Luke 1:28 - "And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women."

Ephesians 1:6 - "To the praise of the glory of His grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved."

The word "freely given" or "accepted" in Ephesians 1:6 (The Greek word - charitoo) is the same word used for "Highly favored" in Luke 1:28.
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Archaeologists have found the world's oldest limerick written on the wall of a cave in Ireland. It is in an ancient Gaelic language and estimated to be over a thousand years old. They managed to translate it and it goes something like this:

There once was a man in a cave
who smelled bad and needed a shave
He wrote on the walls
and painted his balls
He just never learned to behave.


They do not know who wrote it because he did not leave a signature....

Vancouver, Washington has been experiencing explosive growth in the last few years, for good reason. The area is a hotbed of everything that makes a city a great place to live. We regularly make the lists of top places to live or retire in the US, and people are finally catching on! So, what makes this little city so attractive? Check out these eight facts and decide for yourself:

1. There Is No Income Tax in Washington State

You can save a bundle if you pop over the...

The church extolls Christian Brothers and sisters to fellowship with each other in encouragement and support. In order to build up each other in faith and the Christian Life.
We are to speak of Jesus to those not of the faith, but if it falls...

I've been giving a lot of thought lately to big-picture social & economic concepts. Ideas that sort of reach their little tendrils into everything, but I'm working to keep a philosophical distance and not get lost in the weeds.

This sort of started with a conversation I had with my son recently. I was explaining debit cards and credit cards to him (he is 16.) And I told him, "I have reached a point where I'm paying off this credit card every month, so they are not getting...