Piers Morgan had a brilliant quip about the Dalai Lama. He didn't need to serve the penance. He had interviewed the Dalai Lama, and noted he had been a great world leader for many years. He didn't drink alcohol, take drugs, smoke or have sex. So basically, said Piers, he was like "Shane Warne."
The left does not listen, and so may not be aware they are wrong. A parasitic union has destroyed another business. Gillard left a law about bullying. But it doesn't seem to be retrospective so it might not apply to her.
===
Happy birthday and many happy returns Charles Huynh, Nathan Boyd and Jimmy Jong .. and Peter Boyd too .. born on the same day, across the years, along with
- 1164 – Emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176)
- 1763 – John Molson, English-Canadian brewer, founded the Molson Brewing Company (d. 1836)
- 1902 – Mortimer J. Adler, American philosopher and author (d. 2001)
- 1903 – John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician (d. 1957)
- 1922 – Stan Lee, American writer, publisher, producer, and actor
- 1932 – Nichelle Nichols, American actress and singer
- 1934 – Maggie Smith, English actress
- 1940 – Don Francisco, Chilean-American television host
- 1953 – Richard Clayderman, French pianist
- 1954 – Denzel Washington, American actor, director, and producer
- 1957 – Anne Sargeant, Australian netball player
- 1988 – Martina Pretelli, Sammarinese sprinter
- 2002 – Kelsey Smith-Briggs, American child abuse victim (d. 2005)
Matches
- 457 – Majorian is crowned emperor of the Western Roman Empire and recognized by Pope Leo I.
- 1612 – Galileo Galilei becomes the first astronomer to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.
- 1768 – King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.
- 1824 – The Bathurst War comes to an end with the surrender of the Wiradjuri.
- 1836 – South Australia and Adelaide are founded.
- 1895 – The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines, marking the debut of the cinema.
- 1895 – Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.
- 1958 – "Greatest Game Ever Played" – Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium.
- 1978 – With the crew investigating a problem with the landing gear, United Airlines Flight 173 runs out of fuel and crashes in Portland, Oregon, killing 10. As a result, United Airlines instituted the industry's first crew resource management program.
- 2000 – U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business after 128 years.
Despatches
- 1367 – Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330)
- 1503 – Piero the Unfortunate, Italian ruler (b. 1471)
- 1663 – Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)
- 1734 – Rob Roy MacGregor, Scottish criminal (b. 1671)
- 1916 – Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (b. 1835)
- 1937 – Maurice Ravel, French composer (b. 1875)
IT MADE US THINK
Tim Blair – Saturday, December 28, 2013 (2:44pm)
The highlight of 2013 for Canberra Times arts editor Sally Pryor:
The Skywhale made us think about how Canberra is presented to the world.
It sure did. Pryor continues:
Is she a great and lasting work of art, design and craftsmanship that, albeit ephemeral in nature, will live on forever in our minds as an example of the boundless limits of human creativity and scientific endeavour? Or is she an embarrassment to us all, one that will forever be a physical manifestation of all that is mockworthy about Canberra?Was she overpriced, or a bargain? Is she ours, or everyone’s or no one’s? In this, she really encapsulates Canberra.
She’s got competition from Pryor herself. Next up for Skywhale is a trip to Adelaide, where the great example of “scientific endeavour” will appear in something curated by local gallery director Nick Mitzevich:
“As you know I have a fascination for dead horses and pig skins and transsexual sculptures,” Mr Mitzevich said.
He really encapsulates Adelaide.
CLOPCLOPCLOP
Tim Blair – Saturday, December 28, 2013 (2:41pm)
In a piece claiming to offer “suggestions for better journalism”, expert reporter Antony Loewenstein refers to “a recentGallop poll in the US.”
That would be Gallup, Antony.
(Via James J.)
THEN AGAIN, THEY DIDN’T HAVE PASSPORTS
Tim Blair – Saturday, December 28, 2013 (2:43am)
Roger Franklin deals with an annual leftoid myth:
Brothers and sisters, let us shun those who every year at this time proclaim that Joseph and Mary were a homeless couple! There are lies, which all Sunday schoolers know are sins, and then there are those gigantic, jaw-dropping whoppers which come with little horns and pitchforks and do the devil’s work, and this annual misrepresentation of the Holy Family is one of the biggest of the lot.
Please do read on.
===
QUOTES OF 2013
Tim Blair – Saturday, December 28, 2013 (2:14am)
Three Prime Ministers, four Labor leaders, three treasurers and two federal election dates … 2013 had surpluses everywhere except in the budget. It all added up to a year almost beyond words.
ON THE OTHER HAND, LET’S NOT TALK
Tim Blair – Saturday, December 28, 2013 (2:00am)
Barack Obama’s pajama spokesboy Ethan Krupp wants to talk about getting health insurance:
But unfortunately:
But unfortunately:
… his employer isn’t letting him give interviews.
IDIOTS AND CLOWNS
Tim Blair – Saturday, December 28, 2013 (1:40am)
Irish ex-Formula One driver Eddie Irvine calls out newly bomb-happy republicans:
Irvine, 47, was speaking at the launch of his acquisition of Race Ireland school at Kirkistown only hours after republicans had firebombed a sports shop in the centre of Belfast in the wake of a bomb attack on the busy Cathedral Quarter a few days earlier.“Every country has idiots like them parading under different banners,” said Irvine.“They are clowns who can’t be successful at anything.”
He’s right.
SELL THE TARAGO
Tim Blair – Saturday, December 28, 2013 (1:28am)
Spoke with a couple of local legal types the other day about this:
Muslim community spokesman Keysar Trad has lost an eight-year defamation case over comments made by broadcaster Jason Morrison after the Cronulla riots …The court ordered Mr Trad to pay legal costs for Harbour Radio, which operates 2GB.
According to some estimates, Keysar may be up for a bill somewhere in the region of … $4 million.
