A while ago it hit me. I want to do more. I want to do more to impact people with God's Word. Sunday morning isn't enough. I want to teach more. The people in the pews aren't enough. I want to reach and serve more.
And so a desire to bring God's people into God's Word through daily prayers, through reading plans, and now a podcast were born. It is my prayer and my purpose to do what I can to teach, to preach, and to equip God's people for living a life for Jesus, so that you are thoroughly equipped for every good work, so that you're ready for life. It is also my prayer and my purpose to do all I can to preach Jesus to you so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ. There are lots of things I could teach you about living for God now. But my main concern is that I might be able to teach you about living with God for all eternity.
I want the words that CS Lewis writes in The Last Battle to be yours. The Last Battle is the final book in the series 'The Chronicles of Narnia." As the title suggests, it tells the story of the last battle. It is a battle between characters who resemble the anti-Christ and the hosts of hell fighting in the final battle against the followers of Aslan, i.e. those who believe in Jesus. It pictures the final battle that John describes in Revelation. One by one those who believe in the one true God enter through the door into eternity. In the moment when they die and enter through that door, they don't know what is on the other side. But as they pass through that door, one by one, they say things like this: "I have come home at last! This is my real country! I belong here. This is the land I have been looking for all my life, though I never knew it til now… come further up, come further in!" - The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis. After entering through that door they realize and learn that there is always more to be explored, always more to see and experience.
Though CS Lewis was describing what we might experience in heaven, we can say the same thing about the Bible and our study of it. There is always more for us to learn, always more to see, to study, to experience. We can continue to go further up and further into God's Word. We can continue to grow closer and closer to our God. We can learn to walk in a tighter and tighter walk with him.
This is what I hope, with God's strength and as he will's it to prepare and provide.
3) If you want to cover more of the Bible – Go! Get after it! – I will also provide here a reading plan that will get you through the whole Bible in one year.
4) I will provide 6 days of readings and prayers. I pray that the seventh day will be a day of rest in God's house where and when we will gather for worship and meditation together.
God bless our time in his Word as we go further up and further in there.
I can't wait for Thanksgiving. It's going to be a great time. I can't wait for thanksgiving, but not because of the food. I love turkey and stuffing, but I can eat other food. I love the pies and other desserts, but I eat those all the time! (Yes, it's a problem.). But what I love most is preparing a meal, setting the table, and pulling out some chairs for people who are near and dear to me. I love to be part of the meal preparation. I love to be part of the meal orchestration. I love to prepare a meal for the people I love. I love to set a place and prepare a meal for the people I care about.
That's what we're doing for you every Sunday. We're preparing a meal and saving a seat for you. And it's going to be good. It's going to be a feast of forgiveness and God's graces poured out for you. It will be like honey on your tongue. It will be like sitting down at a full course meal at Ruth's Chris Steak House to enjoy a perfect cut of steak and grilled asparagus, paired with the perfect wine. This is not the drive thru at McDonalds. This is the good stuff.
We're setting a table for you of God's Word, food for the soul. We're setting a table of God's Word, a message from God himself, that has been aged from the days of Moses and it has stood the test of time. It is inspired by the Holy Spirit and it is pure and perfect in every way. It is living and active, not some dead message that has passed it's time of application. It is useful for everything - for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, to teaching, for training in righteousness. This is the good stuff.
We're setting a table for you of songs and hymns and spiritual songs that unite us to saints of the past and saints of the present too. We get to express our faith, express God's Word in song. We're setting a table full of these hymns and songs for you. This is the good stuff.
We're setting a table for you with a sermon that is stewed in my heart by the Holy Spirit as I meditate on the Scriptures for you. This isn't something I spit out on Sunday morning, something that comes off the cuff. No, this meal in the sermon comes from hours of study, hours of prayer and mediation, and hours crafting a message that, by God's Spirit, will touch your heart and transform you into God's image, holy and perfect like this Son. This is the good stuff.
So, I hope you'll come. I hope you'll come to the banquet that we're setting for you this Sunday. There is a seat just for you. We picked hymns and prepared a worship service with you in our hearts and minds. I hope you'll come because I'm praying for you and I'm praying about you as I work on the sermon for this Sunday. I'm preparing a meal with you in my heart and mind. I'm setting a seat and preparing a place for you.
The table is nearly set. It will be fully set by 10 am this Sunday. (Don't forget about the time change!) Come, come and eat a banquet of God's Word, of songs and hymns about God. Come and eat and your soul will delight in the richest of fare.
We love our church. That's why we belong to it. That's why we go every Sunday. We love the message we hear. We love the gospel we share. We love the hope we hold. We love the grace we receive. We especially love the Savior whom we hold and share. There are so many reasons that we love our church and why we keep on coming. Abiding Faith is far from perfect, but we love it.
This Sunday, October 1, we want to invite you to come get to know us. We're having a special, outdoor worship service and lunch to follow. It's all free. If you're looking for a church, we'd love to have you come check us and get to know us and get to know our message. If you're not looking for a church, come anyway. You might just find out that you should be! We'd love for you to come and get to know us.
If you're still not convinced, let me give you five reasons why.
What else do I need to say? It's not that we're particularly good at making food (though I think we're pretty good). We love to eat together because of the relationships that happen over food and behind a cup of coffee. This Sunday we're having a simple pulled pork lunch. Every other Sunday we have a snack (that sometimes looks like lunch!). Once a month we throw a potluck and we see what happens. It almost always feels like the feeding of the 5000. We love our food.
#2 – The Worship and Music.
We love to get together in Jesus' name and around his Word. Jesus promises us that when we do, he is there with us. And when we get together in Jesus' name, we love to sing. Some of us can't carry a tune in a bucket. We're not professional musicians so it won't be a concert. That's okay. We're not trying to be. We just want to get together with Jesus and his friends. We want to sing to him. We want to sing about him. And we will!
Someone recently suggested that the "Cheers" theme song should become our own at Abiding Faith. All the lyrics seems to fit. We are a place where everybody knows your name; at least we try really hard. And we are definitely a place where everyone is glad you came. When you come to Abiding Faith you won't get lost in the crowd unless you want to sneak out. You'll find a place where people are genuinely glad you came. You'll find a family who will walk with you to heaven. We're not perfect; after all we know that the church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints. But we're saved by Jesus and cleansed by him and we're doing our best to love each other – and to love you – the way Jesus loved us.
Now, we're getting to the good stuff. Oh, don't get me wrong the other stuff was good too, but there was always some sort of qualification. Our food is good, but you might not like it. Our worship is great, but the musicians aren't professional. The people are friendly, but they're still sinners. That stuff is good, but there is always a "but". Not here. Not with God's Word. When you come to Abiding Faith you're going to get God's Word, straight up. In fact, let me challenge you, "If we can't prove what we're saying from the Bible, then don't listen to us." Try. If we're getting it wrong, we want to know. We're going to give you God's Word, period, as God said it, as God gives it.
This is why we exist. We're here to help people meet Jesus and walk with him to heaven. Jesus is the One who gives us hope. Jesus is the One who came from heaven to suffer, to die and to rise again. Jesus is the One who heals our hurts, who forgives our sins, who raises us from death to life. Jesus is our everything. And finally, this is the one and only reason we really want you to come. We'd love to feed you. We'd love to give you worship and music. We'd love to meet you and walk with you. But most of all, we want to open up God's Word with you and give you Jesus. We want you to meet him. We want you to know him. We pray that you'll believe in him.
So, come on. Check us out this weekend. Our services are always at 10 am. This Sunday we'll just be outside. Bring a lawn chair (or we'll have some chairs to share) and get comfortable. Then, stay for some lunch. We pray that this will be a great weekend for you and for others to come and meet us and see who we are and what we're all about. These are the five biggest reasons. Hope to see you Sunday.
I have a problem with the sermon I preached last week. And it's kind of been bothering me all week. Now, don't get me wrong I'm not ashamed of it. I'm not apologizing for anything I said. I'm not even saying that anything I said is wrong. It's that I finished preaching the sermon, I went home and went about my week. And nothing had changed. I felt and I feel as much a captive of sin as I had before. I'm still struggling with the same sorts of insecurities and weaknesses that I felt before. I preached the sermon; I listened to and took to heart what the sermon was about. But nothing changed. Now, if you missed the sermon, I'll encourage you to listen to it. It's all on our website: my242church.com. In a nutshell, the sermon was this: Live with baptismal swagger; live with a baptismal backbone. Through your baptism you are victors over sin, not victims under sin. Sin doesn't own you; Jesus does. I wanted you to get up from worship and live a conquering life throughout the week, sure of your salvation, not letting sin own you or rule over you anymore.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not apologizing for anything I said last week. I'm just saying that nothing has really changed for me. And I want things to change. I don't want to struggle with the same insecurities. I don't want to fight with and even give into the same temptations. I just don't want to do it anymore. I feel as helpless against sin as I ever have. And all week I've been struggling with this question: How can I beat sin? I sigh as I ask the question.
I imagine you're in the same boat. Still worrying? Still full of anxiety? Still struggling with depression? Still struggling with lust? Still fighting with addiction? Still sighing because of sin in your life? Yeah, me too. I'm still at it.
So I thought, maybe I just need to study what God says about my problem. That's good, right? Maybe I just need some more guidance from God's Word. Maybe if I just dig into God's Word, try to find some good steps from his Word. Maybe if I read some good Christian books about my struggle. Maybe if learn more deeply what the Scripture says, get some steps to follow. Maybe if I dig into the truth of God's Word I can get a better grip on my struggle.
And that helped for a while. It made me feel powerful over my struggle, like I had a fighting chance. But, after I was at it a while it just made me feel worse. It exposed my weakness and my struggle in a new way. Oh, don't get me wrong. It got better for a little while, but all this helpful guidance from God's Word didn't really help in the long run. It just left me with a greater burden to carry.
So I thought, maybe I just need more people to help me. Maybe I just need some more accountability from God's people. That's good, right? AA and other addiction programs claim that accountability is one of the keys to a successful victory over any addiction. There is power in accountability. And I believe it. In fact, I crave it. I have an accountability partner who is helping me in one area of my life. I love him and the help that he gives me. But I've noticed this. Every time we're about to talk – I can see it on the calendar – I get a little more serious about the to-do list that he gave me the month before. And he's helping me. But if I'm honest about all of this – all accountability does is make me feel worse and more ashamed because I'm still not cured.
And so here I am still frustrated about my life, still sighing about my sins, still struggling against temptation. Still in a funk. Still sighing. Nothing has changed. I'm no better than I was before I studied the text or preached the sermon.
Christian guidance is good, but it only leads to sighing. All these Christian self-help and self-improvement books do is give us God's law. They give us steps that we can take, things that we can do so that we can fix our life and our relationships. All these books are is a glamorous to-do list, a glorious restating of God's law for our lives.
And that's good. God's law is good. We know it's good. God gave it to us and everything that God gives us is good. But here's what happens. As soon as we open up God's guidance and God's law, it crushes us. It condemns us for failing. It even shows us that we've failed far worse than we ever thought he had. And then, when it comes to fixing our lives, it only lays more and higher expectations on us. "Do this and this and this and everything will get better." But it never does. It only crushes us with condemnation. It only lays a higher and heavier burden on us. Christian guidance is good, but it only leads to sighing.
