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The moment that appearance of a person attracts us and can give us the natural interests from them. Then comes a sense of respect for that person to Your feelings and You can fall in love. We can fall in love with that person because we are inspired by the way of the behavior being shown to You and other people. You can, but need not always to have physical contact so just love the personality of that person. If we only are physically in love with a person then that can give mental problems if it is not mutual. What the feeling will do in Your body, not have to be the same with others. So that You both cannot be together forever and that can bring sad moments to You. Everyone thinks different from everything else and see differently with their eyes, so two people with same interests and ideas can be mixed together. It is not easy to find love with a respectful confidence we have in each other. Believe in love and peace to stay together forever.
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UNICEF and partners join together to help make the World Cup a win for children
PRETORIA/NEW YORK/GENEVA, 11 June 2010 - UNICEF cheered the kick off of the 2010 FIFA World Cup today. A series of partnerships and programmes around the global football championship will provide children with the opportunity to learn about their world, and help harness the power of sport to promote children's rights.
"UNICEF is very excited to be able to give more children the chance to safely experience the thrill of the World Cup, whether they're sitting in the stadium or watching from their own villages," said Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director from New York.
With hundreds of millions of people tuned into the competition and the celebrations, the World Cup is a venue for many important messages about child rights for children and adults.
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PHILADELPHIA — A Pentecostal couple who believes in faith healing has been sentenced to three and a half to seven years in prison for neglecting to take their sick son to the doctor.
Herbert and Catherine Schaible were already on a 10-year probation for the 2009 death of their 2-year-old son, Kent, who died of untreated bacterial pneumonia, when their second son, Brandon, died in 2013.
The Schaibles are third-generation members of northeast Philadelphia's First Century Gospel Church, which teaches it is a sin to call on the help of a doctor.
The couple expressed remorse for violating a 2011 court order in which they promised to seek medical care for their other children as part of their guilty verdict for involuntary manslaughter in Kent's death. In November 2013 they pleaded no contest to third-degree murder charges in Brandon's death.
After the couple finish their sentences, they will then face 30 months of probation.


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WBGO congratulates Teira Church, one of five finalists in the 2013 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition (SVVC): Click here or on the image below to hear her sing.
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Skip to comments.The End of the Constitution
Posted on 02/13/2012 11:24:56 AM PST by Carbonsteel
Is America sliding toward autocratic rule? This is the essential question of Barack Obama's presidency. Mr. Obama vowed to "fundamentally transform" the United States. Despite his incompetence and economic failure, the president is making good on his central promise: the destruction of our constitutional republic. He is trying - piece by painful piece - to reverse the legacy of the Founding Fathers. Conservatives have underestimated him at their peril. For Mr. Obama is not simply an inept, liberal president in the mold of Jimmy Carter. He is an ideological revolutionary who seeks to sweep away traditional America.
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The truely scary part is that his approval is still around 50%.
In the end, I still think the greatest threat to our nation and our inividual liberties is the media.
If the media would do its job and tell the truth about what Obama was doing instead of sugar coating everything that goes on, then the American people would have a better handle on the situation. If the media had properly investigated Obama he would have never been elected in the first place.
The media appointed Obama after appointing our last Repulican candidate and now they are about to appoint our next candidate for us as well, to ensure that regardless of who we vote for, they get the candidate THEY want.
The single greatest threat to out great nation is the American media.....by far.
Marxist Obama will be crushed like a bug in 2012. The tea party sweep of 2010 was just a warm-up call for the tea party landslide coming up in November!!
We are the resistance!!
Rebellion is on!!
I can see November from my house!!
Even when I read about, and some of it right here on FR, "if so-and-so is the nominee I'm sitting it out"?
I just do not believe it is that high.
I am not sure how they conduct the polls. If I got a call from a pollster I would probably lie and say I loved ZERO just to throw the poll off.
I doubt I will ever receive one or I may have already been called. If the number doesn't show on my caller ID I either don't answer or pick up the phone and put it down so I can waste the telemarketers time.
The damage that the media has done to our perceptions of what is right--what idealistic, what acceptable;--certainly calls for an effective resistance!
Again, my prayer is that your view of November is realized.
William Flax
The constitution is no barrier on these people.
They'll do what they want to do unless and until
And I'm with you about the media.
If a peaceful solution to this leftist tyranny is prevented by the media, then a not-so-peaceful solution will be inevitable, and they will be among those decorating lampposts along the way.
If that's the case, then those that sit it out might as well just vote for Obama. It's the same thing.
Jim I agree 100%.
Well, if progressive Romney is the one he's not much different from Obama, so we'll be concentrating our fire on sweeping the senate. I for one will never vote for the man who pushed a marxist healthcare system on his constituents and who still brags about it today and is planning a national healthcare task force to push RomneyCare-like healthcare systems in all 50 states and call them states rights issues. No thank you!!
Nor will I ever vote for the man who said abortion should be safe and legal in America and that Roe v Wade is settled law and should be preserved and sustained!!
It's not even limited to the principle of religious liberty or freedom of speech.
It is about an unconstitutional assumption of power over rights which "the People" withheld from the purview of the government they structured through their Constitution. If this arrogation of power to the Executive is allowed to stand in this case, then all of "the People's" rights are at risk.
Inasmuch as their Constitution allowed no power to infringe on any specified right in the First Amendment, then the person who assumes such a power also does not possess a power to "compromise," or "accomodate."
May I suggest that readers of this thread read Leonard Read's "Anything That's Peaceful," which can be read online, and share this wonderful and easy-to-read book with as many people as you can. The book itself can be ordered from FEE.
Not only does Read provide insight into the ideas of liberty versus those of tyranny (as in socialism), but his Chapter 5, entitled, "How Socialism Harms the Individual" is especially enlightening for any who may not see what is happening in America in its proper context, as pertains to the individuals involved.
In Chapter 5, under the heading "The Authoritarian," he begins by stating, "Of the threee classifications of persons involved in social leveling by compulsion, the authoritarian--the one who administers the taking and the giving--has been too little diagnosed." When you read it, you will see the nature of the man before us today. This section of Chapter 5 paints a portrait most Americans will recognize.
An extra bonus of this wonderful book is that it contains Read's famous essay, "I, Pencil." Copies should be placed in every school library and in every home school setting.
Many of us here on FR did know... and we warned as loudly as we could and to anyone that would listen. Look at what mccain said about him being a fine man and that Americans had nothing to fear from an obama presidency. We have called him a unsurping, kenyan, fagot marxist that hates America and whose power is derived from the prince of darkness... but even on FR we have evildoers that make excuses for obama... just like mccain did.
"One of the best articles I've read in regards to what this nation has faced over last 4 years with this administration. "
And here's what I don't understand. Even if Romney is the nominee, he's still better than Obama. Yet, many freepers act as though Romney is worse. Romney doesn't want to dismantle the constitution. Romney doesn't hate America. Romney's biggest fault, and it's a huge fault, is he just wants to BE president. I don't think Romney has a plan or a passion, he just wants his name on the door.
Ok, so imagine Romney is the nomminee. We could survive Romney, we will NOT survive 4 more years of Obama.
Good article. Obama is not stupid or incompetent. He is a driven idealog doing what he can as he can to advance Marxism in this country.
Hmmm... words DO mean something. You know something we don't? ;-)
All I can figure, or maybe just want to believe, regarding Obo's "high" polling numbers is that the people that voted for the loser, still don't want to be considered racist (particularly in their own heads)!
That said, no one with a brain in their head would 'pull the lever" for this guy, once in privacy of voting booth, at least not the number he's "polling" positive at...IMO
Nope. With Newt or Santorum it's going to be Reagan vs Carter all over again.
