Why we love children.

Kids. Ya gotta luvem. I'll give ya eleven reasons down below.

My sermon today was on "The Glory of the Lord" and the outline is found as usual on the front page of our church website. CLICK HERE

Our church attendance is shamefully low. One family of five was out of state and that is deeply felt when the group is small to begin with. I know I am not the world's greatest preacher but I do my best to preach the truth in love. I don't feel worthy to be heard but at the same time I wish the Lord would lay it on the hearts of people to listen to HIS Word. Pray for our Radio Program too, each Lord's Day morning at 8:45am on KLAY 1180am radio. It is called "The Beacon of Truth"

1) NUDITY I was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening when a woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved. She was stark naked! As I was reeling from the shock, I heard my 5-year- old shout from the back seat, "Mom, that lady isn't wearing a seat belt!"

2) OPINIONS On the first day of school, a first-grader handed his teacher a note from his mother. The note read, "The opinions expressed by this child are not necessarily those of his parents."

3) KETCHUP A woman was trying hard to get the ketchup out o f the jar. During her struggle the phone rang so she asked her 4-year-old daughter to answer the phone. "Mommy can't come to the phone to talk to you right now. She's hitting the bottle."

4) MORE NUDITY A little boy got lost at the YMCA and found himself in the women's locker room. When he was spotted, the room burst into shrieks, with ladies grabbing towels and running for cover. The little boy watched in amazement and then asked, "What's the matter, haven't you ever seen a little boy before?"

5) POLICE # 1 While taking a routine vandalism report at an elementary school, I was interrupted by a little girl about 6 years old. Looking up and down at my uniform, she asked, "Are you a cop?" "Yes," I answered and continued writing the report. "My mother said if I ever needed help I should ask the police. Is that right?" "Yes, that's right," I told her. "Well, then," she said as she extended her foot toward me, "would you please tie my shoe?"

6) POLICE # 2 It was the end of the day when I parked my police van in front of the station. As I gathered my equipment, my K-9 partner, Jake, was barking, and I saw a little boy staring in at me "Is that a dog you got back there?" he asked. "It sure is," I replied. Puzzled, the boy looked at me and then towards the back of the van. F inally he said, "What'd he do?"

7) ELDERLY While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, I used to take my 4-year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds. She was unfailingly intrigued by the various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs. One day I found her staring at a pair of false teeth soaking in a glass. As I braced myself for the inevitable barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered, "The tooth fairy will never believe this!"

8) DRESS-UP A little girl was watching her parents dress for a party. When she saw her dad donning his tuxedo, she warned, "Daddy, you shouldn't wear that suit." "And why not, darling?" ; "You know that it always gives you a headache the next morning."

9) DEATH While walking along the sidewalk in front of his church, our minister heard the intoning of a prayer that nearly made his collar wilt. Apparently, his 5-year-old son and his playmates had found a dead robin. Feeling that proper burial should be performed, they had secured a small box and cotton batting, then dug a hole and made ready for the disposal of the deceased. The minister's son was chosen to say the appropriate prayers and with sonorous dignity intoned his version of what he thought his father always said: "Glory be unto the Faaather, and unto the Sonnn, and into the hole he goooes." (I want this line used at my funeral!)

10) SCHOOL A little girl had just finished her first week of school. "I'm just wasting my time," she said to her mother. "I can't read, I can't write and they won't let me talk!"

11) BIBLE A little boy opened the big family Bible. He was fascinated as he fingered through the old pages. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible. He picked up th e object and looked at it. What he saw was an old leaf that had bee n pressed in between the pages. "Mama, look what I found," the boy called out. "What have you got there, dear?" With astonishment in the young boy's voice, he answered, "I think it's Adam's underwear."

Larry Killion
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Goin to Heaven

How to Go to Heaven
A teacher was testing the children in her Sunday School class to see if they understood the concept of getting to Heaven. She asked them, "If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale and gave all my money to the church, would that get me into Heaven?""NO!" the children answered. "If I cleaned the church every day, mowed the yard, and kept everything neat and tidy, would that get me into Heaven? "Again, the answer was, "NO!" "Well, then, if I was kind to animals and gave candy to all the children, and loved my husband, would that get me into Heaven?" she asked them again. Again, they all answered, "NO! "She continued, "then how can I get into Heaven? "A six-year-old boy shouted out, "YOU GOTTA BE ' DEAD!"

