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Read: Luke 9:18-26
If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. —Luke 9:23
Bible In One Year: Job 38-42
In his book The Empty Church, historian Thomas C. Reeves says: "Christianity in modern America . . . tends to be easy, upbeat, convenient, and compatible. It does not require self-sacrifice, discipline, humility, an otherworldly outlook, a zeal for souls, a fear as well as love of God. There is little guilt and no punishment, and the payoff in heaven is virtually certain. What we now have might best be labeled 'Consumer Christianity.' The cost is low and customer satisfaction seems guaranteed."
If we were only customers of Almighty God, we could be selective in our faith and reject anything we didn't like. But that's not an idea we get from Jesus. He pointed us to a cross, not to a spiritual check-out counter. He said: "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it" (Luke 9:23-24). Christ died on a cross for our sins, not for our satisfaction. And He calls us to trust in Him, then follow Him with a life of self-denial.
In a world where the customer is always right, it takes radical obedience to God to keep from buying into "Consumer Christianity." —David McCasland
1st pic of a Hurricane
and a Spitfire pic
Pics from Glenn Alderton at http://www.warbirdz.net/ stop by and take a look, maybe pick up a print to help 'em out.
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
Good Morning Snippy.
Good morning..lots of beautiful sunshine this morning
Described in "Fighter Aces of the USA" by Toliver and Constable, as "A distinguished American fighter ace who epitomized perhaps more than any other American airman the wartime accords between Britain and the United States".
Lance Wade was born in Broaddus, Texas, in 1915. He joined RAF in Canada in Dec. 1940. Arrived in Egypt as a Hurricane I pilot September 1941, and was posted to 33 Sqn. His first kills were 2 Fiat CR-42s 18 Nov. Made ace 24 Nov. He Began flying Hurricane Mk IIs in Apr 1942, when he was awarded the DFC. His had 13 victories as of September 1942.
He spent the next several months back in US on various RAF projects including evaluating some American fighters at Wright Field.
He returned to combat as a Flight Leader in 145 Sqn with a bar to his DFC, flying Spitfire Mk.Vs. Promoted to Sqdn. Ldr., he had a busy 60+ days, as by end of April his score was 21, by then flying Spitfire Mk. IXs. Sqn moved to Italy, and Wade got 2 FW190s as a Spitfire VIII pilot 2 Oct, and his last claims were 3 FW190s damaged 3 Nov.
Wade became a Wing Cdr and joined the staff of the Desert Air Force but was there only briefly, as he was killed in a flying accident 12 January 1944 at Foggia.
In 30 combats in which he made claims he was credited with 23 victories (including 2 shared), 1 probable, and 13 damaged. Also 1 dest. and 5 dmgd on the ground. All by age 28.
Wing Commander Wade usually is listed with 25 victories but official RAF records show that he had 22 solo victories and half each of two more for a total of 23.00, not counting one probable.
Whether his score is 25, or 23 victories, he is still the leading American fighter ace to serve exclusively in any foreign air force.
Since he never transferred to the USAAF, or any other American Air service, W/Cmdr. Wade never got the publicity that other American Aces received. In fact not many Americans know of his exploits. It is hoped that this little effort will help in rectifying that oversight.
Here's a quote that just jumped out . . .
If those officers had had their way, the RAF would have faced the Luftwaffe's Messerschmitt Bf-109s with obsolete Gloster Gladiators in the spring and summer of 1940. It was that line of thinking that made Dowding's job of upgrading and modernizing the RAF more difficult.
Can't help but wonder how England would look today if this had become a reality. Thankfully for them there were those with this forsight . . .
I take the view that it took both of them to win the Battle of Britain, and neither would have achieved it on its own.
[Will tonight be the night I here something from my Ms Snip???? The faithful wait.]