It really has nothing to do with racism, I think. I fear that 50% of this country truly want the government to give them everything. They don't want to work for or towards any goals. They want to sleep late, drink on the taxpayer's dime, eat on the taxpayer's dime, be sheltered by the taxpayer's dime, transit on the taxpayer's dime, communicate on the taxpayer's dime, get "educated" on the taxpayer's dime, and generally live on the taxpayer's dime.
The more the taxpayers sit back and allow it to happen, the most it will continue.
I think we should bring back voting laws requiring that one owns property or has a non-government job in order to vote. Anyone who rents or leases their living quarters or works on the taxpayer's dime should be excluded from voting. Call it slavery, Jim Crow, whatever, but it would drastically reform who sits in the leather chairs in DC.
"The tea party sweep of 2010 was just a warm-up call for the tea party landslide coming up in November!!...I can see November from my house!!"
With increasing regularity , I see a continual movement by the States towards 'ELECTRONIC VOTING' machines , which are repaired by union workers. Supposedly , they leave no direct paper trail, only cumulative numbers. These machines have not yet proven that they cannot be 'electronicly tinkered with', or re-programmed .
We have already seen the current batch of Congress (both parties and both Houses ) bend over for the current administration. The most current laugh is the proposed administration's budget, including the $800 million for "Arab Spring" . This administration is acting as though there is no current fiscal budget issue . We need to send pom-poms (cajonies) to Boehner, and others in Congress.
Since there is no paper trail , there can be no verification of the actual vote . Since the electronic ballot box contains 'proprietary software' ,there can be no verification as to its veracity.
I fear for the theft of the 2012 National Election by the imposter, assisted by union maintenance.
Remember, it wasn't until after the election that we learned about Zero , his associates , his minister, his dogma , his ideology, his voting record ("Present"), his 'birth certificate', etc., etc... And soon after the election, all the background information on the messiah was 'locked down'. Admit it , as a Country , we got bamboozeled !!
I too look forward to the next election , but with a lot more skepticism than you.
The GOP isn't going to life a finger unless they are scared of us.
Some years ago George Soros told the world he'd bought the democrat party, how do members of the msm vote? democrat!
But we need to look at our "conservative" electeds. Many of those who sit on the "conservative" side of the house were democrats at one time. When the Republicans gained a majority in either house or senate, a "conservative" democrat changed parties. That democrat didn't want to lose the power/prestige/money of his/her seat so changed to the party "now" in power. Hence we have a Republican party full of RINOS. These RINOS are able to change the minds of weaker republicans, so the democrats get most of their wishes most of the time. Look what Boehner said to the incoming freshman Republicans when they gathered for their first official meeting.
I've got your back on that one. Plus he running a dirty campaign against fellow Republicans.
Well, here is hoping (for the primary) then: ANYBODY but Romney.
I agree. Just look at the last two years of the Bush administration. Bush signed most of what hit his desk, giving Democrats most of what they wanted, in effect making the last two years of a Republican administration a Democratic administration. A fact that Liberals love to whitewash when blaming Bush for all our nations ills. Once again however, we wouldn't have this problem if the Media was doing its job and tell the American people the truth about the candidates they were voting for. That's WHY the framers gave the Media constitutional powers, to ensure the American people were well informed about what was going on. If only the scumbags in the Media would do thier job!
I agree. I travel a lot and I have not met anyone that likes ZERO.
I am old enough to remember the second worst president ever. He was number one until ZERO came aboard.
The election in November will be worse than KARTAHS defeat.
It will be a shellacking like no other ever.
The media of today is an arm of the democrat party, so will not tell the public what is really going on in the government.
What about Romneycare? What about the 2nd amendment? He want's Romney care for ALL Americans, even though he says each state will or will not have to accept it. He also wants an amendment to the 2nd amendment. He also tells fibs.
No, conservatives haven't underestimated BO, we knew exactly what he was all about. It is moderates in the GOP that refused (and refuse) to believe that he is an extreme Leftist, the Neville Chamberlains of the party.
You've read Prof Williams' of Geo. Mason U article about the free loaders and 'corporate hand outers" relecting this grifter.
I think when it comes down to it, were going to have to play the odds.
Romney claims to have had an epiphany concerning his liberal ideals and is now more conservative.
So, with Romney we at least have a chance things will improve. Sure, he could be full of it, but we know Obama won't turn away from Marxism.
With Obama there is no hope, no chance things will improve and I'll gamble on a long shot versus no shot at all any day of the week.
We cannot send cajones to those who have none. We need to remove them and let them live on a pension we have and will pay for, until their spouse joins them in paradise.
Nope. I came up with that on my own based on the news. Got a link?
"What about Romneycare? "
Just take a deep breath and think about this for a moment.
Romney's goal, his end game is to BE president. Romney has no vision, no agenda, he just wants to be the guy. Romney isn't good, there's no way he'll repeal Obamacare. But, Romney will govern by responding to what he thinks most Americans want. That's not leadership, but at least there's a possibility to influence Romney.
Obama is a Marxist ideologue who hates the current configuration of America. Obama has already shown contempt for middle America, and the constitution. Obama has an agenda, and it's well laid out. And there is no chance, none, nada, zip, zero chance that we can influence Obama or change his agenda.
We are at a fork in the road. Do you want to take the bumpy uphill road, (Romney), or just be done with it and drive off a cliff, (Obama)?
I hope you are right.
I bet you only talk to people who work for a living, not the moochers, grifters, basement dwellers, Union members, etc., or the very rich.
Don't underestimate the voting power of the "entitled" classes. Especially since the vote fraudsters will make sure they vote whether or not they show up at the polls.
I think I read it here on FR yesterday or the day before.
There is no doubt that the RATS are behind the trashing of our constitution. The assault on the 2nd amendment,the first amendemnt re. speech and religion. Obama has consistently appointed czars to manage large portions of the government all in violation of the onstitution. Recently, Supreme Court Justice Ginsberg goes before Egypt ian media and tells them that the new Egyptian government should follow the South African constitution and not the US constitution. Just last week the NY Times had a major article describing the US constitution as outdated and irelevent. Give Obama another four years and don't be surprised to see a major push to do away with the two term for presidents. Its getting late and with a corrupt MSM, before we know it our freedom will become a thing of the past.
I agree with you, in part. If Romney is nominated, I will vote for him, but I don't have to like it. It will be like having a dental appointment.
The crux of the problem is that there were more than enough stupid, envious, socialistic, racist, brain dead people to elect Obama to office and they are still out there voting and breeding.
One way or another, Obama will someday be gone from the White House.
But the kind of people who put him in office will not be going away.
As I've said, I'll vote for Romeny if he's nominated, but it will be like taking caster oil. I cannot even think of 4 more years with that marxist grifter in our whitehouse and his dictator wife.
Obama is an ideologue, but he is not the one in charge. He didn't magically go from community organizer to President practically overnight. What the Obama reelection will mean to those in power is that they no longer need to fear the armed serfs. Obama's second term will be the official end of the great era of the American yeoman and the return of the historical status quo, aka tyranny.
Of course it does.
It is only one of many factors contributing to Obama's 2008 election victory and his persistent high popularity in spite of his dismal performance, but it is a factor.
In the 2008 election 96% of black voters voted for Obama. Various polls show that his suport among blacks is still above 90%. Obama could admit on national TV that he is a muslim and really does want to destroy America and institute Sharia law and blacks would still support him.
Feb 1, 2012:
"The most recent ABC News-Washington Post poll found Obamas approval rating among blacks stands at 91 percent, higher than any other surveyed demographic category. He won 96 percent of the black vote in 2008."
"As Ive said, Ill vote for Romeny if hes nominated, but it will be like taking caster oil. "
However, it seems for every 2 of us, who will vote anyone but Obama, there is a freeper who will stay home. Staying home is as good as a vote for Obama.
I'm in your boat. I'll enjoy voting for Romney like a root canal if I have to, but I sure will instead of contributing to another Obama term.
Wasn't talking about the 2008 election. I agree with you wholeheartedly that white guilt put him in office.
