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Action vs. Inaction
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Last week I coined a new phrase. At least, I don't believe I've ever heard it before. It goes like this:
"Perfect inaction is a miserable substitute for imperfect action."
Too often, for example, we see 4 Disciplines of Execution clients spend way too much time getting ready to get ready. They want their WIGs (wildly important goals), lead measures, scoreboards, and WIG meetings to be perfect, before taking any action at all. However, during those 4 to 8 weeks of preparation, they miss out on the fruit of action – even if that action isn't perfected yet. Err on the side of action. My good friend and fellow FranklinCovey consultant, Patrick Leddin, puts it this way, "Everything worth doing is worth doing poorly- at least at first."
In Gilbert & Sullivan's famous operetta, "The Pirates of Penzance," art imitates life. The constable and his deputies, tasked with confronting the dubious and dastardly pirates, sing ernestly about their intentions to engage in certain conflict. Over and over again they sing, "We go! Yes, forward on we go. Yes, forward on we go." All the while, they are marching in circles – NOT going. Finally, the hopeful – and increasingly more concerned – citizen onlookers chime in on the chorus and follow each "Forward on we go," with their own, "Yes, but you DON"T go!"
Perhaps Nike's ad slogan says it best. "Just Do It!"


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Meredith Grey and Jackson Avery have a lot in common: both have to suffer the pressure that comes with carrying famous surnames. The super-hot grandson of famous surgeon Dr. Harper Avery (for whom the prestigious Avery Award, which Richard Webber was short-listed on, is named), Jackson is a surgical resident who joined Seattle Grace after the hospital's merger with Mercy West. Although he developed a crush on Cristina, which culminated in a drunken kiss at a party, she's made it clear that she isn't interested. Despite his nickname ("Pretty Boy"), Jackson has shown himself to be a promising surgeon, performing admirably under pressure during the hospital shooting.


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Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)
Top facts
- Orangutans are the largest tree-dwelling mammals in the world.
- Bornean orangutans build nests from bent branches high up in the trees where they sleep at night.
- On average, female orangutans only give birth every eight years, making them the slowest breeding of all mammal species.
- The diet of the Bornean orangutan includes over 400 different types of food.
Bornean orangutan fact file
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Bornean orangutan description
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Mammalia |
Order | Primates |
Family | Hominidae |
Genus | Pongo (1) |
The Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) is one of only two species of orangutan, which together are the only species of great apes to be found in Asia (2). Orangutan means 'person of the forest' in the native languages of Indonesia and Malaysia, and orangutans are the largest tree-dwelling mammals in the world (1) (2).
Orangutans have a distinctive body shape, with very long arms that may reach up to two metres in length. They have a coarse, shaggy, reddish coat and grasping hands and feet (2). The skin of the face is bare and black, but can be pinkish around the eyes and muzzle in younger individuals (2). Orangutans are highly sexually dimorphic, with adult males being distinguished from females by their larger size (2).
The adult male Bornean orangutan occurs in two forms, flanged or unflanged (1) (4). Flanged males are larger than unflanged males, and also differ in possessing fleshy, protruding 'flanges', or cheek pads, on either side of the face. Flanged males also produce long vocalisations in order to attract receptive females (4).
The Bornean orangutan and Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) were once considered to be subspecies of the same species. However, genetic evidence has since shown them to be different enough to be classified as two separate species (5). The Bornean orangutan differs from the Sumatran orangutan in having a broader face and shorter beard, and is also slightly darker in colour (6).
- Also known as
- Bornean orang-utan.
- French
- Orang-outan De Bornéo.
- Spanish
- Orang-után.
- Size
- Male head-body length: 97 cm (2)
- Female head-body length: 78 cm (2)
- Male weight: 60 - 90 kg (2)
- Female weight: 40 - 50 kg (2)
The Great Apes Survival Project (GRASP):
http://www.unep.org/grasp/ -
The Orangutan Foundation:
http://www.orangutan.org.uk/ -
The Bornean Orangutan Survival Foundation:
http://www.savetheorangutan.info/ - Arboreal
- Living in trees.
- Gestation
- The state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth.
- Home range
- The area occupied by an animal during routine activities, which is not actively defended.
- Invertebrates
- Animals with no backbone, such as insects, crustaceans, worms, molluscs, spiders, cnidarians (jellyfish, corals, sea anemones) and echinoderms.
- Sexually dimorphic
- When males and females of the same species differ in appearance.
- Subspecies
- A population usually restricted to a geographical area that differs from other populations of the same species, but not to the extent of being classified as a separate species.
- Vertebrates
- Animals with a backbone, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish.
IUCN Red List (January, 2012)
http://www.iucnredlist.org/ - Macdonald, D. (2001) The New Encyclopedia of Mammals. OxfordUniversity Press, Oxford.
CITES (January, 2012)
http://www.cites.org/ - Knott, C.D., Thompson, M.E., Stumpf, R.M. and McIntyre, M.H. (2010) Female reproductive strategies in orangutans, evidence for female choice and counterstrategies to infanticide in a species with frequent sexual coercion. Proceedings of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences, 277: 105-113.
- Zhi, L. et al. (1996) Genomic differentiation among natural populations of orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus). Current Biology, 6(10): 1326-1336.
The Orangutan Foundation (January, 2012)
http://www.orangutan.org.uk/ -
WWF - Orangutan (January, 2012)
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/great_apes/orangutans/ - Lorenz, M. (2004) Pers. comm.
- Van Schaik, C.P., Monk, K.A. and Yarrow Robertson, J.M. (2001) Dramatic decline in orang-utan numbers in the Leuser Ecosystem, Northern Sumatra. Oryx, 35(1): 14-25.
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Bornean orangutan biology
A predominantly solitary creature, the Bornean orangutan occupies large overlapping home ranges where it spends almost all of its time in the trees, clambering between branches or using its body weight to bend and sway trees (2). Each night, the Bornean orangutan builds a nest from bent branches on which to sleep, high up in the trees (2) (7). An extra layer is added to cover the individual if it is raining (2).
