Waching daily Mar 27 2017

Certainly for me, my 40 years here at Grace Community Church have been a little bit of

heaven.

I said that in the early service, and I meant that.

I don't think any man could have a more faithful wife than God gave me.

I don't think anyone could have more faithful, loving children than the Lord gave me...more

delightful and precious grandchildren.

And I don't imagine that anyone could have a more blessed congregation to serve for all

these years than the Lord has given me.

I really feel I have lived a little heaven on earth.

I am actually expecting serious suffering soon because I have overfilled my cup with

the goodness of God.

And you have been all that a pastor could ever imagine a church could be, and beyond.

I have heard all the sad stories.

I have seen some of them.

I lived through some of them as a pastor's kid...difficulty, the challenge, the heart

break, discouragement that comes in ministry.

But for whatever reasons and for whatever purposes in my life, the Lord has blessed

me with what I would consider to be a Thessalonian church.

You are my glory and my joy.

And it has never been any other than that.

Oh there have been moments when it was trying and challenging and difficult and a few scattered

moments when I thought maybe I ought to stop doing what I am doing.

But they passed very rapidly.

It has been for me heaven on earth.

And I really believe that's what the church should be.

This is the closest we're ever going to get to heaven in this world and the church should

be the closest thing to heaven on earth, and it certainly has been for me.

I hear the sad stories of conflict that pastors have with their congregation.

I've been reading again the story of Jonathan Edwards, perhaps the greatest theologian in

American history, a preacher, Bible teacher, scholar, theologian, writer without equal,

and how his church mistreated him.

Did everything they could to destroy him, the best of men.

There's certainly no reason I should escape that, but God in His providence and in His

mercy has thoroughly blessed my life at every point.

And I'm just grateful for that.

So, before we get carried away with next week, we need to understand that all that we have

experienced together has been the goodness of God.

I go back to the very beginning of my days here and it started out with an openness to

the hearing of the Word of God and it has never ever changed.

And I thank the Lord for that.

When I was growing up, I had a lot of church experiences.

All of them were in the traditional sort of Baptist mode which meant that they were basically

small democracies where the people voted for everything, where the power rested with the

people, you know, in that great American tradition.

And I watched how sort of Baptist democracy worked.

There were lots of things about it that I thought were troublesome and troubling and

I couldn't find a biblical model for democracy in the church.

I was later in my life exposed to in my college days to a sort of more Methodist approach

where you had a little bit more of a hierarchy, but still some power resting with the people.

And then in my seminary days I became exposed to the Presbyterian model which is a hierarchical

approach to the church and the leaders who are in the area who are known as the elders,

the presbytery make determinations for local churches.

And I saw things in all of these that seemed to fit scriptural patterns, and I saw things

in all of these that did not fit scriptural patterns.

So by the time I was getting to the end of my seminary days, I was really wondering what

does the Bible say about how a church is to function?

I actually didn't have a class in seminary that gave me complete clarity on that question.

I remember around the time that I came here, ministering on the east coast.

And I remember the church and I remember the young pastor who was a little older than myself,

and I remember preaching in his church and it was a growing church, and going to his

house after church on a Sunday night, I actually remember sitting in a rocking chair.

Just a vivid memory because of what was said.

As I sat and rocked and talked with him a little bit, he said this, "I've just read

a book written by a man who has analyzed IBM, a corporate model of IBM and has discerned

the principles that have made that corporation so successful.

And from that book, I've now learned how to make a church successful."

And I think my rocking began to escalate at the rate of my heartbeat when I heard that.

I couldn't even process a statement that somebody writing a book on a secular corporation could

have the insights necessary to make the church of Jesus Christ successful.

And I remember saying something like, "I think for myself I'll stick with the New Testament

because I think that's the intended manual for the church."

I never forget that conversation.

And I think that's why I remember vividly the scene and the rocking chair because it

was so indelibly impressed upon my mind, it sealed for me the reality that if the church

belongs to Jesus Christ, and if He expects us to serve Him in His church faithfully,

then He will have revealed for us on the pages of Scripture what is necessary for the church.

And so I was all the more galvanized to stick with the New Testament.

Then it became only a matter of searching out the New Testament and endeavoring to discern

those things that are taught in the New Testament about the church and what it is to be.

It doesn't say a lot about organization.

It doesn't say a lot about the kind of specific ministries you should have.

But it lays down some inviolable, unalterable principles.

And if you know me, you know that I am all about principles or doctrines.

I began to search those things out in the New Testament.

I began to pursue them, as I've mentioned to you previously.

I desperately needed to know what the New Testament taught about the church.

Maybe that's why the Lord knew I needed a few years between seminary and coming here,

so that I could sort that out in my own mind, along with a lot of other things, so that

the second Sunday that I was here in February of 1969, I preached from the text that I read

to you, the opening chapters of 1 Thessalonians on the subject, "The Ideal Church."

By then it had started to take shape in my mind from Scripture.

And in that message I pointed out some of the seminal elements of the church, a church

is to be saved, as the Thessalonian church was.

They were in God our Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ.

They were elect.

They were a saved church.

Then I noted that they were a sanctified church, clearly.

They had received grace and peace from the Lord and it was empowering their lives because

their faith was growing and their love was manifest and their service was effective.

And they were a suffering church because they were colliding with an unregenerate world

and they were willing to take that suffering in the process of living out their holy lives

in the community.

Then I noted they were a serving church, labor of love, patience of hope, work of faith.

And they were a Second Coming church, they were waiting for His Son from heaven and on

that second Sunday that I was here, I basically said that.

We need to be a truly saved church, elect and regenerate.

We need to be a sanctified church.

We need to be a suffering church if need be for the cause of the truth in the world.

And we need to be a serving church and we need to be a Second Coming church.

And I'm so thankful, looking back over 40 years, that that is exactly what this church

is.

That we understand the true gospel.

We are a people who are genuinely in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ.

We are the elect.

We are the beloved of God.

What a joy it is that this is a sanctified community of believers.

What a blessing it is to me to see the sanctification work its way out as you manifested in the

work of faith, labor of love, steadfastness of hope, perseverance.

These things are true of our church.

It is a suffering church.

If need be, you have paid the price for your faith in Jesus Christ, in your family, among

your friends, sometimes at work, sometimes in your community.

And, of all things, you are a serving church.

You're relentless about serving.

I don't know that there is another church anywhere so internally motivated to serve

the Lord as this church is.

And for sure, we are a Second Coming church.

We have lived all the years, all these 40 years in the anticipation of the return of

the Lord Jesus Christ.

Well on that second Sunday in February of 1969, that was like Ecclesiology 101.

That was the basic course from those chapters in 1 Thessalonians.

And at that point in time, I celebrated the fact that when you heard the Word of God,

you heard it as it is, not the word of men, but the Word of God which does its powerful

work in you.

And that's never changed...that's never changed.

Now those were amazing, amazing early days and they have just gotten more and more amazing

through all 40 years.

From my standpoint it's gone really fast...very, very fast.

I never wanted to...and I used to think about this...I never wanted to come to a point in

my life where I asked, "Is this church the result of what I've done?

Or is this church the result of what the Lord has done?"

So I knew that if I confined it to biblical truth and spiritual ministry, it would be

easy to answer the question.

And that's why I've said, "Whatever it is you're going to do to me next Sunday isn't

the real story.

The real story is this church is what it is because of what God has done with His Word

by His Spirit in your lives."

At the very beginning, you know, we had to establish that.

When I first came, I had been here just a few weeks, some folks came to me in the church

and said, "We want you to perform the wedding our daughter is going to marry a man.

You're our new pastor."

And these people were very prominent in the church...very, very prominent.

