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Having entered Madhuvana and partaken of honey, as permitted by Hanuman, and singing and dancing like drunken people, the monkeys were forbidden by those guarding the grove and they belaboured the latter. Repulsed by them, the guards reported the matter to their leader, Dadhimukha, who appeared on the scene with his entourage and on remonstrating with the monkeys was thrashed by Angada, who dashed him to the ground. The guards headed by Dadhimukha then move en masse to Kishkindha to report the matter to Sugriva and bow down at the latter's feet.Recitation: 00:00 - 06:25Translation: 06:30 - 15:00

Christian believers will be tempted to sin. How are we to understand what goes on in temptation? Where is God when we are tempted? How do we lay hold of the resources to resist and come through these times of agony? These and other crucial questions are considered in this week's episode.   Featured Resources: – 'Lead Us Not Into Temptation', Sinclair B. Ferguson, Banner of Truth Magazine, Issue 145 (October 1975). – Excerpt from William Bridge, A Lifting Up for the Downcast (1649; repr. Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 2024), Chapter 7, 'A Lifting Up in the Case of Temptation', p. 214–220.    Further Reading: Bridge, William, A Lifting Up for the Downcast Gurnall, William, The Christian in Complete Armour (single volume or abridged in three paperback volumes) Owen, John, Temptation Resisted and Repulsed (abridged and made easy to read by Richard Rushing) Owen, John, The Mortification of Sin (abridged and made easy to read by Richard Rushing) Owen, John, Works, Volume 6: Sin and Temptation (includes full text of On the Mortification of Sin in Believers, Of Temptation, Indwelling Sin, and A Practical Exposition of Psalm 130)     Explore the work of the Banner of Truth: www.banneroftruth.org Subscribe to the Magazine (print/digital/both): www.banneroftruth.org/magazine Leave us your feedback or a testimony: www.speakpipe.com/magazinepodcast

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Seducers, Flatterers, Sorcerers, and more! Dcn. Harrison Garlick is joined by Noah Tyler, CFO of the Classic Learning Test, and Gabriel Blanchard, a staff writer for CLT, to discuss the first part of the 8th Circle: Simple Fraud (Cantos 18-25).Check out thegreatbookspodcast.com for more information.Check out our written GUIDE to Dante's Inferno: 80+ Questions and Answer.FROM THE GUIDE:53. What happens in the Eighth Circle of Hell: Simple Fraud (Canto 18)The Eighth Circle of Hell holds the souls of those King Minos found guilty of simple fraud and is composed of “ten stone ravines called Malebolge (Evil Pockets), and across each bolgia is an arching bridge.”[1] Each of the ten bolgias (pits, ditches, pockets, etc.) is filled with souls guilty of a different species of simple fraud: (1) panders and seducers (2) flatters (3) simoniacs (4) sorcerers (5) barrators (6) hypocrites (7) thieves (8) deceivers (9) sowers of discord and (10) falsifiers. Each bolgia in Malebolgia exhibits a different contrapasso.54. What happens in the first ditch (Canto 18)?After leaving Geryon, the Pilgrim observes the souls in the first ditch. Here, “two files of naked souls walked on the bottom” with each line walking a different direction.[2] The Pilgrim also notes, “I saw horned devils with enormous whips lashing the backs of shades with cruel delight.”[3] The souls here are pimps or panders in one line and seducers in the other. Notably, Dante the Pilgrim sees Jason the Argonaut suffering amongst the seducers.[4] Notice, however, that these seducers are not those who fell into passion, like Francisca, but rather those who act with malice to deceive others. It is the malice of malevolent nature of these sins that distinguish them from the incontinent sins.55. What happens in the second ditch (Canto 18)?Leaving the first bolgia (ditch), the Pilgrim and Virgil come upon the souls of the flatters suffering in the second ditch. The Pilgrim observes, “Now we could hear the shades in the next pouch whimpering, making snorting grunting souls… from a steaming stench below, the banks were coated with a slimy mold that suck to them like glue, disgusting to behold and worse to smell.”[5] Here, grunting in a ditch of excrement, are the flatterers. The contrapasso of the second ditch invites a stark juxtaposition between the honeyed words of flattery and the sordid reality of their deception. The Pilgrim makes this quite evident in his observation of Thais: “that repulsive and disheveled tramp scratching herself with shitty fingernails, spreading her legs while squatting up and down.”[6] Repulsed by Thais, Virgil and the Pilgrim move on. It should be noted, however, that this flattery is a malicious flattery intended to deceive.56. How is flattery a worst sin than lust, murder, or suicide?

TALK ABOUT BEING TRAUMATISED!! In today’s episode, we’re sharing a FF submission story that had us absolutely SHOOK!. Just when we thought we’d heard it all, this submission dropped into our inbox and left us with our jaw-dropped, laughing, gagging, and questioning how anyone could EVER request this—WOW. Sometimes, the wake-up call comes in the most unexpected (and nasty) ways. Trust us, you do not want to miss this one. Grab a coffee (or maybe skip the snack), and let’s dive into one of the most jaw-dropping stories we’ve ever read.

On this episode "S" and her husband are freaked out after meeting their 21 year old sons new boyfriend...who's 49...older than his Dad!! They believe it's freaky and not normal for a couple with a 28 year age gap to be together.

This episode is presented by Create A Video – Can Democrats recalibrate their messaging to attract "normies"? Or will they continue to bleed support for adopting increasingly radical positions? So, far... it doesn't look like they got the Election Day message. Help with Western NC disaster relief: Hearts With Hands Subscribe to the podcast at: https://ThePeteKalinerShow.com/ All the links to Pete's Prep are free: https://patreon.com/petekalinershow Advertising inquiries: Pete@ThePeteKalinerShow.com Get exclusive content here!: https://thepetekalinershow.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Previous Tesla electric car buyers who are embarrassed and even humiliated by Elon Musk's political move to supporting Donald Trump and MAGA, both financially and verbally, have been selling their Teslas. Some have also been selling because of constant Tesla vehicle build quality issues. JJ investigates this phenomenon of anti-Elon Telsa-selling.  Related videos: ‘Insane' Boom in Anti-Elon Tesla Bumper Sticker Sales https://youtu.be/hXKSy2n7C40 Tesla is Quickly Running Out of Cybertruck Buyers https://youtu.be/NlXMT-F_NiU Tesla Profits Could Drop By Half! https://youtu.be/t-kOlhqJb4c JJ's other pod: Stock Chat Show: https://www.youtube.com/@stockchatshow Get 15% discount on a FinChat subscription now (referral link): https://finchat.io/?via=artofvalue Join The Art of Value Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/TheArtofValue Referenced article: Once a must for wealthy Seattle liberals, Teslas feel an Elon backlash: https://www.seattletimes.com/business/once-a-must-for-wealthy-seattle-liberals-teslas-now-feel-an-elon-backlash/ Disclaimer: I am not a financial adviser and nothing in this content is financial advice. This content is for general education and entertainment purposes only. Do your own analysis and seek professional financial advice before making any investment decision.

Previous Tesla electric car buyers who are embarrassed and even humiliated by Elon Musk's political move to supporting Donald Trump and MAGA, both financially and verbally, have been selling their Teslas. Some have also been selling because of constant Tesla vehicle build quality issues. JJ investigates this phenomenon of anti-Elon Telsa-selling.  Related videos: ‘Insane' Boom in Anti-Elon Tesla Bumper Sticker Sales https://youtu.be/hXKSy2n7C40 Tesla is Quickly Running Out of Cybertruck Buyers https://youtu.be/NlXMT-F_NiU Tesla Profits Could Drop By Half! https://youtu.be/t-kOlhqJb4c JJ's other pod: Stock Chat Show: https://www.youtube.com/@stockchatshow Get 15% discount on a FinChat subscription now (referral link): https://finchat.io/?via=artofvalue Join The Art of Value Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/TheArtofValue Referenced article: Once a must for wealthy Seattle liberals, Teslas feel an Elon backlash: https://www.seattletimes.com/business/once-a-must-for-wealthy-seattle-liberals-teslas-now-feel-an-elon-backlash/ Disclaimer: I am not a financial adviser and nothing in this content is financial advice. This content is for general education and entertainment purposes only. Do your own analysis and seek professional financial advice before making any investment decision.

WARNING - EXPLICIT CONTENT ON THIS EPISODE - A conversation about how people get revenge on cheating partners got X Rated on this episode when a female caller, Leah, made a shocking revenge admission. And it repulsed some listeners. Listen to this with caution.

Check Us Out on Patreon:   / colonialoutcasts   and sorry for the bad internet today... What is the overall strategic situation in Palestine/Lebanon? On one hand, just like Gaza, Israel is spiraling into war in Lebanon without a strategy or clear goals, and even if they wanted to invade, they can't. Second: The U.S. faces a strategic dilemma as Israel escalates attacks on Hezbollah, risking broader conflict. While Washington seeks to prevent war, its constrained by limited policy options, political timing, and Netanyahu's brinkmanship. In short this madness won't end any time soon, but I don't see it getting out of control.