Orangutans are the slowest breeding of all mammal species, with an inter-birth interval of approximately eight years (2) (8). They are long-lived, and females tend not to reproduce until they reach 15 years of age (2). The female Bornean orangutan is thought to prefer to mate with a dominant, flanged male, and will seek one out (4). However, other male orangutans may force matings should they encounter a lone female (2) (4).
The female Bornean orangutan gives birth to a single young after a gestation period of 235 to 270 days (2). The infant spends its first two to three years being carried constantly, and will still remain close to the female for at least another three years (2) (8).
The orangutan's diet includes over 400 types of food, with fruit such as wild figs (Ficus spp.) and durians (Durio spp.) forming around 60 percent of its diet (2) (8). Leaves, shoots and invertebrates are also taken, and the Bornean orangutan will occasionally feed on mineral-rich soils (2).
TopBornean orangutan range
Fossil evidence suggests that orangutans were once widely distributed in Southeast Asia. However, the Bornean orangutan is today restricted solely to the island of Borneo, with the largest population located in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island (7).
Three subspecies are currently recognised, and their ranges are as follows; P. p. pygmaeus ranges from northwest Kalimantan to Sarawak, P. p. wurmbi occurs on southwest Kalimantan, and P. p. morio can be found on northeast Kalimantan to Sabah (1) (8).
TopBornean orangutan habitat
The Bornean orangutan mainly inhabits lowland and hilly tropical rainforests (2), at elevations up to 800 metres above sea level (8).
TopBornean orangutan status
The Bornean orangutan is classified as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List (1), and listed on Appendix I of CITES (3).
Subspecies: Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus (western Bornean orangutan), P. p. wurmbii (southern Bornean orangutan) and P. p. morio (northeast Bornean orangutan) are all classified as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List (1).
TopBornean orangutan threats
In the past, orangutans were hunted relentlessly in the majority of their Southeast Asian range, with their large size and slow movements making them easy targets for hunters (9). However, the main threat to orangutans today is loss of habitat. In the past twenty years, 80 percent of orangutan habitat has been lost to illegal logging, gold mining and conversion to permanent agriculture, in particular oil palm plantations. Orangutans are extremely vulnerable to exploitation, largely as a result of their extremely long inter-birth interval (8).
Forest fires raged through much of Borneo in 1997 and 1998 and it is estimated that around one third of the island's orangutan population was lost at this time (9). Orangutans that wander into oil palm plantations and other human-inhabited areas may also be captured for the illegal pet trade (8).
TopBornean orangutan conservation
The Bornean orangutan is protected by law in both the Malaysian and Indonesian areas of the island, and is listed on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), which prohibits international trade (3) (7). While some populations do occur within protected parks, illegal logging even within protected areas remains a key threat to the survival of this species, and has increased with political instability in Indonesia (2).
Current conservation priorities for the Bornean orangutan include the long-term protection its forest habitat (6). In order to ensure their long term success, conservation projects need to involve local communities that occur in close proximity to orangutan habitat (6). Conservationists are also working to reduce conflict between people and orangutans, by devising practical solutions to prevent orangutans from raiding crops (7).
Captive Bornean orangutans, often rescued from the illegal wildlife trade, are being re-introduced into the wild in rehabilitation centres (7) (8).
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For more information on the Bornean orangutan:
Information authenticated by Martha Lorenz of the Orangutan Foundation, 2004.
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Foreword: This is one of my own RPG from another site I'm on.
There has never been an end to piracy. Never really a beginning, either. Hundreds of years ago, there was a pirate war. At first it was small, with only once in a while a ship sinking, but then it went too far. The Shipping line crashed due to the mass amount of pirates looting them. The Government took action by sending fleets of their naval ships out to try and destroy the pirates. The pirates started looting islands, making the Natives unhappy. The Natives being cannibals, they had plenty of spears, and even a couple boats. After a large battle between two pirate ships and two naval ships took place, several massive sea monsters includin nymphs and ancient gods woke from their slumber. Some of them being Poseidon and Calypso and her sisters who took the men and hold them prisoner on their island What was happening seemed to cause undead skeleton pirates to come up from the end of the world, and they weren't happy. Will you try to stop the war, or keep it going on longer and harder?
Basic rules (as in no godmodding, Gary-Mary Sues, No controlling others characters)
Keep weapons to the weapons of the time (muskets, swords, cannonballs, etc)
Keep the types of characters balanced
You guys can control the monsters that attack you
Talk like (this) when out of RPG
Mermaid characters allowed (limit, if we get a ton of them)
Sea god/nymph characters allowed (like Calypso, Poseidon, etc.)
Everyone can have weapons
Make up tribes if cannibal
CnC always appreciated
One tribal leader per tribe, say so in other if leader
Three strikes your out, I'm nice and give you one warning before strike one
Put eight on the Pieces of line so I know you read the rules
Form: (mine filled out)
Ship (if pirate):
Role on ship (if pirate):
Tribe (if cannibal):
What civilization are you a god/nymph from (gods and Nymphs only):
Naval position (if military):
Living or Dead (if pirate):
Pieces of:
My Form:
Name: Cannonhead Will
Age: 17
Looks: long black hair, brown eyes, different clothes he "borrowed" and a sword
Personality: Very nice, kind, friendly, but is tough to his competition
Bio: his family was always in the British navy and he was forced to enroll. So at night he destroyed the training ground and stole a big ship which he named "Fearless Bandit of the Seas"
Role: Pirate
Ship (if pirate): said above
Role on ship (if pirate): captian
Tribe (if cannibal):
What civilization are you a god/nymph from (gods and Nymphs only):
Weapon(s): Sword, pistol
Naval position (if military):
Living or Dead (if pirate): Living
Other: Not really
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Putt-putt posses roll spheres across an 18-hole mini-golf course packed with waterfalls, streams, and slopes on shores of Ohio River
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A towering dome dedicated to golf practice looms over The Golf Dome's multifaceted grounds, serving as the gravitational center of a facility dedicated to recreational golf and baseball practice. Inside the vaulted white roof, golfers stroke drives from one of 34 hitting bays at the indoor, two-tiered driving range, where distance-reading software flashes instant readouts of shot trajectory and the pain inflicted on each practice ball. The dome further facilitates climate-controlled clubbing with a putting and chipping area and Full Swing golf simulators, which allow golfers to play digital recreations of more than 30 of the world's top courses.