In fact, there probably weren't people any more visibly prominent than this family.

And they said, "Our daughter is getting married," and as it turned out, she was going to marry

a non-Christian who had been divorced.

So I hope I responded in a gracious way.

I don't have any memory of the actual conversation.

But I said, "With all due respect, I'm sorry, I can't do that.

I can't do that wedding.

I can't marry a believer to a non-believer.

I can't make people unequally yoked.

The Bible says you can marry only in the Lord.

I can't do that."

Well that didn't sit very well.

So that was reported to some of the leaders of the church who came to me and said, "So

you can't do this?

Do you understand these people's involvement and profile in the church...etc., etc.?"

I said, "I do, but the Bible is crystal clear about this.

I can't do it."

To which one replied, "Well, okay, we appreciate that conviction," and I showed them the scriptures

of course.

And then the response came, "Well, okay, you don't have to do it.

We'll have somebody else do it, but we'll do it here and that will be a compromise."I

said, I hope graciously, but I don't remember that either, but I said,....I said, "Who's

church is this?

Who's church is it?

Is it your church?

My church?

Or is it the church of the Lord Jesus Christ?"

To which this person whom I love said, "Well, that's that, we can't do it here."

And we didn't.

And that whole family and all their extended family left the church.

That was a watershed moment for us, when people of this church said we will do what the Word

of God says, no matter what the price.

It doesn't always happen that way, folks.

There are young pastors who go out, they come to some waterloo like that and it doesn't

turn out that way.

They wind up leaving and the church pursues its carnal pathway.

But in the case of this church, there was an all-embracing commitment on the part of

people at the very beginning to say, "Just show us what the Scripture says and we will

endeavor to be faithful."

And as I've said through the years, that's like saying, "Sic-'em" to a mad dog.

I mean, that is the best news that a preacher could ever hear that all we want to know is

what God says and what the Word says so we can do it.

That has marked this church.

That has marked this church.

Our gospel, like it says in chapter 1 verse 5, didn't come to you in Word only, but in

power and the Holy Spirit with full conviction.

That's always been true of this church.

The Word comes, it comes with power, it is received, it is believed, it is turned in

to conviction and that's how we live our lives.

Or in chapter 2 verse 13, "We constantly thank God that when you receive the Word of God

which you heard from us, you've accepted it not as the word of men but for what it really

is, the Word of God which also performs its work in you who believe."

And when I say ministry at Grace Church for me for 40 years has been heaven on earth,

I mean it has been heaven on earth.

I have been so profoundly blessed.

My marriage, my family has been heaven on earth for me.

My friendships through the years, a taste of heaven...this church, heaven on earth for

me.

And the bottom line is because the people of this church have always responded to the

teaching of the Word of God.

And I understand my role.

I am not the source of truth.

I am merely the messenger who brings it to you from the source, namely God.

I have been given a stewardship, a responsibility to discharge.

I'm nothing but a slave...nothing but a slave.

Through the years we have endeavored at every level in this church, myself and everybody

else who teaches, to be faithful, to proclaim the Word of the head of the church to His

church.

Styles change, we recognize that.

Technology changes.

I watch the ties get wider and wider and thinner and thinner and wider and wider.

And that certain fashions come and go, although some of us are impervious to it, a blue suit

and a red tie will always work.

But we have lived through massive technological changes.

We have lived through paradigm shifts that are coming so rapidly, we can't even keep

up with them.

And I'm watching churches become obsolete before they become effective because they

can't keep up chasing the latest fad.

And we haven't changed anything except what should change.

But what can't change, doesn't change.

The Lord Jesus Christ doesn't change, the same yesterday, today and forever, the eternal

God is immutable and the Word never changes, it is eternal.

There's really no question about why this church is what it is.

It is because of the Word of God.

It reflects the teaching of the Word of God over these many, many years.

I confess that where I am weak, you are likely weak as well.

Where I am strong, you are strong.

My imperfections sadly becomes yours because like people, like priest is how it is.

So the responsibility and accountability on my life is indeed great.

That's why James says, "Stop being so many teachers, theirs is a greater condemnation."

I understand that I have to give an account for the ministry that I have because you are

going to be a reflection of that in a very real and personal way.

So I understand that I am far from perfect, I am less than I should be.

I understand that my weaknesses and my shortcomings show up in you.

But there is one thing that I've never wavered on, and that is the fact that when I stand

in this place, I will tell you the best I can from my heart what God says.

And we have continued to pursue that through all the years of our ministry together.

This has been for me the best of all things.

If you want to create heaven on earth, spend your whole life in the Word of God.

There's a reason, I think, why this church is a heaven on earth, in a sense.

Why my own marriage and my own family as heaven on earth, it's because they've all continually

been bathed in the truth of the Word of God.

I don't think you can get what's going on in this church if you come once, or twice,

or for a month.

I think it's so powerfully cumulative that it takes a long time.

But once...once you understand it, you really understand it.

I was talking to somebody this morning who said, "I've been here 28 years and every year

that I'm here I want to be here more."

What a wonderful testimony.

Well in those early years, as I was trying to figure out what is it in the Word of God

that we need to focus on, what has to be the pillars of this church, what has to be the

foundation stones?

I came up with a little series I did many, many years ago called "Marks of a Faithful

Church," or "Marks of an Effective Church."

And through the years I've revisited that little list again and again.

It was forming in my mind in the very first days that I was here.

I preached it.

I've changed it, altered it, shifted it around but basically it's the same now 40 years later

as it was in the beginning.

I kind of moved the order around a little bit, crystalized how I stated them, but there

are some marks that are foundational to the life of this church that explain why we're

the kind of church we are.

By the way, they're included in the book that I wrote called Shepherdology, now called The

Master's Plan For The Church...one of the early books.

And these are truths that we revisit over and over again.

But in that little series many years ago, I kind of put them in the following order.

Here they are.

These are the marks of a faithful church.

Number one, Belief in the absolute authority of Scripture...belief in the absolute authority

of Scripture.

When I say absolute, I mean the authority that belongs to Scripture and only Scripture.

It is complete authority and it is singular authority.

There is no other authority.

I'm not an authority, nobody else is an authority, no tradition is an authority, no creed is

an authority, no history is an authority, the Bible is the only authority and it is

an absolute authority.

This is the dominating truth that reigns over everything.

It was some...not too many years ago, just a couple of years ago, that Patricia and I,

I think you were with me, hon, I can't remember all the trips we take, but anyway, I was in

London and we went to a Scottish Presbyterian church.

And I don't remember a lot about it, they sung some hymns that were familiar to me which

I always love.

And the message was not particularly biblical.

But something stayed with me and it was this, that when the service began, the organ played

a kind of an introduction and then the congregation arose to its feet and stood in silence while

a man walked from the very back of the church, down the main aisle, holding a big Bible above

his head like this....

The Bible made a grand entrance.

It was like a king had come into the room.

The ultimate authority was arriving.

And he walked all the way down the aisle and placed that on the pulpit and at the end of

the service, when it was completed, the same man picked up in the same way, carried it

back out.

And it was a symbolic statement that the Scripture reigns here.

We don't do that, but we understand the principle and the truth of that symbol.

They had the symbol, I don't think they understood the principle.

We don't do that symbolically, but we do understand that the Word of God reigns.

When we come here, it's as if the Word of God is brought to us from God Himself, placed

here for me to explain to you.

This is inseparable, by the way, from the priority of preaching because Paul says, "Preach

the Word...Preach the Word...Preach the Word at all levels of church ministry.

Early on in the ministry here, I was teaching Acts 20:20, Paul says, "I have not failed

to declare unto you the whole counsel of God., and it's all profitable for you."

