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SOFTBALL: Warren shuts out Strong Vincent
Paige Wilson and Meghan Loutzenhiser had three RBI apiece, Wilson hit her fourth home run of the season and Warren improved to 11-1 with a dominant 10-0 victory over Strong Vincent, Tuesday, at Hawbaker Field in North Warren.
The Dragons won for the sixth straight time and appear to be firing on all cylinders heading into a crucial matchup with Fort LeBoeuf, Thursday in Warren. LeBoeuf handed the Dragons their only loss of the season by claiming a 3-2 victory on April 22 in Waterford.
"I definitely like the way we built on the lead in the third inning and how we finished things off in the fifth," said Warren coach Mark Bupp. "We've been working hard on having quality at-bats and we had a lot of them today. We didn't chase a lot of pitches out of the zone and really had some nice success at the plate."
Alexa Bupp was spectacular once more despite striking out just three batters. She allowed just two hits and one of those led off the game. After a single and error left the Colonels with a runner on second and nobody out in the top of the first, Bupp watched as her defense – namely centerfield Kennedy Walter – turned things around in an instant.
Walter made a diving catch in center to rob the visitors of a run-scoring hit and then fired to first to complete a double play and get the Dragons out of an early jam. In its first at-bat of the afternoon, Warren was able to carve out a 1-0 lead.
The Dragons extended the lead to 4-0 in the third and put the game away with a six-run outburst in the fifth. Jaimie Eaton led off the fifth with a single and moved to third on Bupp's double. Meghan Loutzenhiser then drove both of them home with a two-run double.
Loutzenhiser didn't have to sit on the bases long as the freshman catcher Wilson stepped to the dish and sent a pitch screaming out of the park for an 8-0 lead.
"As a freshman, Paige got off to a tremendous start this season and has continued that pace all year," said coach Bupp. "She continues to do a great job for us at the plate and behind the plate."
Later in the fifth, Kaitlin Ishman delivered an RBI single and Eaton's single to right ended the game via the ten-run rule.
Eaton was 3-for-3 with two RBI while Wilson and Loutzenhiser each finished with two hits and three RBI. Ishman also collected two hits and Bupp and Kathryn Lobdell had one hit each for the winners.
STRONG VINCENT (0): G. Hess, 3b, 2-0-1-0, Jobczynski, 1b, 2-0-0-0, H. Hess, p, 2-0-0-0, Peck, ss, 2-0-0-0, McAllister, c, 2-0-0-0, Lachica, 2b, 2-0-0-0, Ghastin, rf, 2-0-0-0, Battle, lf, 2-0-1-0, Jones, cf, 2-0-0-0, Totals: 18-0-2-0
WARREN (10): Ishman, 2b, 4-2-2-1, Eaton, ss, 3-2-3-2, Bupp, p, 2-0-1-1, Loutzenhiser, 1b, 3-1-2-3, Wilson, c, 3-1-2-3, Blair, rf, 3-0-0-0, Mineweaser, 3b, 3-0-0-0, Lobdell, lf, 3-1-1-0, Walter, cf, 2-2-0-0, Munksgard, cr, 0-1-0-0, Massa, cr, 0-0-0-0, Totals: 26-10-11-10
Strong Vincent 000 00 – 0 2 4
Warren 103 06 – 10 11 2
2b-Battle (S), Ishman (W), Bupp (W), Loutzenhiser (W), Wilson (W). HR-Wilson (W). WP-Bupp. LP-H. Hess.
Junior varsity game
Strong Vincent 001 0(10)3 2 – 16
Warren 112 301 1 – 9
2b-Sierra Wees (W), Kathryn Lobdell (W), Hess (S) 2, Rhodes (S), Bogle (S). 3b-Meddaugh (W), Wilson (S). WP-Hess. LP-Lobdell.
Rocky Grove 4, Youngsville 2
Youngsville is slumping at the wrong time of the season.
The Lady Eagles dropped their third straight game of the season on Tuesday, collecting just four hits in a 4-2 loss to Rocky Grove at Youngsville High School.
"Defensively we were solid," said Youngsville coach Ron Jameson. "Jessie (Jameson) actually threw two runners out at the plate today, but our bats are struggling. We left them somewhere and we have to find them before Thursday (against Titusville)."
The Orioles did most of their damage in the fourth inning, stretching a one-run lead to a four-run lead. Youngsville cut the margin in half with a pair of runs in the fifth to make it 4-2.
Haley Gray singled and Julia Sveda reached on an error to put two runners on with nobody out. Leadoff batter Kennedy Cratty then drove home both with a two-out triple.
Unfortunately for the Eagles, that would be as close as they would get on Tuesday. Youngsville finished with just four hits – two from Cratty, a triple from Katie Gustafson and one from Gray.
Youngsville will attempt to end its slide Thursday when it visits Titusville.
ROCKY GROVE (4): Lepley, ss, 3-0-0-0, Shull, p, 3-0-2-1, Bevier, c, 3-0-0-0, Prorok, 2b, 3-1-0-0, Ditzenberger, 1b, 2-0-0-0, Rembold, cf, 3-1-1-0, Garris, 3b, 3-1-1-0, Danzler, lf, 3-1-2-2, Kiser, rf, 3-0-2-1, Totals: 26-4-8-4
YOUNGSVILLE (2): Ke. Cratty, ss, 4-0-2-2, Horn, 3b, 3-0-0-0, Jameson, cf, 3-0-0-0, Gustafson, p, 2-0-1-0, Ka. Cratty, 2b, 3-0-0-0, Gray, rf, 3-1-1-0, Sveda, lf, 1-1-0-0, Lewis, c, 3-0-0-0, Anderson, 1b, 3-0-0-0, Totals:
Rocky Grove 010 300 0 – 4 8
Youngsville 000 020 0 – 2 4
2b-Danzler (R). 3b-Ke. Cratty (Y), Gustafson (Y). WP-Shull. LP-Gustafson.
Franklin 18, Eisenhower 15
Tuesday's game between Eisenhower and Franklin was a slugfest from start to finish.
Despite pounding out 19 hits to Franklin's 11, the Lady Knights fell to the visitors by a score of 18-15 on senior day at Eisenhower High School.
"I'm proud of the way the girls played. They played hard the whole game," said Eisenhower coach R.J. Williams. "That was the best we've hit all season. They wanted to win it for the seniors, and they showed that."
The visitors posted three runs in the top of the first inning, but Ike was able to take the lead with four of their own in the bottom half. The Lady Knights held on to that lead until the top of the sixth, when the Franklin bats exploded for seven runs.
Eisenhower answered with two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, but the rally fell short and Franklin escaped with the win.
Haylie Birt and Kristen Wagner each had four hits for the Lady Knights, Birt with three doubles and a single and Wagner with two doubles and two singles. Kelsey Repke added two doubles of her own and scored four runs as part of a 3-for-4 day, Mallory Trumbull went 3-for-5, and Brooke Stanton and Ashley Barnett hit triples for Eisenhower.
Ike will close out its season playing four games on the road, starting with a trip to Rocky Grove on Thursday.
FRANKLIN (18): ab-r-h: Wood, 1b, 4-2-1, Beggs, cf, 4-2-2, Hoover, 3b, 5-3-2, Peiffer, c, 3-2-0, Rice, 2b, 5-2-2, Mullen, ss, 5-2-1, Romenowski, p, 4-1-1, Saeli, lf, 1-2-0, Johnson, rf, 4-2-2. Totals 35-18-11.
EISENHOWER (15): Repke, cf, 4-4-3, Williams, 2b, 5-2-1, Birt, p, 5-2-4, Stanton, c, 5-2-1, Barnett, 3b, 5-2-2, Morrison, 1b, 5-1-1, Wagner, ss, 5-0-4, Trumbull, lf, 5-1-3, Schutt, dp, 5-1-0, Lange, rf, 0-0-0. Totals 44-15-19.
