Podcasts about coldness

The frozen heart of hell. Today, Dcn. Harrison Garlick is joined by Mr. Evan Amato to discuss the frozen wastes of the 9th Circle of Hell - the damned guilty of treachery (or complex fraud).Check out thegreatbookspodcast.com for other great books to read!A few questions from our guide to Dante's Inferno:78. What happens in the ninth circle of hell: Treachery (Complex Fraud) (Canto 34)?Pressing onward, Virgil leads the Pilgrim to “Judecca”—named after Judas Iscariot—in which those souls that have betrayed their benefactors or their lords are frozen completely in the ice.[1] The Pilgrim notes the distorted figures, saying: “To me they looked like straws worked into glass.”[2] Finally, the Pilgrim sees the gigantic figure of Satan. The figure of Lucifer, the arch-traitor against his Benefactor and Lord, God, is frozen in the ice to the waist as his six bat-like wings eternally beating—thus, causing the wind that freezes all in the pit of hell.[3] The Pilgrim observes, Satan, who has three faces on his head, “wept from his six eyes, and down three chins were dripping tears mixed with bloody slaver.”[4] Each one of Satan's faces bears a distinct color—red, yellow, and black—and in each mouth Lucifer “crunched a sinner.”[5] In the mouth of the central red face, Judas, who “suffers most of all,” and is inserted headfirst.[6] The other two souls are inserted legs first and they are Brutus in the black face—“see how he squirms in silent desperation”—and Cassius in the yellow face."[7] Bringing their journey to an end, Virgil, with the Pilgrim on his back, first climbs down the hairy shanks of Satan, and second, after passing the center of the earth, climbs up the legs of Satan.[8] Heading out toward the Mount of Purgatory, the Pilgrim and Virgil exit the earth and behold the stars in the sky.[9] 79. Why does Dante the Poet use ice to describe the bottom of hell?In Aristotle's Metaphysics, when he must answer how does the Unmoved Mover move all things if the Unmoved Mover does not move, he answers: love (eros). God is Pure Act, and all things are drawn to him by love—in other words, though unmoved himself, he is the source of all movement in the cosmos. As such, the pit of hell would be the furthest from God; thus, evil, as a type of anti-movement and anti-love finds a poetic home in the imagery of ice. Furthermore, evil is a privation of the good. Evil is not something real but rather something unreal, a lack. Evil is like a hole in the ground or like darkness is to light. Similarly, evil is like cold is the heat. Coldness is not necessarily real per se but is rather the absence of heat. Evil is the absence of good. As such, ice again makes a good image of evil and a fitting pit to a hell structured according to love.80. Why is the...

Our Fey heroes continue their battle under the mansion, facing ice wraith knights in an attempt to destroy the barrier engine.

Sermon delivered on the Fifth Sunday After the Epiphany, 2025, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, by Rev. Tobias Bayer. Epistle: Col. 3, 12-17. Gospel: St. Matthew 13, 24-30.

The Spin Chagrin, a concept that finds Frank having to watch a movie he's never seen before based on the random spin of a wheel filled with off-the-wall genres, continues into its fourth year. All the categories are quotables from Frank himself. In this episode, Frank's category was "You Can't Give the TV AIDS.” For this category, he watched and reviewed four different movies although only two are featured. They include the little known horror movies, Fatima's Revenge and The Coldness, plus a Korean virus thriller Deranged and the third installment of the Cabin Fever series.

Join a psychiatric nurse as she recounts a story that gave her chills in a place where you least expect it: a psychiatric ward. A lovely middle-aged woman with a fearful mind and a sinister shadow following her… but was it a symptom of her illness? Or was something darker using her vulnerability as a doorway? Coldness, fear, and the unshakable feeling of being followed, this nurse's encounter in a forensic setting goes beyond mental health and dives straight into the supernatural. Was it just a symptom, or was there something truly haunting her?   If you have a real ghost story or supernatural event to report, please write into our show or call 1-855-853-4802! If you like the show, please help keep us on the air and support the show by becoming a Premium Subscriber. Subscribe here: http://www.ghostpodcast.com/?page_id=118 or at or at http://www.patreon.com/realghoststories

Comment on this episode by going to KDramaChat.com. Today, we'll be discussing Episode 8 of See You In My 19th Life, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Shin Hye-sun as Ban Ji-eum, Ahn Bo-hyun as Moon Seo-ha, Ha Yoon-kyung as Yoon Cho-won, Ahn Dong-goo as Ha Do-yoon, and Cha Chung Hwa as Kim Ae-gyeong. We discuss:The songs we featured during the recap:Coldness by HEORomantic by Hee Nam DoBlue by Bang Kyung HoThe significance of the show's opening sequence, including:The infinity symbol that transforms into a norigae, representing Ban Ji-eum's endless reincarnation cycle that started 1,000 years ago, when she wore hanbok with norigae.The red string of fate, symbolizing the deep connection between Ban Ji-eum and Moon Seo-ha across lifetimes.Water as a recurring motif, symbolizing time, renewal, and the fluidity of life.The presence of symbols representing Ban Ji-eum's various lives and her connections to Moon Seo-ha.The episode's major plot developments:Ban Ji-eum's memory flashback showing Moon Seo-ha with a bloody sword in her first life.The abandoned building scene where Moon Seo-ha witnesses Mr. Bang's body fall from above.The attack on Moon Seo-ha and his emotional breakdown upon learning his uncle ordered the accident that killed Yoon Ju-won.Ban Ji-eum's confrontation with her father, who was responsible for the accident.The reveal that Kang Min-gi, Ban Ji-eum, and Moon Seo-ha were all connected in Ban Ji-eum's first life.The chilling cassette tape proving Moon Seo-ha's uncle orchestrated the accident.The episode's emotional climax: Ban Ji-eum playing Remember on the piano and revealing to Moon Seo-ha that she was Yoon Ju-won.The continued tension between Ha Do-yoon and Yoon Cho-won, with Yoon Cho-won refusing to give up on him.CEO Jang's mysterious influence and connection to Moon Seo-ha's uncle, and her reaction to receiving gladiolus flowers from Hanna.Thoughts on the episode title, Casting One's Fate Unto the Dice, and how it reflects Ban Ji-eum's risky decision to reveal her past life.The shows we're watching now.Exciting rumors that Scarlet Heart RYEO is coming to Viki!ReferencesBang Kyung Ho on Apple MusicThe Circular Building from KPop videos and K Dramas

S! H! Wait…  Nicole's having issues with spelling today! This week Nicole breaks down the beats in the movie Curly Sue, Sasheer shares about getting better at skating, Nicole gets a new indoor pole, Sasheer shares that she is a morning person, Nicole has weak snaps and cute sneezes, Sasheer teaches us what a housecoat is, Nicole opens up about her tambourine dreams, and more. They take a quiz to find out what their chronotype is, and answer listener questions on how to influence your roommates towards good interior design as well as gift ideas for best friends who live far away. Here is the quiz we took: https://www.purewow.com/wellness/chronotype-quizEmail or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at:nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com424-645-7003  Get access to all the podcasts you love, music channels and radio shows with the SiriusXM App! Get 3 months free using this show link: https://siriusxm.com/friends.

“Ironically, in a world in which the individual makes himself the measure of all things, the individual eventually counts for nothing… By means of anonymity, the narrator has depicted a sinister world of alienation, denigration, and deconstruction.” -Judges & Ruth: New American Commentary by Daniel BlockIsrael's moral decay:- Broken families- Subjugation of others- Coldness toward others- Vile sexual abuse- Indifference- Manipulation/ deceit- Excessive retribution- Indiscriminate violence- Fixing sin with more sin

A sermon series on the book of Acts.

We're traveling this week! So enjoy one of our favorite episodes from last year! - If you're riding along with us today, enjoy the shower we just installed on the back and the complimentary sleeping bags, because May has us so busy there's no point in getting out. Where do we even begin, this show is packed with rants, jabs, and laughs on the unrelenting family schedule of the late spring season, Taylor Swift's Era err (Enlightenment tour?), annoying grandma's, dying in the desert, a Dingo Bingo on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and much more. Jon us at the Dustin Nickerson Comedy Fans Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/dustinnickersoncomedy Enjoy the show! Sponsor: DILLY COMPANY Get 10% off your entire order at http://www.thedillyco.com and us promo code “backseater”. Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family from Dustin Nickerson | (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy : https://youtu.be/0Dybn3Atj9k Don't forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson. Order Dustin's book: How to Be Married (To Melissa) today!” https://www.thomasnelson.com/p/how-to-be-married-to-melissa/ Give a little More and Get a Little More from us on Patreon! Head to https://www.patreon.com/DustinNickerson for the Patreon Pre Show with behind the scenes podcast rants, exclusive bonus content, and to help support the show. Want to be a part of the show? Shoot us a message to dontmakemecomebackthere@gmail.com and get your very own horrible parenting/relationship advice. Don't Make Me Come Back There is edited & produced in partnership with Andy Lara at http://www.andylikeswords.com    

It's time for the continuing adventures of Aldarion as he finally has eyes for Erendis. As he sails off for distant shores. Plus, the Green Bough of Return and more beautiful names of trees!

