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Naruto Dimension Wars
HakuUzumaki posted a topic in AF-project center~!'s Idle Idea'sis about what if scenarios. If you want to create a fanfiction about one of these dimensions below. Dimension 0: Minato and Kushina ran away from the village during the Kyuubi's attack. Dimension 1: is Canon and Boruto. Dimension 2: NaruSaku, SasuIno, ChoHina, ShikaShiho, & KankuroTenten. Dimension 3: NaruTema, ShikaShiho, ChoIno, LeeSaku, SasukeTamaki. Dimension 4 NaruSaku, SasuKarin, ChoIno, KibaHina, NejiTen, YamatoAnko, IrukaShizune, KakashiHana Inuzuka, & ShikaTema. Dimension 5: Naruto goes rogue and gathering all the normal rogue ninjas to create a new village. Called, Village hidden in the Cherry Blossoms. Dimension 6: NaruSaku, SasuTema, ShikaIno, & ChoTen. Dimension 7: Naruto Joined the Sound village. Dimension 9: Naruto joined Akatsuki. Dimension 10 NaruSaku, SasuTen, & ShinoHinata. Dimension 11: Naruto join Kumo Village. Dimension 12: NaruSaku but Sakura dies. Dimension 13: NaruShion, Sakura becomes the Hokage but Sasuke and Rock Lee dies. Dimension 14: Sakura and Ino joined forces to save Naruto. Dimension 15: Naruto joined the Iwa village. Dimension 16: Naruto joined Haku and Zabuza. Dimension 17: Naruto joined Root aka the Foundation. Dimension 18: Naruto joined the Twelve Guardian Ninja. Dimension 19: Naruto was adopted by Jiraiya. Dimension 20: Naruto was adopted by Tsunade. Dimension 21: Naruto was adopted by Kakashi. Dimension 22: Naruto was adopted by Anko. Dimension 23: Naruto was cursed Mark. Dimension 24: Naruto joined Dotō's Three-Man-Team. Dimension 25: Naruto joined the Four Celestial Symbols Men. Dimension 26: Naruto joined the Gato. Dimension 27: Naruto joined the Haido's Knights. Dimension 28: Naruto was adopted by Tsunami from the Waves arch. Dimension 29: Naruto joined the Mist Village. Dimension 30: Naruto joined Furido's 4-Man Team Dimension 31: Naruto joined the Star Village. Also, You can add new dimensions after Dimension 31. If you want to create fanfiction with using Dimensions here. You have to title Dimension that Dimension's number into your title. Similar to my own fanfiction here: https://animeforums.net/topic/10560-dimension-8-haku-uzumaki/?tab=comments#comment-78764 Any video or artist would like to create a fictional video game video. If anyone needs help with Fanfictions of their own. This club isn't a pairing war at all. If someone needs help. The other club members if they want to help. They can. If someone wants to create a certain dimension number into Doujinshi go right ahead and do it with. If I like it I'll post it as the dimension number.
Anime... manga. novels. (Action included btw..(*_*)Reading .... ok thats gone on for quite some time! how about some anime? what should i watch? hold on all that manga I left unfinished.. Scrolls through manga* Holy fuck theres more manga now!? hold on -- the same goes for anime.. ..... Ugh
Journey of the Dimensions (working title)Hello everyone my name is Julian Barragan but y'all can call me Jubacard here lol. I'm a proffessional filmmaker from Colombia that for some reason decided to start writting a manga lol. I'm familiar with the rules of story structure and I add my flare to it, but this is for sure my first attempt at a shonen format. The lore of the story Centers Around The Morai Agency. They have the job of fixing time anomalies throughout space and time. Matsuko is our rebel member of Morai, and ise, our protagonist is a first semester college student who doesn't know what to do with his life, they meet and go on crazy space and time adventures. It's done in a screenwritting format but with some liberties taken. Every type of comment of suggestion is recieved! thank you! I wanna write as much as possible. If any of you want to draw any of the situations or characters, I'd love to see what this story can inspire. Hey, maybe a collab with someone? Journey of the dimensions Episode 1.pdf
One Punch Man vs My Hero Academia
Shiroe posted a blog entry in Ponder OuroborosTL;DR I like Saitama more than Midoriya, and the themes of One Punch Man appeal to me more than My Hero Academia's. Also, hype culture is bad for any media. I will try to make this blog post spoiler-free, so no worries about that. However, I can't guarantee anything I source will be spoiler-free, so discretion is still advised. This blog entry was inspired from @Seshi and me talking on the Introduce Forums, found here. I tried to condense a lot of what I was thinking there, so hopefully it sounds more fluid here. Just to note, I'm going to call One Punch Man "OPM" and My Hero Academia as "BnHA" So, Seshi is not the first person to ask me why I rate BnHA so lowly. I admitted that 3 and 4 might be a little harsh for something that actually feels like it has heart poured into it, (and that I plan to change these ratings when I read/watch more of the show) but I still heavily prefer OPM over it. I find it interesting that these two are lumped together pretty frequently. Other than being action anime about hero organizations and ranks, I don't find them anything alike structurally. At their core, OPM is a meta-comedy with an overpowered main character that doesn't really get any stronger and BnHA is a battle shounen about progressively and constantly getting stronger. Anyways, the question I get a lot is "why did you enjoy OPM, but not BnHA?" Answering this question means explaining why I like anime to begin with. Compared to western shows and movies, (where I find the characters completely disconnected and shallow) I can relate to anime characters in the weirdest ways, and the more I slowly understand about a character, the more I can appreciate who they are. To give an example of this, Koyomi Araragi from the Monogatari series seems like a shallow character at first. However, as the series continues, more of his motivations and ideologies get revealed, which really made me admire his character and thought put into him. As for Deku, I felt like we knew everything about him from the beginning. He's kind of a timid kid who works hard because he wants to be like All Might. For the two seasons I watched, he's kept this same personality throughout both seasons, and it doesn't seem like he's going to change. I don't think this is necessarily bad writing, (many great works have no character development) but because of what I appreciate in anime, I don't like it when characters are shallow and unchanging. Conversely, I love when characters are deep or develop throughout the story, as it's showing that everyone can either change for the better, or is simply misunderstood. To move the topic onto OPM, I actually found Saitama's character to be more than "I'm bald man that kill in one hit". There are actually already videos explaining why Saitama is a representation of a depressed worker that feels nothing due to the harsh nature of the Japanese workplace, but I won't go into that in this blog post. Instead, I'm just going to mention that Saitama has an enthralling relationship with the other heroes, particularly Fubuki, Genos, and King. The dichotomy he plays with these other heroes is something unique and unlike most anime I've seen. The last thing I'd like to talk about here is the themes the two shows portray. From the first two seasons of BnHA, I found the theme to be "we shouldn't be afraid to follow in our predecessor's footsteps", especially in the second season with Todoroki. OPM, on the other hand, has a theme of "you should focus on improving yourself rather than comparing yourself to others", which is made apparent with characters like Genos and Glasses. I can appreciate both of these themes, but OPM's appeals more to me. I hope this a lesson that everybody takes to heart, as many people (including myself) don't feel confident because they're not as good as others' at doing something. I say screw that, be your own person. Are you a better person than you were yesterday? If so, then that's all you need. That's all for this post. Have any thoughts, questions, suggestions on this post or the next? Feel free to let me know, since I love talking and listening to others about anime. Don't be afraid to say something controversial, if it's what you truly believe.
