Testing a Success! The Mini-Vespers, Audio and Video.

Our mini-vespers tonight. 

The mike was muted by mistake for a minute!

Trying to Set Up Trinity 13 for Tonight

 

I will try to have the Trinity 13 service tonight. If it goes well, we will have Trinity 14 at the usual time tomorrow morning.

There have many problems trying to fix things and get a new computer. Today was another one of those difficult days. At the worst, Trinity 14 will be on this blog too. 

Good Morning!

Ghost and Sassy have become good friends. This male dog is large, thin, and not eager to bark loudly or growl. He plays doggy tag with Sassy, though on opposite sides of the fence. 

When he was a little puppy, he walked straight into the Rose Garden to become friendly, his family not knowing how to get to him - respect for the garden.

The formerly small dog is full grown and stands on his hind feet to say hello and have some conversation with me. He wants his head stroked and his floppy ears gently tugged.

Sassy's game with me is to give her lovies before she will jump onto the bed. I ask, incredulously, "You want a lovey?!" She grins. Sometimes she fakes the jump to get a second or third lovey. 

An alternative is to pose for the lovey, chest against the bed, and turn 180 degrees and trot down the hallway to go outside - grinning.

Lutheran Librarian Alec Satin says, "Pets teach us to play their games."

Lutheran Library - Higher Criticism Rules the Lutheran Synods Today, Starting with Objective Justification, Plus Advocating Bad, Corrupt Translations of the Bible (Lower Criticism).

WELS' Jungkuntz only started one gay seminary - Metropolitan Community Church as part of Seminex. The results are in - it spread to all of ELCA's seminaries, which are non-binary now.

Thanks to the Historical Critical Method of mutilating the Bible, and the leadership of Jungkuntz and Eaton, the seminaries are emptying faster than Lake Meade. But they still line up together for Thrivent monies and treats: ELCA, LCMS, WELS, ELS, etc.

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Kanamori's Life-Story Told by Himself; How the Higher Criticism Wrecked a Japanese Christian: And How He Came Back by Paul Michitomo Kanamori Election and Conversion. A Frank Discussion of Dr. Franz Pieper's Book by Leander Keyser History Unveiling Prophecy by Henry Grattan Guinness The Lutheran Catechist by George Henry Gerberding The Columbus Theological Magazine Vol. 17 by Matthias Loy

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Kanamori's Life-Story Told by Himself; How the Higher Criticism Wrecked a Japanese Christian: And How He Came Back by Paul Michitomo Kanamori “Why did I leave the ministry when I left the Congregational church? Because, in the first place, my New Theology and Higher Criticism had destroyed my faith in the perfect, divine authority of the Bible; and in the second place, they had destroyed my faith in the perfect deity of Christ. When I had lost these two things I had lost everything… I could preach all the practical side of Christianity, but not the central fundamental truths of Christianity, Christ and his salvation through the cross. Level of Difficulty: Primer: No subject matter knowledge needed. Book Contents Introduction 1 The Servant Sent 2 The Servant Disobedient 3 The Servant Restored 4 The Servant Reaping 5 Sowing In The Evening Order a Printed Copy Print Copy: How Higher Criticism Wrecked a Christian by Paul Kanamori - “Lutheran Librarian” edition Download the eBook PDF Apple/Kobo EPUB Kindle AZW3 Legacy MOBI (If EPUB or AZW3 won’t work on your device) You can expect your book to arrive within a few hours. If you don't find it, check your spam or junk mail folder. You can also request a copy of this or any Lutheran Library e-book by sending an email with the book's title and format. Enjoy the book! Publication Information Lutheran Library edition first published: 2019-08-29 Updated: 2021-01-11 Copyright: CC BY 4.0 Read more