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! Colabora Con Biblioteca Del Metal: En Twitter - https://twitter.com/Anarkometal72 Y Donanos Unas Propinas En BAT. Para Seguir Con El Proyecto De la Biblioteca Mas Grande Del Metal. Muchisimas Gracias. La Tienda De Biblioteca Del Metal: Encontraras, Ropa, Accesorios,Decoracion, Ect... Todo Relacionado Al Podcats Biblioteca Del Metal Y Al Mundo Del Heavy Metal. Descubrela!!!!!! Ideal Para Llevarte O Regalar Productos Del Podcats De Ivoox. (Por Tiempo Limitado) https://teespring.com/es/stores/biblioteca-del-metal-1 Advertencia: Decidí hacer esta mezcla para mostrar algunas canciones menos conocidas y (en su mayoría) subestimadas de la banda finlandesa de power metal Stratovarius. TrackList: 0:00 Break The Ice (Twilight Time) 5:25 Reign of Terror (Dreamspace) 8:54 Atlantis (Dreamspace 10:01 Gypsy in me (Black album) 14:29 Black Diamond Demo Version (Visions, Japan release) 19:37 Galaxies (Fourth dimension) 24:39 Abyss (Dreamspace) 29:37 It's a mystery (Intermission) 33:42 Metal Frenzy (Twilight time) 36:03 Maniac dance (Black album) 40:40 We hold the key (Fourth dimension) 48:37 I did it my way (Revolution Renessaince demo album) 52:42 Papillon (Elements pt.1) 59:50 No Turning Back (Destiny) 1:04:04 Kill The King - Tribute to dio (Intermission) 1:08:43 United (Black album) 1:15:57 Uncertainty (Episode) 1:21:56 In My Line of Work (Eternal) 1:26:12 Madnesssssss strikes at midnight (Twilight time) 1:33:12 Wings Of Tomorrow (Dreamspace) Stratovarius es una banda finlandesa de power metal melódico con elementos de música clásica, fundado en 1984 en Helsinki por Tuomo Lassila, John Vihervä y Staffan Stråhlman bajo el nombre Black Water. A partir de 1986 se le ha conocido como Stratovarius (término inventado por Lassila que fusiona dos instrumentos musicales: Stradivarius, instrumentos de cuerda (como los violines) altamente apreciados por los músicos; y Stratocaster, (modelo de guitarra eléctrica de la marca Fender).​ Stratovarius es una de las pioneras del power metal y el metal sinfónico. Actualmente, la banda no cuenta con ningún miembro original, pero el miembro más antiguo es su vocalista, Timo Kotipelto, seguido por el teclista Jens Johansson. En 1984, Staffan Stråhlman, John Vihervä y Tuomo Lassila formaron su primera banda, llamada Black Water, que, posteriormente, en 1985, renombrarían como Stratovarius. Después de un año tocando y de haber sacado dos demos, Stråhlman decidió dejar la banda. Entonces, Tuomo Lassila buscó a un guitarrista que se encargara también de la voz. Tras varias audiciones encontraron a Timo Tolkki, un joven finlandés proveniente de Nurmijärvi que había tocado en una banda llamada Road Block.​ Con Timo Tolkki en la guitarra y en la voz, Tuomo Lassila buscó un teclista de origen finlandés para completar la banda, uniéndose así Antti Ikonen. Tras recorrer algunas discográficas de Finlandia firmaron con CBS Finland. En 1987, John Vihervä abandonó el grupo y fue reemplazado por Jyrki Lentonen. En 1988 lanzaron sus dos primeros sencillos, «Future Shock» y «Black Night». En 1989 publicaron su primer álbum, titulado Fright Night, al que acompañaron de una pequeña gira por Europa en la que visitaron países como Dinamarca, Rusia y Noruega. Tras unos problemas con Jyrki Lentonen, este dejó la banda y su puesto en el bajo fue ocupado por Jari Beakman. En 1991, por conflictos con CBS Finland, firmaron con una discográfica poco conocida llamada Bluelight Records para editar su segundo disco, un álbum titulado Stratovarius II, del que apenas saldrían 1000 copias a la venta. Tras haber lanzado el álbum Stratovarius II, poco tiempo después, se haría una nueva versión de él ya que el dueño de la discográfica alemana Noise Records quedó sorprendido de que tan buen álbum no fuera tomado en cuenta. De esta manera se les dio una nueva oportunidad, para esta vez, lanzarlo internacionalmente. Así, en 1992, regrabaron el álbum, renombrándolo como Twilight Time. Fue lanzado en toda Europa y algunos países de Asia y además en ese año también editaron la canción Break The Ice. Después de haber lanzado el álbum, tendrían un impresionante número de ventas en Japón, donde superarían a grupos importantes, como X Japan, Deep Purple y Black Sabbath. Esto, los sorprendió, con lo cual, planearon su primera gira internacional, visitando algunos países de Europa y Asia. Después de la fama conseguida con Twilight Time, sale de la banda Jari Behm quien tuvo poca participación en el grupo a pesar de haber permanecido dos años en ella, entonces la banda decide no descansar y contratan a Jari Kainulainen que reemplaza a Jari Behm en el bajo y lanzan su próximo álbum que sería titulado Dreamspace. Colocan a la venta dos demos y liberaron la canción Wings Of Tomorrow. Este álbum obtuvo mayor cantidad de ventas que sus dos álbumes anteriores y es el primero en que participa el joven Jari Kainulainen con la banda; ya después de esto la banda saldría nuevamente de gira y, además, el álbum superaría el número de ventas de su anterior obra. Por otra parte Tolkki logra su sueño de lanzar un álbum como solista titulado Classical Variations And Themes en el mismo año que fue lanzado el Dreamspace. Después de haber lanzado el álbum Dreamspace y de tocar en el Giants of Rock Timo Tolkki decide dejar las voces para dedicarse exclusivamente a la guitarra ya que no se veía con futuro como cantante. Entonces decide hacer una audición donde buscaba un cantante que pudiese alcanzar tonos muy altos. El elegido fue Timo Kotipelto, un joven finlandés que venía de cantar en su antigua banda Filthy Asses. Según la leyenda dice que Kotipelto escuchó su primer álbum Fright Night diciendo que buena banda, después de algunos ensayos Tolkki sorprendido por la voz del joven fue elegido para el siguiente álbum. En 1995 la banda decidió lanzar otro álbum titulado Fourth Dimension con un sonido muy diferente al anterior y la voz de Kotipelto que se convertiría en un sello personal en el estilo del grupo. El disco salió a la venta en marzo de 1995 el cual fue muy bien recibido por el público, logrando fama mundial grabando el vídeo Against The Wind. En este álbum se nota un nuevo rumbo musical de la banda optando por sonidos de música clásica combinados con heavy metal. Fourth Dimension superó el número de ventas de Twilight Time y Dreamspace. Siguió una gira internacional por varios países de Europa y en Japón. La banda lanzó a la venta su primer álbum en vivo titulado Live In Three Dimensions, el álbum salió a la venta solamente en Japón y fueron lanzadas muy pocas copias. Y un segundo álbum en vivo Twilight In The East (Live in Osaka W'Ohol) salió a fines del mismo año. Además se graba el DVD titulado "Live In Germany" que salió a la venta 4 meses después de los álbumes en vivo. Después de terminar la gira de la banda, Timo Tolkki le dijo a Tuomo Lassila y Antti Ikonen que quería hacer una música más rápida y potente que la que actualmente estaban haciendo, entonces Lassila y Ikonen deciden salir de la banda porque ya no se sentían dispuestos a continuar con el legado que Tolkki quería imponer. Con Tuomo Lassila y Antti Ikonen fuera de la banda, Tolkki se emprende en busca de un nuevo teclista y un nuevo batería, que en una charla con Timo Kotipelto y Jari Kainulainen, deciden buscar los nuevos miembros de Stratovarius fuera de Finlandia. En 1996 los nuevos miembros serían Jörg Michael y Jens Johansson que ya eran unos músicos consolidados, por su parte Jörg Michael venía de la famosa banda Rage, en ese momento de igual manera, Jens Johansson era un músico que gozaba de fama internacional y que en aquel entonces residía en Estados Unidos donde fue pretendido por la joven banda Dream Theater quienes querían optar de sus servicios. Con Jörg Michael, un extraordinario baterista, Jens Johansson reconocido como uno de los teclistas más rápidos del mundo, Timo Tolkki un excelente guitarrista y Timo Kotipelto, con una calidad vocal excelente, deciden sacar lo que sería su nuevo álbum Episode. Este disco contó con el apoyo de una orquesta, posee un sonido melódico, dramático y sinfónico, con canciones mucho más potentes y veloces que en sus anteriores álbumes. El álbum obtuvo muy buenas críticas y alcanzó el Top 40 en Finlandia y el Top 10 de Japón. De este álbum destacan "Eternity", "Speed of Light", Father Time, la balada "Forever" y "Will The Sun Rise?". La banda viaja a Japón donde graba su tercer álbum en vivo Episode In The East. En 1997 la banda lanza su sexto álbum de estudio titulado como Visions. Este disco contaría con las famosas canciones The Kiss of Judas y Black Diamond que serían muy referentes en este estilo musical en el futuro. El álbum alcanzó su primer disco de oro. Los 10 minutos de la canción Visions hicieron que fuera la más larga desde sus inicios 1985 hasta aquel 1997. El álbum logró estar en la posición número #4 en Finlandia manteniéndose por 24 semanas en el Top 40 y ser el más vendido en ese año. La banda aprovechó para realizar una extensa gira que abarcó Europa, Japón y Sudamérica por primera vez, brindándonos grandiosos temas como Kiss of Judas, Legions of the Twilight, Forever Free, la épica Visions y su tema más emblemático, Black Diamond. Además de lanzar al mercado su primer álbum compilado titulado The Past And Now. En abril se lanzó un doble disco en vivo titulado "Visions in Brazil" más el DVD titulado "Live In Rio". En 1998 la banda lanza dos álbumes en vivo titulados "Live In Jyrki" y en DVD que fue lanzado a principios del año y Visions of Europe que sería grabado en Italia y Grecia publicados en año casi a fines del 1998. Además, a fines de octubre se lanzó el nuevo álbum titulado Destiny más épico y sinfónico que el anterior en ese mismo año que trajo consigo muy buenas críticas, además de ser el álbum más vendido en ese año en Finlandia alcanzaría la posición número 1 y su canción S.O.S entraría en la posición número 2 en Finlandia, dándole su segundo disco de oro y consigo una gira mundial que los llevaría por primera vez a visitar América del Sur, visitando países como Brasil, Argentina y Chile. También obtuvieron el trofeo "Emma" de la industria fonográfica finladesa por ser una "banda de exportación. Destiny fue su segunda canción más larga con 10 minutos al igual que la canción visions. Esta vez la canción Destiny fue más famosa y dio mucho éxito en las ventas compuesta por un coro grande y metal melódico sinfónico. En 1999 lanzan su segundo álbum compilado titulado The Chosen Ones alcanzando la posición número #7 en Finlandia, un mes después de lanzar el álbum compilado se lanzó el séptimo álbum en vivo "Live In Tavastia Helsinki" más el DVD. Luego llegaron los premios y Kotipelto se llevó el segundo premio al mejor vocalista; Timo Tolkki, al mejor compositor; Jens Johansson, como el Mejor Músico extranjero. Además de lanzar antes a fines del año su octavo álbum en vivo Visions Of Destiny. Ya después de haber sacado a la venta el exitoso álbum Destiny. En el año 2000 saldría a la venta el álbum Infinite que recibiría buenas críticas, no solo musicalmente sino también en cuanto a la portada que fue un buen trabajo realizado por Derek Riggs, el álbum alcanzaría la posición número uno en Finlandia y de sacar su tercer disco de oro. Las canciones destacadas son Hunting High and Low y A Million Light Years Away alcanzando las posiciones #2 en Finlandia, ya es la tercera vez consecutiva que Stratovarius lo consigue. Además de estrenar su tercer compilado 14 Diamonds. La canción "Infinity", es su tercera canción más larga, con 9 minutos, junto con la canción "Freedom". La gira mundial de Stratovarius, incluiría por primera vez países como Hong Kong, México, El Salvador y Colombia, Junto con Sonata Arctica y Rhapsody. Luego de la extensa gira, saldría a la venta el famoso DVD de la banda titulado Infinite Visions que incluiría muchas de las presentaciones de la banda alrededor del mundo. En un concierto cuando empezaban a tocar la canción S.O.S Kotipelto se quemó el brazo con los fuegos artificiales y a pesar de esto, siguió con el concierto. Por otra parte Timo Kotipelto participó con la banda Ayreon con su álbum Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Migrator. En el 2001 la discográfica editará Intermission, un álbum compilado de Lados B, incluyendo varios de los bonus tracks de discos anteriores, con algunas versiones como "I Surrender" de Rainbow y "Blood Stone" de Judas Priest covers y algunos temas en vivo. Además la banda Argentina Rata Blanca más Nightwish junto con Stratovarius realizan una nueva versión de la canción La leyenda del hada y el mago. Tolkki participa en el proyecto de Tobias Sammet titulado Avantasia con el álbum The Metal Opera En el 2002 tras las largas giras y los constantes álbumes hechos, la banda decide tomarse un respiro y trabajar en proyectos como solistas o en proyectos de invitados en algunas bandas de Metal. En ese periodo, Timo Tolkki saca su disco Hymn To Life y coopera con el proyecto musical de Tobias Sammet titulado Avantasia por segunda vez en su álbum The Metal Opera Part II. Por otra parte el teclista Jens Johansson participa en el álbum "Winterheart's Guild" de Sonata Arctica substituyendo a Mikko Harkin Además, Kainulainen participa en proyectos con Warmen en el álbum Beyond Abilities y en la canción "False News Travel Fast" del álbum Silence de Sonata Arctica. Por otro lado Timo Kotipelto hace un proyecto musical titulado Kotipelto y saca su primer álbum titulado Waiting For The Dawn. En el 2003 la banda lanzaría un álbum con dos partes, algo muy parecido a lo