"How do the concepts of death, sacrifice, and blood help to show us just how serious sin and its consequences are? How should this realization of the cost of sin help us to seek God's power to put sin out of our lives?"
Welcome to Sacramento Central Seventh-day Adventist church. It's a sunny day here in Sacramento, California. We're so glad that you're tuning in, whether you're listening on the radio or watching live at our website right now, 'saccentral.org', or on the various television networks - however you are joining us we're just so glad that you join with us every week. Maybe this is your first time, so what we do is we sing your favorite requests that you send in and then we open up God's Word and we study together. So today we're going to sing one of my favorites, 'God of our fathers'.
If you have a hymnal at home, open it up to #645. This is a request from wilson in Canada, maisie and karl in France, silverwynn in thailand, ashook in trinidad and tobago and many more people around the world. We're going to sing all four stanzas - 'God of our fathers'. Wonderful. Thank you, handerson, for adding all that extra stuff that is not written in the hymnal.
I love it. If you have a favorite song that you would like to sing with us on an upcoming program, it is so simple. Just go to our website 'saccentral.org' and click on the 'contact us' link and you can send in your favorite song. If it's in the hymnal we will sing that for you. #78 Is our new song as we're continuing to work our way through the hymnal singing the songs we don't know.
We've learned a lot of new songs this year - well, it's been over a year since we started this, I think, and it's going to take about twelve years to finish singing through the hymnal so bear with us. #78 'For God so loved us'. We're going to sing all four stanzas. This is a request from ameidi in belize, leon in California, josefin in ireland, howard and diane in Mississippi, gilbert in the Philippines, and grace in tanzania and there were a few more people that requested this song. #78 - 'For God so loved us'.
God loves us and we are his children and he even loves me. Some of these songs, they have such lovely words to them. And you find, you know, a lot of the hymns - you read the stories on, you know, how - why they were written and what the experiences of the people were that wrote them. And there's always some of these - the majority of them - such amazing stories of experiences that people have gone through and it usually seems that a big experience - something that impacts you, usually makes these wonderful hymns the result of that experience. So we are so excited to be learning these and I hope you are too.
At this time let's bow our heads for prayer. Father in Heaven, thank you so much for loving us. And we are your children and sometimes we're very naughty but we know that you do love us. And we thank you so much for dying on the cross for us so that one day we can be in heaven with you, our loving, Heavenly Father. Thank you so much for bringing us together to open up Your Word and study together.
I pray that you'll be with each one here in the sanctuary and our extended family around the world. Thank you so much for each one. And I pray that we will receive the blessing that you have for us. In Jesus' Name, amen. At this time our lesson study is going to be brought to us by pastor mike thompson.
He is our health and visitation pastor here at central church. Thank you very much choristers and handerson, thank you so much. That was a nice piece of music out there. Very relaxing. It's my pleasure today to be able to welcome you also to central study hour.
Before we begin we have our usual offer that I want to make available to those of you who are here and also the viewers. This is offer #102 and it's called 'three steps to heaven'. If you call the number -866-study-more or -866-788-3966 Amazing Facts will send this to you if you live in the continental united states of America. It's called 'three steps to heaven'. It's looking at three steps: confession, forgiveness, and conversion - the new birth.
And if we can experience these by faith, the door of heaven is open wide. Not that that door opens because of the things we do, there's actually - there's no virtue in our confession, the virtue is in the one who forgives us when we confess and that's Jesus. So today we're on lesson #7 in our quarterly book 'the sanctuary' and it's called today 'Christ our sacrifice'. So we're looking at that today and there's a memory text from 1 Peter chapter 2, verse 24 in the lesson. Speaking of Christ it said, "'he himself bore our sins' in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; 'by his wounds you have been healed.
'" We'll discuss this a little more in a moment, but in the introduction page in the lesson we read this - it's down near the bottom of the page - it says, 'this week we will study different aspects of Christ's ultimate sacrifice and see what his once-for-all death has provided for us.' He provided many things in this life but, ultimately, eternal life, which is waiting for us in the next. So Sunday is entitled 'Jesus in Isaiah 53'. I'd like to begin by kind of saying this: God has never gotten used to sin. He's never gotten used to it. He's witnessed it for much longer than we have in our few years of life.
He's been witnessing it for close to 6,000 years. He's never gotten used to it. We, unfortunately - and it's nothing to boast about - we're quite insensitive to evil. We're born as we are into a fallen world. We're born with fallen natures and the natural tendency is to take the down road.
So in a large degree we're quite desensitized to the offensiveness of sin. But again I say it's not so with God. God hates iniquity. And I've described it this way before: the moment we sin, God's wrath is immediately primed and prepared to go forth and meet our sin and us and consume the sin and us all at once, just like that - consume us until we are no more. That would be what we deserve, right? Yet, in spite of the multiplicity of our evils, we're all still here.
God has not consumed us. Why? Because - this is almost like the last lesson that I did here about three weeks ago. Almost the same thing - because for our God is a just God and he will surely punish sin. He's equally a merciful God - longsuffering, not willing that any should perish. It says in psalm 103:8 "the Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.
" Now this doesn't mean for one instant that God will ever excuse a sin. Every transgression is duly noted and primed to receive its just reward. Indeed God loathes it, he despises it, and he will never excuse one single violation of his law. It is all written down in the book. And yet, at the same time, he will freely forgive every single violation of his law no matter how great that transgression might be because, in his great mercy - this is why he can do this - and you know where I'm going - we're talking about Isaiah 53 - God gave Jesus to become guilty in our place and to be our substitute to suffer the sentence of execution - to suffer the wrath of God and the divine justice so that we could be spared from that.
And all this that we're talking about is very clearly prefigured in Isaiah 53 - written about 700 years before Jesus ever set foot upon this earth in human form. So, for this reason, this morning, we are called to, kind of - if we can, ask God to help you do this - de-clutter our minds from a thousand distractions - de-clutter our minds from a thousand distractions - be still, be silent - soberly, prayerfully consider and contemplate just what Jesus has done to effect for us this wonderful means whereby we can have eternal salvation. And also de-clutter our minds and focus so that we can also consider what he experienced in his human flesh in Gethsemane - well, actually, all through his life - all through his life. But especially - it reached a climax in Gethsemane and upon the cross. I want us to be able to consider today all that he went through - what it cost him in terms of suffering - physically, emotionally, mentally - that we again can be the recipients of such a priceless gift.
It's going to be hard to do that in about five or ten minutes I have just on this section, but let's - let's ask God to help us grasp it. Isaiah 53 and verse 3 tells us, "he was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief." Jesus was acquainted with all the above. He knew what it was like to suffer rejection. If you've ever been rejected it's a whole world of pain just in itself. But you see, the sufferings of Christ, they're in layers and it's easy to just look at a cross and say, 'hey, he was nailed to a cross.
It was a hard time he had.' No, the physical pain he felt - bad as it was - was almost insignificant compared to the other flavors and shapes and forms of suffering that he went through in his mind and in his heart. So rejection was one thing, bad as it was, but Jesus suffered many other ways because of sin and I'm going to mention one now. Jesus suffered just by witnessing the commission of sin. There's a couple of statements I'd like to share with you. The first one is from Isaiah - sorry, from 'Desire of Ages' page 88, then another one from 'Desire of Ages' page 111.
The first one says, speaking of Jesus, he hated but one thing in this world and that was sin. He hated but one thing and that was sin. Now listen, Jesus "could not witness a wrong act without pain which it was impossible to disguise." In other words, he could be walking through the Marketplace, people jostling him, and you may see a father or a mother turn around on their child and just - just let the child have it - you know, children get impatient - and just curse their own child or slap the child. When Jesus saw things like that and even less, it caused him such pain that it was impossible for him to disguise. Next thing, from 'desire of ages' 111, "every sin, every discord, every defiling lust that transgression had brought, was torture to his spirit.
" Going back again to what I said: God has never gotten used to sin. We have. We have. But he was so sinless, so pure in his heart when he witnessed a wrong act or he heard a wrong tone of voice, it was torture to his spirit. So he suffered merely by witnessing sin.
Now, keep this in mind - keep this in mind, because I'm going to read Isaiah 53, verse 6 - keep this in mind that it was a torture just to witness sin - but keep this in mind now, as we consider the fact that he bore our sins so we can have a greater understanding and appreciation of the infinite magnitude of Christ's sufferings just being in the presence of sin. Isaiah 53:6 tells us, "all we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all." So follow me now, if it was infinitely painful for Jesus to witness sin, what was it like when he actually took upon him our sins? It adds a whole different dimension to the magnitude of his suffering. How great was his suffering when - the Bible tells us in Corinthians 'he became sin'. He never sinned - don't let anybody misunderstand me - he never sinned even by a thought. You can read that also in 'Desire of Ages'.
He was pristine, pure and sinless but he became - when he took our sins - he became the personification of evil and, therefore, the theologians tell us what Christ did not assume - he could not resolve for us - so unless he assumed our sins and made them his own personal property - though he never, never committed them, he could not resolve our issue of 'what can we do with our sins?' 'How can we get rid of these so we can be spared from eternal death?' So Christ assumed them. Not in some philosophical - not in some kind of theoretical way, but he took them. He became a part - they became a part of his actual being - his human flesh - such as we have. I hope you can follow me. So all the putrefying filth of the human race - all the corruption, all the defilement infused, as it were, his mortal flesh to become part of his own being.
We don't think about this as we should. Isaiah 53:5 says, "he was wounded for our transgressions," - if you have the King James there's a marginal reading there. For the word 'wounded' we have in the margin 'tormented'. He was tormented for our transgressions. Not just tormented through the physical pain, but the torment of finding himself so utterly defiled by the sin of every man, woman and child.
I tried to find words to describe this and, actually, they come out pretty graphic so I want to be careful, but it's as if he had clinging to him this vile, stenching slime that he longed to wash off - like he'd been thrown in a cesspit of human wickedness and he comes out and he's got this vile slime just all over him. You know how you'd feel? You want to get in the shower and wash it off - but he couldn't. He was invested with them. So that, in itself, was part of the sufferings of Jesus. And if you read Isaiah 53 it's right there if you'll ask God to reveal that to you in those quiet moments, which is often when God does this kind of thing.
