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BY DAVID ROEDER AND FRANCINE KNOWLES Business Reporters January 10, 2013 8:19AM
The Jewel-Osco Store at State and Roosevelt after SuperValu announced that it's selling Jewel-Osco and four other grocery stores to AB Acquisition in a transaction valued at $3.3 billion, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. | John H. White~Sun-Times
Updated: February 12, 2013 2:29PM
Will the Jewel-Osco stores survive intact?
With more than 170 stores and market leadership in Chicago, Jewel-Osco may be the strongest of the five grocery chains whose owner, Supervalu Inc., sold them for $3.3 billion. The sale, announced Thursday, also involves Albertsons, Acme, Shaw's and Star Market stores and connected pharmacies that use the names Osco and Sav-on.
The group taking them over is led by Cerberus Capital Management LP, a buyout firm that formerly owned the automaker Chrysler. Their partners in the deal are steeped in real estate knowledge, leading to speculation that the stores will be closed or sold to maximize profits.
"Because of the real estate angle here, they could be looking at this as an asset play" and not a commitment to operate the stores, said Bob Goldin, executive vice president at Technomic, a Chicago-based food industry consultancy. He said the Jewel stores "need tender loving care and I hope that's what they'll do, but that's not often in the playbook of private equity."
However, a source close to the acquisition said Jewel will become a stronger competitor once freed from the Supervalu connection. Jewel has to buy its wholesale goods from Supervalu and now can shop for better deals that will reduce prices at the checkout counter, the source said.
"Jewel's problems are not the competition. In Chicago, you'll always have competition. Their problem is pricing," he said.
Though not the dominator it once was, Jewel still has the leading market share in Chicago at about 30 percent. Longtime rival Dominick's used to be a close second, but now has only about 9 percent of the market, said retail consultant John Melaniphy, president of Melaniphy & Associates Inc.
"Jewel has been under pressure but it's still in the catbird seat. With the economy getting better, its sales should rise," Melaniphy said.
Joining Cerberus were Kimco Realty Corp., Chicago-based Klaff Realty LP, Lubert-Adler Partners and Schottenstein Real Estate Group. It was essentially the same group that in 2006 acquired Albertsons stores in cooperation with Supervalu, which took over other Albertsons locations.
The Cerberus partnership worked selectively in that deal, selling out of markets such as northern California where Albertsons was weak while remaining strong in others, such as Arizona and Texas. The 2006 sale could be a template for how the operators approach Jewel.
The latest sale involves 877 stores across the country. The Cerberus group paid just $100 million in cash. The rest of the valuation comes from its assumption of $3.2 billion in debt.
"They're buying it real cheap," Melaniphy said. But he added that increasing sales will be tough.
Jewel occupies a tenuous middle ground between high-end stores such as Trader Joe's that stress quality, service and appearance and warehouse-style discounters such as Aldi. Many independent chains with ethnic appeal or an emphasis on quality produce also have sprouted.
Supervalu is publicly traded and based in Eden Prairie, Minn. After the sale of Jewel and the others in this deal, Supervalu will consist of a food wholesaler, regional chains Cub, Farm Fresh, Shoppers, Shop 'n Save and Hornbacher's and discount chain Save-A-Lot. Also, the Cerberus group has the right to acquire up to 19.9 percent of Supervalu stock at $4 per share.
The shares closed Thursday at $3.47, up 43 cents or 14 percent on the day. They have steadily lost value in recent years and have spent most of the last six months at less than $3 each.
For investors who bought Supervalu at the recent low prices, getting out at $4 a share is advisable, said Morningstar Inc. analyst Michael Keara. Almost overlooked because of the sale was Supervalu's release of its fiscal third-quarter earnings, which featured declines in sales "across the board," Keara said.
It reported a profit of $16 million, or 8 cents per share, including a $26 million after-tax gain related to a cash settlement received from credit card companies.
That compared with a net loss of $750 million, $3.54 a share, for the same period in fiscal 2012.
But the key figure was its net sales, down 4.8 percent to $7.9 billion. Retail food net sales were $4.96 billion, down 7.4 percent.
Supervalu said grocery retail veteran Sam Duncan will replace CEO and Chairman Wayne Sales after the sale.
In a conference call with analysts, Sales said the deal positions Jewel-Osco and the other store brands "with the best opportunity for future success," enabling the new owners to quickly implement turnaround programs.
He said the deal will leave what's left of Supervalu with a strong balance sheet enabling it to immediately invest in price, freshness and the customer experience, while bringing "to the party a very strong and experienced retail food leadership team. They have a very clear strategic plan to begin to implement changes immediately in the organization."
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I prefer to not eat raw fish if I don't see it killed or kill it myself.
With the way sushi is often not labeled, I have to stay away from most of it due to a shellfish allergy. I will occasionally eat it though if I know it is shellfish free or if it is a veggie version.
curtisuxor wrote:I prefer to not eat raw fish if I don't see it killed or kill it myself.
Yes but do you prefer sushi?
sushi is fine, sashimi is icky.
I prefer someone else is buying, I'm cheap.
Sushi or Sashimi, I'm game!
deadeye37 wrote:Sushi or Sashimi, I'm game!
This was the option I was hoping for!
Don't like bitter seaweed. Don't like sugary rice. Raw fish is great with the right sauce.
I prefer maki. An occasional piece of sushi is ok, but the rolls are tastier.
I don't eat bait!
DarthTagnan wrote:This was the option I was hoping for!
Me too! I had some for my dinner last night. It's time for us guys to go out again for a Sushi Boat.
Why did you not offer a choice of "Only if it is fried well-done"?
I crave sushi more than any other kind of food. Why couldn't I crave something cheaper & healthier like apples?
thumbs up to fish in any fashion except pickled!
djcro wrote:thumbs up to fish in any fashion except pickled!
Funny story there. The origin of sushi was to preserve fish by packing it in the fermenting rice to pickle it. The real question shouldn't be... Sushi?... it should be how much wasabi can you stand!!!
But...but I love pickled herring!
Tried it once and that was more then enough.
I find it hilarious that I said "Yes, Please!" in my head before reading the poll options.
Moueska wrote:I find it hilarious that I said "Yes, Please!" in my head before reading the poll options.
yuss! i did, too! this pleases me.
