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Think the NFL has problems???
My friend is gone!
I mentioned before that I have an old retired pastor who has been ill. He is about 92 and we have visited often and talked over the events of the last forty years. I first met him when our kids were very young. He just came to our door and knocked and wanted to talk about Jesus. Oh what a wonderful man. He had been stationed in his steeple house system in Oregon and was fired. His board wanted to know what his direction was for preaching. He said he wanted to just preach Christ and that is when they gave him the boot. We gained a great friend and this man affected thousands of lives over the following decades. H. and I were involved together in everything from salvations to casting out devils. This world was not worthy of a man such as him. Yes he past onward yesterday and has found his Reward. Oh we will have another great gathering some day in the future. Jim
Idols and flames!
There are lots of NFL items in the flames these days and this man is seeing some more idols to burn. Lets have a national idol burning party:
A record of Truth or folly?
The Archko Volume is an old book and I have had a copy for decades. Most see the book as an evil report while some see it as a historical record. For me, I do not know. However, there are parts of the book that do ring true. I like part of what Peter may have said and if he did not say it, it should be said today:
" I was forcibly struck with Peter's sermon. He said : * There was a rich man who had one son. This son had been trying for a long time to build him a house. He was homeless and exposed to many dangers and trouble for the want of a house, until he was almost exhausted and was ready to perish. And his father had compassion on his son and built him a house, with everything needful for the necessi- ties and comforts of his child. And when it was finished he went and brought his son to see it. And his son was delighted, and said it was much better than he could have built himself And his father said, " Son, I love you. I give you this house. Will you accept it ?" " With all my heart, dear father, with grateful acknowledgments." Now,' Peter said, * here is the picture of the world which has been working, struggling, and striving for ages to build them a home for the soul of man. They have worked by the laws of men, by building fine temples, by offering sacrifices, by paying tithes to the* Lord, by walking hundreds of miles to the temple barefooted and bareheaded, by keeping holy days and festivals,, and all to no purpose. The soul has become wearied out of patience, and still no rest, until man has be come dissatisfied not only with himself, but with his God and his service. And while in this despairing condition God our Father comes in the person of Jesus, whom the Jews crucified and in his death he prepared a house of rest, and now proposes to his children to accept what he has done for them, and stop working and worrying to try to fit themselves- for a higher station and a happier life.' And Peter asked, * Who will accept ? p. 166-167.
The Great Hope for the Last Days Church!
Yes, millions of believers and seekers have departed from their divided steeple house systems of men. At the same time, a multitude of former Muslim converts have entered the only available detoured system, being the RCC. Oh what a mess. Jumping out of one dead end system into another.
Many today, seek a life of wealth, health and prosperity by their attendance at some blinded system. Others seek an escape, an early removal from the corruption of the entire world. The minority have long ago departed from this folly, being called out of the corrupted systems of men and returned to Jesus and the foundation given to the early Church. This is the hope before us.
There is going to be much weeping , in that day, as the multiplied foolish virgins, who were (are) believers, waiting upon the Lord, will see that they lived in a state of lack, tricked by the enemy of all. A season of "tricked and treated".
There will be (and are) those who will seek Him while He may be found. Those who will come back to the completed Work of the Cross, those who will fully repent of their departures from the scriptures given to the apostles, those who will gather from house to house, without name or divisions, those who will feed the hungry and clothe the naked, those who will throw off their costumes of priestcraft and see the priesthood of all believers, those who will begin to move in Eph. 4: 11-12, and those who love not their lives even unto death.
He that has an ear, let him hear. jmo Jim
46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
48 He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
Forgiveness is Free!
In the year 1291 Acre, the last military station held by the Christians in Palestine, fell into the hands of the Turks. The unbelievers were then in possession of the sepulchre of Christ, and of all the holy places and objects of pilgrimage. Thus ended the great papal scheme and the boasted glory of the Crusades to the Holy Land.
Two grave questions now arose: How is the papal treasury to be filled, and the desire of the people for indulgences to be satisfied? The pope wants money, the people want their sins forgiven and are willing to pay for it. To meet these two important objects, the pope discovered a new and most successful way. We have reached the last year of the thirteenth century, said Boniface; let the first year of the fourteenth be a year of Jubilee. Palestine was irrecoverably lost; the cross and the Saviour's sepulchre were in the hands of the Saracens; but the holy city of Rome, and the tombs of the apostles were open to the pilgrims. By skilfully changing the place of pilgrimage from Jerusalem to Rome the desired end was gained. Never was superstition more successful.
On the 22nd of February, 1299, a bull was issued, promising indulgences of extraordinary fulness to all who, within the following year, should, with due penitence and devotion, visit the tombs of St. Peter and St. Paul — the Romans once a day for thirty successive days, and strangers for fifteen. The bull was immediately promulgated throughout Christendom. It asserted that all who should confess and lament their sins, and devoutly make pilgrimage to the tomb of the "chief of the apostles," should receive a plenary indulgence; or, in other words, a complete remission of all sins, past, present, and to come. An indulgence of this kind had hitherto been limited to the crusaders; the consequence was that all Europe was in a frenzy of religious excitement. Multitudes hastened to Rome from all parts. The welcome sound of the Jubilee drew all western Christendom into this vast peaceful crusade. "Throughout the year, the roads in the remotest parts of Germany, Hungary, Britain, were crowded with pilgrims of all ages, of both sexes, who sought to expiate their sins, not by an armed and perilous pilgrimage to Jerusalem, but by a less costly, and a less dangerous, journey to Rome. "
The Golden Year
The calculations of the number cannot be easy or accurate; but we are assured by those who assisted at the ceremony, that there were always about two hundred thousand present in the city, and the total concourse of the year has been fixed at two millions. The wealth which flowed into the papal coffers from the Jubilee was enormous. Supposing that each individual gave only a small sum, what a royal treasure must have been collected! But offerings were heaped up on the altars. It was called by the Romans the Golden Year. An eye-witness tells us that he saw two priests with rakes in their hands, employed day and night in raking, without counting, the heaps of gold and silver that were laid on the tombs of the apostles. Nor was this tribute, like offerings or subsidies for crusades, to be devoted to special uses, such as provisions or freight of armies, but it was entirely at the free and irresponsible disposal of the pope. But from the benefits of this indulgence the enemies of the church were to be excluded, or rather the enemies of Boniface. (Miller's Church History, page 722-3.)
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The demonic is everywhere. We have been involved with deliverance of many, for decades. The majority were within the steeple house systems. Many, in the days of FGBMFI meetings, men's camps and outreaches throughout the nations, received deliverance.
That which is coming now will by multiplied, as the demonic will be released upon the entire world. Happy is he who can and will stand in the evil day. Pray that there will be those who are raised up, within the local Church, who have eyes to see and ears to hear while it is still today. Those having departed from the folly of divisions and are standing against the evils of Satan. Jim
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jesus said in Mark 16 and time to believe Him!
