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Study of The Book of Revelation
W. T. Russel (Tape #2)
Chapter 3:1 " And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things
saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy
works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead." "And unto the
angel" (or pastor) "of the church in Sardis write; these things saith he that
hath the seven Spirits of God," Remember I said previously if there had been ten
churches, there would have been ten Spirits; fifty churches, there would have
been fifty Spirits. The seven Spirits of God are having reference to complete
spiritual guidance for each of the churches. So God's Spirit is everywhere--here
in this world and in heaven as well. The world can't contain God. Solomon said
in 2 Chronicles 6:18 "But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth?
Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this
house which I have built!" "These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of
God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou
livest, and art dead." Some churches have a great name of being very much alive
because of their great activities and their promotion of these in the name of
the churches. They seem to be very much alive from their actions and activities,
but from a spiritual standpoint, they're just as dead as a mackerel. That is
exactly what he's talking about here. Churches can have too many programs and
too many social activities--as the old people used to say," Too many irons in
the fire to take care of". They can get so involved in adding activities
unsanctioned by God that the primary purpose of the church of winning lost souls
to Christ is completely forgotten. This was the condition of the church at
Sardis at that time. They outwardly appeared to be very much alive and very
strong indeed, but inwardly they were dead.
Chapter 3:2 "Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God." I believe I will say this. There are many widely known "churches" with just a few in those churches who really know what it means to be born again--to be children of God. There are churches who take five year old children into the church. Kindergarten schools are organized for the little ones to get them while they're small. Five year old children are taken into the church from kindergarten by answering the simple question, "Do you believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God?" They can believe this statement all the days of their lives if they live to be one hundred, but without the new birth, their church membership amounts to nothing. Their baptism is null and void. They are dead when at the same time they appear to the public as being very much alive. Some pastors have been seen with about six young men carrying Bibles who after getting the center table in a restaurant will make a show of themselves with their open Bibles. To me that's just as Pharisaical as it can possibly be. It's making a show. These are actively engaged in gathering members into the church, but with nothing said about an experience of salvation. This was the condition of the church at Sardis. He said there's a few in there--and I believe even in modern churches, there are some of the members who know about true salvation. However, those members just go right along with the modernism.
Chapter 3:3 "Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shall not know what hour I will come upon thee. "The admonition to this church is to "Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come unto thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee."
Chapter 3:4 "Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy."
Chapter 3:5 "He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels." Then he goes on, "He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment" etc. We have now covered five churches. The remaining two to be covered are Philadelphia and Laodicea.
Chapter 3:6 "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches."
Chapter 3:7 "And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;" The seventh verse of the third chapter is where we begin. There are two more churches that were written to. Sometimes we have questions we would like to have answered just for our own satisfaction. It has been asked whether the seven letters in the book of Revelation were written by John when he received them while on the Isle of Patmos or written after he went back to Ephesus. It is my opinion he wrote the Book of Revelation when he received it because the Lord commanded him to do it in Chapter 1:11 and 1:19. In Chapter 1:19 He commanded him to "Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;" It's my opinion he wrote this book while on the Isle of Patmos and not after he was brought back to Ephesus. The seventh verse is written to the church at Philadelphia. "To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write;" (This angel, as we have said before, no doubt, is the representative or the pastor of the church at Philadelphia) "These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David," In Isaiah 22:20 there is a reference to the key of David in Eliakim the son of Hilkiah. Isaiah 22:20 "And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:" Isaiah 22:21 "And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah." Isaiah 22:22 "And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open." The prophecy of Isaiah in the 22nd Chapter is used in the same sense as in the letter to the church at Philadelphia; Of course "key" in the Book of Revelation in symbol represents authority. Jesus is the one who had the authority. If you want to go into it further, Jesus was called the son of David. He wasn't the literal son of David in the flesh, but in descent he was the son of David with authority. Of course David's authority was kingly authority in Israel. The authority written about here is the authority over the kingdom of God--the church kingdom.
Chapter 3:8 "I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name." Here he uses similar words as in Isaiah 22:22 "And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open." The open door the Lord had set before the church at Philadelphia was the door of missions. A door opened to the heathen so they might hear the gospel of the Son of God. Philadelphia was an inland church. It was very poor from the standpoint of earthly wealth--they were a poor people. Not only were they poor, but they were small in number. There wasn't a large membership at this church. Jesus said, "Behold, I have set before thee an open door and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. Let's not interpret "little strength" wrong. Jesus didn't mean they had less power or less authority than some other church. He just simply meant they were small in number. We have a lot of churches small in numbers. They don't have as much strength as some other churches have. He said, "And has kept my word and has not denied my name."
Chapter 3:9 "Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee." "Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie;" We discussed that previously. The synagogue of Satan was none other than the descendants of Abraham who were so prejudiced toward Christianity that they banded together to persecute the churches, and it was called the synagogue of Satan. When Jesus referred to knowing where Satan's seat was, he was talking about Satan's throne of power. It was the Jews who were persecuting the true Israel of God. They were Jews by descent from Abraham, but were not spiritual Jews which are those that have been circumcised in heart as we discussed previously. The Jews were one of the greatest persecuting powers in that day. They claimed they were the descendants of Abraham, and were the only descendants of Abraham. These Jews banded together and persecuted the Gentiles of the churches who were claiming to be Jews. I am not able to say now, but a hundred years ago or maybe less, that little church in Philadelphia was still standing. Historians wrote about it. The church at Smyrna, which is Ismar now with about 500,000 populations, less than a century ago was still standing. But these other churches had ceased to exist in their locality. The church at Philadelphia was still standing. He said I'll make these Jews (in that particular area) to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. The Lord promised the church at Philadelphia he would cause those who persecuted them to humble themselves before the little church at Philadelphia and worship God.
Chapter 3:10 "Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon the entire world, to try them that dwell upon the earth." There are two things I think he is talking about here. I'm not going to be dogmatic and say it's one or the other. Disregard the hour as being sixty minutes because he's talking in general terms. One of these is, no doubt, the rising of Modhammedism which took place around 600 A.D. The other is that the Catholics had their beginning about 250 A.D. However, they didn't have a pope until about 606 or 610. So, in my opinion, the temptation which was sent to try them was either the rise of Mohammedism or the Roman Catholic hierarchy. "....which shall come upon the entire world, to try them that dwell upon the earth." This statement gives us a broad scope that enables us to determine what it might have been. I truly think that it was one or the other-- Catholicism or Mohammedism.
Chapter 3:11 "Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast, which thou hast, that no man takes thy crown." I want to call your attention again to the letters addressed to the churches. It takes individual members to make up churches. So every letter is a personal letter to each member of each church. In other words, it is the church members personified, and it's individualistic. So we want to notice as we read these letters that it makes each member of every church responsible for everything that is demanded by God. Not in church capacity as a whole, but every individual unit that makes up that body. That second person being used in this respect has its significance. This says that no man take thy crown. In other words, let no one else get your reward. I'm of this opinion, and Bible so teaches, that God has given to all certain talents and abilities. He knows what they are capable of doing with the proper use of the talents he's given them. God knows what to expect of us as individuals. God determined in the beginning that he'd be glorified in man. I say man from a general standpoint, not from an individual. God is going to have purposes carried out in the world by mankind. He may have certain things for you as an individual to do as a member of the church. God may have a certain field for you to occupy as a preacher, a member of the church. I might fail to fill the place precisely and exactly that God has designed for me to fill. If I do fail to that extent, I will lose my rewards. God will use someone else to do the job I failed to do. In that sense, he will receive what could have been my reward. This is what "Behold I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man takes thy crown." teaches. I think we need to be very cautious about our duties and responsibilities owed to God as individual members of the church.
Chapter 3:12 "Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name." I will go into the twelfth verse later because he goes into the promises.
Chapter 3:13 "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches."
