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Sarvam Brahmamayam (All is Brahman). You know there are five elements or bhuuthas, which constitute, by their permutations and combinations, the world called Prapancham, the "Five-constituted." Prithivi or the Earth element has five qualities, the maximum, and so, it is the grossest. It has its own special characteristic of gandha (smell), as well as the characteristic of the other four, namely, sparsha, rasa, ruupa and sabdha (touch, taste, form and sound). The next one Jala, the water-element has only four, its own special one—taste and touch, form So it is subtler than the Earth-element. Agni is subtler still, because apart from its special characteristics of form, it has only two others, sound and touch. Vaagu, the Air-element has touch as its special and one more quality, sound.
Finally the lightest and subtlest of all the five, Aakaasha, the Sky-element, has only one
characteristic, its own, namely, sabdha. Now, God is subtler than even Aakaasha and so He is all-pervading, even more than ether or anything more pervasive than that. His nature is beyond.
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Five elements or Five BhuuthasMarch 1, 2016
Sarvam Brahmamayam (All is Brahman). You know there are five elements or bhuuthas, which constitute, by their permutations and combinations, the world called Prapancham, the "Five-constituted." Prithivi or the Earth element has five qualities, the maximum, and so, it is the grossest. It has its own special characteristic of gandha (smell), as well as the characteristic of the other four, namely, sparsha, rasa, ruupa and sabdha (touch, taste, form and sound). The next one Jala, the water-element has only four, its own special one—taste and touch, form So it is subtler than the Earth-element. Agni is subtler still, because apart from its special characteristics of form, it has only two others, sound and touch. Vaagu, the Air-element has touch as its special and one more quality, sound.
The importance of DharbaiDecember 29, 2015
Why Dharbai is used as ring during auspicious & inauspicious occasions!!! Forwarded by my friend"This article is on one of the practices widely used by Indian Brahmins all over using a Holy Grass named Dharbham or Dharbai. The botonical name is Eragrostis cynosuroides and Hindi they callas Kus or Kusha. Brahmins use this Darbai grass in all functions, auspicious or inauspicious. A performing person needs to wear a ring made of thisDharbham. But many have lost the reason of why it is to be used in the first place.What I learnt from my father is proved to be accurately correct by a Medicine Practitioner. A medical practitioner, once visited my home. When the topic turned to manysubjects, I needed to tell him about the Holy Grass named Dharbham. When I told him about the usage and the values, he could not just believe my words. So, he took out a bunch of the Dharbhamfrom me, went straight to the clinic to take an x-ray of his palm, by covering his hand with the Dharbham. To his utter surprise, he found that the grass absorbed about 60% of the (x-ray) radiation!When the so powerful X-ray radiation can be absorbed by the Holy Grass, why can it not absorb the ill-radiations spread over the atmosphere? While chanting and reciting some Vedic phrases andversus, one needs to wear a ring made of Dharbham on his right hand ring finger. This is most essential, while performing all the rituals, such as Agni Santhanam, Thiru-Aaradhanam, all sorts ofHavans known as Homam etc.The count of leaves depends upon the function that is held viz.: for some functions related to death only Single leaf Dharbham is used; for Auspicious and daily routine a ring made of two leaves isused; for inauspicious but not death related functions, (i.e. Amavasya Tharppanam,Pithru Pooja etc) a three leaf Dharbham ring is used. And for the Temple Prayer and Pooja, a Four-leaf Dharbhamring is used.Also, when a fire ritual known as Agni Santhana is performed, these Dharbham are spread all the four sides of the Agni Kundam. Also, during the Eclipse time, these Dharbham are used to cover allfood items to protect them from the harmful ultra violet radiation.Whenever any function is held, firstly they perform a site-cleansing act known as "Sudhhi Punyaahavachanam". While reciting the selective versus, they hold the Dharbham bunch in their hand andplacing the tip point of it over the vessel containing water. Thus the recited vibration values are absorbed by water in the vessel through the Dharbham.They found that the Holy Grass known as Dharbham has the highest value in conducting the phonetic vibrations through its tip. Later, they sprinkle the Holy water at every nook and corner of the place,where the function is held. A Dharbham without the tip is considered of no value, as the conductor-type value is lost in it."
11 Psychological Tricks to get People to do What You WantDecember 11, 2015
Natural RemediesJanuary 12, 2015
Natural Therapy For Headaches !
In about 5 mins, your headache will go…….
The nose has a left and a right side.
We use both to inhale and exhale.
Actually they are different.
You'll be able to feel the difference.
The right side represents the sun.
The left side represents the moon.
During a headache, try to close your right nose
and use your left nose to breathe.
In about 5 mins, your headache will go.
If you feel tired, just reverse, close your left nose
and breathe through your right nose.
After a while, you will feel your mind is refreshed.
Right side belongs to 'hot', so it gets heated up easily.
Left side belongs to 'cold'.
Most females breathe with their left noses,
so they get "cooled off" faster.
Most of the guys breathe with their right noses,
they get worked up.
Do you notice, the moment you awake, which side breathes better?
Left or right ?
If left is better, you will feel tired.
So, close your left nose and use your right nose for breathing..
You will feel refreshed quickly.
Do you suffer from continual headaches?
Try out this breathing therapy.
Close your right nose and breathe through your left nose.
Your headaches will be gone.
Continued the exercise for one month.
Why not give it a try…..a natural therapy without medication.
Acidity, it is said, is worse than Cancer. It is one of the most common dis-ease people encounter in their daily life. The home remedy for Acidity is Raw Grains of Rice.
The Process:
1. Take 8 – 10 grains of raw uncooked rice
2. Swallow it with water before having your breakfast or eating anything in the morning
3. Do this for 21 days to see effective results and continuously for 3 months to eliminate acidity from the body
The Cure:
Reduces acid levels in the body and makes you feel better by the day.
Cholesterol problem accompanies with Hypertension and Heart Problems. This is also one of the common problems in people who have High Blood Pressure and Diabetes. The home remedy for Cholesterol problem is RAW SUPARI.
The Process:
1. Take Raw Supari (Betel Nut that is not flavoured) and slice them or make pieces of the same
2. Chew it for about 20 – 40 minutes after every meal
3. Spit it out
The Cure:
When you chew the supari, the saliva takes in the juice that is generated and this acts like a Blood Thinner. Once your blood becomes free flowing, it brings down the pressure in the blood flow, thereby reducing Blood Pressure too.
One of the simple home remedy cure for Blood Pressure is Methi Seeds or Fenugreek Seeds.
The Process:
1. Take a pinch of Raw Fenugreek Seeds, about 8 – 10 seeds
2. Swallow it with water before taking your breakfast, every morning
The Cure:
The seeds of Fenugreek are considered good to reduce the blood pressure.
There are 2 home remedies for Diabetes. One is Ladies Finger and the other is Black Tea.
BLACK TEA: Due to high medication, the organ that is worst affeccted is the Kidney. It has been observed that Black Tea (tea without milk, sugar or lemon) is good for the Kidney. Hence a cup of black tea every morning is highly advisable.
The Process:
1. Boil water along with the tea leaves (any tea leaves will do).
2. Drink the concoction without addingmilk, sugar or lemon.
The Cure:
Black Tea will help in enhancing the function of the kidney, thereby not affecting it more.
LADIES FINGER or OKRA:
Ladies finger is considered to be a good home medicine for diabetes.
The Process:
1. Slit the ladies finger into 2 halves vertically and soak it in water overnight.
2. The next morning, remove the ladies fingers and drink the water, before eating your breakfast.
The Cure:
After the ladies fingers are soaked overnight in the water, you can observe that the water becomes sticky in the morning. This sticky water is considered to be good for people who suffer from Diabetes.
Most asked job interview Questions and how to Answer them.December 25, 2014
Big data: are we making a big mistake?March 31, 2014
The following is one of the best articles I have ever read about big data.
To summarize the whole article succinctly, I would like to quote a joke I read on the internet, "Big Data is like Teenage Sex. If you are are a teenager, everybody thinks you are doing it. If you are doing it, you have no idea what to do!"
All about SQL JoinsFebruary 15, 2014
This picture amazingly summarizes it…
Uses of Hydrogen Peroxide – HYDROGEN PEROXIDE MAGIC!August 26, 2013
Ever since I started using Hydrogen Peroxide to get rid of armpit stains, to clean cookie sheets, as a miracle cleaner in my kitchen and bathroom, and to make my own "oxi clean"…I ALWAYS have at least one bottle of the stuff under my kitchen sink, under my bathroom sink, AND in the laundry room. This stuff is amazingly versatile!
But it wasn't until recently, after doing some IN DEPTH research on the subject, that I came to realize what a "miracle substance" hydrogen peroxide really is! It's safe, it's readily available, it's cheap, and best of all, it WORKS! It works for a LOT of stuff!
Hydrogen peroxide should really be called oxygen water, since it is basically the same chemical make up as water but with an extra oxygen atom (H2O2). Because of this it breaks down quickly and harmlessly into oxygen and water.
Some other interesting facts about hydrogen peroxide:
It is found in all living material.
Your white blood cells naturally produce hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) to fight bacteria and infections.
