himself ("for though I were righteous I could not answer Jim" v. 15) & says even if he is blameless he is unable to comprehend such or answer God intelligibly in defense of his own innocence (v.20-21); & JOB adds it doesn't matter anyways "for God destroys both the blameless & the wicked" v.22) & JOB becomes a little rhetorical towards the end wondering why try to do anything if we are all condemned ? (v.29) but does NOT go so far to curse God ; & acknowledges the limitations of man before God "as if God is a man....that we should go to court together"v.32) JOB 8 Bildad thinks Job should repent (v.6 "if you were pure & upright He would awake for you"; v.20 "God will not cast away the blameless") JOB 7 Job continues to suffer & continues to think that death would be better than this miserable existence on earth; he can't sleep at night (v.4 "tossing 'til dawn") & his days are meaningless (v.6 "spent without hope"). He even tries asking for forgiveness in general(v.21 "pardon my transgression") even tho he's already told his friends he's done nothing wrong. JOB 6, Job justifies his complaint (if "my grief were fully weighed" v.2) & he repeats his wish for death("that it would please God to crush me" v.9) & he rebukes his friends for tormening him ("to him who is afflicted kindness should be shown by his friend" v.14) JOB 5 ELIPHAZ continues to taunt Job as if he were to blame for his misfortunes ("affliction does not come from the dust")(v.6) & tells Job to "seek God."(v.8) JOB 4 Eliphaz assumes Job must have sinned "whoever perished being innocent. Where were the upright ever cut off?" (v. 7) 135 am JOB 3 Job curses his day of birth but does NOT curse God 3/9/09 JOB 2 640 am then Satan afflicts Job with painful boils & when eliphaz, bildad, & zophar come to visit they don't even recognize him. JOB 1: Job had 7 sons & 3 daughters. God allows Satan to see if Job will curse God. Satan causes JOB to lose oxen, donkeys, sheep, camels & servants all in one day but does NOT curse God. 3/8/09 above ESTHER 9 & on the day the Jews are attacked they defend themselves & kill their adversaries; furthermore, Esther is allowed to hang the 10 sons of Haman ; & all the Jews defeat all their enemies "but do not lay a hand on the plunder." Furthermore, the king decides that he himself & his 2 sons should be held accountable for Haman's plot to kill the Jews & that he & his 2 sons should be hanged as well. & the days to commemorate the victory of the Jews was decreed by Esther to be called "purim" ESTHER 8: Esther gives the house of Haman to Mordecai & a decree is sent to all the Jewish people to allow them to defend themselves when they are attacked ESTHER 7: the next day things get even worse for Haman; he shows up at the banquet & Esther's one wish is for her people to be spared & the king asks who plotted against them & Haman is named, & he is hanged in the gallows built for Mordecai 3/7/09 above

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    ESTHER 6: meanwhile, the king couldn't sleep & suddenly realizes Mordecai had never been honored for revealing the plot to kill the king; & it just so happened at the same moment Haman had arrived to suggest to the king that Mordecai be hung. Instead, however b/f Haman could suggest such, the king is telling Haman to honor Mordecai ; & so it happens & mordecai returns home in disgrace 544 am ESTHER 5: so Esther appears before the king & he puts out the golden scepter for her & asks her what her wish may be up to half the kingdom; & she asks for Haman to be also present the next day & she would tell the king. Meanwhile, Haman sees Mordecai again & is angry & his wife suggests he ask the king to hang Mordecai the next day ESTHER 4: when Mordecai heard that about the decree to kill the Jews he contacted Esther who told him & the other Jews to fast for 3 days & she would go before the king at the risk of her life 536 am Esther 3 later the King promotes Haman to position of high prince but Mordecai being Jewish refuses to bow down to Haman & the king is upset & at the further encouragement of Haman an order is issued for the death of all the jewish people of Mordecai's clan ESTHER 2: so the kings eunuchs & officers search the land for all the beautiful young virgins that might please the king & they are brought to the king, including esther, daughter of mordecai, a jewish man of the benjamites. & of all the virgin women King A. chose Esther to be queen. & outside the palace her father Mordecai heard of a plot by 2 of the kings eunuchs to kill the king & he reveals it to queen Esther & she tells the King & the 2 eunuchs are hanged. 525 am Esther 1 king ahasueras & queen vashti have wine parties but when king A. calls for the queen to come to him she refuses; therefore the kings advisors tell him to dethrone the queen & choose a new one, lest all women throughout the land begin to disobey & disrespect their husbands 3/6/09 NEHEM 13 /508 am the REFORMS OF NEHEMIAH? Nehemiah rebukes his people for violating the sabbath or allowing others to sell on the sabbath & reminds the people of the danger of marrying pagan women Nehem 12 , nehemiah dedicates the WALL Nehem 11 priests & levitrs; dedicating the wall/452 am Nehem 10 sealing of the covenant nehem 9 434 am--an incredible prayer of thanksgiving & praise to God, recounting the history of Israel Nehem 8 3/5/09 above Nehemiah 7 nehem. Recounts who returned to Jrslm Nehemiah 6 the wall is rebuilt in 52 days. The enemy continues to try to frighten nehem. But he refuses to budge Nehemiah 5 some of the people complain about how muxh it nas cost them to participate in rebuilding & ezra demands restitution NEHEMIAH 4 as they build the wall the adversaries threaten & mock nehem; but they continue & guard themselves as they buils Nehemiah 3 147 am Nehemiah 2 NEHEMIAH asks King Artaxerxes permission to go to Jerusalem & rebuild the temple; & Artaxerxes provides protection for Nehemiah Nehemiah 1 Nehemiah inquires re jerusalem & prays & weeps when he hears that the wall is still burning /130 Am Ezra 10 ezra ends with more confession & repentance re pagan wives 3/3/09 above Ezra 9 , ezra is UPSET about israel intermarrying with pagans & pleads for mercy from God //423 EZRA 8 ezra returns to Jerusalem w/ his people, & there is no ambush on the way y Ezra 7 // 407 am KING ARTAXERXES (465 bc to 424 bc ?) is now friendly towards Ezra & is supportive of the cause of Jerusalem EZRA 6 //340 am KING DARIUS searches the archives for the original proclamation of CYRUS &

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    finds it; & so DARIUS ALLOWS the temple to be rebuilt & it is completed under King Darius & during the time of the prophets Haggai & Zechariah ; & passover is celebrated ABOVE 2/28/09 Ezra 5/ 344 am nonetheless, zerubbbabel resumes construction of the temple; haggai & zechariah are mentioned as advocates of the temple; & again adversaries protest ezra 4 adversaries of the temple builders (israel/judah) first asked to join w/ them in re-building, but the people of God said No, & so they tried to stop the temple. & they wrote to artaxerxes king of persia & he agreed.& so they stopped Ezra 3 shouts of joy & weeping as the foundation of the temple is laid at the command of CYRUS king of persia Above: 2/27/09 Ezra 2//919 pm who & what returned to Jerusalem w/ Zerubbabel Ezra 1 //535 am CYRUS declares he will allow Israel to re-build a temple in Jerusalem & they take what Nebuchadnezzar had from the fallen temple & begin to rebuild (approx 537 bc ?) Above 2/26/09 2 chron 36 jehoahz bc king & reigns for three months, then King of Egypt makes brother of jehoahaz king, Eliakim, & changes his name to Jehoiakim & he is evil & Nebuchadnezzar takes him captive; Jehoiachin b/c king @ age 8 for 3 months & did evil & King Neb removes him & makes Zedekiah king; ZEDEKIAH rebels & finally JERUSALEM falls ! The temple is destroyed ("burned the house of God" v. 19) , people killed or taken captive, & the land lay desolate (approx 586 bc); then along comes Cyrus King of Persia 2 chron 35/545 am JOSIAH restores true worship & keeps the Passover; but ignores God when He tells a prophet NOT to fight against Necho, king of Egypt; & Josiah is killed by archers of Necho 2 chron 34 king JOSIAH is good & humble & restores true worship & tears down the high places & the incense altars; Hilkiah the priest finds the book of the Law & God says his wrath will be upon many but NOT on Josiah bc he is good & humble Above 2/25/09 2 chronicles 33/515 am manasseh becomes king & is evil & rebuilds the high places & worships carved images. So God afflicts him & he repents & finally believe that God is the only true God. When Manasseh dies, Amon b/c king & he is evil & does not humble himself & his own servants kill him. 2 chronicles 32 sennacherib attacks hezekiah but GOD DELIVERS hezkiah; later hzkiah dies 2 chronicles 31/ 459 am hezekiah is a reformer 2 chronicles 30:hezekiah keeps the passover Above 2/24/09 2 Chronicles 29: HEZEKIAH CLEANSES THE TEMPLE & RESTORES TRUE WORSHIP BIBLE LOG 2 CHRONICLES 28: KING AHAZ BURNED HIS OWN CHILDREN IN THE FIRE; ahaz is evil. When he dies, hezekiah bc king 2 chron 27 Jotham was a good king, & reigned 16 years // 150 am 2 chron 26 UZZIAH was a good king until the day he decided to enter the temple himself to burn incense; & UZZIAH becomes a leper & outcast 2 chron 25 amaziah becomes king & he executes the servants who killed his father joash ; AMAZIAH attacks the people of Seir in the Valley of Salt & throws 10,000 off the cliff to die. Nonetheless, Amaziah steals their idols & worships them & amaziah shuns Gods prophet 2 chron 24 JOASH REPAIRS the temple & after Jehoiada dies the people stop worshiping God & turn to idols ; & so zechariah son of jehoida warns the people & joash but they stone zechariah (zech says "may the lord repay..." as he dies). & Joash is ultimately killed by his own servants after he is

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    wounded in battle.. his servants disapproved of the killing of zechariah . Then amaziah bc king / 1258 2 chron 23 JOASH is crowned king a few years later & on that same day athaliah is killed 2 chron 22 the previous chap says that jehoahz was the only son left of jehoram but now they say ahaziah was the only son remaining (presumably of jehoram) & ahaziah became king (?) ; ahaziah is killed in battle, his mother athaliah proceeds to kill all the royal heirs but jehoshabeath hid one of the sons (joash)of ahaziah & kept him hidden while athaliah reigned 2/23/09 above 2 chron 21 Jehoram becomes king & he kills all his brothers. Bc of jehoram's evil ways, God vowed to end his life slowly w/ a disease of the intestines.also he was invaded by the philstines & arabians who took everything xcpt his youngest son jehoahaz /540 am 2 chron 20 jehosophat wins a great battle v moab & the ammonites bc they called upon the Lord & the enemy was left dead & j-phats people spent 3 days pulling jewelry off the dead bodies. Jphat was good but did not dstroy yhe high places. Then jphat allied hmself w a wicked king of israel, ahaziah, & so the Lord destroyed the ships to tarshish Above 2/22/09 2 chron 19// it appears that God was not very pleased w jehosophat going to batttle w ahab ("wrath of G", nonetheless jehoshophat is still in the grace of God and is a "reformer" for the time being 650 am 2 chron 18 ahab of israel & jehosophat of judah consult prophets re attacking syria & the lying prophets tell ahab he will prevail but micaiah says ahab will not live; so ahab throws micaiah in jail & disguises himself & goes into battle w j-phat. J-phat is protected by God but ahab dies in battle as predicted 2 chron 17 jehosophat removed the high places & prospered 630 am 2 chron 16 KING asa makes treaty w syria to attack israel (king baasha) but hanani the seer tells asa that bc he relied on syria & not God there will be problems ; & asa had a foot disease & consulted doctors rather than God & so he died ( also incred verse 16.9 re the "eyes of the Lord" Above 2/21/09 2 chron 15 asa destroyes more idols & obscene things but NOT the high places; nonetheless his heart was good 2 chron 14 abijah dies & asa bc king of Judah & at this point he is good & trusts God & removes some of the idols & God helps asa defeat the large ethiopian army 2 chron 13 abijah confirms that GOD is their God in contrast to Jeroboam & when Jeroboam attacks Abijah, Jeroboam is struck down 422 am 2 chron 12 egypt attacks judah bc rehoboam had been unfaithful to God ; when Rehoboam repents God spares Judah 2 chron 11 REHOBOAM reigns in Judah & honors God & God does not allow him to attack jeroboam at the time. 405 am 2 chron 10 Jeroboam Asks new king rehoboam (son of solomon) to lighten the yolk placed on him by solomon but rehoboam rejects the advice of the elders & instead listebs to his peers & tell jeroboam he will NOT lighten the load, but increase it.. apprntly in fulfilment of something previous but Israel rebels against rehoboam & he flees (v.15) 2 chron 9 The QUEEN OF SHEBA (revisited) In 2 CHRONICLES 9 & her HIGH PRAISE OF SOLOMON 2 chron 8 solomons other accomplishments 2 chron 7 2 chron 6 , solomons incredible prayer of dedication 2/19/09 ABOVE 2 chron 4 & 5 //531 am 2 chron 3 temple being built 522 am

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    2 chron 2 temple begins 2 chron 1 solomon requests wisdom /509 am 2/17/01 above /// 1 chron 29, solomon anointed king 1107 pm 1 chron 28 solomon directly instructed to build the temple 1 chron 27. 24 "wrath came upon israel b/c of the census"/1053 am 1 chron 26 the gatekeepers 1 chron 25, the musicians /1037 1 chron 24 david continues to prepare for solomon to build the temple 1 chron 23 SOLOMON b/c king / 1026 pm 1 chron 22 david prepares for solomon to build a temple 1 chron 21 davids census is sinful ? Of satan ? /445 am 1 chron 20 davids conquests continue 1 chron 19 david tries to show kindness to the people of ammon after nahash dies, but they cut holes in the buttocks of the pants of davids men & declare war. The syrians take ammons side but for both it is a losing battle v israel. Syria deserts ammon. /430 am 1 chron 18 david reigns & continues to conquer kingdoms 1 chron 17 God tells david that davids son will build the temple /418 am 1 chron 16- ark placed in tabernacle; /410 am 2/16/09 1 chron 15 bringing the ark to israel (special handling); michal despizes david 1103 pm 1 chron 14 when u hear [God] marching thru the mulberry trees" 1041 pm 1 chron 13 ,. 815 pm 1 chron 12 1 chron 11david is king ! David won't drink water begotten at risk of his mens lives 804 pm 1 chron 10 philistines put sauls head in the temple of dagon 1 chron 9 749 pm 1 chron 8 1 chron 7 / 726pm (another figure with 2 sons of the same name, v.20) 1 chron 6 /711 pm 1 chron 5 /705 pm 1 chron 4 /507 pm 1 chron 3 / 1 chron 2/157 pm 1 chron 1/ 150 pm 2 kings 26 2 kings 25 JEHOIAKIN is released from prison by evil-merodach 2 kings 24 /1208 Jehoiakin takes jehoiakims place; MATTaniah bc king after jehoiakin. He is the uncle of jehoiakin & he is re-named zedekiah, & he also is evil 2 kings 23 /12 noon JOSIAH restores true worship & is good 2 kings 22 /1150 am 2 kings 21 /1145 am 2 kings 20; 2/15/09 above: starting to re-read from 2 kings 20 with gabcast upgrade

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    DID JEWISH LEADERS ALTER THE HEBREW for the SHEMA in their ARTICLES OF FAITH STATEMENT ? I recently heard Jay Smith speak on the topic of "Engaging Islam" & he noted that one defense of the trinity to Muslims is that Elohim is plural & he specifically noted Deut 6.4 (also known as the "Shema") and added that the plural use of God is also tripping point for Jews. So I went online & googled afew pages and came to this particular website that speaks at length about Elohim & they say that Jewish leaders have actually made a slight, but significant, switch in Hebrew words in the articles (principles) of Jewish faith to try to conceal (?) the plurality. They explain it better than I do. Read for yourself. If this is true, it's a serious discrepancy for any integral Jews seeking the scriptures for themselves. For Christians, its a comfort in having the OT reinforce the tri-unity of God. "IS JEHOVAH A UNITY." We may well appeal to the millions of Jews who still believe in the authentic inspiration of Tenach (our Old Testament) to take careful note of ECHAD and the plural ELOHENU (our Gods) in Deuteronomy 6:4. In the THIRTEEN PRINCIPLES OF JEWISH FAITH, which is meant to be the standard guide for al Deuteronomy 6 to that other word, YACHID? They were Hebrew specialists. They well knew the difference between ECHAD (a plural unity) and the other word, which denotes a single unity. As already mentioned, ECHAD is from the root ACHAD which means to collect together; and to this day ACHAD retains that meaning; for a Hebrew dictionary recently published (1949) in the new then was ECHAD changed to YACHID in the THIRTEEN PRINCIPLES OF JEWISH FAITH? Undoubtedly that switch has much influenced general Jewish thinking as to the being of Jehovah..." http://www.believersweb.org/view.cfm?ID=823

    Re 12 DAYS of CHRISTMAS, WHY DO MOST CHRISTIANS ONLY CELEBRATE 1 DAY OF CHRISTMAS ? "...momentous event in human historythe entry of God into the world He made, in the form of a baby. The Logos through whom the worlds were made took up His dwelling among us in a tabernacle of flesh. One of the prayers for Christmas Day in the Catholic liturgy encapsulates what Christmas means for all believers: "O God, who marvelously created and yet more marvelously restored the dignity of human nature, grant that we may share the divinity of Him who humbled himself to share our humanity." In Christ, our human nature was united to God, and when Christ enters our hearts, he brings us into that union. The three traditional feasts (dating back to the ..." ... Finally, on Epiphany (January 6), the celebration of Christmas comes to an end. "Twelfth Night" (as all lovers of Shakespeare know) is the ultimate celebration of Christmas madness(Shakespeare's play features one of his many "wise fools" who understand the real meaning of life better than those who think they are sane). Epiphany commemorates the beginning of the proclamation of the gospelChrist's manifestation to the nations, as shown in three different events: the visit of the Magi, the baptism of Jesus, and the turning of water into wine. In the Western tradition, ...." "...As the true end- point of the Christmas season, however, Epiphany sends us into the world to live out the Incarnation, to witness to the light of Christ in the darkness. Following Jesus, we have been baptized into his death and resurrection. Whether we are called to martyrdom, or to prophetic witness, or simply to faithful living in the joys and sorrows of our daily lives, we live all of our days in the knowledge of our dignity, redeemed through Christ and united to God. We are part of the strange society of people whose world has been turned upside down, and we go out to witness to this topsy-turvy truth: "The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us: and we beheld his glory and of his fullness have we all received, and grace for grace" (John 1:14, 16) http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2004/decemberweb-only/12-20-43.0.html WHY DON'T PRO-LIFE EVANGELICALS CELEBRATE MARCH 25, the ANUNCIATION? : "It connects directly to the incarnation, while Christmas (whatever the true date) falls around nine months after the incarnation," says pro-life writer Randy Alcorn. "It is basic Christian doctrine that Christ became flesh at

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    the moment the Holy Spirit overshadowed Mary, at the moment of fertilization..." http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2010/marchweb-only/22-41.0.html?start=2

    Re BILLY GRAHAMof IRAN, HORMOZ SHARIOT http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/octoberweb-only/iran-pastor-update.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAJmG5JTjWw&feature=youtube_gdata_player YouTube - Videos from this email