Chapter 3:14 "And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; these things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;" The fourteenth verse is written to the church at Laodicea. I want to say this now to offset some opinions you might have read. Some authors say the letters written by Jesus to the seven churches in Asia represented seven different dispensations of time. They say that we are now living in the Laodicean age. In reading the letter to Laodicea, we might be reminded of this position and be tempted to believe it. I don't believe a word of it. There was never a time when all the churches were just like the church at Ephesus or at Smyrna. There is no proof of this position whatsoever. However, down through the centuries of time churches have experienced the very same things that are recorded in the seven letters to the seven churches of Asia. The fourteenth verse says, "And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; these things saith the Amen," (Of course the "Amen" there was the last, "the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God." Jesus Christ, the Bible tells us, all things were created by him, and for him and without him there was not anything made that was made. So this is Jesus talking.)
Chapter 3:15 "I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot." I wish you were one or the other was the desire of Jesus Christ as he looked down upon this church at Laodicea. The state of the Laodicean Church was neither cold nor hot. A church can get cold. I don't know any that haven't become cold. They don't stay hot constantly. The members might get fired up for a time, but then they might drop right back to the cold state for a while. In other words a church is just like a stream. It ebbs and flows with good and bad days.
Chapter 3:16 "So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth." When the Lord said I will spue you out of my mouth, he meant the church at Laodicea was lukewarm and nauseating to him. A lukewarm church just drifting along is nauseating to the Lord, the head of the church. It is pleasing to the Lord for the church to be active, moving one way or the other. A church must go down before it can ever go up. He does not want it stopped in one particular position of lukewarmness and staying there.
Chapter 3:17 "Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:" Let me say this of Laodicea. It was a commercial city centrally located in commerce. It was increased with earthly wealth and goods. They had reached the place where they thought, "We have it made." You know a lot of churches are in that shape today. We have it made with everything going our way. We have plenty of money, and if we don't have it today, we can get it. Everything is just going fine, and what do we have to worry about. I would hate to see a depression as bad as anyone. The natural part of me has already gone through one, and I know exactly what it's all about. When times were hard and people had to struggle to get by, they were more humble, more consecrated, and more dedicated to God than when they had plenty. It's like a fellow who has eaten a big meal, sits down in a big easy chair, then goes to sleep. I'm afraid a lot of churches are in that shape today. He said you say you are "increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:" Take all of those words and sum them up, and see the condition Jesus saw the Laodicean Church. It is horrible to think about a church being in that shape. If the church was in that condition, each member was in the same boat all sailing along together. Jesus was simply saying they were unmindful of their conditions--wretched, poor and naked while thinking they had nothing to worry about, needing nothing. What they needed was God. The Laodicean Church had actually put Him aside. If the members of a church set their affections on the things of the world while putting God out of their service, the church' is sure to get into trouble down the road.
Chapter 3:18 "I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eye salve, that thou mayest see." He has told the Laodiceans what they are to do in the eighteenth verse. The meaning of the word "counsel" is "advise you." What is the meaning of "to buy of me gold tried in the fire,"? The Bible says "Buy the truth and sell it not." It doesn't mean to go to a merchant and pay $10 or $20 for the truth. It does mean to accrue to you that faith or the truth of the word of God. The Apostle Peter said in 1 Peter 1:7 "That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:" The church at Laodicea needed to exercise faith so they could be strong in the grace of God instead of putting so much of their dependence in the material things of the world. They needed to walk by faith and not by sight . . . He said that thou mayest be rich. There is no man richer in the world than the person that knows the truth of God and will contend for that truth in the face of all the opposition that might be around even though he is so poor in earthly riches he might have to go barefoot. Jesus made the church he left here in the world responsible for the keeping of that faith. If his church had not kept that faith, we wouldn't have it today. I thank God we still have it and believe it will be here when the Lord comes back. Some may fail as they did in Laodicea by turning their minds in a different direction than of God. Nevertheless, the purpose of God will be accomplished by another church or others who will take up where they left off. Continuing with verse eighteen: "and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness does not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eye salve, that thou mayest see." This is typical symbolic language. It's just plain advice given to the church so they might do what necessary to make their spiritual eyesight stronger is enabling them to see well. A lot of things can be done to help us along that line too.
Chapter 3:19 "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent." I'm glad I can know I have been chastened of the Lord and would hate to be without the chastening hand of God for he said the ones he loved, he rebuked and chastened. He also said in Hebrews 12:8 "But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons." So the person that undergoes the chastening hand of God is a child of God. The last part of verse nineteen says: "be zealous therefore, and repent." which is the counseling of Jesus Christ to that church to be zealous. It's always fine to be zealous in a good cause. Sometimes people have zeal without judgment for a wrong cause. They will go to great lengths because of the zeal for which they are striving. To be zealous in a good cause is what he's talking about here. Jesus is telling them to be zealous over the cause of God, and repent of their carelessness and lack of zeal.
Chapter 3:20 "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hears my voice, and opens the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." Preachers, let me say this to you. Never use verse twenty for a text to preach to sinners for it is not directed to sinners. Who is the letter written to? It's written to the church at Laodicea. Jesus said to the members of that church, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock:" In other words, Jesus knocks at the heart's door of the church member. (Some wouldn't hear his voice then, and some will not even hear it today.) They may be rebuked and chastened for their ungodly living, for their failure to let the Spirit of God guide and dominate their thinking and their lives. They will pass it by and let the knocking continue not letting the Lord in to have his way. What does he mean by "If any man hears my voice, and opens the door,"? The Lord is not going to open that door. It's up to the church member to open the door of his heart. When he opens that door the Lord said, "I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." What sweet communion! That's when you see people shouting the praises of God and a church stirred in the Spirit. They clear the line. They have received forgiveness of their sins and stand clean and pure in the sight of God because they heeded the knocking at their heart's door and made things right. Christ comes in, and you will see a revival when this happens. This is what the Lord is talking about in verse twenty. This is rich, isn't it? It's the truth. When the Lord said he would "sup with him, and he with me." he just simply means that there'll be sweet communion and fellowship between the individual and Jesus Christ. They can rejoice in the things of God and the glories that await us on the other side.
Chapter 3:21 "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne."
