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Because of its reputation as an esoteric field thanks to areas within the broader discipline concerned with matters barely connected with everyday life, many ask, "Why study philosophy?" when confronted with the subject. Related to this are concerns and reservations raised by many sincere Christians regarding this area of study because of luminaries such as Friedrich Nietzsche and Karl Marx who used their formidable cognitive abilities to undermine the Judeo-Christian framework of Western civilization.
But in reality, philosophy can be a powerful tool capable of helping the Christian to better comprehend God's universe and to fulfill their Scriptural obligations as salt of the earth. In "Introduction To Philosophy: A Christian Perspective", Norman Geisler provides the reader with a number of reasons why the study of philosophy is useful beyond the exercise of mental abilities (20-22).
For starters, philosophy can aide the individual in understanding human society. Though many fail to realize it, philosophical issues are found at the base of civilized life and how a populace approaches these issues will determine the very quality of life enjoyed throughout society
For example, does a woman's right to reproductive choice outweigh the human rights of the tiny life growing within her? Or, is it just to discriminate against those who have done no wrong in order to benefit the descendants of those who have faced historic injustices even though these descendants currently enjoy a considerable degree of equality?
It has been said that America is the only nation based on a set of ideas rather than an accident of geography. Those seeking to solve these complex social issues had better offer justification beyond the brute power of the state if delicately balanced liberties are to remain intact.
Professor Geisler also points out that philosophy with its emphasis on clear thought can help liberate the individual from provincialism and clarify the meaning of Scripture. Many times what the Church considers holy writ are in fact human accretions added on for whatever reason. These might be legitimate or mere grabs at power whose origins have been forgotten in the distant past.
Besides assisting the Church in sifting between what is God's directive and man's opinion, legitimate philosophical inquiry can elucidate the holy reasoning behind a number of divine decrees. For example, through the application of reason and analysis, one can deduce that the Biblical dictates forbidding adultery are in fact rules set down by a loving Father rather than by a deity seeking to be a cosmic wet blanket.
It would be an accurate analogy to compare history's philosophical giants with the great military leaders of the past. Just as aspiring military officers study the strategies and tactics of these figures for the purposes of perfecting their own craft in order to defeat their battlefield adversaries, Christians must know their own opponents in the arena of ideas so that they might win souls for Christ and to retake social territories in the culture war (or at least prevent the loss of additional intellectual or moral ground).
For those turned off by military analogies and comparisons, John Warwick Montgomery suggested that the apologist must soak up the ideology of his day in a fashion not unlike a missionary learning a foreign language in order to communicate with those spiraling down the path towards eternal damnation. Philosophy, rightly applied, can be an immense help in the accomplishment of this task, especially when so much of contemporary thought is an eclectic mishmash of Nietzschean, Darwinian and Marxist ideology. With even a passing familiarity with philosophy, one is able to realize how many blows are struck at human liberty simply through poorly defined phrases and concepts.
II Corinthians 10:5 says, "We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obedient to Christ." For too long assorted factions within the Church have sought to sanctify their own ignorance. As a result, culture is reaping a harvest of bloodshed, blasphemy and disbelief.
It must be realized that God is the God of all creation, including philosophy when built upon a solid foundation. If Charlie Church is to reach out to Phil Philosophy, he must do so by showing that this field rightly divided also points back to the creator and sustainer of all things.
Posted by Frederick at Wednesday, December 30, 2015 0 comments
Naive Religionists Eager To Find Shackles Under Their Nonsectarian Commemorative Photosynthesizing Lifeform
The scene is a classic one in terms of cinema. Depicted is an army defending its position with muskets or rifles drawn as the adversary marches steadily closer. To maintain awareness of the situation, a commanding officer reminds those under his authority to remain steady and not to fire until explicitly ordered to do so. Inevitably with the tension so thick, a trigger will release and a weapon fires before the desired moment.
Observers of America's cultural situation witnessed something similar in the developments that unfolded surrounding the 2015 Starbuck's Christmas cup. For whatever reason, the purveyor of shockingly overpriced caffeinated beverages decided to go with a plain red cup unadorned by any additional ornamentation with the exception of the company's mermaid logo. Absent were the snowflakes or decorations of Christmas cups past.
Christian Evangelist Joshua Feuerstein responded that this design alteration was akin to removing Christ from the celebration of His birth. Most Christians shrugged off such a reaction with a laugh or two, remarking that they really didn't care as they never purchased a $7.00 cup of coffee in the first place and weren't about to begin doing so now.
Others such as Lutheran theologian Chris Roseborough reflected that it is the duty of actual Christians rather than retailers to take the true meaning of the holiday to the broader unbelieving world. Still others such as Southern Seminary President and former Southern Baptist functionary Richard Land assured that there will indeed be a boycott of Starbucks nevertheless just to assure the captains of commerce that conservative
Christians are still capable of exerting economic influence. Yet an additional perspective contends that, since lack of a snowflake on a red cup has got to be the flimsiest of evidence of a war against Christmas that one could come up with, that must mean the war against Christmas must be about as real as flying reindeer. However, children born the day I published my first column regarding the effort to undermine Christmas are now nearly old enough to legally spike their eggnog.
These deprivations of liberty and subversions of culture have occurred with such regularity that I was able to assemble a sufficient number of these holiday-themed columns into my first book published in 2006 titled "Yuletide Terror & Other Holiday Horrors" and am well on my way to completing an even longer sequel. Among these apparently non-existent incidents ranked students denied the opportunity to attend a performance of "The Christmas Carol" because of the work's holiday-specific content, municipalities terrified to refer to their celebratory greenery by the traditional nomenclature, and students forbidden from distributing to classmates something as simple as a candy cane accompanied with a card interpreting the confection's origin from a religious perspective.
Even more disturbing than either Christians that don't celebrate Christmas over objections as to what they perceive as the holiday's questionable origins or outright unbelievers wanting to censor the Gospel message because of the offense of the cross comes an additional outlook that is apparently aroused by the prospect of cultural subjugation. This particular viewpoint was articulated in a ChristianPost column titled "Why Christians Should Lose The Christmas Culture War" by Jared Byas. Of his particular bias, Mr. Byas writes, "For me, defending God means letting go of 'Merry Christmas' so my non-Christian neighbors feel respected when I invite them to the holiday table. For me, keeping Christ in Christmas is not about winning the culture war --- but about losing it."
If that is how Jared Byas gets his Christmas jollies, that is his own business. But just because his mental lights exhibit the symptoms of a loose bulb, there is no reason the remainder of us must also. If your neighbor is such a burro excretory orifice that they have a mental breakdown at the sight of religious symbols or even decorations where the religious meaning might not be quite as obvious, is there really much of a point in inviting them to this hypothesized nonsectarian holiday table? If we are to gradually set aside the traditions that characterize this particular season, perhaps the first to go is pretending to care about those that you barely give the time of day to the remainder of the year.
It might be one thing to tone down one's in your face religiosity in the attempt to reach out to an acquaintance overtly hostile towards true spirituality. However, this attitude of abject surrender is not without profound consequences.
Those such as Jared Byas elevating nicety to the status of something akin to the Prime Directive from Star Trek have failed to realize that God establishes different missions or objectives for what are conceived of as the distinct social spheres or what might be referred to as orders of creation in Augustinian theology. For example, Romans 13:3-4 stipulates, "For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil...For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid: for he beareth not the sword in vain for he is the minister God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. (KJV)."