que hizo Helloween en sus inicios. La banda mostraría su canción Eagleheart en el año 2002, dos meses antes de lanzar el álbum oficialmente. La canción contenía muchos tintes de power metal, lo que la convirtió en una clásica del género. Pero el álbum contendría un sonido más enfocado al Neoclassical Metal que al power metal, así como canciones de muy larga duración. En enero se lanza el álbum Elements, Pt. 1 Para muchos fanes Stratovarius estaba decayendo, y para otros estaba experimentando nuevos rumbos. Cada vez más la consideraban una banda de culto. El álbum lleva la canción más larga que Infinity, Destiny y Visions. La canción "Elements" con sus 12 minutos de puro metal hecho con un coro grande al igual que Destiny. Después de lanzar Elements, Pt. 1 y tener una gira mundial, en el mes de abril sería lanzado el cuarto DVD "Live At Tuska" que fue un éxito, luego llegaría Elements, Pt. 2 ese mismo año. Consigo traería buenas y malas críticas. Cada vez más, Stratovarius experimentaba con nuevos sonidos más épicos, e incluso progresivos. En este caso, este álbum tenía un estilo épico, y algo en común con el sonido del clásico doom metal, como se ve claramente en la canción Alpha & Omega. Junto con este álbum saldría un nuevo video de la banda, correspondiente a la canción "I Walk To My Own Song", que entraría en la posición número 9 en Finlandia. Asimismo, la canción anterior, Eagleheart, entraría en la posición número 2, como también hizo el álbum. Stratovarius presentó un show en vivo en Barcelona donde presentó su nuevo trabajo un álbum en vivo llamado "Elements In Barcelona" Con estos dos álbumes, la banda conseguiría aún más fama de la que ya tenía. De aquí se deduce que adoptan un sonido un poco más comercial, que ayudó a la banda a alcanzar su objetivo. A fines del 2003 Stratovarius lanza su quinto DVD "Live In Japan". Timo Kotipelto por otra parte participó con Klamydia con su álbum "Seokset". A fines del 2003, la relación entre los miembros de Stratovarius era la peor en casi veinte años de la banda. Los problemas psicológicos y de alcoholismo de Timo Tolkki llegaron a un punto culminé cuando despidió de la banda a Timo Kotipelto (cantante) y Jörg Michael (baterista). En él 2004 la banda demuestra 2 DVD más: "Live In Italy" y el "Live At Roumanmari Festival" más el álbum en vivo de ese DVD, sin lamentar mucho la partida de los músicos, Tolkki se apresuró a anunciar a Anders Johansson (baterista de la banda Hammerfall y hermano de Jens) como el nuevo baterista, y a la ignota Katriina Wiialla –presentada solo como Miss K de entonces 30 años de edad, como la nueva vocalista. Las primeras fotos de la cantante publicadas en el sitio de la banda, en la que se la mostraba con sus manos llenas de sangre, fueron recibidas con mucho escepticismo por parte de los fanes y la prensa, sin mencionar que nadie conocía la voz a Miss K. Luego el 21 de febrero Tolkki, refirió haber tenido un ataque de pánico, tratando de calmarse, sintió que una voz le hablaba y decía "Kabbalah", pensando que era la voz de Cristo que le decía, busca un libro, "Enseñanzas de Kabbalah"... en fin él puso en la página que desde ahora tenía que estudiar el Kabbalah, además, dijo que Cristo le había pedido que se fotografiara él todo ensangrentado. Entre todo eso, salió que posiblemente Michael Kiske podría ser el nuevo vocalista de Stratovarius, pero como escribió en otro tópico, Kiske dijo rotundamente que no. Por su parte, Kotipelto, continuó su trabajo en solitario. Durante la época oscura de Stratovarius ocurrida en 2004, Kotipelto decide concentrarse nuevamente en su carrera de solista, y nace así su segunda placa discográfica, Coldness, disco que a diferencia del primero, no es un álbum conceptual, sino un álbum muy profundo y personal, lo cual es notorio en toda la composición. Los temas, reflejan el estado emocional por el que Kotipelto pasaba en esos momentos. Por su parte Michael tocó en con los legendarios Saxon. Luego de la oportuna intervención de Jens, que logró limar las asperezas entre Timo Tolkki y sus ex compañeros de banda, Stratovarius volvería con un nuevo disco homónimo dos años después, y su exvocalista se convertiría en solo un recuerdo, recibiendo apenas unas tibias palabras de agradecimiento en el CD. Timo Tolkki luego pidió disculpas por su comportamiento. En ese año, con la cantante Katriina Wiialla y Timo Tolkki , se grabó un nuevo álbum, titulado Pop-Killer, pero el álbum no fue publicado. En enero de 2005, se anunció que Stratovarius había reunido la antigua alineación. En junio de 2005, Tolkki anunció que el bajista de la banda, Jari Kainulainen, había dejado la banda debido a motivos personales. Fue sustituido por Lauri Porra, un joven músico finlandés. Stratovarius luego lanzó el auto-titulado álbum Stratovarius (álbum) en septiembre de 2005, el cual genera polémica entre sus seguidores y es duramente criticado por alejarse del estilo power-sinfónico que siempre los ha caracterizado, ya que este álbum no contiene ninguno de los elementos mencionados, más bien es un disco que podría considerarse dentro del hard rock con influencias ochenteras y un nuevo videoclip llamado Maniac Dance fue revelado en agosto. Durante este tiempo, Stratovarius inicia una gira mundial, comenzando en Argentina, que incluyó un tramo de América del Norte, donde recorrió los Estados Unidos y Canadá por primera vez en la historia de la banda. Se desempeñó en eventos como la Atlanta ProgPower, y así en lugares conocidos como BB King's House of Blues en Nueva York y Filadelfia Teatro del Trocadero. La gira también incluyó Europa y ciudades japonesas. Además. la banda lanza el décimo álbum en vivo "Live In Montreal" . Timo Kotipelto fue nuevamente elegido para grabar un álbum más con Warmen con su trabajo Accept the Fact. En septiembre de 2006 se lanza al mercado el nuevo compilado titulado Black Diamond: The Anthology. el que contiene las 30 canciones más famosas del grupo a lo largo de su historia. Además Kotipelto participó con los chicos de Leningrad Cowboys cantando versiones en vivo como "Let´s Have A Party" y "I will stay" En 2007, en el último recital que tuvo Timo Tolkki con la banda en España, Timo le preguntó a Kotipelto que si él pudiese cantar la canción de Elvis Presley "Can´t Help Falling in Love", solo muy poca gente se dio cuenta de que le pertenecía a Elvis, en aquel recital Tolkki lloró frente a sus fanes ya que era el último show con Stratovarius, al terminar el show se despidió de sus fanes y le deseó lo mejor a Stratovarius. Por otra parte Kotipelto lanza en abril el nuevo álbum en solitario Serenity (Kotipelto album) con la colaboración de Lauri Porra. En febrero del 2008 Timo Tolkki reveló la nueva banda llamada Revolution Renaissance y en marzo reveló el nuevo álbum en solista de Tolkki titulado Saana – Warrior of Light Pt 1. Después de un largo período de silencio, el 4 de marzo de 2008, Timo Tolkki declaró oficialmente la disolución de Stratovarius en su sitio web. Las confrontaciones, peleas, incompetencia, relaciones tensas, reacciones negativas, amargura, hostilidades, desinterés y la mala maestría musical han sido la causa a esta realidad interna alrededor de estos simples hechos dolorosos. Las tensiones internas dentro de la banda se citaron como la causa, diciendo que Lauri Porra y Jens Johansson eran su único apoyo, Jörg Michael se centró más en su período de sesiones de trabajo, y Kotipelto fue el mejor para tener una banda por sí mismo. La banda tenía previsto lanzar un nuevo álbum de estudio cuyo nombre lo habrían dejado en código, "R..... R.....", en el 2008. En lugar de ello, Tolkki creó un nuevo grupo llamado "Revolution Renaissance", cuyo nombre es el nombre del que sería el siguiente disco de Stratovarius y que las canciones del primer álbum serían precisamente las canciones que estarían en "R..... R......". Saldría entonces el disco de la "nueva" agrupación de Tolkki donde aparecen conocidos cantantes como Michael Kiske y Tobias Sammet entre otros. Sin embargo los miembros restantes de Stratovarius liberarían por la red el demo de "Revolution Renaissance" el disco con exactamente las mismas canciones pero interpretadas por la alineación original. Los miembros restantes de Stratovarius publicaron una declaración en línea para dar su versión de la historia. Llegaron a la conclusión de decir que las razones de Timo Tolkki fueron financieras. Además aseguraron que seguirían juntos ya que se lo deben a sí mismos y a sus fanes. Al poco tiempo, Tolkki da una declaración final en la cual da a conocer la renuncia a los derechos del nombre de Stratovarius, así como a todas las ganancias de su fondo de catálogo, cediéndolos a Timo Kotipelto, Jens Johansson y Jörg Michael. En abril de 2008 Timo Tolkki abandonó Stratovarius y dejó atrás los problemas y las deudas, dando su bendición a los otros miembros para continuar con la banda y el caso legal. Los demás miembros se encontraron en un limbo legal y una gran deuda, pero aun así continuaron trabajando. Un cambio se dio cuando finalmente se llegó a un acuerdo con Sanctuary a finales del 2008. En una entrevista, Timo Kotipelto, Jens Johansson y Lauri Porra, han anunciado que entre finales del 2008 y principios del 2009 comenzarán a componer un nuevo disco. Luego, a finales del 2008 Stratovarius anunció quién sería el que remplazará a Tolkki, un joven guitarrista finlandés, Matias Kupiainen, quien aparece en un vídeo subido a YouTube por los mismos integrantes llamado "Work in Progresser" donde se aprecian las sesiones de ensayo del nuevo disco, también incluye una parte de lo que sería una canción de su futuro álbum. En una entrevista Timo Tolkki confirma que les cedió todos los derechos de Stratovarius lo que indica que continuarán con el mismo nombre. En 2009 Timo Kotipelto revela en enero la nueva banda formada por él y los ex de Sonata Arctica titulado Cain's Offering con su nuevo trabajo Gather The Faithful que dio la luz el 22 de julio de 2009. Además la banda Stratovarius estrena su nuevo álbum titulado Polaris un álbum melódico, poderoso, fresco, bien armado y técnicamente elaborado, que salió a la venta a finales de mayo del 2009 y fue seguido de conciertos en una serie de festivales en Europa entre junio y julio, y de una gira mundial entre septiembre y octubre que se inició en Polonia e incluyó países de Asia, Norteamérica y Sudamérica, siendo su última presentación en Lima, Perú, el 24 de octubre de 2009. Alcanzó a estar en las posiciones # 2 en Finlandia es el primer álbum que participa el nuevo guitarrista Matias Kupiainen. Las canciones destacadas son 2 singles Deep Unknown y Higher We Go. En la segunda mitad del 2009, Stratovarius empieza su Tour Polaris 2009 recorriendo varios países de Europa y luego pasando por EE. UU., México, Chile, Argentina, Ecuador, concluyendo la gira en Perú. Además se lanzaría el nuevo DVD llamado "Live In Chile" en el mismo año. En 2010 se sacó a la venta una reedición del álbum Polaris Live con diverso material en directo grabado durante el Polaris Tour, titulado Polaris live (Special Edition) sería su undécimo álbum y el último por ahora. En septiembre del 2010, se anunció el comienzo de la grabación del segundo álbum de Stratovarius con Matias Kupiainen en la guitarra eléctrica. Antes de lanzar el álbum oficialmente se editará el Darkest Hours EP, con dos de los nuevos temas de su nuevo álbum: Darkest Hours e Infernal Maze, la demo de Darkest Hours y dos grabaciones en directo correspondientes a Against The Wind y Black Diamond. Saldrá a la venta el 26 de noviembre. Además, para promocionar el nuevo álbum, Stratovarius irá de gira como invitado de Helloween en su gira Seven Sinners Tour. Recientemente se ha conocido que el baterista de Stratovarius Jörg Michael sufre cáncer, del cual ha sido operado. Este hecho ha implicado que no pueda participar en la gira del grupo, siendo temporalmente sustituido por Alex Landenburg. En 2011 la banda libera su nuevo álbum titulado Elysium, que en tan solo en una semana el álbum alcanzó a estar en el puesto número #1 en Finlandia y otorgar nuevo disco de oro. Las canciones destacadas son Infernal Maze, Under Flaming Skies, Darkest Hours; Sin embargo, si hay un tema que brilla con luces propias y que merece un análisis aparte, es “Elysium”, corte homónimo y que se transforma en la canción más larga de la historia de la banda, con 18 minutos de duración. Como un tren, es un tema que tiene varios vagones en su extensión. Un inicio suave, un medio tiempo elegante que nos relata actitud positiva frente a lo venidero. El “I´m not afraid anymore” probablemente sea la línea más emblemática, y la que pega con más fuerza en esta parte. El corte va tomando fuerza conforme va avanzando, con arreglos de guitarras muy buenos, y un Johannson en un segundo plano que le viene muy bien, salvo cuando interviene en la parte de los solos, en donde hace muy buena dupla con Kupianen. Por otra parte el baterista Jörg Michael se recupera del cáncer y regresa con la banda a terminar la gira con Helloween. Este año Stratovarius revela su nuevo y esperado videoclip de su glorioso álbum "Elysium" Under Flaming Skies el primer corte de su gran obra, fue grabado en vivo en los estudios Edel Music El 20 de junio de 2012 se anuncia nuevo baterista para la banda de nombre Rolf Pilve Pagina Oficial: https://stratovarius.com/Escucha este episodio completo y accede a todo el contenido exclusivo de Biblioteca Del Metal - (Recopilation). Descubre antes que nadie los nuevos episodios, y participa en la comunidad exclusiva de oyentes en https://go.ivoox.com/sq/308558