Outside, a scenic, 20-foot waterfall draws players to the 18-hole miniature golf course, where contoured greens run between rocky outcrops, interrupted by water that comes into play on 14 holes. The din of sharply struck line drives echoes throughout the grounds, sonic evidence of the six adjacent batting cages, where players swing at high-arching softballs, baseballs hurled at up to 75 miles per hour, and tiny meteors raining from the sky.
Sling a quiver of nine-iron bows and dimpled, spherical arrows over your shoulder and hit the 18-hole New Castle Country Club Course for a game of golf (a $100 value). Designed by famed course designer A. W. Tillinghast and built in 1923, the 6,600-yard course, easily traversed by your included golf cart ($25), offers ample opportunity for both exhilarating eagles and disappointing duffs. Walter-Hagens-in-training will refuel with a boxed lunch of ham or turkey croissants with snacks and drink ($10), and rue that shank on the 14th hole at the locker room, driving range, or bag service area ($15 value for use of all three). If you care to sip on some alcoholic refreshment, those alongside other menu items are available for separate purchase. Put on your favorite tam o'shanter and hit the links at New Castle Country Club for a round of the thinking man's polo.
At theNorth Hills Junior Golf Academy, we emphasize safety, fun, excellence and personal attention. Our professional golf instructors, college coaches and staff are carefully picked for their love of teaching junior golf, their oustanding teaching abilities and their inspirational approach in having fun and learning golf.
The U.S. Women's Open is one of the United States Golf Association's premier majors and a chance to see the world's best female golfers display their driving, chipping, and golf-ball levitation skills, which have eliminated the need for tees. Spend one of four days analyzing the rhythmic, controlled shots from expected competitors such as Michelle Wie and the steady putting skills of Ai Miyazato—both trying to best last year's champion, Eun-Hee Ji. Up to nine golf-following youths age 17 and under will be admitted free of charge with every ticketed adult, and the first two rows of the grandstands are reserved for children to soak in the action with a first-hand view.
Named for the sunny yellow birdsfoot trefoil flowers strewn throughout the course—sprouted from seeds that fell off hay wagons rumbling through years ago on the fields of the former Buffalo Creek Farms—the championship golf course at Birdsfoot Golf Club enchants golfers with rolling hills and country charm. The links-style front nine give way to a back nine whose fairways open over hills, inviting golfers to pull out their drivers and whack dimpled orbs with the club-swinging gusto usually reserved for cracking eggs into an omelet pan. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette highlights the course's 465-yard third hole as one of the 18 best public holes in western Pennsylvania, citing its mounded fairway, which doglegs left and challenges putts with a downhill, sloped green. As carts zoom from one hole to the next, they traverse a path where bogeyman faces carved by a local artist peer from tree trunks. When players finish their rounds, they can unwind in a clubhouse where ghosts from its former life as a farmhouse offer advice on covertly changing scorecard results.
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Length of 7,034 yards
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See an interactive course tour
Stop N Sock's owners have transformed their corner of New Brighton into a family-friendly labyrinth of golf-inspired games. Their expansive outdoor facility—with 43 acres of rolling greens—allows adults and kids to putt and ricochet balls around the 18-hole golf course lined with trees, shrubs, and spouting fountains, or toss tiny saucers into metal baskets at disc golf. With short links and wide fairways, their pitch-and-putt course lets kids develop interest in golf, and challenges experienced club swingers to hone their short game. Stop N Sock's driving range, however, gives everyone the opportunity to work on their long game, with 27 stations equipped with grass practice areas and automatic ball dispensers. To mix it up, the golf-centric center's batting cages lets individuals solidify their stance, perfect their focus, and keep the rust and barnacles off their swing.


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The group has filed other civil fraud lawsuits claiming reckless mortgage lending against four other banks, most of whom have settled. Three of the cases were settled.
In February, Citigroup agreed to pay $158 million to settle charges that its mortgage unit defrauded the FHA.
In May, Deutsche Bank also agreed to pay $202 million to settle civil claims that its mortgage unit lied to qualify thousands of risky mortgages for the same FHA insurance program.


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Everyone's raving about Isabel Marant. If that name doesn't ring a bell, you'll more than likely recognize her designs – the heeled suede sneakers, sueded cowboy styled ankle boots, and most recently the western studded & embroidered boots.
Marant is a French designer who founded her french house of fashion in 1994, so she's been around for a while but recently became widely recognized by pretty much everyone with her success in shoe designs. She is known for her loose fabrics and urban clothes such as slouchy pants and loose-fitting knits. In contrast, she also is known for "glitzy – designs" and that shows through her line of studded & embroidered boots. They are so unique – western with a flair of edginess and femininity.
Here's how I styled 3 looks to go with the Milwaukee studded ankle boots:
First Outfit – Casual & Cozy
- Denim & Supply Ralph Lauren Chunky Knit Cardigan
- Wilfred Free To Hope T-Shirt
- JBrand Maverick Skinny Cargo Jeans
Second Outfit: Girly & Edgy
Third Outfit: Femme Fatale
- Wilfred Shrunken Chevalier Blazer
- River Island Leopard Print Peplum Top
- JBrand Waxed Legging Jeans
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Try running kmail from a konsole. Maybe you'll get some messages then.
Make sure ASpell is set up in KDE.. I had a similar problem and fixed it by setting things up... To do this you need to:- Open the KDE Control Center- Choose: KDE Components, then Spell Checker- In the Spell Checker window, make sure the 'dictionary' and 'client' boxes are set to ASpell


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However, I don't think you'll be able to keep the truth in your mouth for long without saying it, especially when prompted.
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Here is what I submitted to my teacher last semester for a paper on the topic: "Same Sex Marriage".
(This is an actual paper submitted for a college course... so all refs are included)
Same Sex Marriage
The topic of Same-Sex Marriage has been raised more and more lately on a personal level here in the church I serve God. Not within our church but external influences that have come very close to dealings within our church. Of course, this has raised an issue for me in trying to understand how the influences of the world can become so strong within the Body of Christ. How can people or even entire denominations within the Body of Christ accept worldly influences that are counter to the Word of God. This influence (upon the Body of Christ) came to the forefront when the Chairman of the Board of Trustee's at a local church we are renting from, was married… to another man.