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    JP VANDERKOK <vanderkok@gmail.com> Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 6:45 PM To: "Postereous, Godnotes, Tnotes" <post@godnotes.posterous.com>, "WORDPRESS, Un NEWVANDER , ALT-simp, No Caps 1/4/11 F4fts" <zazo112momi@post.wordpress.com> T-NOTES THEO tnote, GOD NOTES, 2010 SEASON Tnote: GOD's TIME VERSUS MAN's TIME (food for thought): "...things which have been. For not in our fashion does He look forward to what is future, nor what is present, nor back upon what is past; but in a manner quite different and far and profoundly remote from our way of thinking. For He does not pass from this to that by transition of thought, but beholds all things with absolute unchangeableness; so that of those things which emerge in time, the future indeed are not yet, and the present are now and the past no longer are; but all of these are by Him comprehended in his stable and eternal Presence. ... nor does His present knowledge differ from that which it ever was or shall be, for those variations of time, past, present ad future through they alter our knowledge, do not affect His... Neither is there any growth from thought to thought in the conceptions of Him in whose spiritual vision all things which He knows are at once embraced." (City of God XI Ch. 21 p.333) shall be, for those variations of time, past, present ad future through they alter our knowledge, do not affect His... Neither is there any growth from thought to thought in the conceptions of ..." http://www.sermonindex.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=16666&forum=36&32 Tnote: re ETERNAL TIME: "The eternal God The meaning and application of the word eternal In its absolute sense, the terms

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    "eternal" and cognates signify of infinite duration, just as omnipresence indicates of infinite presence. Eternal means a duration discharged from all limits whether actual or imagined, without succession and without end. Eternity cannot be measured; it is, so to speak, the ever-abiding present The human mind, experiencing the phenomenon of time only (as a succession of moments) can only conceive of eternity as duration indefinitely extended from the present moment in two directions. So we speak of eternity past and eternity future, somewhat similar to what we conceive time, as past, present or still future..." http://www.tecmalta.org/tft134.htm Tnote: WHAT ARE THE 4 CORE BELIEFS & CHARACTERISTICS OF EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS http://www.prayerfoundation.org/evangelical_characteristics_and_beliefs.htm Tnote: WHAT is an EIDOLON ? "...In Theosophy, an eidolon ( Greek mage, idol, double, apparition, phantom, ghost) s the astral double of a living being; a phantom- double of the human form; a shade or perispirit; the the kamarupa after death, before its disintegration. The phantom can appear under certain conditions to survivors of the deceased The term Eidolon was used by Edgar Allan Poe in his poem 'Dreamland' (1844). It was also later used as the subject of Walt..." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eidolon_(astral_double) Tnote: WHAT IS A HIEROPHANY ? "..."a Physical manifestation of the holy or sacred...serving as a spiritual eidolon for emulation or worship ..."1991{1}, {2}, & {3} Religions, r http://www.allwords.com/word-hierophany.html Tnote WHAT IS THE FUNDAMENTAL OPTION? "Fundamental option" refers to a theory of morals according to which each person gradually develops in a basic orientation of his or her life either for or against God. This fundamenta direction is said to be FOR God if one's life is fundamentally devoted to the love and service of others, and AGAINST God if one's life is essentially devoted to self-love and self-service http://www.ourladyswarriors.org/dissent/fundoptn.htm Tnote: CATHOLICISM OFFICIALLY REJECTED "BY FAITH ALONE" but PROBABLY MISUNDERSTOOD IT (This tends to suggest that catholic church rejected "by faith alone" because it doesn't include works, but I say that "faith" presupposes works, albeit not Arminian works that are done in hope of earning salvation, but rather simply worjs according to "fruits of the Spirit". What they say: " Mainstream Calvinism is thus at one with Catholicism in rejecting absolute monergism. The place to locate the difference between Catholicism and Calvinism concerning monergism is rather in the fact that the whole Roman Catholic tradition since Augustine is synergist about salvation. For Catholicism our works of love (made possible by operative grace in the beginning and aided by co-operative grace throughout) are necessary for salvation. Thats precisely the purport of Trents denial of the sola fide: faith alone is not enough for salvation without works of love (Decree on Justification, articles 10-11). However, there is a division within Catholicism on the point about monergism..."

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    http://pontifications.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/augustine-and-the-varieties-of-monergism/ Tnote re MONERGISM v SYNERGISM "...in some respects God works alone The crucial question is: in what respect? The standard Protestant view is monergism with respect to justification: God alone renders us just or righteous in his sight, without our co-operation. But most Protestants would add that sanctification is a co-operative enterprise in which our will and work have a necessary role to play, working together with the grace of God. So most Protestants are monergists about justification but synergists about sanctification And since justification by faith alone is all that is necessary for salvation, most Protestants are also monergists about salvation. Of course in order to be thoroughly monergist about jus..." http://pontifications.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/augustine-and-the-varieties-of-monergism/ WHO WAS ADOLF JULICHER & WHAT WAS HIS ROLE re THEORY of the "MESSIANIC SECRET"? "... was instrumental in forging a consensus position on the new theory of " Messianic Secret" motif in the Gospel of Mark. Before Jlicher, William Wrede had theorized that the historical Jesus had not claimed to be the Messiah, but that the early church had claimed that he was. According to this theory, the author of Mark's gospel had invented the idea of the"Messianic Secret", whereby Jesus attempted to hide his identity, and only revealed it to a very few insiders. [ William Wrede, "Das Messiasgeheimnis n den Evangelien: Zugleich ein Beitrag zum Verstndnis des Markusevangeliums", (Gttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1901); English edition, William Wrede, "The Messianic Secret", trans. J. C. G. Grieg (Cambridge: James Clarke & Co., 1971).... http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/7307783 Tnote; WHO IS THE NATION OF ISLAM ? mysteriously "departed t e" on February 26, 1934. As the NOI website unambiguously declares:"WE BELIEVE that Allah (God) appeared in the Person of Master W. Fard Muhammad, July, 1930; the long-awaited "Messiah" of the Christians and the"Mahdi" of the Muslims." In 1934 following the unexplained departure of the "Master", the organization he founded came to be headed by one Elijah Poole, who became known as the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. Until very recently, the became known as the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. Until very recently, the"Nation of Islam" accorded the status of prophet to Elijah Muhammad Therefore it is clear that despite their name and calling themselves Muslims"Nation of Islam" beliefs about God and prophethood are glaringly http://www.islamfortoday.com/nationofislam.htm Tnote: WHO WERE the GYROVAGI ? "In the early church, vagrant monks without definite occupation, who subsisted upon the charity of others.." http://www.wordnik.com/words/gyrovagi Tnote: WHAT is the TRISAGION? "...The Trisagion ( Greek: "Thrice Holy"), sometimes called by its opening line "Thrice Holy"), sometimes called by its opening line Agios O Theos or by the Latin Tersanctus, is a standard hymn of the Divine Liturgy n most of the Eastern Orthodox Churches, Oriental Orthodox Churches and Catholic Churches. In those Churches which use the Byzantine Rite, the Trisagion is chanted immediately before the the Trisagion is chanted mmediately before the..." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisagion

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    Tnote: WHO WAS PLUTARCH of CHAERONEA? (46-c.122): influential Greek philosopher and author, well known for his biographies and his moral treatises. It is not overstated to say that, together with Augustine of Hippo and Aristotle of Stagira, Plutarch of Chaeronea is the most influential ancient philosopher. He may lack the the profundity of Augustine, the most influential philosopher in the early Middle Ages, and the acumen of Aristotle, considered the master of all intellectuals of the late Middle Ages, but the Sage of Chaeronea is an excellent writer and from the Renaissance to the present day, his moral treatises have found a larger audience than any other ancient philosopher. In his own age, he was immensely popular because he was able to explain philosophical discussions to nonphilosophical readers, Greek and Roman alike. The fact that he was priest in Delphi w http://www.livius.org/pi-pm/plutarch/plutarch.htm Tnote: WHO WAS SEPTIMIUS ? "... Lucius Septimius Severus (11 Apri 145 4 February 211), commonly known as Septimius Severus or Severus, was Roman Emperor from 193 to 211...Christians were persecuted during the reign of Septimius Severus. Severus allowed the enforcement of policies already ong-established, which meant that Roman authorities did not ntentionally seek out Christians, but when people were accused of being Christians they could either curse Jesus and make an offering to Roman gods, or be executed. Furthermore wishing to strengthen the peace by encouraging religious harmony through syncretism, Severus tried to limit the spread of the two quarrelsome groups who refused to yield to syncretism by outlawing conversion to Christianity or Judaism. Individual officials availed themselves of the laws to proceed with rigor against the Christians. Naturally the emperor, with his strict conception of law, did not hinder such partial persecution, which took place in Individual officials availed themselves of the laws to proceed with rigor against the Christians. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septimius_Severus Tnote: WHO WERE the TRI-THEISTS ? HOW were they non-TRINITARIAN ? "..., will be found In the Middle Ages Roscellin of Compiegne, the founder of Nominalism, argued, just ike Philoponus, that unless the Three Persons are res, then the whole Trinity must have been incarnate He was refuted by St. Anselm Among Catholic writers http://oce.catholic.com/index.php?title=Tritheists Tnote: WHO WAS WYNFRITH of CREDITON BETTER KNOWN AS ?: 673: Bromley Death: Jun. 5, 754 Missionary, murdered near Dokkum, Friesland Missionary. Saint Boniface (c. 672 - 5 June 754), the Apostle of the Germans, born Winfrid or Wynfrith at Crediton in Devon, England, was the most important missionary and church reformer in the Frankish Empire during the 8th century. In addition, he was archbishop in Mainz. He was martyred near Dokkum n Frisia Cause of death: Murdered Search Amazon for Wynfrith B http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13128 Tnote: WHAT MUST CHRISTIANS KNOW ABOUT ANIMISM? "...Are Animistic Beliefs Disappearing? At one time missiologists believed that Animism would fade away. They presumed that participants of animistic rites would forsake these rites to become participants of world religions. In 1973 Tippett gave Animism "ten years, at the very utmost twenty" to disappear (Tippett 1973, 9). Phil Elkins in the 1960s wrote of the urgency of missions to receptive animistic areas: Within the present century the progress of the world will bring all primitive or animistic people into some advanced religion. They will become Christians, Roman Catholics, Muslems, Hindus, Buddhists, or Communists. . . . If pure animists, who can be won today, are spurned by Christians in favor of trying

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    to win irresponsive Muslems, Buddhists, Hindus, then in the next forty years these animists will become Muslems, Buddhists, Communists or something else. (Elkins 1964, 10)..." http://www.missiology.org/animism/Foundations/contemporary.htm T-note: WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN WESTERN CULTURE VERSUS GOSPEL CULTURE WHEN DOING MISSION WORK ? http://www.wmausa.org/page.aspx?id=83839 Tnote: WHAT or WHO is the "BLACK NAZARENE"? "(... Nazarene of Quiapo"), is a life-sized, dark- coloured, wooden sculpture of Jesus Christ, held to be miraculous by many held to be miraculous by many Filipino devotees. The Black Nazarene is currently enshrined in the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo, Manila, Philippines. The Feast of the Black Nazarene is celebrated every January 9 with the weekly Friday Masses held in its honour beginning on the first F http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Nazarene Tnote: WHAT IS THE HERMENEUTIC CIRCLE (or SPIRAL)? ".. The phrase"hermeneutic circle" refers to the circle of interpretation necessarily involved when understanding some work of art. According to this theory, it isn't possible to really understand any one part of a work until you understand the whole, but it also isn't possible to understand the whole without also understanding all of the parts. understanding all of the parts. This is not actually a paradox in which a person is trapped and never able to understand a... http://atheism.about.com/library/glossary/aesthetics/bldef_hermeneuticcircle.htm Tnote: WHO ARE THE CHAMS & the KAUM JUMAATS? "...However, a small band of Chams, who called themselves Kaum Jumaat, follow a localised adaptation of Islamic theology whereby they pray only on Fridays and celebrate Ramadan for only three days. However, some members of this group have joined the larger Muslim Cham community in their practices of Islam in recent years. One of the factors for this change is the nfluence by members of their family who have gone abroad to study Islam Most of the approximately 50,000 Ch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cham_people Tnote: WHO WAS the MUSLIM "ISA" ? Isa, the Muslim Jesus By Dr Mark Durie[ Dutch, French, Icelandic, Portuguese, Swedish..."Jesus true name, according to Qur'an was Isa......in the Muslim understanding of the future. The Quran Isa, was a prophet of Islam Like all the Muslim prophets before him, and like Muhammad after him, Isa was a lawgiver, and Christians should submit to his law. (l 'Imran 3:50; Al-Maidah 5:48) Isas original disciples were also true Muslims, for they said We believe. Bear witness that we have surrendered. We are Muslims. (Al-Maidah 5:... "... a cross 3:74-77, 113) Although Christians believe Isa died on a cross, crucified, and those who said he was crucified lied (An-Nisa On the day of Resurrection Isa himself will be a witness against Jews and Christians for believing in his death. (An-Nisa 4:159) Christians should accept Islam, and all true Christians will Christians (and Jews) could not be freed fro

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    http://www.answering-islam.org/authors/durie/islamic_jesus.html T-note WHAT WAS CALVIN's NOTION of the "THIRD USE of the LAW" "... God's Law as set forth in Scripture, remains valid. Indeed, the Law has three functions ( usi): the political (as a Indeed, the Law has three functions ( restraint for the wicked), the theological (as "a paidagogos to bring us to Christ"Gal. 3:24), and the didactic (as a guide bring us to Christ"Gal. 3:24), and the didactic (as a guide for the regenerate, or, in Bonhoeffer's words, "as God's for the regenerate, or, in Bonhoeffer's words, "as God's merciful help in the performance of the works which are commanded"). Few Protestants today dispute the first and second uses of the Law; but what about the third or didactic use? Do Christians, filled with the love of Christ and empowered by His Holy Spirit, need the Law to teach them? Are not the Christian existentialists right that love is enough? Indeed, is it not correct that Luther himself taught only the first two uses of the Law and not the Indeed, is it not correct that Luther himself taught only the first two uses of the Law and not the tertius usus legis?.. ...elight in Thy Law" and "0 how I love Thy Law!" (Ps. 119;cf. Ps. land 19). Only by taking the Third Use of the Law the "law of Christ" (Gal. 6:2) seriously do we take regeneration seriously; and only when we come to love God's revealed Law has sanctification become a reality in our lives.... http://www.presenttruthmag.com/archive/VII/7-3.htm Tnote: WHAT IS QIBLAH ? "... The direction that Muslims face when engaged in ritual prayer. In Muslim religious practice, worshippers must all turn to face one single direction during daily prayers. This qiblah is the direction of the Ka'aba in Mecca, in modern-day Saudi Arabia When possible, mosques are constructed in such a way that one side of the building faces the qiblah, to make it easier to organize worshippers..." http://islam.about.com/od/prayer/g/qiblah.htm Tnote: WHY DID MUHAMMAD CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF PRAYER From JERUSALEM to MECCA ? "...Book 31, Number 116) He had also commanded Muslims to pray towards Jerusalem, the prayer direction of the Jews, but then rescinded this and told them to pray towards the Kabah in Mecca. The Quran records the reaction of the people when Muhammad decided to change the prayer direction: The fools among the people will say: " What hath turned them from the Qibla to which they were used?" Say: To God belong both east and West: He guideth whom He will to a Way that is straight Thus, have We made of you an Ummat justly balanced, that ye might be witnesses over the... http://www.answering-islam.org/Shamoun/qiblah.htm Tnote: WHAT IS THE "ORGANON" ? "... The Organon (Greek word meaning "tool", organ) s the name given by Aristotle's followers, the Peripatetics, to the standard collection of his six works on logic. The works are Categories, On Interpretation, Prior Analytics Analytics, Topics, and Sophistical Refutations... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organon Tnote: WHAT WAS THE "DISCIPLINE OF THE SECRET"? "...by which the knowledge of the more intimate mysteries of the Christian religion was carefully kept from the heathen and even from those who were undergoing instruction in the Faith. The custom itself is beyond dispute, but the name for it is comparatively modern, and does not appear to have been used before the controversies of the seventeenth century, when special dissertations bearing the title "De disciplin arcani" were published both on the Protestant and the Catholic side. The origin of the

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    custom must be looked for in the recorded words of Christ: "Give not that which holy to dogs; neither cast your pearls before swine; lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turning upon you, they tear you" ( Matthew 7:6), while the practice in Apostolic times is sufficiently vouched for by St. Paul's assurance that he fed the Corinthians "as . . . little ones in Christ", giving them "milk http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05032a.htm Tnote: WHAT IS MEANT BY the THEOLOGICAL "MYSTERIES" ?"...In conformity with the usage of the inspired writers of the New Testament, theologians give the name of the mystery to revealed truths that surpass the powers of natural reason. Mystery, therefore, in its strict theological sense is not synonymous with the ncomprehensible, since all that we know is ncomprehensible, i.e., not adequately comprehensible as to its inner being; nor with the unknowable, since many things merely natural are unknowable, since many things merely natural are accidentally unknowable, on account of their naccessibility, e.g., things that are future, remote, or hidden. In its strict sense a mystery is a supernatural truth, one that of its very nature lies above the ..." http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10662a.htm Tnote: NORTHROP FRYE "GREAT CODE" 982 Frye published The Great Code, which has since been translated into 22 languages. In it, he treats the Bible as a totally unified book, disregarding the scholarly agreement that it actually was written by dozens of writers in three different languages over a period of a thousand years. Frye declares that the coherence of the Bible's narrative as a whole is created by a "U-Shaped plot" typical of comedy. That plot begins with the Genesis creation of a harmonious family and garden state, is followed by a fall into a long alternation of historical disasters and triumphs, and concludes with a final ascent back to harmony in the eternal city of Jerusalem at the end of the book of Revelation. This U-shaped pattern also governs dozens of minor plots of fall and rise subsumed in the major one--for example the stories of Joseph, of Moses, of Ruth, of David, of Job, of Peter and of Paul--each of which functions as a "type" or prefiguration of what follows and of the encompassing whole. Frye discovers the same kind of unifying repetition or typology in the recurrence of specific images throughout the Old and New Testatments--e.g. the image of the tree, the ocean, the tower, the garden, the sheep and shepherd. Such repetitions of plot and image tie the many books of the Bible together, and also create a sense of deja vu and premonition, hinting that discreet events have some greater symbolic significance, that they are both themselves and not themselves, that time may be an illusion. Tnote: WHAT IS THE MEANING OF "PROLEPTIC" ? "PROleptic View of the Kingdom of God The term prolepsis signifies the rhetorical/literary device of referring to a future event as if it had already occurred and, therefore, exists as a present condition; as such, it expresses anticipation and assurance regarding that future event. (As when one is invited to a party and saysIm there, or when a soon-to-be executed prisoner is referred to as adead man walking.) While scholars and serious students of the Bible recognize prolepsis as a biblical figure of speech, I am persuaded that too few realize how frequently it appears in the biblical writings and how central it is to the biblical message A consideration of the biblical defin http://ereflector.blogspot.com/2005/12/proleptic-view-of-kingdom-of-god.html Tnote: WHO IS PARKER PALMER ? http://www.infed.org/thinkers/palmer.htm Tnote: WHAT IS METANOIA ? " In theology, metanoia is used to refer to the change of mind which is