However, for someone that is thought of as a traditional minister in terms of church office that administers the sacraments or delivers the public proclamation of God's Word to draw a sword to settle an acrimonious debate on what color the new carpet in the sanctuary would be or to resolve a heated doctrinal disagreement in Sunday school class would be for such a pastor to overstep the boundaries of appropriate authority. Translated in terms of the Christmas issue, it might be in good taste that, if you invite the adherent of another faith over for Christmas, you don't berate them up one end and down the other as to the shortcomings of their errant belief unless they first proceed to attack you in like manner.
However, a culture or nation cannot necessarily afford to be as lenient in terms of its standards and foundational assumptions. For example, those that do not share in the assumption that values Christmas as a cherished celebration should be allowed to verbalize that they do not, articulate the reasons why, and pretty much allowed to continue along in their affairs without bodily harm or without fear of such to an extent that a person steeped in a common sense realism would deem sufficiently reasonable. However, that does not mean that the majority that value, celebrate, and derive meaning from the comprehensive narrative source from which Christmas is derived should be required to cower in silence for fear of upsetting those that do not or of receiving punishment for having done so.
In the attempt to position themselves as profoundly pious, it is quite evident that some fail to comprehend the full implications of what they are actually advocating. Jared Byas writes, "For me, keeping the Christ in Christmas is not about winning the culture war --- but about losing it."
As in any conflict, sometimes the battles go on for so long and become so acrimonious that the involved parties can end up forgetting that for which they are fighting. The term "culture war" gained widespread notoriety in Pat Buchanan's speech at the 1992 Republican convention. In the address, the political analyst and former presidential candidate gave rhetorical voice to the proverbial Silent Majority noticing then that the embrace of progressivism and permissiveness on the part of various institutions such as academia, media and government was resulting in symptoms of noticeable decline throughout American culture and society.
Therefore, in calling for a surrender in the culture war those of the viewpoint shared by Mr. Byas think that what they are calling for is a truce on the part of all parties to simply play nice on the part of all parties irrespective of creed. What they are inadvertently giving the green light to is an anything goes mentality that will eventually result in the worst depravities and possibly even atrocities imaginable.
The veracity of this observation is already playing itself out in regards to the gay marriage issue. After standing up for years against the steady drumbeat to normalize this particular moral corrosion, many sincere Christians finally relented. They essentially said, "Fine, go ahead and do as you please in the privacy of your own bedroom. Just don't expect the remainder of us to stand around applauding in approval."
This armistice of don't ask don't tell did not last long in terms of history's lengthy reach. For throughout this unfolding cultural revolution, the propagandists and social engineers insisted that the love between a couple of any combination imaginable was not dependent upon a piece of paper. But nearly as soon as those attempting to order their thoughts and their lives in compliance with the sanctified and the holy began to make peace with the fact that much of society was going to recognize such unnatural couplings as perfectly ordinary, additional blows were landed by the ephors of the judiciary that those objecting to the solemnization of wanton carnality would also be required to render the legal equivalent of acceptance and adulation.
In a court ruling upholding the right of conscience for the marrying couple but apparently not for the objecting merchant, a baker was threatened with financial ruination and the profound psychological trauma resulting from such for doing little more than refusing to bake a cake for a wedding that the baker believed to be an abomination in the eyes of God and for a couple not even likely to remain faithful to one another within the next couple of years anyway.
Libertines will snap why can't the baker just go ahead and bake the cake? Traditionalists can retort why can't the couple simply find another baker (which shouldn't be too difficult given that those of the couple's boudoir proclivities are often quite skilled in those crafts requiring a creative flair).
So what other freedoms and liberties is Jared Byas willing to surrender when he hoists the white flag in the culture war? Edmund Burke admonished that all it takes for evil to win is for good men to do nothing.
At the University of Mississippi, not only has the word "Christmas" been banned because it "connoted too much Christianity on campus" but so has the traditional color combination of red and green, having been replaced with red, blue, and silver. Commissars at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville decreed that in the future staff and student organizations must eliminate all religious themes and cultural allusions associated with designated celebration periods commonly referred to as holidays. But do such acts of censorship also apply to Muslim or secularist Jewish populations as well?
One waits with anticipation to hear of the commencement of orgies and human sacrifice. Think that remark goes a little too far?
It must be pointed out that the Nazis were also big on removing Christ and Christmas in favor of generic winter celebrations venerating nature, the state, and the COMMUNITY. As to the orgies, the University of Mississippi has changed the name of its celebration from the festive yet dignified "Grand Ole Christmas" to "Hotty Totty Holidays". And with a name like that bringing to mind drunkenness and lewd behavior, academic administrators will still gawk on dumbfounded and flabbergasted at the expansion of the alleged rape culture supposedly reaching epidemic proportions on campuses across the country.
From the way Byas formulates his argument, it is assumed that insisting that the existence of Christmas be recognized is an inherently selfish act. This is evident in the phrase ...laying down my demand that the coffee shop I share with my non-Christian neighbors 'privilege' my religion." The word "privilege" was no doubt deliberately selected in the attempt to link this issue with the revolutionary fervor of the Black Lives Matter movement with its constant drum beat of "White privilege" in the hopes of eroding resistance to increasingly extravagant demands. But are the motives for demanding a generalized respect for Christmas necessarily an either/or dichotomy between selfishness and altruism? Why can't it be a little bit of each?
In "The Wealth Of Nations'", Scottish economist Adam Smith hypothesized that it was through the enlightened self-interest of numerous individuals making decisions on behalf of their own particular needs and desires that the great invisible hand was able to manifest the will of providence. This particularly brought about the distribution of a finite quantity of goods and services.
However, this theory can just as properly be applied to a Christian approach to the controversy surrounding the Christmas issue. In his call for abdication along this front in the culture war, Jared Byas believes that he I upholding the Biblical admonition to esteem others more highly than ourselves. And that principle does indeed have a place in adjudicating the relationship between specific individuals.
For example, if someone wishes you "Happy Holidays" rather than "Merry Christmas" and they seem sincere in their extension of the sentiment, there is no need to go "Old Testament" upon them calling down holier than thou condemnation in how you go out of your way to maintain the theological formalities of the holiday. Such stridency might do more harm than help in advancing the cause of Christ.
However, what about addressing the attempts of unbelievers demanding that their own animosity towards traditional expressions of religion be granted a place of privilege so militant that in order to be satisfied an entire civilization is expected to lay down in what amounts to ritualized suicide? Therefore, provided one goes about it in a levelheaded manner, each time that you speak out against a censorship or deprivation of Christmas even if as little as letting someone know how much these radical activists tick you off, you are not being selfish.
You are in fact defending the right of someone else to enjoy Christmas unabashed in compliance with their particular convictions. Even more importantly, you are also lighting a candle against a pending Dark Age bent on plunging the world into an engulfing and pervasive tyranny.
Dr. Frederick Meekins
Posted by Frederick at Tuesday, December 22, 2015 0 comments
Terrorist Attacks Prompt Church To Downplay Its Open Border Homilies
In response to the terrorist attack in Paris, Pastor William Strum of Berean Baptist Church in Fayetteville, NC remarked how dumb a nation had to be to grant entrance to swarms of refugees.