Paul says to Timothy, "All Scripture is inspired by God,"pas graphe, all writing, all Scripture

is inspired by God, profitable to accomplish everything regarding spiritual perfection

and spiritual maturity, both for the preacher and for all under his influence.

Peter says that this is not the product of men, but holy me were moved by the Spirit

of God.

It's not a document that comes from a human source, but from the Holy Spirit Himself.

And as we just read, it is not the word of men, it is the Word of God.

We understood that from the beginning.

We understand as a church that salvation comes through the Word, you're begotten again by

the word of truth, 1 Peter 1:23.

You're sanctified by the Word, John 17:17, Your word is truth, sanctify them by Your

truth.

We understand the comfort of the Scriptures.

We understand I have hope in Thy Word, as the psalmist puts it.

We understand t he power is in the passage, the power is in the Scripture and we have

an absolute commitment to that.

I remember in the seventies when I did a series on Ephesians, and I was talking about the

fact that women who are Christians are mandated in the Scripture to be lovers of their husband,

lovers of their children, keepers at home.

This was in a time when women going to work was a massive movement.

And I was going against the grain of that, saying your priority is your husband, your

children.

Your domain is the home.

And I preached a series on that and someone who was part of our church took issue with

that, called the Los Angeles Times.

They ran an article on the front page that said, "Church fires all its female employees."

Which was not true, we didn't do that.

And that just stirred up all kinds of trouble.

The Feminists came after us.

We had all three networks with television cameras in the patio, ABC, NBC, CBS and people

poured into the church.

What happened...kind of an ironic thing was so many people came because of this big hubbub

that when the choir left, we filled the choir loft filled full with people because there

were so many people in our two services.

The really interesting part about it was, the choir loft was always filled with the

people who came late because they didn't know you needed to come early to sit there, and

so it was all the angry visitors who sat behind me.

So I was preaching to a smiling audience who were looking at a smirky crowd in the choir

loft, taking issue with everything I said.

I remember an interview with one of the news anchors locally who said to me, "How in the

world do you get these women to buy into this?....I'll never forget this quote....They seem like

intelligent women."

I said, "Well they are intelligent women, but you have to understand this, they have

already made a commitment to the authority of Scripture in general, so whatever the Scripture

says in specific, they eagerly obey.

And that's always been the way that has been here.

We are dominated by the authority of Scripture.

And whatever the Scripture says, as a church we have eagerly embraced from the leadership

all the way down.

The second in my little list, this priority of significance, Commitment to worship, commitment

to worship.

You can do a lot of things in a church and there are a lot of things done.

But the one thing we are commanded to do is worship.

So everything is driven toward God, exalting Him, honoring Him, praying to Him, extolling

Him.

Even the exposition of the Word of God is with the intention of worship.

I remember early in the ministry people were saying that I preached too long and there's

not enough time for worship.

How can you worship?

How can your church really worship when you take all the time preaching?

To which my response is, how can any church worship if you don't take the time preaching?

Because what you're doing is preaching is informing them about the God they worship

which enriches their worship.

That's the point.

I'm not trying to divide this service into worship and education, the whole thing is

worship.

Are you going to worship God superficially, or are you going to worship Him in the depth

and breadth and height and length of His revelation of Himself?

This commitment to worship is what drives us because it's what defines us.

What are you going to do forever in heaven?

What?

Worship, you were saved to worship.

John 4, "The Father seeks true worshipers."

That's why you were saved, to be a worshiper.

You would think today the kind of so-called gospel being proclaimed that the good news

is you're in charge and God really wants to worship you.

He just wants to come alongside and give you everything you want.

That's just the opposite.

We understand we're here not to worship us but to worship Him.

He's the audience.

You're not even the audience, ultimate audience, you're the intermediary.

I teach you so that you can worship Him.

We used to talk about the fact that people come to church and say, "Well, I don't know,

I didn't get anything out of it."

Really.

You thought it was for you?

You didn't get anything out of it, huh?

What did you think it was for, for you?

The question is, what did you bring to God?

What did you lift up to Him of adoration, praise, thanks?

So the more you know about Him, the more you worship.

Philippians 3 says, "We are...this is defining Christians...those who worship God in the

spirit, glory in Christ Jesus have no confidence in the flesh."

We are worshipers.

Word informed worshipers.

So, we've emphasized a high view of God, a high view of Christ, a high view of the Holy

Spirit.

You know, I was thinking about it just the other day, 40 years of ministry, if you just

took the time in Matthew, the time in Luke and the time in John, it would be over 50

percent of the time, 21 years focusing on those three gospels, we've got one more to

go.

So maybe I'll spend 23-24 years of ministry on Sunday mornings looking at Jesus Christ.

How important is that?

God has revealed Himself, Hebrews 1 says, in the Old Testament through the prophets,

but in these last days He has revealed Himself in His Son, the most magnificent glorious

purest most perfect picture of God is in Christ.

That is why He is the most compelling, riveting subject of all subjects.

And we have given many, many years our attention to know the Lord Jesus Christ.

And in knowing Him, you know God.

What did Jesus say?

"If you've seen Me, you've seen the Father."

It is our clear understanding of who God is, who Christ is, who the Holy Spirit is, it

is that trinitarian understanding that is at the heart of our worship.

Don't let anybody tell you that somehow worship is something that happens apart from knowledge.

That's why we don't do the 7-11 kind of singing, seven words eleven times.

That's why we sing...that's why we sing hymns, that's why we reach deep, that's why we articulate

theology in our hymnology, theology in our doxology.

Thirdly, I'm having a hard time shutting off any of these points, as you can imagine, even

though I don't have anything to say written down, just so much in my heart.

Third point that I would make, and this is another pillar, another foundation in our

church life, Doctrinal Clarity, doctrinal clarity.

When I talk about the Word of God and studying the Word of God, I also mean extracting from

the Word of God the sound doctrine that is necessary.

What is true about God.

What is true about Christ.

What is true about the Spirit of God.

What is true about man.

What is true about sin, righteousness, heaven, hell, every issue of Scripture.

And so we exposit the Scripture with what I call a theological exposition.

You dig into the Word of God, you determine what the passage is saying and therefore what

immutable, unchangeable truths it is affirming.

Those become the doctrines that the text yields.

Every text drives us to some doctrine, some affirmation of truth.

And then, if you're kind of giving away trade secrets here, if you follow what I do, I will

usually, having taken the passage, pulled out of it those doctrines, I will then trace

them in other parts of the Scripture to show you how they are supported elsewhere in Scripture

with a view to have you understand that doctrine with the hope then that that understanding

becomes not just information but conviction.

Paul was thankful for the Thessalonians because the Word came to them, chapter 1 verse 5,

with full conviction.

Conviction means you believe it, you own it, you guard it, you defend it.

You know, you live out your convictions.

And so in teaching the passage, extracting the doctrine, showing how this doctrine is

consistently taught in Scripture so that you understand it and believe it with a view that

it will become a conviction in your life that will be a factor determining your conduct.

That's what we're after.

Doctrinal clarity is absolutely critical.

Paul says to Titus, "Speak the things concerning sound doctrine."

Paul says to Timothy over and over again, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, sound doctrine, sound

doctrine.

Paul tells the Ephesians that it's very dangerous to be children tossed to and fro and carried

about by every wind of doctrine.

So I'm really after developing in you a set of strong convictions.

Certainly the Lord has developed them in me.

That's why I get a little combative with error cause I'm driven by the convictions concerning

what is true.

And I don't understand the people who aren't, who are supposed to be ministers of the gospel,

guardians of the truth, we're supposed to guard the treasure, hold fast to the truth,

and seem unwilling to contend earnestly, seem weak in their convictions.