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    brought about in repentance. Repentance is necessary and valuable because it brings about change of mind or metanoia. This change of mind will result in the altered persona deprecating sin, though replicating good will, benevolence, and integration of self in relation to Universal harmony or deity. The two terms (repentance and metanoia) are often used interchangeably. though replicating good will, benevolence, and ntegration of self in relation to Universa harmony or deity. The two terms (repentance and metanoia) are often used interchangeably However, the prefix "meta-" carries with it other variants that are consistent with the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metanoia_(theology) Tnote: HOW IS KERYGMA DIFFERENT FROM DIDACHE ? "...Kerygma is distinguished from didache, the latter referring to "doctrine" or "teaching." Kerygma means the initial gospel proclamation designed to introduce a person to Christ and to appeal for conversion. Didache refers to the doctrinal and ethical teaching of the church into which a person needs to be grounded once they become a Christian. Of course, there is overlap in the use of these terms just as there is overlap in actual Christian practice. For example, the kerygma includes the preaching of the cross as a central element. That does not mean that the preaching of the cross does not also have a central place..." http://www.afn.org/~afn52344/kerygma.html Tnote: WHAT IS KERYGMA : Kerygma is a Greek word which means "proclamation, announcement, preaching" ( BAGD, 430-31). In Erasmian Greek pronunciation, which is used in most universities for ancient Greek, both biblical and classical, kerygma is pronounced "kay- roog-ma" where the first "a" is long and the last "a" is short. Related words are kerux ("herald, preacher" [ BAGD, 431]) and kerusso ("announce, make known, proclaim aloud, preach"[ BAGD, 431]). Because of the influence of the British scholar C. H. Dodd and others, kerygma has become a tec http://www.afn.org/~afn52344/kerygma.html TNOTE: WHAT IS THEOLOGICAL GALLICANISM ? "The best expression of theological Gallicanism was found in the Four Gallican Articles, approved by the declaration stated: (1) the pope has supreme spiritual ecumenical councils; (3) the pope must accept as e.g., the right of secular rulers to appoint bishops or use revenues of vacant bishoprics; (4) papal infallibility in doctrinal matters presupposes Bnigne Bossuet drafted the declaration in Latin and defended it in a conciliatory preamble. T http://m.eb.com/redirect?type=topic&id=224387 Tnote WHO WERE THE CAMBRIDGE PLATONISTS ? http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/cambridge-platonists/ Tnote: WHAT IS NOMINALISM ?Nominalism Exaggerated Realism invents a world of reality corresponding exactly to the attributes of the world of thought. Nominalism, on the contrary, models the concept on the external object, which it holds to be ndividual and particular. Nominalism consequently denies the existence of abstract and universal concepts, and refuses to admit that the intellect has the power of engendering them. What are called general ideas are only names, mere verbal designations, serving as labels for a collection of things or a series of particular events. Hence the term term Nominalism. Neither Exaggerated Realism nor Nominalism finds any difficulty in

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    establishing a http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11090c.htm T-note re "Third use of the LAW" "...ut God's Law as set forth in Scripture, remains valid. Indeed, the Law has three functions ( usi): the political (as a Indeed, the Law has three functions ( restraint for the wicked), the theological (as "a paidagogos to bring us to Christ"Gal. 3:24), and the didactic (as a guide bring us to Christ"Gal. 3:24), and the didactic (as a guide for the regenerate, or, in Bonhoeffer's words, "as God's for the regenerate, or, in Bonhoeffer's words, "as God's merciful help in the performance of the works which are commanded"). Few Protestants today dispute the first and second uses of the Law; but what about the third or didactic use? Do Christians, filled with the love of Christ and empowered by His Holy Spirit, need the Law to teach them? Are not the Christian existentialists right that love is enough? Indeed, is it not correct that Luther himself taught only the first two uses of the Law and not the Indeed, is it not correct that Luther himself taught only the first two uses of the Law and not the tertius usus legis?.. ...elight in Thy Law" and "0 how I love Thy Law!" (Ps. 119;cf. Ps. land 19). Only by taking the Third Use of the Law the "law of Christ" (Gal. 6:2) seriously do we take regeneration seriously; and only when we come to love God's revealed Law has sanctification become a reality in our lives.... http://www.presenttruthmag.com/archive/VII/7-3.htm T-NOTE: WHAT WAS THE QUADRIGA ? "Quadriga is literally a four horse chariot. In hermeneutics, the Quadriga was a method of interpretation that developed in the early church and survived up to medieval times. The "Quadriga" was based on Greek survived up to medieval times. The "Quadriga" was based on Greek philosophy such as Plato's allegories and Origen used this method of interpretation on the Scripture. Origen taught that each passage simultaneously has a four-fold method of interpretation (hence the name Quadriga). nterpretation on the Scripture. Origen taught that each passage simultaneously has a four-fold method of interpretation (hence the name Quadriga). In this view the text had four layers of meaning: the literal, the moral, the allegorical and the anagogical. The literal is the plain obvious meaning. The moral was what it meant for human behavior. The allegorical meaning is what it means for our faith, beliefs or doctrines. The anagogical meaning is what it tells us about the future (heaven) For example take a reference to the city of Jerusalem. In the literal sense this meant the physical city of Jerusalem. Morally it could represent t http://www.puritanboard.com/f17/quadriga-29717/ T-NOTE: WHO WAS ST. APPOLINARIS, ".. One of the first great martyrs of the church. He was made Bishop of Ravenna by St. Peter himself. The miracles he wrought there soon attracted officia attention, for they and his preaching won many converts to the Faith, while at the same time bringing upon him the fury of the idolaters, who was found half dead on the seashore, and kept in concealment by the Christians, but was captured again and compelled to walk on burning coals and a second time expelled. But he remained in the vicinity, and continued his work of evangelization. We find him then journeying in the We find him then journeying in the Aemilia. A third time he returned to Ravenna. Again he was captured, hacked with knives, had scalding water poured over his wounds, was beaten in the mouth with stones because he persisted in preaching, and then, loaded with chains, was flung nto a horrible dungeon to starve to death; but after into a horrible dungeon to starve to death; but after four days he was put on board ship and sent to Greece. There the same course of preachings, and miracles, and sufferings continued; and when his very presence caused the oracles to be sil..."

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    http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01616a.htm T-NOTE: WHY DID LUTHER CONSIDER THE MASS BOTH A TESTAMENT & A SACRAMENT : "...Again Luther says, This is all easily understood, if one only considers what the mass really is, namely a testament and a sacrament. It is Gods word or promise, together with a sacred sign, the bread and the wine under which Christs flesh and blood are truly present.[ http://www.wordalone.com/o-site/docs/wa-adiaphora.shtml T-NOTE: WHAT IS ADIAPHORA? "...justification of the ungodly.[2] Before launching into Luthers treatises, it may be helpful to begin with a definition of adiaphora. When my father graduated from seminary in 1952, the classroom definition he learned for adiaphora was: things neither commanded nor forbidden in scripture.[3] When I graduated from seminary, some forty years later, we were taught adiaphora related to matters of indifference. Adiaphora may be matters of importance, but they were considered matters non-essential. Traditionally, for Lutherans, the definition of this term has been informed by Article Seven of the Augsburg Confession, which states: informed by Article Seven of the Augsburg Confession, which states:For this is enough for the true unity of the Christian church that the gospel is preached harmoniously according to a pure..." http://www.wordalone.com/o-site/docs/wa-adiaphora.shtml T-NOTE: WHAT WAS THE ACT IN RESTRAINT OF APPEALS? "...The Act in Restraint of Appeals (1533) was the start of a politica process that effectively transferred the power of the Catholic Church to the king, Henry VIII and his advisors/ government. The Act was passed by a was passed by a Parliament that was anti-clerical as it was and had listed its http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/act_restraint_appeals.htm T-note WHAT WAS ELIZABETH's 1559 ACT OF UNIFORMITY ALL ABOUT ? : "...ing, in April of the year 1559. 1559.[Transcr. Statutes of the Realm iv. pt. i. p.355.] Where at the death of our late sovereign lord King Edward VI there remained one uniform order of common service and prayer, and of the administration of sacraments, rites, and ceremonies in the Church of England, which was set forth in one book, intituled: The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of Sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies in the Church of England; authorized by Act of Parliament holden in the fifth and sixth years of our said late sovereign lord King Edward VI, intituled: An Act for the uniformity of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments; the which was repealed and taken away by Act of Parliament in the [Page 459] first year of the reign of our late sovereign lady Queen Mary, to the great decay of the due honour of God, and discomfort to the professors of the truth of Christ's religion: Be it therefore enacted by the authority of this present Parliament, that the said statute of repeal, and everything therein contained, only concerni http://history.hanover.edu/texts/engref/er80.html Concurrence -the notion that God has to be "willing something to make it happen T-NOTE: RE ONTOLOGICAL v EPISTEMOLOGICAL "...God wants His character of love to be expressed behaviorally. Paul explains that his prayer for the Ephesians is that they might "know( gnonai) the love of God which surpasses knowledge ( gnoseos)" (Eph. 3:19) Jesus indicted the Jewish Pharisees by charging, "You search the..." r the restoration of functional mankind Epistemological understanding is inadequate to comprehend

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    the divine reality that is the essence of Christianity. The objective of the Christian message is not to encourage people to receive and accumulate and assent to information, but rather to receive the very Being of God into themselves (John 1:12) and allow Jesus Christ to be their life (Col. 3:4) The essence of Christianity... their life (Col. 3:4) The essence of Christianity is to be identified as ontological rather than epistemological. "Ontology" is etymologically derived from two Greek words: (1) ontos meaning "being." (2) logos meaning "word," and indicating "logical consideration of or study of." "Ontology" refers to the philosophical study of being. In its broadest usage "ontology" considers the entire issue of being and existence in general. More specifically, we are employing "ontology" as referring to the divine Being of the Creator God, and His personal relation to His created beings; the relation of the God-Being and human beings. Th... oduce opposite extremes as the pendulum swings the other way, and so it was that the ontic distinctive of Christianity was overshadowed by the epistemologica concerns of doctrine and morality, as evidenced in the writings of the church fathers and their reversion to legalism. The ensuing creedalizing of a Christian belief-system has been referred to as "the Latin heresy," Latin heresy,""the epistemological heresy." As the institutional church proceeded int.. imperative that we make the distinction between an epistemological base of knowing and perceiving action and an ontological base of knowing and perceiving action. Christianity is not essentially assent to or belief in tenets of truth, but rather receptivity to and participation in the activity of the Being of the One who is Truth (John 14:6). Jesus did not say, "I came that you might have orthodox beliefs and defend them apologetically." He said, "I came that you might have life (the very Being of God) and have such more abundantly (in the abundant expression of God's character in our behavior). (John 10:10) beliefs and defend them apologetically." He said, "I came that you might have life (the very Being of God) and have such more abundantly (in the abundant expression of God's character in our behavior). (John 10:10)(in the abundant expression of God's character in our behavior). http://www.christinyou.net/pages/Xnotepis.html T-NOTE: WHAT FORM OF THEOLOGY IS GUSTAVO GUTTIEREZ ASSOCIATED WITH ? "...sent him to do graduate work in Europe, at Louvain theology, the church sent him to do graduate work in Europe, at Louvain(Belgium), Lyons (France), and the Gregorian (Italy) On his return to Lima to begin work as a priest and teacher, he discovered that the "classical" formation he had received in Europe had not equipped him to deal with the needs of the poor and oppressed in Latin America. Three discoveries in particular were important. First, instead of seeing poverty as a"virtue, " or at least something to be accepted by Christians, he came to see"virtue, " or at least something to be accepted by Christians, he came to see poverty as something destructive that must always be opposed. Second, instead of seeing poverty as the result of laziness or bad luck, he came to see it not as accidental but structural, something that society conspires to ensure, so that there will always be enough poor people to keep wages down. Third, instead of accepting poverty as inevitable, he came to see that the poor were a social class and could organize to bring about change. accidental but structural, something that society conspires to ensure, so that there will always be enough poor people to keep wages down. Third, instead of accepting poverty as inevitable, he came to see that the poor were a social class and could organize to bring about change. accepting poverty as inevitable, he came to see that the poor were a social class and could organize to bring about change and could organize to bring about change. Re-reading the Bible in the course of making these disc..." http://www.answers.com/topic/gustavo-guti-rrez T-NOTE: WHAT IS THE "HERMENEUTIC SPIRAL" ACCORDING TO OSBORNE ? "... Osborne contends that hermeneutics is a spiral from text to context--a movement between the horizon of the

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    text and the horizon of the reader that spirals nearer and nearer toward the intended meaning of the text and its significance for today He develops his thesis in each of three sections: the first covering genera hermeneutics (grammar, semantics, syntax, backgrounds), the second covering hermeneutics and genre, and the third covering applied hermeneutics. Along the wa he offers assessments of recent developments from redaction criticism to r... http://www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/code=1288 T-NOTE: WHO IS GABRIEL FACKRE ? y, ethics, and mission Fackre has written in the fields of theology, ethics, and mission in thirty books and monographs, among them five volumes of a projected seven-volume series in Christian doctrine, The Christian[ 2] Story,[ 2] and chapters and encyclopedia entries in another ninety Story, and chapters and encyclopedia entries in another ninety[ 2] volumes and over three hundred articles and book reviews.[ 2] He is volumes and over three hundred articles and book reviews He is past president of the American Theological Society. [ 3] Fackre has Fackre has been involved, often with his spouse, in various efforts in socia action, beginning with their spearheading a campaign to bring Nise students from World War II internment camps to Bucknell and taking[ 4] part in a Quaker peace caravan in the closing year of the war.[ 4] At part in a Quaker peace caravan in the closing year of the war At Chicago, Fackre and another Divinity School student led a walk-out and protest at the Quadrangle (faculty) Club, where they worked as waiters, at the refusal by the majority of its members to include in membership an African-Ameri.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Fackre T-NOTE: WHAT IS POLYSEMY? WHAT DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION? Polysemy (pronounced /plsmi/ or /[ 1][ 2] plsimi/)[ 1][ 2] (from the Greek: -, (from the Greek: -, poly-, "many" and , sma, "sign") is the capacity for a sign (e.g., a word, phrase etc.) or signs to have multiple meanings( sememes), i.e., a large semantic field. This s a pivotal concept within social sciences, such as such as media studies and linguistics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysemy T-NOTE: WHAT IS FIDEISM ? Fideism is the name given to that school of thoughtto which Tertullian himself is frequently said to have subscribedwhich answers that faith is in some sense independent of, if not outright adversarial toward, reason. In contrast to the more rationalistic tradition of natural theology, with its arguments for the existence of God, fideism holdsor at any rate appears to hold (more on this caveat shortly) that reason is unnecessary and inappropriate for the exercise and justification of religious belief. The term itself derives from fides, the Latin word for faith, and can be rendered literally as fai http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/fideism/ T-NOTE: WHAT is the ESCHATON? 1. eschaton - (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives crack of doom, Day of Judgement, Day of the world, Judgement Day, Judgment Day, Last Day, Last Judgement, Last Judgment New Testament - the collection of http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/dict.aspx?word=eschaton T-NOTE: WHAT IS PREVENIENT GRAC

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    E, OPERATIVE GRACE, COOPERATIVE GRACE ? http://www.thejourneynet.org/God/GraceGod/OtherSources/BriefHistoricalInterpretationsofGodsGrac e/tabid/329/Default.aspx E T-NOTE RE ITZKOFF, "HOW WE LEARN TO READ" by Choice Review This is the finest, most complete book on the reading process to date. It should put to rest the long historical (sometimes hysterical) conflict betwe to the teaching of reading by showing the contributions and limits of both when used at varying times subject to the varying needs of individual children. Itzkoff carefully distinguishes between ``learning to read'' and ``reading to learn.'' The book is terse and nonpolitical and has chapter bibliographies for those who want lengthier discussions of the material he has ably condensed. This book may not be the last word on the teaching o t is a most valuable handbook for teachers of reading, parents, and schoo board members anxious to solve the increasing problems of illiteracy.-E.C Reichert, emeritus, Lake Forest College Copyright American Library Association, used with p http://catalog.dclibrary.org/vufind/Record/ocm13010303/Reviews E T-NOTE: RE PIAGET's STAGE Theory of Cognitive Development: Swiss biologist and psychologist Jean Piaget (1896-1980) observed his children (and their process of making sense of the world around them) and eventually developed a four-stage model of how the mind processes new information encountered. He posited that children progress through 4 stages and that they all do so in the same order. These four stages are: Sensorimotor stage himself or herself and reality (and how things work) through interactions with the environment. It is able to differentiate between itself and other objects. Learning takes place via assimilation (the organization of information and absorbing it into existing schema) and accommodation (when an object cannot be assimilated and the schemata have to be modified to include the object Preoperational stage (ages 2 to 4). The child is not yet able to conceptualize abstractly and needs concrete physical situations. Objects are classified in simple ways, especially by important features Concrete operations (ages 7 to 11). As physical experience accumulates accomodation is increased. The child begins to think abstractly and conceptualize creating logical structures that explain his or her physical experiences Formal operations (beginning at ages 11 to 15). Cognition reaches its final form. By this stage, the person no longer requires concrete objects to make rationa judgements. He or she is capable of deductive and hypothetical reasoning. His or her ability for abstract thinking is very similar to an adult. http://www.learning-theories.com/piagets-stage-theory-of-cognitive-development.html E T-NOTE: WHAT WERE PIAGET's DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES ? "...through physical interaction with his or her environment, builds a set of concepts about reality and how it works. This is the stage where a child does not know that physical objects remain in existence even when out of sight (object permanance) able to conceptualize abstractly and needs concrete physical situations experience accumulates, the child starts to conceptualize, creating logical structures that explain his or her physical experiences. Abstract problem his or her physical experiences. Abstract problem solving is also possible at this stage. For example, arithmetic equations can be solved with numbers, not just with objects. point, the childs cognitive structures are like those of an adult and include conceptual reasoning Piaget outlined several principles for building cognitive http://www.funderstanding.com/content/piaget E T-NOTE: WHAT WAS BANDURA's Social Learning Theory? People learn through observing others behavior, attitudes, and outcomes of those behaviors. Most human behavior is learned

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    observationally through modeling: from observing others, one forms an idea of how new behaviors are performed, and on later occasions this coded information serves as a guide for action. (Bandura). Socia learning theory explains human behavior in terms of continuous reciprocal interaction between cognitive, behavioral, and environmenta influences Necessary conditions for effective http://www.learning-theories.com/social-learning-theory-bandura.html E T-NOTE: WHAT WAS BANDURA's NOTION of "RECIPROCAL DETERMINISM"? Bandura believed in reciprocal determinism, that is, the world and a persons behavior cause each other, while behaviorism essentially states that ones environment causes ones behavior, Bandura, who was studying adolescent aggression, found this too simplistic, and so in addition he suggested that behavior causes environment as well. Later, Bandura soon considered personality as an interaction between three components: the environment, behavior, and ones psychologica processes (ones ability to entertain images in minds and language) Social learning theory has sometimes been called a bridge between http://www.learning-theories.com/social-learning-theory-bandura.html ET-NOTE: WHAT WAS VGOTSY's ZPD ? A second aspect of Vygotsky's theory is the idea that the potential for cognitive development depends upon the"zone of proximal development" (ZPD):"zone of proximal development" (ZPD): a level of development. Full development attained when children engage in social behavior. Full development of the ZPD depends upon full social interaction. The range of skill that can be developed with adult guidance or peer collaboration exceeds what can be attained alone. Vygotsky's theory was an attempt to explain conscious http://tip.psychology.org/vygotsky.html ET (educ theo)NOTE WHAT WAS VYGOTSKY's EMPHASIS IN EDUCATION? : Overview: The major theme of Vygotsky's theoretical framework is that social interaction plays a fundamental role in the development of cognition. Vygotsky (1978) states: "Every function in the child's cultural development appears twice: first, between people (interpsychological) and then inside the child (intrapsychological). This applies equally to voluntary attention, to logical memory, and to the formation of concepts. All the higher functions originate as actual relationships between individuals." (p57). A second aspect of Vygotsky's theory is the idea that t http://tip.psychology.org/vygotsky.html T-NOTE: ROUSING MINDS TO LIFE is the education textbook for the '90s: A powerful synthesis of the theoretica advances in Vygotskian theory as applied to every aspect of teaching earning, and schooling. Drawing on studies from preschool and elementary school through the university seminar, and on their own successful experience with thousands of students over two decades, this text integrates all recent work in the Vygotskian tradition with basic concepts in American and British behaviorism, cognitive science anthropology, and sociolinguistics http://www.flipkart.com/rousing-minds-life-teaching-learning-book-0521362342 T-NOTE RE IMMANUEL KANT "...Kant revolutionized philosophy. Kant showed that the mind through its innate categories, constructs our experience along certain lines (space, time, causality, self, etc.). Thus thinking and experiencing give no access to things as they really are. We can think as hard as we like, but we will