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My sermon this moning at TLBC as on "The Wonerful Works of God." It was a ten point Bible survey on the greatest events to happen in the history of the world. What would YOU say are the top ten events in history? See if your top ten list is close to mine. Click here.

Listen to a casual conversation between Bram Smith and Ryan Wade on some of the things that they have done in promoting GDI as an income source.
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Larry Killion

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What's Wrong With These People?

They're standing on the corner and they can't speak English. I can't even talk the way these people talk: Why you ain't, Where you is, What he drive, Where he stay, Where he work, Who you be... And I blamed the kid until I heard the mother talk. And then I heard the father talk.
Everybody knows it's important to speak English except these knuckleheads. You can't be a doctor with that kind of crap coming out of your mouth. In fact you will never get any kind of job making a decent living.
People marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education, and now we've got these knuckleheads walking around. The lower economic people are not holding up their end in this deal. These people are not parenting. They are buying things for kids. $500 sneakers for what? And they won't spend $200 for Hooked on Phonics?
I am talking about these people who cry when their son is standing there in an orange suit. Where were you when he was 2? Where were you when he was 12? Where were you when he was 18 and how come you didn't know that he had a pistol? And where is the father? Or who is his father?

People putting their clothes on backward: Isn't that a sign of something gone wrong? People with their hats on backward, pants down around the crack, isn't that a sign of something? Or are you waiting for Jesus to pull his pants up? Isn't it a sign of something when she has her dress all the way up and got all type of needles [piercing] going through her body?

What part of Africa did this come from? We are not Africans. Those people are not Africans; they don't know a thing about Africa With names like Shaniqua, Taliqua and Mohammed and all of that crap, and all of them are in jail.

Brown or black versus the Board of Education is no longer the white person 's problem. We have got to take the neighborhood back. People used to be ashamed. Today a woman has eight children with eight different 'husbands' - or men or whatever you call them now. We have millionaire football players who cannot read. We have million-dollar basketball players who can't write two paragraphs. We as black folks have to do a better job. Someone working at Wal-Mart with seven kids, you are hurting us. We have to start holding each other to a higher standard.

"We cannot blame the white people any longer."
Dr. William Henry "Bill" Cosby, Jr., Ed.D.

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Spoons

See TLBC page for todays sermon outline. Click Here.


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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4Q07 TLBC Report

The Lord’s Baptist Church
11102 Yakima Avenue South
Tacoma, WA. 98444
http://www.thelordsbaptistchurch.com/
Pastor Larry J. Killion

Phone: 253-537-0129

Email: ljkillion@juno.com


This is our Newsletter and Quarterly Report for the 4th quarter of 2007. Pastor preached on a variety of topical sermons. See our church website for the outlines of the latest sermons preached on Sunday mornings. In our afternoon services we continue to study a survey of things in the New Testament.

Pastor didn’t travel this quarter except for a short trip to Lake Tahoe with sister Marion for our 42nd anniversary. Sister Marion was ill with a bad cold at the time but is recovered from that now. In fact, just about everyone in the church was hit hard this winter with colds and the flu.

Sister Marion’s back is much better. Pastor’s back and leg (sciatic nerve) pain is still there. He is getting a MRI on the 18th of January. Pastor will be taking a trip to teach, baptize, ordain an elder and organize a church in the Ukraine. Brother Kenneth Long will accompany him. Plans for the trip have been delayed until the spring due to medical problems with brother Alex and his family in Chernigov. Alex needs to acquire vacation now in order to host guests from America.

Our church attendance still needs improvement. We had to discipline some for non-attendance.
Our membership is less able to get out and about so we are praying for divine leadership on other ways to let folks know about our services. God opened the door for us to reactivate our Radio program. We broadcast “The Beacon of Truth” locally on KLAY 1180am Radio each Sunday morning from 8:45am to 9:00am.

Our Missionaries are always thankful for your prayerful support. The new members in Cork, Ireland are growing in grace. Brother Bob, our Missionary is presently receiving chemotherapy for a lymphatic lesion on the optic nerve of his right eye. Please keep this in your prayers. Brother Baldemor, our Missionary in Philippines hopes to organize the Lawa-an Mission into a church soon in Northwestern Mindanao. The financial needs in the Filipino mission work are for the Lawa-an building project and for help with brother Baldemor’s travel expenses ($300 per month).

We are looking forward to hearing Elder Garner Smith preach for us again in a revival meeting the end of January. Pray for true revival. Pastor’s cousin, Wayne Leroy Williams passed away. Sister Sue Kaley needs prayer regarding her inoperable lung cancer.
Remember our older members in prayer and those who are in distant places.

