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For us here on CS it means different things... May I share what it means to me? For me Easter is the most beautiful of times as I celebrate with Christians throughout the world the death and glorious resurrection of our Saviour Jesus Christ. I rejoice at this most beautiful time of year as I contemplate the wonderful gift of life and the gift from God the Father of His Son.
To me the most powerful and thought provoking words in history are the words.....

'He is not here, for He is risen'



And the most poignant picture is the empty tomb.



I love him and am ever grateful for his love, mercy and grace he shows to us all....daily and for a loving Father who sent him for us.

I have a poem in poets corner expressing my deep love and feelings for 'what Easter means to me' if you wish to read it.

However you choose to celebrate this time of year may your heart be full of love and peace. Full of gratitude for the joy of life and the beauty of it and the beauty of this world we live in.

And may each of you have a blessed, wonderful day!

Easter hugs to all.

I don't like cloudy days. but I do like awing pigeons.

My blog-site is just starting, but is visible in both Russia & China at:

Hi my Name is Dave Beckett Name PakalolomanDavie well I live in HoutBay Cape Town South Africa well out Land was Hit by a Runaway Fire from Muzinburg Cape town well Monday Morning woke up to the smell of smoke at 4am I look on facebook they are syaing there is a Huge infurno in the Chapmanspeak Mountains my mom and I went to Investigate wow it was 800 Yards away from the houses but wind was pushing the Fire to the other side of Chapmanspeak but the fire Burnt for 3 Days but with our Hero fire fighters we saved our town it's more worse fire than the Fire in 2000 xoox Dave

There was a kind of reprieve on the execution of some convicted drug smugglers. I don't have any personal ill will against the drug dealers as I believe in the saying that it takes two to tango. It seems like the lawyers of the 2 Australians with the backing of their govt are using the delaying tactics. I wonder if those who are murdered/victims of drug fueled crimes were given such a time. True, they've shown their true talents and shared them to other inmates who later when released could become good members of the community. But what about those who already perished or in the brink of point of no return. I just can't simply understand. Is that what humanity is all about? Reading what the two were able to do inside the jail made me wonder why in the first place they did put it into good use. I simply consider them geniuses but too late a hero!

. . . and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel . . . . (Ephesians 6:19 NKJV)

See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.—Colossians 2:85

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True for you, but not true for me is a self-defeating and therefore false statement. You can prove this one conclusively to yourself today. Just drive 90 in a 55 lane, and when the cop stops you for speeding just say, “That’s true for you, but not for me,” and speed off. Since it’s not true for you, he can’t give you a ticket, right?—Frank Turek

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Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.—C. S. Lewis

The Bible tells me so

Our convictions as Christians include that God exists, that this is His world, and that man is made in His image. If we are right, then reality turns out to be structured in a very specific way, and no skeptic can escape it. That’s the rest of the story. Unless a person is truly pathological, his language and his behavior will always betray his deepest beliefs about the world. Sure, emotions, prejudice, and bull-headedness may cause him to deny what would otherwise be obvious except when he is defending his ideological turf. But when his guard is down, every person understands that the basic structure of the world is the way the Bible says it is, at least in the broad strokes. Simply put, reason and rationality still matter, even to the postmodernist, regardless of his claims to the contrary.—Greg Koukl

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From a Christian worldview, God doesn’t simply tell us what is righteous; He is righteous. Goodness and righteousness are attributes of His innate character. While it’s tempting to think there isn’t anything God couldn’t do, this is not the case. God cannot act or command outside of His character. He is innately logical and moral; it is impossible for Him to create square circles or married bachelors, just as it is impossible for Him to sin. Objective moral truths are simply a reflection of God’s eternal being. They are not rules or laws God has created (and could therefore alter recklessly), but are instead immutable, dependable qualities of His nature reflected in our universe. They exist because God exists (not because God created them or recognized them later). The Bible describes God as omnipotent and capable of doing anything He sets out to do. God’s choices, however, are always consistent with His moral and logical nature; He never sets out to do something contrary to who He is as God.—J. Warner Wallace

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Knowledge has a unique and irreplaceable function in human life. Unlike any other human capacity, it authorizes individuals to act, to direct, and to teach, and the lack thereof disqualifies one in those same respects…. Knowledge therefore lays the foundation for confident and successful dealings with reality and, as such, is one of the most precious things one can acquire. People “perish for lack of knowledge,”6 as the Bible tells us, precisely because, without it, disastrous encounters, or lack of encounters, with reality are certain to occur; most importantly, they occur with reference to God, God’s Kingdom, and any possibilities for an eternal kind of living.—Dallas Willard

5 ESV.

6 Hosea 4:6.




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