15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
Comenius - 1660, The Pilgrim Church, P. 157
When he was 77 years of age and his fame was established throughout Europe as having revolutionized in the best sense the spirit and methods of teaching, Comenius wrote the "One Thing Needful". He compares the world to a labyrinth, and shows that the way out is by leaving what is needless, and choosing the one thing needful - Christ. "The great number of teachers" he says "is the reason of the multitude of sects, for which we shall soon have no names left. Each church reckons itself as the true one, or at least as the purest, truest part of it, while among themselves they persecute each other with the bitterest hatred. No reconciliation is to be hoped for between them; they meet enmity with irreconcilable enmity. Out of the Bible they forge their different creeds; these are their fortresses and bulwarks behind which they entrench themselves and resist all attacks. I will not say that these confessions of faith - for that they are so we can admit in most cases - are bad in themselves. They become so, however, in that they feed the fire of enmity; only by putting them away altogether would it be possible to set to work on healing the wounds of the Church". "... To this labyrinth of sects and various confessions another belongs; the love of disputation.... What is attained by it? Has a single learned strife ever been settled? Never. Their number has only been increased. Satan is the greatest sophist; he has never been overcome in a strife of words" ... "In Divine service the words of men are usually heard more than the Word of God. Each one chatters as he pleases, or kills time by learned disquisitions and disproving the views of others. Of the new birth and how a man must be changed into the likeness of Christ to become partaker of the Divine Nature (2 Peter 1. 4), scarcely anything is said. Of the power of the keys the Church has almost lost the power of binding, only the power of loosing remains.... The sacraments, given as symbols of unity, of love, and of our life in Christ, have been made the occasion of bitterest conflict, a cause of mutual hatred, a centre of sectarianism.... In short, Christendom has become a labyrinth. The faith has been split into a thousand little parts and you are made a heretic if there is one of them you do not accept." … "What can help? Only the one thing needful, return to Christ, looking to Christ as the only Leader, and walking in His footsteps, setting aside all other ways until we all reach the goal, and have come to the unity of the faith (Eph. 4.13). As the Heavenly Master built everything on the ground of the Scriptures so should we leave all particularities of our special confessions and be satisfied with the revealed Word of God which belongs to us all. With the Bible in our hand we should cry: I believe what God has revealed in this Book; I will obediently keep His commands; I hope for that which He has promised. Christians, give ear! There is only one Life, but Death comes to us in a thousand forms. There is only one Truth, but Error has a thousand forms. There is only one Christ, but a thousand Antichrists.... So you know, O Christendom, what is the one thing needful. Either you turn back to Christ or you go to destruction like the Antichrist. If you are wise and will live, follow the Leader of Life." "But you, Christians, rejoice in your being caught up, ... hear the words of your Heavenly Leader, 'Come unto Me.' ... Answer with one voice, 'Even so, we come'".
Written over 300 years ago and nothing has changed. Jim
a complicated irregular network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one's way; a maze.
"a labyrinth of passages and secret chambers"
The Kingdom of God was made for such as these!
The Early Church! Dealing with Rome!
The weapons of our warfare," says the apostle, "are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds; casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ." (2 Cor. 10:4, 5.) In this war of aggression with existing institutions, and with the corrupt habits of the heathen, the disciples of Jesus had little to expect but resistance, persecution, and suffering.
The pagan religion, which Christianity was rapidly undermining and destined to overthrow, was an institution of the State. It was so closely interwoven with the entire civil and social systems, that to attack the religion was to be brought into conflict with both the civil and the social. And this was exactly what took place. Had the primitive church been as accommodating to the world as Christendom is now, much persecution might have been avoided. But the time had not come for such lax accommodation. The gospel which the Christians then preached, and the purity of doctrine and life which they maintained, shook to the very foundation the old and deeply rooted religion of the State.
The Christians naturally withdrew themselves from the pagans. They became a separate and distinct people. They could not but condemn and abhor polytheism, as utterly opposed to the one living and true God, and to the gospel of His Son Jesus Christ. This gave the Romans the idea that Christians were unfriendly to the human race, seeing they condemned all religions but their own. Hence they were called "Atheists," because they did not believe in the -heathen deities, and derided the heathen worship.
Simplicity and humility characterized the Christians' worship. They peaceably came together before sunrise or after sunset, to avoid giving offense. They sang hymns to Christ as to God; they broke bread in remembrance of His love in dying for them; they edified one another and pledged themselves to a life of holiness. But they had no fine temples, no statues, no order of priests, and no victims to offer in sacrifice. The contrast between their worship and that of all others in the empire became most manifest. The heathen, in their ignorance, concluded that the Christians had no religion at all, and that their secret meetings were for the worst of purposes. The world now, as then, would say of those who worship God in spirit and in truth, that "these people have no religion at all." Christian worship, in true simplicity, without the aid of temples and priests, rites and ceremonies, is not much better understood now by professing Christendom than it was then by pagan Rome. Still it is true, "God is a Spirit; and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth." (John 4:24.) Miller's Church History p. 152-3
Today, from SQ Site
When I looked up I saw wolves standing as men do and talking to the people. I knew the people had been easily and willingly deceived and soon would be devoured
Greetings Steve,
I am not quite sure why I feel compelled to share this with you but here
goes... I am a follower of Jesus, the Way and the only Truth. I do not have
the gift of prophecy, Ive never had a vision but I wanted to share
something with you that has been troubling me. I recently had a dream, but
more like a vision as I was at the same time a participant in the dream but
also watching myself from a distance. The dream was set in the country
side, at a old style Christian church, painted white and with a steeple. I
was outside looking at the rolling hills when I saw a pack of wolves
approaching the church. I new instinctively the wolves wanted to deceive
and devour the people inside. I ran into the church to warn them but they
could not seem to hear me. In a panic, I ran around looking for a Bible but
I could not find one. When I looked up I saw wolves standing as men do and
talking to the people. I knew the people had been easily and willingly
deceived and soon would be devoured. I know this dream is the reality of
the American church... deceived and soon to be totally devoured. JDK
Oct 20, 2017
The Way it was in the Beginning! Should be now!
The Origin of the Distinction Between Clergy and Laity
By:Andrew MillerFrom:Miller's Church HistoryFrom:Internal History of the Church (107 A.D. - 245 A.D.): Chapter 8
Christianity at the beginning had no separate priestly order. Its first converts went everywhere preaching the Lord Jesus. They were the first to spread abroad the glad tidings of salvation, even before the apostles themselves had left Jerusalem. (Acts 8:4.) In course of time, when converts were found sufficient in any place to form an assembly, they came together in the name of the Lord on the first day of the week to break bread, and to edify one another in love. (Acts 20:7.) When the opportunity came for an apostle to visit such gatherings, he chose elders to take the oversight of the little flock; deacons were chosen by the assembly. This was the entire constitution of the first churches. If the Lord raised up an evangelist, and souls were converted, they were baptized unto the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. This was, of course, outside the assembly, and not a church act. After due examination by the spiritual as to the genuineness of the evangelist's work, the assembly being satisfied, they were received into communion.
It will be seen, from this brief sketch of the divine order of the churches, that there was no distinction such as "the clergy," and "the laity." All stood on the same ground as to priesthood, worship, and nearness to God. As the apostles Peter and John say, "Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ." And thus could the whole assembly sing, "Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood; and hath made us kings and priests unto God and His Father; to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen." The only priesthood, then, in the church of God is the common priesthood of all believers. The humblest menial in the palace of the archbishop, if washed in the blood of Christ, is whiter than snow, and fitted to enter the most holy place, and worship within the veil.
There is no outer court worship now. The separation of a privileged class—a sacerdotal order—is unknown in the New Testament. The distinction between clergy and laity was suggested by Judaism, and human invention soon made it great; but it was episcopal ordination that established the distinction, and widened the separation. The bishop gradually assumed the title of Pontiff. The presbyters, and at length the deacons, became, as well as the bishops, a sacred order. The place of mediation and of greater nearness to God was assumed by the priestly caste, and also of authority over the laity. In place of God speaking direct to the heart and conscience by His own word, and the heart and conscience brought direct into the presence of God, it was priesthood coming in between them. Thus the word of God was lost sight of, and faith stood in the opinions of men. The blessed Lord Jesus, as the Great High Priest of His people, and as the one Mediator between God and men, was thus practically displaced and set aside.