And because there he was so defiled, in God's eyes God is righteous, right? Does God love sin? God loathes sin - he hates sin. And somebody had to pay the price for sin and God had a choice of either loathing us as we became the epitome of unrighteousness or loathing his own son when he took the sins for us and became sin personified. And so when Jesus hung on the cross invested with our sins, this was hard for God. This was his beloved son. It was part of his own being and yet God looked upon his own son as an offense in his own eyes when he took our iniquity upon him.
And Jesus knew that. Jesus knew that this wonderful Heavenly Father who had always been with him on his earthly sojourn and with whom he'd always been one from eternity - for Christ was not a created being from his divine side. This fellowship that Jesus had had for all eternity now - he sees his father turn his face away and there's that awful feeling that he's so offensive in his father's eyes. Have you ever been - have you ever had anxiety separation - or separation anxiety? You see puppies go through it. You see children go through it.
Jesus drank a cup of separation anxiety for the whole human race and yet, what did he do? He just quietly drunk it and suffered it. You see, it's all part of the layers that he was going through. We so often read Isaiah 53 and we read about Gethsemane and we think about the cross and, you know, we're so shallow and superficial. I mean, aren't we? I am. It's only in more serious moments I start to get this.
We see the cross and it's as if 'there's the cross. Bad thing for Jesus.' And we're gone. We need to spend time there and think about it because it's only as we do this - like God, we can learn to have a hatred for sin. Because unless, beloved, we learn to hate sin, we'll never have the incentive or desire to be separated from it. And God cannot take us to heaven if we have divided affections.
When we say, 'oh Lord, I love you.' But at the same time we've got some little things here that - the tendrils of our affection have wound around some secret vice. God says, 'I love you but I cannot take you.' You've got to sever them all. And it's only at the cross that we get the incentive to hate sin because then we see what it's done to Jesus and we say, 'oh, I want to quit this.' And God has the grace to help us do that. That's why I say he became the very personification of human wickedness all, if you like, distilled into one being. If you can try and image that.
There on the - and there on the cross, because he became the personification of all the wickedness of the world all distilled into one being and God looked at him - his son that he loved - and yet justice demanded that somebody pay the price. And so God looked and his own son became an offense in his own eyes. There on the cross Jesus provoked the righteous anger of God against all our evil which he bore for our sakes. And like a magnet - as Jesus hung there - like a magnet he drew forth upon himself the accumulated wrath of God which descended upon him without mercy. On a barren hill, nailed to a cross, Jesus, like a lightning rod, stuck up there in a dark, brooding and violent storm was unsparingly smitten from above - punished mercilessly - destroyed and wasted by his father's own hand.
All for us. It was him or it was us and as bad as it was for him, both the father and Jesus decided they'd rather stand - God would rather stand beside the side of his son's cross and watch him suffer than stand beside our cross and watch us suffer. 'Desire of Ages' 756, "he, the sin bearer, endures the wrath of divine justice and for thy sake becomes sin itself." Now some people may ask, 'you know, is sin really so bad that Jesus had to suffer so incredibly much from its consequences?' The answer is 'yes'. 'And is God so particular that he wouldn't even spare his own son when it came to expressing his displeasure toward sin?' The answer is 'yes'. God could not spare him.
In 'Desire of Ages' again, page there is a statement - the immediate context is Christ hanging on the cross - sorry, the immediate context is Gethsemane but you can equally apply this to both the cross as well and I think you'll understand this when I read it so we can see how offensive is sin to God. It says, "could mortals have viewed the amazement of the angelic host, as in silent grief they watched The Father separating his beams of light, love and glory from his beloved son" - it says 'if we could understand this, then' it says, "they" - we - we "would better understand how offensive in his sight is sin." In Isaiah 53 it's all there for us to contemplate and we need to read this chapter. We need to read it. 'Youth instructor' December 20, 1900, it says this about Isaiah 53 - it says, "this chapter should be studied. The entire chapter should be committed to memory.
" Why? Not just so you can win in some Bible quiz, but so you can contemplate what we're talking about this morning. So we can all contemplate it on our knees and asking God that we might grasp it and get it and so that sin will, indeed, be offensive and we'll hate the stuff. Continuing the statement, "those" - those - we're all very proud beings, aren't we? Aren't we just? I'm as proud as they come. I'll just come clean. Proud and vain - many a time God has to humble me.
I'm confessing this morning. You might be okay - I'm not - but if you struggle with pride you know where to go to get that darn stuff out of you and it's at the cross. You see it in Isaiah 53. Let me read this: "those who are lifted up with pride, whose souls are filled with vanity" - 'I want to be seen, Lord.' I'm a leader in the church, you know. I can be a pastor, I can be an elder, a deacon.
I might be the head deaconess or a Sabbath school teacher. I might be the minister of music. I might be the one in charge of the outreach. I might be all of these things, but you know, so often we so love an audience, don't we? And we're so good at covering it with this guise of humility. Charles dickens wrote a story once - David copperfield - and there was a man in that story called uriah heep and all he could say was, 'oh, we're ever so humble.
We're ever so humble.' And so as Christians we can be, 'oh, we're ever so humble.' But inside we can just have raging pride. We get pretty good at covering it. Little kids - what you see is what you get. They're selfish, they're mean, they're proud and it shows. But at least they aren't hypocrites.
We're so sophisticated and we're able to cover it. God sees it all and he wants it out. 'Those who are lifted up with pride whose souls are filled with vanity, should look upon this picture of their redeemer' - as in Isaiah 53 - 'and humble themselves in the dust. Its influence will subdue and humble the soul defiled by sin and uplifted by self-exaltation.' Who was lifted up by self-exaltation and started all this mess in the first place? Lucifer, yeah. And the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, does it? But we can have a different parent.
We can have God. We can have Jesus. So let us be humble and change as we look upon this picture of our suffering redeemer. We need to look and be changed. Now I'm not still done with this section and time's going, but I feel I have to proceed here.
It's sad to say there are many who will not take the time to take Isaiah 53 or other related passages and contemplate them and have a look at the sufferings of Christ and understand what he went through and, therefore, they count the sufferings of Christ almost as a light thing. Just, you know, nothing that serious. And they cling to the sins that bind them fast through their affections. But what a price of suffering such individuals will ultimately have to pay. Hebrews 10, verse 29, it says, "of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot The Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?" If we don't care to consider Christ's sufferings and, as a consequence, allow that to be a catalyst that leads us to the foot of the cross to be forgiven and cleansed and delivered from sin, then one day the wrath that Jesus - the divine wrath that Jesus suffered for us, we will suffer it ourselves.
'Desire of Ages' 743, "God suffered his wrath against transgression to fall on his beloved son. Jesus was to be crucified for the sins of men." - Now listen - "what suffering then would the sinner bear who continued in sin? All the impenitent and unbelieving will know a sorrow and misery that language will fail to express." So do you want Jesus to have drunk that cup of suffering for you or do you want to drink it yourself? I know what I want. I want him to have drunk it for me and I want to have appreciated that so much that as I see his love I'll allow God to separate me from every evil. And when the judgments of God fall upon this earth after the close of probation, I'll have a shelter from his wrath. And at the end of the millennium, as I cling to Christ in this life, I won't be in any second resurrection, I'll have been in heaven for a thousand years.
And when the wicked come up in the second resurrection, there's the great white throne judgment as they stand around the new Jerusalem. And as their lives are played out before them, the books are open and they see their life plays out before them and they see the great scenes in the heavens above the new Jerusalem, they see it all played out - the scenes of lucifer's rebellion and then how he brought it to this earth and then how he wrought in the human race and in the coming of Jesus. And when he was in Gethsemane and on calvary and he drank that cup of suffering and they'll see the whole thing played out and they'll see how God, in their lives, he sought to get their attention through many little things. It'll all come back to them and they will realize that they are lost and they've got a cup of sorrow and wrath to drink that they wish they could be excused from but it will be brought home with such clarity they realize that they are without excuse. Now where do you want to be - inside the wall or outside the wall? Inside.
It's the only wise thing. It's the only right thing. So we must, even if we go through suffering, as we allow God to separate us from these evils, it's worth it. I'd rather go through the suffering of withdrawal pains from some little pet sin than go through the sufferings that will come upon those who count as little consequence the sufferings Jesus took for them so they wouldn't have to bear them themselves. We are dealing with serious issues here.
I hope we realize this. We are dealing with very, very serious issues here but let those who have fallen the lowest and have, as we just read here in Hebrews 10:29, let those who have fallen the lowest and have 'trodden underfoot The Son of God, and have counted the blood of the covenant an unholy thing' - that's a terrible thing to do - and have despised the Spirit of grace and grieved the holy spirit - let all such know that God, yes, to you, will even yet extend mercy and forgiveness if you will seek his face with a desire to sincerely turn from every wicked way. Isn't God good? Isaiah 55:6 and 7, "seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon." Oh, if we didn't have that what doom and gloom you would have heard this morning, right? This morning my daughter calls me - she says, 'dad, you're the doom and gloom pastor.' You know, I always try to bring a silver lining at the end because that's what Jesus does, right? That's what the Bible does. God, in no uncertain terms, through the prophets, paints no glorious picture - he paints our sins black and he tells us 'you do this, you get that. But if you'll turn to me I'll love you as a parent loves their only child.
And I want you to turn to me. I will forgive you no matter what.' God is good. God is good. If we didn't have that we'd sit here pretty depressed through the rest of this morning, I'm sure. But listen to this: 'youth instructor' January 20, 1900 - the same 'youth instructor' statement I was reading before - this is a bit more - Isaiah 53 - it says "'he was wounded for our transgressions.
He was bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes we are healed.'" - This is all part of this statement - "this penalty Christ bore for the sins of the transgressor. He has borne the punishment for every man and for this reason he can ransom every soul however fallen his condition." Jesus can ransom every soul ever fallen. Their condition: if they accept the law of God as their standard of righteousness. There's nothing to be afraid of.
