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Well we return in our study of the Word of God tonight to 2 John...2 John, just thirteen verses but packed with wonderful truth and blessing. I've entitled this little study of this brief epistle by John, "Living in the Truth...Living in the Truth." Anybody who knows me very well knows that I am driven by the truth, I am compelled by the truth, I am burdened with the truth. I am obligated to the truth. The whole of my life and ministry is bent in the direction of knowing the truth, guarding the truth, proclaiming the truth. That really does define me top to bottom, side to side, in total.
And that is essentially the theme of this postcard epistle, just a brief letter. The idea here is to call every reader to be faithful to the truth, recognizing that we live in a world of lies and a world of liars. Deceivers and their deceptions are everywhere. Five times the word for truth appears here, the wordaletheia in the very first section. Let me read verses 1 to 4.
"The elder to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth. And not only I but also who know the truth for the sake of the truth which abides in us and will be with us forever. Grace, mercy and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Son of the Father in truth and love. I was very glad to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we have received commandment to do from the Father."
Five times in the very beginning we are confronted with the Greek word aletheia which means truth. This, of course, is true of 3 John as well. In 3 John the emphasis is on the truth, verse 1, "Gaius whom I love in truth." Verse 3, "I was glad when brethren came and bore witness to your truth, that is how you are walking in truth." Verse 4, "I have no greater joy than this to hear of my children walking in the truth." Verse 8, "Therefore we ought to support such men that we may be fellow workers with the truth." And then verse 12, "Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone and from the truth itself."
John writes these two little letters emphasizing the priority of living in the truth. Two personal letters, one to a lady unnamed, called the chosen lady, one to a man named Gaius. Both of them clear calls to live in the truth. The world is then divided between those who know the truth and live the truth and those who live in deception. That's how the world is split, the deceived and those who know the truth.
John, of course, the Apostle John, the companion and intimate friend of the truth incarnate, Jesus Christ, was inspired by the Holy Spirit to provide these two letters to the point, very focused, very direct, unmistakably clear as calls to live in the truth. I've said this so many times, I repeat it again for the benefit of those who may hear only this message, the most important thing in the world is the truth of God. And so John gives us here this call to the truth. It is not a solitary call, it is merely an echo of what is all through the Scripture.
But the specific prompting to write here was the ever present threat of deceivers, the ever present threat of false teachers. And as we noted in our opening message on this epistle, false teachers would travel around as the true preachers of the gospel did and they would seek to find a home in the churches and to find hospitality from the believers in those churches and to settle in to a Christian home, win the favor of the family, infiltrate the church, under the support of that church, teach their damning lies. And asI told you last time, Christians were obligated to show hospitality to other believers, to embrace strangers within the family of God and to welcome them in in order that they might be received by fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. The true preachers and the true teachers and the true saints took advantage of that, of course, but so did the liars and deceivers and charlatans and frauds and emissaries of Satan, the false apostles and the false teachers who masquerading as true preachers of the gospel found their way into homes, set up embedded in the fellowship, taught their subtle but gangrenous lies, gained converts, twisted the gospel, subverted the church, robbed it of its power and its witness.
Some of the believers in the name of hospitality, perhaps undiscerning, opened their homes unwittingly to these false teachers. And it is very likely that the lady addressed in this letter did just that. The letter then, being written to her to warn her about such lack of discernment. As we said last time, it is written to a lady and her children who are loved in the truth. And this lady is warned in verse 7, "Many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, this is the deceiver and the antichrist, watch yourselves." In verse 10, "If anyone comes to you and doesn't bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house and do not give him a greeting. For the one who gives him a greeting participates in his evil deed, let alone gives him lodging."
The epistle closes with a mention of this lady's sister. "The children of your chosen sister greet you." Apparently he had met either the sister or the children of the sister and maybe that's how John heard of the lady having opened her home to a deceiver.
Whatever may be the particular incident, the letter is written to instruct believers to make sure that they live in the truth and avoid any connection or association with those who lie and deceive. Nothing threatens the church more than false doctrine...nothing. Hospitality was a Christian duty, but hospitality with discernment. We are to make sure that we stay far away from false doctrine. Every time you find such an injunction in Scripture, it is a warning of the damaging influence of subtle deception. The issue behind the letter is discernment to protect the truth, even down to the personal level. It is an indication that God does not want even one believer or one family exposed to error because the influence of error in that one family can be spread like gangrene...as Paul says in 2 Timothy 2. It is very important that you protect your mind and you protect your family from the invasion of error right in your home.
You say, "Well, we wouldn't let a false teacher in our home knowingly." That's right. And false teachers don't need to stay in homes much nowadays, they can stay at the hotel because they're so rich. But you have to be careful even when you turn on TBN. While there are certainly true teachers that broadcast on that network, it is mostly a bed of false teachers and you need to make sure you don't allow them to teach their deceptions in your home. The truth is never served, the truth is never honored, the truth is never respected, the truth is never aided in any way by those who either deny it or attack it or misrepresent it. Sound doctrine is the test of fellowship. That's essentially what the letter is saying. Sound doctrine at the core of the Christian gospel is the test of fellowship and it is therefore the basis of separation. You join with those who are in the truth, you separate from those who are not.
Now all that is behind these two, as I call them, postcards. They are exhortations and warnings that need to be heeded today as they needed to be heeded at any day. And I think particularly today because we're drowning in false doctrine. We don't even have to have a false teacher there, they can come by way of their writings, by way of their radio broadcasts, by way of their tapes, CDs, television. The church today has such a deficiency in discernment. The church is so doctrinally ignorant today, it lacks the ability to sort out the truth from error. It has a deficient immune system. It has a case of spiritual AIDS. It is unprotected because it has a low commitment to divine truth. It is an open door to those who deceive by misrepresentation and misinterpretation.
There's an interesting new book out, I was reading a review of it, it is written by a man named Alan Wolfe who is a secularist. He does not believe in God and he has no faith. He has written this book evaluating contemporary evangelicalism. And the book was written for his friends, all of the sociologists and psychologists and all of his cronies, he says, who are afraid of the encroachment of evangelicalism. They feel the pressure from the religious right, they're worried about evangelicals taking over the society, having two great an influence. And here is a non-believer, a secularist who writes a book and says, "You don't have anything to worry about with the evangelicals. You have nothing to fear because in an effort to be relevant they are abandoning all their tradition and all their doctrine." Pretty sad commentary from the world. Even they can see it. We cease to be a threat.
Os Guinness has written a new book, very penetrating book in which he says, "The church in its effort to become relevant has become irrelevant. It has decided to redefine itself in such clearly cultural terms to appeal to the culture that it can't confront the culture." The church is in a very serious situation, is going downhill at a warped speed, abandoning its doctrine, abandoning its traditions. It is cutting itself off. It is disconnecting itself from essentially what Christian truth and theology is. Evangelicalism has reinvented itself and is simply an island with no connections in the middle of the flow of human life. It is moving at the same pace the culture moves in the wrong direction. It is adrift because it has pulled up its anchor in the past. If there was ever a time when we need to call for the truth, it's now. Really the book I wrote, Hard to Believe is a call for a reaffirmation of gospel truth which has largely been abandoned in the new evangelicalism. But we have to call for a return to truth on every front at every point because the church has, Os Guinness puts it, in the passion for relevance has become absolutely irrelevant. And even as a secular writer sees it, and he makes this statement, "We have abandoned all that defines religion." Because what defines religion is tradition and doctrine. And the evangelical church can't dump its traditions fast enough nor can it disconnect itself from doctrine fast enough."
We're going to be finding ourselves as the odd church in the days ahead. But we are going to passionately continue to contend for the truth. And John's going to help us in this little epistle. As we go through these verses, we're going to learn about living in the truth, loving in the truth, loyalty to the truth, looking for the truth and learning the truth. That's packed, isn't it? A lot here.
Let's start with the first section, living in the truth, verses 1 through 4. And I mentioned a moment ago five times the wordaletheia the word for truth is mentioned here, clearly that becomes the theme. It is the truth that prevails. It is the truth that dominates. It is the truth that compels. And the first thing we need to understand about the truth is that we are called to live in the truth. All our life as Christians is lived in the realm of divine truth. All that we do, all that we think, all that we live, all that we say is about the truth. And John shows us several features of this in his introduction.