Franklin 312 217 2 – 18 11 4
Eisenhower 443 110 2 – 15 19 5
2B – Repke (E) 2, Birt (E) 3, Morrison (E), Wagner (E) 2. 3B – Johnson (F) 2, Stanton (E), Barnett (E). WP – Romanowski. LP – Birt.


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Skip to comments.Flash Mob Mayhem: Violent Groups Of Teens Leave NYC Businesses In Ruins
Posted on 02/05/2013 8:06:40 AM PST by TADSLOS
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) Violent, thieving mobs have been making headlines across the country for the past few years, and now they have hit New York City.
And Maurice Dubois reported in this CBS 2 investigation, the teen mobs have left neighborhoods worried as businesses take matters into their own hands.
Judson Bennett, 78, recently ran into a violent group of teens often described with the once-benign term flash mob as he made his daily trip to buy a newspaper at his favorite news team.
Im approaching the newsstand, and then suddenly there is a tremendous force behind me, Bennett said.
Bennett ended up with a broken arm.
I was taken completely by surprise, he said.
In New York and across the country, the mobs of kids 20, 30, 40 or more appear out of nowhere and suddenly charge a newsstand or convenience store.
They ransack, steal and wreak havoc with no consideration for customers, such as Bennett, who get in their way.
They assemble, they do whatever it is that theyre going to do, and then they disassemble in a matter of minutes, said Jon Shane, assistant professor of criminal justice at John Jay College. By the time somebody recognizes what is happening or is injured, if the police are able to respond, its slow.
(Excerpt) Read more at newyork.cbslocal.com ...
Shut off all Obunga-phones, now!
It will be a bigger problem in disarmed cities. There, any mob beats any individual or small group.
Try it in a gas station in SC, and you might get carried out feet first. Thirty round magazines, baby. The first few go down, the rest will scatter pronto.
And it won't be repeated in that county for a generation.
We are now watching our beautiful country die right before our eyes.
God is withdrawing His blessings from the US, and the withdrawal will be complete in a couple of more years.
All opposition by R's to Zer0's "rule" is decreasing by the day. Our last line of defense, the House of Representatives, are in the process of giving up.
The desire to get elected one more time is trumping liberty.
It is hard for my old eyes to watch my "fellow Americans" become welfare wards of the state...all dignity, honor, integrity and self respect....
So it goes...
"Just wait til Flash Mobs become a political tool of terror.............."
Sounds like you have read my novels.
My new writing project is called "Alas, Brave New Babylon."
I don't see a problem here that couldn't be taken care of by an M134 Minigun ...
Strangely enough, I was watching "Battle Royale" on NetFlix last night.
In a future Japan, after the country has gone to shit, they decide to Shanghai entire high school classes and ship them to an island to fight to the death.
So, yeah. Just putting that out there.
What would be really interesting is if these feral subhumans tried to invade the IRS building or the Commerce Dept. building or some other government office building. Does anyone here think that the government wouldn't hesitate to shoot first and ask questions later?
This kind of crime can be fought with cyber tactics.
A workable solution instead of any "death wish" vis: Bronson.
I am not, repeat not decrying American law enforcement here, but the long arm of the law in Canada maybe working. The Stanley Cup riots in Vancouver in 2011 saw whites involved. Stores looted and one poor man assaulted trying to stop 15 thugs. Could not take their team losing.
Using surveillance tapes, facebook and private individuals; 872 charges on 215 persons. True, it is taking time and todate 40 have been in court. I googled this situation and the first entry is a defense lawyer, who offers to handle the poor dears appearance before the courts.
I would think the police full well know what they might do. (One). Issue a warrant for the nastiest and baddest. Ok, so it will be a big joke for a few days. If they hide, even their friends will smugly distance themselves.
Not for me to say what the courts should, or should not decide. But the intimidation of identifying the suspects and a warrant issued might act as a deterrent. It sure has up Canada way re the type of riot in Vancouver, but even now the faint specter of feral mobs is just appearing in other parts in Canada
Thus a few thoughts here.
I will do as the Party wishes, Gasshog.
I made a mistake in that previous post.
I recognize your position in the Party apparatus,
and your value as a mentor.
I will not make that mistake again.
But I would call it "redistributive justice", instead.
Once again my thanks,Gasshog.
I remain your humble and obedient Servant as we lurch
and rumble toward "A New Tomorrow".
Yeah, that's what immediately come to my mind.
Which means that WE have to no longer remain "law abiding" where the "law" infringes upon our constitutional rights. Carry a "clean" piece, purchased privately and never declared, never handle it or the ammunition without surgical gloves. After offing the nearest few perps and putting the rest to flight, pretend to be helping one of them while getting your gun covered with his prints and some DNA.
"I thought they were gonn'a kill me...I got his gun away...I want my lawyer!" < /wishful dreaming >
Cuomo and Bloomberg have made sure that there are no personal firearms to protect the victims of flash mobs.
KIDS? No, THUGS! And the only thing that'll make them think twice is seeing some of their number end up dead.
KIDS = Feral Bastards
Hey, watch it!
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I will do as the Party wishes, Gasshog.
I made a mistake in that previous post.
I recognize your position in the Party apparatus,
and your value as a mentor.
I will not make that mistake again.
But I would call it "redistributive justice", instead.
Once again my thanks,Gasshog.
I remain your humble and obedient Servant as we lurch
and rumble toward "A New Tomorrow".
And yet others blaming the Jooooze. Nazi or Klan, you decide!
She missed several of mine.
I hate that I can agree with you, but I do, in every word. The Supreme Court (Roberts) and now the House were the last means of holding the line through the ballot and the law. If there's any more chance left now to do so, it will be by other means. I don't have a lot of faith in that either, or Hussein wouldn't have been re-elected.
The difference is, law-abiding whites won't defend white criminals. Blacks defend black criminals, take "no snitchin'" as their mantra, and try to protect black criminals by marching, blaming whites and "raycism", and having the full protection of the media (not to mention courts that tread lightly with them). And twisting the whole idea of "civil rights" to favor black criminals.
I also meant to say about the tactic of issuing warrants is that to deliberately hold back on an arrest. Let them laugh and sneer for a month, then indicate that the moment you step into view, you will be arrested. It just might intimidate them somewhat.
The oldest ones of which I'm aware-Jackson, Sharpton, from the "Civil Rights" era-are the very ones who lead this nonsense. Even in their old age, they have not stepped aside for other black leaders, and won't have groomed any to be better than they are, because they've been in it for their own power and ambition for so long now.
Liberalism is bad. Further, it is antithetical to mans God given Free Choice.
The divorce/cohabitation regime works better for some classes than others, until someone like Lanza or Holmes comes along.
Here's to hoping these diverse urban trash increase these attacks on the leftists that empower them. It will take time, but the moron voter will eventually figure it out.
What will happen is the government will put in place more limitations, or loss of freedom on law abiding citizens. Same as they are doing on gun control. If there is a big enough outcry over flash mobs, they will react by installing cameras on every block, at a minimum. Of course the authorities will only react to something caught on camera that is easily handled, like jaywalking. Flash mob sighted will be a slower response, or any large gatherings cannot be acted upon based on profiling, until the mob is in action.
"Lots of tough talk about shooting them, but then you end up in jail as another George Zimmerman...headlines calling you an evil, vicious racist who shot a sweet honor student."
Yea..Unless you shoot them in your home with obvious forced entry, you are in for it. Concealed carry is good but if you shoot a black out on the street think about the chances you will be standing before some liberal corrupt judge who doesn't give a crap whether it was self-defense or not. I don't go out more than I have to.
who needs 10 bullets to stop a flash m... what? 20 or 30 or 40 of them?
who needs 10 bullets to kill a deer?
move along. nothing to see here.