Chapter 3:22 "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches." That's the promise. Now I told you that we were going to leave off the promises to the churches for this particular reason. One church was not segregated from the other in the reception of the blessings that the Lord promised because they were all based upon one condition. The promises were to be received by the ones that met the condition. The condition, my friend, is this: "He that overcometh," Jesus said, "shall inherit all things." All of these letters close out with this promise from Jesus. The first one was to Ephesus, and he said he would give them access to the tree of life in the paradise of God. Now what is the tree of life? We first see it mentioned and read of it as mentioned in Genesis. It was in the Garden of Eden. When Adam and Eve had transgressed the righteous law of God, and had fallen from their holy state, and became transgressors, God said, lest he put forth his hand and take of the tree of life and live forever. What happened? They were put out of the Garden of Eden. All right, what is the tree of life? It is a symbolic term, and I'd like for you to consider it that way because that is exactly what it refers to, a metaphor if you please. It has reference to the giving of immortality. To partake of the tree of life is to become immortal. Wouldn't it have been terrible if Adam in the Garden of Eden had partaken of the tree of life after he had transgressed the law and became a sinner, separated from God without any hope in the world, to have been a partaker of the tree of life and live forever in that state. He would have become an immortal being, and would have lived forever in the state of sin. So to partake of the tree of life has the same significance as taking of the bread of life to the soul. Jesus said your fathers, the Jews, they ate manna in the wilderness, and they are dead. But he said, "I am that living bread that came down from heaven that a man may eat thereof and not die." That was talking about the inner man, the soul. The person that eats of that bread has everlasting life, and when the individual partakes of the tree of life, he has an immortal body, just as immortal as his soul. That wasn't denied anybody that overcame, was it? All right, I want us to think before we go any further on this. Who is the over comer? Only those that are born of God. They are the only ones. What does he overcome? He overcomes the world. He overcomes the Devil and the over comer is one that is born again, as you will find in 1 John 4 and 5. All right, what's the means of their overcoming? The blood of Jesus Christ is the means or the blood of the Lamb and the instrumentality that brings about that overcoming is faith. So faith in Jesus Christ brings about the cleansing by the blood, and the overcoming of the world of sin and Satan is by and through the shed blood of the Son of God. Whoever has been born again, their soul washed in the blood of the Lamb, one day after while we shall partake of the tree of life and have an immortal body just like the one Jesus had. That's his promise to the church at Ephesus. He said he shall not be hurt of the second death. What is the second death? To partake of the tree of life is to escape the second death. The second death is the calling up of the souls that are in Hell or Hades. I'm talking about that place of torment, the bottomless pit. It is the state of the unsaved and the unregenerate. When they are called up, and the graves of the unsaved are opened and soul and body are reunited, that soul and body of the unregenerate are cast into the lake of fire. That is the second death. Jesus said to the over comer, he'll not be hurt of the second death. That's Baptist doctrine, pure and simple. Let's go a little further. He said I will give him a white stone, on the stone a new name written which no one knoweth but he that received it. *** Brother Russell: Could you tell what Carroll said here that you are referring to? Right here I'm going a little further than Brother Carroll did. He gives a satisfactory answer, and I accept what he gave. However, I think he should have gone a little further. During the time when Revelation and these letters to the seven churches were written, a stone of election or refusal was well known. When people were brought before the court to be judged by the counsel, they were either condemned by the black stone or acquitted by the white stone. These seven churches were in a locality where they were being persecuted. The persecution even went so far as to deny citizenship to people who were just like you and me. They believed in the crucified and risen Christ and preached the gospel of the Son of God. The people who said they were Jews and were not had the authority to demand certain people lose their citizenship. They were denied the freedoms and liberties of the citizens of that country. What did Jesus say to this church? He said though you be condemned with the black stone by the court because of your faith, I'll give you a white stone. In that white stone, there is a name written that no man will know except him that receiveth it. Who is he? You know who he is. I know where I was saved because I was there when it happened. There were several more there the night that God saved me, but I was the only one that experienced my salvation. I was the first one to know about it, and I had something in my heart that nobody else could tell me I had. The Spirit of God bore witness with my spirit that I was a child of God. So every child of God is elected of God. When Peter wrote the letter in 1 Peter 1:2 He said, "Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied." These people were denied citizenship in that country where the church was located, but Jesus lets them know they are his elect with salvation that only the individual knows about. Some people just can't swallow that. They will tell you, "I just know so and so I am saved." Well, I just know that you don't know it. And this Bible teaches that you don't know it. The only way that anybody can know that they're saved is by experiencing it for themselves. I can have a strong faith in your salvation and believe it as much as possible that you've been down to the fountain and had the drink that I had. I know that I had the drink by experience and can only believe you did. This is what he's talking about here in this verse regarding the white stone. You were elected though you have been refused by your neighborhood, your community and your location. Even though the people thumb their noses at you, so to speak, I give you a white stone. You are elected by me. Let's go now a little further.
Revelations 2:26: "And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:" 2:27: "And he shall rule them with a rod of iron;" (Who? The over comer.) "As the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father." I thought I would just pass this up. I can't because I want to clarify some things here that have been misunderstood. We talked before about translators and their use of words. I don't want anyone to say that Russell denies the inspiration of the scriptures and that some of it is false. I didn't say that. I believe the original scriptures, in their original tongue, were perfect. However, the translators were men who were not inspired. They made mistakes in their own use of words by using words that did not fit the Greek text. I want to point them out to you in these cases. He said I will give him power over the nations. The word "power" comes from the Greek word "exousia" which always means "authority". If it had meant "kingly rule or dictatorship or monarchy," it would have been the Greek word "dunamis". "Exousia" is used in the same sense that Jesus said all authority, all power in heaven and earth is given to me. Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, etc. The Catholics like the verb phrase "shall rule" in verse 2:27 "And he shall rule them with a rod of iron;". You'll find the Catholics using that interpretation. However, "shall rule" is not "basileuo" which would mean a "monarchy or dictatorship". It is the word "poimaino" which means "to shepherd." It is the same "shepherd" as in the Twenty-Third Psalm in the Greek Old Testament which is called the Septuagint. Jesus says I will give you authority over the nations, and you shall shepherd them, not rule them. How? They are to rule with a rod of iron. The Greek word used for rod here is "rhabdos" meaning a rod of correction. This rod is not a rod of chastisement or a rod to drive slaves. It is the shepherd's rod tipped at one end with a crook at the other end. See the Septuagint for the shepherd psalm. The Septuagint says just what he's saying here--thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. The shepherd does not carry two instruments--a rod and a staff--but the same instrument is used according to the need. The breaking into shivers as a potter's vessel is not necessarily for ultimate destruction but may look to reconstruction. See Jeremiah 18:4-10. It becomes destructive only when impenitence becomes incorrigible. Jeremiah 19: 1-11. Even then it does not apply not to the entire nation but only to its hostile elements. So in that sense it is a rod of correction. We miss the mark if we misconstrue all this. Rule is punitive. The primary intent looks to correction and salvation. The shepherd goads the wandering sheep with the iron tipped end of his staff into a safer path or draws him back from a precipice with the crooked end of the staff. He sets up the staff as an ensign for rallying the flock together in time of danger or with it he counts the each morning and evening as they one by one pass under the rod in leaving the fold for pasturage or returning to it for shelter or in using it as a weapon of defense against the enemies of the flock. That takes care of the Catholic interpretation of Verses 2:26 and 2:27. They use these verses in the sense there is a pope that sets as authority to rule and govern the entire dioceses of catholic hierarchy wherever it may be. That man who sets on the papal throne is the king of the flock, and he is the one that governs and rules. As you can see the Greek words used in verse 2:27 mean shepherding rather than kingly authority, kingly rule, or dictatorship. Jesus told those people who overcame they had to be born again. They had to be saved people who would be the instrument of shepherding that flock, and that they would break them in pieces like a potter's vessel. That does not mean absolute destruction. Read in Jeremiah where he said go down to the potter's house and see how he messed up one piece of pottery and had to remake it. There are a lot of people that need reconstructed lives. As far as their souls are concerned, they are saved by God's grace, but they need reconstruction and the rod of God. It is given to this church as a sheparding rod and not a rod of violence. I want to take up now the promises that were made to the church at Sardis. We didn't get through all of it previously. Notice here in chapter 3:3 "Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee." Jesus did not mean that he was coming back in his second advent to the church at Sardis, for him, as we've spoken of before, personified the members of the churches. He spoke to them in the sense of individuals, the second person. There are many comings in the Bible that mention the coming of the Lord, and that he's coming upon the people. Most of the time it means he's going to visit them with judgments. He will visit them with the sword of his mouth which is preaching of the truth by his servants in using the word of God to just straighten people out to be simple about it. Now he said that he that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life. We mentioned previously in our study