Let me show you how it is that we live in the truth. First of all, the truth unites us. It is the truth that ties us together. Look at verse 1. "The elder, to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth and not only I but also all who know the truth." What he is saying here is that our connection is the truth. It's not a denomination. It's not spirituality as if it was some nebulas self-defined thing. Our connection is in a body of truth, THE truth, the revealed truth. It is the truth that unites us, that is to say all believers are linked together by a common knowledge of and belief in the truth. If you do not believe in the true Christ and the true God and the true gospel, you are not a Christian. You may believe in God. You may have your Christ. And you may think you are saved by believing something about His death and resurrection. But if it is not the true God revealed in Scripture, the true Christ revealed in Scripture and if it is not believing in the true gospel with all of its elements in the work of Christ and including true faith in the one and only Savior, Jesus Christ, who provides salvation by grace alone...in other words, if all the components aren't there that are biblical, but does involve true commitment and turning from sin to Christ, then you have fallen short of the standard of salvation. Believers are linked in the body of Christ, we are linked together with a common eternal life by common knowledge of and belief in gospel truth. Now we're talking about gospel truth, the true view of God, the true view of Christ, the true view of salvation and the means of that salvation. All that is inherent in that, God as the sovereign of the universe, the Creator, God as Trinity, Christ as God in human flesh, Christ as the perfection of God and man in indivisible unity, Christ who lives a sinless life, dies a substitutionary death, is raised from the grave in a literal physical resurrection, ascends to heaven, intercedes for us to return to take us to be with Himself and then establish His glorious Kingdom on earth. This is the drive train of gospel truth. And that is what ties us together.
And at any point where someone does not believe that truth, whatever they may claim about Christianity, they're not Christians. When I was recently asked about the Episcopalian Church, as I mentioned to you some time ago and about the ordaining of this homosexual bishop, I reminded people that this isn't the church, this is the unchurch, this isn't the church of Christ, this is the unchurch of antichrist. They don't believe the Bible. They don't believe Jesus is God. They don't believe the gospel of grace. This is not a church. This is the spirit of antichrist.
True believers are linked not by an organization, not by some nebulas testimony to Christ or God, but by a common knowledge of and belief in the actual gospel truth. And so the letter begins,"T"The elder," that's how John refers to himself, also 3 John, "The elder." Some say it means that he's mentioning he's old and that would be true. This is written in the end of the first century, 90 to 95. He would be very old. All the rest of the apostles are long gone, having been martyred. He is an old man. But he doesn't really use the term that you might use in that situation, referring to himself in some more explicit language as an old man, or the aged one. He uses the term "elder" I think not so much to speak of his age, although it could imply that, as to speak of his spiritual oversight. Yes he is an apostle, but the apostles have passed from the scene. The churches have been established and elders now shepherd the church, elders, pastors, overseers. And he is one of them. In fact, he is the most elite of them. He would be the only elder alive who was also an Apostle, the only elder alive who was personally chosen by Jesus Christ to be an Apostle, the only...the only elder in the world who had walked with Jesus during His earthly life and been there at the foot of the cross and given the care of His mother and been there when He was raised from the dead and been there for the 40 days while He spoke of things pertaining to the Kingdom, been there when He ascended into heaven and been there when the Spirit of God came down. So he would be viewed as the elder of all elders. He is that elder of the church. The term could be used to refer to an old man. Paul calls himself, however, in Philemon 9, "Paul, the aged," wanting to refer to his age.
This is the only time, by the way, in the New Testament when the word "elder" appears in the singular. Churches always had elders, always a plurality. Only here do you see it in the singular because it is one man referring to himself. He is, no doubt, at this time in Ephesus, that's the sort of mother church of the churches in Asia Minor, modern Turkey. And there were other elders there in Ephesus. We know that from the twentieth chapter of Acts where Paul met with the elders from the church at Ephesus at the place called Miletus. But he is one of those elders and an Apostle. He's certainly viewed as the patriarchal elder, the patriarchal pastor over all of Asia Minor and beyond.
There are, by the way, some ancient documents that call the Apostles elders because that would be an easy transition. They maintain this immense spiritual authority because they were with Jesus and because they were the writers of Scripture. John writing the gospel, three epistles and receiving the book of Revelation. He identifies himself then as the elder because it gives him weight and authority in the church. As he begins this letter, he writes,"To the chosen lady and her children." To the elect kuria, it's the feminine form of kurios. Kurios is the word for Lord. Lord and lady, old terms we hear in England in the courts of England, the lord has some kind of sovereign power. The lady was his feminine counterpart. The lady was so called. The lord of the house being the master of the house, the man, the lady of the house being the kuria. She had a certain mastery as well, a certain lordship over the home. She was the lady of the house. He was the lord, in the sense of ultimate responsibility and authority, but she had her sovereignty, she was the oikia despotes, the ruler of the house, as the Apostle Paul identifies her. And so it is to this lady who is called "chosen" and to her children that John writes.
May I just grasp a thought here? The elder to the chosen lady, doesn't that strike you as an interesting adjective,eklekte? To call somebody the elect lady? You know, the doctrine of election, the doctrine of divine sovereign choosing has been so suppressed and repressed and has received so much bad press that we are reluctant to use it in polite company, as if just the use of it demands some kind of long and convoluted explanation because it is so hard for people to swallow. And yet here you have in a very simple greeting the use of the term elect without explanation. John simply identifies this lady as elect. That was a common way to identify a believer, a designation that belongs to every one of us. And yet I don't know that I have ever received a letter in my life that began "To the elect John." But I am elect and I have every right to be designated as elect and I rejoice that I am elect. And I understand that I am elect and I'm not ashamed that I'm elect. Why is it that we have undermine that great doctrine so long and with such diligence that we're afraid to use the word? This refers to the fact that God had chosen this lady for salvation and there's no hesitance to use it and there's no explanation of this great reality.
No different than calling someone a child of God, saved, born again, a believer, a Christian, the chosen lady...the chosen lady.
Now at this point I need to give you a little bit of an explanation. Interpreters have known no bounds in explaining who this lady was. Commentators love that. There's not enough in the text to occupy them so they invent what's not there and write pages and pages and paragraphs and paragraphs. I read it, "The elder to the chosen lady," that's really not too hard to understand, the elder being John, to the chosen lady being whatever lady in his mind was the object of the letter. But interpreters, some say, this means the whole church...the whole church. Others have said the elect lady is actually the church at Babylon...don't ask me where that came from. Others say this is an unnamed local church. Others say it's Mary the mother of Jesus. Others say it's Martha. Others say it's a lady named Electa, to the Electa lady. Others say it's a lady named Kuria, to the elect Kuria.
Where do they get all that? Nowhere. This is a personal letter parallel to 3 John which is written from the elder to the beloved Gaius. There the only difference is the name is given. And as I told you last time, this letter, 2 John as well as 3 John, is written in the classic Roman style for personal correspondence. And this lady had children and this lady had a house, verse 10, and this lady had a sister and some nephews and nieces, verse 13. It would be very unnatural to sustain such a figure of speech if this refers to a church or something like that, or THE church. It would be very unnatural to sustain such a figure of speech through the whole letter, all the way down to the final verse.
And furthermore, the letter is too brief to have been written to a church. You wouldn't find a letter written to a church this brief. Letters that are written to people are brief, like Philemon.
The only brief letter that you have that is addressed to more than one individual is Jude's letter and it's at least twice this long. To call her elect is simply to identify this lady as belonging to God. Call her elect was not to shock the sensibilities of other believers, very common, it wouldn't have shocked anybody. While the truth of election may offend some Christians with a weak view of God's sovereignty, it never offends the New Testament writers and it ever offends the Holy Spirit who inspired them to write it. It is unmistakable in the New Testament that believers are elect. Ephesians 1, "Just as He chose us...verse 4...in Him before the foundation of the world." Verse 5, "He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself according to the kind intention of His will." First Thessalonians 1, "Knowing, brethren, beloved by God, His election of you." Titus 1:1, "Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of those elect of God." First Peter 1:1, "Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who reside as aliens scattered through Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, Bithynia, who are chosen, who are elect." Jude 1, "Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to those who are the called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ." The "called" meaning the same as the elect, the called out ones.
There's no hesitancy whatsoever to refer to believers as the elect. They are called the elect in all of those addresses in those various epistles without any hesitation, without any expectation of rebuttal. In fact, Jesus Himself in Matthew 24:22 said, "There would come a time when no life would be saved in the Great Tribulation unless the days were cut short but for the sake of the elect, those days shall be cut short." Jesus Himself affirming that believers should bear the designation or the title of the elect. In Luke 18 the Lord said, "Shall not God bring about justice for His elect?" So it is that this is a glorious term. We have been chosen for salvation by God from before the foundation of the world individually.
Some people think that the term "elect" refers only to the church. That those who believe God doesn't choose everybody can pick for himself. But for those who choose to be saved, they become a part of the collective group of believers that God has elected for heaven, that the election doctrine is only a corporate doctrine that you choose to be in on your own and then you become a part of those who having chosen to believe have become elect for eternity. This demonstrates how wrong that view is. Here you have an elect lady...an elect lady and her children.
Now it interests me that her husband is not mentioned here. I don't want to belabor the point because it's in the white spaces, but you can surmise like I can, she may have been a widow. That's not necessarily the case. But for certain she was responsible and this points up what the Bible teaches elsewhere, she was responsible along with her children for the matters of hospitality in the home. The husband was the bread winner. He was out there doing what husbands need to do. When it came to hospitality and in welcoming strangers, and inviting people in and caring for them and feeding them and nourishing them and ministering to them and giving them a place, this was the lady's responsibility. May well be that she was a widow. She and her children, however, still would bear the responsibility for the care of one who stayed in the home. This was the woman's responsibility. This is indicated to us in 1 Timothy 5:10, Titus 2:4 and 5, women are to be those who wash strangers feet, who care for the home and care for children.