Say, 'Lord, do I have to obey that law?' Listen, you just come and ask forgiveness. You ask him to come into your heart. That law will be there. But you know who will help you? Who will live out the principles of that law in your life if you let him? Jesus will. He did it in his humanity and he'll live it out in your humanity.
So why? Why should we think it such a fearful thing to want to obey God and do his will? It's a joy. And so now, while we're looking at this issue here of the question of forgiveness - as I said a moment ago, I want to kind of just skip ahead briefly to Thursday's section called 'the greatest danger'. I want to just look at two passages in the book of Hebrews very quickly because I want to get back into the earlier part of the week and look at some other things, but I think this is important we do this. Hebrews chapter 6 - I suppose I could say several times a year I have people call me or they take me aside and say, 'pastor mike, I just - I need to talk about something.' And you find out that these dear souls - they think they've committed the unpardonable sin. And, you know, for every six that may come to you in the year, you know there's probably a lot more that don't feel they can dare approach you and they're walking around with this - this feeling that they're lost.
First passage - Hebrews 6:4 through 6 - excuse me - it says, "for it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the holy ghost, and have tasted the good Word of God, and the powers of the world to come," - these are people who are Christians. They've had a conversion experience even. Then verse 6 - "if they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves The Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame." The issue here, if you look at this passage - especially verse - the issue here is nothing to do with God being unwilling to forgive a person's sins however bad. The issue is that of the sinner being unwilling to repent or finding themselves unable to repent. Verse 6 again, "if they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance.
" Again, it's not the issue of repentance from the human side - again, it's the issue of repentance from the human side, not the issue of forgiveness from God's side. That's what you should remember but, you know, the devil has a way - he's very good at doing bad stuff. He knows human nature. He knows psychology. And what he will do - he'll lead somebody into sin and tell them, 'go ahead.
It's okay.' Then they do it and he comes down, 'you've done it now! You've done it now!' And they're smitten with this fear that suddenly now the holy spirit has departed from them and they're lost. And you can be sure he does this time and time again with certain individuals. And they long to be forgiven but they daren't go to God. They just feel convinced that they can't even ask forgiveness. And so the tempter comes and he whispers in their ear and he accentuates the situation and he enlarges it and he whispers in their ear - he says, 'it's no use.
You've gone too far. You've grieved away the holy spirit. You've committed the unpardonable sin. God can no longer forgive you. You're lost and going to hell.
' So what do these people do? What would you do? Well, you might just as well go and get drunk. If that's been your sin in the first place, you might as well go back to the bottle of alcohol. You might just as well go and get - blow your mind on drugs to numb the pain and the fear that 'I'm lost and all I can look forward to is the wrath of God and the lake of fire.' Oh, the devil loves to instill that fear into people. He's a bully but he's a liar but so often he's believed. And so people - they do that.
They go drink themselves into oblivion or it's so bad, what do they do? They buy a gun and they - they blow their head off. These things happen friends. It happens. Well, I'm saying this in case there's somebody here this morning or somebody out there live on the internet or somebody who may watch this on hope channel or 3abn three weeks from now when it's edited and it goes up on the satellite. If there's one person out there in this predicament - in this darkness - in this fear - listen to me.
Listen to me please and ask yourself this question: as much as I am hopelessly entangled in sin - you're right in the midst of it still - as much as I am hopelessly entangled in sin and have willingly transgressed time and time again, would I still like God to forgive me? And if I had the strength would I like to live a better life? If you can say 'yes' to that question, I can tell you on the authority of God's sacred word, that you have not grieved away the Holy Spirit, you have not committed the unpardonable sin. You can still be saved. But you must act on that desire and you cannot waste any time. The Bible says, 'behold, today is the day of salvation.' So don't listen to the lie. Read the promise of God.
Now the next passage - Hebrews :26, "for if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there reMaineth no more sacrifice for sins." No more blood to atone - no more of the precious blood of Jesus that I've trampled underfoot. It doesn't avail for me anymore. What fear and dread such people have. Well let me give you - not to make light of the sin - not doing that, but let me read you this. This is from the seventh day adventist Bible commentary.
I can tell you myself but they've written it really good. It says, sin willfully - I quote now - that is, "continue to sin willfully" - so it's not a one off thing - "continue to sin" - where is it? - "Willfully". The reference here is not to single acts of sin committed in a full knowledge of their heinous character, but to the attitude of mind that prevails when a person deliberately renounces Christ and refuses salvation and rejects the holy spirit. This is deliberate, persistent, defiant sin. So the context of Hebrews 10:26 and the couple or three verses before - is not somebody who sinned once - in full light, yeah - bad? Yes, but it's talking about somebody that once had the experience and they have actually changed their - they now actually renounce Christ - say 'I re-' - I don't even want to say it, actually.
But they renounce the one who died for them on the cross and they deliberately refuse the gift of salvation. Now is there a difference between the two types of people I'm talking about? There's a - are you following me? Yeah, okay. You looked a little blank. But it is an attitude of mind that 'I don't want it - I don't want Jesus.' But if the attitude of mind is 'Lord, I've done wrong but I ask you to forgive me.' You've got it. Is God good? Yes he is.
Hebrews 7:25 - it says, "wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them." So I want to move on - we've got eight minutes left and I'm wondering where I should go next. Oh, there are so many good things. You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to go to Wednesday. I was going to finish on this but I will do this and if I've got time I'll go back somewhere else. But Wednesday's section 'spotless sacrifice' - there's a verse from Exodus 12:5 and it's speaking of the - going back to the sacrificial lamb or the little goat or whatever it was - each one had to be without blemish.
It had to be a perfect specimen because it symbolized Jesus, right? Perfect, sinless, without any blemish. Exodus 12:5 says - just the first part - it says, "your lamb shall be without blemish." So God says, 'when you bring a sacrifice - you've got a lamb you can take it out - the sheep - often the goats - but it's a young one so it's a lamb - must be without blemish. Of course, symbolic of Christ. Now the lesson - and it was this innocent victim whose blood was shed that atones for our sins. Now the lesson says this - this is actually on the lesson page of Wednesday - "this is the guarantee of our salvation" - the sinlessness of Jesus - "for only a sinless one could bear our sins for us, and it is his perfect righteousness that covers us, now and in the judgment that righteousness is our hope of salvation.
" And, indeed, it is only those who, by faith, have put on Christ's robe of righteousness that will be found worthy of eternal life and their lives and characters, when they come under scrutiny in the judgement because they have the righteousness of Christ, they will be found acceptable. This is why, if we abide in the righteousness of Jesus moment by moment, we don't have to be afraid of the judgment. We should be aware of it, but we don't have to be afraid. Some people have painted the picture of 'oh, those seventh day adventists, they're full of fear of the judgment. You know, they have this judgment doctrine and they're all full of fear.
They're all, you know, have this - they're not sure - they don't have assurance.' I tell you what - I have assurance. And I have it not because I'm smarter than anybody else or I figured it out, I just know that Jesus is my Savior. This morning I gave him my heart. It struggled a bit, you know, sometimes the old man doesn't want to die - he goes kicking and screaming to the - 'no, I don't want to go!' But you go. You get on your knees and you open your heart and say, 'Lord, I'm struggling right now and yeah I could go sin, but Lord what kind of an act of thankfulness and gratitude would that be to you when you've poured yourself out for me? I don't want to be such a selfish person Lord, but you're going to have to help me because I have this fallen nature that - it's such an affliction but I don't want it.
' So you open your heart and you talk it through with God and he changes you. And so Jesus, he came in this morning and I have peace. And if you ask me, 'Michael thompson, you're name is up next in the judgment. Are you scared to death?' No, I'm not. Not at all.
And I don't say that flippantly, but I have a friend and he's got my name written on the palms of his hands and I'm wearing his clothes and he'll take me before the throne of God and my name will come up and I'll stand there seriously, of course - we're in God's presence in a court of law. I'm not going to act silly, I'll stand there very solemnly and seriously, but with a sweet joy because I'll hear Jesus talking to The Father. He'll say, 'father, this is Michael. There's his book. There's some things written in there that we know that - but you see, he asked forgiveness and these scars on my hand are evidence that I atoned for them.
' I'll just stand there and Jesus will do all the talking. When it's all done, call for the verdict, and God will say, in his majestic voice, 'Jesus, if it's okay with you then it's okay with me.' And God will tell the recording angel 'keep Michael thompson's name in the book of life.' I'm not scared. Now I would be if I knew that heart was out there rebelling but Jesus has it and I'm safe. He takes care of us. We're just like little children, you know.
We can't take care of ourselves so we've got to have God take care of us. If you want something - those of you who teach the class - on Wednesday's section - I would suggest you go to 'Christ's object lessons' and the chapter called 'fit for a wedding' or 'the wedding garment' depending on which format of 'Christ's object lessons' you have. And this is one of the best treatises - if I can use that term - on righteousness by faith that you will ever read. And it's in such simple language. But we need the wedding garment.
This is page 310, "by the wedding garment in the parable is represented the pure spotless character which Christ's true followers will possess." - Moving on here - it says, "this robe, woven in the loom of heaven, has in it not one thread of human devising. Christ, in his humanity, wrought out a perfect character and this character he offers to impart in us." - And this last statement - I'm going to have to finish - "by his perfect obedience he has made it possible for every human being to obey God's commandments. When we submit ourselves to Christ the heart is united with his heart, the will is merged in his will, the mind becomes one with his mind, the thoughts are brought into captivity to him. We live his life. This is what it means to be clothed with the garment of his righteousness.
Then as the Lord looks upon us he sees not the fig leaf garment, not the nakedness and deformity of sin, he sees his own robe of righteousness which is perfect obedience to the law of jehovah." In whose power? In Christ's. Our time has gone. I'm going to have to leave it there so I just want to remind you again send in for our free offer 'three steps to heaven' - offer #102 - three steps was - what were they? Confession, forgiveness, and the new birth. And the doors of heaven, through Christ's grace and righteousness, will open wide. If you want this, call 1-866-study-more - -866-788-3966.
Paul and Jesus both predict that the church of God becomes a force against God. The radical faith that Jesus taught had become the official religion of the empire that murdered him. The speed with which the early church tobogganed into apostasy will take your breath away.


