Photo for 12/01/2008

A telephoto shot from the same place as yesterday….Okay…we are on “final approach” for the summit…

Points To Ponder 12/01/2008

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PTP: For the Christian, testing cannot be separated from trusting.
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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When Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, He began asking His disciples, saying, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" And they said” Some say you are _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ; and others, _ _ _ _ _ _ but still others, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , or one of the prophets."

BONUS POINT: What was the Peter’s answer? How did he come up with his answer?

Matthew 16:14-16
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Photo for 11/30/2008

Okay…we are on “final approach” for the summit…you can see the “narrow” narrow gauge railroad grade below us… :0) As you can tell timberline is way below us….

Points To Ponder 11/30/2008

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PTP: "The command has been to 'go,' but we have stayed -- in body, gifts, prayer and influence. He has asked us to be witnesses unto the uttermost parts of the earth ... but 99% of Christians have kept puttering around in the homeland." - Robert Savage, Latin American Mission
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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On one occasion Jesus made the statement, “You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.”

He made this statement in regards to the:

Pharisees and the Sadducees in regards to their teaching about the Sabbath day.
Blind Bartimaeus (that is, the Son of Timaeus).
Disciples when they wanted to call down fire on some that were preaching the Good News, but were not a part of their group.
Teachers of the law and Pharisees

Matthew 23:23-24
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Photo for 11/29/2008

Another view Gray's Peak (14,270') and Torrey's Peak (14,267')…just a short distance more and we will be at the end of the line.. :0)

Points To Ponder 11/29/2008

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PTP: "No one has the right to hear the gospel twice, while there remains someone who has not heard it once." - Oswald J. Smith
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BIBLE QUIZ: [Fill in the blanks]
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The Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus with a question. "Teacher," they said, "Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and have children for him. Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother. The same thing happened to the second and third brother, right on down to the seventh. Finally, the woman died. Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?"

How did Jesus answer this question? (pick one)

a) She will be the wife of the first brother since she was married to him first.

b) She will not be married to any of the brothers.

c) She will be the wife of the seventh brother because she was married to him last.

Matthew 22:23-32
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Photo for 11/28/2008

Here is the view from behind where the Jeep was parked…..It’s a looooooong way down there…

Points To Ponder 11/28/2008

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PTP: "You can give without loving. But you cannot love without giving." - Amy Carmichael, missionary to India
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BIBLE QUIZ: [Fill in the blanks]
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After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, "Doesn't your teacher pay the temple tax?" "Yes, he does," he replied.

What did Jesus tell Peter to do to come up with money to pay the tax?

Matthew 17:24-27
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Photo for 11/26/2008

In this photo Ruby is parked just below the summit of Mt. McClellan (near Georgetown and Silver Plume)............. just 15 feet or so behind the Jeep it is about 3,000 feet.... almost straight down! In the background is Gray's Peak (14,270') and Torrey's Peak (14,267'). About 30 feet this side of the Jeep is the old roadbed of the Argentine Central (narrow gauge) Railway as it heads towards the summit of Mt. McClellan (13,587'). Of course I had Ray wash the Jeep on location so it would look good in this photo................. No I didn't...:o).....

Points To Ponder 11/25/2008

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PTP: We pray that you will have a happy and blessed Thanksgiving…Ron & Vicki
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BIBLE QUIZ: [Fill in the blanks]
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Psalm 100:1-5
1 Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
2 Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.
3 Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter his gates with ___________ and his courts with praise; give _______ to him and praise his name.
5 For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. (NIV
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Photo for 11/25/2008

Ray is trying to “steady” a tipsy “Ruby” at one of the pull offs en route to the top (My Jeep is a Red Wrangler Rubicon…I call her Ruby).

Points To Ponder 11/25/2008

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PTP: Ignoring the facts does not change the facts.
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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Jesus took along three disciples and went up a high mountain by themselves where He was transfigured before them.

Who were the three disciples?

BONUS POINT: Who were the two people that appeared and talked with Jesus while they were on the mountain?

