HISTORY-WISE
- Many of you may remember that we had to sell our old van that,
for all purposes for us, died. We put this into the hand
of a cousin of mine who has contacts for such items. Not
only did he get more for it than we had previously asked, he
told us, "Your van is on its way to Mexico! I guess they
(the purchasers) figured they could put enough oil in it along
the road to keep it going that distance." I call it our
"contra-van"!
For those of you who have been following the
saga of my (Phyllis') mother, I can happily report that she is
doing very well. She actually flew out to South Carolina
to spend three weeks with my sister there, and had a marvelous
time. She enjoyed standing over my sister's shoulder
reading her e-mails, querying about "What are you going to do
now?" and telling my sister she went through all her drawers
looking for batteries, to which my sister responded with, "See
that phone there? It would have saved you time (and my
privacy) to call me!"
She is ready to start up her piano lessons
again and is planning for her Christmas recital. For all
she's been through, she's coming out smelling like a beautiful
rose.
One of the perks of our touring is seeing
friends and family we haven't seen in years. At a recent
college reunion, I got to see my former piano teacher who taught
me just one year my last year in college, who was very special
to me and directed my senior piano recital. It had been over 45
years ago.
We will be in concert in Waynesville, MO in
August and Frankie learned that his dad had preached at that
Christian Church there many years ago. He didn't remember
that place as being where his dad had preached. We feel
God is so good to bring people and situations like that into our
lives for whatever reasons, but always for His good, as well as
ours.
BLESSINGS-WISE -
All glory to our Heavenly
Father!
***"At an assisted living place, one of the
residents, through tears, said, "It's a great blessing when
you're here. We appreciate you."
***A pastor admitted to us that he had
"checked us out" by calling a church where we had previously
ministered, and he said, "They gave you rave reviews!"
***God definitely had you here for a reason.
***Those who weren't here tonight really
missed out.
***Thank you so much for sharing your
testimony with us. I pray that you were blessed as you
have surely blessed us. May God go with you and touch you
in a very special way beyond your expectations.
***This was very, very, very good.
***You brought me back. I've been "gone"
for six months (from the Lord) and the Holy Spirit, working
through you, brought me back.
***I hope you have enjoyed your time with us
as much as we have enjoyed having you.
***Where else would you have "Unchained
Melody", "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and praise and worship
all in one concert?
***At the end of a concert, a pastor said to
his congregation, "I'm speechless." There was a long
pause, then "I'm still speechless."
KJV-WISE
- Some
quotes:
"I must under God renounce every attachment to
the New American Standard Bible...The deletions are absolutely
frightening...Some of the finest people in the world believe in
that Greek text, the finest leaders that we have today.
You'd be surprised: if I told you, you wouldn't believe it.
They haven't gone into it, just as I hadn't gone into it:
[they're] just taking it for granted. At any rate we went
out and started on a feasibility report, and I encouraged him
[Dewey Lockman] to go ahead with it. I'm afraid
I'm in trouble with the Lord, [emphasis mine] because I
encouraged him to go ahead with it. We laid the
groundwork; I wrote the format; I helped to interview some of
the translators; I sat with the translators: I wrote the
preface. When you see the preface to the New American
Standard, those are my words....I'm going to talk to him
[referring to Dr. George Sweeting, president of Moody Bible
Institute] about these things...Friends, you can say the
Authorized Version is absolutely correct. How correct?
One hundred percent correct." (quoting Dr. S. Franklin
Logsdon, a former pastor of Moody Memorial Church from Which
Bible is God's Word? By Gail Riplinger, p. 49)
"As a member of the editorial committee in the
production of the Amplified New Testament, we honestly and
conscientiously felt it was a mark of intelligence to follow
Westcott and Hort, Now, what you have in these books [by
Westcott and Hort] strikes terror to my heart. It proves,
alarmingly, that being conscientiously wrong is a most dangerous
state of being. God help us to be more cautious, lest we
fall into the snares of the arch deceiver." (quoting Dr.
