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Just bought this, middle of last week. It's a Kawasaki Ninja 1000 ABS. The good old Bandit 1200 is at the shop being spruced up to sell... and I'm enjoying getting out there and running in the engine on the new machine. It's something I've earned with a particular teaching project on top of my normal job this year, so it's been a busy year, but I have to admit I'm enjoying the fruits. And yep, I'm being careful.

While I wish to have a season of prayers lifted up for a specific young woman in my family, all of our children are in need of having intercession whether they are infants or adults with children of their own. Time is growing short and my prayer is that all of our children will be on the earth made new.

And now let's look back at his tweets about others not paying their fair share of taxes - https://thinkprogress.org/7-tweets-by-trump-about-taxes-that-are-very-awkward-now-75b500ea4f45#.jcef0lfw7 It once agains confirms what I have been saying for awhile now. Listen carefully to whatever Trump accuses someone else of doing. That is where the media needs to focus their investigative efforts about him. Because whatever he accuses anyone else of, is what is is all the more guilty of doing.

Those "promises" will be fulfilled to their descendants (mixed in with the nations) who come to believe in Jesus. Jesus said, "No one comes to the father, except through me."

Reddogs, I need your help. The video that you cited in the opening post is about 2 hours in length. That is more time than most people would be able to give to looking to it. I have gone on the EGW website and used their new search engine in an attempt to find where EGW specifically named cities that would be hit with Great Balls of Fire, such as Nashville. I have failed to find any specific mention of cities. Further, you cite a reference as "GVEGW." I am confused as to what that reference is. Could you please direct me to a citation for where EGW actually named specific cite that would be hit by great balls of fie that I can check out to see what she actually said. It would be helpful to me if you could do so. Thanks.

The left generally speaking is tolerant of everything, They are not likely to make any law to cause religions to take a stand like we believe. The right is supposed to be Bible believing and are most likely to take matters into their own hands and push their preferences. I predict D Trump will win the election and he will push against the citizens and immigrants he doesn't like and put laws into effect that will bring all the persecution that we are anticipating with dispatch. The end is NEAR

Part of the false equivalency problem is the tendency or perceived need to give equal coverage by assuming that if a negative thing is reported about one candidate that to be fair a negative story must also be reported about the other. And conversely for every positive point reported about one candidate must also matched with positive about the other. The end result is if there really is a substantial difference in the negative or positive attributes it really does leave the false perception that the comparison of the two candidates is so much closer, that they are not so different. The same idea if equal time is give to a trivial story about one as given a truly substantive story about the other. It makes the two stories seem of equal importance, or relevance. Perspective, comparability is lost. And a whole lot that should be reported never gets coverage. It really is no wonder that there tends to be a skewed perception of the candidates. Regarding the debate, for those who watched the whole thing clear through, the negatives about Trump's performance far exceed the negatives in of Clinton's performance, and the positives for Clinton's performance were greater than Trump's. The amount of substantive comments actually informatively addressing the issues was also very lopsided to Clinton's favor. If the commentary coverage spent equal time for each category for each candidate, or focused on a silly example of a category for one ( like Trump's stuffy nose or Clinton's shoulder shimmy) in comparison to much more serious examples of the other, the impression is left for those that didn't watch it all that it was much closer or that Trump did OK and Clinton didn't. If things are not equal, that should be clearly reflected in the coverage to give an accurate picture of the comparison.

I suspect that the "Kenaz" that Caleb was descended from might be different from the "Kenaz" that was from Edom, because in Numbers 13 God had instructed that the men who were chosen to spy out the land were to each be a chief from one of the tribes of Israel, and it specifies in verse 6 the Caleb was of the tribe of Judah.

Even though I thought the article interesting, its even more interesting that everyone complains that these are to the two worst candidates to represent there respective party! How is it than, that Trump defeated 16 other candidates of his party?? Were they even worst than him? And as far as Hillary is concerned, she didn't get much competition! So I wonder they can say that???

I eliminated the same two you did and then took a 50/50 shot! Got lucky!

A "broken off branch" and a divorced "wife" - SAME message. But the door is left open. If those of Judah or those of any other tribal ancestry, come to believe in Him, THEN they will be "grafted in again". UNTIL they do come to believe in Jesus, they are NOT attached to the Tree, and are not betrothed to Christ. Believers have been "grafted" in to the Olive Tree (Israel) in the place where "branches were broken off". MOST of the "grafted in"s are of Gentile (non-Hebrew) ancestry. ONLY "those of faith" are sons of Abraham. That makes those NOT "of faith" - NOT Abraham's sons. Galatians 3:29 "And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise." (NKJ)

It is true that the phrase "house of Israel" often refers to the 10 tribes of the northern kingdom of Israel, especially when it is used in contrast to the phrase "house of Judah". However the phrase "house of Israel" was also used to refer to all 12 tribes of Israel together before the kingdom was divided. These verses show that usage as early as the time of Moses: Exodus 16:31 Now the house of Israel called its name manna. It was like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. Exodus 40:38 For the cloud of the LORD was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel throughout all their journeys. Leviticus 10:6 And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar his sons, “Do not let the hair of your heads hang loose, and do not tear your clothes, lest you die, and wrath come upon all the congregation; but let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning that the LORD has kindled. See also Leviticus 17:3-10, Leviticus 22:18, and Numbers 20:29. "House of Israel" was also used to refer to all 12 tribes in Joshua 21:45, Ruth 4:11, and 1 Samuel 7:2-3. Also, during the time of the united Kingdom, all 12 tribes of Israel were referred to as the "house of Israel" as shown in these verses: 2 Samuel 6:5 And David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD, with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals. 2 Samuel 6:15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and with the sound of the horn. See also Psalm 98:3 and Psalm 115:12. Because Jesus was familiar with the Torah, the Psalms, and the Writings and the way "house of Israel" had been used in Scripture to refer to all 12 tribes, it is likely that he would use the phrase in the same way. Besides, your assertion that Jesus was referring to only the 10 lost tribes doesn't seem to make sense in the other passage where Jesus used the phrase "the lost sheep of the house of Israel". Look at Matthew 10:5-6 -- These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, “Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." If Jesus had actually been referring only to the 10 tribes of Israel that were scattered among the Gentiles, why would he have directed, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles" and "enter no town of the Samaritans" ? Weren't those places, which the twelve were instructed not to go to, places where they would have found people from the 10 lost tribes of the northern kingdom?

