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Happy 14th Phoebe!
August 29, 2009, 9:08 am
Filed under: 1, Fun together, Happenings, Homemaking, personal, My dearest family, daily blessings | Tags: , , , ,
YSDC19793esterday was my sister Phoebe’s 14th birthday!   Boy how the time has flown since I prayed for a sister to be born.  
Phoebe is my best friend, a constant cause of joy and happiness.  She and I enjoyed being “best buds” for several years before Jo was old enough to join in.  Since I’ve grown older, she and Jo have gotten closer, but we still enjoy doing things together, just the two of us. :)
Her names (Phoebe – Greek for “the moon” literally, but we prefer another meaning, “bright and radiant”; and her middle name, Ann a name derived from the Hebrew Anna meaning “grace, graceful, gracious, full of grace”) suit her perfectly.  She is always glowing.  Being one of the more quiet members of our family, sometimes it is hard to know what she is thinking, but whenever she shares her heart, it is amazing to find the jewels of wisdom hidden beneath that miscevious smile. 
Some things I admire in her:
  • She loves Jesus with all her heart and strives to serve Him more perfectly each day. 
  • She is passionate about evangelism; she wants others to know Jesus in a personal way.
  • Her smile lights up the whole house!  She is always smiling and cheerful in a world full of sullen people.
  • She loves a challenge, whether academic, sports related or a challenging recipe, she sets her sails “full into the wind” and is determined to be the conquerer.
  • She is a hard, diligent worker. 
  • She is a lover of the out doors, we enjoy various activities together outside. 
  • She is very smart, and proves it in an un-boastful way ALL the time!
  • She is a loving and obedient daughter and sister.
  • Phoebe is my best friend, and Jo’s as well…. I love that fact!
May the Lord continue to bless you Phoebe and give you His perfect strength to grow in grace and in the knowledge of Jesus each day as you strive to serve Him more fully! 
I love you Phoebe!!!
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School days~
August 28, 2009, 9:16 am
Filed under: 1, Fun together, Homemaking, personal, Jaden, My dearest family, My simple life, Pictures, daily blessings, simple things in life | Tags: , , , , ,
SDC19857
 
 
One thing I LOVE about home schooling is, no two days are alike.  Each time you sit down to teach, or get up to present, it is unique.  The other day was no exception.  Since I teach Jaden to read, I usually try to find examples of phrases to use with his word-list.  
 
 
 