Not for a minister to be weak in his convictions, not even for a Christian to be weak in conviction,

or your life will flip-flop all over everywhere.

You need to believe the truths with all your heart.

That leads to a fourth, spiritual discernment...spiritual discernment.

It's connected to doctrinal clarity.

Only when you have doctrinal clarity can you have spiritual discernment.

Only when you know the truth can you tell the counterfeit, right?

Just a passage, also, in 1 Thessalonians chapter 5 and verse 19, that is good to grasp because

it's readily understood.

Verse 19, 1 Thessalonians 5, verse 19, "Do not quench the Spirit."

Now the Spirit is the fountain of living water that comes to us with the truth of God.

The Spirit is the author of revelation.

So when the flow of the great life-giving, life-changing water of the Spirit comes to

us through the Word, do not quench the Spirit.

How does the Spirit minister?

Not in some mysterious, mystical way, but the Spirit ministers through the Word.

So don't quench the Spirit.

Now in order to avoid quenching the Spirit, do not belittle or despise prophesying, or

preaching.

This is the means the Spirit has ordained.

The preaching of the cross might be to those that perish foolishness, for those of us who

are being saved.

No, it's the power of God, 1 Corinthians 1.

Peach the Word, 2 Timothy 4.

Preaching is the means.

So the Spirit is going to flow to you when the Word is preached to you.

Do not despise preaching.

We live in a day when preaching is despised.

We're a little bit anachronistic here, a little bit off the current mode, current trail in

doing what we do.

We're doing what we do because God has mandated us to do it.

Do not despise prophesying, or preaching, because this is the means by which the Spirit

of God brings the truth to you.

But examine, verse 21, everything carefully.You don't want to despise the preaching, you just

want to discern its truthfulness.

You want to be like the noble Bereans in Acts 17 who search the scriptures to see if these

things were so.

Hold fast to that which is then revealed and determined to be good and push yourself away

from anything that is evil.

This is discernment, this is discernment.

We've endeavored through the years to help you develop discernment by giving you doctrine

that is clear, convictions that are true and strong and trustworthy and enduring.

And then you have discernment.

You can tell error when you see it.

You can spot it.

You know when you're hearing it.

There's a fifth foundation and that is the pursuit of holiness, the pursuit of holiness.

Through the years, holiness was a subject that I was interested in.

I remember when I was in junior high school.

I picked up a copy out of my Dad's study of Thomas A'Kempis.

Thomas A'Kempis was a Catholic mystic, and I was trying to understand true spirituality.

What was it?

I didn't know if I had ever seen it.

Then there was some attraction in the kind of mysticism that Thomas A Kempis wrote about.

I also remember reading a book on prayer by E.M.

Bounds who was very mystical.

And he told all about people who prayed so long they wore holes in the wooden floor.

And I wondered what kind of spirituality that was.

That was in junior high when I was finding curiosity about what is real holiness, what

is real spirituality.

When I went away to college, I was exposed to legalism.

In fact, I went to a place that some might think is the capital of legalism.

I had never seen legalism that close.

I didn't get it.

I didn't understand it.

I was a Christian.

I loved the Lord.

I wanted to honor the Lord.

I saw something that I had never seen where everybody's spirituality was evaluated externally

by what you didn't do, or what you did do.

How you dressed, how you did your hair.

And I couldn't process this.

I could see behind the superficiality, the reality wasn't there.

I was also exposed in my seminary days and very soon after to antinomianism which is

the opposite of legalism.

Antinomianism was rampant, in fact, I grew up with antinomianism everywhere.

What do I mean by that?

I kind of lawless form of Christianity where you're a Christian but nobody would ever know

it.

And it was the product of a cheap grace, shallow gospel that I eventually addressed in books

like The Gospel According To Jesus.

The Christian landscape was just loaded with people who quote/unquote made a decision for

Christ, came forward, signed a card and didn't live a holy life, or even pursue holiness.

They obviously had not been transformed, was not a New Testament kind of salvation.

So it was important to me that we, first of all, establish the reality of true salvation

and then the necessity of true sanctification and that we as a church congregation pursue

holiness.

In those early years, 2 Corinthians 7:1 ran around in my mind, still does.

"Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh, perfecting holiness in the fear

of God."

First Peter 1, "Be ye holy as I am holy."

Taken from the book of Leviticus.

Where was holiness and what did it look like?

And then Matthew 6, I began to think about what does it mean, "Let Your will be done

on earth as it is in heaven."

Well certainly that's got to include holiness because holiness is what defines heaven.

And the only place holiness is ever going to come to earth is in the church.And then,

of course, Matthew 18 says, "If anybody in the church is sinning, go to the person, confront

him, call for a confession of repentance.

If they don't respond, take two or three witnesses.

If they still don't, tell the church.

If they still don't, put them out."

First Corinthians 5, "A little leaven leavens the whole lump."

You've got to get the influencing sinner, the false professor, the iniquitous person

away or he'll poison the rest.

And I began to realize that holiness is a pursuit of the church.It's not that we have

reached perfection in any of these things, but we know what our direction is.

And it is these things that we pursue.

We've always pursued them...holiness.

One other that I'll just comment briefly on, a plurality of godly leaders...a plurality

of godly leaders.

It seemed to me that the New Testament is very clear that a local church had a plurality

of godly leaders called elders, pastors, or bishops, overseers, three different words,

episkopos, presbuteros, poimen, meaning pastor.

All the same person but that there would always be a plurality of them.

And they would work collectively, not in a hierarchy with one top dog and everybody kind

of in a pecking order underneath, but a collegial face-to-face circle of godly leaders, differing

gifts.

Some would be a chief speaker like Paul was when he was with Barnabas, or Peter was when

he was with John.

But they would all serve and they would all have the same qualifications.

Laid out, 1 Timothy 3, Titus 1, clear qualifications.

They would all be apt to teach, didaktikos, skilled in teaching and handling the Word

of God, because how else can you lead the church unless you can disseminate the truth

of Scripture to them?

And so, from the beginning, all I ever thought about was a collection of men who would be

effective godly leaders.

And so, from the very beginning I started a Saturday morning class to try to build men.

And God has honored that through these years.

Now we have a seminary with 400 men being trained to be godly leaders.

We have a thousand graduates out.

We have...what?...13 or 14 hundred men being trained in our international training centers

and another 14 or 15 hundred who have graduated.

Thousands of men have come through the developing ministry of training to be godly leaders in

the church.

This is..this has reached proportions that were way beyond anything I ever imagined.

This church has always been led by a plurality of godly men.

I understand that I am sort of the chief speaker.

But I have no higher rank, just a different gift used in a different way.

Well, if I had time and I don't, I would talk also of devotion to discipleship, another

feature of the church.

Mutual love, another pillar of this church.

Consistent service, faithful prayer, sacrificial giving, all those things.

But the goal of it all, what is the goal?

What has always been the goal, there's only one goal, one goal, the goal is this, evangelism,

winning lost people to Christ, that's the goal, that's the objective.

Filling the great commission, go into all the world, preach the gospel to every creature.

Why do we train men?

So that men can go and proclaim the gospel.

Why do we build you up?

So that you can be mature in Christ and you can show the credibility of the gospel by

the godly life you live.

Why do we teach you the gospel?

So that you can teach it to someone who needs to hear it.

All evangelism, everything is for your sake that from you might go forth the gospel.

This church, although most people wouldn't think it on the outside, is primarily an evangelistic

center where people are coming to Christ; and that's the way it ought to be.

That's the goal of everything.

We're not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, we know it's the power of God unto salvation,

don't we?

To everyone who believes.

Well, it's to the glory of the Lord who has done exceeding, abundantly above all we can

ask or think that we say all these things.