CLOWNSHOE INSULTED
Tim Blair – Saturday, December 28, 2013 (1:06am)
Only seventh? These people are criminally insane. As punishment, I order the further deployment of Australian agentsthroughout the US.
(Via Sam L.)
Actually not quite so funny
Andrew Bolt December 28 2013 (7:29am)
I was there and laughed with the crowd at Piers Morgan’s comeuppance:
===Morgan, who told his 3.8 million Twitter followers how soft his beloved English cricket team had become, recently urged the batsmen to “grow a pair” and that he’d “love” to face Aussie speedster Mitchell Johnson.But, a bit late, I realised pride could have killed Morgan live on television - and not just broken his bones:
Never one to back down from a challenge, that escalated into a brief - albeit very painful - net session against Lee at the MCG on Friday, with at least 2000 baying Aussie fans, including Johnson and Peter Siddle, looking on.
Morgan was sat on his rump, bowled and struck three times in one fiery over in which Lee extended himself to “about 85 per cent” capacity.
I must say I’m disappointed that Lee actually tried to hurt Morgan, bowling at his head and body.
Mary and Joseph victims of big government
Andrew Bolt December 28 2013 (7:08am)
Roger Franklin deals
with the annual myth - this time peddled by a Brisbane church, Eureka
Street and journalism academic Wendy Bacon - that Mary and Joseph were like our boat people, just refugees seeking a room at an inn::
===Fact is, Mary and Joseph were victims of Big Government - and you can take that as the gospel truth, courtesy of the Gospels themselves. Why did they leave their home in Nazareth? Because the Emperor Augustus ordered all Roman subjects to return to their ancestral homes for a census, thus wasting the couple’s time, money and sandal leather to extract information that might have been just as easily obtained if they had been allowed to remain in their own home.A question for the bishops and priests who recommend a let-everyone-in policy, regardless of merit or consequences. Why do you follow a faith that bars the doors to heaven for eternity on sinners and disbelievers?
Why were there no rooms available? Because, after issuing the order to hit the road and be counted, Augustus made no provision to accommodate the overnight population surge.
But surely Mary and Joseph were homeless outcasts, right?
Well, they were away from home but certainly not homeless. Joseph was a carpenter, according to the New Testament, and therefore a skilled artisan - about as likely to be mistaken for a homeless man as the next tradie you see scooting by in a ute.
With the rest of the world on mute, the Left can’t hear reason
Andrew Bolt December 28 2013 (6:57am)
Gerard Henderson
reviews a year of hyperbole. Some journalists of the Left live in such a
bubble - confusing desire with reality, fancies with facts, anger with
insight - that they are led to predict the most astonishing things. For
instance:
===February. The Crikey newsletter gives legitimacy to rumours that Peter Costello will return to parliament and that Malcolm Turnbull will become treasurer in a Rudd Labor government. In Daily Life, Alecia Simmonds describes Tony Abbott as “like a maniacal Neanderthal who has only just learned to use cutlery”....That last is a metaphor.
April.... ABC radio presenter Waleed Aly depicts terrorism as merely “a perpetual irritant” and suggests that the Boston terrorist attack may have been perpetrated by “self-styled American patriots”. Wrong on each count....
June. Clive Palmer predicts that he will be prime minister come September. Julian Assange tells Lateline’s Emma Alberici that his WikiLeaks Party enjoys “between 25 and 28 per cent support” in Australia. On June 20, Latham writes in The Australian Financial Review that “Rudd has had no intention of resuming the Labor leadership in this term of parliament”. Six days later, journalist Mike Carlton tweets, following Rudd’s overthrow of Gillard, that he is “sipping chardonnay” - apparently in anticipation of a Rudd victory over Abbott in September.
July. An excited Peter FitzSimons reckons that the political game has “changed staggeringly” and proclaims that “right now Kevin Rudd has just that little of the magic about him” that he had in 2008. Carlton equates Rudd’s comeback with Napoleon Bonaparte’s 1815 “return to power and glory” and foretells an election on October 19. AFR political editor Laura Tingle assesses Rudd Labor as “at worst, within sight of being returned and, at best, already in the winner’s seat”....
August....Commentator Jane Caro calls the first political leaders’ debate “unequivocally for Kevin Rudd” who “wiped the floor” with Abbott. She assessed the debate with the television on mute.
If the union wants SPC saved, here are some savings
Andrew Bolt December 28 2013 (6:52am)
Grace Collier on how to save SPC Ardmona - by insisting it save itself before asking for a taxpayer handout:
===Workers who start with the company must have a union official at their induction meetings; probably to heavy them to join.Then there are the salaries…
All workers also are forced to purchase their own private income protection policy.
The union that covers SPC owns half of an insurance company that provides income protection, called U Cover. The union receives payments from U Cover annually in exchange for the workers it signs up. In 2011 the union’s dividend from U Cover was $1,164,000.
SPC must allow the union to have eight delegates and must provide them with facilities and time to be unionists on site. Ten paid union meetings with workers can be held every year. Each union delegate is entitled to five paid union training days a year, capped at a total of 40 paid days per delegate.
Once again, a law to bully us
Andrew Bolt December 27 2013 (8:32am)
Define “reasonable”.
Define the judge you trust to define “reasonable”. Define the cost of
all the mainchancers who realise that with laws like this the process
is so often the punishment:
It is also so undignified, giving a judicial caste even more power to determine the manners of people once accustomed to think of themselves as free and robust.
Still, I can think of a new Human Rights Commissioner who could with some justice use this law against his new colleagues.
===Bullying complaints could swamp the Fair Work Commission when it begins hearing cases in January because the Gillard government did not apply adequate methods to filter out dubious or unsuitable claims, a workplace academic says.I predict this cure will be infinitely worse than any disease, like so many new laws to regulate behaviour and speech.
And a corporate law firm has warned businesses they need to take steps to ensure they do not become the ‘’poster child’’ for the new bullying jurisdiction.