"Last year, I started making music. I just really like music and I wanted to start doing it. I started doing music production and everything went smooth and had a big success. I dropped a couple tracks and one of them made it really big on TikTok. Then, I signed with a record label and I now have a lot of money, for my age."Before making music, I was kind of depressed, feeling like I am alone. I didn't have that many friends. And all the friends I have are like +20 years, like 25, 30, 38, 40, 45... I don't really get along good with people my age. It's been really hard to to you know live with this deep feeling of, '"I am not enough by myself.'"Join the PREMIUM philosophy community on the web for free!Get my new series on the Truth About the French Revolution, access to the audiobook for my new book 'Peaceful Parenting,' StefBOT-AI, private livestreams, premium call in shows, the 22 Part History of Philosophers series and more!See you soon!https://freedomain.locals.com/support/promo/UPB2022

Bobo Stenson: Sphere Kingdom of Coldness (7.37) Keiko Matsui: Euphoria Love and Nothing Less (4.29) Diego Rivera: Love & Peace Ganas (3.53) Enrico Pieranunzi & Bert Joris: Chet Remembered Night Bird (6.50) Joachim Kuhn: Komeda Svantetic (8.12) Eunmi Lee: Introspection Gimmick (5.58) Kurt Rosenwinkle: Undercover Live at the Village Vanguard The Past Intact (7.03)

Tema: La vía láctea, su estructura ay la materia oscura Enlaces: Web: Astrodidacta. Imágenes que ayudaran a la comprensión de los temas tratados Correo: astrodidacta2020@gmail.com Derechos de Música: Coldness por The Wanderer Derechos de Imagen Vía Láctea. Dominio público

The Azimov-1 has returned to earth. All investigations have concluded. Tough decisions need to be made. Admiral Veers is a tough man. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Azimov-1 has returned to earth. All investigations have concluded. Tough decisions need to be made. Admiral Veers is a tough man. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pre-show Patreon Only: Void Train and other train games, Fallout 4 This episode contains: A chill post-Thanskgiving episode with Steven and Ben. Turns out people get tired after eating smoked turkey and phǒ (phǒ real? phǒget about it), at least people over 40. Good times with family. These kids are talking and love Bluey. If you're of a certain age, you may not know Bluey, but you should. Are there new Bluey episodes? Not yet, but there is a new Bluey video game. Ben apologizes for talking about old Steam Deck issues, but he's really not sorry, is he? Anyways, the most recent update (3.5) fixed the issues his son had, so this is just an old man shouting at the cloud. BTW, 30 years ago was not 1970, Steven. You poor thing. Steven was not prepared for Scott Pilgrim Takes Off on Netflix, which looks like the comic book, has all the actors for the movie, and then runs with a “What If?” story, completely changing the Scott Pilgrim story at a fundamental level. Our patron Renee met Mark Hamill while she and her family were all dressed like Leia. Mark Hamill is so lucky. Ben asks Steven to go on a date to see The Abyss Special Edition for his birthday, but it's in Santa Maria, and Steven will never spend another birthday in “that hellhole” if he can help it. Brain Matters: Our brains are not able to 'rewire' themselves, despite what most scientists believe, new study argues. According to the article, two scientists argue that the commonly held belief that the brain can rewire itself and repurpose regions for new functions after injury or deficit is flawed. Through analyzing previous studies, they found no compelling evidence that areas like the visual cortex of blind individuals or uninjured areas after stroke took on entirely new functions. Instead, they believe the brain enhances existing latent abilities through learning and repetition, not completely changing functions. So for example, when someone loses a finger, the area for that finger already got some input from neighboring fingers, it just enhances that after amputation. Their view is that understanding true brain plasticity limits is important for patient expectations and rehabilitation approaches. The brain's ability to adapt comes from hard work, not magical reassignment of resources. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231121175335.htm Pure energy (like that song from Information Society, and Leonard Nimoy): Generating Power on Earth From the Coldness of Deep Space. This article discusses the concept of generating power on Earth by utilizing the coldness of deep space. It explores the principles of thermodynamics, thermoelectric power generation, and radiative cooling. The article also presents various prototypes and experiments conducted to harness energy from the coldness of space, including the use of selective emitters and negative illumination photovoltaic cells. While the technology is still under development, it shows potential for powering low-power electronics and lighting, offering a sustainable energy solution. https://spectrum.ieee.org/energy-from-cold Mid-show Patreon Only: Limp Bizkit is making a comeback? Maybe you don't want to hear it. Science Fiction: Steven finally saw The Marvels with his wife. He liked it, but his wife was lost. Why is that? Well, if you haven't seen Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel, Wandavision, Secret Invasion (but not really), LOKI, Hawkeye, Ant-Man and the Wasp: QuANTumania, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers Endgame or X-Men: The Last Stand, maybe you're gonna be a little lost. Steven and Ben both agree: that's a little much for the normies, but it's also a little much for these tired old comic book nerds (like our valiant podcast hosts). With so much discussion about the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Ben says we've got to talk about something else, so what does he do? It's DC time. My Adventures with Superman is a cartoon on Adult Swim and Max that is worth watching, and Ben gives just enough spoilers to whet Steven's appetite. Maybe you would like it too. Steven always forgets that Superman is Ben's jam, at least when anybody other than Zach Snyder is at the helm. What is Ben's favorite Superman movie? Wouldn't you like to know. Post-show Patreon Only: The Flash movie, we have thoughts on how to fix the MCU

As the introduction to a new series on the book of Romans, Pastor Ray identifies causes of a cold heart to Jesus.

As the introduction to a new series on the book of Romans, Pastor Ray identifies causes of a cold heart to Jesus. Source

Former Chief Judge Belvin Perry recently reflected on his decades-long career with the hosts of Florida's Fourth Estate. Perry is well known for presiding over the Casey Anthony case, but long before that high-profile case he was the lead prosecutor in the Judy Buenoano murder trial. Perry says he was part of the team that transported Buenoano to jail in Orange County after she was arrested for fatally poisoning her husband, United States Air Force officer James Goodyear. “This was in the summer. I never been in the car with an individual and it felt like wintertime in there. I have never been around a person as icy and cold — I felt it. I never experienced anything like that since then,” Perry said. Perry said Goodyear's 1962 death was not the only one “The Black Widow” was responsible for. “She poisoned her husband, she poisoned her common-law husband, she poisoned her son, and she attempted to poison her fiancé, and then blew his car up,” he said. Still, when the Orange County Sheriff's Office was transporting her back to Orlando, Perry said, “She was as cool as a cucumber, and she had this coldness about her that would actually make you shiver.” Perry said it was 10 years after Goodyear's death when the trial began, and he didn't know what angle the defense team would take. Quickly he said he realized they were attempting to pin the poisoning on Agent Orange, a toxic herbicide used during the Vietnam War. But an expert witness made it clear, “He would actually have to drink a 30-gallon drum of Agent Orange (in order to die from it),” said Perry. A jury convicted Buenoano of murder and she was executed in Florida's electric chair in March 1998. She was the first woman to be executed in Florida since 1848. Learn more about Former Chief Judge Belvin Perry's role in the “Black Widow” trial and his experience with Judy Buenoano on Florida's Fourth Estate. The podcast can be downloaded from wherever you listen to podcasts. You can also watch Florida's Fourth Estate on News 6 on Mondays and Fridays at 3:30 p.m. or anytime on News 6+. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

George was forced to sleep outside an Airport and other listeners describe random acts of kindness.