Matthew 17:1-9
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Photo for 11/24/2008

A view from the end of one of the switchbacks using a telephoto lens to look down on the Santiago Mine and Mill (we will visit these on the way back down)...

Points To Ponder 11/24/2008

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PTP: "We talk of the Second Coming; half the world has never heard of the first." - Oswald J. Smith
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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When Lot and his family fled from Sodom and Gomorrah what happened to his wife and why?

Genesis 19:17-26
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Photo for 11/23/2008

Headed on towards the top…..A view from the end of one of the switchbacks…

Points To Ponder 11/23/2008

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PTP: In referring to the Bible….“I prefer to believe those writers who get their throats cut for what they write.”

- Pascal, French philosopher and mathematician, developed the modern theory of probability, 1623-1662
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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“Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him.”

Who were her sons and what was the favor she asked of Jesus?

Matthew 20:20-24
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Photo for 11/22/2008

Headed on towards the top…..

Points To Ponder 11/22/2008

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PTP: A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package."What food might this contain?" He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap. Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning. "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!

The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, "Mr. Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by it."

The mouse turned to the pig and told him, "There is a mousetrap in the house." The pig sympathized, but said, "I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse, butthere is nothing I can do about it but pray. Be assured you are in my prayers."

The mouse turned to the cow. She said, "Wow, Mr. Mouse. I'm sorry for you, but it's no skin off my nose."

So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer's mousetrap alone.

That very night a sound was heard throughout the house -- like the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey.

The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer's wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital, and she returned home with a fever.

Everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup's main ingredient.

But his wife's sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig.The farmer's wife did not get well; she died. So many people came for her funeral the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat for all of them.

So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem and think it doesn't concern you, remember -- when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk. In the book of Genesis, Cain said this about Able, his brother, to our God: "Am I my brother's keeper?" We are all involved in this journey called life. We must keep an eye out for one another and make an extra effort to encourage one another.

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BIBLE QUIZ:
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The statement, "So the last will be first, and the first will be last." is found in a story about: (pick one)

· A wood pile

· A buried treasure

· A landowner

· A flock of sheep

Matthew 20:1-16
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Photo for 11/19/2008

Some Indian paintbrush along the road.…This photo was taken this past summer.

Points To Ponder 11/21/2008

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PTP: Voltaire, French infidel, died 1778 ----said that within 100 years of his time, Christianity would be swept away from existence and pass into the obscurity of history.------------Yet 50 years after his death, the Geneva Bible Society used his house and printing press to produce stacks of Bibles.
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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Jesus said, “it is easier for a _ _ _ _ _ to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

Matthew 19:24-25
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Photo for 11/20/2008

We have started up the switchbacks…on the switchback below is my friend Ron Ruhoff in his Bronco…This photo was taken this past summer.

Points To Ponder 11/20/2008

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PTP: "God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply" - Hudson Taylor
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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When God promised Abram that a child coming from his own body would be his heir what was the illustration God provided as to how numerous the offspring Abram would be? Why was this promise from God so astonishing?

Genesis 15:1-7
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Photo for 11/19/2008

Remember…This was a narrow gauge railroad bed….as you can see we are above timberline now….Some wildflowers along the road…

Points To Ponder 11/19/2008

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PTP: “Jews preserved it as no other manuscript has ever been preserved. With their massora they kept tabs on every letter, syllable, word and paragraph. They had special classes of men within their culture whose sole duty was to preserve and transmit these documents with practically perfect fidelity–scribes, lawyers, massorettes.”

“In regard to the New Testament, there are about 13,000 manuscripts, complete and incomplete, in Greek and other languages, that have survived from antiquity.”

“A thousand times over, the death knell of the Bible has been sounded, the funeral procession formed, the inscription cut on the tombstone, and committal read. But somehow the corpse never stays put.”

“No other book has been so chopped, knifed, sifted, scrutinized, and vilified. What book on philosophy or religion or psychology or belles lettres of classical or modern times has been subject to such a mass attack as the Bible? With such venom and skepticism? With such thoroughness and erudition? Upon every chapter, line and tenet?”