In the course of searching for a new location to move our church to has been ongoing for a few months now. I have discovered that other churches that we have contacted and discussed negotiations with have brought to the light their acceptance of same-sex marriage. While they respected our resistance to the acceptance to same-sex marriage, they did expect our acceptance to their decision for their congregation. This left me concerned for where parts of the Body of Christ are headed in their conforming to the world instead of conforming to the image of Christ and remaining separate from the world.
In reading several articles and searching through websites and even past discussions with other Christians who are either for or against same-sex marriage, names such as "traditionalists", "fundamentalists", and "zealists", are just a few terms tossed into the mix of theologies, opinions, and even accusations (homophobic). The defining of marriage is skewed by personal theologies and personal opinion. People seem to fail to pursue what God's defining of marriage is all about or how this defining of marriage is discerned simply by the creation of a man and then … a woman.
Marriage, or at least in the beginning, the relationship established between man and "his" help meet has always been a women. God established this as we read: Genesis 2: 18 And the Lord God said, "It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him" (NKJV). From the very beginning God has established that for all time, man will leave the parents and join with a "woman" and they will become one flesh: v 24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh (NKJV). What many fail to understand and discern from this scripture is that God is securing the marriage covenant between only a man and a woman, for the future of all man-kind. From this moment, God's will is that man ONLY marries woman, is established.
This establishment is reemphasized by Jesus Christ when He is speaking to the Pharisees and to the people in the region of Judea: Matthew 19: 4 And He answered and said to them, "Have you not read that He who made[a] them at the beginning 'made them male and female,' 5 and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'?[c] 6 So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate" (NKJV). While the question concerns divorce, we can see in the answer that Jesus supports His Father's will in that a marriage is comprised of only a man and a woman. Together, a man and only a woman become one flesh when they are joined in marriage.
Man has broken this covenant of marriage in mainly two ways. In accepting the ease in which a marriage can end for selfish reasons and a divorce secured from the world's courts for no reason at all in many situations. The other way that this covenant is compromised by man is in the acceptance of and in the execution of, same-sex marriage. Only when a man is joined to a wife are they one flesh and the marriage covenant is in accordance with God and His will.
In the article, "Same-Sex Marriage and the Anglican Theology: A View from the Traditionalists" the authors comment, "Christians are being asked to accept a redefinition of the institution of marriage itself. No longer is marriage to be regarded essentially as a bond between one man and one woman, but as a sexual relationship in which two men or two women may also be committed to each other" (Goldingay, John E., LeMarquand, Grant, R., Sumner, George R., Westberg, Daniel A., 2011). So the question I raise is while the Body of Christ is being asked to accept a redefining of the institution of marriage, why are some portions actually accepting this new definition brought forth from the world into the Body of Christ? Are portions of the Body of Christ so concerned about public opinion that they would submit to an image of the world and not the image of Christ?
In the article, "A Theology of Marriage including Same-Sex Couples: A View from the Liberals" the authors comment, "We argue that the church should marry same-sex couples because it requires their testimony to the love of Christ and the church, and because it recognizes that same-sex couples in need of sanctification no less then opposite-sex couples do" (Good, Deirdre J., Jenkins, Willis J., Kittredge, Cynthia B., Rogers Jr, Eugene F., 2011). While I'm asking why portions of the Body of Christ fail to conform to the image of Christ, it seems that others are even redefining that true image of Christ to meet their desire(s) to conform to the image of the world. Sanctification is about a person changing from self to Christ and this process is abandoning and even shedding the old person as their mind becomes changed and they are Christ like. Those who are sanctified or are being sanctified would refuse a redefining of God's institution of marriage from only man and woman.
So what elements of the institution of marriage must be redefined to meet a world's definition? Since God first created man and women and only by the joining of man and woman is "one" flesh achieved, this is already an element of redefining of marriage. There is a positive purpose for marriage as well and we see this established by God in Genesis 1: 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth" (NKJV). Once again we see that any redefining of marriage excludes this purpose of God's will for marriage. Same-sex marriages cannot be fruitful and procreate children. In this we can also raise the issue of the proper raising of children that only a mother and father are capable of accomplishing as God originally planned. Lifelong commitment and the characteristics of "passion" can be defined in a same-sex marriage. However, this does issue in the aspect of "sin" according to scripture as well. So while a same-sex marriage does involve the elements of sexual relation and commitment, this results in active sin due to these elements of a same-sex marriage. Earlier, I quoted the opinion that same-sex couples are in need of sanctification, so while this is true it is not possible while the couple is actively in a sinful lifestyle.
For a person who is a homosexual or a lesbian to be sanctified before God, then they have to turn away from sin the same as any person must turn from any sin. Sanctification brings about the changing in the mind and this result in the changing in the lifestyle of Christians. They stop doing what is sinful and they start doing what is righteous before God. In the scriptures both Old Testament and New Testament we read that sexual relation between same-sex people is sinful. Romans 1: 25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. 26 For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27 Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due (NKJV). If any Christian who is homosexual or a lesbian and who truly desire to be sanctified before God and not be considered as "worshiping and serving the creature" or described as having "vile passions" or considered to have "left the natural use of" or to continue in "burning in lust for one another" and are "committing what is shameful" and finally, "receive the penalty of their error". If sanctification is what they truly seek, then they need to STOP and turn away from this sin the same as ANY Christian must stop and turn away from any sin that is preventing continued sanctification before God.
Throughout the Body of Christ, there are many opinions concerning this topic. From full acceptance of same-sex marriage to zero tolerance of same-sex marriage and a lot of in between as well. In an analysis project done in February 12, 2012 for an article called, "Religion and Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Marriage" these are the statistic for the question, 'Do you favor or oppose gays and lesbians to marry legally?' Here are the results from their surveys:
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As we can see from the results in all groups, there are many who will accept the marriage between same-sex couples. So this either shows us that redefining of God's institution of marriage is already influencing many or God's institution of marriage is not fully understood by the Body of Christ.
