[edit] A modern story about the Bible

VANUATU, September 20, 2004 — Millions of TV viewers across North America were introduced to the South Pacific archipelago nation of Vanuatu this month, when the ninth edition of the reality TV series, Survivor, kicked off their fall season. "It is a land with a fascinating history of cannibalism," said the show's host as he described the 83-island country during the opening episode, "where rituals like sorcery and black magic are still a part of daily life."
"The tribes of Vanuatu take their spirituality very seriously," he added later.
British Columbia resident Dave Dever, has experienced first hand just how seriously the locals of Vanuatu take their spirituality.
For years, Dever has made it his personal mission to raise the money to purchase and deliver Bislama-language Bibles to the people of Vanuatu. (Bislama is a form of Melanesian Pidgin, declared by the country's constitution to be their national language.)
Inspired by the story of Scottish-born missionary, John Paton -- who went to the island of Tanna (now part of the independent republic of Vanuatu) to preach the gospel in 1858, Dever and his wife Abby, took their first trip there in June of 2001.
Bought Bislama Bible from the Bible Society of Vanuatu
"I bought a Bislama Bible at the Bible Society of Vanuatu [in order to learn] the language better," says Dever. "I took it with me and I showed some of the natives my Bislama Bible." Dever says they kept meeting people who were in awe of their Bible - the largest single document ever written in Bislama - and they left with the overwhelming impression that most of the islanders had never seen the Scriptures in their own language before.
"It kept impressing on our hearts that there was a need there," Dever says. Just how much of a need would soon become evident, for as Dever was to learn, Vanuatu is home to a thriving religion known as Jon Frum, an active cargo cult whose devotees strive to accumulate Western consumer goods through magic.
Returning home to Canada, the Devers remembered the people of Vanuatu who needed Bibles of their own, and began a Bislama Bible fund. Soon, they were planning a second trip; this time, to deliver 705 Bislama-language Bibles, purchased through the Bible Society of the South Pacific.
A special Bible for a special person
In September, 2002, Dever personally handed out the Bibles he and his wife had saved to purchase. But he had set one Bible aside - as a special gift for a friend he had met on a previous trip. When he learned of that man's death, Dever says he believed that God intended for the Bible to be gifted to someone else.
In a written account of his experience, Dever recalls, "It became clear to me that it should be given to the cargo cult chief, Isaac Wan. This was a challenging prospect, as Wan lived at the base of the volcano -- where ash continually fell, and the ground shook violently.
"I was told that it was impossible to meet the chief, as he was completely closed to the things of God. But I went to the volcano, and God opened a door. I was able to meet with Wan; he received my gift with joy, and a new friendship was born.
"I have recently learned that one of his sons is reading him this Bislama Bible." When the Devers returned to Vanuatu in July, 2003, they purchased and distributed 229 Bibles. They hope to deliver another 571 in December. "That would give us a total of 1,500 [Bibles distributed] for the three trips," Dever says.
Dever is not a wealthy man. A labourer all his life, he insists he is an "ordinary person" who happens to believe he has been called by God to give out Bibles to those too poor to purchase them on their own.
"The word of God brings hope; eternal hope to those who are thirsty," says Dever. "We want to share this hope that we have been given with the world."

Let us think of our intelligent plain man mentioned as an inquirer coming for the first time to the reading of the Scriptures.<Book of Hebrews> He approaches the Bible without any previous knowledge of what it contains. He is wholly without prejudice; he has nothing to prove and nothing to defend.

• Such a man will not have read long until his mind begins to observe certain truths standing out from the page. They are the spiritual principles behind the record of God's dealings with men, and woven into the writings of holy men as they `were moved by the Holy Spirit.' As he reads on he might want to number these truths as they become clear to him and make a brief summary under each number. These summaries will be the tenets of his Biblical creed. Further reading will not affect these points except to enlarge and strengthen them. Our man is finding out what the Bible actually teaches. High up on the list of things which the Bible teaches will be the doctrine of faith.
  

• The place of weighty importance which the Bible gives to faith will be too plain for him to miss. He will very likely conclude: Faith is all - important in the life of the soul. Without faith it is impossible to please God (Heb 11:6). Faith will get me anything, take me anywhere in the Kingdom of God, but without faith there can be no approach to God, no forgiveness, no deliverance, no salvation, no communion, no spiritual life at all.
  

• By the time our friend has reached the eleventh chapter of Hebrews the eloquent encomium which is there pronounced upon faith will not seem strange to him. He will have read Paul's powerful defense of faith in his Roman and Galatian epistles. Later if he goes on to study church history he will understand the amazing power in the teachings of the Reformers as they showed the central place of faith in the Christian religion.
  

• Now if faith is so vitally important, if it is an indispensable must in our pursuit of God, it is perfectly natural that we should be deeply concerned over whether or not we possess this most precious gift. And our minds being what they are, it is inevitable that sooner or later we should get around to inquiring after the nature of faith. What is faith? would lie close to the question, Do I have faith? and would demand an answer if it were anywhere to be found. Almost all who preach or write on the subject of faith have much the same things to say concerning it. They tell us that it is believing a promise, that it is taking God at His word, that it is reckoning the Bible to be true and stepping out upon it. The rest of the book or sermon is usually taken up with stories of persons who have had their prayers answered as a result of their faith. These answers are mostly direct gifts of a practical and temporal nature such as health, money, physical protection or success in business. Or if the teacher is of a philosophic turn of mind he may take another course and lose us in a welter of metaphysics or snow us under with psychological jargon as he defines and re-defines, paring the slender hair of faith thinner and thinner till it disappears in gossamer shavings at last. When he is finished we get up disappointed and go out `by that same door where in we went.' Surely there must be something better than this.
  

• In the Bible there is practically no effort made to define faith. Outside of a brief fourteen-word definition in Hebrews 11:1, I know of no Biblical definition, and even there faith is defined functionally, not philosophically; that is, it is a statement of what faith is in operation, not what it is in essence. It assumes the presence of faith and shows what it results in, rather than what it is. We will be wise to go just that far and attempt to go no further. We are told from whence it comes and by what means: `Faith is a gift of God,' (Eph 2:8) and `Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.' (Rom 10:17) This much is clear, and, to paraphrase Thomas à Kempis, `I had rather exercise faith than know the definition thereof.'
  

• From here on, when the words `faith is' or their equivalent occur in this chapter I ask that they be understood to refer to what faith is in operation as exercised by a believing man. Right here we drop the notion of definition and think about faith as it may be experienced in action. The complexion of our thoughts will be practical, not theoretical.
  

• In a dramatic story in the Book of Numbers faith is seen in action. Israel became discouraged and spoke against God, and the Lord sent fiery serpents among them. `And they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.' Then Moses sought the Lord for them and He heard and gave them a remedy against the bite of the serpents. He commanded Moses to make a serpent of brass and put it upon a pole in sight of all the people, `and it shall come to pass, that everyone that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.' Moses obeyed, `and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived' (Num.21:4-9)
  

• In the New Testament this important bit of history is interpreted for us by no less an authority than our Lord Jesus Christ Himself. He is explaining to His hearers how they may be saved. He tells them that it is by believing. Then to make it clear He refers to this incident in the Book of Numbers. `As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life' (John 3:14-15).
  