That's probably correct, plus we will have fewer stands and other businesses, goods behind barriers and panic button type defenses. Civilization will continue to degrade.
His 1st mistake...buying a newspaper. Now that he has established buying a newspaper can be a death warrant, we should ban all newspapers.
But only seven at a time before reloading - according to Gov Cuomo. You'll just have to tell the other 23 to wait a minute.
Good job, whoever did it! Took time and a lot of work.
Hats off to ya!
Violent packs of animals should be dealt with superior firepower. It makes "retaliation" less likely when they soon realize there are exponentially less feral animals.
Plus it stimulates the teddy bear and candle business when they turn telephone poles outside into shrines.
Wait till that actually happens.
To tell you the truth I rather not have the nanny monitoring and have the bad guys get their just desserts in the here and now.
Yes, I have seen the original. That's why this was such a good job in more ways than one!
I like your analogy of NY, Chicago and Detroit to "obelisks to Liberalism".
Can I translate? These cities are more like "limp phallic symbols to law and order" or in street vernacular, "ball-less pricks".
And some parts of these cities remind me of the pictures of my colon. You can fill in the rest of the image.
Well, there goes THAT idea, thanks KC Buzzkill.
I was working up a good one, too !
Ive got a better idea...organize the flash mob your self then lock them in the store and call police.
Or maybe hire a bunch of Linguini Lovers to work em over with Louisville Sluggers like in Bronx Tale.
"Now yous can't leave!"
One UZI would do the trick.
Bloomberg knows the true enemy - and it's not mobs of violent thugs. See Bloomberg's different than us - he's nuts.
"Liberalism is Satanic in origin.
Liberalism is the political expression of the religion of Humanism,
which began with the lie you will be as gods."
In Before The Opus...
Don't think they'd be trying this in a Korean community business district.
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by John MacArthur
The New Testament is clear about the nature of saving faith. "For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law" (Romans 3:28). "A man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus . . . since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified" (Galatians 2:16). "But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit" (Titus 3:4-5).
According to Scripture, salvation is by faith in Christ alone through God's grace alone. When you put your trust in Jesus Christ He declares you righteous—not because you are, but because He imputes His righteousness to you, and because He paid the penalty for your sin. Christ bears our sin and we receive His righteousness. That is the indescribable glory of the doctrine of justification (2 Corinthians 5:21).
The teaching of the Roman Catholic Church stands in stark opposition to that biblical understanding. Rather than salvation by grace through faith, they preach a false gospel of works.
The words of the Council of Trent—convened to affirm and codify the teaching of the Catholic Church in response to the Reformation—clearly spell out the Catholic version of justification that still stands today. "Hence, to those who work well unto the end and trust in God, eternal life is to be offered, both as a grace mercifully promised to the sons of God through Christ Jesus, and as a reward promised by God himself, to be faithfully given to their good works and merits." Salvation in the Catholic system is something you earn "by those very works which have been done in God, fully satisfied the divine law according to the state of this life and to have truly merited eternal life."
That is an absolute and total contradiction of the Word of God. It's a completely foreign gospel, manufactured by the Catholic Church and able only to condemn, not save. No amount of repetitious prayers, veneration of the saints and other church relics, or masses attended can redeem a sinner's soul. No priest has the power to forgive sins, and no indulgence bought and paid for can hold back the due punishment of those sins.
At the heart of the merit-based Catholic system is the unbiblical concept of purgatory. In fact, it's the invention of purgatory that makes Catholic dogma attractive at all—without it, Catholicism would be a very hard sell. Catholics are never really on solid spiritual ground. They can't know for certain if they're saved or whether they will ever make it into heaven. And even confident, pious Catholics live in perpetual fear of committing a mortal sin that will throw them out of favor with God and the church.
It's the false doctrine of purgatory that provides Catholics their spiritual safety net, bringing false hope to people trapped in a hopeless system. It's the one relief in their entire guilt-ridden, fear-ridden system of works righteousness. And it is complete fiction—a tragic farce that's led countless souls to hell.
The apostle Paul could not have been clearer about the true nature of justification: "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast" (Ephesians 2:8-9). That gracious, glorious gospel has been rejected by the Catholic Church, and they have replaced it with a corrupt, unbiblical system of works righteousness and merit-based salvation.
Presiding over that twisted system of satanic lies is the pope. And that is where we'll pick it up tomorrow.
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Praise God, I was saved out of Catholicism almost 40 years ago, but the lingering effects of fear and judgment by a God, Who was never balanced by love, still haunts me at times. I cannot understand why the Reformed Protestant Church seems so happy to run back to Rome. Contemplative spirituality, repeating things in the liturgy, even praying a Protestant rosary are all in vogue now.
Thank you, Dr. MacArthur, for preaching the Truth faithfully. With the push to be "friends" with the Catholic religion so present now, you are a breath of fresh air to tell what Catholicism is really about.
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If we earned our way to heaven through works, Christ's death would have been pointless. Note especially Galations 2:21 below: FOR IF RIGHTEOUSNESS COULD BE GAINED THROUGH THE LAW, CHRIST DIED FOR NOTHING!"
Galations 2:19-21
19 "For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. 20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21 I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!"
A true Christian will hate their sin and repent because if offends our Holy God. A true Christian wants the right heart attitude and is distressed when they sin. If your heart is right, the behavior will follow - not perfectly, but you will desire to be obedient. God doesn't want hypocrisy - from anyone, Catholic or Protestant.
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Galatians 2:16-17
16 yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
GTY can you pls post this:
This is what the Catholics hold on too:
If you want to get right with God you need to confess all your sins to a priest. That is the only way to get right with God.
Your prays help them and your intercession are very effective. So why you need to keep praying and encouraged to do.
Penance is necessary for salvation, for the regaining of justifying grace which cannot be regained by faith alone in Christ's work alone. Because of this, Catholicism teaches that good works are necessary in order to persevere so as to maintain sufficient grace so as to remain saved.
Mother church:
If you do not have mother church you do not have God the father.
By Christ's will, the Church possesses the power to forgive the sins of the baptized and exercises it through bishops and priests normally in the sacrament of Penance
It is like a breath of fresh air to hear someone speak with clarity about Catholicism. Many thanks.
Paudge Mulvihill: Ireland
How sad that they twist scripture as many others do for there own selfish benefit. Scripture teaches to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, nor for it but with it. And the great promise is that God is already at work within you and wnats us to join in the process that he started for His pleasure and will for his glory.
In his service
I have listened to Pastor McArthur's series on the Catholic Church and if you want an very good exposition if I can use that word it is very helpful when witnessing to catholics and very eye opening . It is not exhaustive but great information. Thank oyu John for your faithfulness to the truth of God's word.
Martin Luther could see these errors and heresy in his day why can't those catholics today that search the scriptures for answers see the same. The emphasis on ecumenicalism and outrageous tolerance. The Bereans of Acts 17, the Apostle Paul commended them as being more noble minded because they checked Paul and his teachings out with the scriptures. Why are Christians so sloth with knowing the scriptures? We even have more authentication today than the Bereans had because we have a finished new testament. All they had was just the Old. GOD will hold all Christians accountable even more so today than when the Church started. How scary is that for you that think you are so secure!
#1) "The teaching of the Roman Catholic Church stands in stark opposition to that biblical understanding." & "According to Scripture, salvation is by faith in Christ alone through God's grace alone"
Interesting note: the only occurrence of the phrase "faith alone" is in James 2:24. Interesting how we all make some sort of theological move beyond what the text says. Yes we don't need to form our theology from direct scriptural quotations, but we can't critique Catholics of modifying Scripture if we do the very same thing.
#2) Where is there any unity in Christ here? What about our first 1400 years together as a united Church. The fundamentals of the Christian faith were formed in the very cradle of the Church we are calling satanic. Is there no regard for unity in Christ?