On the website, "The Economist", a similar survey was completed between 2008 and 2009 and the results reflect the same results of the surveys done in 2012 posted in the chart above. A point to make however is that from 2008 to 2009, the acceptance of gay marriage is increasing across all the Body of Christ as reflected in the charts for 2012! Only the category of White Evangelical can be viewed as lowering their acceptance but by only one (1) point.
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In conclusion, it is imperative that leadership throughout the Body of Christ educate their sheep about God's institution of marriage in accordance with the scriptures and of the intention of God's will for marriage. There is no redefining of the Word of God and thus, no redefining of the institution of marriage either. Those who are homosexual or lesbian should be loved as people and in the process of ministering to them as any sinner is ministered to, their sin be identified in a loving manner but never lessened by altering the Word of God to suit their lifestyle or lessen their sin. God will do the work in them as long as they are ministered to as Christ would minister to them and sanctification will happen over time. For the Body of Christ to even consider same-sex marriage and allow couples to remain in a sinful lifestyle PREVENTS the sanctification work that Christ wants to accomplish in their lives.
Goldingay, John E., LeMarquand, Grant, R., Sumner, George R., Westberg, Daniel A., (2011). Same-Sex Marriage and the Anglican Theology: A View from the Traditionalists. Anglican Theological Review, 93 no 1 Wint 2011, p 1-50.
Good, Deirdre J., Jenkins, Willis J., Kittredge, Cynthia B., Rogers Jr, Eugene F., (2011). A Theology of Marriage including Same-Sex Couples: A View from the Liberals. Anglican Theological Review, 93 no 1 Wint 2011, p 51-87.
Christian Answers.Net, (1997,2002), What does the Bible say about same sex marriage? http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/edn-f018.html
The PEW Forum on Religion and Public Life, (2012). Religion and Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Marriage. http://www.pewforum.org/Gay-Marriage...-Marriage.aspx
The Economist, (2010). Agnostic about gay marriage: Attitudes to gay marriage among religious groups in America. http://www.economist.com/node/17227800
New King James Bible, 1982 by Thomas Nelson Inc.
I ran across this article today and then I see this thread/article.
I agree. Someone once said that the seeds of apostasy is compromise--and that guy is compromising. When we start conforming the standards of the world, we've abandoned the standards of God. What's next, Chrislam?
"Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will."
(Rom 12:2)
Great article. There's just too much compromise among believers today. To me, it all boils down to...they just simply love their darkness better than the LIGHT!
Lord help the next generation to see through the compromising darkness.
Excellent article: I myself have tried to refrain from posting in those debates. It tears at my soul to see Christians beginning to truly and completely endorse that lifestyle. And it also fills me with fear as to what God is going to do next. We have lost our moral compass, and pretty soon we will not be able to see the difference between the world and ourselves.
Yeah, I get kind of tired of hearing the same old lies that many homosexuals, and their supporters, including some who call themselves Christians, like to spit out...namely, that straights can commit adultery and fornication and it's seen as "ok" while homosexuality gets singled out and condemned as being pretty much the only sexual sin there is. Really? If you attend a church that doesn't condemn adultery and fornication as being wrong then you need to find a real church, apparently. I've never been to a church that poo poos fornication and adultery so I'd like to know where these churches that supposedly do such things are so I can avoid such flaky and lukewarm churches as those. In my home state, Washington State, gay marriage was recently approved and signed into law by our Governor, however an initiative is going to possibly be put on the ballot that will repeal it and also define marraiage as one man and woman. I plan on voting my conscience if it gets enough signatures to be put to a vote. I really do, unfortunately, believe it won't matter in the long run, though, as I foresee all 50 states eventually allowing same sex marriage. To me it's "when," not "if."
How many fornicators and adulterers are out lobbying to get the State to sponsor and condone their activity?
I haven't seen our President speaking out on their behalf much, either. Funny thing is, we are supposed to believe that homosexuals do not engage in fornication with multiple partners as much as heterosexuals do, but are mostly involved in stable, monogamous relationships. Given the speed with which AIDS spread around the world, I seriously question the validity of such an assertion.
For me, I really believe it is a foregone conclusion; this country is going to, more and more, allow such marriages/unions. It seems that as the gay lifestyle is portrayed in the media as 'ok', it becomes more acceptable with each poll. It will soon become an established fact.
With that in mind, I think the Christian Churches need to make sure that our people know what God's teaching is in this manner and how we must conduct ourselves to be in obedience to Him. Actually, I hope we know this, and have the heart to practice what we know to be the truth. We need to keep a balanced witness to the whole subject and not get lost in emotional appeals, or 'the beating of the drums' and live the life we know He wants of us.
I agree that eventually, gay marriage proponents will emerge victorious. After all, Satan is the god of this current world system. We definitely need to maintain a solid Christian perspective at all times. We are not called to clean up the pond, but to fish in it. We cannot change the world, but we can help change individual lives through the power of God operating through us. I think the most important thing is that we let our little lights shine, and continue doing so until either the Lord returns, or we are called to be with him. At any rate, we have to avoid letting ourselves become conformed to this ungodly world--no matter how popular the ungodliness becomes, or how powerful its advocates.
Although there is much which I disagree with you on sojourner, This is great wisdom right here!We are not called to clean up the pond, but to fish in it. We cannot change the world, but we can help change individual lives through the power of God operating through us.
Good article, thank you.
Hooah!! As leaders in the Body of Christ... we NEED to do all we can to keep the Body of Christ from being influenced by the world!! Which still means that when the world seeks from the Body of Christ for guidance, that guidance MUST not condone or accept what is sinful and for this topic of Same-Sex Marriage, the Body of Christ MUST NOT accept it, not condone any type of accepting... be it from the Body of Christ or the world. It is STILL not OK for the world to accept this sin but as you said... we are NOT to clean up the errors the world, we CAN only prevent the errors from entering in and tainting the Body of Christ.
