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Well I've been teaching Easter messages to this church for over three decades now. Somebody might think I would run out of things to say. Somebody who didn't know me very well. I said recently to someone, "I'm not running out of material but I am running out of time." There are so many places in the New Testament where the resurrection of Jesus Christ is presented to us. And I want to draw your attention to a text of Scripture in Peter's epistle, 1 Peter chapter 3.
Here at Grace Community Church when it comes time for me to speak I speak about what is in the Bible. And most often in the New Testament cause therein is the message of Jesus Christ presented to us.
The beloved big fisherman Peter wrote two epistles, 1 and 2 Peter. They are remarkable in all ways for their amazing content. Faithful to, certainly God's intention for Peter as an apostle, he presents to us the significance of the sufferings of Christ. It's so critical that people in our world understand why Jesus died and rose again. That, he did that, many people know. Why he did that, many people surmise. But it is critical to understand the meaning of the sufferings of Jesus Christ, critical to your eternal well being.
Peter writes in verse 18 of 1 Peter 3, "For Christ also died for sins once for all the just for the unjust in order that he might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit. In which he also he went and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison, who once were disobedient when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is eight persons, were brought safely through the water." And corresponding to that, baptism now saves you - not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience through the resurrection of Jesus Christ."
Peter begins with the death of Christ in verse 18 and he ends with the resurrection of Christ in verse 21. Everything in-between is based upon the death and resurrection of Christ. In his death he accomplished the things Peter outlines and by his resurrection that accomplishment was affirmed by God who raised him from the dead. But before we can understand what Peter has to say there's something else we need to understand.
Our society is very aware of dangers. We are almost hypersensitive to anything that could interrupt the safety, security, and tranquility of our lives. Like no society in human history we have protections, government agencies, ad infanitum abnosium, to protect us from everything. Warning labels, break downs of everything that's in everything, as if we knew what the everything in everything really was. We are told more than we care to know about the dangers that are ever present. And it's a strange kind of paradox because we are the most protected, the most safe, the most secure, the most comfortable society in human history. And, yet, we know more about what could hurt us than any society ever.
In fact, rarely do you ever pick up a magazine or a newspaper or turn on television news without being told about something else that could threaten your life. It might be a terrorist attack, it might be a bomb on an airplane, it might be a criminal, it might be a toxin, it might be a disease, it might be some form of pollution, might be an unsafe food product, it might be a car that fails the crash test, it might be a corrupt business that you invest in with your retirement, it might be the media, itself, that constantly corrupts our children, it might be warnings about secular humanistic education, which pollutes the minds of people; directing them away from what is true to what is not. So in our overexposed lives we are daily made to fear something new. Whatever your fears are today by the end of next week you'll have more.
And what's really disgusting about it al is you find out that certain food supplements are dangerous to your health. The very ones you've been taking for three years to prolong your life. What should you really fear? I mean, what is legitimately to be feared? What should you fear most? What poises the greatest threat to your life, to your well being? When I start narrowing it down you'll begin to follow a path that'll end up maybe in a place you didn't expect.
First of all your greatest enemy is not physical, not material. Your greatest enemy doesn't come in a can or bottle. Your greatest doesn't even come in human skin. Your greatest enemy is not physical. Your greatest enemy is spiritual. And that narrows it down. You're saying, "Ah, I know where you're going - Satan." No, Satan's not your greatest enemy. Your greatest enemy is God. God, the creator of the universe, is your greatest enemy. He is the deadliest, most destructive power in the universe. The very God who gave the universe its life is the same God who will destroy it. The God who gave you life is the same God who will take that life away. God is, Himself, the clear and present danger.
Jesus said that in these words, "Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul, but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell." And Jesus was talking about God. "Don't fear what kills the body fear who kills the soul." And God, Himself, is that great destroyer. I don't know that sounds a little unconventional but it's true. You shouldn't ultimately be fearful of anything that can only harm your body and not touch your eternal soul but you should absolutely live in stark terror of the one who can destroy both your body and your soul, who can bring about your eternal ruin. And that is God, Himself. And yet we live in a society where people have a thousand fears of the things that can kill the body and no fear of the one who can kill the soul.
In America, in fact, we evidently believe that God is an American. He's, at least, our friend. We constantly call on Him and ask him to bless us. And that's not new, that's not just since 911. Irving Berlin wrote God Bless America in 1918. So we've been singing God Bless America for almost a century. And we call on God to bless us because we really think we deserve it. We're America. We have, "In God we Trust" on our coins. We have "Under God" in our flag salute. We're for God and God has to be for us. We have presidents one after another talk about God. We think God likes America because we're for freedom, and we're for justice, and we're for happiness, and we're for equality, and we're for taking care of the indigent and the poor and the needy and we're for protecting people and developing medical science and the best kind of healthcare to preserve life. And we spend our wealth, not only on the people in our country who need it, but we spend it on people all over the globe. Dispatching our aid to the world and, even occasionally, sending our troops and a fortune in military costs to defend some nation against an evil aggressor.
Certainly God should bless America. We're good. We're on the right side of things. We're the defender of justice. And I think even personally people think God is friendly towards them. I'm always amazed when, you know, somebody wins a boxing match and thanks God. Or somebody wins the lottery and thanks God, or the Super Bowl, or a little league game, or an Emmy, or an Oscar. Or somebody who thanks God for providing a parking place in a crowded mall. And when things go well we just sort of think God is blessing us. He's our friend and he looks kindly on us. And I think there are Christian people who, with good intentions, aid and abet this idea by constantly saying, "God loves everyone unconditionally." And portraying God as this benevolent lover of everybody who just wants to bless us, give us good things.
Well, let me rain on that parade today. Let me bring some truth into the sentimental imagination of such thinking. God is our ever-present deadly danger. It wasn't the terrorists who wreaked the real havoc on the people who died in the tower and in the Pentagon. All the terrorist's could do was kill their body. It was God who dispatched their eternal souls into everlasting punishment that wreaked the real havoc. There is no enemy like God, not even close. Because, as Jesus said, "He's able to destroy both soul and body and hell."
And that is why the Bible makes it crystal clear that the beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord. You haven't even begun to be wise unless you've learned to fear God. Book of Proverbs rehearses that a number of time, particularly in the 9thchapter and the 10 verse, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." There are many things that might harm your body. There is only one who is deadly to your eternal soul and that is God. And wisdom dictates, "Fear Him above all others." It goes against the grain of everything we're told. Even in our culture we're told that God is on our side and he's friendly toward us. In our churches we're told that God loves everybody with an unconditional love and seeks nothing but their well-being. And the truth of the matter is God is the enemy of every sinner, the avowed and eternal enemy of every sinner.
That is why Deuteronomy 4:27 says, "The Lord, your God, is a consuming fire." Psalms 7:11, "God is every day angry with the wicked." Ezekiel 8:18, "God said I will act in fury. My eye will not spare nor will I have pity. And though they cry in my ears with a loud voice I will not hear them. It was Isaiah 63:3 and 4, where God portrays Himself as a vintner, as somebody who was crushing grapes. A container full of grapes would be prepared. A man would go in and stomp with his feet and crush the grapes and juice would flow out the bottom and be captured to pruse the wine. And that's the image of God. Isaiah 63:3 and 4, God say, "I have trodden the winepress alone, for I have trodden them in my anger and trampled them in my fury. Their blood is sprinkled on my garments and I have stained all my robes. For the day of vengeance is in my heart." God literally crushing the blood out of his victims splattering it on his robes.
It was that passage that gripped Jonathan Edwards when he preached that great sermon, Sinners in the hands of an Angry God, a sermon, which literally catapulted people into the Kingdom of God out of the terror that it engendered. This is what Edwards said, "If you cry to God to pity you he will be so far from pitying you or showing you the least favor that instead of that he will only tread you under foot. And though he will know that you cannot bear the weight of omnipotence treading upon you, yet he will not regard it but will crush you under his feet without mercy. He will crush out your blood and make it fly and it'll be sprinkled on his garment, so as to stain all his clothing. He will not only hate you but he will hold you in the utmost contempt," end quote. Frightening language, frightening reality.
A few chapters later in Isaiah chapter 66 and verse 15, the prophet wrote, "See the Lord is coming with fire and His chariots are like a whirlwind. He will bring down his anger with fury and his rebuke with flames of fire." The imagery is of an army, a marauding deadly army coming at a people. And coming so fast and so furiously that the dust kicked up by the horses and the wheels looks like a tornado. This is the picture of God coming to do destruction. And a question comes then, "Who is God coming after?" And the answer is, "The wrath of God is revealed from heaven, Romans 1 says, "against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness." God comes after all who are ungodly, all who are unrighteous, all who suppress the truth about him. And the biblical record is clear about this.