I was relating the current 50% approval rating to government reliance any more than racism. People have seen that they can vote themselves from the treasury, and they're going to continue to do so.
Taxpayers are screwed.
I hope no freeper will stay home. As terrible a choice as it would be if we were stuck between Romney and Obama, it is especially in that situation that we need every patriot America at the polls. If we have a choice between an anti-American bigot from the far left in our White House for four more years, or an elitist from the far left moving from Massachusetts to our White House, then we need the most conservative possible Congress to slow down the White House, regardless of the winner. I almost certainly will not vote for Romney, but I will vote. The Senate and the House matter too much to risk giving either Romney or Obama a supportive liberal Congress.
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- SCI stands strong to proactively advocate for increased hunting opportunities around the world. SCI lobbies on all legislation effecting hunter access, public land management, and fights against regulations that negatively target the hunting public.
- Sportsmen and women also have a significant impact as a powerhouse in the U.S. economy.
- Nearly 14 million Americans actively participate in hunting every year.
- The hunting industry contributes over $38.3 billion to the U.S. economy each year and supports 681,000 jobs every year.
- Spending by hunters contributes $5.4 billion in state and local taxes, a sum that could pay the wages of 112,200 firefighters, 37 percent of all firefighters in the country.
- In 2011, sportsmen and women contributed $3 billion toward conservation efforts, including the purchases of licenses, stamps, excise taxes, and contributions to organizations. That is $8.3 million per year, $344,000 per hour, $5,700 per minute, and $95.54 per second.
- America's 13.7 million hunters could fill every NASCAR track 5½ times.
- The number of sportsmen (hunters, anglers, and sport shooters) is more than the combined 2011 populations of the New York, Los Angeles and Atlanta metropolitan areas.
- The $33.9 billion spent by hunters is comparable to the total 2011 revenues for Amazon.com.
Why SCI is stronger than any other hunting lobby:
- SCI's Political Action Committee (SCI-PAC) spent $908,336 during the 2012 election cycle. Contributing to over 175 candidates and 88% went on to win their elections. This largest in the organization's history.
- SCI is the leader of the American Wildlife Conservation Partners which is a 49 organization coalition working to advance federal policies to improve hunting.
- SCI is lobbying to guarantee hunting on all U.S. public lands, allow for the importation of polar bears, and improve the sustainable harvest of game species worldwide.
- SCI is litigating in federal and state courts around the country to protect SCI members' rights and opportunities to hunt. We are challenging blue laws that arbitrarily prevent hunters in Virginia from hunting seven days a week and will soon challenge California's senseless bans against the importation of mountain lion trophies. SCI is second to none in our defense of gray wolf delisting and predator-prey management through sustainable hunting. Our involvement in a decade of litigation over the three antelope species helped provide the foundation for Congress' recent legislative fix to the plight of these exotic animals.
To glimpse the excitement of the convention or to join SCI, go to showsci.org.


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The Holy Spirit: He Is God!
Feb 5, 1984There is only one power that can break the spell of Satan, waken the armies of the Lord, and rout the god of this age—the power of the Holy Spirit.
Creation, Fall, Redemption, and the Holy Spirit
Feb 12, 1984If I'm so depraved that I can't do anything good, what do you expect me to do?
How Believers Experienced the Spirit Before Pentecost
Feb 19, 1984We need to know the experiences of Old Testament saints in order to understand the immensity of our privilege in these last days.
The Holy Spirit: Author of Scripture
Feb 26, 1984Bible confirms its divine origin again and again as it makes sense out of our experience in the real world and points the way to harmony.
A Precious Promise: The Outpouring of God's Spirit
Mar 4, 1984If you long for the touch of God's Spirit on your life, give yourself daily to the reading of his Word.
Christ Conceived by the Holy Spirit
Mar 11, 1984The Holy Spirit may be shy, but he is also omnipotent.
Christ in Combat: Defense by the Spirit
Mar 18, 1984Satan might do anything to prevent you from suffering.
Christ in Combat: Offense by the Spirit
Mar 25, 1984Everything Jesus said and did was to make us trust him and imitate him. Everything he did is a ground for faith and a call to action.
Beyond Forgiveness: Blasphemy Against the Spirit
Apr 1, 1984None of us knows when our toying with sin will pass over into irrevocable hardness of heart. Very few people feel how serious sin is.
God Seeks People to Worship Him in Spirit and Truth
Apr 8, 1984Worship must have heart and worship must have head.
The Spirit Is upon Him Gentle for Now
Palm Sunday
Apr 15, 1984Jesus did not come to snuff out your struggling flicker but to fan it carefully into a torch for his glory.
Into Thy Hands I Commit My Spirit
Good Friday
Apr 20, 1984A Good Friday Meditation What can we learn from Jesus about how to die?
The Spirit Will Give Life to Your Mortal Bodies
Easter Sunday
Apr 22, 1984If the Spirit of God indwells you, God is going to raise you from the dead at Christ's second coming and give new life to your mortal bodies.
How to Receive the Gift of the Holy Spirit
Apr 29, 1984Christianity is not merely an array of glorious ideas. It is the life-changing experience of the Holy Spirit through faith in Jesus Christ the Lord of the universe.
Sealed by the Spirit to the Day of Redemption
May 6, 1984God's great desire for his people is that we feel secure in his love and in his power.
How the Spirit Sanctifies
May 13, 1984Sanctification is obeying the Commander-in-Chief. Sanctification is a wartime word.
How the Spirit Helps Us Understand
May 20, 1984The first and most fundamental work of God's Spirit in the life of the natural man is to shatter pride.
Maintain the Unity of the Spirit
May 27, 1984What is the kind of unity that will bring honor and credit to our high calling?
The Spirit Wants the World for Christ
Jun 3, 1984The Spirit wants the world for Christ, but the goal is not yet reached.


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BLM to Host Free Public Tours at Hanksville-Burpee Dinosaur Quarry
Hanksville, Utah— This summer marks the sixth season that paleontologists from the Burpee Museum of Rockford, Illinois are partnering with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Henry Mountain Field Station, on the long-term research initiative and interpretive plans to provide educational and recreational opportunities at the Hanksville-Burpee Dinosaur quarry.
Paleontologists and education personnel from the Burpee Museum will be on site at the Hanksville-Burpee Dinosaur Quarry to conduct free guided tours for the public. Tours will be available at: 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., from May 31 through June 9, with the exception of June 2, no tours will be offered that day. Tours will last approximately forty minutes. Groups will be limited to a maximum of 25 people per tour on a first come, first served basis. All visitors are required to sign in at the big tent before starting the tour. Tours will only be offered under favorable weather conditions– if inclement weather conditions occur, tours will be cancelled. Notification signs will be posted off of Highway 24 detailing whether the quarry tours are operating each day.
Summer temperatures may reach 90° Fahrenheit; visitors are expected to carry at least one quart of water to sustain them during the hour-long trek and should arrive prepared for high temperatures and a hike on undeveloped terrain with appropriate gear. Additionally, there are no developed facilities located at the quarry site.
The site is located approximately 10 miles northwest of Hanksville, Utah. The road into the site is not maintained for passenger cars. High clearance vehicles are recommended to access the quarry and four-wheel drive vehicles may be necessary during and/or after storm events. Directions and other information regarding this site can be obtained by contacting the BLM office in Hanksville, Utah at 380 South 100 West, or by calling Sue Fivecoat at (435) 542-3461.
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RA/CA Spotlight~ Steffi Schoeder
Today the RA/CA spotlight is on Stephanie Schoeder, who always goes by Steffi. Steffi is a history major with a double minor in political science and education. She is also obtaining a broadfield social studies degree with a concentration in psychology. In her free time, Steffi likes to read, watch movies and hang out with friends.