Both he and Senior Pastor Sean Harris suggested that the approach of targeting specific Jihadist leaders and cells would ultimately be doomed to failure.
Rather, the Western World must consider eliminating significant swaths of the Islamic population.
Yet in a SermonAudio podcast uploaded a little over a week prior to these remarks that addressed Hungary's refusal to admit Islamic refugees, Pastor Strum declared that, as a minister of the Gospel, that he would teach that these infidel indigents should be allowed entrance since it is our obligation to be more "Christian" than "American".
Pastor Strum was previously so sure of his position regarding this issue that he announced in the podcast that he was requiring the students in his world religion class to write a paper on the Christian approach to immigration.
In Christian school jargon, that means the essay will likely be graded down if the approach taken by the student is not in agreement with the personnel opinion of the instructor.
Apart from not machine gunning down without warning those violating our borders without permission, the primary obligation of the American government is to protect actual Americans first and foremost.
If a nation decides not to admit a single immigrant, a society has fulfilled any so-called Christian obligation.
Posted by Frederick at Sunday, December 13, 2015 0 comments
Catholic Media Invokes Christmas Imagery To Manipulate Refugee Policy
In the attempt to play on Christian sympathies at Christmas time, the National Catholic Register has posted a story titled, "No Room At The Inn, Why So Few Syrian Refugees Come To America".
Firstly, the only ones that can be blamed for that are those that formulate the admissions policy.
Most Americans aren't held in much higher esteem by the secret society elites that run the upper echelons of the State Department and related agencies than the refugees applying for entrance.
It is doubtful your State Department gives a hoot what you think.
If the agency had it's way, those that run the place would probably like nothing better than to implement Prince Philip's proposal of systematic depopulation in the most diplomatic way possible where you would end up thanking them for doing you a favor in terminating your existence.
Secondly, Roman authorities ordered the swarms of whom Mary and Joseph ranked to report to their ancestral lands.
The United States did not compel the dispossessed to flock here only to slam the door in their face.
There is not a constitutional obligation to let them in.
Thirdly, enough with badmouthing what transpired at the inn after all these centuries.
How do we not know that the beds there weren't filled by other pregnant women also on the verge of giving birth or perhaps even elderly in nearly as much agony as Mary might have been?
Even if Mary had made a fuss that she was carrying the Redeemer, without angelic intervention to verify, why ought she have necessarily been believed in the first place?
The Purpose & Scope Of Apologetics
Apologetics exists as a field of Christian study to aide the believer in understanding his beliefs, why critics refuse to ascent to these eternal truths, and how these beliefs apply to broader intellectual concerns. Upon hearing of these applications of the discipline, those unfamiliar with such studies might conclude the field to be a subject preoccupied with trivial, esoteric arguments divorced from more pressing issues arising in the course of everyday life.
However, Apologetics does not have to confine itself to the halls of higher education. Apologetics does, in fact, have a role to play in the more popular forms of communication and cultural expression often looked down upon by more traditional academics and clergy.
Many students enrolled in formal degree programs and academic courses of Apologetics no doubt embrace aspirations of serving the Lord in the capacity of a pastor, missionary, or some other form of traditional Christian service. While these students are to be commended for such lofty goals, it must be noted that formalized education in Apologetics can also be good preparation for vocations involving more direct confrontation with the social and cultural realities of the day.
Such an assessment is not a detached observation. Rather it is one derived from my own experience of nearly two decades as a writer of editorial and op-ed commentaries. These efforts began in local newspapers but eventually migrated onto the Internet as that particular technology became more widespread and assessable.
One would not, at first glance, suspect a connection between Apologetics and scathing news analysis. However, Apologetics can serve as as useful tool to get at the ideas and assumptions concealed beneath the theatrics and hoopla surrounding most public issues.
Likewise, the Evangelical might be surprised by the receptivity of many of these public forums to the presentation of the Christian worldview since most believers have grown accustomed to a hostility towards traditional religious perspectives in the mainstream media. The point is not so much for the Christian to expect to anchor the nightly news on one of the major networks but to capitalize on those opportunities made available by new technologies contributing to the democratization of the means of mass communication.
The ability of the Christian to stake a foothold and win at least a modest audience in the tumultuous arena of public debate is predicated on the nature of truth itself. Romans 2:14 says, "Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, since they show that requirements of the law are written on their hearts..."
This reality serves as a gateway to an apologetic utilized by some of the most influential Christian thinkers. Dr. John Warwick Montgomery writes in "The Law Above The Law", "...the fundamental function of the legal profession is to seek justice by seeking truth. The lawyer endeavors to reduce societal conflicts by arbitrating conflicting truth claims (68)." Similar things could be said of the journalist or columnist as these modern scribes chronicle the events of the day and attempt to relate them to the overall human condition.
Yet the Christian taking the insights of Apologetics into the public debate should not expect things to always go along peachy keen. After all, this is an age whose prevalent outlook of relativism stands in opposition to the absolute claims of the Christian faith. It, therefore, falls to the apologist to show the contemporary unbeliever, acculturated to the temper of these times, the disjunction that exists between what the average non-Christian publicly professes and the stable moral order the heart actually longs for whether the individual fully realizes it or not.
C.S. Lewis in "Mere Christianity" noted that when there is a disagreement between two individuals, "It looks, in fact, very much as if both parties had in mind some Law or Rule of...morality...Quarelling means trying to show that the other man is wrong. And there would be no sense in trying to do that unless (there was) some sort of agreement as to what Right and Wrong are (31-32)." If radical tolerance really was the ultimate principle around which the universe operated, argumentation would be pointless and perhaps impossible. Alister McGrath writes in "Intellectuals Don't Need God & Other Modern Myths", "Lewis's point ... is that there is a core of moral constraints underlying human civilization (40)."
The Christian makes the argument for the superiority of his answer by comparing how well Christianity and the competing belief system in question measure up to various tests such as that of systematic consistency and coherence. By this test, the philosophical investigator examines how well the statements within a given worldview logically fit together and how these propositions square with the external facts. In the arena of public debate, this test is carried out by extrapolating from policies and ideas to their ultimate conclusions and how they either help or hinder both the individual and the nation.
For example, Winfred Corduan of Taylor University writes in "No Doubt About It: The Case For Christianity", "Relativism plays the role of Zorro in the world of knowledge. It stays in concealment for long periods of time only to suddenly appear at crucial moments, conquer the day, and go back into hiding (37)." In other words, relativism might be good for tearing down dogmas, but there is no way an individual can live or a society govern by this perspective consistently. Because with no standard by which to cry "foul", such an ethic naturally degenerates into the strong imposing their arbitrary will upon the weak.
Francis Schaeffer noted in "A Christian Manifesto", "We live in...sociopolitical law. By sociopolitical law we mean law that has no fixed base but law in which a group of people decides what is sociologically good for society ...and what they arbitrarily decide becomes law (41)." So if society needs to kill a few million Jews or experiment on a few million fetuses, who is the average relativist to argue against these kinds of things when these atrocities are couched in the language of the "common good"? There might have been a time when Christians could have ignored the outside world with little peril; but as apologists such as C.S. Lewis, John Warwick Montgomery, and Francis Schaeffer have made know, that day is long gone if it ever existed at all.
