"And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God?"
Today´s reading:OT: Leviticus 22:17-33, Leviticus 23:1-44NT: Mark 9:30-50, Mark 10:1-12Ps: Psalm 44:1-8Pr: Proverbs 10:19
Today´s notable verse:
When words are many, sin is not absent,but he who holds his tongue is wise.
Proverbs 10:19 (NIV)
Have you ever noticed that when we have a guilty conscience about something, we are compelled to talk about it? Whatever it was that [...]
Several Indiana news outlets, including the Indy Star, are reporting that Lucas Oil Products will have naming rights to the Colts’ new stadium, expected to be completed in 2008:
The naming rights for the new Colts stadium are expected to be awarded to Lucas Oil Products, a California-based company started by a small-town Indiana trucker, according [...]
The official campaign in opposition to the Missouri Stem Cells Initiative is kicked-off, as of today: Missourians Against Human Cloning:
Missourians Against Human Cloning is a coalition of Missouri citizens and organizations established to provide Missouri voters with the truth about this amendment to our state constitution. We are confident that when Missourians truly understand the [...]
In collaboration with the Clone the Truth campaign, I am committed to ensuring that the truth about adult and embryonic stem cell and related research is made known. I am likewise committed to ensuring that the deceptively worded and ill-advised Amendment 2 is repealed.
Today´s reading:OT: Leviticus 20:22-27, Leviticus 21, Leviticus 22:1-16NT: Mark 9:1-29Ps: Psalm 43Pr: Proverbs 10:18
Today´s notable verse:
21 Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has he been like this?”“From childhood,” he answered. 22 “It has often thrown him into fire or water to kill him. But if you can do anything, take pity on us and [...]
Animal Family is hosting the 101st edition of the Carnival of the Cats. My cuteness demanded inclusion in this week’s list.
Today´s reading:OT: Leviticus 19, Leviticus 20:1-21NT: Mark 8:11-38Ps: Psalm 42Pr: Proverbs 10:17
Today´s notable verses:
34 Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose [...]
Sorry for posting so late tonight; between the men’s retreat last night and this morning, and worship team practice for tonight’s and tomorrow morning’s church services, I’ve not had time to get my reading in until now.
Today´s reading:OT: Leviticus 16:29-34, Leviticus 17-18NT: Mark 7:24-37, Mark 8:1-10Ps: Psalm 41Pr: Proverbs 10:15-16
Today´s notable verse:
13 ” ‘Any Israelite [...]
The Friday Ark #75 is up at The Modulator. Check back later to see if my submissions have been posted!
Today was a gorgeous late-winter day in Saint Louis. On my way to the men’s retreat this evening, I captured this shot of the sunset as I was driving the back roads:
West Saint Louis county sunset, Friday, February 24, 2006Photo © Chip Bennett, all rights reserved.
My favorite sleeping spot is behind this door:
What? You think this is your room?Photo © Chip Bennett, all rights reserved.
My human does most of his blogging from this recliner:
How cute am I? My cuteness demands your attention!Photo © Chip Bennett, all rights reserved.
Today´s reading:OT: Leviticus 15, Leviticus 16:1-28NT: Mark 7:1-23;Ps: Psalm 40:11-17Pr: Proverbs 10:13-14
Today´s notable verse:
20 “When Aaron has finished making atonement for the Most Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting and the altar, he shall bring forward the live goat. 21 He is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess [...]
The Christian Carnival CX is up, this week hosted by Jordan’s View. This week’s theme: The Education of the Soul.
Today´s reading:OT: Leviticus 14NT: Mark 6:30-56Ps: Psalm 40:1-10Pr: Proverbs 10:11-12
Today´s notable verses:
But he answered, “You give them something to eat.” They said to him, “That would take eight months of a man’s wages! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to eat?”
Mark 6:37 (NIV)
To my reading of [...]
Today´s reading:OT: Leviticus 13NT: Mark 6:1-29Ps: Psalm 39Pr: Proverbs 10:10
Today´s notable verses:
When a man has lost his hair and is bald, he is clean.