Now notice how John links himself to her. "The elder to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth and not only I, but also all who know the truth." There is a bond, there is a bond of love between those in the truth. Let me just kind of pull some words out of here, "Whom I," that's emphatic, "love," present tense, " in truth," that frames and controls love. The main lesson in this letter is the truth must always govern the exercise of love. "In the truth" is qualitative, that is in connection to the truth.
I don't know whether John knew this lady very well or not. But there is a love that we share in the truth that goes beyond personal acquaintance, long friendship. You know it as well as I do, you go into another environment, you get together with other believers in Christ and there is immediately a profound affection. There is a longing, there is a knitting together of hearts around the truth. It was the truth that bound John to her. It was the truth that bound John to her children. It was the truth that bound them all to each other...all who know the truth share the same spiritual life. Our affections and our sympathies and our care and our compassion and our concern for each other is experienced because we are tied together in the truth. It is really the truth that produces this love.
Go back to 1 John 5:1, you remember when we studied it. First John 5:1, "Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God and whoever loves the Father, loves the one born of Him. By this we know that we love the children of God, we love God and we love all who are His own." This is such a wonderful reality. All of our connections, all of our affections are because of our common belief in the truth. You can't even enter into this association. You can't be a part of this fellowship. You can't even possess this spiritual life apart from what Peter says, "Obedience to the truth." People who are outside the truth, we can't embrace. That's why we have resisted. Those who are true believers have always resisted ecumenism, linking up with those in apostate forms of Christianity, connecting with those who are liberal and who deny the veracity of Scripture, the Trinity, the deity of Christ, or whatever. They may talk about Jesus but we have no real love for them, we have no real connection, we do not share common life that belongs only to those who are obedient to the truth. We have been delivered out of one form of teaching into the truth. That's why you can't be saved unless you hear the Word of Christ, Romans 10 puts it. Salvation occurs when someone believes the truth. The right message is absolutely critical. This is something, as I said, that's so much on my heart because how are we ever going to get anywhere in this quote/unquote "evangelical Christian world" if we don't get the gospel right? Because nobody can be saved without the truth.
Let me put it to you this way. A poor presentation of the truth will save. An excellent presentation of error will not. A very unsophisticated simple plain presentation of the truth will enable the Spirit of God to do His miracle of transformation. A very carefully crafted, well-prepared, cleverly devised, high-tech, multi-media presentation of something less than the gospel will not save. The end of it all, you have to have the truth and that's all you have to have. But you have to have it. So we're united by the truth, bound to each other by sound doctrine. There's no real love possible without the truth. That's why we can't be unequally yoked together with people who have a substandard gospel. You can't compromise the truth and accomplish the purposes of God. You can't minimize the truth for the sake of love, you'll never have love because love demands the truth. You create some superficial, shallow, temporary trivial meaningless kind of connection but it's not true love that comes only from the truth. So the truth unites us, that's the first thing we see in verse 1.
Secondly, the truth indwells us, verse 2. He goes on to say, "I love in truth, and not only I but also all who know the truth for the sake of the truth which abides in us and will be with us forever." We're not only united by the truth, we're indwelt by the truth. Here we see the depth of this great reality. John says,"Look, I love in the truth, we all love each other who know the truth and we do it for the sake of the truth. All of our Christian love, all of our Christian fellowship is to manifest the power of the truth. This is the benchmark of our Christian faith. It's by this that all men know that we are His disciples, if we have love one for another. It is this remarkable common love because we share a common life in the truth that manifests the glory of the power of the gospel. John says, "I'm writing for the sake of the truth. I'm writing for the sake of the truth because the truth is all we have, it's the truth that unites us. It's the truth that indwells us. And so to you, the chosen lady, whom I love, comes this letter for the sake of the truth." Literally the phrase "because of the truth," I'm writing because of the truth, I want to defend the truth, I want to protect the truth.
And really, that's the benchmark of biblical books. All 66 books were written for the sake of the truth. Every preacher should preach for the sake of the truth. Every Christian should witness for the sake of the truth. We should live our lives in a godly way for the sake of the truth. We love each other for the sake of the truth. John wrote for the sake of the truth. He loved for the sake of the truth. He lived for the sake of the truth. It's all about the truth. And he adds that next feature, "Which abides in us and will be with us forever."
One thing about a true Christian, he or she knows the truth, right? Cause you wouldn't be a Christian if you didn't know the truth. You can't be saved without the truth. That's why back in 1 John again, go back to chapter 2 of 1 John. "You have an anointing," verse 20, "you have an anointing from the Holy One and you all know." You know...cause the Holy Spirit has come upon you and you know the truth. Verse 21, "I have not written to you because you don't know the truth but because you do know it and because no lie is of the truth." One thing about a Christian, a true Christian knows the truth from error. And if you meet somebody who doesn't, then you have every reason to assume they're not a Christian because Christians know the truth. We went through that in great detail in 1 John.
If somebody is very confused about what the truth of the gospel is, then they can't be a Christian because Christians have to know the truth. People ask me all the time, "Do you think people in the Catholic Church are Christians?" I suppose a person...I'm a Christian and I've been in a Catholic Church, but one could not believe Catholic doctrine and be a Christian because they don't have the truth and you can't be a Christian without the truth. But that's true of many quasi-Christian churches. But those who have the truth, have the truth and know the truth, and it stays forever. What a wonderful promise that is.
Down in verse 27 of 1 John 2, "As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you," that's the Holy Spirit who opened your mind, illuminated you to understand that truth, "you have no need for anyone to teach you but as His anointing teaches you about all things and is true and is not a lie, and just as it taught you, you abide in Him." I don't need some philosopher to come and teach me the truth of the universe. I don't need some elite academic committee to come and straighten me out on a world view. I know the truth. It was the knowledge of the truth given to me by the Spirit of God that saved me. How important is the truth? It is the source of our salvation, it is the source of our unity, and it is our abiding confidence...our abiding confidence.
First Corinthians chapter 2, I don't have time to read all this, but chapter 2 verse 6, "We do speak wisdom among those who are mature, a wisdom, however, not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age who are passing away." We speak God's wisdom, the hidden wisdom, the wisdom which none of the rulers of this world has understood. We know what the world doesn't know. We know what the elite of the world don't know. Later on in that chapter, he says,"We have the mind of Christ." Wow! Verse 16, 1 Corinthians 2:16, one of the greatest verses in the Bible, "We have the mind of Christ." We know how God thinks. We know the truth. The unchanging truth is with us, he says in that verse. It is with us forever...forever.
See, our very life is built on divine truth. It remains our possession forever. True love flows out of that truth. Listen, true love is never increased by decreasing truth. The hue and cry of all these people is doctrine divides, doctrine divides, doctrine divides. That is a lie. That is opposite the truth. Doctrine unites. Our love is built on a common belief in the truth. Remove the truth and you don't have true biblical Christians spiritual love, you have some artificial kind of thing. True love is never increased by decreasing truth. Any such unity is not of God. And the truth of God never changes, it never wavers, it is not subject to any alteration. The truth unites us, truth indwells us.
Thirdly, John points out here the truth blesses us, verse 3."Grace, mercy, peace...this is the common New Testament benediction...Grace, mercy and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Son of the Father in truth and love." You want grace, mercy, peace, the kind that comes from God the Father and Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father? You will receive it only in truth and love that accompanies that truth. All salvation grace, all salvation mercy, all salvation peace, all sanctification grace, sanctification mercy, and sanctification peace, all glorification provisions, all that God the Father and all that Jesus Christ the Son of the Father give comes to us in truth...in truth. So many times the letters of the New Testament begin with these wonderful promises, pledging to us grace, mercy and peace.
Listen to 1 Timothy, "To Timothy, my true child in the faith. Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord." Listen to 2 Timothy, "To Timothy, my beloved son. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Jesus Christ our Lord." And all other letters from Paul have grace and peace, those two have grace, mercy and peace. But always they come through Christ from God the Father through Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father. Whether it's Paul writing or whether it's Peter writing, or whether it's John writing, or whether it's Jude who writes, "May mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you." All the writers of the New Testament gather up these great spiritual blessings, grace, mercy, peace. The benefits of salvation, grace for our sins, mercy for our miserable condition, peace for our separation from God, reconciliation, all come in truth and the love that accompanies that truth. Where divine truth dominates the mind and the heart, there will be grace and mercy and peace forever. Grace for our sin, mercy for our misery, peace for our turmoil, all come through the truth that is inseparably linked to the common love we share with those who believe that truth. When gospel truth comes, it brings love and with it grace, mercy and peace.
Notice that phrasing there, "From God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father." From is repeated to place both on equal ground while not blurring them as unique persons, faithful to the Trinity.