Father, thank You so much for a refreshing and wonderful morning together.

Thank You for the great work You have done to display Your glory.

My own heart is just so greatly encouraged to see these people who have come into the

Kingdom because You've used this congregation, these folks and the proclamation of the truth

here as the means to reach others.

Do it, Lord, yet in the future, exceed what has happened up to now.

May all that has gone before, all the 40 years, may it just be the prologue.

May the great work lie at our feet ahead.

May You be glorified.

May Christ be exalted.

May Your church be faithful to the revelation of the Spirit so that You will bless us and

may the blessing yet to come be greater for Your glory, we pray.

Amen.

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Review of Sasser Stills Boudoir in Los Angeles - Duration: 2:19.

I did it!

It took a lot of will power to do that, but as I've said, my boyfriend is in basic with

the army national guard.

A lot of this is a motivation to give my boyfriend something personalized, something that he

will enjoy for years to come.

It was something where I wanted to show that sensual, the intimate side of me that he had

never seen before in this case.

I felt very comfortable doing the poses and getting into the different outfits.

Seeing the results that you would show me in the camera.

It's definitely something that when I chose you I knew I was going to have a fun and comfortable

experience, and that wasn't something that I saw with the other photographers.

It just seemed when I would look at their portfolios and it seemed a little bit forced,

a little bit too glamorous for my taste.

I know that with you, we got the right look and I had fun doing it.

Before the shoot I was I very excited.

I would say there was a little bit of nervousness underneath it all, but I'm definitely a

person that keeps a very calm composure.

Now going through the different poses and going through the different sections altogether.

The hair and makeup, the whole session, I feel definitely sexy.

I definitely feel much more beautiful, much more empowered.

That is something that I wouldn't say I've felt many times before, but it's definitely

something that I can just look back at the album say "I did that!" and there is something

very empowering about that.

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Drive Sun Devil Competitiveness, Featuring Lucy Lara, Coach Charli Turner Thorne - Duration: 1:16.

My name is Lucero Lara. I am in my

Master's program in Sports and

Business and I play soccer here at ASU.

So when I first got here as a Freshman, I

literally only thought about soccer, and

it wasn't until a few people kind of

knocked on my door and told me like, "hey,

like, there's life out of soccer, like,

you're not going to do it forever".

At Arizona State, we're about helping our

young athletes be the best at everything

that they do. Academically, athletically,

with their personal development, and

truly growing on every front.

So I took my grades seriously, my academics seriously,

through the help of my mentors, my

academic coaches, my tutors, my coaches

and just the whole academic staff.

I'm just a different person than I was as

Freshman and, no matter what you think

you're capable of doing, like, you can do

more than that. I couldn't ask for

anything in the world other than getting

an education and getting a job in order

to support my family.

It literally changed my life.

We not only help them enjoy their experience but, we

make them tougher, and I think that's a

definite characteristic of competitive

greatness and also, the Sun Devil Way.

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Standing desk, balance boards and more of Modern Dad's office toys!!! - Duration: 5:36.

For more infomation >> Standing desk, balance boards and more of Modern Dad's office toys!!! - Duration: 5:36.

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Amelia Earhart items featured for Women's History Month - Duration: 1:32.

So, we have pulled out some of the treasures from our Amelia Earhart Collection, since

this is Women's History Month.

And thought we would really showcase Purdue's connection to Amelia Earhart.

The flight suit is on the table over there and it is a large full body suit that was

made in England.

It is associated with Amelia's 1932 solo flight across the Atlantic.

We have a pair of Amelia Earhart's flight goggles.

We think they are from the 1920s, 1930s era because she really did most of her flying

between 1928 and 1937.

We have a leather flying helmet that belonged to Amelia Earhart and that also is most likely

dating from the 1920s to the 1930s.

We have a miniature flight log that Amelia Earhart used on her 1932 solo flight across

the Atlantic Ocean.

And it is really fascinating because she is writing in there as she is flying the plane

and this flight was very important for her and for women because it was the first time

a woman had flown solo across the Atlantic, and actually only the second time a person

had done so after Lindbergh.

And, so, she is flying the plane and things start to go wrong on the plane, like there

was a gas leak and one of her instruments wasn't working, so she couldn't tell how

high or how low she was flying.

So, she was actually scribbling with a pencil in this log as she was flying, "If you find

the wreckage from the plane, this is what happened."

It's really fascinating.

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Days Recap 3/27/17 "EDDIE AND DARIO FEARS FOR GABI'S LIFE" Days of Our Lives 3-27-17 - Duration: 5:42.

Brady meets Marlena at the Brady's pub, asking to talk to her in confidentiality - as a patient.

"I've been aiding and abetting a wanted criminal," he says.

He tells her all about falling in love with Nicole and helping her escape.

Marlena tries to reason with him but he believes Nicole's doing the right thing.

Marlena thinks he knows as well as she does that this is a dead end street.

At the loft, Jade takes a few pills and when Joey appears, she clutches at her stomach,

telling him she's getting worse.

Kayla arrives.

Jade thinks she's there to check on her but she's there to see Joey - in private.

Jade goes up to her room and Kay tells her son that they may have found his brother.

They'll know for certain soon, and if so, she's not sure if Tripp should know the details

of Ava's death.

Steve and Tripp have their blood drawn at University Hospital.

Tripp says, "This is so weird."

He says it's so out of the blue.

Steve agrees.

Tripp says he's been looking for him for years.

Steve promises if he knew his son was alive, he'd have found him.

In Gabi's room, the respiratory therapist, (played by Krizia Bajos) tells Dario that

Gabs isn't out of the woods yet.

Back by the hub, a nurse tells Steve and Tripp that the test results have been delayed.

They leave.

Eddie arrives in Gabi's room.

Dario says Rafe just left and tells him Gabi isn't improving.

Eddie kisses her on her forehead and calls out to her.

They may have to intubate if she doesn't start breathing on her own.

Dario doesn't like that and wants to tear Deimos' head off.

Eddie talks him down, knowing Deimos is counting on a retaliation.

Abigail's woken up on the sofa of the DiMera mansion by Thomas' crying.

Chad asks how she's doing.

She insists she's fine and hopes Gabi is, too.

Abigail wants to see her but Chad's not sure it's a good idea, considering those boundaries

they set.

Abigail insists everything is different now.

Those boundaries no longer apply.

Chad calls Abby a saint.

Steve and Tripp arrive at the loft and the younger men introduce themselves.

Tripp wants to know about Ava but Steve would like to wait until they hear back from the

hospital.

Jade comes downstairs and introduces herself and grabs her pills and heads back to her

bedroom.

Kayla explains that Jade's recovering from surgery.

Tripp winks at Joey, calling Jade "one good-looking roommate."

Tripp tells them that his mom's dead and his father used him as a punching bag so he split.

He admits he's uncomfortable talking about himself.

He likes the loft and asks how much for the loft.

Joey doesn't know.

His parents pay for it.

Tripp laughs, joking that maybe he can get in on that action.

Steve tells Tripp how horrible his father was, too, and says it does get better.

Tripp grins.

He'll have to see.

The nurse calls and gives Kayla the news.

Tripp is Steve's son.

Steve tells his kid he's really happy about this.

They hug and there's a crash.

Jade has fallen down the stairs, clutching her stomach.

Abigail and Chad arrive at the hospital and Dario tells them Gabi's still unconscious

and that he's pissed.

He blames Chad.

Chad's so sorry.

Dario says the doctors can't figure out why she's not getting better.

"It's like she's not even trying," he cries, before stomping off.

Abs asks Chad to be with Gabi while she goes to Dario.

Eddie finds Chad and thanks him for saving his daughter's life.

Chad blames Deimos.