Sup ladies and gents, thought I'd get your opinion on the upcoming anime Sewayaki Kitsune No Senko-San. Originally, I started out reading the manga and I can't help the excitement I'm feeling for this show. I absolutely loved it's manga counterpart and can't wait to see Senko-San and all the other amazing characters come to life in the animation. I'm really hyped for this show and can't wait to see it in the form of an anime~! Anyways, how are you all feeling about it??
Which 2018 anime would you recommend to anyone?
Otakuu posted a topic in General Anime DiscussionAny anime from 2018 that you could watch over and over again.
Best PewDiePie Memes
AmandaxCod posted a topic in Forum Games & Memesshare your best PewDiePie meme of 2018
Zatch Bell doesn't get mentioned much, and not many people actually seem to remember it. I personally never cared for Zatch Bell. The reason is because of how over the top it is, and the main character (Zatch) is pretty annoying, and there's also a lot of annoying characters in it too. Also the anime just has too much humor in it, since the humor ruins many moments that are supposed to be serious.
Animes That Managed to Piss You Off
Yanushi-Chan posted a topic in General Anime DiscussionOkay, so I know this is a pretty broad question, but have you ever watched an anime that managed to just really piss you off? Like was the ending really bad or confusing? Did something about the show seem really cryptic to you? Was there a question that was never answered that really stuck with you? For me, it definitely has to be: Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt! Don't get me wrong, I freaking love that series . . . but did anything seem weird to you? The final showdown between the angels and demons? The way Panty kinda left after being shunned as an angel . . . or could it possibly have been . . . HOW STOCKING MANAGED TO CHOP HER SISTER INTO A MILLION TINY PIECES AND THEN FUCKING REVEAL THAT SHE WAS A DEMON?!?! Seriously, who the hell writes this crap?! You can't just end the series like that, leaving it open for a new season and it never comes! WTF?! That left me thinking about it for months? Stocking . . . a samurai angel . . . who helped Panty, a gunslinging angel . . . defeat Satan and the devil sisters . . . TURNS OUT TO BE A FUCKING DEMON?! smh . . .
List of favourite anime
N. N posted a topic in General Anime DiscussionSo, here i wanna share several anime that i like and i hope you guys could share yours too bleach tokyo ghoul one piece my hero academia hunter x hunter attack on titan twin star exorcists a certain magical index fairy tail I know mine was a cliche one and most of you has watched it before, but still to whover dont know one of these,you guys should watch it. And please share several anime that you like.
txGemgal3084 posted a blog entry in Ramblings of One PersonHi All, I wanted to talk about a manga I am really into these days, it's called Horimiya. Which I just realized is the hybrid name of the two protagonist in this story. So cute. Anyways it has 12 books so far. Hori-san and Miyamura-kun the two the story revolves around are in High School. Hori-san is a pretty popular and cute girl while in the beginning Miyamura-kun is a bit of an outcast that no one notices. Both of them have secret identities once school lets out. There are circumstances that lead them to discover the others issues and soon a relationship blossoms. Soon other classmates come into the picture and relationships form and you learn about others along the way. The story is quite charming and cute. It's never boring as comedy ensues and the personalities of everyone open up. I definitely recommend this as a good read and invest in these two silly weird relationship.
Fantasy and adventure anime that is also funny?
Birdfthermes posted a question in RecommendationsLooking for an anime that is much like The Seven Deadly Sins, funny in places, serious in places, good characters with a fantasy or supernatural element. Tend to enjoy watching over powered characters I guess. Struggling as i quite like to watch dubbed anime. I often like anime with a small adult theme / not specifically aimed at children (often find that the stories can be a lot more intricate and intense). Also liked things like Bleach, Naruto Shippuden. Vampire Knight, High School DnD (only explored anime such as this with this title, did enjoy it though, so wouldn't mind others like this). Any kind of recommendations would be appreciated. Thank you!
Spring - Fall 2018 Anime Recommendations
Leo_Sandoval115 posted a question in RecommendationsHello All! I am looking for new stuff to watch from recent releases (Spring - Fall 2018). I have not been able to catch up with the new releases, aside from the obvious Goblin Slayer, and would appreciate new stuff. I am open to any genre. Thank you! PS: For anyone that is knowledgeable in anime expos, events, stores, etc: Any events occurring in Italy or England in the following months would help
Help me find this anime
Qwericchi posted a topic in General Anime DiscussionSo recently, I saw this anime. There's this agency that finds out heroes from other world's that have been discarded from their world. This agency brings those heroes (all heroes are girls) to modern Japan and help them get a real job. It aired it's first episode this year, but since then I've completely forgotten about it. Do you know the name?
Boruto: ボルート
Sensei posted a topic in General Anime DiscussionWhat character do you want to see come back to Boruto? Comment :)
Anime dvd values? (flcl)
wesspectralself posted a topic in General Anime DiscussionSo Im looking to get an estimate on the value of these two box sets. Ive only watched fooly cooly 3 times and paranoia agent 1 time. They are in extremely good condition I know a few years ago before the reprints they were worth more but what about now? I dont mean this as spam or to sell them on here ill post them at the appropriate sites. I just need an answer Im hard on money
Supipara - Chapter 1 Spring Has Come!
drill posted a topic in Visual Novels's TopicsNot much to say here as I have yet to finish other than Momiji is best girl. Went out of my way to buy the steam profile background for her. If you need incentive to play the game, just look below. xP One thing I really like about this VN is that characters will actually change perspective and face the person they are talking to along with having facial expressions and non static sprites.