America Repulsed At Thought of Dog Eating, But World Does It Karel Cast 24-120 The world laughed and gasped at Donald Trump's assertion that immigrants are eating dogs and cats in Springfield, Ohio. And while they may not be eating them there, dog meat is still a staple around the Globe in places like China and other Indonesian nations. If that thought horrifies you as it does me, then I have one question, why aren't you vegan. Or are you a Speciesist? We all have First World problems every day. And I'm stuck right smack dab in the middle of one...what do you do when you encounter a first world problem? Plus, it's all of our worse nightmares. So why isn't it on the political agenda? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/coroner-s-investigation-quebec-care-home-allegations-of-neglect-1.7318734 Watch on YouTube and listen wherever you get your podcast. Subscribe at https://youtube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com The Karel Cast is heard three times a week on all your favorite streaming services and the video can be seen on Youtube. Karel is a history-making #LGBTQ talk show host currently living in Las Vegas with his pup Ember. https://youtube.com/live/AXX2ELTVs2k

Last time we spoke about the fall of Myitkyina. By late July 1944, the Japanese at Myitkyina in northern Burma were facing severe challenges. Despite holding out through a long siege, they were cut off from supplies and suffering heavy casualties. A leadership conflict between Colonel Maruyama and General Minakami further complicated things. Maruyama defended the city intensely, while Minakami aimed to deny Allied access to strategic roads. With depleted forces, including wounded troops trying to escape via the Irrawaddy River, the Japanese defense weakened. Allied forces, reinforced and ready, made significant gains, shrinking Japanese-held areas. On August 1, Minakami agreed to withdraw, and the remaining Japanese began escaping across the river. The Allies launched a final attack, securing Myitkyina on August 3. The 10 week siege resulted in substantial casualties on both sides. This victory allowed the Allies to improve logistical routes and marked a critical point in the Burma campaign. This episode is the Battle of the Driniumor River Welcome to the Pacific War Podcast Week by Week, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about world war two? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on world war two and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel you can find a few videos all the way from the Opium Wars of the 1800's until the end of the Pacific War in 1945.  Last time we were seeing action kick up at the Driniumor River. While the Japanese offensive had initially been successful, General Hall's forces managed to halt the enemy advance and reform their river line by July 15, despite a 1500-yard gap in the center. The Japanese were aware of this weakness in the American lines and exploited it, especially during the night. However, Colonel Starr's 3rd Battalion patrolled this area and occasionally engaged the enemy, killing 135 Japanese on the night of July 14. Despite this, General Cunningham claimed that his South Force had extended its lines nearly 1000 yards beyond its assigned sector without encountering any elements of the 124th Regiment. Consequently, on July 15, Starr concluded that his regiment had not advanced as far south as previously reported and ordered his units to adjust their lines southward and extend their defenses up the Driniumor towards Cunningham's Troop E. The following morning, Starr's 3rd Battalion began moving south to close the gap. As they reached the area by nightfall, Troop E was attacked by two companies of the 1st Battalion, 239th Regiment. While the cavalrymen sought cover, Starr's 3rd Battalion was also attacked by Colonel Nara's 3rd Battalion, which had turned south after its defeat at the Paup villages. This split the American forces in two, with Companies L and M pushing south through increasing opposition to reach South Force lines, while Companies I and K dug in for the night in their current positions. Despite the intense fighting, several Japanese were killed, and the gap was reduced to 500 yards.   In the course of the day's fighting the Coastal Attack Force had lost all its artillery and had suffered heavy casualties. Additional losses were sustained on succeeding days, but Major Hoshino and his men were not completely removed as an irritant until the night of 16-17 July. During that night remnants of the Coastal Attack Force, about thirty-five men strong, attacked North Force and 124th Infantry command post installations at Anamo. At 23:00 the group charged out of the jungle southwest of the Anamo perimeter. Repulsed by machine gun fire, the enemy temporarily disappeared, only to reappear at 03:00 on 17 July moving west against Anamo along the beach. Machine gun fire from the American positions broke up this second attack, but about ten minutes later the Japanese tried again, this time moving on Anamo from the north by wading in from the sea. Once ashore, Major Hoshino's men broke up into small groups, attempting to destroy mechanized equipment, automatic weapons positions, and communications installations. The Coastal Attack Force remnants had apparently scouted well, for they were reported to have moved purposefully toward the most important installations and they easily found their way about in terrain they had vacated only four days previously. Whatever Major Hoshino's plans were, they were not realized. About forty of his men were killed and the rest dispersed. Behind them, Hall dispatched Colonel Howe's 1st and 2nd Battalions to clear the remaining enemy units west of the Driniumor River. Over two days of complex and sometimes uncoordinated company actions, the Americans successfully overran Nara's stragglers in the area. Further south, as Japanese troops were seen crossing the Driniumor at a fording point about 2,500 yards south of Afua, Cunningham sent Troop A south to high ground behind the Driniumor to halt the Japanese movements westwards. There, the 78th and 80th Regiments, under Major-General Miyake Sadahiko, were assembling for a renewed offensive. Adachi's new plan involved Miyake striking Afua from the south while the 239th Regiment prepared to move against the Kawanaka Shima area. Additionally, the retreating 237th Regiment and the reserve 66th Regiment were ordered south to join future attacks by the 20th Division, though they wouldn't arrive until July 25. As the Miyake Force maneuvered into position to the right and rear of Cunningham's 1st Squadron, Starr struggled to close the gap in the center, which was eventually sealed on the morning of July 18. That night, Miyake launched an attack with two battalions on the 1st Squadron's command post and the adjacent perimeter held by Troop A, successfully pushing them 250 yards to the northeast. Early in the afternoon of 19 July fresh Japanese units began to surround the Troop A position, moving in from the north, northwest, west, and southwest. The 1st Squadron commander called for artillery fire to break up this enemy maneuver. Upon cessation of the fire, Troop A attacked to the south and west for a second time. Driving at least a company of Japanese before it, the troop pushed 600 yards southwest of its original positions astride the Afua-Palauru trail and temporarily disrupted enemy plans to seize the position. About 140 Japanese had been killed during the two days' operation around Troop A. South Force, at the same time, lost 8 men killed and 29 wounded, all from the 1st Squadron, 112th Cavalry. There were strong indications that more attacks might occur in the 1st Squadron area, but Troop A was not destined to take part in any of these actions. It was replaced on the 21st by Troop C. Following this victory on July 21, Troop C relieved the battered Troop A, Howe's battalions successfully set up a patrol base on the East Branch of Koronal Creek, and Starr's 2nd Battalion moved to Palauru to provide additional outer security southwest of the airfield. On July 19, the first elements of General Wing's 43rd Division began landing at Aitape, with the 2nd Battalion, 169th Regiment subsequently taking over about 1,000 yards of the river line on the right of the 124th Regiment by July 22. Meanwhile, Adachi ordered the still-reorganizing Miyake Force to attack Afua from the north and west while General Nakai's 79th Regiment crossed the Driniumor and attacked from the south. On the evening of July 21, Miyake launched his attack on Troop C's position, successfully cutting it off from the rest of South Force. While the cavalrymen resisted heavy Japanese attacks, Miyake's units also repelled Cunningham's attempts to relieve the beleaguered troop over the next few days. Not knowing what other plans the Japanese might have in mind, General Cunningham was unwilling to pull any more troops away from the river defenses. Moreover, he now considered the position of his right flank untenable. He therefore withdrew Troop B north of Afua about 1,000 yards and used the unit to form a new defense line which ran westward about 500 yards from Troop A's right flank, anchored on the Driniumor. South Force's right flank was now refused and additional protection had been secured for medical, supply, and command post installations at the dropping ground banana patch. Troop C was left isolated behind Japanese lines, and Afua was again released to the enemy. It was not until the night of 21-22 July that the Japanese forward units were able to organize for any sort of attack. During that night, elements of the 124th Infantry received considerable mortar, machine gun, and rifle fire from east of the Driniumor. This fire increased the next morning, and about noon the 3d Battalion, 124th Infantry, was attacked from the west by elements of the 237th Infantry. The first Japanese attack was ". . . finally broken up by a bayonet charge . . ." conducted by elements of the 3d Battalion, 124th Infantry, but other attacks followed as troops of the 1st Battalion, 239th Infantry, tried to move across the Driniumor from the east, striking both the 124th Infantry's unit and part of the 2d Battalion, 169th Infantry. Before dark on the 22d, the 3d Battalion, 124th Infantry, counted 155 new Japanese dead in its area. That unit and the 2d Battalion, 169th Infantry, reported their own losses as five killed and twenty-five wounded. The 1st Battalion, 239th Regiment made further unsuccessful attempts to reopen the river crossing. By July 25, Adachi decided to send the 41st Division south to assist in the southern effort. After the fall of Afua, Hall ordered Howe's battalions to leave their East Branch base and reinforce Cunningham's South Force, arriving at the new line by July 23. With these reinforcements, Cunningham decided early in the afternoon to send Troops A and B to attack west toward Troop C while Howe's 2nd Battalion pushed southeast toward the isolated troop. Despite being uncoordinated, the infantry successfully moved into Troop C's perimeter from the northwest and helped repel a heavy Japanese attack from the southwest, while the cavalry troops reoccupied Afua and established new defensive positions. However, American attempts to break out on July 24 were unsuccessful due to the Japanese defending all tracks, trails, and ridgelines in the heavily jungled ground northeast of the perimeter. On July 25, Howe's Companies E and B unexpectedly established contact about 500 yards north of the besieged forces against light resistance, allowing the battered Troop C to withdraw. With Troop C relieved, Howe's units continued to attack south and west towards the Afua-Palauru trail, successfully pushing the Japanese into the Torricelli Mountains. Many Japanese troops remained positioned in a triangular area bounded by the dropping ground, Afua, and Company G's ridgeline position, where they continued to harass Cunningham's forces. Rifle fire, intensifying as darkness approached, harassed the rear and right flank of the two battalions, and the Japanese began intermittently to drop light artillery or mortar shells into the banana patch area, where the command posts of South Force, the 112th Cavalry, and the 127th Infantry were now located. Finally, Japanese patrols, coming in from the west, had scouted the banana patch area during the day, action which seemed to presage an enemy attack during the night. To get out of range of the enemy fire and danger of enemy attack, General Cunningham moved the command post installations 500 yards to the north before dark. Additionally, 127th Infantry patrols had found a Japanese map which indicated that the 66th Infantry, 51st Division, was concentrating in the Kwamagnirk area. Indeed, the 66th Infantry, which, with attached units, was at least 1,000 men strong, had crossed the Driniumor on or about 24 July. Bypassing the right flank of South Force, the regiment had moved into the heavily jungled high ground west of the banana patch and dropping ground. In addition, the remnants of the 237th Infantry, probably about 300 men strong, had finally arrived in the Afua area on 25 July and had passed to the control of the Miyake Force. Rear elements of the 20th Division, including additional men from the 26th Field Artillery and engineer units, had also crossed the Driniumor south of Afua. The number of Japanese troops in the South Force area by nightfall on the 26th of July was at least 2,500 and may have been over 3,000. On July 27, the battalion launched a successful southward attack, but ongoing Japanese movements to the west eventually necessitated an American withdrawal, despite other units under Cunningham managing to repel enemy advances. The following day, Cunningham consolidated his positions to bolster defenses in anticipation of potential large-scale Japanese assaults. However, on July 29, efforts by the 1st Squadron and the 2nd Battalion to attack south and west into the Triangle were thwarted by determined Japanese defenders led by Adachi. As a result, only localized patrol actions were conducted on July 30 and 31, as Cunningham devised plans for another offensive into the Triangle.  