I find it interesting that in 1962 prayer had been removed from the classroom shortly after the sexual revolution ensued. For each degree American society has departed from Gods ways we have received a degree of death. God tells us to flee sexual immorality for a GOOD reason. Whats truely sad about all of this is that the LGBT community comprises roughly two percent of the population of America and Christians make up more than thirty percent of Americas population. So how is it that a measly two percent can make such great strides? The answer is that Christians simply dont care. America is marked to be judged by God and those who sit on their hands in silence will be judged right along with the fornicators. Remember the Church of Laodecia. Just imagine if every Christian soul got on the horn and phoned in to their congressman / woman that the homosexual adgenda is OUT!! and imagine if every Christian soul wrote letters to the sponsors of racy TV shows depicting immoral behavior demanding change or thier products would be crossed off shopping lists. I for one will put my light upon a pole and hold it high as I will have to give a full accounting to God.
I agree with your sentiments, Draven. We as Christians should use the privileges we have been blessed with in this republic, such as making ourselves heard to our representatives, and using the power of the ballot. We have every right to stand up for what we believe, and to elect individuals to office who best exemplify those values. (Though they're getting harder and harder to find these days).
Yet, we also have to be realistic about the current world system, and realize Satan is the god of it--to the extent that God allows Him to be. We are clearly told that things will get progressively worse in the last days. Just because we're opposed to it doesn't mean we can stop it from happening. Astated in the article, I intend to keep shining my light right up until the end comes. But I will no longer engage in endless debates with the same people over and over, who think homosexuality is being singled out and picked on; and that calling it a sin is the same as hating homosexuals.
We're citizens of the kingdom of God, and we should be focusing on bringing new citizens into it, rather than engaging in endless, fruitless arguments with citizens of this world system who oppose both God and godliness--both the wolves and the progressive wolves in sheep's clothing
So yes, shine that light by all means. But shine it for those who are seeking it, rather than wasting it by illuminating what goes on in the darkness. Those who prefer darkness to light are a waste of time better spent illuminating the path to Jesus. Failing in that responsibility is what we will give an God to account for--not for failing to change the world around us.


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By Shirley ( Pengouin )
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I love the santuka knife. It is well balanced, very sharp, and cuts sooo very well . Ifeel I made an excellent purchase .Now the slicer board also cuts very well. the only problem is I would have prefered a cup with picks to hold the food in place when slicing, as to secure the slicing not cut our fingers.Excellent pruduct in fact Iam using it right now.Good work TSP. Shirley
easy to use with a lovely colour
By IrenePhD
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I like the weight of this; I often have aching hands and fingers and this knife makes light work of slicing; not to mention the thin slices of tomato I can slice. If you need a sharp, good looking, light weight knife and slicer, this is a good one.
Love this set
By Spitfire
from Hamilton
I would give this set a 5/5 but the Mandolin instructions are less than good.I had to try numerous times to figure out what thickness worked with each different item.I'm still trying to remember what veggie or fruit works with what number on the scale .When you need to turn the dial under the mandolin your finger is exposed to that razor sharp mandolin blade.It would be nice if the manufacturer gave precautions about the sharpness of these products.These have been given as gifts but always need instructions to the recipients about the extreme sharpness and care of these products.Even a slight careless move can cause injury as I discovered with my peeler.I can't say enough about how much I love these but caution must be observed.
Do not waste your money
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The only good thing is the colour. Nice red.The knife is OK, but will not last very long. Very flimsy. The slicer looks like it is broken - one side lifts higher than the other.I find that the products at TSC are very expensive, and the quality not as good as it used to be.I find the shipping costs to return items quite high and will refrain from buying these products.
Compact size and does a great job
These ceramic knives are fabulous. I use the smaller paring knife every day. Any mandolin slicer needs great caution when in use and these ceramic surfaces are razor sharp. I use mine at least twice a week and love it. It fits nicely on some of my bowls but needs extra caution to avoid sliding when in use.I saw these in several other retail shops and the price is much higher.I loved the peeler and paring knife so much that I gifted them twice already.Highly recommend these knives.
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text: Mr. Glenn Edgar Chilton, age 88, of Pilot Mountain, passed away on Monday, February 4, 2013 at Golden Living Center. He was born on April 2, 1924 in Surry County to the late Emmitt Anderson and Minnie Lawson Chilton. Mr. Chilton was a Funeral Director for over 30 years with Cox-Needham Funeral Home and was a member, Deacon, Sunday School teacher and part of the cemetery committee of Pinnacle View Baptist Church; he also served in the U.S. Navy in WWII. Mr. Chilton is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law, Jerry Glenn and Shelby Chilton of Courtney, NC, Allan and Jolene Chilton of Pilot Mountain and Blair Chilton of Pilot Mountain; seven grandchildren; many great-grandchildren. Mr. Chilton was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret O'Nell Hart Chilton; parents; two brothers, Otis Chilton and Junior Chilton; one sister, Ruby Marion. Funeral services will be conducted on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 2:00 P.M. at Pinnacle View Baptist Church with Rev. Ronnie Chamblin and Rev. Brian Chilton officiating. Interment will follow at the church cemetery. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. at Cox-Needham Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Pinnacle View Baptist Church Cemetery fund, c/o Barry J. Hall, 463 Corner Road, Pinnacle, NC 27043. The family would like to extend their sincere appreciation to his Pinnacle View Church family. Cox-Needham Funeral Home of Pilot Mountain (www.coxneedham.com, www.facebook.com/coxneedham) is respectfully serving the Chilton family.


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Reflections on Mourning for Virginia Tech
At least half of the mourning process after an event of this magnitude involves convincing yourself that it is real. I do not think I have comprehended its reality, in spite of having spent every moment I could since Monday on campus, desperately trying to bend my mind around this horror.
For the last 9 years, I have been a Virginia Tech Hokie as an undergraduate and graduate student, and now as a part-time PhD student. On Monday, I was working my day job, which takes me about 40 miles northeast to Roanoke. I first heard of the tragedy from my wife, who is a graduate student. She was driving to school that morning, and decided instead to stop at Starbucks for coffee. She was there when the town went on lockdown, and I raced home to be with her. By the time I left, ambulances were already racing north on Route 81 to the hospitals in Roanoke; I raced south, my small Prius flanked by news vans. All the way south to Blacksburg, family and friends were calling, trying to determine if anyone we knew had been killed.
