Proverbs 2:1-6

1 My son, if you accept my words
and store up my commands within you,
2 turning your ear to wisdom
and applying your heart to understanding,
3 and if you call out for insight
and cry aloud […]

Sorry, for the delay with my monthly links. Totally forgot about them. We were also looking a little slim for February.

We hopped over the pond for my daughters marriage to her partner of seven years. It was a lovely ceremony held at the Cathedral Church Of St Barnabas with first class wedding photography by David […]

An exposition of Revelation 17:1-17. This message by Pastor Rod Harris was delivered a Trinity Baptist Church on Sunday morning, August 31, 2008.
Introduction:
It is one of the things that draw us to the book of Revelation. Those strange, exotic images. In chapter 6 the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ride forth unto the world stage […]

Hysteria over global warming has gripped the affluent countries of the world.
-Climate modelers claim the earth’s temperature could be boosted an astounding 11 degrees C by the additional CO2 being released into the atmosphere as humans burn fossil fuels.
-Dozens of major governments have signed the Kyoto Protocol, which essentially promises their countries will […]

If convicted of the felony charge, Kernell, an economics major at the University of Tennessee, faces a maximum of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Kernell, whose father is a Democratic state representative in Tennessee, turned himself in this morning to law enforcement authorities and is scheduled to be arraigned later today.
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The Kabbalists, when they talk about the exile in Egypt, talk about it as galut hada’at, the exile of the mind. When we talk about going out of Egypt, it’s not going out of physical work, out of physical difficulties. Most importantly, at its core, it’s about going out of limited consciousness. Galut Hada’at, lack […]

INTRODUCTION:
A. Philippians 3:12-14
B. This is the last of a series of sermons on the church moving forward into the future
1. The fact is that we will move into the future regardless of how we prepare for it
2. The question is actually one of what we will be able to do with […]

DeHoll is a grandfather in the DC area who likes to tell stories. This one is visual: in the bread-line statue from FDR’s memorial in Washington, DeHoll recalls FDR’s Depression-era “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself” - and he mixes it up with current financial-crisis headlines. (Thanks, Sue Salinger.)

[DeHoll / Flickr]
DeHoll […]

Ecclesiastes 4:1-12

1 Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun:
I saw the tears of the oppressed-
and they have no comforter;
power was on the side of their oppressors-
[…]

Acts 4:36
Acts 5
I want you all to stop and think for a moment. I want you to think of Almighty God for a moment and think about how you might describe to another person what you think about Him. Don’t say it out loud. I want you to simply think to yourself […]