Major combat activity revolved around the withdrawal of Company G, 127th Infantry, from its exposed outpost west of Afua. On the afternoon of the 29th the unit had been driven more than 400 yards east of its original position by Japanese attacks and had established new defenses on high ground about 300 yards west of Afua. On the 30th the company was surrounded and spent all day fighting off a series of small-scale attacks. The next morning it fought its way north to the dropping ground, where it arrived about 1330. Thence, it moved on to the Driniumor and joined the rest of the 2d Battalion, 127th Infantry, which had switched positions with the 3d Battalion. During the period from 13 to 31 July, South Force had suffered almost 1,000 casualties, of which 260 had been incurred by the 112th Cavalry. For the understrength cavalry regiment, this was a casualty rate of over 17 percent. The 2d Battalion, 127th Infantry, had also lost heavily and was in need of rest, reorganization, and re-equipment--needs which had prompted General Cunningham to change the places of the 2d and 3d Battalions, 127th Infantry. South Force casualties were as follows: 106 killed, 386 wounded, 18 missing, and 426 evacuated as a result of disease and sickness. South Force estimated that it had killed over 700 Japanese. By the end of July, with the arrival of most of the 41st Division, Adachi believed he had amassed enough reinforcements near Afua to launch a final offensive. The 238th Regiment, the 41st Mountain Artillery, and the 8th Independent Engineers were across the river in time by the 30th but the 2nd and 3rd Battalions, 239th Regiment, had missed the crossing point on the Driniumor and were lost. Fortunately for the 18th Army, the South Force withdrawals on July 29 and 30 gave the 20th and 41st Divisions time to complete their organization. New orders were issued for the attack to start on August 1, with the 20th Division on the west and the 41st Division on the east. The strength that the 20th Division could muster for the attack was a little over 2000 men. Most of these troops had been without food for some time. They were suffering from starvation, malaria, and skin diseases, and morale was cracking. They were short of both ammunition and weapons. The 41st Division and its attached units, totaling nearly 1750 men by the morning of August 1, were in equally bad shape. Nevertheless, General Adachi was determined to make one last attack with the nearly 4000 troops now available to him in the Afua area. Despite sensing minimal Japanese resistance to the north, Hall was eager to mount a robust counteroffensive against the 18th Army. The 2d Battalion, 124th Infantry, which had been patrolling in the Palauru-Chinapelli area, was relieved from that duty by the 1st Battalion, 169th Infantry, and on the 30th joined its regiment at the Driniumor. The 2d Battalion, 169th Infantry, was already at the river. Tactical control of the counteroffensive was vested in Col. Edward M. Starr, commanding officer of the 124th Infantry, whose counterattack organization was to be known as TED Force. The 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry, was commanded by Maj. Ralph D. Burns; the 2d Battalion by Lt. Col. Robert M. Fowler; the 3d Battalion by Lt. Col. George D. Williams; and the 2d Battalion, 169th Infantry, by Maj. William F. Lewis. To avoid confusion, the four battalions were referred to by the last names of their commanders rather than by their number designations. Fowler's battalion, attacking along the coast, was to be supplied by ration trains moving along the coastal trail from Anamo. The rest of TED Force, pushing through trackless, dense jungle, was to be supplied by airdrop. The 149th Field Artillery Battalion, augmented by the Cannon Company, 124th Infantry, was responsible for artillery support, but when necessary the 129th Field Artillery was to add its fire to that of the 149th. All the artillery units were emplaced on the beach west of the Driniumor's mouth. The positions which the 124th Infantry and the 2d Battalion, 169th Infantry, left vacant on the Driniumor were to be occupied by the 2d and 3d Battalions, 128th Infantry. Colonel Starr had succeeded General Stark as commander of North Force on 18 July when the arrival of elements of the 43d Division at Aitape made it necessary for General Stark, the assistant division commander, to move back to BLUE Beach for administrative duties. General Stark apparently also reassumed command of the Western Sector, in place of General Hutchinson, Assistant Division Commander, 31st Division, who had rejoined his division when it, less the 124th Infantry, moved to a new operational area in western New Guinea. When TED Force was organized, North Force as such apparently ceased to exist, and the 128th Infantry took over the defensive functions previously assigned to North Force on the Driniumor. The name TED Force originated from the diminutive for Colonel Starr's first name. There were always so many units from different divisions and regiments operating along the Driniumor that the task force usually found it more convenient to use names rather than numbers for unit designations. The names, usually derived from the commanding officers, served not only to lessen confusion but also did double duty as code names.  The attack was to be carried out with three battalions abreast along a front of 3,000 yards, and the fourth in reserve and in position to protect the right flank of the advancing force. The four battalions were to move east to the line of Niumen Creek, destroying all enemy found between that stream and the Driniumor within the 3,000-yard-wide zone of responsibility. Upon their arrival on the Niumen the battalions were to reorganize and prepare for further advances either east or south upon orders from General Hall. All three battalions of the 124th Infantry began crossing the Driniumor on schedule at 0800, 31 July, moving into terrain concerning which only incomplete and sometimes inaccurate information was available. The 1st Battalion faced delays from enemy delaying actions but eventually reached the creek by August 1, while the remaining battalions advanced inland, also reaching Niumen successfully.  The 1st Battalion's advance company had been held up about 800 yards east of the Driniumor by elements of the 1st Battalion, 239th Infantry, which had been left along the river when the rest of that Japanese regiment had moved south to Afua on 26 July. Burns' men continued to encounter strong opposition from 239th Infantry elements throughout the day and did not break off contact until 1730, when the battalion bivouacked for the night still 800 yards west of Niumen Creek. Company A had become separated during the day and remained some 550 yards northwest of the main body for the night. Both sections of the battalion were out of touch with the rest of TED Force. The 3d Battalion, 124th Infantry (Williams), crossed the Driniumor at a point about 3,000 yards inland and reached the Niumen about 1400, having encountered only scattered rifle fire. Lewis' 2d Battalion, 169th Infantry, which followed Williams' command, made no contact with the enemy and bivouacked for the night about 500 yards west of Williams. All battalions spent the next day, 1 August, consolidating and patrolling along Neumen Creek, and Burns' unit moved up into line with the others. Meanwhile, Cunningham planned his own offensive aimed at dismantling the Triangle position following a reconnaissance mission along the Afua-Palauru trail. However, preliminary actions were disrupted when two companies launched a surprise attack from the southwest against Troop C's lines at 06:20 on August 1. General Cunningham immediately canceled the planned reconnaissance in force into the triangle area and turned his attention to this new threat. The first Japanese assault units were quickly reinforced, and the enemy moved forward against Troop C in massed waves along a narrow front. A bloody battle ensued as the enemy, apparently determined to commit suicide, continued his mass attacks. South Force called for artillery support, which was quickly forthcoming and which greatly helped Troop C to throw back the enemy assaults. By 0800 the Japanese had withdrawn and the battle area had become strangely quiet. Patrols were sent out from the cavalry perimeter to reconnoiter. These parties counted 180 dead Japanese in front of Troop C's lines, and it was considered probable that the enemy had carried off many more dead and wounded. Troop C, on the other hand, had lost but 5 men killed and 6 wounded. Examination of the enemy dead disclosed that elements of both the 80th and 238th Infantry Regiments had participated in the attacks. Thirty minutes later, Cunningham proceeded with his reconnaissance mission, encountering minimal resistance before returning in the afternoon. Despite capturing documents indicating an impending major assault, Cunningham deployed the 2nd Squadron as a mobile reserve at his command post. Although the movement of the 2d Squadron had apparently been well advised, the Japanese did not attack the command post area. Instead, at 1900, elements of the 41st Division struck the 1st Battalion, 127th Infantry, at its lines south of the dropping ground. This attack was preceded by fire from a 70-mm. or 75-mm. artillery piece which the Japanese had managed to sneak into the area within 150 yards of Company B, 127th Infantry. Following a few rounds from this weapon, Japanese infantry charged forward in four separate waves, employing perhaps 300 men on a very narrow front. Few of the enemy got near Company B's positions, for the attack was thrown back with artillery, mortar, and machine gun fire, which caused heavy losses among the enemy forces. By 2030, action in the dropping ground area stopped for the night. During the early hours of the next morning, 3 August, the 1st Battalion, 127th Infantry, again heard enemy activity to its front, and about 0730 a small Japanese party struck between Companies A and C. This attack was quickly repulsed, principally by mortar fire from 1st Battalion units. By noon all activity in the 1st Battalion area had ceased, and the Japanese had withdrawn to the southwest.  Concurrently, Cunningham's 1st Squadron faced attacks from Nakai's 20th Division, but their suicidal charges were also turned back by resilient defenders. The 1st Squadron, 112th Cavalry, on the left rear of the 1st Battalion, was attacked by another group of Japanese at 1945. This action was probably meant to have been coordinated with the attack on Company B, but, if this were the enemy's intention, something had gone wrong. Apparently there had also been some mix-up in unit dispositions, for both enemy efforts had entailed the use of elements of the 78th, 80th, and 238th Infantry Regiments. After the day's action was finished, the combined effective strength of the first two units was probably not more than 250 men, and the 2d Battalion, 238th Infantry, was practically wiped out. The desperate attacks during the day had been carried out with a complete disregard for self-preservation, and had probably cost the Japanese 300 men killed and at least twice that number wounded. TED Force was subsequently directed to advance south along Niumen Creek toward the Torricelli Mountains foothills to disrupt Adachi's supply lines and flank the 18th Army. Supply challenges and dense jungle terrain initially delayed Starr's southern movement, with his northern battalions only linking up with the southern ones by day's end. The next morning, Starr launched a southward offensive, immediately encountering fierce resistance from the 1st Battalion, 239th Regiment, which held a stubborn defense throughout the day. In response, Starr ordered his 1st Battalion to bypass the engagement and move southwest, advancing unopposed for up to 1000 yards. August 3rd proved relatively calm for Cunningham, as the 1st Battalion, 169th Regiment arrived to bolster the South Force perimeter. However, vigilance remained high in anticipation of Mano's impending final assault.  