Never would I have imagined that the greatest fight for truth would be within my own church. After two years of struggle I finally walked away from my former church for continuing to embrace Catholicism as a Christian denomination. I've never ever had such a hard time battling for truth anywhere else. I truly believe Catholicism is Satan's greatest masterpiece. Not only does it have over one billion members, it has the whole world believing it is the epitome of Christianity, and worst of all, it has multitudes of Protestants buying into it as well, either out of ignorance or out of cowardice. But the Bible warns us in Ezekiel 33:6 and 2 John 10-11 that those who keep quiet about the truth will be held accountable for their fellow human beings' blood. And by the way, it is not loving to tell a nonChristian they are saved from God's wrath. That is the most heinous thing anyone could do. Our mission field in the USA is the Catholic Church. We need to have such love for our Catholic neighbors that we will risk even hurting their feelings and being called "Catholic Haters" to bring them the gospel message.
For more information on the catholic priests, I recommend Pastor MacArthur's sermon with the code 80-264.
Again, it is informative,enlightening and powerful.
Grace and Peace.
A couple of notes about what we Catholics believe, Moses M:
Priests don't offer forgiveness of themselves. They are speaking in the person of Christ. Biblical basis: John 20:23.
Prayers to the dead: Catholics and Protestants define prayer differently. Proper interaction with the dead saints is simple: we ask them to pray for us. You ask each other to pray for you; there is little difference.
Now I have a question for Protestants: upon what authority do you follow the Bible? If you say, "The Bible itself," that's fine, but there's a small problem: a sola scriptura position is lacking because it cannot produce a list of the canonical books of the New Testament. How do you know that the Gospel of Thomas, for example, is not divinely inspired? Who had the authority to determine which books to include in Holy Scripture and which to exclude? Bear in mind also that any reference to "scripture" in the NT could only be referring to the OT, as the NT was in the process of being written.
Devyn (#11)
No "modification" required here:
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. (Ephesians 2:1-9)
As for unity in Christ, it's only possible if we're worshiping the same Christ.
Your question is off topic for this forum but I can briefly answer it for the sake of your curiosity and the satisfaction of other readers.
To quote John Macarthur (https://www.gty.org/resources/sermons/90-54/does-god-still-give-prophecies):
The New Testament writers then came together to write the remaining 27 books of Scripture. And they had similar tests to determine a book's canonicity. One, was the book authored by an Apostle or someone closely associated with an Apostle? They knew who the Apostles were and they knew who their close associates were. The key question about the book's inspiration was tied to Apostolic authorship or one closely associated. For example, the Gospel of Mark was written by Mark, and Mark was not an Apostle but a close associate of Peter...
Another test applied by the Early Church was the test of content. Did the writings square with what the Apostles taught? In those early years of the Church, heretics such as the Gnostics tried to slip in phony books, but none of them ever made it. If it didn't square with Apostolic doctrine - it didn't pass. And the doctrinal aberrations were very easy to spot.
A third test was this; is the book regularly read and used in the churches? In other words, did the people of God readily accept it? Read it during worship and make its teachings a part of their daily living?
A final test was determined that would sort of pull it all together and that was the book recognized and used by succeeding generations after the Early Church?
All of those tests applied leave us with the 27 books that we have in our New Testament.
The Gospel of Thomas was easily detected as a gnostic text that clearly did not belong in the Canon. Quotes like this clearly contradicted the harmonious teaching found within the Canon: "When you make the male and female one and the same so that the male not be male nor the female, female, then you will enter the Kingdom of Heaven."
Furthermore, the term "Scripture," as found in the New Testament, sometimes referred to New Testament writings. Peter referred to Paul as an author of Scripture (2 Peter 3:15-16), and Paul described Jesus words in Luke 10:7 likewise (1 Timothy 5:18).
We can trust the Scriptures when they verify their own authority, just as we can trust them on the Gospel of grace in contrast to the false Catholic system of works plus grace.
We can't pray to the dead nor the dead can pray for us...
Ecclesiastes 9:4-6
English Standard Version (ESV)
4 But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten. 6 Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun.
Excellent reproof Daniel (17). Keep up thee good work, not of yourself.
Jeremiah Johnson,
Yes, that is a direct quote from Scripture. I wasn't solely referring to the changing of wording, rather, I'm suggesting that we all bring a theological framework to the text. It was a theological move that prompted you to quote Ephesians, which is a beautiful text that both Catholic and Protestant believe. Catholic development of doctrine is just as 'biblical' as Protestant doctrine. They themselves developed the New Testament Canon. As a Protestant speaking, we're not the only side being guided by Scripture. We're just the side that claims to be solely based on Scripture alone, which, as I said earlier, is impossible without some sort of theological framework.
In regards to your second comment:
Surely we worship the same Christ. The "Christ" you understand, in accordance with the Nicene creed and a Trinitarian framework, was doctrinally formulated by the Catholic Church. Yes Christ existed, but we communicate who he is by relying upon the doctrine developed by the Catholic Church in the early Church. I'm saying that maybe a move for unity in Christ and in love would be more beneficial that condemning the beliefs of others.
"What about our first 1400 years together as a united Church?"
I would challenge you to review that period of history. God always had His remnant. The reason why they are not well known today is that were systematically pursed and eliminated when found by the Catholic's agents. Read about the Waldenses and people like John Huss who would not submit to Rome's authority and paid the price for it. The appearance of unity was only on the surface and only existed because it was tyrannically imposed by all means available on those you would not bow the knee to the papal authority.
John MacArthur above cites the Council of Trent, "Hence, to those who work well unto the end and trust in God, eternal life is to be offered, both as a grace mercifully promised to the sons of God through Christ Jesus, and as a reward promised by God himself..."
This echoes Saint Paul: "For he will render to every man
ACCORDING TO HIS WORKS: to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life, but for those who are factious and DO NOT OBEY THE TRUTH, but obey wickedness, there will be wrath and fury.There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who DOES EVIL, the Jew first and also the Greek, but glory and honor and peace for everyone who DOES GOOD, the Jew first and also the Greek. For God shows no partiality." (Romans 2:6-11)
Are we saved by faith? Yes! Jesus said, "He who believes in me,
though he die, yet he shall live." Are we saved by faith ALONE? No! Jesus also says, "If you would enter life, keep the commandments." The Catholic Church reconciles these verses. We are saved by "grace working through love." (Galatians 5:6)
Gary Scott #14...you stated "Bear in mind also that any reference to "scripture" in the NT could only be referring to the OT, as the NT was in the process of being written."
Actually Gary you are in error with your assertion. In fact, Peter referred to Paul's writings as Scripture just like "other Scriptures" in the text below:
Bear in mind that our Lord's patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction (2 Peter 3:15,16).
Further, Paul referred to Luke's writings as Scripture in his letter to Timothy (1 Timothy 5:18). In the first part of the text Paul refers to Deuteronomy 25:4 but the second portion of the text is from Luke 10:7..."And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house."
Even further, Paul asserted that he and the other Apostles spoke "the word of God"...(1 Thessalonians 2:13).
As Brian Edwards has written..."Before the close of the first century, Clement of Rome either quoted from or referred to more than half the New Testament books and called them "scripture." By AD 180, Irenaeus of Lyons quoted over 1,000 passages from all but a handful of the New Testament books, calling them "holy Scriptures" given by the Holy Spirit. At the same time, Tertullian from North Africa referred to the "New Testament" and expounded on most of it. Origen from Alexandria in AD 240 referred to our 27 books as Scripture, and Athanasius used the same list in AD 367.5 They used no other books in the same way.