Fruit and vegetables naturally produce hydrogen peroxide. This is one of the reasons why it is so healthy to eat fresh fruit and vegetables.
It is found in massive dosages in the mother's first milk, called colostrum, and is transferred to the baby to boost their immune system.
It is found in rain water because some of the H20 in the atmosphere receives an additional oxygen atom from the ozone (O3) and this H2O2 makes plants grow faster.
Next to Apple Cider Vinegar, hydrogen peroxide ranks up there as one of the best household remedies.
Besides the obvious (cleansing wounds), did you know that it is probably the best remedy to dissolve ear wax? Brighten dingy floors? Add natural highlights to your hair? Improve your plants root systems? The list goes on and on!
There are SO many uses for this stuff that I've started replacing the cap on the hydrogen peroxide bottle with a sprayer because it's easier and faster to use that way.
I have compiled a rather impressive list of uses for 3% hydrogen peroxide that I hope will have you as thrilled and bewildered as I was!
Wash vegetables and fruits with hydrogen peroxide to remove dirt and pesticides. Add 1/4 cup of H2O2 to a sink of cold water. After washing, rinse thoroughly with cool water.
In the dishwasher, add 2 oz. to your regular detergent for a sanitizing boost. Also, beef up your regular dish soap by adding roughly 2 ounces of 3% H2O2 to the bottle.
Use hydrogen peroxide as a mouthwash to freshen breath. It kills the bacteria that causes halitosis. Use a 50/50 mixture of hydrogen peroxide and water.
Use baking soda and hydrogen peroxide to make a paste for brushing teeth. Helps with early stages of gingivitis as it kills bacteria. Mixed with salt and baking soda, hydrogen peroxide works as a whitening toothpaste.
Soak your toothbrush in hydrogen peroxide between uses to keep it clean and prevent the transfer of germs. This is particularly helpful when you or someone in your family has a cold or the flu.
Clean your cutting board and countertop. Let everything bubble for a few minutes, then scrub and rinse clean. (I've been using it for this a LOT lately!)
Wipe out your refrigerator and dishwasher. Because it's non-toxic, it's great for cleaning places that store food and dishes.
Clean your sponges. Soak them for 10 minutes in a 50/50 mixture of hydrogen peroxide and warm water in a shallow dish. Rinse the sponges thoroughly afterward.
Remove baked-on crud from pots and pans. Combine hydrogen peroxide with enough baking soda to make a paste, then rub onto the dirty pan and let it sit for a while. Come back later with a scrubby sponge and some warm water, and the baked-on stains will lift right off.
Whiten bathtub grout. First dry the tub thoroughly, then spray it liberally with hydrogen peroxide. Let it sit — it may bubble slightly — for a little while, then come back and scrub the grout with an old toothbrush. You may have to repeat the process a few times.
Clean the toilet bowl. Pour half a cup of hydrogen peroxide into the toilet bowl, let stand for 20 minutes, then scrub clean.
Remove stains from clothing, curtains, and tablecloths. Hydrogen peroxide can be used as a pre-treater for stains — just soak the stain for a little while in 3% hydrogen peroxide before tossing into the laundry. You can also add a cup of peroxide to a regular load of whites to boost brightness. It's a green alternative to bleach, and works just as well.
Brighten dingy floors. Combine half a cup of hydrogen peroxide with one gallon of hot water, then go to town on your flooring. Because it's so mild, it's safe for any floor type, and there's no need to rinse.
Clean kids' toys and play areas. Hydrogen peroxide is a safe cleaner to use around kids, or anyone with respiratory problems, because it's not a lung irritant. Spray toys, toy boxes, doorknobs, and anything else your kids touch on a regular basis.
Help out your plants. To ward off fungus, add a little hydrogen peroxide to your spray bottle the next time you're spritzing plants.
Add natural highlights to your hair. Dilute the hydrogen peroxide so the solution is 50% peroxide and 50% water. Spray the solution on wet hair to create subtle, natural highlights.
According to alternative therapy practitioners, adding half a bottle of hydrogen peroxide to a warm bath can help detoxify the body. Some are skeptical of this claim, but a bath is always a nice way to relax and the addition of hydrogen peroxide will leave you – and the tub – squeaky clean!
Spray a solution of 1/2 cup water and 1 tablespoon of hydrogen peroxide on leftover salad, drain, cover and refrigerate. This will prevent wilting and better preserve your salad.
Sanitize your kids' lunch boxes/bags.
Dab hydrogen peroxide on pimples or acne to help clear skin.
Hydrogen peroxide helps to sprout seeds for new plantings. Use a 3% hydrogen peroxide solution once a day and spritz the seed every time you re-moisten. You can also use a mixture of 1 part hydrogen peroxide to 32 parts water to improve your plants' root system.
Remove yellowing from lace curtains or tablecloths. Fill a sink with cold water and a 2 cups of 3% hydrogen peroxide. Soak for at least an hour, rinse in cold water and air dry.
Use it to remove ear wax. Use a solution of 3% with olive or almond oil. Add a couple drops of oil first then H2O2. After a few minutes, tilt head to remove solution and wax.
Helps with foot fungus. Spray a 50/50 mixture of hydrogen peroxide and water on them (especially the toes) every night and let dry. Or try soaking your feet in a peroxide solution to help soften calluses and corns, and disinfect minor cuts.
Spray down the shower with hydrogen peroxide to kill bacteria and viruses.
Use 1 pint of 3% hydrogen peroxide to a gallon of water to clean humidifiers and steamers.
Wash shower curtains with hydrogen peroxide to remove mildew and soap scum. Place curtains in machine with a bath towel and your regular detergent. Add 1 cup full strength 3% hydrogen peroxide to the rinse cycle.
Use for towels that have become musty smelling. 1/2 cup Peroxide and 1/2 cup vinegar let stand for 15 minutes wash as normal. Gets rid of the smell.
Use hydrogen peroxide to control fungi present in aquariums. Don't worry, it won't hurt your fish. Use sparingly for this purpose.
De-skunking solution. Combine 1 quart 3% H2O2, 1/4 cup baking soda, 1 teaspoon Dawn dish detergent, 2 quarts warm water.
Source : https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=209271939235775&set=a.170185703144399.1073741826.170176546478648&type=1
Top ten myths about introvertsJuly 9, 2012
Myth #1 – Introverts don't like to talk.
This is not true. Introverts just don't talk unless they have something to say. They hate small talk. Get an introvert talking about something they are interested in, and they won't shut up for days.
Myth #2 – Introverts are shy.
Shyness has nothing to do with being an Introvert. Introverts are not necessarily afraid of people. What they need is a reason to interact. They don't interact for the sake of interacting. If you want to talk to an Introvert, just start talking. Don't worry about being polite.
Myth #3 – Introverts are rude.
Introverts often don't see a reason for beating around the bush with social pleasantries. They want everyone to just be real and honest. Unfortunately, this is not acceptable in most settings, so Introverts can feel a lot of pressure to fit in, which they find exhausting.
Myth #4 – Introverts don't like people.
On the contrary, Introverts intensely value the few friends they have. They can count their close friends on one hand. If you are lucky enough for an introvert to consider you a friend, you probably have a loyal ally for life. Once you have earned their respect as being a person of substance, you're in.
Myth #5 – Introverts don't like to go out in public.
Nonsense. Introverts just don't like to go out in public FOR AS LONG. They also like to avoid the complications that are involved in public activities. They take in data and experiences very quickly, and as a result, don't need to be there for long to "get it." They're ready to go home, recharge, and process it all. In fact, recharging is absolutely crucial for Introverts.
Myth #6 – Introverts always want to be alone.
Introverts are perfectly comfortable with their own thoughts. They think a lot. They daydream. They like to have problems to work on, puzzles to solve. But they can also get incredibly lonely if they don't have anyone to share their discoveries with. They crave an authentic and sincere connection with ONE PERSON at a time.
Myth #7 – Introverts are weird.
Introverts are often individualists. They don't follow the crowd. They'd prefer to be valued for their novel ways of living. They think for themselves and because of that, they often challenge the norm. They don't make most decisions based on what is popular or trendy.
Myth #8 – Introverts are aloof nerds.
Introverts are people who primarily look inward, paying close attention to their thoughts and emotions. It's not that they are incapable of paying attention to what is going on around them, it's just that their inner world is much more stimulating and rewarding to them.
Myth #9 – Introverts don't know how to relax and have fun.
Introverts typically relax at home or in nature, not in busy public places. Introverts are not thrill seekers and adrenaline junkies. If there is too much talking and noise going on, they shut down. Their brains are too sensitive to the neurotransmitter called Dopamine. Introverts and Extroverts have different dominant neuro-pathways. Just look it up.
Myth #10 – Introverts can fix themselves and become Extroverts.
Introverts cannot "fix themselves" and deserve respect for their natural temperament and contributions to the human race. In fact, one study (Silverman, 1986) showed that the percentage of Introverts increases with IQ.
Source : http://jerrybrito.org/post/6114304704/top-ten-myths-about-introverts
8 Golden rules for BusinessmenJuly 3, 2012
While starting out on a business endeavour, following a set of rules is crucial for finding success…
Without proper rules a business can go spiralling down and without taking too long at it. Following are golden rules that will ensure your success in business.