Really great LN I've been reading recently where the MC gets reborn 100 years later where several historical events have changed from the 1900s onwards. Simple things that Kouki does are always misunderstood by those around him which leads to a lot of great comedy. One of the things that really makes this one shine though is having events rewritten in someone else's perspective, so you can see what the others really think, and not just the MC's misguided view of what others around him thinks. Other than No Game No Life, I don't really think I've read an LN before that has caught my attention enough to actually get me motivated to finish it. Link for the LN: https://global.bookwalker.jp/de805a2af5-a49a-4c81-99bd-4fc03b12e2e0/
LUNATICSMagMarriageical ~ Lunatics ~ (MOONSTONE)
XII360 posted a topic in Visual Novels's TopicsYuuta is just your typical guy who enjoys an ordinary school life with his childhood friend Yuuna. Suddenly one day, a mansion appeared in his backyard, inhabited by the vampire princess Luce. One by one, other other-worldly princesses came to him, all of whom had made a childhood promise to be his bride when they grew up. He didn't remember the promises, but then Yuuna also joined into the fray and proclaimed that she's the one who will always be with him. source: VNDB(abyyy) officially translated by: Mangagamer (alas, not on steam) pretty much you're average, "Mc is a thot gets sent to other dimensions, and make's the world's princess fall for him, but coincidentally, has amnesia about it" type of VN, but yea, its pretty much comedy-ish, and nothing too "exciting" like, fighting scenes and such, (atleast, i didn't see any fight scenes), and is more focused on the story of certain princess, and how they met the MC/winning over the Mc's heart so far i finished one route; being julia's, and midway on karin's route, after karin's im somewhat interested in knowing yorihime's and luce's story, not so much on luluna, as i have this wierd feeling, i know how her story ends >.>, also best girl oh right, also, as its made by <MOONSTONE>, somewhat famed for making <erogenous games>, (e.g. imouto series) as expected, this too contains R18 scenes, that probably doesn't have a non R18 version, probably, i never did my research, so you have been forwarned early~!
More Naruto series
The4thSaucekage posted a topic in General Anime DiscussionJust wanted to ask and get opinions. Okay I'm not too sure but i believe i read an article about a year or so back right after shippuden ended the creator said that Boruto was going to be it and he wasn't making anymore. Can't remember if that's true or not. But anyways I would love to see an entire new series not based on Naruto at all, but the past hokages and just the land of fire in general and how it was during all the great ninja wars etc. i want to see the hokages actually in action and see their lives before and during being hokages. Because Sarutobi sucked from the fights we got to see and didn't live up to his name the "professor" in the fights we witnessed, and i want to see Hashirama, and Tobirama in action because it was said Tobirama was stronger than Madara at one point and he created a lot of the justu People in the Leaf use now. So thoughts?


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1) The cherry blossoms are about ready to burst open on the line of trees that lead up to my house.
2) My digital camera came in the mail today, which means actual photos of all the shit I've been talking about over the last couple of months (once I can figure out how it works, of course).
3) My friend saying she went to a yoga class this week. When I asked her how it was, expecting to hear how much she loved it, she looked at me point blank and said "I hated it. The whole class I just kept thinking to myself 'I hate this." I loved how honest and pure it was.
4) A great guy we work with, and haven't yet determined his sexual preference, said while discussing sweets at the office "I like the dark chocolate."
5) Hearing "The Humpty Dance" on the radio (You're singing it in your head right now, aren't you? I know me too!).
6) Finding out one of our sales guys that calls me repeatedly each day and that I CAN'T stand (despite being the angelic, lovely and kind person that I am), is going to be out on vacation for an ENTIRE week! Woo hoo!
7) Eavsdropping on the two guys conversation in line behind me at Starbuck's and digging the fact that it was about something they were both really into. Granted, I didn't understand half of what they were saying--it must have had to do with computers, but regardless, it was cute.
8) That the peeps at work have adopted my high school nick name whenever they refer to me.
9) The hours of daylight that now come AFTER work and not DURING work. Thank you daylight savings!
10) The daffodils I spied on the side of the road while on my way home. Spring is that really you?
How about you? What was your favorite thing about today?
Thursday, March 13, 2008
My Ten Favorite Things About Today
1) The cherry blossoms are about ready to burst open on the line of trees that lead up to my house.
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"Jesus' Followers Fabricated the Stories and Sayings of Jesus"
When my wife and I visited Kiev shortly after the breakup of the Soviet Union, we heard a standing joke bandied about concerning two of Russia's most prominent newspapers, Pravda and Izvestia. Pravda means "truth" and Izvestia means "news." Because of the well-known Communist propagandizing and serious distortion in reporting, we were told that there was no pravda in Izvestia and no izvestia in Pravda!
Some critics allege the same can be said about accurately recounting history: If an author has certain convictions or presuppositions, he can't accurately recount history. He is merely spewing propaganda. For instance, Thomas Sheehan, Loyola philosophy professor and author of The First Coming: How the Kingdom of God Became Christianity, maintains that "Jesus did not think he was divine," nor did he "assert any of the messianic claims that the New Testament attributes to him."1 Although Jesus believed himself to be an eschatological prophet, within a half-century the church came to believe he was the divine Son of God. Sheehan argues for these claims in part by saying that because the Gospels are "religious testimonies," they cannot be trusted.2 In the same vein, Hick maintains that "the documents [the Gospels] are all documents of faith."3 The assumption is clear--a faith-perspective distorts history.