• Our plain man in reading this would make an important discovery. He would notice that `look' and `believe' were synonymous terms. `Looking' on the Old Testament serpent is identical with `believing' on the New Testament Christ. That is, the looking and the believing are the same thing. And he would understand that while Israel looked with their external eyes, believing is done with the heart. I think he would conclude that faith is the gaze of a soul upon a saving God.
  

• When he had seen this he would remember passages he had read before, and their meaning would come flooding over him. `They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed' (Ps.34:5). `Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until that he have mercy upon us' (Ps.123:1-2). Here the man seeking mercy looks straight at the God of mercy and never takes his eyes away from Him till mercy is granted. And our Lord Himself looked always at God. `Looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the bread to his disciples' (Matt.14:19).Indeed Jesus taught that He wrought His works by always keeping His inward eyes upon His Father. His power lay in His continuous look at God (John 5:19-21).
  

• In full accord with the few texts we have quoted is the whole tenor of the inspired Word. It is summed up for us in the Hebrew epistle when we are instructed to run life's race `looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith.' (Hebr 12:2) From all this we learn that faith is not a once-done act, but a continuous gaze of the heart at the Triune God.

• Believing, then, is directing the heart's attention to Jesus. It is lifting the mind to `behold the Lamb of God,' and never ceasing that beholding for the rest of our lives. At first this may be difficult, but it becomes easier as we look steadily at His wondrous Person, quietly and without strain. Distractions may hinder, but once the heart is committed to Him, after each brief excursion away from Him the attention will return again and rest upon Him like a wandering bird coming back to its window.
  

• I would emphasize this one committal, this one great volitional act which establishes the heart's intention to gaze forever upon Jesus. God takes this intention for our choice and makes what allowances He must for the thousand distractions which beset us in this evil world. He knows that we have set the direction of our hearts toward Jesus, and we can know it too, and comfort ourselves with the knowledge that a habit of soul is forming which will become after a while a sort of spiritual reflex requiring no more conscious effort on our part.
  

• Faith is the least self-regarding of the virtues. It is by its very nature scarcely conscious of its own existence. Like the eye which sees everything in front of it and never sees itself, faith is occupied with the Object upon which it rests and pays no attention to itself at all. While we are looking at God we do not see ourselves--blessed riddance. The man who has struggled to purify himself and has had nothing but repeated failures will experience real relief when he stops tinkering with his soul and looks away to the perfect One. While he looks at Christ the very things he has so long been trying to do will be getting done within him. It will be God working in him to will and to do.
  

• Faith is not in itself a meritorious act; the merit is in the One toward Whom it is directed. Faith is a redirecting of our sight, a getting out of the focus of our own vision and getting God into focus. Sin has twisted our vision inward and made it self-regarding. Unbelief has put self where God should be, and is perilously close to the sin of Lucifer who said, `I will set my throne above the throne of God.' Faith looks out instead of in and the whole life falls into line.
  

• All this may seem too simple. But we have no apology to make. To those who would seek to climb into heaven after help or descend into hell God says, `The word is nigh thee, even in the word of faith.' The word induces us to lift up our eyes unto the Lord and the blessed work of faith begins.
  

• When we lift our inward eyes to gaze upon God we are sure to meet friendly eyes gazing back at us, for it is written that the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout all the earth. The sweet language of experience is `Thou God seest me.' When the eyes of the soul looking out meet the eyes of God looking in, heaven has begun right here on this earth.
  

• When all my endeavour is turned toward Thee because all Thy endeavour is turned toward me; when I look unto Thee alone with all my attention, nor ever turn aside the eyes of my mind, because Thou dost enfold me with Thy constant regard; when I direct my love toward Thee alone because Thou, who are Love's self hast turned Thee toward me alone. And what, Lord, is my life, save that embrace wherein Thy delightsome sweetness doth so lovingly enfold me?' (So wrote Nicholas of Cusa four hundred years ago. Nicholas of Cusa, The Vision of God, E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc., New York, 1928. - This and the following quotations used by kind permission of the publishers.) I should like to say more about this old man of God. He is not much known today anywhere among Christian believers, and among current Fundamentalists he is known not at all. I feel that we could gain much from a little acquaintance with men of his spiritual flavor and the school of Christian thought which they represent. Christian literature, to be accepted and approved by the evangelical leaders of our times, must follow very closely the same train of thought, a kind of `party line' from which it is scarcely safe to depart. A half-century of this in America has made us smug and content. We imitate each other with slavish devotion and our most strenuous efforts are put forth to try to say the same thing that everyone around us is saying--and yet to find an excuse for saying it, some little safe variation on the approved theme or, if no more,at least a new illustration.
  

• Nicholas was a true follower of Christ, a lover of the Lord, radiant and shining in his devotion to the Person of Jesus. His theology was orthodox, but fragrant and sweet as everything about Jesus might properly be expected to be. His conception of eternal life, for instance, is beautiful in itself and, if I mistake not, is nearer in spirit to John17:3 than that which is current among us today. Life eternal, says Nicholas, is `nought other than that blessed regard wherewith Thou never ceasest to behold me, yea, even the secret places of my soul. With Thee, to behold is to give life; 'tis unceasingly to impart sweetest love of Thee; 'tis to inflame me to love of Thee by love's imparting, and to feed me by inflaming, and by feeding to kindle my yearning, and by kindling to make me drink of the dew of gladness, and by drinking to infuse in me a fountain of life, and by infusing to make it increase and endure.' (The Vision of God)
  

• Now, if faith is the gaze of the heart at God, and if this gaze is but the raising of the inward eyes to meet the all-seeing eyes of God, then it follows that it is one of the easiest things possible to do. It would be like God to make the most vital thing easy and place it within the range of possibility for the weakest and poorest of us. Several conclusions may fairly be drawn from all this. The simplicity of it, for instance. Since believing is looking, it can be done without special equipment or religious paraphernalia. God has seen to it that the one life-and-death essential can never be subject to the caprice of accident.
  

• Equipment can break down or get lost, water can leak away, records can be destroyed by fire, the minister can be delayed or the church burn down. All these are external to the soul and subject to accident or mechanical failure: but looking is of the heart and can be done successfully by any man standing up or kneeling down or lying in his last agony a thousand miles from any church.
  

• Since believing is looking it can be done any time. No season is superior to another season for this sweetest of all acts. God never made salvation depend upon new moons nor holy days or sabbaths. A man is not nearer to Christ on Easter Sunday than he is, say, on Saturday, August 3, or Monday, October 4. As long as Christ sits on the mediatorial throne every day is a good day and all days are days of salvation.
  

• Neither does place matter in this blessed work of believing God. Lift your heart and let it rest upon Jesus and you are instantly in a sanctuary though it be a Pullman berth or a factory or a kitchen. You can see God from anywhere if your mind is set to love and obey Him.
  

Now, someone may ask, `Is not this of which you speak for special persons such as monks or ministers who have by the nature of their calling more time to devote to quiet meditation? I am a busy worker and have little time to spend alone.' I am happy to say that the life I describe is for everyone of God's children regardless of calling. It is, in fact, happily practiced every day by many hardworking persons and is beyond the reach of none.

