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Barack Obama friend of whistleblowers? Because Barack Obama and his administration have chosen to prosecute whistleblowers rather than act on their information incriminating those who participated in torture and other illegal activities. Third Party Presidential Debate. The question this friend raised was, even if I agree with you, where if anywhere then is there a place for patriotism? I also talked about how love of a smaller body of people that one truly felt connected to, like a city seemed to come m...
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I John Part 3 - Chapter 2.1-6; Christ our Advocate. This is part 3 of a series. Here are parts 1. But John has more to say. He is no encourager of sin. While it is true that to deny our sins is to deceive ourselves and to make God a liar, nevertheless, John has written in order that those who here his message may not sin. St. John’s writings thrive on these tensions. And how will we know that we stand covered under such a propitiation? Leviticus for Little Ones. Concerning Face and Hands. Want the Fall t...
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Close of the Day Family Devotion. I've been working on coming up with a good model for family devotions for some time, and after much experimenting and many failures this is something that we have found works quite well, especially with small children. It's almost directly taken from Concordia Publishing House's. The Lord Will Answer: A Daily Prayer Catechism. The sign of the cross may be made by all in remembrance of their baptism. (1, 2). It is good to give thanks to the Lord,. Alternatively, a longer ...
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Scattered Thoughts on Rachel and Leah. It's interesting that the names of all the children born either by Rachel or on her behalf (through Billah) have somewhat ambiguous names, while the children born to Leah and, for the most part even to her servant Zillah, have definitively positive names. Here's how it breaks down. Seen, Reuben - Leah. Heard, Simeon - Leah. Attached, Levi - Leah. Praise, Judah - Leah. Judged, Dan - Rachel (Billah). Wrestled, Naphtali - Rachel (Billah). Honor, Zebulun - Leah. She cer...
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Wherever you turn your eyes the world can shine like transfiguration. Notes of an Elderly Father to a Young Son. Thou wast in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond.'. While I'm thinking of it- when you are an old man like I am, you might think of writing some sort of account of yourself, as I am doing. In my experience of it, age has a tendency to make one's sense of oneself harder to maintain, less robust in some ways. Meat (I used beef a...
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The question this friend raised was, even if I agree with you, where if anywhere then is there a place for patriotism? So I talked some about how patriotism has shifted in the course of history especially with the advent of modernism from love of a culture and a people to loyalty to a system of power and coercion. But I wasn’t really satisfied with my answer, and as I began to talk about the conversation with my wife I realized why. It is because I love my country and my countrymen that I speak out again...
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Why the Iron Lady Failed. Instead she gave a nod to the emotional aspects through brief glimpses executed via a very awkward continual back and forth flashback scheme (imagine the first scene of Titanic with the flashback from the elderly Rose recurring over and over throughout the movie while contributing very little to the plot). The dementia aspects while sad were mostly a distraction, and we saw only the barest glimpses of the emotional life of they younger Thatcher and her family. But John has more ...
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1 whole rabbit (sans head). 3-4 strips of bacon. 2 tspns ground sage. 2 tspns ground thyme. 2 tspns black pepper. 4 sprigs fresh rosemary. 1/8 cup table salt or 1/4 cup kosher/sea salt. Boil a small amount of water with salt in it. Then add enough more water to cover rabbit and soak rabbit for a 1-3 hours. If brining longer put in sealable bag or container and refrigerate. You can also use this time to defrost a frozen rabbit as it brines. Rinse rabbit and pat dry. Begin soaking wood chips. When the gril...