of one of the other seven churches a certain practice in the eastern countries at the time this book was written. If the citizens of those countries did not follow certain rules and regulations set out by those nations and walk the dotted line, so to speak, their names were erased from the books. They were no longer citizens and granted the same rights that the other people had. That's where this originated. In simple terms, Jesus is telling the church at Sardis that their names might be taken off the list as citizens of their country or the territory in which they lived, but he would not blot their names out of the book of life. Jesus is not even leaving any indication here that anybody could use to uphold the possibility a person could lose their salvation. He's just encouraging the church at Sardis, though they lose their citizenship in their community and in their territory, they'll never lose their citizenship in heaven. That book doesn't have any erasures. Every name that's ever been recorded in that book is still there. There's one more thing I want to say about that before we leave it. I believe we have studied this before in the foreknowledge of God. I believe that God is omniscient which means "all wise". He is also omnipresent meaning he is everywhere and omnipotent meaning he is all powerful. You won't find these words in the scriptures, but we refer to God in this way. If God is omniscient, "all wise", you cannot place limitations on his knowledge. I believe God knew from the very beginning every name that would be written in the book of life. He didn't foreordain the salvation of a single one of them. He left the choice in the hands of the individual as a free moral agent, but God knew what choice he would make. This is what I believe about foreknowledge. I believe also, the Bible teaches very clearly that God could have written every name from the very beginning in the book of life. I don't believe he did since David said in the Psalm 87:5: "And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her. 87:6: "The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah." So I think the writing of the name in the book of life takes place at the very time of regeneration and the new birth. This is just simply assuring the church at Sardis that they do not have to worry. There is no danger that God will ever erase their names from the book of life. I want to call your attention to another promise that was made. The promise is that he shall be arrayed in white raiment's or garments, and is made to the church at Sardis, to the overcoming individual. I'm going back over that again now. There's no way anyone can overcome this wicked world alone, and has never been a man that has lived who was able to overcome the Devil by himself. There's never been enough water, even though the great majority of the surface of this earth is water, to cleanse anyone from one single sin. But the over comer is the one that believes that Jesus Christ is Son of God, and I don't mean that now in just a historical faith. I mean the person that actually in his or her heart trusts Jesus Christ as their savior. The Bible said the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses from all sin, and I'm going to believe that. So as the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses from all sin, there's nothing else that has anything to do with it. Water doesn't do it. The action of a second party doesn't do it. The sinner is cleansed from sin and becomes an over comer of sin, the Devil, and the world by the blood of Jesus Christ. When a person is saved, that is, regenerated and born again, their bodies are not dealt with in regeneration. There is not one thing done to the individual's body in his new birth. I'll tell you what does happen in regeneration and the new birth, a holy disposition is given to the mind. It doesn't mean God gives them a new mind or brains. It simply means that God performs an operation upon the individual. In that way God leaves him with a holy disposition of the mind that he could never have as a sinner. So the over comer who is to be arrayed in white raiment or garments is the person who is regenerated, born again. I believe that sanctification of the soul, the inner man, takes place at the very time of the new birth. Yet sanctification in the body is progressive, and it starts the very day of regeneration. We can work at it all the days of our lives and never become perfect which doesn't excuse us from striving daily to continuously make ourselves better. This sanctification is left up to the individual and is a progressive work only accomplished by the grace of God. I want to go now to the martyrs that John saw under the altar of God. Rev. 6:9 "And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:" 6:10 "And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?" 6:11 "And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow servants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled." I don't think John saw them in neither heaven nor any period of time after they reached heaven, but he saw them when they were dying. He saw them when they were giving their lives for what they believed. In that time of death, they cried out under the altar of God. If you can find an altar in heaven, I want you to show me where it is. When we leave this world and go to the heavenly world, there won't be need for altars up there. Under the altar of God, John saw the martyrs who were giving their lives for what they believed in, and they cried out for actual judgment against their murderers. The Bible said that white robes were given to every one of them. Do you believe they had been in heaven any length of time before the robes were given? I don't. I believe the robes were given to them when they went to heaven. It is my opinion the white robes given to the martyrs is a blessing for their faithful service to God which was given to them when their souls entered heaven to be with Christ. The believer is the over comer. This verse also says that they should rest for a little season until their servants would give their lives as they had. They have been waiting all this time, almost 2,000 years, and God has not yet visited this world in which we live with the vengeance that is coming that we read about in the 2 Thess. 1:7-8. I would like to go now to the promise that was made to the church at Thyatira. I can remember when I was just a boy; we use to burn plant beds. They treat them now chemically. We use to go into the woods and cut down trees and prepare logs and put them together and get a heap ready to set fire before daylight the next day. Many of you have experienced that I'm satisfied. My attention has been brought many times as a boy to the morning star. When all the rest of the stars that have shined through the night brilliantly had faded, they had ceased to be seen, but there was one that was still so bright as we walked and went to the place where we were going to burn a plant bed. And that morning star was the herald or the assurance of a new day. That morning star that is given to the over comer, the child of God, is that hope of glory that he has in his heart which is Christ, of that coming day after a while when we shall depart this world and all of its troubles and sorrows and disappointments and shall live with God and angels while the ceaseless ages of eternity roll on. Now that belongs to the over comer. The over comer is the believer, the one that has been cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ, and Jesus has given to that individual a hope that is sure and steadfast and enters into that within the veil. It's not seen. We can't visualize it, but we can feel the assurance in our hearts that one day after while we shall experience for ourselves the reality of that assurance that's presented here as the morning star. I want you to notice something else regarding the promises in Rev. 3:21 "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne." This is not the throne of ruling. Some people today in their writings and teachings interpret this as being a throne of rule, and that Jesus is coming back and sit on the throne of David and rule the world. This is not the throne of rule but is the throne of judgment. There is a question which needs to be answered in connection with Verse 3:21 since he said "even as I also overcame," Did Jesus Christ, the son of man and the Son of God, walk by faith? Did he look to his Father by faith? Yes, he did walk by faith. Jesus Christ lived his life here on this earth, and he did the work on earth for the Father. Jesus said that he sent me to do this work, and the Father's will is that, that I do. So Jesus Christ, while he lived here in the world, lived and walked by faith in the Father. I would like to add a little more to this. The church Jesus set up here in the world was the church which God gave him the authority to set up when he came. Now Jesus, even though he was God manifest in the flesh, had a fleshly body. In his fleshly body, he wrought the will of God. The only person who has ever lived on earth that ever kept the law in its entirety and able to fulfill it was Christ. As to the likelihood of Christ sinning, some say that he just couldn't have sinned. I don't believe that. I think Jesus Christ was made just like us. His physical body came from his mother. He was God and man. He was begotten of God, but he had a physical body. The Bible said he was tempted in all points like we are. So if he was tempted like we are, my friend, the Bible said in James 1:13 "Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:" 1:14 "But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed." So my savior, while he lived here in the body, had to be tempted or else there would have been no reason for the devil to call him out into the wilderness for that purpose. By not yielding, he proved himself an all-sufficient Savior. We read about the three temptations the Devil presented to Christ which he overcame, and the Bible said he departed from him for a little season. Those weren't the only three temptations that he had. The Devil came back to him later. It's not recorded as to what he did, but the Devil just left him for a short time. There's coming a day, thank God, when Christ will sit upon the throne of judgment. He says that the over comer shall sit down with me on my throne as I have overcome and am sat down with my Father in his throne. If Christ was not capable of sinning, what did he overcome? Paul said in I Corinthians 6:2 "Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? And if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?" 6:3 "Know ye not that we shall judge angels? How much more things that pertain to this life?" Won't it be a wonderful time when Paul will sit on the throne of judgment with Christ. He will be a judge of Agrippa, Festus and Felix. Paul bore witness to these men of the Christ who suffered, died, and shed his blood for all men who heard the gospel, that good news of salvation. Even though Agrippa said, "Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian." they turned it down. Paul, as well as every other over comer in the world, shall judge jointly with the Son of God. Job is another who will sit in judgment. God allowed the Devil to have liberty for just a little while with Job. He could not take Job's life however. God said Job was a man who feared Him and eschewed evil and none like him on the face of the earth. After all the evil brought upon Job by the Devil, Job did not curse God. One day Job will sit on the throne of judgment of the Devil and all his angels. Paul and Job, as well as every other over comer in the world, shall judge jointly with the Son of God. God told the over comer he would give him the right and privilege to judge them. That will be a wonderful day.