God came in fierce judgment against Adam and Eve and cursed them. Then he came after their son Cain and cursed him. And then he came after the entire world in the days of Noah. "Millions of people he drowned, spared only 8," as Peter noted in the passage we read. After the flood and anger God scattered the human race, confused their languages, giving birth to deadly conflict throughout all of human history, which we still see on the front page of every day's paper. It was God who killed all the first born in Egypt who didn't . . . families of the first born who didn't do what he told them. He destroyed the entire Egyptian army, drowning them in the Red Sea. He killed the Israelites who worshipped the golden calf. As Exodus 32 tells us, "He consumed with fire those who displeased him." In Numbers chapter 11, "He killed with snake bites those who were disobedient." Numbers 21. And it was Numbers 25 where God, Himself, killed 24,000 people in a plague. And in 2 Samuel 24 he killed 70,000 in a plague. That's only 2 Samuel, there's plenty more Old Testament still to go. "And some day, Revelation 20 says, God is gonna gather into his throne room, a great white throne, all the dead of all human history and bring them before his throne and judge them and cast them into the lake of fire forever." This is the deadliness of God.
And though most of humanity is spared, a sort of Holocaust-type death, no one is spared death. And whether you die in a tornado or a flood or whether you die in a war or whether you die in a car accident or whether you die of old age, you will die. And when you die you will face eternity and the destruction of your soul. Human history is just a long list of epitaphs like Genesis 5, "And he died . . . and he died . . . and he died . . . and he died . . . and he died." And the Bible says in Hebrews 9:27, "It's appointed unto men once to die, and after this the judgment." And nobody escapes that. All have sinned and the wages of sin is death. Nobody escapes.
In Romans chapter 3, Paul says, "There's none righteous, no, not one. There's none that does good. There's none that understands that none seeks after God." And down in verse 18 he says the reason. "Because there's no fear of God in their minds." The problem with people is they don't fear God. They're not afraid of God. They're afraid they might lose a bank account. Afraid they might lose their health. They're afraid they might lose their fitness. They're afraid they might lose their marriage partner, children. Who knows what? The one they really should fear is God. And when there's no fear of Him before their eyes they are in eternal danger. Men don't fear God.
Romans 1, again, says, "When they knew God they glorified Him not as God. Were foolish in their imaginations. Professing themselves to be wise they became fools. They turned the glory of God into an image. They got rid of God and replaced him with their own religion." And, still, we say, "God bless us. God bless America. God bless me. Do this, do that for me," and we forget the truth of Psalm 1 15, 13. You might want to write this one down. Psalm 1 15, 13 says, "The Lord will bless those who fear Him," that's the Hebrew. The Lord will bless those who fear Him. If you want God to bless you you start there. The path to blessing starts with holy dread. It's starts holy terror before God, the one who, alone, casts sinners into eternal punishment.
Now let me sum up what I'm saying by giving you three reasons to fear God, three motivations. Number one, he has established absolute moral law reflecting his holy perfection to which he requires flawless obedience. Let me say that again. Here's the first reason to fear God. He has established absolute moral law reflecting his holy perfections to which he requires flawless obedience. Sin is any violation of that law. And since God requires flawless obedience any violation of that law renders the sinner guilty and due punishment as a violator. He has established the law - we break it. That's what sin is. It's a violation of God's law.
I think people sometimes . . . well a lot times . . . are confused about what sin is. They think when their bad conscience bothers them, when they feel guilty about something, they might think that that's a true assessment of their sinful condition. Well it's really not. Everybody's life includes things that disturb us. Great dissatisfaction. You can feel bad about the way things are going in your life. You can feel badly about your own failures, your own struggles. You can feel badly about your own sin and how it cripples you. Like the alcoholic who is so distressed because he can't get over his drink and it's just ruining all of the areas of his life. You can feel remorse about that and dissatisfaction. Failing to attain your personal goals and achieve your personal ends and exercise your personal disciplines.
And, secondly, you can feel bad about the fact that, not only does this devastate your own sense of well being and break you down and make you feel wretched and miserable, but it also messes up all your relationships, so that you're embarrassed and you're ashamed about what people see and think of you. That's not the essence of sin. A manifestation of it but that's not the essence of sin. The essence of sin is not what it does to you or what it does to some other person the essence of sin is what it does to whom? To God. The very idea of sin is it's an offense against the Holy God. Not that it's an offense or an attack against your self-esteem or your reputation but that it's an offense against God. Not that it's disrupted your own well being or your relationships but that it is literally devastated your relationship to God and made you God's enemy.
Sin is not a psychological concept, it is not a sociological concept, it is a theological concept. And you never really know what sin is until you think of it in terms of God. And you measure it, not by your own standard of well being or your own reputation, but you measure it by the yardstick of God's absolute demand on your life. You need to grasp the idea that feeling bad about your sin because of what it does to you and what it does to somebody else is not conviction of sin. It's never conviction of sin until you come to grips with the fact that you are alienated from God. Jesus is not a super psychiatrist. He is a redeemer of sinners who are the enemies of God. So we need to understand sin for what sin really is. It is a violation of God's law. As David said, "Against the only have I sinned." And that puts us in a serious situation. We've all sinned; therefore, we're all guilty before God. We've all broken his law, therefore, as a just moral law giver and a judge he hold us guilty. That is a just conclusion of our offenses. We are violators of his law. We are as guilty, therefore, to be punished.
And that leads us to the second thing you need to understand about God. The first one has reference to sin. The second one is that God is not only the moral law giver and the judge but he is the warden and the prison keeper who has prepared an inescapable prison of suffering, sorrow, and wretchedness forever to be occupied by the guilty. He is the warden. He is the prison keeper who has prepared an inescapable prison of suffering, sorrow, and wretchedness forever to be occupied by the guilty. The place is called hell. Sin is punished with hell. Hell is the place where the violators go and remain, unconscious punishment, forever.
Thirdly, God ought to be feared because he is, not only the judge and law giver, he is not only the warden and prison keeper, but he is the executioner. He is the one who brings the just judgment of body and soul. And that judgment is death. Death is what sends us into another denomination of life, everlasting punishment. It is then God's holy law, which we violate by our sin, that causes us to be rendered guilty before God and sentenced to eternal hell, which sentence begins when we die. Fear God for those reasons. For sin and hell and death sake fear God. And why am I saying all this? Because all of this is critical to understanding the wonder and the beauty of the sufferings of Christ. Not until you understand this do you understand why Jesus died.
And with that in mind let's go back to our Scripture text in 1 Peter chapter 3. Peter gives us some good news, the best news. That's why it's called the gospel, good news. For Peter will unfold for us in these few verses that I read earlier how that Jesus Christ triumphs over sin and hell and death. Precisely where our fear lie. Anybody with a rational mind should be terrified to be held guilty before a Holy God, sentence to eternal punishment, and catapulted there by death. But that is the truth. But Jesus comes and Peter says his sacrifice deals with each of those three areas. First of verse 18, "For Christ also died for sins, once for all, the just for the unjust, in order that he might bring us to God," and we'll stop at that point.
The operative word here is sins. That's that key word. Everything comes from that. Christ died for sins. Somebody has to die for sins. The wages of sin is death. But the good news is Christ died for sins. This is the greatest, joyous, most blessed, hopeful, comforting truth ever. His suffering was ultimate. He died. Why? Why did he die for our sins? He was without sin why did he die for our sins? Because that was what God required, the wages of sin in death. Somebody has to die, either the sinner or a substitute. And so Christ died for sins. Not his, ours. Sins put him there. Not his sins, he didn't have any. Ours. And I want you to notice that he died for sins once, hapax, in the Greek, hapax. Important word, means one time only. It means an event that occurred one time with perpetual validity without requiring repetition.
It's very rare that some event, some act is hapax. That is to say, done once, never needing to be repeated. And securing by that one act all that was intended. But that is exactly what happened in the death of Christ - that against the backdrop of a Jewish sacrificial system, where they were literally, over the century, slaughtering millions and million and millions of animals as sin offerings. Animals were dying by the millions, not once, but by the millions and could never take away sin. They were only raising the frustration level. The wages of sin is death. And Jewish people were literally bathed in blood from birth to death as they went through the sacrificial system. Realizing the wages of sin was pretty easy for them they could see that it caused death. They could also see that God was willing to provide a substitute for the sinner. But there never was a substitute whose work ended the sacrifices till Jesus came. And his death once and the sacrificial system was over. By the way, it doesn't exist today. It's gone. It's gone.
And when Jesus died on the cross and made the final sacrifice the temple area where the holy of holies was, a place that no one could ever go except a high priest once a year, the curtain that separated that was split from top to bottom and the holy place was thrown wide open. There never needed to be another sacrifice. It was hapax; once, never needing to be repeated. It was also comprehensive. It was once for all. It was for everybody. In the Jewish system, as a father, I would have to make an offering for myself and for my family. And you would have to make an offering for yourself and for your family. Particularly at Passover every family had to have its offering. But that's not the way it is anymore. We don't each need a different savior. We don't each need a different sacrifice. Jesus died for all the sins of all of his own and he died one time for all. Comprehensive and vicarious.