It is certain that by the early second century, the four Gospels (and never any others) and the thirteen letters of Paul were accepted by the churches across the Roman Empire without question. "
I hope this helps to clear up your misunderstandings Gary and I pray that God will use this resource to open blinded eyes to the truth of the apostate religion known as Roman Catholicism and to bring about true repentance and saving faith in the hearts of those who are drawn here.
Re: the canon: You're missing the point, Cameron. These were all tests that someone used to determine the divine authenticity of a given book, but someone -- some group -- had to make that decision. On whose authority was that decision made?
Re: Asking for the intercession of saints: Are they dead if they're in heaven, Daniel?
Re: being off-topic -- I was responding to a comment, not the article.
Thanks GTY for posting my previous post:
Quote from Gary Scott:
Priests don't offer forgiveness of themselves. They are speaking in the person of Christ. Biblical basis: John 20:23.
Gary if you have been a devote catholic that you would know this is a common pratice among them. This is what the Catholic teaches and they define forgivness as:
It is called the sacrament of confession, since the disclosure or confession of sins to a priest is an essential element of this sacrament..It is called the sacrament of forgiveness, since by
thepriest's sacramentalabsolution God grants the penitent pardon and peace.
Forgiveness through a priest is the sacrament of Penance,another name for Confession, and declared to be necessary for salvation.
The official words of Rome are:
It is through the sacrament ofPenance that the baptized can be reconciled with God and with the Church..This sacrament of Penance is necessary for salvation for those who have fallen after Baptism, just as Baptism is necessary for salvation for those who have not yet been reborn./Forgiveness for literally everything is proclaimed to be in the power of the priests of the Church.
In the Vatican's own words: There is no offense, however serious, that the Church cannot forgive.There is no one, however wicked and guilty, who may not confidently hope for forgiveness, provided his repentance is honest.
And another that the catholic church teaches:
Priests have received from God a power that he has given neither to angels nor to archangels..God above confirms what priests do here below. Were there no forgiveness of sins in the Church, there would be no hope of life to come or eternal liberation. Let us thank God who has given his Church such a gift.
And they use john 20:23 as you quote as evidences for priest to forgive sins. But if you understand this verse correctly it does not mention at all about confession of sins or suggest either. And neither suggest that the authority to forgive sins would be passed on to the successors of the apostles.
The promise from Jesus was specifically directed to the apostles.
So, John 20:23 is not saying that Catholic priests have the authority to forgive sins. It is saying that Christian disciples have the authority to pronounce what sins "have been forgiven."
The concept of confession of sin to a priest is nowhere taught in Scripture.We are to confess our sins to God (1 John 1:9). As New Covenant believers, we do not need mediators between us and God. We can go to God directly because of Jesus' sacrifice for us. First Timothy 2:5 says, "For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus."
I really hope this helps you understand this better! Other Questions found in GTY resources. So go there if you can! :)
You can pray for the living but not any of the dead
Communication with the dead is forbidden: Deut. 18:10-13 NKJV, Leviticus. 20:6-7 /Dead Judged - Hebrews 9:27
I am all in favor of Reformed and Evangelicals discussing the heresies of Roman Catholicism. However, I would urge you to take into account the epistemological challenges offered by a group such as Called to Communion. They will look at everything you say, and tell you that since it's from a "Sola Scriptura" (and hence from a Protestant) presupposition, therefore it's "begging the question in the dialectical sense". They will dismiss everything you have to say with a mere wave of the hand precisely for that reason. The individuals at CTC will offer greater challenges than you may be ready for. They won't simply acquiesce to the arguments that have been given here so far.
John (#25),
We are aware of folks like CTC and others who certainly wouldn't acquiesce to anything we are saying here. We don't expect them to and as you point out, more than likely they'll read our posts on this subject, snort and roll their eyes and move on.
Our primary focus is more lay level. But, if they come and cause trouble, we'll just point them back to your's and Steve Hays's fine work answering them. =-)
Thanks Fred. As you may have seen, I'm doing a series on the nonexistent early papacy, which I hope will be meaningful for mon-theology-geeks, in time for the upcoming conclave. If I can be of any help, please let me know.
I heard this with my BAD ear (haha)...thanks and I used to be Catholic; I'll send this info to my dear sister and her husband for the umpteenth time; I hope it finally registers... God bless!
Can anyone recommend a solid book on church history?
Alejandro, check out this work by Everett Ferguson:
It'll get you half-way through the middle ages. He's got a second volume that covers the Reformation, but I don't know that he's updated that.
Also, Justo Gonzalez has a single volume history:
Well said! Those are my feeling exactly and it breaks my heart. I am always being called unloving, a legalist and even when I quote the bible--to literal.
You listed the criteria the early Christians used to determine which books were to be included in Holy Scripture. Interesting. But, who were these people that determined which books were inspired by the Holy Spirit and which ones were not?
-Early Fathers of the Church (Bishop Irenaeus, Bishop Eusebius, and others) had put together lists of inspired books.
-392 A.D., Pope Damasus listed the present canon of books.
-393 A.D., The Council of Hippo listed the same canon.
-397 A.D., The Council of Carthage again approved the same canon.
Finally, Pope Innocent in 405 A.D., approved the present canon and closed the canon of the Bible.
Even Martin Luther said, "We are obliged to yield many things to the Papists (Catholics) - that they possess the Word of God, which we received from them, otherwise we should have known nothing at all about it."
Marie #34,
You have a misinformed understanding on how the Canon of the Old and New Testament came about. It wasn't "approved" by various councils some hundreds of years after their completion, but the Bible believing NT Christians recognized the letters as Canon as they were written. Those individuals and councils merely affirmed what was already established as the Canon. They didn't pick and choose the Canon.
Some resources you need to avail yourself of in order to have a proper handled on this subject would be,
Michael J. Kruger's three works, "The Early Text of the NT," the "Canon Revisited," and "The Heresy of Orthodoxy." All of those books are available at his website, http://michaeljkruger.com. He also has a number of online articles that address these claims you lay out about the various councils.
David King and William Webster's massive three volume treatment on defending the Reformation principle of Sola Scriptura, particularly volume 2, pages 301-389.
For a more lay level treatment, two works to consider is "From the Mind of God to the Mind of Man" which is a collection of essays on the subject of Scripture, it's authority, infallibility, transmission, and translation. And then James R. White's "Scripture Alone" that is a fabulous summation of the information contained in the above works.
The doctrine of sola scriptura is a huge point of contention for Catholic apologists. With regards to the statement made by John Bugay that many will dismiss out of hand assertions against Romanism based on the foundations of such assertions being in Scripture Alone is an indication of the extent of this issue.
However, one must keep in mind that while those individuals may dismiss out of hand our arguments due to "begging the question" their position likewise faces the same difficulty in terms of burden of proof.
James White demonstrates this in his mock debate with a Catholic apologist when he states that his Catholic opponent seeks to "attack sola scriptura so as to establish sola ecclesia. It is vital that everyone see that there are two positions being presented, and that the standard of proof demanded for one side be demanded of the other as well."
Ultimately there must be a final standard which stands in authority over all other standards...and in all cases this authority must be assumed-presupposed. At some point, as has been noted by writers such as Cornelius Van Til and echoed somewhat by men like John Frame, all argument is reduced to some measure of circularity.
Here is how Frame states this ultimate authority: "a belief that takes precedence over another and therefore serves as a criterion for another. An ultimate presupposition is a belief over which no other takes precedence. For a Christian, the content of Scripture must serve as his ultimate presupposition.... This doctrine is merely the outworking of the lordship of God in the area of human thought. It merely applies the doctrine of scriptural infallibility to the realm of knowing."
Van Til states: ""…all reasoning is, in the nature of the case, circular reasoning. The starting-point, the method, and the conclusion are always involved in one another" (Van Til, The Defense of the Faith, p. 101).
