from article NYTimes.com/2024/07/31/jd-vance-donald-trump.html
Vance is also an absolutist on
ABORTION. . . he did adopt
Trump's line that abortion rules
should be left to the states, but
his voting record says otherwise;
he favors banning abortions,
even if the mother is a victim of
rape or incest, as well as laws that
allow police to track
women who have crossed
state lines for an
abortion. He has opposed
legislation that would
protect in vitro
fertilization.
August 19, 2024
The Keynote address to the
Democratic Political Party
will be Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
incumbent POTUS #46.
Earlier than the days of the
quadrennial convention will
be a virtual roll call (starts
August 1, 2024) to elect
the incumbent VP Kamala
Harris to head of ticket.
Her running-mate will be
named after Aug. 7 as expected.
translated by Craig L. Nessan (Fortress, 2002)
The church teaches that
in the beginning God
created the world out
of nothing and is its
Lord. We received this
faith from the
proclamation of
the revelation of the
Triune God alone,
as the church on the
basis of the Holy
Scriptures testifies
to us.
According to what occurs
through this testimony,
pious and natural
knowledge is UNABLE to
grasp neither God as
Creator nor the world
as creation. . .
Faith and natural
knowledge are therefore
no longer one, because
we live in a fallen
world. . .
Therefore we are
dependent for
knowledge of God
upon God's self-
revelation alone,
testified through
the Holy Scriptures
and proclaimed thru
the preaching of the
church. . .
We reject the false
teaching that this
world, as it is,
corresponds to the
original will of
God for creation
and therefore must be
affirmed as unbroken. . .
translated by Craig L. Nessan
p. 31 of Who is Christ for us? (FORTRESS, 1993)
Insofar as the church proclaims
Christ, it must fall down
in worshipful silence before
the unspeakable. God's Word
is unspeakable. Speaking of
Christ originates in silence.
Silence about Christ is the
ground of speech.
This is what is means to make an
obedient response to
the revelation of God
that occurs in the Word.
The speaking of the church
through the silence is the
proper proclamation
of Christ.
Prayer requires both silence
and crying out at the same
time, both in the presence
of God in response
to God's Word.
Author of HILLBILLY ELEGY,
Junior Senator (elected Nov. 2022)
JD Vance
told interviewer for AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
magazine in its 2021 issue:
I think our people
HATE the right people
Saturday, 7/24
Regarding the "SEC / Securities & Exchange Commission"
led by Gary Gensler
Predecessor DJT declared
on DAY ONE, I will fire Gary Gensler / / /
he would "end efforts by the U.S. Govt.
to create a central bank digital currency and would establish
a Bitcoin and crypto presidential advisory council" . . .
Quotations from the July 23 Rally transcript
I don't want to waste a lot of (the 90-minute tirade)
time on it, because it's over now, right, he's gone . . .
POTUS 46 [who remains the incumbent Commander-
in-Chief ]
I told you that he would be . . . I told you he
wasn't going to make it . . .
Also former commander of
U.S. Special Operations Command
was under consideration as running mate (VP Nominee) for the
presumed POTUS Candidate for the Democratic Political Party Nov. 2024
[quotations from David French, NY TIMES Columnist 7/28/2024 ]
Commencement Speech given 2014 to Univ. of Texas Austin
[ YOU TUBE versions racked up together 70 million views ]
He draws upon his SEAL training to teach
graduates how to change the world,
beginning with the smallest tasks
like how to make your bed in the morning;
If you want to change the world,
measure a person by the size of their heart
not by their flippers;
If you want to change the world,
don't back down from the sharks;
Start each day with a task completed;
Find someone to help you through life;
Respect everyone;
know that life is not fair and
that you will fail often;
If you take some risks,
step up when the times are the toughest,
face down the bullies,
lift up the downtrodden,
never ever give up!
NYTimes.com/2024/07/28/opinion/hulk-hogan-vance-harris.html
July 30, 2024
a perfect occasion to have a slice of one of
America's favorite desserts!
www.wndu.com (South Bend, IN - office/studios
near Holy Cross College, Saint Mary's, Notre Dame
Golf Course
for the Friday July 26 scheduled programming and forward (weekend
and weekdays) - until Sunday August 11 Closing Ceremony Day
of the Summer Olympic Games (Paris France) -
No a.m. shows
No 4 or 5 p.m. News Shows ahead of NBC Nightly News (6:30 p.m.)