On the contrary, holding this view ultimately leads to historical skepticism--because all historians write with a purpose, and Sheehan, though not a historian, is no exception. Purposes extend even to the point of including certain materials and omitting others. If writing with a goal--whether it be evangelistic, apologetic, or didactic--implies propaganda, then all recorded history is propaganda. But most of us recognize that belief shouldn't be confused with reason for belief. In other words, to hold a belief strongly doesn't necessarily imply that the belief is wrong. Instead, the basis for that belief should first be explored; a work shouldn't be dismissed simply because of the strong convictions of the writer.4 Should we discount the factuality or reliability of the accounts of Nazi concentration camp survivors simply because they passionately recount their story? Aren't the Holocaust deniers and revisionists, who can hardly be called dispassionate, the ones who falsify history?5
Furthermore, this error of Sheehan, Hick, and others fails to distinguish between innocuous presuppositions and vicious ones. Innocuous presuppositions don't end up distorting historical evidence. They don't become the basis of accepting a historical hypothesis. Vicious ones, on the other hand, twist and warp the evidence in a propaganda-like manner. They override the evidence in order to inevitably conclude what was presupposed from the start. This ends up being a vicious circle.6
And when it comes to the Gospels, the question must be raised: What actually motivated the evangelists to write what and as they did? A good case can be made that it was their own experience with Jesus.
Now when it comes to actually examining the historicity of the Gospels, we see remarkable indications of accuracy. Take John's Gospel, which often isn't accepted as reliable history because it contains more developed theological reflection than Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Yet this Gospel reveals a first-century Palestinian background rooted in the Old Testament--as the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls confirmed this through, for instance, their reference to "sons of light" and "sons of darkness." It also offers exceptional topographical information that has been repeatedly confirmed archaeologically. John's mention of Jacob's well at Sychar (4:5), the pool of Bethesda (with five porticoes) by the Sheep Gate (5:2), the pool of Siloam (9:7), and Solomon's Colonnade (10:23) have had the strong support of archaeology. In light of the extensive usage of the "witness" theme in this Gospel, the author's emphasis is clear that the incidents included can be relied upon (see 21:24). John is even interested in chronology and specific times (1:29, 35, 43: "the next day"; 4:43: "after the two days"). John is also familiar with particular cultural understandings such as the relationship between Jews and Samaritans (4:27), the general view of women in society (4:27), or the nature of Sabbath regulations (5:10).7
So if the reliability of the Gospels can be shown historically and archaeologically, this can, in part, help defuse skepticism and inspire greater confidence regarding, say, the claims or resurrection of Jesus.8 Our first point is this: When engaging the skeptic, the Christian can offer good reasons for taking the Gospels to be historically reliable. This, then, may provide a platform for speaking about the claims and deeds of Christ. As Craig Blomberg asserts, "Once a historian has proved reliable where verifiable, once apparent errors or contradictions receive plausible solutions, the appropriate approach is to give that writer the benefit of the doubt in areas where verification is not possible."9
Second, the claim that the early Christian communities read back into Jesus' teachings their own concerns and controversies won't withstand scrutiny. If such matters were invented and projected backward to Jesus to substantiate them, then why are issues such as spiritual gifts (e.g., speaking in tongues [1 Cor. 12, 14]); divorcing when deserted by an unbelieving spouse (1 Cor. 7:15); eating meat offered to idols (1 Cor. 8); or circumcision (Acts 15)--issues that received significant attention in early Christian communities--glaringly absent in Jesus' teaching? These disputes often divided many of the early Christian communities, but we don't find Jesus addressing them. Rather, the epistles and to some extent the book of Acts--not the teachings of Jesus--inform us of these controversies. So to allege that, in the midst of their disputes and concerns, early Christians fabricated sayings and attributed them to Jesus doesn't square with the New Testament evidence.
Third, the Gospels--primarily Mark, Matthew, and Luke--offer a portrait of Jesus within one generation of his death, which tends to ensure the accurate transmission of the Jesus-tradition. It's taken for granted in New Testament scholarship that Mark's gospel was written first and that Matthew and Luke independently follow Mark as their primary source.10 Luke's gospel, then, was obviously written before its companion volume (Acts) was.
Now, a very good case can be made for the completing of Acts before a.d. 62-64,11 when Paul was executed under Nero's order. At the end of Acts, Paul is still under house arrest in Rome. Luke, who was interested in significant events in early Christianity, such as the martyrdom of prominent Christians (e.g., Stephen and James), surely would have included Paul's death had he known about it. The best explanation for Luke's not having mentioned Paul's execution--or, for that matter, the siege and destruction of Jerusalem in a.d. 70 or the Neronian persecution--is that this event hadn't yet taken place. So Acts was in all likelihood written before a.d. 62.12 So we can assert on good grounds that the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) may well have been written within thirty years of Jesus' death--a period in which the accuracy of these Gospels could be easily checked or challenged by eyewitnesses or inquirers.13
The early date of these Gospels, besides other factors, gives many conservative scholars confidence that what they recorded is trustworthy. Not only were the Gospel writers interested in recording accurate history (see Luke 1:1-4), first-century Palestinian Jews at the various levels of society were able to memorize large portions of Scripture. Given (1) the importance of memorization and oral tradition in first-century Palestine, (2) the practice of (occasionally) writing down and preserving the teachings of rabbis by their disciples, (3) the fact that the vast majority of Jesus' teaching was in poetic (and easily memorizable) form, (4) the importance and revered status of religious traditions in Palestine, and (5) the presence of apostolic authority in Jerusalem to ensure the accurate transmission of tradition (and to check potential heresy), we have good reason to believe that the material in the Gospels was carefully and correctly set down.14
Another factor that contributes to the conviction that the Gospels are reliable is the data of some of Paul's writings (Romans, 1 Corinthians, 1 Thessalonians) and James' epistle, all of which pre-date the writing of the Gospels (from the late a.d. 40s through about 57).15 James' using much material from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5-7) reminds us that Jesus' teachings were being accurately preserved. Besides his familiarity with Jesus' teaching from the Sermon on the Mount (for example, in Romans 12:17-21), Paul is familiar with Jesus' words on divorce and remarriage (1 Cor. 7:10; compare Mark 10:10-12) and with the tradition of the last supper (1 Cor. 11:23-25; compare Luke 22:19-20). Paul is also familiar with the historical Jesus: the virgin birth (Gal. 4:4), his Davidic descent (Rom. 1:3), and being born under the law (Gal. 4:4, which appears to highlight Jesus' circumcision and presentation in the temple [Luke 2:22-24]), the last supper/passion (1 Cor. 11:23ff.), and the plot to kill Jesus (1 Thess. 2:14-15)--not to mention the historicity of his resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15.16
What cannot be doubted is that many New Testament critics have approached the Gospels with an utterly unjustified skepticism--a skepticism that wouldn't be considered justified in any other branch of ancient history. New Testament scholar R. T. France declares that "at the level of their literary and historical character we have good reason to treat the Gospels as a source of information on the life and teachings of Jesus, and thus on the historical origins of Christianity."17 The Greco-Roman historian A. N. Sherwin-White--evidently not a Christian--claimed: "It is astonishing that while Greco-Roman historians have been growing in confidence, the twentieth-century study of Gospel narratives, starting from no less promising material, has taken so gloomy a turn."18
Fourth, the simple, unsophisticated nature of the Gospels attests to their reliability rather than to their being fabrications. It isn't unusual to read skeptics who point out alleged contradictions or lack of harmonization in, say, the Gospel accounts of the Resurrection narratives.19 But although the numbers of women, for example, differ from Gospel to Gospel, no evangelist asserts that only so many women went to the tomb. And even when it appears in John's Gospel that only Mary Magdalene was at the tomb, she implies that she wasn't alone: "We don't know where they have put him" (John 20:2).