“ The Bible is still loved by millions, read by millions, and studied by millions.” - Bernard Ramm
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must _ _ _ _ himself and take up his _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _ _ me. For whoever wants to _ _ _ _ his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it.

Matthew 16:24
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Photo for 11/18/2008

Remember…This was a narrow gauge railroad bed….as you can see we are well above timberline now….

Points To Ponder 11/17/2008

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PTP: “This book [BIBLE] had to be written by one of three people: good men, bad men or God. It couldn’t have been written by good men because they said it was inspired by the revelation of God. Good men don’t lie and deceive. It couldn’t have been written by bad men because bad men would not write something that would condemn themselves. It leaves only one conclusion. It was given by divine inspiration of God.” - John Wesley, British religious leader who founded Methodism, 1703-1791
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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Why did men build the Tower of Babel?
What did they build it out of?
What happened to the people who built the tower?
Genesis 11:1-9
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Photo for 11/16/2008

Bristlecone Pine en route to Mt. McClellan….

Points To Ponder 11/17/2008

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PTP: "Someone asked..... Will the heathen who have never heard the Gospel be saved? It is more a question with me whether we -- who have the Gospel and fail to give it to those who have not -- can be saved." - Charles Spurgeon
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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Who did Terah [FATHER OF ABRAHAM] take with him when he set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan.

_ _ _ _ _

_ _ _

_ _ _ _ _

Genesis 11:31-32
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Photo for 11/16/2008

Bristlecone Pines en route to Mt. McClellan….

Points To Ponder 11/16/2008

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PTP: "Let my heart be broken with the things that break God's heart" -- Bob Pierce, World Vision founder
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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The second time Jesus fed the multitude he started out with __ loaves of bread and a few small fish. They had __ basketfuls of leftovers and the crowd numbered _, _ _ _ men besides women and children.

Matthew 15:32-39
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Photo for 11/15/2008

En route to the summit of Mt. McClellan we next pass the site of the old ghost town of Waldorf, Colorado, the town was burnt to the ground in the early 1970’s so nothing remains today. However, I did get some black and white photos of the town in 1971. The building that is second from the left end was the Post Office which was said to be at an elevation of 11,666 feet…the highest in the United States.

Points To Ponder 11/15/2008

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PTP: The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention!
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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Who was the father of Abram (latter on God changed his name to Abraham)? _ _ _ _ _.

Bonus Point: Who were the two brothers of Abram? _ _ _ _ _ & _ _ _ _ _

Genesis 11:26-27
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Photo for 11/14/2008

We are getting close to where the town of Waldorf was located…

Points To Ponder 11/14/2008

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PTP: Some of us are like wheelbarrows - only useful when pushed, and very easily upset. - Jack Herbert
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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A Canaanite woman came to Jesus and said "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is suffering terribly from demon-possession." However, Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, "Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us."

What was the statement that Jesus made and what was the woman’s comment that caused Jesus to say "Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted."

Matthew 15:22-28
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Photo for 11/11/2008

We cross several small streams as we head up the old railroad grade towards the Waldorf town site…

Points To Ponder 11/11/2008

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PTP: The Bible is the bread of Life, and it never becomes stale.
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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After the feeding of the 5,000. During the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to the disciples (who were in a boat), walking on the lake. Which disciple got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. _ _ _ _ _

Matthew 14:23-32
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Photo for 11/10/2008

Flowers growing next the old railroad grade as we head towards the Waldorf town site…

Points To Ponder 11/10/2008

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PTP: “We must not build on the sands of an uncertain and ever-changing science…but upon the rock of inspired Scriptures.” - Sir Ambrose Flemming, British electrical engineer and inventor, 1849-1945
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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Jesus often referred to the corrupt and vicious ways of the Pharisees and Sadducees. To what ingredient (that is used in the making of bread) did Jesus compare the ways Pharisees and Sadducees to?

_ _ _ _ _ (NIV) or _ _ _ _ _ _ (KJV).