From January 1, any employee who believes he or she is the victim of ongoing ‘’repeated unreasonable behaviour’’ by a co-worker can, on payment of a $65.50 application fee, ask the commission to make an order for the bullying to stop…
The new laws, put in place in mid-2013 by then workplace relations minister Bill Shorten, make clear that ‘’reasonable’’ management action and performance management are not bullying.
It is also so undignified, giving a judicial caste even more power to determine the manners of people once accustomed to think of themselves as free and robust.
Still, I can think of a new Human Rights Commissioner who could with some justice use this law against his new colleagues.
===
Skip the meat tonight? - ed
===
Unbelievable facts
Biodegradable cigarette filters with flower seeds.
===
===
"What can you tell me of the new King?" -Balthazar
Bring your Bible to life! Details here:http://bit.ly/16PwvSM
===
===
只限成人入场 means only adult admission. Where is it?
===
4 her
===
Matt Smith? - ed===
Calling all Doctor Who: Legacy fans! The Eighth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith have unlocked on the app and are ready to help you battle the Doctor's foes.
Find out more about the FREE #DoctorWho Legacy game here: http://bbc.in/1aa1cn5
===
The IDF continues watching over #Israel 24/7, even during tough times like these where acts of terror happened every day--terror aimed at civilians and soldiers, #Christians, #Muslims and#Jews alike. To all of you, whether you're in southern Israel enduring sirens because of rockets from #Gaza, or watching in solidarity thousands of miles away, we wish you a safe and peaceful#Shabbat.
===
Your own private theater.
===
===
Michelle Malkin
The 2013 Twitchys: Top 20 deleted tweets of the year ==> http://twitchy.com/2013/
===
===
===
===
JOHN WAYNE
The Man Behind the Name: JOHN WAYNE’s family carries out his greatest wishhttp://bit.ly/1cVb3xD John Wayne Cancer Foundation & John Wayne Cancer Institute
===
===
At 11, Hope became pregnant with her then 13-year-old boyfriend’s baby. Where were their parents? http://bit.ly/DRP1227 #DrPhil
===
Wild night? - ed===
===
===
Michelle Malkin
A&E reportedly caves; Phil Robertson will be back on ‘Duck Dynasty’ ==>http://twitchy.com/2013/
===
===
You mean a Horcrux? - ed
===
Deric Ly
What is your favourite? @ Hamel Road Bakery
nomnomnomnom, Mff, (wipes crumbs, points) those ones! - ed===
I just got a text from a wrong number.... "how's the baby?"... I replied.... "It was delicious"... I haven't heard back yet...
===
===
David Bowles
(Out of irritation with someone in Monterrey)—I don't care whether you decide to break the law and smoke marijuana, but don't expect me to applaud you for it or treat you like you're somehow more enlightened or open-minded as a result. You're just making yourself stupid with a narcotic. There is nothing mystical, spiritual or special in your drugged state. Your brain's chemistry has been altered temporarily to make you stupid. That's it.
David Daniel Ball I like what one reply was "Silly rabbit, one does not need to take drugs to be stupid"
===
===
Kate Mai:
"Đưa người, ta không đưa qua sông
Mà sao có tiếng sóng ở trong lòng"
Parting with you at the river, I am not crossing,
Yet a raging torrent is within me.
===
I'm learning about Viet poetry .. https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thâm_Tâm
===
===
Aruba
Daniel Bogo
===So many have got things wrong in chasing left wing adulation .. World Vision, The United Church of Canada, Gosford Anglican .. sad for their worship members who expect to worship God .. ed
===
===
www.smh.com.au
======
www.theaustralian.com.au
===
A beautiful summer morning in Sydney and I am home alone with Zoey ma bitch, one Australian cockatiel and an African love bird.
The family have all deserted me. It's great ! So peaceful.
Time for some fresh lychees and some succulent Bowen mangos.
You poor bastards freezing your tits off on the other side of the world just don't know what you are missing.
Have a great weekend !
===
Qkoi, Xjsq, IWWQ, (scratches head) I don't know what it means, but it says *something* - ed
===
===
The Light — at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park.
===
carolineglick.com
===
===
www.news.com.au
Another parasitical union kills a host - ed===
There is no choice for sensible people .. ed
===
4 her
===
Choose the right thing by the workers .. ALP don't. - ed
===
Dr. Phil
Santa came to our house!
===
www.foxnews.com
===call me fishmeal .. ed
===
Little Red Bakery
===
Status Update
By Fred Nile - Official Christian Democratic Party
The corruption of language is one important step on the road to cordoning off proper debate and controlling thought.”
#teamnile
Um, do you know what you just said? It isn't for others to speak plainly, but yourself. Don't focus on the corruption of others .. trust in the Lord and be true. So many good people are lost when they her themselves or others say what they want to hear. But God is humbling to those he is closest to. .. Oh, and look into Hamidur Rahman .. there is a big issue there you can do good by looking into. - ed#teamnile
===
===
===
===
mosaicmagazine.com
======
===
===
"As the great comedian Bob Hope once noted, "The only thing chicken about Israel is their soup." Let's keep it that way."
www.michaelfreund.org
======
===
Madu Odiokwu Pastorvin
HE IS OUR RIDDANCE!
It doesn't matter what trouble I get into.One thing is certain,I'm coming out of it.It doesn't matter what proclamation is made against me,they are to no effect,because Christ is my riddance.He rids me of trouble and plucks my feet out of the miry clay. The Scripture says in Psalm 59:16 "But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble".God bless you.
It doesn't matter what trouble I get into.One thing is certain,I'm coming out of it.It doesn't matter what proclamation is made against me,they are to no effect,because Christ is my riddance.He rids me of trouble and plucks my feet out of the miry clay. The Scripture says in Psalm 59:16 "But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble".God bless you.
=
PRAY ALONG.
Abba Father,I thank You for granting me more grace to excel in all my endeavours,,as I walk in humility and meekness of Spirit,demonstrating at all times the character and nature of Christ in me,in Jesus Name,Amen.