Leviticus 13:40 (NIV)
Woohoo! Now that’s a motto I can live with: Bald is clean.
The king was greatly distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he did not want to [...]
Crown Financial Ministries Small Group Biblical Financial Study, Week Two: God’s Part/Our Part
Scripture to memorize:
Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O Lord, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as being in control of everything. Riches and honor come from you alone, and you are the ruler of all mankind; Your [...]
Today´s reading:OT: Leviticus 11, Leviticus 12NT: Mark 5:21-43Ps: Psalm 38Pr: Proverbs 10:8-9
Today´s notable verse:
44 I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves about on the ground. 45 I am the LORD who brought you up out of Egypt [...]
Chris Phillips comments on the proposed smoking ban in Greenwood, IN.
I don’t know who I need to tell this to, but this is a start. Smokers, I believe you should be allowed to smoke in bars and areas of restaurants. But please, do us all a favor, please don’t throw your butts on OUR streets [...]
Today´s reading:OT: Leviticus 9:7-24, Leviticus 10NT: Mark 4:26-41, Mark 5:1-20Ps: Psalm 37:30-40Pr: Proverbs 10:6-7
Today´s notable verse:
30 The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom,and his tongue speaks what is just.31 The law of his God is in his heart;his feet do not slip.
Psalm 37:30-31 (NIV)
Wow, what a testament that would be – that everything I [...]
Carnival of the Cats #100 has been posted, and I am linked with this post.
Rebecca Taylor of Mary Meets Dolly links to this Kansas City Star article:
Missouri’s cloning war came to the Capitol on Thursday when two Washington University scientists wrangled over research on early stem cells and the laboratory techniques used to grow them.
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The two men, both respected researchers, offered their competing viewpoints during a forum at the [...]
In collaboration with the Clone the Truth campaign, I am committed to ensuring that the truth about adult and embryonic stem cell and related research is made known. I am likewise committed to ensuring that the deceptively worded and ill-advised Amendment 2 is repealed.
Today´s reading:OT: Leviticus 7:28-38, Leviticus 8, Leviticus 9:1-6NT: Mark 3:31-35, Mark 4:1-25Ps: Psalm 37:12-29Pr: Proverbs 10:5
Today´s notable verse:
33 Do not leave the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for seven days, until the days of your ordination are completed, for your ordination will last seven days. 34 What has been done today was commanded by [...]
Parableman stops by this post about the stem-cell issue, that I submitted to Christian Carnival CIX. He has some thoughts on ANT:
I don’t think it’s as clear on ANT. The way it’s usually been described from what I’ve read is that they alter the genetic information before they import the nucleus. The genetic engineering thus [...]
In collaboration with the Clone the Truth campaign, I am committed to ensuring that the truth about adult and embryonic stem cell and related research is made known. I am likewise committed to ensuring that the deceptively worded and ill-advised Amendment 2 is repealed.
Today’s obfuscation comes from roto-Reuters, in Stem Cell Research Splits Republicans.
Getting right into it:
The Republican rift pits religious conservatives and abortion foes who oppose the research on moral grounds against supporters who tout its potential benefits in fighting diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
Embryonic Stem Cell (ESC) research has proven no potential for benefits in fighting [...]
In collaboration with the Clone the Truth campaign, I am committed to ensuring that the truth about adult and embryonic stem cell and related research is made known. I am likewise committed to ensuring that the deceptively worded and ill-advised Amendment 2 is repealed.
The February 2006 St. Louis MetroVoice is a Special Edition devoted to Sanctity of Life.
The edition includes:
An Analysis of the Petition of Deception
Stem Cell Research: The Basics
Danforth’s Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative is a Lie
Stem Cell Wars
We Must Not Turn Humans Into Commodities
Cloning: The Gateway to the Manipulation of the Species
Live Patients & Dead [...]
In collaboration with the Clone the Truth campaign, I am committed to ensuring that the truth about adult and embryonic stem cell and related research is made known. I am likewise committed to ensuring that the deceptively worded and ill-advised Amendment 2 is repealed.
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