Thanks again to those who faithfully remember us in prayer. We need it. We love you in the Lord. Pray for our children and grand children. Pray that God would be pleased in His sovereign grace to save the lost and add the saved to the church.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.

1787 Historian on Democracy

Check our church website - Click here. PRAY for our country in 2008.

About the time our original 13 states adopted their new constitution, in 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years prior:

"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship." "The average age of the worlds greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years.

During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence

1. From bondage to spiritual faith;

2. From spiritual faith to great courage;

3. From courage to liberty;

4. From liberty to abundance;

5. From abundance to complacency;

6. From complacency to apathy;

7. From apathy to dependence;

8. From dependence back into bondage "

Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul,Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning the 2000 Presidential election.

Population of counties won by: Gore: 127 million; Bush: 143 million;

Square miles of land won by: Gore: 580,000; Bush: 2,427,000

States won by: Gore: 19; Bush: 29

Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Gore: 13.2; Bush 2.1

Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory Bush won was mostly the land owned by the tax-paying citizens of this great country. Gore's territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in government-owned tenements and living off government welfare . . " Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the "complacency and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler's definition of democracy, with some 40 percent of the nation's population already having reached the"governmental dependency" phase. If the Senate grants Amnesty and citizenship to 20 million criminal invaderscalled illegals and they vote, then goodbye USA in less than 5 years. Pass this along to help everyone realize just how much is at stake, knowing that apathy is the greatest danger to our freedom.

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Retirement 101

Well, it has been about a year and a half now and I am starting to enjoy retirement even more and more. Here are a few things I've learned in the last year and a half.

Q. When is a retiree's bedtime?

A. Three hours after they fall asleep on Couch.

Q. How many retirees to change a light bulb?

A. Only one, but it might take all day.

Q. What's the biggest gripe of retirees?

A. There is not enough time to get everything done.

Q. Why don't retirees mind being called Seniors?

A. The term comes with a 10% percent discount.

Q. Among retirees what is considered casual attire?

A. Tied shoes.

Q. Why do retirees count pennies?

A. They are the only ones who have the time.

Q. What is the common term for someone who enjoys work and refuses to retire?

A. NUTS!

Q. Why are retirees so slow to clean out the basement, attic or garage?

A. They know that as soon as they do, one of their adult kids will want to store stuff there.

Q. What do retirees call a long lunch?

A. Normal

Q. What is the best way to describe retirement?

A. The never ending Coffee Break .

Q. What's the biggest advantage of going back to school as a retiree?

A. If you cut classes, no one calls your parents.

Q. Why do retirees often say they don't miss work, but miss the people they used to work with?

A. They are too polite to tell the whole truth

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I had great liberty today preaching at church. My sermon was "How Serious Are You About God?" and the outline is on the front page of our church website for your study. Click HERE.

I also had a LOT of LINKS to other churches of like faith and order that I wanted to put on our church website. So, I created a special page for reviewing some of these. It turned out to actually be about three pages of links when I added some personal pages and home biz links to it. Click here: Larrys Links

Yours Truly,

Larry

2008

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Here is a fun little link. I have enjoyed it for the past couple of years and decided to post it to day for your pleasure. http://www.icq.com/img/friendship/static/card_16961_rs.swf

The fireworks on the Space Needle were disappointing last night. Marion and I watched them from the comfort of our family room as usual. We are lounging around the house today. One of my traffic exchanges that I'm in is having a surfing marathon contest today. I may surf a little on it but have no desire to be competitive in it. In fact, my strategy in my online efforts this year is to do less ads etc. and simply acquire prospects through C4L and work to turn them into customers in LFI by making maybe five or ten phone calls per day.

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Some of the things I'm looking forward to this year are:
Our January meeting at TLBC with Garner Smith.
My trip to the Ukraine with brother Long.
The Bible Conference in Granite Bay, California.
The Bible Conference in Mt. Morris, Michigan.
The Bible Conference in Ontario, California.
Two weeks in Kauai in September.

Those are just the first few things that come to mind. It should be a great year.

Yours truly,
Larry Killion
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A Fast and Deadly Gift

A husband was in big trouble when he forgot his wedding anniversary.

His wife told him "Tomorrow there better be something in the driveway for me that goes zero to 200 in 2 seconds flat".

The next morning the wife found a small package in the driveway.

She opened it and found a brand new bathroom scale.

Funeral arrangements for the husband have been set for Saturday.