Abba Father,I thank You for granting me more grace to excel in all my endeavours,,as I walk in humility and meekness of Spirit,demonstrating at all times the character and nature of Christ in me,in Jesus Name,Amen.
=
God gives more grace to the humble.
The Scripture says,God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble,James;4-6. For you to consistently ex prince divine favors in your life,you must be humble.Humility is a key to greatness,success and promotion.
Some people mistake humility for weakness,but I tell you that being humble doesn't mean you are weak,rather,it's strength of character. As year is coming to an end,I urge you to renew your heart and humble yourself so that the year 2014 will be a glorious year for us.God bless you.
===The Scripture says,God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble,James;4-6. For you to consistently ex prince divine favors in your life,you must be humble.Humility is a key to greatness,success and promotion.
Some people mistake humility for weakness,but I tell you that being humble doesn't mean you are weak,rather,it's strength of character. As year is coming to an end,I urge you to renew your heart and humble yourself so that the year 2014 will be a glorious year for us.God bless you.
Pastor Rick Warren
It's ok to get angry. It's not ok to stay angry. Follow Eph. 4:26
===
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
December 27, 2013 / 24 Tevet 5774 / Shabbat Shalom
|
  |
===
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | ||||||
| © Copyright 2013 United with Israel. All Rights Reserved |
| |||||
|
December 28: Day of the Holy Innocents (Western Christianity)
- 1065 – Westminster Abbey (pictured) in London, built byEdward the Confessor between 1045 and 1050, wasconsecrated.
- 1768 – Taksin the Great was crowned king of the newly established Thonburi Kingdom in the new capital at Thonburi, present-day Thailand.
- 1943 – Second World War: After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting, the 1st Canadian Infantry Division captured the Italian town ofOrtona.
- 1973 – U.S. President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act into law, a wide-ranging environmental law designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction as a "consequence of economic growth and development untempered by adequate concern andconservation."
- 2011 – Acting on an information that PKK militants were crossing the border in Şırnak Province, two Turkish F-16 jets fired at a group of villagers, killing 34 people.
Events[edit]
- 457 – Majorian is crowned emperor of the Western Roman Empire and recognized by Pope Leo I.
- 484 – Alaric II succeeds his father Euric and becomes king of the Visigoths. He establishes his capital at Aire-sur-l'Adour (Southern Gaul).
- 893 – An earthquake destroys the city of Dvin, Armenia.
- 1065 – Westminster Abbey is consecrated.
- 1308 – The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan, begins.
- 1612 – Galileo Galilei becomes the first astronomer to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.
- 1768 – King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.
- 1795 – Construction of Yonge Street, formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in York, Upper Canada (present-day Toronto, Ontario, Canada).
- 1824 – The Bathurst War comes to an end with the surrender of the Wiradjuri.
- 1832 – John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign.
- 1835 – Osceola leads his Seminole warriors in Florida into the Second Seminole War against the United States Army.
- 1836 – South Australia and Adelaide are founded.
- 1836 – Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico.
- 1846 – Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.
- 1867 – United States claims Midway Atoll, the first territory annexed outside Continental limits.
- 1879 – Tay Bridge disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.
- 1885 – Indian National Congress a political party of India is founded in Bombay, British India.
- 1895 – The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines, marking the debut of the cinema.
- 1895 – Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.
- 1902 – The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5-0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.
- 1908 – A magnitude 7.2 earthquake rocks Messina, Sicily, Italy killing over 75,000.
- 1912 – The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California.
- 1918 – Constance Markievicz while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons.
- 1935 – Pravda publishes a letter by Pavel Postyshev, who revives New Year tree tradition in the Soviet Union.
- 1941 – World War II: Operation Anthropoid, the plot to assassinate high-ranking Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich, commences.
- 1943 – World War II: After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting, the Battle of Ortona concludes with the victory of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division over the German 1st Parachute Division and the capture of the Italian town of Ortona.
- 1944 – Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score 8 points in one game of NHL ice hockey.
- 1948 – The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami, Florida.
- 1956 – Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling, Malaya to try and resolve the Malayan Emergency situation.
- 1958 – "Greatest Game Ever Played" – Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium.
- 1972 – Kim Il-sung, already Prime Minister of North Korea and First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, becomes the first President of North Korea.
- 1973 – The Endangered Species Act is passed in the United States.
- 1978 – With the crew investigating a problem with the landing gear, United Airlines Flight 173 runs out of fuel and crashes in Portland, Oregon, killing 10. As a result, United Airlines instituted the industry's first crew resource management program.
- 1989 – A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people.
- 2000 – U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business after 128 years.
- 2008 – War in Somalia: The militaries of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian troops capture Mogadishu unopposed.
- 2009 – 43 people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims are observing the Day of Ashura.
- 2010 – Arab Spring: Popular protests begin in Algeria against the government.
- 2011 – Uludere airstrike: Turkish warplanes bomb 34 Kurds of Turkish nationality in the district of Uludere.