Now, even if actual discrepancies existed in the Gospels, no good historian rejects a document because of conflicts in secondary matters. What is beyond doubt is that there is a general core of agreement among the Gospels. In any event, it's clear that the Gospel writers were not plotting or fabricating these stories. Otherwise, they would have attempted to be more uniform in their accounting. For example, a fabricated account most likely would not have relied on women as the first witnesses of the Resurrection because of their typically lower status in Jewish society.
Critics may point to the sudden "shorter" ending of Mark's gospel--at 16:8, where the women leave the angel at the tomb trembling, bewildered, and not speaking to anyone (though various versions continue with verses 9-20, which were added later). Skeptic Randel Helms calls this "one of the strangest and most unsatisfying moments in all the Bible."20 As we will see again later on, however, this ending meshes quite well with Mark's emphasis on the fact that the nature of Jesus' messiahship couldn't be understood apart from his death. While Jesus would warn people, "See that you say nothing to anyone," in order to not perpetuate misunderstanding, the women ironically "said nothing to anyone" (16:8), even though Jesus had fulfilled his mission on the cross and, according to the angel, had been raised from the dead. They kept silent when they no longer needed to! What Mark attempts to do in his gospel is call his audience, by way of pastoral encouragement, to persevere despite past failure and disobedience. So in spite of the failure and fear of the disciples throughout the book--which Mark highlights more than the other Gospel writers--they can derive courage and hope from the promise that Jesus is risen and will meet them in Galilee (16:6-7).21
An important criterion that helps us discern the authenticity of Jesus' sayings and deeds and thus the reliability of the Gospels is the "criterion of embarrassment"--actions or sayings of Jesus that would have embarrassed or caused difficulty for the early church. In other words, why would the early church fabricate what it knew to be potentially embarrassing incidents?22 For example, Jesus submits to baptism by the "unworthy" John the Baptist (Mark 1:4-11).23 Another example is that Jesus didn't know the time of his return (Mark 13:32). According to Christian orthodoxy, Jesus, being divine, could have known the date of his return before his death and resurrection, but he voluntarily relinquished this information as part of his earthly mission. So why would the early church take pains to invent a saying of Jesus that would bring possible embarrassment? We could also add incidents such as Jesus' cursing a fig tree (Mark 11:12-14), allowing unclean spirits to enter swine and immediately destroy them (Luke 8:32-33), his family's believing he was out of his mind (Mark 3:21), the sometimes unimpressive results of his ministry (Mark 6:5-6; John 6:66), and his refusal to do miracles (Matt. 13:58).
Furthermore, early Jewish Christians wouldn't likely have concocted stories of miracles to defend Jesus' messiahship; it simply wouldn't have helped their case. Most Jews expected the Messiah to be a king, a political deliverer, a shepherd over Israel--not a miracle-worker: "Messianic beliefs simply did not require a prospective Messiah to heal and exorcise demons. Therefore, one should hardly expect early Christians to find it necessary to create such a large number of miracle stories."24 Not only this, but such a good crop of miracle stories probably didn't originate in the early church because Jesus periodically refused to perform miracles to simply astonish his audience (Mark 6:1-6; Matt. 13:58). This fact--an element of the criterion of embarrassment--could have been viewed, then, as his inability to perform them.25 It is unlikely that the authors would have risked the "embarrassment" of recording such things if they weren't factually accurate.
At the beginning of this section, we argued that the Christian cannot simply say to the skeptic, "But the Gospels say Jesus made unique claims about himself" because the skeptic will no doubt raise questions about the very reliability of the Gospels. We have laid out some of the reasons for taking the Gospels to be generally reliable. Although much more could be said, the Gospels'--and New Testament's--massive manuscript evidence, their historical reliability, the straightforward and simple nature of the Gospel narratives, and other factors allow us to move forward to the claims of Jesus of Nazareth. Having noted the reasonable evidence to accept the Gospel tradition, we can move to issues surrounding Jesus' uniqueness.
Deflating "Jesus' Followers Fabricated the Stories and Sayings of Jesus."
To say that one writes with an evangelistic or apologetical purpose doesn't mean what is written is unreliable. Passion or zeal--as with the Holocaust survivors--need not entail distortion of data.
Point out places where the Gospels show themselves to be reliable historically and archaeologically. This lends credibility to what cannot be directly verified--Jesus' claims and deeds.
Early Christians didn't read back into Jesus' teachings their own concerns and issues:
(1) Many of the controversial issues in the epistles aren't even mentioned in the Gospels (circumcision, speaking in tongues, eating meat offered to idols, etc.).
(2) Matthew, Mark, and Luke offer a portrait of Jesus within one generation of his death. Note the case of Acts, which was likely written before Paul's death (ca. a.d. 64), which means that Luke's gospel was written earlier than this and that Mark, which Luke follows, was written even earlier.
(3) First-century Palestinian Jews were concerned about accurately preserving tradition, and this concern is reflected in the epistles--for example, themes from the Sermon on the Mount are reflected in James and the tradition of the Last Supper is mentioned in 1 Corinthians 11.