Of the gains made by Christians in the discipline of Philosophy over the past several decades, J.P. Moreland says in "Evangelical Apologetics: Selected Essays From The 1995 Evangelical Theological Society Convention", "In spite of these gains, however, it would be misleading to speak as if all were well on the battlefront. There is much work to be done...philosophical apologetics should be focused on those areas of study in which activity is underrepresented...Political and social philosophy would get my vote here (19-29)." This analysis has echoed this sentiment in calling for a Christian voice to address the pertinent issues of the day. This examination also embraces the spirit of Dr. Moreland's comments calling upon apologists not to ignore other forms of popular communication for the most part traditionally overlooked by Christian polemicists, primarily imaginative literature.
Bombarded with an unending twenty-four hour news cycle and conflicting streams of argumentation on nearly every conceivable issue, some overloaded minds simply turn off any alacrity they once had for the absorption of raw facts and refined logic. The desire to be entertained here in the twenty-first century shows few signs of letting up.
John Warwick Montgomery writes in "Neglected Apologetic Styles: The Juridical and The Literary" appearing in the same volume as J.P. Moreland's essay writes, "The...juggernaut of scientific technology has alienated many in our society...Might literary creativity offer a way through this labyrinth? Can literature succeed where other paths have failed (126)?" Unlike rational argumentation, which as to get around tenaciously held objections or what C.S. Lewis referred to as "watchful dragons", stories have a way of infiltrating the defenses of the mind before one realizes what is happening (McGrath, 198).
The success of this approach is not predicated, however, upon literature for literature's sake. For although packaged in the regalia of high adventure, sympathetic characters and compelling settings, to literary sophisticates John Warwick Montgomery observes in "Myth, Allegory & Gospel", "Chesterton, Lewis, Tolkien display...an infuriating combination or ingenuousness and genius. On the other hand, no 20th century writers in the English-speaking world have had such an ... extensive impact on the intelligentsia in the sphere of ultimate commitment (14)." Of Tolkien, Montgomery admits that some say of this fantasist that he "...limits his imagery to the symbols of Celtic and medieval myth and the verities of the Christian tradition that in the judgment of a recent critic ...'his earnest vision seems syncretistic, his structure a collage, and his feeling antiquarian.'. (14)." Yet "The Lord Of The Rings" has been heralded as the greatest novel of the twentieth century and the cinematic adaptations set in this imaginary realm are the box office hit of any Christmas season.
What these tales do is tap into a fund of themes, ideas, and images etched upon the human mind and soul. Lewis himself reflected upon the theories of Jung and Tolkien to account for the appeal of these timeless narratives. Jung believed that myths and fantasies verbalize symbols universal to the human psyche. Tolkien Christianized this idea when he said as quoted in "Myth, Allegory & Gospel", "The Gospels contain...a story of a larger kind which embraces all of the essences of fairy stories (117)." John Warwick Montgomery further expounds, "To Tolkien and Lewis, tales such as "The Chronicles Of Narnia" can...serve as pointers to...Christian Redemption. Moreover, they will establish in the heart of the sensitive reader an appreciation of and a longing for the Christian story (118)." This technique works because, as Romans 1:20 informs, "For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities --- his eternal power and divine nature --- have been clearly seen so that men are without excuse (NIV)." Thus, each human being's inbuilt curiosity regarding God and eternal things pops up in regards to the stories of good and evil so prevalent in contemporary popular culture.
With such names as Lewis and Tolkien attached to it, the average Christian might feel unworthy of employing an apologetic having grown synonymous with classical literature for fear of not properly honoring it. However, even those unlikely of ever penning a timeless epoch for the ages can still use speculative narrative to stimulate the imagination in the direction of religious truth. In fact, one does not even have to adorn the tale in the traditional medieval fantasy motifs popularized by this format since the underlying concepts being presented are much more important than the external trappings and regalia.
Though it might seem a bit clichéd now in light of the popularity of Left Behind and the crop of other End Times novelizations that popped up at the turn of the millennium, in a creative writing class during college I wrote a short story incorporating certain elements of a literalist eschatology such as the Rapture, the Mark of the Beast and Christian Redemption and placed them in a literary setting incorporating elements of the techno-thriller and police-state genres. The story was surprisingly well-received by a state university audience. Some of the students were kind enough to rank it among the best in the class.
It has been said that those who can, do; those who cannot, teach. Likewise, in the literary world, those who can, write; those who cannot, criticize.
Among those Christians who enjoy imaginative adventures but lack the creativity to craft their own speculative worlds there is more than ample opportunity to relate the symbols found in these narratives to Biblical truths. Some might consider it bizarre to comb science fiction and fantasy for parallels in Christian thought. Silly as it seems, it is not without precedence among secular academics to examine this kind of material through the analytical lenses of their own respective disciplines.
Such efforts have given rise to a group of semi-popular works one might classify as "Star Trek Studies". One such volume entitled "The Ethics Of Star Trek" by Judith Barad, head of the Department of Philosophy at Indiana State University, examines the moral dilemmas confronted by these beloved characters created by the late Gene Roddenberry. It would, therefore, be just as legitimate to probe and analyze programs such as "Babylon 5", "Stargate", "Battlestar Galatica", and "Doctor Who" as a form of apologetic outreach to an overlooked segment of the population, namely science fiction enthusiasts. The Blackwell Philosophy & Pop Culture Series already does something similar from the standpoint of secular philosophy.
II Corinthians 10:3-4 says, "...we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses (NAS)." The Scripture acknowledges that the children of God are at war. In this conflict, it would not be strategically sound to have all the participants engaged in the same kind of combat. The army fights on the land, the navy on the sea. Still other agencies such as the CIA gather intelligence for the other branches and engage in other assorted activities not exactly fitting the mission profiles of the other services. Likewise, it is the mission of the apologist to gather information of the conditions outside of the Church and to relay that knowledge back to the body of Christ and to go into places where a pastor might not be accepted or appreciated.
Pastors Needing To Get Somewhere Run All Over The Congregation
In a blog post at ChristianPost, it said that the most common reason a pastor leaves a church is because the pastor believes that they have taken a church as far as they can.
From the assorted scandals that erupt nearly constantly, I would have assumed it was because the pastor couldn't keep his hands off other men's wives or even underage minors.
But on a more serious note, why is it that a church has to necessarily "go anywhere".
Isn't it enough that people show up each week, politely listen to the sermon, drop a few dollars into the collection plate, and wash and repeat the next week?
A pastor saying that they have to take a church as far as they can sounds like a pronouncement uttered from atop a dangerous precipice.
Primarily, it sounds like a pastor is willing to stomp all over a congregation in order to make a name for himself.
In such a situation as a member of the congregation or regular attender, if you don't go along with the pastor's outlandish schemes, you are made out to be some kind of dangerous subversive.
Slow and steady wins the race.
If you find yourself in a congregation where the church needs to "go somewhere", you might very easily find yourself in the jungles of Latin America where the unsuspecting before they realize it are forced to line up to take the "spicy Kool Aid" whether they really want to or not.
Frederick Meekins
Posted by Frederick at Monday, December 07, 2015 0 comments
Church Bulletin Provides Little Comfort For Those Enduring Prolonged Suffering
A testimony on the back of a church bulletin detailed the spiritual journey of retailer J.C. Penney.
At a low point in his life at the age of 58, he found himself in a Michigan sanitarium.