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The apostle's hope and desire of heavenly glory. (1-8) This excited to diligence. The reasons of his being affected with zeal for the Corinthians. (9-15) The necessity of regeneration, and of reconciliation with God through Christ. (16-21)
Verses 1-8 The believer not only is well assured by faith that there is another and a happy life after this is ended, but he has good hope, through grace, of heaven as a dwelling-place, a resting-place, a hiding-place. In our Father's house there are many mansions, whose Builder and Maker is God. The happiness of the future state is what God has prepared for those that love him: everlasting habitations, not like the earthly tabernacles, the poor cottages of clay, in which our souls now dwell; that are mouldering and decaying, whose foundations are in the dust. The body of flesh is a heavy burden, the calamities of life are a heavy load. But believers groan, being burdened with a body of sin, and because of the many corruptions remaining and raging within them. Death will strip us of the clothing of flesh, and all the comforts of life, as well as end all our troubles here below. But believing souls shall be clothed with garments of praise, with robes of righteousness and glory. The present graces and comforts of the Spirit are earnests of everlasting grace and comfort. And though God is with us here, by his Spirit, and in his ordinances, yet we are not with him as we hope to be. Faith is for this world, and sight is for the other world. It is our duty, and it will be our interest, to walk by faith, till we live by sight. This shows clearly the happiness to be enjoyed by the souls of believers when absent from the body, and where Jesus makes known his glorious presence. We are related to the body and to the Lord; each claims a part in us. But how much more powerfully the Lord pleads for having the soul of the believer closely united with himself! Thou art one of the souls I have loved and chosen; one of those given to me. What is death, as an object of fear, compared with being absent from the Lord!
Verses 9-15 The apostle quickens himself and others to acts of duty. Well-grounded hopes of heaven will not encourage sloth and sinful security. Let all consider the judgment to come, which is called, The terror of the Lord. Knowing what terrible vengeance the Lord would execute upon the workers of iniquity, the apostle and his brethren used every argument and persuasion, to lead men to believe in the Lord Jesus, and to act as his disciples. Their zeal and diligence were for the glory of God and the good of the church. Christ's love to us will have a like effect upon us, if duly considered and rightly judged. All were lost and undone, dead and ruined, slaves to sin, having no power to deliver themselves, and must have remained thus miserable for ever, if Christ had not died. We should not make ourselves, but Christ, the end of our living and actions. A Christian's life should be devoted to Christ. Alas, how many show the worthlessness of their professed faith and love, by living to themselves and to the world!
Verses 16-21 The renewed man acts upon new principles, by new rules, with new ends, and in new company. The believer is created anew; his heart is not merely set right, but a new heart is given him. He is the workmanship of God, created in Christ Jesus unto good works. Though the same as a man, he is changed in his character and conduct. These words must and do mean more than an outward reformation. The man who formerly saw no beauty in the Saviour that he should desire him, now loves him above all things. The heart of the unregenerate is filled with enmity against God, and God is justly offended with him. Yet there may be reconciliation. Our offended God has reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ. By the inspiration of God, the Scriptures were written, which are the word of reconciliation; showing that peace has been made by the cross, and how we may be interested therein. Though God cannot lose by the quarrel, nor gain by the peace, yet he beseeches sinners to lay aside their enmity, and accept the salvation he offers. Christ knew no sin. He was made Sin; not a sinner, but Sin, a Sin-offering, a Sacrifice for sin. The end and design of all this was, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him, might be justified freely by the grace of God through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus. Can any lose, labour, or suffer too much for Him, who gave his beloved Son to be the Sacrifice for their sins, that they might be made the righteousness of God in him?
2 Corinthians 5:1-21 . THE HOPE ( 2 Corinthians 4:17 2 Corinthians 4:18 ) OF ETERNAL GLORY IN THE RESURRECTION BODY.
Hence arises his ambition to be accepted at the Lord's coming judgment. Hence, too, his endeavor to deal openly with men, as with God, in preaching; thus giving the Corinthians whereof to boast concerning him against his adversaries. His constraining motive is the transforming love of Christ, by whom God has wrought reconciliation between Himself and men, and has committed to the apostle the ministry of reconciliation.
1. For--Assigning the reason for the statement ( 2 Corinthians 4:17 ), that affliction leads to exceeding glory.
we know--assuredly ( 2 Corinthians 4:14 , Job 19:25 ).
if--For all shall not die; many shall be "changed" without "dissolution" ( 1 Corinthians 15:51-53 ). If this daily delivering unto death ( 2 Corinthians 3:11 ) should end in actual death.
earthly--not the same as earthy ( 1 Corinthians 15:47 ). It stands in contrast to "in the heavens."
house of this tabernacle--rather, "house of the tabernacle." "House" expresses more permanency than belongs to the body; therefore the qualification, "of the tabernacle" (implying that it is shifting, not stationary), is added (compare Job 4:19 , 2 Peter 1:13 2 Peter 1:14 ). It thus answers to the tabernacle in the wilderness. Its wooden frame and curtains wore out in course of time when Israel dwelt in Canaan, and a fixed temple was substituted for it. The temple and the tabernacle in all essentials were one; there was the same ark, the same cloud of glory. Such is the relation between the "earthly" body and the resurrection body. The Holy Spirit is enshrined in the believer's body as in a sanctuary ( 1 Corinthians 3:16 ). As the ark went first in taking down the wilderness tabernacle, so the soul (which like the ark is sprinkled with blood of atonement, and is the sacred deposit in the inmost shrine, 2 Timothy 1:12 ) in the dissolution of the body; next the coverings were removed, answering to the flesh; lastly, the framework and boards, answering to the bones, which are last to give way ( Numbers 4:1-49 ). Paul, as a tent-maker, uses an image taken from his trade ( Acts 18:3 ).
dissolved--a mild word for death, in the case of believers.
we have--in assured prospect of possession, as certain as if it were in our hands, laid up "in the heavens" for us. The tense is present (compare John 3:36 , 6:47 , "hath").
a building of God--rather "from God." A solid building, not a temporary tabernacle or tent. "Our" body stands in contrast to "from God." For though our present body be also from God, yet it is not fresh and perfect from His hands, as our resurrection body shall be.
not made with hands--contrasted with houses erected by man's hands ( 1 Corinthians 15:44-49 ). So Christ's body is designated, as contrasted with the tabernacle reared by Moses ( 14:58 , Hebrews 9:11 ). This "house" can only be the resurrection body, in contrast to the "earthly house of the tabernacle," our present body. The intermediate state is not directly taken into account. A comma should separate "eternal," and "in the heavens."