Maybe you've even reached out to a good friend for help, for guidance and maybe even accountability. You've opened up to a friend about what you're struggling with, where you're hurting. You've even asked for help.
And that's a good thing. Accountability is a great thing, a powerful thing. But accountability does not reform me. It just puts pressure on me to perform. Accountability from Christian friends is a blessing, but it only leads to sighing. That's what I do whenever I'm about to talk to my accountability partner on the phone. It just crushes me deeply when I fail. It just puts my life under the microscope of someone whom I love and respect. Now someone else is watching my life and he/she is going to ask me about it next time we talk. It's juts another law in our life. It's a good law. A blessed law. But still a law and a curb for our lives. And this always leads to sighing.
The law – whether it comes in the form of self-help advice, ten steps to breaking free from addiction, or even just from accountability – it's good. The law is good, through and through. But all it ever does in us is lead to sighing. Sighing because we haven't measured up. Sighing because we're burdened with the law's expectations. Sighing because of the law's condemnation. The law always leads to sighing. In fact, sighing is what Paul seems to be doing through this whole chapter. He expresses with sighs the very same things that I struggled with all week after a sermon about beating sin. He expresses with sighs the very same things that you wrestle with all the time. He confesses that the very law that was intended to bring life, actually brought death. I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death. For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death - Romans 7:10-11. God had promised his people that if they followed these commandments then they would live. He had told them, "Just do these ten things without failing and you will live." And he still holds out that promise today. If you'll just do these ten things and obey me without failing, things will be good for you. Just obey me and things will be good. But what happens? Sin takes the good commandments and puts us to death.
For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing - Romans 7:18-19.
What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? - Romans 7:24.
That's all there is to say. That's all we can do. Dive into the law all you want, but the law cannot reform or resurrect you. Dive into self-help books all you want, but they don't have power to change you or compel you. Get as many accountability partners as you want, but they don't have the power you need to actually change. All this leads to sighing because all this is law. The law cannot give us life; it can and will only crush us and lead us to sigh. The law cannot give us life.
So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God - Romans 7:4.
This verse and this truth is the cure to our sighing. This verse and this truth will bring give us back our joy. We have life and freedom through his death; his death means our death. The law has no power over us anymore. The law cannot accuse. The law cannot expect. The law cannot convict. We died to the law. Now we belong to Jesus to live a new life.
Join us tomorrow (7/30) or check out the posted sermon on Monday to dig deep and to understand how much joy and how much freedom we really have. I feel better already and I'm only getting warmed up.
No more sighing! Just joy, great joy.
500 years ago, Martin Luther triggered a seismic upheaval that rocked the western world—with an impact that continues to reverberate to this day. This entertaining new film follows the great adventure story of Luther's life, packed with political intrigue, kidnappings, secret hideouts, and life-or-death showdowns. At the same time, it's a story about the most important questions of life. "Who am I?" "What is my purpose?" "How do I get right with God?"
It's a must-see for any lifelong Lutheran, and a chance to share the message of our Lu- theran heritage with others. And the only place you can see the film is at AMC The Parks At Arlington 18 — 3861 South Cooper Street, Arlington, TX, United States, 76015 on Wednesday, August 16 at 7:30 p.m.. This screening is the perfect outreach opportunity—a chance to invite friends and neighbors to an entertaining event in our community.
This is the first time in more than 60 years that Lutherans have made a feature-length film about Martin Luther and the Reformation. Filmed in historic locations across Eu- rope, this movie brings Luther's story to life with exquisite attention to detail. It's a way to strengthen our faith by revisiting the birth of the Protestant Reformation, and a chance to share that experience with others.
IMPORTANT: All tickets must be purchased in advance. In addition, we need to sell 95 more tickets to confirm our event.
God's love - Are you sure?
God's promises are awesome. And the Bible is full of them. Each promise is meant to assure us that God is up to something and that he is going to do something. God's faithfulness is comforting. It is such a comfort to know God is true to his Word, that he will keep his Word, that he does not change. His faithfulness assures us that he doesn't change and that his promises are sure. God's power is astounding. The fact that God actually has the power to do what he said he was going to doing is overwhelming. He can do what he said he was going to do. He has the power. He has the ability.
Does the we include me?
Paul starts this next section of Romans with a "we." He says, "Since WE have been justified by faith, WE have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" (Romans 5:1). But when there is no peace in our lives, when we face trouble and hardship, we want to ask the question, "Does the we include me?" Does God love me? Is God good for me? It may be true that he is love and that he is good, but is he good for me? I certainly don't feel the good in this. I certainly don't feel the love in this. And I certainly don't rejoice in it. Maybe you feel this in your hearts right now. Maybe today you feel like God doesn't love you, that God doesn't care about you, that God is not doing good things in your life. You listen to a sermon and you think to yourself, "That's nice and all, pastor. But that isn't true for me." If this is how you feel, then this is a sermon for you.
Or maybe you don't feel right now and you're not thinking this. Maybe you are quite sure of God's love for you. This is still a sermon for you.
Whether you're despairing of God's love or whether you are quite sure of it, Paul helps lay a firm foundation so that we will always know and even rejoice in God's love. Paul wants us to know that the WE does include ME. Paul wants you to know and be sure of God's love for you. It's all in the verses before us this Sunday.
Read Romans 5:1-11 in prep for Sunday. We'll look specifically at Romans 5:6-11.
Eternal Father, Ruler of all nations, on this day when my country celebrates its birth, I thank You for all spiritual and temporal blessings enjoyed in our land. In Your mercy, You have sustained this nation in times of trouble and preserved its liberties. Teach me anew to treasure especially that dearly won freedom of conscience and worship that is the cornerstone of this country's principles. Let me not misuse this liberty nor forget that true freedom is freedom to serve. Give me willingness to share in the process of democratic rule, to respect my country's laws, and to work for the preservation of its institutions. Forgive our past sins committed as a nation in the name of misguided patriotism, self-interest, or political expediency. Confound all those who, for the sake of partisanship or other motives, would sacrifice the greater welfare. Grant wisdom to our leaders. Strengthen all those who strive to do Your will. Increase loyalty to You and to our beloved country. Protect me and my fellow citizens from all subversive or terrorist acts. Above all, dear God, speed the course of Your Gospel among us, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit, hearts are turned to that freedom from sin and death that You alone graciously give through Jesus Christ. Amen.
People say that faith is foolish, that faith is blind, that faith is hiding our heads in the sand and ignoring the evidence. People say that faith in God is for the weak, that faith and religion is an opiate for the masses, meant to calm us down and get us through life. People say all kinds of things against faith because they say and truly think that faith is a foolish thing.
I agree. Kind of. I agree that faith can be foolish. It's foolish for me to think that a paper airplane could carry me from Chicago to DFW. It's blind to think that things will be better without any promise or guarantee about what tomorrow will bring. It can be hiding our heads in the sand and ignoring what we're seeing with our eyes.
I agree with the accusations. Kind of. It all depends on what you're trusting. It all depends on what you're believing. It all depends where you place your faith.
This Sunday (7/2) the apostle Paul sets before us an example of faith in Abraham that I would hardly mock or ridicule. Abraham faced the reality of his life. Abraham faced the hopelessness of his situation. He faced the facts. But he placed his faith in his God who promised him, "I will keep my Word." God even verified and ratified the promise in a solemn ceremony that sealed it with Abraham again. Look it up. It's in Genesis 15, especially verses 5-6.
This doesn't mean that Abraham didn't struggle. This doesn't mean that Abraham didn't doubt. He did. We wavered. He questioned. He wondered how and even if God was going to do it. But then God came and promised him again, "I will not let you down. In fact, I will remain faithful to you into future generations." Look it up. It's in Genesis 17, especially verses 4-8.
But still Abraham struggled. He was facing the facts of his body. He was facing the facts of his age. He even began to laugh when God told him that a man 100 years old would have a child! How crazy is that! He wasn't blind to the realities. Yet God came and reminded him, "I am able to do what I have promised." God's power and God's promise were (and remain) greater than the realities that Abraham faced. Look it up. It's in Genesis 18, especially verse 14.
I'm telling you all this because I want you to begin to know Abraham's story. It's the illustration that Paul uses in Romans 4 to teach us about faith. If you want to learn more about his story you can read the whole account of Abraham's faith in Genesis 12-22. It will give you a depth of insight into Paul's teaching about faith in Romans 4:18-25. See you Sunday.
"Nothing surprises me." I keep telling my congregation that. Sometimes I think that they think they can. They're afraid to confess their sins. They're afraid to talk about what they struggle with. Part of it is shame and embarrassment. Part of it is guilt. Part of it is not wanting to confront the sin in their lives. But I keep telling them, "Nothing will surprise me."
There are somethings in this world that are like that, something that won't surprise us. They are obvious and clear to all people. Our sin and sinfulness is clear (it may be denied and rejected, but it's clear). It's clear (but rejected and suppressed) to the godless (Look at Romans 1:18-23). It's clear and felt by the consciences of people, even on those who don't have the law (Look at Romans 2:14-15). It should be especially clear to those who have God's law written and handed down (dear Christians – don't think that you are above this).
We know it's true. We can feel it; it's in our bones as our bodies decay. Our bodies know long before our hearts and minds that we've failed. But there is something that doesn't come intuitive, not to us, not to anyone. There is a natural knowledge of God that all people have – whether they accept it or suppress it (But you might as well face it now rather than later).
This doesn't surprise me. It shouldn't surprise you.
But there is a knowledge of God that must be revealed. BUT NOW, Paul says, apart from law a righteous of God is revealed. God surprises us by revealing something new and saving. He reveals a righteousness by which God justifies the ungodly. He reveals a righteousness by which he justifies all people by his grace, through the redemption of Jesus.
He shocks us with the surprising revelation of what God did when he sent Jesus. He set him forward as the sacrifice for the sins of all people at the proper time. Until then, he was holding back his wrath like a pent up flood. And then, in the coming of Jesus, he gave surprising evidence of his righteousness – a righteousness that punishes unrighteousness and a righteousness that is given through Jesus.
So, you can't surprise me with your sin and your sinfulness. And I can't surprise you with mine. But we can surprise each other - as Paul surprises us - with a revelation of righteousness and forgiveness from God.
Join us this Sunday (6/25) we dig deeper into these truths in Romans 3:21-28.
For the last ten days or so some of our kids have been off galavanting around the northern states visiting with their grandparents, some aunts and uncles and even a few cousins. It's a wonderful experience for them, but for those of us left behind - especially Ruth and I - we can't wait to see them again. They're coming home tonight and we can't wait to pick them up.
"I am so eager to preach the gospel to you" (Romans 1:15). Those were Paul's sentiments to the Romans whom he had never met, but whom he longed to visit so that he could encourage them and be encouraged by them.
But before he even visited them or met them face to face he launched into a letter to them. It is a beautiful, Gospel-rich, Christ-centered letter detailing the gospel about Jesus and showing the beauty of the gospel with all it's facets. He was so eager to preach he gospel to them that he wasn't going to wait until he was able to visit them to share it. He was going to send them a letter overflowing with gospel promises.
This Epistle is really the chief part of the New Testament and the very purest Gospel, and is worthy not only that every Christian should know it word for word, by heart, but occupy himself with it every day, as the daily bread of the soul. It can never be read or pondered too much, and the more it is dealt with the more precious it becomes, and the better it tastes.
That's the way I feel as I prepare to start a walk with you through the book of Romans. I can't wait to unpack and share this gospel with which Paul has filled this letter. I can't wait to hold up this gospel to you as a diamond. I can't wait to turn it around in front of your eyes so that you can see it's dazzling beauty from every angle.