If you desire to spend more time with your children, you can seek to change visitation rights through a modification of your decree and/or parenting plan.
You can seek custody of your children and supervised visits if the other party is doing something inappropriate or harmful to your children.
If income of one of the parents has changed to the point where child support payments would be increased or reduced by at least 15 percent, you can seek to modify your child support payments.
In Arizona, child custody refers to the right of a parent to make decisions about the care and welfare of a child. Physical custody refers to where a child lives. In many cases, the child lives with one parent most of the time and the other parent has visitation through a parenting time schedule.If the child custody and parenting time order created at the time of your divorce is no longer appropriate, you can seek a modification. At DeShon Laraye Pullen PLC, in Phoenix, our lawyers help parents secure modifications to both child custody and parenting time.
When Can Physical Child Custody Be Changed?
Baring special circumstances, you must wait one year from the date of your previous child custody order before requesting a change. If your child's safety or health is in danger, however, you can seek immediate relief from the court.
A custody evaluation is a valuable tool if you are seeking to modify your child custody and parenting time order. A child custody evaluation can provide the court with the evidence it needs to support a successful petition for modification.
A custody evaluation is a valuable tool if you are seeking to modify your child custody order from joint to sole custody. A child custody evaluation can provide the court with the evidence it needs to support a successful petition for modification.
Even if your child's other parent is not currently employed, the court can assign income based on past earnings.
Our highly skilled and experienced family law attorneys can help you file a strong petition for a modification of current child support obligations.
The visitation plan that worked for you at the time of your divorce may not work for you today. If your visitation schedule is no longer appropriate for your current circumstances, our lawyers can help you secure a modification of that order.At DeShon Laraye Pullen PLC, in Phoenix, Arizona, our lawyers represent mothers and fathers who wish to modify visitation (also known as parenting time). In some cases, parents with visitation contact us because they want to spend more time with their children or see them on a different schedule. In other cases, parents with primary child custody wish to restrict their ex's visitation.
In determining whether to modify an existing visitation plan, courts are concerned solely with the best interests of the child rather than the desires of the parents. The law in Arizona says that it is in the child's best interests to have substantial contact with both parents, absent issues such as child abuse, domestic violence and child safety.
In today's fast-paced society, people are forced to move more often they used to. Relocation can be caused by a new job, school, career change, family needs or other reasons. However, relocating after a divorce can be extremely difficult. Custody and visitation are inevitably impacted.Are you considering moving with your children, or is your ex-spouse trying to move out of state with your children? Call DeShon Laraye Pullen PLC, at 602-626-9552 or 800-409-0262 to arrange your initial consultation* with experienced Phoenix child relocation attorneys.At DeShon Laraye Pullen PLC, our goal is to negotiate an amicable agreement between the parties without the need for costly litigation. If this can be accomplished, it will save the parties time and money, and provides you a say in the outcome rather than forcing a judge who does not have sufficient information about you or your children to make the decision for you.
However, there are times when an agreement cannot be reached. In these situations, we aggressively fight to protect your interests. We help many parties achieve their custody and visitation goals involving child relocations. We may also be able to help you.
If you know that you will be relocating out of state prior to obtaining a divorce or during the divorce process, you should consult with a family law attorney who has experience with relocation issues. An experienced Arizona lawyer at DeShon Laraye Pullen PLC, can ensure the court order (divorce decree) anticipates this possibility to avoid confusion and possible litigation at a later date when the relocation occurs.
The goal of a parenting plan is to preserve a loving relationship between parents and children following a divorce or separation. A written parenting plan provides consistency and predictability of contact between a child and both parents. It also provides an enforceable order if there are disputes.Unfortunately, circumstances change and the parenting time schedules that worked for you in the past may no longer be appropriate today. At DeShon Laraye Pullen PLC, in Phoenix, our lawyers help parents secure modifications to parenting plans when appropriate.
In Arizona, our law says that it is in the child's best interests to have substantial contact with both parents, barring special circumstances such as abuse or child safety issues. However, families change over time and parenting schedules may need to change as well.
Our attorneys have more than 30 years of combined experience helping parents secure the parenting time agreements they need. In addition to modifications, our lawyers can assist you with enforcement of existing parenting schedules if you are facing issues such as failure by one parent to provide parenting time to the other.
Spousal maintenance may or may not be modifiable, depending on the circumstances of the case. Some spousal maintenance orders specifically prohibit modifications. If there is not a specific provision in the order prohibiting modifications, then it may be possible to obtain a change in the spousal maintenance amount or duration.At DeShon Laraye Pullen PLC, we regularly obtain modifications in family law orders. An attorney at our firm can review your situation and discuss your options.
The amount of spousal maintenance (also referred to as spousal support and alimony) can be modified when there is a significant continuing change in circumstances. The loss of a job by the payer may not be sufficient for a modification in spousal maintenance. If the payer is compelled to take a much lower paying job due to the state of the job market however, the court may allow a modification.
Modification cases involving permanent spousal maintenance are usually highly contested, because the effects of an increase or decrease can be significant. For this reason, you should seek representation from an experienced family law trial lawyer when moving to modify a spousal maintenance order.
DeShon Pullen, has extensive trial experience and has received numerous awards and recognitions.
When representing you, our law firm will carefully review the facts in your case and develop an appropriate legal strategy. If litigation is necessary, we will vigorously represent you in court and work diligently to achieve your goals.
DeShon Laraye Pullen PLC we will help you analyze the costs and benefits of seeking a modification. Our Phoenix modication attorneys appreciate the economic and emotional value of reaching a negotiated settlement when it is appropriate. However, we are prepared to use our trial experience to pursue your case in court when there are no reasonable possibilities of settlement. We will help you create an aggressive, winning strategy that draws on our lawyers' years of family law experience. Contact us for all your family law needs.
Our goal is to help you obtain the result you want quickly, efficiently and economically.