It says in verse 18, "The just for the unjust." And this is the amazing . . . he is the just or the righteous or the pure or the sinless or the holy and he died for the unjust, the unrighteous, the unholy, the impure - that's us. Peter had said that earlier in chapter 2 verse 24, "He bore our sins in his body on the cross that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you were healed." He bore our sins in his body. That is to say God killed him for our sins. God literally transferred our guilt to Jesus, put him on a cross and poured out his wrath on Jesus. He who knew no sin, Jesus Christ was made sin in that sense that we might be made righteous.
Hebrews 9:28 says, "He suffered once to bear the sins of many," so the just and holy and pure and sinless Christ. In Acts 3 Peter calls him, "The holy and righteous one." The just one took the place of the unjust and paid the penalty for sins. He bore our sins, he took our penalty. It was unjust suffering at its most extreme because he was perfect and holy. And, yet, he deliberately took our place. And God poured out his wrath on Jesus and was satisfied. God was propitiated; he was satisfied by Jesus' sacrifice. That's why, as the end of the passage says, "He raised him from the dead, " because he was raising him to exalt him to his right hand, having accomplished a perfect redemption.
Now this sacrifice of Jesus for sins was effective. Continue in verse 18, "He did it in order that he might bring us to God," and that's exactly what happened. Prior to this we are enemies of God and alienated from God. Through the death of Jesus Christ we are brought to God. This is the accomplished purpose of his suffering, to bring us to God. Reconciliation; Paul calls it the ministry of reconciliation. 2 Corinthians 5, "And he brings us to God," that's an interesting Greek verb. The noun form of the verb is an introducer, somebody who brings you to somebody else. Prosa ga gosis the word in the Greek, an intercessor or an introducer or a giver of access. A king would have an official who had the responsibility to screen everybody and determine who got through the door to the kings throne room and who was given access to the presence of the king. Well that was Jesus. He is the introducer who opens the door and let's us in to the throne room of God.
Hebrews 2:10 says, "He brought many sons to glory. He shows us the father, he takes us to God. And no longer is God our enemy but God is our friend, not just a friend, but our Father." "And no man comes to God, Jesus said, except by me. He alone provides the sacrifice that introduces us to God." The goal of any and every religion is a measure of reconciliation with whatever God is in that system. They're trying to appease God and somehow have some reconciliation so that God doesn't hurt them or is no longer indifferent to their problems. That's all just an illusion of false religion. There is, however, a true and living God, who, by his mercy and grace, has provided a reconciliation with the enemies, that's us, through the death of his Son. So, Jesus, in his death, rescued us from the guilt of sin.
And, secondly, we said God should be feared because of hell. And I want you to notice what Peter says about that. Back to verse 18, "Having been put to death in the flesh," that is Jesus was killed on the cross physically but alive in the spirit. Jesus you remember died on the cross that Friday afternoon, he was buried, was there on a portion of Friday, Saturday, Sunday morning and then he rose from the dead. While his body was in the grave the question is where was his spirit? He didn't go out of existence. He's the eternal Son of God. He was alive. What did he do? It tells us in verse 19, "He went his spirit and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison who once were disobedient when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah." He went to a prison, a fa loc a. He went to a prison, is what it is, a prison with spirits in it. The word spirits never used of a human in the New Testament. Who are these spirits? Who are imprisoned spirits? Well it tells you they were disobedient when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah. Back in the days of Noah there were some spirits who were disobedient. They, therefore, would not be holy angels they would be demons, Satan's legends of demons.
If you go back to Genesis 6 you will read about their bizarre conduct. How they came, these demons, and infested the bodies of men, cohabitated with women, polluted the world with their demonic, perverted sexual activity. And God determined that they had gone too far. God keeps his controls on even Satan in his kingdom. And they had gone too far, too vile, too wretched. And so he took the demons that did that and found them, Peter says, "Elsewhere in pits of darkness." And Jude says, "In everlasting chains." There are demons running loose in the world but there are some that are bound. Demons don't like to be bound that's why the demons that Jesus confronted one day said, "Don't send us to the pit." They don't want to go there until they have to. They know, ultimately, in the end he will send them all to the pit, which is the lake of fire, ultimately, which is hell where all Ungodly sinners and all Ungodly spirits will dwell forever. But there are already some occupants in that place because God sent them there in the days of Noah. And when Jesus' body was in the grave his spirit went to hell. Went into the place, the prison, and made a proclamation.
Galatians 2:15 Paul tells us, "The proclamation was that he had triumphed." That he had triumphed. Maybe there was a party going on with the spirits in hell because Jesus was dead. Maybe they thought they had defeated God and there would be no salvation and hell would be literally occupied by everyone. And Jesus showed up at the party and said, "That's not the way it is." He proclaimed his triumph over them. The end of verse 22 indicates this, "Angels and authorities and powers were subjected to him." Jesus literally showed up in hell to tell them they had been conquered and hell was not going to be occupied the way they thought it would be. Millions would be rescued from eternal punishment. Fear God because of what sin can do but Jesus takes care of sin. Fear God because of eternal punishment in hell but Jesus rescues million from hell.
And, thirdly, we said fear God because of death; death and then the judgment. God wields the power of death, even though he delegates it to Satan and there are many causes of it. He, in the end, reserves the power. Notice how Jesus' work on the cross and through the resurrection ends our fear of death. Verse 20 in the middle, Peter talking about the demons who were incarcerated in the days of Noah is also reminded that at the time of Noah there was the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is 8 persons, were brought safely through the water. Peter remembers how that incredible event happened when God drowned the millions of people in the world and saved only 8. God told them to build a boat, well actually a barge, and to get inside because something was gonna happen that had never happened in the history of the world - rain. Not only rain, but the whole crust to the earth, the whole service to the earth was gonna break up and massive vaults of water in the core of the earth were gonna come out and flood the surface, as well as the water canopy around the earth inundating and flooding the earth in immeasurable deluge. God was gonna drown the whole world. And he said, "I'll spare you 8. You get in the boat. The water will come down on top and the roof will protect you. It'll come up from the bottle and the bottom of the boat will protect you and you'll sail right through the middle of the judgment. And the rain will stop and the water will recede and you'll walk out in a new world." That's what happened. That's exactly what happened. Millions were dead, drowned in the flood, but one day Noah and his family walked out into a new world, having been literally taken through the flood and the safety of an ark.
And in verse 21 Peter writes, "And corresponding to that, very like that, baptism now saves you." Now when you see the word baptism you think of water baptism immediately because that's the common Christian concept. So he quickly says, "No, not the removal of dirt from the flesh. I'm not talking about that. I'm not talking about a right or a ritual." The word baptism means immersion, and it could be used metaphorically. You could be immersed in your studies, you could be immersed in anger, you could be immersed in happiness. There're a lot of uses of the term. What he's saying is there is an immersion, there is a being put into that saves you, not water, but an appeal to God for a good conscience. What's that? Repentance. I'm tired of my accusations. I'm tired of my guilt. I'm tired of the burden of sin. I want my conscience cleansed. And you cry to God for, not an outward washing, but an inward cleansing, which is available through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In other words, you recognize Jesus died for you and he rose again and that, therein, is the provision of salvation and the sinner comes and says, "God, through the work of Christ, wash me on the inside."
God, in his grace, places you into Christ and literally you go through judgment in Christ. The judgment of God falls on him. He's the ark. It hits him from the top, it hits him from the bottom, but it never touches you. You literally go through the judgment of God in Christ like Noah's family went through the flood. And in the end judgment is over and you step out into eternal life. So death then is really simply the ark of Christ that transitions you from this world to the next. That's why death has no fear. And so it is that at every point where we have to fear God Jesus comes to remove our fear. We fear God because of our sins. Jesus bears our sin away in satisfying the justice of God. We fear God because of the dread of hell. Jesus rescues us from hell and announces the triumph over it. We fear God because of death and the judgment. Jesus is our ark who takes us through the judgment into eternal life.
Yes you fear God if you are wise. But know this that the same God who is your enemy does love you. He loves you enough to have provided a way of reconciliation. He loves you enough to throw open the curtain to the holy of holies and invite you in through faith in his Son, Jesus Christ. And so you can actually feel eager to run into God's presence. All fear dissipates, in the sense of dread and terror. And you cry aba, father, papa, daddy, because you know he's a father, a loving father, a lavishly loving father who will spend forever and ever and ever lavishing on you all the goodness of his mercy and grace and making you a joint heir with Christ of everything that God possesses in eternity.
How wonderful is it that God goes from being our avowed enemy to being our loving father? But only through Jesus Christ can that happen. He, alone, is the one who paid the price for sin once for all. No other price paid and it's applied to all who believe. He is the one who triumphed over the forces of hell and hell itself. He is the one who makes death a welcome transition and not a frightening event. And, thus, we say the sufferings of Christ are triumphant, not only for him, but for all who trust him.