And then, beyond just seeing it's beauty, I hope that you come to see in a greater way that this diamond, this treasure of the gospel, is yours. It isn't a treasure in my hand, that I'll bring out on Sunday and then put back in it's box until the next week. It's a treasure in your hand that, by faith, you get to take and put in your heart and carry with you throughout the week. This gospel changes everything! It is a #gamechanger.
This Sunday (6/18) we'll begin our joyful walk through the book of Romans.
Trinity Sunday is one of the few celebrations of the Christian Year that commemorates a reality and a doctrine rather than a person or event. On Trinity Sunday, Christians remember and honor the eternal God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
The Trinity is one of the most fascinating - and controversial - Christian teachings. The Trinity is described as a "mystery." By mystery the Church does not mean a riddle, but rather the Trinity is a reality above our human comprehension that we may begin to grasp, but ultimately that we simply believe. It has been said that mystery is not a wall to run up against, but an ocean in which to swim.
Common wisdom is that if you discuss the Trinity for longer than a few minutes, you will slip into heresy, because you are probing the depths of God too deeply. And so we simply and clearly confess the Trinity and rejoice in the reality that this is who our God is - One God in three persons and three persons in one God.
As we wrap our "One" series in the morning (6/11/17), it's fitting that we finish at the close of Paul's second letter to the Corinthians (2 Corinthians 13:11-14). Here Paul has some closing exhortations for us as we seek to build and strengthen the unity that the church already has through faith in Jesus. We also find great hope and comfort in the promised blessing that comes from our Triune God.
For the rest of the series.
Easter Sunday was a wonderful celebration. We were outside and all our chairs were used and then some! Let's do it again! This time we'll be inside and this time we'll crank up the organ nice and loud (couldn't do that outside). The choir will sing their anthem again. The kids will sing theirs. It will be a great day. We'll do this on April 30. We'll even have some special snacks after the service. This will be another joyous celebration. We'll go big AGAIN!!
Here are the hymns that we'll sing or that will be sung for us!
Gr8er - Basking in the glow of Easter!
This is what Easter is all about. It is a detailing of the otherwise unbelievable love of God in the sacrifice of his own Son for the likes of us sinners. It is an unveiling of the incredible victory gained by Jesus over all our sins, even over death itself. God gave us his Son. His Son conquered the grave. His Spirit resurrected faith in our hearts. And we respond with overwhelming confidence and shouts of praise! Come death, come angels or demons! Let the past haunt me, the present scare me and the future terrify me! It is all nothing; the love of God in Christ leaves me at peace and secure. Paul shows all this to us in Romans 8 as he details for us the freedom, the love, and the power of God in our lives.
This Sunday we're beginning a brand new series looking at Romans 8. This Sunday we find Gr8er Freedom in Christ and by his Spirit. Romans 8:1-11.
Mark your calendars! EASTER TAKE 2!
Easter Sunday was a wonderful celebration. We were outside and all our chairs were used and then some! We were able to share the gospel of the resurrection!! Let's do it again! This time we'll be inside and this time we'll crank up the organ nice and loud (couldn't do that outside). The choir will sing their anthem again. The kids will sing theirs. It will be a great day. We'll do this on April 30. I'll get a list of the hymns out to you so you can be excited about the chance to sing some of your favorites!! This will be another joyous celebration. We'll go big AGAIN!!
Easter is tomorrow! Sundays coming!
Tomorrow is Easter! It's the day we celebrate with full voice and great joy the resurrection of our Savior, Jesus from the dead. I can't wait. It is one of my favorite Sundays of the year. I've got a message burning in my heart to share with you. God's Word is filled with such hope for us. I can't wait to show it to you and share it with you. Below is the schedule and then the hymns that we'll be singing together! It's going to be a great day.
Palm Sunday (4/9) is festive worship service as we enter our remembrance of and rejoicing in the last week of Jesus' earthly life and leading up to his crucifixion. Come worship with us as we lay down our palm branches and sing praises to our King. Worship starts at 10 a.m. Snacks and fellowship follow.
Maundy Thursday (4/13) is the day that Jesus instituted the Lord's Supper and, later, was betrayed by Judas and handed over to be condemned. This is a solemn night of worship for us as we remember the events that took place. It is also a night of hope for us because we know where this all ends. This year our service will follow the order of events that took place on this evening from the washing by Jesus of his disciples feet to the abandonment by Jesus' disciples. The service begins at 6:30 p.m.
Join us for our Good Friday (4/14) worship service, a quiet, contemplative service of darkness as we remember and meditate on the suffering and death of our Savior, Jesus. It was a dark day. It was the day the brought life and salvation. Join us for a Tenebrae service (Service of Darkness) at 6:30 p.m.
Easter is a special time at Abiding Faith, and we want you to be a part of it! Join us as we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus with a message of greater hope in Jesus, upbeat music, refreshments, an Easter egg hunt, and even a free family photo to catch you at your best. Most of all your family will leave with your hope renewed and your soul refreshed because of the hope that Jesus' resurrection gives. Bring the whole family and celebrate Easter with us. We can't wait to meet you.
Last week (March 19-25) 10 students and 2 chaperones, including Pastor Jon Leach, came from West St. Paul, MN and St. Croix Lutheran High School to work with Abiding Faith in our community. This is their story in pictures.
As Peter, James and John woke up, a bit startled from their sleep, cobwebs still grasping at their eyelids, they heard a discussion they didn't quite understand. They saw Jesus glorified, glowing white like snow and flashing like lightning. Moses and Elijah were there two. As these three—Jesus, Moses and Elijah—talked, the subject matter was clear. It was time for Jesus to depart. It was time for his work to be completed. Thus, Jesus and his disciples with him were prepared for the difficult work to come.
Easter is the high point of the Christian church year. It is the time when we celebrate the ultimate fulfillment of God's promise to send a Savior and the completion of Jesus' saving work. The church has long recognized a need to prepare for this celebration, and therefore Lent has been celebrated since the time of the early church.
Lent is a season of repentance in which we remember the reason that Jesus was born of a virgin and suffered death on the cross, namely, our sin. In this way, Lent serves as a somber time in the church year, but this somber spirit is always hopeful and anticipatory. It looks forward to God's greatest gift. It reminds us not only of God's grace, but of our absolute need for Jesus.
During Lent there are many ways in which the penitential nature of the season is accentuated during the worship service. For example, hymns of praise, as well as alleluias, are often omitted. Since Lent accentuates our humility before God as sinners, congregations may invite kneeling during certain parts of the service as a sign of humility and submission. Through this practice, the members are able to involve their whole bodies in the penitential nature of the season.
Despite the penitential nature of Lent and the various reminders of the solemnity of this season, we remain focused on the Gospel of Christ, who is central throughout this season. Lent is to serve as a preparation for the celebration of our salvation on Easter Sunday. In order to prepare for this celebration we are reminded of our absolute need for salvation and our complete inability to save ourselves. Lent reminds us not only of our need for Jesus, but of God's absolute love for us.
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About a week ago we came home from my son's play. It had been a great night. Opa was in town. We saw the play which was really well done. Our son did great. Then, we went and celebrated together. We got Opa settled in and came home to our car pretty seriously vandalized.
So, there we were at about midnight, troubled because of what had happened, wondering about our next step with our car needs to be, and upset because someone seems to have come after us in some sort of vindictive way.
We've all been in moments like these where something happened or someone came after us as an enemy would. Our gut reaction is often vindictive and hateful. It's spiteful and mean. And we justified in these emotions and responses. But Jesus shocks us by urging a very different response to those who come after us. #WWFD. "What would your Father do?" is a question that Jesus would have us ask at moments like these.
Lord, help me to live and love like you in any and every situation.
We are shaped by the people around us. Our parents, our siblings, our friends, our classmates, our teachers all have a very distinct and powerful impact on who we are, the way we think, even the way we talk. Parents – you know that it's true. You're starting to sound like your mother or father.
We are shaped by the culture around us. We live in a great country and it has a very distinct culture. That culture is blasted at us in TV shows and on Netflix. That culture is quietly pushed at us through the news and radio. That culture is even shaped by the laws and mentalities of our nation. We are profoundly – more than we even know – shaped by the fact that we live here instead of in some other country and in some other part of the world.
As Christians this often means that the way we think and even the things that we believe are often shaped by the Bible and culture, the Bible and family, the Bible and … I think you get the idea.
But what happens when the shaping isn't so good? What happens when the world is shaping our thinking, our acting, our feeling in ways that violate God's way of thinking, acting and feeling? What happens when we're taught things at home or in school that directly contradict or quietly circumvent the truth that God has given?
Sadly, Christians are often molded by culture instead of molding culture by their Christianity. But this isn't anything new. In Jesus' day, the church of Jesus' day was teaching some things about God's Word and specifically about God's commands that weren't quite what God had in mind. The thinking and even the teaching of the church had been shaped in a way that violated God's clear words.
Jesus had some work to do. He had to clear up some things. He had to set some things straight so that his disciples would have a clear understanding of the way God wanted them to be and to live in this world. He was chiseling them and shaping them by teaching them to the truth.
I'll be honest, this next section of the Sermon on the Mount is going to get a little uncomfortable. Jesus is going to take his chisel to our teachings, to our attitudes, at our hearts, even at our lives. And it's going to hurt. But we need it. Our eternity depends on it. Jesus says so. More and more we need to conform our thinking, our feeling, our attitudes, our very lives to the Word and will of God. It will be painful. But it will be good for us.
This Sunday we will be studying Matthew 5:27-30. This section and the others around will profoundly and powerfully shape our thinking and our behaving in this world.
Lord, shape us by your Word. Lord, help us by your Spirit. Lord, save us by your Son. Amen.
Of light bulbs and revelation.
It's an earth shattering thing when it hits you one day that everything that you knew and understood growing up was wrong. Yikes! Your parents were wrong. Your spiritual leader and care-giver was wrong. Your religion was wrong. Your creed was wrong. All of a sudden, the light bulb went on and you saw where they were wrong and where God was right.
That's what happened to the apostle Paul when he was on his way to Damascus. He had grown up a good Jew and did what all good Jews did. He followed the rules that his parents and the rabbis handed on to him. Except Paul was more than a good Jew. He was a great Jew! He was not just a follower of Judaism, he was an advocate of Judaism and worked tirelessly and aggressively to put down anything opposed to it.
And then one day, God rocked his world and showed him the truth. Then one day, God shook his heart. In that moment and in the moments that followed, Jesus turned the light bulb on and Paul saw that what he had been taught had all been wrong. He was trying to be saved by morality, but morality without Jesus is demoralizing and only ends in defeat. In that moment, Paul discovered that everything he had learned was wrong.
Jesus the same thing as he sits down with his disciples and with the church of his day and says, "Let me fill in the gaps for you. Let me help you understand the law and the prophets. Let me help you understand the Scriptures. Let me turn the light on for you." Already then they were missing some key parts of the Scriptures. They were teaching some of the Scriptures, but not all of it. They were teaching morality and ethics, but not grace and redemption.
Too often the Christian church is known for its morality and ethics. And Jesus did teach morals and ethics. In his morality and ethics, Jesus holds the lie and urges us to toe it. In fact, he urges us to step our game.
But Jesus has more to teach us. He's coming to turn the light on for us, to fill in the gaps, and teach about a greater righteousness than morality and ethics could ever give. He's coming to show us a greater path to righteousness than any 4- or 7- or 10-step program ever could.
The Sermon on the Mount is not just about morality and ethics. It's about Jesus who turns the light on for us and shows us what we've been missing all along. He not only sheds light on the fullness of God's moral expectations, but he also and especially shines the spotlight on the fullness of God's grace for us and his redemption of us. And that's game changing.
I can't wait to show you what I mean. Join us this Sunday as we continue our study of the Sermon on the Mount. Matthew 5:17-20.