Map it out
Map where you want to head. Plant goals and results all across that mental map and keep checking it off once you start achieving them one by one.
Care for your people
People are your biggest asset. They are the ones who will drive your business to the top. Treat them well and they will treat you well, too.
Aim for greatness
Build a great company. Build great services or products. Instil a fun culture at your workplace. Inspire innovation. Inspire your people to keep coming with great ideas, because great ideas bring great changes.
Be wary
Keep a close eye on the people who you partner with. It doesn't mean you have to be sceptical of them. But you shouldn't naively believe everything you hear. Be smart and keep your eyes and ears open all the time.
Commit and stick to it
Once you make a decision, commit to it and follow through. Give it your all. If for some reason that decision doesn't work, retract, go back to the drawing board and pick an alternate route. In business, you will have to make lots of sacrifices. Be prepared for that. It will all be worth it in the end.
Be proactive
Be proactive. Just having goals and not doing anything about them will not get you anywhere. If you don't act, you will not get the results you're looking for.
Perfect timing
Anticipation is the key to succeed in business. You should have the skills to anticipate changes in the market place and, the changing consumer preferences. You have to keep a tab on all this. Never rest on your past laurels and always look to inject newness into your business processes.
Not giving up
That's the difference between those who succeed and those who don't. As a businessman you should never give up, no matter what the circumstance. Keep on persevering. You will succeed sooner or later. The key is to never quit trying.
Follow these rules and you'll find yourself scaling up the ladder of succcess.


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I believe that the key to the success of our school as a learning community is the professionalism and open-mindedness of the staff. All of us here at St Peter Chanel School see ourselves as learners. We acknowledge that we are all on a learning journey together. That said, I also believe that it is my responsibility as leader to ensure that meaningful and relevant professional development opportunities are provided for the staff. I believe that a coordinated, long-term and systematic approach needs to be implemented. If we're going to focus on the teaching/learning of reading or early learning pedagogy or . . . , then I think that all stakeholders need to be involved for an extended period of time – (not merely a year-long project). As well as utilising 'external' professionals we also use the expertise within our own school. That way we develop our own teachers as leaders of curriculum and develop our own consultancy power within the school. We need to nurture, support and encourage our teachers to lead and share learnings. We do this by providing real opportunities for learning and sharing to take place, by walking alongside them and by allowing them to participate in real decision making. As a result they are more confident in articulating sound understandings in pedagogy and more competent and creative in the classroom.
Well said Sue! Bravo!! I have already seen evidence of this, as I am working with some of her past colleagues in other schools. As young teachers, they have developed some extraordinary insights into teaching and learning as a result of Sue's coaching. The supportive school structures that she put in place also encouraged educational innovation, risk-taking and collaborative critical reflection .

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[And I also read Playboy Magazine on account of the incisive interviews and reviews.].
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You noticed what gun she's holding?Delete
Heh. Is it bad that I noticed her finger off the trigger before I noticed there was no ring on her left hand?ReplyDeleteReplies
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She has a gun?ReplyDelete
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Acculturation and Enculturation, Perception of Depressive Symptoms, and Help-Seeking Behaviors among Korean Americans
Date of Award
Summer 2016
Document Type
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Committee Director
Barbara Winstead
Committee Director
Desideria Hacker
Committee Member
Debra Major
The literature suggests that acculturation, enculturation, and the perception of mental health symptoms are some of the factors that explain help-seeking behaviors in Asian Americans. While there has been previous research addressing these concerns for Asian Americans as a unified ethnic group, few studies have examined these factors to explain help-seeking behaviors specifically in Korean Americans. 107 Korean Americans were recruited from Korean American churches in a large metropolitan city in the southeast region. Participants completed an online questionnaire, which included instruments assessing acculturation (AVS-R) and enculturation (EAVS-AA-R) levels as well as their perception of how problematic depressive symptoms were and willingness to seek help. The findings indicated that acculturation was significantly related to greater willingness to seek help from a psychologist for depressive symptoms and enculturation was significantly related to lower willingness to seek a psychologist for help with depressive symptoms. The results also showed that acculturation was significantly related to a greater likelihood of perceiving affective depressive symptoms as problematic. Lastly, the findings revealed that perceiving affective symptoms as problematic mediated the relationship between acculturation and willingness to seek help from a psychologist. These findings both compliment and contradict previous studies of acculturation, enculturation, perception of depressive symptoms, and help-seeking behaviors among Korean Americans.
Recommended Citation
Park, Kristoffer.
"Acculturation and Enculturation, Perception of Depressive Symptoms, and Help-Seeking Behaviors among Korean Americans"
(2016). Master of Science (MS), Thesis, Psychology, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/91kx-wg31


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In short
The Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet is not just a company. It's a saga about a dynasty whose bloodline is that of ballet itself. Think of it as a sweeping Russian epic following the fortunes of an artistic, aristocratic family that is always, always aware of its breeding.
The Mariinsky's roots are tsarist. The company dates from 1738 when a French ballet-master founded a school of dancing in St Petersburg for Empress Anna Ivanovna. Initially dominated by French and Italians, the Imperial Ballet and its school changed dramatically in the late 19th century under Marius Petipa, another Frenchman. He upped the standard of dancing and choreography, and together with his right-hand man Lev Ivanov produced the pieces that are now forever identified as "classical ballet", including the three all-time biggies: Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker. If you think of Russia when you think of ballet, it's because of Petipa.
Following the 1917 revolution, the school consolidated its world-famous training system under Agrippina Vaganova, but the company went into decline. Yet it continued to influence the ballet world through its offshoot the Ballets Russes. Based in Paris, this company took Europe by storm and was the launchpad for über-choreographer George Balanchine.
Back in Soviet Russia, by the 1950s the Kirov Ballet (as it came to be called) was eclipsed by its bolshier Moscow cousin, the Bolshoi. But from the 1960s it was in the ascendant again, its reputation boosted by foreign tours and the glamorous scandals of the defections to the west of its biggest stars - Rudolf Nureyev, Natalia Makarova and Mikhail Baryshnikov.
More recently, the company - now named after its home theatre, the Mariinsky - has been reclaiming its "extended family", performing period reconstructions of 19th-century classics and Ballets Russes works as well as later pieces by Balanchine and even "post-classical" works by American William Forsythe. At the same time, there have been dark rumblings about the current directorship of Valery Gergiev, and once again, the Bolshoi has recently been shining brighter.
But remember: this is the Mariinsky Ballet. You can be sure the saga will continue.
Watching the Kirov
The Mariinsky is not just old-school, it's one-school: almost all the dancers are from the Vaganova Academy. The corps de ballet is much praised for its unity. The Mariinsky style is graceful and aristocratic, emphasising carriage of the arms and head as well as the steps. And remember that Russian ballet began as imperial entertainment - they go in for a lot of ballet "bling" (glitter, tiaras and suchlike) and underline the beginnings and endings of phrases with preparations and flourishes. Cue applause!
Who's who
Almost every ballet dancer famous enough to become a household name has come from the Mariinsky: Pavlova, Nijinsky, Nureyev, Makarova, Baryshnikov. Recent top dancers include Uliana Lopatkina, Diana Vishneva, Igor Zelensky and Leonid Sarafanov. Charismatic maestro conductor Gergiev is currently artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre (which includes the opera and orchestra as well as the ballet).
Earlier this year, after 19 years performing in Don Quixote, Monika the donkey finally retired from the Mariinsky stage. She is succeeded by Alina (also a donkey).
In their own words
Makhar Vaziev (former director of the Kirov Ballet): "As long as we first maintain our classical heritage, we will find the best way to make new productions in the future."
Gergiev: "We are like two arms of Russian culture, the Bolshoi and the Mariinsky."
Dancer Diana Vishneva: "For purity of style, you can keep it only when you follow traditions."
In other words
Judith Mackrell, the Guardian, 2005: "At the Kirov the symmetrical graces of classical ballet are bred deeper in the dancers' bones than anywhere in the world."
Judith Mackrell, the Guardian, 2008: "… collective classical grandeur ... is the Kirov's calling card."
Alastair Macaulay, the New York Times, 2008: "… the Kirov refracts ballet history like a hall of mirrors."
Do say
Something about the company's breeding, the continuity of its balletic bloodline. It's the one thing that you cannot ignore, ever.
Don't say
"PreDYdushiy osyOL YAvilsya LUCHshim."* Even if they understood your Russian accent, people might mistake who you're talking about and then they'd get cross.
* "The old donkey was better."
See also
Bolshoi Ballet
Diaghilev's Ballets Russes
George Balanchine
Now watch this
Anna Pavlova (early 20th century)
Baryshnikov at Kirov with Lyudmila Semenyaka (1960s)
Diana Vishneva (21st century)
The Mariinsky also has its own YouTube channel
Where to see them next
October 13-16, Sadler's Wells, London. They'll be performing modern works by Forsythe and Balanchine.