On 1 August General Adachi learned that American forces were active in the Yakamul area. It was erroneously reported to him that this was an amphibious operation, a maneuver which the 18th Army commander had feared for some time (actually, the report referred to patrolling by the 2d Battalion, 124th Infantry, along the coast from the mouth of Niumen Creek). He therefore ordered the remaining elements of the 237th Infantry to extricate themselves from the operations in the Afua area and hurry back to Yakamul to reinforce service units in that vicinity. Events moved so rapidly that the remnants of the 237th Infantry never got to Yakamul. Instead, the advance of TED Force made it necessary for General Adachi to change his plans and accelerate a general withdrawal. Communications within forward units of the 18th Army had so broken down that it was not until 3 August that General Adachi learned of the TED Force movement across the Driniumor, although the 1st Battalion, 239th Infantry, had been in contact with TED Force since 31 July. When General Adachi did hear of the American movement, he grossly underestimated the strength of TED Force. Thinking that the American operation was being carried out by only 400 troops, General Adachi merely changed the orders of the 237th Infantry and instructed that regiment to hold the 18th Army's crossing point on the upper Niumen Creek. On the same day, 3 August, General Adachi issued detailed plans for the withdrawal of all 18th Army units to the east side of the Driniumor, a withdrawal which was to begin on 4 or 5 August. The 66th Infantry, 51st Division, was to protect the 20th and 41st Division units as they crossed the Driniumor. The continued advance of TED Force on 3 August prompted General Adachi to change his plans and early on the 4th he ordered the 20th Division to start retreating at noon that day and the 41st Division to break contact on the 5th. The following morning, elements of the 238th and 239th Regiments emerged from the jungle southwest of the 1st Squadron in a final, desperate charge. Violent action continued in front of the 1st Squadron for about two hours, during which time nearly 200 Japanese were killed at the very edge of the squadron perimeter, principally by machine gun and rifle fire. How many more of the enemy were killed by artillery and mortar fire during the period cannot be estimated, but the banzai tactics undoubtedly cost the Japanese more than the 200 dead counted in front of the 1st Squadron which, in the same two hours, lost only 3 men killed and 4 wounded. By 0900 the last enemy attacks had ceased and the remaining Japanese had withdrawn generally to the south.  Following the enemy withdrawal, Troop E pursued the retreating Japanese southward, encountering sporadic rifle fire as they eliminated remaining stragglers. The terrain encountered on August 4 and subsequent days during the operations of the TED Force east of the Driniumor proved next to impassable. Dense jungle undergrowth covered the ground; the area was thick with heavy rain forest; low but knifelike ridges, separated from each other by deep gullies, were encountered; and swampy spots were plentiful. To add to the difficulties, rain fell during the day--a downpour which turned much of the ground into a quagmire and flooded many dry stream beds. A few new, rough trails, recently cut by the Japanese, were found, but mud made them nearly useless as routes of advance. Low clouds coming in from the Torricelli Mountains to the south prevented ration and ammunition drops and increased communication difficulties. Battalions ran low on drinking water, for weather conditions prevented resupply of water purification tablets and the assault companies had neither time nor equipment to clean water by other means. Radio communication between battalions, from battalions to TED Force headquarters, and from the latter to higher echelons was nearly nonexistent, for the heavy jungle and the damp weather cut down the efficiency of all radio equipment. It had been hoped that the advance on the 4th would carry TED Force south to the main Japanese supply route, but the trail reached by Burns', Lewis', and Williams' battalions was another route which had not been used by military traffic for some time. Possibly, it was a section of the native trail to Afua and, as such, purposely avoided by the Japanese inasmuch as parts of it could be seen from the air. In any case, the track cut on the 4th lay about 1,200 yards north of the east-west trail which most of the Japanese forces moving to and from the Afua area had been using. Colonel Starr, realizing that the main Japanese supply route had not yet been severed, ordered his units to continue southward on the 5th, on which day the advance was resumed about 0800 hours with Williams leading and Lewis' battalion about 400 yards to the rear. Pushing south along now precipitous and mountainous banks of the upper Niumen, Williams' unit was opposed by only scattered rifle fire until 1100, when it was decisively halted by a strong Japanese force conducting a stubborn defense. On August 5, learning that TED Force was approaching the point at which the 18th Army's main line of communications crossed the upper reaches of Niumen Creek, General Adachi had also ordered the 8th Independent Engineers to aid the remnants of the 237th Infantry in holding the crossing point. It was this combined 237th Infantry-8th Engineers force that Williams' 3d Battalion, 124th Infantry, had encountered about 1100 on 5 August. The composite Japanese unit was dug in along a 1,000-foot high ridge across Williams' line of advance and threatened to outflank the battalion by occupying other high ground nearby. Despite artillery and mortar support, Williams' men were unable to advance. Colonel Starr ordered Lewis' unit to bypass the fight and continue south to locate and cut the Japanese main supply route. Fighting at Williams' front continued through most of the afternoon, and Colonel Starr realized that the Japanese force could not be dislodged that day. Fowlers' battalion was brought up to the rear of Williams' and late in the afternoon set up a new perimeter with the regimental command post. Before dark, Williams' men withdrew slightly from their most forward positions so that artillery concentrations could be placed along the front. Lewis' unit, which had moved off to the southeast to bypass Williams' fight, made little progress in very rough terrain and was cut off from the rest of TED Force before it could swing westward. Meanwhile, another battalion to the west encountered minimal resistance as it intercepted the main enemy trail east of the Driniumor, linking up with patrols from Cunningham's 2nd Squadron. Action on the 6th started earlier than TED Force expected. About 0300 approximately 400 Japanese attacked Williams' perimeter. This enemy force comprised elements of the 41st Division, supported by men of the 26th Field Artillery of the 20th Division and some remnants of the 8th Independent Engineers. Attacking under cover of fire from machine guns, mortars, and 75-mm. mountain guns, the Japanese force was attempting to secure fords over the upper reaches of Niumen Creek and protect the withdrawal of other elements of 18th Army units from Afua. Though surprised, Williams' men held back the initial onslaught. Reportedly, Japanese riflemen then climbed trees surrounding Williams' perimeter to pin down the American troops while other Japanese continued to attack on the ground. Fowler's unit, under orders to bypass Williams' fight and move around the enemy left, started moving about 0800 hours but soon found the terrain made it impossible to avoid contact with the Japanese opposing Williams. The Japanese, having control of most commanding ground in the area, stopped Fowler's leading company. Action was not rapid. The terrain made all movements slow and laborious, and much time had to be taken to co-ordinate artillery support fire properly. Under cover of artillery fire, another company of Fowler's battalion, creeping slowly through ravines and up an almost vertical cliff, worked around to unoccupied high ground on the Japanese left. The rest of the battalion was successfully disengaged to secure more commanding terrain in the same area. The Japanese, finding themselves outflanked and subjected to increasingly heavy artillery and mortar fire, began to withdraw southward in midafternoon, relieving the pressure on Williams' front. Fowler's battalion, in enveloping the Japanese left, had moved north and then westward and the maneuver had carried the unit by dark to a point just north of the main trail about 750 yards east of Burns' battalion. Williams' men withdrew to reorganize, after disengaging from the enemy forces late in the afternoon; at dark, having resumed the march westward, they secured high ground north of the trail. The ground covered during the day by Williams' battalion was little more than 500 yards west of the position it had occupied the previous night. The unit probably could have moved farther, but Colonel Starr halted it so as not to increase the distance from Lewis' battalion which was, in effect, lost. The unit had laboriously struggled over extremely rough and trackless ground during the day, fighting in the afternoon against a number of Japanese who had withdrawn from Williams' front. For the night, Lewis' men set up a perimeter about 800 yards south-southeast of the scene of Williams' fighting. With Adachi's escape route blocked, Starr's battalions advanced southwestward, achieving notable success by killing around 500 Japanese soldiers between August 6 and 7. In the interim, Cunningham's South Force completed operations in their sector, achieving a successful attack led by Howe that ousted the remaining disorganized Japanese presence from Afua on August 6. Two days later, the 124th Regiment advanced to the Driniumor, claiming to have eliminated approximately 1800 Japanese soldiers since the start of their counteroffensive, at the cost of 50 men killed and 80 wounded. With the rest of Adachi's 18th Army retreating towards Wewak, General Gill declared Afua secure by the evening of August 9. Following the conclusion of the Battle of the Driniumor River, the fatigued units of the 32nd Division, including the 124th Regiment and 112th Cavalry Regiment, were relieved by units from Wing's 43rd Division. From August 16 to 25, Wing's regiments conducted final combat missions in the Aitape region, encountering minimal Japanese resistance east of the Driniumor, except for delaying actions near the mouth of the Dandriwad River by patrols of the 103rd Regiment. Consequently, General Krueger declared the Aitape operation concluded on August 25, confident that the 18th Army posed no further threat to the Tadji airstrips. Adachi's forces had indeed suffered a decisive and costly defeat, rendering them incapable of posing a significant threat to Allied forces anywhere in New Guinea. The campaign to secure the Aitape area and defeat the 18th Army resulted in approximately 440 Allied soldiers killed, 2550 wounded, and 10 missing, while inflicting losses of around 8821 Japanese killed and 98 captured, including 2669 killed and 34 taken prisoner from August 2 to 9 alone. Adachi himself reported losing 9000 men and virtually annihilating seven regiments. I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. The American forces under Hall and Cunningham repelled multiple fierce Japanese offensives, inflicting heavy casualties. Despite a lot of setbacks and logistical challenges, TED Force advanced southward, disrupting Japanese supply lines and forcing their withdrawal by early August. Casualties were significant on both sides, underscoring the fierce nature of fighting on Green Hell.