The point here is this...we need not be ashamed, intimidated, nor pushed back by the arrogant psuedo-intellectualism brought forth by those who would dismiss out of hand our standard for ultimate authority...God's Word. We must take our stand in the arena of world views as our opponents have done...and as John Frame notes:
" God created our minds to think within the Christian circle: hearing God's Word obediently and interpreting our experience by means of that Word. That is the only legitimate way to think, and we cannot abandon it to please the unbeliever. A good psychologist will not abandon reality as he perceives it to communicate with a delusional patient; so must it be with apologists.
In the final analysis, saving knowledge of God comes supernaturally. We can be brought from one circle to another only by God's supernatural grace."
Fred (#35)
Thanks for your reply, Fred. But it is you who are mistaken.
Before the Catholic councils and popes settled the issue of the canon of Scripture, there was great debate. Some Christians did not believe that the Church should accept Hebrews, Jude or 2 Peter. Jerome did not want Revelation to be included.
On the other hand, some Christians thought that Shepherd of Hermas, Gospels of Peter and Thomas, and Clement were inspired books.
There was no unanimity. The authority of the Catholic Church finally settled the matter.
Pope did'nt close the canon... Apostle John did... that would be the last book... Relevation... when John was exiled on the island of Patmos.
Gary S,
if one talks us from the dead... that's demons and their tricks..
book on church history? Get the DVD series by Diarmid MacCulloch/ BBC you won't regret it.
Marie Ann (#34) -- you said -392 A.D., Pope Damasus listed the present canon of books.
Would you be upset to know that you are passing along false information? The document you are speaking of here is attributed to Damasus, but rather it was a sixth-century forgery attributed to him. (See F.F. Bruce, "The Canon of Scripture", IVP (c)1988, pg 97 for details).
There was a great deal of that sort of thing in the early church. And much of Roman Catholicism takes its shape from this kind of forgery. See, for example, this link:
Marie Ann,
It would be helpful to actually go and check out those resources I cited. John mentioned another one I forgot and that is F.F. Bruce's book on the Canon of Scripture. The easiest thing for you to do is check out Michael Kruger's website because his material is on line and readily accessible. Rather than pronouncing me "wrong" go and interact with the arguments I present and offer a rebuttal.
Fred and John (41 and 42)
I would like to recommend a book to you as well. You may find Where We Got the Bible, by Henry G. Graham, to be very helpful. I did.
You inadvertently recognize the authority of the Catholic Church when you declare Sacred Scripture to be the Word of God.
If you believe the decree of Pope Damasus to be a forgery, then perhaps you will still recognize the Councils of Hippo and Carthage, or Pope Innocent I.
Many Protestants will acknowledge the Council of Carthage as the authority for the books that make up the New Testament.
in the Lord's Prayer Jesus said " Our Father .......forgive us our trespasses as WE forgive those who trespass against us...." Jesus gave all of us the authority to forgive each other. John chp 20 and the last chp of Luke is saying that WE ALL have been given the authority to preach the forgiveness of sin in Jesus' name. the book of James tells us to confess our sins one to another, in other words we are to apologize to others when we hurt them and ask for their forgiveness with meekness. if i offend a priest, or anyone, then i will apologize and ask him/her for their forgiveness; but for the RCC to think that scripture was written only to give them the authority to forgive ALL sin and offer the Lord's Supper as an unbloody sacrifice is beyond pride, it is an insult to what Jesus taught us.
I grew up in the 7th day Adventist church. Although I have long been disassociated with that church, while with them, I was taught over and over again that the Catholic Church had been historically identified, the Pope in particular, as the Antichrist. They also taught that the papacy would be, in conjunction with other false religions, as the primary "front" for Satan's final assaults on Christ's kingdom.
Aside from Pastor John and a few others, I've heard very little about the evils of Catholicism from many other Churches, preachers, etc.
Has the Catholic Church fooled a lot of people, intimidated a lot of people....or is it that, simply put, a lot of people simply don't care.
When the canon of the Bible is brought up, there are a couple things to remmeber:
1) The Roman Catholic Church wasn't born over night. It slowly, over decades and even centuries became what it is, as heretical doctrine piled up on heretical doctrine.
2) The Roman Catholic Church distorts history. It claims continuos succession and a history to the very early age - but it is not true. They claim for themselves "Catholic Saints" who were not Catholic in the terms of the RCC and even claim Popes who would have had no idea, at the time, what a Pope was and would have found the doctrine offensive. With their great power, in the middle ages, the RCC essentially had the power to "write" history in their favour, as if to suggest the RCC was around since the accension of Christ. It is a lie.
In short - when the canon of the NT was established, the RCC as it exists today was non-existent. It was still centuries away from becoming what it is today. Like all corruption, it takes time to unfold and although some of the seeds had already been planted, these early "Catholic Church Fathers" were by no means Roman Catholic.
This arguement is often used by RCC apologists and it is a straw man arguement. Their history (as espoused by the RCC) is a lie!
If the RCC eucharist is the actual body of Christ and essential to "catholic life", then what of the statement in Psalm 16:10 which states that the Holy One will not see decay? This means that the eucharist, which DOES see decay or corruption when it enters the human body, is simply not the actual body of Christ thereby discrediting an essential "works" of the the RCC system.
Also, if we could be saved by keeping the law (works) then Christ died in vain. Galatians 2:21
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In short: I had to come a long way for this ...GLAD I did!In full: This was the second 5K that I've ever attempted, but the first BUPA organised race AND the first race I have run outside England. NEGATIVE: I'm sure there wasn't a hill mentioned as being part of the race route, so obviously I wasn't prepared for that. Many runners will remember that there had been a lot of snowfall that month in Northern England and Scotland. Although it was new experience running on snow, I can tell you that it is quite simply energy-sapping and your legs begin to feel like jelly! Had this been a 10K run in the same conditions, I doubt whether I would have run continuously without stopping. The most negative aspect would most certainly have to be the baggage storage area ...NOT VERY SECURE! Organisers please take note. POSITIVE: The organisers had done a very good job of clearing the roads/paths that were going to be raced on in the latter stages of the race. The marshalling was good as was the warm-up at the start by that chap on the high tower. The chip-timing worked well and the results were up fairly quickly. GOODY BAG & MEDAL: The medal was solid metal, silvery/grey in colour about 6cm in diameter. It had all the event details on it in a sort of mural. The ribbon was of decent quality too, not likely to tear anytime soon. There were energy drinks and bottles of water available to all finishers plus the t-shirt in your size. There was also a re-usable hand warmer inside the drawcord bag too, which itself was BUPA branded.If there is anyone considering running this race who is travelling from a long distance away, I'd recommend staying at the Travelodge closest to the venue. There'll be many other runners staying there and staff are very friendly and accommodating. They helped me find the prayer direction and they had the numbers of two halal take-aways too. The winning time was under 13 mins, if you want to medal, that's the standard to produce.Date of review: July 21, 2010
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In short: Fabulous courseIn full: Was a bit worried when everyone kept on about hte hill, but after running the Balmoral 10K the week before, this was a walk in the park!! Hill was long but not steep and great to get it out of the way at the beginning! Plenty to entertain on the way round and Edinburgh looked ownderful in the sunlight. Only downside was that the finish was a bit of a scrum as I came in with a crowd of quite a few other runners,,,some channeling would have helped :)Date of review: May 11, 2010
In short: Challenging and rewarding scenic city 10kIn full: Best start/finish area yet, and nice to get the long hill out of the way early. All the ups have downs too. Good support virtually all the way around the course and Edinburgh is a great city for the weekend. Personally I like the t-shirt designs (I have run BUPA races for several years) but wish they were "technical" material, even if it meant increasing the entry fee. Well organised again, well done to Nova and all marshalls etc and Edinburgh City - see you next year.Date of review: May 11, 2010
In short: Excellent organisation. Wonderful City. Fantastic crowd! Thank you!In full: Hill, Hill, Hillyville! Gosh I didn't train for that, however, I did it and in a great time too. Fabulous event. Thoroughly exhilarating! First race and it hasn't put me off.Date of review: May 6, 2010
In short: Excellent organisation, better route this year.In full: Start and finish in Holyrood Park was excellent. Tough course to get a PB but thought this was the best route yet. Thought organisation was very good. Water station was well manned and clear distance markers throughout inc 800m marker at end. Goody bags were great and there was also additional free Powerade and muesli bars if required. My only gripe was the number of people walking at different parts of the course who started running in the first wave making it even more congested. Date of review: May 4, 2010
In short: really good new route. some challenging hills but with the nice weather and the city centre route it made for a great run. Bring on next year!Date of review: May 3, 2010
In short: Mind the hillIn full: Before you start the event the BUPA website warns you that you can expect an extra 2 minutes to be added to your usual PB and they are not kidding.I'm a regular club runner and found this hellish - lots of hills and sharp descent i thought id left cross country season behind! I guess this is just the landscape of the city.Other points of note - A water "station" which consisted of 2 guys handing out bottles which i missed on the wrong side of the road- No 800m and 400m count-down markers as with the Yorkshire and Sunderland 10k's (I didnt see them)- Another generic, ugly looking, Grey Marl, BUPA T-shirt in the goodie bag - the same type as at all their event last year only with a different logo.At least the baggage area was well guardedDate of review: May 3, 2010
In short: Far better start/finish area than last year Date of review: May 2, 2010
In short: Undulating course that both challenged and rewarded.In full: New start much improved this race. It was great to get the worst hill out of the way first and the rest of the uphill was rewarded by downhills. Well organised and really enjoyed it.Date of review: May 2, 2010
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Minot State not confident in Shirvani
Minot State University's Student Government has passed a resolution in support of a proposal by Sen. Tony Grindberg, R-Fargo, to amend Senate Bill 2003 to provide funding for a buyout of North Dakota University System Chancellor Hamid Shirvani's contract.