(4) The Gospels do not reflect a fabrication. There is a simplicity to them, making fabrications unlikely. (Note the women as witnesses of Jesus' resurrection despite their lower societal status, or the "embarrassing" points that would probably be deleted if the Gospel stories or sayings were fabricated--Jesus' baptism by John, his ignorance of the time of his own return, his not doing miracles in some places).
(5) Why invent so many miracle stories, when most Jews expected a political deliverer as Messiah, not a wonder-worker?
1. (New York: Random House, 1986), 5.2. The First Coming, 6.3. "A Pluralist View," in More Than One Way?, 35. (The Jesus Seminar takes a similar approach.)4. Goetz and Blomberg, "The Burden of Proof," 42-45.5. Blomberg, "Where Do We Start Studying Jesus?" 36-37.6. William Craig, Assessing the New Testament Evidence, xvi-xvii.7. Thomas D. Lea, "The Reliability of History in John's Gospel," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 38 (Sept. 1995): 387-402.8. Admittedly, historical and archaeological support provide partial evidence for reliability. In some cases, one may be warranted in arguing for a very restricted reliability claim (limited to a specific passage).9. "Gospels (Historical Reliability)," 297.10. At a popular level, see Robert Stein's The Synoptic Problem: An Introduction (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker, 1987).11. See Colin J. Hemer's defense of this date in his The Book of Acts in the Setting of Hellenistic History, Conrad H. Gempf, ed. (Tübingen: Mohr, 1989), 365-410.12. Some conservative scholars, however, would take a later date for certain theological reasons. See David John Williams, Acts NIBC (Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1990), 11-13.13. See Hemer, The Book of Acts in the Setting of Hellenistic History, 308-364. See also Blomberg, "Where Do We Start Studying Jesus?" in Jesus Under Fire, 29. For an introduction to the issues surrounding the dating of the Gospels, note D. A. Carson, Douglas J. Moo, and Leon Morris, An Introduction to the New Testament (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1992).14. Carson, Moo, and Morris, An Introduction to the New Testament, 25: "The importance of memorization in first-century Jewish society is undeniable, and we are justified in thinking that this provides a sufficient basis for the careful and accurate oral tradition of gospel material." The German evangelical from Tübingen, Rainer Riesner, has documented this in his "Jüdische Elementarbildung und Evangelienüberlieferung," in R. T. France and David Wenham, eds., Gospel Perspectives I (Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1980): 209-223. He has expanded upon this in his Jesus als Lehrer (Tübingen: Mohr, 1981).15. This dating is more disputed, however.16. For a wealth of documentation on the many connections between Jesus and Paul, see David Wenham, Paul: Follower of Jesus or Founder of Christianity? (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1995); also, Gary Habermas, "The Resurrection Appearances of Jesus," in Gary R. Habermas and R. Douglas Geivett, eds., In Defense of Miracles (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1997).17. R. T. France, "The Gospels as Historical Sources for Jesus, the Founder of Christianity," Truth 1 (1985): 86.18. Roman Society and Roman Law (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker, 1978 repr.), 187.19. For plausible harmonizations of the Resurrection narratives, see George Eldon Ladd, I Believe in the Resurrection of Jesus (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1975), 91-93; Murray Harris, Three Crucial Questions About Jesus, 107-109; William Craig, Assessing the New Testament Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus, 307-309; John Wenham, Easter Enigma 2nd ed. (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker, 1992).20. Gospel Fictions (Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus, 1989), 133.21. A. T. Lincoln, "The Promise and the Failure: Mark 16:7-8," Journal of Biblical Literature 108 (1989): 283-300.22. See John P. Meier, A Marginal Jew, 168-171. See Meier's discussion on the merits of other criteria such as discontinuity, multiple attestation, coherence, and rejection and execution.23. See "Jesus the Baptist?" by R. T. France in Joel B. Green and Max Turner, eds., Jesus of Nazareth: Lord and Christ (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1994), 94-111.24. Craig Evans, "Life-of-Jesus Research and the Eclipse of Mythology," Theological Studies 54 (1993): 28.25. Ibid., 29. Mark's language explicitly suggests this!


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Daniel Vusi Nhlapo has always loved the concept of entertainment. "Even as a child I used to love listening to stories and entertaining people," he says.
After matriculating in 1997, Nhlapo studied musical theatre and then South African television and film scriptwriting and interpretation. From there it was onto various small acting roles, a music record (which by his own admission didn't do well) and finally a stint teaching arts and culture at a primary school.
"I think after my journey of trying this and that, I felt like I needed to give myself a break," says Nhlapo. "I asked myself — why I didn't just start my own company … this was my make or break moment." Nhlapo registered DV Nhlapo Productions — an integrated communications and media company that operates in Kwatsaduza, the eastern region of Ekurhuleni — in 2015.
The company identifies talented actors and actresses in the townships which make up the region, and then trains them and assists them in entering the commercial industry. "We train them in script interpretation in terms of acting in theatre plays as well as in television and films," Nhlapo explains. The company is currently boasts a list of 150 clients.
Last year, in September, Nhlapo — supported by the National Film and Video Foundation – launched his inaugural township film festival, which he describes as "phenomenal." The festival involved the screening of various township films, including Nhlapo's own "experimental" one, in areas frequented by people, like open spaces situated adjacent to shopping malls. "We didn't have enough chairs," says Nhlapo, recalling the first screening. "Two hundred people came – I felt overwhelmed, and even cried." Nhlapo plans on hosting the festival annually in September.
DV Nhlapo Productions — which is situated in Tsakane Business Park — is staffed by four employees. "I'm teaching them how to go out there and create a township creative economy," he explains. In Nhlapo's view, a lot needs to be done in this regard. "Our people are still holding back. They think the creative industry is just a hobby, that television people are just playing," he says. "It's not playing. It's work. And we are trying to change this mentality. This is an industry which is recognised by the department of labour, and which contributes to the economy."
He also feels that more attention should be given to the cultural and creative industries within townships in the Ekurhuleni municipality. "We are not seeing pride in the creative and cultural industries in these areas because of lack of investment," he explains. "Our people write stories, are involved in visual art – and we are the gateway to Africa; let's create a township route that goes into our townships. As we are very close to the OR Tambo International Airport, our cultural and creative industries should be booming."