Father may you, today, place into the ark of safety, Jesus Christ, some souls who can be, even in death, brought through the judgment to find themselves on a glorious shore of eternal bliss. We thank you for what the death of Christ means in turning you from our worst enemy to our dearest friend. From the one who hates to the one who loves. From the one who curses to the one who blesses. From the one who indicts to the one who exonerates. From the one who punishes to the one who praises. From the one who destroys to the one who gives life. All because Jesus perfectly satisfied your just requirement and took our place. Such a perfect sacrifice that you affirmed it by raising him from the dead and exalting him to your right hand. It's in Him we place our trust. Amen.
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JAB Beech Inc. Completes Acquisition Of Caribou Coffee Company, Inc.
Jan 24, 2013, 04:15 ET
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- JAB Beech Inc. ("JAB"), a member of the Joh. A Benckiser Group, today announced the successful completion of its previously announced acquisition of Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOU) ("Caribou") for $16 per share, or approximately $340 million in the aggregate.
JAB acquired Caribou through a tender offer and subsequent merger. As a result of the completion of the merger, Caribou has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of JAB and the common stock of Caribou ceased trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on January 24, 2013.
BDT Capital Partners ("BDTCP"), a Chicago-based merchant bank that provides long-term private capital solutions to closely held companies, is a minority investor in this transaction alongside the Joh. A Benckiser Group. In addition to BDTCP's capital investment, BDT & Company served as a financial co-advisor to the Joh. A Benckiser Group with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP acted as legal advisor to the Joh. A Benckiser Group in this transaction. Moelis & Co LLC served as an exclusive financial advisor to Caribou in connection with this transaction and Briggs and Morgan P.A. acted as Caribou's legal advisor.
About The Joh. A Benckiser Group
The Joh. A Benckiser Group is a privately held group of affiliated companies focused on long term investments in companies with premium brands in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods category. The Joh. A Benckiser Group's portfolio includes a majority stake in Coty Inc., a global leader in beauty, a majority stake in Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc., a premier specialty coffee and tea company, a minority stake in Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC, a global leader in health, hygiene and home products and a minority investment in D.E Master Blenders 1753 N.V., an international coffee and tea company. The Joh. A Benckiser Group also owns Labelux, a luxury leather goods company with brands such as Jimmy Choo, Bally and Belstaff. The assets of the group are overseen by its three senior partners, Peter Harf, Bart Becht and Olivier Goudet.
About BDT Capital Partners
BDT Capital Partners provides family-owned and entrepreneurially led companies with long-term capital, solutions-based advice and access to an extensive network of world-class family businesses. Based in Chicago, BDT Capital Partners is a merchant bank structured to provide advice and capital that address the unique needs of closely held businesses. The firm has a $3 billion investment fund as well as an investor base with the ability to co-invest significant additional capital. Through its advisory business, BDT & Company works with family businesses to pursue their long-term strategic and financial objectives.
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Thursday, February 15, 2007
Weis Questioned on Reason for Surgery
Weis said he told Maura about the surgery two weeks beforehand. She begged him to back out, but Weis bullishly told her, "full speed ahead." The Boston Herald went as far to describe Weis as "unapologetic."
Weis also continued to claim that one of the reasons for deciding to undergo the surgery was his fear that he would be unable to reach his goal of becoming a head coach because of his obesity. More on this in a moment. ...
Defense attorney William Dailey suggested that the surgery was successful because it helped Weis lose weight and get his dream job at Notre Dame. Dailey asked Weis if he knew of potential complications from the surgery. "Yes sir, [Dr. Ferguson] definitely told me there were other risks," Weis said.
Dailey, who also touched on Weis' other medical conditions, including sleep apnea, then pointed out that doctors waived the normal counseling period before the operation — at Weis' request — so the coach could be healthy in time for the following season.
Maura Weis, right, also testified. She said of her husband: "He's not a complainer. I know there are times when he just toughens up and takes one for the team at home."
So how did the day go for Team Weis? Let's bring in Gary Gaffney, M.D., University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, and the man behind Steroid Nation, to give us a medical perspective.
"Weis answered important questions affirmatively about his understanding of the surgery, as well as a direct question that he understood the complications.
"More interesting details were revealed by the cross-examination. Weis apparently has pre-existing medical problems, including sleep apnea and hemochromatosis, which is called 'bronze diabetes' because patients suffer from iron overload, depositing iron in the pancreas, liver, heart and skin.
"The other interesting revelation was that Weis declined the usual pre-operative counseling in order to hurry the surgery along.
"I see the Massachusetts General defense team painting a picture of Weis as a stubborn and somewhat noncompliant patient. He did not attend pre-operative counseling. He pulled the trachea tube out himself, postoperatively. He did not listen to doctors advice after the surgery, returning to work astonishingly fast.
"The burden is on the plaintiff to document the elements of tort negligence. In this case, however, a picture is emerging of a patient who did not follow doctor's advice at times; thus if the outcome of the surgery is not optimal, the patient [Weis] may be in part culpable by virtues of his noncompliance.
"Weis also does not look like a patient who suffered a dire outcome. He claims to be 100 pounds lighter and he is well-dressed. Not a typical patient who suffered from serious medical malpractice.
"However, Weis' appearance and his noncompliance may not matter if his attorney can demonstrate that substandard care immediately postoperatively led to the internal hemorrhaging."
Thanks again to Gary. .... As for Weis' claim that he feared his obesity would prevent him from ever becoming a head coach, a reader who wishes to remain anonymous sent us this transcript from Weis' introductory press conference as Notre Dame coach. It's clear that on Dec. 13, 2004, Weis discounted having the surgery to enhance his chances of becoming a head coach:
Question: "The surgery that you went through, I read that you talked about becoming a head coach, it was important to lose weight and appearance -- "
Weis: "I never said that. The newspaper writer is sitting there saying that's the reason why you do that.
"You want to know why you do it? Because for 10 years you're over 300 pounds and your father died at 56 of a second heart attack. You're afraid if you stay at the same level, you're going to drop dead. That's why you do it. It has nothing to with getting jobs. That's what everyone else says because they want to put words in your mouth. The bottom line is when you're unhealthy, you're unhealthy, do you something about it. That's what it was."
Previous: Recap of Day 1 and a Legal Perspective on Weis Trial. Our thanks to Hester Graphics.
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Maybe the head coach comment had more to do with him actually living long enough to earn his way to a head coaching position than the appearance that goes along with it?
Also, the comment that he doesn't look like a typical medical malpractice patient because he is "100 lbs lighter" and "well-dressed" cracked me up. What does well-dressed have to do with it?
One last thing- he lost 100 lbs, my ass. I read on Yahoo that he weighed 336 lbs before the surgery...there is no freaking way that man weighs 236 lbs. For the sake of comparison:
Brady Quinn 6'4", 227 lbs
Charlie Weis 6'2" (I think), 236 lbs? No freaking way!
The weight figures are tossed out there without assurance of accuracy. I would suspect Weis was much more than 340, at the time of surgery. He looks about 280 now. Considering the criteria for surgery I bet Weis was closer to 400 than he lets on.
In a courtroom, appearance is everything. A victim of medical negligence is going to claim he had a horrible outcome from the particular procedure. It would be more potent if the plaintiff actually looked like he suffered. In the courtroom, Weis looked like a celebrity, and a well paid one at that. There are so many stories of people out there claiming disability, then showing up on videos playing soccer or dancing, that a jury might be sensitive to appearance.
A lawyer needs to look professional. A judge should look judicial. A victim should appear, well victimized. Although a jury has the task of examining the points of tort law and medical malpractice, the members just might be looking at a well dressed man in a double breasted suit saying 'he sure doesn't look like a guy who suffered horribily'. Especially when the 'victim' appeared to do as he pleased without following doctor's orders.
A patient extubating himself after a surgical procedure is not necessarily an indication of "refusing doctor's orders" as the defense seems to be claiming. He was most likely sedated and confused at the time.


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In the meantime, here is an article from WRAL and another from the News & Observer (both of whom followed the trial pretty much the entire time).
Additionally, here is the statement I read in court this morning before sentencing from Judge Fox. My intent was to speak for the victims in the case and for Celiac Disease suffers in general. Hope I did you all justice.
Paul Seelig Statement
April 12, 2011
Wake County Superior Court
I'd like to start by saying thank you to the court for this opportunity to speak today. Also, thanks to the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, the North Carolina Department of Justice and the Wake County District Attorney's office.
My name is Zach Becker and I am the author of the Gluten Free Raleigh Blog. I started the blog in 2008 after receiving a diagnosis of Celiac Disease. I quickly figured out that a lifelong Gluten Free Diet was not an easy thing to follow and there were minimal local resources for successfully living Gluten Free. After 700 posts and nearly 200,000 visits over the last two and a half years, the blog has become a trusted resource for the Raleigh area Gluten Free Community. It is my passion and hobby to help others who must follow this medically required diet in order to live a healthy life. I strive to help local companies who cater to Gluten Free consumers – many of which are start-ups with minimal marketing budgets. I never ask for anything in return other than safe products for our community.