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Rachel Livingston is a reporter who assigned to do expose writing about famous billionaire Malcolm Saint. Rachel aimed to expose Malcolm Saint' secret. As the time passed the two both falling in love and now Rachel is confused that if she is the one that will discover about Saint' secret life or Saint is the one who will discover Rachel' secret.
I have to agree that Katy Evans is good at writing and describing feeling or deep emotion. This series is hot love at the first sight. Rachel is 23 years old reporter who falling in love at the first sight with billionaire Malcolm Saint. This series is similar to Fifty Shades of Grey but without the BDSM theme. Katy Evans good writing about emotion keep me going to read this book.
I like the first book, its describe how both falling in love. Second book is about how two of them reconcile because Malcolm knows about Rachel' expose article about him. Though Rachel article is not really about "expose". Rachel wrote 'love letter' to Malcolm instead of expose story. The third book is about the two getting married and having the honeymoon.
What is bothered me is this series is lack of actual issues. If there is an issue its only Victoria as Rachel'' coworker is trying to hop to different company and Rachel have to choose between staying in Edge which Malcom' father buying in or working at M4, where Malcolm owned it. Eventually, Malcolm fund Rachel new company named Face and Rachel hire most all of her ex-coworker to work at Face together.
I feel all the problems here are very easy to solved. Even after buying Edge, Malcolm' father whereabout is gone, meaning not really clear. Both Rachel and Malcolm don't have dark secret or hurt past that still lingering. Malcolm Saint is Rachel' first boyfriend. So, it's similar to Anastasia Steele in Fifty Shades of Grey. Rachel Livingston is the only one who makes Malcolm Saint fall in love for the first time. There is no past issues between them, neither no dark secrets issue between them. It is just really fairy tale, how Rachel' life being funded well after marrying billionaire Malcolm Saint. It is mostly about that story.
As a dark secrets romantic seeker, this story is not fit in my shoes. Though I finish reading the series, yet I feel something missing in this series. It's still good romance series for those who looking for fairy tale alpha billionaire man love story.
My rating: 3.5/5
Kind regards,


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Bishop George Kouri has been in the ministry for over fifty years, serving the King and His Church as a pastor, evangelist, missionary, and educator. Originally ordained as a Southern Baptist, he is a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He also has a Doctors Degree in Theology. Read more...
Tonight we are going to talk to you about the "Kadesh Crisis".
All that
we have been saying about the preparation of 3 million people brought
out of Egypt, trained and prepared in the wilderness to go into the
land… All that we have been saying about that has been exciting and
full of promise and hope and challenge. Then we come to the point of
time when God says, 'Now'. And we find that great body of people so
signally blessed, so mightily visited by God who had seen signs and
wonders and miracles, who had witnessed God in prodigies of power –
drying up the bottom of the Red Sea so that they walked through on dry
land. They didn't slug it through in the mud. Manna on desert sand
every morning and water out of the flinty rock. They lived in a miracle
realm. They sat in the Presence of God and heard Moses mediate the Law
of God. They saw the Tabernacle reared by the Spirit-inspired
craftsmanship of God-chosen men, the beautiful garments of the priests
woven supernaturally by Bezelial and his specially anointed craftsmen
helpers and the pillar of fire and cloud constantly hovering there
reminding them that God was with them. Then they come right up to the
moment of crisis – the time to go in and take the land.
Tonight is a very solemn message because we are just going to deal
with it as it happened historically, draw some lessons from it and let
him that hath an ear to hear, hear what the Spirit is not only saying
to the churches but is saying to you and me in this very significant
week that we have convened together.
So if you will take your Bible we will turn first of all to Deuteronomy
chapter 1. We will be moving back and forth between Numbers and
Deuteronomy. Let me just say a word about Deuteronomy. It's a great
book. It contains Moses swan song. He is going to go home shortly to be
with the Lord. I have a deep, poignant love for this man. There is
something majestically beautiful about this meekest of all men. This
man that the writer to the Hebrews says was loyal in God's household.
Yet God holds such a tight reign on His leaders that for one small slip
of anger, God said to Moses, "You can't go in". Leaders carry a special
responsibility and James says, "Be not many leaders, brethren, for
theirs is the greater judgment". If you aspire to leadership, you must
aspire to excellence for God holds you to a higher standard – you must
be an example to the flock. When the time came for the second
generation to go in – forty years had transpired – and Moses just
mentioned it to God. He said "I know you said I couldn't go in but … er
… I was just wondering if … maybe perhaps". God was very abrupt with
him. He said, "Moses you're not going in and I don't want to hear
anymore about it". Now Moses could have gone away and moped and pouted
in a corner like a spoiled child. But he didn't and that's where my
respect for him rises. I see this man who can't go into the land that
he has trained the people to go into but he can't go in himself just
for one small violation of the law of leadership. Yet he stands before
the people and he is faithful to the end.
The book of Deuteronomy is Moses speaking to a new generation. What
an experience it must have been as the old eagle-eyed leader stood up
in front of the whole new generation and he looked down and saw strong
broad shouldered young men. I imagine he would have had to bite back
the tears as he looked at them and said, "I remember your mum and dad
and your uncles and your aunts forty years ago". It must have been
mixed emotions, but he held himself in strong emotional restraint, and
spoke a word of warning to them that they mustn't make the mistakes
their fathers made. Now that they are going in there are some things
that they must know. He recites what happened forty years previously
and so we break in now at Deuteronomy chapter 1 and verse 6. Remember
Moses is speaking about something that happened forty years before. It
must have been very difficult for Moses to speak of this, but he says
quite clearly without a P.A. system in that great beautiful natural
amphitheatre at the foot of Sinai (if you ever go you will see it).
This great throng of people with the mountain rearing up behind him and
serving as a sounding board. Now he is full of years but his eye is not
dimmed and his voice is clear and his heart is strong in his God and
then he remembers and he tells them:
"The Lord our God spoke to us at Horeb saying, 'you have stayed long
enough at this mountain. Turn and set your journey and go to the hill
country of the Amorites, and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in
the hill country and in the low-land and in the Negev and by the
seacoast, the land of the Canaanites and Lebanon, as far as the great
river, the river Euphrates. See I have placed the land before you; go
in and possess the land which the Lord swore to give to your fathers,
to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob, to them and their descendents after
He said, "You have been around this mountain long enough". Bryn (Bryn Jones) and
I were speaking this morning just before the morning service and we
were talking about this week. Bryn very graciously was speaking of what
he felt had been my contribution to the week and I said to him, "Bryn I
appreciate that but really I think we are just blessed to be in the
timing of God". We just happen in the grace and goodness of God to be
men present when God is doing a seasonal thing and how I thank God for
it. I sure don't deserve it but I'll take it Lord. There is "timing" in
God and if you haven't learned it, you will learn it. That you seem to
go along for a time and then the Lord will say, "That's enough of that.
I want you to move on". Then you will move on and you will camp again.
And He will set a time on it. It may be a week; it may be a month; it
may be a year. But now He had been doing this for quite a while as they
broke camp and moved on and then the cloud would stop and they would
camp and the cloud would shiver and shake and they would take off again
and camp, and then they got to Horeb – got to Sinai and they stayed
there for quite a while. Big business was done at Sinai. At last it was
all finished and God said to Moses, "You have been here long enough.
This is D-Day. You go in now. This is the time".
There is a special
timing in God.
Precious people I believe sincerely and Ruth (Ern's wife) will bear
witness that I have said this all over the world – I believe that this
visitation of the last ten or more years is God saying, "You have been
around your ecclesiastical mountains long enough. It is time to move
on". So in the timing of God the Lord our God has said to us, "Behold I
have set the land before you, go in and possess the land".
So they start off and very dramatically verse 19 says:
"Then we set out from Horeb and went through all that great and
terrible wilderness which you saw on the way to the hill country of the
Amorites just as the Lord our God had commanded us; (and here's the
drama) and we came to Kadesh-barnea".
Could it be dear people that we tonight are standing on the border
at Kadesh? Could this be our hour of crisis? Whether or not, let's
learn the lessons. They didn't go in. We know that so there is no sense
of me saving that for later. They didn't make it. But I want to know
why they didn't make it. So we see the beginning of the disobedience.
They came to Kadesh and verse 20 says:
"And I said to you, 'you have come to the hill country of the
Amorites which the Lord our God is about to give us. See, the Lord your
God has placed the land before you; go up, take possession, as the Lord
the God of your fathers has spoken to you. Do not fear or be dismayed".
Now that was Moses best counsel. That was Moses the man, the leader,
the man of God, the type of Christ, the head of the 1st Church. That
was Moses speaking the clearest word of God – there is no equivocation.
There is no hesitation. Everything in it is positive. It's full of
faith and confidence in God. This is a leader speaking with his heart
fresh with divine inspiration. His eye is keen and he is speaking to
the people that he has led thus far and he says, "Let's go in! And take
the land that the Lord our God has given us". No hesitation here – none
Now look – verse 22: "Then all of you approached me".
They held a
congregational meeting. And it was a whopper. (*laughter*). Can you
imagine a three million member congregational meeting? I am relatively
sure that all three million didn't come but they sent a healthy
"Then all of you approached me and said, 'Let us send men before us
that they may search out the land for us, and bring back to us word of
the way by which we should go up and the cities which we should enter".