These buildings mentioned in the news – Norris, Ambler-Johnston (AJ), Torgerson, Harper – all have significant and special meanings to me. I park every Tuesday and Thursday in front of Norris Hall to go to my office in Torgerson. I usually arrive about 9 AM. Norris is where the worst of it took place, at about 9 AM but on a Monday, and Torgerson was cleared out twice last week by the shooter's bomb threats. As an undergraduate, I lived in Harper Hall, where the shooter lived. Most of my friends, however, lived in AJ. I spent an inappropriately proportioned amount of my undergraduate career playing video games, drinking, and just hanging out there. These buildings are the sanctuaries of my Virginia Tech experience.
As I arrived in Blacksburg, I pulled into Starbucks. My wife met me as soon as I opened the door and we embraced. The whole restaurant had been sharing stories. She sat with a family who was here to tour the campus. Their son had just been accepted, and Virginia Tech was his first choice among VT, Georgia Tech, and Northwestern. At one point, the door burst open, and a woman flew through it to embrace her husband. He worked in Norris Hall on the second floor, and he had been late to work that day, due to sleeping in. His co-workers had already told him of having to step over dead bodies as they fled.
After we went home, we turned on the news. We watched in horror for a few hours. It was too much for me – I had to be on campus. The news reported that there was a vigil planned Monday afternoon on the field in front of Lee Hall. When we arrived, the news was incorrect. Instead we just walked. We walked to AJ. We just stared, the monumental, 450-room dorm just loomed large, its Hokie stone exterior unmoving. We walked to the drillfield and gazed across at Norris.
I felt a need to be close, so we walked. A few walked with us, keeping a respectful distance from the active police. The wind gusted to 40 MPH, nearly tipping us over along the long trek across the drillfield. The wind had picked up a what looked like a few small items of trash, blowing them like tumbleweeds in front of us. As we approached, we realized what was really floating through the air. They were surgical gloves, blown from the triage centers on site.
The entire area around Norris hall was cordoned off by police tape, at least a full acre. Every square foot inside the tape was covered by a police car or armored personnel carrier. As we walked, about 6 in the evening, the armed-to-the-teeth police force was unloading their M4 and M16 assault rifles. Looking at this, I was overcome by a feeling of futility. Here we had an army with assault vehicles, helmets, rifles, jackets. This army was available on a moment's notice, and still, one lone shooter can fly under the radar and inflict this much damage. We trust, in this country, in the goodness of our countrymen and guests. What makes us great also makes us vulnerable.
Yesterday, Tuesday, we attended the campus memorial events. We came two hours early for the convocation in Cassell Coliseum, our basketball arena. There was already a line of people four-wide, stretching at least a mile, all people waiting to get in. There were residents of Blacksburg and students, and people from around the country were already arriving.
The line stretched by the Baptist Student Union and Latter Day Saints outreach centers. The BSU had a big sign out reminding us that God is real, hears our prayers, and is able to move to heal us. Apparently, He is simply unwilling to move to save us in the first place. I am an atheist with respect to every god I've met in religious literature, and an agnostic on the concept of god in general. This kind of event seems more explicable as a person's response to something horrible in his finite, physical mind and taking action in a finite, physical world. What is the alternative? A demon torturing his soul, and an all-powerful God who lets the innocent die? A God who is willing to clean up the mess by healing the survivors, but would not intervene to save those killed?
Getting to the end of the line, I realized that we were probably 30,000th in line for a 10,000-seat arena. About that time, they announced overflow seating in the football stadium, where they would show the convocation on the jumbotron. It was good just to be with other students. The entire field was filled with Hokies, and about a third of the 65,000 seats were occupied.
You all watched the service. I appreciated the ecumenical approach, including Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish, and Christian clergy. I will count the psychologist director of our counseling center as speaking the atheist perspective on healing. I did, however, have the thought that one of the professors killed was Indian, and most likely Hindu. I hope his family was able to find some solace.
Nikki Giovanni, a faculty member whose eloquent poetry is always a welcome addition to our engineering-focused school, captured our feelings best:
We are Virginia Tech.
The Hokie Nation embraces our own and reaches out with open heart and hands to those who offer their hearts and minds. We are strong, and brave, and innocent, and unafraid. We are better than we think and not quite what we want to be. We are alive to the imaginations and the possibilities. We will continue to invent the future through our blood and tears and through all our sadness.
We are the Hokies.
We will prevail.
We will prevail.
We will prevail.
We are Virginia Tech.
The vigil that night is almost to close to me now to describe. People absolutely poured onto the drillfield. I signed the VT memorial that President Bush signed, so filled now with signatures that I had to sign on the back. I can mourn this tragedy with Bush, even if my politics lead me to dislike him. Politics seem so far away now. I left notes on the big poster boards set up. After about an hour, there must have been 50,000 or more people on the field. I'm no expert at estimating crowd sizes. The only reference point I have is our football stadium, at it seemed we had at least a football-sized crowd.
Talking to friends as we gathered, we heard from people who knew the fallen. From the names released so far, I am not directly connected to any of the injured or killed. The closest connection to the names released so far is a biology-graduate-student friend who was teaching a class attended by Ryan Clark, the exemplary undergraduate who was graduating in May with a triple major. She had a one-on-one meeting with him scheduled for Friday to go over his semester project. Ryan was the RA killed in AJ. My friend is quite shaken. My pain is not as acute as those who have directly lost their loved ones, but this is my Hokie family. I have never felt a loss like this.
Prior to the start of the vigil, the silence alone was enough to break your heart. Just image being in the presence of tens of thousands, yet still having to converse in hushed tones to respect the reverence of the moment. Most silent of all were those standing near Norris, just off the drillfield. Sitting just a few dozen yards away were beautiful flowers, sent from universities around the country to make yet another memorial. Yet here at Norris, there were CSIs walking in and out, feet covered in cloth slippers, hands in green rubber gloves. It was too much, and both my wife and I lost it once again.