A new MP3 sermon from Trinity Presbyterian Church, Statesboro is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Repulsed By Evil Subtitle: 1 Thessalonians Speaker: Roland Barnes Broadcaster: Trinity Presbyterian Church, Statesboro Event: Sunday Service Date: 11/23/2014 Bible: 1 Thessalonians 5:22 Length: 32 min.

Dr Elisa Becker, Researcher in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, discusses the role of disgust in protecting our health through the behavioural immune system, our relationship with eating meat and whether food packaging on animal products should go down the same path as cigarettes.Time Stamps: 00:00 - 02:56 - Introduction to guest, the topic and background 04:43 - 08:30 - What is the behavioural immune system? 08:31 - 14:01 - How does the behavioural immune system interact with food? 14:02 - 20:42 - Distaste or Disgust: What is the difference? 20:43 - 28:26 - Is disgust something you are born with, or do you learn it? 28:27 - 34:10 - Why is eating less meat becoming more popular? 34:11 - 36:36 - Should we be reducing our meat intake? 38:51 - 41:45 - Should meat be packaged to deter people from eating it? 41:46 - 44:18 - Outro

“The sex-repulsed flag. An alternate sex-repulsed flag with adjusted colors and Rule of Tincture. Sex-repulsed is a sex stance that describes an individual who is repulsed by the act or concept of sexual interaction. The term is commonly used by asexual spectrum individuals, but is not exclusive to this community or sexuality. Sex-repulsed individuals may find sexual activity undesireable, uninteresting, uncomfortable, or generally unwanted. This is not the same thing as being asexual or lacking sex-drive (libido). Some individuals may be repulsed by the idea of personally engaging in sexual activity, while feeling favorable or indifferent towards sexual interaction that does not involve them or sexual interaction as a concept. The term sex-averse may be used to describe this experience. Some individuals may be repulsed by certain sexual acts, while feeling favorable or indifferent towards other sexual acts. The term sex-ambivalent may be used to describe this experience. Some individuals may feel repulsed towards sexual interaction due to trauma or exhaustion. The term sex-drained may be used to describe this experience. Sex-repulsed individuals may also identify as apothisexual, ARCsexual, anticarnal,or Inactsexual. The term sex-repulsed is sometimes confused with sex-negative. Sex-negative (also referred to as antisexualism) is a political position used by those who are hostile towards sexual expression or sexuality. It is also often used by SWERFs and individuals who are against sex workers or the creation of sexual media (such as pornography).[1] Sex-repulsed individuals are distinct from this idea, as individuals who are repulsed by sexual interaction may still be supportive of others' sexual freedoms. Sex-repulsion is not necessarily related to sexophobia, genophobia, haphephobia, anthrophobia, misanthropy, social phobia, philemaphobia/philematophobia, philophobia, or erotophobia.” -https://www.lgbtqia.wiki/wiki/Sex-Repulsed --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/antonio-myers4/support

Do you find that you spend more time rationalizing your sin or being repulsed by your sin? If we aren't repulsed by our sin, and sin in general, we are probably being led by our emotions and not the Holy Spirit.

This is episode six and we're covering events at the end of December and into the first week of January. First a quick situation report. The Finns were fighting to maintain control over parts of the road to Raate from Suomussalmi, with the Russians having now decided to send an entire new Division to support the Ninth Army which had experienced some difficulty in the drive to cut Finland in half through what was known as the waist, planning if you remember to reach Oulu the eastern harbour port on the Baltic. Captain Makinen had fought a rear-guard near the lakes of Kuivasjarvi and Kuomajarvi but the going was tough as his 350 men faced 14 000 Red Army troops. The Ninth Army receiving new orders for the 163rd and 44 Rifle Divisions to attack simultaneously on the 22nd December, but this was postponed to the 24th. That was to allow the 9th Army commander Duhanov to be replaced by the highly successful Vasily Chuikov. For this phase of the attack, the Soviets wanted to send in reinforcements to Suomussalmi which they continued to hold despite Finnish attempts to drive them from this town based in the central eastern side of the waist, on the main road to Oulu. The Soviet Stavka had taken over direct control of the war, it was going so badly, and they wanted to send mobile forces down the road to bolster the two infantry regiments, divisional artillery and the HQ in Suomussalmi. This was going to be a challenge, the Finns managed the cut the road along a five kilometer section. So the Stavka used a new tactic, to bypass this cut off portion, to outflank the Finns in other words. If you stand in the town of Suomussalmi and stare out direct north, you're looking out across one of these quite vast lakes, out towards the Hulkonniemi peninsular opposite, more than a kilometer away across the Niskanselka portion of the lake. o the Soviet battalion that detached from the 44th Rifle Division was forced to circle Finnish positions along a 200 kilometre route through the Lonkka-Palovaara territory, and this was a safe route, albeit a long march. Intelligence reports indicated that the Russians were arriving in force and the Finns attack on Suomussalmi was delayed to the 26th December when sections of the Sixth bicycle battalion struck Russian logistics columns near kylanmaki. Despite desperate attempts, the bicycle battalion failed to overrun the Russian positions. Things went better for the rest of the battalion hit a Red Army motorised column at the village of Kakimaki, causing chaos. The Russian troops abandoned their trucks and escaped across the frozen landscape back into to Soviet Union. Let's take a look at what was happening near the Arctic sea, far to the north. There the Soviet Fourteenth Army led by Commander Valerian Frolov was trying to seize Finland's only Arctic port, Petsamo. The Finnish high command had split their forces here — one was under Major General Marrti Wallenius, and called the Lapland Group. Wallenius faced a grim situation, and Mannerheim had not expected his forces in the north to survive long. He was going to be surprised, because the Lapland Group had managed to hold off the Fourteenth Army mainly because Frolov had decided to use only one third of his forces in the initial attack, the 52nd Rifle Division. Desmond Latham blog

Follow the LeadFollow the LedFollow the FellaLead the FollowerFollow the Leader"A Worthy Leader is Repulsed by Mindless Compliance”while in contrast“A Worldly Leader is Repulsed by Mindful Resistance”

Follow the LeadFollow the FellaLead the FollowerFollow the Leader"A Worthy Leader is Repulsed by Mindless Compliance”while in contrast“A Worldly Leader is Repulsed by Mindful Resistance”

Barstool Radio is back and hosted by Tommy Smokes. Get inside and stir up the Barstool drama every day. Barstool Sports Invitational FAU vs. Loyola Chicago | Arizona State vs. Mississippi State November 8th 6pm https://www.wintrustarena.com/events/... Support our sponsor Stacker2 Energy Buy Stacker2Chew Energy Gummies and B12 Energy Shots at Dollar General, where you can find all your favorite Stacker 2 products, or go to Stacker2.com. Check out Barstool Sports for more: http://www.barstoolsports.com Follow Barstool Sports here: Facebook: https://facebook.com/barstoolsports Twitter: https://twitter.com/barstoolsports Instagram: http://instagram.com/barstoolsports Chapters 0:00 Intro 2:00 Favorite Adult Beverages 6:00 Trent is moving back to NYC 9:00 Tommy threatened his landlord 13:00 Feits' Skyline Chili Video 18:00 Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce 20:00 Robbie Fox's relationship with Conor McGregor 22:00 Celebrity deaths 25:00 McGregor's next fight & The Sphere in Las Vegas 29:00 The celebrity boxing bubble has burst 33:00 Caller - Skyline Chili & Weird Food Combinations 46:00 Caller - Rone's Barguments Series 48:00 Caller - Foods that are white trash & renting in NYC 51:00 Caller - Robbie Fox's weekend UFC picks 53:00 Caller - Mountain Dew is White Trash 56:00 Caller - Broker Fees 58:00 Caller - How Iowa is Trent? 1:01:00 Caller - Tommy, Pat, Robbie & Trent are crushing it

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Harvest is Plentiful, Workers are Few | August 27, 2023Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor Journey Church Mission:We lead people to become ALL IN followers of Jesus. 1 John 2:5b-6 (NIV):This is how we know we are in him: 6 Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did. NEXT STEP QUESTIONS:What are you saying to me? What do you want me to do? Matthew 9:35-38 (NIV):35 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. 38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” What did he SEE? Matthew 9:36-37 (NIV):36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. 2) What did he FEEL? Compassion (Webster’s):Sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together WITH a desire to alleviate it. 3) What did he DO? Reflection Questions: 1. What evidence do you see in our culture that people are “harassed and helpless” and need Jesus as their shepherd? 2. When you look at the culture around you do you see the “plentiful harvest” that Jesus describes? Why or why not? 3. How do you respond to people in the culture that need Jesus? How about those that oppose the values of Jesus’ Kingdom in their beliefs and behavior? (Frustrated? Angry? Fearful? Repulsed? Superior?) 4. Do you find it difficult to have compassion for them? Why or why not? 5. How/Why was Jesus able to have compassion for those that opposed him and the values of his Kingdom? How/Why can we also have compassion? Who are people that you have a difficult time having compassion for? 6. What is the cost to the Church and the cause of Jesus if we don’t lead with and show compassion for those that need Jesus? 7. Do you think there is a shortage of laborers/shepherds in the church today? Why or why not? 8. How have you responded to the call of Jesus to pray for and become laborers in the Kingdom? How can we raise up more laborers/shepherds in the church? What is your next step? 9. Who can you begin to invest / invite this week? Who could you invite to sit an empty chair next to you next week? Next Steps: Complete the Connect Card to receive more information, have us pray for you, or to ask us any question: http://journeyweb.net/connectcardWant to worship through giving and support the ministry of Journey Church: https://journeyweb.net/giveDownload our app: https://journeyweb.net/app Join our Facebook Group to stay connected throughout the week: https://facebook.com/groups/JourneyChurchBozemanGet your children connected to our children's ministry, Base Camp: https://journeyweb.net/childrenOur Student Ministry is for High School and Middle School students: https://journeyweb.net/studentsSubscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JourneyChurchBozemanNotes Page: https://journeyweb.net/sermons/notes/2023.08.27.pdf Music L