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Last night I caught a killer American Babies show at Mercury Lounge here in NYC. The show was one of four official record release parties for their new album Flawed Logic, which I mentioned in a previous post (and included a full stream of the album and their new video for "Dance All Night').
The night started with Tommy's latest incarnation of the Babies doing a nice mix of tunes from their last two records as well as last year's Weight of the World EP. They kicked things off with the twangy "Dance All Night" and tore through a bombastic "Joeline," providing an early highlight of the night. Lyrically, their new material — with its desperate characters, lost lovers, and drunken sinners — taps into the Johnny Cash-style of classic American country and blues, pushing Tommy's songwriting approach further along the spectrum of Americana. Another highlight of the night was "Streets of Brooklyn," one of Tommy's strongest new tunes, featuring the locally appropriate lyrical references — "wolves of Wall Street" and "under-loved kids with vintage guitars" (Williamsburg hipsters?) — along with a beautiful progression from "streets of Brooklyn" to the "streets in Heaven." The new tunes mixed nicely with the themes of older standouts like "Invite Your Friends," "Brooklyn Bridge" and "Babe, Don't Cry."
Although the main point of the show was to celebrate the new record, they seriously kicked up the energy at the end of the second set with some fun covers, including a near note-perfect take on the second half of the Beatles legendary Abbey Road. In standard Babies fashion, the show featured a rotating cast of characters, including Joe Russo — fresh from his recent stint with the Dead — sitting in on drums for about half of the show, and later, Dave Dreiwitz (of Ween) on bass. For the Beatles medley, Dreiwitz joined the band with a bass that was appropriately styled in the vein of Paul McCartney's old-school Hofner. From the opening notes of "You Never Give me your Money," it was clear that the band was having a total blast. Once they proceeded onto the mellow psychedelia of "Sun King," we all knew we were in for a serious treat — the entire eight-song suite from the Beatles 1969 classic.
I was able to nab a couple videos from the Beatles medley, including "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" and a decent snippet from "The End" (below). The entire segment had the crowd raging and singing along to every word, thus providing a killer end to a great set.
"She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" (Beatles cover):
"The End" (Beatles cover)
After the Beatles suite, the band re-emerged from the side of the stage for an encore, busting out their new-ish rocker "Winter War Games," and putting a nice cap on top of an all-around great performance:
"Winter War Games" encore
Check out the full photo set here.
American Babies play their fourth record release party tonight in Boston and then head out on a short May jaunt up and down the East Coast.
American Babies Spring 2011 Tour Dates:
April 30 – Boston, MA – Great Scott
May 12 – Burlington, VT – Club Metronome
May 13 – Albany, NY – Red Square
May 14 – Wilkes-Barre, PA – River Street Jazz Café
May 19 – Raleigh, NC – The Pour House Music Hall
May 20 – Asheville, NC – Mo Daddy's
May 21 – Columbia, SC – The White Mule
May 22 – Charleston, SC – The Pourhouse

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ECCLES 3:1 To everything -- a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:
ECCLES 3:2 A time to bring forth, And a time to die. A time to plant, And a time to eradicate the planted.
ECCLES 3:3 A time to slay, And a time to heal, A time to break down, And a time to build up.
ECCLES 3:4 A time to weep, And a time to laugh. A time to mourn, And a time to skip.
ECCLES 3:5 A time to cast away stones, And a time to heap up stones. A time to embrace, And a time to be far from embracing.
ECCLES 3:6 A time to seek, And a time to destroy. A time to keep, And a time to cast away.
ECCLES 3:7 A time to rend, And a time to sew. A time to be silent, And a time to speak.
ECCLES 3:8 A time to love, And a time to hate. A time of war, And a time of peace.
ECCLES 3:9 What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at?
ECCLES 3:10 I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.
ECCLES 3:11 The whole He hath made beautiful in its season; also, that knowledge He hath put in their heart without which man findeth not out the work that God hath done from the beginning even unto the end.
ECCLES 3:12 I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life,
ECCLES 3:13 yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it `is' a gift of God.
ECCLES 3:14 I have known that all that God doth is to the age, to it nothing is to be added, and from it nothing is to be withdrawn; and God hath wrought that they do fear before Him.
ECCLES 3:15 What is that which hath been? already it is, and that which `is' to be hath already been, and God requireth that which is pursued.
ECCLES 3:16 And again, I have seen under the sun the place of judgment -- there `is' the wicked; and the place of righteousness -- there `is' the wicked.
ECCLES 3:17 I said in my heart, `The righteous and the wicked doth God judge, for a time `is' to every matter and for every work there.'
ECCLES 3:18 I said in my heart concerning the matter of the sons of man that God might cleanse them, so as to see that they themselves `are' beasts.
ECCLES 3:19 For an event `is to' the sons of man, and an event `is to' the beasts, even one event `is' to them; as the death of this, so `is' the death of that; and one spirit `is' to all, and the advantage of man above the beast is nothing, for the whole `is' vanity.
ECCLES 3:20 The whole are going unto one place, the whole have been from the dust, and the whole are turning back unto the dust.
ECCLES 3:21 Who knoweth the spirit of the sons of man that is going up on high, and the spirit of the beast that is going down below to the earth?
ECCLES 3:22 And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man rejoice in his works, for it `is' his portion; for who doth bring him in to look on that which is after him?
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Aacharya Name Meaning in Marathi
Aacharya is a Hindu Boy name and it is Hindi originated name with multiple meanings. Aacharya name meaning in Marathi is शिक्षक; द्रोणाचे दुसरे नाव. Aacharya name meaning in Marathi, popularity and rank stands at and lucky number for Aacharya is 4.
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Aacharya Name Meaning in Marathi
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Best of times: 152 pounds
My turning point: When I could no longer fit into my size 18 pants. My cholesterol was very high, too -- I was eating around three sticks of butter a day.
My slim-down techniques: I cut my portions in half. And I started tracking my calorie intake to monitor how much I was eating.
Kept the weight off: 10 months
My best motivator: I'm the leader of a local weight-loss program, and knowing that I have to provide a good example for other members helps me stay on track.
My greatest temptation: Anything chocolate. I try not to give in, but every so often I'll have a Healthy Choice Premium Fudge Bar (80 calories per bar). They're very filling and help satisfy my sweet tooth.
My favorite diet food: I grill a chicken breast, skin on, for no more than 10 minutes. Just before it's ready, I remove the skin and allow the meat to get nice char marks. I dress it with a squeeze of lemon juice and half a tablespoon of a prepared Asian-style sweet chili sauce that's made up of vinegar and peppers.
My snacking tips: A half cup of cashews or peanuts are my favorite -- the nuts are tasty and filling. A cup of the ACT II regular popcorn is also a good snack (35 calories per cup).
My exercise routine: When I have time, I walk my dogs around the neighborhood for a half hour or so. I joined a gym a few months ago, but when I needed shoulder surgery on my right arm, I had to quit. Truth be told, I've had trouble getting started again, but you have to commit yourself because exercise is important.
Slim-down advice: Make sure you have the support of others both inside and outside the home. Tell family members and friends and coworkers that you need their assistance to help you stay healthy. And join a support group for people trying to lose weight.
The payoff: I can now wear a size 10 -- and size B pantyhose for the first time since college! My cholesterol is lower, and I have more energy.
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Many of you know that I'm one of the co-founders of the frequent travel community InsideFlyer, which was born as Milepoint back in 2011. Since the beginning (and before then), I've always enjoyed our charitable efforts to help others.
We've done fundraising for a number of different charities, including Susan G. Komen, the Jason Dahl Fund, LIVESTRONG, and plenty of folks on Kiva.
Yesterday, both Randy Petersen and I read the same e-mail from LIVESTRONG about a new program they have with a company called Brave Box.
What's Brave Box? Right from their website:
BraveBox™ is a monthly subscription box for women cancer survivors, by a cancer survivor. It's like the Birchbox for cancer warriors.