2. For in this--Greek, "For also in this"; "herein" ( 2 Corinthians 8:10 ). ALFORD takes it, "in this" tabernacle. 2 Corinthians 5:4 , which seems parallel, favors this. But the parallelism is sufficiently exact by making "in this we groan" refer generally to what was just said ( 2 Corinthians 5:1 ), namely, that we cannot obtain our "house in the heavens" except our "earthly tabernacle" be first dissolved by death.
we groan--( Romans 8:23 ) under the body's weaknesses now and liability to death.
earnestly desiring to be clothed upon--translate, "earnestly longing to have ourselves clothed upon," &c., namely, by being found alive at Christ's coming, and so to escape dissolution by death ( 2 Corinthians 5:1 2 Corinthians 5:4 ), and to have our heavenly body put on over the earthly. The groans of the saints prove the existence of the longing desire for the heavenly glory, a desire which cannot be planted by God within us in vain, as doomed to disappointment.
our house--different Greek from that in 2 Corinthians 5:1 ; translate, "our habitation," "our domicile"; it has a more distinct reference to the inhabitant than the general term "house" ( 2 Corinthians 5:1 ) [BENGEL].
from heaven--This domicile is "from heaven" in its origin, and is to be brought to us by the Lord at His coming again "from heaven" ( 1 Thessalonians 4:16 ). Therefore this "habitation" or "domicile" is not heaven itself.
3. If so be, &c.--Our "desire" holds good, should the Lord's coming find us alive. Translate, "If so be that having ourselves clothed (with our natural body, compare 2 Corinthians 5:4 ) we shall not be found naked (stripped of our present body)."
4. For--resuming 2 Corinthians 5:2 .
being burdened: not for that--rather, "in that we desire not to have ourselves unclothed (of our present body), but clothed upon (with our heavenly body).
that mortality, &c.--rather, "that what is mortal (our mortal part) may be swallowed up of (absorbed and transformed into) life." Believers shrink from, not the consequences, but the mere act of dying; especially as believing in the possibility of their being found alive at the Lord's coming ( 1 Thessalonians 4:15 ), and so of having their mortal body absorbed into the immortal without death. Faith does not divest us of all natural feeling, but subordinates it to higher feeling. Scripture gives no sanction to the contempt for the body expressed by philosophers.
5. wrought us--framed us by redemption, justification, and sanctification.
for the selfsame thing--"unto" it; namely, unto what is mortal of us being swallowed up in life ( 2 Corinthians 5:4 ).
who also--The oldest manuscripts omit "also."
earnest of the (as "the first-fruits") who creates in us the groaning desire for our coming deliverance and glory ( Romans 8:23 ).
6. Translate as Greek, "Being therefore always confident and knowing," &c. He had intended to have made the verb to this nominative, "we are willing" (rather, "well content"), but digressing on the word "confident" ( 2 Corinthians 5:6 2 Corinthians 5:7 ), he resumes the word in a different form, namely, as an assertion: "We are confident and well content." "Being confident . . . we are confident" may be the Hebraic idiom of emphasis; as Acts 7:34 , Greek, "Having seen, I have seen," that is, I have surely seen.
always--under all trials. BENGEL makes the contrast between "always confident" and "confident" especially at the prospect of being "absent from the body." We are confident as well at all times, as also most of all in the hope of a blessed departure.
whilst . . . at home . . . absent--Translate as Greek, "While we sojourn in our home in the body, we are away from our home in the Lord." The image from a "house" is retained (compare Philippians 3:20 , Hebrews 11:13-16 , 13:14 ).
7. we walk--in our Christian course here on earth.
not by sight--Greek, "not by appearance." Our life is governed by faith in our immortal hope; not by the outward specious appearance of present things [TITTMANN, Greek Synonyms of the New Testament]. Compare "apparently," the Septuagint, "by appearance," Numbers 12:8 . WAHL supports English Version. 2 Corinthians 4:18 also confirms it (compare Romans 8:24 , 1 Corinthians 13:12 1 Corinthians 13:13 ). God has appointed in this life faith for our great duty, and in the next, vision for our reward [SOUTH] ( 1 Peter 1:8 ).
8. willing--literally, "well content." Translate also, "To go (literally, migrate) from our home in the body, and to come to our home with the Lord." We should prefer to be found alive at the Lord's coming, and to be clothed upon with our heavenly body ( 2 Corinthians 5:2-4 ). But feeling, as we do, the sojourn in the body to be a separation from our true home "with the Lord," we prefer even dissolution by death, so that in the intermediate disembodied state we may go to be "with the Lord" ( Philippians 1:23 ). "To be with Christ" (the disembodied state) is distinguished from Christ's coming to take us to be with Him in soul and body ( 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17 , "with the Lord"). Perhaps the disembodied spirits of believers have fulness of communion with Christ unseen; but not the mutual recognition of one another, until clothed with their visible bodies at the resurrection (compare 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 ), when they shall with joy recognize Christ's image in each other perfect.
9. Wherefore--with such a sure "confidence" of being blessed, whether we die before, or be found alive at Christ's coming.
we labour--literally, "make it our ambition"; the only lawful ambition.
whether present or absent--whether we be found at His coming present in the body, or absent from it.
accepted--Greek, "well-pleasing."
10. appear--rather, "be made manifest," namely, in our true character. So "appear," Greek, "be manifested" ( Colossians 3:4 ; compare 1 Corinthians 4:5 ). We are at all times, even now, manifest to God; then we shall be so to the assembled intelligent universe and to ourselves: for the judgment shall be not only in order to assign the everlasting portion to each, but to vindicate God's righteousness, so that it shall be manifest to all His creatures, and even to the conscience of the sinner himself.
receive--His reward of grace proportioned to "the things done," &c. ( 2 Corinthians 9:6-9 2 John 1:8 ). Though salvation be of grace purely, independent of works, the saved may have a greater or less reward, according as he lives to, and labors for, Christ more or less. Hence there is scope for the holy "ambition" Hebrews 6:10 ). This verse guards against the Corinthians supposing that all share in the house "from heaven" ( 2 Corinthians 5:1 2 Corinthians 5:2 ). There shall be a searching judgment which shall sever the bad from the good, according to their respective,deeds, the motive of the deeds being taken into account, not the mere external act; faith and love to God are the sole motives recognized by God as sound and good ( Matthew 12:36 Matthew 12:37 , 25:35-45 ),
done in his body--The Greek may be, "by the instrumentality of the body"; but English Version is legitimate (compare Greek, Romans 2:27 ). Justice requires that substantially the same body which has been the instrument of the unbelievers' sin, should be the object of punishment. A proof of the essential identity of the natural and the resurrection body.