This is Steffi's third year as a Resident Assistant. Her first two years were spent in the residence halls and this year she is in the apartments. Steffi's favorite part of the position is seeing growth in her residents, her co-workers and personal growth as well. While Steffi has won several awards, such as the University Leadership Award and a Spotlight OTM, she attributes her biggest accomplishments to things she did just to prove to herself that she could. " An accomplishment of mine was going on a travel course to Mexico last January," Steffi said "where I was forced to be out of my comfort zone and try many things that I hadn't done before." Steffi also mentioned that learning that it is not the end of the world to fail at something was an accomplishment for her. "Accomplishments to me are things that make you grow as a person" Steffi said "and that can't always be pinpointed to an exact time, place, or location." Being an RA has taught Steffi patience, trust and how to quickly adapt, just to name a few. "This job has taught me so many things that I can't write them all down." Steffi said "I don't think I even know what it has all taught me."
Steffi also reflected on her favorite memory from her years as an RA. "We were still in training, and I very much kept to myself. I was making door decs in my room and had decided it was time to call it a night when there was a knock on my door. Opening it, I find 3 of my fellow Phase One staff members in the door, Sean Sperberg, Zac Gholston and Burgandy Brockman. They asked me if I wanted to go to Perkins. Confused, I said I had my pajamas on and I was about to go to bed. This was clearly not a good excuse for Sean. He told me that nobody cared if I was in my pj's at Perkins, it was after midnight. Seeing that Sean was not going to take 'no' for an answer I caved in and grabbed my wallet to go with them for my first ever late night Perkins Run. While I don't remember much of the conversation that happened at Perkins, this has to be my favorite staff memory because this is what opened the door to me being a part of the RA family. Even if I was an introvert, people were not going to let me stay in my shell and hole up in my room. I had excellent mentors who made me break out of my comfort zone and see all of the amazing opportunities around me. Without this position, I would not have done nearly all that I have done while in my tenure at UW-Green Bay."
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With the changes to mana regen (again) and the boost to MP5, I've been scouring through Elitist Jerks posts and articles to try and find some consensus on Resto Druid gear weightings for Patch 3.2. It took me ages, and I ended up going into Northrend Beasts last week with absolutely no idea if there was an potential drop I should be looking out for.
Now that I've finished my reading & research I want to make it easier for other trees out there,and have created a gear wish list so you know what to look out for. I'm splitting this into 2 parts, this first part aimed at players who fit into the below 4 descriptions:
1. The fairly serious 10 Man raider who sometimes PUGs the easy 25 Mans
2. The 25 Man Raider who is trying to gear up a Resto alt or dual spec set
3. The casual player who knows there stuff, runs heroics with friends & PUG easy 25 mans
4. The player who has just come back from a break and wants to get back into 25 man raiding
I've listed 3 or so options for each slot, because some players won't have access to the new 10 man raid.
- All options included here are leather only & from normal modes. For an expanded list, check out my Loot Rank Template with weightings included!
- I define PUGable 25 Mans as Naxxramas, Obsidium Sanctum: 0 Drakes & Eye Of Eternity
- With the patch 3.2 changes to badges be prepared to run heaps of heroics! You'll notice that many of the best items available require Emblems of Triumph. You can get 2 emblems every day by doing the daily heroic dungeon which means 14 emblems per week!
- While waiting for a good store of Triumph emblems, you can build yourself a great set between Emblems of Conquest/Valour pieces & splashing out some cash on crafted items.
ilvl245 Helm of Abundant Growth: 75 x Emblems of Triumph, Dalaran
ilvl232 Helm of the Snowy Grotto: Twin Val'kyr, Trial of the Crusader 10
ilvl226 Conqueror's Nightsong Headpiece: 58 x Emblems of Conquest, Dalaran
ilvl226 Life-Binder's Locket: Requires Quest Item from Sapphiron, 25 Man Naxxramas & 25 Man Malygos
ilvl226 Evoker's Charm: 19 x Emblems of Conquest, Dalaran
ilvl213 Symbol of Redemption: The Black Knight, Trial of the Champion Heroic
ilvl245 Shoulders of the Fateful Accord: 45 x Emblems of Triumph, Dalaran
ilvl232 Malfurion's Spaulders of Conquest: 30 x Emblems of Triumph, Dalaran
ilvl232 Shoulderpads of the Glacial Wilds: Northrend Beasts, Trial of the Crusader 10
ilvl219 Valorous Nightsong Spaulders: Thorim, Ulduar 10
ilvl226 Cape of the Unworthy Wizard: Kel'Thuzad, Naxxramas 25
ilvl226 Asimov's Drape: Mimiron, Ulduar 25 OR Auction House
ilvl213 Cloak of Kea Feathers: 25 x Emblem of Valor, Dalaran
ilvl213 Shawl of the Caretaker: Ignis the Furnace Master, Ulduar 10
ilvl232 Malfurion's Robe of Conquest: 50 x Emblems of Triumph, Dalaran
ilvl226 Conqueror's Nightsong Vestments: 58 x Emblems of Conquest, Dalaran
ilvl226 Phaelia's Vestments of the Sprouting Seed: Iron Council, Ulduar 25 OR Auction House
ilvl213 Esteemed Bindings: Instructor Razuvious, Naxxramas 25
ilvl213 Bands of the Great Tree: 60 x Emblem of Valor, Dalaran OR Auction House
ilvl219 Bindings of the Depths: General Vezax, Ulduar 10
ilvl232 Malfurion's Handguards of Conquest: 30 x Emblem of Triumph, Dalaran
ilvl213 Valorous Dreamwalker Handguards: Sartharion, The Obsidian Sanctum H
ilvl226 Grips of the Secret Grove: 28 x Emblem of Conquest, Dalaran
ilvl226 Belt of Arctic Life: Crafted (With Runed Orbs coming down in price, this is definitely worth making)
ilvl226 Belt of the Living Thicket: 28 x Emblem of Conquest, Dalaran
ilvl226 Unravelling Strands of Sanity: Malygos, The Eye of Eternity Heroic
ilvl232 Malfurion's Leggings of Conquest: 50 x Emblem of Triumph, Dalaran
ilvl226 Wildstrider Legguards: 39 x Emblem of Conquest, Dalaran
ilvl219 Valorous Nightsong Leggings: Hodir, Ulduar 10
ilvl226 Boots of Wintry Endurance: Crafted (With Runed Orbs coming down in price, this is definitely worth making)
ilvl213 Rainey's Chewed Boots: 40 x Emblem of Valor, Dalaran
ilvl219 Boots of the Petrified Forest: Iron Council, Ulduar 10
ilvl245 Band of the Invoker: 35 x Emblem of Triumph, Dalaran
ilvl245 Heartmender Circle: 35 x Emblem of Triumph, Dalaran
ilvl226 Etched Loop of the Kirin Tor: Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran
ilvl219 Lady Maye's Sapphire Ring: Iron Council, Ulduar 10
ilvl213 Band of Channeled Magic: 25 x Emblem of Valor, Dalaran
ilvl219 Spark of Hope: Kologarn, Ulduar 10 (This trinket is just made for trees)
ilvl213 Illustration of the Dragon Soul: Sartharion, The Obsidian Sanctum Heroic (Every man & his dog seems to have this trinket – I've yet to see it drop)
ilvl213 Forethought Talisman: Multiple Bosses, Naxxramas 25
ilvl200 Je'Tze's Bell: World Drop, Auction House
ilvl219 Eye of the Broodmother: Razorscale, Ulduar 10 (Be prepared to fight some caster clothies for this trinket!)
ilvl232 Enlightenment: Twin Val'kyr, Trial of the Crusader 10
ilvl232 Cold Convergence: Anub'arak Raid, Trial of the Crusader 10
ilvl219 Devotion: Yogg-Saron, Ulduar 10
ilvl219 Pillar of Fortitude: Trash Drop, Ulduar 10
Main Hand
ilvl232 Blade of the Silver Disciple: Faction Champions, Trial of the Crusader 10
ilvl232 Argent Resolve: Anub'arak Raid, Trial of the Crusader 10
ilvl226 Torch of Holy Fire: Kel'Thuzad, Naxxramas 25 (Yes this once coveted piece is still fantastic)
ilvl219 Stormtip: Iron Council, Ulduar 10
Off Hand
ilvl232 Chalice of Benedictus: Twin Val'kyr, Trial of the Crusader 10
ilvl213 Matriarch's Spawn: Maexxna, Naxxramas 25
ilvl219 Igniter Rod: Ignis the Furnace Master, Ulduar 10
ilvl245 Idol of Flaring Growth: 25 x Emblem of Triumph, Dalaran (This has got to be the best idol ever designed! It's the first thing Lath is spending her emblems on)
ilvl213 Idol of Awakening: Multiple Bosses, Naxxramas 25 OR 25 x Emblem of Valor, Dalaran
I hope some trees out there find this helpful! Next up a gear list for the 25 Man raider…


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THIS ESTABLISHMENT HAS BECOME THE MODERN HONOLULU The Waikiki EDITION
High-concept style meets high-end chain reliability in a private lagoon setting.