That sounded pretty awesome to us, and when Randy proposed that we identify a couple of women cancer survivors to receive a 1-year subscription, I thought it was a great idea! You can see the thread on InsideFlyer where we need your help to nominate that special cancer survivor that you think could use a little pick-me-up.
I really couldn't let Randy have all the fun, so I'll be paying for a 3rd 1-year Brave Box subscription for another woman cancer survivor.
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by: Lynsay SandsISBN#9780061894572
$7.99 mass market paperback
Avon Books
Paranormal Romance
Released: November 2010
After two thousand years of being alone, Cale has pretty much given up any hope of finding his lifemate. His family hasn't, though, and are determined to find him a woman he can spend the rest of his life with.
Humoring his family, he goes to meet with Alex, the woman his family is sure will be the one for him. So not only is he shocked when he can't read her, but to make matters worse he's introduced as a chef, and a famous one at that. But how is he, who hasn't eaten food in two thousand years, expected to cook meals, when the mere scent of food makes him sick?
Alex has been having a string of bad luck, and the latest is her head chef walking out on her. So when Cale is introduced as a world renouned chef, she's doubtful, but sees no other choice.
Although Cale's hot, things quickly spiral out of control when she learns he's not a chef. Can the feelings she's developed for him let her get over this betrayal, or will it keep her away from him forever?
Lynsay Sands has done it again. I've been a rabid fan of her novels since book 1, and I've followed them ever since. She's created such a creative version of the traditional vampire novel, and the scary thing is, I can totally believe it.
Basically, her vampires are decended from ancient Atlanteans. They'd created nanotechnology that got injected into the body and cured disease. They were supposed to destroy themselves when the damage was fixed (cancer, disease, etc.) but due to normal human ailments, age, the sun, the nanos were constantly repairing them. They used blood to operate, more blood than the human body can produce. Transfusions were used until Atlantis fell. To adapt, the nanos created fangs so they could get the blood they needed.
This is a variation of the speech I give people at the bookstore when I'm recommending it as a new author. I'll tell you the same thing I tell them-buy the books. All of them. The series is addicting, the family's meddlesome nature is hilarious, and the bickering and barbs have made me laugh out loud on more than one occasion. Lynsay Sands is an auto-buy for me, and once you read her books, they will be for you too.
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The family that Beads together…
In New York we have had a day of unseasonally (yet welcome) warm weather. No scarves, hats, and bulky coats. What has this done to me? I just keep day dreaming of Spring and Summer. I keep thinking of the colors, the soft cottony and flowy fabrics, and the warmth of the sun's rays on the skin. I even had an euphoric moment thinking about the sea, the sand, the beach, the waves, the rocks, fish, and the breeze combined with that salty healing smell that walking along the beach brings. So, I had to do something! What did I do?
After getting home, and having dinner and family game night (yes, I believe in family days, and family activities) then I wanted to make some jewelry. My husband decides that he wants to do it as well. As he is teaching me new techniques, we started to work on jewelry together, and then our little one chimed in that he wanted to do some beading too. Who am I to say 'no' to such a loving request. So let me paint you a picture.
My husband is sitting on his chair next to his lovely coral reef, salt water tank. I am sitting either next to him on the couch or on the floor (I move a lot), and our son is beading on the floor (and mind you he made a HUGE mess with real glass and wooden beads). My husband and I kept working on our projects and showing each other what we did, and my son would bead a creative design with beads, and other props that I didn't even imagine that would work together (like clasps, wood, and jump rings (hee hee), and would ask… "Daddy! Mommy! Look! I did it! What do you think?" Of course we would say, 'this is wonderful! Beautiful! Creative! What an artist!' And every now and then he would ask again. All of this while watching kiddie shows and American Idol (which had to be paused during our concentrated jewelry making sessions of course.)
When we were done, we had several pairs of gorgeous earrings (soon to be posted to the products page). I did however decide to keep one pair just for me. (I will post this picture very soon).
The adage is very true – The family that beads together, stays together. Let me know your thoughts by leaving a comment below, or feel free to contact me.


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Many organizations are now undergoing a digital transformation where managing security issues correctly is crucial for success. The foundation is built with a risk assessment approach that allows risk to be measured quantitatively.
Digitalization, or rather a digital transformation, is fully underway in both the public and private sectors. Established business models and operational models are being fundamentally changed, and information security risk exposure is changing in a similar way.
"The management of security will be crucial to a successful transformation. Security will become an enabler in succeeding with this transformation," says Ryan Mattinson, practice leader for information security consulting at Nagarro—a global provider of high-end technology services. He says that the starting point for an effective information security program is the risk assessment. "A proper risk assessment is a decision-making tool that helps business leaders to make the right investments in security, at the right scale, and measure their effectiveness over time."
He also sees how security issues often fall between two stools. It may not be obvious who is responsible for security; the attitude can be "that's someone else's job." Simply being on schedule and within budget are common measures of project success in many traditional business models but using these measures of success alone when adopting new technologies may leave a hidden risk that would turn out to be beyond the business's risk tolerance if it were assessed and known.
"Information security is a business function that should deliver measurable results, but it's still often seen purely as a cost. We want to help our clients to change "a good security day" from a day where nothing bad happened, to a day where the information security function delivers measurable improvement, e.g., reduced uncertainty regarding the future outcomes of digitalization initiatives, reduced risk, or increased probability of achieving other important business goals."
Nagarro also offers a broad range of operational and technical security services that complement strategic consulting services. A specific assignment might be to carry out penetration testing to identify technical vulnerabilities of a client's new app and backend APIs before they go into production. Nagarro testers work closely with their clients' developers so they can begin fixing critical issues immediately, even before the testing is complete, to avoid impacting tight release deadlines.
Ryan Mattinson
Ryan feels that while information security issues are often still viewed as purely technical problems, they are getting increasing attention in the boardroom. "That's a positive development. It means more organizations are shifting their approach to information security risk management to support the success of their digitalization strategies. We now have opportunities to work with our clients to not only help them address specific technical vulnerabilities that appear in a given app today but also to work with them on the information security risks and opportunities that will impact their business in the years ahead."
In today's threat landscape, all organizations will experience information security incidents from time to time. Risk assessment can help organizations prioritize the easiest, most cost-effective short-term improvements, while also providing invaluable input to budgeting and investments in developing adaptive security capabilities—that means not only prevention but also detection and response capabilities.
"From an information security risk perspective, the Nordic region is particularly interesting. Both the private and public sectors are known for often being eager, early adopters of new technology," says Ryan. "There is a great deal of optimism in the Nordic countries when it comes to new technology and what we can achieve, but there is also a lack of awareness and management of the potential downside—the risk associated with these technologies. Our role is really to work with our clients to manage risk in a way that optimizes the value that new and existing technology brings to their business."
About Nagarro
Nagarro drives technology-led business breakthroughs for industry leaders and challengers. When our clients want to move fast and make things, they turn to us. Today, we have 5,000 experts in 20 countries. Together we form Nagarro, the global services division of Munich-based Allgeier SE.


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My research and writing for a future book has taken up much of my time. Blogs get neglected when there are other things to do.
I would be remiss, at least in my own mind, if I didn't post a few snaps.
I popped over to Laos and Cambodia recently. I went to Laos to see the brand new botanic garden Pha Tad Ke, near Luang Prabang. I intend to write more about this, the first botanic garden in the Laos PDR.
It is a 25 minute boat ride on the Mekong River from Luang Prabang to PTK.
Laos is a Buddhist, Animist, Socialist Republic.
Just 30% of the plants of Laos have been studied. Given that the country has one of the most diverse and profuse floras in the world, and slash and burn agriculture is devastating the countryside, there is much to do.
About 485 species of orchids are native to Laos. There well may be many more. The garden has collected 250 species mostly Bulbophyllum and Dendrobium and they are on display in two shade houses.