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Hardcore isn't a new thing in Indonesia, it has been around for a few decades. UK and US imports in the 90s saw wealthy individuals buy records and introduce metal and hardcore locally. Bands from back in the day, such as Banana Split who sought to replicate Biohazard, or influential local bands like Martyr helped propel the alternative genres. In 2023, videos shared in Instagram by Pat Flynn brought 061 Hardfest to my attention. With only two months of preparation, a group of individuals in Medan, Indonesia put on a sold-out fest for 500 people, featuring bands from South East Asia. With its coverage across social media, the people in the 061 scene have made a statement that the hardcore world needs to pay attention to Medan.  Joined by Anes (Bass in Trap, Pollution, and guitar in Suspek, IG: @totaldamage_) and Sen (Drummer of Repulsed and co-director and editor of SHORTxFUSE on YouTube, IG: @rifqixhussein) we are talking Medan, the 061, Indonesia HC.  There is nothing more that needs to be said other than this is an episode you need to listen to.  Tracks played: 1.     Pleazure and Pain – “Juvenile Reaction” (Spotify, Instagram: @pleazure.ap)2.     No One Cares – “Resist” (Spotify, Instagram: @noonecares061)3.     Caveman – “Worthless Night” (Bandcamp)4.     Peach – “Caged” (Bandcamp, Instagram: @peachoftoday)5.     As We Stand – “Indesign” (Bandcamp, Instagram: @aswestanddd)6.     Fingerprint – “Dongan Sahuta” (Spotify, Instagram: @fingerprinthc)7.     Suspek – “Amphibi” (Bandcamp)8.     RADSS – “Lay Down” (Bandcamp, Instagram: @radss.its.us)

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Welcome to Pro Revolution Soccer, a football podcast that doesn’t leave politics at the turnstile. In the first episode of a five-part series, Keir Milburn and Tom Williams confront the most corrupt, rapacious and deadly World Cup in sporting history. Repulsed by football’s hyper-capitalism but compromised by their desire to watch Wales v England, Keir […]

Bob finally breaks down Mark's resolve and gets him to watch a handful of Ozu films. Will their podcast partnership survive? No, seriously though, Bob is a big enthusiast of Ozu's films and Mark does watch them for the first time. Is he similarly enthralled? Repulsed? Indifferent? You'll have to listen to find out. Though all the movies in question are more than 50 years old, if you're worried about spoilers, THEY ABOUND!00:10 Salutations and Bob still can't remember which episode number it is.1:17 Talking about Yasujiro Ozu!1:37 Mark had not seen Ozu before (and has found his clicky pen!)2:38 Ozu's Tokyo Story beat out Citizen Kane for Sight and Sound's top spot in 2012 (Directors' Poll, Vertigo won the Critics Poll)4:14 Ozu is well-known to film professionals, but not to the wider public5:00 The Finnish director whose name Bob doesn't remember is Aki Kaurismäki6:17 Actually 9 years7:51 How we selected the movies to cover for this episode8:45 Why have almost a third of Ozu's films been lost?10:18 Silent Ozu vs. Sound Ozu10:44 How many did Mark watch?12:21 Similar themes throughout Ozu's work16:52 SPOILERS BEGIN! Continue at your own risk19:32 Bob's rationale for choosing the 5 films21:49 Ozu using the same actors over and over25:06 Chishu Ryu's accent26:55 Comparing Late Spring and Early Summer29:23 What was Ozu doing differently in Floating Weeds?31:31 Ozu puts momentous events in between scenes34:21 Ozu, pillow shots, and *that* vase36:52 Other Ozu trademarks43:26 Ill-behaved children45:17 Why spend so much time on marriage?46:49 Demographic changes in Japanese society48:16 Favorite Ozu49:12 The emotional effect of Tokyo Story49:39 The emotional gut-punch of Late Spring50:50 Self-sacrificial characters52:45 Tokyo Story as a spur to self-reflection59:59 The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice1:04:01 Floating Weeds1:06:14 First try to wrap up and final thoughts1:08:13 Other directors who use the same actors over and over1:08:47 Why are they titled the way they are?1:11:16 The actual conclusionNote: Oscar® and Academy Awards® are the trademarks and service marks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This podcast is neither endorsed by nor affiliated with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.Music:Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcodeNote: Oscar® and Academy Awards® are the trademarks and service marks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This podcast is neither endorsed by nor affiliated with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.Music:Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