The gang embark on a rescue mission and infiltrate some scientifically-minded individuals with some not-so-scientifically sound ideas. Beef plots a punch. Montrose secures a ride. Emerich makes an acquaintance. Opening monologue performed by Slice Hicks. Additional music in this episode: “A Chilling Tale" and "(Ambient) Fluer" by Kirk Osamayao: kirkosamayo.com; "Railroad's Whiskey Co" by Jahzzar http://www.betterwithmusic.com/; "Hold the Ace" by Mr. Smith: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/mr-smith/; "Porch Blues" by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/; "Coldness" by The Wanderer: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/stranger/; and “Voyageur” by Monkey Warhol: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monkey_Warhol/.

https://www.indigenous-midwifery.org/Featuring Metztli López Torres​In this sharing we will describe what is coldness in the uterus and some of the symptoms as well as some remedies we can use to improve discomforts. All these will be under the lens of traditional midwifery of Mexico. ​​+ Plus Live Q&A "Ask the Aunties" specifically for pregnant & new families!www.indigenous-midwifery.org

The Dark Side of Humanity: Coldness in Society In this episode of the podcast, Trevor Pope discusses a disturbing trend of coldness and humor surrounding tragedies in today's society. He delves into the reasons behind this behavior and highlights the importance of understanding and engaging with others in a more compassionate way. Join him as he explores the perilous times we live in and offers insights on how to navigate them. Visit Our "In The WORD Apparel" Store Here: https://bit.ly/3g3vP9A DONATE: PAYPAL ~ http://bit.ly/DonationsPP CASH APP ~ http://bit.ly/DonationsCA FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Spotify: http://bit.ly/TrevorPopeSpotify Youtube: http://bit.ly/InTheWordYT Facebook: http://bit.ly/InTheWordFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/TrevorTwitt Instagram: http://bit.ly/TrevorInsta Itunes Music: http://bit.ly/TheOfferingEP Music Videos: http://bit.ly/EagleYTube#Humanity #Tragedies #Coldness #DarkHumor #PerilousTimes #MentalHealth #Compassion #Engagement #BiblicalPerspective #PersonalGrowthJourney #AdaptAndThrive #EmbracingChange #TransformYourself #LifeLessonsLearned #EmotionalResilience #PositiveMindset #SelfImprovementTips