 Jaden and his mousetrap :)
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A teachable moment (teaching on tenses: past, present and future).
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The wonderful textbook – Samuel Blumenfeld’s Alpha-Phonics.  I HIGHLY reccommend for all home educators to use as a reading / phonics program.   I have learned right along Jaden as I teach him each day. 
Jaden is doing a little bit of reading on his very own.  But he is “that” close to being an independent reader!  So exciting to see, and one day soon the light bulb will come on and he’ll never be the same. :)  
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Worldview News
August 27, 2009, 11:15 am
Filed under: Action alerts, American Government, Articles, C4L, Constitutional Rights, Current Events, In Freedom's Cause, Links, Ministry links, News and media, Political, Pro-life, Radio Ministries, Ron Paul | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,
Item #1
30 Days in jail or $1000 a day fine for refusing the vaccine
A new law just passed in Massachusetts imposes fines of up to $1000 per day and up to a 30 day jail sentence for not obeying authorities during a public health emergency.
To read these stories look under our national and international news section at:
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‘Win One for Teddy,’ Say Dems Pushing for Health Reform
Court Orders Fed to Disclose Emergency Bank Loans
$1000 Per Day Fine And 30 Days In Jail For Refusing The Swine Flu Vaccine In Massachusetts?
The babies born in hospital corridors: Bed shortage forces 4,000 mothers to give birth in lifts, offices and hospital toilets
Obama and Faith
Item #2
Saul Alinsky Disciple Goes After Conservative and Christian Radio at the FCC
Topic One: The death of Ted Kennedy. Topic Two: FCC chief diversity officer Mark Lloyd wants the government to take away communications from the private sector. Lloyd praised Saul Alinsky in his own book in 2006. Brannon explains what Lloyd is calling for and how it can be used to destroy Christian radio programs and Christian radio stations as well as conservative talk radio and talk stations. Why this is a big part of their revolution. Are we shocked that they are after Christian radio when Saul Alinsky dedicated his book to Lucifer? This is a spiritual battle and the president and his men are doing the work of their father. Topic Three: The “Obama for America” program seeks to use government, tax-payer funded colleges and universities to give college-credits to college students that work for Obama’s agenda. Is this part of Obama’s civil military force? Topic Four: Nearly half of doctors in the UK say they will not personally take the H1N1 vaccine. Why? Topic Five: The senate in Massachusetts has passed a bill that could fine an individual up to $1,000 per day for refusing to take a government mandated vaccine or face up to thirty days in jail. Topic Six: We take your calls.
Item #3
Updated Material on KeepGlennBeck.com
Please Forward This Link To your Friends: If the radicals can have Glenn Beck removed from the air who will be next?
Item #4
Understanding Six Worldviews that Rule the World
By David Noebel
On one side is the Christian worldview, the foundation of Western civilization. On the other side are five worldviews: Islam, Secular Humanism, Marxism, Cosmic Humanism, and Postmodernism. While these worldviews don’t agree in every detail, they unanimously concur on one point-their opposition to biblical Christianity.
Item #5
THE FEDERAL RESERVE MUST DIE
By James Quinn
I’ve read and witnessed various pundits during the Presidential campaign describe Ron Paul as crazy. The corrupt tax and spenders in Congress know their days would be numbered if they followed his vision of government. Ron Paul’s scathing assessment of the Federal Reserve’s primary role in creating the financial crisis and his raking of Chairman Bernanke over the coals is so accurate, truthful and sane that it should blow your mind. Mr. Bernanke must have felt like his head was spinning like a top while Ron Paul gave him a tutorial in basic economics. Mr. Paul’s noble efforts to Audit the Fed (HR 1207) and eventually to rid the country of its insidious control over our lives will bring the pillars of the Federal Reserve building crashing down upon Mr. Bernanke in his mahogany paneled, gold plated boardroom with ornate chandeliers.
Item #6
Understanding The Times with Jan Markell
Contemplative Prayer: Buyer-Beware Label Needed Just what is “contemplative prayer?” Why should there be a “buyer-beware” label on it? Jan and guest Dr. Gloria Wiese, scrutinize the issue and point out the difference between contemplative prayer and biblical prayer. Who are the most noted leaders of the contemplative prayer movement? This, and much more about a topic few understand.
Item #7
End Time Wars – #1 War of Extermination
By Dr. David R. Reagan
Every time a war breaks out in the Middle East, I receive a flurry of phone calls and email messages asking if it could be the War of Armageddon. This question is prompted by the fact that most people are familiar with only one end time war – the one that has been popularized in movies and novels as the “Battle of Armageddon.”
Item #8
Glenn Beck Closing in on Van Jones
By Cliff Kincaid
It seems clear that Jones has undergone, with powerful sponsors and benefactors, an extreme makeover.
Item #10
Chris Rosebrough
• New Marty Python “Saddleback Costomer Service” • Does Bill Hybels Think He Could Do It Better Than Jesus? • Preacher Threatened With Arrest For Reading Out Extracts From the Bible in Public • Runaway Teen Convert from Islam Will Stay in Florida for Now
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Abe’s Baptism
August 26, 2009, 8:42 pm
Filed under: Family & Friends, My dearest family, Thanksgiving & Thanks-Living, daily blessings | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Abe’s Baptism – Written by Julia Kautt (my Mom) 

I waited patiently for the LORD;

And He inclined to me,

And heard my cry.

He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,

Out of the miry clay,

And set my feet upon a rock,

And established my steps.

He has put a new song in my mouth –

Praise to our God;

Many will see it and fear,

And will trust in the LORD.

 Psalm 40:1-3 

This passage was stamped on the diploma Ron and Anna Russell handed to their son, Abraham, this past weekend. After 30 years of serving Satan, the Lord snatched my brother Abe from the pit and has truly set his feet upon a rock – THE Rock, Jesus Christ. After a year in Christian substance abuse rehabilitation, he is a completely changed man. He’s still our lovable Abe, but he’s ever so different. He recognizes that he is not an addict or an alcoholic – he’s a sinner. That realization made it possible for him to lose the cravings for things sinful. Now he is an avid Bible student, eager to please the God who saved him from his death-style, on fire for the Lord!