One of the best things about Sabbath Feedings at Church is eating someone else's cooking. And they love my food too! A Love Fest on both sides!

A lot of words but very shallow IMHO. His first point is probably the most critical for a pastor but skips over it. Buy my book he says, LOL! I've exchanged a few emails with him. He was also short on solid Biblical justification in that discussion too! IMHO this support of pastors for Trump is the clearest example of the continuing apostasy in the Christian church. What sorrow for those who say that evil is good and good is evil, that dark is light and light is dark, that bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter. Isaiah 5:20

And by the way, if he is such a great businessman, how is it that he has such bad luck with contractors doing shoddy work? With all his money you would think he could do a better job of picking and vetting contractors. How come other similar real estate developers have so much better luck with their contractors? The percentage of problems he has, based on the volume of litigation,many compared to everyone else, suggests it is not the contractors, but Trump that is the problem.

Many of the contractors that Trump stiffed, actually performed satisfactorily. Trump just insisted they be paid after they were done in the contract, and then forced a renegotiation of the price. Here is an example. The small family business music store had a contract to supply pianos to the Trump hotel/casino in Atlantic City. The price was $100,000 for delivery and tuning. Payment after delivery. No complaint about the pianos, delivery on time, tuning done correctly. Trump's company said they were low on cash and would pay only $70,000. The supplier could not afford to sue and they would not pay the rest. $30,000 was a large loss to the small businessman. What is $30,000 to a multi-billionaire? Pocket money. And he did it over and over to many who did work for him.

Since Trump considers himself to be smart to not pay taxes.. Does that mean we are so not smart if we do? Does He looks upon the average Tax Payer as idiots? Since Trump does not pay contractors/service/manufacturers cause he found the work unsatisfactory. Does that mean we can stay a week at Trump Tower or rent His Golf Club House and not pay cause we found the stay unsatisfactory? Is this how we all are to do business with each other? So many hard workers not paid. Please pay careful attention to this man's words.

I have no problems with current admin. Does that mean I agree with everything that is done? No. However, since we have 3 parts to our .gov I can not blame a single individual. Congress has long fought against the presidents desires. All in the name of politics, that happens also when the opposite party is in power and congres is controlled by the opposite party. That is the nature of our system and isn't going to change. If a pres is nominated to a 2nd term they will usually try to get more of what they wanted pushed to the front.Regarding safety, yes we are. We have more people involved in Security since 9/11 they is believable! Yet people still complain it is not enough, unless...unless they feel it is reaching into a place they don't want the .gov to be looking. We can't have it both ways. The public is very fickle and selfish, what is good for them and not others. On the race front, it seems to have gotten worse, for many reasons. Not the least is that since we have a black pres, any time dialogue is started we hear the racist card put into use, by and large to shut the dialogue down. ISIS is a complicated subject, some would try and make it simple, just blow them up, not even thinking about the consequences of such an idea. Listening to the Leader of Jordan speaking about the issue on 60 Minutes the other night, he was saying how the Muslim community has fought the extremism of the faith for centuries. It is not a modern happening. It has had many different names in the past. The world is becoming more violent or at least it seems that way because in part news of incidents are instantaneous. We can't escape hearing about it. The solution is as normal, blame someone! That someone is always pointing away from ourselves, started with Adam. I don't have a solution but we as Christians can bring hope to the world and our comunities by demonstrating with our lives and bodies in being a help to others, what ever the needs. I still believe God is in control and have no fear for the future. So, no, I don't blame Obama or the democrats. I have always been a registered Independent until I started voting in state and local elections, then I had to declare a party, I choose the democratic party. I have voted either way in the past and still do. I am simply going with the most experience at this time and not the bluster of 'it's theres or someone else fault'.

JoeMo, I really respect your right to vote for the person of your choice. But what continues to puzzle me is why there is so much dislike and vitriol pointed towards HC. Not pointing at you, but someone please tell me some actual, verifiable data that would make her a 'bad' choice. I have looked and looked, listened and researched, but still the only thing verifiable is the intense dislike. I can guarantee that there is a "good' candidate based on the criteria I here people keep asking for. Everyone has pluses and minuses, some more than others, even the SDA candidate! So what do people want, pie in the sky? We had a self avowed, practising Christian for president and he was roundly criticized for that by many, many people and still today not considered a good pres by those very same. So what are people after, another Lincoln or Washington? Really, you don't think in this day and time that their baggage would be found out and not used against them? So someond tell me, who is your 'good' candidate and what makes them 'good' other than they say what you want to hear.

If the truth be told 911 was simply blow back. You can't go around waging war in the middle east and expect no repercussions.

There is something to be said for giving the right message at the right time.