No 11 p.m. news until Network returns to local broadcasting 1/2 hour later
than usual end of prime time (8 p.m - 11 p.m.)
7/26 (Friday, First Day of PARIS 2020 Summer Games)
1:30 p.m. Eastern (local 7:30 afternoon = 19.30)
Different parts of the major World Capital will host the entry
of teams / delegations
The River SEINE is where boats with the guest countries
will float by viewing stands:
The LBJ Library (Austin, TX) will sponsor
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Monday July 29, 2024
Keynote Speech by POTUS 46
Event is by invitation only;
LIVESTREAM at
youtube.com/TheLBJLibrary
Predecessor DJT in public interviews and other
live conversations / rally speeches continues to
mispronounce the
presumed Democratic party's
nominee for POTUS (Nov. 2024)
calling her Ka-mala (like Im-PALA)
instead of stress on 1st syllable.
article in Washington Post.com
Convention voting will take place
starting AUGUST 1 with the state-by-state
casting of delegation ballots taking place
at the Chicago Democratic Political Convention
from August 19 - 22, 2024.
As of Friday, July 26, 2024
the presumed candidate for the Democratic
Party, Kamala Harris (incumbent VP),
will make it known to political party
officials and the American public
WHO her choice for running mate will
be by the date of Wednesday, August 7, 2024.
She is vetting at this time (observers believe)
Gov. Andy Beshear of KY
Gov. Josh Shapiro of PA
U.S. Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ), former astronaut
and Air Force pilot
[Gov. Roy Cooper of NC, Secy. of Transportation
Pete Buttigieg, Gov. Tim Walz of MN are also under
consideration]
In a 2021 interview Vance said:
(on going to college,) you're going to be
trained to hate your country and hate your family. . .
It makes (students) worse people instead of
better people. I think we have to destroy
the universities in this country
In Hillbilly Elegy,
J.D. Vance admitted:
THE COOLEST THING I'VE DONE
IS GRADUATE YALE LAW SCHOOL,
SOMETHING 13-yr.-old J.D. VANCE
WOULD HAVE CONSIDERED LUDICROUS
Present: Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan)
who held up a sign "War Criminal" / "Guilty of Genocide"
Absent on GOP side were
DJT's running mate JD Vance who was campaigning
in the Hoosier State and Repr. Thomas Massie
(R-Kentucky);
Absent: VP Kamala Harris (who was at Indianapolis
as Keynote Speaker for sorority annual meeting);
former Speaker Nancy Pelosi;
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont);
Senator Patty Murray (D-Washington) declined her
ceremonial post next to the House Speaker as
President Tempore
of the U.S. Senate
Wed. late morning 24 July 2024
Israeli prime minister
Benjamin Netanyahu
demonstrated before a joint session of Congress
(with Speaker of House Johnson (R-Louisiana)
and Senate Foreign Relations committee chair
Ben Cardin (D-Maryland) sitting directly behind
the speaker's podium) that he is master of U.S.
politics as he shook hands right and left on
the passage from entry to front of the assembly.
Some of the loudest ovations/cheers were for
attacking the protestors outdoors ("You are
Iran's useful idiots"), the Intl. Crim. Court ("blood
libel"), and Iran itself ("axis of terror").
This speech by a foreign leader was twice as long
as one given by Ukrainian President Zelenskyy
seven months ago. . .Fiery one-liners were not
likely to get cheers when he meets on Thursday
at the White House with both POTUS Biden and
eventual nominee for Nov. 2024 Democratic
Presidential candidate Kamala Harris. He will
also meet Friday at Mar-a-Lago with GOP candidate
Predecessor DJT.
MORE details NYTimes.com/opinion/#ThePoint
NY Times is reporting that
Candidate Trump has publicly wavered on his commitment
to debate his Democratic party candidate, saying that he
agreed to the debate with the understanding that he would
only debate POTUS 46 and no other.
nytimes.com/live/2024/07/24/us/harris-trump-biden-election
UPDATE: his campaign is also indicating it wants to
move the pre-arrangements AWAY from the mainstream
television programming of ABC Network to one more
in favor of him (I.e. FOX News).
weekend of July 27-28, 2024 political reporting -
campaign spokespersons
UPDATE (Aug. 7 online news): Trump has OK'd
his FOX debate with contract for a Fox News arranged
studio audience -- Harris campaign will show up
on Sept. 10 with VP debate uncertain
8 p.m.