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    never escape the innate constraints of our minds. Kant forced philosophy to look seriously at the world for the agent (what Kant calls the phenomenal world) agent (what Kant calls the ndependently of the real world outside consciousness the world in itself (the noumenal world) Ethics had long recognized the importance for m... http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/KANT.HTM T-NOTE: WHY IS THE PHILOSOPHY OF Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) is sometimes called the Copernican revolution of philosophy to emphasize its novelty and huge importance. Kant synthesized (brought together) rationalism and empiricism. After Kant, the old debate between rationalists and empiricists ended, and epistemology went in a new direction. After Kant, no discussion of reality or knowledge could take place without awareness of the role of the human mind in constructing reality and knowledg..." http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/KANT.HTM T-NOTE: WHAT WAS LEIBNIZ CONTRIBUTION TO RECONCILING CATHOLICS & PROTESTANTS ? "... efforts to reconcile Catholics and Protestants. Leibniz and Catholicism When Leibniz became librarian and archivist of the House of Brunswick in 1676, the Duke of Brunswick was Johann Friedrich, a recent convert to Catholicism. Almost immediately Leibniz began to exert himself in the cause of reconciliation between Catholics correspondence with Bossuet. With the sanction of the duke and the approval, not only of the vicar Apostolic, but of Innocent XI, the project to find a basis of agreement between the project to find a basis of agreement between Protestants and Catholics in Hanover was inaugurated. Leibniz soon took the place of Molanus, president of the Hanoverian Consistory, as the representative of the Protestant claims. He tried to reconcile the representative of the Protestant claims. He tried to reconcile the Catholic principle of authority with the Protestant principle of free enquiry. He favoured a species of syncretic Christianity first proposed at the University of Helmstadt, which adopted for its creed an eclectic formula made up of the dogma.." http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09134b.htm T-NOTE: WHO WAS WILLIAM FRANKENA ? WHAT WAS HIS CONTRIBUTION TO ETHICS ? http://www.nnp.org/nni/Publications/Dutch-American/frankena.html T-NOTE: WHAT IS METANOIA ? It is a Greek word that is frequently used in the New Testament. Jesus uses the verbal equivalent of this noun(Mark 1: 14) as the first response to his announcement of the kingdom of God. It is frequently translated repent in our English Bibles, but metanoia, as Jesus uses it has deep meaning beyond what we usually think of when we think of repentance." http://www.pushingforward.org/what_is_metanoia.htm T-NOTE: WHAT IS RICK MEIGS CRITIQUE OF THE TERM "PARACHURCH" ? " Published by Rick Meigs on January 24th, 2007 in Church. The popular definition of a parachurch group is any non-church based Christian entity or ministry. The simple fact that we use such a defined term indicates a misunderstanding of the biblical concept of the church. The biblical ekklesia always describes a people and never a building, place, denomination or specific group of Christians to the exclusion of other Christians. It doesnt matter where people are gathered together for ministry or what corporate structure they take on, they are still the church, Gods called out people ministering in the name of Jesus. I ask, how can a group like Campus Crusade or YWAM be a non-

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    church ministry? If they are followers of Jesus, its impossible! They are part of the ekklesia as much as some ministry that is part of a local faith community. As ong as we continue to make this false dichotomy, we will continue to hear divisive statements like from them. (Sorry, but Gods called out people cant detract/distr...) http://blindbeggar.org/?p=416 T-NOTE: What is RALPH WINTER's NOTION OF "MODALITY" v "SODALITY" ? "Ralph Winter talks about how God has expanded his Kingdom through two basic structures, the church as modality and sodality. (For more on this, seeThe Two Structures of Gods Redemptive Mission by Ralph D. Winter.)Modality is the continuing long-term nature and structure of the church expressed in the local congregations in which there is no distinction of sex or age. As Alec Hill observes, Multi-generational and geographically limited, a congregation puts down its roots and makes a long-term commitment to its community. The second structure, sodality, concentrates on one or more specific aspects of the mission of God such as reaching one specific people group, translating the Bible into other languages, or working with youth. In this structuremembership involves an adult second decision beyond modality membership and is often limited by some criteria such as age or sex Another way of describing this might be to say that some expressions of the church have a narrow ministry focus (sodality) and others.." http://blindbeggar.org/?p=416 T-NOTE: MORE RE LESLIE NEWBIGIN & "FOOLISHNESS TO THE GREEKS" "...to a commitment that goes far deeper than merely to the adoption of certain superficially Christian thought-patterns: A preaching of the gospel that calls men and women to accept Jesus as Savior but does not make it clear that discipleship means commitment to a vision of society radically different from that which controls our public life today must be condemned as false. (p. 132) In order to effectively move believers toward a radically different vision of culture; second, how a form of Christianity based on biblical revelation can speak with credibility to this society; third, the aspects of the intellectual core of this societyi.e., sciencewhich the Church must challenge; and fourth, the sociopolitical expressions of Western culture that the Church must challenge. This is the logical progression which Bishop Newbigin takes his readers through in a way that shows that he is both conversant with the main currents of contemporary scientific thought and with how to make it intelligible to the educated nonscientist. He concludes with a chapter entitled What must we be? A Call to the Church, in which he makes some practical suggestions..." http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=01-02-011-b T-NOTE RE LESLIE NEWBIGIN's "FOOLISHNESS to the GREEKS" "So what is involved in the cross-cultural communication of the gospel? Gospel had origin in cultural world of Judaism, and was articulated in lang and practice of Greek speaking Gentile communities. Communication of gospel has to be in language of the receptor culture, using the way of understanding things that is embodied in that language. BUT it will call radically into question that way of understanding embodied in the language it uses. This it will do only by work of God, supernaturally, not by human persuasion. God, supernaturally, not by human persuasion. Perfectly exemplified by gospel of John. John uses language and thought forms of the religious world for which he writes (loosely, gnostic). BUT he uses them in such a way as to confront them with a fundamental question and indeed a contradiction. The logos is no longer an idea in the mind of the philosopher/mystic, but

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    the man Jesus. So it starts in familiar language and categories, then drops bombshell. Convert then has to learn to look in new way both at his own culture and at the message he has received Problem most missionary outreach across cultural boundaries comes from people who belong to the modern wEstern culture [irony, if that is exactly where the gospel is falling on deaf ears; if we cant make it work in those terms here, why should it do so there?] Need a voice that will challenge our culture on its own terms, a voice that speaks its own language and yet confronts it with the authentic figure of the crucified and living Christ so that it is stopped in its tracks and turned back from the way of death...." http://www.alisonmorgan.co.uk/Newbigin%20-%20Foolishness.htm WHAT IS A PROLEPTIC SENSE OF THE GOSPEL ? Something Got A-hold of Me (The Rev. Joseph Lane) "The matter how hard we try, no matter how good things get, no Gospel -- this desire to move forward -- is what keeps us such a place today as we find ourselves beginning our ministry together -- already but not yet." Between the Already and the Not_ http://www.redeemermarin.org/sermons.html T-NOTE: RE T. GROOME's MODEL for CHRISTIAN LEARNING http://www.ncrlc.com/praxis.html T-NOTE: RE PHILIPP SPENER & PIETISM "In his Pia Desideria (1675), Philipp Jakob Spener proposed a "heart religion" to replace the dominant "head religion." Beginning with religious meetings in Spener's home, the movement grew rapidly, especially after August Hermann Francke (1663 - 1727) made the new University of Halle a Pietist center. Nikolaus Ludwig, Graf von Zinzendorf, a student of Francke's and godson of Spener, helped spread the movement. His Moravian Church promoted evangelical awakenings throughout Europe and in North America in the 18th and 19th centuries. John Wesley and Methodism were profoundly nfluenced by pietism." http://mb-soft.com/believe/txc/pietism.htm T-NOTE: What were SPENER's SIX REFORM PROPOSALS?" Spener offered six proposals for reform in Pia Desideria which became a short summary of pietism: (1) there should be "a more extensive use of the Word of God among us." The Bible, Spener said, "must be the chief means for reforming something."(2) Spener called also for a renewal of "the spiritual priesthood," the priesthood of all believers. Here he cited Luther's example in urging all Christians to be active in the general work of Christian ministry. (3) He appealed for the reality of Christian practice and argued that Christianity is more than a matter of simple knowledge.(4) Spener then urged restraint and charity in religious controversies. He asked his readers to love and pray for unbelievers and the erring, and to adopt a moderate readers to love and pray for unbelievers and the erring, and to adopt a moderate tone in disputes(5) Next he called for a reform in the education of ministers. Here he stressed the need for training in piety and devotion as well as in academic subjects(6) Last he implored ministers to preach edifying sermons, understandable by the people, rather than technical discourses which few were interested in or could understand. Although these proposals constituted an age..." http://mb-soft.com/believe/txc/pietism.htm

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    T-note: WHO WAS DUNS SCOTUS? "... Scotus is the greatest champion of Franciscan Augustianianism. The reconstruction of Augustinianism by St Bonaventure, likewise the reconstruction of Aristotelianism by St Thomas had already been made before Scotus began to teach. But Scotus was not a mechanical repeater of either of them. A serious and constructive thinker, he was convinced that truth may shine more brightly as a result of profound investigation: "In progressu generationis humanae semper crevit notitia veritatis." Endowed with extraordinary subtle penetration of mind, Scotus became the faithful servant of truth by undertaking the task of criticism in regard t... http://www.radicalacademy.com/philscotus.htm T-NOTE: WHAT ARE THE 5 SOLAS of PROTESTANTISM ? " or"only" and the corresponding phrases are Sola Fide, faith alone Sola Scriptura, Scripture alone Solus Christus, Christ alone Sola Gratia, grace alone Soli Deo Gloria, glory to God alone http://www.theopedia.com/Main_Page T-NOTE: WHO WAS PETER LOMBARD? WHAT WERE HIS "SENTENCES"? "... rather dry, often allegorical, and always very methodica n their divisions; several of them are printed in their divisions; several of them are printed among the works of Hildebert du Mans and others; extracts of others have been published by Protois (cf. infra); (3) The "Sentences" ("Quatuor ibri Sententiarum"). It is this theological work above all that made the name of Peter Lombard famous, and gives him a special place in the history of theology in the Middle Ages. Henceforth he is called the "Magister Sententiarum", or simply the "Magister". The work is divided into four books. In a long series of questions it covers the whole body of theological doctrine an..." http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11768d.htm T-NOTE: WHO WAS WILLIAM of OCKHAM ? WHAT IS "OCKHAM's RAZOR"? "...William of Ockham (c. 1287-1347) is, along with Thomas Aquinas and of philosophy during the High Middle Ages. He is probably best known today for his espousal of metaphysical nominalism; indeed, the methodological principle known as Ockham's Razor is named after him. But Ockham held important, often influential views not only in metaphysics but also in all other major areas of medieva philosophylogic, physics or natural philosophy, theory of knowledge, ethics, and political philosophyas well as in theology..." http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ockham/ T-NOTE: WHAT IS CATAPHATIC THEOLOGY ("Positive Theology') " Cataphatic theology (or "positive theology") seeks to understand God in positive terms, emphasizing God's revelations. With cataphatic theology, one earns about God by learning facts about God The Orthodox tradition to theology leans far greater to apophatic theology, or "negative theology". This sees God, as beyond our understanding and, therefore, beyond defining through positive assertions in words, therefore, beyond defining through positive assertions http://orthodoxwiki.org/Cataphatic_theology

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    T-NOTE: What Is the "VIA NEGATIVA" or APOPHATIC THEOLOGY ? "Adherents of the apophatic tradition hold that God is beyond the limits of what humans can understand, and that one should not seek God by means of intellectual understanding, but through a direct experience of the love (in Western Christianity) or the energies (in Eastern Christianity) ...." http://orthodoxwiki.org/Apophatic_theology T-NOTE: WHO WAS GOTTSCHALK of ORBAIS? WHAT DID HE BELIEVE RE PREDESTINATION? "...Gottschalk of Orbais (also spelled Godescalc) was a medieva monk who taught that Gods predestination is twofold. Gottschalk believed that before ages the Creator predestined some men to salvation and others to hell. Reaction of his former abbot Rabanus Maurus and his metropolitan Hincmar of Reims started the 9th century predestination controversy, which was made even more acute by the intervention of John Scot Erigena. Though many defended Gottschalks thoroughly Augustinian theology (among others Lupus of Ferrires Ratramnus of Corbie, Prudentius of Troyes and Florus of Lyons) Gottschalk was imprisoned at the monastery of Hautvilliers where he later died having sever..." http://gottschalk.inrebus.com/ T-NOTE: WHO WAS ST. APOLLINARIS "..., and kept in concealment by the Christians, but was captured again and compelled to walk on burning coals and a second time expelled. But he remained in the vicinity, and continued his work of but was captured again and compelled burning coals and a second time expelled But he remained in remained in the vicinity..." http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01616a.htm T-note: WHO WAS MAGNUM AURELIUS CASSIODORUS ? "... seems to have begun his ecclesiastical writings with the "De anim", which, after 540, he added to the "Vari" as a thirteenth book. This little treatise sets forth the nature and origin of the soul, its treatise sets forth the ts Claudianus Mamertus and St. Augustine Cassiodorus being still in secular life when he wrote t. He indicates as the first fruit of his conversion a commentary on the Psalms which occupied him for several years. The works composed during the religious retirement reveal his anxiety to make the iterary investigations serviceable to his monks; they also manifest a peculiar taste for figures and the symbolism of numbers. The commentary on the http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03405c.htm T-NOTE: WHO WAS BOETHIUS ? WAS HE A CHRISTIAN ? http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02610b.htm T-NOTE: WHAT WAS "LOGOS" ? How did "Logos" b/c ASSOCIATED w/ CHRISTIANITY ? "... In the New Testament, the Gospel According to Saint John gives a central place to logos; the biblical author describes the Logos as God, the Creative Word, who took on flesh in the man Jesus Christ. Many have traced John's conception to Greek origins - perhaps through the intermediacy of eclectic texts like the writings of Philo of Alexandria. More recently, however, scholars have

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    emphasized that the Old Testament contains a doctrine of the Word of God; and in Aramaic paraphrases the "Word of God" takes on some of the functions of God. Later Christian thinkers clearly did incorporate the Stoic logos doctrine; logos was associated particularly with Christ and later, in Arianism, no longer identified with God...." http://mb-soft.com/believe/text/logos.htm T-NOTE: WHO WAS EPICURUS ? HOW IS HE MISUNDERSTOOD BY SOME ? "On the Nature of Things." Epicurus was interested in how one could achieve happiness. He believed that unhappiness is a kind of "disturbance in the mind," caused by irrational beliefs, desires, and fears. Among human desires, he argued, some are "natural and necessary," others are "vain." Among the vain are desires for a life of luxury and indulgence. This fuels the myth that epicureanism condones the maxim, "Eat, drink, and be merry." Although Epicurus was the father of hedonism (from the Greek word hedone, meaning"pleasure"), he did not encourage every kind of pleasure, as expressed in his Letter to Menoeceus : "We do not mean the pleasures of profligates and those that consist in sensuality . . . but freedom from pain in the body and trouble in the mind." The chief pleasure sought after was pleasure of the mindtranquility ( pleasure sought after was pleasure of the mindtranquility ( ataraxia )which can be produced by "banishing mere opinions to which are due the greatest disturbance of spirit" (Bailey 1926, p. 127ff). Epicurus concentrated on two fears: the gods and death. How can these fears be banished as irrational and vain? Arguing in his Principal Doctrines that "without natural scienc..." http://www.deathreference.com/En-Gh/Epicurus.html T-NOTE: WHO RULED THE WORLD AFTER THE GREEKS? After the Romans took over the Greeks: "...way of life. As long as they received the taxes, and the people adhered to Roman law, the individual nations could maintain their distinctive identities. Their method of exacting taxes was simple: they sold the collection of taxes to the highest bidder. The chosen bidder could collect the taxes in any manner, as long as Rome received her percentage. It was to the Sadducees that Rome sold the collection of Jewish taxes. With two middlemen, the taxes were high. After the amount was set for Rome, the Sadducees augmented the amount for their profits; then the tax collectors hired by the Sadducees piled up an additional increase for their own wages. The average person paid Rome, the Sadducees, and the tax collector with every penny he earned. This was the atmosphere into which the messiah would come..." http://koinonia-all.org/bible/Intertestament.htm **T-note: WHAT 3 GROUPS AROSE FROM THE JEWS POSSIBLY AS A (partial) RESULT OF HELLENIZATION ? "...Determined that the people would keep the Law, the Pharisees developed oral traditions ("fence laws") -- laws to help you keep the laws. These oral traditions became so pervasive that they eventually attained equal status with the written Law given to Moses by God (the Torah). The Pharisees had decisive influence over public affairs and their sway over the masses was absolute. The Sadducees, on the other hand, held the priestly and political positions, but had Torah and strictly adhered to the letter of the Law. In contrast, the Pharisees, with lived. Most Sadducees were wealthy and worldly-minded and were mainly concerned with the political status of Israel.

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    Another sect called the Essenes rejected the temple worship because they considered the priesthood corrupt. They lived out in the wilderness like monks John the Baptist may have been an Essene. It is possible that the Dead Sea Scrolls originally belonged to this sect. Many other sects also developed during the originally belonged to this sect. Many other sects also developed during the intertestamental period..." http://koinonia-all.org/bible/Intertestament.htm ** T-NOTE: HOW WERE THE JEWS EFFECTED BY HELLENIZATION ? ay. Nevertheless, tolerance for the Jews culture did Greek customs) was required of the Jews. Some resisted, but others complied. The pressure was desecrate the temple and offer sacrifices to idols. It is vital to understand the effects of Hellenization of the Jews. Their whole way of life revolved around the one, true God. To destroy their way of life would nullify their very reason to exist as a nation. The descendants of Abraham were a covenant people out of which the messiah would come to redeem a lost and dying world -- Jew and gentile. If the Jews were absorbed into the Greek culture, forsaking their way of life, the messiah would no longer have a people through which He could come. In addition, the Jews witness to the world of the one, true God would also be lost. Understanding the seriousness of this threat to the Jews as a covenant people, aged priest Mattahias and his five sons successfully led a revolt against the Greeks. By 165 B.C. the temple was cleansed and rededicated. The celebration of Hanukkah is a commemoration of the temple rededication. http://koinonia-all.org/bible/Intertestament.htm **T-NOTE: WHAT BOOK IS JONATHON BONK BEST KNOWN FOR ? "He is the author of numerous articles and reviews and has published five books, the best known of which is Missions and Money: Affluence as a Western Missionary Problem (Orbis, 1991), now in its eleventh printing. A second edition, Missions and Money: Affluence as a Missionary Problem . . . " http://www.omsc.org/whoswhoatomsc.htm **T-NOTE: WHO WERE RICOEUR's 3 MASTERS-of-SUSPICION ? Ricoeur's Masters of Suspicion In his highly influential work, Freud and Philosophy, Ricoeur (1970) draws attention to three key intellectual figures of the twentieth century who, in their different ways, sought to unmask, demystify, and expose the real from the apparent; "Three masters, seemingly mutually exclusive, dominate the school of suspicion: Marx, Nietzche, and Freud."[5] What was it in these three 'masters of suspicion' that so impres..." http://www.gongfa.com/robinsonlike.htm T-NOTE: WHAT WAS RICOEUR's HERMENEUTIC OF SUSPICION ? "...The French philosopher, Paul Ricoeur, while essentially operating from within the reader oriented end of the spectrum, is uncomfortable with the intrinsic subjectivity associated with such hermeneutics and seeks to walk the fine line between a call for objectivity (grounded in some way in the text), and yet at the same time seeking to remain "open" to what the text may have to say. Ricoeur's hermeneutic of suspicion represents his attempt to retain both science and art, whilst disallowing either an absolute status; "Hermeneutics seems to me to be animated by this double motivation: willingness to suspect, willingness to listen; vow of rigor, vow of obedience."[2] Distilling the essence of Ricouer's hermeneutics here stated, A. Thisleton notes that..."

