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| Many in Christendom are now moving to the term, "Resurrection Day" and steering away from the term easter. The Origin of the word is completely pagan. Here is how the dictionary refers to it's origin:
"bef. 900; ME ester, OE ēastre; c. G Ostern; orig. name of a goddess and her festival; akin to east."
A good book I have started reading is "The Messianic Church Arising" by Robert Heidler. He details how much junk the church picked up and how much good jewish tradition has been lost after Constantine, the Roman emperor, became a Christian. He is convincing me to look back to the early church and research how we have strayed from our Jewish roots.
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| Just thought I would add my two cents on this slow winter's afternoon. We, Deb, Jen and I, jumped into the iphone fast lane last summer and have never tired of the ride...even out here in one-stop-light Cassopolis. Coverage was fair at first but were informed that AT&T was gonna grab Centennial we would get a surge of coverage- which we did. And, from personal experience, it is, indeed, a wonderful thing to be able to surf while talking. It was a while before I realized I had the capability but when I found out I was rather amazed.
But the greatest thing is that this is the first phone that has been embraced completely by my lovely wife of 32.5 years. She has all of her students on there, can check e-mails last minute to determine if a student has e-mailed sick, can also get on the Bethel system when she is teaching the Fine Arts class, etc. It was one of the few things that I pushed on her that truly worked out1 Ha! | | |
| ....in 2003 about 45,000 Americans died in motor accidents out of population of 291,000,000. So, according to the National Safety Council this means your one-year odds of dying in a car accident is about one out of 6500. Therefore your lifetime probability (6500 ÷ 78 years life expectancy) of dying in a motor accident are about one in 83. What about your chances of dying in an airplane crash? A one-year risk of one in 400,000 and one in 5,000 lifetime risk. What about walking across the street? A one-year risk of one in 48,500 and a lifetime risk of one in 625. Drowning? A one-year risk of one in 88,000 and a one in 1100 lifetime risk. In a fire? About the same risk as drowning. Murder? A one-year risk of one in 16,500 and a lifetime risk of one in 210. What about falling? Essentially the same as being murdered. And the proverbial being struck by lightning? A one-year risk of one in 6.2 million and a lifetime risk of one in 80,000. And what is the risk that you will die of a catastrophic asteroid strike? In 1994, astronomers calculated that the chance was one in 20,000. However, as they've gathered more data on the orbits of near earth objects, the lifetime risk has been reduced to one in 200,000 or more. | | |
| ...right in front of me! This past week I was driving near the church building with my neighbor Lloyd. We approached a home on our right that had a police car out front. As we slowed I saw what I thought was a wobbly legged dog...perhaps a greyhound, I thought. Quickly, however, we realized it was a young, injured deer. As we got even with the house driving slowly, suddenly the police officer stepped up at a right angle to us, raised his pistol and fired. We could see the blue flame come out the end, heard the crack of the shot and saw the deer fall to the drive all at once. How many times does one get to see an officer fire in the line of duty. For me, it is a feeling of security to know that we have God ordained (Romans 13) protectors in spite of all their human flaws. | | |
| I have a storehouse! Have had it all the time but don't think about it much. It is within me...according to Proverbs 2. I have been working hard to store up valuable stuff lately; whole chapters of the Psalms, passages from the Epistles, etc. The rewards are huge if I store this stuff up and go through it and keep it fresh in my mind; understanding, knowledge of God, wisdom, victory protection, understanding of right and wrong, etc., etc., Check out Proverbs 2 and look into your storehouse. Is it junky and stinkin'? God's supplies are fresh and sweet.
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