• Many have found the secret of which I speak and, without giving much thought to what is going on within them, constantly practice this habit of inwardly gazing upon God. They know that something inside their hearts sees God. Even when they are compelled to withdraw their conscious attention in order to engage in earthly affairs, there is within them a secret communion always going on. Let their attention but be released for a moment from necessary business and it flies at once to God again. This has been the testimony of many Christians, so many that even as I state it thus I have a feeling that I am quoting, though from whom or from how many I cannot possibly know.
  

• I do not want to leave the impression that the ordinary means of grace have no value. They most assuredly have. Private prayer should be practiced by every Christian. Long periods of Bible meditation will purify our gaze and direct it; church attendance will enlarge our outlook and increase our love for others. Service and work and activity; all are good and should be engaged in by every Christian. But at the bottom of all these things, giving meaning to them, will be the inward habit of beholding God. A new set of eyes (so to speak) will develop within us enabling us to be looking at God while our outward eyes are seeing the scenes of this passing world.
  

• Someone may fear that we are magnifying private religion out of all proportion, that the `us' of the New Testament is being displaced by a selfish `I.' Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? they are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each one must individually bow. So one hundred worshippers met together, each one looking away to Christ, are in heart nearer to each other than they could possibly be were they to become `unity' conscious and turn their eyes away from God to strive for closer fellowship. Social religion is perfected when private religion is purified. The body becomes stronger as its members become healthier. The whole Church of God gains when the members that compose it begin to seek a better and higher life.
  

• All the foregoing presupposes true repentance and a full committal of the life to God. It is hardly necessary to mention this, for only persons who have made such a committal will have read this far. When the habit of inwardly gazing Godward becomes fixed within us we shall be ushered onto a new level of spiritual life more in keeping with the promises of God and the mood of the New Testament. The Triune God will be our dwelling place even while our feet walk the low road of simple duty here among men. We will have found life's summun bonum indeed. `There is the source of all delights that can be desired; not only can nought better be thought out by men and angels, but nought better can exist in any mode of being! For it is the absolute maximum of every rational desire, than which a greater cannot be.' (The Vision of God) O Lord, I have heard a good word inviting me to look away to Thee and be satisfied. My heart longs to respond, but sin has clouded my vision till I see Thee but dimly. Be pleased to cleanse me in Thine own precious blood, and make me inwardly pure, so that I may with unveiled eyes gaze upon Thee all the days of my earthly pilgrimage. Then shall I be prepared to behold Thee in full splendor in the day whey Thou shalt appear to be glorified in Thy saints and admired in all them that believe. Amen.
  ***from A.W.Tozer

Alien ^talk 00:00, no date 2005 (UTC) an original article

Bible the sacred scriptures of the Holy Book consisting of the Old and the New Testaments. a total of comprising of 66 books. goto our sister web site for more information [[1]] see Tanakh from wikipedia site on the Hebrew Bible[[2]]

• The Bible is the written word of God, and because it is written it is confined and limited by the necessities of ink and paper and leather. The Voice of God, however, is alive and free as the sovereign God is free. `The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.' The life is in the speaking words. God's word in the Bible can have power only because it corresponds to God's word in the universe. It is the present Voice which makes the written Word all- powerful. Otherwise it would lie locked in slumber within the covers of a book. quoted from A.W.Tozer

[edit] What do you see?

.....An old ancient Aramaic Bible (?) dating to the times of Jesus.?!.hehehe! Couldn't be that far out to say I walk where Jesus did 2,000 years ago - where the earth where Jesus walked is below me - say a few hundred feet down! BTW good story to tell like Dan Brown stuffs..goto read more[[3]]

gotoTreasures from the Heart

... ==A poor Country like Cambodia has an amazing == :20 universities, colleges & technical institution!== & not counting a host of private runs, well over 10 institutions for higher education!..sse[[4]]

Why? The ppl and garmen both know in order to survive and compete in this global society, they will be needing to develop their local talents, and it's no wonder they are doing it now.

I don't just talk and actually i be walking on Cambodian soil next week (7-9) why i fly there? i ve no reasons except one intention : ==to help a 17 years continue her university==. I am an old man so i hope to give her a helping hand with a few ==US dollars notes== and that is what they used to buy & sell in market places and tourist spot. I couldn't bother to go see the Angkor Wat, and never been there before.

I promise: U will see some pics i hope to bring back~

[edit] Money talks!

Some NSmen or All Nsmen? hehehe i hope it's all-in including those oldsters who done N.S.men!

[[5]]

[edit] New ruling under HDB for second property or just another HBD ruling?

the logic is that most HDB home ownership is to make it affordable. So if you are happen-to-be with a second property you may have to sell it when U purchase a HDB flat! They said, it's been subsidized..really? When the land belong to the State? Those buildings are priced upwards for the average Singaporeans who have no choice other than buy a far more expensive private condo? Or a million dollar private landed property? So the average poor is a HDB flat owner..via categorically..speaking.. in cp with the wealthy rich

I think the wealth rich garmen is trying to ==over-control== their prized possessions rather than to to keep speculation low. The garmen nowis laughing at those speculators when they themselves are not owners of subsided properties except a few unlucky ones who happened to be caught in the middle..that is they may have to get rid of their second properties (oversea), so nowis they had to sell off their (HP-P) within six months.

N.B. All the cabinet ministers and maybe all MPs are NOT exempted from the LAW's HDB ruling, so maybe i would pity the poorer MP among a few still owning an HDB besides a second M'sian or oversea Aussie property. however -

[edit] If the Garmen want to be exemplary:

I would suggest that they should made it a ruling that ==All MPs and Cabinet ministers== should set the example of not owning second property too! irregardless when they own a HBD flat or not!

Can you imagine applying the rule uniformly, hehehehe?

|:[[User:Terry|wowowow|]] Luckily i can't afford even a HDB plus a family..yet it's Given to me via the goodness of heart from my oversea in-laws under divine sovereignty|

[edit] Cultivating|Educating your children with an expensive tertiary education: necessary, yes, it's a "must" here

Problem: who care?, the parents the garmen or the children themselves? Well, my children's education are all paid by us, BTW we are only working parents so? we care NOT whether they pay back or better still,- we just pay for them without having any strings attached..it's for their future and given a tertiary eduction is a MUST nowadays. Does the garmen talk only, or do they care? hehehehe they talked..about using CPF etc, so long they don't have to cover for them, and expect them to be filial, then do N.S. well look at those rich and poor countries, how many sent their children to that kind of a ==payback hole==? The Straits Times www.straitstimes.com Singapore

[edit] Grads default on CPF loans MORE than 7,500 students have defaulted

[edit] Visitors and athletes from YOG at MRT

..they are from Finland

[edit] Spore comeback with a big round to qualify for the semi finals! at YOG games

Spore win 3-2 against far bigger opponents! they will go top the finals tomorrow.

Whole Crowd of Sporean absolutely cheering all their hearts out~..a fantastical play out by young Spore team!

[[6]]

[edit] Watch for the 21st (Sat) or (22nd Sunday) at Jalan Besar Stadium

On Sunday 22 August 20:45 Boys' ==Semi-final== 2nd - Match 8 (unconfirmed -21st Sat..when Spore Cub boys play..)