11. terror of the Lord--the coming judgment, so full of terrors to unbelievers [ESTIUS]. ELLICOTT and ALFORD, after GROTIUS and BENGEL, translate, "The fear of the Lord" ( 2 Corinthians 7:1 , Ecclesiastes 12:13 , Acts 9:31 , Romans 3:18 , Ephesians 5:21 ).
persuade--Ministers should use the terrors of the Lord to persuade men, not to rouse their enmity ( Jude 1:23 ). BENGEL, ESTIUS, and ALFORD explain: "Persuade men" (by our whole lives, 2 Corinthians 5:13 ), namely, of our integrity as ministers. But this would have been expressed after "persuade," had it been the sense. The connection seems as follows: He had been accused of seeking to please and win men, he therefore says (compare Galatians 1:10 ), "It is as knowing the terror (or fear) of the Lord that we persuade men; but (whether men who hear our preaching recognize our sincerity or not) we are made manifest unto God as acting on such motives ( 2 Corinthians 4:2 ); and I trust also in your consciences." Those so "manifested" need have no "terror" as to their being "manifested (English Version, 'appear') before the judgment-seat" ( 2 Corinthians 5:10 ).
12. For--the reason why he leaves the manifestation of his sincerity in preaching to their consciences ( 2 Corinthians 3:1 ), namely, his not wishing to "commend" himself again.
occasion to glory--( 2 Corinthians 1:14 ), namely, as to our sincerity.
in appearance--Greek, "face" (compare 1 Samuel 16:7 ). The false teachers gloried in their outward appearance, and in external recommendations ( 2 Corinthians 11:18 ) their learning, eloquence, wisdom, riches, not in vital religion in their heart. Their conscience does not attest their inward sincerity, as mine does ( 2 Corinthians 1:12 ).
13. be--rather as Greek, "have been." The contrast is between the single act implied by the past tense, "If we have ever been beside ourselves," and the habitual state implied by the present, "Or whether we be sober," that is, of sound mind. beside ourselves--The accusation brought by Festus against him ( Acts 26:24 ). The holy enthusiasm with which he spake of what God effected by His apostolic ministry, seemed to many to be boasting madness.
sober--humbling myself before you, and not using my apostolic power and privileges.
to God . . . for your cause--The glorifying of his office was not for his own, but for God's glory. The abasing of himself was in adaptation to their infirmity, to gain them to Christ ( 1 Corinthians 9:22 ).
14. For--Accounting for his being "beside himself" with enthusiasm: the love of Christ towards us (in His death for us, the highest proof of it, Romans 5:6-8 ), producing in turn love in us to Him, and not mere "terror" ( 2 Corinthians 5:11 ).
constraineth us--with irresistible power limits us to the one great object to the exclusion of other considerations. The Greek implies to compress forcibly the energies into one channel. Love is jealous of any rival object engrossing the soul ( 2 Corinthians 11:1-3 ).
because we thus judge--literally, "(as) having judged thus"; implying a judgment formed at conversion, and ever since regarded as a settled truth.
that if--that is, that since. But the oldest manuscripts omit "if." "That one died for all (Greek, 'in behalf of all')." Thus the following clause will be, "Therefore all (literally, 'the all,' namely, for whom He 'died') died." His dying is just the same as if they all died; and in their so dying, they died to sin and self, that they might live to God their Redeemer, whose henceforth they are ( Romans 6:2-11 Galatians 2:20 Colossians 3:3 1 Peter 4:1-3 ).
15. they which live--in the present life ( 2 Corinthians 4:11 , "we which live") [ALFORD]; or, they who are thus indebted to Him for life of soul as well as body [MENOCHIUS].
died for them--He does not add, "rose again for them," a phrase not found in Paul's language [BENGEL]. He died in their stead, He arose again for their good, "for (the effecting of) their justification" ( Romans 4:25 ), and that He might be their Lord ( Romans 14:7-9 ). ELLICOTT and ALFORD join "for them" with both "died" and "rose again"; as Christ's death is our death, so His resurrection is our resurrection; Greek, "Who for them died and rose again."
not henceforth--Greek, "no longer"; namely, now that His death for them has taken place, and that they know that His death saves them from death eternal, and His resurrection life brings spiritual and everlasting life to them.
16. Wherefore--because of our settled judgment ( 2 Corinthians 5:14 ),
henceforth--since our knowing Christ's constraining love in His death for us.
know we no man after the flesh--that is, according to his mere worldly and external relations ( 2 Corinthians 11:18 , John 8:15 , Philippians 3:4 ), as distinguished from what he is according to the Spirit, as a "new creature" ( 2 Corinthians 5:17 ). For instance, the outward distinctions of Jew or Gentile, rich or poor, slave or free, learned or unlearned, are lost sight of in the higher life of those who are dead in Christ's death, and alive with Him in the new life of His resurrection ( Galatians 2:6 , 3:28 ).
yea, though--The oldest manuscripts read, "if even."
known Christ after the flesh--Paul when a Jew had looked for a temporal reigning, not a spiritual, Messiah. (He says "Christ," not Jesus: for he had not known personally Jesus in the days of His flesh, but he had looked for Christ or the Messiah). When once he was converted he no longer "conferred with flesh and blood" ( Galatians 1:16 ). He had this advantage over the Twelve, that as one born out of due time he had never known Christ save in His heavenly life. To the Twelve it was "expedient that Christ should go away" that the Comforter should come, and so they might know Christ in the higher spiritual aspect and in His new life-giving power, and not merely "after the flesh," in the carnal aspect of Him ( Romans 6:9-11 , 1 Corinthians 15:45 , 1 Peter 3:18 , 1 Peter 4:1 1 Peter 4:2 ). Doubtless Judaizing Christians at Corinth prided themselves on the mere fleshly ( 2 Corinthians 11:18 ) advantage of their belonging to Israel, the nation of Christ, or on their having seen Him in the flesh, and thence claimed superiority over others as having a nearer connection with Him ( 2 Corinthians 5:12 , 2 Corinthians 10:7 ). Paul here shows the true aim should be to know Him spiritually as new creatures ( 2 Corinthians 5:15 2 Corinthians 5:17 ), and that outward relations towards Him profit nothing ( Luke 18:19-21 , John 16:7 John 16:22 , Philippians 3:3-10 ). This is at variance with both Romish Mariolatry and transubstantiation. Two distinct Greek verbs are used here for "know"; the first ("know we no man") means "to be personally acquainted with"; the latter ("known Christ . . . know . . . more") is to recognize, or estimate. Paul's estimate of Christ, or the expected Messiah, was carnal, but is so now no more.