 On Sunday, August 23rd, 2009, several family members and 3 friends gathered in Tyler, Texas at Grace Community Church for an informal ceremony celebrating Abe’s milestone and affirming him in his new life. It was a glorious, sacred, joyous time of healing and thanksgiving. One of those mountaintop experiences that ended way too soon. My father, Ron, who led the gathering, encouraged anyone who desired to speak to the group and / or to Abe. Many sage words were spoken, some targeting the youthful grandchildren present. Many tender words were expressed, some encouraging to Abe, some requesting forgiveness from him. We sang a couple of impromptu songs, had some spontaneous, yet orderly prayers, and then were invited to witness Abe’s baptism.

We moved outdoors to the portable baptistery, where Ron said a few words about the meaning of baptism, especially with regard to Abe. Then Abe shared from his heart.

 “I finally became free of my past when I realized that the old man is dead and that I’m gonna make mistakes and it’s okay. But I’ve gotta leave that old man in the grave and I hope y’all can too…. That’s what this is about – this is my dedication to the Lord and welcoming me back home.”

 Back at our home, after breakfast Monday morning David asked me to read Psalm 40:1-3 to the family. A song that Mommy used to sing when I was a child came to mind:

 There’s a new song in my heart

Since the Savior set me free.

There’s a new song in my heart;

‘Tis a heavenly melody.

All my sins are washed away

In the blood of Calvary.

O what peace and joy -

Nothing can destroy.

There’s a new song in my heart.

Later, a poem flowed from my pen in grateful response to Abe’s changed life:

He fell –

a broken, bleeding mess of a rebel,

shattered relationships surrounding his feet

like so many shards of glass.

 

The Mighty one has lifted him –

a new creature,

infused with the Spirit of life,

walking purposefully and erect,

in light, peace and power,

passionate to please his Master, Redeemer and Friend,

anxious to see many souls

accompany him into that glorious realm,

where they will all shout,

“Hallelujah! The Lord God omnipotent reigneth!”

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Worldview News
August 25, 2009, 11:11 am
Filed under: American Government, Articles, Current Events, In Freedom's Cause, Ministry links, Political, Prayer & Supplication, Pro-life, Radio Ministries, Standing for Truth, The Holy Scriptures, biblical authority, the importance of genesis | Tags: , , , , , ,

Item #1

WAS GOD IN THE WHIRLWIND?
By Jan Markell
My home state of Minnesota has lots of lakes, bitter cold, and Lutherans. Over 150 years ago, Scandinavians targeted this state and its climate, perhaps because it resembled their homeland. Ironically, the fathers and grandfathers of today’s Lutherans left Sweden back then because they saw corruption and bad doctrine within Lutheranism in Scandinavia. But these Lutheran immigrants built Bible-believing churches for future generations. No doubt they would be crushed at such a culmination of apostasy in recent years.

To read these stories look under our national and international news section at:
http://www.worldviewtimes.com/news

Fed to Steal State Pension Funds
There’s no will to fight inflation
Voight: Is Obama creating a civil war in America?
Obama to Revise 10-Year Budget Deficit Up to $9 Trillion
US May See 150-200 More Bank Failures: Bove

Item #2

Media Corruption and the Two Party System
By Cliff Kincaid
This kind of advertised access to Obama’s “inner circle” helps explain why the truth about Davis and Ayers was concealed from the readers of his book.

Item #3

Updated Material on KeepGlennBeck.com
If the radicals can have Glenn Beck removed from the air who will be next?

Item #4

Obama’s Imperial Decree: Target Oklahoma
Remember the good old days, when one only had to watch out for the Federal Government’s twisted interpretation of the commerce clause to justify tyranny?

Item #5

Worldview Matters with Brannon Howse
Topic One: A Reagan Administration official says a revolution is occurring at the hands of President Obama. Topic Two: Obama is acting as a community organizer even as president. Is Obama and his gang even more radical than Saul Alinsky who was the organizer of community organizers? Topic Three: We take your calls.

Item #6

An Argument for Learning
By Jim Elliff
One of the immense edifices on the skyline of Christian history over the last hundred years was the eminent leader, Dr. Martyn Lloyd Jones (1899-1981). He is noteworthy not only because he was a great preacher and the pastor of Westminster Chapel of London, but also because of his zest for learning. Having begun as a physician of exceptional quality, he carried over into his Christianity and ministry this unceasing hunger to know more. From a delightful little book entitled Martyn Lloyd Jones, The Man and His Books I found this humorous cameo of Lloyd Jones as a indefatigable learner, given by his daughter as a portion of a public address:

Item #7

Understanding The Times with Jan Markell
Talking Points on Health Care Reform The Abortion Industry’s Three Biggest Myths about Health Care Reform Fighting false health care claims, Obama repeats one of his own Abortion: Which Side Is Fabricating? A Few Questions for Brian McClaren on Abortion and Health Care The Moral Healthcare Con! 40 Days for Life Stop The Abortion Mandate Operation Outcry

Item #8

Blessed are those who mourn
By Steve Cornell
Jesus began his kingdom manifesto (the Sermon on the Mount) with a pronouncement of blessing on the poor in spirit? This is what I love about the teaching of Jesus. Who would think of poor in spirit, mourners as blessed people? This breaks with all our expected categories! It challenges our cultural assumptions. It is like saying that Christian character and discipleship begins with a recognition that you don’t qualify. A poor in spirit person is broken and contrite. He recognizes that he has nothing to commend himself to God —no claim upon God but God’s mercy. The Sermon on the Mount begins on a theme that traces back to God’s grace.

Item #9

Disney’s Decline
By Rebecca Hagelin
I’ll always remember how magical it was to see Tinker Bell flitter across the TV screen. She would touch the top of Cinderella’s Castle with her magic wand and release a million tiny sparkles that cascaded down the television screen and seemingly into my living room.

Item #10

How to be “Intellectual,” in Your Own Mind
By Ray Comfort
Many times I have been called a liar because I have said that an atheist is someone who believes “nothing created everything,” which of course is a scientific impossibility. This is a huge embarrassment to the atheist. Instead of being seen as an intellectual, such a thought reveals him to be a fool, just as the Bible says (see Psalm 14:1).

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Worldview News
August 24, 2009, 11:32 am
Filed under: Action alerts, American Government, Articles, Constitutional Rights, Current Events, In Freedom's Cause, Just blogging, Ministry links, Political, Pro-life, Radio Ministries, Standing for Truth, The Holy Scriptures, biblical authority, patriotism, the importance of genesis | Tags: , , , , , ,

Item #1

Reagan Administration Official Says America is Experiencing A Revolution
Herbert E. Meyer served during the Reagan Administration as Special Assistant to the Director of Central Intelligence and Vice Chairman of the CIA’s National Intelligence Council. He holds the U.S. National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal, which is the Intelligence Community’s highest honor. During the last 30 years we Americans have been so politically divided that some of us have called this left-right, liberal-conservative split a “culture war” or even a “second Civil War.” These descriptions are no longer accurate. The precise, technical word for what is happening in the United States today is revolution.

To read these stories look under our national and international news section at:
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Honor Killings Come to America
Barack Obama’s chief White House adviser is collecting millions of dollars from his former public relations firms as they sign lucrative contracts
I am finally scared of a White House administration
Lutherans Move Toward More Open View on Gays
Federal officials urge employers to prepare for widespread swine flu outbreak

Item #2

Are We on a Slippery Slope to Fascism?
By Jan Markell
I have been troubled as I hear people saying that America is heading down a Socialist or Fascist path very similar to what happened in Nazi Germany in the 1930s and 1940s. But I must now acknowledge that these observers are much more right than wrong. One article that convinced me was Joseph Farah’s editorial on World Net Daily for August 11, “None Dare Call it Totalitarianism.” He wrote a follow-up on WND August 17 listing the comparisons to Nazi Germany. I do not always agree with Farah but I feel he has done his homework on the above.

Item #3

We Were Warned in 1966 By A Pastor That Was Tortured For Christ
Topic: Pastor Richard Wurmbrand warned us in 1966 in his testimony before the U.S. Senate that Communism is evil, anti-God, anti-liberty, anti-free speech and that they will co-op your churches, your colleges, your universities, your seminaries. Wurmbrand spent 14 years in a Communist prison before coming to America and starting Voice of the Martyrs. His 1966 testimony was the most sold government document for three years. What he warned has not been heeded and one of America’s fastest growing movement’s, the Emergent Church, and its pastors and authors are singing the praises of socialism, they are following a neo-Marxist and calling for a utopian society through the spiritual evolution where good and evil merge for a better third option. This fits perfectly with the “Third Way” movement of Bill Clinton and Tony Blair where capitalism and socialism/communism merge to form a third option over pure Communism or pure capitalism. Whatever you call it, no matter how it evolves, it is the foundation of tyranny and punishment of those that dissent and reject collectivism. Communitarians as they are called, are repackaged Communists and Richard Wurmbrand called for Christians to expose and fight Communism in any form. Once you start to hear his Congressional testimony you will not be able to stop. Part two tomorrow.