Matthew 16:5-12
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Photo for 11/09/2008

Here is a wild raspberry en route to the summit of Mt. McClellan…

Points To Ponder 11/09/2008

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PTP: Diligence is more important than intelligence.
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters

The name of the first is the Pishon
The name of the second river is the Gihon
The name of the third river is the _________
The fourth river is the Euphrates

Genesis 2:10ff
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Photo for 11/08/2008

Today we are starting a trip to the summit of Mt. McClellan (near Georgetown). For most of the trip we are going to follow the roadbed of the long abandoned Argentine Central (narrow gauge) Railroad. But make no mistake about it……… the “shortcuts” between the switchbacks are definitely four wheel drive roads, and there are definitely some real cliff hangers as we climb to an elevation of 13,177’ feet. This is a photo taken just after we left the pavement where the road crosses over Leavenworth Creek. The pictures that will follow over the next couple of weeks are a combination of pictures taken through the years…the most recent are from a trip Ray and I did this past summer…

Points To Ponder 11/08/2008

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PTP: “Of the many influences that have shaped the United States into a distinctive nation and people, none may be said to be more fundamental and enduring than the Bible.” - President Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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How long did Noah live after the flood? _ _ _ .

How old was Noah when he died? _ _ _

Genesis 9:28-29
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Photo for 11/07/2008

We have now left Alice and are headed back to the Central City area. This photo was taken from the site of the old ghost town of ‘94’. In this view you can see James Peak and St. Mary’s Glacier. In earlier photos we were in “saddle” just above the tail of the glacier.

Points To Ponder 11/07/2008

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PTP: "Aspire to inspire before you expire."
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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When Jesus performed the miracle involving the five loaves of bread and two fish how many men did He feed?

About _, _ _ _ besides women and children.

How many basketfuls of broken pieces were left over? _ _

Matthew 14:17-20
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Photo for 11/06/2008

Old log cabin at the town of Alice.

Points To Ponder 11/06/2008

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PTP: A dog had followed his owner to school. His owner was a fourth grader at a public elementary school. However, when the bell rang, the dog sidled inside the building and made it all the way to the child's classroom before a teacher noticed and shoo'ed him outside, closing the door behind him. The dog sat down, whimpered and stared at the closed doors Then God appeared beside the dog, patted his head, and said, "Don't feel bad fella'.... they won't let ME in either."
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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What are the circumstances surrounding the word MIZPAH, "May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other…….

Genesis 31:48-50
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Photo for 11/05/2008

Old school house at the town of Alice.

Points To Ponder 11/05/2008

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PTP: "The gospel is only good news if it gets there in time" -- Carl F. H. Henry
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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Who had John the Baptist killed? _ _ _ _ _. How was he killed? What was the occasion?

Matthew 14:1-11.
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Photo for 11/04/2008

The remains of an old Bristle Cone Pine Tree as we follow the road on down towards St. Mary’s Glacier and the old town of Alice.

Points To Ponder 11/04/2008

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PTP: "Believers who have the gospel keep mumbling it over and over to themselves. Meanwhile, millions who have never heard it once fall into the flames of eternal hell without ever hearing the salvation story." -- K.P. Yohannan, founder of Gospel for Asia Bible Society
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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Bible Quiz: How many days were the flood waters (Noah’s Flood) upon the earth? _ _ _

Genesis 7:24
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Photo for 11/03/2008

Another old Bristle Cone Pine Tree as we follow the road on down towards St. Mary’s Glacier and the old town of Alice.

Points To Ponder 11/03/2008

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PTP: Be glad that God doesn't give us everything we ask for.
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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Noah was 600 years old the floodgates of the heavens were opened and rain fell on the earth _ _ days and _ _ nights.

Genesis 7:10-12
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Photo for 11/02/2008

The remains of an old Bristle Cone Pine Tree as we follow the road on down towards St. Mary’s Glacier and the old town of Alice.

Points To Ponder 11/02/2008

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PTP: Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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Jesus was born in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in Judea during the time of King Herod.

Matthew 2:1
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