One last point. We said that truth unites us, indwells us and blesses us. Truth also controls us. Truth also controls us, verse 4, after the introduction he starts into the body of his letter, but I want to capture this verse in the first section because it is still introductory. "I was very glad to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we have received commandment to do from the Father."
He says, "I was very glad," literally, "This is overjoyed, I was exuberant, rejoicing greatly to find," literally, "I have found." It's the Greek word eureka...eureka. which gets transliterated into English for the same reason, I found, same translation. I have found perhaps personal contact with some of these children, perhaps through the sister mentioned in verse 13. But what did John find? Some of your children walking in truth. They all may have been walking in the truth, that is to say they were all believers, but John can at least say, "I found some of them personally that I know are walking in the truth." Maybe they all had come to know the truth, maybe they were all walking in the truth, but for certain he had personal knowledge of some of them. Walking, peripateo, means like peripatetic, to walk around. The idea is to move through life, to move through life conducting themselves within the framework of the truth. They were literally controlled by the truth. They were moving around in the truth. Their life was defined by the truth. The truth is not just to be believed, it's a way of living. You don't just know the truth and believe the truth, if you're a Christian you live the truth, it controls you, it defines you. It is the path you walk. It is the life you live.
We who know Christ, we live in the truth in the sense that it's the boundaries for our lives. It informs our thinking, our speaking, our acting. It is the grid through which everything that comes to us passes. We view the world through the truth. It defines everything. It's our world view. And so he says, "I was very glad to find among your children some walking in truth, just as we have received commandment to do from the Father."
We're certainly commanded to do it, aren't we? There are some specific commands in the Scripture to walk in the truth, to live in the truth. We are commanded to be holy, to conduct ourselves in a holy way. We are commanded to be obedient repeatedly in Scripture. We understand this. But this commandment here is not referring to one verse or another, it's just referring to the general tenor of Scripture. We have received commandment to do from the Father and that commandment stretches across the whole of Scripture, doesn't it? In fact, in 1 Timothy 6:14 Paul refers to Scripture as "the commandment...the commandment." It is full of commandments but collectively it is the commandment. We live in the truth, it defines us. Truth is everything to Christ, everything. It unites us, it indwells us, it blesses us, and it controls us. Therefore our relationship to divine truth is the priority, isn't it? No wonder Jesus said, "Martha, Martha, you're fussing with so many things, but Mary has chosen the best part. She's sitting and listening to the truth." This is where we live and move and have our being, and this is where we love and next week we'll find out about loving in the truth.
Thank You, our Lord, for this wonderful insight that's provided for us through the pen of the beloved Apostle John. Give us renewed passion for the truth, this blessed glorious truth that saves, that saves. We're not saved by works, we're not saved by what we do, what we accomplish, religious ceremonies or traditions. We're saved by belief in the truth and no one can be saved apart from a message concerning Christ that is true. It is the truth that is everything. May Your church lift up Your truth before the culture, may it confront this world with the truth that saves. We thank You, Lord, that we know the truth, that we are united in a common life and love by the truth, that we are indwelt by the truth so that we view everything in the world through the truth. We thank You that we are so blessed by the truth, for it pours out for us all grace, mercy and peace. We thank You that as well we are controlled by the truth for we walk according to Your Word and Your Word, said our Lord, is truth. Make us a people of the truth who know it and love it, who celebrate it, who obey it, who proclaim it who live it out before a watching world that they may see the power of Your transforming work in our lives. These things we ask that You might be glorified through Christ. Amen.
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Johnson, who was most frequently cast opposite June Allyson and Esther Williams during his MGM heyday, died of age-related causes at a senior residence in Nyack, N.Y., said Wendy Bleiweiss, a close friend.
With his broad smile, red hair and freckled face, the tall onetime Broadway chorus boy personified the wholesome young American man, MGM-style.
"A Guy Named Joe," the 1943 fantasy romantic-drama starring Spencer Tracy as a World War II pilot who is killed in action and returns to earth in spirit form to help novice pilots, provided a breakout, critically acclaimed role for Johnson: He played a young pilot who falls in love with Tracy's girlfriend (played by Irene Dunne).
Johnson had become an MGM contract player only a year earlier, but his road to stardom nearly ended before he ever got in front of the cameras for "A Guy Named Joe."
While he was driving to a screening at MGM with friends in March 1943, a car ran a red light at a Culver City intersection near the studio and smashed into the side of Johnson's convertible, causing it to roll on its side.
With a fractured skull, severe facial injuries, a severed artery in his neck and bone fragments piercing his brain, Johnson underwent several surgeries. He was left with a severely scarred forehead and ametal plate on the left side of his head, which exempted him from military service.
But his near-fatal accident and three-month hospital stay provided the kind of publicity that not even MGM could buy: The fan magazines ate it up. And his 4-F status allowed him to continue his fledgling movie career at a time when many Hollywood stars were in uniform.
For his part, Johnson fought World War II on the big screen, the wardrobe department providing him with a constant change of GI garb.
Among other films of the period in which he played a serviceman are "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" (1944), "Two Girls and a Sailor" (also 1944, and the first time he received top billing) and "Week-End at the Waldorf" (1945).
By war's end, he'd later joke, "I'd been in every branch of the service, all at MGM."
By the end of 1945, Johnson also had joined the ranks of the top 10 box-office stars for the first time, placing second (behind Bing Crosby) in the annual exhibitors' poll.
So great was Johnson's bobby-soxer following that the Hollywood columnists dubbed him "The Voiceless Sinatra."
"He handled it very well," Esther Williams told The Times in 2003. "He was probably one of the most charming, gregarious of the stars I worked with.
"If you look at any of his pictures, look at 'Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo.' You'll see why he was a big star, because he had this wonderful, boyish quality with those freckles and that smile. He was so natural."
June Allyson summed up the actor's screen appeal this way: "He was very, very down-to-earth," she told The Times in 2003. "I think he was the man every girl would like to marry. I just loved working with him. He was delightful, he was funny, and he was always prepared."
Johnson's high-flying popularity, however, was short-lived.
By 1946, he had fallen only slightly in ranking at the box office -- from second to third place -- but it was the last time he made the top 10 list.
In January 1947, Johnson married Eve Wynn, the former wife of his close friend, actor Keenan Wynn. Johnson married Wynn, the mother of two young sons, in Juarez, Mexico, only four hours after she had obtained a Mexican divorce. (The marriage, which produced a daughter, Schuyler, ended in divorce in 1968.)
Johnson's marriage had a profound effect on his youthful female fan base. A widely circulated joke at the time said that when Johnson's young female fans found out that he had gotten married, they wore their bobby socks at half-mast.
And fan magazines, which had previously written glowing articles about MGM's golden boy, insinuated that the marriage to a woman who had been his best friend's wife harmed Johnson's career.
Although his popularity diminished, Johnson continued working steadily.
Between 1947 and 1954, he had co-starring and supporting roles in more than two dozen films, including "State of the Union," "In the Good Old Summertime," "Command Decision," "Battleground," "Brigadoon," "The Last Time I Saw Paris" and "The Caine Mutiny."
In 1954, after 12 years at MGM, he became a freelance actor.
Along the way, he had spent weekends at William Randolph Hearst's San Simeon estate, shared gossip with Marlene Dietrich, painted with Henry Fonda, partied with Errol Flynn, gone on walks with Greta Garbo, lunched with the Duchess of Windsor and cruised on Aristotle Onassis' yacht with Winston Churchill.
"I'm the luckiest guy in the world," Johnson said in a 1997 interview. "All my dreams came true. I was in a wonderful business, and I met great people all over the world."
He was born Charles Van Dell Johnson on Aug. 25, 1916, in Newport, R.I. His Swedish-born father was a plumber whose marriage to Johnson's alcoholic mother ended when she walked out of their home in a boarding house when Johnson was 3.
Johnson, an only child, was raised by his humorless father and, until her death when he was 12, his paternal grandmother.
Growing up, Johnson studied singing, dancing and the violin -- and fell in love with show business. Intent on finding work singing or dancing after graduating from high school in 1934, he moved to New York City a year later.
By mid-1936, he was appearing in the chorus of the Broadway musical-revue "New Faces of 1936."
A succession of other show-business jobs followed, including being a member of the chorus and the understudy for the three male leads in the 1939-40 Broadway production of the Rodgers and Hart musical "Too Many Girls."
In 1940, he made his unbilled screen debut as a chorus boy in the Hollywood version of "Too Many Girls." Later that year, he was hired for Rodgers and Hart's new Broadway musical "Pal Joey," in which Johnson sang a song, danced in the chorus and had some lines.
In late 1941, Johnson signed a six-month contract with Warner Bros. But after playing the leading role in only one movie -- as a cub reporter in the low-budget "Murder in the Big House" -- he was dropped by the studio.
Figuring he was "washed up" in Hollywood, Johnson planned to return to New York. But when his friends Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz learned he was leaving, they invited him to dinner at Chasen's restaurant to say goodbye.