[edit] SIN vs HAI

[edit] Blast in western Chinese city kills 7

[[:[[7]]

[edit] Spore's..Rainer the hope of a gold medal, just hopeful!

our best chance in the Youth Olympic..pray harder...

oh, oh..it was a silver for Spore...that's a good start!:[[User:Terry|wowowow|]] 19:06, 18 August 2010 (SGT)

[edit] Canada took 2 gold medals at Youth Olympic games (YOG)

Out of the five medals, two were gold won by swimmer Rachel Nicol and wrestler Dori Yeats. NicolNicol of Lethbridge set a personal best time of 32.06 seconds in the women's 50-metre breaststroke to finish first and pocket the gold.

[[8]]

[edit] hot,hot..very very hot

The first decade of this century is the warmest on record, a report by the UN's World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has said...[[9]]

[edit] The heat wave is killing lots of ppl all over the world

S'poreans should burn less paper during the 7th month ghost festival..in Taiwan the heat is like super hot oven i stayed indoors for 5 minutes and look for shelter to stay cool, mostly under the shopping mall to cool down. So also in China and we can feel it in Singapore..Please think about our environmental heat we generate this month, i bet even the trees will tell us that too..they are drying up and shedding their early durian fruits..

[[10]]

[edit] In Bangkok

sprying white to to cool down..

[[11]]

[edit] In Russia

Russia’s record heat wave may already have taken 15,000 lives and cost the economy $15 billion, or 1 percent of gross domestic product, as fires and drought ravage the country. ..[[12]]

[edit] the solar heat will be worst in months to come

see solar flares building up to 2012..

[edit] The truth: ppl used religion as an excuse to kill

in order to win, and indifferent to the needs of even their own countrymen or ppl in medical need, Taliban groups in some poor countries choose to kill humanitarian workers esp. those with a desire to also share their faith in Christ. The Taliban obviously made such common claims when they murdered those British humanitarian worker who happens to be not preachers nor missionaries
..a doctor on a medical mission to help..killed The family of a British doctor killed along with eight foreign aid workers in Afghanistan has rejected claims she was preaching Christianity to Muslims. Karen Woo was among 10 people shot dead in the remote northeastern Badaskhshan province on Friday. Her body and those of seven others have arrived in Kabul for formal identification as police hunt for their killers. The 36-year-old British medic, who was due to marry this month, was murdered along with six Americans and a German as they were returning from a medical camp.

Family Says Doctor Killed in Afghanistan 'Not On Christian Mission'

[[13]]

[edit] Taiwan Bus drivers are professional too!

..a Taiwanese bus captain with a tie driving the bus from Taipei to Nantou..seeMap..[[14]]..a three hours express non stop trip ..see again..[[15]]from Taipei to Nantou ..

[edit] In M'sia they reduced the winning 1st prize payout yet?

4D operators look to reducing prize money due to tax hike

Kong See Hoh

KUALA LUMPUR (July 7, 2010) : Faced with an unexpected 2% increase in pool betting duty, number forecast operators (NFOs) are said to be negotiating with the government to reduce the first prize money by RM200 to maintain their net profit margins, in a move seen as indirectly benefiting underground 4D operators.

According to a report in China Press today, industry sources said the three NFOs – Berjaya Sports Toto Bhd (which operates Sports Toto), Multi-Purpose Holdings Bhd (Magnum 4D) and Tanjong plc (Da Ma Cai 1+3D) – are to negotiate with the government for a RM200 reduction in prize money for first prize to RM2,300 (for Big) and RM3,300 (for Small).

The sources said the prize money reduction is to be limited to the 4D game, and other games including the jackpots, are not affected.

Following the hike, which was announced by the Finance Ministry last week, the effective rate of betting duty will be 7.36% from 5.52%.

[edit] British Petroleum become smaller and wiser?

[[16]]..perhaps all about money is lesser in importance ..cp. with the green world

[edit] the local Hokkien movie ==881==

<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/j2kVT6TvxQ0&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j2kVT6TvxQ0&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> never seen it except on Internet youtube, hehehe

[edit] S'pore banned trailer on Youtube?

yes & no!

<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3ZcDena8fkY&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3ZcDena8fkY&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>

[edit] Alert!

Government bans yet another film by director Martyn See

Incident details Censorship Martyn See, Filmmaker (SEAPA/IFEX) - Another film by Singaporean filmmaker Martyn See was ordered banned by the city state effective 14 July 2010 because it was deemed "contrary to public interest." ..really? yes.. goto Internet to find it ALL!

[edit] {Born Equal}

Yes that's exactly our status before Almighty however there so many peer group all the world that believe they are better born and of purer blood, that's reality in many places ..& in India there were the outcasts or untouchables..(Dalit) who are unnamed ( no registry 4 them?)..this is India's (democracy) form of cat via their caste system, however only education can !change the mindsets..

Prairie Bible Institute a Bible college's president talks about it here [[17]]

[edit] What exactly is a Singaporean? Not all are citizens U understand?

NS defaulter gets sentenced reduced to a S$5,000 fine..( how could he default his N.S...? when he was one year old when he went M'sia? ie no choice of his own! )

But his lawyers argued that the jail term was excessive as he had left Singapore for Malaysia when he was just one year old and had not enjoyed any benefits as a citizen here.

[[18]]

<see dual citizenship..

[edit] British author held in Spore

Singapore police have arrested the British author of a book about the city-state's use of the death penalty. Alan Shadrake, 75, is being detained on criminal defamation charges which carry a two-year prison sentence.

see sources..[[19]]

user:Alien2: Would a Singaporean liable to be prosecuted when he criticizes the British Court system? I did but they did nothing serious..just kept me a day in the immigrations center, then allowed me to go home!

[edit] Solar engine plane can fly unmanned and indefinitely!

They label it as the 'Eternal plane' . It returns to Earth after..record flight..Anyway After only 31 hours in the air, it had bettered the official world record for a long-duration flight by a drone; but then it kept on going, unencumbered by the need to take on the liquid fuel that sustains traditional aircraft.

[[20]]

[edit] North Korea's war on words

[[21]]

[edit] After the football bets and the Toto results

[edit] businesses in Spore will be so quiet

[edit] Peter Sellers

According to the letter signed by Sellers, the comic actor wanted to stop his entire fortune passing to his estranged fourth wife, Lynne Frederick. The letter is dated 22 July 1980 - the day Sellers collapsed and fell into a coma at the Dorchester Hotel. [[23]]..however the fortune goes to his 4th wife as ...willed ..

[edit] the great delete

when google attempted to delete.. China out., what happen>/?, go see a

[edit] thing

or two still remaining..

[edit] Fire in my neighborhood

burnt ceiling

.. a pile of burnt junk (cloth? likely sponge? soak with paint thinner petrol or kerosene?? etc)..probably it's a case of intentional fire by an arsonist!

the Police and the firemen (arrived to put off the fire?) and some of the neighbors came to see our neighboring unit was ...==on fire==. One of the neighboring HDB unit' front doorway ( door was fire resistant!) was burnt and our electricity ..was totally off - it was pitch darkness here..there was fumes smell of burning plastic.. so was our HDB unit was without electricity , however when the electrical men came to fix the current we had the current back.. so nowis..i am typing on my own PC...the time nowis about four am in the morning, it could have happened after one o'clock likely:[[User:Terry|wowowow| 03:57, 14 July 2010 (SGT)

We are thankful that our old friend and neighbors are okay, and unhurt. The young lady (occupant) told me that the arsonist even dare to ring the door and knocked while the fire is on! It was full of smoke and the Police, and the authorities had to break open the door to let the occupants out. I couldn't sleep anymore after the excitement

[edit] the truth is..

