Monthly Archives: July 2008

The Orchestra

In an orchestra, each musician must keep his eyes only on the conductor.  If you are watching the person beside you, you will not only find yourself lagging behind, but you will create discord and disharmony, ruining the entire piece … Continue reading

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EVERY other sin?

Flee from sexual immorality.  Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.              1 Cor 6:18 Why is every other sin outside the body?  Lots of sins are only … Continue reading

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For His Good

To continue my last post, I read on a bit and found: We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.  Let each of us please his neighbor for … Continue reading

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Stumbling on this passage

It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.  Rom 14:21 I have a question.  How do you live this?  You shouldn’t do anything that causes your brother to stumble?  … Continue reading

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Quote for Today

It was our own moral failure and not any accident of chance, that while preserving the appearance of the Republic we lost its reality. -Marcus Tullius Cicero, statesman, orator, writer (106-43 BCE) Strange, isn’t it, that this was written over … Continue reading

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Economic Stimulus

We received our economic stimulus check today. Two days late.  How do I know that? Because they sent us a letter about a week ago saying that we could expect it by July 5.  Now maybe I’m not seeing the … Continue reading

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Anybody Home?

Quoted from the book Forced Labor:  What’s Wrong with Balancing Work and Family by Brian Robertson:  “The child care crisis is so acute that child care workers in many areas of the country are unable to find adequate day care … Continue reading

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Judicial Tyranny

We just got Dr. James Dobson’s newsletter today, and it is so sad.  How can a government that was created to be “of the people, by the people, for the people” deteriorate to such depths?  Even though the majority (61%) of voters in … Continue reading

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Something to think about

We’re studying Antarctica.  The kids are doing some mapping, and it had never occurred to me that mapping the bottom of the world is a little different than most places.  For instance, the compass rose.  As my son said, all … Continue reading

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