Franklin Logsdon, one of the members of the Amplified Version
committee, ibid, pages 19 and 20)
One of the men on the New King James committee
has been buying the best-selling Gale Riplinger book, New
Age Bible Versions, a book that broke the ground for the
expose of the new versions of the Bible, and passing them out at
churches where he goes. Another committee member gave her
an endorsement for her book. (ibid, p. 40)
When editors and new version committee members
are declaring the validity of the Authorized King James Bible,
shouldn't we consider their studied responses? I think so.
HEALTH-WISE
- "Beloved,
I wish above all things that thou mayest...be in health..."
III John 2
In our continuing expose of the side-effects
of the drug aspartame, resulting in aspartame poisoning, the
following statements are found at
www.wnho.net/american_fda_poisons_world.htm
"There have been thousands of cases of vision
problems, blindness and seizures."
"You remember Flo Jo, a runner, perished.
She had a seizure while drinking her Diet Coke. The heart
has to work harder and because of aspartame damaging the cardiac
conduction system and causing sudden death, she didn't have a
chance." (www.wnho.net/aspartame_MSG_scd.htm
)
"When Pilcher, the athlete, died in West Palm
Beach...he [had been] worried about his weight and would go a
couple of days without eating. Then he would drink Diet
Coke all day laced with aspartame. So aspartame killed him
just like it is continuing to kill athletes, even little student
athletes in school."
"...aspartame is a multipotential carcinogen.
In original studies it triggered brain, mammary, uterine,
ovarian, testicular, thyroid and pancreatic tumors."
"...aspartame damages DNA...aspartame also
damages the mitochondria [our cells' power sources]."
"It has been known for a quarter of a century
aspartame causes cancer and is documented in the records of the
FDA...aspartame causes cancer even in low doses."
"...the terms ADD and ADHD were not even used
until the early 1980's when aspartame was approved."
"Dr. Bill Deagle informed me he had seen the
vats of bacteria the amino acids in aspartame are made from.
He said 'its toxic sludge'. www.wnho.net/moleclar_holocause_of_aspartame.htm
)"
"...aspartame can precipitate diabetes...It
also simulates and aggravates diabetic retinopathy and
neuropathy, destroys the optic nerve, causes diabetics to go
into convulsions and even interacts with insulin..."
We are imploring you to get off the diet
drinks (which aren't diet), the "lite" foods, and always check
ingredients.
MUSIC-WISE -
While playing
a piano number with the accompaniment trac at the beginning of
our concert, I did a glissando (fingers sliding down the black
keys), and when I finished, I ended up with one of the black
keys in my hand. Of course the trac kept playing and
within a split second or two,
I was wondering what I was going to do about that now-missing
black key. The mind doesn't tell you that you can just
continue playing the "key" in that place and the note will
sound. And what about the rest of the concert?
The trac finished and Frankie was completely
at a loss as to what had happened. Laughing heartily, I
stood up and showed him and the audience the black key in my
hand, but he had no clue what I was actually holding, and
neither did the audience. When I finally explained what I
was holding, the worship chairperson and the pastor hastily left
the room, shortly returning with the very obvious solution -
double-stick tape! They stuck that black key back on in
its place, and I finished out my other piano numbers in fine
fashion. I just didn't play any more glissandos!
FOOD FOR THOUGHT-WISE -
When did we as Christians decide to ignore one of the Ten
Commandments - the one that says to Remember the Sabbath day to
keep it holy? And do you have any idea where the change to
Sunday worship began?
Prior to A.D. 321, church worship was always
on the Sabbath. "And for his part, Emperor Constantine
imposed the first Sunday law. In A.D. 321 he proclaimed:
'On the venerable Day of the Sun [Sun-day], let the magistrates
and people residing in cities rest, and let all the workshops be
closed.' Constantine's civil legislation was soon
incorporated into church teaching and practice--first by the
Council of Laodicea in A.D. 364, and later by other
ecclesiastical councils, church synods, and papal
pronouncements."