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Raina Lipsitz
Waxing Nostalgic
In 2014, my friend Tess and I went to see a comedy called "The Other Woman," starring Leslie Mann and Cameron Diaz. Its jokes were dumb and obvious, and although the film was written by a woman and purported to be about the power of female friendship, it was insultingly sexist. Its biggest selling point was its apolitical mindlessness; it had no original ideas, and we didn't want to see anything that might have made us think.
As a bookish, half-Jewish woman—the earnest daughter of a second-wave feminist—I rarely wear makeup and always wear glasses (not to look smart, but because I need them to see). I have worn the same pair of comfy Gap sales-rack jeans for the last four years. The fanciest outfit I wear on a regular basis is a black sweater dress over black leggings. Tess, though, is a glamorous platinum blonde with a multi-colored wardrobe—a real-life shiksa goddess.
We met in a graduate writing program. Most of our classmates were writing about big, sad, serious subjects: rape and murder and mental illness. Aside from a vague ambition to write, I didn't know what I wanted. At the time, I was mostly writing long, boring, pointless essays about an ex-boyfriend. I was deeply anxious. Tess was sharp, confident, funny, and vibrant, a bracingly irreverent writer with an eye for indelible details.
There was a scene in the movie about waxing. The sad, aging, sexless wife played by Leslie Mann had to be tutored in proper feminine hygiene by the sexually sophisticated Cameron Diaz character. Afterward, I said something about how I could totally relate to the Leslie Mann character. I rarely waxed or shaved or did anything at all to my hair "down there." I have paid for a bikini wax maybe twice in my life, both times before family trips to Florida.
Tess was stunned. Then she laughed. "Oh my god!" she squealed incredulously. "But you sleep with MEN!" I shrugged. "I've never had a complaint," I said. It was true: I've always slept with men who don't mind pubic hair or would find it too disgustingly patriarchal to tell me if they did. Feminists didn't do that sort of thing, I thought. And besides, the handful of times I did wax, it felt weird: unnatural and uncomfortable, like I was extra-naked in an upsetting, exposed way, not a sexy, fun one. But I was embarrassed to realize what an out-of-touch weirdo I was. According to Tess, every woman our age (we were around 30 at the time) got bikini waxes.
For a week or so I worried that my OkCupid dates were secretly revolted by my unmodified body. Then I decided that I didn't care. Maybe some guys were grossed out, or at least surprised, but that didn't have to be my problem. Who had the money for such nonsense? Who wanted to walk around with an itchy vagina for weeks in between appointments? What was pro-woman about paying an immigrant lady $2 an hour to apply hot wax to your genitals?
Waxing never became a regular part of my life. But sometimes I remember Tess's reaction to my innocent revelation and smile.
When I was younger I signaled my feminism by opting out of gendered conventions: I resisted shaving my legs (but ultimately caved); I tried not to obsess about my diet or weight. But now I can see that, oppressive grooming habits aside, there are ways in which Tess is the better feminist: where I am weak and afraid (of anything new, of minor changes to my routine, of traveling alone) Tess is bold and adaptable. Alone, she has visited countries where she knows no one and doesn't speak the language. She has published one book and is working on the next. She knows how to get what she wants. What you do (or don't do) to your body hair says something about you, but not everything.
Raina Lipsitz writes about politics and gender for The Nation, The Appeal, and Jewish Currents, among other publications.
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'Brain Glue' Helps Repair Circuitry in Severe TBI
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· April 6, 2021
Summary: A newly developed reparative hydrogel, which researchers are dubbing "brain glue", protects against loss of brain tissue following a TBI and can aid in functional neural repair.
Source: University of Georgia
At a cost of $38 billion a year, an estimated 5.3 million people are living with a permanent disability related to traumatic brain injury in the United States today, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The physical, mental and financial toll of a TBI can be enormous, but new research from the University of Georgia provides promise.
In a new study, researchers at UGA's Regenerative Biosciences Center have demonstrated the long-term benefits of a hydrogel, which they call "brain glue," for the treatment of traumatic brain injury. The new study provides evidence that not only does the gel protect against loss of brain tissue after a severe injury, but it also might aid in functional neural repair.
Brain damage following significant TBI commonly results in extensive tissue loss and long-term disability. There currently are no clinical treatments to prevent the resulting cognitive impairments or tissue loss.
Reported in Sciences Advances, the new finding is the first to provide visual and functional evidence of the repair of brain neural circuits involved in reach-to-grasp movement in brain glue-implanted animals following severe TBI.
"Our work provides a holistic view of what's going on in the recovery of the damaged region while the animal is accomplishing a specific reach-and-grasp task," said lead investigator Lohitash Karumbaiah, an associate professor in the University of Georgia's College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
Created by Karumbaiah in 2017, brain glue was designed to mimic the structure and function of the meshwork of sugars that support brain cells. The gel contains key structures that bind to basic fibroblast growth factor and brain-derived neurotrophic factor, two protective protein factors that can enhance the survival and regrowth of brain cells after severe TBI.
In a prior short-term study, Karumbaiah and his team showed that brain glue significantly protected brain tissue from severe TBI damage. In this new research, to harness the neuroprotective capacity of the original, they further engineered the delivery surface of protective factors to help accelerate the regeneration and functional activity of brain cells. After 10 weeks, the results were apparent.
"Animal subjects that were implanted with the brain glue actually showed repair of severely damaged tissue of the brain," said Karumbaiah. "The animals also elicited a quicker recovery time compared to subjects without these materials."
To measure the glue's effectiveness, the team used a tissue-clearing method to make brain tissue optically transparent, which allowed them to visually capture the immediate response of cells in the reach-to-grasp circuit using a 3D imaging technique.
"Because of the tissue-clearing method, we were able to obtain a deeper view of the complex circuitry and recovery supported by brain glue," said Karumbaiah. "Using these methods along with conventional electrophysiological recordings, we were able to validate that brain glue supported the regeneration of functional neurons in the lesion cavity."
Karumbaiah pointed out that the RTG circuit is evolutionarily similar in rats and humans. "The modulation of this circuit in the rat could help speed up clinical translation of brain glue for humans," he said.
With support from UGA's Innovation Gateway, Karumbaiah has filed for a patent on the brain glue. He is also partnering with Parastoo Azadi, technical director of analytical services at the UGA Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, and GlycoMIP, a $23 million, National Science Foundation-funded Materials Innovation Platform, created to advance the field of glycomaterials through research and education.
"Doing the behavioral studies, the animal work and the molecular work sometimes takes a village," said Karumbaiah. "This research involved a whole cross-section of RBC undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty members from both UGA and Duke University."
Lohitash Karumbaiah at work in his lab. Credit: University of Georgia
The collaborative research effort provided five UGA RBC fellow undergraduates with an experiential learning opportunity and to publish their first paper. This is the first publication for Rameen Forghani, an aspiring M.D.-Ph.D. undergraduate working in the Karumbaiah lab.
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Forghani said the undergraduate team "learned how to collaborate on this project" and about the impact of moving lab research to patients who need treatment.
"My fellow undergraduates and I were empowered to take ownership of a piece of the project and see it through from the planning stages of data analysis to writing and being published," said Forghani. "As an aspiring, early-career physician-scientist, working on a project that has translational impact and directly addresses a very relevant clinical problem is very exciting to me."
Charles Latchoumane, research scientist in the Karumbaiah lab and first author on the study, divides his time between UGA and Lausanne, Switzerland, where he works at NeurRestore, a research center aimed at restoring lost neurological function for people suffering from Parkinson's disease or from neurological disorders following a head injury or stroke.
"This study has been four to five years in the making," said Latchoumane. "Our collaborative research is so painstakingly documented that, after you read about it, you have to believe there is new hope for severe victims of brain injury."
Funding: This work was supported by grants to Karumbaiah from the National Institutes of Health (RO1NS099596, R24GM137782), the Regenerative Engineering and Medicine Center seed grant program, and an Alliance for Regenerative Rehabilitation Research and Training technology development grant.
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PRIME TIME The largest known prime number has more than 23 million digits — a new record.
There's a new largest known prime number in town, with a whopping 23,249,425 digits. The figure is calculated by multiplying 2 by itself 77,232,917 times and then subtracting 1. Announced on January 3, the number is almost a million digits longer than the last record-breaking prime.
A prime number can't be divided by anything other than 1 and itself. If you started counting at 1, you'd encounter prime numbers relatively frequently at first. But as numbers get larger, primes become sparse.
Jonathan Pace, an electrical engineer in Germantown, Tenn., found the number using software provided by the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search. GIMPS is a volunteer-based project that's seeking ever-higher Mersenne primes, which are found by multiplying the number 2 by itself some number of times and subtracting 1. These primes are easier to find than other types, Pace says, because the computer doesn't need to calculate a number's divisors to determine whether or not it's prime.
Pace started hunting for primes 14 years ago, when there was a cash reward for finding a prime number with more than 10 million digits. "I missed out on the big prize," he says. "But by then I was sort of hooked." He runs the prime-seeking program in the background of the dozen or so computers for which he's a volunteer network administrator. And, he says, the element of competition is fun.
Anyone can download the software for free. So you, too, could discover a record-breaking prime number — if you have enough patience.