Thus alas! we see in the church what has been true of man from Adam downwards. Everything that has been entrusted to man has failed. From the time that the responsibility of maintaining the church as the pillar and ground of the truth fell into man's hands, there has been nothing but failure. The word of God, however, remains the same, and its authority can never fail, blessed be His name. One of the main objects of these "Short Papers" is to recall the reader's attention to the principles and order of the church, as taught in the New Testament. "God is a Spirit; and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth." That is, we must worship and serve Him according to the truth, and under the guidance and unction of the Holy Spirit, if we would glorify His name, and worship and serve Him acceptably.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Who is "received" into communion today? Do we have the ability to repent, and return to the order of the Church or will we continue in our rebellion? Jim
DEW Directed Energy Weapons
Some valid new insights in this video. Great description of DEW Directed Energy Weapons, IF you like the physics behind the technology. And a reasonable speculation as to the agendas........................
Can I get an AMEN?
Like History and Truth?
What Was a Bishop in Early Times?
By:Andrew MillerFrom:Miller's Church HistoryFrom:Internal History of the Church (107 A.D. - 245 A.D.): Chapter 8
The humblest peasant is familiar with the grandeur and worldly greatness of a bishop; but he may not know how a minister of Christ, and a successor of the humble fishermen of Galilee, came to such dignity. In the days of the apostles, and for more than a hundred years after, the office of a bishop was a laborious but "good work." He had the charge of a single church, which might ordinarily be contained in a private house. He was not then as a "lord over God's heritage," but in reality its minister and servant, instructing the people, and attending on the sick and poor in person. The presbyters, no doubt, assisted in the management of the general affairs of the church, and also the deacons; but the bishop had the chief part of the service. He had no authority, however, to decree or sanction anything without the approval of the presbytery and people. There was no thought then of "inferior clergy" under him. And at that time the churches had no revenues, except the voluntary contributions of the people, which, moderate as they doubtless were, would leave a very small emolument for the bishop after the poor and needy were attended to.
But in those early times office-bearers in the church continued, in all probability, to carry on their former trades and occupations, supporting themselves and their families in the same manner as before. "A bishop," says Paul, "must be given to hospitality." And this he could not have been, had he depended for his income on the earnings of the poor. It was not until about the year 245 that the clergy received a salary, and were forbidden to follow their worldly employments; but towards the close of the second century circumstances arose in the history of the church, which greatly affected the original humility and simplicity of its overseers, and which tended to the corruption of the priestly order. "This change began," says Waddington, "towards the end of the second century; and it is certain that at this period we find the first complaints of the incipient corruption of the clergy." From the moment that the interests of the ministers became at all distinguished from the interests of Christianity, many and great changes for the worse may be considered to have begun.
The NFL, The Governments, Our very Republic, our courts,
our universities, our grade schools, high schools, our civic leader, national leader,, our divided steeple houses by the thousands, have all departed from the TRUTH. When you "see and hear" what is on the tape, all will be recovered, including the NFL.
In god we trust
History is Thy Witness!
The Witness of History
By:Andrew MillerFrom:Miller's Church HistoryFrom:Pergamos Period (313 A.D. - 606 A.D.): Chapter 10
But even from history, we think it can be proved that it was better for Christianity when Christians were suffering at the stake for Christ, than when they were feasted in kings' palaces and covered with royal favors. By way of illustrating our question, we will give our readers a page from the history of the great persecution under Diocletian, and one from the brightest days of Constantine; and we will quote both from Milman, late Dean of St. Paul's, who will not be suspected of unfairness to the clergy. We speak of the faithful only. It is well-known that in the later persecutions, when the assemblies of Christians had greatly increased, many proved unfaithful in the day of trial, though these were comparatively few, and many of them afterward repented.
"The persecution had now lasted for six or seven years (309), but in no part of the world did Christianity betray any signs of decay. It was far too deeply rooted in the minds of men, far too extensively promulgated, far too vigorously organized, not to endure this violent but unavailing shock. If its public worship was suspended, the believers met in secret, or cherished in the unassailable privacy of the heart, the inalienable rights of conscience. But of course the persecution fell most heavily upon the most eminent of the body. Those who resisted to death were animated by the presence of multitudes, who, if they dared not applaud, could scarcely conceal their admiration. Women crowded to kiss the hems of the martyrs' garments, and their scattered ashes, or unburied bones, were stolen away by the devout zeal of their flocks."
Under the edict issued from the dying bed of Galerius the persecution ceased, and the Christians were permitted the free and public exercise of their religion. This breathing-time lasted only a few months. But how grand the sight which followed, and what a testimony to the truth and power of Christianity! The Dean goes on to say:
"The cessation of the persecution showed at once its extent. The prison doors were thrown open; the mines rendered up their condemned laborers; everywhere long trains of Christians were seen hastening to the ruins of their churches, and visiting the places sanctified by their former devotions. The public roads, the streets, and market places of the towns were crowded with long processions singing psalms of thanksgiving for their deliverance. Those who had maintained their faith under these severe trials received the affectionate congratulations of their brethren; those who had failed in the hour of affliction hastened to confess their failure and seek for re-admission into the now joyous fold."
We now turn to the altered state of things under Constantine, about twenty years after the death of Galerius. Mark the mighty change in the position of the clergy.
"The bishops appeared as regular attendants upon the court; the internal dissensions of Christianity became affairs of state. The prelate ruled, not now so much by his admitted superiority in christian virtue, as by the inalienable authority of his office. He opened or closed the door of the church, which was tantamount to an admission to or an exclusion from everlasting bliss; he uttered the sentences of excommunication, which cast back the trembling delinquent amongst the lost and perishing heathen. He had his throne in the most distinguished part of the christian temple, and though yet acting in the presence and in the name of his college of presbyters, yet he was the acknowledged head of a large community, over whose eternal destiny he held a vague but not therefore less imposing and awful dominion."
Intellectual and philosophical questions took the place of the truth of the gospel, and mere outward religion for faith, love, and heavenly-mindedness. A crucified Savior, true conversion, justification by faith alone, separation from the world, were subjects never known by Constantine, and probably never introduced in his presence. "The connection of the physical and moral world had become general topics; they were, for the first time, the primary truths of a popular religion, and naturally could not withdraw themselves from the alliance with popular passions. Mankind, even within the sphere of Christianity, retrograded to the sterner Jewish character; and in its spirit, as well as its language, the Old Testament began to dominate over the gospel of Christ."
Arrested for being Free and
we have given up our Freedom, to the control of the state and blind guides:
So, we belong to a bible believing assembly,
and we read our bibles. Many are they that say they read, but few practice what is written. Part of the "restoration" of the Church will require going back to our instructions:
1 Corinthians 5King James Version (KJV)
5 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.
2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,
4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolator, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?
13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
The Warning!
