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I probably should have included the pay off of the sermon but I was striving for brevity. Jesus had faith that his father would provide for all his needs and therefore we should not put our trust for salvation in man or money but in God. He was perhaps not advocating putting thieves as the treasurer but demonstrating that his faith transcended both man and money.
As a layman I probably should stay away from preaching, but our resident Pastor has left the stage. I kept contemporaneous notes of our pastor's sermons. When he left Candler Park (2003), I subscribed to his written sermon blogs. Here is a bit more about John Ballenger preachermusings.wordpress.com |
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I guess there is some allegorical value to allocating money duties to dishonest men, but for the life of me, I can't fathom it. It probably is just the way it has always been.
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While it may sound blasphemous I remember a sermon from my favorite pastor at Candler Park Baptist. Here is the short version:
The reason Jesus had a money bag man was so he knew who to watch. He put a thief (Judas) in charge of the money because he was putting his money where his mouth was. But in knowingly giving dishonest Judas the moneybag, Jesus specifically modeled for us where not to put our trust. I am sure this was not an original sermon by the pastor but like many others it struck me as right on point about putting too much trust in others regardless of their profession or declarations and assertions. |
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Always follow the money with politicians. A minimum of 60% of all politicians /bureaucrats can always be tempted if the money is right, and they believe they can get away with it.
The core Democrats believed that L. Hillary would be elected, and she is known to be corrupt enough to easily allow the Obama corruption to continue. |
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My tendency (some call it an obsession) is to always follow the money and look at the details. A quick unverified check would indicate that McCabe's punishment would be somewhere in the neighborhood of $2,000,000 over the rest of his life. In keeping with the going market for tell all books (Look for Comey's new book) I doubt that Andrew McCabe will be hurting from a finical standpoint. I am sure someone will be willing to pay him a healthy book advance to cove his short fall in pension income. He might even be able to self finance his wife's next run for office.
"On Sunday, McCabe will be 50 years old (qualifying him for an FBI pension) and will have served 21 years with the FBI. So, his annual pension is $56,000. 1st 20 years 1.7% x 20 = 34% 34% x $160,000 = $54, 400 21st year 1% x $160,000 = $1,600 All 21 years $54,400 + $1,600 = $56,000 With an average life expectancy of, say, 85 … McCabe’s aggregate expected pension will be almost $2 million." kenhoma.wordpress.com |
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first schools, now historic buildings set ablaze
Published: Sunday, October 18th, 2026 @ 2:22 pm
By: John Steed
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by Rev. Mark Creech
Published: Sunday, October 18th, 2026 @ 7:38 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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Sotos funded group captured
Published: Saturday, October 17th, 2026 @ 5:33 pm
By: John Steed
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Democrats facilitate illegal voting by foreign citizens
Published: Saturday, October 17th, 2026 @ 2:43 pm
By: John Steed
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it won't be pretty
Published: Friday, October 16th, 2026 @ 7:00 pm
By: John Steed
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LePen likely new president
Published: Friday, October 16th, 2026 @ 2:26 pm
By: John Steed
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by Rev. Mark Creech
Published: Friday, October 16th, 2026 @ 10:54 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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financial questions lead to removal
Published: Friday, October 16th, 2026 @ 7:51 am
By: John Steed
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Democrats want to block efforts to find foreign citizens on voter rolls
Published: Thursday, October 15th, 2026 @ 3:12 pm
By: John Steed
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green energy is expensive energy
Published: Thursday, October 15th, 2026 @ 1:06 pm
By: John Steed
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illegal alien "asylum seeker" migrants are a crime wave on both sides of the Atlantic
Published: Thursday, October 15th, 2026 @ 12:49 pm
By: John Steed
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most industrialized countries have citizenship based on nationality
Published: Thursday, October 15th, 2026 @ 10:42 am
By: John Steed
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he seems extremely sensitive to such questions
Published: Wednesday, October 14th, 2026 @ 3:05 pm
By: John Steed
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Most Republicans stand for gun rights
Published: Tuesday, October 13th, 2026 @ 9:12 pm
By: John Steed
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a real prize of a candidate
Published: Tuesday, October 13th, 2026 @ 8:13 pm
By: John Steed
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"They don’t want you to do is dig into their 'reporting' for bias and conflicts of interest."
Published: Tuesday, October 13th, 2026 @ 6:27 pm
By: Daily Wire
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socialism is taking over the Democrat Party
Published: Tuesday, October 13th, 2026 @ 3:58 pm
By: John Steed
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the far left is pushing that cancelling of Columbus
Published: Tuesday, October 13th, 2026 @ 3:50 pm
By: John Steed
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by Rev. Mark Creech
Published: Tuesday, October 13th, 2026 @ 11:20 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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“We have video showing piles of cash being given to a D.C. councilmember as part of a $156,000 bribe,” said Jeanine Pirro before vowing to retry.
Published: Monday, October 12th, 2026 @ 2:03 pm
By: Daily Wire
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partisan hack judge moves to disrupt election integrity
Published: Monday, October 12th, 2026 @ 10:06 am
By: John Steed
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by Rev. Mark Creech
Published: Sunday, October 11th, 2026 @ 3:55 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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illegal aliens particularly heavy in rape and robbery cases
Published: Saturday, October 10th, 2026 @ 3:50 pm
By: John Steed
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dirty "guilt by associaiton" tactics
Published: Saturday, October 10th, 2026 @ 1:16 pm
By: John Steed
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Now, here is the big exception. If one has served in the military in a war/ combat zone, they can hate America, and short of any act of real discernible, destructive treason, they will always be a patriot, at least to me.
Those that have served in war/ combat zone situations and love America; they are what I would term the super patriot. I pray that they will be among our future leaders; fine examples of such are General John Kelly and General Jim Mattis.