And as luck would have it, the person sitting at the next table was Billy Grady, head of talent at MGM, which had just signed Ball. She took Johnson over to Grady, pleading for him to keep Johnson in Hollywood.
The upshot: Grady invited the boyishly personable Johnson to do a screen test at MGM, which wound up signing him to a $350-a-week contract.
During his early months in Hollywood, Johnson began sporting what became his off-screen trademark: red socks.
Three years after leaving MGM in 1954, Johnson's film career began to wind down. Among his later film credits: "Kelly and Me" (1957), "Wives and Lovers" (1963), "Divorce American Style" (1967), "Yours, Mine and Ours" (1968) and "The Purple Rose of Cairo" (1985).
In 1961, Johnson returned to the stage, starring in the title role of the London production of "The Music Man." In 1962, he returned to Broadway, appearing opposite Carroll Baker in the drama "Come on Strong."
Throughout the 1970s and '80s, he performed in regional and dinner-theater productions.
Over the years, Johnson also made occasional TV guest appearances, and he earned an Emmy nomination for his supporting role in the 1976 miniseries "Rich Man, Poor Man."
A list of survivors was not immediately available.
McLellan is a Times staff writer.

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NZ Real estate agent forged signature - tribunal
Property Here - Thursday, March 21, 2013
A Coromandel real estate agent who forged a couple's signature on an official document and then relied on it to enforce a contract will be penalised by a disciplinary tribunal.
John Lloyd, from Tairua, met a couple named only as Mr and Mrs Calder in 2006 who were interested in buying a semi-detached townhouse his company was building, according to the Real Estate Agents Disciplinary Tribunal.
The proposal was that the Calders would work with Lloyd on a design for the property and would then buy the land and the unit from him.
Lloyd prepared a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and emailed it to the Calders.
In his email, Lloyd described the MOU as a document to "document past discussions, record the present and future outcomes for us both".
He suggested the Calders pay him $10,000 on the signing of the MOU.
However, Mrs Calder told the Real Estate Agents Disciplinary Tribunal she did not like the terms of the MOU.
They didn't sign it and paid him $5000.
In March 2008 the couple agreed to a design of the property and were told a resource consent had been obtained.
They entered into an Agreement for Sale and Purchase, but differences arose between the parties and the Calders found out a resource consent had not been granted.
They cancelled the agreement in October 2008.
The couple were then sent a copy of the MOU by Lloyd's lawyer, with a note that said: "You failed to make any mention in the Memorandum of Understanding signed sometime in May 2007."
A copy of the MOU was produced, which showed initials of all the parties on page 2 of the document.
The Calders denied they had signed the page and in 2011 complained to the Real Estate Agents Authority.
The authority sent the document to a forensic document examiner who found the initials were probably forged.
The expert told the tribunal that under magnification pen marks could be seen where the person writing the initials had stopped and started which was very unusual on a genuine signature.
Lloyd denied he had forged the documents, but if he had he would have ensured that the agreement was signed on every page, and not just the second page.
An REAA investigator gave evidence that when he visited Lloyd, he was only shown a colour copy of the MOU.
He said Lloyd told him the "Calders are liars and are not getting the originals".
The tribunal found Lloyd forged the initials but dismissed a charge of disgraceful conduct.
The tribunal has asked for submissions from the parties about a penalty Lloyd will face.


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Submitted to: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
Publication Type: Proceedings
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/10/2007
Publication Date: 5/28/2008
Citation: Anderson, R.A. 2008. Chromium and Polyphenols From Cinnamon Improve Insulin Sensitivity. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. 67:48-53.
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Technical Abstract: Naturally occurring compounds that have been shown to improve insulin sensitivity include chromium and polyphenols found in cinnamon. These compounds also have similar effects on insulin signaling and glucose control. The signs of chromium deficiency are similar to those for the metabolic syndrome and supplemental chromium has been shown to improve all of these signs in people. In a double-blind, placebo controlled study, we demonstrated that glucose, insulin, cholesterol, and hemoglobin A1c are all improved in people with type 2 diabetes following chromium supplementation. We have also shown that cinnamon polyphenols improve insulin sensitivity in in vitro, animal, and human studies. Cinnamon reduced mean fasting serum glucose (18-29%), triglycerides (23-30%), total cholesterol (12-26%), and LDL cholesterol (7-27%), in people with type 2 diabetes after 40 days of daily consumption of 1 to 6 grams of cinnamon (Cinnamomon cassia). Subjects with the metabolic syndrome, consuming an aqueous extract of cinnamon, displayed improved fasting blood glucose, systolic blood pressure, percent body fat and increased lean body mass compared with the placebo group. Studies utilizing an aqueous extract of cinnamon, high in type A polyphenols, also demonstrated significant improvements in fasting glucose, glucose tolerance, and insulin sensitivity in women with insulin resistance associated with the polycystic ovary syndrome. For both supplemental chromium and cinnamon, not all studies have reported beneficial effects and the responses are related to the duration of the study, form of chromium or cinnamon used, and the degree of obesity and glucose intolerance of the subjects.


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Sunday, March 4, 2012
Carl sure gets up early. Plugged away on the south side and sealed up the parts above the doorway. Stuck 18 of my saved Dr. Deb tomato seeds in some potting dirt on Friday - drying out more for future germination. Started another group of seeds today from the order I got from my friends at Blackbird Naturals over a year ago. http://www.blackbirdnaturals.com/ Lamb's Quarters, Matt's Wild Cherry Tomato, Astragalus, Holy Basil, Goji Berry, Maca, Burdock, Stevia, Wild Spinach, and Calendula. 62,80,25,0,C
8 comments:
- Fester said...
John, are those blanks from insulated metal doors?
- March 5, 2012 at 7:47 AM
- mike said...
now all u need is water
- March 5, 2012 at 7:50 AM
- Rev.JimmyLeeBob said...
Como le va ? hahahaha...I feel the same way about howler monkeys , but a least you don't hear the roosters because they drown them out..pura vida !
- March 5, 2012 at 7:51 AM
- Dani said...
EarthBoxx's http://www.insideurbangreen.org/2012/03/a-look-inside-google-new-york-city-where-is-the-garden-.html
And an idea for the inside of your greenhouse ( or outside come to think of it LOL) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpm_LIyMtMY&feature=player_embedded
If these links don't work, here is the origin of both: http://www.insideurbangreen.org/2012/03/a-look-inside-google-new-york-city-where-is-the-garden-.html
- March 5, 2012 at 9:34 AM
- remmij said...
Carl is already on daylight savings time... saw a pretty good sized group of sparrows? at your place - is that a sign there is more water & green stuff aboot? Howler monkeys - Ha ha, ho ho, hee hee, that would take the place over the top.
btw, Carl is a fine name, but Harland might have been good too.
- March 5, 2012 at 1:28 PM
- Pablo said...
Md. handgun law unconstitutional, judge rules
Associated Press 4:34 PM ET
Right to bear arms is not limited to the home, and state's requirement that residents show a "good and substantial reason" to get a handgun permit violates Second Amendment right, federal judge says.
- March 5, 2012 at 6:54 PM
- Allen Hare said...
Nice looking work on that opening above the door. You're sure getting it sealed up.
- March 5, 2012 at 9:06 PM
- nate.mckenzie.aouc said...
Maybe Carl needs a couple girl friends?
- March 6, 2012 at 11:02 AM


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Eastern Wake: Community
Community Notes: April 30
International night
Zebulon GT Magnet Elementary will sponsor an International Night from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 29, at 700 Proctor St., Zebulon. The night will include exhibits, music, entertainment and food.
Live concert
Lonesome River Band will play a live concert at 9 p.m. Thursday, May 1, at Norris Creek Entertainment Center, 751 Old Halifax Road, Louisburg. Tickets are from $15 to $75. For more information, visit www.sotmfest.com.
Career and Job Fair
The East Wake Academy Community Relations Committee needs businesses to participate in its elementary career and job fair May 2. The fair runs from 8:30 to 11 a.m. in the school's gymnasium, at 400 NMC Drive, Zebulon. Email email@example.com
Chicken dinner
Boy Scout Troop 365 of Knightdale will hold its fourth annual chicken dinner fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at the Knightdale BB&T, 6612 Knightdale Blvd. The half chicken barbecue plate comes with green beans, potatoes, bread and dessert for $8. Funds will go to the troop for camping activities and summer camp. Call 919-418-6635 for more information.
Public Safety Day
The Wendell Police Department will host its Public Safety Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 3, in downtown Wendell. This is a free community event for the whole family with various public safety agencies to demonstrate equipment, vehicles, activities, raffles and food.
Theater class
Raleigh Little Theatre and Knightdale Parks & Recreation will offer the next Eastern Wake County Theatre class at Knightdale Recreation Center, 102 Lawson Ridge Road. Classes will run from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays through May 6. The cost is $35, and registrations can be made at Knightdale Town Hall, 950 Steeple Square Court. Call 919-217-2236.