Pres. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. will give an address from the Oval Office
to explain his rationale for ceasing his run for re-election in Nov. 2024.
POTUS will broadcast his comments on most news / regular Networks
for 30 - 60 minutes.
From the time of Aristotle onwards,
writers commented on the highly organized
honey bee society. One such Latin work is
Historia Animalium
They expel from the hive
all idlers and unthrifts.
As has been said, they
differentiate their work;
some make wax, some
make honey, some make
bee-bread, some shape and
mould combs, some bring water
to the cells and mingle it with
the honey, some engage in
out-of-door work. At early dawn
they make no noise, until some
one particular bee makes a buzzing
noise two or three times and
thereby awakes the rest; hereupon
they all fly in a body to work. . .
until at least some one bee flies
round about, making a buzzing noise,
and apparently calling on the others
to go to sleep; then all of a sudden
there is a dead silence (IX.40.627a)
The use of a special candle at Easter
(Pasch or Pascha from PESACH or Passover)
was first mentioned in 384 C.E.
in a letter attributed to St. Jerome in
northern Italy.
He wrote elsewhere that candles were lighted
throughout the East when the Gospel was read,
not to put darkness to flight,
BUT as a sign of joy!
A prayer to dedicate such a Paschal candle
was credited to St. Ambrose (Bishop of Milan
374-397):
For now we see the
splendour of this column,
kindled to the glory of God
from shining flame:
a flame though it be divided
into parts, yet suffers no loss
of light, being fed from the
ever melting wax that the
mother bee brought forth
to form the substance
of this precious candle. . .
O TRULY Blessed and
marvelous MOTHER BEE!"
In the Septuagint (Greek translation of the Hebrew
language for Alexandrian Jews and converts, c. 100 B.C.E.)
Go to the ant, O lazybones,
and zealously observe its ways, and
become wiser than it;
for without having any cultivated
land nor anyone that forces it being
under any master, it prepares its food
in summer, and it makes its provision
plentiful in harvest time.
(LXX) Or go to the bee,
and learn how industrious she is
and how seriously she performs her work
whose products kings and commoners
use for their health. YES, she is
desired by all and honored.
Although she is physically weak,
by honoring wisdom she was promoted.
CBS - 8 - 9 p.m.
overviews his 1960 - 2022 comedic career
details at
paramountpressexpress.com/
On Sunday 7/21
Pres. Joseph Biden declared he would decline the
nomination of the Dem. party and defer to his VP
Kamala Harris
to run against
GOP convicted Felon DJT.
It's official
Predecessor DJT gave his personal longest acceptance
nomination speech to a convention of his political party:
1 hour, 33 minutes
THIS YEAR: 2024 not 2016 (his first victory in a GOP race)
nor when he was incumbent officeholder (2020)
Longest duration of any
President's party convention
speech since 1788
(I.e. POTUS #1 George
Washington).
Charity for kids injured or traumatized from
Fire / other accidents - injury situations
SCHOLARSHIPS to a Camp (non-profit)
Downtown Niles, Michigan (Berrien County)
FaceBook.com/NilesBurnRun
report is that the sponsors - officials are
14 away from 300 registrations.
[ nilesburnrun.com ]
Saturday 7/20/2024 5 p.m.
Downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan (W. Michigan area)
Indoor event
VAN ANDEL ARENA
MAGA disciples show up Friday a.m. to then overnight
for first tickets to those who sit on stage with Campaign-
supplied signage
Doors at 130 W. Fulton Street will only open at noon
and the Predecessor twice-impeached convicted felon
will speak to a mass crowd in order to swing voter
who left him and VP Biden off their ballot support
in November 2020. That led to "the Big Lie" that
the election for Pres.-VP was stolen (no facts / evidence
actually produced - cases won in many state courts). . .
All parking (public and private ramps and lots) will
be open with some street closures for the late
afternoon free event.
The Kennedy Center for the Arts has announced its honorees:
one institution: the Apollo Theater, Harlem, NY
4 individuals / musical group:
Francis Ford Coppola
Bonnie Raitt
Arturo Sandoval
rock band The Grateful Dead.
All will be honored on December
with a CBS Special to air 12/23.
The widely-praised comedian Bob Newhart
died in Los Angeles, CA this morning (Thursday
July 18, 2024). He was 94 years old.
