Photo for 10/01/2008

Photographed last week near the ghost town of Ironton, Colorado…

Points To Ponder 10/01/2008

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PTP: The infinite God cannot be measured by finite man.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 23 (NIV)
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55 The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. 56 Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the ___________ in obedience to the commandment.
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Photo for 09/20/2008

Photographed on 9/15/2008 at the Legler Barn Museum…

Points To Ponder 09/20/2008

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PTP: All sunshine and no rain make a desert.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 23 (NIV)
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50 Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, 51 who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea and he was waiting for the kingdom of God. 52 Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus' body. 53 Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid. 54 It was ________________ Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.
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Photo for 09/19/2008

Clouds at Shawnee Mission Park…

Points To Ponder 09/19/2008

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PTP: “Believe me, sir, never a night goes by, be I ever so tired, but I read the Word of God before I go to bed.” - Douglas MacArthur
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 23 (NIV)
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44 It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, 45 for the sun stopped shining. And the _________ of the temple was torn in two. 46 Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." When he had said this, he breathed his last. 47 The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, "Surely this was a righteous man." 48 When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts and went away. 49 But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.
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Photo for 09/18/2008

Photographed on 9/15/2008 at the Legler Barn Museum…

Points To Ponder 09/18/2008

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PTP: Nature is but a name for an effect whose cause is God.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 23 (NIV)
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39 One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: "Aren't you the Christ? Save yourself and us!"

40 But the other criminal rebuked him. "Don't you fear God," he said, "since you are under the same sentence? 41 We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong."

42 Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."

43 Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, __________ you will be with me in paradise."
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Photo for 09/17/2008

Photographed right at sunset on 9/16/2008 at Crossroads Christian Church, Shawnee, KS.

Points To Ponder 09/17/2008

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PTP: “Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people...so great is my veneration of the Bible that the earlier my children begin to read, the more confident will be my hope that they will prove useful citizens in their country and respectful members of society.” - John Adams
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 23 (NIV)
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38 There was a written notice above him, which read: THIS IS THE KING OF THE _________.
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Photo for 09/16/2008

The sun came out today!!!!!.......So I got out of the house and shot this on 9/15/2008 at the Legler Barn Museum…

Points To Ponder 09/16/2008

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PTP: Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 23 (NIV)
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35 The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, "He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One."

36 The ________ also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar 37 and said, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself."
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Photo for 09/15/2008

Buckeye moth at Shawnee Mission Park…2006

Points To Ponder 09/15/2008

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PTP: “I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by men who were inspired. I study the Bible daily.” - Sir Isaac Newton
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 23 (NIV)
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32 Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. 33 When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified him, along with the criminals-one on his right, the other on his left. 34 Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided up his ________ by casting lots.
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Photo for 09/14/2008

This was shot at Leadville, Colorado in 2006…

Points To Ponder 09/14/2008

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PTP: We influence future generations by living for Christ today.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 23 (NIV)
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A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him. 28 Jesus turned and said to them, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children. 29 For the time will come when you will say, 'Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!' 30 Then "'they will say to the mountains, "_______ on us!" and to the hills, "_______us!" '

31 For if men do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?"
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Photo for 09/13/2008

This was shot at the Christa McAuliffe Elementary School, Lenexa, Kansas.

Points To Ponder 09/13/2008

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PTP: “If there is anything in my thoughts or style to commend, the credit is due to my parents for instilling in me an early love of the Scriptures. If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; but if we and our posterity neglect its instructions and authority, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us and bury all our glory in profound obscurity.” - Daniel Webster
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 23 (NIV)
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23 But with loud shouts they insistently demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts prevailed. 24 So Pilate decided to grant their demand. 25 He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, the one they asked for, and surrendered Jesus to their will.

26 As they led him away, they seized ________ from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. 27
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Photo for 09/12/2008

This was shot at the Christa McAuliffe Elementary School, Lenexa, Kansas.

Points To Ponder 09/12/2008

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PTP: Nothing speaks more clearly of God's love than the cross.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 23 (NIV)
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18 With one voice they cried out, "Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!" 19(Barabbas had been thrown into prison for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)

20 Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate appealed to them again. 21 But they kept shouting, "_________ him! ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_________ him!"

22 For the third time he spoke to them: "Why? What crime has this man committed? I have found in him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore I will have him punished and then release him."
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Photo for 09/11/2008

This was shot right after the rain on 9/6/2008 at the Christa McAuliffe Elementary School, Lenexa, Kansas.