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    http://www.gongfa.com/robinsonlike.htm ** T-NOTE: WHAT IS BIBLICAL SYNERGY? WHY DO SOME PEOPLE DISAGREE w/ It ? "...meditating on this phrase ever since in this particular form it is the first time I have ever ministered this word I, I believe it's a fresh word from the Lord for us and the phrase that he gave me was word from the Lord for us and the phrase that he gave me was synergy of the ages to me, it is a synergistic joining century defined as the combined action of 2 or more which have a greater total effect than some of their individual efforts. their individual efforts. The concept of synergy in the context Dutch Sheets places it, claiming he got this idea directly from the Lord, is simply if we work and pray together in unity as Christians, what we declare with our mouths will take place by virtue of the strength of numbers. This includes national and international prayer efforts as organized by the NAR, and any other of hundreds of programs they are trying to sell to the Christian public at this time. One biblical reality that flies in the face of this "new" concept of synergy, as being sold to the churches by the NAR and its organizations like the National Prayer Committee, ..." http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/synergy.html ** T-NOTE: WHAT IS "MISSIOLOGY" ? "... The term has been variously defined as "the science of the cross cultural communication of the Christian faith," as "preeminently the scholarly discipline underlying the task of world evangelization," and as "the field of study which researches, records and applies data relating to the biblical origins and history of the expansion of the Christian movement to anthropological principles and techniques for its further advancement." If missiology is described as a science, it must be recognized as an applied science. The underlying dynamic of the missiological process starts with an actual field situation confronting a church or mission, in which its problems, successes, and failures are clearly known; it ends with the application of missiological perspectives to this same field situation. The three major disciplines whose input is essential to the missiological process are theology (mainly biblical) anthropology (mainly social, applied, and theoretical but including primitive religion, linguistics, cultura dynamics, and cultural change), and history. Other contributing disciplines include psychology, communication theory, and sociology. All these disciplines interact within the specific structures and problems of the given field situation and with the motivation of the gospel as the driving force of that interaction. Therefore, basic components that later become "missiology" are neither theology nor history, neither anthropology nor components that later become "missiology" are neither theology nor history, neither anthropology nor psychology, nor the sum total of these fields of study. Hence ethnotheology, ethnohistory, and ethnopsychology emerge. The discipline of missiology then comes into its own, enriched and influnced by suchingredients as ecumenics, non Christian religion, and even economics. psychology, nor the sum total of these fields of study... http://mb-soft.com/believe/txo/missiolo.htm **"Theological Education by Extension Theological Education by Extension ( TEE) is a ministryoriented model of church eadership training whose primary purpose is to provide training for people who are already serving in church leadership positions. One author has called it"simply decentralized theological education. It is a field-based approach which does not interrupt the learner's productive relationship to society" (Mulholland, p 66). TEE is distinguished from traditional models of leadership training by severa factors, of which the most obvious is the " extension" element. As an extension program, the training is offered at a location near the student's home eliminating the need to spend months or years in preparation at a Bible school or seminary. One of the main visions of the One of the main visions of the TEE model is "to encourage and enable loca eaders to develop their gifts and

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    ministries without leaving..." http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/T539.html Pneumatology Gordon Mission? Deaconess movement? Holiness movement (lagrave) ? Larry vanderwey ? Mali ? Muslims ? D. Pittman? Panikar panikkar ? Samartha ? Zorroastrianism Paul knitter re lib theol H kraemer Hick mythology Cobb re dialogue btw chr & jews T-NOTE: WHAT IS McGavran &b Wagner's Idea of the HOMOGENEOUS UNIT PRINCIPAL ? ...troduction Without a doubt, the homogeneous unit principle is the most controversial of all church growth principles. Donald A McGavran, the founder of the Church Growth Movement began to write on the HUP in 1936 and elaborated it into a fully detailed principle in his book The Bridges of God, published in 1955. Later he founded the Institute of Church Growth, later leading to the establishment of the Fuller Theological Seminary's School of World Mission in Pasadena, CA, which became the center from where his ideas spread throughout the world. published in 1955. Later he founded the Institute of Church Growth, later leading to the establishment of the Fuller Theological Seminary's School of World Mission in Pasadena, CA, which became the center from wh... ...h a section of society (HU) can be a culture or language, a tribe or caste, a clan or geographical unit. The members of a homogeneous unit think of themselves as enjoying a common bond of unity, simultaneously feeling different from other. The term is also frequently used as an adjective, such as in homogeneous unit church, meaning a church characterized by having members of just one social group (1979:64). Thanks to this statement we now know what HU really means. homogeneous unit church, meaning a church characterized by having members of just one social group (1979:64). Thanks to this statement we now know what HU really means. having members of just one social group (1979:64). Thanks to this statement we now know what HU really means. According to McGavran, Homogeneous Unit is a princip... http://www.ediaspora.net/ACB_article3.html T-Note: WHAT IS PROCESS THEOLOGY? "...hod was needed for theology as well. Henry Nelson Wieman and Bernard Meland emerged as the leaders of the effort to understand Christianity in terms of radical empiricism. Wieman defined God as the process of creative interchange discernible in human affairs. This alone, he believed, makes for the growth of human good. human good. He called for trust in that process. He organized students into groups, something like the later human potential growth groups, in order that..." http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=1489 "Ironically, many of the formal points made by women against the male-dominated tradition had

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    already been made by process theologians against classical theology. We had objected to the insistence that God is wholly unaffected by what happens not occurred to us that these attributes were idealized masculine ones! mind and body, of humanity and nature, even of God and world. We had insisted on the interconnectedness and interdependence of all things and on the organic unity of the whole. But we had not connected what we opposed with the dualism of male and female or with particularly masculine habits of thought On issue after issue feminist thought did not require tha..." Chinua achebe 1975) Chinua Achebe was born in Ogidi, Nigeria, the son of a teacher in a missionary school. His parents, though they installed in him many of the values of their traditional Igbo culture, were devout evangelical Protestants and christened him Albert after Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria. In 1944 Achebe attended Government College in Umuahia. Like other major Nigerian writers including Wole Soyinka, Elechi Amadi, John Okigbo, John Pepper Clark, and Cole Omotso, he was also educated at the University College of Ibadan, where he studied English, history and theology. At the university Achebe rejected his British name and took his indigenous name Chinua. In 1953 he graduated with a BA. Before joining the Nigerian Broadcasting Company in Lagos in 1954 he travelled in Africa and America, and worked for a short time as a teacher. In the 1960s he was the director of External Services in charge of the Voice of Nigeria. During the Nigerian Civil War (196770) Achebe was in ... http://kirjasto.sci.fi/achebe.htm Mission paradigms: a) obedience carey, b)liberation, c)king of God verkuyl+glasser, d)covenant conn e) glory of God Piper, f) missionary God bosch Elbon covenant Hardware mission view Mission Principal of indirect rule, not as foreign domination WHAT IS JOHN HICK's CONCEPT of "The REAL"? HOW does this CONFLICT w/ CHRISTIANITY ? "...the lives of its followers.[7] Having rejected naturalism and absolutism, Hick offers his own position--namely that "the great post-axial faiths constitute different ways of experiencing, conceiving and living in relation to an ultimate divine Reality which transcends all our varied visions of it."[8] At the heart of Hick's pluralistic hypothesis is his assertion that an Ultimate Reality, which he calls "the Real" is the ground of all religious experience..." http://wri.leaderu.com/theology/hick.html T-Note: WHAT WAS JOHN HICK's "PLURALISTIC HYPOTHESIS"? DOES THIS CONFLICT w/ CHRISTIANITY ? "...as a result in 1973 Hick called for a paradigm shift in thinking about religion in his book God and the Universe of Faiths. Hick suggested that each of world's religions should be viewed as"different human responses to one divine Reality. . ."[3] The fullest development of Hick's views can be found in An Interpretation of Religion[4] published fifteen years later. In An Interpretation of Religion Hick presents a comprehensive theory that attempts to explain all religious phenomena. Hick refers to his theory as a "pluralistic hypothesis." Hick's hypothesis is that all religions are culturally conditioned responses to the same ultimate reality Hick's hypothesis merits investigation ...." http://wri.leaderu.com/theology/hick.html

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    WHAT IS PAUL KNITTER's VISION FOR LIBERATION THEOLOGY? DOES IT CONFLICT w/ A CHRISTIAN LIBERATION THEOLOGY? "...Liberation theologians enter the hermeneutical circle-the process of trying to interpret and listen to the word of God-with ahermeneutics of suspicion. They suspiciously remind themselves how easilyyes, how unavoidably-interpretations of scripture and own interests at the expense of someone elses. All too often the truth that we propose as Gods will or as divinely revealed is really our own disguised, subconscious will to maintain the status quo or to protect our own control of the situation or our own cultural economic superiority. Such subtle abuse of the living tradition, liberationists tel us, is always a lurking danger, if not a camouflaged fact, in all doctrine. So their first step, as they take up the task of interpreting Gods word, is to be suspicious of and to sniff out, on the basis of their liberative praxis, the ideologies that may be operative in a given Christian context. Ideologized doctrines and practices have first to be detected and revised before Gods voice, in both the tradition..." http://www.servicioskoinonia.org/relat/255e.htm PAUL KNITTER CALLS HIMSELF A "BUDDHIST CHRISTIAN" "...theologians of religions have in recent years begun to recognize how much they not only can but must learn from the theology of liberation. A growing number of First World theologians, in academe and in the churches, feel themselves shaken and challenged by the First World theologians are well aware that their interreligious dialogues have often taken place on mountaintops overlooking favelas and death squads. Thanks to the admonitions and example of liberationist neighbors, theologians engaged in dialogue are realizing that religion that does not address, as a primary concern, the poverty and oppression that infest our world is not authentic religion. Dialogue between inauthentic religions easily becomes a purely mystical pursuit or an interesting pastime affordable only by First World mystics or scholars..." http://www.servicioskoinonia.org/relat/255e.htm 8 Christian Friedrich Schwartz was born in Prussia (i.e., contemporary Poland) in 1726. Ordained in Copenhagen in 1749, he arrived in India in 1750 as a Lutheran missionary. He worked in Tranquebar, Trichinopoly, and Tanjore, India, for forty-eight consecutive years without returning to his native Prussia. While in India, Schwartz learned Tamil, Telugu, Sanskrit, Persian, Hindustani, Marathi, and Portuguese, and he assisted in the Hindustani, Marathi, and Portuguese, and he assisted in the translation of the Bible into Tamil. Not the first Lutheran missionary to India, Schwartz b William Carey: "One of his biographers, F. Dealville Walker, wrote of Carey: "He, with a few contemporaries, was almost singlehanded in conquering the prevailing almost singlehanded in conquering the prevailing indifference and hostility to missionary effort; Carey developed a plan for missions, and printed his amazing ndifference and hostility to missionary effort; Carey developed a plan for missions, and printed his amazing developed a plan for missions, and printed his amazing Enquiry; he influenced timid and hesitating men to take steps to the evangelizing of the world." Another wrote of him, "Taking his life as a whole, it is not too much to say that he was the greatest and most versatile Christian missionary sent out in modern times." ow to reach the world for Christ And he prayed. And he pled. And he plodded. And he persisted. And he preached especially his epoch- producing message, "EXPECT GREAT THINGS FROM GOD.

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    producing message, "EXPECT GREAT THINGS FROM GOD. ATTEMPT GREAT THINGS FOR GOD." The result of that ATTEMPT GREAT THINGS FOR GOD." The result of that message preached at Nottingham, May 30, 1792 and all the other missionary ministries of Carey produced the particular Baptist Missionary Society, formed that Fall at Kettering on October 2, 1792. A subscription was started and, ironically, Carey could not contribute any money toward it except the pledge of the profit from his book,..." edge of the profit from his book, The Enquiry. It was in 1793 that Carey went to India. At first his wife was reluctant to go so Carey set off to go nevertheless, but after two returns from the docks to so Carey set off to go nevertheless, but after two returns from the docks to persuade her again, Dorothy and his children accompanied him. They arrived with a Dr. Thomas at the mouth of the Hooghly in India in November, 1793. There were years of discouragement (no Indian convert for seven years), debt, disease, deterioration of his wife's mind, death, but by the grace of God and by the power of the Word Carey continued and conquered for Christ! and by the power of the Word Carey continued and conquered for Christ..." http://www.wholesomewords.org/missions/biocarey.html Who was Olaf of Norway? Re Olaf of norway baptized as child: "...o, on the district of Trondheim, 200-300 miles from Oslo, on the Atlantic coast, is a small river, Nid, and the village Nidaros close by; there Olaf built his stronghold As mentioned, Olaf was baptized as a child, so he never really learned about the tribal beliefs of his Viking ancestors, and he took his christian religion seriously ancestors, and he took his christian religion seriously. He built a church, St Clement's, at Nidaros and attended mass every day. It grieved him that so many of his countrymen still honored Odin, Thor and the old gods and he became more and more distressed over this and finally decided to put a stop to it. He selected a group of trusted followers and travelled the country proclaiming christ in all parts of the realm, demanding that the people became baptized. However, he met fierce resistance, particularly in the outlying areas; many of the small kings felt betrayed, for they had been promised autonomy, and they all held sacred the traditional beliefs...." http://www.asatru.de/nz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74:the-not-so-saintly-olafof-norway-&catid=4:englisch-articles&Itemid=22 "Via Media, The Middle Way of Measure and Discretion Compared with the tradition Master, Benedict legislates for a monastic life that has rhythm, measure, and discretion. His monks are not overdriven by austerities in fasting and night vigils. They do not own anything personally, but they have enough to night vigils. They do not own anything personally, but they have enough to eat and to drink (even wine when it is available) and to clothe themselves. They work with their hands about six hours a day but they also have leisure for prayerful reading and common prayer. Their sleep is sufficient and they may even take a siesta in summer if needed. The young, the sick, and the may even take a siesta in summer if needed. The young, the sick, and the elderly are cared for with compassion and attention. The abbot, while he directs all aspects of the common life, must seek counsel from the monks; and the Rule makes provision for his limitations and failings. In short, RB arranges for a monastic life in which the monks may seek God in prayer and reading, in silence and work, in service to guests and to one another..." http://www.osb.org/gen/rule.html RULE OF ST. BENEDICT: "The thousands of Christians who are committed to the monastic movement. Many disciples of Jesus followed the Rule in the past and many still do so today. Written in the sixth century the sixth century the monasteries in Europe, so much so that the Church of the early Middle Ages, beginning especially in the ninth century, was characterized as monastic.

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    Benedict, the Author Historians are relatively certain..." http://www.osb.org/gen/rule.html Charlemagne: "Christianity was again transformed and adapted to suit the wishes of a powerful ruler with the ascension of Charlemagne. Charlemagne was an influential proponent in the creation of Christian kingship. Unlike the situation the Church experienced under the Roman Emperors, with the Emperor controlling Church policy and actions, the notion of Christian kingship placed the Church in a powerful position, while not actually dominating the king. Charlemagnes father, Pippen, received the Popes blessing in AD751 to become king of the Franks. This established a very strong connection between the Church and the Carolingian line of Frankish kings. Due to this strong link, the http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/History_of_Christianity/Medieval_Christianity/Development_of_the_Medie val_Church Constantinople: "... The Christian city It has quite lately been established that Constantinople as early as the end of 324 (Centnaire de la socit nationale des antiquaires de France, Paris, 1904, p. 281 sqq.). Nevertheless, the solemn antiquaires de France, Paris, 1904, p. 281 sqq.). Nevertheless, the nauguration of the new city did not occur until 11 May, 330; only after this date did the Court and Government settle permanently in the new capital. It was soon filled with sumptuous edifices like those of Rome; like the latter it was situated on seven with sumptuous edifices like those of hills and divided into fourteen regions; in the matter of privileges also it was similar to Rome. Among the new public buildings were a senate house, forums, a capitol circuses, porticoes, many churches (particularly that of the Holy Apostles destined to be the burial-place of the emperors). The most beautiful statues of antiquity were gathered from various parts of the empire to adorn its public places. In general the other cities of the Roman world were stripped to embellish the "New Rome" destined Christianity do not appear here before the end of the second or the beginning of the third century. In 212 Tertullian commemorates the joy of the Christians at the defeat of Pescennius Niger ( To Scapula 3: "Ccilius Capella in illo exitu Byzantino: Christian gaudete"). About 190, an gaudete"). About 190, an Byzantium, was expelled from the Roman Church ("Phiosophoumena, VIII, xxxv; St Epiphanius, "Adv. Hr., " liv). A probably reliable tradition makes the Byzantine Church a suffragan of Heraclea in Thrace at the beginning of the third century. In the fifth century we meet with a spurious document attributed to a certain Dorotheus Bishop Byzantium was founded by the Apostle St. Andrew, its first bishop being his disciple..." http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04301a.htm Bede the Venerable: 72/3, Northumbria, England Died: May 25, 735, near Newcastle, England Feast day: May 27 The Venerable Bede was the first English church historian. He was a monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Wearmouth (today part of Sunderland) and of its daughter monastery, Saint Paul's, in modern Jarrow Bede is well known as an author and scholar. His most famous work is Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History of the English People) which gained him the title "The father of English History." Bede also wrote on many other topics, from music and metrics to scripture commentaries..." Gregory the Great (re barbarians) Leif Erricson (son of eric the red): the first European to sail to North America. Leif sailed north from the southern tip of Greenland, then went south along the coast of Baffin Island down to Labrador, and then landed in what is now called Newfoundland(which he called Vinland). Ericsson sailed around the

