My front porch and a warm summer evening. Come on by!

Anyone who tangles with God, Moses, Saul, David, etc. seems to come out on the losing end sooner or later for their foul ups. It's not just Lennon and company. Rulers who don't acknowledge the God who lets them have their authority have a way of doing a fast fade, sometimes. But, telling THEM that won't do you much good at times.

I don't think Lennon's remarks about the Beatles had much to do with his demise, though. I'd say it was more the devil's work on Mark David Chapman that was the ultimate cause of things where that was concerned.

well, you might understand that love was and is the spirit of the law without the OT and the Prophets, however, the NT makes a heck of a lot more sense if you read the OT to gain the context of the whole thing. Also, the OT Psalms add so much to the Bible that it just wouldn't be a Bible without 'em! I get a heck of a lot of inspiration from the Psalms. Also've been reading Solomon's dedication prayer at the temple lately. That is one heck of a prayer!

No context, radio!

College, what a concept. I've got the third degree.

She wants to marry him. There's even a Laura Nyro song about it. My dad, Bill, loved that song!

Kinky Friedman for president. He's got my vote! For VP anyway. Could beat Bobby Jindahl. Saw him on TV last night. The boy can talk the teeth off a beaver! If he gets into the VP slot the dems are in real trouble. He'll talk to them until they scream for mercy and a ha ha ha ha ha!

Yeah, I try to avoid visiting them places.

Wave your magic wand.

More talkative, believe it or not. I'm learning not to get so upset anymore though. Most of the time, I realize, my upset was over envy of other people. I learned not to envy others so much and thus, I've learned not to get so upset.

Snarf! Poot!

Snarf!

The Word of Wisdom is found in Doctrine and Covenants. Don't drink tea or coffee, don't use tobacco and eat fruits and grains.

All of the above. It's as bad as the heartbreak of Psoriasis. And I've had back problems and a dislocated shoulder since my wife passed away and left me single.

The nerve of some people!

Don't be bored, get even!

I like a smile. A letter, a card or an e=mail or phone call ain't bad either. Do you give good phone?

I don't think it was so much that shame made them hide their nakedness, it was the naked truth that they had disobeyed God, they had let him down, and were now hiding themselves from the Lord rather than revealing themselves and fellowshipping with God and with one another.

You see, JB, humans were made for the glory of God. They were made to worship him, to fellowship with him and each other, to learn from him in discipleship, to minister to each other and serve each other and to serve others in mission. When humans get away from that, there is trouble, like there was in the Garden of Eden.

I've never considered the view that the forbidden fruit was sex. It's a fascinating idea. I'm not sure it's entirely right, though, since God told Adam and Eve to procreate, to multiply and fill the earth. He had made Adam and Eve for each other and with a proper relationship with him and with each other, they had nothing to be ashamed of with each other.

An animal had to be killed not to make clothes, but to cover the offender's offenses against the Lord, to cover the excuses they used to point away from their own offenses and to make the humans palatable to God once again. That's why we need the blood of Jesus to cover our offenses against the Lord.

The Forbidden Fruit was fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. You will be like God, Satan said. That's the mistake. When we try to make ourself God, we try to make ourselves God's equal or God's better, it does not work! I can testify to this personally, unfortunately. The result is disaster. Absolute disaster. Pain, suffering, sickness, injury or death. Spiritual, physical, doesn't matter, either's just as bad.

Being naked is not a sin, being hidden from God and his purposes and his will is. The forbidden fruit wasn't sex (though it could have been, if God said no). The forbidden fruit was rebellion, disblief and being fooled and lured away from the truth and the Kingdom of God by the ultimate deceiver, Satan.

Oops. You're right. I think it is Charles Stanley. It's late and I got him crossed with a bluegrass artist. My bad!

Another gal on the radio that's awesome is Nancy DeHaart. I think she's with remember our hearts dot com or some such.

Here, roll! Here, kitty, kitty kitty!

I'm not sure of who's sitting with Sharpton. Pretty sure it's not Graham. I'm currently reading a great book by Graham. It's called Peace with God. I've learned two very important things from it:

1. Repentance involved the soul, mind and the body. With the mind we accept it and know it, with the soul we feel it and with the body we obey.

2. Salvation occurs with the infilling of the Holy Spirit. It is literally God living within us that brings us to eternal life. Got eternal life? You are literally an immortal living on the Earth (my conclusion, not Grahams on this immortal stuff, but still, mind boggling, in my book).

All politics aside, folks.