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SERMON: House Of Prayer |
If Jesus were living today, He would be called a religious fanatic, largely because He would pray all the time.
Indeed, Jesus prayed a lot during His earthly mission, as it is written in Hebrew 5: 7-8, “This One, in the days of His flesh, having offered up both petitions and supplications with strong crying and tears to Him who was able to save Him out of death and having been heard because of His pity, Even though He was Son, learned obedience from the things He suffered.”
The Lord did not act like that because of spiritual or religious fanaticism; He did that because He was fully aware that that was part of His mission as both a spiritual king and a priest.
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EDITORIAL: Mental Illness: Mind vs Matter
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There are always at least two sides to every story and it is no different when it comes to mental illness.
This particular issue pulls in both directions. Some share the view that depression and violent mood swings are experiences that people should be able to control; others share the view that mental illness is a disease and it is no different from diabetes or cancer - two seemingly polar opposite views.
From the perspective that mental illness is self-created, it is easy to agree that psychiatric conditions reflect weakness. Indeed, try saying to someone who is suffering from depression, “You are fine. There's nothing wrong with you. You are making the choice to be mentally unstable and depressed so take full responsibility for your state of mind. Be in control!”
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OPINION: Zora Neale Hurston
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Just like any regular human being, every writer belongs to a culture, and so does Zora Neale Hurston.
Hurston was an American folklorist and author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance. Of Hurston's four novels and more than 50 published short stories, plays, and essays, she is best known for her acclaimed 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God.
She is both an anthropologist and a novelist, and she praises her culture through both her anthropological work and novels.
However, it is not always easy to understand Hurston.
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GOOD NEWS: Random Noledge
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Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey
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Q. Which day are there more collect calls than any other day of the year?
A. Father's Day
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In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on.
Hence the phrase......... "goodnight, sleep tight."
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nonFICTION: Barnacles and Bedlam, Part 21
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"Say, Chief, what is a condenser anyway?"
The chief stood beside me, silently staring at the shadowy shapes of ships bobbing in the dark water of the Colon harbor. I wondered whether he had heard my question. It wasn't like him to be quiet very long.
Finally, in his grating voice, he began, "Well, the condenser is a device that reduces the steam coming from the boilers back to water. When the water becomes steam, it expands and pushes the pistons, and that's what turns the ship's propellers and keeps us on our merry way."
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ADVICE: Dear Angel
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I hate to say it but taking care of our laundering needs is a major problem. Also, when you are not concerned much about the opposite sex, hygiene standards can get really lax. Most of our 'suppliers' probably faint from our smell alone.
I have lately - the last fifty years or so - appreciated the wonders of all night laundromats. Three A.M. is a 'dead' time and there is seldom anyone in there.
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