Nhlapo believes that the Township Entrepreneurship Awards are valuable in that they recognise entrepreneurs and encourage them to believe that there is light at the end of the tunnel. "These awards show that good things are happening in the townships," he says. "They show that there are people sacrificing their time – they are trying to fight against the ills in townships – these awards should be national, other provinces should copy them." He also hopes that the awards will serve as an inspiration for young people from townships to study after school and then return to the townships to start their own companies. "Townships should up their game in terms of black economic empowerment."
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Have you ever wanted to learn English paper piecing (EPP)? This hand-piecing technique can be creative and relaxing, giving projects a handmade look and feel. Many quilters make the switch from machine piecing to hand piecing with hexagons or simple squares, but there are actually a variety of English paper piecing patterns that you can try.
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"My dear child," answered Eurynome, "all that you have said is true, go and tell your son about it, but first wash yourself and anoint your face. Do not go about with your cheeks all covered with tears; it is not right that you should grieve so incessantly; for Telemakhos, whom you always prayed that you might live to see with a beard, is already grown up." "I know, Eurynome," replied Penelope, "that you mean well, but do not try and persuade me to wash and to anoint myself, for heaven robbed me of all my beauty on the day my husband sailed; nevertheless, tell Autonoe and Hippodameia that I want them. They must be with me when I am in the room; I am not going among the men alone; it would not be proper for me to do so." On this the old woman went out of the room to bid the maids go to their mistress. In the meantime Athena bethought her of another matter, and sent Penelope off into a sweet slumber; so she lay down on her couch and her limbs became heavy with sleep. Then the goddess shed grace and beauty over her that all the Achaeans might admire her. She washed her face with the ambrosial loveliness that Aphrodite wears when she goes dancing [khoros] with the Graces; she made her taller and of a more commanding figure, while as for her complexion it was whiter than sawn ivory. When Athena had done all this she went away, whereon the maids came in from the women's room and woke Penelope with the sound of their talking. "What an exquisitely delicious sleep I have been having," said she, as she passed her hands over her face, "in spite of all my misery. I wish Artemis would let me die so sweetly now at this very moment, that I might no longer waste in despair for the loss of my dear husband, who possessed every kind of good quality [aretê] and was the most distinguished man among the Achaeans."
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Purina Pro Plan Focus Dog Food receives the Advisor's second-highest tier rating of 4 stars.
The Purina Pro Plan Focus product line includes the 18 dry recipes listed below.
Each formula includes its related AAFCO nutrient profile when available on the product's official webpage: Growth, Maintenance, All Life Stages, Supplemental or Unspecified.
Use the links to check prices and package sizes at an online retailer.
- Pro Plan Focus Adult Toy Breed (3.5 stars) [M]
- Pro Plan Focus Puppy Toy Breed Chicken and Rice (4 stars) [A]
- Pro Plan Focus Adult Giant Breed (4 stars) [M]
- Pro Plan Focus Adult Small Breed (3.5 stars) [M]
- Pro Plan Focus Adult Large Breed (4.5 stars) [M]
- Pro Plan Focus Puppy Small Breed Chicken and Rice (4 stars) [A]
- Pro Plan Focus Puppy Lamb and Rice (4 stars) [A]
- Pro Plan Focus Puppy Chicken and Rice (4.5 stars) [A]
- Pro Plan Focus Adult Weight Management (3.5 stars) [M]
- Pro Plan Focus Small Bites Lamb and Rice (3.5 stars) [A]
- Pro Plan Focus Puppy Large Breed Chicken and Rice (4 stars) [A]
- Pro Plan Focus Adult Sensitive Skin and Stomach Lamb (3.5 stars) [M]
- Pro Plan Focus Adult Weight Management Large Breed (3.5 stars) [M]
- Pro Plan Focus Adult Sensitive Skin and Stomach Salmon (3.5 stars) [M]
- Pro Plan Focus Puppy Large Breed Chicken and Egg Grain Free (4 stars)[A]
- Pro Plan Focus Puppy Chicken and Egg Grain Free (4 stars) [A]
- Pro Plan Focus Adult Small Breed Chicken and Egg Grain Free (4 stars) [M]
- Pro Plan Focus Small Breed Adult Sensitive Skin & Stomach Salmon & Rice (3.5 stars) [M]
Purina Pro Plan Focus Adult Large Breed formula was selected to represent the other products in the line for this review.
Purina Pro Plan Focus Adult Large Breed Formula
Dry Dog Food
Estimated Dry Matter Nutrient Content
Ingredients: Chicken, ground rice, whole grain wheat, corn gluten meal, whole grain corn, poultry by-product meal (source of glucosamine), beef tallow naturally preserved with mixed-tocopherols, barley, corn germ meal, dried egg product, fish meal (source of glucosamine), animal digest, fish oil, wheat bran, salt, mono and dicalcium phosphate, potassium chloride, vitamins [vitamin E supplement, niacin (vitamin B3), vitamin A supplement, calcium pantothenate (vitamin B5), thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), vitamin B12 supplement, riboflavin supplement (vitamin B2), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), folic acid (vitamin B9), menadione sodium bisulfite complex (vitamin K), vitamin D3 supplement, biotin (vitamin B7), ], potassium citrate, minerals [zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite], choline chloride, l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (vitamin C), garlic oil
Fiber (estimated dry matter content) = 5.1%
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The first ingredient in this dog food is chicken. Although it is a quality item, raw chicken contains up to 73% water. After cooking, most of that moisture is lost, reducing the meat content to just a fraction of its original weight.
After processing, this item would probably account for a smaller part of the total content of the finished product.
The second ingredient includes ground rice, another name for rice flour. Ground rice is made from either white or brown rice and is considered a gluten-free substitute for wheat flour.
The third ingredient is wheat. Like corn, wheat is an inexpensive and controversial cereal grain of only modest nutritional value to a dog.
For this reason, we do not consider wheat a preferred component in any dog food.
The fourth ingredient is corn gluten meal. Gluten is the rubbery residue remaining once corn has had most of its starchy carbohydrate washed out of it.
Although corn gluten meal contains 60% protein, this ingredient would be expected to have a lower biological value than meat.
And less costly plant-based products like this can notably boost the total protein reported on the label — a factor that must be considered when judging the actual meat content of this dog food.