17. Therefore--connected with the words in 2 Corinthians 5:16 , "We know Christ no more after the flesh." As Christ has entered on His new heavenly life by His resurrection and ascension, so all who are "in Christ" (that is, united to Him by faith as the branch is In the vine) are new creatures ( Romans 6:9-11 ). "New" in the Greek implies a new nature quite different from anything previously existing, not merely recent, which is expressed by a different Greek word ( Galatians 6:15 ).
creature--literally, "creation," and so the creature resulting from the creation (compare John 3:3 John 3:5 , Ephesians 2:10 , 4:23 , Colossians 3:10 Colossians 3:11 ). As we are "in Christ," so "God was in Christ" ( 2 Corinthians 5:19 ):hence He is Mediator between God and us.
old things--selfish, carnal views (compare 2 Corinthians 5:16 ) of ourselves, of other men, and of Christ.
passed away--spontaneously, like the snow of early spring [BENGEL] before the advancing sun.
behold--implying an allusion to Isaiah 43:19 , 65:17 .
18. all--Greek, "THE."
things--all our privileges in this new creation ( 2 Corinthians 5:14 2 Corinthians 5:15 ).
reconciled us--that is, restored us ("the world," 2 Corinthians 5:19 ) to His favor by satisfying the claims of justice against us. Our position judicially considered in the eye of the law is altered, not as though the mediation of Christ had made a change in God's character, nor as if the love of God was produced by the mediation of Christ; nay, the mediation and sacrifice of Christ was the provision of God's love, not its moving cause ( Romans 8:32 ). Christ's blood was the price paid at the expense of God Himself, and was required to reconcile the exercise of mercy with justice, not as separate, but as the eternally harmonious attributes in the one and the same God ( Romans 3:25 Romans 3:26 ). The Greek "reconcile" is reciprocally used as in the Hebrew Hithpahel conjugation, appease, obtain the favor of. Matthew 5:24 , "Be reconciled to thy brother"; that is, take measures that he be reconciled to thee, as well as thou to him, as the context proves. Diallagethi, however ( Matthew 5:24 ), implying mutual reconciliation, is distinct from Katallagethi here, the latter referring to the change of status wrought in one of the two parties. The manner of God reconciling the world to Himself is implied ( 2 Corinthians 5:19 ), namely, by His "not imputing their trespasses to them." God not merely, as subsequently, reconciles the world by inducing them to lay aside their enmity, but in the first instance, does so by satisfying His own justice and righteous enmity against sin ( Psalms 7:11 ). Compare 1 Samuel 29:4 , "Reconcile himself unto his master"; not remove his own anger against his master, but his master's against him [ARCHBISHOP MAGEE, Atonement]. The reconciling of men to God by their laying aside their enmity is the consequence of God laying aside His just enmity against their sin, and follows at 2 Corinthians 5:20 .
to us--ministers ( 2 Corinthians 5:19 2 Corinthians 5:20 ).
19. God was in Christ, reconciling--that is, God was BY Christ (in virtue of Christ's intervention) reconciling," &c. Was reconciling" implies the time when the act of reconciliation was being carried into effect ( 2 Corinthians 5:21 ), namely, when "God made Jesus, who knew no sin, to be sin for us." The compound of "was" and the participle "reconciling," instead of the imperfect (Greek), may also imply the continuous purpose of God, from before the foundation of the world, to reconcile man to Himself, whose fall was foreseen. The expression " IN Christ" for "by Christ" may be used to imply additionally that God was IN Christ ( John 10:38 , 14:10 ), and so by Christ (the God-man) was reconciling . . . The Greek for "by" or "through" Christ (the best manuscripts omit "Jesus"), 2 Corinthians 5:18 , is different. "In" must mean here in the person of Christ. The Greek Katallasson implies "changing" or altering the judicial status from one of condemnation to one of justification. The atonement (at-one-ment), or reconciliation, is the removal of the bar to peace and acceptance with a holy God, which His righteousness interposed against our sin. The first step towards restoring peace between us and God was on God's side ( John 3:16 ). The change therefore now to be effected must be on the part of offending man, God the offended One being already reconciled. It is man, not God, who now needs to be reconciled, and to lay aside his enmity against God ( Romans 5:10 Romans 5:11 ). ("We have received the atonement" [Greek, reconciliation], cannot mean "We have received the laying aside of our own enmity"). Compare Romans 3:24 Romans 3:25 .
the world--all men ( Colossians 1:20 , 1 John 2:2 ). The manner of the reconciling is by His "not imputing to men their trespasses," but imputing them to Christ the Sin-bearer. There is no incongruity that a father should be offended with that son whom he loveth, and at that time offended with him when he loveth him. So, though God loved men whom He created, yet He was offended with them when they sinned, and gave His Son to suffer for them, that through that Son's obedience He might be reconciled to them (reconcile them to Himself, that is, restore them WITH JUSTICE to His favor) [BISHOP PEARSON, Exposition of the Creed].
hath committed unto us--Greek, "hath put into our hands." "Us," that is, ministers.
20. for Christ . . . in Christ's stead--The Greek of both is the same: translate in both cases "on Christ's behalf."
beseech . . . pray--rather, "entreat [plead with you] . . . beseech." Such "beseeching" is uncommon in the case of "ambassadors," who generally stand on their dignity (compare 2 Corinthians 10:2 , 1 Thessalonians 2:6 1 Thessalonians 2:7 ).
be ye reconciled to God--English Version here inserts "ye," which is not in the original, and which gives the wrong impression, as if it were emphatic thus: God is reconciled to you, be ye reconciled to God. The Greek expresses rather, God was the RECONCILER in Christ . . . let this reconciliation then have its designed effect. Be reconciled to God, that is, let God reconcile you to Himself ( 2 Corinthians 5:18 2 Corinthians 5:19 ).