Dharamshala is the new home for the Kings XI Punjab in the IPL season 4. The truly international class cricket stadium in Dharamshala hosted two matches in the IPL 3 season. However in IPL 4 season Dharamshala will host more matches. Kings XI Punjab will play all the matches here in Dharamshala.
The preity Zinta who also belongs to Himachal was very delighted to see the world class stadium in Dharamshala during the last season. Even the Indian and overseas players were amazed to see the mesmerising beauty of the stadium and the scenic picturesque view of Dharamshala.


We've got another outstanding graduate to share with you today. Jimmie MacKay will be starring (again) in this year's Miromoda show at New Zealand Fashion Week. Read his full story live on the blog for some serious #motivationmonday vibes.


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Juan Martin del Potro ready to pull off 'surprise' against Novak Djokovic
The last time he played in the US Open final, Juan Martin del Potro upset the odds, and he believes he can do a similar job when he takes on Novak Djokovic in this year's showpiece match.
Back in 2009 Del Potro was the underdog when he took on Roger Federer, a man who had won the previous five tournaments at Flushing Meadows, in the final.
Despite being up against it, he secured a stunning 3–6, 7–6 (7–5), 4–6, 7–6 7–4), 6–2 victory over the top-ranked Swiss to claim his only major to date.
He will again be considered the underdog when he faces Djokovic on Sunday, but is backing himself to get the job done again.
"Novak has won Wimbledon already. He's playing so good. He will be the favourite to win on Sunday," he said. "But I don't know. When I played Roger nine years ago, he was the favourite to win, as well. I will try to make the surprise again."
He added: It will be a big challenge, as well, because I've been fighting with many, many problems to get to this moment.
"I'm here now. It will be a difficult match… In the finals, anything can happen. If I win, great. If not, I have been playing a great tournament and I will be happy anyway."
Juan Martin del Potro v Novak Djokovic: US Open final preview, stats and betting.https://t.co/VkhpXd9VsW
— Tennis365 (@T365Official) September 8, 2018
Djokovic, meanwhile, will be gunning for a third title in New York and second Grand Slam of the year having also won Wimbledon.
He reached the final on the back of a brilliant 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 win over Kei Nishikori and admitted that he is feeling "very comfortable" at Flushing Meadows.
"Seeing the results, the consistency of the results I've had here, it probably has been my most successful Grand Slam," he said.
"Of course, I won the Australian Open six times, never lost finals there. I think I've played more than 10 semi-finals here. It's definitely one of my favorite tournaments to play because of the conditions and because of the fact that I've played so well in each year that I keep on coming back to the US Open.
"I know that I feel very comfortable here. It just allows me to feel more comfortable playing, starting the tournament and going through it. I have two finals won and five losses. But hopefully I can get one better in few days."
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In today's digital world, your personal reputation and your professional reputation are under the spotlight and subject to more scrutiny than ever before.
What people see when they search for you online, and what other people are saying about you in the press, social media, online forums, profiles, videos and images have a huge influence on how people perceive you. We're talking about everyone from your professional circle and employers to your family, friends and the communities you live and work in.
Try it yourself, Google your name and see what comes up in the search results. Focus particularly on that first page of results, which is the online equivalent of the front page of a national newspaper – aka your 'headlines'.
Are you visible? Do you like what you see? Would you hire you? Would you trust you? Does it really reflect who you are now? Or, is the past interfering with your future?
What's the benefit of personal reputation management?
Online reputation management discovers all of this and more, working to counter, weaken or eliminate negative material online and generate and promote positive material online. From press, social media and profiles to images, videos and content that position you as a thought leader/expert in your field.
Or if you're like a lot of our other personal reputation clients, we build your personal and professional reputation from scratch. We're doing this right now for a global thought leader and the team is enjoying seeing a lot of planning and work coming to fruition – but more importantly, so is our delighted client.
A well-managed personal reputation online shows you in the best possible light, so that you benefit from a visible credible profile, higher trust, attract the best and new opportunities and protects you from negative press – reducing the risk of a personal reputation crisis.
Why does personal online reputation management matter?
The first page of a Google search for your name attracts 95% of traffic from an average search.
So, what you want people to see when they 'Google' you is a search results page filled with links that show you in the best possible light and really reflect who you are and what you do.
What's the real influence and impact of different search results online to personal reputation?
Negative results are a huge worry for individuals. But highly visible positive search results on page 1, really influence perception, reputation, trust and opportunities, which is why it pays to look after your online reputation.
Social recruiting is fast growing and virtually all companies are employing social recruiting in one form or another, checking profiles and recruiting via them.
93% of recruiters say LinkedIn is the most popular in-house digital recruitment platform.
In the same survey, 73% successfully place people identified through social media platforms.
What's also worth knowing is that 70% of employers are actively using social media to screen potential candidates and 57% of employers are less likely to interview you if they can't find you online.
If employers see something they don't like it heavily influences their decision-making – 54% of employers are deciding not to hire you based on your social media profiles.
But if you're looking for a job you also search for companies online.
69% of jobseekers are likely to reject a job offer from a company with a bad reputation.
Search engines, such as Google, Bing and others, don't care about your reputation. They filter search results based on what's relevant and popular. So if bad press or past social media posts are coming back to haunt you and damaging your personal and professional reputation, online reputation management is especially relevant.
Taking control of what people see when they search for you online enables you to control the narrative. It also protects you from any unwanted or outdated negative content online. How? The positive profiles, content, images and videos make it harder for negatives to rank in the first few pages of Google.
Contact our experts to find out how we can help you repair, build or maintain a positive online reputation.


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NASA released a spectacular image of a large dying WR star and its blue bubble nebula. The WR star is 30,000 light-years from Earth and is at least 20 times the mass of the Sun.
A Dying Star 20x Bigger Than the Sun
Researchers found the first gene associated with gray hair. After studying the genomes of more than 6,600 people from Latin America, the research team were able to identify the genes linked to different hair qualities, including graying.
What Gene Causes Gray Hair?
In Indonesia, scientists captured the only total eclipse of 2016. Other than looking very cool, solar eclipses actually allow us to see the outer region of the Sun's atmosphere, helping scientists understand the rare astronomical phenomena.
Capturing a Total Solar Eclipse
A set of comets recently flew by Earth. The closest was 2.2 million miles away from our planet's surface. NASA believes it will be 150 years before another comet flies within this proximity.
Historic Comet Flyby
A Harvard study revealed that most people are not aware of harboring a gender bias. The study found that teenage girls preferred male political leaders and that men receive more credit for their professional work than women.
Science Suggests We Have a Natural Gender Bias
Dutch photographer Maurice Mikkers released a stunning photographic series of teardrops and their salt crystals, capturing intricate and varying structures of our tears.
Stunning Photos of Teardrop Salt Crystals
Data from NASA's Mercury Messenger spacecraft shows that the planet's dark blue hue is caused by carbon in the form of graphite. Scientists believe the graphite came from the planet's primordial crust, which was later covered by volcanism.
What is Mercury's Dark Blue Hue?
NASA recently released an image of the furthest galaxy ever seen via the Hubble Telescope. The infant galaxy GN-Z11 is around 13.4 billion lightyears away.
This is the Most Distant Galaxy We've Seen Yet
Kryptonite, the fictional substance that's deadly to Superman, is based off a real element called krypton.
Kryptonite is Based Off a Real Element
Research suggests that gender balance is positively correlated with a company's success. Despite the benefits of diversity, women in leader roles are solely lacking, revealing that companies have a long way to go toward gender equality in the future.
Diversity Helps Companies
Researchers used stem cell tissue to repair the cornea in rabbits and regrow clear lenses in babies born with cataracts - the biggest cause of blindness. If successful, these studies could revolutionize vision care for the future.
Could This Procedure Revolutionize Vision Care?
Jupiter appears to have suffered an impact that was observed by two amateur astronomers in Ireland and Austria.
Jupiter Was Hit By A Meteor
After an extremely warm winter, NASA scientists have reported that sea ice in the Arctic is at a record low.
Sea Ice Levels are at a Record Low
NASA successfully tested the RS-25 rocket engine for their new Space Launch System, marking a key milestone for future manned missions to Mars.
NASA's Latest Engine Test was a Success
Engineers have invented a device that could allow people with prosthetics to move them through thought alone.
President Obama Explains Stentrode Devices
NASA's Aura satellite has been tracking global pollution trends for the past decade- and its initial findings tell us a lot about the state of our atmosphere.
President Obama Talks About Pollution Trends