His wife of 60 years died last year and he is
survived by 4 children, and many grandchildren.
Celebration of Life service to be announced by
family at a later date.
www.nileslibrary.com
District Library to host 2 lectures on
Wed. 7/17 and Wed. 7/24
both at 6:30 p.m. and are in-person
John Chenoweth, U of Michigan-Dearborn
on Archaeology of the River Raisin settlement
and War of 1812;
Michael Massaney, Prof. emeritus WMU - Kalamazoo
Documentary and Material evidence of Women at
Ft. Saint Joseph
BOTH LECTURES: Free Admission / held at 1st floor Rotunda
Mid-July until
Sunday July 21, 2024
at 8 p.m.
NATIONAL Weather Service bulletin
St. Joseph River in Michigan
Berrien County communities on the river
Monday July 15, 2024
evening until overnight
2 a.m. Tuesday for
8 counties including Berrien County, MI
city of Niles, MI included
TORNADO WATCH 541
by Anchor Bible commentator / translator Markus Barth & Helmut Blanke
Verses 9 - 14
Therefore, we also do not cease, since the (first) day when
we heard (the GOOD NEWS about you), to pray
for you. We ask that God may fill you with the knowledge
of His will, by the gift of all spiritual wisdom and all
spiritual understanding, so that you will live a life worthy
of the LORD, pleasing in all things. He who lives thus
brings forth fruit and grows in every good work,
through the KNOWLEDGE of God! He lets himself be
made powerful with all power, according to his glorious
strength, for all endurance and patience with joy!
He thanks the FATHER, who has qualified you to take
part in the inheritance of the Saints, (which is) in the light.
He has delivered us from the dominion of darkness and
transferred us into the Kingdom of his beloved Son. In
Him freedom belongs to us, forgiveness of sins.
He is the image of God,
who is not seen.
First-born over all creation.
For in him all things were
created, in the heavens &
upon earth, what is seen,
and what is not seen
be they thrones or
dominions,
be they principalities
or powers,
all things were created
through Him and to Him.
* * *
And it is He who reigns
over all things,
and all things exist in Him.
And it is He who is the head --
of the body: of the church.
* * *
He is ruler
first-born, raised
from the dead, so that among
all things He should be
the First;
For it was the will of God
to let in Him dwell all
the FULLNESS,
and to reconcile through
Him with Him all things
by creating peace through
His blood of the cross,
through Him, be it that,
which is on earth,
be it that, which is
in the Heavens.
from 1994 publication of Markus Barth ANCHOR BIBLE
translation of New Testament text, Chapters 1 and following
Chapter 1
From Paul, who by the will of God is apostle of the Messiah Jesus,
and from Timothy, our brother.
TO the saints at Colossae, who are true brothers and who confess
the Messiah as LORD. Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
Thanksgiving (verses 3 - 8)
We thank God the Father of our Lord Jesus (Christ) always for you in our prayer.
Because we have heard of your faithfulness to the Messiah Jesus, that is
the Love you have for all the saints,
because of the hope that is securely stored up for you in heaven.
Of this you have heard previously through the word of Truth,
(Namely) the Gospel.
This came to you and became at home with you as it also continuously brings
forth fruit and grows in the whole world, as also among you,
since the day when you heard and knew the grace of God as Truth.
As you (certainly) learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant.
He is a faithful servant of the Messiah in our place;
and he has also reported to us of your Love,
which is a gift of the SPIRIT!
page 1 of the M. Barth and Helmut Blanke commentary (Anchor Bible)
July 13, 2024
6:30 p.m.
on air at his outdoor rally at Butler PA county arena
One spectator killed in the 7 / 8 rounds of ammunition
fired from a nearby roof; two critically injured.
More Details about Thomas Crooks emerging (e.g.
likely his father bought the legal automatic weapon
that could shot many rounds in a matter of seconds)
Trump's wife, Melania, off the campaign trail,
between Saturday and Sunday issued her social
media message: a "monster" who recognized my
husband as in inhuman political machine attempted
to ring out Donald's passions -- his laughter,
ingenuity, his love of music and inspiration. . . Let's
not forget that differing opinions, policy and political
games are inferior to love. . .Condolences to families of
innocent victims who are now suffering from the
heinous act." MRS. TRUMP is expected to appear
on stage for the final event of the Republican Political
Party Convention this week in Milwaukee, WI.
