tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58969972011-10-18T10:38:25.053-06:00Very Good Figs"One Basket had Very Good Figs" --Jeremiah 24:2Budnoreply@blogger.comBlogger221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896997.post-1165464556509959452006-12-06T21:08:00.000-07:002006-12-06T21:09:16.520-07:00This site is being temporarily [perhaps] discontinued for an experiment with a new site. Please go hereBudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896997.post-1157947563699287532006-09-10T22:06:00.000-06:002006-09-10T22:06:03.743-06:00BILL SICS LEGAL EAGLES ON ABC By PHILIP RECCHIA and JENNIFER FERMINO - New York Post Online Edition: News: "Clinton's wrath comes amid new revelations that the Toronto set of the fictionalized flick was plagued by actors' concerns that the script was playing fast and loose with the truth, sources told The Post. "================Don't you just love it? Hey, Bill. When did truth every matter toBudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896997.post-1157448778283547932006-09-05T03:32:00.000-06:002006-09-05T03:40:38.280-06:00Good News, Indeed"Between 1965 and 1995 we spent more than $5 million on Lyndon Johnson's war on poverty, while welfare rolls, chronic unemployment, and illegitimacy rates all steadily grew. Ronald Reagan quipped that poverty had won the war. Even Democrats admitted it. As a presidential candidate in 1992, Bill Clinton pledged to 'end welfare as we know it.' In 1998 he did just that by signing a Republican Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896997.post-1141336973400049632006-03-02T15:02:00.000-07:002006-03-02T15:12:21.550-07:00 ===================It's going to be cherry blossom time at my house soon. These were on my tree a few years ago. Aren't they great?Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896997.post-1139804988752149542006-02-12T21:29:00.000-07:002006-02-12T21:34:10.106-07:00The Name of the Lord“The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.” (Proverbs 18:10 AV)How is the name of the LORD a strong tower that provides safety for the righteous man.It is this way: A name stands for the attributes of a person, the things we think about when that person's name comes to mind. The name itself doesn't mean anything. "Mike" can be a dog, a cat, a device Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896997.post-1112293846721942182005-03-31T11:30:00.000-07:002005-03-31T11:30:46.720-07:00She Is Only Two!One of the blessings of Easter Sunday was listening to my two year old granddaughter, Katie recite the first question of the Heidelberg Catechism LinkShe not only knows the first question of the catechism but also knows the Lord's Prayer and the Apostles Creed.Noah Webster said that a child's ability to memorize far exceeds her ability to understand. Does Katie know everything she has recited. Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896997.post-1109784629871704162005-03-02T10:20:00.000-07:002005-03-02T10:30:29.873-07:00What a beautiful day in Colorado Springs. The early springs here are gorgeous. We had a bit of snow last night, but it has mostly all melted away. In a few days the tulips and daffodils will be coming up in my front yard.We had our annual congregational meeting at Trinity Covenant Church on Sunday with a fellowship dinner afterwards. It was a great time. Some young people are turning back to Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896997.post-1100088728231307862004-11-10T05:07:00.000-07:002004-11-10T05:12:08.233-07:00One of my favorite poems:
Even This Shall Pass Away
Once in Persia reigned a King
Who upon his signet ring
Graved a maxim true and wise,
Which, if held before the eyes,
Gave him counsel at a glance,
Fit for every change and chance.
Solemn words, and these are they:
"Even this shall pass away."
Trains of camels through the sand
Brought his gems from Samarcand;
Fleets of galleys through the Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896997.post-1095731412021201532004-09-20T19:50:00.000-06:002004-09-20T19:50:12.020-06:00German Ban On Islamic Conference 'Extraordinarily Important Victory': "A decision by the Berlin state government to ban an Islamic conference promoting the 'resistance movement' in Iraq and the Palestinian territories was an 'extraordinarily important victory' in the war against terrorism, an international Jewish human rights group said on Monday."
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I have had a number of bad things Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896997.post-1090515239076405532004-07-22T10:53:00.000-06:002004-07-22T10:53:59.076-06:00Suzanne Fields: The mommy party's tea party: "Hillary gets to speak, after all, but only to introduce Bill. He basks in applause, she glows. Is this the feminist dream, or what?"
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Nothing has so warmed my heart for a long time.Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896997.post-1075859306375116532004-02-03T18:48:00.000-07:002004-02-03T18:53:09.950-07:00Web promos: "VEGETARIANS DIE YOUNGER. Oh, they tell you they're healthier, but census data shows the opposite. Plus...