26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
Beginnings: The Pilgrim Church, Broadbent
Amidst the confusion of conflicting parties there were true teachers, able and eloquent in directing souls in the way of salvation. One, whose name is unknown, writing in the second century to an inquirer named Diognetus, sets himself to answer the questions asked as to the mode of worshipping God among the Christians, the reason of their faith and devotion towards God and love to one another, why they neither worshipped the gods of the Greeks nor followed the Jewish religion, and why this new practice of piety had only so late entered into the world. He writes "Christians are distinguished from other men neither by country, nor language", living in such places "as the lot of each of them has determined, and following the customs of the natives in respect to clothing, food, and the rest of their ordinary conduct, they display to us their wonderful and confessedly striking method of life. They dwell in their own countries, but simply as sojourners. As citizens, they share in all things with others, and yet endure all things as if foreigners. Every foreign land is to them as their native country, and every land of their birth as a land of strangers.... They pass their days on earth, but they are citizens of heaven. They obey the prescribed laws, and at the same time surpass the laws by their lives ... they are reviled and bless". Then, speaking of God, he says, He, "who is almighty, the Creator of all things, ... has sent from heaven, and placed among men, Him who is the truth, and the holy and incomprehensible Word, and has firmly established Him in their hearts. He did not, as one might have imagined, send to men any ... angel, or ruler, ... but the very Creator and Fashioner of all things - by whom He made the heavens - by whom He enclosed the sea within its proper bounds" - whom the stars obey. "This messenger He sent to them.... As a king sends his son, who is also a king, so sent He Him; as God He sent Him; as to men He sent Him; as a Saviour He sent Him." Not as judging us He sent Him, though "He will yet send Him to judge us, and who shall endure His appearing?" As to the delay in sending the Saviour, God has always been the same, but waited in His longsuffering. He had "formed in His mind a great and unspeakable conception, which He communicated to His Son alone." As long as He concealed His own wise counsel He appeared to neglect us, but this was to make it manifest that of ourselves we cannot enter into the kingdom of God. But when the appointed time had come, "He Himself took on Him the burden of our iniquities, He gave His own Son as a ransom for us, the Holy One for transgressors, the blameless One for the wicked, the righteous One for the unrighteous, the incorruptible One for the corruptible, the immortal One for those who are mortal. For what other thing was capable of covering our sins than His righteousness? By what other one was it possible that we, the wicked and ungodly, could be justified, than by the only Son of God? O sweet exchange! O unsearchable operation! O benefits surpassing all expectation! that the wickedness of many should be hid in a single righteous One, and that the righteousness of One should justify many transgressors!"
Oh happy day and the Church should shout with great Joy. Jim
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There's no escaping the fact that Manchester United's last two games have been convincing wins. The anti-United pundits can spout their usual nonsense about Liverpool and Spurs failing to turn up but we know the truth. Neither side was allowed to turn up because Van Gaal implemented a strategy that nullified the opposition from the very first minute. No side goes to Anfield and plays them off the park like we did in that first half – especially not United in what is, let's be honest, Liverpool's annual cup final. To do what we did should not be underestimated. It was sensational.
So with Aston Villa visiting Old Trafford this weekend the game has taken on the air of a foregone conclusion. And why shouldn't it? Sandwiched between games against Spurs, Liverpool, Man City and Chelsea, this home tie against lowly Villa has long been identified as three points we must take. Must being the operative word. Have no illusions, United have to win this game. Ideally we want to see a repeat of the performances in the last two games but if the choice is between a swashbuckling great advert for football five all draw and a last minute winner off the referee's backside in a game Villa deserved to win. I'll be celebrating the referee's rear end. Yes we want good football from United but we need three points.
Have no doubts, like a can of baked beans at a firing range Villa are there to be blown away. United need to go out from minute one like we have in our last two games and dominate them. Press them from the start and Villa will crumble. We've already dropped 2 points to them this season – playing the last half an hour at Villa Park against ten men and nearly losing – so it's payback time. And for all Tim Sherwood's bravado about coming to Old Trafford and giving us a game, if Villa come to Manchester and try to play they'll end up getting a slap and a firm warning about their future behaviour at the theatre of dreams.
I've seen Aston Villa a few times this season and there really is nothing to fear. In years gone by Villa could be a threat away from home, building their performances on a strong defence, an industrious and hardworking midfield, and hitting the channels of the opposition with pace on the flanks. Those days are gone. Two years of Paul Lambert's negativity has stifled Villa's ability to effectively attack sides and although the appointment of Sherwood will see a more progressive style of play they are in the midst of a relegation battle where points are more important than performance. Destroying a poor Sunderland side away doesn't make them any more of a threat than a green salad at Christmas.
Man for man Villa just don't have the players to concern United. It's not arrogance but not one of the Aston Villa squad would make it anywhere near our subs bench, let alone the first team. Fabian Delph is a hardworking midfielder who, whilst a decent player, will never be top four standard. The same goes for Agbonlahor, a decent player who on his day can cause problems but has never been better than the club he's spent all his career at. Then there's Benteke, who looks about as interested in his Villa career as a vegetarian in a butchers. And that's it. The rest of the Villa squad is made up of mediocrity who to be frank are best suited to sides battling it out in the bottom half of the Premier League.
Sherwood will say they're coming to win but the facts don't lie. Aston Villa are three points off the relegation zone with a slightly better goal difference than those below them. A comprehensive beating by United could see them consigned to the bottom three come Easter Sunday. Not many teams come back from that. They also have QPR at home on Tuesday evening. A game they must win. So in many ways the United game is a hindrance. Villa simply can't afford to use up valuable energy on a game they have a very slim chance of getting anything out of. Their only option is to sit deep, conserve energy for the six pointer against QPR, and look to hit United on the break.
The only thing United have to fear is their own complacency. Villa will park the bus and gift United the possession. We need to show the desire and patience to keep probing away until we get that breakthrough. And with Fellaini in the side we can mix things up a bit and throw the odd high ball in to the box if needs be.
And if it is approaching the ninetieth minute and it's still nil nil don't panic. Aston Villa's last two losses have come from late goals from the opposition. And there's always the referee's backside….


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- New research suggests the time of day may impact how many calories your body burns.
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According to new research, your body may burn different amounts of calories depending on the time of day.
A small study that was recently published in "Current Biology" sought to determine if our circadian rhythm — the "internal clock" that controls when we feel sleepy, alert, or hungry — influences how many calories we burn throughout the day and night.
Researchers found that participants burned around 10% more calories in the late afternoon and evening than they did in the middle of the night. The difference amounted to around 130 extra calories burned.
In order to determine how many calories people burn at different points in their circadian cycle, participants wore sensors that tracked their core body temperature because a higher core body temperature reading means that a person is burning more calories.
Researchers also gradually shifted the sleeping and waking times of the participants to ensure the participants' circadian rhythms weren't influenced by external factors such as light exposure and social cues.
The study found that participants' core body temperatures at rest were generally higher during the time period that corresponded to late afternoon. In contrast, their core body temperatures dipped during the late evening and early morning hours, around 12 hours afterward.
The findings suggest that our bodies burn the most calories performing basic functions in the late afternoon
In an interview with Time, the study's co-author Dr. Jeanne Duffy, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a neuroscientist at Brigham and Women's Hospital, stated that people may want to avoid eating during the calorie-burning lull that seems to occur late at night and early in the morning.
"We may be eating that breakfast not only at a time when our body might not be prepared to deal with it, but at a time when we need less energy to maintain our functions," Duffy told Time. "Therefore, the same breakfast might result in extra stored calories, because we don't need those to maintain our body functions."
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Mauritania's Dark Secrets: Slavery and Government Indifference
Mauritania is an arid, desert country in Northwest Africa that has been in the news lately as a result of its recent discovery of oil and the ever-present danger of its capital city, Nouakchott, flooding to the point of near-submersion. While these stories illustrate some of the troubles that Mauritania is facing, there is a much darker, more disturbing, and grossly overlooked reality that exists within its borders. Mauritania was the last country in the world to ban legal, institutional slavery, officially banning it in 1981. Although it is documented that slavery is "illegal," the government did not make slavery a crime until 2007. The question in Mauritania, however, is not whether slavery is illegal, but rather whether it still exists. The answer, according to a report by the United Nations's special rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Gulnara Shahinian, is that yes, it does. Between 10 and 20 percent of Mauritania's population is enslaved without any significant consequences for the enslavers.
