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  • Politics Is Like Hiring A Hitman
    by Scott Woods inPolitical on2020-08-13

    For me, politics is like hiring a hitman. I have values and things I care about. I care enough about them to at least bother voting for 5 minutes every year for one issue or another. And because I care at least that much, I vote for people who align with the ability to realize the things I care about.

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  • Punching Above Our Weight
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-07-24

    I believe our vote is the punctuation of our voice. Without that resounding exclamation mark, I believe our voices are just incoherent noise.

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  • BLACK PROGRESS AMIDST SOCIAL CHAOS
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-06-16

    Recent events have raised the profile of historical injustice and inequities here in the USA. The entire world has taken note of the fact that BLACK LIVES MATTER.   We invite all of our friends to engage in actions that result in the greatest movement for change in our history. It is imperative that we take advantage of this opportunity to affect a positive change by ACTING IN OUR SELF-INTERESTS.

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  • Living in a Black No-Man's Land
    by Roger Madison Jr. inOur Community on2019-10-28

    There are many narratives that define the Black experience in America in this 2nd decade of the 21st century. Our striving over the centuries of our sojourn in this nation is a tapestry of every human experience -- oppression, enslavement, forced assimilation, dehumanization, exclusion, segregation, isolation, struggle, perseverance, achievement, excellence, celebration, mourning, despair, progress, setbacks, lynching, assassination, genocide, terror, self-hatred, low esteem, pride,...

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  • Fighting Racism
    by Scott Woods inOur Community on2018-10-25

    I had a boss who was racist. Not an outright bigot, of course; her toolbox was more subtle than most. We bumped heads a lot over inconsequential things. She frequently couldn’t keep my name out her mouth. Lot of gaslighting. You know…2018 style. I tried a lot of ways to combat or navigate her issues. None of them worked, and that’s saying a lot because I’m really good at fighting racism. But at the end of the day – every day – she was my boss, I had to deal with her, and that was that. Finally I...

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2 of 2 .. 3/3/13 Sunday School Lesson

Sunday School Lesson for 3/3/2013. Unit I. The Kingdom of God. Better Days Ahead. Daniel 7:9-14. (Devotional Reading .. Daniel 6:25-28)


Daniel in the Lion's Den (6:1-28)


The vindication (6:19-28)


The Four Beasts, The Judgment & The Kingdom (7:1-28)


The judgment (7:9-14)


Ancient of Days, God, is sitting on His throne, & God is in control!


God's kingdom is eternal.


Earthy kingdoms will pass to make room for the kingdom of God - Daniel 7.


Bible Questions Answered: http://gotquestions.org


Daniel 6:25-28


vs 25 ... The Hebrews; The Captives; The Captivity in Babylon(Iraq), Daniel Made First of the Three Presidents


vs 26 ... God; Attributes of God As Being; Eternity ... The Hebrews; The Captives; The Captivity in Babylon(Iraq), Daniel Made First of the Three Presidents


vs 27 .. Promise ... The Lord's Love & Care for His Children


Miracles; Miracles In The Animal Kingdom; Lions Restrained ... The Hebrews; The Captives; The Captivity in Babylon(Iraq), Daniel Made First of the Three Presidents


vs 28 ... The Hebrews; The Captives; The Captivity in Babylon(Iraq), Daniel Made First of the Three Presidents


Daniel 7:9-10


vs 9 .. God; Anthropomorphic & Anthropopathic Representations of God; God Appears in Human Form


Anthropomorphic - attribution of a human form


Anthropopathic - human feelings


vs 10 ... God; Anthropomorphic & Anthropopathic Representations of God; God Appears in Human Form ... Angels, Good & Evil; Offices of Good Angels, They Wait on God


(Isaiah 1:18; Ezekiel 1:13, 26; Revelation 20:12-13; Ezekiel 1:4-28 ... Reference Scriptures from Sunday School Book)


Question: Since knowing that God is recording in His Book of Life all our/your/my life does this motivates us to live righteous?


Daniel 7:11-12


vs 11 ... Other Nations; Notices of Gentile Nations: Chiefly Prophetic & Denunciatory; Rome, Described ... (Denunciatory - public condemnation)


vs 12 .. Other Nations; Notices Of Gentile Nations: Chiefly Prophetic & Denunciatory; The Little Horn, To Be Destroyed


(Revelation 19:11-20:3; Acts 5:29)


Daniel 7:13-14 ... Jesus Christ; Prophecies Concerning Christ; Kingship


(Revelation 5:1-7; Ezekiel 1:26; Matthew 26:64; Mark 14:62; Acts 1:9; Revelation 1:7; Revelation 20:4-6; Revelation 1:6; Isaiah 2:2; Micah 4:1; Daniel 2:35; Revelation 20:1-4, 21-22; Psalm/Tehillim 2:6-8; Revelation 11:15; I Corinthians 15:24-28; Psalm/Tehillim 37:2,9)


Homework for young adults: What do you wish to happen in your lives in six months, one year, & five years concerning your dreams?


Scripture & reference taken/used from: KJV Precious Promise Bible, KJV Topical Reference Bible, Zondervan Bible Commentary, Merriam Webster's Deluxe Dictionary & Reader's Digest Complete Word Finder