Births[edit]
- 1164 – Emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176)
- 1522 – Margaret of Parma (d. 1583)
- 1619 – Antoine Furetière, French author and scholar (d. 1688)
- 1635 – Elizabeth Stuart, English daughter of Charles I of England (d. 1650)
- 1651 – Johann Krieger, German composer and organist (d. 1735)
- 1655 – Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, English politician (d. 1698)
- 1665 – George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English general (d. 1716)
- 1763 – John Molson, English-Canadian brewer, founded the Molson Brewing Company (d. 1836)
- 1775 – Jean-Gabriel Eynard, Swiss banker (d. 1863)
- 1798 – Thomas James Henderson, Scottish astronomer (d. 1844)
- 1818 – Carl Remigius Fresenius, German chemist(d. 1897)
- 1842 – Calixa Lavallée, Canadian army officer and composer (d. 1891)
- 1856 – Woodrow Wilson, American politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)
- 1859 – Venustiano Carranza, Mexican politician, 37th President of Mexico (d. 1920)
- 1866 – Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian and diplomat, founded the Askenazy school (d. 1935)
- 1870 – Charles Bennett, English runner (d. 1949)
- 1882 – Arthur Eddington, English astronomer (d. 1944)
- 1887 – Werner Kolhörster, German physicist (d. 1946)
- 1888 – F. W. Murnau, German director (d. 1931)
- 1890 – Quincy Wright, American political scientist (d. 1970)
- 1895 – Carol Ryrie Brink, American author (d. 1981)
- 1898 – Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish meteorologist (d. 1957)
- 1898 – Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (d. 1947)
- 1899 – Eugeniusz Bodo, Polish actor (d. 1943)
- 1902 – Mortimer J. Adler, American philosopher and author (d. 2001)
- 1902 – Shen Congwen, Chinese author (d. 1988)
- 1903 – Earl Hines, American pianist (d. 1983)
- 1903 – John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician (d. 1957)
- 1905 – Cliff Arquette, American actor (d. 1974)
- 1907 – Ze'ev Ben-Haim, Israeli linguist (d. 2013)
- 1908 – Lew Ayres, American actor (d. 1996)
- 1910 – Billy Williams, American singer (The Charioteers) (d. 1972)
- 1913 – Lou Jacobi, Canadian actor (d. 2009)
- 1914 – Bidia Dandaron, Russian author and educator (d. 1974)
- 1914 – Bernard Youens, English actor (d. 1984)
- 1915 – Pops Staples, American singer (The Staple Singers) (d. 2000)
- 1919 – Emily Cheney Neville, American author (d. 1997)
- 1920 – Bruce McCarty, American architect, designed the Knoxville City-County Building (d. 2013)
- 1920 – Steve Van Buren, American football player (d. 2012)
- 1921 – Johnny Otis, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2012)
- 1922 – Stan Lee, American writer, publisher, producer, and actor
- 1924 – Milton Obote, Ugandan politician, 2nd President of Uganda (d. 2005)
- 1925 – Hildegard Knef, German actress (d. 2002)
- 1926 – Donna Hightower, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
- 1928 – Moe Koffman, Canadian musician and composer (d. 2001)
- 1929 – Brian Redhead, English journalist and author (d. 1994)
- 1929 – Terry Sawchuk, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1970)
- 1931 – Guy Debord, French theorist and author (d. 1994)
- 1931 – Martin Milner, American actor
- 1932 – Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman, founded Reliance Industries (d. 2002)
- 1932 – Dorsey Burnette, American singer-songwriter (The Rock and Roll Trio) (d. 1979)
- 1932 – Roy Hattersley, English journalist and politician
- 1932 – Harry Howell, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1932 – Nichelle Nichols, American actress and singer
- 1932 – Manuel Puig, Argentine author (d. 1990)
- 1933 – John Y. Brown, Jr., American politician, 55th Governor of Kentucky
- 1934 – Rudi Faßnacht, German football coach and manager (d. 2000)
- 1934 – Yujiro Ishihara, Japanese actor (d. 1987)
- 1934 – Maggie Smith, English actress
- 1936 – Jacques Mesrine, French criminal (d. 1979)
- 1936 – Lawrence Schiller, American journalist
- 1937 – Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, Portuguese businessman
- 1937 – Ratan Tata, Indian businessman
- 1938 – Dick Sudhalter, American trumpet player (d. 2008)
- 1939 – Philip Anschutz, American businessman, founded Anschutz Entertainment Group
- 1939 – Michelle Urry, American journalist (d. 2006)
- 1940 – A. K. Antony, Indian politician, Defence Minister of India
- 1940 – Don Francisco, Chilean-American television host
- 1942 – Roger Swerts, Belgian cyclist
- 1943 – Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Peruvian cardinal
- 1943 – Keith Floyd, English chef and author (d. 2009)
- 1943 – David Peterson, Canadian politician, 20th Premier of Ontario
- 1943 – Richard Whiteley, English journalist (d. 2005)
- 1944 – Johnny Isakson, American politician
- 1944 – Kary Mullis, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1945 – Birendra of Nepal (d. 2001)
- 1946 – Mike Beebe, American politician, 45th Governor of Arkansas
- 1946 – Pierre Falardeau, Canadian director and activist (d. 2009)
- 1946 – Tim Johnson, American politician
- 1946 – Edgar Winter, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band)
- 1947 – Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican baseball player (d. 2000)
- 1948 – Mary Weiss, American singer (The Shangri-Las)
- 1949 – Barbara De Fina, American film producer
- 1950 – Øivind Blunck, Norwegian comedian and actor
- 1950 – Alex Chilton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Box Tops and Big Star) (d. 2010)
- 1950 – Rainer Maria Latzke, German-American painter
- 1950 – Hugh McDonald, American bass player (Bon Jovi)
- 1951 – Ian Buruma, Dutch author and scholar
- 1952 – Arun Jaitley, Indian Politician
- 1953 – Richard Clayderman, French pianist
- 1953 – Tatsumi Fujinami, Japanese wrestler
- 1953 – Charlie Pierce, American journalist and author
- 1954 – Gayle King, American journalist
- 1954 – Lanny Poffo, Canadian-American wrestler
- 1954 – Denzel Washington, American actor, director, and producer
- 1955 – Liu Xiaobo, Chinese activist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1956 – Nigel Kennedy, English violinist
- 1957 – Anne Sargeant, Australian netball player
- 1958 – Gilles Leroy, French author
- 1958 – Twila Paris, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1959 – Ana Torroja, Spanish singer-songwriter (Mecano)