The first of the Marriott's EDITION brand hotels, The Waikiki EDITION takes its modern design cues from visionary hotelier Ian Schrager. Schrager's creative direction is evident in all aspects of this hotel, from the bi-level pools overlooking an outdoor theater featuring first-run movies and art installations to the tropical-urban style in the 353 guest rooms and suites. The 17th-floor Penthouse Suite kicks the luxury level up a notch with nearly 3,000 square feet of living and terrace space. Iron Chef star Masaharu Morimoto has created a menu of contemporary Japanese dishes at Morimoto Waikiki, and artist and former pro surfer Herbie Fletcher brings a hang ten vibe to the lobby with his wall-to-wall surfboard installation incorporating 100 broken surfboards from the best pipeline surfers. Amenities include a private lagoon beach, Surf and Bikini Boot Camps, The Spa at Waikiki and Crazybox, whose New York City nightclub feel is accented with more than 40,000 antique light bulbs. Although the EDITION shines the spotlight on play, it also gets down to business with meeting and event spaces that take advantage of the secluded natural setting.


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Keep Moving
It may seem counter to your survival instinct, but as you approach a rollover or small cliff band, don't stop.
Look Ahead
Flatten your skis to skid and slow down as you scope your next turn. Once you spot it, move confidently and in balance, and continue your descent.
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It's May Day!
Over at another blog, I am giving some conservative the gears over socialism so let's not forget that the world we live in is that socialist paradise that workers one hundred years ago yearned for: public health infrastructure, fair wage laws, human rights laws, affordable or public insurances against any sort of calamity without which many families would be ruined. You know, just because the benefits in any given place are not what they are in Sweden or Saskatchewan, there isn't one western nation that isn't "socialist" from the perspective of an 1920's industrialist or an 1880's Chicago anarchist. I forgot child labour laws and subsidization of farmers and fair rent laws. And public libraries and municipal fire departments and parks. All socialist.
Thank Uncle Karl on this May Day for the wealth and stability which the sensible and free application of his ideas have brought us all. Save the winge and rant about leftist tyranny, too, as every set of principles, even Christ's, has been co-opted by the murderous tyrant. The misappropriation of the principles of socialism may be the most offensive in fact as your average military dictator or racist nationalist fascist hegemonist made no pretense of concern for the barrio, the slum or the ghetto. But that shame is not for today. No, today is about sweet moderate socialism as a cornerstone of a rich, free and democratic society which had been the balm to us all and that includes most certainly the good neighbours to the south as well. Hug a union worker today and be vigilent against those part-thinkers and self-servers who would undo one hundred years of progress.


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The Great Media Noise Machine
The media can only determine the outcome of an election if you play its game and give it power. Deny its power and the game is yours to win or lose.
Originally published at Sultan Knish.Daniel Greenfield
About the Author: Daniel Greenfield is an Israeli born blogger and columnist, and a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. His work covers American, European and Israeli politics as well as the War on Terror. His writing can be found at http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ These opinions do not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Jewish Press.The author's opinion does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Jewish Press.
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The biggest noise machine in the US is Fox News and Right Wing talk Radio, both are spreading disinformation about Obama 24 hours a day. Romney said, "my job is not to worry about the 47%" That is what he said, the Media did not say it, Romney said it. The Media reported it.


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Megan Fox On 'Fathom': 'I Don't Want It Played By Someone Who Doesn't Give a S--- About It'
Uber-hottie Megan Fox is all over the comic book scene lately, with roles in "Jonah Hex," a comic book based on her upcoming movie "Jennifer's Body," and a potential starring role in "Fathom," a live-action film based on the Aspen MLT series.
Fox has repeatedly professed her love for both the series and the work of its creator, recently deceased writer/artist Michael Turner, so when we had a chance to sit down with Fox during our "Behind the Screen" movie special, we had to ask her about the status of the project.
"They wrote the script and I think the studio is making notes on the script now," Fox told MTV News.
According to Fox, her love for the series began at an early age—which is why she's so protective of the character.
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Right now I'm doing a lab report on the motion of a cart moving down an incline. So far, I've got my purpose, materials, and procedure written down. I'm currently doing the response questions. There are 10 of them, and I've got 6 so far. Two of them I'll be fine with, but one of them in particular right now is puzzling me.
The question I need help on says: Sketch the shapes of the position-time, velocity-time, and acceleration time graphs for the cart rolling down the ramp.
A previous procedure says: Plot a graph of velocity against time for the cart by plotting the average velocities at half-time intervals (0.05s, 0.15s, etc).
I graphed my results and got the following (see attached). My question is, am I supposed to use half-time intervals or normal-time intervals for the three graphs? Whats the purpose of half time? It just doesnt make sense to ask for the same graph twice.
Another question asks, "For the same time interval, how did the area beneath the velocity-time graph compare with the displacement of the cart? How should it compare?" My answer was as follows:
(.5vt) = (.5vt(15m/s)(0.05s)) = 0.375m.
The displacement of the cart calculated by finding the area beneath the velocity-time graph is 0.375cm [down]. The area beneath the graph (distance) over the 0.05s interval did not equal the distance in the graph (0.375cm does not equal 1.5cm). To obtain the average velocity for the graph, the displacement (1.5cm) was divided by 0.1s. This gave an average velocity of 15cm/s. In order to get the displacement from the velocity, the operation must be done in reverse; (15cm/s)(0.1s) = 1.5cm. This is not what is being done with the graph. On the graph, half time units are being used as opposed to full time. So already, it can be determined that the velocity will at least be half of 1.5cm; that being 0.75cm. In addition, this answer must be multiplied by 0.5 (one half) due to the area being a triangle, meaning that the displacement will be 0.375cm. Therefore, the displacement determined from the Velocity-Half Time graph will always be one fourth of the displacement given on the chart. My hypothesis predicting that they would be equivalent was wrong.
This answer doesn't seem right though. I mean, based on the calculations, the answer seems right. But shouldn't the displacement under the graph always equal the displacement on the chart?


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The Gospel can't be lived. It's the Law that's lived.
What do y'all think about this particular statement?
The Gospel can't be lived. It's the Law that's lived.
What do y'all think about this particular statement?
"If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?"
-- David Livingstone
I think the gospel is being contorted.
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Rom 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
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"Our object should not be to have scripture on our side but to be on the side of scripture; and however dear any sentiment may have become by being long entertained, so soon as it is seen to be contrary to the Bible, we must be prepared to abandon it without hesitation."