==wHY IS USA FBI and all agencies are excited about this beautiful ==Anna Chapman==?..hehehehehehehe

..

{{trying to make sense}}

[edit] 17 June 1940 during World War II

sinking of the RMS Lancastria during the war. The RMS Lancastria was a British Cunard liner sunk on 17 June 1940 during World War II with the loss of an estimated 4,000 plus lives. It is the worst single loss of life in British maritime history and the bloodiest single engagement for UK forces (in terms of lives lost) in the whole conflict, claiming more lives than the combined losses on Titanic and Lusitania.

To date the figure 4000 is too little probably close to 9000 on board..

[edit] [[24]]

looking over our sky on May 8, 2009

..

[edit] birds in ages: our homes[[25]]

..Dear Papa and Mommy we thank you..

[edit] New strain of deathly TB found

By Charlene Smith and Liz Clarke

At just one small hospital in Tugela Ferry a sixth of the world's known XDR-TB cases have been found.

Dr Tony Moll of Church of Scotland Hospital at Tugela Ferry said: "We have seen HIV move in and create havoc in our community. We tremble in our boots with XDR-TB. Up to 80 percent of new cases are TB co-infected with HIV.

A large proportion of deaths were attributed to Aids, but a recent study from January 2005 to March 2006 shows that 71 percent of those receiving anti-retrovirals who died had MDR-TB.

"Worldwide, there are 347 cases of XDR-TB. We picked up 53 cases in our small hospital alone; 51 percent had no prior TB, 28 percent had prior treatment and 14 percent were newly infected with drug-resistant strains. We lost two health workers to XDR-TB."

goto see the dangers and the effects here >[[26]]

[edit] In Malaysia they create such greAT Art!==

..here we fine and , ... ppl for such art-works!

[edit] Flash floods wreak havoc across S'pore in morning rush hour

[[http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1065623/1/.html

]]

[edit] the cold cash war

mighty dollar versus the Chinese Reminbi

China warnings ..[[27]]

[edit] Bring your Old Man out for local food?

Just to remind U it's Father's Day to give him a nice makanan ..

old man pa

[edit] Physicists burst bubble mystery

.. High speed pics showing the results of daughter bubbles forming when it burst..Physicists burst bubble mystery..[[28]]

[edit] Malaysia Calls On Israel Not To Harm Activists On Board (ship) Rachel Corrie

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3(Bernama) -- Malaysia has called on Israel not to take drastic action that will harm humanitarian activists on board cargo vessel MV Rachel Corrie.

[[29]]

[edit] Massive sinkhole swallows city building

[[30]]

[[31]]..

...the black hole a creation by man made machine? i wonderhehehehe--Central America reels from Tropical Storm Agatha -Guatemala city suffered and need desperate help. however a pitiful of helps ( a plane load only) is promised to send reliefs in.. for millions suffering floods from the storms..meanwhile..ppl are in undulated with unnecessary loads of helps.. which they don't really want!' Hosted by Google Back to Google News

[edit] Storm deaths rise to 179 in Central America

Rural villagers used hoes and pick axes to hunt for victims of landslides that have killed at least 179 people in Central America while officials in Guatemala's capital tried to cope with a vast sinkhole that swallowed a clothing factory.

[[32]]

[edit] the most watch movie is..?

• 1. Shrek Forever After - $55.7m
• 2. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - $37.8m
• 3. Sex and the City 2 - $37.1m
• 4. Iron Man 2 - $20.6m
• 5. Robin Hood - $13.6m

Source: Hollywood.com..see ppl vote with their money and attendance ..so far.. {{trying to make sense}}

[edit] Big churches stand for bigger troubles

Churches = assemblies as found in the Bible..>>the word "assemblies" stand for "small assemblies" whereas bigger gatherings or mega churches is a modern phenomena. However the justification of such mega churches stand on a single entity basically to glorify Jesus though such movements are founded and stand to be under the charismatic power of the human standing behind the symbol & name of Jesus? If Jesus is really the Lord of lord, tell us whois in control. Maybe money? of the power of the real Holy Spirit of Jesus? The local leadership takes instructions from whois in control, and seldom it's God's Holy Presence! goto see Marks of cults Goto see scriptures manifesting the reality of the simple life of Jesus' teachings as found in Matthew 6:33...

read more..

[edit] Talk:Nicolaitans

FROM rAZOR tv (WATCH)..[[33]]

[edit] Even a small bird could stop the mighty machine!

... Stop!

A previous electrical cut in November 2009 which halted the machine is thought to have occurred when a bird dropped a baguette it was eating at one of the points where the mains electricity supply enters the collider from above ground.

[[34]]..

[edit] Ever heard of Occam's razor

According to the simple solution: The complicated has the simple answer inside, find it there..need practical wisdom or common sense

e.g. Thailand {{trying to make sense}}

1. the poor are all asking and seeking for reliefs to their poverty
2. simple solution: education (future needs) and active programs (nowis) to care and help them accordingly.
3. any garmen that solve problems need good strong leaders with a healthy economy.
4. get good leaders means election soon!
5. answers simply are here:5,4,3,2, & 1

[edit] Our own sure win,win system?

Why are ppl committing suicides in the MRT tracks.??.the answer is simply 54321, they have come to the end of their destiny via those garmen built tracks! Lately the garmen decided to give bonuses to all civil servants..., what about those who are well educated, yet still unable to cope with money problems: e.g. those Seniors & havenots who have no means of support? Garmen may say or had said they have done enough??..well the fact is evident on the MRT tracks, those desperate enough had to jump...furthermore..the garmen seem to suggest it's alright as long as ppl can harmonies and live in peace with contentment & the whole system is designed to cage up all the 4 or 5 millions ppl into HDB..and allowing no way to escape (for many) except via the one way tracks..it's more dramatic to jump on the tracks than the the high rise..at least they get some noticeable abrupt attention from those traveling on the MRTs..! hehehehe BTW the whole system may have glorified a few ppl into demi-gods, yet at the bottom end it stinks of ppl still ending their lives in such undignified however fashionable among our cagey ppl..
So it has to harmonize 2..eh? Perhaps we have never understand fully what's in the Art of war there are bound to be dead soldiers among the causalities who are lost forever.

[edit] Why U.K. ppl can, and we can't?

Scrapping of ID cards.because we are slight better treated than animals except cats and dogs who do need an NEIC card ..hehehehe

[[35]]..

[edit] Israel stand condemned by All!

In individual statements ahead of a possible official UN Security Council reaction, the 15 council members issued remarks, almost all condemning the Israeli assault in which at least nine people were killed. The United States, Israel's traditional ally which often uses its veto power to aid the Jewish state - did not request specifically that Israel end its blockade on the Gaza Strip. But it hinted that the measure at least should be eased.

[[36]]

[edit] Experts at debate on Iran secret nuclear weapons

..

Middle East experts debated what to do if Iran developed a nuclear weapon

[[37]]..