VEGETARIAN KIDS ARE SICKLIER. The Archives of Pediatric Adolescent Medicine reports that children reared on these diets are at higher risk for 'impaired psychomotor development.
VEGETARIAN DIETS WON'T EVEN MAKE YOU MORE REGULAR. Even teenage vegetarians are 8 times more Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896997.post-1072460793094786982003-12-26T10:46:00.000-07:002003-12-26T10:46:49.180-07:00This is one of the most encouraging articles I have read for some time.
Public Policy and American Business: The Privatization Revolution --[Mackinac Center for Public Policy]
"For much of the 20th Century, trends in both ideas and the public policies that resulted from them were marching in directions unfriendly to liberty the world over. Statism — the notion that society's needs and problems Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896997.post-1072355436852699532003-12-25T05:30:00.000-07:002003-12-25T05:34:25.060-07:00Merry Christmas to all. The link below will take you to an article I wrote a long time ago about loving Christimas. I still love it--every bit of it, from Rudolph to some kid's front tooth. Yes, the real message of Christmas is often lost to us, and that message is not about our good will toward each other, important as that is, but about God's good will toward us. "Glory to God in the Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896997.post-1068872506242300342003-11-14T22:01:00.000-07:002003-11-14T22:01:52.126-07:00This is just for fun. My grandfather used to sing this song. Be patient, it may take a minute to load the audio. Hope it is worth it.
The Cat Came Back: "The Cat Came Back"Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896997.post-1068434140101056762003-11-09T20:15:00.000-07:002003-11-09T20:15:44.536-07:00What a great day today at Trinity Covenant Church! It great to know that our sins are forgiven through the blood of Jesus Christ. Through Christ, we are not only forgiven for our sins, but we are forgiven for being sinners. That produces joy and praise.Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896997.post-1068051442832334872003-11-05T09:57:00.000-07:002003-11-05T09:57:25.590-07:00To the right, you will see a new feature. Sunday's sermon is linked to this page in .mp3 format and can be played by RealPlayer, MS Media Player, or Jukebox, or other audio player. Please let me know if you have trouble. Later, we will be adding the texts of the sermons. There is also Rev. Van Stedum's sermon. Enjoy!Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896997.post-1067051413434350912003-10-24T21:10:00.000-06:002003-10-24T21:10:13.783-06:00One of the greatest things in the life of a Gospel minister is the discipling of new Christians. Tonight I met with two young students from the Air Force Academy. It is a joy to see them looking deeply into the hard things of the human condition and see their hearts open to the comfort of faith. They are facing the same hard questions that people have been facing throughout the Christian era:Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896997.post-1066050654237714132003-10-13T07:10:00.000-06:002003-10-13T07:10:54.306-06:00Autumn is such a pretty time in Colorado. The aspens are a glorious gold, and the other shrubs in the Rockies are every earth-tone you can imagine. I know that God loves me because He made the world in color. I don't know why He made it so glorious if He had not loved the men to whom He gave the world.
Isaiah 45:18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896997.post-1065669940736787632003-10-08T21:25:00.000-06:002003-12-26T08:17:14.406-07:00We do not live in a "stinking" world. We live in a beautiful and wonderful world that is under the curse of sin, and defiled by man's evil deeds and thoughts, but the basic structure of the world is good and beautiful.
Good is much more fundamental to the nature of things than is evil. When God finished Creation, He pronouned it good. Sin is an unnatural growth, an anomaly. One day, the Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896997.post-1065408826406359932003-10-05T20:53:00.000-06:002003-10-06T22:10:12.450-06:00What a wonderful blessing church was today. Lee Johnson, a student at New Geneva Seminary, spoke on the subject of thankfulness. I am convinced that the root of our misery in the world is our thankless hearts. You cannot hate a person you are thankful for. You cannot hate your mother and your father if you are thankful for the blessings and the gift of life. If we believe that God is presentBudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896997.post-1065318450632054852003-10-04T19:47:00.000-06:002003-10-04T22:39:19.360-06:00My father played a mean piano, and I have fond memories of his music. Many a night I went to sleep listening to the piano going. This is one he played over and over. I still love it.
Ain't She Sweet?
Jack Yellen, 1927
Click here for melody
There she is! There she is!
There's what keeps me up all night.
Oh, gee whiz! Oh, gee whiz!,
There's why I can't eat a bite.
Those flaming eyes! that Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896997.post-1065280699555255152003-10-04T09:18:00.000-06:002003-10-04T09:18:19.543-06:00This site will be used for good and uplifting things.Budnoreply@blogger.com