Barbecue fundraiser
Special Blessings will host a barbecue plate sale from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 9, at Jim's Mini Mart, 4826 Watkins Road, Raleigh. Plates will include barbecue pork, corn, slaw, drink and a dessert, and are $8 each. Proceeds will go to Special Blessings programs and services that benefit families and children affected by developmental disabilities. For more information, visit www.SpecialBlessingsInc.net.
Beach party
Knightdale Parks & Recreation will host a Mother and Son Beach Party Friday, May 9, at the Knightdale Recreation Center, 102 Lawson Ridge Road. Call 919-217-2232 for more information.
Garden party
The Wake Forest Garden Club will host its annual Mad Hatters' Garden Party Saturday, May 10, at the Wake Forest Historical Museum, 414 N. Main St., Wake Forest. The event will include a classic car show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; the Mad Hatters' Tea and Garden Seminars from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; and the drawing of winning tickets for the raffle at 4 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children 12 and under in advance, or $18 at the door. Raffle tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5.Visit WFGardenClub.org for more information.
Class reunion
The class of 1974 of Vaiden Whitley High School will hold a reunion Saturday, May 17. Email firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
Farmer's Markets
• The Knightdale Farmer's Market will open May 17 and run from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Saturday. Local produce and artisan-crafted goods will be for sale. Various bands and entertainment will perform each week. For the opening day, a food truck rodeo will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and $5 rabies shots and $10 microchips will be administered to pets. Those wanting to sell or perform at the Farmer's Market should call 919-217-2234. All events will be at Knightdale Station, 826 N. First Ave., Knightdale.
• The 2014 season of the Wendell Farmer's Market will kick off at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 10, at 3700 Wendell Blvd. The market is open from 8 a.m. to noon every Saturday from May 10 to October 25 and features local goods, crafts and produce. Visit WendellFarmersMarket.org.
Art show and sale
A Friends of Art show and sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at the Ragsdale-Phipps House, 515 Liles-Dean Road, Wendell. Featured artists are Neal Conoley, Kenneth Gilmore, Lynnette Pair, Sally Phipps and Nancy and Kathleen Redman.
Flapjack Fundraiser
An Applebee's Flapjack Fundraiser breakfast will be held from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday, May 17, at 6609 Knightdale Blvd., Knightdale. The cost is $7 per person, and proceeds will support Tammy Zukoski in her fight against liver cancer.
Women's preaching conference
Riley Hill Baptist Church will hold a women's preaching conference from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at 6101 Riley Hill Road, Wendell. Visit RileyHillBaptistChurch.org for more information.
Plant sale
Two Green thumbs Garden Club of Knightdale will hold its annual yard/plant sale from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 17, in the parking lot of Vantage South Bank, 7120 Knightdale Blvd., Knightdale.
Zebulon Parks & Recreation
Zebulon Parks & Recreation hosts events for the whole family for having fun and staying fit. Visit TownOfZebulon.org for more information.
10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, May 3, June 7 and June 21: Play & Learn features free activities for children at Whitley Park, 601 N. Wakefield St.
10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, May 10 and 17: Adventures at the Park will give families the chance to explore Zebulon Community Park and have fun together. The park is located at 401 S. Arendell Ave., Zebulon.
5 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 16: Market on the Lawn will be held on the front lawn of the Municipal Complex, 1003 Arendell Ave., Zebulon.
8:30 p.m. Friday, June 13: Movie on the Lawn will be held on the front lawn of the Municipal Complex, 1003 Arendell Ave., Zebulon.
10 a.m. Saturday, May 24: Bring a 15-inch pot to the Butterfly Garden Clinic and pot annuals to attract butterflies and caterpillars, as well as learn to care for the flowers. $15 per participant. Located at Whitley Park, 601 N. Wakefield St.
10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, June 14 and 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, July 19: Powder, Paint Polish workshop will teach participants how to mix and use chalk paints. $20 registration and $10 material fee for the June 14 class, $30 and $5 for July 19. Held at the Zebulon Community Center, 301 S. Arendell Ave., Zebulon.
Relay For Life events
•Through May 2,
the Pirates of the CURE-ibbean will hold a raffle to win a house pressure washing by Old Oak Construction. Tickets are $1. 919-625-9059.
•12:30 p.m. Saturday, May 3:
The Sole Mates team will host "Hats off to Moms: Women with Hattitude" luncheon at Riley Hill Baptist Church, 6101 Riley Hill Road, Wendell. Email firstname.lastname@example.com.
•Noon Friday, May 9:
The Relay Road Runners will host a golf tournament at the Neuse Golf Club, 918 Birkdale Drive, Clayton. The cost is $75 per golfer, and includes fees, dinner and prizes. Application deadline is May 5. Email email@example.com.
•Through May 31,
the Clyde's Chapel Baptist Church Team will have tickets for $1 for the opportunity to take home a "double wedding ring" pattern queen size quilt. The winner will be announced at 9 a.m. at the Relay event. Email firstname.lastname@example.com.
•Saturday, June 7:
Clyde's Chapel Baptist Church will hold a car show at 16657 Buffalo Road, Wendell. Email firstname.lastname@example.com.
• The PACEr's continue to sell their "Colors of Hope" bracelets for $10 each. Call 919-801-5898 to purchase.
• The Relay Road Runners are selling Ribbon T-shirts in pink and purple for $18 each. Email firstname.lastname@example.com.
• The PACEr's are selling "Cookin' for A Cause" Cookbooks for $10 each. See Bobbi Jane Duke, Connie Gay or Shelli McInnis.
• The Sole Mates are selling "Awareness Pillows and Purses." Pillows are $20 each and the purses are $10 each. Contact Sharon Barrow at firstname.lastname@example.com
• Walking With Wings has "Strike Out Cancer" themed cornhole boards. To purchase a ticket or for more information, contact Gina Temple at 919-669-6203 or at email@example.com
• The Union Hope Team are selling tickets for an opportunity to take home a "Relay for Life T-shirt Lap Quilt." The winner will be announced at the Relay for Life event May 31. Tickets are $1 each. Contact Ellen Williams at 919-269-6799.
East Wake Senior Center events
The East Wake Senior Center will host several events in the coming weeks. The center is located at 323 Lake Drive, Wendell. Call 919-365-4248 for more information.
• The Center offers medicare counseling on the second Tuesday of each month. The Seniors Health Insurance Information Program is designed to counsel seniors on Medicare changes or questions. Call for an appointment.
• The Center is seeking volunteers who have experience in office work, cleaning and organizing, as well as individuals with sewing, ceramics and craft experience.
• A spring craft sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 5-9.
• The Center invites adults 60 and older to enjoy a free hot meal weekdays. The Center, open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., also hosts daily exercise sessions, informative programs, entertainment and bingo.
East Regional Library events
East Regional Library at 946 Steeple Square Court, Knightdale, has an extensive list of activities for the whole family. Find a complete list of events at www.wakegov.com/libraries or call 919-217-5300.
East Regional Library is seeking adult volunteers to help care for the library. Two-hour morning, afternoon, evening and weekend shifts are available.
Artists interested in having their artwork on display in the library may apply to show their artwork in the library's main reading room for one month. Call Bob Morrill or Brandy Hamilton at 919-217-5301.
9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, 2 to 5 p.m. Thursdays: JobLink Job Assistance will offer help navigating job websites, submitting online applications, and more.
11 a.m. Monday, May 12: Find It! will teach participants how to use the online library resource Transparent Language to learn a new language.
3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Friday, May 16: Find It! will teach participants how to download e-books from the library catalog to an e-reader.
7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, May 19: Transform a mason jar and recycled book pages into a rustic candle holder. All materials provided, ages 16 and up.
5 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 26: Find It! will teach participants how to search the library database for more than 7,000 e-books and e-audio.
6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 30: Introduction to Entrepreneurship will teach participants critical first steps toward entrepreneurship.
Ready to Learn classes
The Eastern Region Ready to Learn program offers free classes at Knightdale Parks and Recreation, 950 Steeple Square Court, Knightdale. All classes require parent participation. For more information, contact Shelia Dodd at 919-365-2606 or email@example.com, or Janice Squires at 919-365-0921 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Zebulon Community Library events
Zebulon Community Library, 1000 Dogwood Drive, hosts several ongoing events. For information, visit wakegov.com/libraries/locations or call 919-404-3610.
• Story time: 6 p.m. Mondays and 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturday.
• K-5 Adventures: 4:30 p.m. Thursdays.
Wendell Community Library events
Wendell Community Library holds events for children in kindergarten through fifth grade on Tuesdays at 4:30 p.m. 207 S. Hollybrook Road, Wendell. Call 919-365-2600 for more information.
• Storytime for preschoolers is at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays at the 207 S. Hollybrook Road.
East Wake Education Foundation
The East Wake Education Foundation hosts recurring events throughout the year. For a complete list, visit www.EastWakeEducationFoundation.org. Events are held at the East Wake Education Foundation Family & Child Resource Center, 16 E. Fourth St., Wendell.