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102.39-Carat Flawless White Diamond Will be Unprecedentedly Offered 'Without Reserve' in Hong Kong
13 Sep, 2020 | Sun | 17:22
Sotheby's Hong Kong autumn auction is scheduled to be held in early October. After unveiling its highlights for the modern and contemporary art sales, the auction house has just revealed another leading lot this season: a 102.39-carat D-colour flawless oval diamond, which will be offered without reserve in a single-lot auction.
So far, only seven D colour Internally Flawless or Flawless white diamonds over 100 carats (in regular shapes) have been sold at auction and many fetched over HK$100m (about US$12.9m). Now the eighth diamond will be offered without reserve, meaning the winning bid is the highest bid regardless of its amount or the intrinsic value of the diamond itself. Why is Sotheby's offering such a valuable diamond with this unprecedented approach?
A 102.39-carat D-colour flawless white diamond will be offered without reserve
Before we answer the question, let's take a look at the diamond and learn more about its rarity. In addition to its enormous size, the diamond has achieved the highest rankings under the 4Cs, standards by which the quality of a diamond is judged. The diamond is D colour (the highest grade for a white diamond); of exceptional clarity (it is completely flawless, both internally and externally), and has excellent polish and symmetry, the most sought-after grading for the oval shape category.
It also belongs to the rare subgroup comprising less than 2% of all gem diamonds, known as Type IIa. Diamonds in this group are the most chemically pure type of diamond and often have exceptional optical transparency.
One can imagine how large the rough diamond has to be in order to make a polished jewel of over 100 carats, and even rarer to find one of such incredible quality in all aspects. The 102.39-carat diamond was cut from a 271-carat rough diamond discovered in the Victor Mine, Ontario, Canada in 2018. Following its discovery, the rough diamond was cut and polished over a year by Diacore, world-leading specialists in sourcing, cutting and polishing extraordinary diamonds, to bring out its best brilliance, fire and scintillation.
The Victor Mine was discovered by De Beers Group in 1987. It opened in July 2008 to become Canada's first economically viable diamond deposit discovery and recovered 8.1 million carats of diamonds before it closed at the end of 2019.
The diamond was cut from a 271-carat rough diamond
The Victor Mine closed in 2019
So back to the question of why the auction house offers such rare and coveted diamond with no reserve. Patti Wong, Chairman of Sotheby's Asia, said: 'It has been a few deeply transformative months for the auction market. We have been at the forefront of change in the Fine Art and watch categories, with new, pioneering auction formats, and this season, we want to extend this approach to our jewellery sales. The conjuncture offers many opportunities to do things differently: demand has shown tremendous resilience during the first part of the year and we feel it is now time to let the market speak. Diamonds of this calibre attract interest well beyond the traditional pool of collectors. This innovative sale seems to us the best way to introduce this exceptional diamond to the world in the current circumstances where travel is restricted and act as a great indicator of the vitality of the demand.'
This present diamond is the second-largest oval diamond of its kind to be offered at auction. The largest one is a 118.28-carat diamond that sold for US$30.8m (HK$238m) at Sotheby's Hong Kong in 2013, selling for a record of US$260,252 each carat.
The auction record for the most expensive white diamond was set in 2017 when a 163.41-carat De Grisogono emerald cut diamond fetched CHF 33.5m at Christie's Geneva.
The 102.39-carat diamond will be offered in a stand-alone live auction titled 10239 on 5 October 2020, with bidding opening online from 15 September. The auction will be preceded by a series of previews in Beijing, Shanghai, New York, Taipei and Hong Kong by appointment only.
102.39-Carat D-Colour Flawless White Diamond
Auction house: Sotheby's Hong Kong
Sale: 10239
Preview dates: 3-5 October 2020
Preview venue: Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Auction venue to be announced
Auction dates: 9pm | 5 October 2020 (or immediately following the Modern Art Evening Sale)
Online bidding starts from 15 September 2020