In early November 2009, I met Paul Seelig of Great Specialty Products. I reached out to him in an effort to also help promote his Gluten Free business - the same opportunity I offer everyone else. He gave me samples of what he led me to believe were Gluten Free bread products. He sat across a table from me and watched me eat poison while he described his Gluten Free Company, his patented recipes, his military contracts, his 100% dedicated Gluten Free bakery located at RDU, his family-owned 400 acre Amish farm in Ohio where he sourced all his ingredients, his extensive testing for Gluten. All things we have come to find as deceitful and damaging lies.
For the better part of 2 weeks until becoming ill, I consumed products from Great Specialty Products. I promoted his company on my blog. I spread the word around the Gluten Free community about his company who in turn made dozens of people sick. Celiacs were poisoned; small children, adults, men and women of the Triangle. Mr. Seelig knowingly used my blog as a vehicle to make others sick. To date, I have not heard of any remorse or regret, nor have I or anyone else received an apology from Mr. Seelig. He has taken every opportunity to defend his actions, to continue to deceive; rather than to seek forgiveness.
While eating his gluten containing products, I had several health issues. I had and continue to have periods of outbreaks of Dermatitis Herpetiformis also known as "Celiac of the skin". This blistering and bleeding rash is the itchiest known to man. Back in December 2009, I suffered from multiple sleepless nights before I could get a prescription for a drug called CLOBETASOL. This class 1 super potent steroid was originally created to treat leprosy and has all kinds of side effects. The drug is so potent that it cannot be taken for more than 2 weeks consecutively. I have also suffered from weight loss and fatigue during this period – the original symptoms that led to my Celiac Diagnosis.
In addition to affecting myself and dozens of others in the Triangle, I'd like to note that this case has reached national notoriety. There are an estimated 3 million Celiacs in the USA who are passionately watching the outcome of this case. The FDA has yet to state what is required for a company to label a product as Gluten Free. This has left it open to companies to determine their own labeling. This has left the Gluten Free community vulnerable to fraudulent companies like Great Specialty Products. The state of North Carolina has the spotlight on it here today. This case needs to stand as a deterrent to others who might follow in Paul Seelig's footsteps and defraud and poison Gluten Free consumers. Companies need to know that this type of behavior will not be tolerated.
It is clear that Mr. Seelig has done damage to me and other Celiacs by fraudulently selling us gluten containing products marketed as Gluten Free. He has intentionally poisoned the Celiac community in the name of making a profit for his bogus company. Celiac Disease has over 300 known symptoms, many of which are extremely annoying but livable. However, too much Gluten ingestion over a period of time causes inflation in the intestines which will ultimately result in Lymphoma. I am often left wondering just how much time off my life this man has taken from me and others. Just how much damage was done?


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From Tehran to Tashkent Aboard the Golden Eagle
This grand rail journey by private train stretches from Iran, through Turkmenistan, and finally into Uzbekistan. Begin in Iran's dynamic capital, Tehran, and explore the ruins of Persepolis, romantic Shiraz, glorious Isfahan, Zoroastrian Yazd, and sacred Mashad. In Turkmenistan, discover ancient Merv and the marble monuments of the capital. Admire the glowing Silk Road oases of Khiva, Bukhara, and Samarkand, and end in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent.
A westbound departure from Tashkent to Tehran is also available, as well as a longer version of this route between Tehran and Moscow (eastbound / westbound).
15 Day Trip
- Rail Journey
Minimums vary - call for confirmation status
- Travels to:
Central Asia, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
- Rail Journey by Private Train:
Tehran to Tashkent
MIR Signature Why end mights on this Tour
Why end might the busy markets and teahouses of BukharaRead More
Why end might the timeless character of Bukhara's UNESCO-listed Old Town with its winding streets, colorful markets, and chaikhana (tea houses)....
Contemplate the Eternal FlameRead More
Visit the Fire Temple in Yazd to see its eternal flame, said to have been burning since 470 AD; then contemplate the Towers of Silence, where Zoroastrians placed their dead....
Survey the complex Persian architecture of beautiful IsfahanRead More
Survey the complex Persian architecture of Isfahan's gracefully proportioned UNESCO-listed Imam Square, decorated with cobalt, turquoise and lapis lazuli mosaic tiles....
Admire UNESCO-listed Gulestan Palace in Iran's capital, TehranRead More
Gulestan Palace is the oldest of Tehran's historic monuments, begun in the 16th century as a fortress by the Safavid dynasty, and encompassing several palatial buildings around a cool green garden....
Why Travel with MIR on this Tour
- Over 30 years of Central Asia travel experience
- Travel programs such as Vassar, Dartmouth and the Harvard Museum of Natural History have chosen MIR to guide them to Central Asia
- Twice named one of National Geographic Adventure's "Best Adventure Travel Companies on Earth"
- On-the-ground support and quality you can trust
- Personalized travel planning from start to finish
- Guides and tour managers that clients rave about
Our rail journeys by private train are in a class of their own, allowing travelers to experience remote destinations in style and comfort – particularly enjoyable on such lengthy and legendary routes as the Trans-Siberian and the Silk Route. Group sizes are flexible and can be more than 100 passengers.
Itinerary & Highlights at a Glance
Days 1-3: Tehran
Arriving in Iran's capital, tour the State Jewels Museum and UNESCO-listed Golestan Palace, then board the Golden Eagle Persia Express on its way to Shiraz, "City of Roses and Nightingales."
- Golestan Palace, with the Marble Throne, created from 65 pieces of yellow Yazd marble
- Crown Jewels at the Central Bank
Days 4-5: Persepolis, Shiraz, Isfahan
Explore the magnificent archaeological site of Persepolis, the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid kings. In fabled Shiraz, visit the tomb of Iran's favorite poet, Hafez. In beautiful Isfahan, wander graceful Imam Square, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the world's great treasures.
- UNESCO-listed Persepolis, one of the most important sites of the Ancient World
- "City of Roses and Nightingales," Shiraz
- Tomb of Hafez, Iran's favorite poet
- UNESCO-listed Persepolis, one of the most important sites of the Ancient World
- Isfahan's Maiden-e Naghsh-e Jahan or Imam Square, among the world's most beautiful squares, and a UNESCO Site
- Ali-Qapu Palace, gateway to the other royal palaces on Imam Square
- Sheikh Lotfollah and Imam mosques, renowned for their complex tilework
Days 6-8: Yazd, Rayen, Mahan, Mashad
Visit the Zoroastrian Fire Temple in Yazd to see its eternal flame, said to have been burning since 470 AD. Discover the thousand-year-old mud-brick citadel of Rayen, and continue to Mahan, a small town famed for its luxurious Persian Shazadeh, or Prince Garden. In Mashad, admire the sacred shrine of Imam Reza and the poet Ferdowsi's mausoleum.
- 5th century Zoroastrian Fire Temple in Yazd
- Towers of Silence
- Arg-e Rayen, thousand-year-old ancient citadel
- Mahan's Shazadeh Garden, a classical Persian garden and UNESCO Site
- Tomb of Persian poet Ferdowsi, set in a lovely garden with a large pool surrounded by trees and flowers
- Outer courts and museum of Imam Reza's shrine, the places permitted to non-Muslims
Days 9-10: Merv, Ashgabat
Arriving in Turkmenistan, visit the ancient ruins of Merv, capital of the Seljuk Turks and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In the modern capital, Ashgabat, discover the white marble buildings so plentiful that they were awarded a Guinness World Record in 2013.
- Ruins of Marghiana and Archaeological Museum in UNESCO-listed ancient Merv
- Capital of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, with marble and gold monuments
Days 11-13: Khiva, Bukhara, Samarkand
Cross the border into Uzbekistan and investigate Khiva, among the most important oases on the Silk Road. In Uzbekistan's largest oasis city, Bukhara, highlights include the mud-brick Ark Citadel, the fortified residence of the emirs of Bukhara, and the Palace of the Moon and Stars. Spend some time in Samarkand, Tamerlane's beautiful capital, admiring the Ulug Bek Observatory, Bibi Khanum Mosque, and the majestic Registan.
- Ichon-Qala, Khiva's Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Tash-Hauli Palace, built in the 19th century for the khan and his wives
- Original residence of the khans, the Kunya Ark
- Bukhara's atmospheric Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Emir's Palace of Moon and Stars, the emir's home following the Soviet takeover
- Samarkand, a UNESCO World Heritage Site called "Crossroads of Cultures"
- Registan Square, Samarkand's most famous landmark
Days 14-15: Tashkent
Visit Uzbekistan's capital, Tashkent, a modern city rebuilt in the Soviet style after an earthquake in 1966. Wander its Old Town, view the Uthman Koran, said to be the oldest in the world, and browse the Applied Art Museum to admire the embroidered coverlets called suzani.