- 1960 – Ray Bourque, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1960 – James Caan, Pakistani-English businessman, founded Hamilton Bradshaw
- 1960 – Robert F. Chew, American actor (d. 2013)
- 1960 – Melvin Turpin, American basketball player (d. 2010)
- 1961 – Kent Nielsen, Danish footballer and coach
- 1962 – Melissa R. Kelly, American politician
- 1962 – Michel Petrucciani, French-American pianist (d. 1999)
- 1962 – Choi Soo-jong, South Korean actor
- 1962 – Niel van der Watt, South African composer
- 1964 – Harisree Ashokan, Indian actor
- 1964 – Maite Zúñiga, Spanish runner
- 1965 – Allar Levandi, Estonian skier
- 1966 – Eric Evans, American porn actor
- 1967 – Chris Ware, American illustrator
- 1968 – Akihiko Hoshide, Japanese engineer and astronaut
- 1968 – Rachel Z, American pianist
- 1969 – Linus Torvalds, Finnish-American computer programmer, developed Linux kernel
- 1970 – Elaine Hendrix, American actress, singer, and producer
- 1970 – Francesca Le, American porn actress and director
- 1971 – Benny Agbayani, American baseball player
- 1971 – William Gates, American basketball player
- 1971 – Frank Sepe, American bodybuilder, model, and author
- 1972 – Roberto Palacios, Peruvian footballer
- 1972 – Supakorn Kitsuwon, Thai actor
- 1972 – Patrick Rafter, Australian tennis player
- 1972 – Adam Vinatieri, American football player
- 1973 – Holger Blume, German sprinter
- 1973 – Marc Blume, German sprinter
- 1973 – Alex Dimitriades, Australian actor
- 1973 – Herborg Kråkevik, Norwegian singer and actress
- 1973 – Seth Meyers, American actor
- 1974 – Rob Niedermayer, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1974 – Jason Ridge, American porn actor
- 1974 – Markus Weinzierl, German footballer
- 1975 – B. J. Ryan, American baseball player
- 1976 – Igor Žiković, Croatian footballer
- 1976 – Joe Manganiello, American actor
- 1977 – Shane Elford, Australian rugby player
- 1977 – Vanessa Ferlito, American actress
- 1978 – Chris Coyne, Australian footballer
- 1978 – John Legend, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor
- 1978 – Jang Min-Hyeok, South Korean voice actor
- 1978 – Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace, English glamour model
- 1979 – James Blake, American tennis player
- 1979 – Senna Guemmour, German singer-songwriter (Monrose)
- 1979 – Bill Hall, American baseball player
- 1979 – Noomi Rapace, Swedish actress
- 1979 – Maksim Smirnov, Estonian footballer
- 1979 – Bree Williamson, Canadian actress
- 1980 – Lomana LuaLua, Congo footballer
- 1981 – Narsha, South Korean singer and dancer (Brown Eyed Girls)
- 1981 – Khalid Boulahrouz, Dutch footballer
- 1981 – Elizabeth Jordan Carr, American journalist
- 1981 – Sienna Miller, English actress and fashion designer
- 1981 – Orlando Smeekes, Curaçaoan footballer
- 1981 – Frank Turner, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Million Dead and Möngöl Hörde)
- 1981 – Mika Väyrynen, Finnish footballer
- 1982 – Cedric Benson, American football player
- 1982 – François Gourmet, Belgian decathlete
- 1982 – Desiree Ortíz, Venezuelan model and television host
- 1982 – Kevin Pereira, American television host
- 1982 – Ferry Rotinsulu, Indonesian footballer
- 1983 – Mike He, Taiwanese actor
- 1984 – Elena Ivashchenko, Russian martial artist (d. 2013)
- 1984 – Leroy Lita, English footballer
- 1984 – Alex Lloyd, English race car driver
- 1985 – Kamani Hill, American footballer
- 1985 – Taryn Terrell, American wrestler and actress
- 1986 – Victoria Atkin, English actress
- 1986 – Tom Huddlestone, English footballer
- 1987 – Thomas Dekker, American actor, singer, and producer
- 1987 – Matthias Schwarz, German footballer
- 1987 – Hannah Tointon, English actress
- 1988 – Kateřina Kramperová, Czech tennis player
- 1988 – Martina Pretelli, Sammarinese sprinter
- 1988 – Florrie, English singer-songwritter
- 1989 – Mackenzie Rosman, American actress
- 1990 – David Archuleta, American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1990 – Zlatko Hebib, Swiss footballer
- 1991 – Riky Widianto, Indonesian Badminton Player
- 2001 – Madison De La Garza, American actress
- 2002 – Kelsey Smith-Briggs, American child abuse victim (d. 2005)
Deaths[edit]
- 1367 – Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330)
- 1446 – Antipope Clement VIII (b. 1369)
- 1503 – Piero the Unfortunate, Italian ruler (b. 1471)
- 1558 – Hermann Finck, German composer (b. 1527)
- 1622 – Francis de Sales, French bishop and saint (b. 1567)
- 1663 – Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)
- 1671 – Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German scholar and critic (b. 1611)
- 1694 – Mary II of England (b. 1662)
- 1703 – Mustafa II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1664)
- 1706 – Pierre Bayle, French philosopher (b. 1647)
- 1708 – Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist (b. 1656)
- 1715 – William Carstares, Scottish minister (b. 1649)
- 1734 – Rob Roy MacGregor, Scottish criminal (b. 1671)
- 1736 – Antonio Caldara, Italian composer (b. 1670)
- 1785 – Peter Ernst Wilde, Baltic German physician and journalist (b. 1732)
- 1795 – Eugenio Espejo, Ecuadorian physician and lawyer (b. 1747)
- 1859 – Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, English historian and politician (b. 1800)
- 1872 – James Van Ness, American politician, 7th Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1808)
- 1897 – William Corby, American priest (b. 1833)
- 1900 – Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese soldier and explorer (b. 1846)
- 1916 – Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (b. 1835)
- 1917 – Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian pilot (b. 1892)
- 1918 – Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet (b. 1865)
- 1919 – Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist (b. 1854)
- 1924 – Léon Bakst, Russian painter and costume designer (b. 1866)
- 1928 – John Gritenas, Lithuanian-American clergyman (b. 1863)
- 1932 – Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer (b. 1854)
- 1935 – Clarence Day, American author (b. 1874)
- 1937 – Maurice Ravel, French composer (b. 1875)
- 1938 – Florence Lawrence, The Canadian
- 1941 – Hermann Wilker, German rower (b. 1874)
- 1942 – Alfred Flatow, German gymnast (b. 1869)
- 1943 – Steve Evans, American baseball player (b. 1885)