He said, "You came near to me everyone of you and said, 'We will
send men'".
We will! We will? What business have "we" willing against
His will? He said, "Go up and take the land". They said, "Just a minute
God. We will take some precaution. We will send men before us. We will
send men before us and they will search out the land and find out the
way by which we should go up". So they moved from cloud direction to
man direction. God had not said, "Go in and see if you like it". Since
when were they to determine what way they should go up? What's happened
to the cloud? It's still there. It has been good enough up until now.
But now they are facing the crisis of going in and they decide to hold
a council meeting to determine whether or not they should trust God.
The book of Hebrews very simply says "And they entered not into the
land because of unbelief". They simply did not believe what God had
told them and they started to reduce the divine dictum – the divine
decree and they reduced it to something negotiable.
Men and women – God's decrees are not negotiable! When He said, "ye
must be born again," He didn't offer any viable alternative! The Great
Commission is not negotiable! Repentance is not negotiable! Baptism is
not negotiable! Discipling nations is not negotiable! Yet we have spent
centuries sitting in our ecclesiastical and theological councils
watering down the decrees of God to accommodate our unbelief while the
world outside waits for a generation to obey God.
They would send men in and decide whether they liked the will of God
and if they did like it, in what manner they would fulfill it. God
never asked me to pass my opinion on His will and He never asked me how
I would like to obey it. He told me what it was and He said, do it. If
I do not have in my faith the ingredient that believes that my God in
His will has determined the highest best for me, my faith is deficient.
Whatever my God says to me, even though it may seem painful and
difficult I have to have such confidence in His ultimate and infinitely
accurate love and concern for my highest best, that I will do it
because I believe in the character of God. What happened to Moses? Vox
populi, vox dei? Verse 23 says, "And the thing pleased me". And the
thing pleased me.
All right, let's go to Numbers now – chapter 13 and verse 17. When
Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan he said to them; "Go up
into the Negev, then go into the hill country and see what the land is
like and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, whether
they are few or many, and how is the land in which they live, is it
good or bad and how are the cities in which they live, are they open
camps or with fortifications".
Moses sent them to spy out the land to
see the land. God didn't say go look at it, He said go take it!
Do you know why some of you have hesitated on the brink of believing
what I have preached this week? Those giants are too tall! Those walled
cities are too impregnable! The thing I have asked you to do is beyond
your power to do it. But God said I have already gone ahead and
softened them up. They are ready – all you have to do is go in and mop
up the situation. "Moses sent them to spy out the land, to see what it
is". What do you mean what it is? You have already been told what it
is. It's a good land, God said, flowing with milk and honey. Do you
mean you don't believe God's Word? Why do you have to go in and look at
what God has pronounced good? "And the people that dwell there, whether
they be strong or weak, few or many". So what? What's that got to do
with it? Weak or strong, tall, skinny, short, fat, bald-headed – what
does it matter? God said go in and take the land! What are you going in
to check it out for? Because Moses you have dropped down to the voice
of the people and you have dropped down to their level of
rationalization. Now you are going to consider whether you have the
means to take the land. You are going to go in and check it out and see
if you have the capacity to handle it.
I don't look at you tonight and say you look like people who can
take over the world. That's not where my faith lies. My faith lies in
the decrees of God. Paul understood it when he said, "I bear in my body
the dying of the Lord Jesus that the life of Jesus may be made
manifest". I don't believe we are going to do what God wants us to do
because we are clever, brilliant, cultured or wealthy. I don't think
any of those things count! It's because we believe God and take the
divine equipment and go in and believe that He will confirm His decree
if we will obey Him! Moses said, "Check out the land and see whether it
be good or bad". Good or bad? God has said it is a good land! Who are
you to go in and see whether it is good or bad, whether you like it or
It's not easy to be a leader. Now I am not critical of Moses because
I don't know what I would have done if I had been waited on by a
congregation of three million people who had pressed me not to be so
foolhardy as to go in without checking on the situation. He was caught
between God's Word and people pressure. I don't want to be easy on us
leaders, yet I don't want to be unduly hard. I just want to say this –
that I understand your pressure. Precious men of God here tonight – I
know you are here and some of you are caught in a vice. I know what
it's like! I didn't pastor a church for 25 years having annual business
meetings all those years without knowing the pressures that leadership
can bring. I'm not being critical. But I am saying this – that if we
are going to be leaders worthy of God then there are times when we must
stand alone and obey God letting Him confirm His decrees. Moses, on the
other hand, yielded to people pressure.
Now because there are going to be questions asked – I should take
care of this situation right now. It says God told Moses to send in the
spies (Numbers 13:2), and it looks like the whole idea was God's. But
you have got to understand something. God will offer you His highest
best but when He finds that you will not accommodate His highest and
you drop down to the level that you choose then God will go with that
level even though He knows that He is going to have to impose sanctions
upon you.
Let me give you another illustration altogether. Later on in the days
of Samuel, Israel came to Samuel and demanded a king. Samuel went to
God and said, "God they want a king". God said, "Samuel don't be upset.
They haven't rejected you – they have rejected Me". Then God turned
around and commanded them to get a king. What did He do? He came down
to their level. We'll see more of that in a moment, but I want you to
understand that principle. God's highest best was not the spy
operation. God's highest best was not for them to send in spies. But
God already knew that this was an obstinate people who in spite of all
that He had done were not going to go in and He came down to the level
of their operation and said, "Alright go ahead. But you will suffer the
consequences". So He sent them in.
Now if I can move with deliberation at the end of this message you
will see the difference between covenant purpose and covenant mercy.
Many of us tonight are where we are because of covenant mercy. But if
we had walked in covenant purpose heaven alone knows how far ahead of
where we are, we might have been. The unbelief and disobedience had to
manifest itself somewhere and this was the beginning of the end. The
spy plan was not God's. God could only deal with them according to
their faith – or rather their unbelief.
Now who were the spies? Let's look at verse 3 of chapter 13:
"So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran at the command of the
Lord". Now watch this. "All of them were men who were heads of the sons
of Israel". They were tribal leaders. They were responsible men.
They didn't send up a bunch of boy scouts or church janitors. They
sent up the leaders of the tribes. These were responsible men! Hear me
now, because I feel a solemnity in what I am saying tonight. The men
that were chosen to spy out the land were men who had proven their
worth to be leaders in their tribes. They were men who were Moses
counterparts on the lower echelon of tribal life. These were not
novices. It is invariably the decisions of leaders that influence the
people. I would probably be indulging only a calculated guess if I were
to say that if Moses had withstood the spy plan then the tribal leaders
would have stood with him and they would have gone into the land. But
Moses vacillated and once you start to vacillate at the top then it
seeps down through the whole structure.
Now from verse 4 on he lists the leaders. We come to verse 16 and God the eternal optimist shows His hand.
"These are the names of the men who Moses sent to spy out the land, but Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua".
Why did he do that? God knew what was going to happen and God looked
down at the list of those men to find out who it was that He could rest
His confidence on. Was there anybody in that bunch of leaders that He
could trust? And He saw one young man and He looked deep into that
young man's heart and He saw an integrity and a loyalty and He said,
"Moses, that young man Hoshea. I want you to change his name. He is
from the tribe of Ephraim but I want you to change his name to Joshua
because I see him as the beginning of a whole new order that will be
ultimately successful!"
The meaning of Joshua is Jesus - for Jesus in the New Testament is
Joshua in the Old, which means "Jehovah – the Savior". God knew that
this obstinate bunch were going to blow it, but in His infinite
optimism, which is still alive and well tonight, and will never give
way to the obstinacy and the failure of His people – He will one day
succeed, even if He has to bury ten thousand generations in the
wilderness! God said, "I've got a man". Before the "spy operation" ever
got under way, before the spies ever brought back a report, before the
spies knew which side they would be on in the final report, God had
already fingered Joshua for the future.
In this conference I have been aware all week that the hot finger of
God is being pressed on the hearts of some young men and women in this
audience and God has marked you out and God has got His hand on you. I
declare to you in God's Name, walk in your integrity. Don't sell your
tomorrows for a bit of sexual pleasure! Don't sell your tomorrows for a
bit of deviation! Don't sell the high calling of God for a mess of
pottage! Some of you know whom I'm talking about. You walk in your
integrity and when this generation goes into the land you will be up
front because God is honoring the purity of your intention. Before the
spies went into the land and the people refused to obey, God had marked
a man and renamed him in view of something that will happen forty years
later. I could digress now to tell you a lot of things right out of
life that fit that.
I imagine that Saul of Tarsus as he left Jerusalem walked in
excitement. Ananias told him that he was going to be a great man. The
Lord spoke to him and showed him what things he was going to suffer and
told him that he must be a servant to the Gentiles. He preached in
Damascus and he was a firebrand. He tore up every synagogue that he
preached in. He went to Jerusalem and tore Jerusalem up. The apostles
got him one day and said, "Look Brother Saul you are too hot to handle.
