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Today´s reading:OT: Job 37-39NT: II Corinthians 4:13-18, II Corinthians 5:1-10Ps: Psalm 44:9-26Pr: Proverbs 22:13
Today´s notable verse:
16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that [...]

Today´s reading:OT: Job 34-36NT: II Corinthians 4:1-12Ps: Psalm 44Pr: Proverbs 22:10-12
Today´s notable verse:
7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. 8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but [...]

I told you so.

Christopher Hitchens lays it out.

Plame-Gate, Part I: The Joe Wilson Niger Affair:
I have now presented thousands of words of evidence and argument to the effect that, yes, the Saddam Hussein regime did send an important Iraqi nuclear diplomat to Niger in early 1999. And I have not so far received any rebuttal [...]

First, they tried to re-define “embryonic” as “early”. Next, they tried to re-define “cloning” as “implantation”. Now, they’re trying to re-define “cure”.

Adult stem cells have thus far produced at least 72 human treatments. It appears that one of the latest tactics of the pro-Amendment 2 Coalition is to refute that fact (emphasis added):

Winship says there [...]

Last night, I attended the Christians Against Human Cloning Rally, held at Life Christian Church and sponsored by Vision America/Missourians for Truth. Speakers included Shao-Chun Chang (professor of medicine at Washington University in St. Louis), Charles Drury (Hotel Developer), Archbishop Raymond Burke, Rich Bott (executive vice president, Bott Radio Network), Rick Scarborough (President, Vision America), [...]

Today´s reading:OT: Job 31-33NT: II Corinthians 3:1-18Ps: Psalm 43Pr: Proverbs 22:8-9
Today´s notable verse:
7 I thought, ‘Age should speak;advanced years should teach wisdom.’ 8 But it is the spirit in a man,the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding. 9 It is not only the old who are wise,not only the aged who understand what [...]

Today´s reading:OT: Job 28-30NT: II Corinthians 2:12-17Ps: Psalm 42Pr: Proverbs 22:7
Today´s notable verse:
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 22:7 (NIV)

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Today´s reading:OT: Job 23-27NT: II Corinthians 1:12-24, II Corinthians 2:1-11Ps: Psalm 41Pr: Proverbs 22:5-6
Today´s notable verse:
Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
Proverbs 22:6 (NIV)

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A recent post on the Indy Star Colts Message board referenced this hack-job column on Peyton Manning, written by Mike Freeman.

Before I get into the article, some background information. From Freeman’s CBS Sportsline Bio, we know the following (emphasis added):
Freeman has been a full-time sportswriter for the Dallas Morning News, Boston Globe, Washington Post, New [...]

Today´s reading:OT: Job 20-22NT: II Corinthians 1:1-11Ps: Psalm 40:11-17Pr: Proverbs 22:2-4
Today´s notable verse:
Humility and the fear of the LORD bring wealth and honor and life.
Proverbs 22:4 (NIV)

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Powerline reports that Maynard Ferguson died yesterday:
Maynard Ferguson (1928-2006) died yesterday. His name is familiar to every trumpet player and everyone who used to play trumpet–like me. Probably 90 percent of those who, as kids, grew up playing trumpet in band class, and tried to emulate a great trumpet player, tried to emulate Maynard. There [...]

Good news for my parents, since they are currently looking for a home in Indy, now that they have retired (emphasis added):

The Indianapolis area had the most affordable housing among major metro areas in the second quarter, according to the National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo.
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Eighty-seven percent of Indianapolis-area homes were considered affordable [...]

Today´s reading:OT: 16-19NT: I Corinthians 16Ps: Psalm 40:1-10Pr: Proverbs 22:1
Today´s notable verse:
Do everything in love.
I Corinthians 16:14 (NIV)

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Beautiful Proverb verse 1 to start off the 22nd Chapter of Proverbs! “Choose a good reputation over great riches, for being held in high esteem is better than having silver or gold.” [...]

My cousin made the local paper again. He’s playing #2 singles for the high school tennis team this season.

Today´s reading:OT: Job 12-15NT: I Corinthians 15:29-58Ps: Psalm 39Pr: Proverbs 21:30-31
Today´s notable verse:
Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
I Corinthians 15:33 (NIV)
Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in [...]

Today´s reading:OT: 8-11NT: I Corinthians 15:1-28Ps: Psalm 38Pr: Proverbs 21:28-29
Today´s notable verse:
For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
I Corinthians 15:22 (NIV)

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Today´s reading:OT: Job 4-7NT: I Corinthians 14:18-40Ps: Psalm 37:30-40Pr: Proverbs 21:27
Today´s notable verse:
17 “What is man that you make so much of him, that you give him so much attention, 18 that you examine him every morning and test him every moment?
Job 7:17-18 (NIV)

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My church, Destiny Church of Saint Louis, is featured this week as the 700 Club’s Church of the Week:

Destiny Church of St. Louis provides ways to get their members involved in evangelism.
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For making a difference in St. Louis and throughout the world, The 700 Club commends Destiny Church in St. Louis, Missouri.

The articles quotes [...]

In The Agora has a post about First Baptist Church in Watertown, NY, dismissing Mary Lambert from her Sunday School teaching position, which she had held for 54 years, citing I Timothy 2:12 (NIV):
I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.
The pastor, Timothy LaBouf, [...]

Today´s reading:OT: Job 1-3NT: I Corinthians 14:1-17Ps: Psalm 37:12-29Pr: Proverbs 21:25-26
Today´s notable verse:
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised.”
Job 1:20 (NIV)

Amazing that, in the midst of such suffering and loss, Job’s example is [...]

Today´s reading:OT: Esther 8-10NT: I Corinthians 12:27-31, I Corinthians 13Ps: Psalm 37:1-11Pr: Proverbs 21:23-24
Today´s notable verse:
Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4 (NIV)

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Today´s reading:OT: Esther 4-7NT: I Corinthians 12:1-26Ps: Psalm 36Pr: Proverbs 21:21-22
Today´s notable verse:
He who pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor.
Proverbs 21:21 (NIV)

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Today´s reading:OT: Esther 1-3NT: 1 Corinthians 11:17-34Ps: Psalm 35:17-28Pr: Proverbs 21:19-20
Today´s notable verse:
I will give you thanks in the great assembly; among throngs of people I will praise you.
Psalm 35:14 (NIV)

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Today´s reading:OT: Nehemiah 12:27-47, Nehemiah 13NT: I Corinthians 11:1-16Ps: Psalm 35:1-16Pr: Proverbs 21:17-18
Today´s notable verse:
11 In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. 12 For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.
I Corinthians 11:11-12 (NIV)

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Today´s reading:OT: Nehemiah 11, Nehemiah 12:1-26NT: I Corinthians 10:14-33Ps: Psalm 34:11-22Pr: Proverbs 21:14-16
Today´s notable verse:
Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others.
I Corinthians 10:24 (NIV)
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
I Corinthians 10:31 (NIV)

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