Jesus, in the cleansing of the Temple, revealed God’s fiery heart for genuine worship and complete purity in the hearts of his people. - SERMON TRANSCRIPT - Turn in your Bibles to Mark 11 as we continue our movement through this incredible Gospel of Mark. In today's account we're going to see a very surprising, perhaps even a shocking, side of Jesus. We're going to see in him a holy violence symbolized by the cursing of the fig tree and the cleansing of the temple. In my mind, these two actions go together. They should be seen effectively as one and the same work by Christ. They reveal God's fiery heart for genuine worship and complete purity in the hearts of his people, and they stand as an eternal rebuke to our own lifeless, listless, loveless hearts. Hearts that should burn with love for God, but instead are often polluted by idols and mechanical in our patterns of worship to God. Today we feel the sting of Jesus's rebuke and the sting of his lash in our hearts, hopefully resulting in genuine passion for God's glory and genuine purity from all idols. Revelation 5 depicts Jesus as both lion and lamb, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, and also the Lamb of God who was slain to take away the sins of the world. These are radically different views of our Savior, a lion of 600 pounds of ferocious power whose roar can instill terror in man and animals for a dozen miles all around. On the other hand, a lamb who is frail and weak, defenseless and meek, easily led to the slaughter, humble and lowly. The last time as we were looking at the Gospel of Mark, we considered the triumphal entry. We see Jesus depicted there, meek and lowly, humble riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. We considered also at that time his deep sorrow over the sins of his people. As he wept over Jerusalem, we see him meek and lowly. But today, we see Jesus in his lion-like ferocity, taking on the most powerful and corrupt men of his nation, overturning tables, taking a whip to the animals, cleansing a temple defiled by human greed. You see fire in his eyes, you see burning zeal in his heart. Strangely in Mark's account, this dramatic story begins with the only destructive miracle of Jesus's ministry, the cursing of the fig tree. I want to say the full lessons of the fig tree and how Jesus uses it to instruct his disciples on the power of faith-filled prayer, so the withering of the fig tree and its example must wait till the next time that I preach on the Gospel of Mark. Let's begin with the hunger of Jesus as it reflects the hunger of God. Look at verses 12-14, "The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. Then he said to the tree, 'May no one ever eat fruit from you again,' and his disciples heard him say it." The next day it says they left Bethany. His evening of reflection and preparation is over. Remember, Jesus had the day before entered the city in a wave of triumph, the triumphal entry, the people celebrating the kingdom they anticipated He was ushering in immediately. They cheered him with cries of “Son of David” and “Hosanna, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.” The salvation that they were anticipating was essentially military and political, physical. The triumph of the power of the Son of David reigning on the throne of David in Jerusalem, reigning over the Gentiles to the ends of the Earth, especially over the hated Romans. That's what they anticipated. But instead of leading immediately an armed revolution as they expected, Jesus went into the temple, quietly looked around, took stock of what was happening there, but did nothing, said nothing, and because it was late in the day, He went out of the city and went to Bethany for the night. That was it. As I mentioned last time, somewhat of an anticlimactic end to the triumphal entry. The significance of that though, especially given what happened the next day, was Jesus was preparing himself. He was getting ready thoughtfully to do the very thing He was about to do. We should therefore not see the cursing of the fig tree and the cleansing of the temple as a fit of rage, a tempestuous overreaction. Like many of us, our anger is so frequently sinful and corrupt, Jesus' anger is pure and premeditated and carefully reasoned out. This is the result of a careful deliberation on Jesus' part and soul preparation in Bethany, so early in the morning He sets out, and He comes to this fig tree. "Our anger is so frequently sinful and corrupt, Jesus' anger is pure and premeditated and carefully reasoned out. This is the result of a careful deliberation on Jesus' part and soul preparation." As I've mentioned, this encounter with the fig tree is one of the strangest moments in Jesus' whole ministry. As we've seen time and time again, Jesus uses his miracle-working power to bring life, to bring, effectively, restoration, to restore God's original purpose, the full purpose of God that sin has marred, that sin has stolen, especially his healings to make blind eyes see, because God did not create the eye so that it would be blind, to make deaf ears here because God did not create an ear to be deaf. It's restoration to God's original purpose and to therefore reverse the curse that Adam's sin had brought on the earth and on his descendants. Specifically when it comes to this issue of fruitfulness, we know that the ground was cursed because of Adam's sin. Genesis 3, God said to Adam, "Cursed is the ground because of you. Through painful toil, you'll eat of it all the days of your life and it will produce thorns and thistles for you." That's the cursing of the Earth and of the crops of the Earth because of Adam's sin. However, when the work of salvation is finished, the world will be restored and even super abundantly restored to a lavish fruitfulness. These images are given again and again in the Old Testament prophets. For example, Ezekiel 34:26-27, God says, "I will send down showers in season. There will be showers of blessing and the trees of the field will yield their fruit and the ground will yield its crops." That's a picture of abundant fruitfulness through the grace of God. Why then this cursing of the fig tree? It is destructive, as I've mentioned, using supernatural power to bring forth death, and it is a little strange because Mark's account tells us that it was not the season for figs anyway. Look at verse 13, "Seeing in the distance fig tree in leaf, he went to it to find out if it had any fruit and when he reached it, he found nothing but leaves because it was not the season for figs." Let me tell you something, Jesus knows the rhythm of the seasons better than we do. He understands horticulture better than we do. He, with his Father, invented it. He knew very well that it was not the season for figs, so what's going on there? It's clear He is acting as a prophet. It's a symbolic prophetic action. The Old Testament prophets did these kind of symbolic actions all the time, and Jesus is the perfect and ultimately final prophet. It's clear that from the context that this fruitless fig tree represents more than just Jesus's disappointment at not getting breakfast. That's not what's going on here. Instead, it's clearly symbolic. Jesus was truly physically hungry, but He was also a prophet and his actions were prophetic. He was hungry for spiritual fruit from his people and they had produced nothing but an appearance of life without any genuine fruit behind it. The leaves represent that appearance of spirituality, but the lack of fruit represents the lack of what God really was seeking from his people. There was an outward show of religion, of religiosity, but there was no real fruit. Again and again the Old Testament prophets used this image of fruit as a picture of what God wanted from his people, Israel. A very good example of this is in Isaiah 5:1-7. There the prophet, Isaiah, sings a song for the one he loves, for God, a love song for God. “'My loved one,’ he said, ‘had a vineyard on a fertile hillside. He dug it up, cleared it of stones, planted it with the choicest vines. He built a watchtower in it, cut out a wine press as well. Then he looked for a crop of good grapes, but it yielded only bad fruit. Now, I will tell you what I'm going to do to my vineyard. I will take away its hedge and it will be destroyed. I will break down its wall and it will be trampled. I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, its briars and thorns will grow there. I will command the clouds not to rain on it.’" Then he says, Isaiah 5:7, "The vineyard of the Lord Almighty is the house of Israel and the men of Judah are the garden of his delight. He looked for justice but saw bloodshed. He looked for righteousness, but heard cries of distress.” I. The Hunger of Jesus and the Hunger of God That's God hungry for that kind of spiritual fruit in his people and finding nothing. He says, "I'm going to destroy that vineyard. I'm going to curse it. I'm going to take away its protection. I'm going to command the clouds not to rain on it. I'm going to give it over to the beasts to trample it." In the Old Testament, in the book of Deuteronomy and other places, again and again, this kind of judgment is enacted by Gentile armies that invade Israel and destroy it, again and again, whether the Assyrians or the Babylonians or the Greeks, Romans. That's how the judgment would happen generally, invading armies. This is the language of judgment. It's important for us to ask then prophetically and in this text, what is the fruit that God is hungry for? What does He wants? Again and again, I come in my own heart to the two great commandments. It's the start and the end of everything for me. What are they? That we would love God with all of our heart, with all of our soul, with all of our mind, with all of our strength, and that we would love each other as we love ourselves. That's the fruit that God wants in us, in his people, and He's hungry for it. He's hungry for a world of love. First and foremost, love for himself, the creator and sustainer of all things. For in him we live and move and have our being, and every good and perfect gift we have ever gotten has come from God. God deserves to be thanked and praised for them all. That vertical aspect, the fruit of lips that confesses his name and of hearts that are filled with thankfulness to him, God was hungry for that, hungry for that kind of worship. He deeply yearns for his people to love him passionately and truly and deeply. II. The Corruption and Coldness of the Temple Instead, the religion of Israel was corrupt and cold, the corruption and coldness of the temple. So, we come out of the temple, what is it, this structure, this building, this house, the house of God? Jesus says in verse 17, "My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations, but you have made it a den of robbers." My house, the temple was God's house. Jesus calls it, “my house.” It is the focal point of the nation of Israel. God had given his laws to Israel at Mount Sinai and central to that old covenant that He made with them at Mount Sinai, central to it was the animal sacrificial system and the tabernacle immovable tent that He set up there in Exodus describing in great detail that tabernacle, what it was to look like, et cetera. That tabernacle was the center of Israel's life, of Israel's religious life. It was literally, physically in the center of all the tribes as they moved through the desert, the tabernacle. It was designed to be an earthly shadow of a heavenly reality of that very throne that we talked about earlier from Revelation 4, the centrality of God. It's central to everything, an earthly place where the Jewish nation could meet with God and worship him. God told the Jews that once they had entered the promised land, God would choose a location from among the 12 tribes and put his name there. He would choose it out and that would be the place to which the nation would be called to go three times a year with their sacrifices and offer sacrifices at that central location. That place in the course of time was Jerusalem, called the City of David, because David conquered it from the Jebusites. The City of David was that place that God had chosen. Now in the course of time, King David, with a heart of love for God, wanted to replace the movable tent that had been around for centuries, the tabernacle, with a permanent structure with foundations called the temple. This was in his heart. Nathan, the prophet, told him that God would actually build a house for him, marvelous prophecy to David, but he also said, "You are not the one to build a temple for me, but it'll be a son coming from your own body because you're a man of blood." That was Solomon, so Solomon built the temple and there all Israel went to offer their sacrifices. God was symbolically dwelling there. That was his dwelling place. Jesus calls it, “my house.” Jesus said it was intended to be a place of prayer for all nations, a place where prayers could be offered on behalf of all nations, but indeed, where all nations could feel comfortable to come and offer prayers to God based on God's dwelling there in Israel, a place of confession of sin, of thanksgiving, intercessions, prayers that God's name be exalted among the nations of the earth. That was what was intended. The Jewish nation therefore would be a kingdom of priests and they would minister the glory of God to the ends of the earth. That was the intention, but instead, we have corruption, the corruption of the temple. First and foremost in the Old Testament, we see very plainly it's corrupted by the cold, lifeless machinery of religion, just the machinery of the Jewish religion just went on and on and on without any heart connection to God. This is a danger for all of us, that we get into a rhythm of religion, week after week coming to church on Sunday and then living the rest of our lives as though we hadn't been to church. There's a machinery that just runs, a mindless machinery, and God is greatly dishonored by it, greatly displeased by it, but the Jews were doing it, too, in the animal sacrificial system. Isaiah 1 talks about it.In Isaiah 1:11-13, God says, "'The multitude of your sacrifices, what are they to me?' says the Lord, I have more than enough of burnt offerings of rams and of the fat of fattened animals. I have no pleasure in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. When you come to appear before me, who has asked this of you, this trampling of my courts?” That's the machinery of religion. “Stop bringing meaningless offerings. Your incense is detestable to me, your New Moons, Sabbath and convocations. I cannot bear your evil assemblies.” That's Isaiah 1. That's that lifeless machinery religion that the prophet Isaiah talked about later that Jesus cited and quoted about the Jews of his own day, "These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain," Isaiah 29:13. That's the primary problem, the coldness of the hearts of the people toward God, the machinery of religion with their hearts distant from God. But beyond that, we've got the idolatry of money, of covetousness, of greed. In verse 17, He says, "Is it not written? My house would be called a house of prayer for all nations, but you have made it," what does he call it, "a den of thieves." Robbers, thieves, they're using religion to make money. Religion's always been a big moneymaker, still even to this very day, and people seek to make money off of people's religious instincts. So it was in that day, and back then the villain was a man named Annas, the true high priest there. Annas was the high priest. He had been deposed from that position by the Romans who didn't want just one man controlling it, but he still controlled the office. They let him designate his successors. He should have been high priest till he died. That was the law, but the Romans interfered said, too much power for one man, but you can choose who else it will be. All of the high priests around that time were members of Annas’ family. Caiaphas who was high priest that year, we're told in John's Gospel, was Annas’ son-in-law, definitely under Annas’ thumb. Annas and Caiaphas were running this whole thing. Now, as I've said, the Jewish men had to appear three times a year at that location in Jerusalem and offer the sacrifices. No Israelite man could appear empty-handed and they would bring required sacrifices, but there was some practical wisdom set up for this whole thing in the book of Deuteronomy. In Deuteronomy 14:24-26, it says, "But if that place that I choose is too distant and you have been blessed by the Lord your God, and you cannot carry your tithe because the place where the Lord will choose to put his name is so far away, then exchange your tithe for silver and take the silver with you and go to the place the Lord your God will choose. Then use the silver to buy whatever you like, cattle, sheep, wine or other fermented drink or anything you wish and make an offering to the Lord," so that whole thing was set up. It was very wise and practical, but for Annas that right there is a moneymaking opportunity. The Temple concession based on animal sacrifice was an opportunity to make money. One scholar puts it this way, "When people came to make their sacrifices, they first entered the outer court of the Temple called the Court of the Gentiles. In this court, concession booths had been set up for the exchange of money, because the people had to pay a temple tax and anyone who possessed foreign currency had to have it exchanged. Have you ever traveled? Have you ever heard of the exchange rate? At the Temple there was an exchange rate, five to one, a moneymaking opportunity for Annas and Caiaphas. To continue the quote, "Annas also had a monopoly on the sale of sacrificial animals, because the Old Testament law required that any sacrifice be without spot or blemish.” A man would leave his field, go to the Passover, bringing his own sacrifice. Maybe he chose to carry his lamb under his arm and he would go there. But Annas had stationed inspectors of sacrifices at the Court of the Gentiles and each sacrifice had to pass inspection. Let me ask you a question. What percentage of those lambs that were brought actually passed inspection? I would think there's a business model here where you want about 10% to pass and the rest not. I think you also could confiscate some of those animals and sell them again tomorrow. The whole thing was designed to make money. It's disgusting when you think about it. To continue the quote, "As a result, the suggestion was made to obtain approved sacrifice for sale at a certain booth in the Court of the Gentiles, and it also would be sold at five times its actual value." Annas had a real good thing going, as history has intended to us, around the Passover time in Jesus' time, you're talking about a quarter of a million Passover lambs. You realize, that's every year, the kind of money that was rolling into the coffers. Also, as the scholar wrote, "The Jews hated Annas." The Talmud says of Annas, "Woe to the house of Annas. Woe to their serpent's hiss. They are High Priests. Their sons are keepers of the treasury. Their sons-in-law are guardians of the temple and their servants beat the people with staves." They had a monopoly on this Temple concession system and they were making huge money. This is the den of thieves that Jesus is speaking of. They had turned this sacrificial system into a huge machine for making vast amounts of money. Both of those problems, the religious machinery where the people aren't even involved in the covetousness, but they're just coming to do the religion, but their hearts are distant from God, and then Annas and Caiaphas and all them and their covetousness and greed, both of them miss the point of the sacrificial system, and that is that our sin deserves our death. The wages of sin is death. We deserve to die for our sins, and the animal sacrificial system was set up to teach us that, that all sin deserves the death penalty. That should be our blood that is shed. But instead, God has arranged whereby a sacrifice, a substitute, may stand in the way and the guilt can be transferred to the substitute and the substitute die in our place. But the whole thing is symbolic. The blood of bulls and goats could never take away sin. It was waiting for the true Lamb of God who would take away the sins of the world and that was Jesus. It was pointing ahead to Christ. But in that Old Testament era, they should have come with brokenness over their sin, with sorrow and grief over their sins, not some cold-hearted religious machinery or a moneymaking opportunity. III. The Fiery Zeal of Jesus: Passion & Purity So, in comes Jesus. We see the zeal, the fiery zeal of Jesus, what I call passion and purity. Look at verses 15 and 16, "On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple area and began driving out those who are buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the benches of those selling doves, and he would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts." I believe proper reading of the New Testament, this is the second time that Jesus has cleansed the temple. I think He did it at the beginning of his ministry as recorded in John 2 very early in his ministry right after changing the water into wine, which is said to be his first miraculous sign. The next thing He does, He goes to Jerusalem and cleanses the temple. To some degree Jesus's powerful, vigorous cleansing of the Temple was the alpha and the omega of his public ministry to Israel. It's the beginning and the end of what He did there. In John 2 we're told Jesus sat down at that point and made a whip. Again, that shows this was not impetuousness on his part. It took time for him to make that whip and then He used it on the animals. It was not a thoughtless action or losing of his temper there like it is for us. Also here, He took that night in Bethany to think, to reflect, and then come back the next day and do it. At that time in John's Gospel, there was a statement made about Jesus's zeal, John 2:17, "His disciples remembered that it was written, 'Zeal for your house has consumed me,'" [Quotation of Psalm 69]. Zeal for your house, what is zeal? It's fire and it literally has devoured him. Zeal for your house has eaten him up. It's like a fire burns in Jesus' heart for God's holiness and his temple to be pure and holy. Zeal is burning in his heart. I think it's a perfect fulfillment of what the prophet Malachi predicted concerning the coming of the messenger of the covenant, Jesus. Malachi 3:2-3, "But who can endure the day of his coming? The messenger of the covenant will come suddenly to his temple. He will come to his temple, but who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire or like a launderer's soap. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver. He will purify the Levites." Did you hear that? He'll purify the Levites, the tribe entrusted with the sacrificial system. He's going to purify them like fire and He’s going to refine them like gold and silver. "Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness." Let me just tell you the end of this sermon. When Christ is done with us, we will be a kingdom of priests with hearts every bit is zealous for the holiness of God as He had. Isn't that good news? When we are in heaven, we'll be offering sacrifices of praise to God from pure hearts forever. Amen. Hallelujah. That's the happy ending of this sermon. But there's a hard journey to travel in between now and then. Here we see Jesus' actions. Now, at the human level, I believe this was literally fulfilled. We can put it this way, zeal for your house has destroyed me. Zeal for your house has killed me. "When Christ is done with us, we will be a kingdom of priests with hearts every bit is zealous for the holiness of God as He had." Why is that? Because what do you think motivated Annas and Caiaphas to be so determined to have Jesus killed? There are a lot of reasons we could have said, He was a blasphemer, violated, but what did they really care about? Think about it. Picture them like the Mafia. Picture Annas like the godfather. Somebody cuts in on your business, you're going to take that person out. Really, it was this action that started the mechanism, that and the triumphal entry where the Romans are not going to put up with that kind of display and they don't want to lose their position of power and money, and so they're going to move out. Zeal, this zeal for God's house will literally, physically result in the machinations and the plots and plans by Annas and Caiaphas to have Jesus killed. But at a deeper level, it is zeal for the true spiritual house of God that led to Jesus' death on the cross, is it not? It is so that sinners like you and me can be purified of our sins by the shedding of his blood that we would be pure. Zeal for the house of God has consumed him. He's saying, "I'm willing to die an infinitely painful death on the cross that God's house might be pure forever from sin." Sin is the great defiler of God's universe, the great defiler of God's land, the great defiler of God's city, the great defiler of God's house, and especially the great defiler of God's people. You cannot measure the fire that burns within Christ's heart for holiness, total purity from defilement. He would pour out his lifeblood to achieve it. Now this work here, this action, is extremely physical. I mean, it's physical. It's like Samson with the jawbone of a donkey. This is a physical thing. This is a massive undertaking. He's driving people out, possibly again with a whip like John 2. He's overturning heavy tables covered with boxes and bags of silver and gold coins. He's throwing them on the ground. He's driving out animals. He's opening up cages with pigeons and doves and they're fluttering away. Interestingly, only in Mark's Gospel we have this one statement in verse 16, "He stopped the flow of traffic across the court. He wouldn't let anyone carry any merchandise across." It was a shortcut to the bazaar, to the market. He's like, "Not today, it's not, not today." It's the kind of detail that just gives you a sense of the truthfulness of this account. This is something that is unusual. He's like, "You will not carry that merchandise through here." How did He get away with it? Do you wonder that? Why didn't someone stop him? But I think they're all stunned, so no one stopped him. This is a picture of God's zeal, God's hatred for sin. The Bible says in Deuteronomy multiple times, and then in the book of Hebrews 12, "Our God is a consuming fire. God is light and in him there is no darkness at all." God's not lukewarm about sin. He hates it. Taking another passage from Psalm, Psalm 18:7-8, it says of God, "The earth trembled and quaked and the foundations of the mountains shook. They trembled because he was angry. Smoke rose from his nostrils, consuming fire came from his mouth and burning coals blazed out of it." Now we should not imagine there's the slightest hint of a shade of difference between God the Father and God the Son on holiness. Jesus is every bit as holy and zealous as his father. This action, this cleansing of the temple, is a picture of what He will finally do in AD 70 through the Romans. It's the Romans that will destroy Jerusalem and leave not one stone left on another in that temple. Jesus said that would happen. But ultimately it was almighty God through his son orchestrating the Romans to do this and bring an end to the animal sacrificial system and an end to this temple worship. In Mark 11, this is what I would call a surgical strike. God is slow to anger and very careful, I mean, laser precise about his displays of anger. Think about Elijah and the prophets of Baal, how the fire came down just on the sacrifice. It's a surgical strike. Jesus comes in here and no human being is hurt. As far as I know, no animal is hurt. I guess some of the doves had their freedom. All right, they're gone, but I'm sure the beasts were all recollected for the next day, I don't really know. But there's no one hurt here. The tables are overturned, the coins are everywhere. But I can picture the money changers like lizards on the ground scrambling for rolling coins. Nobody's hurt here, but there's a vigorous display of holiness here. Then He gives his reason, verse 17, “He taught them, ‘Is it not written? My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations. But you have made it a den of thieves.’" As I said, the Jewish nation was to have been a priest nation, a nation of priests in a darkened world. They were to be a light shining in a dark place. They were to be a city on a hill. The Temple was to be the pinnacle of that display of holiness and of the goodness of God in a darkened world. It should have been a house of prayer for all nations. Isaiah's vision for the future of the Temple of God is laid out in Isaiah 56:7, "Foreigners who bind themselves to the Lord in a covenant," of them, it says, "I will bring them to my holy mountain and I will give them joy in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar, for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations." That's the vision of where we're heading. You can read about it all also in the streaming of the nations in Isaiah 2, the streaming uphill, all these nations streaming to Jerusalem spiritually through the preaching of the gospel. Solomon, when he dedicated the temple, said it would be a place of prayer even by Gentiles. 1 Kings 8, it says, "As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people Israel, but who has come from a distant land because of your name, for men will hear of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm, when he comes and prays toward this temple, then God, hear from heaven, your dwelling place, and do whatever the foreigner asks of you so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you as do your own people, Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your name." Solomon had a vision for missions, basically, through the building of that Temple, all nations would come. But instead, the Temple had become a place of religious machinery, cold, distant worship and the idolatry of money. Jesus' zeal here is for true worship. God desires his people to have his passion and his purity, zealous for God and pure from idols. God sent his Son into the world. He tells the Samaritan woman, "God is seeking those who will worship him in spirit and in truth. For these, they are the kind of the Father seeks. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth." IV. The Deadly Determination of the Priests The account ends with the deadly determination of the priests, verses 18 and 19, "The chief priests and the teachers of the law heard this and began looking for a way to kill him, for they feared him because the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching.” His zeal, as I said, put him right in Annas's crosshairs. Top priorities were to take this guy out. But they're afraid of the people, of course, because Jesus is popular. They're afraid of mob rule. But from now on they're going to do anything and everything they can to kill Jesus. It ends rather anticlimactically in verse 19, "When evening came, they went out of the city.” V. Lessons: Let His Temple Be Purified What are some lessons we can take from this account today? Fundamentally, let his temple be purified. Let me begin by saying to you as the people of God, repent of any cold machinery you have in your religion, in your walk with God. Don't just show up here on Sunday morning. Don't just show up for church. Prepare your hearts for worship. Prepare even the day before. Get your heart ready to meet with God. Expect to meet with him in the Word of God. Expect to meet with him in the songs that we sing. God doesn't want songs that are not sung from hearts, filled with praise. I know that sin makes us distant and cold and lifeless, but God has made provision for that. Be honest with God. Say, "Lord, my heart is distant from you. My sins have left me cold. Forgive me my sins. Cleanse me." “If we confess our sins, he's faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and” what, “purify us from all unrighteousness.” Jesus doesn't have to use a whip in us to purify us. It's enough for him to be the pure Son of God standing radiantly within our hearts by the spirit. But allow him to search you and know you and show you your wickedness and cleanse your heart and get rid of that cold, lifeless worship because God doesn't need it. I've said before He has a hundred million professional worshipers up there in heaven. They do a great job up there. We're kind of single-A ball, not even like, we're like the developmental league baseball here. We are at the lowest level. But God loves us, because any father loves the rudimentary artwork of his kids. I have a drawer full of it. God loves our rudimentary worship. He knows that someday we're going to worship far better. Let's say, out with cold, lifeless, mechanical worship. We don't want anything to do with that. Then secondly, watch out for greed. We are a wealthy people. I worry about the wealth of our church. We're a wealthy church. We do well year after year financially, because God's lavishly blessed us. But read carefully the injunctions given to rich Christians in 1 Timothy 5-6 and follow them. Be generous with your money. Give to the poor and needy. Give to the work of the church. Give to missions. Don't accumulate for your own pleasures. Be careful concerning materialism. Don't say, "I thank you, God, that I'm not like Annas and Caiaphas. I would never do that kind of thing." Don't be like that. Say, "God, show me where there is materialism and covetousness and greed in my heart." Fundamentally, this text is about Christ's zeal for holiness. Let the blood of Jesus purify you from sin. Perhaps you came here today outside of faith in Christ. You're not a Christian. You were invited here today. Well, let me tell you, Jesus shed his blood on the cross. He died for us. It says in Titus 2:13-14, "Jesus Christ gave himself on the cross. He shed his blood for us to redeem us from all our wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good." Doesn't that kind of sum it all up? He was zealous for our holiness, though we will be zealous to do good in his name. Trust in him, repent of your sins and trust in Christ. Then all of us, let's stand in the fiery zeal of Jesus for his own glory. There's a fire inside Jesus in this text. Stand inside it. 2 Corinthians 7:1 says, "Let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God." Finally, if you are in a pattern of sin, habitual sin, you don't seem to be able to break out of it, but you're a child of God, thank God that He won't just give you over to your sins, accept his discipline. It may be that in some sense He's going to take a whip to you, to your life. It talks about it, the beating that God gives to his sons and daughters. In Hebrews 12:4-6 it says, "In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood and you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons. My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord nor be weary when he reproves you, for the Lord disciplines the one he loves and he chastens everyone, every son whom he receives." If you need that say, "Lord, do it to me. Purify my life of sins that I seem to be unable to defeat myself." Close with me in prayer. Lord, thank you for this challenging passage. It's a picture of Jesus that could initially be off-putting as He curses a fig tree and it withered immediately. Then He went into the Temple and threw around furniture and drove out animals and stopped people from carrying things. God, we see the perfect holiness of Christ's zeal for your house. I pray that that same fire would be in us and that we would yearn to be pure as He is pure. We pray in Jesus' name. Amen.