Eddie wants to see the man broken and in pieces but he needs proof first.

"I'll get you the proof," Chad says.

Eddie relays his concerns that if they intubate, Gabi won't be able to breathe on her own again.

Chad's overcome with emotion and when Eddie leaves, he sits at her side and tells her

he needs her to get better, that she has people who love her and can't lose her, including

him.

He kisses her.

Meanwhile, Abigail finds Dario.

He apologizes for going off on Chad.

Abby gets it.

She wants him to direct the anger toward Deimos.

As they talk, Dario confesses he's in love with Abigail.

She's shocked.

He tells her Chad doesn't deserve her because he loves her with half a heart.

Later, Eddie visits Gabi alone, while Abigail finds Chad near the hub.

Suddenly, Eddie rushes out of Gabi's room, asking for the doctor.

He tells them that she started fighting!

Chad's relieved and Gabi wakes up with Dario in her room.

At the Kiriakis mansion, Brady tells Victor he's going on an extended vacation with Tate

and Nicole.

Victor says, "God you're so sweet, and so stupid."

Brady responds, "We can Skype.

That way you can belittle me online."

Victor says if he needs anything, to just call.

He will.

"I do love you, you know that," Brady says.

Vic knows.

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BEST Workout & Diet ADVICE for DATING | How to Build Muscle & Lose Fat FAST - Duration: 4:52.

You know what I hate?

Those bodybuilding videos where it's like a dude standing there with his shirt off rambling

for 15 minutes, just to give you 1 fucking tip, and then it's some complicated shit that

you're never even gonna use anyway!

When I started working out, there was SO much info, it was basically the same as if there

was NO info!

I was like, "dammit, I don't care about all this extra stuff, just tell me what the fuck

to do!"

So in this video I'm gonna tell you specifically how to work out, and how to diet, so you build

the best body ever.

This is targeted at beginner and intermediate level guys.

I know there are tons of different things that work, but instead of giving you a shitload

of options I'm just gonna tell you ONE thing that's GUARANTEED to work.

And how do you know it works?

Because it's exactly what *I* did.

First, lifting weights.

• For the first month, lift 3 days a week.

Do 4 sets of each exercise, 10 reps per set, 2 minute rest between sets, so your body can

get used to weightlifting.

If the only weight you've ever lifted was your dick last night when you were on Pornhub,

you don't want to hit the gym and start lifting heavy as fuck on day 1, because it'll be bad

for you.

• You should do compound lifts.

This is shit that hits multiple muscles.

Examples: Bench press, deadlift, military press, squats.

• That's it.

• Once you've been lifting for awhile, you want to up the intensity and start lifting

heavier.

Doing anywhere from 5-8 reps per set.

You also want to split up your schedule to hit two muscle groups a day.

This is what my schedule looks like: Monday: Chest & Triceps, Wednesday: Back & Biceps,

and Friday: Shoulders & Legs.

Some people like to do one muscle group a day and that's fine, but I'm gonna recommend

doing 2 a day.

• The most important thing to keep in mind is to that you want to hit about 12 sets per

muscle group.

So for chest you could do incline bench press, flat bench press, and chest dips, each for

about 4 sets.

• Bonus tip: You only need to lift for 1 hour max each time.

Being in the gym for 2 hours a day is pointless especially for beginners and intermediates.

Second, cardio.

• A lot of guys who lift don't do any cardio, but I like to do it for a couple of reasons:

(1) Burning calories through cardio is a lot more fun than eating 1 less meal each day,

and (2) It's good for you to stay fit anyway.

If you get winded running half a mile, you're still gonna look pretty stupid regardless

of how good your six pack is and how big your biceps are.

• During your first few months of lifting, I recommend doing cardio 3 days a week, AFTER

you lift, for about 20-30 minutes.

Just jog on a treadmill, do the elliptical, have sex with some hot girls, whatever you

feel like, switch it up and use it as an opportunity to try different things.

• Once you've been working out for awhile, you can ramp up the cardio.

I like to do interval training, which is where you go fast and slow in intervals.

For example if I'm on a treadmill, I put it up to the max speed and do that for 20 seconds,

then I cut it down to a powerwalking speed and do that for 40-60 seconds, and repeat

that cycle 10-15 times.

That's it.

You can do it on a treadmill, or outside, or on the elliptical or the bike or any machine

other than the stairmaster.

I like to do this for 2 reasons: (1) it's a lot more fun, (2) it doesn't take up as

much time, and (3) it allegedly burns a higher percentage of fat than regular cardio.

I say allegedly because SOME people disagree, but I've ALWAYS had better results with intervals,

so I recommend it.

Just keep in mind that you should start intervals once you're already used to lifting, because

it is a lot more intense than regular cardio which means it can cut into your recovery,

so if you're just starting out you don't want to go too hard or you can get injured.

Third, diet.

• For your diet, all you really need to do is: (1) Eat healthy shit . Don't make a

big deal out of this, just eat shit that you think is healthy, like vegetables, fruit,

potatoes, rice, beans, and so on, and avoid shit that you think is unhealthy, like candy,

soda, and cheetos.

You don't have to over complicate it.

(2) Take a general estimate of how many calories you eat right now.

If you eat a pretty regular diet it's probably about 2000.

If you eat 3 meals a day and you also pig out on snacks while you watch Netflix at 2am,

then it's probably about 2500.

Now, when you start working out, you want to put on muscle, so you're gonna eat about

500 calories more than you usually do.

As long as you work out hard, do your cardio, and eat clean, you'll either gain very little

fat, or no fat at all, so you don't need to worry about that.

If you do find yourself putting on fat, then don't even worry about it, it just means you're

eating too much, so all you need to do is cut down on how much you're eating, and that's

it.

(3) If you're already fat, and you want to lose fat, then instead of adding 500 calories

to your current diet, just subtract 500 instead.

Simple.

You don't have to count calories, you can just eyeball it, but if you feel like you're

not seeing results fast enough and you want to do it then go for it.

So that's pretty much it.

In summary, lift 3 times a week at first, then progress to 5 times a week.

Do intervals for cardio.

Eat 500 calories more, or 500 calories less, depending on whether you're currently skinny

or fat.

I'm also gonna write out the exact workouts that I did this week as well as a full list

of exactly what I ate, in the description below, you don't have to follow it exactly,

I'm just gonna put it there to show you what *I* do, so you get the basic idea.

See how simple this shit is?

OUTRO: Hey!

Want me to do another video about fat loss tips?

Then comment below and let me know.

And stay tuned for next week's video: How to Dress Well, because once you have a nice

body, you can complete the look by getting it into some nice clothes too.

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Lost at Sea. The Search for Longitude (1998) - Duration: 54:23.

For more infomation >> Lost at Sea. The Search for Longitude (1998) - Duration: 54:23.

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The GREATEST Thing You Can Do For God This Week - Duration: 0:55.

A student came up to me this weekend and said,

"What is the one greatest thing I can do for God this week?"

I looked at him and gave him an answer that he didn't expect

and he wasn't really happy about

but I told him that he simply needed to obey God.

See, for most of us we are willing to take the big shots when the game is on the line,

but we fail to have the discipline day-in and day-out to be able to take those shots.

Jesus isn't just looking for these large, grand gestures from us.

He is looking for a daily walk and daily obedience.

The seemingly mundane things often matter the most.

They are not only shaping our lives but expanding the kingdom of God and bringing glory to Jesus.

So this week, what are some of the small things?

The things you know that you should be doing but are overlooking.

Don't just be interested in the large events - maximize on the small opportunities to make Jesus known.

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Finishing 3D Prints 101: How to Glue 3D Printed Parts Together - Duration: 4:17.