[edit] Why Israel will not trust anyone, anybody

their history is full of mis-trust

..

[edit] Israel's isolation is eminent

[[38]].. they took a big risk, for their own survival...

[edit] The world condemn Israel..

UN Security Council members condemned Israel as they began an emergency session over Israel's deadly raid on a flotilla of ships carrying aid to Gaza. At least nine pro-Palestinian activists, some Turkish, were killed when Israeli commandos stormed the ships in international waters. Turkey's foreign minister called Israel's actions

== "murder by a state" ==

[[39]]..their P.M. response..

[[40]]

[edit] Second Mid-East talks end with no sign of progress

no win, win solution..

[[41]]

[edit] American little actor comedian dies

Gary Wayne Coleman, he was once upon a time standing as candidate for the Governor of California..a man with a boyish figure and a big, bIG heart!

[edit] no warrant on ex-PM yet?

Obvious those in political power hit a snap: they cannot prove that Thaksin is a terrorist, so much stupidity involve in political nonsense! They can't even prove that they are a legitimate garmen to the Thai ppl..

[[42]]

[edit] Once upon a time

Singapore was just part of Malaya, now we have two entities: and, for more than 50 years.. they grow apart until now..when the rulers decided to have a single accord in regard to long term issues: setting 20 years old problem is a great plus for both Countries....there are many more good things to come...so we expect more to go..& perhaps to fly via the bullet train in the near future to K.L. within three hours or less soon! hehehe..PTL!!!! However the most important thing to do.. is still to provide jobs for more ppl...

[edit] Thailand ..what's the hidden part we can't see?

While we are see-ing footage of red shirts in the protest sites, and the violent shooting by a sniper killing..the Red commander, i reflected: what's happenings in Thailand..Obviously for good or bad the people of Thailand are see-ing the scene all over again & again: it's no right to generalize and made conclusions, this is the real struggle of the ppl who had their hidden agendas long before even Thaksin open the can of worms. Thailand and the ppl want a !change not just because of hardship suffered by the poor ppl versus the rich elites, it's the immorality, the corruption, the murders, the greed and the power struggle are ALL matters of higher powers in the Air..the monarchy is coming to its useful & maybe.. sad termination.. it's will get to be worse..Pray that many more lives will be spared..this is not just about human rights..it's about rebellion in its core..see it to coming..no stopping it..

[edit] Contrary to popular belief

nobody can create life..they just copied from God' design LOR..see article Synthetic life patents 'damaging?? [[43]]..<quote>"My objections to patenting human genes or genes from existing living organisms is that they are inventions or discoveries," said Professor Sulston.</unqote>

[edit] Giving credit to God:

..[[44]] The day Dr Goh removed words from his citation ..

[edit] Contrary to popular belief a humble man like KS Goh

don't want people to make him a pinnacle to look at or a bench mark for others to follow ..[[45]] he ask for those to better the system he helped created..goto see what the P.M. said in his tribute to him!

[edit] Sibu, SarawakOpposition beat the ruling party Barisan National

..[[46]]..

( loss ) by a slim margin of 398 votes..hehehe..definitely Allah or act of God! Opposition Lim Kit Siang siad it has to be.. "Magic"..

[edit] Thailand rulers must answer to who?

dark cloud over the city

the sniper (under uniform and order?) killed a Major General Khattiya Sawasdipol last week, :this is definitely a total disregard for the universal Law and fundamental human rights, then they killed more..Is it war in Thailand? Short of more killings it's no different!..[[47]]..nobody will dare excuse or condone such innocent killings as "Thailand own internal affairs"....in among those non violent protests!

[edit] Thailand bloody movement is getting worst

Pray for the ==people of Thailand== to stop & .. be freed from such oppression and unnecessary killings..

..

[edit] Saboteur killed lights at MBS

[[48]]

[edit] May 13, 1954

freedom to gather?

The Chinese students in S'pore movement helped to kick start - the Political party PAP to stand for election: they stood for freedom, and 56 years ago..many seniors & some ppl still remember the occasion..Yet today we somehow lost that freedom we stand for, when ...goto they created the graveyard where we buried here the freedom to run rightful& peaceful protests.see Hong Lim Park..even non-violent gatherings are illegal in Spore...

[edit] Well chosen timely LAST WORDS

Our P.M. PAYING LAST TRIBUTE TO the late Dr. Goh Keng Swee.. He spoke, 'You are coming into this. You are joining a holy order and your job is to build on what we have done, not treat it as a pinnacle, but as a foundation to make it better.' And I think that's our job, the Prime Minister said.

[[49]]

[edit] The End is nearer for another sinner?

Court throws out arguments against death penalty even three High Court judges ( including the Chief Justice) has no power to throw (out) the death penalty under a faculty constitution! Quite obviously the State will have to account the Almighty for all its deeds..U r found ....wanting or not?...wait & see..

[[50]]

[edit] Today, Friday 14th, May 2010

the Day is the same: the sunny day is a great day to go for outings..PTL!:[[User:Terry|wowowow|]] 11:11, 14 May 2010 (SGT)

[edit] State funeral for former DPM Goh Keng Swee

..

Posted: 14 May 2010 1346 hrs

Former Deputy Prime Minister Goh Keng Swee who died aged 91 Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo says the late Dr Goh Keng Swee will be given a state funeral. Mr Yeo was at the late Dr Goh's home to offer his condolences. He said the government will announce more details about the funeral arrangements.

A man's life & times

[[51]]

[edit] Gordon Brown resigns as UK prime minister

[[52]]..

Mr Brown officially tendered his resignation to the Queen at Buckingham Palace, with Conservative leader David Cameron set to succeed him.

[edit] Thieves abandon Malaysian top cop's car; say sorry

[[53]]..

Malaysian police have recovered a car stolen from a top officer with a note from the thieves inside saying, "Sorry police, wrong target." Police officer Arjunaidi Mohamed says the car belonging to the police chief of central Selangor state was found Saturday in a parking space on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. On its dashboard was the handwritten note. Arjunaidi said Sunday that only the door lock on the Proton Perdana was damaged. The car, which did not have a police logo, was stolen Thursday near a restaurant where the police chief's driver had stopped to have breakfast.

[edit] Don't drive up to M'sia, U r an obvious target for car thieves!

those car thieves are too bold on daylight carjacking 2 ..n even dare the Police via writing them a msg..they know they are unlikely to be caught..even then so what? more bribes???

(M'sian Police must have so many reported carjackings cases, Or this msg with a note speaks..volumes to the ppl???.. we hope the Police can do their jobs properly esp. with those cops in charge - the whole traffic Police had been well known to take bribes & let offenders go free!! Are there any anti-corruption ..?? do they exist at all, or had they been sleeping on their jobs 2 and...).. nobody wanna catch those thieves anymore & the Public hope to see them Police get real serious with carjacking and crimes..) so sad

[edit] If the Police want to have some real public respects they should not take bribes

BTW..bribes? whois don't know they do it almost.. "always"! when even they can get away with murder??

[edit] U.K.On the the question of the king maker

"Can you trust the Liberal Democrats? They are behaving like every harlot in history." Read more: [[54]]

[edit] Under the death punishment?

see here

[edit] [[55]]

this article shows how little the garmen care about the way death sentences are given out to all including those(unknowingly) .. carried the death drugs as "mules"!