21. For--omitted in the oldest manuscripts. The grand reason why they should be reconciled to God, namely, the great atonement in Christ provided by God, is stated without the "for" as being part of the message of reconciliation ( 2 Corinthians 5:19 ).
sin--not a sin offering, which would destroy the antithesis to "righteousness," and would make "sin" be used in different senses in the same sentence: not a sinful person, which would be untrue, and would require in the antithesis "righteous men," not "righteousness"; but "sin," that is, the representative Sin-bearer (vicariously) of the aggregate sin of all men past, present, and future. The sin of the world is one, therefore the singular, not the plural, is used; though its manifestations are manifold ( John 1:29 ). "Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the SIN of the world." Compare "made a curse for us," Galatians 3:13 .
for us--Greek, "in our behalf." Compare John 3:14 , Christ being represented by the brazen serpent, the form, but not the substance, of the old serpent. At His death on the cross the sin-bearing for us was consummated.
knew no sin--by personal experience ( John 8:46 ) [ALFORD]. Hebrews 7:26 , 1 Peter 2:22 , 1 John 3:5 .
might be made--not the same Greek as the previous "made." Rather, "might become."
the righteousness of God--Not merely righteous, but righteousness itself; not merely righteousness, but the righteousness of God, because Christ is God, and what He is we are ( 1 John 4:17 ), and He is "made of God unto us righteousness." As our sin is made over to Him, so His righteousness to us (in His having fulfilled all the righteousness of the law for us all, as our representative, Jeremiah 23:6 , 1 Corinthians 1:30 ). The innocent was punished voluntarily as if guilty, that the guilty might be gratuitously rewarded as if innocent ( 1 Peter 2:24 ). "Such are we in the sight of God the Father, as is the very Son of God himself" [HOOKER].
in him--by virtue of our standing in Him, and in union with Him [ALFORD].


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Retired Ald. Sandi Jackson (7th) is free to recommend successors but she will not dictate her City Council replacement, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Thursday.
"She can obviously submit names. We have something online. She has a computer with an Internet connection," the mayor said, noting that he's accepting online applications.
Asked whether he would welcome Jackson's recommendations, Emanuel said, "If she wants to. Sure. I mean — everybody can. I put it online. You can submit names online. The board will then meet, talk, review" the applicants before recommending three finalists.
But the mayor said, "There are conditions. You've got to live in the ward. You've got to have been there for at least a year. . . . Those are kind of the primary [conditions]. But, then, what has been your community involvement? What warrants you being an alderman?"
Former Mayor Richard M. Daley filled a record number of aldermanic vacancies by appointment — including the wives, sons and daughters of retiring or deceased aldermen — before shifting to a process of accepting online applications towards the end of his 22-year reign.
Asked Thursday why he insisted on inviting all comers, Emanuel said, "If I just picked somebody, it's the mayor just deciding you're gonna have this loyal person. . . . Somebody would say there is not community involvement. . . . The community should have an involvement, given that you don't really have an election. There's really no perfect plan. I put forward something I think will stand the test of time."
Jackson is the wife of disgraced former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., who resigned in late November amid a federal investigation of his campaign finances that, for the last year, has included questions about Sandi Jackson's finances.
Last week, Sandi Jackson resigned the City Council seat she has held since 2007, saying she could not balance her demanding role as a Chicago alderman with being the wife of a former congressman under federal investigation who is also suffering from bipolar disorder.
Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell reported earlier this week that Sandi Jackson had a farewell meeting with her staff via telephone and all but declared her chief-of-staff Keiana Barrett as her successor.
"From an insider's point of view, Mayor Rahm may say he wants to have interviews; the people he will interview will be the people I am suggesting," Jackson said.
"They are interviewing people in the community but they do that to calm people down. People want to have their input. But for the most part, they turn that matter over to the alderman."
Sun-Times columnist Michael Sneed has reported that Barrett was under consideration to replace Jackson until it was discovered that she doesn't live in the ward.
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"She understands how that aldermanic office works. She understands how the campaigning apparatus works ... She already has an existing relationship with the mayor and the mayor's staff," Jackson told the group.
Jackson also noted that all of the furnishings for her ward office at 71st and Exchange were bought with campaign dollars.
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The speech of Tertullus against Paul. (1-9) Paul's defence before Felix. (10-21) Felix trembles at the reasoning of Paul. (22-27)
Verses 1-9 See here the unhappiness of great men, and a great unhappiness it is, to have their services praised beyond measure, and never to be faithfully told of their faults; hereby they are hardened and encouraged in evil, like Felix. God's prophets were charged with being troublers of the land, and our Lord Jesus Christ, that he perverted the nation; the very same charges were brought against Paul. The selfish and evil passions of men urge them forward, and the graces and power of speech, too often have been used to mislead and prejudice men against the truth. How different will the characters of Paul and Felix appear at the day of judgement, from what they are represented in the speech of Tertullus! Let not Christians value the applause, or be troubled at the revilings of ungodly men, who represent the vilest of the human race almost as gods, and the excellent of the earth as pestilences and movers of sedition.
Verses 10-21 Paul gives a just account of himself, which clears him from crime, and likewise shows the true reason of the violence against him. Let us never be driven from any good way by its having an ill name. It is very comfortable, in worshipping God, to look to him as the God of our fathers, and to set up no other rule of faith or practice but the Scriptures. This shows there will be a resurrection to a final judgment. Prophets and their doctrines were to be tried by their fruits. Paul's aim was to have a conscience void of offence. His care and endeavour was to abstain from many things, and to abound in the exercises of religion at all times; both towards God. and towards man. If blamed for being more earnest in the things of God than our neighbours, what is our reply? Do we shrink from the accusation? How many in the world would rather be accused of any weakness, nay, even of wickedness, than of an earnest, fervent feeling of love to the Lord Jesus Christ, and of devotedness to his service! Can such think that He will confess them when he comes in his glory, and before the angels of God? If there is any sight pleasing to the God of our salvation, and a sight at which the angels rejoice, it is, to behold a devoted follower of the Lord, here upon earth, acknowledging that he is guilty, if it be a crime, of loving the Lord who died for him, with all his heart, and soul, and mind, and strength. And that he will not in silence see God's word despised, or hear his name profaned; he will rather risk the ridicule and the hatred of the world, than one frown from that gracious Being whose love is better than life.