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Overpopulation, in my belief, is becoming one of the foremost problems facing human civilization. This complex, permeating issue will likely prove to be a problem of paramount importance for all people in the future. Overpopulation is a serious global issue that is often overlooked by most people. This is likely due to lack of knowledge and fast paced distracting lifestyles we embrace this day and age. While it is not a common problem or subject we speak of, it is a problem, in my opinion, that needs to be addressed and solved immediately. In the past 50 years the world population has doubled and our planet now provides for over 7 billion people (U.S. Census Bureau, 2014). We need to understand the detriments of such rapid growth in population and what it could mean for our future as a species and the planet as a whole. Problems that occur due to overpopulation could lead to an epidemic that would ultimately wipeout the human race. Although we as humans feel it is our right to procreate, we must look at the bigger picture and realize that everything we are doing in the present will affect the entire planet in the future.


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Karyne T. Ghantous is a California licensed attorney with over 20 years of litigation and insurance defense experience successfully negotiating the resolution of, and trying cases in State and Federal court, Contra Costa County, Alameda County, San Francisco County, Santa Clara County, Sacramento County, Solano County and Monterey County.
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We provide ADA law advice and counsel for businesses and property owners involved in alleged statutory violations under the Americans With Disability Act (ADA), Fair Employment Housing Act (FEHA), California Disabled Persons Act, and Unruh Civil Rights Act. An effective ADA law defense can assist businesses and property owners who likely had no intention of violating the law. Knowing the statutes that support these claims is a good step in limiting or eliminating your exposure to these types of claims.
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ADA and the California Disabled Persons Act (Civil Code section 54 et seq.) are also regularly cited in disability law claims. These acts prohibit discrimination against persons with disabilities and a denial of access to places of public accommodation. A business or premises owner can be found to have discriminated against a person because of his/her disability by unintentionally violating state and federal statutes that make an employment practice or building a per se violation of the law. The best way to provide an effective ADA law defense is to understand the specific statutory requirements of each statute as each provide severe penalties for businesses who violate them even if the business owner had no intention to discriminate. Business owners are expected to know the law even if management is unaware of the alleged misconduct, the company can be held liable for acts of its employees if the plaintiff establishes "constructive" knowledge. This puts the onus on the business to implement policies and procedures to prevent workplace or housing discrimination and to document its efforts to comply with the law.
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A Conversation with Murdoch Murdoch
Hannibal Bateman
April 15, 2016 4:08 pm April 15, 2016
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Radix Journal's managing editor Hannibal Bateman speaks with the alt-right YouTube troupe known as Murdoch Murdoch. In less than a year, their channel has grown from its humble beginnings to boast thousands of subscribers and hundreds of thousands of views.
This trio—comprised of Murdoch, Dr. Murdoch, and Murdoch-Chan—blends lo-fi graphic design, chan humor, and absurdist storytelling to critique the filth around us while inspiring our remnant to take action. In this conversation, the Murdoch Murdoch team hit on a variety of topics, including their own personal influences, the future of the alt-right, and the artistic symbolism of gassing Dr. William Luther Pierce.
Hannibal Bateman: How did you guys get started and what are some of your inspirations?
Murdoch Murdoch: It started out as just animated shitposting. Once the 'migrant' crisis started that caused us to start taking things more seriously. We never thought we'd gain much of an audience, but the Internet has a place even for autists like us.
As far as inspirations: South Park, Adult Swim, Akira, LotGH, Marcus Aurelius, Machiavelli, Donald Trump, various WWII documentaries, 80s pop culture, etc. And of course: Kubrick.
HB: Where do you see "alt-right" Internet culture going from here?
MM: That's difficult to say with any certainty, but it's definitely growing. As things get progressively worse in Europe, and as the media weaves a more tightly controlled narrative, people will have to create their own new culture that speaks to their needs.
HB: What was the impetus for your first video?
MM: Ahh, Episode 1. Reddit, in general, is cancer. There was alcohol involved as well as lots of /pol/ banter. When we woke up and saw how many views it had we freaked out and deleted the channel. We brought it back a few days later when we realized "What the hell do we have to be afraid of anyway?"
HB: Have your views evolved throughout the creation of your videos?
MM: Oh, definitely. We constantly debate issues from every side with each other. As new happenings occur, more information comes out, and we're exposed to new ideas, we attempt to adapt to these circumstances.
HB: What have been some of the more fascinating outpourings of that interplay?
MM: Well, when we first introduced the Murdoch characters in 'Back to the Faggot' they were just kind of gag characters. Then when we were writing 'The Murdoch Diaries' we decided to have each one essentially portray a different aspect of alt-right thought, and show some of these contrasts within the episode.
HB: Should happas be allowed in the ethno state?
Murdoch: Yes!
Dr. Murdoch: Maybe…
Murdoch-Chan: No >:(
MM: But, seriously. This is a question we haven't come to a consensus on.
HB: What did you make of the reaction to your videos "The Murdoch Diaries" and "Shills"?
MM: We knew that there would be blowback from 'The Murdoch Diaries' [in which the gang gasses WLP] but we felt it was important to show the generational divide between the current alt-right and its predecessors. We were a bit bummed out initially that so many people didn't get the point, but in the long run, the overall reaction ended up being pretty positive. With 'Shills' we wanted to go meta and drive home the point that despite our disagreements we have to work together if we want to achieve anything.
HB: Oh yes, I think one of the differences I the younger generation of the "alt right" is our awareness of that sort of thing. How do you think meme culture has influenced this?
MM: The fact that meme culture operates so quickly requires it to get many ideas across very succinctly. Combine that with the anonymity allowed by the Internet and Malaysian basket weaving forums, you've got an efficient way for people to be exposed to new ideas very rapidly. The realization that all of the constituencies on the alt-right have common interests is the ties that binds us.
HB: What's the future for your output?
MM: We have some ideas for later in the election season, but in the short term we're going for a mix of our more 'traditional' episodes with some episodes of the Murdoch characters thrown in.
HB: Anything you guys would like to say about yourselves that we haven't hit on?
MM: Not really, just would like to thank you for the interview and for what you guys do over at Radix Journal. Trump 2016 #MAGA
Be sure to check out Murdoch Murdoch's latest videos here, and follow them on Twitter here.
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Alexandsar Stoimenov Stambolijski (Bulgaars: Александър Стоименов Стамболийски) (Slavovitsa, 1 maart 1879 – aldaar, 14 juni 1923) was een Bulgaars politicus.

