Today's Reading February 03

Morning reading from the Old Testament,
the Exodus, chapters 31, 32, and 33

Evening reading from the New Testament
the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 22, verses 23 through 46

Today's Reading February 02

The morning reading
the Exodus, chapters 29 and 30

The evening reading
the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 22 verses 1 through 22

Today's Reading February 1

Morning reading from the Old Testament
-- the Exodus, Chapters 27 and 28

Evening reading from the New Testament
- the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 21, verses 23 through 46

Today's Reading January 31

Morning, Old Testament portion
the Exodus, chaptes 25 and 26

Evening, New Testament portion
the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 21, verses 1 through 22

there are those who regard a reading through the complete Bible as a monumental task. While it is significant, it's worth doing and, in a way, it is monumental. Consider: in the span of of month now, we have gone from those wonderful words, ''In the beginning, GOD ,,,'' through the invention of light, the creation of the world out of nothing, the creation of plants and animals and humans, the Fall, the Flood, the scattering of the human race, the development of kingdoms and empires, the split between the sons of Abraham - Isaac and Ishmael that troubles the world to this day, the retreat into Egypt, the Exodus from Egypt, and now the instructions for the Tabernacle. Quite a journey in only 31 days!
And the Gospel portion is no less significant - we are already into the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem.
This is Good Stuff. Stay with it.

Today's Reading January 30

Morning reading from the Old Testament
the Exodus, chapters 22, 23 and 24

Evening reading from the New Testament
the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 20, verses 17 through 34

Today's Reading January 29

Morning the Exodus chapters 19, 20, and 21

Evening the Gospel of Matthew chapter 20 verses 1 through 16

Today's Reading January 28

Morning (Old Testament portion)
the Exodus, chapters 16, 17, and 18

Evening (New Testament portion)
the Gospel of Matthew chapter 19, verses 16 through 30

Global warming fraud tactics

Once in a while one comes across something that illuminates an issue with such clarity that you can't help but admire it. There are probably many of these every day that I am too blind to see. One of these has just come by.
Of all the fraud-based movements crawling around the earth these days, the Global Warming one is one whose willful blindness to the facts, overweening appeal to the emotions of the clueless, and naked lust for power rivals only the equally imbecilic Islamofascists and the sad remnants of the socialist/communist/Marxist/statist/Social Justice blatherskites. But those are subjects for other moments.
Back to the great analyses. In today's Contra Costa Times, Dr. Vlado Bevc has briefly demolished many of the big font issues of the Luddites. His article, Global Warming Nothing But A Paper Tiger, contains such points as

1) Uncontrolled fires in China's abandoned coal mines release as much carbon dioxide as the entire nation of Japan does from useful fuel consumption.
2) The oceans and land outgas 210 billion tons per year compared to 3 billion tons per year from human activity.

Of course, you won't encounter these 'inconvenient truths' in Al Gore's propaganda movie, nor on ABCCBSNBCCNNPBS or the other stooges for this 'movement'.

UPDATE/Mod

First off, in the list of propagandists shown earlier I left out a few notable outlets. The first is the BBC - a poster case for the worthlessness of most government programs and why the US Constitution envisioned a very limited central gov ernment, something our British and European friends have not yet figured out. Another example is the US-based Weather Channel which has begun, under its new mis-management a transmogrification into a political pressure operation. Also include MSNBC, to no one's surprise.

Secondly, I neglected the alway-interesting web site JunkScience.com That's an oversight none should make. The site has a good explanation of the matter up and I recommend you take a look at it. Go over to The Real 'Inconvenient Truth'
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Today's Reading January 27

Morning the Exodus chapter 13, 14, and 15

Evening the Gospel of Matthew chapter 19 verses 1 through 15

Today's Reading January 26

For the morning
Exodus , chapters 11 and 12

For the evening
The Gospel of Matthew, chapter 18, verses 21 through 35

Today's Reading January 25

Morning Old Testament reading the Exodus chapters 9 and 10

Evening New Testament reading the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 18, verses 1 through 20

this reading ends with what is surely a great promise For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them '' Never forget this.

