Pressing Toward the Prize in Christ Jesus Contending or Contentious? Beloved, I was eager to preach to you today regarding our common salvation; however I find it necessary to appeal to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. Now, you might rightly ask, why? Why is it necessary to appeal to me to contend for the faith? Am I not a child of God? Haven’t I faith? What is to be contended for? What is this contention that you would encourage me to participate in? Can’t we all just be friends? You might even be so clever as to quote 1 Corinthians 11:16 to me, wherein...
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A buddy of mine and I were talking tonight about the the game Settlers of Catan, and the fact that I had commented the other day that I consider a win based on heavy investment in Development Cards to be lucky as opposed to a viable strategy. It turns out that we had both recently been beat (same game) by another young man who, as I see it, got very lucky with Development Cards; to the tune of getting three Monopoly (combined with perfect opportunitiest to leverage them), one Road Building, one Victory point, and just enough Knights to take largest army. Given the fact that you can indeed win a game...
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1 pkg. Chocolate Cake Mix (18 1/4 oz.)1 pkg. Instant Pudding (3.9 oz )4 Eggs1 Cup (8 oz.) Sour Cream3/4 Cup Water1/4 Cup Canola Oil4 oz. Semisweet Chocolate, melted FROSTING2 cups butter, softened4 cups confectioners’ sugar3/4 cup baking cocoa1/2 cup 2% milk GARNISHES2 oz. Semisweet Chocolate, melted1 lb fresh strawberries, hulled GANACHE4 oz. semisweet chocolate, melted1/2 Cup Heavy Wipping Cream CAKECombine Cake Ingredients; beat on low for 30 seconds. Beat on medium for 2 minutes. transfer to two greased and floured 9-in round baking pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 28-32 minutes or until toothpicks...
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Most of you will be familiar with my rural upbringing, redneck ways, and generally unsophisticated approach to life. So you should also appreciate that when I first moved to Chicago and took a management position with UBS Warburg that I was really out of my element. My peers were primarily white middle to upper class Chicago Suburbanites with a good college education and an appreciation for finer things in life; while I had barely stayed awake long enough to graduate from a Mississippi Public High School, served a few years in the Army National Guard, many more enlisted in the US Navy, and the closest...
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