Looking Forward to Ben Stein's "Expelled"

Click here to see the trailer.

Any way you slice it, Ben is going to get a lot of flack for this (just click here to see some of the rebuttal videos on You Tube).

I think he is an incredible guy for doing what he is doing - he has my support.

The Left is Soon to Folllow...

Remember when Iran's beady-eyed leader,
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad held that conference devoted to the denial of the Nazi Holocaust?

Well, brace yourselves, because now he is denying that the World Trade Center's Twin Towers actually were destroyed in September 11, 2001.
Yes, you read that correctly - he is saying that it didn't happen; any of it. There were no people killed, there were no planes, any of it.

This can only mean one thing; the Left will be questioning whether 9-11 actually happened or not. After all, magicians can make the Statue of Liberty disappear, can't they? Maybe George Bush is so sinister that he brainwashed us into thinking that this really happened...

(thanks http://www.lekarev.org/)

"We Need More White People"

Evidently the paper that broke this story has been overloaded by the Drudgereport.com link, because I can't get through. I have linked to "The Weekly Standard" instead.

The Obama campaign has made race the primary issue in this race, and it just keeps getting more and more sick.
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While the crowd was indeed diverse, some students at the event questioned the practices of Mrs. Obama’s event coordinators, who handpicked the crowd sitting behind Mrs. Obama. The Tartan’s correspondents observed one event coordinator say to another, “Get me more white people, we need more white people.” To an Asian girl sitting in the back row, one coordinator said, “We’re moving you, sorry. It’s going to look so pretty, though.”

“I didn’t know they would say, ‘We need a white person here,’ ” said attendee and senior psychology major Shayna Watson, who sat in the crowd behind Mrs. Obama. “I understood they would want a show of diversity, but to pick up people and to reseat them, I didn’t know it would be so outright.” (emphasis mine)

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May I interject?
What we need is more people that are not concerned
with the color of other people's skin.
It seems to me that the Obama's won't allow this to be a race of merit, but rather a race of race. The reason is simple - Barack Obama has no merit on which to run. This was proven the moment we all got as look at his "spiritual adviser and mentor" Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

"...Hey! We need a couple more evil white folks over here!
Middle class white people - pronto!"

Can it get more disgusting?

Jimmy... What Has Become Of You?

Its been a long time since I posted something about "The Jimmy Carter," but this couldn't get by unnoticed.

"The Jimmy" has shed all dignity, and is now openly meeting with Hamas leaders.
Ronald Regan is turning over in his grave.

From Foxnews.com:

NEW YORK CITY — Former President Jimmy Carter is reportedly preparing an unprecedented meeting with the leader of Hamas, an organization that the U.S. government considers one of the leading terrorist threats in the world.

The Arabic-language newspaper Al-Hayat reported Tuesday that Carter was planning a trip to Syria for mid-April, during which he would meet with Khaled Meshal, the exiled head of the Palestinian terror group Hamas, on April 18.

Deanna Congileo, Carter’s press secretary, confirmed in an e-mail to FOXNews.com that Carter will be in the Mideast in April. Pressed for comment, Congileo did not deny that the former president is considering visiting Meshal.

“President Carter is planning a trip to the Mideast next week; however, we are still confirming details of the trip and will issue a press release by the end of this week,” wrote Congileo. “I cannot confirm any specific meetings at this point in time.”

Meshal, who lives in Syria to avoid being arrested by the Israeli government, leads Hamas from his seat in Damascus, where he is a guest of Bashar al-Assad's regime.

Read the rest here.

Photo from Cox and Forkum.

Flight 93 Revisited

Click here to go to the online petition to stop this abomination from being built.


From worldnetdaily.com:

A group of concerned citizens has been raising alarms about the Islamic elements planned for the Flight 93 Memorial near Shanksville, Pa., for years. And a member of Congress has demanded the National Park Service make changes in its plans.

But there's been no substantive response, and now the activists say it's time for the American people to let officials know whether they want to pay for and have installed in the memorial a crescent that points to Mecca to make up a "mihrab," the foundational point for every Islamic mosque, a tower that has been designed like an Islamic sundial and 44 memorial glass blocks, one each for the passengers, crew and terrorists aboard Flight 93.

The new petition is being promoted both online and on paper, and it tells the government simply to investigate the design of the memorial, which is to honor the passengers and crew members of Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001.

Authorities believe the hijacked flight may have been the bomb that was supposed to hit the White House or the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Three other flights hijacked that day by Islamic terrorists hit the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, killing just under 3,000 people.

Read the rest here.

