1 Peter Sunday Sermon

1 Peter 2:7  “Unto you therefore which believe he is precious.” 1 Peter Sunday Sermon

The Apostle is speaking of Jesus Christ, the dear dying friend of poor lost sinners, who pitied us when we had no pity on ourselves; and died for us when otherwise we must have been cast into hell.

Now, if you believe this, that your sins would have damned you if Christ had not taken them on Himself; and that you must have been cursed forever, if Christ had not been made a curse for you: if you feel in your hearts a humble assurance of pardon purchased by his blood; and if you can consider Him as saying to you in the Gospel, what He said to the poor sinful woman, “Go in peace, thy sins are forgiven” (Luke 7:48, 50); then Christ is precious to you; you love Him above all things.

You love to think of Him, you love to hear of Him, you love to talk of Him; whatever He has commanded, you desire to do; and what He has forbidden, you will not willingly do, to gain the whole world. You are now become a new creature.

You cannot live as you once lived. You are born again. Old things are passed away, and all things are become new (2 Cor. 5:17). The things which you once hated, such as prayer, praise, hearing and reading God’s Word, you now love; and the things you once loved, such as vain, sinful conversation, and trifling amusements, you now hate.

You cannot now go to bed at night without thanking your precious and adorable Jesus for the mercies of the day; or without committing yourself to His protection for the night, and trusting your soul in His hands, that if you die before morning, He may receive you unto Himself: and when you rise in the morning, you cannot go out into the world about your lawful business, without begging Him to keep you from the snares of the world and the temptations of Satan.

Your one object is to please your beloved Savior, and above all things you fear to offend Him. You desire, that “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God” (1 Cor. 10:31). “The love of Christ constraineth us” (2 Cor. 5:14).

1 Peter Sunday Sermon

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 8-8-15

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 8-8-15

A tuna must keep swimming to live. It would suffocate if it stopped. Now we know what makes Charlie run.

Old Dogs Need Rest

Old Dogs Need Rest

Old Dogs Need RestCourtesy of Truthbook.com

An older, tired-looking dog wandered into my yard.

I could tell from his collar and well-fed belly that he had a home and was well taken care of.

He calmly came over to me, I gave him a few pats on his head; he then followed me into my house, slowly walked down the hall, curled up in the corner and fell asleep. An hour later, he went to the door, and I let him out.

The next day he was back, greeted me in my yard, walked inside and resumed his spot in the hall and again slept for about an hour.

This continued off and on for several weeks.

Curious, I pinned a note to his collar: ‘I would like to find out who the owner of this wonderful sweet dog is and ask if you are aware that almost every afternoon your dog comes to my house for a nap.’

The next day he arrived for his nap, with a different note pinned to his collar: ‘He lives in a home with 6 children, 2 under the age of 3 – he’s trying to catch up on his sleep..

Can I come with him tomorrow?

Old Dogs Need Rest

Acosta Guilty, IBEW Adventures In Reading

Reading Council President Francisco Acosta has pleaded guilty to taking a $1,800 bribe to repeal a city ethics code provision that caps campaign contributions and prohibits “no-bid” contracts to big donors, reports PaIndependent.com and Evan Grossman of Watchdog.org. Acosta Guilty, IBEW Adventures In Reading

The money according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania came in the form of a loan from Public Official 1, — whom  the Independent indicates is Reading Mayor Vaughn Spencer — to Public Official 2, who is reportedly Acosta’s wife who ran unsuccessfully for a district justice seat.

The Berks County Board of Elections, last year, ruled that Vaughn in his 2011 mayoral race laundered tens of thousands in political contributions for International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98. The case was transferred to our sparkly clean and pristine — that’s sarcasm, son — state Attorney General Kathleen Kane who unsurprisingly dismissed it.

Hey IBEW guys, why not just ask the Berks County GOP to put up your business manager for city council president? Then you wouldn’t have to worry about this money laundering stuff.

On the other hand, maybe the Berks County GOP is not as mind-numbingly something as other county GOP’s are.

Acosta Guilty , IBEW Adventures In Reading

Muslims In U.S. Government

Muslims In U.S. Government
Huma Abedin and Hillary Clinton

This Off The Internet is courtesy of Rick Lozinak. Is it true? While CIA Director Brennan and Ms. Jarrett are unlikely Muslims, the rest most certainly are. Note especially the troubling background of Huma Abedin.

Understand why Obama refuses to say the words “radical Islam.”

We now have a Muslim government .

John Brennan, current head of the CIA converted to Islam while stationed in Saudi Arabia.

Obama ‘s top advisor, Valerie Jarrett, is a Muslim who was born in Iran where her parents still live.

Hillary Clinton’s top advisor, Huma Abedin is a Muslim, whose mother and brother are involved in the now outlawed Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.

Assistant Secretary for Policy Development for Homeland Security, Arif Aikhan, is a Muslim.

Homeland Security Advisor, Mohammed Elibiary, is a Muslim.

Obama advisor and founder of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, Salam al-Marayati, is a Muslim.