Item #4

We Must Reclaim the Church Before We Can Even Begin to Reclaim the Culture
By Brannon Howse
My friend and Worldview Weekend speaker Ken Ham has written an excellent book with Britt Beemer and Todd Hillard entitled, Already Gone: Why your kids will quit church and what you can do to stop it. Ham worked with a professional pollster to survey those who went to church every week or nearly every week and they deliberately polled conservative congregations, not liberal ones. Let me share some highlights from their book that confirm that the church needs to be reclaimed before we even attempt to reclaim the culture.

Item #5

Weariness and Desperation in Health Care Debate
By Cliff Kincaid
Welcome to Waterloo. Not enough votes for a public option, not enough votes without a public option.

Item #6

U.K. on ObamaCare: Been there, done that
By Matt Barber
Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address comes to mind. In the art of persuasion, it’s often most effective to paint in brief, colorful strokes.

Item #7

Understanding The Times With Jan Markell
Inside the Saddam Hussein Ring Maj. Gen. Georges Sada was an insider in the Saddam Hussein regime. Because he was an evangelical Christian, Saddam not only trusted in him, he also confided in Sada. The General reports that there were weapons of mass destruction and also reports on a 1990 plan to drop chemical weapons on Israel. On many occasions, Sada intervened and spared a disaster.

Item #8

David Barton
Opposing Census Questions on Constitutional Grounds Guest: Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (MN)

Item #9

Part Two: Topic: Pastor Richard Wurmbrand warned us in 1966 in his testimony before the U.S. Senate
Part Two: Topic: Pastor Richard Wurmbrand warned us in 1966 in his testimony before the U.S. Senate that Communism is evil, anti-God, anti-liberty, anti-free speech and that they will co-op your churches, your colleges, your universities, your seminaries. Wurmbrand spent 14 years in a Communist prison before coming to America and starting Voice of the Martyrs. His 1966 testimony was the most sold government document for three years. What he warned has not been heeded and one of America’s fastest growing movement’s, the Emergent Church, and its pastors and authors are singing the praises of socialism, they are following a neo-Marxist and calling for a utopian society through the spiritual evolution where good and evil merge for a better third option. This fits perfectly with the “Third Way” movement of Bill Clinton and Tony Blair where capitalism and socialism/communism merge to form a third option over pure Communism or pure capitalism. Whatever you call it, no matter how it evolves, it is the foundation of tyranny and punishment of those that dissent and reject collectivism. Communitarians as they are called, are repackaged Communists and Richard Wurmbrand called for Christians to expose and fight Communism in any form.

Item #10

Rick Warren: The Last Thing Believers Need is Another Bible Study
By Ingrid Schlueter
“The last thing many believers need is to go to another Bible study. They already know far more than they are putting into practice. What they need are serving experiences in which they can exercise their spiritual muscles.”

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This is the Day
August 23, 2009, 2:08 pm
Filed under: 1, Family & Friends, Prayer & Supplication | Tags: , ,

My uncle is getting baptized today.   He will begin a new life with Jesus as his Savior and Master.  This is a day of great celebration for our family!   This is the day!!! 

37 Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” 38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” 40 And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation.” 41 So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.

Please pray for Abe as he begins a new life in the Lord.  Thank you!!

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Who hath know the mind of God?
August 22, 2009, 10:54 am
Filed under: Thanksgiving & Thanks-Living, The Holy Scriptures, biblical authority | Tags: , , , ,

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?

For of him and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever.  Amen. 

Romans 11:33-36 King James Version

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Hmm…
August 21, 2009, 4:05 pm
Filed under: Hmm... Interesting, Just blogging, Pictures | Tags: , ,

SDC18870      I don’t know if you can tell what the sign in the upper left hand says, but it is a sign that I pass every time I go to my grandparents in Dallas.   It caught my eye because of its having to do with this blog.  What is its name?  

Leave your comment to guess :)

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Tax-Free Weekend
August 19, 2009, 3:01 pm
Filed under: America, Homemaking, personal, Just blogging, Links, shopping | Tags: , , ,

If you live in the Lone Star state or neighboring states, than you might want to head down here and take advantage of our states annual “Tax-free holiday.”   If you want a comprehensive list of those items that are not-taxed, click here.  It also gives you a list of the items not included in this shopping holiday. 

Many stores will have sales that coincide with this special weekend.  Our family goes out early Friday morning and spends most of the day shopping for clothing, shoes, school supplies and whatever else is needed.  Literally, shop until you drop! :)

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