Sabbath (Shabbat) Table Setting

I get a lot of visits from people who want to see what a typical Sabbath table looks like, and our Havdalah just came in the mail, and my wife made round Challa bread so... I thought I would put a new picture on to show what ours looks like.
I can't say that it is totally traditional, but that isn't what we are after anyway. We have taken hold of the traditional elements of Shabbat that show a vivid picture of Yeshua (Jesus), and the things that will stick out in our kid's minds as they grow up.
I wanted to show some of the instruments because playing music with my kids is a bg part of our Sabbath evening - next to dinner, my favorite part.

The Havdalah set is used at sundown Saturday night, as sort of a 'farewell' to the Shabbat. You can read about it here.
Funny thing about our Havdalah set; I ordered it from a place in Jerusalem, and was excited about getting it. We waited about six weeks for it to arrive, and when it did, it was beautiful - flawless white porcelain, silver gray and black lettering in Hebrew calligraphy.

I turned it over...

and it said "Made in China."


Shabbat Shalom!

All The King's Men

He was a great man, flanked by mediocrity and ignorance.
I don't agree with all of Martin Luther King Jr's theology, but there is no denying that his message was one of peace, and action through taking the high road.
King was a dynamic leader with an infectious spirit of freedom.


All that said, I think it is safe to say that he be disgusted with the
Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson of today.
I'll step out on a limb here, and also say thatI don't think he would
be rallying behind the irreverent Jeremiah Wright either.

Remember the 80's?

So, my wife is wanting to start making Maessianic T-shirt designs.
So far, she seems to be a natural too, take a look at her first creation:


...I like it.
When I was growing up, my neighbor had a very manly female cousin
who used to always wear a bright yellow t-shirt that said,

"You toucha my shirt, I breaka you face."

It was highly appropriate for her.

Other Mangos!?

This one isn't named Mango, but he likes to eat mangos...so he's alright by me.

The Carpenter's Shop - podcasting on iTunes

Hello everybody!
We get a lot of questions about why we do Passover instead of Easter; go to church on Saturday instead of Sunday, eat kosher, etc. So, we are podcasting teachings from the radio show our church did locally, and our weekly sermons.

You can subscribe through iTunes by clicking here, or if you want to listen without subscribing or downloading the entire episode (about 28Mb, or 30 min.) you can go to http://www.thewordisgrace.mypodcast.com/, and listen to it via streaming audio. Thanks, and please email me with any feedback.

In Christ,
Mang

Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect?
It is God that justifieth. -Romans 8:33

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Virtual Vietnam War Memorial: Panel 23W, Line 50

Samuel E Benge

Private First Class - E3

Light Weapons Infantry (ARMY)

Hometown: New Ross, IN

Religion: Methodist

Marital Status: Single, Male

Birth: Nov 13, 1948

Tour Start Date: May 2, 1969

Casualty/Death Date: June 3, 1969

Casualty Type: Hostile, Died

Cause: Multiple Fragmentation Wounds

Place of Death: Binh Duong, South Vietnam

Major Command: 25^th Inf Div

Battalion: 1^st Bn

Regiment: 27^th Infantry

Panel 23W

Line 50

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They say that being in the presence of the Vietnam War Memorial wall leaves you without words. The ominous black stone bearing so many names of men that died in combat strikes the looker with a sense of awe that is experienced nowhere else in the world.
I have never had the honor of going to the wall, so when I read on the news yesterday that there was a virtual wall website, I went there immediately.

I found what I was looking for.

...one month and one day.

Even though it is on my computer screen,
It still strikes me speechless.
Even if just for a moment.

Click here, or on the image above to go to the sight;
you will not be sorry.

Don't add or take away...

So, if we are not supposed to add or take away from God's Holy Word,

...what about all of those tiny New Testaments?
Isn't that sort of like giving somebody the last chapter of their car's owner's manual?

They Deserve Their Own State?

(click on image to watch the video)From Arutz Sheva - IsraelNationalNews.com:

Child Kills Bush, White House Becomes Mosque' on Hamas TV
A Hamas TV children's puppet show confirms Fitna-movie premise: Moslem child stabs Bush to death, White House becomes mosque.

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If you are on dial-up and can not watch the video, the puppet that is saying "I will kill you Bush..." is a little boy.
I guarantee that you will not see this on the news tonight. Just imagine if this was a Christian church in the US - the backlash would be huge - not for the "Palestinians" though. They are relentlessly called "freedom fighters" and "activists" rather than hate-mongers.

It is worth noting that this is their own declared intent for the United States; to turn it into a Muslim nation, subject to Sharia law. And it is already happening all over the world.

Shabbat Shalom from Mango and Me

As you can see, Mango woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.
Thank God Sabbath is finally here.