- 1945 – Theodore Dreiser, American author (b. 1871)
- 1947 – Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (b. 1869)
- 1949 – Jack Lovelock, New Zealand runner (b. 1910)
- 1956 – Louis Handley, Italian-American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1874)
- 1956 – Marjorie Fielding, British stage and film actress (b. 1892)
- 1959 – Ante Pavelić, Croatian politician (b. 1889)
- 1960 – Philippe Panneton, Canadian physician, diplomat, and academic (b. 1895)
- 1962 – Kathleen Clifford, American actress (b. 1887)
- 1963 – Paul Hindemith, German violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)
- 1967 – Katharine McCormick, American biologist and philanthropist (b. 1875)
- 1971 – Max Steiner, Austrian-American composer (b. 1888)
- 1976 – Katharine Byron, American politician (b. 1903)
- 1976 – Freddie King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)
- 1977 – Karen Grech, Maltese terrorism victim (b. 1962)
- 1981 – Allan Dwan, Canadian-American director, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1885)
- 1983 – William Demarest, American actor (b. 1892)
- 1983 – Jimmy Demaret, American golfer (b. 1910)
- 1983 – Dennis Wilson, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (The Beach Boys) (b. 1944)
- 1984 – Sam Peckinpah, American director (b. 1925)
- 1986 – John D. MacDonald, American author (b. 1916)
- 1986 – Jan Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter (b. 1922)
- 1989 – Hermann Oberth, German physicist (b. 1894)
- 1991 – Cassandra Harris, Australian actress (b. 1952)
- 1992 – Sal Maglie, American baseball player (b. 1917)
- 1993 – Howard Caine, American actor (b. 1926)
- 1993 – William L. Shirer, American journalist (b. 1904)
- 1994 – Jean-Louis Lévesque, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1911)
- 1999 – Clayton Moore, American actor (b. 1914)
- 2001 – Samuel Abraham Goldblith, American soldier and scientist (b. 1919)
- 2001 – William X. Kienzle, American author (b. 1928)
- 2003 – Benjamin Thurman Hacker, American admiral (b. 1935)
- 2004 – Jerry Orbach, American actor (b. 1935)
- 2004 – Susan Sontag, American author (b. 1933)
- 2006 – Jamal Karimi-Rad, Iranian politician (b. 1956)
- 2007 – Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami, Iranian basketball player (b. 1982)
- 2008 – Irene Lieblich, Polish-American painter and Holocaust survivor (b. 1923)
- 2009 – The Rev, American singer-songwriter and drummer (Avenged Sevenfold, Pinkly Smooth, and Suburban Legends) (b. 1981)
- 2010 – Billy Taylor, American pianist and composer (b. 1921)
- 2011 – Jon Roberts, American drug trafficker (b. 1948)
- 2012 – Nicolas Ambraseys, Greek seismologist (b. 1929)
- 2012 – Lord Avie, American race horse (b. 1978)
- 2012 – Bogdan Baltazar, Romanian banker (b. 1939)
- 2012 – Martin G. Barnes, American politician (b. 1948)
- 2012 – Richard Lee Beasley, American politician (b. 1930)
- 2012 – Steve Bryles, American politician (b. 1957)
- 2012 – Emilio Charles, Jr., Mexican wrestler (b. 1956)
- 2012 – Jayne Cortez, American poet (b. 1934)
- 2012 – Mark Crispin, American computer scientist, designed the IMAP (b. 1956)
- 2012 – Václav Drobný, Czech footballer (b. 1980)
- 2012 – Frank Henderson, American politician (b. 1928)
- 2012 – Tommy Keane, Irish footballer (b. 1968)
- 2012 – Leif Krantz, Swedish director, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1932)
- 2012 – Claude-Anne Lopez, Belgian-American author and scholar (b. 1920)
- 2012 – Arman Manukyan, Turkish economist and educator (b. 1931)
- 2012 – Emmanuel Scheffer, German-Israeli football coach and manager (b. 1924)
- 2012 – Burdette Solum, American politician (b. 1927)
- 2012 – Takashi Taniguchi, Japanese voice actor (b. 1947)
- 2012 – Frankie Walsh, Irish hurler (b. 1936)
Holidays and observances[edit]
- Christian Feast Day:
- Abel (Coptic Church)
- Caterina Volpicelli
- Feast of the Holy Innocents or Childermas. In Spain and Latin American countries the festival is celebrated with pranks (inocentadas), similar to April Fools' Day. (Catholic Church, Church of England, Lutheran Church)
- December 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- King Taksin Memorial Day (Thailand)
- Proclamation Day, celebration started on the day following Christmas. (South Australia)
- The fourth day of Christmas. (Western Christianity)
“Of David. Praise the LORD, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the LORD, my soul, and forget not all his benefits—” Psalm 103:1-2 NIV
===
Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon
Morning
"Can the rush grow up without mire?"
Job 8:11
Job 8:11
The rush is spongy and hollow, and even so is a hypocrite; there is no substance or stability in him. It is shaken to and fro in every wind just as formalists yield to every influence; for this reason the rush is not broken by the tempest, neither are hypocrites troubled with persecution. I would not willingly be a deceiver or be deceived; perhaps the text for this day may help me to try myself whether I be a hypocrite or no. The rush by nature lives in water, and owes its very existence to the mire and moisture wherein it has taken root; let the mire become dry, and the rush withers very quickly. Its greenness is absolutely dependent upon circumstances, a present abundance of water makes it flourish, and a drought destroys it at once. Is this my case? Do I only serve God when I am in good company, or when religion is profitable and respectable? Do I love the Lord only when temporal comforts are received from his hands? If so I am a base hypocrite, and like the withering rush, I shall perish when death deprives me of outward joys. But can I honestly assert that when bodily comforts have been few, and my surroundings have been rather adverse to grace than at all helpful to it, I have still held fast my integrity? Then have I hope that there is genuine vital godliness in me. The rush cannot grow without mire, but plants of the Lord's right hand planting can and do flourish even in the year of drought. A godly man often grows best when his worldly circumstances decay. He who follows Christ for his bag is a Judas; they who follow for loaves and fishes are children of the devil; but they who attend him out of love to himself are his own beloved ones. Lord, let me find my life in thee, and not in the mire of this world's favour or gain.