Here he cried out, "Lord, I can do nothing. Will you take care of me?"
Of that petition, the testimony reads, "God answered Penney's prayer for salvation and restored his health and wealth."
Praise be to God.
However, the part about health and wealth raises a number of questions.
How is emphasizing that much different than the Osteenism that Independent Fundamental Baptists rightly preach against?
But what of those that God does not return to health and material prosperity?
Are not "no", "later", or "in a manner different from the way you asked" also answers to prayer?
If such souls do not receive restitution on this plane of existence, are we to conclude that the prayer requesting such was not sincere?
And what about when Penney croaked at 95?
Should that be taken that his prayer was not focused or directed, to use the faddish terminology we are hearing enunciated even in churches that go out of their way to assure how much they avoid prevailing theological innovations?
It can be uplifting to hear stories of those t
hat find themselves in destitute or despondent circumstances that God elevates in this life to a level higher that from which the individual initially fell.
However, there also needs to be encouragement for those that sincerely seek God but who for whatever reason are for now denied the healing for which they ask.
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Open Enrollment: YOUR DOCTOR YOUR CHOICE
A sea of changes in health care means consumers need to shop carefully for insurance.
Electing health insurance isn't as easy as buying a new sofa or purchasing a cell phone plan. But it's getting better, thanks to the efforts by the government, insurance plans, insurance brokers and consumer advocacy groups to educate consumers on their choices.
The health insurance marketplace has experienced seismic changes in recent years due to health care reform and the advent of the federal Affordable Care Act. Moreover, the cost of health care is continuing to rise, many hospitals and physician groups are realigning, and Americans themselves are becoming wiser and more proactive about their health. This somewhat chaotic scenario means that most people need to put a little more time and effort into choosing health insurance plans during the open enrollment period that typically occurs each fall.
"Each year, everyone has to carefully review their benefit options," says Teresa David, chief operating officer of Facey Medical Foundation. "Look at the full range of benefits and make sure your physicians and hospitals are in the networks. Things change from year to year. It's worth the time and effort to carefully review options and do the research ahead of time. In addition to written materials you may receive, don't hesitate to go directly to the health plan website or call their member service line to obtain more information."
Each health plan is required to send a notice of changes or evidence of coverage to its existing customers, says Martha Gonzales, a health insurance broker specializing in Medicare and individual/family health plans. Health insurance brokers can help you find a plan that meets your budget and physician preferences.
"A broker who is an independent agent is in a position of neutrality," she explains. "We want to best serve our clients. We
can let the patient navigate the decision with all the tools and resources available to brokers."
Now is the time to attend a lecture or contact a broker for assistance, says Bruce Johnston, a broker who specializes in assisting Medicare recipients. "People should start the process early. Get in touch with someone right after October 1. Find a broker to do an annual insurance review. It takes about an hour."
Taking stock of your coverage
What should you consider during open enrollment? According to the experts, one of the most common mistakes consumers make is to do nothing.
"Some people don't check their drugs to see if the formularies have changed," Johnston explains. "They don't check out the benefits from one HMO to another. On paper, they all look the same. They should talk to a broker to understand the nuances."
Even consumers selecting insurance through an employer-based system may not realize that those plans can change each year as well, David advises.
"In many cases now, an employer may offer a health plan that consists of a broad network of providers and also a product with a restricted network of providers," she explains. "It's to the employee's advantage to review these. They have to be careful to see if their personal physician or preferred hospital is in the narrow network."
Under the Affordable Care Act, Californians who are self-insured or who work for small companies can purchase insurance through an exchange called Covered California. Now heading into its second year, the exchange is growing and changing, with many more provider networks joining, including many Providence-affiliated providers.
Providence Health & Services continues to be a great choice for consumers, David notes. "We provide a full spectrum of services. Providence is an integrated delivery system where we promote coordinated care between physicians and hospitals. Providence has implemented a system-wide electronic medical record system, which allows physicians and hospitals to share data. That promotes better care and eliminates unnecessary testing. As a system, Providence treats each patient as a unique individual and is attentive to his or her personal needs."
When selecting insurance, consumers also should pay close attention to understanding prescription drug benefits. Drug benefits usually are organized by tiers. A formulary is the list of medications a health plan covers. Consumers should do an assessment of the medications they take and then calculate what their out-of-pocket costs for those medications will be under a particular health plan.
"With a medication assessment, you can anticipate the out-of-pocket costs you'll have," Gonzales explains. "The idea is to maximize coverage and minimize cost."
Understanding Medicare and Medi-Cal Options
Consumers with Medicare and Medi-Cal also need to re-examine their coverage each year, Johnston says. People who are eligible for Medicare for the first time should seek a consultation about the various Medicare services (parts A, B, C and D).
"If you do nothing, nothing changes. But there can be significant changes in plans from year to year. Your individual situation may have changed. The plan from last year may not be the best for this year," he says.
On the surface, many Medicare plans look the same, Johnston notes. "But if you go down to the details, you see there are substantive differences."
Medicare and Medi-Cal recipients may be eligible for one of two special programs. One is the Medicare Dual Demonstration Project, a new program for people who qualify for benefits under both Medicare and Medi-Cal programs. These people commonly are called "dual eligible beneficiaries" and must carry several insurance cards and know how to navigate two or three separate systems to receive care. But under the Cal MediConnect program, they can enroll in a coordinated care system.
Dual eligible recipients will receive packets of information about their health plan choices and should review the material carefully, Gonzales says. "They need to be able to reach out to somebody, because if they don't make a selection, one will be made for them. That may mean a relationship they value may not continue because they didn't make that selection."
Another program that may better serve some Medicare beneficiaries is the Medicare Chronic Special Needs Plan (C-SNP). This is for people with chronic health conditions, such as diabetes or cardiovascular disease, to help them manage their expenses.
"This type of plan gives people a select drug tier where a lot of the medications they're taking can be a zero or low co-payment," Gonzales says. "That is a big savings to a lot of people."
One client switched from a regular Medicare plan to the Medicare Chronic Special Needs Plan and saw her medication copays drop from $70 per month to $10 per month. "For a senior on a fixed income that's a big difference," she says.
"If you do nothing, nothing changes. But there can be significant changes in plans from year to year. Your individual situation may have changed. The plan from last year may not be the best for this year."

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Colombia agrees ceasefire with 5 armed groups. Here's why
Colombia has announced ceasefire with five illegal armed groups as part of moves to support peace talks.
President Gustavo Petro, a leftist and former guerrilla, pledged to end the Andean nation's internal conflict, which has run for almost six decades and left at least 450,000 dead between 1985 and 2018.
"This is a bold act," Petro wrote on Twitter. "The bilateral ceasefire obliges the armed organizations and the state to respect it. There will be a national and international verification mechanism."
Some of the groups are the National Liberation Army (ELN) as well as dissident groups run by former members of the now-demobilized Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Segunda Marquetalia and Estado Mayor Central.
The ELN, earlier this month declared a nine-day unilateral ceasefire over the Christmas period and completed the first cycle of peace talks between the two parties in Venezuela's capital Caracas.
The government revealed plans to issue a specific decree for each of the organizations, which will determine the durations and conditions of the ceasefire. It is set to end on June 30, but can be extended.
With the aim of boosting energy supplies and other markets, Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) signed an $8 billion gas production deal with Italian energy company Eni.
