I'm going to try to get tickets for the Carolina game on September 29th.
Live cam of stadium renovations at Lambeau:
Posted on 03/30/2002 7:53:37 PM PST by malakhi
I knew that; I was more interested in the line "he shall be as a native of the land". Did you just convert to Judaism without knowing it? ;o)
I wish I had scrolled down a few posts before reading what Steven had posted. ;o)
I was hoping to post this yesterday, but was at my folk's house most of the day. So, here are yesterday's readings and meditation. Enjoy!
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On this great day of the resurrection, we are called to raise our eyes and hearts to Christ, who is "seated at the right hand of God" (Colossians 3:1). We are called to contemplate Jesus in glory--as well as the future revelation of our own glory in him, if we persist in seeking "things that are above" (3:2,4). But as we look up at these heavenly realities, let's also celebrate the resurrection by gazing back at the earthly life that made it all possible.
Jesus' resurrection is the vindication of his entire earthly existence. It's not as if God raised him from the dead simply because he was the innocent victim of an unjust death sentence. On the contrary! Everything about the way Jesus lived led up to this glorious day of triumph. His resurrection is the culmination of his life of humility, obedience, and love for the Father. Every act of submission to his Father, every choice to take the risk to love instead of remain comfortable, every demonstration of God's holiness and mercy--all of this provided the foundation for the burst of power that rolled away the tombstone. Of course death could not keep a hold on Jesus! It never had a hold on him while he walked this earth!
We Are in Christ. Jesus' resurrection marks him as worthy and completely pleasing to the Father. Does this make him inaccessible to us "regular" people? After all, if perfect faith, trust, and holiness are the criteria for resurrection, what hope can we have? But Scriptures tell us that we too have been raised up (Colossians 3:1). What's more, far from having been in Christ only when he broke the power of sin and death, we were in him during his entire life. He didn't just take on our humanity when he died. He was united with us from the moment of his conception.
Now, through baptism and faith, we are made to share in the very righteousness of Jesus. Not only are we forgiven, we are also empowered to live as he lived. Have you ever read the gospels and wondered how you could ever measure up to the Beatitudes or be "perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect" (Matthew 5:48)? We get so caught up in our failings and weakness that we lose sight of what Jesus' resurrection has accomplished for us.
Holiness is within our grasp! As we place our faith in Jesus and everything that he accomplished through his life, death, and resurrection, his life of holiness and love can replace our lives of sin and self-centeredness. Through his Spirit, we really have received every principle of Jesus' perfect, righteous human life and are enabled to live as he did. In fact, Jesus himself told us that we would be empowered to do even greater works than he did (John 14:12)!
An Opened Heaven. Of course, our faith often wavers and we do not always accept everything Jesus offers us. But our wavering in no way discredits or diminishes what Jesus accomplished. Every time we are tempted to doubt, we can turn to Jesus and join with Thomas in proclaiming, "My Lord and my God!" (John 20:28). We can believe without seeing. When Jesus breathed his Holy Spirit on the disciples, he breathed on us as well. Heaven has been opened up for us, and every time we make the smallest act of faith, take the smallest step to live like Jesus, make the smallest decision to say "no" to our natural drives, we enter more fully into that life.
As we celebrate Easter, let's celebrate the resurrection as the culmination of Jesus' righteous life. Let's rejoice that his righteousness has been imputed to us and that we are empowered to live as Jesus lived. We have been raised up with Christ and are a new creation in him. His life is active in us, able to accomplish far more than we can ever imagine! Let's expect miracles of transformation as we place our faith in the precious heritage Jesus won for us: We are children of God!
"Risen Lord Jesus, I praise you! Perfect Son of God, perfect man, you are completely pleasing to your Father. You deserve all praise for your righteous life, your holy death, and your glorious and powerful resurrection! Thank you for inviting me to share your life."
I hope your family had a great Easter.