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    year 1000. Ericsson was born in Iceland and was one of the sons of the explorer Eric the Red. Ericsson was probably preceded to Vinland by the Icelandic explorer Bjarni Herjulfsson, who spotted the coast of North America in 985 or 986 when blown off course from Iceland to Greenland(but he did not go ashore). Hearing of Herjulfsson's discovery, Ericsson sailed for North America in the year 1000 with a crew of 35. He landed in what is probably southern Baffin Island (which he called Helluland, meaning the "land of the flat stone"). He then went on the what is now Labrador(which he called Markland, meaning "forest land"). In 1001 they reached Vinland (perhaps the southern tip of Newfoundland), where remains of an ancient Norse settlement have been found). Ericsson and his crew returned to Green land in the spring of 1002. Ericsson later inherited his father's ..." JEDP THEORY: the JEDP Theory?" Answer: In brief, the JEDP theory states that the first five books of the Bible, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, were not written entirely by Moses, who died in 1451 B.C., but also by different authors/compliers after Moses. The theory s based on the fact that different names for God are used in different portions of the Pentateuch, and there are detectable differences in linguistic style. The letters of the Gods name, the author who uses Elohim for Gods name, the author of Deuteronomy, and the priestly author of Leviticus. The JEDP theory goes on to state that the different portions of the Pentateuch were likely compiled in the 4th Century B.C., possibly by Ezra...." http://www.gotquestions.org/JEDP-theory.html SLIPPERY SLOPE: "...(March 2009) In debate or rhetoric, a slippery slope (sometimes misstated as thin edge of the wedge, or the camel's nose) is a classical informal fallacy. A slippery slope argument states that a relatively small first step inevitably leads to a chain of related events culminating in some significant impact, much like an object given a small push over the edge of a slope sliding all the way to the bottom. A slippery slope argument states that a relatively small first step nevitably leads to a chain of related events culminating in some significant impact, much like an object given a small push over the edge[ 1] of a slope sliding all the way to the bottom.[ 1] The fallacious sense of of a slope sliding all the way to the bottom The fallacious sense of"slippery slope" is often used synonymously with continuum fallacy, in that it ignores the possibility of middle ground and assumes a discrete transition from category A to category B. Modern usage avoids the fallacy by acknowledging the possibility of this middle groun" (wiki) Manicheanism: "... Mani was a true Gnostic, as he this sense brought salvation by knowledge. Manichism professed to be a religion of pure reason as opposed to Christian credulity; it professed to explain the origin, the composition, and the future of the universe; it had an answer for everything and despised Christianity, which was full of mysteries. It was utterly unconscious that ts every answer was a mystification or a whimsical invention; in fact, it gained..." http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09591a.htm Bandura: "One of the most important concepts developed by Bandura (1986) is that of reciprocal determinism. From this perspective, a person's behavior is both influenced by and is influencing a person's personal factors and the environment. Bandura accepts the possibility of an individual's behavior being conditioned through the use of consequences (Skinner, 1938). At the same time he recognizes that a person's behavior can impact the environment(Sternberg, 1988). The same is true of the relationship between personal factors such as cognitive skills or attitudes and behavior or the environment. Each can impact and be impacted by the other." Yoder- hy, which Yoder felt failed to take seriously the call or person of Jesus Christ. After showing what he believed to be inconsistencies of Niebuhr's perspective, Yoder attempted to demonstrate by an exegesis of the Gospel of Luke and parts of Paul's letter to the Romans that, in his view, a radical Christian pacifism was the most faithfu approach for the disciple of Christ. Yoder argued that being Christian is a politica standpoint, and Christians ought not ignore that calling The Politics of Jesus

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    was ranked by evangelica publication Christianity Today as the 5th most important Christian book of the 20th century." Emil Brunner: isolation from community." Brunners personalistic understanding of faith determines his understanding of the church and vice versa. Hence the ekklesia bears a double witness to Christ through the Word and through its life Brunner believed that this personalistic, existential notion of truth as encounter was a fruitful -- and biblical -- alternative to the liberalism and subjectivism of Schleiermacher and the intellectualistic objectivism found in traditional Roman Catholicism and orthodox Protestantism. Against the former he posited the once-for-all ( objectivism found in traditional Roman Catholicism and orthodox Protestantism Karl Jaspers: "...modern science and empiricism, Jaspers points out that as we question reality, we confront borders that an empirical (or scientific) method simply cannot transcend. At this point, the ndividual faces a choice: sink into despair and resignation, or take a eap of faith toward what Jaspers calls Transcendence. In making this leap, individuals confront their own limitless freedom, which existence. Transcendence (paired with the term..." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Jaspers Rudolph otto: numinous & sublime, Askesis-form of ascetism, Holy worldliness: Schliermacher-feeling of total dependence on God; Church militant-those still on earth as humans battling against the flesh, the world, , church triumphant-those in heaven, church suffering-those in purgatory Hans Kung-questioned fallibility of pope; believes church authority is wider than catholicism or denominations, Habits of the Heart by Bellah-re american individualism & the lack of connection of most working americans to a sense of higher purpose; Socinianism-only what human reason can deduce ...that Jesus did not pre-exist...Sabellianism- the notion that God exists in 3 modes & periodically manifests himself in one mode or the other but is not three-in-one; patripassianism-that God became His own Son; Docetism- that Jesus was God but not human; Apollinarianism-that Jesus was God bot not fully human; Ebionism-that Jesus was fully human, but not divine; Nestorianism- that Jesus was human & divine but that they were separate aspects of his self, not integrated; Supralapsarianism- aka a form of double predestination, whereby elect & non-elect are pre-chosen & therefore somewhat like puppets, also a form of hyper-calvinism; infralapsarianism-opposite supra; Cappadocian Fathers: spoke in terms of hypostasis (person), balancing the extremes of monarchianism versus arianism Filioque clause-"and the Son..." Parousia-"coming, arrival, presence" "manifest of Christ's presence to all mankind"; Quicunque vult-alternative name for athanasian creed; Martin Bucer-tried to mediate between Luther & Zwingli; Liesch-"People in the Presence of God" re emphasis on music in worship, & worship as an "ongoing act of conversion" Bara(hebrew for creator), Proskuneo-an attitude of submission to God; latreuo-godly service, diakonia-general service "Worldliness of Worship" by White (1967) emphasizes authentic worship must ring true to the human experience; Zwingli- like luther was an opponent of indulgences, zwingli believed in strictly literal interp, no reading btw lines, he started as a catholic but formed the first protest church outside of germany, also zwingli differed w/ luther re eucharist, luther holding to catholic notion of bread & wine becoming the actual body & blood while zwingli said it was merely symbolic, + luther agreed more w/ DH dualism

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    while zwingli emph's mostly divinity of Christ, not humanity Kerygma-proclamation of Christ; Didache-teaching doctrine, Lesslie Newbigin "modelled what it means to contextualize Christian witness...immersion in language & culture..." & "total fact of Christ", "church needs to indwell the biblical narrative" (shenk's summary of newbigin) Alvin Vandergriend re "God Needs Our Prayers";Stepping out of the boat by roseboom? Autocephalous-churches that are "one-headed" but are part of a larger body, I.e serbian-orthodox, romanian-orthodox, etc. Stephen neill, history of Christian missions; william carey (hyper-calvinist?) -english baptist minister/missionary; Paul hiebert-flaw of the excluded middle, Kenneth pike-miss. Anthrop.,; epigraphic-written record ; st. Boniface, missionary to germany, ulfilas -gothic Christian, ; ramon lull (lully?) -sought to convert the moors, founded school in mallorca (majorca); denobili- believed in integrating self to culture to do mission, aimed at higher levels of hindu caste, matteo ricci-preceded nobili, similar style in china, he mastered the language & also was familiar with confucian literature (enculturation/inculturation/soft method); david brainerd-american miss to native americans east coast; max webber-re protestantism & capitalism; david bosch-transforming mission,re issues in christian missions that can be overcome; Peter drucker re management & leadership; frog in the kettle; never a better raconteur (story teller)than Jesus Himself; connectionalism ?;

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    T-NOTE: WHAT IS the MEANING of "BINDING & LOOSING" ? "..binding and loosing have at least two applications. The first(logically) is the authority to declare the terms of forgiveness of sins and thus entrance into the kingdom. This happens through and thus entrance into the kingdom. This happens through preaching the gospel and authoritatively declaring that those who repent and believe the gospel are forgiven and are added to the church. Those who reject the gospel remain in bondage to their sin, are unforgiven, and are outside of the kingdom of God. church. Those who reject the gospel remain in bondage to their sin, are unforgiven, and are outside of the kingdom of God. The second application is that to bind and loose is the authority to declare what is God's mind on a matter of doctrine or practice. This s what the early church did in Acts 15. To "bind" is to obligate, to is what the early church did in Acts 15. To "bind" is to obligate, to"loose" is to remove obligation. The future perfect tense ("shal"loose" is to remove obligation. The future perfect tense ("shall having been bound") shows that this authority is only valid when used in submission to Christ's word or teaching. It does not give the church the authority to make up new teachings later in church history. having been bound") shows that this authority is only valid when used in submission to Christ's word or teaching. It does not give the used in submission to Christ's word or teaching. It does not give the church the authority to make up new teachings later in church..." http://cicministry.org/commentary/worldview0020.htm

    MARK GALLI (CT) SAYS "JESUS IS NOT NICE"


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    http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/septemberweb-only/jesus-is-not-nice.html

    MORE RELIGION & MORE INEQUALITY SEEM TO GO HAND-in-HAND ?


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    Does this confirm the verse "To those w/ more, more will be given..."? Well, that verse is about using your spiritual gifts, but it may be that some (not all) of those who do use their gifts are also gaining more, materially as well . Some poor people, not all, are not using their gifts whatsoever. Just being poor doesn't automatically make a person spiritually superior. http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/septemberweb-only/religioninequality.html

    GROUND ZERO: AMERICA's OWN "GOOD (BAD) FRIDAY" ?


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    http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/september/gospel-ground-zero.html

    *T-Note: HOW DO THE NOETIC EFFECTS OF SALVATION (GRACE) COMPARE TO NOETIC EFFECTS OF SIN? http://chaosandoldnight.wordpress.com/2007/08/08/the-noetic-effects-ofsalvation-in-presuppositional-apologetics/
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    T-Note: HOW DO THE NOETIC EFFECTS OF SALVATION (GRACE) COMPARE TO NOETIC EFFECTS OF SIN? http://chaosandoldnight.wordpress.com/2007/08/08/the-noetic-effects-of-salvation-in-presuppositionalapologetics/

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    *T-NOTE: WHAT IS ISLAMIC "TAQIYYA" & "KITMAN" ? Short: Taqiyya: is an outright lie while Kitman: is lying by omission. Taqiyya ( ,)also spelt Taqiya / Tuqya / Taqqiyah, is known as lying for Islam. While many claim it is only practiced within Shi'
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    T-NOTE: WHAT IS TAQIYYA & KITMAN ? Short: Taqiyya: is an outright lie while Kitman: is lying by omission. Taqiyya ( ,)also spelt Taqiya / Tuqya / Taqqiyah, is known as lying for Islam. While many claim it is only practiced within Shi'ite Islam, it s also mentioned in many Sunni hadith and by many of their Is http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110621115804AA6u6SF

    T-note: WHAT IS THE "5th DISCIPLINE" ? "In his book The Fifth Discipline, Peter Senge details his model of alearning organization, which he defines as an organization that is continually expanding its capacity to create its future. A learning org
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    T-note: WHAT IS THE "5th DISCIPLINE" ? "In his book The Fifth Discipline, Peter Senge details his model of alearning organization, which he defines as an organization that is continually expanding its capacity to create its future. A learning organization excels at both adaptive learningalso known as survival learningand generative learning... http://www.funderstanding.com/v2/resources/the-fifth-discipline/

    T-NOTE: WHAT IS MIMETIC THEORY (MIMESIS)? Preaching Peace was conceived as a hermeneutic tool to help clergy as they preached the gospel from a peacemaking perspective utilizing the mimetic theory. Preaching Peace went online in November 2002 peacem
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    T-NOTE: WHAT IS MIMETIC THEORY (MIMESIS)? Preaching Peace was conceived as a hermeneutic tool to help clergy as they preached the gospel from a peacemaking perspective utilizing the mimetic theory. Preaching Peace went online in November 2002 peacemaking perspective utilizing the mimetic theory. Preaching Peace went online in November 2002 edited by Michael Hardin and Rev. Jeff Krantz (Episcopal). The website has since expanded to include a team of over 12 distinctive writers. We now serve over 10,000 visitors a month In August 2004, Michael and Lorri Hardin developed the first annual Making Peace Conference, a weeklong event focused on a holistic approach to spiritually and practically living in peace (the mimetic theory is prominent). The success of this event, offered since 2005, can be measured by those who return year after year and by the transforming impact it has had in the lives of those who participate. In 2006, The School of Peace Theology was created to provide classes for laity and clergy on various Biblical and theological topics as they related to peacemaking and the mimetic theory. Michael Hardin principal instructor and Lorri Hardin, occasional instructor, are frequent contributors to various church principal instructor and Lorri Hardin, occasional instructor, are frequent contributors to various church groups and Sunday School classes. One of the strengths of the SPT teaching method is to make complicated theological topics accessible to the common person. Our students are of all ages from high school to senior citizens and they come from many diverse Christian traditions. In January 2007, Preaching Peace convened a group consisting of peace scholars, peace pastors and peace activists; the only group of its kind in the United States. Theology and Peace was a huge success and has formed its own Executive Board and website. Also in January 2007, Preaching Peace organized The Nonviolent Atonement Conference, a two-day event, where participants learned a new way of perceiving the death of Jesus from a nonviolent perspective n the light of the mimetic theory. The speakers were well known published scholars in the field. From this Conference, a line of resources has emerged which includes Speaker DVDs, a textbook, Stricken by God?, and the one-day Nonviolent Atonement Seminars. In July 2007, Preaching Peace formed a Board of Directors and was organized as a 501(c)3. This allowed us to begin a whole new level of ministry with the support of faithful, generous i http://www.preachingpeace.org/about/mission/ Also http://www.google.com/m/url?client=ms-android-tmobileus&ei=74hlToDlCKbosQLkqPmhAg&gl=us&hl=en&q=http://www.ravenfoundation.org/about-us/what-ismimetic-theory&source=android-browsergoto&ved=0CCEQFjAD&usg=AFQjCNEInS_NNNE_bEEOk1TA0nd5cGNNnA

    T-note: WHAT ARE the NOETIC EFFECTS OF SIN ? "...Sin has affected our minds and causes our thinking to become futile apart from Christ. This effect of sin upon our minds is known in theology as the noetic effects of sin." http://www.ligonier.org/lea
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    T-note: WHAT ARE the NOETIC EFFECTS OF SIN ? "...Sin has affected our minds and causes our thinking to become futile apart from Christ. This effect of sin upon our minds is known in theology as the noetic effects of sin." http://www.ligonier.org/learn/devotionals/noetic-effects-sin/

    TIM CHAFFEY DEFENDS HIS ARGUMENT THAT JESUS CLEANSED THE TEMPLE TWICE
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    TIM CHAFFEY DEFENDS HIS ARGUMENT THAT JESUS CLEANSED THE TEMPLE TWICE http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2011/08/26/feedback-temple-cleansing? utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AIGDaily+ %28Answers+in+Genesis+Daily+Articles%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

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    (must read) EXCELLENT ARTICLE REFUTING SO-CALLED "CHRISTIAN PHYSICALISTS" BY CALLIE JOUBERT (South Africa)
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    9/2/11 EXCELLENT ARTICLE BY CALLIE JOUBERT REFUTING SO-CALLED "EMERGENTISM" & PERSONS SUCH AS NANCEY MURPHY (FULLER SEM) ...ever since attending Fuller Sem & being unwittingly (albeit
    intentionally so, for nefarious reasons by a duplicitous academic advisor from korea) placed in a class taught by Nancey Murphy
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    which made NO SENSE WHATSOEVER to me (& I was NOT the only one; yet I completed the classwork ...albeit she definitely had profiled me...she had her sights on me from day one, ...there definitely was gossip & social engineering in the works at fuller sem even amongst the faculty...& I was given an F without justification or explanation...but I refused to go to talk to Ms. Murphy because I sensed from day one that there was something definitely wrong with what she was teaching & the way she was teaching (by the way I came from calvin college & a year at calvin seminary & probably further offended Ms Murphy when I wrote, somewhere, prior to this class, that until I arrived at Fuller I had never heard of a Nancey Murphy (she's not in the "canon" around Calvin, that's for sure; which probably infuriates her all the more). The more I listened to Nancey Murphy & read stuff by her or about her the more I realized she was teaching a bunch of absolute gibberish (essentially fraudulent, & yet she was shaping, or misshaping, a lot of young minds). And I wrote a lot in refutation of what she taught, as best as I could get a handle on something that was meaningless & nonsensical (imagine somebody claiming the world is flat today & having to waste your time trying to refute the nonsense, & actually giving such a person a platform for asserting such gibberish). And now, ten years later, on September 2, 2011 (at 12:45am pst) I come across an article that does everything I tried to do, albeit so much better. This article by Joubert is awesome. It articulately defends God as Creator & refutes all the gibberish of so-called "physicalism" or "non-reductive physicalism" & "emergentism" etc. of people such as Nancey Murphy (who really shouldn't be teaching at a Protestant seminary if she believes this; not to mention she comes from a Catholic background ( and there's a LOT about Catholicism that I respect, but not about what she was teaching (which has nothing to do with Catholicism by the way) Why & how she infiltrated Fuller Seminary & got tenure I do not know). I will keep this on file forever to explain to others my response to the frustration & confusion caused by Nancey Murphy (not to mention the fact that I had to re-take the same class, albeit thankfully with a traditional professor, at my expense).

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    Emergentism and the Rejection of Spirit Entities: A Response to Christian Physicalists


    by Callie Joubert August 10, 2011

    Abstract Emergentism comprises two theses: (1) there is no such thing as a pure spiritual mental being because there is nothing that can have a mental property without having a physical property, and (2) whatever mental properties an entity may have, they emerged from, depend on and are determined by matter. For Christian physicalists, the view of
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    the human person in Scripture is accordingly monistic. Underlying this view is an appeal to neuroscience and the evolutionary history of human beings. The aim in this paper is to respond to their claims by taking Genesis 1:2 as the point of departure. The argument is that the Spirits presence and creative activities at the beginning of creation serve as a paradigm for how we are to understand the relationship of the soul/spirit to the body and of the mind to the brain. Logical, epistemological, and ontological objections will show that radical emergentism as an explanatory theory of consciousness, mental states and personal agency is so implausible that it cannot be true. Keywords: agency, body, consciousness, creation, emergence, evolution, free will, mental states, mind, naturalism, person, physicalism, scientism, spirit, soul Introduction According to Peter Corning, There are very few terms in evolutionary theory these daysnot even natural selectionthat can command such an ecumenical following (Corning 2003, p. 1) as emergence. In this he is quite correct. Professor of religion and philosophy Philip Clayton spoke for many emergentists when he said, Emergence is, in my view, a necessary condition for a theological interpretation of the human person, although not a sufficient condition (Clayton 1999, p. 22). I believe that Professor Clayton was spot on when he said that the debate about the human person expresses the crux of the battle between physicalist naturalism and its opponents today (Clayton 1999, p. 24). But what is emergentism? Emergentism is a worldview which comprises the following three key elements: Epistemology (theory of knowledge). What can be tested scientifically can be known. If there are other sources of knowledge, scientific knowledge must be considered as superior to it in kind. In other words, what and how we can know about the world is best determined by scientific methods. The term to express this attitude is scientism. 2. Creation account and the origin of life. What exist are the products of evolutionlaws and processes of nature and
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    chancetherefore objects of nature. The term to express this mental posture is naturalism. According to the evolutionary story of creation, over millions and billions of years there emerged genuinely new and novel qualities from matter, and We can now trace human origins to an extinct common ancestor of both humans and apes, a creature that lived 57 million years ago. Between then and now there have been a variety of hominid species (Murphy 2006a, p. 87). 3. Ontology (view of the nature of reality and the kinds of things that exist). Physical monists hold that all existent entities and those coming to be consist solely of matter. The term that captures this mental posture is known as physicalism. From this worldview follows two claims: (a) there is no such thing as a pure spiritual mental being because there is nothing that can have a mental property without having a physical property, and (b) whatever mental properties an entity may have, they emerged from, depend on, and are determined by matter. The aim in what follows is to refute these claims, by defending the following thesis: If Genesis 1 records the fundamentals of Gods intention for how things of Creation are to function, then Genesis 1:2 presents the paradigm case (most clear example) for how the relationship between spiritual and material realities is to be understood. In Section I, I will briefly focus on the Spirits presence in Genesis 1:2. This serves as background against which three important parallel phenomena to that of the Spirits relation to the earth in Genesis 1:2 will be discussed and make sense. In Section II, I will raise a number of logical, epistemological, and ontological objections to emergentism in the context of an analysis of an important analogy between God and Gods Spirit, and that of human beings and their spirits. Attention will particularly focus on consciousness, mental states, and an agent view of persons. In Section III, I will provide further evidence that the soul is not only different from its body but is also capable of existing without a body. Of importance will be Matthew 10:28 and Pauls argument from creation in 1 Corinthians 15. I will begin by clarifying the position of Christian physicalism first.

