Gracious host Arlene welcomes special guest chefs Chaz and Greg Antonelli
from Woody's Restaurant, who make grilled rack of lamb with mint sauce,
grilled vegetables, some special salads, along with grilled peaches and
grilled pound cake with cinnamon caramel sauce for dessert!
"And if you will confess with your mouth our Lord Yeshua and you will believe
in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall have life."
(Romans 10:9)
Aramaic Bible In Plain English
Les continues his walk through the Bible, teaching us
how to connect the dots within the Holy Scriptures.
In this Wonderful World of Disney presentation from 1974, "Whiz Kid" Alvin Fernald
enters an essay contest at school to win a chance to become Mayor For A Day.
While waiting to see the mayor at Riverton's City Hall to interview him about
the daily running of the city's government, he and his best pal Shoie overhear
the city treasurer discussing a crooked land deal with two other men. The boys,
along with Alvin's little sister, Daffy, set out to expose the treasurer's scheme.
This delightful mystery-comedy stars child actors Eric Shea as Alvin, Kim Richards
as his little sister, Daphne "Daffy" Fernald, and Clay O'Brien as his friend, Shoie,
plus, familiar TV actors Edward Andrews as Mayor Massey, John Fieldler as the
city treasurer, Charles Blackburn, Ted Gehring as Doyle Reager, Lonny Chapman as
Fred Benson, Maudie Prickett as Mrs. Hundley, and Judson Pratt as Sargeant O'Halloran.
In the exciting conclusion of "The Whiz Kid And The Mystery At Riverton"
Alvin is selected as Mayor For A Day, while he and Shoie and Daffy,
with a little help from the entire sixth grade class, successfully bring
the crooked city treasurer's swindle to a screeching halt!
Look for actress Rae Dawn Chong as Alvin's classmate, Greta.
"Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen for His inheritance!"
(Psalm 33:12)
Although I have posted this message before, in these uncertain and dangerous times
we are facing in our nation and in the world today, I truly believe this powerful
message and prophetic warning from the past needs to be heard again.
Reverend Peter Marshall Sr. (1902-1949) was the Scottish-American pastor of
the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington DC and served as the
twice-appointed Chaplain of the United States Senate.
"If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed."
(John 8:36)
Although a nation can be free within its own borders and in its relationship
with other nations, in this classic sermon Dr. Charles Stanley reminds us that
freedom is never free and that living in national freedom cannot liberate
a human soul from spiritual bondage.
We are only truly free in and through Jesus Christ.
"...and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof."
(Leviticus 25:10)
There was a tumult in the city
In the quaint old Quaker town,
And the streets were rife with people
Pacing restless up and down-
People gathering at corners,
Where they whispered each to each,
And the sweat stood on their temples
With the earnestness of speech.
As the bleak Atlantic currents
Lash the wild Newfoundland shore,
So they beat against the State House,
So they surged against the door;
And the mingling of their voices
Made the harmony profound,
Till the quiet street of Chestnut
Was all turbulent with sound.
"Will they do it?" "Dare they do it?"
"Who is speaking?" "What's the news?"
"What of Adams?" "What of Sherman?"
"Oh, God grant they won't refuse!"
"Make some way there!" "Let me nearer!"
"I'm stifling!" "Stifle then!"
When a nation's life's at hazard,
"We've no time to think of men!"
So they surged against the State House,
While all solemnly inside,
Sat the Continental Congress,
Truth and reason for their guide,
O'er a simple scroll debating,
Which, though simple it might be,
Yet should shake the cliffs of England
With the thunders of the free.
Far aloft in that high steeple
Sat the bellman, old and gray,
He was weary of the tyrant
And his iron-sceptered sway;
So he sat, with one hand ready
On the clapper of the bell,
When his eye could catch the signal
The long-expected news to tell.
See! See! The dense crowd quivers
Through all its lengthy line,
As the boy beside the portal
Hastens forth to give the sign!
With his little hands uplifted,
Breezes dallying with his hair,
Hark! with deep, clear intonation,
Breaks his young voice on the air.
Hushed the people's swelling murmur,
Whilst the boy crys joyously;
"Ring! he shouts, "Ring! Grandpapa,
Ring! oh, ring for Liberty!"
Quickly, at the given signal
The old bellman lifts his hand,
Forth he sends the good news, making
Iron music through the land.
How they shouted! What rejoicing!
How the old bell shook the air,
Till the clang of freedom ruffled,
The calmly gliding Delaware!
How the bonfires and the torches
Lighted up the night's repose,
And from the flames, like the fabled Phoenix,
Our glorious liberty arose!
The old State House bell is silent,
Hushed is now its clamorous tongue;
But the spirit is awakened
Still is living-ever young;
And when we greet the smiling sunlight
On the fourth of each July,
We will ne'er forget the bellman
Who, betwixt the earth and sky,
Rung out, loudly, "Independence";
Which, please God, shall never die!
Author Unknown