Obama ‘s Sharia Czar, Imam Mohamed Magid, of the Islamic Society of North America is a Muslim.
Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships, Eboo Patel, is a Muslim.

1/13/15: Nancy Pelosi announced she will appoint Rep Andre Carson, D-Ind, as the first Muslim lawmaker on the House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. It would make Carson the first Muslim to serve on the committee that receives intelligence on the threat of Islamic militants in the Middle East! He has he suggested that U.S. schools should be modeled after Islamic madrassas, where education is based on the Quran!!!

And last but not least, our closet Muslim himself, Barack Hussein Obama.

It’s questionable if Obama ever officially took the oath of office when he was sworn in. He didn’t repeat the oath properly to defend our nation and our Constitution. Later the Democrats claimed he was given the oath again in private?

CIA director John Brennan took his oath on a copy of the Constitution, not a Bible.

Congressman, Keith Ellison took his oath on a copy of the Qur’an

Congresswoman Michele Bachman was vilified and verbally tarred and feathered by Democrats when she voiced her concern about Muslims taking over our government.

Considering all these appointments, it would explain why Obama and his minions are systematically destroying our nation, supporting radical Muslim groups worldwide, opening our southern border, and turning a blind eye to the genocide being perpetrated on Christians all over Africa and the Middle East.

The more damage Obama does, the more arrogant he’s become!

Our nation and our government has been infiltrated by people who want to destroy us. It can only get worse!

If you fail to pass this one on, there’s something wrong … Somewhere!

In his book he said, “….if it comes down to it, I would go with the Muslims.”

Muslims In U.S. Government

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 8-7-15

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 8-7-15

A pack of wolves killed 40 people in the city of Paris in 1450.

Cessie Giuliano Geek of Week

Cessie Giuliano Geek of Week Celeste Giuliano, who I will always know as Cessie and is not a geek, is this week's Geekadelphia "Geek of the Week" She is a photographer extraordinaire and her site can be found here. She is a photographer extraordinaire and her site can be found here. Cessie Giuliano, not a geek.
Cessie Giuliano, not a geek.

Celeste Giuliano, who I will always know as Cessie and is not a geek, is this week’s Geekadelphia “Geek of the Week”

She is a photographer extraordinaire and her site can be found here.

Cessie Giuliano Geek of Week

 

James Foley Death Sparked Little Outrage

James Foley Death Sparked Little Outrage
James Foley, don’t let him be forgotten

The death of Cecil, a wild animal that survived by eating other wild animals, sparked hipster outrage around the world.

Piers Morgan, a talking head that once actually had a news show on CNN, advocated skinning alive the hunter who shot the Zimbabwe lion.

So, who remembers James Foley? Foley was a journalist who went to dangerous places to cover important stories. His beheading by ISIS was uploaded to YouTube on Aug. 19 last year specifically so his family could see it. There was no Twitter outrage by the hipster celebrities or the “social justice” college crowd.

Why? Unlike Minnesota dentists, ISIS fights back. Hipsters and “social justice” warriors, while they certainly enjoy the emotional jolts self-righteous outrage provides them, are not known for their courage.

Oh, and did you see where the impoverished nation of Zimbabwe is going to put up a statue of Cecil?

The New York Daily News says, referring to the animal’s cubs, soon they will have a permanent place to remember their father.

Hipsters and “social justice” warriors are not known for their brains either.

But here’s a tidbit for them: Cecil was named for the  British Imperialist Cecil Rhodes.

James Foley Death Sparked Little Outrage

Life Starts Somewhere

Life Starts SomewhereOn the Aug. 3  “The O’Reilly Factor” commentator Charles Krauthammer weighed in on the question about the public money Planned Parenthood gets and why some people are OK with abortion.

“There is a difference between a fetus and a born adult or child human being,” Krauthammer said, “I think there is an honest division of opinion in the country between people who believe . . . that life and personhood begins at conception and others who believe it’s a gradual process”

Here is a reality that can’t be denied. Life starts somewhere. It is obviously not a gradual process. Can you kill an adolescent? Adolescents are not fully developed.

Further, the claim that life  starts at conception is not religion-based  but reason-based . Religion tells you, you may not kill i.e. murder which is what one does when one purposely take the life of a helpless, innocent human being. Reason tells you that life starts somewhere.

So where does Krauthammer think it starts? That life starts at conception is something for which one can make a rational case. One can’t do that for the claim that it starts when the head leaves the birth canal.

So where does Krauthammer and the Planned Parenthood defenders think it starts? Viability outside the womb? This is contingent upon technology. The standard based on that can significantly change in a generation or two hence viability outside the womb can’t be considered the start of life as the point at which life starts will never change.

So where does Krauthammer think it starts?

Life does not start at point A for believing Catholics and point B for atheists. Where life starts is where life starts for everyone. So Planned Parenthood defenders make your case.

Life Starts Somewhere

William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 8-6-15

William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 8-6-15

The first pocket Kodak camera was introduced in 1895. It was mentioned two years later in Bram Stocker’s novel Dracula.