The socio-cultural dynamic of Mauritania has not drastically changed since its independence from France in 1960. The population is segregated into two social groups: the light-skin Arabs, known as the White Moors, and the dark-skin Arabs, the black Africans. Throughout the past 50 years, and especially before the official banning of slavery, the White Moors in Mauritania have asserted control over impoverished black Africans by forcing them to unwillingly perform arduous labor, mostly for personal and economic reasons.
Dominating much of Mauritania's social-political realm, the White Moors have been known to turn a blind eye to slavery, and much of the government's rhetoric about slavery indicates that they do not directly take blame for its implications. It appears that the government's willingness to acknowledge slavery has decreased over time. In an interesting contradiction, however, the government is also taking action against those who dissent against its blasé attitude. About a year ago, two anti-slavery activists were arrested during an anti-bondage protest and over two months ago, were finally tried in a court of law for public dissent. According to Al-Jazeera, the two activists were tried for "belonging to an illegal organization, leading an unauthorized rally, and violence against the police".
While there are those that declare that "slavery" is not a result of racism between the two or three groups that make up Mauritania's society, it is difficult to ignore the fact that racism is ubiquitous throughout the country's politics. Even if there is resistance in the form of anti-slavery protests, these protests fall short of making any real progress because of the country's government is run by the same social group as the alleged slave-masters. In the 2007 "democratic election," a profoundly small number of candidates (only three) of the total number of candidates were not of the White Moor class.
However, one of the most interesting forms of resistance and awareness rising within Mauritania's borders comes from its recent expansion of socially-conscious hip-hop music. Many of the rappers in Mauritania write rhymes over instrumentals about the country's past involvement with slavery and how this history relates to tackling it and destroying. Rapping allows the anti-slavery population of Mauritania to come together and form a collective voice against the atrocities that are not recognized by the government, even if that means they become the next targets of government imprisonment campaigns.
Many of the dissenters' methods of activism have raised awareness to the point that American news sources, such as CNN, have created articles and documentaries to do the same locally.
These activities have also aided in forcing the Mauritanian government to pass a new anti-slavery law that declares slavery as a "crime against humanity." While this law may illustrate that Mauritania may be gradually moving in the right direction, several UN-affiliated and non-UN affiliated NGOs, claim that the new law will hinder their efforts to aid the victims and carry out prosecutions. The law itself may also be weak and unenforceable, as there has been a history of a lack of government prosecutions despite the fact that slavery is illegal.
Though whatever progress has been made in Mauritania legally, the efforts of NGOs and social activist groups, including rappers, should not be overlooked. Because of their brave actions, the international community is aware of what has been occurring as a result of the Mauritanian government's "blind-eye" approach to slavery.
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From The Bottom Up Foundations is running its first Diaper Drive where we are asking amazing Vancouverites to help support our cause by donating loose, opened and new packages of diapers. Why Diapers?
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First June Solstice Full Moon in Decades, rising over Bethlehem, viewed from our rooftop.
A full Moon, coinciding with the June Solstice, is also known as Strawberry Moon. These two events haven't occurred on the same day since 1967 and will not happen again until 2062. I was in Korea in 1967; here, now. Where would I be in 2062? Wherever the wind blows I guess.


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Named in 2017 as the "Best City in the World" by Travel + Leisure magazine, San Miguel de Allende is a romantic city of courtyards and cobblestones located high in the mountains of Mexico. With this package you'll enjoy a week in a private residence with plenty of time to explore the colorful streets, enchanting courtyards and local flower and art markets.
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This spring the north London gallery turns its attention to a display from the Philip Schlee collection of drawings, prints and paintings by artists working in Britain between 1920 and 2004. Expect to find Frank Auerbach, David Bomberg, Gillian Ayres, David Hockney, Henry Moore and Graham Sutherland all featured in this show, covering a vast period of 20th century history. Moving across all manners of subjects and techniques, this exhibition sways between the movements towards abstraction and figuration which marked 100 years of expression on paper. These 49 works by 37 artists are also designed to spark debate, showing that paper works are not always about the sharp mark making of pencil, they can also be expressive sweeps of colour.
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64% of Latino adults ages 18 and older used the internet in 2008, compared with 54% of Latinos in 2006.
Setting the Table for the National Broadband Plan
Research specialist Aaron Smith will be a panelist at the first panel of BroadbandCensus.com's series "Setting the Table for the National Broadband Plan." The panelists will consider the FCC's summer broadband workshops, and how individuals and en…
Broadband's Impact on Citizen Engagement
The goal of this FCC workshop was to assess, and facilitate a conversation about, the current state of data on broadband adoption and utilization, as well as the associated measurement and other challenges. Susannah Fox discussed the Pew Internet …
Home Broadband Adoption 2009
Broadband adoption increases, but monthly prices do, too.
Onramps to Online Life: How Do People Access Digital Information?
John B. Horrigan will participate on a panel entitled "Scarcity, Diversity, Efficiency: Media Structure Regulation Reconsidered" at the Quello Center's 2009 Communication Law and Policy Symposium. The title for this year's symposium is "Rethinking…
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John Horrigan will participate in a roundtable discussion at the 2009 Cable Show, sponsored by the National Cable Television Association.
Mapping Broadband and Understanding the Internet
John Horrigan will participate in a roundtable on "Mapping Broadband" at the National Telecommunications & Information Administration. This is part public outreach for the Commerce Department's Broadband Technology Opportunities Program.
Generations Online in 2009
Over half of the adult internet population is between 18 and 44 years old. But larger percentages of older generations are online now than in the past, and they are doing more activities online.
Reasons people do not have home broadband
Our May 2008 survey asked dial-up users why they do not have a broadband connection at home and our December 2007 asked non-internet users about the reasons they do not use the internet. This table summarizes the results.
Stimulating Broadband: If Obama builds it, will they log on?
Investment in broadband has become part of the broader discussion about President Obama's economic stimulus package. How easy will it be to increase the pool of broadband subscribers or to encourage existing ones to upgrade their connection speeds?


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Recalling the Past: A Selection of Early Chinese Art from the Victor Shaw Collection
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2018 Eagan, Sheena M., Bianca Buechner and Wolfgang Hennig. "Genetic Counseling and Genetic Counselors: A Perspective" EMBO Reports. Forthcoming.
2016 Lederman, Z, Cernat A, Ferri EG, Galbo F, Moore B, Riklikiene O, Vescio J, and Eagan Chamberlin, S. "The responsibility to prevent, the duty to educate" Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics. Volume 37, Issue 3: p 56.
2015 Eagan Chamberlin, Sheena M. "Medicine as a Non-Lethal Weapon: The Ethics of 'Winning Hearts and Minds'. " Ethics and Armed Forces. Issue 2015/1: pp 9-15. ]
2014 Eagan Chamberlin, Sheena M. "The Warrior in a White Coat: Moral Dilemmas, the Physician-Soldier & the Problem of Dual Loyalty." Medical Corps International Forum. Volume 4: pp 4-7.
2013 Eagan Chamberlin, Sheena M. "The complicated life of a physician-soldier: medical readiness training exercises & the problem of dual loyalties." Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Volume 6, Issue 10A: pp 8-18.