Why don't you go home and cool off a bit?" And I can see that little
bow-legged, hooked nose Jewish rabbi as he walks up the shores up
around the end of the sea to his home in Tarsus and he is saying, "I
was sure God said I was going to be the apostle to the Gentiles". For
12 long years he waited, but he walked in his integrity, and at the end
of 12 years revival broke out in Antioch! Barnabus went down to Antioch
to check it out, and he knew that if he reported what was happening in
Antioch, they would squash that revival, but he remembered what Paul
had shared with him. He made his way to Tarsus, and he didn't even have
Paul's phone number or his address, but the Bible says that he went
hunting for Paul. He walked down the streets through the bazaars, and
he knew he would probably find him in a tent makers shop. He enquired;
he stopped people asking, "Do you know where I can find a little man,
bow-legged, long nosed, heavy browed?' 'No?' 'A little man?' 'Down that
street?' 'Thank you'". Barnabus turned down the street, and there he
was in front of his bazaar, sewing the goatskins, talking in tongues.
He did it all the time! That will hold you when the years start to get
long. Oh, I wish I could be autobiographical right now, but I won't
yield. (*laughter*) While he is sewing away a shadow catches his eye.
"Barnabus!" "Brother Paul!" They are in one another's arms. "Why are
you here Barnabus?" "It's happened Paul!" "It's happened? Really?"
"Remember what you shared – the Gentile thing? It's happened. It's
broken out down in Antioch. People are getting converted and filled
with the Holy Ghost and they are still eating pork chops on Friday!"
(*laughter*) Paul said, "Just give me a few minutes and I will pack my
toothbrush and I will be with you" (*laughter*) That was the beginning
of it, but 12 long years!
For forty years Joshua trudged through the wilderness with the hot
hand of God heavy on his passionate young heart until the day that God
said to him, "Rise up and go over this Jordan". I have infinite
confidence in the decrees of my God. You can call me what you like –
you can lampoon my theology and my eschatology – I don't care a hoot –
all I say tonight is that my God will do that which He hath declared,
and He hath said, "that as truly as I live, the whole earth will be
filled with the glory of God. (*applause*)
So they sent the spies. Verse 25 says:
"And when they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty
days they proceeded to come to Moses and Aaron and to all the
congregation of the sons of Israel in the wilderness of Paran at
Kadesh; and they brought back word to them and to all the congregation
and showed them the fruit of the land. Thus they told him and said, 'We
went in to the land where you sent us; and it certainly does flow with
milk and honey and this is it's fruit.'"
It's a tremendous revival – there is no question about it. God is
moving up there. We saw things there that have the "wilderness beat!"
But … "The people who live in the land are strong and the cities are
fortified and very large and moreover the descendents of Anak are
there. Amalek is living in the land of the Negev and the Hittites and
the Jebusites and the Amorites are living in the hill country and the
Canaanites are living by the sea and by the side of Jordan". That is
the majority report. "No doubt God's blessing is there. That is the
place – oh it would be great. But … but."
Now for the minority report, look at verse 30: "Then Caleb quieted
the people before Moses and said, 'We should by all means go up and
take possession of it for we will surely overcome it'." Caleb said, "We
can do it! It can be done! Don't debate! Let's go immediately! That's
what God wants".
Do you know what doubt is? The meaning of doubt is inner debate. I
mentioned to you already this week that every man of God in the Old
Testament when God gave him something to do, he rose up early in the
morning and did it because if he didn't do it early in the morning then
by high noon he would be debating it.
I could tell you stories of men I know today whom God spoke to in years
gone by and had they acted immediately they would be in different
places today. But they tarried and they debated and they backed up.
When God speaks to you buddy you go! Don't you debate!
Caleb said, "lets not debate with God." He said, "we can take it. Let's go up and take the land – let's go on in!"
Somebody said, "But Baxter – I have heard you this week and my faith
has risen so high and I believe we are able to go in. But you know I
was listening to the news tonight". That is something I have had to
learn. I don't take my theology from the news. I don't take my theology
from the magazines or the newspapers. God is not dependent for the
fulfillment of His decree on whether the economic situation is good or
So the minority report was we are well able to overcome.
Now the majority comes down hard! Look at verse 31, "But the men who had gone up with him said, 'We are not able'".
Now I hesitate to say this but I feel free to say it – that if what I
said last year (at the Lakes Bible Week 1975 – "The King and His Army")
caused a stir to the people in this country, then I am sure that what I
have said this year will cause a stir. You are going to hear all kinds
of gloomy Christians saying, "It can't be done. Come quickly Jesus and
get us out of this mess. Come blessed heart attack and bring me into
victory". (*laughter*) You mark my words. It is going to be said that
Baxter has said that the church of God can do this and that, and
doesn't he know that the world is going to get worse, and everything
will get terrible, and poor God won't be able to handle it. Doesn't he
know that? No I hadn't heard. (*laughter and applause*)
The men who had gone up with him said, "We are not able to go up
against the people for they are too strong for us". Of course they are
too strong for us. But whoever suggested that we are going to pit our
strength against theirs? That was never in the decree or part of the
deal! That was never discussed! I am no match in the realm of
academics, in the realm of economics; I am no match in the realm of
theology for many a brilliant brain – that's got nothing to do with
what I am saying. I am just a bleeding dumb-dumb, and when God says do
it, I say, "hallelujah I will do it!" (*laughter*)
I remember when I first started out in the ministry and I thought a
minister had to be a walking encyclopedia and I had to have all the
answers. One of Satan's best devices is derision and it usually comes
on like this. "Now Baxter you are an intelligent fellow". (*laughter*)
He is setting me up. I used to smile and accept the compliment, and
then he would ask me about where Cain got his wife, and how the whale
swallowed Jonah, and did I really believe in that manna story? Now here
I am trying to keep an image of intelligence, and I believe that a fish
swallowed a man, and an angel sent bread every morning to three million
people in the desert, and I believe all of that. And I'm intelligent
and I am trying to remain intelligent without looking stupid.
(*laughter*) Usually in the end I either finished up compromising my
faith or looking stupid. So I decided right from the beginning that
when someone said, "Now Baxter you are an intelligent fellow," I will
get rid of that idea that straight away! Now lest there be any question
about my actual intelligence, I am very brilliant! (*laughter*) It is
the other fellow that is dumb! The problem is that my brilliance is not
communicable to him in his condition. "For the natural man receiveth
not the things of the Spirit of God for they are foolishness unto him,
neither can he know them for they are spiritually discerned". When the
natural man comes against me with that "intelligence bit," and he wants
me to discuss the miraculous in the realm of unregenerate academics,
forget it. I have one word to him and one word only, and that is where
does he stand as a morally responsible human being in the presence of
God? Has he honored the historical Christ that God sent – and if he
rejects that then I have no more to say to him. I can't argue him into
the Kingdom of God, I can only dynamite him in with the Gospel – all I
owe him is the Gospel, if he thinks I am the biggest nincompoop in the
world that's not my problem that is his!
"They are too strong for us". Sure they are too strong for us but
one with God is a majority. If God has already gone in and caused
confusion and softened them up then He is getting them ready for us to
take over.
Somebody says, "But just a minute Baxter I have got a moral problem
here. I don't understand why Israel had the right to go in and kick
those people out of their own country".
God answers that. God's timing is immaculately and infinitely perfect.
God had watched the Canaanites, the Hivvites, the Jebusites, and all
the other parasites with all their rotten filth and their adultery and
their ungodly garbage, and the Bible says that when their cup was full
– absolutely full – and God couldn't contain His infinite morality and
allow them to go on any longer! He said, "You have gone round this
mountain long enough. I am going to kill two birds with one stone and
judge those ungodly Canaanites, and I am going to bring you into the
place of My purpose".
Right on time. I know all kinds of Christians who are upset with world
conditions, the economy – everything. I am not a bit upset. God is
right on time. As the world fills its cup of iniquity God is keeping
step and He is going to move right in at the psychological moment and I
am going in with Him. (*laughter*)
Now look at verse 32: "So they gave out to the sons of Israel a bad
report of the land". I think the King James says, "An evil report"
doesn't it? An evil report… did you ever hear of anyone giving an evil
report of the things of God? Brothers and sisters we must be careful
that we don't allow our unbelief to put us in category of slandering
God's decrees. God said it is a "good land and it flows with milk and
honey." They said it is a "bad land and God has lied to us." Oh no,
they wouldn't go that far. They did it religiously. Unbelief with
religious coating is still the same stinking product inside. I have
more respect for the blatant agnosticism of an unregenerate man than
the sugar coated unbelief of a professing Christian.
"So they gave out a bad report of the land which they had spied out
saying, 'The land through which we have gone spying it out is a land
which devours its inhabitants". Man they eat one another in there! If
we go in, they will have us for breakfast! Lord, the minute we step
over that border, those guys eat one another and they are giants! You
should see them! There is a whole bunch of Goliaths in there, and they
chew up one another! There's poor little us going in, and we will just
be an aperitif! "A land that devours its inhabitants and all the people
we saw in it are giants of great size."