The full moon for July 2024
will take place with full illumination on
July 21 at 6:17 a.m.
Eastern time.
Enjoy!
from Bonhoeffer's Theological Formation
by Michael DeJonge (OUP, 2012)
final chapter excerpt "The Academic Roots of Bonhoeffer's
Ethical Theology" (pp. 145-6)
Barth convinces Bonhoeffer that the problem
of transcendence poses a fundamental challenge
for theology which can be met only through a
contingent concept of revelation, an understanding
of revelation as originating outside the human self
in God's freedom. . .There is a basic disagreement
about how to understand the freedom of God and
the contingency of revelation. This disagreement
is reflected in their definitions of the person of
Christ. Barth follows the Reformed tradition in under-
standing the person of Christ as the second person
of the Trinity, the LOGOS who becomes present
in acts of revelation but who is in eternity.
Bonhoeffer follows the Lutheran tradition
in understanding the person of CHRIST
as the historical God-man who acts and
is in history. Barth's person of Christ is the second
person of the Trinity; Bonhoeffer's person of Christ
is the historical God-man. . .Bonhoeffer understands
the reconciliation of God and world as an
accomplished fact in the historical person of Christ.
Such an understanding of reconciliation requires
not dialectical but HERMENEUTICAL thinking,
a way of thinking that begins with the reconciliation
of God and world in CHRIST.
We are not alone,
we live in God's world.
We believe in God
who has created
& is creating,
who has come in Jesus,
the Word made flesh,
to reconcile & make new,
who works in us & others
by the Spirit.
We trust in God.
We are called to be the church
to celebrate God's presence,
to live with respect in creation
to love and serve others
to seek justice & resist evil
to proclaim Jesus, crucified
and risen, our judge
and our hope.
In life, in death,
in life beyond
death, God is with us.
We are not alone.
Thanks be to God!
Kenneth Oakes writes in Part II Conclusion (page 158)
The book is also far less conservative, or concerned
about repristinating past forms of thought. To be sure,
Barth's actual way of exegeting Scripture has certain
affinities to a doctrine of inspiration, but there is still
much in Barth's Commentary on Epistle to Romans [revised]
that might raise some eyebrows: Barth confidently calling
some traditional doctrines, such as
original sin /
double / eternal / individual predesti-
nation MYTHOLOGICAL;
his denial that Adam is a historical person;
his repulsion towards any kind of tragic
and violent eschatological finale;
his nascent universalism;
his dismissal of apologetics;
his firm denial that there can be
concrete forms of human righteousness;
including any kind of visible human faith;
his disinterest in the psychology of faith;
and his claim that all religions, philosophies,
and worldviews desire Jesus Christ.
npr.org/2024/07/11/nx-s1-5033845/joe-biden-nato-press-conference
Thursday 7/11/2024 [early evening, actually started an hour late]
the Post-NATO Summit Press Conference of
POTUS 46
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
[questions are "live" from
reporters at the D.C. location ]
He will be highly scrutinized for
gaffes such as calling his running
mate -- Vice President Trump. . .
POTUS 46 also cut himself off
more than once : saying "Look folks,
this is a . . .w e l l, anyway. . ."
He was prideful and a tinge defensive
about the administration's achievements.
His final 3 words were "Listen to him,"
referring to press coverage of Trump. . .
July 15, 2024
Expect the reality-TV veteran (Donald J. Trump) to reveal his
pick for Veep nominee in a made-for-television
announcement where the man, his wife, and child/children
emerge from back stage to be greeted by the convention
delegates and MAGA faithful that are viewing the
Milwaukee, WI spectacle live as it happens. . .
details at this online article
nytimes.com/2024/07/10/us/politics/trump-running-mate-finale.html
Lester Holt
Interview to last at least 15 minutes
on Monday July 15, 2024 at
LBJ Presidential Library
UT (University of Texas) - Austin, TX
This will follow a July 11 live press
conference at Washington D.C. (site of
2024 NATO Summit): 5:30 p.m.
Eastern Time alongside other world
leaders
Monday July 15, 2024
Joseph R. Biden, Jr. will sit down for a live Q/A with
NBC anchor (Nightly News Monday - Fridays)
Lester Holt
The entire interview will
air at 9 p.m., pre-empting
other shows scheduled.