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Did you know that the birth control pill can lead to clitoral shrinkage? Or that it can physically change your feelings of attraction to someone? Millions of people with female reproductive organs have been told by doctors to start taking birth control – whether it's for pregnancy prevention, period cramps, or sometimes even acne. However, very few people are ever informed of the extensive side effects that come with taking this small pill. On this week's episode we are joined by Julia Abbiss, the Impact and Associate Producer of The Business of Birth Control, a documentary that examines the complex relationship between hormonal birth control and women's health and liberation. Julia shares the lesser talked about side effects of birth control and how it relates to the much larger issue of women's wellness and reproductive rights. The Business of Birth Control will be airing for FREE beginning Friday, February 4th, 2022 until Sunday February 6th, 2022. Whether you have been on birth control, know someone on birth control, or serve as an ally for women's health and reproductive rights, this film is hugely important and you can see it this weekend for FREE! Click here to watch! For more information, follow The Business of Birth Control on Instagram and Facebook, @businessofbirthcontrol. You can also check The Business of Birth Control on the web at: https://www.thebusinessof.life/the-business-of-birth-control   Check out the Light After Trauma website for transcripts, other episodes, Alyssa's guest appearances, and more at: www.lightaftertrauma.com Support the Podcast via Patreon   Transcript Alyssa Scolari [00:23]: Hi friends. Welcome back to another kick ass episode of The Light After Trauma Podcast. I am your host, Alyssa Scolari. And I know I say this every week, but I'm going to say it again. I am so fucking excited for today's episode. Like extra, extra, extra excited. This is a guest episode and we have a very special guest with us today. And we are talking about one of my favorite topics of all time. So obviously you all know that I have been having lots of health issues lately, and you are all aware that I ... Well, at the time of recording, today is January 21st. And my surgery is on January 27th for suspected endometriosis. And by the time this comes out, it'll be about five days after my surgery. And you all know that I have had quite the struggle with going to doctor after doctor to try to get some answers for what I've been going through. I have had years of excruciatingly, painful period cramps. And when I was 19 years old, I was put on birth control and basically told that that was something I'd have to be on for the rest of my life in order to manage my cramps. And the birth control caused so many issues in my body. And I'm still trying to recover from the health issues that I have. Now, I didn't realize that so many of my health issues were connected to the birth control that I was taking. Actually, I didn't find that out until this year. And part of who helped me to find that out is our very special guest speaker today. Her name is Julia Abbiss. I got that right, right Julia? Julia Abbiss [02:31]: You did. Good job. Alyssa Scolari [02:32]: I fucking nailed it. Yes. So Julia is the impact and associate producer of The Business of Birth Control, which is an upcoming documentary. It examines the complex relationship between hormonal birth control and women's health and liberation. Now, Julia is absolutely so much more than that. And I actually know Julia-ish. So like basically episode 27, which was a long time ago. If you have not listened to that episode, it is with Urvashi Banerjea on I believe the title is Cultural Whiplash. As many of you know, Urvashi, I met in 2010, our very first day of college and Urvashi has been one of my best friends and Urvashi is also best friends with Julia, and Julia and I absolutely because our friend Urvashi loves to have these like every single year for her birthday, she throws these like elaborate birthday parties, like Urvashi celebrates herself so hard, which is one of the many things we love about her. And I swear that Julie and I had to have hung out at some point, although neither of us can remember. But regardless we have become connected through Urvashi and through this documentary called The Business of Birth Control. Urvashi had been telling me a lot about it. She told me to watch it and I watched it and it brought me to tears. Happy tears, sad tears, tears of relief and validation. And we are here to talk about it today. And I know I'm blabbing a lot, so I'm going to turn this over to Julia in a second. But before we get started, I do want to say this. Everybody is different. Everybody's body works differently. And some people, their lives have been changed for the better on birth control. And that's okay. So we are not here today to tell you that what you're doing is wrong or horrible if that is what works for you. However, what we're here to do today is talk about the ways in which people with female reproductive rights might not be made aware of when it comes to taking birth control. That is the goal here today. It is not to shame you or make you feel bad for what you are or aren't taking. We are just trying to spread awareness in topics where honestly, there isn't a whole lot of advocacy, support or awareness. So with that being said, I know that was a hell of a long introduction. So I'm going to turn it over to Julia. Hello and thank you for being here today. Julia Abbiss [05:19]: Oh my gosh. Thank you so much for having me. And it's great to ... I don't know. I'm going to say meet you even though I'm sure we crossed paths at one of the 72 hour birthday celebrations. Alyssa Scolari [05:34]: No, literally. No, literally, I'm sure. Julia Abbiss [05:38]: But I really appreciate that disclaimer, because one thing we want the takeaway to be is that this documentary, this movement is all about informed consent and promoting body literacy. The more that we know about our bodies, the more we know about our cycles and our functioning, the more that we can advocate for ourselves in our doctor's offices, as well as our bedrooms and every other place that we inhabit. So I appreciate that. Alyssa Scolari [06:05]: Yeah, no absolutely. And we know that women in this world are not treated nearly as well or are not nearly as informed as men are. And so much of this documentary I think is also about that as well. And I guess I'm getting a little ahead of myself. So let me back up for a minute and just say like, so can you elaborate on like what your role is in this documentary and why you're so passionate about this? Julia Abbiss [06:42]: Sure. So I am the impact and associate producer, like you mentioned. Impact production is essentially growing the grassroots space around the film. So I work on our communications, on our events and getting partners just to make sure that we can reach as many people as possible on college campuses, high school campuses, and really anywhere where women and gender nonconforming people are. The beautiful thing about streaming online is that it can reach everyone everywhere. So just essentially working to make that happen. But I got involved in this project about three years ago. What started as a little communication contract evolved into an impact production role, which I'm so grateful and honored to be in. I was actually never on hormonal birth control. My mom had a adverse reaction to it back in the 80s and essentially scared me. So it was one of those, my mom's British. So she's like, "You are not going on those birth control pills." [inaudible 00:07:48] with barrier methods. And I've recently been introduced to the FAM method, or just FAM, which is fertility awareness method, which we can talk about later. So yeah, I came into this of an understanding of some of the side effects that can happen, which have come to find that women really are not informed. And truly the only reason I know about it is because of my mother. When I think back to reproductive health education in high school is poor, just very ... Alyssa Scolari [08:18]: To say the least. Julia Abbiss [08:19]: Yeah. I mean, and it just sounds like your only option is to go on the pill. I remember feeling shame that I wasn't on it, feeling pressure from my boyfriend at the time to be on it. And yeah, just not really wanting to talk to anyone because girls would be like, "Oh, have to take my pill." And I'm like ... So kind of that second guessing of like, oh my gosh, like, should I be on it? Like I'm a feminist. Like this is advancing women's liberation, women's rights. But in the back of my head, just knowing, like, I don't think I want to risk all these different side effects, whether it's my mood, whether it's physical, but really what I'm most excited for ... The impact of this film to me is just to act as a great validator for women and GNC folks who have been continuously gas lit by their doctor, by their partners, by their friend and family, to just say like, hey, these are side effects that you might not have known could even come from the pill or whatever hormonal contraceptive that they're on. So I think it's going to be pretty powerful. I'm a little scared for the backlash of it for people who don't watch it and make assumptions. But yeah, we'll see what happens. Alyssa Scolari [09:38]: And this film aired at the New York Film Festival. Julia Abbiss [09:44]: At DOC NYC. Yes. And it was so incredible because we had an in person screening, which thankfully we snuck in during a low COVID time. But I know it was so nice to be in person and to actually hear the audience take. When you're in the background, just watching all of these rough cuts, you're like, I think this is good but not really knowing because you're so steeped in it, what the actual response will be. But you heard people sniffling when it got really emotional, you heard them laugh at different points that are just so outrageous that they're funny. Alyssa Scolari [10:24]: Right. That you have to laugh, you have to laugh. Julia Abbiss [10:27]: Yeah. But you could really hear a pin drop. I mean, it was just this moment of like everyone in the audience is really absorbing it and taking it in. And what was incredible was afterwards, we were able to have it streaming on the DOC NYC platform for two weeks. And every single day we were top 10 most streamed film and the largest documentary festival in the country. So it just acted as a validator or for us that people want this information. Alyssa Scolari [11:01]: Yes. Julia Abbiss [11:01]: And it's so needed and you have one woman who watches it who's going to tell five of her friends who tell five of their friends and it speaks to feminist grassroots building at its core. Alyssa Scolari [11:17]: Oh it absolutely does. It absolutely does. And I know, I mean just the gaslighting when it comes to like being put on this pill. And gaslighting that I think so many of us didn't even know was gaslighting. I wasn't even aware of ... I knew that I was being written off by doctors, but I wasn't even aware of how much I was being written off by doctors until I watched this documentary a couple of months ago. And I recall sitting in ... This had to be back in September. I came off of birth control like several years ago when I was really in the thick of my battle with PTSD. I was seeing this psychiatrist who, and at this point I had been on birth control for probably like seven years like at this point. And my psychiatrist at the time was like, "Hey, I know that you're experiencing like a ton of anger and like a lot of depression and like thoughts of self harm." And she was like, "Why don't we try coming off of the birth control and seeing how that changes your mood?" And I was like, "What? Like, what are you talking about?" Julia Abbiss [12:39]: Yep. Alyssa Scolari [12:40]: And like, what was I? Like 26? That was the first time I had ever heard a doctor say that some of my mental health symptoms could have been the birth control. And I had been battling for years with rage, with crippling depression, like an anger that I cannot even put into words, anger doesn't do it justice. It is this surging rage that was pulsing through my veins. And when my doctor suggested coming off, like I was like, I can't do that. Like I can't do that. I have really bad cramps. And she was like, "Well, why don't we see what's going on underneath the birth control with the bad cramps and see if we can try to manage it some other way?" Low and behold, I came off the birth control and my cramps became significantly worse and that's because I've had endometriosis and probably have had endometriosis for years. And I probably wouldn't be as sick as I am right now if it weren't for that birth control just kind of putting a bandaid on it for a decade. But I remember a few months ago going to a doctor before I even suspected I had endometriosis and I was telling her how bad my cramps are. And this was an OB-GYN. And she was like, "Well, why don't you go on the pill?" And I was like, "No, I was a monster on the pill. I was not myself." And I had tried several different verse of the pill and she was like, "Well, that's kind of your only option." And I was like, "But the birth control pill does X, Y, and Z to me." She literally looked at me and she went, "No it doesn't. Where'd you get that from?" And I was like, "My own experiences." And she was like, "Well, it's either that or suffer" is literally what she said to me. Julia Abbiss [14:44]: It's so unjust. I'm so sorry that happened. But I can't tell you how many stories I've heard at this point that are exactly the same. It's so interesting. We were on Clubhouse for a time and any kind of live stream event that we host that has a Q&A. I mean, they could run themselves essentially, but like we were on a Clubhouse for three and a half hours because you just had woman after woman coming on saying, "This is what I've experienced. I know that this isn't myself. No one's listening to me. It's making my other symptoms worse. It's acting as a panacea when I know that they're just festering underneath. Just because I can't feel it, doesn't mean it's not there." And just on the mood part, it's so fascinating. And we've talked about this, but Dr. Sarah E. Hill, she has a book called This Is Your Brain On Birth Control and she's in our film. And she just goes into all of these mental health side effects that no one warns you about. And none of the mental health practitioners are really aware of, it seems. If you're dealing with girls who are adolescent through, let's say mid 30s who are experiencing depression or just any type of mood symptom. One of the first questions that should be asked is are you on birth control? Alyssa Scolari [16:12]: Yes. Julia Abbiss [16:14]: Let's eliminate some things. There's this great quote in the film from a journalist who kind of blew the cover off of birth control in England. And she has this great line where she's like, "Once I got off of it, I realized that every emotion that I felt was my own." And it doesn't matter how many times I watch it. It just gives me goosebumps. Alyssa Scolari [16:42]: Oh yes. Yes. I was sitting at my kitchen table when I watched that and I was not prepared for the emotional toll that it would have on me. Feeling like the first time I'm in my life, but I was not alone in what I felt from that pill. Like it was hugely validating. And I'm wondering if you could talk a little bit about some of the side effects because 9 times out of 10, when women are given birth control, they are not told any side effects. And quite honestly, one of the side effects that people talk about the most and are the most worried about is weight gain. And that is the least important side effect. Like first of all, it's water, weight, birth control, there are really like no studies that show, I think to my knowledge, that birth control directly contributes to your body storing more fat in your body. So yeah, all we really hear about birth control is, "Oh, I don't want to gain weight. Oh, I don't want to gain weight. I don't want to gain weight," which is more of an issue about the fat phobia that lives in society. Julia Abbiss [18:01]: That's another documentary we'll get into, yeah. Alyssa Scolari [18:04]: Right. That's another documentary, but I'm wondering like, would you be able to talk about some of the different side