The deal, which comes despite the insecurity and political chaos in the North African country was signed during a visit to Tripoli by Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, aims to increase gas output for the Libyan domestic market as well as exports, through the development of two offshore gas fields.
Meloni met Libya's Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah, head of the internationally recognised Government of National Unity (GNU) in Tripoli for talks that also focused on migration across the Mediterranean.
At a joint news conference with Descalzi, the NOC chief, Farhat Bengdara, said the gas deal had a duration of 25 years and called it the most important new investment in Libya's energy sector for a quarter of a century.
According to a statement by Eni's chief executive, Claudio Descalzi, the output will begin in 2026 and reach a plateau of 750 million cubic feet per day.
"This agreement will enable important investments in Libya's energy sector, contributing to local development and job creation while strengthening Eni's role as a leading operator in the country."
Since the beginning of the current Russia/Ukraine war, European countries have sought alternate gas sources outside Russia. Italy on its part has already taken a lead in sourcing gas from Algeria, building a new strategic partnership there that includes investment to help state energy company Sonatrach reverse years of declining output.
Libya is the fourth natural gas producer on the African continent, and oil and gas resources largely contribute to Libya's export trade. The country developed a strong oil sector after major oil discoveries in the late 1950s.
The regional bloc, European Union wants South Africa to influence Russia to stop its ongoing war with Ukraine.
The EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Friday raised expectations that the African country will use its good relations with Russia to convince it to stop the war in Ukraine.
Borrell, while speaking alongside South Africa's foreign minister Naledi Pandor in the capital Pretoria, said "The EU isn't asking South Africa to choose sides, just asking countries across the world to stand with the UN Charter."
The EU considers South Africa an important partner in the rules-based international order, he added.
Pandor said: "It is not just South Africa and other African countries that must play a role in seeking peace."
Full diplomatic relations between South Africa and Russia were established in 1942 as the Soviet Union. Russia has an embassy in Pretoria and a consulate-general in Cape Town. South Africa has an embassy in Moscow.


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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Portrait of Emilio Terry." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 19, 2020. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-0f6a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
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New Series of HIPAA Privacy Courses
I am very excited to announce that my HIPAA training programs and short courses have received a complete update and new design.
HIPAA Privacy Training Programs
We have brand new extensive (30-minute) and concentrated (20-minute) versions of:
HIPAA Privacy for CEs Complete Training Program
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HIPAA Privacy Short Courses
I have also updated many of my short courses with new videos and quiz questions:
HIPAA and Health Privacy
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Please reach out if you're interested in seeing any of these new courses.
This post was authored by Professor Daniel J. Solove, who through TeachPrivacy develops computer-based privacy training, data security training, HIPAA training, and many other forms of awareness training on privacy and security topics. Professor Solove also posts at his blog at LinkedIn. His blog has more than 1 million followers.
Professor Solove is the organizer, along with Paul Schwartz of the International Privacy + Security Forum (Oct. 3-5, 2018 in Washington, DC), an annual event that aims to bridge the silos between privacy and security.


We've already covered just about everything you'd ever want to know about Skyrim Special Edition, Bethesda's massive open-world RPG that's now been adapted for Skyrim Nintendo Switch, but despite telling you how to find your footing, how to get all of Skyrim's followers, and where to locate Skyrim's word walls, we keep hearing the same question: how do you get married in Skyrim?
Head to the settlement of Riften, and enter the Temple of Mara. Speak to the priest and ask about weddings, to receive information about how the process works. Purchase an amulet of Mara, then wear it when speaking to your potentially betrothed. If they agree to marry, return to the Temple of Mara to request the ceremony then wait 24 hours. Once the service is complete, speak to your partner to decide where you will settle down and make your home.
You can check out our follower's guide to find out exactly who you can or can't marry, because, just like the real world, you can't always get what you want. Sometimes you'll have your heart set on a girl or guy only to find out that they're taken. Or, you know, they'll be eaten by a dragon. Just as likely in Skyrim.


The local news station here at my parents' house reports the death of a child from head trauma suffered from a beating by the mother's boyfriend.
Meanness and evil live next door to all of us, perhaps years of kidnapping and abuse, while few know or suspect. But enough of these crimes come to light to remind us of the deep perversity of mankind.
Against that dismal backdrop, the goodness of God's people shines brightly as they imitate Christ and do the Lord's will. Their decency contrasts with unregenerate worldliness.
Such goodness has impressed me again as I absent myself for two months from home and family in Brazil to travel across several states talking with churches, elderships and missions committees about support for our ministry. Though in these times of economic hardship it's sometimes hard to get the foot in the door, I have been treated with kindness and generosity in every case.
Brothers and sisters in Christ have listened attentively, asked pertinent and discerning questions, given consideration to our invitation to partnership. People have opened their homes and shared their blessings. And though I've yet to hear a positive answer to our invitations to new contacts, since it does take time to discuss and decide, I've been impressed with the seriousness of the family of God and dedication to the Lord's task.
Just last night one elder said that his congregation had full confidence in us and was committed to support, this after a lapse on my part in my communication with them.
Our new sponsoring church, Somers Avenue in North Little Rock, Ark., has gone beyond its new commitment to make every effort to expedite the transition and facilitate our work and relationship.
Invitations from churches to present our work have come from unexpected quarters, because brothers work for the sake of the gospel.
There are still miles to travel and words to speak before my task of replacing funds is complete. Moments of doubt still assail me. Loneliness haunts me, since I've never been gone from home for so long.
And that help, as often is the case, comes through the goodness of his people.
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Childre Nissan Compares 2019 Nissan Murano VS 2019 Ford Edge Near Gray, GA
In the past twenty years hundreds of infants and young children have died after being left in vehicles, usually by accident. When turning the vehicle off, drivers of the Murano are reminded to check the back seat if they opened the rear door before starting out. The Edge doesn't offer a back seat reminder.
The Murano has standard Active Head Restraints, which use a specially designed headrest to protect the driver and front passenger from whiplash. During a rear-end collision, the Active Head Restraints system moves the headrests forward to prevent neck and spine injuries. The Edge doesn't offer a whiplash protection system.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety tests front crash prevention systems. With a score of 5 points, IIHS rates the Forward Emergency Braking optional in the Murano as "Superior." The Edge scores only 1 point and is rated only "Basic."
Over 200 people are killed each year when backed over by motor vehicles. The Murano (except S/SV) offers optional Rear Automatic Braking which use rear sensors to monitor and automatically apply the brakes to prevent a rear collision. The Edge doesn't offer backup collision prevention brakes.
The Murano (except S) offers an optional Around View® Monitor to allow the driver to see objects all around the vehicle on a screen. The Edge only offers a rear monitor and front and rear parking sensors that beep or flash a light. That doesn't help with obstacles to the sides.
The Murano's driver alert monitor detects an inattentive driver then sounds a warning and suggests a break. According to the NHTSA, drivers who fall asleep cause about 100,000 crashes and 1500 deaths a year. The Edge doesn't offer a driver alert monitor.
Both the Murano and the Edge have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, driver and front passenger knee airbags, side-impact head airbags, front seatbelt pretensioners, front-wheel drive, height adjustable front shoulder belts, plastic fuel tanks, four-wheel antilock brakes, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, crash mitigating brakes, daytime running lights, rearview cameras, available all-wheel drive, lane departure warning systems, blind spot warning systems and rear cross-path warning.