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If you really want to know what I think then here it is. One can only live within two states. One could either be positionally in the law, or positionally in the gospel. There is no middle state, for if one wanted to live according to the law and not according to the grace of the gospel, then one is spitting in the face of Christ and his sacrifice on the cross. The gospel brings life and liberty from the law so that one can serve and please God. Therefore the gospel must be lived, if life truly comes from it, compared to the law that must bring death, a death that our Savior experienced on our behalf on the cross as he experienced the wrath of God the Father. This does not mean that we are to be antinomians, because thanks to the Gospel we are changed by the Spirit to love God with the desire to please our Lord. It is not a freedom to do whatever we want in sin however, but in instead a direct result of our changed nature. We are not living according to the law when we try to please God, but are actively in the state of grace being transformed to the image of the Son in our sanctification by the Holy Spirit. Therefore if we are living according to the gospel, in other words living the Gospel, then we are not living the works of the Law or living the Law, because Christ did that for us. For you see it is impossible for anyone other then Christ to live the law and live, because all have sinned in Adam and have fallen short of the glory of God. It is only by the Gospel that one can truly live.
David Jolley
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Is it fair to say that we live by the power of the Gospel and live a life in conformity with the third use of the law (by the power of the Gospel)? Or is it better to say that we live "in the Gospel"
What about this Tim Keller quote:
And how about this Tim Keller clip:
"The Bible's purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life. The Bible's purpose is to show you how God's grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome... religion is 'if you obey, then you will be accepted'. But the Gospel is, 'if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you're accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey'. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference."
YouTube - The Gospel, Moralism, and Irreligion
It seems that some theologians and even the NT uses the word Gospel in a broader sense beyond merely referring to that cluster of things to be believed. The Gospel is used to denote the power of the new life. Thus, we live by the Gospel and not by the law and even our law-keeping is Gospel-driven. This enlarged definition of Gospel seems to be in vogue and stressed nowadays, but it does seem biblical.
In the clip and in the NT it appears that the Gospel is how we live. We live out the Gospel in our lives. Of course, grace is lawful, but we are not living the law but living the Gospel according to Tim Keller, and according to the Apostle Paul, if I understand him right. If people are denying that grace is lawful or is antinomian that is another issue, but the phraseology of "Living the Gospel" is fine.
It sounds like the quote, "The Gospel can't be lived. It's the Law that's lived" is advocating a moralistic approach.
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If Hortons' quote is true is it appropriate that many modern ministries use phrases such as "The Gospel for all of Life" – shouldn't it be then, the Gospel to get you saved so that you can live by the law?
I don't understand, is Horton afraid of antinomianism?
"If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?"
-- David Livingstone
Well, the statement, whether right or wrong, does follow from the premises that Gospel = what God does for me, and Law = what I am supposed to do for God. I do believe that way of speaking is common in Lutheranism, and I'll look it up when I get the chance, but I believe Calvin also sanctioned it, although he usually uses Law and Gospel to refer to differing dispensations.
Charlie Johnson
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CJ Rice
Member Christ RPCNA
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Rom 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
This stuff makes my head hurt. Surely we can agree on this much?
When Paul is writing to the Galatians and says
Galatians 1:8, 9 "8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed."
..he is referring to the message/doctrines of the Gospel i.e that salvation is by grace alone, in Christ alone, through faith alone. He does not have in view himself or his lifestyle, his obedience, his righteousness, all of which would have backed up or evidences the power and efficacy of the Gospel. Thus surely we can all agree that fundamentally the Gospel is the message that though we are depraved and cursed from conception, destined for Hell, that through faith in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ we can be saved and inherit eternal life.
Now what place does our Gospel-fueled life and testimony have? Would this be a good text to discuss in that regard.
1 Peter 3:15 "15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;"
Righteous living does not seem to work, on its own, we still must give a defense to those who ask of the hope that is in us. What is the source of our hope? The Gospel, the power of Christ to save and change lives, give peace under any circumstance. But we would not point to our righteousness and holy living as our hope would we? Our hope is in our Redeemer what he has done....left to ourselves there is no good news....in Christ there is good news; we can be redeemed. A righteous holy life of obedience evidences the power of the Gospel but it is not the Gospel itself.
All this to say that I'm pretty surprised that this gets as much talk as it is getting. For years and years when I was a child, when I was a teenager I knew what the Gospel was - that sinners can be saved by Christ. Is that still not enough for us? I'm not familiar enough with WHI to say whether they're a tad imbalanced in some regards in relation to law and Gospel but at my simplistic level the Gospel needs no discussion and it makes me very uncomfortable when folks starting pointing to anything/anyone other than what Christ has done and saying this is the good news...this is the Gospel.
RBCBob gave a very good list of texts which few people picked up on regarding this discussion in a previous thread. He did it again in the Pyromaniacs thread and only one person noticed.
Notwithstanding Horton or WHI, from my perspective there is something wrong with the above quote from Keller, it genuinely troubles me and the perspective that agrees with him troubles me;
"But the Gospel is, 'if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you're accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey'. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference."
I just can't get my head around that...the good news to man is not that you're accepted, but that you can be accepted in Christ and in Christ alone, and when you are accepted then you will be so united to Christ and indwelt by the Spirit that you will be able to obey.
Now can you live the Gospel? I'd say no, but the Gospel lives in us the true Sheep of Christ. Those two things are radically and importantly different. To say I am living the Gospel is to equate my life with what Christ has done for sinners. However, to say that the Gospel lives in me, is to say that my life is a testimony to the power of the Gospel.
I provided this quote in a previous thread as well and repeat it here. From Machen's Christianity and Liberalism,
"Christ died for our sins," said the primitive disciples, "according to Scripture; he was buried; he has been raised on the third day according to the Scriptures." From the beginning, the Christian gospel, as indeed the name "gospel" or "good news" implies, consisted in an account of something that had happened. And from the beginning, the meaning of the happening was set forth; and when the meaning was set forth then there was a Christian doctrine. "Christ died" - that is history; "Christ died for our sins" - that is doctrine. Without these two elements, joined in an absolutely indissoluble union, there is no Christianity."
If WHI are limiting the Gospel is such a way as it is merely historic truth and not linking in the FOR US,..they're wrong, but I think it is equally wrong to point to anything else than Christ AS OUR HOPE and THE GOOD NEWS. The Gospel is not me.
Here is Mark Dever's definition of the Gospel quoted from "The Gospel and Personal Evangelism"
"Here is what I understand the good news to be: the good news is that the one and only God, who is holy, made us in his image to know him. But we sinned and cut ourselves off from him. In his great love, God became a man in Jesus, lived a perfect life, and died on the cross, thus fulfilling the law himself and taking on himself the punishment for the sins of all those who would ever turn and trust in him. He rose again from the dead, showing that God accepted Christ's sacrifice and that God's wrath against us had been exhausted. He now calls us to repent of our sins and to trust in Christ alone for our forgiveness. If we repent of our sins and trust in Christ, we are born again into a new life, an eternal life with God. Now that is good news."
That seems to me the time-proved saving truth.
Romans 1:16-17 "16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith."
Paul Wallace
Cullybackey Reformed Presbyterian Church
Northern Ireland
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Member, Redeemer Presbyterian, OPC,
Santa Maria
TImv: So you disagree with Keller's quote and video?
"If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?"
-- David Livingstone
1.By "exhibiting the righteousness of God, — in other words, the righteousness which alone is acceptable to God, — it admonishes every one of his own unrighteousness, certiorates, convicts, and finally condemns him."
2.It acts "by means of its fearful denunciations and the consequent dread of punishment, to curb those who, unless forced, have no regard for rectitude and justice."
3."The third use of the Law. . .has respect to believers in whose hearts the Spirit of God already flourishes and reigns. ... For it is the best instrument for enabling them daily to learn with greater truth and certainty what that will of the Lord is which they aspire to follow, and to confirm them in this knowledge..."
I mean, is that really radical? That a, well pretty big reason the Bible spends so much time on how we are to live is that, gasp, God wants us to know how we should live?