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Stambolijski studeerde landbouwwetenschappen en filosofie. Als afgevaardigde van de boeren werd hij in 1908 in het parlement van Bulgarije gekozen. Hij opponeerde tegen de pro-Duitse koning Ferdinand en eiste tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog steun aan de Triple Entente. Op beschuldiging van het voorbereiden van een staatsgreep werd hij vervolgens in 1915 veroordeeld tot gevangenisstraf, maar in 1916 kreeg hij door de nieuw aangetreden koning Boris III amnestie verleend.

Stambolijski werd in 1918 opnieuw parlementslid voor de Bulgaarse Agrarische Nationale Unie. Na winst in de verkiezingen van 1919 werd hij gekozen tot premier. Hij voerde vergaande hervormingen door ten voordele van de boeren en had een anti-stedelijk en anti-industrieel gedachtegoed. Hij probeerde Bulgarije ook te verzoenen met Servië en kwam om die reden in conflict met de IMRO. Op 9 juni 1923 nam de IMRO onder leiding van Aleksandar Zankov na een snelle putsch de macht in Bulgarije over. Stambolijski vluchtte, hield zich schuil in zijn geboortedorp, maar werd opgespoord en meteen geëxecuteerd. Na de executie werd zijn afgehakte hoofd in een doos teruggestuurd naar de hoofdstad.