A significantly tougher test than their original offset frontal crash test, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety does 40 MPH small overlap frontal offset crash tests. In this test, where only 25% of the total width of the vehicle is struck, results indicate that the Nissan Murano is safer than the Edge:
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does side impact tests on new vehicles. In this test, which crashes the vehicle into a flat barrier at 38.5 MPH and into a post at 20 MPH, results indicate that the Nissan Murano is safer than the Ford Edge:
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For its top level performance in all IIHS frontal, side, rear impact and roof-crush tests, and with its optional front crash prevention system, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety grants the Murano the rating of "Top Pick" for 2017, a rating granted to only 139 vehicles tested by the IIHS. The Edge was not even a "Top Pick" for 2016.
To reliably start during all conditions and help handle large electrical loads, the Murano has a standard 550-amp battery. The Edge's 540-amp battery isn't as powerful.
A reliable vehicle saves its owner time, money and trouble. Nobody wants to be stranded or have to be without a vehicle while it's being repaired. Consumer Reports rates the Murano's reliability 25 points higher than the Edge.
J.D. Power and Associates rated the Murano third among midsize suvs in their 2018 Initial Quality Study. The Edge isn't in the top three.
J.D. Power and Associates' 2018 survey of the owners of three-year-old vehicles provides the long-term dependability statistics that show that Nissan vehicles are more reliable than Ford vehicles. J.D. Power ranks Nissan 10th in reliability, above the industry average. With 19 more problems per 100 vehicles, Ford is ranked 16th.
From surveys of all its subscribers, Consumer Reports' December 2018 Auto Issue reports that Nissan vehicles are more reliable than Ford vehicles. Consumer Reports ranks Nissan 4 places higher in reliability than Ford.
The Murano's 3.5 DOHC V6 produces 15 more horsepower (260 vs. 245) than the Edge's standard 2.0 turbo 4 cyl.
As tested in Motor Trend the Nissan Murano is faster than the Ford Edge turbo 4 cyl.:
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To lower fuel costs and make buying fuel easier, the Nissan Murano uses regular unleaded gasoline. The Edge requires premium for maximum efficiency, which can cost 20 to 55 cents more per gallon.
The Murano stops much shorter than the Edge:
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The Murano has a standard easy tire fill system. When inflating the tires, the vehicle's integrated tire pressure sensors keep track of the pressure as the tires fill and tell the driver when the tires are inflated to the proper pressure. The Edge doesn't offer vehicle monitored tire inflation.
The Murano Platinum AWD handles at .82 G's, while the Edge Titanium pulls only .78 G's of cornering force in a Motor Trend skidpad test.
The Murano Platinum AWD executes Motor Trend's "Figure Eight" maneuver quicker than the Edge Titanium (27.8 seconds @ .64 average G's vs. 28.2 seconds @ .61 average G's).
For better maneuverability, the Murano's turning circle is 1.7 feet tighter than the Edge's (38.7 feet vs. 40.4 feet). The Murano's turning circle is 3.3 feet tighter than the Edge ST with 22" wheels' (38.7 feet vs. 42 feet).
To almost totally eliminate engine vibration in the passenger area, the Murano has an electronically controlled liquid-filled front engine mount. A computer controlled electric current in the liquid changes its viscosity, allowing the mount to dampen the engine completely at all RPMs. The Edge uses conventional solid rubber engine mounts.
The front step up height for the Murano is 1.7 inches lower than the Edge (15.8" vs. 17.5"). The Murano's rear step up height is 2.9 inches lower than the Edge's (15.1" vs. 18").
If the front windows are left open on the Murano the driver can close them at the outside door handle. On a hot day the driver can lower the windows at the outside door handle or from a distance using the keyless remote. The driver of the Edge can only close the windows from inside the vehicle, with the ignition on.
The Murano has a standard locking fuel door with a remote release located convenient to the driver. A locking fuel door helps prevent vandalism, such as sugar in the tank and fuel theft. The Edge doesn't offer a locking fuel door.
When the Murano SL/Platinum is put in reverse, both rearview mirrors tilt from their original position. This gives the driver a better view of the curb during parallel parking maneuvers. Shifting out of reverse puts the mirrors into their original positions. The Edge's mirrors don't automatically adjust for backing.
The Murano has a standard dual zone air conditioning allows the driver and front passenger to choose two completely different temperatures so people with different temperature preferences won't have to compromise. This makes both the driver and front passenger as comfortable as possible. Dual zone air conditioning is only available on the Edge SEL/Titanium/ST.
According to The Car Book by Jack Gillis, the Murano is less expensive to operate than the Edge because it costs $153 less to do the manufacturer's suggested maintenance for 50,000 miles. Typical repairs cost less on the Murano than the Edge, including $194 less for a muffler, $27 less for front brake pads and $112 less for a timing belt/chain.
Consumer Reports® recommends both the Nissan Murano and the Ford Edge, based on reliability, safety and performance.
Motor Trend performed a comparison test in its January 2016 issue and they ranked the Nissan Murano Platinum AWD higher than the Ford Edge ST AWD.


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Rimac Closes 30M EUR Investment With Camel Group
Zagreb, 18th September – Electric Vehicle technology pioneer Rimac Automobili closes a 30 million Euro investment with Camel Group - Asia's largest battery manufacturer.
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Asia's largest battery manufacturer – China-based Camel Group Ltd., has entered into a Subscription Agreement with Rimac Automobili, Greyp Bikes and their founder and CEO Mate Rimac concluding the single largest foreign direct investment in a Croatian technology company. Out of the total investment amount, 3 mil EUR will be allocated to Rimac's sister company – Greyp Bikes. The Investment will be used to fund the launch of new products, extension of production capacity and global expansion of the companies.
Mate Rimac, Founder and CEO of Rimac and Greyp, commented on the fundraising: "Over the years, we have established ourselves as a technology provider and enabler for many global automotive manufacturers. We have become the go-to address when it comes to electric powertrains, batteries, innovative infotainment and telemetry systems and many other core vehicle systems. At the same time, our supercars are redefining what electric vehicles are capable of and showing that the electrified future will be exciting. In contrast to many other companies in this business, we have a working business model – we are profitable since 2012 and doubling every year organically. This investment will help us further accelerate growth, introduce new products to the market and expand our global presence. Two key areas are building a new, state-of-the-art production facility for our technology business and launching our next-generation electric supercar which will be shown to the world next year."
Liu Changlai, CEO of Camel Group said: "Our strategy is to move aggressively into the New Energy Vehicle Business – providing advanced battery systems, powertrains and other vehicle components to major commercial and passenger vehicle manufacturers in China. After studying the market deeply, searching for a technology partner, Rimac seemed as the perfect match for us – leading the Electric Vehicle technology development in many areas. During our numerous visits to Croatia and detailed Due Diligence, we were most impressed by Rimac's deep vertical integration – developing and manufacturing all key vehicle systems in-house. It was also impressive to learn that Rimac, as a young company in a very conservative industry, has earned the trust of some of the largest and most prestigious automotive companies. We are excited to use our synergies to deliver world-class Electric Vehicle components and technologies to the market and help accelerate the transition to a fully-electric fleet."