2013 Eagan Chamberlin, Sheena M. "Trauma & Humanism: How the Humanities can contribute to the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder." The International Journal of Critical Cultural Studies, Volume 10, Issue 3: pp 37-45.
2013 Bennett, Alina. and Sheena M. Eagan Chamberlin, "Resisting Moral Residue," Journal of Pastoral Psychology, 62, Issue 2: pp 151-162
2012 Eagan Chamberlin, Sheena M. "Emasculated by Trauma: A Social History of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Stigma and Masculinity." Journal of American Culture 35, no. 4 (2012): pp 358–65.
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2017 Eagan, Sheena M. "Ebola Response & Mandatory Quarantine in the U.S. Military: an Ethical Analysis of the DoD 'Controlled Monitoring' Policy." Ethical Challenges for Military Health Care Personnel: Dealing with Epidemics, edited by Daniel Messelken and David Winkler, Routledge.
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"Propaganda and Medicine"
"Internal Professional Morality, Military Medical Ethics & the Problem of Dual Loyalty"
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"The Ethics of Health Diplomacy"
"Genetic manipulation and the future of American War Fighters"
"Fertility Preservation in the US Military: Ethical Dilemmas and Considerations"
"Does Female Fertility Preservation in the US Military Present New Challenges and Ethical Dilemmas?"
"The Ethics of 'Winning Hearts and Minds'" (book manuscript based on dissertation research)
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2018 "Mercy Killing, Euthanasia and Constrained Choice on the Battlefield." International Committee of Military Medicine (Military Medical Ethics Series), Bundes Publikation.
2015 "Ethical Issues In Civilian Medical Assistance Programs." International Committee of Military Medicine (Military Medical Ethics Series), Bundes Publikation. [Electronic Document Available at: https://www.bundespublikationen.admin.ch/cshop_mimes_bbl/2C/2C59E545D7371EE4BCF7B872AE BDE94B.pdf]
2013 "Using Medicine to 'Win Hearts and Minds'- Medical Civilian Assistance Programs, Propaganda & Psychological Operations in the U.S. Military." [Electronic Document Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/10758] Lisboa: IHC, CEIS20.
Web-Based Publications
2017 Eagan, Sheena. "They Can't Say No: Ebola & Quarantined Soldiers." Impact
Ethics. [https://impactethics.ca/2017/01/10/they-cant-say-no-ebola-quarantined-soldiers/]
2013 Eagan Chamberlin, Sheena. "The Moral Landscape of Military Medicine: Describing the Problem of Dual Loyalty." Texas Philosophical, Issue 3. [http://texasphilosophical.com/2013/07/01/issue-three/] Sheena M. Eagan
Other Publications
2010 Brody, H., Hermer, L., Eagan, S., Bennett, A., Avery, E., "Frameworks for Public Health Ethics and their Application to the Statewide Allocation of Resources in Novel H1N1 Influenza: A Report to the Texas Department of State Health Services," invited paper by the Texas Department of State Health Services.
2009 Brody, H., Hermer, L., Eagan, S., Bennett, A., Avery, E., "State of Texas Pandemic Influenza Readiness and Resource Limitations: Ethical Considerations," invited research by the Texas Department of State Health Services.


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I'm always on the look out for easy and elegant recipes for entertaining (or just for the hubs). When I saw this recipe, I was two steps out the door to the grocery store for mozzarella cheese. This is seriously super easy to make yet aesthetically pleasing to the eye. Got a hot date coming over? Make this as a starter and he/she will fall head over heels for you. =)
Big tomatoes
Fresh Mozzarella Cheese
Fresh basil leaves
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Sea Salt
Balsamic Glaze
Wash your tomatoes and basil leaves.
Bring out the three usual suspects for a caprese salad.
Slice the mozzarella and the tomatoes. If you want more mozzarella, make more slices.
Stuff the mozzarella and basil in the tomato slices. Drizzle Olive oil and the balsamic glaze to your liking, sprinkle some sea salt and enjoy!
Molto Delizioso!
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AmCham Scholarship 2017
2017 marks the seventeenth year of The AmCham Scholarship Program. During the last 17 years, the program has been devoting to improving the business environment in Vietnam in general, and the HCM City area in particular, by helping develop high quality human resources for member companies, as well as helping students develop essential professional working skills.
Since launched in 2001, AmCham Scholarship Program has continually been growing. To 2016, the program has totally awarded 755 scholarships to students from 13 leading universities in Ho Chi Minh City. The number of participating universities increased to 15 this year.
AmCham Scholarship 2017 Timeline
|Fri, 01 Sep
|Application Form Opens
|Sat, 09 Sep
|Information Session Day 1
|Sat, 16 Sep
|Information Session Day 2
|Sat, 07 Oct
|Application Deadline of Group 1 (17:00)
|Sat, 14 Oct
|Application Deadline of Group 2 (17:00)
|Mon, 30 Oct
|Screening Results
|Sat, 11 Nov
|Ability Test (SHL Test)
|Mon, 20 Nov
|Ability Test Results • Interview Schedule
|Sat, 25 Nov
|Interview Day
|Sat, 02 Dec
|Award Ceremony
Get ready!
The ONLY required document you need for the application is your official overall GPA transcript. At some universities, it may take some time for Department of Academic Affairs to issue a completed overall GPA transcript so you should prepare it in advance, even before the application opening date.
Optional document includes your certificate of achievement/scholarship/social activity… at university or in community. Please have all the files scanned and saved in PDF format.
The achievement, social activities and project and work experience are not technically required, which means that the system does not force you to fill in these parts to submit your application form. The reason for this is because we do know that some students do not have any achievement/social activity/project/work experience in their university life. If the system requires them to fill in, they will be in trouble. However, in term of screening and processing, we do take these parts into considerations, with proportion of score.
If you have any achievement/social activity/project/work experience, you should obviously show us, then you must upload the certificate to prove it.
You can see the point here: You can skip the whole part, or answer all the questions in it.
Benefits of AmCham Scholars:
– 10.000.000VND in cash
– Recognized by nearly 500 AmCham companies
– Credits for job application after graduation and other related purposes (e.g. summer job, internship, further scholarship, etc.)
– Priority in some AmCham functions
– Entitled to join AmCham Scholars Alumni/ae Club with great networking opportunities
Contact us
Contact AmCham Scholarship Management Team via:
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 028 3824 3743
or get updated on AmCham Scholarship Facebook Fanpage:
– Undergraduate students of bachelor degree in their:
third academic year or above at Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City (including International University, University of Economics and Law, University of Information Technology, University of Science, University of Social Sciences & Humanities and Bach Khoa University), Foreign Trade University in Ho Chi Minh City, Banking University HCM City, Hoa Sen University, Ho Chi Minh City University of Law, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Eastern International University, University of Economics HCMC and Vietnamese – German University
fifth academic year or above at School of Medicine – Vietnam National University
in official full-time academic year 2017 – 2018.
– With overall GPA not lower than 7.0 in scale 10 or 3.0 in scale 4 (Click here for details).
– Active in school/social/community service activities.
– Fluent in English.
– One can apply for AmCham Scholarship ONCE IN A LIFETIME
***NOTE: "How to be considered as an undergraduate student?". Please refer to FAQs Page (Section "2. APPLICATION QUALIFICATIONS") to find out.
You will fill in your application online. It should take you about 45 minutes to complete.
Please kindly note that you can save your draft and log out and return as many times as you wish when you are working on your application. However, once you have submitted, you will have no way to revise your application. Should such mistake happen, please send us an email to [email protected] or call directly to 028 3824 3743.