"There also we saw …" We saw … we saw … we saw! Well, why did you look
stupid? (*laughter*) That is our problem – we saw! Oh look at the
world! I don't want to look at the world! I would rather look unto
Jesus crowned with glory and honor reigning in the heavenlies. That's
what John saw! He saw a throne set in heaven – that is the centre of
the universe – not Number 10 Downing Street, not Moscow. The centre of
the universe is a throne set in God, and as sure as God lives that
throne will ultimately conquer and every knee shall bow and every
tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord! God has set His King on His
holy hill of Zion! (*applause*).
Verse 33: "There also we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak are part of
the Nephilim) and we became like grasshoppers in our own sight". It
serves you right. (*laughter*) You are an unlikely looking bunch to
take over the world. If you think you are going to do it through human
means, then lets have the benediction now. (*laughter*) But will you
believe with me that God takes the things that are not to bring the
things that are?
He took a fellow by the name of Shamgar back in the days of the
Judges. Shamgar's very name means "Coward". He was just a farmer, and
every time he was just about to harvest the crop, the Philistines would
come down from the hills and take his harvest away. His kids were
skinny and scrawny – his wife was half dead with malnutrition, and he
was mad but cowardly. There came a moment, when he said, "I have had
enough". He heard the Philistines coming, and he was out in the barn,
and he had never had a spear in his hand. He wouldn't have known what
to do with a sword if he had one. But he had an ox-goad hanging up
there. An ox-goad? It's like a broom handle with a metal point on the
end of it. You poke the ox in the rump to make it go, hardly, a likely
weapon for a war-hero. But something stirred in Shamgar and he said, "I
have had it up to here with those Philistines. I would rather die
fighting than starve. I cannot live another season with my kids and my
wife starving. I am going to do something about it". Man those 600
Philistines came riding down into his farm, and this little old
cowardly farmer came out swinging his ox-goad. (*laughter*) Whatever
got a hold of him, when he was all through there were 600 dead
Philistines, and he had a bloody ox-goad in his hand. Go to Gideon! Go
to Samson! That's the way God does it.
So what I see out there tonight are not a bunch of ordinary people.
I see spiritual princes, kings. I see swords of the Spirit shining at
your side. I see the metal of your armor glistening in the light. I see
the sparkle in your eye – the determination in your chin. You are not
ordinary people – you are God's army! You have got heavenly equipment!
Let the Philistines come – glory to God!
But listen – when leaders won't take you in, look what it does to the congregation, Numbers 14:1.
"Then all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried and the
people wept that night, and all the sons of Israel grumbled against
Moses and Aaron and the whole congregation said to them, 'Would that we
had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this
wilderness!'. Well that's one prayer that got answered. (*laughter*).
'And why is the Lord bringing us into this land to fall by the sword?
Our wives and children will become plunder; would it not be better for
us to return to Egypt? So they said to one another, 'Let us appoint a
leader and return to Egypt'".
Dear friend it's not that easy. Once you have come out of Egypt you
don't have the option to go back. God didn't take them back and drown
them in the Nile. You don't have the option of going back to Egypt. The
best you can do is stay in the wilderness. You are spoiled brother. You
will either go on in to glorious victory or you will weep yourself to
sleep night after night at the thought of what you have missed.
The wilderness – yes! Continuing immaturity with dust in your eyes. No
vine, no fig tree, no pomegranates, no raisins, no dates. No flowing
rivers, no milk and honey. Just an everlasting tent – a nomadic
wandering in the wilderness with the dust storms clogging your nostrils
and blinding your eyes, and the goodness of God bearing with you until
the day that God with hot scalding tears with His own finger digs you a
grave and buries you. That's why it's so serious tonight. Your option
is not to go on into what God is saying tonight or go all the way back.
Your option is to either go on into God's purpose or wander aimlessly
until you die. And I am sorry to have to say this, but I believe that
there are already thousands of Christians across the world that have
already made their decision, and they will die in the wilderness.
Now look at the leadership (Verse 5):
"Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces in the presence of all the
assembly of the congregation of the sons of Israel and Joshua the son
of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of those who had spied out the
land, tore all their clothes and they spoke to all the congregation of
the sons of Israel saying, 'The land which we passed through to spy out
is an exceedingly good land. If the Lord is pleased with us then He
will bring us into this land and give it to us – a land which flows
with milk and honey. Only do not rebel against the Lord and do not fear
the people of the land for they will be our prey. Their protection has
been removed from them and the Lord is with us; do not fear them'. But
all the congregation said to stone them with stones'".
Stone the leaders! Do you know that there are Christians who want me
stoned for simply saying that I believe in the victory of the Gospel?
They say, "Stone him! Put him out of business!" If you stand for what
God is doing then you have got to be ready for bricks. Let me tell you
something – if they stone you then you will get up and walk back into
"Then the glory of the Lord appeared".
God said, "I've had it".
"The glory of the Lord appeared in the tent of meeting to all the sons
of Israel. Then the Lord said to Moses, 'How long will all these people
spurn Me? And how long will they not believe Me despite all the signs
which I have performed in their midst? I will smite them with
pestilence and dispossess them, and I will make you into a nation
greater and mightier than they'". Then this magnificent man Moses rises
to the occasion. Oh what a beautiful man. "But Moses said unto the
Lord, 'Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You
brought up this people from their midst and they will tell it to the
inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You O Lord are in the
midst of this people for You O Lord are seen eye to eye while Your
cloud stands over them; and You go before them in a pillar of cloud by
day and a pillar of fire by night'".
Ah hah – so the cloud was still there. So they had violated God's
guidance in sending in the spies. "Now if Thou dost slay this people as
one man then the nations who have heard of Your fame will say, 'Because
the Lord could not bring this people into the land which He promised
them by oath, therefore He slaughtered them in the wilderness'".
I say the same thing tonight! If God cannot bring the people by the
power of the Gospel then the nations and the unbelievers have a right
to say that this Gospel is not what God claims it to be, the power of
God unto salvation! But I assert and affirm that the Gospel of Jesus
Christ is the dynamite of God to perform the purposes of the Almighty,
and it will succeed!
"But now I pray let the power of the Lord be great just as You have
declared. The Lord is slow to anger and abundant in loving-kindness,
forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He will by no means clear the
guilty visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the
third and fourth generation. Pardon I pray the iniquity of this people
according to the greatness of Your loving-kindness just as You have
also forgiven this people from Egypt even until now'. So the Lord said,
'I have pardoned them according to Your word'".
Don't miss that last phrase because if you can jump ahead a few
thousand years you will see God looking at one rebellious generation of
Christians after another, and Jesus Christ says, "Father please pardon
them". And the Father looks at Jesus says, "I will pardon them
according to Your intercession".
But God's optimism comes through. He said:
"Moses I will pardon them. They have failed Me. They won't go in after
all I have done. But Moses I want to go on record and want you to know
that as I live all the earth will be filled with the glory of the
Lord". They will fail but there will come a time when there will be a
people that won't. "Surely all the men who have seen My glory and My
signs which I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me
to the test these ten times and have not listened to My voice shall by
no means see the land which I swore to their forefathers nor shall any
of those who spurned Me see it. But My servant Caleb because he has had
a different spirit and has followed Me, I will bring into the land
which he entered and his descendents shall take possession of it. Now
the Amalakites and the Canaanites live in the valleys; turn tomorrow
and set to the wilderness by way of the Red Sea'. The Lord spoke to
Moses and Aaron saying, 'How long shall I bear with this evil
congregation who are grumbling against Me? I have heard the complaints
of the sons of Israel which they are making against Me.'"
Say to them, "As I live' says the Lord, 'just as you have spoken in
My hearing so I will surely do to you; your corpses will fall in this
wilderness, even all your numbered men, according to your complete
number from twenty years old and upward who have grumbled against Me.
Surely you shall not come into the land in which I swore to settle you,
except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun. Your
children however who you said would become a prey – I will bring them
in and they will know the land which you have rejected. But as for you,
your corpses shall fall in this wilderness. Your sons shall be
shepherds for forty years in the wilderness and they will suffer for
your unfaithfulness until your corpses lie in the wilderness. According
to the number of days which you spied out the land, forty days, for
every day you shall bear your guilt a year, even forty years, and you
will know My opposition. I, the Lord, have spoken surely, this I will
do to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me.
In this wilderness they shall be destroyed and there they will die'".
They provoked God; He pardoned them, but He also punished them. But
He loved them and He stayed with them. The general punishment was that
the whole generation would die in the wilderness with the exception of
Caleb and Joshua.
The specific judgment is terrifying. Look at verse
"As for the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land and who returned
and made all the congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad
report concerning the land, even those men who brought out the very bad
report of the land died by a plague before the Lord".
I'm not sure all that means in type, and God forgive me if I say
anything wrong, but the ten leaders, tribal princes who brought back an
evil report of the land that God decreed that they should enter – those
men died on the spot by the hand of God. "Be not many teachers brethren
for theirs is the greater judgment".
If you aspire to leadership tonight remember what you are aspiring to.