Points To Ponder 09/11/2008

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PTP: “That Book (the Bible) is the rock on which our Republic rests.” - Andrew Jackson
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 23 (NIV)
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13 Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers and the people, 14 and said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I have examined him in your presence and have found no basis for your charges against him. 15 Neither has ________, for he sent him back to us; as you can see, he has done nothing to deserve death. 16 Therefore, I will punish him and then release him."
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Photo for 09/10/2008

Today is our 42nd wedding anniversary...and here is the tree at Russell Gulch, Colorado that I carved our initials into in 1965 (R.M. + V.V.). This photo was taken in 2005.....I saw it again this summer and it is still doing fine..... :O)

Points To Ponder 09/10/2008

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PTP: The right temperature in a home is maintained by warm hearts, not by hot heads.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 23 (NIV)
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8 When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased, because for a long time he had been wanting to see him. From what he had heard about him, he hoped to see him perform some miracle. 9 He plied him with many questions, but Jesus gave him no answer. 10 The chief priests and the teachers of the law were standing there, vehemently accusing him. 11 Then Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked him. Dressing him in an elegant robe, they sent him back to Pilate. 12 That day Herod and Pilate became _________ -before this they had been enemies.
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Photo for 09/09/2008

This was shot right after the rain on 9/6/2008 at the Christa McAuliffe Elementary School, Lenexa, Kansas.

Points To Ponder 09/09/2008

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PTP: The cross reveals God’s heart for the lost.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 23 (NIV)
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4 Then Pilate announced to the chief priests and the crowd, "I find no basis for a charge against this man."

5 But they insisted, "He stirs up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He started in Galilee and has come all the way here."

6 On hearing this, Pilate asked if the man was a _________. 7 When he learned that Jesus was under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time.
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Photo for 09/08/2008

This was shot a few weeks ago out at Shawnee Mission Park…

Points To Ponder 09/08/2008

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PTP: “A thorough understanding of the Bible is better than a college education.” - Theodore Roosevelt
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 23 (NIV)
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23:1 Then the whole assembly rose and led him off to Pilate. 2 And they began to accuse him, saying, "We have found this man subverting our nation. He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar and claims to be Christ, a king."

3 So Pilate asked Jesus, "Are you the king of the Jews?"

"_______, it is as you say," Jesus replied.
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Photo for 09/07/2008

This was shot right after the rain on 9/6/2008 at the Christa McAuliffe Elementary School, Lenexa, Kansas.

Points To Ponder 09/07/2008

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PTP: There are no unimportant members in the body of Christ.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 22 (NIV)
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70 They all asked, "Are you then the Son of God?"

He replied, "You are right in saying __ ____."

71 Then they said, "Why do we need any more testimony? We have heard it from his own lips."
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Photo for 09/06/2008

On the move at Shawnee Mission Park…..

Points To Ponder 09/06/2008

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PTP: “Education is useless without the Bible.” - Daniel Webster
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 22 (NIV)
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66 At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and teachers of the law, met together, and Jesus was led before them. 67 "If you are the Christ," they said, "tell us."

Jesus answered, "If I tell you, you will not believe me, 68 and if I asked you, you would not answer. 69 But from now on, the ______ of ______ will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God."
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Photo for 09/05/2008

Waterfall in our backyard…photographed on 9/4/08….Right after the rain on a tripod at f/25 for 1/60 of a second with an ISO of 200 and the lens set to 272 mm….

Points To Ponder 09/05/2008

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PTP: The more you read the Bible, the more you’ll love its Author.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 22 (NIV)
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63 The men who were guarding Jesus began mocking and beating him. 64 They blindfolded him and demanded, "______________! Who hit you?" 65 And they said many other insulting things to him.
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Photo for 09/04/2008

Shot a week or so ago at the Legler Barn Museum here in Lenexa, KS…

Points To Ponder 09/04/2008

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PTP: “The more profoundly we study this wonderful book [the Bible], and the more closely we observe its divine precepts, the better citizens we will become and the higher will be our destiny as a nation.” - William McKinley
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 22 (NIV)
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58 A little later someone else saw him and said, "You also are one of them."

"Man, I am ______!" Peter replied.

59 About an hour later another asserted, "Certainly this fellow was with him, for he is a Galilean."

60 Peter replied, "Man, I don't know what you're talking about!" Just as he was speaking, the _________ _________. 61 The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: "Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times." 62 And he went outside and wept bitterly.
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Photo for 09/03/2008

Out at Shawnee Mission Park….

Points To Ponder 09/03/2008

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PTP: Living for the Lord today leaves a lasting legacy when we’re gone.
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BIBLE QUIZ:
Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 22 (NIV)
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54 Then seizing Him, they led him away and took him into the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance. 55 But when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat down with them. 56 A servant girl saw him seated there in the firelight. She looked closely at him and said, "This man was with him." 57 But he denied it. "Woman, I don't __________ him," he said.
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Photo for 09/02/2008

Hawk out at Shawnee Mission Park…Photo by Mike Morse….

Points To Ponder 09/02/2008

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PTP: “If we will not be governed by God, then we will be ruled by tyrants.” - William Penn
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 22 (NIV)
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52 Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders, who had come for him, "Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come with swords and clubs? 53 Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour-when ___________ reigns."
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