Rimac Automobili started in a garage in 2009 with the bold goal of proving that electric-powered sportscars can be fun, fast and exciting. Since, Rimac has become an important player in the electric vehicle industry - designing, developing and manufacturing their own high-performance fully electric supercars while delivering key technologies to many global OEMs. Rimac technology is recognized worldwide through established partnerships with Aston Martin, Koenigsegg and many other undisclosed manufacturers. Becoming a Tier 1 supplier to major automotive companies remains the core focus of the company.
Greyp Bikes, a Rimac Automobili sister company, is focused on the development and production of highly advanced electric bicycles. Greyp's mission is to redefine biking through technology, user experience and electrification.
Camel Group Co., a Shanghai Stock Exchange listed company, researches, develops, produces, and sells batteries in China and worldwide. With 1,1 Billion US Dollars sales in 2016 and 6.000 employees, Camel Group Co. is Asia's largest battery manufacturer.
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Faith Regional Emergency Room
20 Jul 2019. Faith Regional Health Services of Norfolk will be adding six new physicians to its medical staff over the next six. The snow emergency that went into effect on Tuesday in the City of Norfolk is cancelled effective immediately.
"I want you to panic," the baby-faced sixteen-year-old quietly instructed the adults in the room. "Avoiding climate breakdown. a work of cross-generational faith, common purpose, and, undoubtedly,
Federal, state and local politicians touched upon several common focuses for their work in 2020. These included improving.
The deal—terms of which are not disclosed—could provide the scale needed to compete in a market dominated by expanding faith-based chains and large. such as a $13 million overhaul of its emergency.
"SEIU has instead chosen to create a public exhibition rather than bargain in good faith to reach an. employee and visitor cafeteria. Regional also has beefed up its electrical infrastructure and.
According to emails obtained by The Spokesman-Review through a public records request, the weeks leading up to the launch of new regional 911 dispatch agency called Spokane Regional Emergency.
Premier Emergency Department and Hospitalist Physician Staffing Services. Concord reminds me of what it was like in the past: an ER staffing company led by a hands-on and engaged physician who understands the real-time demands.
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Churches and other faith-based organizations are places. MetroWest Medical Center continues its work to get its emergency room doctors approved, Sugarman said. Natick is in talks with Framingham to.
Suddenly, Stinnett found himself in an emergency room and soon passed through a series of medical. Stinnett was reminded by a classmate that maybe God hadn't lost his faith in him. He would fully.
Baptist Health South Florida, is a not-for-profit health care organization in the Miami and South Florida area with expert doctors, hospitals, urgent care and outpatient centers.
21 Nov 2019. On the inpatient side, Faith Regional was using the Soarian electronic health record first developed by Siemens with a different system in its emergency department called ePowerDoc. In its clinics, it was using a NextGen EHR.
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At the same time, these heart-wrenching cases can cause doctors, nurses and other clinicians significant distress to provide care they feel is not only inappropriate, but also may cause patient.
3 Oct 2018. A Jackson County jury awarded emergency room physician Raymond Brovont $29 million after agreeing that he was wrongfully terminated for reporting understaffing in the Overland Park Regional emergency room.
Recruiting for these specialties: Cardiology, Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Gastroenterology, Faith Regional Health Services is taking a proactive role in the community by recruiting the very best physicians with only the.
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Kazi, whose ophthalmology office operates at Regional Medical Center. the week could be an option for uninsured patients who can't afford visits to the emergency room. "Hopefully we will get these,
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16 Jan 2019. Jeffery Stephens was in excruciating pain when he went to the emergency room at Mercy Regional Medical Center in May to have a speck of what may.
Emergency Medicine – As an emergency medicine physician, our providers asses and treat patients in the Emergency Department at Faith Regional Health Services.
Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas is a 200-bed, faith-based, Catholic not-for- profit hospital where compassionate, expert physicians and nurses care area residents. We provide emergency, cardiovascular, women's and children and various.
2 Mar 2017. Residents of the Station Camp community soon won't have to travel far for emergency medical care. Sumner Regional Medical Center, a subsidiary of LifePoint Health, cut the ribbon on its new freestanding emergency room.
Unity Hospital's Emergency Center features 30 private treatment rooms, and 28 Special Care Unit treatment spaces. Multi-faith pastoral services – just ask and we'll put you in contact with our spiritual care office; Services for the deaf, hard of.
Regional issues from economic development to transportation. Hospitals report the number of inpatient stays and emergency room visits related to suicide attempts increased 14 percent between 2016.
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Speaking to our news team media spokesperson of the Kolonnawa oil storage facility Nissanka Jayawardena stated that the leak had occurred yesterday.
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Despite report, maybe South Carolina hasn't zeroed in on its next coach
Some South Carolina fans are pretty pissed about a noon kickoff vs Clemson
Ben Bornstein, November 17, 2015 12:20 pm
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Clemson and South Carolina have a long and heated rivalry — it's the second longest continuously running rivalry in the country — and it looks like it will get a little hotter in two weeks with a noon kickoff. It would be the sixth such kickoff for the Gamecocks this year and fans are naturally not happy about it.
One fan has gone so far as to make a petition that they are hoping will get the attention of ESPN and the university presidents to get the time changed. Here's an update from today about the petition and what the signees are hoping to accomplish.
This petition has gotten an overwhelming amount of support from fans from all over the country. Signatures are still rolling in, and at this time over 4,000 people have signed this petition! It is clear that a new game time is a want, and it is not unprecedented to change the time of a kickoff. Many signee's have brought up an important point: a noon game means travel plans for fans coming from Clemson become a logistical nightmare. If anyone knows who would be a primary contact in getting our petition heard, please post it. In the mean time just collecting signatures is not enough. This petition needs to be shared with ESPN, The SEC, President Pastides, Ray Tanner, and the NCAA. I still believe that the kickoff time can be moved!
I think some of this has to do with the fact that South Carolina is also 3-7 right now and has no chance at a bowl game. If I'm a Gamecock fan I would want a 9:00 AM game if I could get it. Let's get the misery out of the way and get to the offseason already! I think a nooner is the closest thing this team will get to a mercy kill for its season because if it becomes a night game then the fans just get worked up longer throughout the day for nothing.
Of course, South Carolina always has a chance to beat Clemson just because it's a rivalry game, but Clemson just looks too good to fall prey to a trap game like this. It should be a nice tuneup for Clemson before the ACC Championship game where the Tigers will likely meet UNC, a team who actually lost to South Carolina.
[h/t TigerNet]
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Q: Should i use structuremap to handle lifecycle of my linq datacontext? Is it ok to use SM to handle my linq datacontext lifetime or just create datacontext instance inside repository constructor? I heard from you will have memory leak problem in SM if you let it handle the datacontext. As commented by Rob Connery in this thread. See the comment below. Strange behaviour with StructureMap / ASP.MVC / Visual Studio / LinqToSql
I'm using SM and asp.net mvc . It seems that im getting my memory increased eventually even context is disposed.

A: I let Unity handle the lifetime of my LinqToSql context on and MVC app and have never had any problems.
In general, I don't see why an IoC container would have problems managing the lifetime of its objects. If StructureMap does (as mentioned in the thread you reference), you probably shouldn't do it then. :)
I guess your options are to either use a different framework, or let the Repository instantiate its context.

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