The list of completed application is updated every Monday at 5pm, from Sep 01 to Oct 14, 2017. Please check out and let us know if your information is not listed as it supposes to be.
For the best screening process, we would like to set 2 deadlines for 2 groups of universities. Please kindly check carefully below:
Group 1: (17:00 – 07 Oct, 2017)
* Banking University
* Foreign Trade University
* Hoa Sen University
* University of Economics HCMC
Group 2: (17:00 – 14 Oct, 2017)
* Eastern International University
* Ho Chi Minh City University of Law
* Ho Chi Minh City University of Technical Education
* Vietnamese – German University
* VNU HCMC – Bach Khoa University
* VNU HCMC – International University
* VNU HCMC – School of Medicine
* VNU HCMC – University of Economics and Laws
* VNU HCMC – University of Information Technology
* VNU HCMC – University of Science
* VNU HCMC – University of Social Sciences & Humanities
Please click HERE to go to FAQs Page of AmCham Scholarship 2017.
Please click HERE to be updated on AmCham Scholarship Program 2017 Management Team.
– Your application number is in the format: 2017xxxx
– Please bear in mind that only application forms created from 01/9/2017 (whose application number is 2017xxxx) are validly accepted
– We appreciate your integrity. If any information in your application is proved incorrect during the program, we have the right to decline your application and withdraw your award or candidate status.
– One can apply for AmCham Scholarship once in his lifetime. Please make sure that you are ready to apply.
– English is used 100 percent in the program.
Let's take a look at the media in 2017 to see how AmCham Scholarship went through:
– Photos of Award Ceremony
– Videos of Award Ceremony on VITV and HTV9
-Media Clipping Report
1. Cash Sponsor (Platinum): Intel Products Vietnam
2. Cash and Product Sponsor (Platinum): Suntory PepsiCo Viet Nam Beverage
3. Cash Sponsor (Diamond): AmCham Vietnam Direct Selling Committee (AVDSC)
4. Advertisement and Magazines (Diamond):Nhip Cau Dau Tu
5. SHL Test Sponsor (Diamond): Talentnet Corporation
6. English Course Voucher Sponsor (Diamond): Yola Institute
7. Cash Sponsor (Gold): Dow Chemical Int'l Ltd Rep. Office
8. Cash Sponsor (Gold): KMPG Vietnam
9. Cash Sponsor (Gold): Manulife Vietnam
10. Cash Sponsor (Gold): Oriflame Vietnam
11. Cash Sponsor (Gold): Unilever Vietnam
12. Cash Sponsor (Silver): APS Mechanical & Electrical Co. Ltd
13. Cash Sponsor (Silver): Cargill Vietnam Limited
14. Venue Sponsor (Silver): White Palace
15. Product Sponsor: PepsiCo Foods Viet Nam
16. Product Sponsor: Thaihabooks
17. Information session venue supporters:
Hoa Sen University
Ho Chi Minh University of Technology and Education
University of Science
More details of 2017 AmCham Scholarship Sponsorship opportunities:
or contact:
*Ms. Nguyen Thi Mai Huong (Amy) – Program Manager
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +84 28 3824 3562 /ext 104
*Ms. Le Hieu Anh Thi (Kathy) – Sponsorship Lead
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +84 28 3824 3743 /ext 107


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In the summer of 1999 I was finishing up planning the material for my senior recital in the spring of 2000. I was flipping through Jean-Marie Londiex's 150 Years of Saxophone which is a catalogue of the vast majority of music for saxophone.
The book has a listing for a saxophone sonata by Earle Brown. I got excited. I was really getting into modern music at the time and my idea of modern music was very narrow and didn't really include any music of the previous 20 years. Cage, Brown, and Boulez (not even late Boulez, pre-Sur Incise stuff) were my idea of modern music. I had no clue about later and crazier stuff. No clue at all.
So I began making lots of calls trying to track down a score for this alleged Earle Brown Sax Sonata.
After three weeks, I ended up leaving a message with a guy at a music store in (I think) Tampa. I don't remember how this guy became the one on my list of people to call but he did.
A week later he returned my message and gave me a phone number to call Earle Brown.
So I mustered up the courage to call Earle Brown, but didn't have enough damned sense to think of what I'd say if he answered.
A man answered the phone.
I told him who I was and the reason for my call. He confirmed that he was in fact Earle Brown.
I froze.
I couldn't figure out what to say. I suddenly became star struck over the phone.
Here's what I was finally able to blurt out: "THE EARLE BROWN?! The composer Earle brown?! The really cool Earle Brown that hung out with John Cage, Merce Cunningham and Robert Rauschenberg?!"
I really did blurt it out. More like half-yelled, half-I don't know what, but suddenly I realized I just accosted an old man over the phone.
I was such a dumbass.
He began laughing. Pretty much laughing his ass off. "Yes, thats me." He said.
It still took me a moment to calm down. He was familiar with the Londiex "150 Years" book.
He told me that there were two composers with his name. Earle Brown and Earl Browne. Earl Browne (not the cool one) had written a sax sonata. He told me Earl Brown was a "Hollywood composer".
We talked for about 10 minutes and he was really kind and very patient with me.
He talked about how he had tried to write a sax quartet in the sixties or seventies and it didn't work out.
That's my Earle Brown story.
I was incredibly naïve. He got a great laugh out of it and I got a great story.
Now his music has become such an influence on my own work. At that time I'd yet to begin composing.


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Vermont Summer Camp Wedding Weekend | Lib & Claire | Ohana Family Camp, Fairlee VT
This weekend. Was. Perfection. It was everything a good Memorial Day weekend should be - the kickoff of summer - and a wedding to boot!
When you're greeted after a long drive with hugs and a cold beer, and you get to photograph a crawfish boil with real life crawfish imported from The South (and eat them too!) and then the next day is the first truly sunny day in WEEKS, and the clouds perfectly cooperate as if on cue, and the love is so genuine and beautiful and the families are amazing and the sunset is to die for, and then there are S'MORES! and everyone is so kind...
and then you head for home the next morning smelling faintly of bug spray and campfire and you wonder: does it get any better than this?
Lib & Claire - I literally love you. I feel as though I have made a pair of beautiful new friends your wedding could not have been more beautiful. // xoxo
Venue: Ohana Family Camp, Fairlee, VT
Rehearsal Dinner: The Hindquarter
Wedding Day Catering: Will Dodson at The Barnard Inn + Max's Tavern
Florals: Valley Flower Company
Invitation Design: SWEET Letterpress & Design
Lib's Jumpsuit: BHLDN
Claire's Dress: Rue De Seine Bridal via Lovely Bride
Hair & Makeup: Jamie Dragon, Lush Salon and Boutique


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Update: An Israeli public bus that appeared to have exploded in flames due to a firebombing attack by terrorists now appears to have been ignited by a technical malfunction, and not at the hands of terrorists as was initially reported.
Palestinian Authority terrorists have hurled firebombs at vehicles in the area of the Jit junction many times, as was reported, and as a result it was initially believed the explosion was caused by another attack.
However, after a more thorough investigation, authorities believe that the fire was caused by a technical malfunction and not a Molotov cocktail.
Miraculously, no one was physically injured; the bus was empty at the time, except for the driver.


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In the comfort of your own love. A Washington DC in-home engagement session by Josef Sullivan.
Engagement Photography
Thai and Alan agreed to an in-home engagement session, and the rest is history. Generally, I'd show up, have a good time with the couple, and be on my way back home. From the very start they showed interest in me as a human being, and not just as a service provider. I was opened up to view them as real people, and not just clients to please. This transaction in a certain respect changed my business life. I saw that a true relationship can be formed, beyond business. They left an impression on me. Needless to say we're friends. I just shot their wedding a couple of weeks ago, and they're coming to my house for dinner next week.