Looking across the Palm Collection to the range of mountains and limestone karsts.
Skeletonized leaves embroidered with gold thread.
Rik Gadella, the garden's creator, founder and general manager is an extraordinary man with an extraordinary vision. He and his staff are creating one of the most important and beautiful gardens in the world. Go there.
Link to the garden's website – Pha Tad Ke
I then followed the Mekong to Siem Reap, Cambodia, to Angkor Wat, Prasat Pram, and the great wetland of Tonle Sap.
Thousands of tourists get up before dawn to see the sun rise over the temples. Once the sun is risen they seem to spend about half an hour wandering around and then head back to their hotels for breakfast.
I, being better than that, spent a couple of hours there. Self-righteous eco-voyeurism is such fun.
I preferred Prasat Pram,a complex of five temples built in the 10th century, three of which are extant. There were few people there.
One of the temples is built of brick.
The glory of these temples is the tree roots that wrap themselves around the buildings.
On, then, to the great wetland of Tonle Sap where we tourists are taken in longboats to peer at people in the floating villages.
Beyond the village is the wild wetland. Full of rare birds. Spot-billed Pelican, Oriental Darter, Greater Adjutant and Painted Stork. And plants – Barrintonia acutangula, Croton caudatus, Dalbergia pinnata ,to name three.
What an honor to be there. To see all of it. Even ever so briefly.


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St. Peter's offers a variety of athletic programs for our students. Whether they are on the court, in the pool or teeing off in hopes of a hole-in-one, every one of our students is given the chance to grow as a young man and athlete. We believe that through sports, our students will learn the importance of teamwork, discipline and perseverance — all of which will help mold them into respected and well-rounded individuals.
Coach Glennerster is a former St. Joseph by-the-Sea player who had an outstanding career at the College of Staten Island. He is starting his first season with St. Peter's, replacing John Eberlein, who coached the Eagles the last 12 seasons.
Glennerster comes to St. Peter's after a 10-year coaching career at the collegiate level, including nine as an assistant. After being the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator at St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn), he took the same positive for a season at New York University before becoming the head coach for the Violets in 2012.
Head coach Charlie Driscoll is only the fourth varsity basketball coach at St. Peter's over the past 60 years. In his 17 years as head varsity coach, Driscoll has helped lead St. Peter's to 277 varsity wins, eight SIHSL tournament titles and 12 Staten Island CHSAA titles.
The St. Peter's basketball program has a long and strong tradition of success both on Staten Island and in the NYC CHSAA. The program has produced 69 Staten Island Advanced All-Star players since 1966 and won 32 SIHSL Championships — the most in Staten Island.
The bowling season begins November 27 and lasts until March 26. Tryouts for the team are October 25-26. There are three teams of four bowlers, and each bowler is rated on his individual score. In the 2016-2017 season, bowler Ken Sotto was named a Staten Island Advance All-Star.
Returning members for the 2017-2018 season include: Daniel Convery, James Patino, Jon Lugero, Joe Macklin and James Langan.
Intramural Bowling is open to anyone who would like to bowl as an after-school activity. Students can make their own team of four and compete against other teams. While mildly competitive, it is a great way to meet new friends and enjoy some downtime after school. Intramural teams bowl on Thursday with members of the school's Varsity Bowling team. Cost is $10 per week for 12 weeks. Students meet at Rab's Country Lanes from 3:30 to 5:15 p.m
The St. Peter's High School football program will prepare each young man to be the best person, student, and football player that he can be. As a member of the Eagle Football Program we will represent ourselves, our families, and the high school with dignity, integrity, and respect by always choosing to do the right thing. It is our number one priority to instill each individual that comes through our program with the characteristics to further succeed in life.
One of our goals as a team is to be able to handle ourselves mentally and physically against any opponent we face. This goal can be accomplished but you have to be willing to put forth the effort.
The JV Golf team is a "practice squad," where all St. Peter's golfers — experts and beginners — can come out and practice their golf game. The team practices from early May to the end of school at the Staten Island Practice Center, commonly known as "The Tanks."
Students interested in joining JV Golf can come to meetings that are announced in the homeroom bulletin or stop by Room 402 to speak with Mr. Bonamo. Students are recommended to bring at least a putter, a driver, a wedge and an iron to the practice sessions.
Head coach Vincent Giles has been coaching track since 1988. After starting his career as an assistant coach at Curtis High School and coaching at other schools throughout the area, including Port Richmond High School, Farrell High School and St. Peter's Girls High School, Giles joined the St. Peter's track team as the head coach in 2012.
Giles has previous coached six High School National Champions, three USATF Junior Olympic Champions and 45 All-Americans. During his time as the head coach of St. Peter's track team, he has led the team to two Staten Island Cross Country Championships.
The St. Peter's Varsity soccer team has established itself as one of the strongest programs on Staten Island and in the city. Many of the players have gone on to have successful college careers and received soccer scholarships at many Division I colleges, including head coach John Liantonio.
The Eagles have been to six city semifinals, three finals and won the city in 2006. The Eagles continue their winning tradition under coach John Liantonio and co-head coach Christina Monzi, former advance All-Star at Notre Dame and Division I standout at West Virginia University.
The JV soccer program has had many successful seasons under the direction of head coach Robert Libertelli, who is also vice president of the Staten Island Soccer League.
The first coach was Mr. Blackstock and the first moderator was Mr. Castellano between 1988 and 1989. They were both teachers at the school. It started as a "club team" with practices at 6:00 a.m. twice a week. The team didn't compete that year.
Between 1989 and 1992, the head coach was Vin Reitano. He oversaw the first season where the team competed for the first time. The next head coach was Bill Loefelm, who was an English teacher at the school. He coached the team for two years.
In 1996, Mr. Gibbons joined the staff at the school as a history teacher. He served as head coach for 19 years and stepped down in 2013. He was team moderator for two years after retiring. In 2013, St. Peter's alumni Mr. Andrew Salzillo became head coach, and was followed by Mr. Conor Kelly, the current head coach and fellow St. Peter's alumni.
Staten Island Championships: 2008- 2009- 2010- 2011- 2012- 2013
The St. Peter's Varsity Boys Tennis team competes in the NYC CHSAA Tennis League. St. Peter's is the only boy's Catholic school that competed in the NYC CHSAA Tennis League for the 2017 season. Since joining the league four years ago, St. Peter's has been a playoff team in three of those years. The 2017 roster was the largest for the team with 13 team members.
The St. Peter's Boys High School wrestling team looks to develop young student-athletes into young men that understand the values of our school and commitment to a goal. Showing respect and sportsmanship both on and off the mat, we look to instill the values of St. Peter's into each student-athlete.
Taking responsibility for choices and actions and understanding that each wrestler has a role on the team and no wrestler s better than their team. By committing to the team and personal goals, we believe that each student who steps on our mat only makes our team stronger. Win or lose, we learn from each other.
We believe that we are more than a team, we are a family and we look to improve ourselves and each other to teach and train young men willing and able to enter the world as strong, independent individuals able to take on any obstacle in their way.
This past year, several wrestlers placed in the top three of their weight class: 160lbs – 1st place, 160lbs – 3rd place.
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As was the case in many non-coastal cities, stand up paddleboarding (SUP) came to Nashville after it was already popular in Florida, California and Hawaii. Even just a few years ago, people would ask, "Where you going to surf around here?" when you drove around with a paddleboard on your car. Now they shout "YOLO!" or "SUP!"
There are more than a handful of SUP instruction businesses, outfitters and rental companies in Music City now (full disclosure, I own Nashville Paddle Co., one of those companies), and some of them are volunteering together to bring the second annual big SUP race to Nashville this summer.
