Spoons

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Parable of the spoons

A holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one day and said, "Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like. "The Lord led the holy man to two doors. He opened one of the doors and the holy man looked in. In the middle of the room was a large round table. In the middle of the table was a large pot of stew which smelled delicious and made the holy man's mouth water. The people sitting around the table were thin and sickly. They appeared to be famished. They were holding spoons with very long handles and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful, but because the handle was longer than their arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths. The holy man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering. The Lord said, "You have seen Hell."

They went to the next room and opened the door. It was exactly the same as the first one. There was the large round table with the large pot of stew which made the holy man's mouth water. The people were equipped with the same long-handled spoons, but here the people were well nourished and plump, laughing and talking. The holy man said, "I don't understand." It is simple" said the Lord, "it requires but one skill. You see, they have learned to feed each other. While the greedy think only of themselves.
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A Canadian's View

A Canadian's View of Our Candidates.

Democrat or Republican? The question is shockingly easy!

Theo Caldwell, National Post (Canada) Wednesday, December 26, 2007.

An obvious choice can be unnerving. When the apparent perfection of one option or the unspeakable awfulness of another makes a decision seem too easy, it is human nature to become suspicious. This instinct intensifies as the stakes of the given choice are raised.

American voters know no greater responsibility to their country and to the world than to select their president wisely. While we do not yet know who the Democrat and Republican nominees will be, any combination of the leading candidates from either party will make for the most obvious choice put to American voters in a generation. To wit, none of the Democrats has any business being president.

This pronouncement has less to do with any apparent perfection among the Republican candidates than with the intellectual and experiential paucity evinced by the Democratic field. "Not ready for prime time," goes the vernacular, but this does not suffice to describe how bad things are. Alongside Hillary Clinton, add Barack Obama's kindergarten essays to an already confused conversation about Dennis Kucinich's UFO sightings, dueling celebrity endorsements and who can be quickest to retreat from America's global conflict and raise taxes on the American people, and it becomes clear that these are profoundly unserious individuals.

To be sure, there has been a fair amount of rubbish and rhubarb on the Republican side (Ron Paul, call your office), but even a cursory review of the legislative and professional records of the leading contenders from each party reveals a disparity akin to adults competing with children. For the Republicans, Rudy Giuliani served as a two-term mayor of New York City, turning a budget deficit into a surplus and taming what was thought to be an ungovernable metropolis. Prior to that, he held the third-highest rank in the Reagan Justice Department, obtaining over 4,000 convictions. Mitt Romney, before serving as governor of Massachusetts, founded a venture capital firm that created billions of dollars in shareholder value, and he then went on to save the Salt Lake City Olympics. While much is made of Mike Huckabee's history as a Baptist minister, he was also a governor for more than a decade and, while Arkansas is hardly a "cradle of presidents," it has launched at least one previous chief executive to national office. John McCain's legislative and military career spans five decades, with half that time having been spent in the Congress. Even Fred Thompson, whose excess of nonchalance has transformed his once-promising campaign into nothing more than a theoretical possibility, has more experience in the U.S. Senate than any of the leading Democratic candidates.

With just over one term as a Senator to her credit, Hillary Clinton boasts the most extensive record of the potential Democratic nominees. In that time, Senator Clinton cannot claim a single legislative accomplishment of note, and she is best known lately for requesting $1-million from Congress for a museum to commemorate Woodstock. Barack Obama is nearing the halfway point of his first term in the Senate, having previously served as an Illinois state legislator and, as Clinton has correctly pointed out, has done nothing but run for president since he first arrived in Washington. Between calling for the invasion of Pakistan and fumbling a simple question on driver's licenses for illegal aliens, Obama has shown that he is not the fellow to whom the nation ought to hike the nuclear football. John Edwards, meanwhile, embodies the adage that the American people will elect anyone to Congress -- once. From his $1,200 haircuts to his personal war on poverty, proclaimed from the porch of his 28,000-square-foot home, purchased with the proceeds of preposterous lawsuits exploiting infant cerebral palsy, Edwards is living proof that history can play out as tragedy and farce simultaneously.

Forget for a moment all that you believe about public policy. Discard your notions about taxes and Iraq, free trade and crime, and consider solely the experience of these two sets of candidates. Is there any serious issue that you would prefer to entrust to a person with the Democrats' experience, rather than that of any of the Republicans? Now consider the state of debate in each party. While the Republicans compare tax proposals and the best way to prosecute the War on Terror, Democrats are divining the patterns and meaning of the glitter and dried macaroni glued to the page of one of their leading candidate's kindergarten projects. Does this decision not become unsettlingly simple?

Kids say the darndest things...

These are some great original quotes n questions.

JACK (age 3) was watching his Mom breast-feeding his new baby sister.

After a while he asked: "Mom why have you got two? Is one for hot and one for cold milk?"

MELANIE (age 5) asked her Granny how old she was. Granny replied she was so old she didn't remember any more. Melanie said, "If you don't remember you must look in the back of your panties. Mine say five to six."

STEVEN (age 3) hugged and kissed his Mom goodnight. "I love you so much, that when you die I'm going to bury you outside my bedroom window."