• Play Day is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
• Teachable Monday, which offers an in-house field trip or story time and crafts, is at 10 a.m. Mondays.
• Ready, Set, Read is at 10 a.m. Tuesdays. The program, for children ages 4-5, teaches symbol and sound recognition, and writing practice.
• Wacky Wednesday offers music, stories and art at 10 a.m. Wednesdays.
• Thumpin' Thursday, at 10 a.m. Thursdays, is an exercise program that helps children develop motor skills.
Abrakadoodle, for ages 20 months to 12 years old, meets Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings. at the Knightdale Recreation Center, 101 Lawson Ridge Road, Knightdale. Twoosy (20 months to 3 years old) will be offered from 9-9:45 a.m. Saturday and 4-4:45 p.m. Tuesday. Mini-Doodler (3 and a half to 5 years old) will be offered from 10-10:45 a.m. Saturday and 4-4:45 p.m. Thursday. Doodler (5 and a half to 12 years old) will be offered from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday. Twoosy and Mini-Doodler classes are $54 per session, and Doodler classes are $58. For more information, call 919-217-2236.
Beekeepers meet
The 5 County Beekeepers Association meets at 7 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month at the Bennett Bunn Plantation, 1915 Old Bunn Road, Zebulon. The group welcomes new members. For more information, visit www.5cba.org or call Bryon Way at 919-295-0245.


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To celebrate the United Nation's Year of Biodiversity last year, the Museum published details of a different species every day on its web site under the title Species of the Day. These records were delivered last week to another web site The Encyclopedia of Life. Each species was chosen and written about by a museum scientist so this week's blog is to point you in the direction of the microfossils which were chosen for their importance in studies on climate change, ocean acidification, north sea oil exploration and the fossil record of sexual reproduction. Follow the links below to find out more about each species and the groups to which they belong.
Emiliania huxleyi
Emiliania huxleyi is a coccolithophore which is a unicellular plant that lives in the upper layers of the ocean and forms tiny calcareous coccolith plates like the ones you can see above. These are artificially coloured images from a scanning electron microscope. This very high powered microscope is needed as they are only tens of microns in size and as a result are usually referred to as nannofossils. The ones above are only slightly larger than a thousanth of a millimetre in size. If you were to dip a bucket in the ocean you could find literally tens of thousands of these types of cells. In early summer, E. huxleyi forms enormous blooms across the northwest European shelf that can be seen from space. Coccoliths are susceptible to changes in climate and ocean acidification. This, combined with an excellent fossil record makes them an essential group in the study of recent changes to our oceans and environment.
Harbinia micropapillosa
Harbinia micropapillosa is an ostracod, a microscopic crustacean with two calcareous shells. Ostracods can be found in virtually any current aquatic environment and very rarely on land in damp habitats near to water. They have an extensive fossil record because their two shells preserve well as fossils but usually the soft body parts decay soon after death. H. micropapillosa is exceptional because the soft body parts have been preserved in a rock formation that is roughly 140 million years ago. Recent analysis using new techniques has shown the reproductive organs of this ancient organism are identical to those of present day ostracods and suggest that they reproduced using giant sperm back in the Cretaceous period. If you can't wait to find our more about this interesting fossil then follow the link above. However, I will be expanding the story of these important specimens in our collections as the subject of a future blog.
Nannoceratopsis gracilis
Nannoceratopsis gracilis is a dinoflagellate cyst from the Jurassic period about 145-200 million years ago. Dinoflagellates are marine photosynthetic algae that play an important role at the base of the food chain and the carbon cycle. At stages throughout their life cycle they form resistant organic cysts that can be found in the fossil record by dissolving suitable rocks in nasty acids like hydroflouric acid. Nannoceratopsis is one of the earliest forms of dinoflagellate cyst so studies of this genus can tell us a lot about the early evolution of dinoflagellates. The shape is also very distinctive and easily recognisable. N. gracilis can be found in rocks 168-185 million years old and can therefore be used, on its own or in association with other fossils, to accurately date rocks.
Nummulites gizehensis
I mentioned Nummulites gizehensis is a member of the Foraminifera in my second blog and showed a picture of the pyramids at Gizeh that are constructed from rocks that contain this species. The genus Nummulites is a member of a group called the "Larger Foraminifera" that build multichambered shells up to 15cm in size despite being a single celled amoeba. The chambers like the ones shown above can only be seen by breaking the shells apart or making specially oriented thin sections of the rocks they are found in. Sometimes symbiotic green algae also lived in the chambers, providing products of photosynthesis to the amoebe while using the shell as protection. N. gizehensis lived during the Middle Eocene epoch about 37-48 million years ago, in shallow marine conditions and can be used as a marker to show the age of rocks that contain them, particularly in the oil region of the Middle East.
Finally a big thank you to my former colleagues Jeremy, Susanne and Clive who originally wrote about three of these beautiful microfossil species of the day.


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In the 1970s, the Central Business District (CBD) and city were at a critical juncture. The new mall enticed merchants to the outskirts of the city, roadways and incompatible land uses fragmented the downtown area into many small and marginally useful pieces of land, and the downtown tax base continued to deteriorate as residents and businesses moved to the suburbs.
A continuing series on the revitalization of downtown New Bern appearing every other Sunday.
In the 1970s, the Central Business District (CBD) and city were at a critical juncture. The new mall enticed merchants to the outskirts of the city, roadways and incompatible land uses fragmented the downtown area into many small and marginally useful pieces of land, and the downtown tax base continued to deteriorate as residents and businesses moved to the suburbs.
On the positive side, some steps had been taken in an attempt to re-establish a healthy core. The new U.S. 70 by-pass was under construction, the urban renewal site (14 acres on the Trent River waterfront) was cleared and available for sale to potential investors. Tryon Palace had been restored and focused its marketing efforts on attracting tourists.
The downtown was still essentially intact even though the facades of many buildings had been slipped covered with aluminum, tile and other materials in an attempt to compete with the new mall and gaps in the streetscape where burned down or demolished buildings, were not rebuilt.
All of this was seen as a base to establish significant change in the downtown area, requiring clearly articulated objectives that would be understood by all segments of the community, strong leadership and a workable plan of action to this end.
In November 1976, the Downtown Revitalization Committee and Urban Renewal Commission contracted with Stephens Associates, Raleigh, to prepare preliminary development plans and a program for downtown. A month was spent collecting and interpreting market information followed by an intensive two week workshop. The Revitalization Committee (acting client group) met every other morning to review the consultants work.
Conclusions and recommendations (in addition to bringing a new market of recreation, tourism and retirees, creating a locally funded nonprofit to spearhead and coordinate the effort) was creation and adoption of a general physical development policy consisting of the following elements and based on the historic pattern.
An open space pedestrian spine along Middle Street connecting to the historic residential area with the urban renewal site.
A water edge pedestrian park system along the Trent and Neuse River shorelines.
Straight streets extending to the water.
Parking and sidewalks along street.
Buildings abutting the street right of way, extending the entire property width and two or three stories.
Re-establishment of the original building facades.
New parking, trash collection and delivery area constructed in the middle of each block.
Pedestrian ways established to allow convenient access from mid-block parking to the streets.
Develop and enforce a CBD sign ordinance.
The recommended first phase of redevelopment to include:
Mid block parking, trash and service area construction.
Mid block parking to street pedestrian ways.
Building fa�ade renovation.
Expanding sidewalks with plantings and a pedestrian crossing on Middle Street.
Housing in vacant upper floors.
Redevelopment projects for the future include:
Narrowing Broad Street, adding plantings.
Underground utilities.
A mall on Middle Street.
Open space acquisition and construction of water edge park-pathway system.
The plan was approved and adopted by the New Bern Board of Aldermen on July 19, 1977.
Implementation of the first phase and creation of a funding mechanism will be related in a future column.
Revitalization Committee: T. Doug Davis, Chairman; Charles Kimbrell, Mayor; Frank Hargett, County Commissioner; Bailey Dixon, President, Merchant Association; W.J. Edwards, Redevelopment Commission. Ex-officio members: Harry Vatz, Renewal Authority; Charles Taylor, Housing Authority; Nicholas Scholz, Chamber of Commerce. Renewal Authority; John G. Dunn, Chairman; Sam P. Branch; William Bryan; Walter Jones, Jr.; Harry Vatz, William Edwards, Executive Director. City Officials; Charles Kimbrell, Mayor; Board of Aldermen: Ben Hurst, Pete Chagaris, Tom Davis, Ed Armstrong, Ella Bengal; J.C. Outlaw, City Manager.
Susan Moffat Thomas is executive director of Swiss Bear Downtown Development Corp.