And from The Convert's Catechism of
Catholic Doctrine, long used for all who joined the
Catholic Church, comes this:
"Q. Which is the Sabbath
day?"
"A. Saturday is the Sabbath
day."
Notice how it continues:
"Q. Why do we observe
Sunday instead of Saturday?"
"A. We observe Sunday
instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church transferred the
solemnity from Saturday to Sunday" (1957 ed., p. 50)."
(from The Next Superpower by Mark Finney, p. 139)
Just something to think about.
AMAZING FACTS-WISE
- A
shrew is never satisfied. It is the smallest animal with the
biggest appetite! If a shrew doesn't
eat for six hours, it can die from starvation! It's
ravenous metabolism is so fast, it must eat three times its
body's own weight every day! ( from
Hidden Truth-Amazing Bible Facts Revealed,
p. 17)
LAUGH-WISE
- 
***Recently while driving to our next concert,
Frankie and I were traveling through western Kansas where there
are miles and miles of just "nothing" but highways and open
fields of corn and wheat. We had stopped at a convenience
store, and the woman in line ahead of me said to the cashier,
"We've been traveling on the highway out here and all we see are
just open fields. Where do you people live?!?!"
***The Way I See It #236 - Scientists tell us
we only use 5% of our brains. But if they only used 5% of
their brains to reach that conclusion, then why should we
believe them? (a Starbacks customer)
***A woman walks in a store to return a pair
of glasses that she had purchased for her husband a week before.
"What seems to be the problem, madam?" "I'm returning
these glasses I bought for my husband. He's still not
seeing things my way."
SIGN-WISE -
***At a gas station: FREE GAS TOMORROW!
(Think about it!)
***At the electric company: We would be
de-lighted if you pay your bill. However, if you don't,
you will be.
***At a propane filling station: Tank
heaven for little grills.
HUH?-WISE -
***I recently tried to access the web site for
the Gaithers but found out that the only way one can do that is
to either pay $45.00 or $65.00 for the privilege of finding out
more about them. Something seems wrong with that picture.
***Bumper sticker: Thank God I'm an
atheist!
KID-WISE
- A first grade school teacher in Virginia had twenty-five
students in her class. She presented each child in her
classroom the first half of a well known proverb and asked them
to come up with the remainder of the proverb. It's hard to
believe these were actually done by first graders. Their
insight may surprise you.
1. Where there's smoke
there's - pollution
2. Happy the bride who -
gets all the presents
3. A penny saved is - not
much.
4. Two's company, three's -
the Musketeers.
5. Don't put off till
tomorrow what - you put on to go to bed.
6. Laugh and the whole world
laughs with you, cry and - you have to blow your nose.
7. There are none so blind
as - Stevie Wonder
8. Children should be seen
and not - spanked or grounded.
9. If at first you don't
succeed - get new batteries.
10. You get out of something only what you -
see in the picture on the box.
11. When the blind lead the
blind - get out of the way.
SCHEDULE-WISE
- Here is our Itinerary for the present month and the upcoming
month, so you can not only keep track of us, but also pray for
us.