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Good day in church today. My sermon was on "The Importance of Purity." Study the outline on our church website front page: http://thelordsbaptistchurch.com/

There is a new page on our website called "Click and Listen." Check it out.

Tomorrow is New Years Eve. I hope this has been a good year for you and that next year will be even better. We are looking forward to the special services at TLBC in January to celebrate our 28th anniversary as a church. More to come about that. I plan to start the new year with a change in business strategy for my retirement supplemental home business and focus more of my effort on promoting LFI and C4L.

Yours Truly,

Larry Killion

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Around the corner

Around the corner I have a friend,
In this great city that has no end,
Yet the days go by and weeks rush on,
And before I know it, a year is gone.
And I never see my old friends face,
For life is a swift and terrible race,
He knows I like him just as well,
As in the days when I rang his bell.
And he rang mine but we were younger then,
And now we are busy, tired men.

Tired of playing a foolish game,
Tired of trying to make a name.
"Tomorrow" I say! "I will call on him
Just to show that I'm thinking of him"
But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes,
And distance between us grows and grows.

Around the corner, yet miles away,
"Here's a telegram sir," "He died today."
And that's what we get and deserve in the end.
Around the corner, a vanished friend.

Remember to always say what you mean.
If you love someone, tell them.
Don't be afraid to express yourself.
Reach out and tell someone what they mean to you.
Because when you decide that it is the right time
it might be too late.

Seize the day.
Never have regrets.
And most importantly,
stay close to your friends and family, for they have helped
make you the person that you are today.
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I am so thankful for Mom, Maxine and MARION.
It was good to see them at prayer meeting tonight.
I read newsletters from Missionaries in Australia,
Mexico, Tupalo, and Russia. We prayed for our
Missionaries in the Philippines and in Ireland and for
the pending trip to the Ukraine in 08 and also for sister
Tina Graber. Other mission fields on our heart were
Papau New Guinea, Honduras, and Romania.
We are praying for our meeting in January and the
speaker, Garner Smith. We need a true REVIVAL.

I've seen a lot of friends and loved ones over the
holiday period and my heart weeps for them and the
numbness they have in regard to spiritual things.
I wish I were more effectual in speaking the truth to
them in love. I PRAY that God would mercifully
intervene in their lives. I love them so much but
I cannot do for them what they must do for
themselves by the enabling power of the sovereign
grace of Almighty God.
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Yours in the old landmarks by His Grace,
Larry Killion
http://thelordsbaptistchurch.com/

Don't Quit

The Concert

When the house lights dimmed and the concert
was about to begin, the mother returned to
her seat and discovered that the child was missing. Suddenly, the curtains parted and spotlights
focused on the impressive Steinway on stage.
In horror, the mother saw her littleboy sitting at the keyboard, innocently picking out
"Twinkle,Twinkle Little Star."
At that moment, the great piano master made his entrance, quickly moved to the piano, and
whispered in the boy's ear,
"Don't quit.""Keep playing."
Then, leaning over, Paderewski reached
down with his left hand and began filling
in a bass part. Soon his right arm reached
around to the other side of the child,
and he added a running obbligato.
Together, the old master and the young novice
transformed what could have been a frightening situation into a wonderfully creative experience.
The audience was so mesmerized that they couldn't recall what else the great master played.
Only the classic,
" Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star."
Perhaps that's the way it is with God.
What we can accomplish onour own is hardly noteworthy.
We try our best, but the results aren't always
graceful flowing music. However, with the
hand of the Master, our life's
work can truly be beautiful. The next time you set out to accomplish great feats,
listen carefully. You may hear the voice of the
Master, whispering in your ear, "Don't quit." "Keep playing."
May you feel His arms around you and
know that His hands are there, helping you
turn your feeble attempts into true masterpieces.
Remember, God doesn't seem to
call the equipped, rather, He equips the 'called.' Life is more accurately measured by the lives you touch than by the things you acquire. So touch someone by passing this little message along.May God bless you and be with you always!
and
remember ,
"Don't quit."
"Keep playing."

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Attendance today at TLBC didn't make it out of the single digits but services were good. I preached on "A Four-Fold Proclamation of Praise" and the sermon outline is on the front page of our church wesite.

http://thelordsbaptistchurch.com/

Kindergarten Question for you.

When asked this riddle, 80% of kindergarten kids got the answer, compared to 17% of Stanford University seniors. Where do YOU fit in on this scale of intelligence? Here is the question.