(click on the photo to see a huge version of this picture - its worth it)

If I don't get the time to post again, have a good Sabbath!

The Word Is Grace on PodBean.com

The Word Is Grace is starting to show up in the search engines - first on the list is Podbean.com, where we show up in the number two spot.
"Messianic Jewish Teachings" above us in the really good podcast that I mentioned in prior posts. I listen to it frequently.Click here to check it out.

Listen to "Operation Chaos" right here, right now.

Click the logo to listen to the show on WIBC.com


Click this image to go to Rush's store to buy Operation Chaos stuff:

Bo Snerdley: Certified Black Enough to Criticize Obama

Bo Snerdley is up to the task.

Taken in its entirety from Rushlimbaugh.com:

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT

RUSH: Ladies and gentlemen, it has been awhile since we have heard from the Official Obama Criticizer, but we do now have a moment to spend with the Official Obama Criticizer of the EIB Network, Mr. Bo Snerdley.

SNERDLEY: This is Bo Snerdley, official criticizer for the EIB Network, certified black enough to criticize. I have a statement. Senator Obama, we understand the need for you to take time off with your family, but this is a presidential race, and while you were away, your former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, continued making news. Now he's attacking Italian-Americans, referring to them as garlic noses. Senator Obama, one of your platforms is that you would speak to America's enemies, persuade them somehow to become our friends. Yet you apparently can't even speak with your friend, your former pastor, after all that has happened in recent weeks and persuade him to just be quiet, for the sake of your own campaign to be quiet and for the sake of unity. Mr. Obama, we're losing hope, and it's very sad.

And now the translation for the brothers and the sisters in the EIB community: Yo Barack, I had you confused with the brother that knows how to throw down. Your homey, first he goes out and disses the World War II vets, he disses us dropping the bomb to win a war, then he lifts some lines from brother Malcolm. All right, all right, that was cool. But after all that, it starts to blow over. What does he do? He comes out and disses the Italians. What's next, bro? He's going to diss the Jews? Yo, Obama, tell your homey to shut up, at least, man, until you win. Your main B man, he sounds like he's hooked on madness, and what are you doing? Chilling somewhere out in the Caribbean. Yo, bro, you in the game, you wanted to be in the game, now you in the game. In the game, you either play or you get played. And bro, you're getting played out by your homey, Reverend Wright. That concludes our statement.

RUSH: That's the Official Obama Criticizer, Bo Snerdley.

END TRANSCRIPT

I have gotten more hits to this website from my Bo Snerdley post than just about any other topic I have put on here. Please check out the new podcasts and Messianic teaching peppered through out this blog - that is its main purpose... well, that and to point out the ridiculousness of liberal Democrats, of course.

Keep it coming Rush - you are indeed the Doctor of Democracy, El Rush-bo, Maja-Rushdi, America's Anchorman, the only media man bringing the truth to the American people.
And true conservatives everywhere thank you for it... and for the input of Mr. Bo Snerdley.

Rabbi Paul - Misunderstood Hebrew of Hebrews

Many of us read the epistles written by Paul thinking that they are fairly easy to understand. Peter tells us that not only are Paul’s teachings sometimes difficult to understand, but that people were already misinterpreting them in his day.

…maybe we don’t fully understand who Paul was and what he was saying after all.

(Click the logo below to go to the podcsast)

Listen with us as Jim Denman and Tim Terry look into the rabbi who wrote no less than 20 books in the scriptures we have today; a man who called himself a Hebrew of Hebrews, a Pharisee, and zealous for the Law above all others.

Why was Paul willing to take a Nazarite vow, which calls for a sin offering to be sacrifice; then pay for the sacrifice of others – as a born again believer? Why did Paul, just before his death, call himself a Pharisee? Why would Paul quote the Torah in order to tell us that we are no longer “under the Law?”

These questions and many more on The Word is Grace at The Carpenter’s Shop!

Like, they were - you know, shooting at me... you know?

Man, Hillary gets on my nerves.
Here's one reason:


"I went to 80 countries, you know. I gave contemporaneous accounts, I wrote about a lot of this in my book. You know, I think that, a minor blip, you know, if I said something that, you know, I say a lot of things—millions of words a day—so if I misspoke, that was just a misstatement." (-Mang ...you know?)

Of course this is in response to her being called out on
her "ducking sniper fire in Bosnia" story, where she lied through her teeth and claimed that our servicemen put her in direct fire.
Puh-lease.

I like, like I don't care much for like, you know, like the way she like, talks... ya know? You can't ever like, you know, tell like, well, like when she's lying or something...
...you know?