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NEW YORK, N.Y. – On Saturday, June 25 DKMS, the world's largest bone marrow donor center will hold donor drives at Major League Soccer games in seven cities across the U.S. for 7-Year-Old Jonah Gomez, who suffers from blood cancer and needs a bone marrow transplant to survive. Donor drives will take place in Jonah's home stadium of Salt Lake City as well as Pasadena, Washington D.C., San Jose, Philadelphia, Dallas and Kansas City. Those who cannot attend and register at the games can register online at www.GetSwabbed.org
"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" is traveling to South Jordan, Utah today to surprise the Gomez family with a knock on the door that will change their lives forever. Fun-loving, impish Jonah Gomez is like any loveable, mischievous little boy in the first grade with hopes and dreams of becoming a professional soccer player. His love of life has not been diminished by the fact that he has a blood disorder that has caused him to undergo open-heart surgery. Mom Jessica and younger sister Ellie have made every effort to help Jonah live his life to the fullest.
Despite Jonah's illness and the fact that Jessica had to give up her airline job to take care of him, tragically losing her health insurance last November - the Gomez Family has done their best to soldier on, never losing a love of life and having fun. When Jonah is healthy enough, he is playing on a soccer team and attending Real Salt Lake games, where RSL players have become his protective friends and supporters. Although Jonah must take oxygen while he sleeps and is often not able to play outside with the extreme weather in Utah being too hot or too cold, you'd never know it from his joyful demeanor. He seems like every other kid—excited to play soccer and joke with his sister. Sadly Jonah will not survive without a bone marrow transplant from a stranger. Every day thousands of patients search the national registry hoping to find a bone marrow donor match. Only 4 out of 10 patients are lucky enough to receive a transplant.
The EMHE design team has just seven days to build a home from the ground up on an empty lot in South Jordan's Daybreak community, one that is big enough for 3 people and also provides an area for Jonah to practice soccer when the weather prevents him from being able to do so outside. The Gomez family have been whisked away on a dream vacation to Disneyland while "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" team leader Ty Pennington, designers Xzibit, Paige Hemmis and Michael Moloney rebuild the structure.
"All of us at 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' are hopeful to find a match for Jonah and are asking everyone to register TODAY to be a bone marrow donor. It could save a life," said Ty Pennington.
On Saturday, June 25th while the Gomez family enjoys their vacation in Disneyland DKMS, EHMHE & Major League Soccer will hold seven donor drives across the nation in the hopes of finding a lifesaving match for Jonah. Soccer fans will have the opportunity to get swabbed at no charge in the hopes of finding a bone marrow match for Jonah. Below please find the schedule with details.
Salt Lake City, UT (7 PM MST)
Real Salt Lake v. Toronto FC
Rio Tinto Stadium, 9256 South State Street, Sandy, UT
Pasadena, CA (6:00 PM PST)
Gold Cup Final
Rose Bowl, 1001 Rose Bowl Drive. Pasadena, CA
Washington D.C. (6:00 PM EST)
D.C. United v. Houston Dynamo
Champions Club, RFK Stadium, 2400 East Capitol St., SE Washington, D.C.
San Jose, CA (3:30 PM PST)
San Jose Earthquakes v. Los Angeles Galaxy
Buck Shaw Stadium, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara
Philadelphia, PA (8:00 PM EST)
Philadelphia Union v. Chivas USA
Toyota Plaza, PPL Park, 1 Stadium Drive, Chester, PA
Dallas, TX (7:30 PM CDT)
FC Dallas v. Portland Timbers
North Concourse, Pizza Hut Park, 9200 World Cup Way, Suite 202, Frisco TX
Kansas City (7:30 PM CDT)
Sporting Kansas City v. Vancouver Whitecaps FC
LIVESTRONG Sporting Park, One Sporting Way. Kansas City, KS
Registering to become a bone marrow donor is more than a cheek swab; it is a commitment to help save a life. You must be between 18 and 55 and in good general health. When you register with DKMS, you will also be listed on the national registry and can be found as a donor match for any patient in need of a bone marrow transplant.
The DKMS mission is to save lives by recruiting bone marrow donors for leukemia patients. More than 25,000 DKMS donors have helped save lives by donating their bone marrow. DKMS is the largest bone marrow donor center in the world with over 2.7 million registered donors. DKMS Americas is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization. For more information about DKMS and to learn more about registering as a bone marrow donor, please visit www.GetSwabbed.org
About "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"
The Emmy award winning reality program "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," entering its 9th season, is produced by Endemol USA, a division of Endemol Holding. It's executive-produced by Brady Connell and George Verschoor. David Goldberg is Chairman, Endemol North America. The show airs Sunday's from 8:00 - 9:00 p.m., ET on ABC.
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NEW YORK, N.Y. – On Saturday, June 25 DKMS, the world's largest bone marrow donor center will hold donor drives at Major League Soccer games in seven cities across the U.S. for 7-Year-Old Jonah Gomez, who suffers from blood cancer and needs a bone marrow transplant to survive. Donor drives will take place in Jonah's home stadium of Salt Lake City as well as Pasadena, Washington D.C., San Jose, Philadelphia, Dallas and Kansas City. Those who cannot attend and register at the games can register online at www.GetSwabbed.org


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A letter in the March 4 Tomahawk Leader:
To The Editor,
Around noon, on the last Saturday in January, my wife and I attempted to take a snowmobile ride to get lunch at one of the local snowmobile trail stops. Our ride was cut short, however, when my wife's snowmobile developed a fire under the hood. She stopped, and with the help of others on the trail, we all tried to extinguish the fire with large quantities of snow. After repeated attempts to douse the flames, it became obvious the fire was out of control, so we all had to back away and let the snowmobile burn. I used my cell phone to dial 911 and was helped by a very courteous and efficient operator.
The operator relayed our location and problem to the Nokomis Volunteer Fire Department, and advised me that help was on the way. I thanked her for her help, and thought to myself – "this might take awhile!"
How wrong I was! I still cannot believe how fast these firefighters arrived at the scene! Five or six men showed up, in full gear, and with proper equipment for this type of fire. They very quickly had the fire, and the situation, under control. The fire chief also made arrangements for the immediate removal of the destroyed machine. The time frame of the entire incident (from the start of the fire – to removal of the machine) was less than one hour. I believe that this is amazing service!
I tip my hat to the Nokomis volunteers, and all of our local firefighters! Your training, knowledge and professionalism are to be commended. Our neighborhoods are a much safer place to live due to your unselfish dedication!
Mike Beals
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The department of music at Hope College is sponsoring its annual Christmas Madrigal Feast on Friday-Saturday, Dec. 10-11, at 7 p.m. in the Maas Center auditorium.
As in the time of Shakespeare, guests gathered at the royal court for an evening of singing, dancing, feasting and general merry-making. The feast will feature fine food, a wassail toast, figgy pudding and a boar's head procession. Also included is a beverage, salad, mutton, roasted pork, royal red and gold potatoes and new peas.
The auditorium will be decorated in the manner of a castle's grand feasting hall, complete with tapestries and suits of armor to help lend atmosphere. The wait staff will be garbed in period attire.
Wassail begins at 6:30 p.m. and the feast, served family-style, begins at 7 p.m.Music will be provided by Hope College's Collegium Musicum vocal ensemble. Portraying the lead family of the royal court will be Holland Mayor Kurt Dykstra, his wife, Leah, and their children, Julianna and Emma.
Tickets for the full slate of activities are $25 for regular admission, and $15 for children under 12 and Hope students, and are available at the ticket office in the main lobby of the DeVos Fieldhouse. The ticket office is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and may be called at (616) 395-7890, although the office will be closed on Thursday-Friday, Nov. 25-26, because of the Thanksgiving holiday.
The DeVos Fieldhouse is located at 22 Fairbanks Ave., between Ninth and 11th streets. The Maas Center is located at 264 Columbia Ave., on Columbia Avenue at 11th Street.


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WASHINGTON, May 18 (UPI) -- Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., said given the IRS' recent scandal, the agency should not be in charge of enforcing ObamaCare regulations.
Harris, in the weekly Saturday Republican media address, questioned the federal tax agency's responsibility for levying fines against individuals who fail to meet new health insurance mandates, ABC News Radio reported.
"If we've learned anything this week, it's that the IRS needs less power, not more," he said, referring to news this week that the Internal Revenue Service was applying extra scrutiny to conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status.
"As a matter of fact, it turns out that the IRS official who oversaw the operation that's under scrutiny for targeting conservatives is now in charge of the IRS' ObamaCare office," Harris said. "You can't make this stuff up."
Harris touted support of the House, which voted to repeal the Affordable Healthcare Act this week, citing a report from the House Energy and Commerce Committee that found premiums for people in 45 states would double on average under ObamaCare.
"Instead of the lower costs you were promised, you could pay a whole lot more," he said. "According to new data from the nation's insurers, under ObamaCare, premiums in the individual market will skyrocket by an average of double what we pay now, with some rates rising by more than 400 percent."
"This week marked the third time in three years that the people's House has listened to the people and voted for full repeal of the healthcare law," Harris said. "Now it's time for the Senate to listen to the people as well."


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