Tim Vaughan
Member, Redeemer Presbyterian, OPC,
Santa Maria
Tim V:
Your stumbling at Keller makes me curious (maybe a topic for another thread).
But Keller, Piper, Mahaney and Jerry Bridges all say things like, "The Gospel is for believers" and "Believers, too, need the Gospel" and that "Believers are also saved by the Gospel."
So, it appears that these folks say that we live by the Gospel (of course, this gospel is lawful I would presume).
Would you contest this phraseology as wrong?
"If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?"
-- David Livingstone
The Scriptures principally teach what man is to believe concerning God and what duty God requireth of man.
Elder Andrew Barnes (PCA)
Christ Presbyterian Church (Kansas City, MO)
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Pergy, I think for Horton, the prepositions matter. There's a difference between drinking from a faucet and drinking a faucet.
Those authors you've cited all make much of the indicative/imperative relationship. The imperative (Law?) is founded on the indicative (Gospel?). The indicative gives one the spiritual power, the motivation to go live the imperative. I think you know all this. So, if you equate Law/Gospel with indicative/imperative, then it all makes sense. Logically speaking, you can't obey an indicative. It's what is. You can, however, obey an imperative. So, for them it would not be living the Gospel, but living out of the Gospel.
So, I think the pertinent questions are:
1) Can gospel/law be mapped directly onto indicative/imperative?
2) If so, are there other valid meanings of law and gospel?
3) If so, how do we speak about them all in a clear manner?
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Is this talk of living the Gospel only a recent development?
Piper, Keller, Mahaney, Bridges all use the same phraseology but I do not see this phraseology in the Reformation-era writers.
Also, is this an "incorrect" way of speaking or merely a different way of speaking? Is it wrong to speak of "living out the Gospel" or "living the Gospel" (taking these two phrases to be the same thing) because it seems that we do this due to believing the Gospel and walking in light of the Gospel. The motivation and the source of action is the Gospel not the law, after all.
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Isn't the point of Galatians that, being saved by grace do we now continue by law-keeping? Our sancitfication is also by grace and by the power of the Gospel. When I read Keller, Mahaney and Bridges that is what I get. I do not think, "Okay, now I must use the 3rd use of the law now that I am saved." Instead, I think that I must live more and more by the power of the Gospel and its implications.
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What are we to think of the link to John Frame here:
Law and Gospel
"If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?"
-- David Livingstone
I find it very frustrating that such a simple doctrine can be the cause of so much disputation, but considering that the enemy of our souls doesn't want us to know what the Gospel is, nor does he want us to rest in the finished work of Christ, I can see why this topic comes up over and over again. The Gospel proper contains no demands, only promises (cf. Ro 3:21-26, 4:23-25, 5:1-2, 5:6-11, 6:23, 8:1-4; 1 Cor 15:1-4, Gal 1:3-5, 3:13-14, et al). Therefore, the Gospel cannot be lived. Can we emulate our Lord Jesus? By His grace, we can. However, the command to do so is still Law and not the Gospel. Can we wash one another's feet as Christ washed the feet of His disciples and thereby testify to the new life within us that God has freely bestowed on His elect in regeneration? Yes, by His grace. However, the command to do so is still not the Gospel - it is Law.
Christ has fulfilled the Law completely for His elect bride. Why do so many want to carry this work out for Him? The Gospel cannot be lived; we live in the light of the Gospel, bearing fruit as our obedience to Him becomes evident via the work of the Spirit in us. We can live in accordance with the Law's demands imperfectly, in the light of the Gospel, and out of gratitude for all that Jesus has done for us in the Gospel, but we cannot live the Gospel. We can be thankful for the Gospel, adorning it with our good works, but we cannot be or live the Gospel.
The life, death, burial, and resurrection of Christ are the Gospel. And if this is the case, which it is according to 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, then we cannot live the Gospel, seeing as it consists of (a.)Christ's life (i.e. His active obedience to the Law), (b.)Christ's death (i.e. His passive obedience to the Law), (c.)His burial and (d.)His resurrection (not ours, but with which we are united by the Spirit). I cannot live a perfect life of obedience to the Law for another, nor can I have the wrath of God poured out upon me for the sins of another - therefore, I cannot live or be the Gospel.
Hiram Diaz
Port Cities Reformed Baptist Church
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Good and upright is the Lord, therefore He instructs sinners in His ways
-Ps 25:8
We can't because Christ has lived the perfect life for us and died the perfect atoning death. So the objective realities of justification and adoption have been achieved for us by Christ and are received by us by faith.but we cannot live the Gospel.
But in the more subjective experience of progressive sanctification, the message of Christ's death and resurrection is important to the believer also - who has been united to all that Christ is at regeneration. As is the teaching that we are not now under law as a CoW, if we are Christ's, but under God's grace. See e.g. Romans 6.
The believer is empowered in his sanctification, law keeping, good works, etc, by his union with Christ, and particularly in contemplating and appreciating spiritually the fact that Christ died and rose again, and therefore he/she died and rose again. Empowered in sanctification by meditating on the Gospel throughout his/her Christian life.
As a believer he/she is still under the law as a pattern and rule of life, but not as a CoW.
Faith in Christ and His Gospel is the engine of sanctification, while the law, God's law and Christ's law, is the tracks.
Richard Tallach
communicant member,
Knox Free Church,
Perth, Scotland GB
His Name forever shall endure;
last like the sun it shall:
Men shall be blessed in Him,
and blessed all nations shall Him call (Ps. 72:17)
Yours sincerely,
Rev. Matthew Winzer
Australian Free Church,
Victoria, Australia
"Illum oportet crescere me autem minui."
The fact is, the gospel is more than a message -- it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth. To those for whom the gospel is merely a message it is the savour of death unto death and a killing letter. To those who have known the power of the gospel, there is deliverance from the condemnation and the domination of the law; from the penalty and the power of sin. Sin shall not have dominion over you; why? Because ye are not under the law but under grace. Samuel Rutherford explains what it means to be delivered from the rigour of the law (Spiritual Antichrist 2:122, 123):
Those who obey the law, do you not hear what the law requires -- personal, perfect, and perpetual obedience. Woe, woe, woe to you, who desire to become teachers of the law.The rigour of the law is not in commanding holiness, the law then should be unjust, but in that it now obligeth us to obedience under a curse, when we are utterly unable to obey; but Christ abateth the rigour of the law, in that, (1.) He removeth the curse, which Towne seemeth to esteem a poore courtesy Christ hath done us. (2.) Giveth grace to obey. (3.) Pardoneth in Christs blood the sinful defects of obedience. (4.) Justifieth us not by law (that door to heaven is shut, never to be opened to sinners), but by faith (which is his own gift), laying hold on the righteousness of Christ freely, and of only pure grace imputed to us.
Yours sincerely,
Rev. Matthew Winzer
Australian Free Church,
Victoria, Australia
"Illum oportet crescere me autem minui."
Phillipians 1:27a Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ:
2 Corinthians 8:18: And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches;
2 Corinthians 2-3: Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
The gospel is manifested in our hearts which show in our words and deeds to those around us, so yes, we can live out the gospel.
Walter S.
Sunday School teacher-RPCNA
Clay, NY
We have DIED to the law. So can we now live the law? No.
The law remains helpful in many ways. I might even say I live it in the sense that it helps inform my life of gratitude. But the claim to be my life belongs to another: "I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been cricufied with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me" (Gal. 2:19-20).
Does this mean then that we live the gospel? No again. At least not in the narrow sense of that word as it's used in 1 Cor. 15.
But since the gospel is Christ's work, and I do live in Christ, there's a broader sense of the gospel in which God's acceptance of my own good works, done in Christ, makes them an indispensible part of that gospel. In addition, the gospel powers any ability I have to live for God and is the basis for my life of gratitude. So in that sense too, at the very least we must say that I live out the implications of the gospel or that I live by the gospel. We might even say (very carefully, and making sure to point out how we mean something different from the emergents) that my life is part of the gospel.