For God holds you responsible for those whom you lead, and the ten
spies that brought back an evil report, and kept those people from
going in – God killed them on the spot. Now I speak with deliberate
care. I don't know what that means in typical fulfillment. But may I
carefully make this suggestion. I am not saying that men who discourage
God's people from going into what God is doing in this hour will
physically die. But it is my deep conviction that men who are
withstanding what God is doing in this hour will have their ministry
dried up and they will die to the intents and purposes of service to
God. This is a hard thing to say, and I say it pleading the grace of
God and blessing Him for it in my own life.
I was talking to a man very close to me who is close to Billy
Graham. One night as we were sharing our hearts under an Arizona moon
and talking about other days, He was telling me about Billy. He said,
"Ern, Billy runs scared. God met him in the desert as he knelt beside
his old car on the way to Los Angeles when the first break came in his
ministry, and he said from that day to this, he runs scared". I run
scared tonight. You say you shouldn't. Ah but I should. Paul said,"I
keep under my body lest after having preached to others I myself be
disapproved." I am what I am by the grace of God. If I have gifts God
gave them to me. If I have influence God granted it to me. If I have
blessed you, I am only a pipe through which the blessing is channeled.
I run scared. The hand that rests heavy upon me now in anointing could
be lifted and leave me standing cold and barren. I don't know what it
means, but I suggest that for every servant of God that hears my voice
here or by tape – "Dear brother, as my fellow in the service of God
don't bring an evil report about what God is doing in this hour lest
you spend the rest of your days in barrenness or probably worse still,
be called home prematurely like a Samson who died in his prime."
Some of us are very harsh. We would say, "Well, I guess those people
all went to hell didn't they?" No. For forty years that cloud guided
them through the wilderness. For forty years the manna fell. For forty
years God worked the miracle of keeping their clothes from wearing out.
For forty years, I dare say, there were gallons of tears shed - not
only by them but by God. Every day the wilderness was marked by graves,
and if you walked through the tents of Israel's tribes at night you
would hear a thousand weeping souls.
You would probably hear a conversation that went like this, "Oh God, why didn't we go in? Oh God why didn't we go in?"
Deuteronomy 2:7 says, "These forty years the Lord your God has been
with you; you have not lacked a thing". The God of the covenant cared
for that disobedient and rebellious and unbelieving people for forty
years. Now don't get hostile. If this upsets your theology take a good
look into your own heart. This supernatural presence and provision did
not indicate that they were where they should be. It was the action of
God's covenant mercy not His covenant purpose. Somebody said, "Baxter I
have heard what you have said this week. Very interesting. But God is
blessing me where I am. I don't want to get mixed up in any of that
sort of thing. I don't want to press into what you're talking about.
God's blessing me". The blessing of God is no sign that you are right.
The only sign that you are right is that you are obeying the Word of
You say, "If I don't do what you are saying this week are you
threatening me?" No! No, I am not threatening you! I feel sorry for you
because when this thing breaks and you want to go in, you won't be able
to. Israel said, "We'll go up". God said, "Moses tell them not to go up
because I am not with them". They tried to go up you remember the next
day and many of them were slain. You don't pick your times with God.
God picks His times with you.
Sam Jones the great Southern evangelist in the United States years ago
used to tell a story of a little boy who lived on the Atlantic
seashore. Right near his house there was the hulk of a big old ship
stranded up on the beach and the little boy took a personal interest in
that ship until that ship became to him a friend. He would go out when
the tide was in and the tide would surround that ship until that old
hulk would creak and groan and the little boy would shout and say, "Go
out old ship! Go out! Now's your chance – go out!" The tide would
recede and the old ship would settle back on the sand. Many times the
little boy would go home crying. That ship was almost human to him. He
did it day after day until one day the tide seemed higher and the ship
lurched promisingly. It looked like it might go out! The little boy
pulled off his cap and flung it in the air and said, "Go out old ship!
Go out! This is your chance, go out!" The tide began to recede and the
little boy watched and then suddenly he heard what he had never before.
The tide had been too much and the old ship began to make strange
noises and suddenly it collapsed on the beach like a pile of
matchsticks. The little boy flung himself on the sand and mingled his
tears with the salt surf as he said; "Now you will never go out old
ship. Now you'll never go out".
Folks the tide is in. Let's go out because I don't want to be to be
there when the ship crumbles and it is going to crumble. The religious
Babylon is going to fall. And I don't want to be there. I want to be
part of the true Church, the Church of the heavenly Jerusalem! I want
to be on Mount Zion! I want to be where I should be when the tide goes
out! The tide is in people! Are you ready to go out? Are you ready to
go out? Hallelujah! The Kadesh Crisis – we are facing it.
I am not going to ask you to do anything dramatic like bow your
heads and close your eyes. I just want you to sit there quietly. Think
this through young people, mum, dad. I don't know what the challenge is
going to be, but I know this, that with what God is going to be doing
in the next few months, there is going to be challenges made on you
that will precipitate crises. There is going to be pain involved. There
will also be joy. You are going to have to make painful decisions, and
oh how painful they can be when you must turn and walk away from things
that you have sentimentally been attached to.
I am going to ask you very deliberately and very thoughtfully if you
are prepared to go with God tonight without going in to measure the
giants or evaluate the width of the walls but just because God says go.
If you can make that decision and say by the grace of God I make that
affirmation – then I want you to start to stand. I didn't do that to
embarrass anyone so everyone stand.
I am going to pray with you and that will be the end of my ministry
with you. But I am going to ask the brothers if they will sing Number 1
in the song sheet. Will you bow your hearts with me now?
Father, I think you know how grateful I am for the privilege of
being here this week. And I think that you know that I am suspicious
that You are doing something very wonderful. And I think that You know
that I am very excited. Father, as I leave this people, I pray for
their shepherds. I pray for the apostolic leadership among these
flocks. I pray for the men who move from flock to flock to counsel. I
pray oh God, that we may be seeing now before our eyes the birth of
Your ultimate purpose for the Gospel. I commend to You and the word of
Your grace this entire people. Bless every man and woman who responded
to the challenge and God when the hour of confrontation comes and they
bleed, may they stand remembering this night, knowing that on the other
side of every Calvary there is an open tomb. Knowing that over every
hill of difficulty there is a lush valley of accomplishment. Take them
from glory to glory – from grace to grace and from strength to strength
until we all stand on Zion's hill and look down from its lofty heights
on our victory over the Jebusites and declare that Jesus Christ is Lord
to the glory of God! Hallelujah!
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Notes: KICKAPOO, TEXAS (Anderson County). Kickapoo was on Kickapoo Creek twenty miles northeast of Palestine and ten miles north of Neches in northeastern Anderson County. The community was settled about 1848, and it and a nearby creek and mountain were presumably named for the Kickapoo Indians who camped in that region. A post office was opened in the community in 1850, and an ironworks was in operation nearby before the Civil War but was abandoned during the war. By 1884 Kickapoo had a church, a school, a saloon, two general stores, and an estimated population of 100. The church was also used as a meetinghouse for the local Masonic lodge. Kickapoo began to decline in the 1880s and 1890s. In 1892 it had a general store and a flour mill and its population was estimated at twenty-five. The school was closed by 1897, and when the railroad bypassed the community in 1900, many of the inhabitants moved to nearby Frankston, the closest community on the railroad line. The Kickapoo post office closed in 1905, and the community was not shown on county highway maps in the 1930s.
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Fall Bible Study - Book of Daniel
Join Fr. Jack Hurley and friends on Saturdays, November 2, 9, and 16 for a discussion of the Book of Daniel - an exciting Old Testament presentation of much more than Daniel in the Lion's Den! Here one encounters not just memorable tales and dreams, but also apocalyptic visions, a genre that had a profound influence on early Christianity, especially the Book of Revelation.
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Saturday Bible Study
Fr. Jack Hurley's Saturday Bible studies are a regular, and popular, feature of our Faith Formation program - have you ever joined us? Over the years, Fr. Jack has led us in study of the Acts of the Apostles, the Gospels, the Prophetic books of the Bible, the Wisdom books of the Old Testament, St. Paul's Letters to the Romans and to the Galatians, the Parables of Mercy, the Psalms, and more.
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Appreciation for Fr. Hurley's Bible Studies
During our 175th Anniversary Year, we invited parishioners and friends to share their memories and impressions of St. Matthew's. Parishioner Mary Moran obliged with a reflection on Fr. Hurley's Bible studies.
One of my favorite inspirations at St. Matthew's has been attending Fr. Jack Hurley's Bible Study sessions over the years. Fr. Hurley is very humble, but he had a very distinguished career for over 15 years as a U. S. State Department Foreign Service Officer, in addition to serving in the Army, including a tour in South Korea, before becoming a priest. As a State Department official, Fr. Hurley's postings included South Africa, Germany, and South Vietnam in addition to the State Department Headquarters in Washington. Additionally, he occasionally teaches a course in religion and international relations at Catholic University. With his extensive State Department and international insights, Fr. Hurley makes the Bible locations fascinating, as he has been to so many of these places and knows well their geopolitical as well as historic and religious backgrounds.
I'm grateful I've been able to attend a good number of the Bible study gatherings. I not only have developed a better understanding of the Bible, but also a greater knowledge and appreciation for the impact of religion on international affairs.
—Mary Moran