The next ingredient is corn. Corn is another cereal grain and subject to the same issues as wheat (previously discussed).
The sixth item is poultry by-product meal, a dry rendered product of slaughterhouse waste. It's made from what's left of slaughtered poultry after all the prime cuts have been removed.
In addition to organs, this item can also include feet, beaks, undeveloped eggs and almost anything other than prime skeletal muscle.
On the brighter side, by-product meals are meat concentrates and contain nearly 300% more protein than fresh poultry.
The quality of this ingredient can vary, depending on the caliber of the raw materials obtained by the manufacturer.
We consider poultry by-products slightly lower in quality than a single-species ingredient (like chicken by-products).
The seventh ingredient is beef tallow, a fatty by-product of beef rendering. Tallow is high in saturated fats. However, this fat is typically associated with lower quality pet foods.
The eighth ingredient is barley. Barley is a starchy carbohydrate supplying fiber and other healthy nutrients. Unlike grains with a higher glycemic index, barley can help support more stable blood sugar levels.
The ninth ingredient is corn germ meal, a meal made from ground corn germ after much of the oil has been removed. Corn germ meal is a protein-rich by-product left over after milling corn meal, hominy grits and other corn products.
However, the protein found in corn germ meal (about 25% dry matter basis) must be considered when judging the meat content of this dog food.
The tenth ingredient is dried egg product, a dehydrated form of shell-free eggs. Quality can vary significantly. Lower grade egg product can even come from commercial hatcheries — from eggs that failed to hatch.
In any case, eggs are easy to digest and have an exceptionally high biological value.
From here, the list goes on to include a number of other items.
But to be realistic, ingredients located this far down the list (other than nutritional supplements) are not likely to affect the overall rating of this product.
With 6 notable exceptions…
First, animal digest is a chemically hydrolyzed mixture of animal by-products that is usually sprayed onto the surface of a dry kibble to improve its taste.
Next, wheat bran is made from the tough outer layer of a wheat kernel. Brans are especially rich in dietary fiber, protein, vitamins and minerals.
In addition, garlic can be a controversial item. Although many favor the ingredient for its claimed health benefits, garlic has been linked to Heinz body anemia in dogs.1
So, one must weigh the potential benefits of feeding garlic against its proven tendency to cause subclinical damage to the red blood cells of the animal.
Next, we find no mention of probiotics, friendly bacteria applied to the surface of the kibble after processing to help with digestion.
We also note that the minerals listed here do not appear to be chelated. And that can make them more difficult to absorb. Chelated minerals are usually associated with higher quality dog foods.
And lastly, this dog food contains menadione, a controversial form of vitamin K linked to liver toxicity, allergies and the abnormal break-down of red blood cells.
Since vitamin K isn't required by AAFCO in either of its dog food nutrient profiles, we question the use of this substance in any canine formulation.
Purina Pro Plan Focus
Dog Food Review
Based on its ingredients panel alone, Purina Pro Plan Focus looks like an average dry dog food.
The dashboard displays a dry matter protein reading of 30%, a fat level of 14% and estimated carbohydrates of about 49%.
As a group, the brand features an average protein content of 31% and a mean fat level of 18%. Together, these figures suggest a carbohydrate content of 43% for the overall product line.
And a fat-to-protein ratio of about 57%.
Which means that this Purina product line contains…
Above-average protein. Above-average fat. And below-average carbs when compared to other kibbles.
When you consider the protein-boosting effect of the corn gluten and corn germ meals, this looks like the profile of a kibble containing a moderate amount of meat.
Bottom line?
Purina Pro Plan Focus includes both with-grain and grain-free dry dog foods that incorporate a moderate amount of named meat and by-product meals as its main source of animal protein, thus earning the brand 4 stars.
Highly recommended.
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Purina Dog Food
Recall History
The following list (if present) includes all dog food recalls since 2009 directly related to this Purina product line. If there are no recalls listed in this section, we have not yet reported any events.
- Purina Beneful and Pro Plan Dog Food Recall (3/11/2016)
- Purina One Beyond Dog Food Recall (8/30/2013)
A Final Word
The Dog Food Advisor is privately owned. We do not accept money, gifts, samples or other incentives in exchange for special consideration in preparing our reviews.
However, we do receive a referral fee from online retailers (like Chewy or Amazon) when readers click over to their website from ours. This policy helps support the operation of our blog and keeps access to all our content free to the public.
For more information, please visit our Disclaimer and Disclosure page.
Important FDA Alert
The FDA is investigating a potential link between diet and heart disease in dogs. Click here for details.
Notes and Updates
- Yamato et al, Heinz Body hemolytic anemia with eccentrocytosis from ingestion of Chinese chive (Allium tuberosum) and garlic (Allium sativum) in a dog, Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association 41:68-73 (2005) ↩
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One of the pillars President Obama's successful 2008 Presidential campaign was rock solid support among blacks. That support may be cracking.
The Washington Examiner is reporting that Dr. Patrick Wooden, a pastor of the Upper Room Church in Raleigh has recorded a radio ad where he asks black North Carolinians to oppose President Obama this fall.
In the ad, Wooden criticizes Obama for "turning his back" on the black community. Wooden, a vocal supporter of North Carolina's Amendment One, denounced the President for coming out in support of gay marriage one day after North Carolina voters approved the amendment affirming traditional marriage.
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Our Heirloom Christmas Ornament holds (20) 3.5x3.5 cards on linen paper where you can write the date and your memories each year on the front and back. It's made of genuine leather with a brass button and leather strap.
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today was the day i had been told about few months ago when i was hired: last day of church on its 38th anniversary. service felt sad…lots of emotions from everyone, including the preacher who wiped her tears a couple times during the sermon. honestly, parts of the service reminded me of a funeral rather than a celebration of God's blessings for the past 38 years. but then the birthday cake for the church after the service reminded me that even though today's service marks an end of an era, it's also opening up space for a new beginning.
personally, my day was filled with drama. i woke up being unsure about what i was going to do starting next week. then i felt sure the right thing to do was to take a break since i didn't get a green light from God. but then later in the afternoon, i came to see that for me, it's as much quitting current ministry i am involved in as it is not starting new ministry if i don't show up next sunday.
all in all, for every day, esp every sunday since december 13th 2009, i am thankful for, because being part of the church that closed today changed my life.