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In Light of the Passing of Those of Great Fame and Fortune. (i.e., Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett etc…) The Old Testament Book of Ecclesiastes is the tragic biography of Adam’s fallen race (i.e., humanity) told by the wisest of all men, King Solomon. King Solomon possessed it all: wisdom, brilliance, discernment, authority, prestige, riches/ wealth, property/ possessions, power, fame, women and glory. Amazingly, as he was reflecting on his life in his last days, he made this very sobering and tragic statement: “Vanity of vanities…all is vanity” (Eccl. 1:1-15, 12:7-8). In possessing all of this stature and achievement, it never...

If, as President Bush said last year, it is to be “liberty’s century,” the members of the Fourteenth Generation are the appointed guardians. The first chapter of Matthew’s Gospel opens the New Testament with a genealogy. It is a Christmas list -- not a wish list, but a Providential list. It is the outworking of God’s Hand in the generations through history, culminating in the birth of Christ. Matthew 1:17 summarizes the genealogy. “So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying...

Near Kut, southeast of Capital (location of said division)Iraqi TV says top officials meeting right now

Australian 'Human Shields' Vow to StayAustralian acting as human shields are determined to stay despite the possiblity for war. Port Kembla barrister Rosemary Gillepsie, 62 is one of five Australians covering three sites that may be of interest to the United States Military.'I am staying put and everybody, all of the other Australians I have spoken to as of yesterday, intended to stay put,' she said.'None of the people I have spoken to have indicated any intention of leaving whatsoever.'