Registration is now open for the Music City SUP Race , to be held July 26, 2014. Sponsored by Mountain High Outfitters, this race promises to be significantly bigger than last year's inaugural event, thanks to a partnership with Team Magic , management for the Music City Triathlon. The stand up paddleboard race includes both 2-mile and 6-mile courses and will be held in Riverfront Park, right downtown on the day before the triathlon. This means athletes coming to pick up their packets before the tri-sport race can watch the SUP race and cheer on the crowd of paddlers, which is expected to exceed 100 racers this year, according to race director Kayla Boys. After the SUP race, the Nashville Dolphins are hosting the Music City Open Water Swim, which includes 400 meter and 1.5 K lengths.
The race is one in a series of four SUP races Mountain High is sponsoring across the Southeast (others will be held in Birmingham, Lake Guntersville and Atlanta, according to Boys).
"Team Magic is pleased to be adding the stand up paddleboard races to its calendar for 2014. Having the marquis SUP race of the series on the same weekend as the Music City Triathlon, one of our two marquis races, is a perfect fit for the racers and fans of both disciplines," says Steve McIntyre, manager of community and sponsor relations for Team Magic. "We have had so many SUP people as volunteer support for our races [in the past], it's a natural addition to our growing list of events."
Both the SUP and swim races are great opportunities to appreciate the mighty Cumberland River, Nashville's lifeblood. Water temperatures should be more than 80 degrees in the heat of the summer and paddlers and swimmers alike get to pursue their sport alongside Music City's iconic skyline. Proceeds from the SUP race will benefit the Cumberland River Compact , a nonprofit advocate for the Cumberland River watershed.
Out-of-town paddlers can nab a discounted room rate at the Hotel Preston. Volunteer opportunities for the whole trifecta—SUP race, open water swim, and triathlon—are available.


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New Project – Falcons
As I mentioned in the most recent SitRep, we have been working on a few other ideas and prototypes. One of which is Falcons, a futuristic super high speed racer. We're all huge fans of games like Wipeout and F-Zero, so we've decided to try and create our own take on this sub-genre of racing. We're also keen to start working with the Oculus Rift and other VR devices, as virtual reality seems to really shine in cockpit games like flight and space sims. Over the next few months I'll update the blog with… Read More
Our new project – Daedalus
So, after a longer wait than I first promised, I can finally reveal some information and screenshots of our new project, Daedalus! Daedalus is a third person flying/stealth game, which sees players take control of a special stealth Quadcopter as they infiltrate hostile areas. The player will need to master both piloting and stealth skills to tackle a variety of challenging missions that would be impossible for a human being to accomplish. Daedalus is developed by Prospect Games, using the very shiny Unreal 4. We aim to create a singleplayer campaign, a few cool multiplayer modes and maybe… Read More


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The other day President Trump called Rex Tillerson "dumb as a rock." That was payback for an interview in which his former Secretary of State called Trump undisciplined and a poor study. Trump had selected Tillerson for the job based in part on the recommendation of Robert Gates, Obama's Secretary of Defense, according to press reports. Gates and Tillerson knew each other largely from the Boy Scouts, where they both held leadership positions during its transition from a traditional organization to a politically correct one.
As president of the Boy Scouts, Gates had endorsed the adoption of the LGBT agenda, urging the organization to succumb to the demands of its critics. He cast adherence to Christian principles, not their betrayal, as the real threat to the organization's future.
"The status quo in our movement's membership standards cannot be sustained," he said. Don't resist "the social, political and judicial changes taking place in our country," he argued. Shamefully, Gates presented his counsel of capitulation under the guise of dutifulness, putting a perverse spin on the Boy Scouts code: "Our oath calls upon us to do our duty to God and country. The country is changing, and we are increasingly at odds with the legal landscape at both the state and federal levels. And, as a movement, we find ourselves with a policy more than a few of our church sponsors reject, thus placing Scouting between a boy and his church."
Tillerson, who served as president of the Boy Scouts a couple of years before Gates, laid the groundwork for this capitulation. He said that embracing the new PC morality would allow the Boy Scouts to "serve more youth."
What did it profit the Boy Scouts to gain the PC world and lose its soul? Judges may have to put a figure on it. According to press reports this week, the Boy Scouts organization, reeling from costly homosexual abuse lawsuits, is "considering" bankruptcy. Adding to its woes is that membership has "dwindled."
Gates and Tillerson had dressed up their pandering as a "survival strategy." They, in fact, had set the Boy Scouts on the path to dissolution. Its policies grow more incoherent with each passing year (it has gone transgender and now accepts girls), alienating parents and religious groups. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Mormons, one of its largest sponsors, are abandoning it, and the organization's growing maze of gay lawsuits makes it look about as reassuringly safe as an episcopal beach house.
The Catholic Church and the Boy Scouts are keeping law firms and insurance companies very busy.
"The Boy Scouts have been at the center of sexual-abuse scandals in the past, and the organization is facing a number of lawsuits that allege inappropriate conduct by employees or volunteers in incidents dating back as far as the 1960s," reports the Journal. "Filing for bankruptcy would stop the litigation and would give the nonprofit a chance to negotiate with those who have sued. Other organizations facing similar legal pressure have also turned to bankruptcy protection in recent years. More than 20 Catholic dioceses and religious orders have filed for chapter 11 protection…"
And it is clear that many more lawsuits are on the way in the wake of the organization's adoption of lower moral standards. As the Boy Scouts' annual report gingerly puts it, the organization anticipates "expanded litigation." As its moral standards fall, its legal fees go up. The Journal notes that in "recent years, the Boy Scouts group's legal bills for work done by some outside law firms have grown. In 2017, the organization paid $7.6 million to labor and employment law firm Ogletree Deakins, according to public filings. It paid Ogletree $3.5 million in 2016 and $859,347 in 2015, the filings show."
As once-great institutions teeter under the weight of failed liberalism, you would have to be dumb as a rock to stake their "survival" on even more of it. And yet that is often the counsel given by everyone from Gates and Tillerson to Pope Francis and his hapless bishops. If history has taught us anything, it is that liberalism is not an agent of expansion but an acid that burns through everything it touches.


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Gadgets are small applications that may provide dynamic content. In 1991 Panasonic first launched the Creative Design Challenge (CDC), a premier expertise and science competition where engineering and technical abilities are put to the check for groups of New Jersey highschool students, In recognition of their onerous work, successful groups are awarded particular category prizes, in addition to scholarships for use solely for faculty bills.
The conference entitled "2015, The third International Convention on Data Technology, Computer, and Electrical Engineering (ICITACEE 2015)" offers a forum for researchers, academicians, professionals, and college students from varied engineering fields and with cross-disciplinary working or involved in the development and design of knowledge know-how, computer system, and electrical engineering to interact and disseminate the latest issues and researches.
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Compass card
Magnetic marine compasses have magnets fastened to a circular card which has the directions printed on it. Traditionally, compasses were marked in points at every 11 1/4 degrees. The whole card rotates, and a mark on the compass housing (called a lubber line) indicates direction. Until the mid 19th century, compasses were "dry card;" that is, the compass card rotated in air on a pivot pin. Edward S. Ritchie developed the first liquid magnetic compass (or wet card compass) in 1862, which solved problems of instability in dry card compasses. Wet card compasses have the card suspended in a liquid, usually a light oil, which has a float in the center to take most of the weight of the card off the pivot. The oil damps or smooths the card motion in a rough sea. Modern compasses are marked in degrees from zero at the north around to 359.


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Ghost Town
Jason Horton & Rebecca Leib discuss and explore some of the most mysterious and interesting events in history. Take a trip to haunted hotels, abandoned malls, deserted amusement parks, paranormal experiences, infamous true crimes, and weird historical and cultural events. This is Ghost Town. Ghost Town has been on both the Apple Podcast's Comedy, True Crime & Overall charts, as well as featured on the AV Club, Bustle, Vulture, Geek.com, LAist, and more.