BRITTANY (age 4) had an ear ache and wanted a painkiller. She tried in vain to take the lid off the bottle. Seeing her frustration, her Mom explained it was a childproof cap and she'd have to open it for her. Eyes wide with wonder, the little girl asked: "How does it know it's me?

SUSAN (age 4) was drinking juice when she got the hiccups. "Please don't give me this juice again," she said, "It makes my teeth cough."

DONNY (age 4) stepped onto the bathroom scale and asked: "How much do I cost?"

MARC (age 4) was engrossed in a young couple that were hugging and kissing in a restaurant. Without taking his eyes off them, he asked his dad: "Why is he whispering in her mouth?"

CLINTON (age 5) was in his bedroom looking worried. When his Mom asked what was troubling him, he replied, "I don't know what'll happen with this bed when I get married. How will my wife fit in?"

JAMES (age 4) was listening to a Bible story. His dad read: "The man named Lot was warned to take his wife and flee out of the city but his wife looked back and was turned to salt." Concerned, James asked: "What happened to the flea?"

TAMMY! (age 4) was with her mother when they met an elderly, rather wrinkled woman her Mom knew. Tammy looked at her for awhile and then asked, "Why doesn't your skin fit your face?"

The Sermon I think one Mom will never forget.... this particular Sunday...

"Dear Lord," the minister began, with arms extended toward heaven and a rapturous look on his upturned face. "Without you, we are but dust."

He would have continued but at that moment my very obedient daughter (who was listening!) Leaned over and asked quite audibly in her shrill little girl voice, "Mom, what is butt dust?"

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Riley and Bailey (our granddaughter and grandson) spent the weekend with us this week. Their Mom and Dad (Tammy our daughter) are in the mountains playing snowshoe soft ball. Kiresten and Andrum (our other granddaughter and grandson) will be over tomorrow to spend the day with us. Their Day Care is closed due to Presidents Day and Mom (Cindi our daughter) has a project at World Vision she must work on. Things went smoothly in our serices today at TLBC. My sermon was on "What It Means To Be Born Again." Click Here to see the sermon outline.

Larry Killion

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The Folded Napkin

Why Did Jesus Fold The Napkin???

The Gospel of John (20:7) tells us that the Napkin, which was placed over the face of Jesus, was not just thrown aside like the grave clothes. The Bible takes an entire verse to tell us that the napkin was neatly folded, and was placed at the head of that stony Coffin. Early Sunday morning, while it was Still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been Rolled away from the entrance. She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. She said, "They Have taken the Lord's body out of the tomb, and I don't know where they have put Him!" Peter and the other disciple ran to the tomb To see. The other disciple outran Peter and got there first. He stooped and looked in and saw the Linen cloth lying there, but he didn't go in. Then Simon Peter arrived and went inside. He also noticed the linen wrappings lying there, while the cloth that had covered Jesus' head was folded up and lying to the side.

Is that Important? Absolutely! Is it really significant? Yes! In order To understand the significance of the folded napkin, you have to understand a Little bit about Hebrew tradition of that day.

The folded napkin had to do with the Master and Servant, and every Jewish boy knew this tradition. When the servant set the dinner table for the master, he made sure that it was exactly the way the master wanted it. The table was furnished perfectly, and then The servant would wait, just out of sight, until the master had finished eating, and the servant would not dare touch that table, until the master was finished.

Now if the master was done eating, he would rise from the table, wipe his Fingers, his mouth, and clean his beard, and would wad up that napkin and toss It onto the table. The servant would then know to clear the table. For in Those days, the wadded napkin meant, "I'm done". But if the master got up From the table, and folded his napkin, and laid it beside his plate, the servant Would not dare touch the table, because..........

The folded napkin Meant, "I'm coming back!"

He Is Coming Back!!!

2-10-08

Attendance could have been better but the impotant thing was that the LORD was there in our sevices today. I preached on "What Think Ye of Christ" Sermon outline is on the front page of our church website. Click Here

I've purchased my tickets to the Bible Conference in Roseville, Cailfornia the end of March (28-30). Looking forward to that now.

Marion and I attended the award ceremonies last night for a national Quad Racing Association where our 8 year old granddaughter won several trophies including 1st in 70ccB and 1st in 70cc Open. We were very impressed.

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Super Sunday

Good services today at TLBC. I preached on "Happiness." The sermon outline will be placed on our church website when the server is back in service. I could not make the connection a moment ago. Can't get on JUNO either to check my email. Superbowl Sunday must be putting an extra burden on the net for some reason today.

We had a wonderful time of special services in celebration of our 28th anniversary as a church. Elder Garner Smith brought some outstanding sermons 7PM nightly from January 24 thru 30th including both our normal services last Lord's Day. We have all of the sermons on DVD except for the first one. Listed below are the Titles of the sermons.

True Baptists Are Old Fashion.
God's Writing.
God's Dwelling Place.
The Humiliation of Christ.
Are You A Winner Or Wimp?
The Eternality of Christ.
The Lord's People And Their Practice.
No Room For The Lord.

Yours truly,
Larry Killion
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