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If you're riding along with us today, enjoy the shower we just installed on the back and the complimentary sleeping bags, because May has us so busy there's no point in getting out. Where do we even begin, this show is packed with rants, jabs, and laughs on the unrelenting family schedule of the late spring season, Taylor Swift's Era err (Enlightenment tour?), annoying grandma's, dying in the desert, a Dingo Bingo on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and much more. Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy : https://youtu.be/0Dybn3Atj9k Don't forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson. - This Week's Sponsor: BARK TECHNOLOGIES >> Keep Your Kids Safe with Bark Technologies and the NEW Bark Phone. Use promo code DONTMAKEME at www.bark.us for your free 7 day trial and 15% OFF your LIFETIME subscription AND get $200 off first year when you port your child's number to a Bark Phone. - Order Dustin's book: How to Be Married (To Melissa) today!” https://www.thomasnelson.com/p/how-to-be-married-to-melissa/ Check out our Patreon page! Head to https://www.patreon.com/DustinNickerson for exclusive bonus content and to help support the show. Want to be a part of the show? Shoot us a message to dontmakemecomebackthere@gmail.com and get your very own horrible parenting/relationship advice. Don't Make Me Come Back There is edited & produced in partnership with Andy Lara at www.andylikeswords.com.

Ahsan is joined by Dom and Chris in a huge episode talking Arsenal, Sunday's match, media, transfers and more. Plus, Alan Drewett pops in to talk Fulham.

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For nearly a year everything was near perfect between 26-year-old Henley and 29-yr-old Vincent. But once Vincent unexpectedly lost his job and his mother became terminally ill, Vincent didn't respond to Henley's attempts to offer support. When Henley discovered that Vincent's mother passed away over the holidays, yet he went to a New Year's Eve party without inviting her, Henley broke things off. On this episode, Paula gives Henley her support for staying in no-contact, as well as what to do when Vincent comes back.

The latest from the pulpit of Spring Meadow Baptist Church.

