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Place Holder: See NewPhilly.org
I wish to thank my son for setting up this site for me. It has been a wonderful testing site, useful for testing new themes before using them at NewPhilly.org, and for that reason we have left it intact. However it is primarily a placeholder against the day that it will be used. By contrast NewPhilly.org is very active, serving up tens of thousands of pages each month. A number of us post articles on the site, and our goal is that it should be “a daily newspaper,” and “discipleship resource,” for our congregation and friends. Please visit NewPhilly.org. WNG
Updated
On Monday the 1st of June I updated this blog to WordPress 2.71. I use this blog as a test site for the church site www.NewPhilly.Org. It worked. Someday soon, I may just attempt “…a daily dose of encouragement.” WNG
The Heavens Proclaim God’s Righteousness
In Psalm 97:6 we read:
The heavens proclaim (God’s) righteousness;
and all the peoples behold (God’s) glory.
In both testaments righteousness is the fulfillment of the demands of a relationship. “The heavens proclaim (God’s) righteousness” to all peoples because the rising of the sun on another day makes good on the promise of the procession of days. The sun goes down in the evening, and rises-up in the morning. The Psalmist admires God for the consistency of the natural world. Even the constellations that mark the seasons of the night sky testify of it, albeit wordlessly. (Cf. Psalm 19) “All the peoples behold (God’s) glory,” because all see the same starry sky, and admire its precision. If only the psalmist knew what we know, he would be still more amazed! If only we would stop to consider the blessings of the common life as the Psalmist did, we would be still more amazed. By the by, those who deny that God is present in a natural revelation as well as in the special revelation to which the Scripture bears witness will stumble over verses like this. God bless! Finis.
Hint: Do a search on “righteousness” to get the full story.
A New Theme
I have been searching for a theme that would include all I wanted to include, and leave out the fluff that I don’t really need. I think this is it. It is especially printer friendly, something that cannot be said of all WordPress Themes. Want to known more? Just follow the link in the footer.
Christmas Lovefeast
This is a Lightbox Picture Gallery. It requires that “javascript” be enabled on your browser. Click the “More” tab to see all the pictures. Click on the first thumbnail in the gallery. A larger version of the photograph will appear in a “lightbox.” It will be labeled “1 of 15″, etc. Click on the right edge of the photography to see the next in the series, and the left edge to see the previous. Once you have viewed all the images in a gallery, close the “lightbox” by clicking the “X.” Alternately, you can enlarge only the thumbnails that interest you.
HIV/AIDS Global Pandemic
HIV/AIDS is a disaster of overwhelming magnitude that has had devastating effects on populations around the world, especially with our partners in Tanzania. But there is also evidence of risk of epidemic proportions developing in countries in Central America and the Caribbean, where other BWM partners reside.
We believe that faith organizations have a crucial role to play in combating this disease, both in raising awareness and understanding, in promoting preventive strategies and in compassionately caring for those who have HIV/AIDS. As part of our vision to serve others, the Board of World Mission is committed to supporting our partner provinces as they confront the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
For more information go to moravianmission.org.
Posted by the Missions Committee.