Hi my name is Shawn with MakerBot

learning. Gluing is a great solution when

you have objects that you'd like to

print larger than the build volume of

your 3D printer or for assembly. So in

this video we're going to cover some of

the best practices associated with

gluing your 3d prints. In order to

effectively glue your models you'll need

the following supplies: super glue

activator, two-part epoxy, rubber bands

filler, sand paper, paper towels, a

scraping tool, a gluing tray, a respiratory

mask, gloves, and eye protection. First

inspect the points where your pieces

are to be bonded clear them of any

support material or rough edges to

facilitate a firm bond. Next glue your

models sub-assemblies

using two-part epoxy here will allow you

to reposition or realign pieces while

the glue is still curing as epoxy cures

slower

when gluing larger assembly it's

important that your model be held in

place firmly you can do this with rubber

bands

spot join parts by placing small dots of glue

evenly across each scene this will help

your model stay in place. Superglue

typically takes about 30 seconds to a

minute to cure completely to speed up

the process use a spray activator

continue to spread glue across the rest

of the scene any excess glue should be

wiped off immediately with a paper towel

once the glue has cured completely use a

putty knife exacto knife or scraping

device to scrape off any excess glue and

to create a smooth steam once you're

happy with the surfaces joints and small

details of your model you can begin to

prepare the surface further if you plan

to paint

in order to ensure that nope its seams

or joints are visible before painting

apply some fillers such as bondo

apply filler in layers where needed and

set to cure

after the filler is dry stands briefly

with 1000 grit sandpaper if you've

applied thick layers you may need to use

400 grit sandpaper to remove more

material here we have the final product

you just learn how to take your prints

beyond the build plate

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1000 Subscribers ! Q&A (German&English)+ 2x 10€Giveaway - Duration: 12:08.

Yetiwin asked (btw cool Podcast you have!)

One question I have as a reader of 4Players.de. How did you get your job there?

That was very normal. I was just about to finish my Bachelor's degree, I was living in Essen.

and I saw that the gaming magazine 4Players was looking for a video editor and I applied

then I got invited and they liked me and I got the job

Everything was very simple

Since then I work there for over three years now and am still very happy

Since then there werent any new job offers really. So I got lucky.

What is your favourite movie?

I'm a biiig movie fan. One of my biggest hobbies is to go to the cinema and buy movies

This is why it's almost impossible for me to name my favourite one

I'll jut name the one movie that I got the most excited about in the last years.

It's Ex-Machina

The visuals first of all where stunning

The atmosphere was the best thing. It is impessive how dark it was despite those minimalistic effects/setting.

The actors did a great job as well

From the very beginning you have this very tense feeling

Ex Machina amazing movie

I love to talk about movies. If you want to talk just do so in the comments!

Did you watch the JonTron/ Destiny stream? I love his shows but he said really strange things on there.

As you might know I made an English video on JonTron about his 2 first streams with Sargon&Co

In this video I stated that I agree with JonTron and can't understand the hate

but that seemed like a group of guys having a light conversation over a beer

The stream with Destiny was very different and I can totally understand that people didn't like it

He said so many things on there that were just plain stupid

He tried to have a political debate but didnt have any evidence or statistics

and if you know me you know that I hate if people debate without getting their facts straight

He already made a video where he said that he wont debate again.

he realised himself I guess how all over the place he was

I still think he is not alt-right or very right wing but I guess he jut picked up things and said them witout them being true

I agree with you. There were many omg he didnt? moments and Im happy he is sticking with comedy again

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Taxpayers Have Spent $16k For Secret Service To Rent Golf Carts At Mar-A-Lago - Duration: 3:52.

So far, United States taxpayers have paid more than $16,000 just for golf cart rentals

at Mora Largo for the Secret Service to protect Donald Trump while he is out playing golf.

The man has been president for nine weeks.

He has played golf 13 times during those nine weeks, every single time at a Trump owned

property.

When the Secret Service has to go out and pay for these golf carts or pay for hotel

rooms or pay for food, same thing with all of his guests and people that show up, that

is money that goes directly back to the Trump organization and that is money that comes

directly from the pockets of United States taxpayers.

We are paying for Donald Trump to go golfing every three or four days.

We're paying for the Secret Service to ride around in golf carts to make sure nothing

happens to this idiot.

That's our money and Donald Trump, allegedly the great businessman who's going to run our

government like a business, is pissing it away so he can go and have fun, so he can

go play golf and not worry about all the stress of being president.

This is not a man who wants the power and responsibility that comes along with the office

of the president of the United States.

This is a man who wants the title.

He wants the prestige and he wants the money, but he doesn't want to do the work.

He just wants to use this office like he has with everything else in his life to put more

money in his own disgusting, slimy pockets.

He's doing a really great job of that.

In spite of how horrible this entire administration has been in terms of black and white numbers

on paper, Trump's doing really well making money for himself off this crap and that's

our money.

That is the taxpayer's money.

That is money that should be going to public school teachers.

It should be going to buy materials for classrooms.

It should be going to police officers and firefighters, roads, bridges, water delivery

infrastructure.

Instead, we're giving it to the Trump Corporation to use golf carts for a couple hours.

We're giving it to the Trump Corporation to make burgers and fries for the people that

Trump invites on these little trips.

Yeah, people need to eat.

The people that work at those businesses need to make a living.

I'm sure they don't get paid very much, but that's beside the point.

Trump shouldn't be using the office of the president to make money.

A different Corporation needs to step in and run these things so that this money does not

go back to Donald Trump's pockets.

That is a direct violation of the office of the president, of the Constitution.

Yes, he very well could be impeached for that.

It would not be difficult.

The only difficult part about impeaching Trump for this stuff would be to get enough people

in Congress to actually get it started and vote on it.

That's the only thing holding it back at this point.

Do you understand that?

The only reason we can't impeach Donald Trump today is because not enough people will go

forward with it because he's a Republican and they're Republicans.

Rand Paul said it himself.

We could impeach this man.

He's broken the law.

He's broken the emoluments clause.

We have the evidence.

We just don't have enough courageous people in Washington DC to go-ahead and start the

impeachment process.

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President Updates -- March 2017 - Duration: 2:17.

Hi, I'm Melissa and this is my video for the month of March; I will cover three topics.

First, on March 1st, the NAD joined as CEASD and AFB hosted Capitol Hill Advocacy Day.

Many schools for the deaf and blind schools came together to discuss and rally for

the Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act.

That Act will help improve the IDEA for deaf and blind children.

People met with their legislators or their staff in their legislative office.

The purpose behind that day was to lobby for the passage of the bill.

It was very inspiring to see students' participation that day.

This leads me to my next topic, I've been asked to explain what the process looks like when lobbying

for a bill with a legislator or representative.

First, we must share how much of an impact a bill will have on deaf people.

Next, share specific information with your legislators including statistics and any information that will

help your legislator (who was elected to represent you) or their staff

realize the positive impact of the bill if passed.

Keep in mind, these meetings are often with the legislator's staff rather than the legislators

who are often busy in Congress.

Before the meeting, you must ask for an interpreter in advance.

Once you sit down and meet, it is your opportunity to explain the bill and why it is necessary.

Personal stories are so important to help the legislators realize the proposed bill's impact

through your experience, not theirs.

Questions are also important.

You should ask questions like, "What are your plans on this bill?"

Then once the meeting is over, thank them before leaving

then follow up with an email that thanks the legislator or the staff for their time.

After that, it is important to keep an eye on the bill to know when it will be up for a vote.

Once a date is scheduled for the vote, email your legislator again.

Let them know you're aware of the bill's status and that you look forward to the legislator's support on the bill.

That will help remind them of your initial meeting.

