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I found an ad for a company that offered the ?service? I was interested in, and made a phone call. A woman was dispatched to my room; it was promised she would be there in a few minutes. I looked at my wedding ring; I couldn?t have sex with another woman and think about my wife, so I took it off.

The Bible is full of symbols that point to God's redemptive plan for man. Today we are going to look at quite possibly the first such symbol in the Old Testament. In Genesis we are told what happens to Adam and Eve right after they sinned...

Isaiah 11:1-9 The Wolf and the Lamb Lie down G.K. Chesterton said that when he was little he was told that the world was a magic place, filled with extraordinary creatures and strange things going on everywhere. When he got older and went to school he was taught that it wasn?t magical at all. It was all scientific. Everything in the world moved according to certain immutable laws and made perfect sense. So as an adult he was able to look back and realise that he had been lied to, though he decided that it wasn?t those who had told him the fantastic stories in his youth that had lied to him. It was those who had told him that it all made sense, and who couldn?t see the magic.

The Baptist church practices the communion as one of its two acts of faith-obedience. Much of the time, this is called an ?ordinance? rather than a ?sacrament.? In other words, you cannot receive salvation or grace through communion. Instead, these are purely symbolic acts that were commanded of Christ's followers by Christ Himself. This is actually the second ordinance in the Baptist church and it is patterned after the Last Supper, which was recorded in the Gospels wherein ...

A tragedy in four parts Part four - the hanging (part one, part two, part three) Ray's sentencing took place on Friday, April 15th, 2005. In the month or so between Ray's hearing and his sentencing, a lot happened, to me at any rate. For one thing, I found out for myself the circumstances that had determined the collapse of HIH!

A tragedy in four parts Part three - the hearing (part one, part two) Ray didn?t want me to come to his hearing. He told me he didn?t want anybody there. Ray said that none of his family or friends would be there - only himself and the legal people. That?s the way he wanted it.

I've often said that if it were possible for me to accomplish just one thing in this area, I think that I would most like to make a difference to the whole problem of drug abuse in Dulwich Hill. That's not because I necessarily consider it to be a bigger problem than the gambling, materialism, or general godlessness I see around me, but I do consider myself to have a particular calling in this area. I do feel that if I could make a difference in this area, then my life and time here would have been worthwhile.

Are you holding back what you want to do because you fear what other people will say? Even if you know that waht you'll be doing is God's will? Stop delaying His work.

Jesus said that He is the vine and we are the branches. As such we are to bear fruit; but only so long as we are joined to Him. What is the fruit that we are supposed to bear? Witnessing, Bible Study, Doing good works? Not at all! Find out what your life is supposed to reflect.

Ask your prospective Disc Jockey the proper probing questions and you won't feel as if you're caught between the dog and the fire hydrant! You'll enjoy planning your Mitzvah, as you become enlightened and proceed with confidence!