Verses 22-27 The apostle reasoned concerning the nature and obligations of righteousness, temperance, and of a judgment to come; thus showing the oppressive judge and his profligate mistress, their need of repentance, forgiveness, and of the grace of the gospel. Justice respects our conduct in life, particularly in reference to others; temperance, the state and government of our souls, in reference to God. He who does not exercise himself in these, has neither the form nor the power of godliness, and must be overwhelmed with the Divine wrath in the day of God's appearing. A prospect of the judgment to come, is enough to make the stoutest heart to tremble. Felix trembled, but that was all. Many are startled by the word of God, who are not changed by it. Many fear the consequences of sin, yet continue in the love and practice of sin. In the affairs of our souls, delays are dangerous. Felix put off this matter to a more convenient season, but we do not find that the more convenient season ever came. Behold now is the accepted time; hear the voice of the Lord to-day. He was in haste to turn from hearing the truth. Was any business more urgent than for him to reform his conduct, or more important than the salvation of his soul! Sinners often start up like a man roused from his sleep by a loud noise, but soon sink again into their usual drowsiness. Be not deceived by occasional appearances of religion in ourselves or in others. Above all, let us not trifle with the word of God. Do we expect that as we advance in life our hearts will grow softer, or that the influence of the world will decline? Are we not at this moment in danger of being lost for ever? Now is the day of salvation; tomorrow may be too late.
Acts 24:1-27 . PAUL, ACCUSED BY A PROFESSIONAL PLEADER BEFORE FELIX, MAKES HIS DEFENSE, AND IS REMANDED FOR A FURTHER HEARING. AT A PRIVATE INTERVIEW FELIX TREMBLES UNDER PAUL'S PREACHING, BUT KEEPS HIM PRISONER FOR TWO YEARS, WHEN HE WAS SUCCEEDED BY FESTUS.
1. after five days--or, on the fifth day from their departure from Jerusalem.
Ananias . . . with the elders--a deputation of the Sanhedrim.
a certain orator--one of those Roman advocates who trained themselves for the higher practice of the metropolis by practicing in the provinces, where the Latin language, employed in the courts, was but imperfectly understood and Roman forms were not familiar.
informed . . . against Paul--"laid information," that is, put in the charges.
2-4. Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, &c.--In this fulsome flattery there was a semblance of truth: nothing more. Felix acted with a degree of vigor and success in suppressing lawless violence [JOSEPHUS, Antiquities, 20.8.4; confirmed by TACITUS, Annals, 12.54].
by thy providence--a phrase applied to the administration of the emperors.
5-8. a pestilent fellow--a plague, or pest.
and a mover of sedition among all the Jews--by exciting disturbances among them.
throughout the This was the first charge; and true only in the sense explained on Acts 16:20 .
a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes--the second charge; and true enough.
6. hath gone about--attempted.
to profane the temple--the third charge; and entirely false.
we . . . would have judged according to our law.
7. But . . . Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him out of our hands--a wilful falsehood and calumnious charge against a public officer. He had commanded the Sanhedrim to meet for no other purpose than to "judge him according to their law"; and only when, instead of doing so, they fell to disputing among themselves, and the prisoner was in danger of being "pulled in pieces of them" ( Acts 23:10 )--or as his own letter says "killed of them" ( Acts 23:27 )--did he rescue him, as was his duty, "by force" out of their hands.
8. Commanding his accusers to come unto thee--Here they insinuate that, instead of troubling Felix with the case, he ought to have left it to be dealt with by the Jewish tribunal; in which case his life would soon have been taken.
by examining whom--Lysias, as would seem ( Acts 24:22 ).
thyself mayest, &c.--referring all, as if with confidence, to Felix.
10. thou hast been many years a judge to this nation--He had been in this province for six or seven years, and in Galilee for a longer period. Paul uses no flattery, but simply expresses his satisfaction at having to plead before one whose long official experience of Jewish matters would enable him the better to understand and appreciate what he had to say.
11. thou mayest understand--canst easily learn.
that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem--namely, 1. The day of his arrival in Jerusalem ( Acts 21:15-17 ); 2. The interview with James ( Acts 21:18-26 ); 3. The assumption of the vow ( Acts 21:26 ); 4, 5, 6. Continuance of the vow, interrupted by the arrest ( Acts 21:27 , &c.); 7. Arrest of Paul ( Acts 21:27 ); 8. Paul before the Sanhedrim ( Acts 22:30 , 23:1-10 ); 9. Conspiracy of the Jews and defeat of it ( Acts 23:12-24 ), and despatch of Paul from Jerusalem on the evening of the same day ( Acts 23:23 Acts 23:31 ); 10, 11, 12, 13. The remaining period referred to ( Acts 24:1 ) [MEYER]. This short period is mentioned to show how unlikely it was that he should have had time to do what was charged against him.
for to worship--a very different purpose from that imputed to him.
12, 13. they neither found me . . . Neither can they prove the things, &c.--After specifying several particulars, he challenges proof of any one of the charges brought against him. So much for the charge of sedition.
14, 15. But this I confess to thee--in which Felix would see no crime.
that after the way they call heresy--literally, and better, "a sect."
so worship I the God of my fathers--the ancestral God. Two arguments are contained here: (1) Our nation is divided into what they call sects--the sect of the Pharisees, and that of the Sadducees--all the difference between them and me is, that I belong to neither of these, but to another sect, or religious section of the nation, which from its Head they call Nazarenes: for this reason, and this alone, am I hated. (2) The Roman law allows every nation to worship its own deities; I claim protection under that law, worshipping the God of my ancestors, even as they, only of a different sect of the common religion.
believing all, &c.--Here, disowning all opinions at variance with the Old Testament Scriptures, he challenges for the Gospel which he preached the authority of the God of their fathers. So much for the charge of heresy.
15. And have hope . . . as they themselves . . . allow, that there shall be a resurrection, &c.--This appeal to the faith of his accusers shows that they were chiefly of the Pharisees, and that the favor of that party, to which he owed in some measure his safety at the recent council ( Acts 23:6-9 ), had been quite momentary.