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WWE Sets Wrestlemania Dates…
CFB Programs to Generate $175 Million+ from "Guarantee" Games in '18
September 4, 2018 2:00am
NCAA college football programs will take in more than $175 million in payouts from one-time "guarantee" games during the non-conference portion of the 2018 season. The +/- 12 schools participating in marquee neutral site showdowns (think: Washington/Auburn, Miami/LSU) will share more than $50 million in appearance fees, while the wealthiest and most dominant programs will spend $1 million+ on each of the 45+ games scheduled against lower quality competition; games designed to pad records (and add extra home dates to the calendar). Colorado State will take home the largest payment for a "guarantee" game this season, $2 million for their Sept. 15th game at Florida; a term negotiated as part of Jim McElwain's $7.5 million buyout enabling him to join the Gators in '14.
Howie Long-Short: Neutral site showdowns take place because of financial windfalls available to those who participate (the recruiting exposure doesn't hurt either), not because they provide an opportunity to add a quality win to the playoff resume; if it were simply about SOS, we'd see more home and home series. Alabama received $5 million for playing in the '17 Chick-fil-A Kickoff, 12x what the school earned for participating in last season's Sugar Bowl (playoff) and National Championship games (excluding ancillary benefits). As for this past weekend, Washington and Auburn took home $4.1 million and $4.2 million, respectively; LSU earned $4.75 million. Miami (private) did not disclose any financial information.
While 14 teams will take home payments of at least $1.4 million for a single road game, no Group of 5 school will earn more from their non-conference schedule than Kent State; the Golden Flashes will collect $3.65 million for games at Illinois, Penn State and Mississippi. Of course, those on the receiving end of "guarantee" game payments (like Kent State) use the money to help fund their entire athletic departments.
Fan Marino: The University of Akron was scheduled to take on Nebraska, in Lincoln, on Saturday evening, but lighting forced the game's postponement; "logistical challenges" prevented the game from being rescheduled, resulting in its cancellation. It's unclear at this point if either team will add a 12th game (you need 6 wins to be bowl eligible), but perhaps the bigger concern from Akron's POV is the $1.17 million payment the school was scheduled to receive for playing the game; NU deputy AD Bob Burton said it was "to be determined" if the Ohio school would receive the payment. It's worth noting that South Dakota State University received its contracted payout ($425,000) for their season opener at Iowa State, another contest that was canceled due to inclement weather.
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Valentine's Day as a whole has never been my thing. Back when I was a single lass, Valentine's Day made me feel sad and left out. Even when I was attached, when February 14th rolled around I was never interested in celebrating.
Matt and I even used to host "anti'-Valentines" Day parties and in our 10 years together, I'm not sure we've ever really celebrated Valentines Day or exchanged gifts.
Valentines Day feels forced and commercial, and puts unnecessary pressure on people.
Now that doesn't mean I don't like to celebrate the people I love, I just don't think it has to happen on February 14th with grand gestures. But….
I've always loved making, giving, and receiving Valentines.
I looked forward to decorating my shoe box for exchanging valentines at school and in my early adult years, I used to send out valentines in lieu of holiday cards.
Over the years, I've made and sold a lot of valentines.
This "Smooch" card was one of the first things I made and listed on Etsy back in 2008.
My out of print "Just a Little Love Song" Beatles themed valentine collection.
"Valentiny" is also no longer in print.
A few years later, during my pattern phase, I made "Sending my Love to You" and "Love You Mean it." I still really love these cards and continue to sell them online and locally.
The "Better Together" card has a been a top seller for years. Click through to purchase.
You all remember this phase, right? For a couple of years, I drew birds almost exclusively. (You can read about how that all started HERE.) I knew this adorable pair of fairy wrens was destined for a card and it quickly became a best seller in my card collection. You can order this cutie right HERE.
The "You are Loved" card is good for any day you want to send some love out into the world.
My newest valentine is just for the gals.
Do you Celebrate Galentine's Day?
I just whipped up this card this past weekend. As my work mainly appeals to females, I thought it would be fun to create a "Galentine's Day"card.
Celebrated on February 13, Galentine's Day was created by Amy Poehler's Parks and Rec character Leslie Knope. (One of my favorite shows of all time!) Basically, it's the day to celebrate your love for your best girlfriends.
All of my cards are blank on the inside and are available in my web shop.
Is there a sentiment you'd love to see me put on a card? Or a card for a certain occasion/event you'd like to see me add?
I'd love to add some more cards to my collection and I'm always open to new ideas. Just shoot me an email or leave a comment.
The creative life can be hard to navigate. Sometimes you need a little guidance or a little encouragement to keep you going. In the past few years, I've noticed a deluge of books on the subject. Working at the public library, I've had a chance to read many books about the creative life, and I thought I'd share my favorites with you.
Books that have provided me encouragement along my journey as a creative. Click through for purchase details.
These titles have all provided me with practical guidance on my own creative journey. (Note the word PRACTICAL.) None of these books offer pie in the sky, get famous fast solutions. Instead, think of them as creative pep-talks, each with actionable steps you can take to live your best creative life. They're NOT just for visual artists, but for anyone who has a creative pursuit.
Written by the author of the smash hit "Eat, Pray, Love," this is my absolute favorite book on the list. Though Gilbert discusses her own creative process as a writer, the sage wisdom she doles out is applicable to anyone with a creative pursuit. She encourages creatives to NOT quit their day jobs. When your creative pursuit becomes a job, you've got more pressure to produce and it often takes some of the joy out of it. She also puts to rest the myth of the suffering artist. Making good art doesn't have to be torture!
This is a very quick read filled with practical advice in a graphic style. Kleon purports that "Nothing is original, so embrace influence, collect ideas, and remix and re-imagine to discover your own path. Follow your interests wherever they take you. Stay smart, stay out of debt, and risk being boring—the creative you will need to make room to be wild and daring in your imagination."
One of my the many humorous illustrations by Martha Rich inside "Your Inner Critic is a Big Jerk" by Danielle Krysa.
After reading Danielle's blog "The Jealous Curator" for years and religiously listening to her podcast "Art for Your Ear", I was quick to purchase this book. In her humorous, light-hearted way, Danielle lays out her 10 truths about what it means to be a creative person. Cheeky illustrations by Martha Rich throughout the book bring even more levity to the discussion. Using anecdotes from successful artists and from her own life, Danielle discusses creative roadblocks, like "Imposter Syndrome," when you feel like a fraud, insecure about your art and creation process. (Boy, can I relate?) She also offers simple, practical exercises to help you get over those roadblocks and get down to the business of making good work.
One of the awesome handwritten spreads inside "Show Your Work" by Austin Kleon.
In this follow up to Steal Like an Artist, Kleon explains how to "Share Like an Artist." In his signature style, combining handwritten pages, illustration, and text, he lays out 10 ways to share your creativity and get discovered. This is another quick read with actionable advice to help you get your work out there.
More than any of the other books on the list, Growing Gills provides a step-by-step process to help you find your creative focus. Complete with a downloadable workbook, this book is like your own private workshop, helping you build focus to finish your creative work.
I've read and re-read these books.
They're all that good! I tend to grab them off my shelf when I'm in an artistic slump or feeling like a fraud again. These little creative pep talks sure do help.
Do tell! Leave a comment and let me know. I'm always looking for inspirational reading.
One of my favorite parts of the holiday season is gift wrapping. I spend way too much time on it and I like to come up with new ways to wrap things every year.
Tea towels make great gift wrap. Here I've wrapped up jars of local honey and apple butter.
Since I started making tea towels a couple years back, I enjoy using them as wrapping "paper". Here I wrapped up a jar of local honey and a local apple butter and topped it off with one of my dala hoop ornaments.
Wouldn't this make a cute teacher or hostess gift?
Click HERE to see how I wrapped this.
My fabric ornaments have sold well this year.
I Introduced these small fabric hoop ornaments in 2016 and did not sell a single one. This year, they've been super popular! The ebb and flow of retail is weird.
Wine towels are new in 2017. Click through to purchase.
Wrap a bottle of wine in this wine tea towel and you've got an instant holiday hostess gift!
All orders placed by December 19th will ship with a free mystery print.
It's a little gift from me to you!
December 19th is also the last day I will be shipping for the holidays.
My apologies to my international crew....Any international orders placed now won't make it in time for Christmas.


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Google Maps API Tutorial
© 2007, 2008, 2009 Mike Williams
Using different languages
Normally, the text used by the API will be in US English.
The API will look through the preferred languages in your browser options and use the first language that Google supports.
If you wish to specify a particular language, then you can add a "hl" parameter to the line that loads the API code, e.g.
src="http://maps.google.com/maps?file=api&v=2&hl=de&key=abcdefg"
The official list of supported languages is kept here: code.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=60737&topic=12267
A slightly different, but equally official, list is available on this spreadsheet, in the "localized" column. gmaps-samples.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/mapcoverage_filtered.html
Directions details
When you use GDirections, by default, the route description text will be in the same language as that used in the API as described above.
If you want to use a different one of the supported languages, then you can add the locale option to your .load() or .loadFromWaypoints() call, e.g. gdir.load("from: Detroit to: Dayton", {locale:"fr"});.
If you want to use a language that's not yet supported by Google then you can do it like this example. All I've done there is replace the Google text with the same text in upper case. To use a real language, you'd need to translate all that text into your chosen language.
The way it works is that the API loader uses GAddMessages() to pass the language specific text strings to the main API code. We can overwrite those text strings with our own GAddMessages() call.
However, the GMapTypes are created before the loader returns control to our code. We can perform GAddMessages{10050: 'SATELLITE'} in our own code, but it's too late to affect the map type. What we can do, however, is create our own map types which are clones of the Google map types except that they use different texts in the "name" parameter and in the "shortName", "errorMessage" and "alt" options.
Copyright texts associated with a map type are generated in a server, so they're not accessible by that method. What we can do is write our own custommap.getCopyrights() method which reads through the prefixes and replaces any occurrences of "Map Data" and "Imagery" with the equivalent in the desired language.
There's no reasonable way to produce GDirections details in unsupported languages, because that's performed in the direction server.


The EURO+DRIVE® CLONE Tuning System allows you to physically swap calibrations on your Alfa Romeo 4C. Using genuine OEM Alfa Romeo based software, protocols and calibrations, we have increased drive-ability, power and throttle response. We are proud to have the ability to offer you the most comprehensive tuning option for your Alfa romeo 4C. Each purchase includes a Genuine Alfa Romeo 4C Engine Control Unit (If Clone is selected) loaded with our calibration. Designed and developed for the Alfa Romeo 4C (1.75L).
EURO+DRIVE® CLONE Does Not require you to ship your ECU.
The EURO+DRIVE® DIRECT Tuning System is an economical solution in loading calibrations on your Alfa Romeo 4C. Using genuine Alfa Romeo 4C based software, protocols and calibrations, we have increased drive-ability, power and throttle response. We are proud to have the ability to offer you the most comprehensive tuning option for your Alfa Romeo 4C. Each purchase includes our calibration loaded onto YOUR Engine control Module. Designed and developed in the USA. Must Ship Existing ECU.
NA/EU/AUS ECU DESIGNATIONS DEFINED BY SHIPPING DESTINATION.
If you encounter a CEL upon initial start, disconnect the ground cable for approx 30min. Reconnect ground cable and place key into the ignition and turn key without starting vehicle, allow 30sec then repeat 1-2 times. This will allow the throttle-body to cycle and re-calibrate itself. If you encounter any other issues please do not hesitate to contact us.
Previously we utilized testing methodology based on the Auterra Software which simulated a Rolling road Dyno to gather data (data logging) and we also utilized their Dyno software that gathered multiple points of information gathered by the OBD2 system such as wheel speed rate, vehicle speed ect. hence the discrepancy with whp outputs. We have also since this initial testing period and release have updated Phase 2 and Created phase 3. We decided to hold off on releasing any information until Phase 3 was finally complete and roll out the offering with the updated testing results.
Different testing methodologies will produce different results.
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"Speak softly and carry a big stick, you will go far"
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The EUROCOMPULSION UPGRADED INTER-COOLER KIT for the Alfa Romeo 4C features (2) heavy duty 5 ply silicone made with our Kevtek molding that can withstand in excess of 85+Psi and temperatures of 600+ degrees. This intercooler core is completely custom fabricated, and is the largest core possible to drop in place of the factory system without alterations to the car. This is a plug and play upgrade, beneficial for any 4C, and vital to any tuned or modified car.
The design of this system is meant to lower intake air temperatures, decrease pressure drop, and maximize air flow and velocity from the turbocharger to the intake manifold.
Kit comes with complete Intercooler, (2) silicone hoses, brackets, clamps.
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Chris. Congratulations on this important ECU upgrade as it should be warmly received by those of us who race our 4Cs. Price to upgrade from Phase 2?
Price to upgrade and existing ECU Clone is still $249.
Cool stuff Chris. Any videos of "pops and bangs"?
That's coming up next! Almost done with it.
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Congrats. But this is a bit "info overload"
What is the retail price, in US$?
Phase 1 = +23% more power.
Phase 2 = +36% more power.
Phase 3 = +50% more power.
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Intercooler looks really nice. Just ordered it... It's great to see more custom mods coming for these cars.
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Venice is a pure Swift/C library that provides CSP for Swift 2.
Venice is fast because the coroutines are light coroutines managed by libmill instead of threads managed by the OS. The Chinese Whispers example in the command line application shows how you can create up to 100.000 concurrent coroutines (tested in a 8 GB MacBook Pro early 2015).
That's Communicating Sequential Processes (CSP), like in Go, rather than Continuation-Passing Style (CPS).
Many of us have expressed dismay at the fact that Apple still, in 2015, sells an iPhone with just 16GB of storage. Apple would, of course, argue its corner. […] I could go on, but the simple reality is that most of us need local storage, and trying to palm people off with 16GB is simply unreasonable. Apple is offering an iPhone which pretty much guarantees frustration down the line, and there's absolutely no reason to do so when it could offer a 64GB starting point at the cost of a few bucks less profit.
And then we have the latest Retina iMacs, where Apple reduced the SSD component of the 1TB Fusion Drive from 128GB to a miserly 24GB. That's less than the RAM available in some configurations. Effectively, Apple has swapped out a genuine fusion drive – one that really did combine the responsiveness of an SSD with the affordability of a hard drive – for one that is, at the very least, severely compromised. One that is unlikely to deliver the snappiness expected of SSD storage. One which, we might even say, can still be marketed as a fusion drive without genuinely delivering on the promise of the technology.
The 16 GB iPhone 6s is probably the best example. That's just ridiculous for a new model of Apple's flagship phone. A lot of people will buy it, not realizing the decision they're making, and be unhappy down the road. It's probably a lot more than a few bucks of extra profit, though, because a lot of other people will pay $100 to get the 64 GB iPhone, whereas they would have been happy with a 32 GB base model.
With the iMac, more surprising than the smaller Fusion Drive is that the base model doesn't have any sort of Fusion Drive. It has a 5400 RPM notebook drive. I don't think that offers a "Good" experience in 2015. That brand-new iMac is going to feel slow compared with an iOS device or even an old MacBook Air. And it's likely that many customers won't realize there's a huge performance difference, so this won't work as a tactic for upselling. They'll just buy the base model.
Apple is currently celebrating all the advances since the original iMac, which retired the floppy drive. How many years until it retires the standalone spinning hard drive?
Prioritizing profits over product quality is short-term thinking. Will Apple keep doing things like this until there's a decline in measured Customer Sat?
I'll reiterate: in a 'base model' iMac that costs €1,729 without any add-on, I'd expect at least the low-price 1 TB Fusion Drive option as the default, not old hard drive technology.
Apple's iMac comparison didn't mention that the first-generation one also came with a 5400 RPM drive.
That was a 3.5-inch drive, albeit one with higher data density.
Update (2015-10-26): See Accidental Tech Podcast.
At the end of the call, when Bob asked if there were any other comments I'd like to provide, I mentioned that of all the financial institutions I deal with, Bank of America is one of the very few that have not implemented standard two-factor authentication, using apps like Google Authenticator or Authy.


