2.5. The son upholds (pherôn) all things by the word of his power. Not only was the cosmos created through the son, but it is sustained through him as well: it is kept from destruction, on the assumption that it does not sustain itself (Michel, Der Brief an die Hebräer, 41).
Attention senior citizens: what Obama is saying, by making this threat, is that all your lovely Social Security money is his to spend right now, as he sees fit. He may decide to spend it on other things, which will leave no funds for the Social Security checks you depend on.
And who is surprised? Hello?
The stately Kazakh ambassador, Erlan A. Idrissov, noted the “moral and spiritual meaning” in these paintings, which convey “the cruelty of the gulag system to the world.” Kazakhstan itself was home to “the most cruel” camps, even the ugliest one, “for the wives of the betrayers of the motherland.” One sixth of the world “witnessed a very huge social experiment under Stalin,” he said. Stalin’s regime tortured 60 million people, and 25 million did not survive.
We can't imagine the size and scale
Of suffering caused by a devilish mind;
At one man's torture we cry and quail,
Much more at millions of our own kind. -JRM
Full-grown Yellowstone bears can stand 6 feet tall and top 600 pounds. They have been known to peel off a man's face with a single swipe of their massive, clawed paws.
Hmm, a case for pepper spray, or one of those loud horns, maybe? What will stop a grizzly?
Is God our pizza delivery boy or the Creator we seek to know more each day? Our prayer requests reveal our vision of the gospel.
Read the devotional at the link above.
Bebee did tell the group that he favors same-sex couples being foster parents.
Ark. Gov. Mike Bebee made everybody unhappy by speaking to a Democrat Party homosexual group. He told them there'd be no gay marriages or unions in Ark. But, hey, you unofficial couples can be foster parents and corrupt the kids! Ain't that smart!
Maior cajueiro do mundo (world's largest cashew tree) is a tree in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil that was planted in 1888. In 1994, the tree entered the Guinness Book of Records.Photo of the interior of the tree.
The Wikipedia article on "Cashew" says it "covers an area of about 7,500 square metres (81,000 sq ft)."
. . . When my wife and I were expecting our first child in 2000 (turned out to be children, twins), we did the usual thing of picking out potential names. I was pushing hard for Frederick Nathaniel, which would have given us Fred N. Barney.
No soap. Oh, well. Probably for the best. . . .
. . . did I mention that I did most of my growing up in Flintstone, Ga.?
Chuckle, chuckle.
time management isn't about managing time. If it was, just buying and using a calendar (and a good watch) would handle it.
The savvy among you will usually acknowledge that it's really self management—what we do with ourselves during the time we have.