- Old Town Tashkent, with its winding streets, mud-brick buildings and Middle Eastern feel
- The Uthman Koran, thought to be the world's oldest
See Dates & Prices for more details or to see suggested extensions.
Our rail journeys by private train are in a class of their own, allowing travelers to experience remote destinations in style and comfort – particularly enjoyable on such lengthy and legendary routes as the Trans-Siberian and the Silk Route. Group sizes are flexible and can be more than 100 passengers.
Tour Dates & Prices
Land Tour Price, Per Person
Silver Class, twin share$19,195
Silver Class, single$28,895
Gold Class, twin share$22,895
Gold Class, single$33,995
Imperial Suite Class, twin share$38,395
Imperial Suite Class, single$76,695
2019 Dates
- October 13-27
- $19,195
What's Included
On Your Tour
- Accommodation aboard the Golden Eagle private train.
- Per the itinerary, 3 nights of shared accommodation in well-located hotels.
- All meals starting with dinner on Day 1 until breakfast on final tour day, including a generous, though not unlimited, allowance of wine or local beer (except in Iran), soft drinks and water with all lunches and dinners.
- Arrival/departure transfers, provided you arrive and depart on the tour start/end dates and in the tour start/end cities.
- All guided off-train tours per itinerary.
- The services of an experienced Train Tour Manager, with local guides for scheduled off-train touring.
- Complimentary tea, coffee and mineral water round the clock from your car attendant while on board the train.
- All gratuities.
- Baggage handling.
Before Your Tour
- Personalized pre-departure support from one of our knowledgeable Tour Specialists.
- Complete pre-departure information including detailed packing list and reading list.
- Touring with MIR handbook with country-specific information, maps, and travel tips.
- Customized visa application instruction kit (please note, visa fees are not included in the tour price).
- Final document packet including luggage tags, final updates, and more.
- Assistance booking your custom flight arrangements (on request; please note that international and internal airfares are not included in the land tour cost).
Our rail journeys by private train are in a class of their own, allowing travelers to experience remote destinations in style and comfort – particularly enjoyable on such lengthy and legendary routes as the Trans-Siberian and the Silk Route. Group sizes are flexible and can be more than 100 passengers.
Prepare for Your Trip
International Airfare
MIR's in-house, full-service air department will gladly assist with your air travel needs.More Info
Reading List
MIR recommends reading up before you leave home. So settle back in your armchair with some of our favorite books about our favorite places.More Info
Most MIR programs require one or more visas, and each visa requires a completely blank page in your passport. Visa information for this particular tour is listed in the Detailed Descriptive Itinerary.More Info
Travel Insurance
Stay a Little Longer…
MIR can arrange for an extended program in the Caucasus, Iran, or Central Asia before or after your tour. All of MIR's destinations are open to you, and all can be attached to this program. Please contact MIR for more details about exciting options for extended travel.
Or, choose from one of these suggested itineraries:
Is this Trip Right for You?
This trip is moderately active, and rated moderate to rigorous touring due to the daily walking involved and the overall shortcomings of the tourism infrastructure. To reap the full rewards of this adventure, travelers must be able to walk at least a mile a day, keeping up with fellow travelers. Flexibility, a sense of humor and a willingness to accept local standards of amenities and services are essential components to the enjoyment of this trip.
A full list of details about the rigors of this tour are explained in the Detailed Descriptive Itinerary.
Read our Travel Journals
MIR's Travel Journals offer first hand accounts of MIR's fascinating destinations.
Jewels of Persia: Iran by Private Train
Douglas Grimes and Annie Lucas, MIR's President and Vice President, had the privilege of being aboard the inaugural journey of the first western private train allowed into Iran. A round trip journey from Budapest to Tehran and back aboard the Golden Eagle Danube Express private train, this was a first-of-its-kind itinerary and an historic undertaking.... Read More
Ancient Persia, Modern Iran: An Enigmatic Exploration
Follow along with MIR Corporation Tour Specialist Meaghan Samuels as she explores beautiful and enigmatic Iran on MIR's Ancient Persia, Modern Iran small group tour.... Read More
MIR in the News
MIR's Siberia Travel Expertise Mentioned in Men's Journal Magazine
April 1, 2019
A recent feature in Men's Journal Magazine about adventurous — yet still accessible — far north destinations included both the legendary Trans-Siberian Railway and the route's most naturally stunning highlight, UNESCO... Read More
MIR's Russian Space Tour "One-of-a-Kind"
March 28, 2019
Iconic Life, and online publication that spotlights up-and-coming trends in travel, fashion, food, and luxury goods, recently included MIR's Inside the Russian Space Program small group tour in its list of "Favorite One-o... Read More
From the Blog
Congratulations on your retirement, Mariana!
June 25, 2019
For nearly two decades, the words of MIR's Senior Copywriter, Mariana Noble, have graced countless pages in our catalogs, brochures, destination guides, and reading materials, not to mention numerous stories and personal tr... Read More
MIR's Annie Lucas Quoted in Men's Journal Article Recommending Travel to Uzbekistan
June 17, 2019
A recent article in Men's Journal sings the praises of Uzbekistan, giving a shout-out to MIR for being a specialist in the region. The piece, "Bustling Bazaars, Ancient Cities, and the Silk Road: 10 Ways to Explore Uzbeki... Read More
Golden Eagle
The perfect combination of remote destinations and comfortable accommodations, rail journeys by private train open a world of discovery to travelers who enjoy comfort and leisure time as well as exciting new vistas.
The exclusive Golden Eagle private train furnishes the dream of Old World rail travel with modern comforts and amenities that make the journey as pleasant as the destination. The luxurious Golden Eagle is a fully en suite train and a restful and satisfying way to experience legendary rail routes.
Train & Hotel Accommodations
Relax and enjoy the panorama rolling past your private window and disembark for guided off-train touring in fascinating towns and cities along the way.
Each sleeping carriage on the Golden Eagle has its own attendants who provide bed turndown service, plus tea, coffee and mineral water 24 hours a day. Attendants keep an eye on everything while guests are away from the train. L'Occitane body products, as well as premium bathrobes, slippers and a hairdryer, are provided in all cabin categories.
Imperial Suite
Imperial Suites are the most beautiful and spacious cabins available onboard the Golden Eagle. Measuring a surprising 120 sq ft (11.1 sq meters), they are furnished with a luxurious king size bed, dedicated seating area, dressing table and private en suite facilities with large power shower and under floor heating. Individual air-conditioning, wardrobe, DVD/CD player with LCD screen and two large picture windows make the cabin a pleasant retreat.Additional Information
Imperial Suite dimensions – 2 suites per departure / 1 suite per carriage:
Cabin area (total, including bathroom) – 120 sq ft (11.1 sq m)
Cabin length – 17′ 4″ (5.3 m)
Cabin width – 6′ 7″ (2 m)
Bed length – 6′ 2″ (1.9 m)
Bed width – 5′ (1.5 m)
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Gold Class
Gold Class cabins are well-proportioned and feature modern en suite amenities including power showers, under floor heating, a DVD/CD player, LCD screen, remote-controlled air-conditioning/heating, recessed lighting and wardrobe and a personal safe. Each cabin is configured with upper and lower berths, and can accommodate double, twin or single occupancy.Additional Information
Gold Class cabin dimensions – 5 cabins/carriage:
Cabin area (total, including bathroom) – 77 sq ft (7 sq m)
Cabin length – 11′ 8″ (3.6 m)
Cabin width – 6′ 7″ (2 m)
Size of bathroom – 6′ 6″ x 4′ (2.4 sq m)
Bed length – 6′ 2″ (1.9 m)
Lower bed width – 4′ 5″ (1.35 m)
Upper bed width – 2′ 9″ (85 cm)
Lower bed converts to a sofa for daytime use.
Note: The 5th compartment is of a slightly different layout (68 sq ft), and will normally be allocated to single guests.
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Silver Class
Silver Class cabins are more compact than Gold Class cabins with similar facilities. Silver Class cabins feature the same amenities as Gold Class cabins but in a smaller space and with a smaller, wet room-style shower area.Additional Information
Silver Class cabin dimensions – 6 cabins/carriage:
Cabin area (total, including bathroom) – 11 sq ft (5.5 sq m)
Cabin length – 8′ 8″ (2.6 m)
Cabin width – 6′ 7″ (2 m)
Size of bathroom – 4′ 6″ x 3′ (1.25 sq m)
Bed length (upper & lower) – 6′ 2″ (190 cm)
Lower bed width – 3′ 6″ (1.1 m)
Upper bed width – 2′ 9″ (85 cm)
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Hotel Accommodations
The first and last nights of most tours are spent in well-appointed four and five star hotels. Some tours feature additional hotel nights. Please review the detailed itinerary for specifics pertaining to each tour and departure. Additional nights before and after any tour can be arranged on request.