Which brings me to the press. I refuse to let my memory of the day be ruined by the vulturous photographers, but this should not go unsaid. There in the sanctuary of mourning outside Norris, a Reuters photographer stuck a telephoto lens not less than 18 inches from my wife's weeping face and started clicking. One photo, I would have let it go. But he just kept shooting. Click-click-kik-kik-kik. In a hushed tone, I told him to leave, and to what little credit he deserves, he did. Nonetheless, the moment of mourning that he invaded so rudely made it to Yahoo's picture feed. Sometimes we need to worry less about what posterity will remember from the day, and let us have a moment.
Worse yet were those taking pictures of the vigil. Cameramen stood atop the permanent stone podium in front of our iconic Burruss Hall, shooting directly down on the memorial itself. They were standing atop the memorial! This was where the student leaders were to speak! Finally, they were cleared out for a few moments to let the leaders speak, but as soon as the service was over and the prolonged moment of silence began, they invaded the podium like an army and the silence was broken by a machine gun fire of cameras. They blocked so much of the area behind the podium that our Corps of Cadets could not line up there as they planned, and they instead went into the crowd of students. The cameramen ignored the pleas of students who asked them to clear away from the memorial and give us 15 minutes before shooting again. The members of the corps who stood at parade rest in silent vigil, guarding the memorial, had cameras a foot from their faces to capture every last somber tear. Suffice it to say that I'm upset, but let's not remember the day for the actions of the press.
More impressive were the thousands upon thousands of students, Blacksburg residents, and Hokies and supporters from around the world who showed solidarity in the face of tragedy. No photograph or video I've seen since could possibly capture what it was like to see candles raised above heads and people shouting "Let's Go Hokies!" It seemed odd at first to shout as we do for our football team, but the cry now means so much more. I'm pushing two meters, so I had a good panoramic view of the small flames that stretched endlessly in the black night, each flickering light a person who will miss the fallen, who will never forget their memory, and who will rebuild this university stronger out of this adversity.
We are the Hokies.
We will prevail.
We will prevail.
We will prevail.
We are Virginia Tech.


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Lazarus43 wrote:mark s wrote:Referrencing the 70 weeks of Daniel in this discussion is not a red herring if the 70 weeks are not all fulfilled, since they specifically involve national Israel. Just because it was not raised in the OP doesn't matter. Neither were several other Scriptures mentioned in the OP that have direct implication with a future status of National Israel.
These are relevant point to this topic. If the Bible prophesies that God will be dealing in spiritual matters with national Israel, i.e. the physical descendants of Jacob, in ways that He is not doing with the gentiles, saved or unsaved, then this shows that the OP article was not complete in its conclusions.
I agree that while what is discussed is being called "Remnant Theology", as it is presented, it functions as "Replacement Theology" by denying Israel's special end-times role and disposition.
I think that a definition of "national Israel" is in order. When I use this term, I am specifically referring to the physical descendents of Jacob, whether within or without the borders of the modern-day state of Israel.
Love in Christ,
I am sorry that I do not have time right now to comment in detail on the approximately ten screens of posts that you have just made. When I have more time, I will probably try to comment on one point at a time.
Hi Lazarus,
Due to the length of the thread, I needed to download it to take home and spend some time with it, so that I could properly read and assimilate it. I apologize if my replies seem a little overwhelming. I realize I've posted a fair amount of material.
Please, feel free to take all the time you need to prepare a proper response, should you wish to do so.
I realize that I may have misunderstood what the OP article said, and I welcome correction if that is the case.
I read the article several times. While the author did make a brief comment about "national Israel", it was, in my opinion, lip service only, since his conclusions did not, in my view, leave room for the actual and literal fulfillment of the prophecies made to the descendents of Jacob. Again, if I have understood him correctly.I do not know if you read the article, but you apparently did not notice what the author wrote about "national Israel" near the end of the article. Right now, I just want to make a short summary of what I understand "remnant theology" to be saying.
I'm not sure how you mean this. About a hundred and twenty disciples were baptized into the body of Christ on Pentacost following the resurrection of Jesus, which I believe to be the beginning of the Church Jesus is building. It began with people whom God had called to faith in His Son. There may well have been others who were faithfully practicing the Law. These might have been not faithfully practicing the Law. I don't know, and the Bible doesn't say.I believe that what we call the "church" began with a remnant who had began in the law of Moses and then trusted in Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
This is a place I disagree with you. They did not cease to become descendants of Jacob, and I see that there are prophecies made specifically to the descendants of Jacob.The unbelief of those not in the remnant caused them to be "cut off" and made the same as Gentile unbelievers, just as prophesied.
But neither do they become descendants of Jacob.Gentiles who believed were later added to the faithful remnant. They did not replace the remnant. They are not separate from the remnant.
But this reaches beyond the plan of salvation, and speaks of God's plans for the saving of the entire remaining group of the physical descendents of Jacob.Gentile believers have been joined to the remnant and become one with the remnant. All unbelievers, Jew and gentile, are cut off, but are able to be added to the faithful if they trust in Jesus Christ of Nazareth. The plan of salvation is the same for all of mankind.
the correct transliteration would be ekklasia, as the letter used is kappa, k.The Greek word translated "church" is "ekklesia" or "ecclesia."
I have seen it transliterated both ways. As I understand it, that word appears 73 times in the LXX version of the Old Testament, which is what was commonly read in the first century, and is still used by some Christians today. Many New Testament quotes are from it. When the Old Testament faithful gathered and joined in covenant and worshiped God, they were an "ekklesia." Just as gentiles could become part of that "ekklesia," they have been allowed to become part of the New Testament "ekklesia," which began with a faithful remnant of the Old Testament "ekklesia" trusting in Jesus Christ of Nazareth to snatch them from the jaws of sin and death. As I understand it, this is the "church" being built by Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
Ekklesia simply means the "called out". It speaks of a group who were part of another group, and have been called out to form their own group.
Abraham was called out of Ur. Israel was called out of Egypt. We are called out of the world. Essentially, I agree with your understanding of the Church which is being built by Jesus, but that doesn't change that God has specific plans for the salvation of the Jews at the end of the age.
One distinction to be made is that the Old Covenant was not transformed into the New Covenant, it was replaced by the New Covenant.
Love in Christ,