They're good people out there. Letting that light shine can alienate you from some, but better than that, it can attract people with which you form a genuine bond.
Here's to forming bonds of friendship!
If you're out there, don't be shy! Let me know your thoughts in the comment section below! Also feel free to check out my social media.


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A Novel Murine Model of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Infection Reveals Shiga Toxin 2 Sabotages Intestinal Host Defenses
Prolonged exposure to the Shiga toxins from Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is a global cause of bloody diarrhea with acute renal injury. Using a novel murine model, Hall et al. (e00530-18) provide evidence that Shiga toxin 2 selectively disrupts the host's colonic interleukin-23 defenses and that this corresponds to prolonged bacterial colonization and renal injury. Pretreatment of immunocompetent mice with dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) provided a niche for intestinal colonization of clinical STEC strains in otherwise resistant mice. The new DSS-STEC murine model will facilitate study of relationships between STEC virulence factors and host defenses with established and newly emerging pathogenic strains.
Glucan-Chitin Particles Enhance Protective Efficacy of a Multivalent Vaccine against Pulmonary Coccidioides posadasii Infection
There is no licensed vaccine against Valley fever, a fungal infection caused by Coccidioides spp. Hung et al. (e00070-18) report the development of an effective subunit vaccine (rCpa1) consisting of 3 full-length Coccidioides antigens and 5 peptides with high affinity for human major histocompatibility complex class II molecules. Five types of experimental adjuvants have been tested with rCpa1. Encapsulation of rCpa1 with glucan-chitin particles (GCPs) that are derived from the fungal cell wall as an adjuvant/delivery system improves protective efficacy for human HLA-DR4 transgenic mice against pulmonary Coccidioides infection. Enhanced protection is associated with elevation of Th17 immune response induced by GCPs.
Screening of Mouse and Human Immune Cells Identifies Th17 Antigens That Protect against Streptococcus pneumoniae
Streptococcus pneumoniae, or pneumococcus, is a Gram-positive bacterium that is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in infants, toddlers, and the elderly in both developed and developing countries. In addition to antibody-mediated protection, T cell-derived immunity is an important protective mechanism against S. pneumoniae infection. Lu et al. (e00490-18) compared human and mouse Th17 responses to individual proteins from a pneumococcal surface protein library and identified 16 new proteins that protect mice against pneumococcal colonization. While mouse and human immune cells had distinct responses to the proteins in the library, a combination of top-ranking antigens in both species predicted protection against pneumococcal colonization in mice.
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The US FDA could put an end to almond milk by next year … but only in name. The issue is that almonds don't lactate, so the word "milk" is not appropriate. (Image from veganhightechmom.com)
The US Food and Drug Administration seems to have soured on nondairy milk-alternative products that use the term "milk" in their marketing and labeling—like popular soy and almond milk products.
In a talk hosted by Politico, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced Tuesday that the FDA will soon issue a new guidance on the use of the term. But he added that products aren't abiding by FDA policies as they stand now. He referenced a so-called "standard of identity" policy that regulates how milk is defined and should be identified.
"If you look at our standard of identity—there is a reference somewhere in the standard of identity to a lactating animal," he said. "And, you know, an almond doesn't lactate, I will confess."
He went on to explain that the issue is that the agency hasn't been enforcing its own policy or putting the squeeze on product makers—and that it's time to get abreast of the labeling language.
But, he admitted, curtailing the wording of non-moo juice labeling isn't an easy task because it means that the agency has to change its "regulatory posture."
"I can't just do it unilaterally," Gottlieb said. Hence, the agency is putting together a new guidance for manufacturers to help skim the fat from the market. Gottlieb said the agency will soon tap the public for comments on the terminology and hopes to wring out a new policy within a year.
Read the rest on Arstechnica
Could this be a push back toward the long gone (1950's?) days of truth in advertising, with appropriate fines for violations where claims are not supported by evidence? I don't think so, it's too big a job these days.
Here's an alternative: Implement new voluntary honest advertising standards that would be reviewed by a new independent public non-profit group.
The "US integrity standards" would include citing sources for all claims and revealing the results of all studies done for products (not just favorable ones), along with any potential conflicts of interest. This data would be published in a public registry so all could view it.
Like the us "organic" label, any advertisers that followed these standards for every advertisement would get a gold star rating, for just being honest and being certified as such.
Fraudulent use of the gold star rating logo would be punishable by a minimum $10,000 fine and/or something like 1,000 hours (125 eight hour days) of Community Service cleaning up US toxic waste sites.
Yet another idea that could have made me super rich … if I didn't just give it away to the Internet for free. 😉 Have at it entrepreneurs.


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Travel has become way more of an adventure for Laura and I over the past couple years. Rather than our typical hotel stays, recommended tourist restaurants and visiting the main crowded beaches - we have discovered and taken full advantage of staying off the main grid and exploring areas more as locals.
We've discovered so much more to see and experience. Everything from a long river boat stay in Cambridge UK, to a yurt in Amsterdam, our own cabin on the coast of Iceland, to a town house with a brand new baby (I mean days old) with their traditional Chinese grandparents there to look after her. It's been crazy, but fun!!
I'm not sharing this to impress you, but only to highlight that fact that there is so much to see and do all around us. Adventuring with your partner, discovering new places, sharing new experiences, getting lost together, trying new foods and watching the look on your partner's face when you randomly stumble upon an amazing view - all can be reminders of when you first started dating and great ways to keep your love alive.
I'm not saying that you have to always do something crazy, or move to a far away destination - adventure can be kept simple as well. Getting away for a weekend is often the most practical option for many couples. Pick a destination within a few hours drive from your city and indulge in a quick escape from the daily routine.
Or, how often do you visit the tourist sites in your own city? Hardly ever, right? Find the history, go to museums and parks; research online the possibilities in your city that you don't know about, as well as the attractions and destinations within about an hour.
Here's a few of my own tips, whether you have an afternoon together, a whole day or you can sneak off together for a weekend:
• Stay in a hotel/bed & breakfast or swap houses with friends in another town.
• Step outside your comfort zone and go places you won't run into anyone you know.
• Turn your phone off! Pretend you're roaming and forgot to get a travel plan.
• Pack a tent and blankets and just drive. Flip a coin at intersections and see where you end up - when you're ready, find an area to set up, or spread out your blanket and look at the stars
• Wear versatile clothing or bring items to layer. No stopping at home for quick wardrobe changes!
• Pay attention to details. Look at your surroundings like you've never seen them before.
• Think: what would you do if you were showing your out-of-town guests around?
My last and most important tip I can give you: focus on what is right out in front of you. I think a lot of times we are so focused on getting a pic/video to post to Instagram or Facebook or Snapchat and we don't fully enjoy what is going on right in front of our face. Live in the moment and take time away from social media and put all of your focus into the person standing right next to you!
And have fun!! We sometimes get so caught up in our daily lives that we turn into roommates more than lovers. Don't let the little things bother you on this trip, keep it fun, keep it light.


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Just a quick note today... If you just got back from Rome and got engaged and your dad doesn't know your fiancee very well, you should not watch Father of the Bride all together.
It's wierd and a little creepy and may cause some akwardness.
If you haven't watched it lately go rent it, consider everything you've read about my situation and then laugh hysterically when you think about the mood while watching that movie the first time Russ and my dad really got to hang out. I still am!