-ksen
Jesus Christ is Risen Today
14th cent. Latin carol, tr. 1-3:Charles Wesley, 1707-1788; 4: tr.Lyra Davidica
Charles Wesley, Co-Founder of Methodism. Another great Protestant hymn.
Protestant Episcopal Hymnal - Alleluia! sing to Jesus!
First of all, Reggie, good solid hymns which are not teaching heresy are accepted by the post conciliar Church regardless of origin. Secondly, due to history, a good measure of English speaking hymns are of Anglican/Methodist origin. Thirdly, check the origin of hte first one again. It originated as a 14th century Latin hymn. This would be Catholic, as I don't recall Protestant writing Latin hymns in that time period. So there.
SD
I assume you mean the door being closed on our side, not on God's side.
Where, then, did Elijah go?
Now when the LORD was about to take Eli'jah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Eli'jah and Eli'sha were on their way from Gilgal...
And as they still went on and talked, behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Eli'jah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. (2 Kings 2:1,11)
Oh, and btw, this is not a matter of misunderstood terms, it is understood practices. What you do is more important than what you label it. You are even slammed by the word in another instance: 1 Thessalonians 5:22 "Abstain from all appearance of evil." Wow! how deep is that? You are Flatly not allowed to commune with the dead. Ecclesiastes 9 says that the Dead have nothing to do ever with the goings on here after they die (physical death). And in absence of these things, I Thessalonians even gets you at the knees by telling you you are to abstain from things that even appear to be wrong! Where is your heart?!
Wrong wrong wrong. There were Baptists writting lots of hymns in the 14th century (they certainly weren't singing the Catholic ones!). But we burned all of them (the songs) before they could be passed down to today.
Hope you had a blessed Easter!
I have some good news for you. The Patriots open their season playing the Steelers. It's a Monday night game so your guys have a chance. ;^)
Yeah, we've known about that one for a few weeks. It will be the official opener for the new stadium in Foxboro. Should be exciting, though as a local sports wag put it, "Isn't it exciting that there will be a rematch of the championship game to start the new season? Only if they give us that trophy if we win."
The Steelers get 3 Monday and one Sunday night this year. It won't be till week 3 that they play during the daytime.
SD
Let's grant that only the chosen few can grasp the teaching of the Church. Please enlighten me:
What is the teaching of the RCC regarding birth control?
What is the birth rate among RC's in such countries as France, Italy, and the United States?
How is this birth rate maintained?
Explain the difference between the actions and words of these "good" Catholics who maintain such a low birth rate?
Reggie, what are you talking about? Does the failure of many spoiled modern people to follow the Teaching of Truth void such? Since we can not possibly avoid all sin, should we just re-define it as we go along? Or should we preach what is True, regardless?
I would think you had a point when you posted this, but it escapes me.
SD
Referred to as the "sin sniffers favorite verse"...
I can live with celebrating our Lord's ressurection and calling it "Pesach". "Easter" is pagan. Which was my original point. Maybe you should change your name to "ignorant"?
I have a problem with the Lord's resurrection day being named after a pagan goddess. If that makes me ignorant so be it. Easter=Ishtar. If you disagree perhaps you should change your screen name.
Steven, you claim Constantine had something to do with it, despite being told otherwise. That is the problem. The "Easter" tradition is only a factor in the English language. Your entire objection falls apart. It is ridiculous.
SD
Heaven, as you know, can be translated as the atmosphere, the realm of God, the sky, etc. A whirlwind came from the sky and took Elijah away up into the sky...and then deposited somewhere else on earth.
Why? Because years later Jehoram got a letter from Elijah:
2Ch 21:12 And a writing came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, So says Jehovah, the God of David your father, Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,
Apparently God wanted Elijah out of the way for whatever reason and caused a whirlwind to take him far away from where he was...
I'm going to try to get tickets for the Carolina game on September 29th.
Live cam of stadium renovations at Lambeau:
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