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Kanamori's Life-Story Told by Himself; How the Higher Criticism Wrecked a Japanese Christian: And How He Came Back by Paul Michitomo Kanamori “Why did I leave the ministry when I left the Congregational church? Because, in the first place, my New Theology and Higher Criticism had destroyed my faith in the perfect, divine authority of the Bible; and in the second place, they had destroyed my faith in the perfect deity of Christ. When I had lost these two things I had lost everything… I could preach all the practical side of Christianity, but not the central fundamental truths of Christianity, Christ and his salvation ... Read more Election and Conversion. A Frank Discussion of Dr. Franz Pieper's Book by Leander Keyser “Note how often faith is mentioned in the epistles. Two of Paul’s epistles – Romans and Galatians – were expressly written to prove that men are justified by faith… The letter to the Hebrews devotes a whole chapter – the 11th – to a panegyric on the heroes of faith… faith is the outstanding doctrine of the New Testament, and therefore should take precedence of a doctrine like election, which is treated more incidentally.” — Leander Keyser Level of Difficulty: Primer: No ... Read more History Unveiling Prophecy by Henry Grattan Guinness “This is a graphic story of the gradual unveiling of the meaning of the Apocalypse in the light of the events of history. It traces this development through eighteen centuries, from the days of the apostolic and martyr Church to those of the mediaeval Church, the Reformation Church, and the Church of modern times. It is a history of the gradual evolution during eighteen centuries, under the influence of historical facts, of that system of interpretation which has commended itself to the ... Read more The Lutheran Catechist by George Henry Gerberding “The Lutheran minister has three special activities. He is, first of all, a preacher of the Word, the whole Word, its Law and its Gospel. He is always and everywhere a seelsorger, a pastor, an under-shepherd, seeking the lost, feeding and caring for those in the fold, knowing them by name, carrying on his heart their woes, their wants and their welfare, looking after them individually and collectively. If he would make full proof of his ministry, he must love the Shepherd and Bishop ... Read more The Columbus Theological Magazine Vol. 17 by Matthias Loy “This Magazine is designed to supply the want, long since felt, of a Lutheran periodical devoted to theological discussion. Its aim will be the exposition and defense of the doctrines of the Church as confessed in the Book of Concord. Theology in all its departments is embraced within its scope, though for the present special attention will be given to the controverted subject of predestination.” Matthias Loy (1828-1915) was a giant of American Lutheranism. He served as president of the ... Read more The God of Rome Eaten By A Rat by Charles Chiniquy Includes: Transubstantiation is the most Degrading form of Idolatry, Why we must put our trust in Jesus and not Mary, A Roman Bishop’s Testimony, and Why I will Never go back to the Church of Rome. “If there is a thing which is as evident as two and two make four, it is that Romanism is the old idolatry of Babylon, Egypt and Rome, under a Christian mask. But this new form of idolatry is so boldly denied by some of the great dignitaries of Rome, and so skillfully concealed by others, ... Read more The Lutheran Hymnal Text Only Edition By request, here is a text only version of the public domain hymns in The Lutheran Hymnal. The hardback version which includes the music is available from Concordia Publishing House. May this ebook be a blessing to you in your personal devotions. Level of Difficulty: Primer: No subject matter knowledge needed. Download the eBook PDF Apple/Kobo EPUB Kindle AZW3 Legacy MOBI (If EPUB or AZW3 won’t work on your device) You can expect your book to arrive within a few hours. If you ... Read more May God cause his face to shine upon you and bring you peace. From Your Lutheran Librarian editor@lutheranlibrary.org

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Joe Pye Weed Is Back!Flowering

 

The Joe Pye buds appear before the plant reaches 6 or 7 feet. Meanwhile the foliage has a musk fragrances.

The tiny Joe Pye blooms have a vanilla scent on top of the musk plant fragrance, attracting pollinators with the scent and pollen.

 The flowers turn fuzzy when pollenated and tiny seeds form

This year I began cutting Joe Pye down by half, because they were spreading upward and sideways, with stalks that fanned upwards and blocked the competition, sometimes too well.

The 50% Joe Pye began growing new buds and flowers after the trimmed them back. Butterflies and hummingbirds are still enjoying the garden, and fragrances remain, though not as strong as before.

Jesus, the Lord of Creation, has designed plants to be prolific, in spite of losses. We all know but somehow forget that picking beans, tomatoes, and peas will mean even more of the same. Left alone, the fruits finish the seed-growing process and dry up for the year.

Various people ask me how the good habits of beans, greens, fresh fruit, and nuts are working out. I stopped at 195 to do a binge or two. Now I am sticking to the basics and avoiding the dessert-ice cream food group. A number of friends have lost weight, too.

Medicine Is Often Not a Treatment - 

Fresh Produce Is

Americans are over-prescribed, because it is a pattern and a profit-center for many. Insulin is a problem, not a cure, and I shudder when I hear about alternatives to insulin, which is at least the best worst. Someone wondered about my reference to rubber band surgery for obesity. She was not aware that the digestive system is shut down with a supposedly removable device. That is like hiding the money from an addicted gambler - not going to last.

The Fuhrman books, which I read almost every day, have stunned me with the amount of nutrition and appetite suppression in the four groups - 

1. leafy greens, 
2. most vegetables, 
3. fresh fruit, 
4. seeds and nuts.

This is most striking. Combining two prescriptions can kill or disable a patient. One prescription alone, like insulin, can start a downward trend. But our divinely engineered bodies (John 1:3) combine food with material recycled in our bodies, into the best possible therapy.

Hunger cravings - which I have experienced - let us gain weight without remorse...until later. Binge medicine - leafy greens, fresh fruit, nuts, vegetables - will turn off the belly's desire for sweets, desserts, or too much food. Today I ate plain raw spinach to kill the craving for toasted New York rye bread and butter. That worked, so I fixed a quart of beans and turnip greens, which also worked. I had apples for dessert to forestall a munity in my digestive track.

The Big Four listed above - not One-a-Day - have dozens of built-in cures from the basic vitamins we all know. Add lesser-known minerals, plus trace elements, plus the phyto-chemicals in those created and unprocessed vegetables.

We need dozens of supplements to equal (perhaps) the benefits of the Big Four, which taste so much better than pills.

The least bit of exercise will get our bodies used to regular exertion. Sunshine gives us a dose of Vitamin D3, which combines with nutrition in the body - to do even more.