#OTD
July 10
Arthur Ashe was born in Richmond, VA and
was a pioneering figure in world Sports --
he was the first black man to win a #Wimbledon
Tennis Tournament (singles) as well as #USOpen
and #AustraliaOpen
He died Feb. 6, 1993 in New York, NY
Online article posted at CNN July 2024
Yes,
he did meet with the neurologist on Jan. 17th
the date of his annual physical;
The findings of the exam have been made
known to the public.
This is not the first time that Jean-Pierre's
answers to questions in daily press updates
have required clarification. . .
www.cnn.com/2024/07/09/politics-biden-january-physical/index.html
AUTHOR: Karl Barth (transl. to English)
Could we see nothing but the visible world,
we should not wait; we should accept our
present situation with joy or with grumbling.
Our refusal to accept it and to regard our
present existence as incapable of harmony,
our certainty that there abides in us a secret
waiting for what is not, is, however, intelligible
in the unseen hope which is ours in God,
in Christ, in the Spirit, in the hope by which
we are existentially confronted by the things
which are not. We can the, if we understand
ourselves aright, be none other than they who
wait. We are satisfied to know no more than the
sorrow of the creation and our own sorrow.
We ask nothing better or higher than the Cross,
where God is manifested as God. We must,
in fact, be servants who wait for the coming
of their Lord. [p. 315, Commentary on Romans
second edition ]
retiring Secy.-General
JENS STOLTENBERG
of N.A.T.O.
nytimes.com/2024/07/09
us/politics/nato-summit-biden.html
38 world leaders were there at
Washington, D.C.
Two Trump administration foreign policy figures/
advisers who are meeting with NATO officials,
aides, foreign secretaries on the fringe of the
NATO Summit (July 9 -
11, 2024) in D.C.
Who is POTUS 46 (Pres. Joseph Biden, Jr.'s) Parkinson's Disease
specialist -- saw him 8 times over
recent months for annual physical
Incoming President of Iran
Masoud Pezeshkian
criticized Iran's mandatory Hijab Law for women
and has promised to dismantle the morality police.
"I consider your vote as a heavy responsibility on
my shoulders, and I pledge to continue to be
a listening ear for your words and a voice for the
voiceless and rejected."
www.democracynow.org/07/08/2024/headlines
iran_elects_more_moderate_candidate
Watch has been extended from Tuesday until
Wed. July 10, 2024 at 5 p.m.
for southern
Berrien County, MI
from article in NY TIMES about Parkinson's Expert from Walter Reed visited
the White House 8 times in recent months
Hypophonic speech
Forward flexed posture
A shuffling gait
Masked face
Irregular speech pattern
where Hurricane Beryl
made landfall in coastal area of the state of
Texas : Monday July 8, 2024
In honor of Columbia Pictures 100th Anniversary,
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS of the
THIRD KIND (1977) blockbuster
will be re-released to theaters nationwide
It is a landmark film directed by Steven Spielberg -- a sci-fi drama
with amazing performances by Richard Dreyfus and Francois Truffaut!
128 degrees F.
Death Valley, California
set a new High Temperature
Record on July 6 (Saturday),
2024.
Las Vegas tied its previous
record of 115 degrees F.
Sacramento set new record:
119 !
POTUS 46
"I don't think I did. No"
in reply to question from
ABC NEWS interviewer
George Stephanopoulos.
Interview aired 5 July 2024
(22 minutes)
The victory on July 5, 2024 in the nation of Iran
of reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian,
69-year-old Cardiac
surgeon and former
Health Minister in previous
reformist governments,
signals a shift from the previous President
Ebrahim Raisi, a conservative Muslim cleric
who died in a helicopter crash in May 2024
DETAILS: NYTimes.com/2024/07/06/world/middleeast/
iran-president-election-takeaways.html
Newly elected President of Iran -- July 5, 2024
He won 53.6% of the vote and defeated his nearest competitor
Saeed Jalili
www.cnn.com/2024/07/05/middleeast/pezeshkian-wins-irans-vote-intl-hnk/index.html
Sunday July 14, 2024
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
1600 Silverbrook Ave. near
East Main Street complex
LEARN more about what
troopers & officers do;
public is invited for food and
free CHILD I.D. kits, job
recruiters, dunk tank, bouncy house.
(269)-683-4411
FaceBook address : @MSP Niles Post
Open House (July 14, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.)
We repudiate the false teaching that the church can
and may, apart from this ministry, set up special
leaders (Fuehrer) equipped with powers to rule.