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    Christian Physicalism That the concept of emergence gained popularity among Christian physicalists is beyond dispute (cf. Brown and Jeeves 1998; Clayton 1999; Green 2008; Jeeves 2005; Murphy 2006b). They are Christians who wish to harmonize their faith with science, rather than the other way around. For them the concept of emergence is well suited to create a sort of middle view between strong physicalists (ostensibly a position that science demands) and dualists (people who believe that there are also immaterial, spiritual entities in the world, and that matter is not the only reality). The view of Christian physicalists can be stated as follows: The mind, consciousness and mental states are not completely identical to the brain (matter), although it emerges from, is caused by and dependent on the physical processes of the brain which are, in turn, capable of being influenced by the emergent mental phenomena. For Christian philosophers and theologians like professors Ian Barbour, Philip Clayton, and Nancey Murphy, emergentism is completely compatible with their panentheisma view of Gods relation to the world that is also known as naturalistic theism. Professor Clayton is representative in this regard: [T]he last few decades have brought an important new opening for science-based reflection on the nature of God. This opening lies in the ascendance of the concept of emergence, and more recently in the development of the new field of Emergence Studies . . . (Clayton 2004, p. 5) As a theological model, panentheism is responsive to the emergent turn . . . (Clayton 2004, p. 9). In contrast to pantheists who believe that God is all and all is God, and theists who believe that Creation is a product of a personal God and therefore dependent on Him for its continued existence (not vice versa), panentheists believe that God is in the world and the world is in God. Although God is distinct from the world, He is not separate from the world. God has also not created the world out of nothing (cf. Romans 4:17; Colossians 1:1518;Hebrews 11:3); matter coexisted with God.
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    9/2/11 EXCELLENT ARTICLE BY CALLIE JOUBERT REFUTING SOCALLED "EMERGENTISM" & PERSONS SUCH AS NANCEY MURPHY (FULLER SEM)
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    EXCELLENT ARTICLE BY CALLIE JOUBERT REFUTING SO-CALLED "EMERGENTISM" & PERSONS SUCH AS NANCEY MURPHY (FULLER SEM) ...ever since attending Fuller Sem & being unwittingly (albeit intentionally so, for nefarious reasons by a duplicitous academic advisor from korea) placed in a class taught by Nancey Murphy which made NO SENSE WHATSOEVER to me (yet I completed the classwork ...albeit she definitely had pre-profiled me...she had her sights on me from day 1, ...there definitely was gossip & social engineering in the works at fuller sem even amongst the faculty...& I was given an F without justification or explanation...but I refused to go to talk to Ms. Murphy because I sensed from day one that there was something definitely wrong with what she was teaching & the way she was teaching (by the way I came from calvin college & a year at calvin seminary & probably further offended Ms Murphy when I wrote, somewhere, prior to this class, that until I arrived at Fuller I had never heard of a Nancey Murphy (she's not in the "canon" around Calvin, that's for sure; which probably infuriates her all the more). The more I listened to Nancey Murphy & read stuff by her or about her the more I realized she was teaching a bunch of absolute gibberish (essentially fraudulent, & yet she was shaping, or mis-shaping, a lot of young minds). And I wrote a lot in refutation of what she taught, as best as I could get a handle on something that was meaningless & nonsensical (imagine somebody claiming the world is flat today & having to waste your time trying to refute the nonsense, & actually giving such a person a platform for asserting such gibberish). And now, ten years later, on September 2, 2011 (at 12:45am pst) I come across an article that does everything I tried to do, albeit so much better. This article by Joubert is awesome. It articulately defends God as Creator & refutes all the gibberish of so-called "physicalism" or "non-reductive physicalism" & "emergentism" etc. of people such as Nancey Murphy (who really shouldn't be teaching at a Protestant seminary if she believes this; not to mention she comes from a Catholic background. Why & how she infiltrated Fuller Seminary & got tenure I do not know). I will keep this on file forever to explain to others my response to the frustration & confusion caused by Nancey Murphy (not to mention the fact that I had to re-take the same class, albeit thankfully with a traditional professor, at my expense). http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/arj/v4/n1/emergentism-physicalism? utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AIGDaily+ %28Answers+in+Genesis+Daily+Articles%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

    DANA MILBANK SAYS RICK PERRY IS A BIG BAD "THEOCRAT" b/c HE BELIEVES JESUS IS LORD OF ALL
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    DANA MILBANK SAYS RICK PERRY IS A BIG BAD "THEOCRAT" b/c HE BELIEVES JESUS IS LORD OF ALL http://m.newsbusters.org/blogs/ken-shepherd/2011/08/31/wapos-milbank-rick-perrys-theocrat-believingjesus-lord

    1/9/11 INCREDIBLE INTERVIEW, LOUIS ZAMPERINI, CRYSTAL CATHEDRAL


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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PETjKuk7Rw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

    T-Note: WHAT is the PREVENIENCE MODEL of the CHURCH? "...In running the church (or the house church), I seize the initiative. I take charge. I take responsibility for motivation and recruitment, for showing the way, for getting things started. If I d
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    T-Note: WHAT is the PREVENIENCE MODEL of the CHURCH? "...In running the church (or the house church), I seize the initiative. I take charge. I take responsibility for motivation and recruitment, for showing the way, for getting things started. If I don't, things drift. I am aware of the tendency to apathy, the human susceptibility to indolence, and I use my leadership to counter it. is? If it isn't this, what is it?) By contrast, the cure of souls a pastor or leader of a church as an organism) is a cultivated awareness that God has already seized the initiative. The traditional doctrine defining this truth is prevenience: God everywhere and always seizing the initiative. He gets thing going. He had and continues to have the first word Prevenience is the conviction that God has been working diligently, redemptively, and strategically before I app..." http://guymuse.blogspot.com/2010/03/prevenience-model-of-church.html

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    T-NOTE: ENCOURAGING NEWS: CHRISTIAN AMERICAN SOLDIERS SPREADING THE GOSPEL IN AFGHANISTAN http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/2009/05/afghanistan_for.html
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    T-NOTE: ENCOURAGING NEWS: CHRISTIAN AMERICAN SOLDIERS SPREADING THE GOSPEL IN AFGHANISTAN http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/2009/05/afghanistan_for.html

    T-NOTE: DANGER OF DEATH FOR EVANGELIZING IN AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, et.al. http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2010/08/11/deathpenalty-for-evangelism/


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    T-NOTE: DANGER OF DEATH FOR EVANGELIZING IN AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, et.al. http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2010/08/11/death-penalty-for-evangelism/

    THINGS JESUS DIDN'T SAY: BOOK REVIEW (CT)


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    "WIRED" MAG's KEVIN KELLY TALKS TO CT


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    EXCELLENT: WHAT THE WORLD SAYS VERSUS WHAT BIBLE SAYS


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    *T-NOTE: "PREVENIENT GRACE" from an ARMINIAN PERSPECTIVE (which conflicts w/ Calvinism in usual descriptions of the process of salvation, w/ Calvinism being described as saying man can do nothing to save himself, while Arminianism being described as
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    T-NOTE: "PREVENIENT GRACE" from an ARMINIAN PERSPECTIVE (which conflicts w/ Calvinism in usual descriptions of the process of salvation, w/ Calvinism being described as saying man can do nothing to save himself, while Arminianism being described as suggesting man has a limited role in his or her salvation): "...there are many Christian denominations which have this understanding of prevenient grace. Churches which are find statements about the nature of prevenient grace in their doctrinal confessions. The United Methodist Church is one of these Churches (and the one with which the author is most familiar). Article VIII of United Methodism Articles of Religion (also found in the Anglican Articles) speaks about the doctrine of prevenient grace The condition of man after the fall of Adam is s http://www.revneal.org/Writings/on.htm

    T-NOTE: DO U BELIEVE THESE ANSWERS TO THE PARABLE OF THE TENANTS ?

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    T-NOTE: DO U BELIEVE THESE ANSWERS TO THE PARABLE OF THE TENANTS ? http://www.seekerstrove.com/parables/13pb_jsq.html

    T-note: DO U BELIEVE these ANSWERS to the PARABLE of the WINESKIN ?


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    T-note: DO U BELIEVE these ANSWERS to the PARABLE of the WINESKIN ? http://www.seekerstrove.com/parables/03pb_jsq.html

    T-NOTE: DO U BELIEVE THESE ANSWERS TO PARABLE of the VIRGINS?


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    T-NOTE: DO U BELIEVE THESE ANSWERS TO PARABLE of the VIRGINS? http://www.seekerstrove.com/parables/06pb_jsq.html

    T-NOTE: DO U BELIEVE THESE ANSWERS RE PARABLE OF THE MINAS


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    T-NOTE: DO U BELIEVE THESE ANSWERS RE PARABLE OF THE MINAS http://www.seekerstrove.com/parables/08pb_jsq.html

    INSIGHTFUL CT ARTICLE RE AMERICAN PASTORS

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    http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/julyweb-only/mostriskyprofession.html

    T-note: DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MONERGISM & SYNERGISM: "... one point that monergism establishes and synergism in all its forms denies: namely, that sinners are impotent to lift a finger toward their own salvation, but that salvation, from first to last,
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    T-note: DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MONERGISM & SYNERGISM: "... one point that monergism establishes and synergism in all its forms denies: namely, that sinners are impotent to lift a finger toward their own salvation, but that salvation, from first to last, whole and entire is of the Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be all glory for ever; amen Christ, to whom be all glory for ever; amen Remember, divine election, by itself, has never saved anyone. It marks out certain individuals for salvation; it is God's "blueprint" ..." http://www.reformationtheology.com/2011/06/the_critical_difference_betwee.php

    T-NOTE: WHAT DID BARTH BELIEVE re REVELATION? ".. Religion A Work of Law. For Barth all religion, Christianity included, is a completely human work. Because religion is a completely human work. Because religion is a human construction whereby human
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    T-NOTE: WHAT DID BARTH BELIEVE re REVELATION? ".. Religion A Work of Law. For Barth all religion, Christianity included, is a completely human work. Because religion is a completely human work. Because religion is a human construction whereby humanity by its own efforts attempts to commune with the divine it is efforts attempts to commune with the divine it is Unglaube; for Barth, (CD 1/2: 302-3) religion is the contradiction of revelation. That which pleases God is not human religiosity but faith in response to divine revelation; revelation that proceeds only and directly from the triune God(Di Noia, 2000: 249-250). It is clear then why the work on religion is

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    offered within the larger context of the work of the Holy Spirit in context of the work of the Holy Spirit in revelation. Thus even in his early theology one can see this reliance As God reveals himself, he is knowable (Barth, 1990: 328). Any independent attempt to speak of God is futile and doomed as Feurbach noted to the projection to natural desires to a supernatural realm (Hart, 1999: 17, 125-126). Crucial as a backdrop to Barths revelatory theology as it developed is the work of Immanuel Kant and especially the neo-Kantians he studied under at Marburg. For Kant the only basis for knowledge is the Feurbach noted to the projection to natura desires to a supernatural realm (Hart, 1999: 17 125-126). Crucial as a backdrop to Barths revelatory theology as it developed is the work of Immanuel Kant and especially the neo-Kantians he studied under at Marburg. For Kant the only basis for knowledge is the revelatory theology as it developed is the work of Immanuel Kant and especially the neo-Kantians he studied under at Marburg..." http://www.quodlibet.net/articles/gillingham-barth.shtml

    T-NOTE: CHURCH as ongoing LOCUS of REVELATION...dependent upon the Holy Spirit .. http://blackintellectualsandreligion.jkameroncarter.com/? p=855
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    T-NOTE: CHURCH as ongoing LOCUS of REVELATION...dependent upon the Holy Spirit .. http://blackintellectualsandreligion.jkameroncarter.com/?p=855

    T-note: MEANING OF APOTHATIC DEITY "..


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    T-note: MEANING OF APOTHATIC DEITY "... this God is an apothatic deity absolutely inscrutable to the human mind. God then, in Barth..., cognitively ... impregnable (Barth, CD 1/2: 750; Barth, 1991: 9).[1] This http://www.quodlibet.net/articles/gillingham-barth.shtml

    THOU SHALL NOT STEAL but ALSO "NOT TEMPT SB to STEAL" NOR CONTRIBUTE TO CIRCUMSTANCES That would MAKE A PERSON NEED TO STEAL OR FEEL...I.e. thou shall not contribute to tempting a person to "covet"

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    T-note: DID MARY REMAIN A VIRGIN AFTER THE BIRTH OF JESUS (ie "perpetual virgin")? http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2011/05/31/perpetual-virginity-mary? utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed %3A+AIGDaily+%28Answers+in+Genesis+
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    T-note: DID MARY REMAIN A VIRGIN AFTER THE BIRTH OF JESUS (ie "perpetual virgin")? http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2011/05/31/perpetual-virginity-mary? utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AIGDaily+ %28Answers+in+Genesis+Daily+Articles%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

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    T-NOTE : WHAT IS VERBAL PLENARY INSPIRATION? ."Verbal Plenary Inspiration" means "God the Holy Spirit so supernaturally directed the human writers of Scripture that, without waiving their intelligence, their individuality, their personal feelings, th
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    T-NOTE : WHAT IS VERBAL PLENARY INSPIRATION? ."Verbal Plenary Inspiration" means "God the Holy Spirit so supernaturally directed the human writers of Scripture that, without waiving their intelligence, their individuality, their personal feelings, their literary style, or any other human factor of expression, His Complete and Coherent Message to mankind was recorded with perfect accuracy in the

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    original languages of Scripture: the very words bearing the Authority of Divine Authorship." So "Verbal" means, "the Bible in its original languages, from first to last (Autograph), is an exact record of the Mind and Will of God as He intended it to be." So "Plenary" means, "the entire text of the Bible is equally from God, but not necessarily equally-important." So "Inspiration" means, 2Tim3:16's "God-breathed" (theopneustos): just as God breathed into Adam's nostrils AFTER MAKING HIS BODY and that made Adam EXHALE and thus become a living soul, so also God's breathing of the Word into the Scripture writers produce http://www.brainout.net/VPI.htm

    T-Note: WHAT IS HIEROPHANY ?


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    The term "hierophany" (from the Greek roots"" (hieros), meaning "sacred" or "holy," and ""(phainein) meaning "to reveal" or "to bring to light") signifies a manifestation of the sacred. .... More en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierophany Source http://www.google.com/dictionary? q=Hierophanic&sl=en&tl=en&hl=en&sa=X&ei=S07oTf2iGo_rgQfF8bySAQ&ved=0CBkQkQ4

    Fwd: T-Note: WHAT is the INTERNAL FORUM FOR CATHOLIC DECISION MAKING
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    *T-Note: WHAT IS CONNATURAL KNOWLEDGE ?


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    T-Note: WHAT IS CONNATURAL KNOWLEDGE? " The presence of connatural knowledge may be observed in everyday moral experience. In The Range of Reason, Maritain discuses the virtue of fortitude and says that a person may be able to know what the virtue requires without having knowledge of the principles of moral philosophy. He says that a person can possess the virtue in his powers of will and desire, have it embodied within him, and thus be in accordance with it, or co-natured w http://www.google.com/gwt/x?gl=us&client=ms-android-tmobileus&q=connatural+knowledge&hl=en&ei=QUTLTZHoIcmDlwfmzOHAQ&source=m&u=http://www.msmary.edu/inside/academic-departments/philosophy/tollelege/TL2009.final.pdf

    T-NOTE: "SPIRATION" v "INSPIRATION": WHICH SHOULD WE CALL SCRIPTURE ? " McGowan proposes some terminological revision in formulating the doctrine of Scripture. First he suggests that we replace "inspiration" with"spiration". In 2 Timothy 3:16, the ap
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    T-NOTE: "SPIRATION" v "INSPIRATION": WHICH SHOULD WE CALL SCRIPTURE ? " McGowan proposes some terminological revision in formulating the doctrine of Scripture. First he suggests that we replace "inspiration" with"spiration". In 2 Timothy 3:16, the apostle Paul writes, "All Scripture is theopneustos [God-breathed]". McGowan notes that "inspiration" literally means to 'breathe into', while "spiration" more appropriately means 'to breathe out'. 'Spiration' therefore captures Paul's meaning, that al Scripture is the product of God's creative breath. Besides, 'inspired' is often taken to mean 'inspiring' as in Shakespeare's 'inspiring' plays. Scripture is far more than a literary classic. It is God's own Spirit-given Word. I agree then that 'spiration' is a more appropriate designation of Scripture than'inspiration'. But it is a slightly unwieldy term and I can't see catching on outside the world of academic theology. Better I think to say with the NIV that Scripture is 'God-breathed'. Secondly, McGowan posits that'illumination' should be replaced by 'recognition'. He rightly insists that Scripture does not need to be illuminated...." http://exiledpreacher.blogspot.com/2008/07/divine-spiration-of-scripture-by-t-b.html

    *The CROSS & THE SWITCHBLADE PASTOR, DAVE WILKERSON, DIES IN CAR CRASHx
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    http://m.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2011/April/Rev-David-Wilkerson-Killed-in-TX-Car-Crash/

    Tnote: WHO WAS RAMON LULL & WHAT DID HE DO FOR THE MUSLIMS? And what did THE MUSLIMS DO FOR HIM IN RETURN ? "Ramon Lull was born on the Island of Majorca, Spain, in about 1235. He lived a frivolous, wealthy, worldly life until his conversion in his
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    Tnote: WHO WAS RAMON LULL & WHAT DID HE DO FOR THE MUSLIMS? And what did THE MUSLIMS DO FOR HIM IN RETURN ? "Ramon Lull was born on the Island of Majorca, Spain, in about 1235. He lived a frivolous, wealthy, worldly life until his conversion in his late 40s. He spent the last half of his life in intense Christian activity, especially concentrating on missionary work among the Moslems. He was martyred by them in 1316...." http://www.txbobsc.com/xianbios/lull.html

    T-NOTE: WHAT DID RICHARD ROLLE MEAN BY "FIRE OF LOVE" ? "All love truly that ends not in God is sinful and makes the havers evil. Wherefore, loving worldly excellence, they are set on fire with sinful love, and they are further from heavenly heat tha
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    T-NOTE: WHAT DID RICHARD ROLLE MEAN BY "FIRE OF LOVE" ? "All love truly that ends not in God is sinful and makes the havers evil. Wherefore, loving worldly excellence, they are set on fire with sinful love, and they are further from heavenly heat than is the space betwixt the highest heaven and the lowest place of the earth. money. All love truly that ends not in God is sinful and makes the havers evil Wherefore, loving worldly excellence, they are set on fire with sinful love, and they are further from heavenly heat than is the space betwixt the highest heaven and the lowest place of the earth..." http://www.scrollpublishing.com/store/Rolle.html

    5/25/11 DO WE, STILL TODAY, GET A FRESH OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ON PENTECOST ? ,,,I'm wondering..as we journeyed thru Lent ...and celebrated holy week & easter, we, symbolically, entered into the passion of Christ, including the suffering (to a
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    DO WE, STILL TODAY, GET A FRESH OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ON PENTECOST ? ,,,I'm wondering..as we journeyed thru Lent ...and celebrated holy week & easter, we, symbolically, entered into the passion of Christ, including the suffering (to a tiny extent, at least that's what some of the fasting & other aspects of self-denial is supposed to partly represent)..and now as we approach Pentecost I am wondering if God actually is engaged in this "drama" that we re-create every year, and if we actually do receive a fresh influx of the Holy Spirit from God at the time of Pentecost ? It would seem to be the only way for the liturgical year to remain dynamic, vital, & truly meaningful, rather than simply a celebration of something "historical." And I'm inclined to believe it is the former rather than the latter, just as I now believe that the body & blood of Christ that we consume at Eucharist IS THE ACTUAL body & blood of Jesus, not symbolic.

