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Say I invited you and everyone else to MY birthday party. It's the anniversary of MY birthday. Always will be, whether or not you decide to honor that day with me. Right? In the same way, it's the LORD's Sabbath. Because some decline to honor His Day, does not make it no longer His Sabbath. Jesus is STILL "Lord of the Sabbath". When He appeared to John on "the Lord's Day", it was still His special Day. Revelation 1:10 "On the Lord's Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet" (NIV). I wonder where John got the idea to call it "the Lord's Day". Where? From the LORD. He called that day, "My Sabbath".

A reporter for the Jewish Times came to visit Moishe and Miriam Sapperstein to write a profile on the elderly couple who had been married for 70 years. The reporter was so impressed by the way Moishe preceded every request to Miriam with endearing terms-- Honey, My Love, Darling, Sweetheart, Pumpkin, etc. While Miriam was in the kitchen, the reporter leaned over to Moishe and said, "Is that the secret to your long marriage? That after all these years, you still call her by those loving pet names." Moishe hung his head. "I have to tell you the truth," he said, "I forgot her name about 10 years ago."

As he pulled into the gas station, Chaim Yankel noticed a woman trying to push her car toward the pump. Interested in accruing more mitzvas as he approached Rosh Hashanah, the Day of Judgement, Chaim Yankel parked and joined her in pushing her car. "What are you doing?" she asked. "I'm giving you a hand," Chaim Yankel said. "What are you doing?" "I'm stretching before my run."

Esther Sherman was on an El Al flight to Israel to visit her kids and grandkids. During the flight she kept peering out the window. Since it was totally dark, all she could see was the blinking wing-tip light. Finally, Esther rang for the flight attendant. "I'm sorry to bother you," Esther said, "but I think you should inform the pilot that his left-turn indicator is on and has been for some time."

You've been making good points, Rachel. When Jesus said, "The Sabbath was made for man", (Mark 2:27) he made it clear that the Sabbath was made for Adam and all of Adam's descendants. If Jesus was speaking in Hebrew or Aramaic, the word he would have used for mankind is the same as the name of the man Adam because that name is used to refer to all of Adam's descendants in the same way that we use the name of the man "Israel" to refer to all the descendants of the man Israel. If Jesus was speaking in Greek the statement still indicates that the Sabbath was intended for all mankind, not just the Israelites.

Folks have told me that they are "New Covenant Christians", so they don't have to keep all those OT - Old Covenant, laws. Usually, they cannot tell me what the New Covenant says - the terms of the New Covenant. And they cannot tell me who the New Covenant is made with - who are the parties to that New Covenant. The New Covenant is made between the LORD and Israel. If one is not "grafted in" to Israel, then he/she cannot partake of that Covenant. There is no passage that says the LORD will make (or has made) a new covenant with all humanity. There are not two different new covenants - one with Israel, and one with "the Church". There's only one "New Covenant" and the LORD has made that one with Israel. The terms of that New Covenant are simple: Believe on the LORD Jesus Christ, and "I will write My Law on your heart". And where do we find His Law? It was written on the stones.

This statement might be true in a general sense; however, just because something is a new idea doesn't mean it's wrong. I believe that in these last days, truths will be opened to us that no one has considered previously. Some of those things may contradict our presently held interpretations of scripture; but that doesn't mean they're wrong. New ideas should be tested against what scripture actually says rather than how we have interpreted it. If a new idea does not contradict what the Bible actually says rather than what we think it says or what we "want" it to say, it should be put on the table for additional scrutiny.

This is no different than Paul's other teachings on what can cause another to stumble. As a Christian you can eat your fill of pork or whatever else is put before you HOWEVER you wouldn't want your diet to be a stumbling block to someone else so be mindful of that. This Scripture isn't speaking of a different type of circumcision - it's just that Timothy had a Greek Father and Jewish Mother - you draw more bees with honey and this in itself is reasonable enough to use as a reason you read what you do in Acts 16,3. Circumcision doesn't save us or add any extra credit with God in the same way that eating or not eating certain food does not add any extra credit with God. If an individual wants to be circumcised or not eat sausage they are at Christian Liberty to do so. In the case of Timothy its reasonable that Timothy would be more acceptable to Jews in his presentation of the Gospel "as a Jew" than as a Gentile which he would have been considered without being circumcised.

If you stand with your right foot and right shoulder against a wall, you will not be ablt to pick up your left foot and remain standing. Also, it is impossible to lick your own elbow unless you are double jointed or have a VERY long tongue.