[edit] Convent "mules"? ie nuns?

Police in Italy say they have broken up a drug ring that used a convent outside Milan to smuggle cocaine. They said the convent's South American janitor organised religious trips in which smugglers posing as pilgrims hid cocaine in their prayer books. The nuns were "completely unaware" of what he was up to, police said. They have arrested 33 suspects and seized 30kg (66lb) of cocaine. They say the mafia and Colombian cartels were allegedly behind the operation.

[[56]]

[edit] Four Cases Of ILI In Selangor, Pahang And Negeri Sembilan

PUTRAJAYA, May 11 (Bernama) -- Four cases of Influenza-like-illness (ILI) cluster cases were reported in Selangor, Pahang and Negeri Sembilan up to 8am today, said Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican.
He said the cases were in Tadika Anak Riang, Puchong Jaya; the National Service Training Camp, Jugra, Banting, Selangor; the Drainage and Irrigation Quarters, Tekek, Rompin, Pahang; and a house in Taman Gunung Mas, Tampin, Negeri Sembilan.
"Meanwhile, up to 5.30pm yesterday, 71 confirmed cases of Influenza A (H1N1) were reported bringing the total to 14,138 cases.

[[57]]

[edit] When money is just an illusion

The money paintings were usually shown as a novelty in bars and saloons - often beside actual bills pinned to felt boards - and the painters got themselves a small helping of brief local fame and a steady supply of beer in return. One, William Michael Harnett, was so good that he attracted the attention of the Secret Service that had been founded in 1865 expressly to hunt down counterfeiters. In 1886, despite attempts to tell the officers that what they were looking at was art not forgery, Harnett was thrown in the slammer and only released by a judge on condition he desisted from the dangerous art of making or faking pictured money. Poor Harnett - and he never did get rich - obeyed and you can guess the end of the story - that his money paintings now go for hundreds of thousands of dollars and more. ..

[[58]]..

[edit] What caused near panic on Wall Street?

.. TRILLION DOLLAR QUESTION: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. It was a painful flashback to the darkest days of 2008: Stocks plunged and the Dow Jones industrials skidded by hundreds of points on Thursday last as traders succumbed to fears that Greece's debt problems would halt the global economic recovery.

[[59]]

[edit] Looking for a cyber attack or an excuse for "pretended ignorance"

White House adviser: No evidence of cyber attack in last week's Wall Street plunge, no second guessing..the rest taking the Greek cue..except the dumb donkey braying from within the Whole white house!

[edit] Global stock markets have fallen sharply, amid investor fears that Greece's debt crisis could halt the global economic recovery

In the US, the Dow Jones index closed down 1.3%, while France's Cac 40 fell 4.6%, the UK's FTSE 100 shed 2.6% and Germany's Dax lost 3.3%. Japan's Nikkei index shed 3.1%, having fallen by 4.1% in morning trading. Sterling also fell sharply against the dollar and the euro as results poured in from the UK general election. The pound fell more than 3 cents, or 2.1%, against the dollar, to $1.4633.

[[60]]

[edit] NOMINATED MPs

highly decorative mouthpieces

undemocratic, unaccountable and ultimately unwanted? Not according to the current bench of NMPs. Did THEY SAY SELF JUDGMENT IS due to POORer EYESIGHT also? Maybe.. i think they make highly decorative or justifiable alternative mouthpieces for the PAP to use..

[[61]]

[edit] On the money-debt issue in Greece

whois there anymore to trust ..?

money on paper is nothing but a matter of honor and trust..isn't it? They don't trust the currency of the 100 billion Note, how about Greece's Euro-$$ paper dollar notes money?

so the leaders look around and comment..We leave you now with a quote from a speech to ponder over the weekend:

"Yesterday, we learned of the real deficit figures. It reminded us of all the mistakes ... that we inherited from the previous government. We inherited a boat ready to sink; a country without credibility; a country that had lost the respect of its friends and its partners; an economy exposed to the mercy and the appetite of the speculators. From day one, we have rolled up our sleeves and begun the difficult work to change this gloomy situation. We prepared a plan with difficult and painful measures, but we regained our credibility.” – Quick; guess who said this? Don’t look yet!

[[62]]..is it Obama..wrong try again..

[edit] In Thailand

At least 18 people have been killed and 800 hurt in clashes in the Thai capital Bangkok, as troops tried to retake areas from anti-government protesters.

[[63]]..(those protesters are waiting for the old king to intervene however he may not come out of seclusion)

[edit] In Europe

.. The eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull has brought disruption to the skies over Europe. The maps above show how flights have been restricted to flying around the ash cloud, shown in red. Where the shading is darkest, it indicates the cloud is extending higher into the atmosphere. The flight ban was partially lifted on Tuesday - five days after the eruption. EU transport ministers agreed to allow limited flights within Europe after flight tests showed the density of the volcanic ash in the air was diminishing.

[edit] In Iran

(How-to-avoid-earthquakes) Women who wear revealing clothing and behave promiscuously are to blame for earthquakes, an Iranian cleric says. Hojjat ol-eslam Kazem Sediqi, the acting Friday prayer leader in Tehran, said women should stick to strict codes of modesty to protect themselves. [[64]]..Hojjat U r so right hehehe we r living in the Age of stupid!!

[edit] Canada to hold national day of mourning for Kaczynski

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Monday offered his condolences to his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk and announced a national day of mourning on April 15 for Poland's President Lech Kaczynski. ..

[[65]]

He recalled (as Prime Minister Stephen Harper) in their telephone conversation, according to a statement, "how President Kaczynski was a great friend of Canada... and a great defender of freedom and democracy."

[edit] Qing Ming Jie

(Ching Ming)..

TODAY is Qing Ming Jie.. and what is it according to our ancient Chinese culture?

read up..==Qing Ming Jie==

:[[User:Terry|wowowow|]] 12:13, 5 April 2010 (SGT)

from Google translation ,,[[66]]

清明節

==================================================================================

[edit] Oil prices hit new 18-month high

The price of oil reached a fresh 18-month high on Tuesday on growing hopes of a US-led global economic recovery.

sources..[[67]]

[edit] Days of your Life?

Your birth date is ..what day was that? I was born on a Sunday, July 7th 1946 >.waht yours?

how-to-calculate your birth date..maybe..it was a Saturday, or Tuesday ?..eh?

source [[68]]

My date calculator Calender for the next 30 years!

[edit] Admittedly the garmen is wrong in the first place, yeh?

[[69]]..this is not the first time they had calculated wrongly..why, the Greater China Suzhou investments miscalculation, the Swiss & Citibank losses, etc etc, why don't frankly say COEs does never control on the vehicle population except to enrich those speculators in this field of buy and selling cars? OH ho! the garmen never make a single unjustly ..mistake (that BTW is debating speaking) ..it's all transparent yeh? The jump in MRT overcrowding and leaving no room to stand in situation among the 4 or 5 population? whose to blame yeh? We just gotten packed in like sheep..that all! goodnite! hehehehehehe..ref<[[70]]

[edit] Confucius

Confucius

watch him at the movie..仁_义_礼_智_信 understand what it means?