What is greater than God, More evil than the devil, The poor have it, The rich need it, And if you eat it, you'll die?

The answer, if you need to look, is found below (***).

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Very low attendance today in church. I can't figure out why it is so hard to get people to attend our worship services. None-the-less, we refuse to fall in with the crowd that only offers religious entertainment that only pacifies the carnal appetite of the flesh. My sermon today was called "Let Us Praise The Lord." See outline: http://thelordsbaptistchurch.com

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(***) answer: nothing

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Yours Truly,
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Ode to America

Read this excerpt from a Romanian Newspaper. The article was written by Mr. Cornel Nistorescu and published under the title 'C'ntarea Americii, meaning 'Ode To America ') in the Romanian newspaper Evenimentulzilei 'The Daily Event' or 'News of the Day'

~An Ode to America ~

Why are Americans so united? They would not resemble one another even if you painted them all one color! They speak all the languages of the world and form an astonishing mixture of civilizations and religious beliefs. Still, the American tragedy turned three hundred million people into a hand put on the heart.

Nobody rushed to accuse the White House, the Army, or the Secret Service that they are only a bunch of losers. Nobody rushed to empty their bank accounts. Nobody rushed out onto the streets nearby to gape about. Instead the Americans volunteered to donate blood and to give a helping hand. After the first moments of panic, they raised their flag over the smoking ruins, putting on T-shirts, caps and ties in the colors of the national flag. They placed flags on buildings and cars as if in every place and on every car a government official or the president was passing. On every occasion, they started singing:'God Bless America !'

I watched the live broadcast and rerun after rerun for hours listening to the story of the guy who went down one hundred floors with a woman in a wheelchair without knowing who she was, or of the Californian hockey player, who gave his life fighting with the terrorists and prevented the plane from hitting a target that could have killed other hundreds or thousands of people. How on earth were they able to re spond united as one human being? Imperceptibly, with every word and musical note, the memory of some turned into a modern myth of tragic heroes. And with every phone call, millions and millions of dollars were put into a collection aimed at rewarding not a man or a family, but a spirit, which no money can buy.

What on earth can unite the Americans in such a way? Their land? Their history? Their economic Power? Money? I tried for hours to find an answer, humming songs and murmuring phrases with the risk of sounding commonplace, I thought things over, I reached but only one conclusion... Only freedom can work such miracles.

Cornel Nistorescu

(This deserves to be passed around the internet forever.)

It took a person on the outside - looking in - to see what we take for granted !

GOD BLESS AMERICA ! !

Politics

Good one, Sister! This cartoon character's name is Maxine and sometimes she reminds me of one of our faithful church members by the same name. She really knows how to make her Pastor's day. My sermon today was on "Keeping A Good Heart." Outline for the sermon is on the front page of our church website as usual. Click here: http://thelordsbaptistchurch.com

The Beacon of Truth went out this morning on KLAY 1180AM here locally. I pray that God is pleased to use it. Our program comes on right after the "Horse Racing Report". :) My theme this month on The Beacon of Truth is "The Incarnation."

My trip to the Ukraine looks like it is going to be delayed once again due to medical complications with brother Alex Zazhitko and his family and for arrangements with his boss at work for time off during my visit, That is OK. I only want to go there when our sovereign God wants me to go. Amen?

The SPECIAL 28th Anniversary services at TLBC are still a go. Brother and sister Smith have their tickets now and services at TLBC will be nightly at 7PM from Januarty 24th through January 30th except for Sunday when normal service times will prevail.

I've been thinking a lot lately about my retirement supplemental home business and may do some re-stratigizing after the new year. I'm thinking of concentrating my marketing more on the primary LFI biz. More to come.

LJK

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Lone Ranger

Ever felt like the Lone Ranger? Marion and I called Mom last night to see if she felt well enough to attend prayer meeting services with us at church. She did so we drove over and picked her up. Turns out the she was the only other one there with us. Everyone else was hindered in one way or another. We still had a wonderful season of prayer however and I'm SO thankful the Lord is always there for us. Can you see Him watching us in the picture?

We picked up a perscription today and did a little grocery shopping for us and Mom. I took the tapes over and a check for our Sunday morning Radio Program starting this Lord's Day. I pray the Lord will bless this effort in a special way. If you are in the broadcast range, tune in on Sunday morning 8:45 to 9:00 AM for the BEACON OF TRUTH. KLAY 1180AM on your radio dial.

Rom 11:2-52 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.(KJV)

Larry Killion http://website.ws/tacwash/show

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