It would reportedly cost $600,000 to buy out the contract of the chancellor, who has been on the job for less than a year.
The resolution passed by a simple majority at the group's Feb. 11 meeting.
"As a group we decided it was a necessary step to take," said Lindsey Nelson, president of the MSU Student Government, on Friday.
Nelson said Minot State is thus far the only the university among the 11 colleges and universities in the university system to pass a formal resolution. The State Student Government Association is meeting this weekend in Bismarck and the issue of the chancellor's contract will likely be informally discussed, though the state body has taken no action, she said.
"As a representative of all students of Minot State University, both current and future, I feel that this resolution was important to show our support in a quick and efficient way of resolving student concerns with our current Chancellor, Dr. Hamid Shirvani," said freshman senator Alex Buchholz in a press release. "The SGA 02-1213 resolution expresses how the students of Minot State University feel."
The Student Government also passed a vote of no confidence in Shirvani on Feb. 11, expressing dissatisfaction with changes in the university system proposed by the new chancellor.
"By means of Dr. Hamid Shirvani's command, the management of the North Dakota University System has egregiously breached the trust and therefore lost the support of the students of Minot State University," the resolution stated.
"Dr. Hamid Shirvani has consistently misrepresented the facts with regard to changes implemented through the North Dakota University System; in specificity, the continuous and covert application of alterations involving the Pathways to Student Success document, formerly known as the Three Tier System Access Plan, have fostered concerns from our student body.
Due to these few examples of the myriad reasons for our concern, the MInot State University Student Government Association, as representatives of the student body, no longer has confidence in Dr. Hamid Shirvani's ability to lead the North Dakota University System as Chancellor."
The Pathways to Student Success proposal would, among other changes, eventually end flat-rate tuition for many out of state and international students in the university system. The proposal would also tighten admission requirements at the four-year colleges in the university system. Campuses would also be expected to reduce available tuition waivers, with waivers not to exceed five percent of the previous year's undergraduate tuition charges.
At the time Grindberg made the amendment proposal, he said he felt Shirvani's leadership had led to increased mistrust among the system's university leaders and that Shirvani had exhibited questionable leadership.
Shirvani did not immediately return a call from The Minot Daily News on Friday but said earlier this month he has no plans to step down.


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I'm challenging myself to try to make as many things that we need as possible. Especially things that are ridiculously expensive. Some items I have in mind are crackers, bread, granola, graham crackers, vegetables, date books, blank books for my kids, and rugs. I've already started on the rugs, actually.
This scrappy mess is an almost complete rug made from ripped up t-shirts. I started it 10 years ago. I have lost it in storage for years at a time, working on it here and there. And, now it is finally almost complete.
The first job I ever had in Missoula was at The Black Dog restaurant, and I wore my Black Dog t-shirt around town while meeting people who have changed my life. I fell in love with Missoula while wearing that shirt.
There are also some Big Dipper t-shirts mixed in there, another job I had in Missoula with big memories for me. Some band t-shirts, a Zapatista inspired rebel t-shirt that I got in San Cristobal, Mexico. Oh, the memories. And now they all reside in this rug that I plan to put somewhere in our house.
I couldn't stand the idea of giving these t- shirts to goodwill, they held too many memories, but I also didn't have the space in my drawers and closets to store them any longer. So, why not make a rug out of them? And...
This rug is made from bed sheets that I dyed different colors and then crocheted using a huge hook. This is a great way to get rid of stained, or worn thin bed sheets. You could also tear up old clothing made of woven fabric, like mens dress shirts, or skirts, etc.
Next on my list are date books and blank books for the kids, made from old cereal boxes and scrap paper.
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Serving Size ½ of recipe
Calories 473
Total Fat 28.5 g
Saturated Fat 8 g
Sodium 405 mg
Total Carbohydrate 2 g
Dietary Fiber 0.5 g
Protein 50 g
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Garlic cloves, chopped 2
Rosemary leaves 2 tablespoons
Parsley leaves ¼ cup
Pine nuts 2 tablespoons
Olive oil 1 tablespoon
Salt ¼ teaspoon
Freshly ground black pepper to taste
New York strip steak, visible fat removed and cut into 2 pieces ¾ pound
- Combine garlic, rosemary, parsley, and pine nuts in a blender or food processor until finely chopped. Drizzle in oil, and continue blending until it forms a thick paste. Transfer to a bowl, and stir in salt and pepper.
- Coat both sides of the steaks with paste. Cover and refrigerate 30 minutes to overnight.
- Prepare indoor or outdoor grill. Grill the steaks 7-9 minutes per side, or until they reach desired degree of doneness.
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This week, we hold the Exodus story up to the light and turn it — like a jewel, the ancient rabbis would say. And Avivah Zornberg tells us what she sees: astonishing detail, hues of meaning, and a cargo of hidden stories. We follow Zornberg and find ourselves addressed, whoever we are. This story, among all the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, has proven itself a bearer across time of near-universal themes.
Scholars locate it in history. But Exodus also qualifies lavishly for my favorite definition of "myth" — a word we've diminished, equated with things that are not "true." Myth, said the Greek statesman Solon, "is not about something that never happened. It is about something that happens over and over again." In a paraphrase I also love, Rabbi Sandy Sasso once said to me about the Exodus story, with its irresistible dramatic potential: "What happened once upon a time happens all the time."
Judaism indulges this insight with its practice of midrash — a practice of seeking multiple meanings in sacred text, of treating gaps in the story as invitations. At one and the same time, midrash takes the text seriously and honors the personal, moral struggle of the reader in every generation to interpret and apply it. Midrashic explications of Exodus take us far from the simple children's book tale that would pit a heroic Moses against a villainous Pharaoh and end happily ever after. But it starts with the bare bones of the story. In the act of retelling, of walking attentively through the story, something magical happens with the basic contours of character and plot. Layer upon layer of meaning emerge — alternately whimsical and challenging. This is storytelling for adults.