Life Aboard the Train
The Golden Eagle private train provides everything you need for a pleasurable journey. Join travelers from around the world to enjoy the relaxed and casual environment onboard, with no need to wear formal attire on excursions or while dining. Bear in mind that no alcohol will be served onboard while traveling through Iran.
Train formations are not fixed, as the composition varies to suit the number of passengers on a given departure. Iran departures will generally range 35-65 passengers. The exact configuration of the train on any particular journey may not be determined until close to departure.
Please note that a variety of cabins styles are in use aboard the train. Decor, layout, type and number of dining, bar and sleeping cars on your journey may differ from the sample images depicted in our brochures/websites.
Bar/Lounge Car
A Bar/Lounge Car is a favorite destination in the train formation and is typically included on most departures. The lounge offers a relaxing and comfortable area where you can enjoy a drink, take language lessons, and gather around the piano with other passengers.Additional Information
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Dining Cars
Dining Cars feature local and European cuisine complemented by a selection of local and European wines (except on trips in Iran). Dining cars are multi-purpose, used for on-board lectures and viewing documentaries. One or more dining cars may be included in the train formation of any given departure depending on the number of passengers.Additional Information
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Off-Train Tours
Rail journeys feature an extensive selection of educational city tours in the various stops on our routes. Private coaches and local guides whisk you away from your private train for fascinating half- or full-day forays into the principal towns and cities, sometimes including an in-city dining opportunity. Read through this tour's itinerary for more information (found on the Itinerary & Map tab of this page).


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Poverty, Inequality Aren't as Bad as U.S. Says
Poverty statistics can be used to prove almost anything.
When the Census Bureau reported last week that 46 million Americans, or 15 percent of the population, live in poverty, conservatives said that five decades of the welfare state have had virtually no effect. Liberals answered that laissez-faire economics have kept poverty rates stubbornly high.
This debate is based on a false premise: Poverty isn't as high as the U.S. government says it is. The reason is that federal programs, supported by Democrats and Republicans alike, have dramatically reduced poverty and, by extension, income inequality.
To understand why, let's look at what the numbers don't show. The Census Bureau doesn't count safety-net benefits, including food stamps, housing aid, school lunches and other noncash transfers. Adding the cash value of food stamps alone would lower the poverty population by 3.9 million people. Census data also overcompensate for inflation by ignoring discount prices at big-box outlets such as Wal-Mart Stores, where many low-income families shop. The figures don't even factor in Medicare and Medicaid benefits.
But tax credits are the most overlooked numbers of all. One, the Earned Income Tax Credit, is refundable, meaning that some low-income breadwinners get a check from the Internal Revenue Service even if their earnings are so small that they owe no income tax. Counting that tax credit would decrease the number of people living in poverty by another 5.7 million.
The Census Bureau defines a family of four with income less than $23,021 as impoverished. But a better portrait of poverty in America would count all government benefits and tax credits, raising many households' income considerably. An even truer picture of deprivation would measure consumption (how much a household spends on rent, autos, food and other items) rather than income (how much a household admits to bringing home in earnings). Incomes are unreliable because people are reluctant to reveal how much they make. They are less reticent when asked if they have television sets, cars and air conditioning, or if they eat out and go to movies.
When adjusted for these flaws, the level of poverty is much lower, says a new paper by economists Bruce D. Meyer at the University of Chicago and James X. Sullivan at the University of Notre Dame. Instead of 15 percent, it is only 4 percent to 5 percent. And instead of being higher than it was in 1980, poverty has declined by two-thirds.
In other words, the war on poverty hasn't been won, but it's making inroads. The lion's share of the credit, the professors conclude, goes to the Earned Income Tax Credit, the Child Tax Credit and Social Security.
This may not jibe with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's quip about the "culture of dependency," a trait he ascribed to a remarkable 47 percent of voters. The opposite is true: Anti-poverty programs have reduced dependency and encouraged work – and can be fashioned to work even better.
One option is to strengthen the Earned Income Tax Credit. It began under one Republican president (Gerald Ford), was improved by another (Ronald Reagan), and was made refundable by a Democrat (Bill Clinton) – in each case with the support of congressional Republicans. Studies show the tax credit was the most important factor in reducing welfare rolls, even more so than the 1996 welfare-reform law. Now geared toward single- parent families, the credit could be expanded to help two-parent families and parents without custody of their children.
Automatic stabilizers are also important and shouldn't be undermined, as the budget blueprint by Rep. Paul Ryan, Romney's running mate, would do. As Bloomberg View columnist Peter Orszag has written, eligibility for food stamps, unemployment insurance and relief to state governments should expand automatically, without waiting for Congress to act, when the economy is weak.
The implications of all this go beyond politics. Poverty statistics are one of the U.S.'s most closely watched indicators of economic well-being. They can help tell us if poverty- fighting programs are working, or if our taxes are being wasted. They can also steer policy-setters toward more productive solutions and away from popular yet misguided ideas.
If poverty figures are overstated, for example, then so is income inequality. The most-cited studies don't count government benefits or employer-provided health insurance. There is little doubt that the chasm between the top 1 percent and the 99 percenters is narrower than we have been led to believe. That shouldn't depress liberals or cheer conservatives: The inequality gap is closing because of government programs, not the stagnant incomes of the private sector.


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The main project for the class is the beautiful Medallion Quilt, and here is my progress so far.
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DIG BMX was out on the course all weekend and we are super stoked on the tons of "Raw Runs" they put online. Check out all your favorite riders after the jump!
DIG BMX was out on the course all weekend and we are super stoked on the tons of "Raw Runs" they put online. Check out all your favorite riders after the jump!
We had the London discovery app Dojo at the Vans rebeljam. They interviewed some of the boys about London, watched them compete, and partied with them at House Of Vans...
MR.D from STREETMAG was so kind and sent over tons of great pictures from the Vans rebeljam 2014 in London, UK. Check ot the 14 picture strong gallery after the click.
And here we go with our official Vans rebeljam event recap video! You will also find the full results from the Vans rebeljam after the jump.
Red Bull recruited the one and only Alex Barton-Holme aka. Fathead for some funny interviews. Vans and Red Bull rider Matthias Dandois, trail boss and mastermind of Cult Robbie Morals as well as MC Darryl Nau all chatted with Fathead and the result is some pretty funny stuff...
You can always count on the BMX medias - our friends over at freedombmx, Ride BMX Magazine and Vital BMX all published some decent videos with the major action from the weekend!
George Marshall was out on the course all weekend to shot some great pictures from the action at the York Hall.
After months of preparation and a killer season of high tempo competition behind them, this weekend saw Vans unleash some of the world's finest BMXers on London for the Vans Rebeljam.
The qualifiers for Vans rebeljam 2014 are in the books. The 16 riders for the finals are set...
We will kick off today with the qualifier runs. The riders will ride in groups and the best 16 riders will go to the finals!


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Two Service Workers International Union bargaining units at the University of Rochester have opened contract negotiations with UR, union officials said Thursday.
Representatives of SEIU Local 200, which represents River Campus service workers, and 1199 SEIU United Healthcare, which represents UR Medical Center service employees including patient care technicians, nursing unit secretaries and surgical assistants, are jointly talking to UR negotiators. The two SEIU locals together represent 1,700 UR employees.
Both locals' contracts expire Sept. 22.
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No one dare underestimate how terrible the Houston Astros bullpen was last year. They were dead last in nearly every statistic, including the all-important ERA, where they ranked in at a 5.00+ ERA. But that was the bullpen of last year, with rookies that had no experience and a closer that was traded away mid-season.
This year is a different story. The Astros made their bullpen their main priority in the off season and they overachieved, if anything.
The main acquisitions this offseason were Matt Albers, Chad Qualls and Jesse Crain. They also added Raul Valdes, Anthony Bass and Darin Downs as some added security.
Chia-Jen Lo, Josh Zeid, Kevin Chapman and David Martinez will return as the rookies that were not as successful as the Astros would have liked last year, but that doesn't mean they can't turn it around and grow into steady relievers.
The Astros are by far the most improved bullpen in the majors. Many are even anointing them the best bullpen in the AL West.
The Astros bullpen was responsible for around 40 losses last year. If even half of those losses were turned around, that would put the Astros with only 91 losses. That is nothing to celebrate, but after two consecutive 100-loss years, it would have been ample proof of improvement.
The improvement that the Astros have made this off season is tremendous. They've made some serious leaps towards contention, and no single area has made improvements as dramatic as their bullpen, which has some seriously reliable arms that can hold onto games.
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Local Black History Month activities include lectures, exhibits, a parade, an African American Read-In and other special programming and musical events.
Local Black History Month activities include lectures, exhibits, a parade, an African American Read-In and other special programming and musical events.
