Monday, October 31, 2016
Amphora
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| ~Amphora. Place: Moldavia (now Romania) Date: 4th century Archaeological site: Village of Kontseshty, right bank of the River Prut, found in 1812 Material: silver |
Sunday, October 30, 2016
Meissen
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| Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present). Scaramouche and Columbine embracing, ca. 1741. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964 |
2 Timothy 3:14–4:2
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| 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it 15 and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings which are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.1 I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: 2 preach the word, be urgent in season and out of season, convince, rebuke, and exhort, be unfailing in patience and in teaching. |
map,’ highlights the massive expanse of river basins across the country
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| Created by Imgur user Fejetlenfej , a geographer and GIS analyst with a ‘lifelong passion for beautiful maps,’ it highlights the massive expanse of river basins across the country – in particular, those which feed the Mississippi River, in pink |
USS Augusta
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| “USS Augusta (CA-31) off French coast during landing operations. Small landing craft are shown speeding towards the shore.” Local Identifier: 80-G-45720. Record Group 80: General Records of the Department of the Navy, 1804 - 1983 |
Sphinx taken from a hot air balloon
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| This is a rare image of the Sphinx taken from a hot air balloon, in the early 19th century. This is before excavation and restoration. |
A fusilier of the Royal Scots
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| A fusilier of the Royal Scots provides covering fire with his Thompson sub-machine gun in the village of Namma in Burma, October 1944. |
Architecture
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…”Architecture is the will of the epoch…
…translated into space”…
~Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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2 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2
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Brothers and sisters:
We always pray for you,
that our God may make you worthy of his calling
and powerfully bring to fulfillment every good purpose
and every effort of faith,
that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you,
and you in him,
in accord with the grace of our God and Lord Jesus Christ.
We ask you, brothers and sisters,
with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
and our assembling with him,
not to be shaken out of your minds suddenly, or to be alarmed
either by a “spirit,” or by an oral statement,
or by a letter allegedly from us
to the effect that the day of the Lord is at hand.
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Psalm 145 A psalm of praise. Of David.
Jazz clubs in mid-town Manhattan
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| Jazz clubs in mid-town Manhattan - the 3 Deuces and the Carousel - 1948, photo by William Gottlieb |
WISDOM 11:22-12:2
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| Before the LORD the whole universe is as a grain from a balance or a drop of morning dew come down upon the earth. But you have mercy on all, because you can do all things; and you overlook people's sins that they may repent. For you love all things that are and loathe nothing that you have made; for what you hated, you would not have fashioned. And how could a thing remain, unless you willed it; or be preserved, had it not been called forth by you? But you spare all things, because they are yours, O LORD and lover of souls, for your imperishable spirit is in all things! Therefore you rebuke offenders little by little, warn them and remind them of the sins they are committing, that they may abandon their wickedness and believe in you, O LORD! |
Luke 19: 1-10
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| At that time, Jesus came to Jericho and intended to pass through the town. Now a man there named Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax collector and also a wealthy man, was seeking to see who Jesus was; but he could not see him because of the crowd, for he was short in stature. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree in order to see Jesus, who was about to pass that way. When he reached the place, Jesus looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for today I must stay at your house.” And he came down quickly and received him with joy. When they all saw this, they began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to stay at the house of a sinner.” But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I shall give to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone I shall repay it four times over.” And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house because this man too is a descendant of Abraham. For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost.” |
Thursday, October 27, 2016
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