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Q: android - Wifi Direct Group Owner intent not functioning I am trying to connect two device to each other by wifi direct. I set the group owner intent to 15, like this :
config.groupOwnerIntent = 15;

but it does not work at all. Also I try to remove all of previous groups that are saved in devices in case of having impact on GO selection.
All the time the other device is getting to be GO. Do you have any idea what could be the problem?

A: Basically if you would want other device to be Group owner, then use the CreateGroup function to make a group on that device.

A: The problem is that config.groupOwnerIntent = 15; works with same brands (for example, if both your devices are Samsungs). With different devices sometimes this bug appears.
Also it depends on your connection:
 manager.connect(channel, config, new WifiP2pManager.ActionListener() {
            @Override
            public void onSuccess() {
                // WiFiDirectBroadcastReceiver will notify us. Ignore for now.
            }

            @Override
            public void onFailure(int reason) {
                Toast.makeText(context, "Connect failed. Retry.",
                        Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            }
        });

or
manager.createGroup(channel, new WifiP2pManager.ActionListener() {
    @Override
    public void onSuccess() {
        // Device is ready to accept incoming connections from peers.
    }

    @Override
    public void onFailure(int reason) {
        Toast.makeText(WiFiDirectActivity.this, "P2P group creation failed. Retry.",
                Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }
});

Your code doesn't help if you use the second one.
Having same problem with Samsung and Xiaomi now, always same group owner. If a test on both Samsungs everything is okay.

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Jupe Jupe - Kelsey Kerrigan - Wild Ones - Robots With Rayguns - Loyal Lobos
Jupe Jupe - Faith In What You Hear. Background - Jupe Jupe creates dark and danceable pop music layered with crooning vocals, atmospheric synths, shivering guitars, and driving beats. The Seattle quartet offers a collection of melancholy, hook-laden textures in its latest release, Lonely Creatures—10 hauntingly striking songs about isolation, fate, internal struggle, and technology gone awry. Each tune draws inspiration from electropop, post-punk, and ghostly Americana. The band spent over two years crafting each song on Lonely Creatures before joining producer Matt Bayles at Red Room Recording in Seattle, Washington. A former member of Minus the Bear, Bayles has produced and mixed a number of seminal albums by Botch, Mastodon, Murder City Devils, Minus the Bear, Russian Circles, These Arms are Snakes, The Blood Brothers, and many more. Since forming in 2010, Jupe Jupe has released three original full-length albums: Invaders, Reduction in Drag, and Crooked Kisses. The group a
Lio Nicol - Simian Ghost - Adwaith - Eckhardt And The House - Ruby Fray
Lio Nicol - They Sent You Back Down. Background - Firstly a quote about the Video "'They Sent You Back Down' is a reflection on what it's like to have a soul mate, someone that knows you so well it seems too good to be true- someone you can do anything and everything with. Almost like they're an angel sent back down to be in your life." Secondly a reminder about Lio Nicol, the words may seen familiar for some of you. With honest yet quirky lyrics, she has found a way to reflect her sense of humour while maintaining her grace, setting her apart from other singer-songwriters. After a few semesters of studying biology at the University of Montana, Nicol left her hometown of Missoula and relocated to California in 2010 to pursue a career in music. A talented pianist and guitarist, Lio Nicol has found her greatest passion lies within songwriting. Inspired by the legendary Diane Warren, Nicol's songwriting is a reflection of her thoughts, heartbreak, and love. Her powerhouse vocals an
The Girl Folder - Ducktails - Quiet Hollers
The Girl Folder - Once More Into The Night. Background - Indie rock band 'The Girl Folder' have announced the release of their newest single Once More Into The Night, set to be released on 25th August 2017. Featuring melodic hooks and harmonic vocals the single encompasses the true sound of the band, as put by the band themselves "There's melody in everything we do. It's the only rule, well, unwritten rule that we have as a band. Anything goes as long as it works, but it has to be melodic." The five-piece indie rock outfit formed after lead vocalist and singer-songwriter Matthew relocated to Newcastle from London. After performing at an open mic night weekly in order to meet like-minded musicians The Girl Folder was born a year later, comprising of Matthew (lead vox, acoustic/keys), Scott Clayborough (guitar/backing vox), Dave Evans (guitar/keys), Adam Gathercole (drums) and Dan Cordery (bass guitar). Inspired by the likes of Arcade Fire and Boy and Bear, their newest single o
Ozomatli - Sisters - Annie Hart - Taliwhoah
Ozomatli - Come and Get Your Love + Solamente Una Vez (feat. Gaby Moreno). Background - Ozomatli is giving classic and iconic Latin songs a reggae twist on their current album 'Nonstop: Mexico → Jamaica'. Since its inception in 1995, innovation and creativity have defined Ozomatli. Hailing from Los Angeles, the group found a way to represent the city's eclectic culture through music that appeals to the local community and the world beyond. Ozomatli's success is exemplified in an impressive variety of genres, from classic to modern Latino, urban, hip-hop and other world styles. The "Dioses del Baile," or "Gods of Dance," have created one of the most exciting, captivating and flat-out fun live shows touring today. They continue to harness their musical instincts by conceiving new concepts and forging new sounds that keep fans on their toes and the world dancing. Ozomatli's latest recording -'Nonstop: Mexico → Jamaica' - is an album of
Darto - Andrew Weatherall - Hand Habits
Darto - I Am. Background - Aagoo Records has announced two releases to be issued simultaneously on September 8. The first is 'Human Giving', a full length album from Seattle-based four-piece Darto. The second is the 'Follow Up / Hush' 7" featuring Darto and WAND, who wrote and performed these tracks together. The first LP is preceded by the single 'I Am'. The album's mood is immediately clear from the first note of 'GDLS', enveloping the space around the listener. By the time 'I Am' enters, the sound and feeling transitions from lush and inviting, to focused and intentional with the keyboards and strings propelling the movement. The lyrics and accompanying melodies float along seamlessly like being lulled into a dream. "Despite all of its catchy qualities, 'Human Giving' is a difficult album to pin down. The lyrical phrasing, and melodies have been stuck in my head for months," says Alec Dartley of Aagoo Records. "It takes me to a place fil
DreamVacation - Flawes - Houg - Superet
DreamVacation - Thin World (EP). Background - DreamVacation's new EP 'Thin World' is cinematic in nature and thematically metaphysical. The EP includes such tracks as the title track which touches on existential themes. 2nd single "The Same Love" was originally inspired by the travails of Laura Palmer of Twin Peaks. While the EP touches on such seminal bands like Interpol and Temper Trap, the band employs a driving and transcendent approach to Post-Rock. DreamVacation's stunning new EP, Thin World, delves into the inherent disparity of a world run by zeros and ones, what it means to exist, and what it might mean to not exist at all. It was recorded at Big Ego Studios in Long Beach and produced by Rian Lewis and DreamVacation. DreamVacation include Zilva Thustra on vocals and guitar, Gerry Matthews on bass and synth, and Noah Alexander on drums and synth. The band members previously supported live acts such as Foster the People, Airborne Toxic Event, The War On Drugs and Matt &a
Glass Hour - Ryan Wong - Midnight Faces - Imitating Aeroplanes
Glass Hour - Burn. Background - Glass Hour are pleased to share their new single "Burn", which is now available. This song takes a slight departure from our familiar piano and guitar tracks and incorporates electronic elements to make an upbeat, catchy tune. It speaks of abrupt silence, unfamiliar territories and the uncertainty of allowing someone to slowly fade from memory. "Burn" is taken from our debut album Minute Hand (advance link) which is set for release on August 18. It's a breakup album - an illustration of love, heartbreak, and recovery. Glass Hour is a pop-rock band from Montreal. With a generous incorporation of piano combined with a signature guitar sound, their music ranges from massive arena rockers to intimate, soul-warming songs. Website here , Facebook here . The new single 'Burn' is also one of ten tracks on the bands forthcoming album 'Minute Hand'. Whilst the featured song gives a flavour of whats to come, Glass Hour can and do mix t