One traditional Black History Month event that will be missing for the second straight year is a traditional month-long exhibit by the local chapter of the Carter Woodson Foundation. For more than a dozen years, the group had a Black History Month exhibit annually in New Bern. But, President Sandra Perry said that for the second year, the group has no place made available for the exhibit.
Woodson, who died in the 1950s, was an author and educator and generally considered to be the founder of Black History Month.
Activities begin today, when noted North Carolina writer and historian David Cecelski talks about his new book on the life of Civil War-era New Bern resident Abraham Galloway, one of the leading abolitionists and freedom fighters.
Cecelski�s book is �The Fire of Freedom: Abraham Galloway and the Slaves� Civil War.�
The Durham author will be on hand for a 3 p.m. talk at St. Peter�s AME Zion Church, with a book-signing to follow.
Upcoming events that are scheduled include photography in New Bern and Oriental.
New Bern photographer Curtis Blake�s exhibit opens at the New Bern-Craven County Public Library with a reception Thursday at 7 p.m. It is sponsored by the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
The Pamlico County Arts Council, in collaboration with the Village Gallery in Oriental, brings the Traveling Photography Exhibit of the African American Music Trail to Pamlico County during the month.
A reception is planned Saturday, from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Village Gallery on Hodges Street.
The exhibit offers the contributions that North Carolina musicians made to the world of music.
In a special tribute to the late Blues musician George Higgs, a photograph of Higgs taken by Pamlico County photographer Ben Casey will be included. Higgs died Jan. 31.
The photo was taken when Higgs performed last year at Pamlico Community College.
The exhibit includes recognized musicians from the area. Among them are Kinston brothers Melvin Parker, a drummer for James Brown and Maceo Parker, a saxophonist who played with James Brown, Ray Charles and James Taylor.
Other music celebrities who are honored include Wilson gospel singer Bishop F. C. Barnes and Wilson native Bill Myers of the Monitors.
More than four dozen photographs include portraits by internationally-known photographer Cedric N. Chatterley and historic photographs from private collections. The collection was compiled by Jason Perlmutter.
On Feb. 10, the fifth annual African-American Read-In is scheduled at the New Bern-Craven County Public Library.
The 3 p.m. event features the works of Earl Mills � author and poet � and others. It is sponsored by the Theta Beta Omega Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
It also features presentations by local African-American poets, authors, and musicians. Books by local authors will be available.
An African-American Tribute to Isaac H. Smith Sr. of New Bern is scheduled Feb. 16. Smith was a legislator, educator, banker, developer and philanthropist.
The three-part program begins with a �Home and Family� event at noon at the intersection of Queen and Johnson streets in New Bern.
That will be followed by the laying of a wreath at Greenwood Cemetery on Cypress Street. The wreath is courtesy of Unique�s Florist.
Refreshments and a reception follow at the Climbers Club building, the Charlotte Rhone Cultural Center, 608 West Street.
The event is sponsored by the Historic Dryborough Neighborhood Association, along with Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, Uptown Business and Professional Association, the city of New Bern and N.C. State Historic Preservation.
The rain date is March 16.
Also on Feb. 16, the Joy Chapter No. 314 Order of Eastern Starts presents it annual Black History program at St. Peter�s AME Zion Church on Queen Street.
The Rev. Thomas Farrow Jr., pastor at First Baptist Church in Clinton, is the guest speaker for the 6 p.m. program.
Five humanitarian awards will be presented to local women for their work in the community.
The Supreme Four, with the Rev. Godfrey E. Nelson, will provide the music.
For information, call Marshall Williams at 637-6300 or Gail Anderson at 259-2577.
The Tryon Palace African-American Lecture Series on Feb. 21 features �Down Home Eatin�� by Shillena Parks as Ms. Sadie Peppers.
The 7 p.m. program in Cullman Performance Hall at the North Carolina History Center is free.
Parks is a minister and gospel singer. She is a native of Eastern North Carolina
The MLK Jr. Scholarships and Awards Committee of New Bern holds its annual MLK Heritage Parade on Feb. 23, beginning at Fort Totten Park. It was rescheduled from January because of the presidential inauguration.
The lineup is at 10 a.m. for the noon parade. The route ends on George Street. Special participants include the Mission Marching Band of Raleigh.
The registration deadline is Feb. 15.
Contact Irlie Brazzel at 670-0761 or Victor Taylor at 617-2537.
The committee�s annual banquet is Feb. 24 at The Flame Banquet Center. Seating begins at 5 p.m. for the 6 p.m. event on Neuse Boulevard.
This year�s event will celebrate the committee�s 20th anniversary. It has more than a dozen active members.
The keynote speaker is the Rev. James E. McIver Jr. of the Without Limits Christian Center in New Bern.
Admission is $35, with semi-formal attire.
Call 638-1518 for more information.
The committee will announce a date later for another ceremony in June, when the annual student scholarships awards will be presented. That event will be at St. John Missionary Baptist Church in New Bern.
Applications are available for senior high school students in Craven, Jones and Pamlico counties. They will be available at the Monday memorial service or through the committee at 1224 Broad Street in New Bern. Also, call 638-1518 or 638-4138.
The New Bern-Craven County Public Library hosts Black History Celebration of African-American creativity on Feb. 24. The program includes dance, songs, skits, mime and music. The 3 p.m. event is hosted by Terris Lovelle.


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Urban Decay Cosmetics is seeking an energetic, sales-driven, Sales Coordinator to join our team in Nashville, TN
A Sales Coordinator drives sales revenue to exceed budget by motivating and training store sales associates and brand Selling Specialists while cultivating strong account relationships. When in-store a Sales Coordinator sells side-by-side with the team.
Ability to motivate, train and influence sales people to sell Urban Decay Cosmetics through sharing knowledge by coaching and teaching about: the product, the brand and make-up application while exhibiting strong account follow-through. This includes: planning and executing successful events, selling product, building the sale through make-up application.
When in-store: sell side-by-side with the team and lead by example when: demonstrating product, building a sale, maintaining cleanliness standards, respecting store standards, following policies and procedures and applying make-up.
Build and maintain store relationships through consistent communication with the Counter and Store Selling Teams. Conduct quarterly store trainings to: introduce and train new product, reinforce core products and inform and motivate the team about selling UD products. Partner with direct supervisor in regards to executing Store Manager Meetings.
Plan and manage time effectively when scheduling store visits to maximize efficiency and effectiveness in driving revenue.
Plan, participate and execute store events to make budget / goals.
Review and analyze daily & weekly budget achievement by door and where applicable by Selling Specialist. Reinforce achievement by door compared to budget, last year and comp goals. Partner with Area Sales Manager and/or Sales Executives to establish a plan by door and by Beauty Artist to achieve or exceed budget.
Understand business in order to partner and plan store visits which best impact the business Plan in-store coverage during key store hours.
Work with and coach others to achieve budget and targets by product and by door.
Make deadlines for all requests including but not limited to: calendars (as outlined by account), expense reports and event recaps. Complete follow through as committed and agreed with the Accounts and others on the team.
Communicate fact-based human resource concerns and issues to your Sales Executive or Area Sales Manager, in a timely manner and follow through as agreed.
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I have used newspapers to find birth, marriage, death and funeral notices, obituaries, and other articles that provide information and historical context for my family history. I usually start by searching for surnames, village names and relevant keywords such as 'accountant', 'carpenter' or 'inquest'.
The rapidly expanding collection of searchable digitised British newspapers is available on two sites:
- British Newspaper Archive Web site
- British Newspapers collection within FindMyPast.
Both sites now offer very affordable one-month subscriptions.
Before searching, read Top Tips for Searching the Newspapers.
As more papers are digitised, details are added to the list of newspaper titles online.
British news and family notices were often reprinted in Australian newspapers, so you should also search Trove (a magnificent free site created by the National Library of Australia).


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Has anyone had any problems with vaccines? I never give my dogs the Bordetella vaccine because I have found that it actually makes them sick (sicker than if they get Kennel Cough). When I got Lady, she had been given the vaccine and ultimately had to be put on antibiotics for KC. I didn't know if there was as much of a problem in CKCS as in Chinese Cresteds.


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Degree Options
Bachelor's degrees in psychology
You can earn either a bachelor of arts (BA) degree or a bachelor of science (BS) degree through our department.
The BA provides the most flexibility and can be combined with majors from across the University.
The BS is intended for students with strong science and math interests and can be combined with other science majors.
Whether you obtain a BS or a BA will not usually influence your chances of getting a job or attending graduate school. However, the science and math courses required for the BS degree can be useful for certain types of graduate study, including medical school or neuroscience programs.
Psychology minor
You can also minor in psychology.
With any psychology major or minor, you can earn a concentration in cognitive neuroscience a program offered in conjunction with the Department of Biological Sciences.
The cognitive neuroscience concentration program is a joint effort between the departments of Biological Sciences and Psychology. It aims to allow students to develop a strong understanding of the relationship between mind and brain.
To earn the concentration, you must major in either psychology or biology, and major or minor in the other department. Learn more.