16. And herein--On this account, accordingly; that is, looking forward to that awful day (compare 2 Corinthians 5:10 ).
I exercise myself--The "I" here is emphatic; "Whatever they do, this is my study."
to have always a conscience void of offence, &c.--See Acts 23:1 , 2 Corinthians 1:12 , 2:17 , &c.; that is, "These are the great principles of my life and conduct--how different from turbulence and sectarianism!"
17. Now after many--several
years absence from Jerusalem--I came to bring alms to my of Macedonia and Greece, which he had taken such pains to gather. This only allusion in the Acts to what is dwelt upon so frequently in his own Epistles ( Romans 15:25 Romans 15:26 , 1 Corinthians 16:1-4 , 2 Corinthians 8:1-4 ), throws a beautiful light on the truth of this History. (See PALEY'S Horæ Paulinæ).
and offerings--connected with his Jewish vow: see Acts 24:18 .
18-21. found me purified in the temple--not polluting it, therefore, by my own presence, and neither gathering a crowd nor raising a stir: If then these Asiatic Jews have any charge to bring against me in justification of their arrest of me, why are they not here to substantiate it?
20. Or else let these . . . here say--"Or, passing from all that preceded my trial, let those of the Sanhedrim here present say if I was guilty of aught there." No doubt his hasty speech to the high priest might occur to them, but the provocation to it on his own part was more than they would be willing to recall.
21. Except . . . this one voice . . . Touching the resurrection, &c.--This would recall to the Pharisees present their own inconsistency, in befriending him then and now accusing him.
22, 23. having more perfect knowledge of that--"the"
When Lysias . . . shall come . . . I will how, &c.--Felix might have dismissed the case as a tissue of unsupported charges. But if from his interest in the matter he really wished to have the presence of Lysias and others involved, a brief delay was not unworthy of him as a judge. Certainly, so far as recorded, neither Lysias nor any other parties appeared again in the case. Acts 24:23 , however, seems to show that at that time his prepossessions in favor of Paul were strong.
24, 25. Felix . . . with his wife Drusilla . . . a Jewess--This beautiful but infamous woman was the third daughter of Herod Agrippa I, who was eaten of worms Agrippa II, before whom Paul pleaded, Acts 26:1 , &c. She was "given in marriage to Azizus, king of the Emesenes, who had consented to be circumcised for the sake of the alliance. But this marriage was soon dissolved, after this manner: When Festus was procurator of Judea, he saw her, and being captivated with her beauty, persuaded her to desert her husband, transgress the laws of her country, and marry himself" [JOSEPHUS, Antiquities, 20.7.1,2]. Such was this "wife" of Felix.
he sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith in Christ--Perceiving from what he had heard on the trial that the new sect which was creating such a stir was represented by its own advocates as but a particular development of the Jewish faith, he probably wished to gratify the curiosity of his Jewish wife, as well as his own, by a more particular account of it from this distinguished champion. And no doubt Paul would so far humor this desire as to present to them the great leading features of the Gospel. But from Acts 24:25 it is evident that his discourse took an entirely practical turn, suited to the life which his two auditors were notoriously leading.
25. And as he reasoned of righteousness--with reference to the public character of Felix.
temperance--with reference to his immoral life.
and judgment to come--when he would be called to an awful account for both.
Felix trembled--and no wonder. For, on the testimony of TACITUS, the Roman Annalist [Annals, 9; 12.54], he ruled with a mixture of cruelty, lust, and servility, and relying on the influence of his brother Pallas at court, he thought himself at liberty to commit every sort of crime with impunity. How noble the fidelity and courage which dared to treat of such topics in such a presence, and what withering power must have been in those appeals which made even a Felix to tremble!
Go thy way for this time; and when I have a convenient season I will call for thee--Alas for Felix! This was his golden opportunity, but--like multitudes still--he missed it. Convenient seasons in abundance he found to call for Paul, but never again to "hear him concerning the faith in Christ," and writhe under the terrors of the wrath to come. Even in those moments of terror he had no thought of submission to the Cross or a change of life. The Word discerned the thoughts and intents of his heart, but that heart even then clung to its idols; even as Herod, who "did many things and heard John gladly," but in his best moments was enslaved to his lusts. How many Felixes have appeared from age to age!
26. He hoped . . . that money should have been given him . . . wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him--Bribery in a judge was punishable by the Roman law, but the spirit of a slave (to use the words of TACITUS) was in all his acts, and his communing with Paul"--as if he cared for either him or his message--simply added hypocrisy to meanness. The position in life of Paul's Christian visitors might beget the hope of extracting something from them for the release of their champion; but the apostle would rather lie in prison than stoop to this!
27. after two years--What a trial to this burning missionary of Christ, to suffer such a tedious period of inaction! How mysterious it would seem! But this repose would be medicine to his spirit; he would not, and could not, be entirely inactive, so long as he was able by pen and message to communicate with the churches; and he would doubtless learn the salutary truth that even he was not essential to his Master's cause. That Luke wrote his Gospel during this period, under the apostle's superintendence, is the not unlikely conjecture of able critics.
Porcius Festus--Little is known of him. He died a few years after this [JOSEPHUS, Antiquities, 20.8.9-9.1].
came into Felix' room--He was recalled, on accusations against him by the Jews of Cæsarea, and only acquitted through the intercession of his brother at court [JOSEPHUS, Antiquities, 20.8,10].
Felix, willing to show the Jews a pleasure--"to earn the thanks of the Jews," which he did not.
left Paul bound--( Acts 26:29 )--which does not seem to have been till then.


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On this date in our family history . . . the 8th day of February . . . in the year 1975 . . . in a ceremony held at the First Christian Church in Rockdale, Milam County, Texas . . . Vickie Lynne Pounders became the bride of Bennie Lee Everhart . . .
One of the songs during the ceremony was Sunrise, Sunset, from the movie, Fiddler on the Roof . . . there were not many dry eyes in the church by the time the wedding singer finished this one . . .
Is this the little boy at play?
I don't remember growing older
When did they?
When did she get to be a beauty?
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When they were small?
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Sunrise, sunset
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Laden with happiness and tears
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They look so natural together
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Swiftly fly the years
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Laden with happiness and tears
The center photo in this collage was taken shortly after the wedding, when the newlyweds were attending a live performance of Fiddler on the Roof at the Country Dinner Playhouse in Austin, Travis County, Texas . . . the tickets were a gift from the law office where Vickie was employed at the time . . .
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