(#5)
We repudiate the false teaching that the state can
and should expand beyond its special responsibility
to become the single and total order of human life,
and thereby fulfill the commission of the church. . .
and that the church become itself an organ
of the state.
(#6)
We repudiate the false teaching that the church, in human
self-esteem, can put the word and work of the Lord in the
service of some wishes, purposes, and plans or other,
chosen according to desire.
The Christian church is the community
of brethren in which Jesus Christ
presently works in the word and
sacraments through the Holy Spirit.
With her faith as well as her
obedience, with her message as
well as her ordinances, she has to
witness in the midst of a world of
sin as the church of forgiven sinners
that she is His alone, that she lives
and wishes to live only by His
comfort and His counsel in
expectation of his appearance.
We repudiate the false teaching
that the church can turn
over the form of her message and ordinances
at will or according to some
dominant ideological
and political convictions.
Just as Jesus Christ is the pledge
of the forgiveness of all our sins,
just so - and with the same
earnestness - is He also God's
mighty claim on our whole
life; in Him we encounter a
joyous liberation from the
godless claims of this world
to free and thankful service
to His creatures.
We repudiate the false teaching
that there are areas of our life
in which we belong not to Jesus
Christ but another Lord, areas in
which we do not need justification
and sanctification through him.
Jesus Christ, as he is attested for us
in Holy Scripture, is the one Word
of God which we have to hear and
which we have to trust and obey
in life and in death
9/25/2024 Washington, DC Court of Appeals has disbarred the
former NYC Mayor and former U.S. attorney
from practicing law in District of Columbia
7/12 -- Judge dismisses Giuliani's Bankruptcy case
He must pay his debts/ judgments of $153 million
primarily to election workers in Georgia who he
defamed [ Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss ]
NYTIMES.com/2024/07/12/us/politics/giuliani-bankruptcy-case-dismissed.html
July 2, 2024
Trump's former lawyer and legal adviser has been
officially disbarred today by the NY State
Supreme Court -- the ruling - decision is due
to his election interference and lying for
his client, Donald J. Trump (predecessor POTUS).
cnn.com/2024/07/02/politics/
rudy-giuliani-officially-disbarred-in-new-york/index.html
approx. 8:00 p.m.
Apple Festival Grounds, Niles, MI
1740 Lake Road (near airport
and H.School, Jr. High)
$5 parking donation - required
facebook.com/events/
apple-festival-fairgrounds/
city-of-niles-fireworks/
373511902382107
sponsored by Mishawaka, IN Parks and Rec. Department
11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Ironworks Plaza
Prizes will be given for the best 80's Look
Registration ($25) comes with a T-Shirt,
sunglasses, and packet of color;
visitsouthbend.com/event/80s-color-run/6070/
July 4, 2024
People throughout the United Kingdom will vote Thursday
to elect 650 members of the House of Commons , one for
each local constituency. No primaries or run-offs: the major
parties are Tory (Conservative) and Labour (Liberal) but
also putting forward candidates are a "New Reform" Party
(Nigel Farage, anti-E.U.) and the Green Party. After results
are known as far as the winning Party, then the leader of
that party is named "Prime Minister" who must form a
government and seek King Charles' consent.
www.pbs.org/a-capitol-fourth/
concert/performers
Host: Alfonso Ribeiro
Singers/Groups: Smokey Robinson,
Fantasia, Darren Criss, Sheila E.,
Fitz & Noelle, Chloe Flower, Sister
Sledge, Loren Allred, Shawn Johnson
East, Britt Stewart, Jack Everly,
D.C. orchestras
Early in the a.m.
of JULY 1, 2024
a record-tying reading of 48 degrees F. air
temperature was measured at
South Bend Airport official station
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
(ABC 57 meteorologist E. Twomey, source)
These three are among
the big winners on June 30,
2024 at the BET (Black
Entertainment
Network)
annual awards and
concert -tribute.
www.bet.com has the list of
winners and honorees
Our neighbor to the North
marks its "dominion" or establishment
July 1 annually to make
July 1, 1867
the starting point for the confederation
of provinces and a point of annual
reference to celebrate the national
unity and diversity.
Fireworks, picnics,barbecues,
concerts,carnivals, parades
July 1 (annually)
a day to recognize and show appreciation for the
postal workers who deliver mail and packages
in all weather conditions