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Lessons From the Fall of Ravi Zacharias
Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers. - 1Timothy 4:16 (ESV)
The church is notorious for downplaying sin in their own camp. I remember when Ted Haggard, who was the President of the National Association of Evangelicals at the time, was caught in a decades long relationship with a male prostitute that he used crystal meth with, the church circled the wagons. My own pastor warned the following Sunday about judging too quickly. This is one of the reasons why the world views the church as hypocritical. Haggard had spent the majority of his pulpit time railing against homosexuality while living a secret life of such. As leaders in the body of Christ our primary responsibility should always be to the sheep. Defending Mark Driscoll spits in the faces of the 15,000 Mars Hill congregants hurt in the wake of his abusive leadership and financial sins. Defending Tullian Tchividjian after sleeping with one of his sheep sends a message to the world contrary to the Gospel. The unsaved masses in the world are our second responsibility after the sheep. We will be held to account for our own lives, and the lives of those that hear us. That is one the points Paul is trying to make to Timothy in our key verse as young Timothy heads off to Pastor the church at Ephesus. He instructs him to guard only two things. His life and his doctrine. Watch how you live your own life and what you teach. As leaders of the Gospel we must persist in this Paul says. We must not become complacent. We must finish the race strong according to Paul. How sad to see Harold Camping spend his last days making absurd and heretical claims to know when Jesus was returning. Or to see the spectacular fall of James MacDonald. Now, to discover the misdeeds of Ravi Zacharias after he has already left this earth to face Jesus. Likewise, we must guard our doctrine to protect those that listen to our messages. Those that bring the Gospel are held to a higher standard because the blood of their listeners is upon them. How we live and what we teach.
So we come to the sad case of Ravi Zacharias. Ravi was a beloved minister of the Gospel worldwide for many decades. He served internationally for over 40 years. He wrote over 30 books on Christianity. He had a popular radio programs and was a darling of evangelical circles. Unfortunately, he was also a sexual predator. Once allegations arose that could no longer be deflected by the board at RZIM they hired an independent firm to investigate and the results of that investigation are linked above. Here are just some of the sordid findings:
From Malaysia to Thailand and South Korea to America, Ravi Zacharias sexually abused multiple women over many years.
He especially targeted the massage industry. He would import masseuses he met overseas, use ministry resources to support them, or take some from America with him on overseas ministry trips.
He used the Gospel and "Christianese" to lure his victims in. One example tells of a relatively normal relationship between a massage therapist and her client. Zacharias would become like a father figure to the woman and routinely ask about her faith and her finances. She reported that after he arranged for RZIM to provide her with financial support, he then demanded sex in return. He would make her pray with him to thank God for the opportunity they both received. The woman said that Zacharias referred to her as his "reward" for living a life of service to God as well as pointing out to her the many godly men in the bible who had more than one wife. Despicably, he warned her that if she spoke out against him she would be responsible for the "millions of souls" who would lose their salvation if his reputation was ever damaged.
When staff questioned the appearance of travelling with a personal masseuse Ravi would brand those who doubted him as nasty people engaging in satanic -type slander.
Zacharias consistently insisted that in his 45 years of marriage he had never engaged in any inappropriate behaviors.
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The Crepevine restaurant San Jose is in a lovely location in the beautiful family area of willow glen. The great year round weather creates an atmosphere of an active life style, stroll, shop and enjoy the great food in our location on Lincoln ave.
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"Breakfast Restaurant Near You , Favorite place to eat in San Jose, located on Lincoln in Willow Glenn, trendy eateries and shopping district. Crepevine has delicious food, great prices, super friendly staff, tons of Gluten Free options and freshly made juices. I had the Santa Fe Crepe GF, salad and changed out potatoes for fruit, my husband had the Carolina. Left full and happy, no cross contamination issues for me. A must try for my gluten free friends on Yelp. Crepevine has several locations in SJ,and SF areas.BEST BRUNCH SPOTS IN San Jose"


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Q: PC to mobile USB communication I am using Windows 7 as OS on my PC. I am looking to create an application wherein I shall send AT commands to Mobile, programatically.
As of now I am looking towards achieving this with USB data cable connection between PC and Mobile. My initial approach was to use JAVA. Though I soon realized that most API development for communication between JAVA and USB port is dead for windows, and none of these APIs support Windows 7.
Can someone please suggest which language would be best for doing this?
Thanks,
Ishan Aggarwal

A: For Android to create connection with PC, you need forward the same port by using adb command (Android SDK), like:
adb forward tcp:7612 tcp:7612

In Java it seems like:
private int port = 7612;
....

/**
 * Runs the android debug bridge command of forwarding the ports
 *
 */
private void execAdb() {
    // run the adb bridge
    try {
        String runP = "adb forward tcp:" + port + " tcp:" + port + "";

        System.out.println("Run command through cmd: " + runP);

        Process p=Runtime.getRuntime().exec(runP);
        Scanner sc = new Scanner(p.getErrorStream());
        if (sc.hasNext()) {
            while (sc.hasNext()) System.out.println(sc.next());
            System.out.println("Cannot start the Android debug bridge");
        }
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

After that you can implement any TCP client/server code since the port is defined and you can use default IP like: 127.0.0.1
For iOS use Objective C lang.

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