Now, my last topic -- the NAD Board will be meeting next month in Hartford, Connecticut on April 13-15.

We are excited about hosting an ASL competition on April 15th for the deaf community,

all are welcome to join!

Prizes will be given!

I look forward to seeing you there.

Thank you.

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Spiderman Fishing for Frozen Elsa in the Toilet! Superhero Fun in Real Life - Duration: 5:06.

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"Much Worse Than Watergate", Former CIA Officer Admits Trump 'Wiretapping' Likely True - politics - Duration: 1:53.

"Much Worse Than Watergate", Former CIA Officer Admits Trump 'Wiretapping' Likely True

The "political appointees" in the intelligence community knew exactly what they were surveilling

for, former CIA officer Col. Tony Shaffer told Fox News, adding that the case is "much

worse than Watergate by an order of magnitude."

While Trump was not physically wiretapped, with a wire into his phone, Shaffer said the

"basic fundamental idea and claim is true."

"Clearly they were after gossip because it was political," Shaffer said, maintaining

that the alleged wiretap had nothing to do with Russia.

Due to the simplicity required to "mask" an American's name during an incidental wiretap,

Shaffer said that the leak of Gen. Michael Flynn's name was "accidental on purpose."

Even if the surveillance was done legally, Shaffer exclaimed that whoever is responsible

for the "unmasking" of Americans' names and the leaking of the information are felons.

With Comey and Rogers facing "closed sessions", and Trump looking for a win, we can't help

but think something substantial looms for the leakers just ahead.

Of course, the biggest dilemma for exposing the leakers is the confirmation of what we

already know to an even wider audience of deniers - that Snowden, Binney, et al. are

100% correct and the surveillance state's all-seeing eye is everywhere and far beyond

government control.

(just remember it's for your own good).

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Aries New Moon Ritual for New Beginnings March 2017 - Duration: 4:47.

Aries New Moon Ritual for New Beginnings March 2017

By consciousreminder

The Aries New Moon falls on March 27-28, 2017 and is a potent time for new beginnings and

fresh starts.

This is the perfect time to plant seeds for the months ahead, as they are highly likely

to bloom into the gorgeous, sweet-smelling opportunities that you desire.

Aries energy is all about taking action and starting fresh.

It is time to turn over a new page in the book of your life, and this Aries New Moon

is going to be guiding you every step of the way.

This is not a time to make your usual wishes or set your usual intentions.

To make full use of this energy you have to set your sights higher, you have to dream

bigger, you have to revamp your goals and wishes and bring new life to them.

If you want to bring new energy into your life under the influence of this amazing New

Moon, here is a ritual idea to follow-

Aries New Moon Ritual for New Beginnings

You will need:

3 red candles (red indicates action, fire and energy, which is why red is a good choice

but you can also use white or orange) Pen and three pieces of paper

Smudging tool (sage, essential oils, incense, palo santo, bells etc.)

Bowl of water Directions:

1.

Start by cleansing your aura and your space using your preferred smudging tool.

2.

Once the energy of your space and aura is cleansed, take your pen and papers and write-

On the first paper write something from your past that you would like to release.

On the second piece of paper write down something you wish to feel in your life right now.

On the third piece of paper write down something you wish to manifest in your life for the

future.

3.

Once you have your three wishes, line up your candles in a row and place the pieces of paper

in front of them in the same order as you wrote them- so this means the thing you want

to release goes next to the first candle and the thing you want to manifest goes next to

the last candle.

4.

Light the three candles.

Breathe deeply and just take a few minutes to silence and quiet your mind.

Perhaps even place your hand on your heart to tune into your soul.

Call on your spirit guides and guardian angels to join you.

5.

When you are ready, take the first piece of paper- the thing you want to release, and

declare it aloud.

Ask your spirit guides and guardian angels to help you release this thing.

When you have finished making your declaration aloud, place the paper into the flame of the

first candle.

Once the paper is too hot, drop it in the bowl of water.

(The water is a safety measure).

6.

Repeat this same process with the next piece of paper- state your wish aloud and ask your

spirit guides and angels to help you invite this feeling into your life.

Place the paper into the flame on the second candle.

Repeat this same process with the last candle and last piece of paper.

Safety note: please be careful with the burning the paper in the candles!

Do this at your own risk.

7.

Once you are done with all three papers, it is time to blow out the candles.

To do this, recite the �I� mantra suggested below and then use the power of your breath

to blow out the candle-

1st candle- I release

2nd candle- I feel

3rd candle- I manifest

To close the ritual, take the first candle, the candle you used for releasing and place

it outside, you can also smudge it if you don�t have an outdoor area.

You can keep the other two candles in your space or on your altar.

Discard the water and the paper in any way that you wish to.

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Ann Cunningham Demonstrates Tactile Drawing for Blind Students - Duration: 5:39.

My name is Ann Cunningham, and

I am the art teacher at the Colorado

Center for the Blind, and I've been

invited out here to the EQ program this

week to teach orthographic perspective

and isometric perspective for

engineering drawing. I'd like to run

through some of the tools, the tools that

we've modified a little bit so that the

students are able to create

tactile drawings. So the first one is

this tactical drafting board.

It's a regular drafting board that we've put a

Sensational Blackboard on the surface so

that we can now put paper on it, and when

we draw with a regular pen -- this is

regular paper -- and we draw with a regular

pen, we have a tactile line that we

can feel. One of the next tools that we

have that we've modified is a regular 30-

60-90 triangle that we use for the

isometric perspective. And I've notched it

along each of the edges at a one-inch

increment. So one inches extend from the

bottom up on both sides of the 90,

and then from the 30-degree up to the 60,

since the 30 degree is more important

than the 60 degree in isometric

perspective. We're also using a regular

compass with a wheel adjustment so that

we can hold it steady without it

readjusting while we're drawing with it. When

we're using the regular pointed

tip, but we're allowing the the lead to

break so it's not a real sharp point, so

that when we're drawing on the paper

on the Blackboard, it's wide enough to

create the dotted line. Here's a piece of

paper, and I'd like you to just tape it

down on the board. So Logan's just positioning

the paper. The paper sticks to the board

a little bit, so it is sometimes a little

difficult to move, but that's helpful so

that your paper isn't sliding all over the

place.

I don't know what size this cube is, but

we can say it's a three inch cube. So if

you'd just draw a three inch cube. So here's

your perspective. We're going to draw the

the left and right side views

and include the top view also.

[Narrator] Logan examines the 3D cube.

[Ann] So where are you going to start?

[Narrator] Logan positions the 90 degree

angle of the triangle against the

horizontal bar of the drafting board,

finds the three inch notch, and

draws a line down from the notch to the bar.

To draw the bottom left edge of the cube,

she places the point of the 30 degree angle

at the bottom of the original line

with the triangle to the left of the line.

[Ann] So now what are you doing?

[Logan] I'm drawing the bottom left edge.

[Ann] Can you point that out on the box?

[Logan] Now I'm drawing the bottom right edge.

To draw the right bottom edge,

Logan flips the triangle so that the point

of the 30 degree angle is still at the bottom

of the original line, but the triangle is

to the right of the line.

Logan then moves to draw the back edges

of the sides of the cube by drawing

two parallel lines that meet the ends of the

bottom edge lines she drew.

[Ann] What line is that one?

We want to draw that line, right? So this line is already drawn.

So you're going to find that other corner.

Now what's next? We need to draw the top line, right?

[Logan] Yes.

[Narrator] Logan uses the 30 degree angle of the

triangle again to draw the front edges of the top

of the cube by drawing a connecting line

from the top of each parallel line to the top

of the original center line.

[Narrator] Logan shows off the final cube drawing.

And that's how blind people do STEM.