This all gets difficult because definitions are fluid:
1. The Bible uses "gospel" sometimes in a more narrow sense and sometimes in a broader one. And since the core of the gospel, the crucifixion and resurrection, are the central event in all human life, it's hard to know how sharply to draw the line between gospel and non-gospel. The ripples of the cross are both vast and essential to the cross itself.
2. When we talk of "living by the law" some mean trusting in our works while others mean a life a thankful obedience. The law, after all, has those three uses.
3. Even the word "living" can be confusing. Do we mean our behavior or our salvation? And aren't our behavior and our salvation clearly separate things, yet necessarily and organically connected?
My point is that when we use these little phrases, we also need to take a bit of care to unpack them and explain our terms. And when someone else comes up with a little phrase that sounds wrong to us, we need to find out what they mean before embracing or villainizing their phrase. Finally, we need to understand that if we do decide to speak either of living the gospel or of living God's law, we must clearly say that we do so only and wholly in Christ.
Jack K.
PCA, worshiping with some fine Baptists in Colorado
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The Gospel of Jesus Christ is Christ centered, not church centered.
The church of Jesus Christ should be Christ centered, not self-centered.
For believers to become participant covenant performers of the gospel of grace, would necessarily require an ontological change of being, which will never occur.
Creatures will never become like or equal to their Creator; not even by the saving grace of God which promises they will share in His heavenly glory.
The result of all obedience AND Godly grace will be:
"They shall be My people; and I will be their God." Ezekiel 11:20; Hebrews 8:10; Jeremiah 30:22
"'I will satiate the soul of the priests with abundance, and My people shall be satisfied with My goodness,' says the Lord." Jeremiah 31:14
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You said:
How much of this discussion is real meaty disagreement and how much of it is merely one camp arguing for only the narrower sense of the word "Gospel" and the other camp beginning to stress the broader definition as well?The Bible uses "gospel" sometimes in a more narrow sense and sometimes in a broader one.
"If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?"
-- David Livingstone
Yours sincerely,
Rev. Matthew Winzer
Australian Free Church,
Victoria, Australia
"Illum oportet crescere me autem minui."
Rev. Winzer: Thanks for that explanation.
A follow-up question for you or anyone else: Did anyone ever use "Gospel" in this broader sense prior to the last couple decades or so? Is this a new trend regarding the use of the word Gospel?
"If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?"
-- David Livingstone
That's probably too simple. But I know for sure that I do that.
Jack K.
PCA, worshiping with some fine Baptists in Colorado
Gospel Teacher website
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Yours sincerely,
Rev. Matthew Winzer
Australian Free Church,
Victoria, Australia
"Illum oportet crescere me autem minui."
Thanks, linking that previous post about living the Gospel here:
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"If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?"
-- David Livingstone
Horton's trying so hard to fight neonomianism that his language has strayed from biblical language. His book "Christ the Lord" made my head spin.
Jason Lim
I am not knocking Horton. I subscribe to Modern Reformation and have listened to WHI for years. I appreciate very much what they are trying to do. However, I believe that their genuine concern over neonomianism is causing a reaction that is pushing his language toward an Antinomian bent. I hope that changes because is a very real and strange way actions can follow words. If one is not careful in waging a battle against false teaching one can become a false teacher himself. The clear teaching of Scripture will always defeat the esoteric mental concoctions of the false teacher. We do not have to invent new language, new categories, or new logic in order to address false teachers.
'There's nae jouking in the cause of Christ' - James Guthrie
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Lawrence Underwood, Jr.
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I am learning, though, that you can't assume everyone understands what you mean by phrases like that. And not all of the other meanings are wrong, though some are.
Jack K.
PCA, worshiping with some fine Baptists in Colorado
Gospel Teacher website
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Philippians 1:27 says, "Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;" The people who say that we should live the gospel probably mean that we should conduct ourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
I propose the following solution: we are 'part' of the Gospel in the sense that we live 'from' the Gospel, or 'out of' the Gospel, or as a 'result' of the Gospel, as in HC q/a 64:
Q64: But does not this doctrine make men careless and profane?
A64: No, for it is impossible that those who are implanted into Christ by true faith, should not bring forth fruits of thankfulness.
Christ alone is the 'bread of life' (Joh.6:48), in whom I am inplanted by true faith. We live (bring forth fruit) from the Bread (Christ/the Word, 6:51), we are not the bread itself. We are 'part' of the bread/Gospel, in the sense that we are involved/implanted and will therefore bring forth fruit (Joh.15:5), but this fruit (thankfully!) is or never will be 'part' of our justification itself, as we confess in q/a 62:
Q62: But why cannot our good works be the whole or part of our righteousness before God?
A62: Because the righteousness which can stand before the judgment seat of God must be perfect throughout and entirely conformable to the divine law,[1] but even our best works in this life are all imperfect and defiled with sin.[2]
We are the fruit, not the Root, and that is the Good News, praise God !
Bavinck recommended in his Reformed Dogmatics (vol.3, p.229[350]) that, because of the misuse/misunderstanding of the term 'conditions' (esp. with Rome, Lutherans and Remonstrants) from the 17-19th centuries, that the word should not be used. Maybe the same must be done with phrases like 'live the Gospel' and replace it with the clearer 'living FROM the Gospel' ?
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Aussie Wave
[MUSIC] Hi, welcome to the Hairstyle Lounge. I'm Sarah Petumba the artist/stylist. I have a lot of great videos here for you with tips and trick to make quick and easy, beautiful hairstyles. Enjoy. [MUSIC] Hi, welcome to the hairstyle lounge. I'm Sarah Patempa and I'm here with Cynthia today to show you how to get the perfect Aussie wave. Now to start we're going to take Aussie's catch the wave mousse plus leave in conditioner. Now this is a great mousse because it's not. Hard and crunchy. It's actually really soft and light because of all the conditioners in it. So I'm gonna use about a quarter size. I'm gonna put it directly at the root, and then the key here is to blow dry the hair up so that you get a lot of volume to start off the look. Then the next step is actually to section out the hair. You wanna section the left side of the hair. Then the right side and then the back. This is just to keep control of everything you're doing and then when we go through, we're gonna go in horizontal sections and depending on how thick your hair is, we'll determine how thick the sections are. So with Cynthia's hair, I'm gonna take a small section, just about a square inch. And I'm gonna use Aussie's Opposites Attract Hairspray. Now this hairspray is so great because it's really flexible. I can actually use it as a styling cutter so I'm going to spritz it right on the hair before using the iron. Then I am going to take a one inch curling iron and I'm not going to open it, not going to do anything fancy. I'm going to keep it closed, hold it on a vehicle. And then wrap the hair all the way around in a spiral motion downward. Now the key here is to just keep it really simple. You're just gonna wrap the hair around, you're gonna fold the ends out. And because it is such a soft, natural wave you don't need to focus on getting this all the way. Just hold it really lightly. And then when you're about to release it you don't need to turn it, do anything. All you need to do is allow the hair to slide right off the iron like that. And as you can see with the hairspray I can run my fingers right through that, and it's really soft and natural. Now Cynthia's gonna show you how she can do it. Okay, there's your section. You're gonna take the hairspray. Spritz it all the way on. So, now she's gonna take a one-inch curling iron, hold it in a vertical position, perfect, and then wrap it away from her face. Now, you'd wanna go away from the face so you don't have banana curls coming in. Perfect. So, you're just gonna hold it there 20 seconds. Great. And then now remember, when you take it out, you just want it to slide right off the barrel. Perfect. Good job. [LAUGH] Great. So then at the end you're just going to run your fingers through, pull this off your face, and there you go. The perfect wave. Thanks for joining us today. I'm Sarah Potempa and this is our perfect Aussie Wave. You can find this hairstyle and other tips in our hairstyle lounge. [MUSIC]