I won't try to recreate Avivah Zornberg's guided walk through Exodus. I'll just share some high points, the kind of revelation that is possible with the tools at her disposal. Most basic and important of all, perhaps, is her close knowledge of the original Hebrew. Hebrew is a visual language, full of allusive imagery and evocative word play, and that is invariably lost in translation. In the Exodus epic, Moses first encounters God in a burning bush. Avivah Zornberg translates the name that God gives from the burning bush, "I Will Be Who I Will Be." This is no less inscrutable than the usual English translation, "I Am Who I Am." But Zornberg's translation suggests something others miss: the evasiveness and — one might say — defiance of a God who refuses to be captured, to be reduced to human limitation. "I will be who I will be" suggests infinite possibility.
From raw materials of word and narrative, Avivah Zornberg uncovers in Exodus a rich commentary on human nature at its best and at its worst, in the powerful and in the weak. She draws fascinating and resonant observations about the madness and self-defeat of the authoritarian personality, for example. She explores the personal vigor and vision that are required if victims are to cease being victims. She reads Exodus as a tale of passion — of God's aroused attention to the enslaved people's suffering, and a subsequent longing on the part of God that mirrors the more predictable longing of human beings in the other direction.
Avivah Zornberg calls her book about Exodus The Particulars of Rapture. She is interested in the rapture of the accomplishment of freedom, and of relationship between human beings and God. But she acknowledges, as does the sacred text, that rapture rarely comes unalloyed. Her passion, if you will, is for the details — the particularities — that render this narrative humanly accessible as much as divinely inspired, that keep it open and relevant to new generations. She draws on poetry, modern literature, and psychology as she makes sense of this text in our lifetime, and she takes her title itself from these lines of a poem by Wallace Stevens:
Two things of opposite natures seem to depend
On one another, as a man depends
On a woman, day on night, the imagined
On the real. This is the origin of change.
Winter and spring, cold copulars, embrace
And forth the particulars of rapture come.


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The 1942-D over Horizontal D Jefferson Nickel is a result of a Mint employee punching the mint mark in the wrong position on the working die. Up until late in 1989 the Mint employee would hand punch the mint mark on to the working die and many times the mint mark would accidentally be struck the wrong way.
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Donald P. Hendrickson
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. – Donald P. Hendrickson, age 70, of Sheboygan, passed away Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, at Sharon S. Richardson Hospice Care Center after a hard-fought battle with cancer.
He was born Feb. 3, 1942, in Calumet, a son of Donald A. and Catherine (Crnkovich) Hendrickson.
Don attended Calumet High School, graduating in 1960. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy from 1961 until his honorable discharge in 1963.
On Oct. 6, 1962, he married Barbara Plute in Calumet and the couple moved to Sheboygan Falls in 1968. The couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this year.
Don was employed by the Kohler Company from 1968 until his retirement in 1999. He was a proud member of U.A.W. 833 and the Kohler Quarter Century Club. After retirement, Don enjoyed caring for his yard, washing and polishing his vehicles, including his 1964 T-Bird and visiting with his neighbors. Don was an avid Detroit Lions fan.
Surviving are his loving wife, Barb; his children, David (Debi) Hendrickson of Town Lima and Joanne "Missy" Hendrickson of Sheboygan; Don's special granddaughter, Taylor Hendrickson; two brothers, Bob (Candy) Hendrickson of Pickerel, Wis. and Paul (Becky) Wickstrom of Calumet; a sister, Kim (Steve) Reinking of Holland, Mich.; nieces, nephews and many friends.
Don was preceded in death by his father, Donald A. Hendrickson, who died serving his country in Okinawa, Japan in June of 1945. Also his mother, Catherine (Crnkovich) Hendrickson-Wickstrom; his step-father, Al Wickstrom; a brother, Joseph Wickstrom.
Funeral services for Don will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2012 at 1 p.m. in Zimmer's Westview Funeral & Cremation Care Center, W2132 Garton Road. Rev. Tom Fleischmann, Sheboygan County Chaplain will officiate. Committal rites and military honors will be accorded at the Chapel of Eternal Light, Greenlawn Memorial Park. Friends may call at Westview from 11 a.m. until time of services.
Memorial funds have been established in Don's name to Sharon S. Richardson Hospice and the Sheboygan County Chaplaincy.
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We'll have the Winter 2011 issue of Religion & Liberty online later this week and you won't want to miss it. Subscribe here. We're previewing the issue on the PowerBlog with a book review that, because of space limitations, had to be shortened. This post publishes it in full.
Constantine and the Great Transformation
Defending Constantine by Peter J. Leithart (IVP Academic, 2010)
Reviewed by Johannes L. Jacobse
The argument that the lifting of the persecutions of early Christians and the subsequent expansion of the Christian faith led to a "fall" of the Christian Church is more widespread than we may believe. Academics have defended it for years. Popular Christianity, especially conservative Protestantism, takes it as a truth second only to the Gospel.
Towering over this argument is Constantine the Great. When Constantine faced the final battle that would determine if he became Rome's new emperor, he saw a cross shining in the sky above the sun and heard the words, "By this sign conquer." He took it to mean that divine providence chose him to be the emperor of a new and undivided Rome. His soldiers went to battle with a cross painted on their shields and won. The persecutions stopped. Christianity was the new religion of the empire.
But is the collective wisdom accurate? Is it true that the fourth century represents decline? No, argues Peter J. Leithart in his new book Defending Constantine."Constantine has been a whipping boy for a very long time and still is today," Leithart begins. The historical and theological consensus identifies Constantine with "tyranny, anti-Semitism, hypocrisy, apostasy, and heresy." Constantine, the conventional wisdom goes, was a "power hardened politician … a hypocrite who harnessed the energy of the Church for his own ends … a murderer, usurper, and egoist."
This opinion has its roots in the work of John Howard Yoder, a prominent pacifist and "probably the most influential Mennonite theologian who ever lived," Leithart argues. His influence is far reaching and includes such prominent names as Stanley Hauerwas of Duke University among others. "In Yoder's telling, the Church 'fell' in the fourth century (or thereabouts) and has not yet recovered from that fall. This misconstrues the theological significance of Constantine … "
Challenging Yoder's thesis is not the only reason Leithart wrote the book but it certainly is the most compelling. Leithart believes Yoder's pacifist preconceptions distort the historical record to such a degree that they blind us to the inherent moral power of the Christian faith to transform and elevate human culture. The pacifism of Yoder and like-minded disciples, Leithart argues in so many words, is nothing less than a debilitating emasculation of the Christian faith. (more…)


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At the Spring 2012 USARS Board of Directors Meeting, Board representation by the various sports of roller skating was reviewed and found to be lacking. The Board unanimously voted to add two sport specific seats to the Board, one each for the sport disciplines of Rink Hockey and Roller Derby.
Eligibility Criteria: Candidates for these Board Seats must: (1) Be current USARS members; (2) Be actively involved in USARS programs for the sport they are nominated to represent; (3) Contribute significantly to the advancement of that roller sport; (4) Agree in writing to abide by the USARS Code of Ethics; and (5) Submit a resume and a letter of application for the Board seat. Nominees must be able to attend two meetings each year in order to serve as a Director on the Board.
Who Can Nominate: A qualified person can nominate himself, herself or another USARS member, with the candidate's written permission, can make a nomination. The deadline for receipt of nominations at the USA Roller Sports National Headquarters is October 4, 2012.
Term of Office: Under the current USARS By-Laws, the Board of Directors election procedures are established on staggered three-year terms. Terms for these positions will begin at the close of the 2012 Fall Board Meeting in November and conclude at the close of the Fall Board Meeting in 2015.
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