==Truth==:What is the truth?..
Clearly defined; truth is ...not define-able according to the human mind, however there are so many levels of understanding among us - human - that the word "truth" is defined according to our observable worldviews, yet the truth is as unchangeable as the eye may try to see, locate and discover within the human mind. Clearly put:

Truth is still un-define-able even by the best of our minds.

Truth is only revealed to us as we bow down before the Ultimate reality - God- whois the Ultimate truth

The word of God defined the Word of God as

sharper than a two edged sword that cut through all barriers of misunderstanding and differentiate the real and the unreal,

the true and falsehood,

the genuine and the Counterfeits

And just as when light shines -
the truth is openly reveal in the full glory of God.

Jesus said ( himself claimed) ,

[edit] I am the way, the truth and the life..

besides the biblical writer described in those inspired words within the Bible- (Hebrews) describes..Him..as

(Hebrews 13:8}

[edit] Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Scriptural sense

[edit] Scriptural sense

is still Scriptural sense, not necessary common sense

Preachers has lots of it, however the more popular ones have more common sense .. Scripture has its own sense
don't try to make it as nonsense

When you cannot understand, don't say it's nonsense

A scriptural text taken out of its context may becomes a pretext for any kind of teachings Let scriptures interpret within its context

He upheld all things{{http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0-NPPIeeRk]]..

he upheld all things according to Paul (the writer) maybe not be about Science and modern Biology..It’s about God's overall sovereignty..

[edit] The scripture point to Jesus as the Message as well as the divine Messenger

"In all of these, there emerges an instruction, a way of living. It is not Zoroaster to whom you turn; it is Zoroaster to whom you listen. It is not Buddha who delivers you; it is his Noble Truths that instruct you. It is not Mohammad who transforms you; it is the beauty of the Koran that woos you. By contrast, Jesus did not only teach or expound His message. He was identical with His message” - Ravi Zacharias

As preacher of the Message, it's not to water down the truth as revealed, If Jesus claimed to be divine or God, then he is either a great liar or in reality and truth, he is no less God Himself as incarnated in human through birth, death and the resurrection. Comparison to other religions is for apologetics not for preaching the message of truth.

[edit] Proofs of God

NewsbreAk events...
Link to...

Remember you can be seeking ==God's kingdom (that eventually will counts for eternity, however if U r seeking to fulfil your own hidden agendas ..Beware the Day of Judgment will turn the lights on your foundations and then when woods and stubble’’ will be judged accordingly).. don't ask me if your church or personal life is ==pleasing to God==..ask your conscience, seek God's Will..in the light of scriptural sense as found in God's Holy Word.. Be diligent seeking out to divide the real truth ..

ie the genuine from from religious deception existing in this world's multi-systems of vain philosophies & beliefs.. & understand if or..

Whether it will count for eternity!

[edit] In a mega church money talks 2

[[71]]..wonder what's money stand for in such a BIG church? goto see why God loves or hates the Nicolaitans?

It's found among the 7 churches in the Book of Revelations..

[edit] Beware of the leaven of the mind-manipulators!

Jesus' teaching and personal injunction & directive to his own followers ..see..repent!

see Pride..human dignity..

[edit] Big churches stand for bigger troubles

Churches = assemblies as found in the Bible..>>the word "assemblies" stand for "small assemblies" whereas bigger gatherings or mega churches is a modern phenomena. However the justification of such mega churches stand on a single entity basically to glorify Jesus though such movements are founded and stand to be under the charismatic power of ==the human== standing behind the symbol & name of Jesus? If Jesus is really the Lord of lord, tell us whois in control. Maybe money? of the power of the real Holy Spirit of Jesus? The local leadership takes instructions from whois in control, and seldom it's God's Holy Presence! goto see Marks of cults Goto see scriptures manifesting the reality of the simple life of Jesus' teachings as found in Matthew 6:33...

• read more..
• [edit] Talk:Nicolaitans

[edit] Learning about people's cultures has the potential to give us a mirror image of our own. We have the opportunity to challenge our assumptions about the "right" way of doing things, and consider a variety of approaches. We have a chance to learn new ways to solve problems that we had previously given up on, accepting the difficulties as "just the way things are."

When at work or play, what do you see
Where you look and see in another face, what do you see?
Why are you not happy to behold the face of the heavenly father daily?
When you are trusting, your anxieties and fears leave and go far, far away

You believe to see (in the heart, by faith)

• The canon of scriptures [[72]]

• A scriptural verse from the Book of Romans

• • Chapter One : 20. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

Romans 1:20 (KJV)

• For studies in Bibe, there are many theological seminaries around the world, but for Biblical Studies in the Bible, there remained only a few schools check for Biblical Studies [[73]]

• Related web site see Proofs of God

(Also wikipedia contained a fair amount of writings on Theology, Bible, Apologetics, Exegesis, and many interesting subjects on the Bible, they are well inter-linked)

• • • Bible has a secret code for readers, to the unbelievers it is foolishness, but to those who sincerely believe it is the Word of God which will make them wiser, and think clearer, see Mind

Read Gospel of John from Internet resources here [[74]]

and the famous John 3:16 [[75]] to God's own gift of life!

My God, My God why has Thou forsaken Me? [[76]]

[edit] Bible Reading from

Epistle to Corinthians

Gospel of John

[edit] Bible Reading from

Epistle to Corinthians

Gospel of John

editing Bible[[77]]

The Bible is a book written by God in diverse methods, by His handwriting on the wall, by dictating letter by letter to Moses, by communicating through the prophets and in the through the great and small humble minds of Kings, fishermen, scribes, and among common people who are believers, however the greatest revelation was in the Person of His only begotten Son, the Jesus|Messiah! Within the Bible are the gifts and hidden treaures which yet to be discovered. The Bible is the only Book that in its original origial form, it had the direction and own printing of the Image of the greatest wonder of the Universe not only from book to book, letter to letter and even the little dots and every single letter/s are individually designed to speak of the greatness of the Almighty. Who dare claim that all which the Person himself speak: of whether about life or death, whether the past or the future will all come to reality, just as surely as the very words he personally uttered at the very moment will be truth? One and only one person Jesus the Christ...

the Bible, the Enigmaand the mind all point to one direct> Proofs of God!

[edit] Criticism by some readers

• The Bible have increasingly become a tool to make money.

Instead of showing Bible stories as a warning to people, some Americans have twisted the stories to give VERY HAPPY endings. And reading these bibles don't really teach moral values or anything. The Bible in America had become like a fairytale book and its up to Christians to save the Bible. - comment by Royfang

(personally the Bibles are a top all-time best seller item over the centuries..I don't see it's morally wrong or that to sell them is to enrich ppl with money! Think of it as a commodity, is it wrong to buy & sell? Beside, all other religions including the Koran and Sacred text on Buddhism are openly available for Sale on the Internet! [[78]])

[edit] Books about the Bible

Dead sea scrolls Commentaries Bible Dictionaries Lexicon Studies on the Bible books Devotional books Bible Criticism Word studies Greek and Hebrew languages Canon of Scripture Bible codes codex Manuscripts Codex (visit a local Bible bookshop to find more...)

It's common to buy & give Bible as gift ..

[edit] Bible relating to other books

Best sellers like Da Vinci Code Harry Porters books etc..

Category: Scriptures