[The Mayor]

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True Religion
April 26, 2012

I recently saw an ad for a brand of clothing geared toward youth. It consists of blue jeans and all the accessories designed to go with them. There is nothing novel about that. What got my attention, however, was the name of this clothing line. It is called “True Religion.” That caused me to stop and think. Why was that name chosen? Am I missing some deeper significance? What is the connection between a brand of jeans and true religion? What do they mean by it? My musings left me with questions for which I had no answers.

I am thankful that the book of James is clear when describing true religion or true faith: “Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world” (1:27). That is refreshing. “True religion”—genuine faith—is an expression of how we relate to our God. One evidence of our new identity in Christ is the way we care for one another—reaching to the most frail and vulnerable among us, to those most in need of help.

True religion is not a garment to be taken on and off. It is a lofty challenge about how we live before a holy God and others.

True religion is to know The love that Christ imparts; True religion is to show His love to burdened hearts. —D. De Haan

You don’t advertise your religion by wearing a label—
you do it by living a life.

Read: James 1:19-27

Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world. —James 1:27

Bible in a Year:
2 Chronicles 10-13

[ConorMacNessa]

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BOSTON, (Oct. 21, 2009) Boatswains Mate 2nd Class Philip Gagnon pipes as USS Constitution performs an underway demonstration in honor of the three-masted wooden frigate's 212th birthday. (U.S. Navy photo by Airman Mark Alexander/Released).
(Click for Bosun’s Whistle)



USS Constitution's 1812 Marine Guard fire vintage Springfield flintlock muskets during the ship's underway. "Old Ironsides" was underway for the "Constitution Day Cruise," which is conducted to thank the family and supporters of Constitution. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Nick Lyman (RELEASED)

OUR TROOPS ROCK!!!!!!!

Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners.

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Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God

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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, They're fighting for our Freedom.

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God Bless Our Republic

I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic, for which it stands;
one nation UNDER GOD,
indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.

Prayers going up

[MoochPooch]

Evening, Kathy.

Woohoo, I’m one of the first in!

[BIGLOOK]

b>Aloha Night Owl!</b>

[SevenofNine]

I got question for married couple on Canteen would you divorce your spouse say you foind out he/she had one night stand in 1940s while you were fighting WW2

This Italian dude doing it

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8982958/99-year-old-divorces-wife-after-he-discovered-1940s-affair.html

[SevenofNine]

I got question for married couple on Canteen would you divorce your spouse say you foind out he/she had one night stand in 1940s while you were fighting WW2

This Italian dude doing it

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8982958/99-year-old-divorces-wife-after-he-discovered-1940s-affair.html

[SkyDancer]

Hi All!

A Beautiful Welcome Home!

Forever Faithful ...

Bring Them All Home Safe!

[Kathy in Alaska]

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[RC2]

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[tomkow6]

 

 

 

 

 Good morning,

EVERYBODY!

GOOD

MORNING

TROOPS!

 

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[beachn4fun]

SOUP FOR THE TROOPS

WELCOME TO

(where our troops, allies and their families can refresh themselves)

Good morning, Everyone.
Good morning to our

Military, our Allies, and their families.

Thank you, Ma, for preparing the Canteen for today's activities
WOW! Saw the picture of the F-16 Fighting Falcons
and got goose bumps!
What an awesome sight.

Sorry, I'm late but had some work things to do before logging on.

~ Today...Showers this morning...
Then showers with isolated thunderstorms this afternoon.
Highs in the lower 70s.
Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 90 percent.

~ Tonight... Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
with isolated thunderstorms in the evening...
Then mostly clear after midnight.
Lows in the mid 40s.
West winds 15 to 20 mph...
Becoming northwest after midnight.
Chance of rain 50 percent.

Making Z Zoup
A hand full of this...a splash of that...

Houdini was the first man to fly an airplane solo in Australia.

Horn & Hardart opened the first U.S. automat in Philadelphia in 1902.

Boxer George Foreman has named his five sons "George."

If one were to capture and bottle a comet's 10,000-mile vapor trail,
the amount of vapor actually present in the bottle
would take up less than 1 cubic inch of space.

Chang Hsien-chung, a Chinese bandit,
is credited with having killed 40 million people
between 1643 and 1648.
He completely wiped out the population of Szechwan province.

I've got to make my rounds.
But, you stay right where you are.
Keep the troops entertained and the Canteen clean...
Cause...if you don't...I'll tell Ma!

Come in and sit for a while.

There's always plenty of coffee, tea,
pancakes, conversation, silliness,
and plain old BS

PLEASE REMEMBER THEM ....

DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM

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