A look at the benefits of playing meditative solo games.
I've recently discovered the world of solo board gaming, and I'm loving it. I'm amazed, in fact, by how many solo-able games there are. We're in a renaissance of creative board, card, and dice games, and every day, new ones hit Kickstarter and find their way into discussions on BoardGameGeek and various solo gaming groups on Facebook.
One of my favorite games lately is Sunset Over Water, from Pencil First Games. It's a calming, beautiful card game that follows an artist going through the day: getting up, making plans, painting various scenes, selling paintings, and gaining "renown" points. The cards in the game feature oceans, mountains, flowers, rivers, and other natural elements.
There's something wonderful about playing this game solo. I like hanging out on my deck, spreading the cards on my glass table, and getting started. To play the game, you lay out five up and five down in an area that's called the wilderness, put in some ranger station cards, pick your meeple (the little wooden figure that's your game person), and begin exploring.
It takes a little while to learn the rules, and they're just complex enough to give a satisfying game experience. It's not really a game about winning or losing, though. The solo variant really is just a beat-your-own-score kind of game, and I don't worry too much about how many points I have at the end. Rather, this game is mostly about the experience – exploring the world, creating art, and selling it.
Playing a meditative game like this at the end of a long day is relaxing and rejuvenating. I don't have to think too much, but there's a lot of pleasure to be had in just moving through the world, choosing cards, and adding up my score at the end. My anxiety and worries slip away over the course of the game, as I admire the waterfalls and sunsets, mountains and wildflowers.
Studies have begun to show that playing games can lessen depression, improve cognitive function, and even possibly delay or prevent the onset of dementia. They keep the brain active, encouraging the formation of new neural connections and pathways. They engage us and ask us to step outside of our everyday routines.
Creating and sustaining a daily writing practice.
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Ndamukong Suh's deal with Bucs worth up to $10M
Published: May 23, 2019 at 09:39 AM
Jeremy Bergman
Digital Content Editor
The Buccaneers made it official on Thursday: Ndamukong Suh is coming to Tampa Bay.
The team announced it has agreed to terms with the veteran defensive tackle.
Suh signed with the Bucs just three days after Tampa Bay parted ways with longtime defensive tackle Gerald McCoy. Both top-three defensive tackles from the 2010 draft, Suh is seen as an immediate on-field replacement for McCoy, but at a cheaper rate.
While McCoy was owed $13 million in 2019 and $39 million through 2021, Suh is signing a one-year, $9.25 million deal that, with incentives, can be worth up to $10 million, per NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport. ESPN first reported the terms.
All in all, the Bucs are saving at least $3 million in cap space this season by swapping a 31-year-old All-Pro defensive tackle (McCoy) for a 32-year-old All-Pro defensive tackle (Suh).
From @NFLResearch: Bucs are saving at least $3M in cap space by employing Ndamukong Suh (6 sacks in 2018, incl. postseason) instead of Gerald McCoy (same). pic.twitter.com/3N8adhbzwB
— Jeremy Bergman 🆗 (@JABergman) May 23, 2019
Cardinals to interview Bengals DC Lou Anarumo, OC Brian Callahan this week for head coaching job
Bengals DC Lou Anarumo and OC Brian Callahan have been requested for interviews for the Arizona Cardinals' vacant head coaching position.
Kyle Shanahan explains decision not to challenge DeVonta Smith catch in 49ers' NFC title game loss
The NFC title game got away from the 49ers as quarterback injuries finally caught up with Kyle Shanahan's club. Perhaps the match might have unfolded differently had the Eagles not converted a fourth-and-3 deep shot to DeVonta Smith for 29 yards on the opening drive.
Lane Johnson fights through torn adductor for chance at another title: 'My sense of urgency is high'
Lane Johnson wasn't about to let a torn adductor in his groin stop him from battling for a chance to hoist another Lombardi Trophy. The Eagles' star right tackle suffered the injury on Christmas Eve but is now heading to Super Bowl LVII.
Chris Jones, 'the most unstoppable man in football,' leads Chiefs defense to Super Bowl LVII
Kansas City Chiefs star defensive tackle Chris Jones entered Sunday's AFC Championship Game without a postseason sack in 13 games. The drought ended in a massive way in the Chiefs' 23-20 win over Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals.
Bengals HC Zac Taylor on Joseph Ossai's late-hit penalty: 'We're not going to make it about one play'
Bengals defensive end Joseph Ossai had a late hit on quarterback Patrick Mahomes that resulted in Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker knocking down the game-winning 45-yard field goal. After the game, Ossai was fighting back emotions in the locker room, but head coach Zac Taylor does not blame him, saying, "we're not going to make it about one play."
Chiefs TE Travis Kelce after beating Bengals: 'Burrowhead, my (expletive). It's Mahomes' house!'
There was a lot of trash talk leading up to Sunday's AFC Championship Game. Following the Chiefs' last-second win, tight end Travis Kelce had a succinct response to the pre-game "Burrowhead" narrative.
Chiefs defeat Bengals to advance to Super Bowl LVII, will face Eagles
The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Cincinnati Bengals, 23-20, in the AFC Championship Game Sunday to advance to Super Bowl LVII, where they will take on the Philadelphia Eagles.
Jalen Hurts, Eagles find 'way to get it going' to earn Super Bowl berth
Jalen Hurts' breakout season reached new heights after a 31-7 win over the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday and it is now set to culminate on Feb. 12 in Super Bowl LVII.
Jalen Hurts on Haason Reddick's NFC title game performance vs. 49ers: 'He's been a bad dude all year'
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts says linebacker Haason Reddick has "been a bad dude all year" after Sunday's NFC Championship Game win over the 49ers.


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Elon Musk's $600,000 Giant Sculpture Built "To Get His Attention"
As you know, the cryptocurrency exchange has suffered a sharp decline in recent months, and this is a situation that has caused a lot of trouble for cryptocurrency entrepreneurs. In such cases, you know, Elon Musk is the first person to flee, because he is a person. A person who can change the balance with his tweet.
This time, however, they did some work. Today, Sunday, November 27, at Tesla headquarters Weighs 5,400 kilograms and is 9 meters high A statue has been sent. The statue has a very interesting image of Elon Musk.
Sculpture with the body of a goat riding a rocket with the head of Elon Musk
A group of crypto entrepreneurs named Elon Goat Token, after failing to attract the attention of the famous billionaire, weighed 5,400 kilograms, was 9 meters high and a huge statue costing $600,000 They sent it to Tesla headquarters.
in sculpture Elon Musk's head encased in a goat's body And this goat is on a rocket. Elon Musk's constant 'Doge to the Moon' (Doge goes to the moon) was also mentioned.
On the other hand, Elon Musk's attention does not seem to have been caught by the image yet. Because Musk has not yet shared anything about the image. But the warriors (!) behind the statue indicate not to give up as follows:
"We are tenacious and our resilience is unparalleled. We are here to represent the community and that means everything! We heard you are in the building. Please show us a sign."
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The Deronda Review – Spring/Summer 2008
A joint US-Israeli effort, The Deronda Review makes use of every available inch of its 8 ½ x 11 pages, covers included, presenting poems written originally in English and poems in English translated from Hebrew by more than 90 poets – as many as four or five poems per page. With this much work gathered in one slender volume, it's reasonable to expect some unevenness in quality, which is the case here. At the same time, there are a number of lovely, serious, and memorable poems.
The journal typically favors the lyrical and spiritual, with a predilection for large themes rather than the small occasion, although the work published here does not rely exclusively on heightened language. Poems built on the language of everyday speech include work by Leonard Eskowitz ("How vulnerable our clients / in this modern government office. / Rent a P.O. Box to become suppliants / if they know little or no English." from "Road Map"); Thilde Fox ("Every time / you annoy me / talk too loud / laugh when / I'm serious / hog the TV / then fall asleep" from "The Reckoning"); and Wm R. Ford ("I thought I saw Rose Larner / walking down the road / yet it was some other / a girl whose face showed a heavy load" from "Rose Larner").
I was most moved by poems of social commentary, of which there are many, including Shira Twersky-Cassel's "Chernobyl Avenged," "In Memory" by Yakov Azriel, and "Second-Generation Survivors" by Rivkah Goldberg. This issue also contains many beautiful poems about Israel, including work by Reuven ben-Yosef and Yonadav Haim Hirshfeld. This particular issue is dedicated to eight students "gunned down in the library of the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva."
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