Keep it in focus, unless we keep reminding ourselves that the stakes in many particular war about as great as they can be, were going lose. And its got nothing to do with whether theres another regulation of the banks or, you know, whether taxes go up on the rich or dont go up on the rich. I dont dont say they are unimportant. They are tactical or intermediated measured involved in a strategic objective that i think barack obama is very clear about, and is determined to pursue and, god help us may it succeed in doing. [inaudible] [laughter] i want to add briefly and commenting on what norman said about those who love america and those who dont love america. I would like to add a quote from bill buck lee showing that how much you could love america [inaudible] and its the line from the genesis of oaks in which he says, this country of ours so crazy and mixed up much of the time, and yet, still worth everything. Well, of course it has flaws. Everything has flaws. E everything human has f
Let’s meet a couple whose commitment to Christ and to godliness is making headlines. Rebekah Hurford and Kirk Peter plan to get married one day, but they’ve never shared a passionate kiss and are waiting until marriage to do so….
wells, whom, as you know, was one of the most celebrated authors in the english language at the time. whose legendary books are still read today. he was 46, married with two sons, and when they met. and west was a mere girl of 19. who was easily, and i might add, willingly, seduced by his intellectual brilliance and rapacious sexuality. he had indeed wells had indeed met his match in rebecca, but each was as ambitious and self absorbed as the other. and their union quickly unraveled, but it was their son, anthony, who would pay the price. caught in the middle he hunkered for love that neither one of his parents could give him. and though anthony himself was a gifted writer, he chose to siphon his creative energy by punishing his mother for his illegitimate birth. she became through his eyes force of deception, corruption, and mendacity. but it may be said that neither west now are wells, nor thompson nor lewis, had the slightest notion of how to love one another, or their s
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