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InnercityGriot, kilozombie, and friend of the podcast Feather join forces to answer a most dubious question: Which Blessing or Will was the most impactful across all 24 seasons of Blaseball? With Blessings like Max Out Hitter, Falling Stars and Underhanded, alongside Wills that grabbed the best players in the league or discarded the worst, competition is fierce. In this episode, the crew finally discuss the snobbish origin story of BACo, throw overdue shade on the Crabs for some reason, and talk about the what-if stories of the Magic and Lovers. Did we miss a Blessing or Will that was even more groundbreaking than those we made our top picks? Or did the BACo crew finally nail it in one shot, no retries, we're good? (Probably not.) Listen and find out! Naturally, because we had an ICB host on, part of the episode is out of date with the Coldness bounty being claimed by Kidror, thanks Feather! Find Feather and the rest at ICB at @CitiesPod or www.blaseball1.com Find us on Twitter: @BlaseballACo You can find the BACo team around the Taco Stand: https://discord.gg/fm6mRwy Look out for kilozombie#7157, InnercityGriot#2859, benjaminrees#1140, theremin#3538, sproutella#3775 and DeeJay#2609

A great many Orthodox Christians who fast, confess, commune, attend the church services, and perform various ascetic labors complain of a feeling of spiritual coldness and deadness. They are surprised, thinking that doing all this ought to help them in acquiring the grace of God. Common characteristics of such people include self-satisfaction, vainglory, self-trust, self-will, being judgmental, and a lack of both repentance and self-knowledge.In this talk, Father Kosmas uses the teachings of Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov to explain the reason for coldness and deadness in the spiritual life and how to overcome this. He explains that true spiritual life requires not just the fulfilment of external requirements, but practising the teachings of the Gospel, recognizing our own sinfulness, and cultivating a sense of repentance.The following questions are also discussed: why do we find it difficult to repent? How are the passions spiritually beneficial? Is prayer worthless without repentance? Why do the Jehovah's Witnesses and other sectarians seem so peaceful and calm? Can joy in the spiritual life be demonic? How can we see God? What is the difference between children of God and children of the devil? What did the saints regard as greater than miracle-working and good works? Can God still give us what we ask even when He knows it is not good for us?Other points covered in this talk include: the logical reason for the Western Church's doubt or denial of wonders and miracles in the lives of the ancient saints; rampant pharisaism in the Orthodox Church today; the tragedy of not reading the Holy Bible on a daily basis; how not noticing one's vainglory is equal to having no inner spiritual life; the repulsiveness of a self-opinionated person; the difference between the holy water of the Orthodox Church and that of the Roman Catholic Church; and how not wanting to sin can be a deception.Duration: 3hrs 4minsVisit our website: www.OrthodoxTalks.com

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Hubris and coldness within EA (my experience), published by James Gough on November 13, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Hi all. Like a lot of people that have had a connection to EA I am appalled by the close connection between the FTX scandal and EA. But not surprised. The EA community events I attended totally killed my passion for EA. I attended an EA global conference in London and left feeling really really sad. Before the conference I was told I was not important enough or not worth the time to get career advice. One person I'd met before at local EA events made it clear that he didn't want to waste time talking to me (this was in the guide btw to make it clear if you don't think someone is worth your time). Well it certainly made me unconfident and uncomfortable to approach anyone else. I found the whole thing miserable. Everyone went out to take photo for the conference and I didn't bother. I don't want to be part of a community that I didn't feel happy in. On a less personal level, I overheard some unpleasant conversations about how EA should only be reserved for the intellectual elite (whatever the fuck that is) and how diversity didn't really matter. How they were annoyed that women got talks just for being women. Honestly, the whole place just reeked of hubris - everyone was so sure they were right, people had no interest in you as a person. I have never experienced more unfriendly, self-important, uncompassionate people in my life (I am 31 now). It was of course the last time I was ever involved with anything EA related. Maybe you read this and can dismiss it with yeah but issues are too important to waste time with petty small talk or showing interest in others. Or your subjective experience doesn't matter. Or we talk about rationality and complex ideas here , not personal opinions. But that is the whole point I'm trying to make. When you take away the human element, when you're so focused on grandiose ideas and certain of your perfect rationality, you end up dismissing the fast thinking necessary to make good ethical decisions. Anyone that values human kindness would run a mile from someone that doesn't have the respect to listen to someone talking to them and makes clear that their video game is valued above that person. Similarly to the long history of Musk's contempt for ordinary people. EA just seems so focused on being ethical that it forgot how to be nice. In my opinion, a new more inclusive organisation with a focus on making a positive impact needs to be created - with a better name. Thanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org.

In this episode we answer questions from Jeremy, Richard and Gen.  We discuss the moribund WARM portfolio strategy, more issues about annuities and where to learn more about them, and fractional share trading of ETFs.And THEN we our go through our weekly and monthly portfolio reviews of the seven sample portfolios you can find at Portfolios | Risk Parity Radio.Additional links:JL Collins Article on WARM Strategy:  Sleeping soundly thru a market crash: The Wasting Asset Retirement Model - JLCollinsnhBogleheads Critiques of WARM Strategy:  No risk retirement withdraw strategy - WARM - Bogleheads.orgStan The Annuity Man Channel:  Stan The Annuity Man - YouTubeSupport the show

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DeeJay and InnercityGriot on the pod today, so naturally we get distracted talking about Kobe Bryant being overrated. Celebrate Rat Mason's induction and we look at Hot Fish Summer and Stevenson Heat cases for the hall. We also lament the tragic end of Antonio Wallace and Jose Haley's promising careers.  And finally, we dive into Lowe Forbes and how wonderful a Shakespearianism and Coldness meta could be in the future. Find out more about the Hall of Fame: www.hall.sibr.dev Follow Blaseball HOF: @BlaseballHoF Tools used:  https://compendium.sibr.dev/ Find us on twitter: @BlaseballACo You can find the BACo team around the Taco Stand: https://discord.gg/fm6mRwy Look out for kilozombie#7157, InnercityGriot#2859, benjaminrees#1140, theremin#3538, sproutella#3775 and DeeJay#2609

S! H! Wait…  Nicole's having issues with spelling today! This week Nicole breaks down the beats in the movie Curly Sue, Sasheer shares about getting better at skating, Nicole gets a new indoor pole, Sasheer shares that she is a morning person, Nicole has weak snaps and cute sneezes, Sasheer teaches us what a housecoat is, Nicole opens up about her tambourine dreams, and more. They take a quiz to find out what their chronotype is, and answer listener questions on how to influence your roommates towards good interior design as well as gift ideas for best friends who live far away.  Here is the quiz we took: https://www.purewow.com/wellness/chronotype-quiz Email or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at:nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com424-645-7003

Borg Jurati takes over La Sirena with a newly-assimilated assault force, everyone else runs for cover, Picard flashes back, as they play Hide and Seek with Lasers! The Emergency Combat Hologram has a familiar face, and Soong chases Picard into the basement. -Brought to you by Section 31- 00:00 Episode 121 01:15 Our DOTS get Paramount+ 01:45 It's been a long road 02:20 Time to reprogram 02:30 Oh No! 03:00 Baby Yoda Doo Do Doo 03:30 NO KIDS! 03:50 Delta Quadrant where? 04:10 Cooking with DOTs 04:30 No Auto-Tune 05:15 Back from Freecloud! 06:30 Thank you Patreons! https://patreon.com/starfleetunderground 07:30 News - The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences will honor LeVar Burton with a lifetime achievement award at this year's 1st Annual Children's & Family Emmy Awards in Dec 2022 for his work with Reading Rainbow. https://comicbook.com/startrek/news/star-trek-levar-burton-lifetime-achievement-emmy-award-reading-rainbow/ 07:55 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Intro - https://www.startrek.com/videos/watch-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-opening-titles 08:09 Star Trek: Picard Season 2 Soundtrack: https://blog.trekcore.com/2022/04/star-trek-picard-season-2-soundtrack-arrives-this-week/ 08:46 LeVar Burton Receives Inaugural Insight Award from the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation at 2022 NAB Show https://nabshow.com/2022/news-releases/levar-burton-to-receive-inaugural-insight-award/ 09:40 Star Trek: The Art of Neville Page - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671293/star-trek-the-art-of-neville-page-by-joe-nazzaro/ 11:15 Rorschach test 12:00 Star Trek: Picard S2E9 "Hide and Seek" 12:57 Green Laser Beams 13:50 Rios - Runaway! 14:30 Slipping in to Something More Comfy 15:30 Talin's Beam in 16:20 I'm Trying to be Good! 16:30 SWAT team entrance 17:00 Use Harsh Language? 17:43 Act I 19:15 Put...The Candle...Back! 20:00 Picard's Age 21:00 Backstory Style 21:26 Almost a Headshot 22:15 Alison Pill 22:30 Borgatti 23:35 When Elnor Came Back ECH! 24:44 Keep Away 25:00 Agnes vs the Queen 25:25 Epic Case of Self-Sabotage 26:20 Rios Locked Out 27:00 Timeline's Fucked 27:40 What About Their Butterflies? 28:24 Picard vs Soong: Verbal Warfare 30:20 Data was B4, A Story's Lore, It's Too Soong 31:00 Hide and Seek with Laser Beams 32:15 Going up against Raffi and Seven 33:10 Old Man Pause 34:45 Mind-Fucked 35:10 Just missing Six 35:45 Chateau at Night 36:40 Act II 37:50 German Engineering 40:00 Child-Proof Locks? 40:20 Bitter Seven 41:10 Seven and Raffi - Thelma and Louise 41:50 I've got a Knife, a Corkscrew, and an Ice Pick. 42:50 You look like a Bush 45:20 An ER in your pocket 46:40 Clean Floors Save Lives 47:40 Ignore the Coldness of a Dying Star 48:30 Mental Health 200 years from now 49:50 Picard's Father a Monster? 51:27 Act III 52:20 Elnor vs the Queen 53:10 The Queen's Big Dick 54:00 Raffi was Right! 54:50 No Sheilds? 55:10 Rotating Shield Modulation? 55:43 Sit on my face and break-dance, bitch! 56:00 Those guys got stoned 56:57 Jurati's Stunt Double vs. Elnor 58:37 Act IV 1:01:28 Why Picard Can't Keep Relationships 1:02:45 Seven Re-Borgified 1:03:44 The Long Way Back to the Future 1:04:45 How many Queens? 1:05:15 Just coming from the Labyrinth Ball 1:06:00 It's been a long road 1:06:20 Talking to Soong, Feared...Loved? 1:07:00 Rios's Future 1:07:50 Backwards Memory 1:08:30 Now We're Friends - You and Me, and Me and You 1:09:10 Double Your Renee's 1:10:00 What's up with Q? 1:11:50 Heather's Phaser 1:13:15 Ship Leaves 1:14:50 People of Twitter 1:16:40 Finger Fucking the Timeline 1:17:50 Spoiler or Warning? 1:24:12 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 Thanks for listening! Now on Patreon! https://patreon.com/starfleetunderground Email: thecollective@starfleetunderground.com Website: starfleetunderground.com Twitter: twitter.com/StarfleetUnderG Instagram: instagram.com/starfleetunderground Facebook: facebook.com/starfleetunderground YouTube: www.youtube.com/Qtsy16 #StarTrek #StarTrekPicard Explicit

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Guys... it seems we ran out of things to talk about!? No worries... we managed to still make it almost an hour! As usual, we still have plenty of laughs and talk about some good stuff - mixed in with all the other chatter! Here are our 3-2-1's: (Three Things we're Into; 2 Things we're Over; & 1 Thing we're Looking Forward to!) Karrilee's: 3 Things She's Into: 1. The Reset by Jeremy Riddle 2. Watching LIl' Miss BUST UP laughing! 3. FlavorGod Seasonings 2 Things She's Over: 1. Mask Acne 2. Dry Hands/Cuticles and Nails that just won't grow! 1 Thing She's Looking Forward To: 1. Visiting my sister next weekend! *** Kayelyn's: 3 Things She's Into: 1. The Art of Making Memories by Meik Wiking 2. Mornings! (She has a new Morning Routine that is working!) 3. TJ Maxx 2 Things She's Over: 1. Coldness! 2. Taxes! 1 Thing She's Looking Forward To: 1. Getting a second Cat! What are YOUR 3-2-1's lately? We'd love to hear from you! Head on over to our Facebook page, our Instagram, or leave us a voice message here! Until next time, remember to: Speak Life. Be Love. & Shine On. ~Karrilee & Kayelyn~ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/changing-our-minds/message