Today's Reading January 24

Morning Exodus chapters 7 and 8

Evening the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 17

Today's Reading January 23

Morning the Exodus, chapters 4, 5, and 6

Evening the Gospel according to Matthew chapter 16

I'm convinced that this is one of the most significant daily readings of the year. And yes, I realize they're ALL important. But this one speaks to me every time.
''Who do you say that I am''? remains one of those questions that all of us must answer personally and individually, from the heart. What will we do with this Jesus? He asks that question, and we must answer. And there are consequences for that answer.

Today's Reading January 22

We have now completed the book of Genesis, the record from the time of Creation up to the death and burial of Israel. I have always loved Genesis, with it's reminder of where our attention must always be in those great words ''In the beginning, GOD ...''. If we always keep that focus, we're heading in the right direction.

For today
Morning beginning the book of the Exodus, chapters 1 through 3.
Evening, continuing in the Gospel according to Matthew, chapter 15 verses 21 through 39. Pay attention to this one - there's some great hope therein. None of us have a right to the mercy of the Lord but He has it anyway.

Today's Reading January 21

As we continue on the adventure


Morning reading Genesis chapters 49 and 50

Evening reading the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 15, verses 1 through 20

News From the Border: Bush to talk to border agents' families

The story linked here (and I hope that I've done this properly) is one I mentioned in the post below.
News From the Border: Bush to talk to border agents' families

Illegal Immigration, Part 1006 and the Border Travesty

It just doesn't seem to improve, does it? I'm referring not only to the continuing violation of the territorial integrity of the United States, but also of the wretched record of the Bush administration in the matter. Not content with a consistent record of non-performance in the matter, not content with slandering those who have an expectation that the law and the nation's border will be honored, the Administration, acting through the ill-named Justice Department has now railroaded two good Border Agents into a Federal prisons, and as a further injustice, have arranged that there locations will be nearly as far as is possible from their families.
One of the many good takes on the matter can be found over at the News From the Border blog

Let me be frank. I voted for Mr. Bush in two general elections. In many respects, he has been a great president. In other respects, he has been a catastrophe for the nation. The defense of and honor of the nation's borders and those who protect them is one of those catastrophic issues.

Today's Reading January 20

As we continue our adventure. I find that reading through the Bible, God's written love letter to us, is a lot like an adventure. And He thought highly enough of us to give us a written history of His past blessings with promises of future ones. I always find that amazing, not that He could do all of these things, but that he would go to the trouble. That's the miracle!

Morning Genesis chapters 46, 47, and 48
Evening portion the Gospel of Matthew chapter 14, verses 22 through 36

In the Gospel portion shown here, Jesus calms the waves (thought by many at the time to be the province of one of the local gods) showing His authority over them, and then goes over to the other side, among ''those people'', the ones that were not Jews, the ones that had no historical claim to the blessings of God. Like me.
35 And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased;
36 And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
Jesus still does that. He makes us whole.

In the portion out of Genesis, we see Jacob, now named Israel, as he makes the move into Egypt, with the assent of the Almighty. It will provide a place of refuge (odd how often that turns into bondage!!) as the family grows into a great nation ready to claim the inheritance promised by God. Going in among a wicked nation, waiting for God's own time. Quite a story, really, and one whose echoes are felt to this very day. I understand that a few years ago some nutcase from Egypt tried to file a claim under one of the execrable International Courts, seeking recompense for the goods taken by the Israelites as they left Egypt more than 3000 years ago.

Today's Reading January 19

For the morning Genesis chapters 44 and 45
For the evening Gospel of Matthew Chapter 14, verses 1 through 21

Today's Reading - Jan 18

I apologize for the lateness of the post, it does make the notation about ''Morning Reading'' quite incorrect. Today, this morning, was not a fun time for reasons I may get into at another time. At any rate, my apology.

Morning (Old Testament reading) Genesis chapters 42 and 43
Evening (New Testament reading) the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 13, verses 33 through 58

The section from Genesis is one that has particular meaning for me. I met with our pastor for lunch today, the first time I've gone out of the workplace for lunch in the five months I've been with my present employer. One of the things that I related was the rather bumpy road we've been through over the last 2-1/2 years, and yet, like Joseph in the passage, this was foreknown by the Almighty. In the case of Joseph, God's plan was at work, and His will was done. While my own troubles have not been of the scope of Joseph's - sold into slavery by those who should have protected him, carried off to a foreign land, falsely accused, thrown into prison while already a prisoner, all of that - yet we all have our own story. It is at least some comfort to realize that all of this may have been in order for God to accomplish his ends. May it be so.