5 Facts About The Emancipation Proclamation_2 On September 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which sets a date for the freedom of more than 3 million black slaves in the United States. Here are five things you didn't know about the Emancipation Proclamation... Lincoln Delayed Anti-slavery Proclamations When the Civil War Started At the start of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln wasn't sure that he had the public support for issuing a proclamation demanding freedom for the slaves. There was certainly a strong private push for it, with abolitionist groups and some political allies pressuring him to do it. However, Lincoln instead claimed the war was about preventing the Confederate states from seceding, and then he waited until more of the general public was amenable to ending slavery. That wasn't until July 1862, when Lincoln announced that he would issue a proclamation. He waited until September to do so because he had been advised to wait until the Union had a major victory in battle. It Didn't Free All Slaves In fact, it didn't free even a majority of slaves. The Proclamation is popularly seen now as this wide-ranging reform, but all it really did was say that the slaves in states that were still rebelling as of January 1, 1863, would be freed. Not the slaves in states that decided to stop rebelling, or slaves in states that had never rebelled, or in those in Union territory, but only those in about ten states that still had a chance to give up fighting. However, the Proclamation was a vital step toward expanding emancipation for all slaves. Emancipation Originally Didn't Apply to the Union-Friendly Border States The proclamation issued in September was not country-wide, nor was it the final Emancipation Proclamation of which most people think. Lincoln wanted to remain on good terms with Union-friendly border states that still allowed slavery and was willing to exempt them from the call to end slavery. When Lincoln did finally issue the proclamation, it called for slaves' freedom in areas that were still rebelling against the Union 100 days from the date of the proclamation. In other words, if states wanted to keep their slaves as slaves, they had to stop fighting against the Union before the end of 100 days. The final version of the proclamation was issued the next January 1, and it freed all slaves in rebelling states. Lincoln also called for African Americans to be allowed to form military units (that were pro-Union, of course) to help fight the war. African Americans had previously been in the Navy aboard ships, but now they were finally allowed to join the Army. The Proclamation Wasn't Actually a Law The Emancipation Proclamation was... a proclamation. It was an order but not a law, and technically it didn't end slavery. Union-friendly states still got to have slaves according to the terms of the proclamation (remember, it focused on rebelling states), so Lincoln pushed for the proclamation and the end of slavery to be made law. That led to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution in 1865, which ended slavery in every state. Lincoln Was Interested in Moving Freed Slaves Abroad Lincoln wanted to free slaves, but instead of focusing on the freed slaves making new lives in the United States, he was interested in having them resettle outside the country. It was commonly thought that Lincoln had given up on this idea at the start of the war, but it turns out that he was interested in having freed slaves move to Central and South America even after the Emancipation Proclamation had been issued. His model was the country of Liberia in Africa, which was settled by freed slaves. The idea wasn't popular among freed slaves, however, and the one attempt to resettle slaves to an island near Haiti in 1862 resulted in a smallpox outbreak among the freed slaves, a lack of medical supplies, outright robbery of the freed slaves by the owner of the island, failed crops, and an eventual rescue mission arranged by Lincoln himself.

5 Things You Didn't Know About Monday Night Football On September 21, 1970, football fans were thrilled to tune into the first NFL “Monday Night Football," which debuted on ABC. Here's are 5 interesting things you didn't know about "Monday Night Football"... The First Televised Game Featured the Browns and the Jets The New York Jets, with their superstar quarterback Joe Namath, went head-to-head against the Cleveland Browns before television viewers and a live audience of about 80,000 cheering fans. The number of cameras normally used to cover a game was doubled, and sportscasters Howard Cosell, Don Meredith, and Keith Jackson were there to cover the plays. The Browns won the game 31 to 21, and “Monday Night Football” went on to become the longest running sports show in the history of television. In 1999, Viewers Saw a Player Punt the Ball 83 Yards Jaguars fans were yelling themselves hoarse during the October 11 game between Jacksonville and the NY Jets when Jaguar Bryan Barker punted the football an incredible 83 yards. The punt was made from his team’s 5-yard line all the way to the 12-yard line of the Jets. That record still holds as the longest punt ever made. One Team Didn’t Make it Onto “Monday Night Football” for Nearly 15 Years Because of injuries and changes in personnel, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had an embarrassing season in 1983 but played against the Green Bay Packers. The Packers won the game 12 to 9 in overtime, and the Buccaneers didn’t appear on “Monday Night Football” again until 1998. This was a game against the Detroit Lions, and the Buccs lost that one by a score of 27 to 6. Two Football Records Were Telecast During One Game On December 11, 1989, in a game between the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers, Joe Montana completed 30 out of 42 passes for a record 458 yards as well as three touchdowns. John Taylor, a wide receiver with the 49ers, broke a record with 11 catches that totaled 186 yards. A teammate of Taylor’s, Jerry Rice broke that record a few years later. Only Two Quarterbacks Threw Passes for Five Touchdowns Live on “Monday Night Football” Although they were different games, Dave Krieg, a quarterback with the Seattle Seahawks, threw five touchdown passes in a game against the Los Angeles Raiders in 1988. Jim Kelly, a quarterback for the Buffalo Bills, threw five touchdown passes in 1991 in a game with the Cincinnati Bengals. Both the Seahawks and Bills won those games.

I am likely to limit my time on the Internet. I broke my left hand today. I expect that it will require surgery.