Sun, July 1 - 6:00 p.m. Emmanuel Church of the
Nazarene - Council Bluffs, IA - 712-328-0940
Sat/Sun, July 7/8 - p.m./a.m. Burlington
Christian Church (R) - Burlington, CO - 719-346-7140
Sun, July 8 - 6:00 p.m. Church of the Nazarene
- Goodland, KS - 785-899-2080
Sun, July 15 - 10:00 a.m. - Vintage Place
Assisted Living - Derby, KS (R)
Sun, July 22 - 7:00 p.m. - The Father’s House
- Hutchinson, KS - 620-662-0645
Mon, July 23 - Reserved
Fri, July 27 - 7:00 p.m. - Lost Cherokee
Nation/Petit Jean Electric Bldg. - Marshall, AR - 870-448-3636
Sat/Sun, July 28/29 - 7:30 p.m./10:00 a.m. -
Longstreet United Methodist Church - Memphis, TN - 901-346-0552
Wed, Aug. 1 - 7:00 p.m. Norwood United
Methodist Church - Knoxville, TN - 865-687-1620
Thu, Aug. 2 - 7:00 p.m. - Grace Baptist Church
Asheville, NC - 828-254-0841
Fri, Aug. 3 - 6:00 p.m.- First Church of the
Nazarene (R) - Statesville, SC - 704-878-2235
Sun, Aug. 5 - 6:30 p.m. - Lake Bowen Baptist
Church - Inman, SC - 864-814-6280
Wed, Aug. 8 - 7:00 p.m. - Little Rock Seventh
Day Adventist Church - Little Rock, AR - 501-225-5063
Sat/Sun, Aug. 11/12 - 7:00 p.m./6:00 p.m. -
First Christian Church - Waynesville, MO - 573-774-2181
Sun, Aug. 19 - 10:30 a.m./7:00 p.m. - Elysian
Assembly of God - Elysian, MN - 507-267-4762
Tue, Aug. 21 - 6:30 p.m. - Epiphany Lutheran
Church - Eagle Lake, MN - 507-257-3156
Wed, Aug. 22 - 7:00 p.m. - Midwest Christian
Children’s Home - Peterson, IA - 712-295-7601
Fri, Aug. 24 - 7:00 p.m. - What Cheer United
Methodist Church - What Cheer, IA - 641-634-2205
Sat, Aug. 25 - 7:00 p.m. - Winterset
Ministerial Association - Winterset, IA - 515-462-6758
Sun, Aug. 26 - 10:00 a.m. - Lighthouse Full
Gospel Baptist Church - Des Moines, IA - 515-262-3800
Sun, Aug. 26 - 7:00 p.m. - Unionville United
Methodist Church - Unionville, MO - 660-947-2270
Tues,
Aug. 28 - 11:00 a.m. - Des Moines Area Community College-West
Campus - West Des Moines, IA - 515-633-2419
DID-YOU-KNOW-WISE -
A 1997 nationwide study found that the
bankruptcy rate in counties with at least one gambling
establishment was 18 percent higher than for those counties
without gambling. (The Chronicle, Wichita, KS,
November 2005)
LAST BLAST-WISE -
"Ye that love the Lord, hate evil.
He preserveth the souls of His saints; He delivereth them out of
the hand of the wicked." Psalm 97:10
This may come as a surprise to you, but
because you are a Christian doesn't mean you are supposed to
love everything. Now, we hear that Christians are to be a
people of love, and that is true. But did you know that if
you're a Christian, not only must you learn to love, but you
also must learn to hate? If you love God, then you hate
what God hates. It is true in every realm. If you
love flowers, you hate weeds. If you love health, you hate
germs. If you love God, you hate evil. It is just
that plain. Romans 12:9b tells us in even stronger terms
to "abhor that which is evil." A hypocrite, which is
something none of us want to be, is someone who says he loves
God, but then he doesn't hate sin. Don't tell others you
love God, if you don't hate that which nailed His Son on the
cross.
Ask God to break your heart with the things
that break His heart. As God to teach you to hate sin, yet
love the sinner. (by Adrian Rogers, Love Worth Finding
Daily Devotional 5/8)
FINAL ADMONITION-WISE
- "But let him that glorieth glory
in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the
Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness,
in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord." Jeremiah
9:24 KJV
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P.S. If anyone has access to any musical
animations or any kind of animations you might determine that I
can use in the newsletter, I'd appreciate it if you would e-mail
them to me. I'm limited on my sources, and would love to
expand my library.
P.S.S. If your church ever used Standard
Publishing's VBS courses during the years 1970-1990, and you
still have some of the little VBS song books, and wouldn't mind
parting with them, I would love to have them. My own song
books were in a storage unit years ago that leaked and ruined
the books, so I'd be happy to get ahold of them again. If
you do have some, please e-mail me and I'll give you our mailing
address. And thanks ahead of time.
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