Evening
"And the Lord shall guide thee continually."
Isaiah 58:11
Isaiah 58:11
"The Lord shall guide thee." Not an angel, but Jehovah shall guide thee. He said he would not go through the wilderness before his people, an angel should go before them to lead them in the way; but Moses said, "If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence." Christian, God has not left you in your earthly pilgrimage to an angel's guidance: he himself leads the van. You may not see the cloudy, fiery pillar, but Jehovah will never forsake you. Notice the word shall--"The Lord shall guide thee." How certain this makes it! How sure it is that God will not forsake us! His precious "shalls" and "wills" are better than men's oaths. "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." Then observe the adverb continually. We are not merely to be guided sometimes, but we are to have a perpetual monitor; not occasionally to be left to our own understanding, and so to wander, but we are continually to hear the guiding voice of the Great Shepherd; and if we follow close at his heels, we shall not err, but be led by a right way to a city to dwell in. If you have to change your position in life; if you have to emigrate to distant shores; if it should happen that you are cast into poverty, or uplifted suddenly into a more responsible position than the one you now occupy; if you are thrown among strangers, or cast among foes, yet tremble not, for "the Lord shall guide thee continually." There are no dilemmas out of which you shall not be delivered if you live near to God, and your heart be kept warm with holy love. He goes not amiss who goes in the company of God. Like Enoch, walk with God, and you cannot mistake your road. You have infallible wisdom to direct you, immutable love to comfort you, and eternal power to defend you. "Jehovah"--mark the word--"Jehovah shall guide thee continually."
===
Today's reading: Zechariah 1-4, Revelation 18 (NIV)
View today's reading on Bible GatewayToday's Old Testament reading: Zechariah 1-4
A Call to Return to the LORD
1 In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah, the son of Iddo:
2 “The LORD was very angry with your ancestors. 3 Therefore tell the people: This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘Return to me,’ declares the LORD Almighty, ‘and I will return to you,’ says the LORD Almighty. 4 Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the earlier prophets proclaimed: This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘Turn from your evil ways and your evil practices.’ But they would not listen or pay attention to me, declares the LORD. 5 Where are your ancestors now? And the prophets, do they live forever? 6 But did not my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, overtake your ancestors?
“Then they repented and said, ‘The LORD Almighty has done to us what our ways and practices deserve, just as he determined to do....’”
Today's New Testament reading: Revelation 18
Lament Over Fallen Babylon
1 After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor. 2 With a mighty voice he shouted:
“‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!’
She has become a dwelling for demons
and a haunt for every impure spirit,
a haunt for every unclean bird,
a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal.
3 For all the nations have drunk
the maddening wine of her adulteries.
The kings of the earth committed adultery with her,
and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries.”
She has become a dwelling for demons
and a haunt for every impure spirit,
a haunt for every unclean bird,
a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal.
3 For all the nations have drunk
the maddening wine of her adulteries.
The kings of the earth committed adultery with her,
and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries.”
Warning to Escape Babylon’s Judgment
4 Then I heard another voice from heaven say:
“‘Come out of her, my people,’
so that you will not share in her sins,
so that you will not receive any of her plagues;
5 for her sins are piled up to heaven,
and God has remembered her crimes.
6 Give back to her as she has given;
pay her back double for what she has done.
Pour her a double portion from her own cup.
7 Give her as much torment and grief
as the glory and luxury she gave herself.
In her heart she boasts,
‘I sit enthroned as queen.
I am not a widow;
I will never mourn.’
8 Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her:
death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire,
for mighty is the Lord God who judges her....
so that you will not share in her sins,
so that you will not receive any of her plagues;
5 for her sins are piled up to heaven,
and God has remembered her crimes.
6 Give back to her as she has given;
pay her back double for what she has done.
Pour her a double portion from her own cup.
7 Give her as much torment and grief
as the glory and luxury she gave herself.
In her heart she boasts,
‘I sit enthroned as queen.
I am not a widow;
I will never mourn.’
8 Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her:
death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire,
for mighty is the Lord God who judges her....
===
Jesus
We place this peerless name first because it is the ineffable name of Him who wrapped Himself around with the garment of our humanity. Other names are dear, but His is dearer. Jesus was the name divinely given before His birth. “Thou shalt call His name Jesus” (Matt. 1:21). This familiar name, so sweet in a believer’s ear, occurs some seven hundred times in the New Testament.
The name Joshua is equivalent to Jesus , and the Old Testament warrior is a fitting type of our Lord. Joshua saved the people of Israel by leading them through the River Jordan, He fought their battles and was steadfast in his allegiance to God and His people. Jesus is our heavenly Joshua, who fought the grim battle on our behalf at Calvary, providing thereby a blood-bought deliverance for sin-bound souls. He is now our Leader, our Protector, and will never cease in His care of us until He has us safely in the sheepfold on the other side.
Among English-speaking peoples the names of Jehovah and Jesus are considered too sacred for sinful human beings to adopt, but in Spain, Portugal and South America, the people have no qualms about using Jesus as a Christian name. Among the Greeks and Scandinavians, there is no hesitancy about using Christ as a Christian name.
===
| ||||||||||||||||||||
|
===
| ||||||||
|
===
| ||||||
|
===
| ||||||||||||||||||
|
===
| |||||||||||||||||||
|
No comments:
Post a Comment