Why doesn't he send me the other part of "Mockingbird" (at least once I get my soundcard-- not actually my speakers, but my whole soundcard-- repaired, restored-- provided a miracle-- or replaced)? I could remix it and we'd have a cover of "Mockingbird". I have my e-mail address on my blog and Facebook page.
My LinkedIn Profile
About Me
TwitThis
Messianic Bible (As If the Bible Isn't)
.gif)
Views
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
As a Messianic Jew, I Have Some Questions... Such As...
- (When anything tempts me not to want the Rapture or to want the Rapture to be delayed a little longer) Who's gonna care about anything else (e.g., marriage, drawing more cartoons, reading a blog post) when the Rapture comes?
- (When a fellow Jew says that he or she is tolerant, won't bash anyone else, etc.) Does that include Messianic Jews (Jewish Christrians), especially those who are open about our faith but don't proselytize? (Because we get persecuted a lot and accused as missionaries in a perjorative sense.)
- Why aren't more people praying for the Rapture?
"Kaddish Tikabel" or "The Complete Kaddish"
Kaddish Tikabel
A version can also be seen at Wikipedia's "Kaddish" page.
My recommendation is to recite at least what you've memorized of it every time that you think about it at minimum, if you can-- after all, don't you wan't the Rapture to come? For:
13 Return, O LORD!
How long?
And have compassion on Your servants.
14 Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy,
That we may rejoice and be glad all our days! (Psalm 90:13-14, NKJV)
and
A version can also be seen at Wikipedia's "Kaddish" page.
My recommendation is to recite at least what you've memorized of it every time that you think about it at minimum, if you can-- after all, don't you wan't the Rapture to come? For:
13 Return, O LORD!
How long?
And have compassion on Your servants.
14 Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy,
That we may rejoice and be glad all our days! (Psalm 90:13-14, NKJV)
and
11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. (2 Peter 3:11-13)
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
"It's Not What Goes In.... But What Comes Out"
"10 When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, “Hear and understand: 11 Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”
12 Then His disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
13 But He answered and said, “Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. 14 Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”
15 Then Peter answered and said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”
16 So Jesus said, “Are you also still without understanding? 17 Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated? 18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. 20 These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”"
And:
"14 I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean of itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. 15 Yet if your brother is grieved because of your food, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died. 16 Therefore do not let your good be spoken of as evil; 17 for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18 For he who serves Christ in these things[e]is acceptable to God and approved by men.
19 Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another. 20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are pure, but it is evil for the man who eats with offense. 21 It is good neither to eat meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is made weak.[f] 22 Do you have faith?[g] Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves. 23 But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin.[h]"
Same with rap, rock, etc.-- music doesn't make a person say or do things: what is already in the person will make him or her gravatate toward and be affected-- not effected-- by the music. "But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man." and "[T]here is nothing unclean of itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean."
So, James Dobson and those who say that music effects grow b'nei v'b'not-mitzvot to do things are absolutely wrong; but they may not be wrong about undiscerning, impressionable, effectable children-- though children can be very discerning, unaffected and uneffected, and unimpressionable as well. However, " 12 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. 13 Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them."
12 Then His disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
13 But He answered and said, “Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. 14 Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”
15 Then Peter answered and said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”
16 So Jesus said, “Are you also still without understanding? 17 Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated? 18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. 20 These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”"
And:
"14 I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean of itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. 15 Yet if your brother is grieved because of your food, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died. 16 Therefore do not let your good be spoken of as evil; 17 for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18 For he who serves Christ in these things[e]is acceptable to God and approved by men.
19 Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another. 20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are pure, but it is evil for the man who eats with offense. 21 It is good neither to eat meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is made weak.[f] 22 Do you have faith?[g] Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves. 23 But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin.[h]"
Same with rap, rock, etc.-- music doesn't make a person say or do things: what is already in the person will make him or her gravatate toward and be affected-- not effected-- by the music. "But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man." and "[T]here is nothing unclean of itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean."
So, James Dobson and those who say that music effects grow b'nei v'b'not-mitzvot to do things are absolutely wrong; but they may not be wrong about undiscerning, impressionable, effectable children-- though children can be very discerning, unaffected and uneffected, and unimpressionable as well. However, " 12 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. 13 Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them."
Monday, November 14, 2011
As A Jew, I Thoroughly Resent Any Portrayal of Jesus As Black or White
Dr. Marylin Kulik of Berkely College cites a fairly-often-used map that suggests, if not shows, that Jesus was Olive-- not Black (shakar), White (lavan), Yellow (tzahov), Red ('Adom, though 'Adam was 'Adom, but Iraqi 'Adom-- red or ruddy), or Brown (hum), but Olive (zayit). The Diaspora (HaGalut) left many of us looking all the different colors, though some of us retained the Olive complexion (including the Olive complexion in my own Ashkenazic Jewish family).
So the more that I'm becoming aware and getting closer to my Jewish heritage, the more that I resent any portrayal of Jesus as Black or White.
Some People Are Total Idiots and Mormons; And Saying That Is Being Nice...
For example, some sicko thought that he was being funny by joking that he helped a pervert commit a crime against a child-- or if he wasn't joking, he outright bragged that he was an accessory to a crime. There is nothing funny about crime, let alone any crimes-- especially certain deviance-based crimes-- against children. In fact, this person who joked about being an accessory (actually, an outright accomplice) to the crime would be brutalized by the inmates in jail or prison really quickly-- inmates don't like sexual crimes, especially any sexual-deviance crimes against children.
As Jerry Sandusky will learn and my sister told me that one inmate learned (In fact, our friend told her that he heard that the inmate was murdered, dismembered, and bagged that he was so despised.), even the hardest of criminals dislike and hate the hardest-of-the-hardest criminals.
And tzedek-- karma, justice-- does bite.
As Jerry Sandusky will learn and my sister told me that one inmate learned (In fact, our friend told her that he heard that the inmate was murdered, dismembered, and bagged that he was so despised.), even the hardest of criminals dislike and hate the hardest-of-the-hardest criminals.
And tzedek-- karma, justice-- does bite.
Here's Something Interesting...
So some search keywords on my blog stats turned this up:
Now I'm going to see if Elizabeth Kostka is a cousin. Keep in mind that Elizabeth Helen Trudniak married Paul Frank Kostka; and they had a son, Paul Frank Kostka, Jr.. I emailed her to see if we are related and will let you know what happens.
elizabethkostka@aol.com
|
2
|
covel sundbrae wedding
|
1
|
geraldo rivera's producers
|
1
|
Now I'm going to see if Elizabeth Kostka is a cousin. Keep in mind that Elizabeth Helen Trudniak married Paul Frank Kostka; and they had a son, Paul Frank Kostka, Jr.. I emailed her to see if we are related and will let you know what happens.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)