    TEN LINKS re MAY 21,2011 JUDGMENT DAY (RAPTURE)


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    TEN LINKS re MAY 21,2011 JUDGMENT DAY (RAPTURE) http://www.google.com/m/url?client=ms-android-tmobileus&ei=1t3TTbD7JdeKlwfzucAX&gl=us&hl=en&q=http://www.ebiblefellowship.com/outreach/tracts/may21/ &source=android-browser-type&ved=0CBMQFjAA&usg=AFQjCNHsftrm0f5Qz45YzdkOEVfn-iANrQ http://www.google.com/m/url?client=ms-android-tmobileus&ei=1t3TTbD7JdeKlwfzucAX&gl=us&hl=en&q=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/04/may-212011-judgment-day_n_804166.html&source=android-browsertype&ved=0CBoQFjAB&usg=AFQjCNFetk3M7LR19g8xUbiDG8Gl83nYvw http://www.google.com/m/url?client=ms-android-tmobileus&ei=1t3TTbD7JdeKlwfzucAX&gl=us&hl=en&q=http://www.may-212011.com/&source=android-browsertype&ved=0CB0QFjAC&usg=AFQjCNH_hnIHqJO-xaBU7CwIXFb0y8e1fQ http://www.google.com/m/url?client=ms-android-tmobileus&ei=1t3TTbD7JdeKlwfzucAX&gl=us&hl=en&q=http://inthearena.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/17/haroldcamping-prepares-for-judgment-day-may-21-2011/&source=android-browsertype&ved=0CCIQqQIwAw&usg=AFQjCNF5HIrv-aOuP19GxzEGATHOOU5wvw http://www.google.com/m/url?client=ms-android-tmobileus&ei=1t3TTbD7JdeKlwfzucAX&gl=us&hl=en&q=http://judgementday2011.com/&source=androidbrowser-type&ved=0CCYQFjAE&usg=AFQjCNFNtIG8vWU_UIlyoQmFwLnUMfkX3Q

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    http://www.google.com/m/url?client=ms-android-tmobileus&ei=1t3TTbD7JdeKlwfzucAX&gl=us&hl=en&q=http://www.realtruth.org/articles/110514-001prophecy.html&source=android-browser-type&ved=0CCkQFjAF&usg=AFQjCNHi5U53kFd83m2GrqrhAdefT7vIQ http://www.google.com/m/url?client=ms-android-tmobileus&ei=1t3TTbD7JdeKlwfzucAX&gl=us&hl=en&q=http://www.theblaze.com/stories/judgement-day-may21-2011-man-spends-life-savings-proclaming-end-of-days/&source=android-browsertype&ved=0CCwQFjAG&usg=AFQjCNEt8KFil89qxGCfU6f8iWkgT3Zg-Q http://www.google.com/m/url?client=ms-android-tmobileus&ei=1t3TTbD7JdeKlwfzucAX&gl=us&hl=en&q=http://embeddedworks.com/21May2011/&source=androi d-browser-type&ved=0CC8QFjAH&usg=AFQjCNGgXk84eRNcja7TpUaPX64M9s3KMA http://www.google.com/m/url?client=ms-android-tmobileus&ei=1t3TTbD7JdeKlwfzucAX&gl=us&hl=en&q=http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/local_news/judg ment-day-end-of-the-world-20110516-es&source=android-browsertype&ved=0CDYQFjAJ&usg=AFQjCNFnt7APQHi-aKxQNWksWODW-Cb2hg http://www.google.com/m/url?client=ms-android-tmobileus&ei=1t3TTbD7JdeKlwfzucAX&gl=us&hl=en&q=http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/01/03/judgement-daywill-may-21-2011-be-the-end-of-the-world/&source=android-browsertype&ved=0CDkQFjAK&usg=AFQjCNEBf0-2V1E4aeNUgjpLVSUDOzNUzw

    T-note: WHAT IS CONNATURAL KNOWLEDGE? [They apply connatural knowledge to "housemaking" but theologians use it in reference to spirituality...which is my intent as well..but this explains the basic meaning of the term] "Taylor defines the connatural
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    T-note: WHAT IS CONNATURAL KNOWLEDGE? [They apply connatural knowledge to "housemaking" but theologians use it in reference to spirituality...which is my intent as well..but this explains the basic meaning of the term] "Taylor defines the connatural level of poetic knowledge as knowledge that indwells, that changes us from the inside out, that becomes a part of who we are. When we reach connatural knowledge, it changes the disposition of our will and we develop habits of action that are consistent with what we know is true. But that consistent action has passed beyond striving and is internalized t is the point at which you cannot identify how or why you are doing what you do, it is simply part of who you are..." http://www.pelennorfields.com/mystie/2011/poetic-knowledge-and-establishing-household-habits-poetichomemaking/

    T-note: (Best Answer)WHAT IS CONNATURAL KNOWLEDGE? "In virtue of baptism and confirmation, Christ enables all cooperative Christians, to live in
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    him all that he himself lived, including his revelatory gifts of wisdom and knowledge. It is probably a m
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    T-note: (Best Answer)WHAT IS CONNATURAL KNOWLEDGE? "In virtue of baptism and confirmation, Christ enables all cooperative Christians, to live in him all that he himself lived, including his revelatory gifts of wisdom and knowledge. It is probably a mistake to try to separate them and to ascribe specific meanings to each. Together they refer to an experiential, as opposed to a merely intellectual understanding of the Person and purposes of God. They are made possible by the inspirations of the Holy Spirit. As 1 Jn 2:27 assures us: "As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you." In theology this ability is sometimes referred to as connatural knowledge i.e. a grace given affinity with divine things. Just as the bee or carrier pigeon is directed by instinct, and acts with a wonderful certainty which reveals the Divine Intelligence movement of his or her own will, but by the instinct of the Holy Spirit at work within." http://www.ccr.org.uk/archive/gn0505/g02.htm

    BOOK's SHOCKING TITLE HAS SERIOUS SUBJECT: re BAD CHRISTIANS


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    http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/may/goodchristian.html

    CROSS & SWITCHBLADE PASTOR'S LAST BLOGS BEFORE DEATH WERE DARK BUT URGED FAITH
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    http://padresteve.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/the-unexplained-and-tragic-death-of-david-wilkerson/

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    The PROS & CONS OF THE KJV BIBLE ON 400th ANNIVERSARY, BY MARK NOLL
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    http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/may/worldwithoutkjv.html

    ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF POLYGAMY IN ISLAM WAS TO PROTECT ORPHANS, CLAIMS WEBSITE


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    ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF POLYGAMY IN ISLAM WAS TO PROTECT ORPHANS, CLAIMS WEBSITE "Many Christians, Jews and even Muslims do not know that polygamy was allowed in Islam ONLY to take care of the orphans, and not to give a man a second wife for more pleasure. A man may marry the mother of the orphans f he finds it difficult for him to take care of both families (4:3), his and the orphans family separately. Numerous verses implore the responsibility to care for orphans (and how to preserve their money and their rights), widows and the poor. In 107:1-3 it says That is the one who mistreats the orphans. And does not advocate the feeding of the poor. http://www.submission.org/pro-life.html

    EVANGELISM AS SACRAMENT ?
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    http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/april/velcroedhigh.html

    DOES EASTER HAVE SOME PAGAN SYNCRETISM ? CT SAYS NO


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    http://www.christianitytoday.com/ch/bytopic/holidays/easterborrowedholiday.html

    [godnotes] HOW "YESHUA" BECAME "JESUS"


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    HOW "YESHUA" BECAME "JESUS"


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    HOW "YESHUA" BECAME "JESUS"


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    WHAT WERE JESUS' "LAST SEVEN WORDS" (sentences) ?


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    7 Last Words order of service 1st word: Father, forgive them; they do not know what they do. Luke 23:34. 2nd word: This day you will be with me in paradise. Luke 23:43. 3rd word: Woman, behold you son. Son, behold your mother. John 19:26-27. 4th word: My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Matt. 27:46. 5th word: I thirst. John 19:28. 6th word: Father, into your hands I commend my spirit. Luke 23:46. 7th word: It is finished. John 19:30. http://www.jesuitscalifornia.org/page.aspx?pid=904 View this post

    WHAT WERE JESUS' "LAST SEVEN WORDS" (sentences) ?


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    7 Last Words order of service 1st word: Father, forgive them; they do not know what they do. Luke 23:34. 2nd word: This day you will be with me in paradise. Luke 23:43. 3rd word: Woman, behold you son. Son, behold your mother. John 19:26-27. 4th word: My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Matt. 27:46. 5th word: I thirst. John 19:28. 6th word: Father, into your hands I commend my spirit. Luke 23:46. 7th word: It is finished. John 19:30. http://www.jesuitscalifornia.org/page.aspx?pid=904

    * BETRAYED WITH A KISS: NOT JUST ABOUT JUDAS (NEW VID BY VANDER)
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    NEW CHANGES TO CATHOLIC MISSAL NOT PLEASING TO EVERYBODY


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    http://mobile.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/us/12mass.xml

    JACOBIVICHI SUGGESTS HE MAY HAVE FOUND 2 NAILS USED IN JESUS' CRUCIFIXION


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    (This is the same fellow who said he may have found the tomb of Jesus? ) http://m.timesofindia.com/world/middle-east/Film-claims-discovery-of-nails-from-Jesusscross/articleshow/7963629.cms

    POTENTIAL MAJOR BIBLICAL DISCOVERY


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    http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110330/ts_yblog_thelookout/could-lead-codices-prove-themajor-discovery-of-christianhistory;_ylt=AorIi5WMWq_CJD4nXRyQ5D2GXMZ_;_ylu=X3oDMTRtcGtpbTFkBGFzc2V0A3libG9nX3Ro ZWxvb2tvdXQvMjAxMTAzMzAvY291bGQtbGVhZC1jb2RpY2VzLXByb3ZlLXRoZS1tYWpvci1kaXNjb3Zlc nktb2YtY2hyaXN0aWFuLWhpc3RvcnkEcG9zAzM2BHNlYwN5bl9leHRlbmRlZF9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2 xrA2Z1bGxuYnNwc3Rvcg--

    AFTER ALL THE FUSS, PASTOR JONES BURNS THE KORAN AFTERALL
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    http://mobile.nytimes.com/2011/04/02/us/politics/02burn.xml

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    (Liberal media hyping this) "RELIGIOUS" PEOPLE FATTER ? (PROBABLY TO CONTROL LIBIDO)
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    http://slatest.slate.com/id/2289388/?wpisrc=newsletter_slatest

    COPTIC EVANGELICALS v COPTIC ORTHODOX: IN EGYPT


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    http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/februaryweb-only/egyptevangelicals.html

    Ha ha: HOW TO BECOME AN ATHEIST


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    http://www.livingwaters.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=2730&Itemid=274&lang=en

    HOW DID MARY MAGDALENE BECOME SO MISUNDERSTOOD?


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    "..characters in the New Testament have been so sorely miscast as Mary Magdalene, whose reputation as a fallen woman originated not in the Bible but in a sixth-century sermon by Pope Gregory the Great. Not only is she misidentified as the repentant fallen prostitute of legend, meditating and levitating in a cave but she was not necessarily even a notable sinner: Being possessed by "seven demons" that were exorcised by Jesus, she was arguably more victim than sinner And the idea, popularized by The Da Vinci Code, that Mary was Jesus' wife and bore his child, while not totally disprovable, is the longest of long shots[ 58] Richard Covington, U.S. News and World Report[ 58] Since the late 6th century, Mary

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    Magdalene has been identified in the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church as an adulteress and repentant prostitute. Pope Gregory the Great made a speech n 591 where he seemed to combine the actions of three women mentioned in the New Testament and also identified an unnamed woman as Mary[ 48] Magdalene.[ 48] In 1969 the Vatican, without Magdalene In 1969 the Vatican, without[ 59] commenting on Pope Gregory's reasoning,[ 59] mplicitly rejected it by separating Luke's... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Magdalene

    WAS MARY MAGDALENE the "BELOVED DISCIPLE" ?


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    "Raymond E. Brown suggests that in order to make this claim and maintain consistency with scriptures Mary's separate existence in the two common scenes with the[ Jn 19:25-27] [ 20:1-11] Beloved Disciple[ Jn 19:25-27] [ 20:1-11] were later Beloved Disciple were later modifications, hastily done to authorize the gospel in the ate 2nd century. Both scenes have inconsistencies both nternally and in reference to the synoptic Gospels possibly coming from rough editing to make Mary Magdalene and the Beloved Disciple appear as different[ 47] persons.[ 47] persons. Ann Graham Brock summa..." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Magdalene

    POPE RE-AFFIRMS THAT JEWS AS A WHOLE R NOT GUILTY 4 JESUS' DEATH


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    http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/marchweb-only/popepointsfinger.html

    50th ANNIVERSARY of the "GENESIS FLOOD"


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    http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2011/02/20/flood-of-memories? utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AIGDaily+ %28Answers+in+Genesis+Daily+Articles%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

    MARKS OF A HEALTHY MISSIONal CHURCH


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    http://spurgeon.wordpress.com/2011/02/09/the-marks-of-a-healthy-missional-church/

    A DUTCHMAN PRAISES CHRISTIAN CONTENT MOVIE AWARDS


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    Helmut Schleppi, director of the award-winning "Christmas with a Capital C," a television movie about a town's battle to save its public- square Nativity scene, but more importantly, about saving the Christfollowing spirit of the holiday, expressed words on stage that are a testimony to the work of Movieguide and other Christians in Hollywood"I'm from Holland, where this movie would never even have been made, let alone win a prize," Schleppi said. "You should be proud of your country." your country." http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=265833

    MOVIEGUIDE MOVIE AWARDS EMPHASIZES CHRISTIAN CONTENT, POSITIVE THEMES


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    http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=265833

    MARKETING OUR FAITH: RIGHT OR WRONG


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    http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/februaryweb-only/superbowlevangelism.html

    METAPHORS FOR CHRISTIAN LIVING


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    http://www.google.com/reader/i/?source=mog&gl=us#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F %2Fspurgeon.wordpress.com%2Ffeed%2F

    IS THE LEFT DEMON-POSSESSED ?


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    http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/a-case-of-possession/

    Re USE OF BAD WORDS, OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE


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    The NOT-so-SIMPLE MOVEMENT OF AN INDEX FINGER POINTS TO A GREAT GOD


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    *(Very disturbing) Re MAN WHO MURDERED MISSIONARY & HIS 2 SONS BY BURNING THEM ALIVE (India)
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    Re MAN WHO MURDERED MISSIONARY & HIS 2 SONS BY BURNING THEM ALIVE (India) ... This sounds horrendous ...these missionaries are martyrs... why did they kill the kids too ? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12247916

    ReMLK's USE of SCRIPTURE


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    12/27/10 FATHER FRANK HICKS MENTIONED HIS PREVIOUS CAREER AS "CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR" @ MIDNIGHT MASS
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    FATHER FRANK HICKS MENTIONED HIS PREVIOUS CAREER AS "CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR" @ MIDNIGHT MASS ...On Christmas eve midnight mass service @ St. Basil. He also mentioned driving a motorcycle. This is also mentioned on the St. Basil website, or was the last time I checked. I think it actually talks about Frank working for a government immigration agency or the border patrol, and a few other things, including that he drives a Harley Davidson and attended seminary after retiring from his governmental career (once, I wrote jokingly on the memo line of an offering check, "For Frank's Harley"). Interesting how different priests arrived at their calling in life, some earlier, some later, assuming it is a calling for each of them, and not just a job. Frank can really bellow out the songs during mass. He has a loud voice, plus the microphone and when he is singing, it booms outward. God bless you Frank. Keep up the good work. L.A. is a different "animal" in terms of doing ministry and living here. I think all of us who grew up in the east feel the constraints.

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    12/27/10 "WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS ?" By VANDER


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    3rd Day of Christmas: Often times as Christians [or people of other faith or even no faith ] when something bad happens we cry out as Christians to God saying "What have I done to deserve this ?" People of other faiths say the same thing to their supreme being, while those of no faith may blame other people or the government (for some, the govt is their "supreme being" not to be challenged) or whatever structure or organization they rely upon . But when times are good and things go well do we first give the glory to God or do we say or think "Its because I EARNED it...thru hard work" Or "I deserve it b/c I'm a little better than others." Thats the problem. We have earned nothing, nor are we better than anyone else. If we have a job and are given the opportunity to work its a gift for which to be thankful. We deserve NOTHING, but are given MUCH & only because of the goodness of God. Is it too much to say thanks ? And to do likewise to others ? And if we have more gifts, talents, skills, beauty, money, or other blessings than others, is it something to gloat about or something for which to be ALL the MORE THANKFUL and to become even MORE GIVING & GRACIOUS towards others? JVK

    JESUS' COMING: D-DAY & V-DAY


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    NY TIMES ASKS PEOPLE ABOUT HOW (OR HOW THEY DON'T) CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS
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    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/25/us/25beliefs.html?_r=1&src=twrhp

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    CHRISTMAS QUOTE OF the YEAR: "I'm FINE with JESUS. Its HIS ELVES that can be a little annoying.."
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    CHRISTMAS QUOTE OF the YEAR: "I'm FINE with JESUS. Its HIS ELVES that can be a little annoying.."

    *12/25/10 WHAT THE CHRISTMAS TREE MEANS TO ME !


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    12/25/10 WHAT THE CHRISTMAS TREE MEANS TO ME ! Every year people put up a Christmas tree, mostly without thinking much of it ..and at the same time you read some naysayers talking about how the Christmas tree has pagan roots, and that there's "no Christmas tree in the Bible.." etc. ..so I started to think & think about what the tree symbolizes inside the church next to the nativity scene and it just struck me tonight at midnight mass on Christmas Eve 2010 . The tree with all the lights and the star is a dead tree (the cross) coming back to life ! It symbolizes life over death and fruits of the Spirit, and not just about Jesus & the cross but about all of us who need new life in Christ in order to be a shining light & bear fruit ! The tree complements the cradle...its the light at the end of the tunnel, its life & light ! The Christmas tree is a great symbol of hope ! Its what comes AFTER the cross. In fact, it could be as meaningful as the cross itself if we look at it in the right way. Jesus had victory over the cross, a dead piece of wood on which his dead body hung (temporarily). The true glory comes in the resurrection and for me, that's what I see in the TREE ! Vander

    12/14/10 CONVERSATION btw G. BUSH & JIM DALY


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    This was a fascinating conversation between George Bush & I believe it was Jim Daly from Focus on Family in Colorado Springs. I knew Bush was pro-life & a Christian but never heard him specifically mention "Christ" as he does here, and he also comes across very well-balanced, emotionally, even humble, and specifically interjects that he doesn't believe Christians should think of themselves as better

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    than others. That's something Christians need to be reminded of constantly. If you listen and appreciate it, don't thank me, thank Focus On the Family or send them a contribution. This recording was made using Livo Recorder Pro for Android. Recorded on: 12/14/10 9:05p Duration: 20:50

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    UNDERSTANDING HANDEL's "MESSIAH": a REVIEW OF CALVIN STAPERT's BOOK


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