effects that the documentary sheds light on for birth control? Julia Abbiss [18:15]: Absolutely. So I would break it up into physical, emotional, and relational. So I'll start with relational, which is kind of the most shocking is that hormonal birth control can affect your pheromones. So essentially who you're attracted to. And there's this study that's done that we show in the film about the smell test. So you see women smelling, they're like a row of sweaty t-shirts. And whichever one that they're attracted to the most is the partner that they should be with. And it goes down into like a lot of biological things that I can't get into because frankly it's not my area of expertise. But it's fascinating that women have reported that who they're attracted to while they're on the pill is different from when they're off the pill. So I'll leave your listeners ... Alyssa Scolari [19:10]: Wow. Julia Abbiss [19:12]: I'll leave a minute for everyone to just side eye their partner quickly, but that's really just kind of the most fascinating one. Yeah. Then there's physical. And so in terms of physical, one of the most shocking ones for me to learn about was Clitoral shrinkage. So your clitoris can actually shrink up to, I believe 20%, which obviously affects the intensity of your orgasm. But I think what's really interesting is that you have these girls going on birth control, younger and younger, they're on it for a majority of their sexual lives. And they're not actually experiencing what an orgasm can be, which I think is really important. Alyssa Scolari [19:12]: Yes. Julia Abbiss [20:06]: As well as affects your libido, which is the greatest irony of them all. You're on this to not get pregnant so you can have sex and not worry about it, but turns out you actually don't want to have sex. Alyssa Scolari [20:18]: Repulsed by sex. Julia Abbiss [20:20]: Totally. I think it was, oh, Sarah Silverman went on her podcast recently and was talking about how she just came off the pill for the first time. And she's like, "I'm so fucking horny and I had no idea." Alyssa Scolari [20:34]: Yes. Absolutely. Julia Abbiss [20:40]: Yeah. Which it's also just a commentary of how we teach girls about their sexuality, about masturbation, about orgasming. I mean, if you had a pill for a man that said, by the way, this might get your dick to shrink and you're not going to want to have sex as much, would it [crosstalk 00:21:02]. Alyssa Scolari [21:03]: No way. Julia Abbiss [21:05]: There's absolutely no way. Alyssa Scolari [21:07]: Absolutely. There's no fucking way. It might change who you're attracted to, it might shrink your dick, your orgasms aren't going to feel as good. Like the fuck ... Julia Abbiss [21:21]: You might have depression and a blood clot. Alyssa Scolari [21:26]: Blood clot. This could potentially kill you but here you go. Julia Abbiss [21:32]: Yeah. You're not actually feeling those things. I mean, you have to laugh when you like, look at this all on paper, like this is outrageous. So I do want to just clarify that when we are talking about this that's related to your disclaimer in the front. This is purely to say that these are side effects that you could be experiencing and just things to look out for. But birth control is ... The one thing that I do want to mention is that two things can be true. And this is what I think we're trying to accomplish with this documentary, is that we can say this is a product that has been a game changer for women. It has liberated us in every sense of the word, but we're just asking for a better product. We don't want it to be unavailable. We don't want, off the market. Like we just want better birth control for women and GNC folks to take where they don't have to worry about this litany of side effects. I mean, there's a scene in the film where you have one of the parents of a woman who unfortunately lost her life while on the pill, just opening up the essential, like scroll of side effects in tiny print, trying to find what it was that her daughter died from. And we're just kind of envisioning a world where that's no longer the case. Alyssa Scolari [23:06]: Yes. And we're also asking for just basic accountability for what these side effects are, because also in the film, I recall and correct me if I'm wrong or if I'm like misinterpreting this, but this like scene where they're talking about how they've gone through the FDA, and have brought these problems to the FDA. And it's not just doctors. It's the fucking FDA who's like, we did a good enough job at warning people. No, the fuck you did not. No, the fuck you did not. There's not a single doctor. Well, I shouldn't say not a single doctor, but the majority of doctors do not inform about any of the side effects. And when that person's coming back with severe depression, nobody thinks to ask about the pill. All these side effects might be listed in some extremely jargony impossible to understand terms in very fine print that you need a microscope to read on this huge scroll that comes in the package. And just in asking for accountability, like the FDA's like, no, there's no issue why we should change this. Like we did everything on our part. We're fine with women potentially losing their lives and living a lower quality of life as a result of this pill. Julia Abbiss [24:35]: Yeah. So there's a particularly infuriating and incredibly heartbreaking part of the documentary where we follow the journeys of these bereaved parents who are trying to get justice for their daughters. And you see them coming together under these really tragic circumstances to appeal at hearings and ask for black box warning labels. And even just to come together to figure out ways to educate other women so that it doesn't happen to them. The FDA is a beast, and it's really intimidating, but incredibly inspiring that these parents are ready and willing and are taking them on. We've heard from the different critics of the documentary. Like, this is such a low percentage of women will die from using hormonal birth control, which yes, it's true. In the grand scheme of things, incredibly low percentage. But try telling that to the parent, who's lost a child. The most unjust way too. I mean, you have otherwise healthy girls. And I think a part of it too, is that we're not testing anything before we prescribe. I mean, someone who has an estrogen dominance shouldn't be prescribed an estrogen based pill, but we don't know that. Instead, we're like, "Okay, try this one. And if it's not really working for you, let's try another one." And part of it in the beginning, you see these women talking about which forms of birth control they're on and many can't name it. They don't know the brand, they're on their fifth one. I mean, it's just ... And that's [inaudible 00:26:27] of the privilege of changing your birth control pill. So there's so many things. I mean, you look at pharmaceutical budgets and a majority of their costs go towards advertising. And it's a very slim percentage that goes towards actual research. An even slimmer percentage when it goes towards research for medications that are taken by women. So it just is so, so very infuriating. Alyssa Scolari [26:59]: It's infuriating and it's sickening. And it doesn't matter that the fact that there are few women who have died, it doesn't matter because that's still somebody's child, somebody's potential mom, somebody's sister. It doesn't matter. And it's not like it's difficult to tell test women prior to putting them on a pill. Hormone testing, have we tested them for any potential clotting disorders, like a history of a clotting issue because they know that birth control can cause blood clots. And it's said so casually. Like, oh, this can cause blood clots. So you just want to like keep an eye out. How does one keep an eye out for a blood clot? Julia Abbiss [27:49]: That was the ... Well, I shouldn't say hilarious. Alyssa Scolari [27:51]: I mean, hysterical in a very morbid sense. Julia Abbiss [27:55]: Exactly. But during the Johnson & Johnson vaccine controversy where they're like, oh, we're going to entirely pull from the market because it caused blood clots in, I think it was like three, nine ... It was an even smaller percentage. And you saw Twitter ablaze with women like, oh my God. Like wait till America hears about the birth control pill. And it just showed like, you can actually take this off the market and test it and give it its due diligence. No, I don't know if you saw any of those Twitter threads, but it was pretty ... Alyssa Scolari [28:36]: Hysterical. Yes. Like, oh yeah, wait until they get a load of what the birth control pill does. We're we're taking Johnson & Johnson off the market for the three to nine people who have had blood clots. Like the number of women who have had issues on birth control was astronomically higher. Julia Abbiss [28:55]: Well, can I just tell you, so I got the J&J vaccine and literally two days later it was pulled because of those side effects. And I was like, are you fucking me? Alyssa Scolari [29:01]: Oh no. Julia Abbiss [29:02]: Like, I've avoided birth control this entire time. Alyssa Scolari [29:07]: And it's a fucking Johnson & Johnson shot that's going to do me in. Julia Abbiss [29:11]: Oh my God. Classic. Alyssa Scolari [29:12]: Son of a bitch. Oh God. And here's the other thing that I think is important to like touch base on. And there's another very simple way of tracking your cycle and being able to be your own form of birth control that's talked about in the film that women never get told. It's very, very fascinating how women are immediately put on a pill when this pill has many side effects, causes suicidality in women, decreases their quality of life, decreases their sex drive, can cause blood clots, all of these other issues, and gastrointestinal issues. That's the other thing we should say is that there's been a ton of research that shows that birth control is linked to gastrointestinal issues. When I came off the pill after what? Seven years of being on it, I had gut issues that I am still trying to get under control. Like, I mean bad. But whatever. You guys know about my gut issues too. So all that, but what we don't tell women and what they're not given the choice to be like, oh, well, what you could do is also track your cycle yourself. Like there are tools out there that you can purchase where you can track your own cycle and gauge your own fertility. And part of that is because we live in a world that's like, you should be terrified of sex. And if you even think about sex, you're going to get pregnant. That's not actually the case. Julia Abbiss [31:01]: Yes. I was today years old when I found out that you could only get pregnant for essentially six days out of your cycle. And that just totally blew my mind. And it's so interesting because most women aren't told this until they're actually trying to get pregnant. So why aren't we using that six days cycle to inform when we can't get pregnant? So there's all these different devices now in the fem tech world, which is so fascinating and it's ever evolving that essentially you are able to track your cycle, to find out when that optimal window is. In which case, if you're trying to prevent pregnancy, you can use alternative barrier methods or anything else that works for you. Some women double up who they have a non-hormonal IUD and also do cycle tracking. So like the birth control pill, it is the most effective when you are taking your temperature, your basal temperature every single day at the same time. There's research being done about connecting your Fitbit, your Apple Watch to track your temperature and sync it with your app so that you don't actually have to take your temperature every morning. And it like can like register when you're waking up so it takes your temperature immediately, which is honestly the problem that I've had. Because when I try taking my temperature, I have like no set sleep schedule. So my timing is always so off. I'm not like a reliable candidate when it comes to actual temperature taking. But if you are meticulous and you're able to take it at the same time every day, and it is optimal when you do have a regular cycle, which I know eliminates a lot of people unfortunately. But I think that these different apps are coming out by female founders also, which is really inspiring that you have all these women who've experienced all these different adverse side effects and thinking surely there has to be a better way. And they're making that happen. So it's a movement that I really think we should all be paying attention to and seeing what's to come. Alyssa Scolari [33:31]: Yeah, absolutely. And this is a movement that's about, again, I just want to reiterate what we talked about at the beginning of this, which is that this is not about trying to shame you or make you feel bad if you have taken birth control and you have experienced great benefit from it. If you have, good for you. This is not about trying to erase birth control. This is about trying to spread awareness and help people become educated. And for me, watching that film, The Business of Birth Control, which is what this entire discussion is based off of, is it was hugely validating for me to know that so much of my depression and rage really wasn't me. And I have found in the work that I've done with so many of my clients who have female reproductive organs who were on the pill when they have come off of the pill, they are so completely different in terms of how they are able to manage their depression, their anxiety, their PTSD symptoms. And now, so many of the conversations that I have with my clients are them being like, "Was I ever even depressed in the first place? Or was it the birth control that has made me depressed?" I have had clients come off of birth control and no longer require therapy because they are absolutely fine. So this is about spreading awareness. This is about promoting women's advocacy. This is about reproductive rights, and this is about fighting for your right as a woman or as a person with female reproductive organs to have a really good fucking sex life with yourself and with other people. Julia Abbiss [35:24]: Amen. Alyssa Scolari [35:25]: Like that is what this is about. And I strongly encourage you if you are listening to this today, I strongly encourage you even if you have male reproductive organs, if you identify as a ... Like, I strongly encourage you to watch this anyway, because we also need you as allies to help advocate. So much of the advocacy I've had to do for myself, I know I wouldn't have been nearly as effective if my husband weren't standing by my side, learning about birth control as well. So get on board with this and we actually have a way for you to be able to see this film. Julia, can you talk about that? Julia Abbiss [36:12]: Yes. So we have a 48 hour free screening opportunity starting on Friday, February 4th, going till Sunday, the 6th. And you can sign up on our website. Again, it's for free at thebusinessof.life. I don't know if you're able to link that in your show notes. Alyssa Scolari [36:32]: I sure am. And today is February 1st. Well, if you are listening to this on the day that the podcast launches, then it is Tuesday, February 1st. And so we have just days and this film will be airing for free. The link will be in the bio. I highly encourage you to go check it out. Whether you are a mental health professional, this can help you, whether you are somebody who's taken birth control before, this can help you, whether you are somebody who is married to somebody or who is in a relationship with somebody or knows somebody who has been on the pill, this can help you. So the link will be in the bio. And Julia, thank you so much for your time, for your expertise, for having such a incredible role in the making and creation and promotion of this film. Because this is really helping women to, I think, feel a sense of solidarity. I know that's what I felt when I watched it. Hugely validated and so not alone. So thank you. Julia Abbiss [37:39]: Thank you so much, Alyssa. I really appreciate it and loved being on your show. Thank you. Alyssa Scolari [37:46]: Thanks for listening everyone. For more information, please head over to lightaftertrauma.com or you can also follow us on social media. On Instagram, we are @LightAfterTrauma. And on Twitter, it is @LightAfterPod. Lastly, please head over to patreon.com/lightaftertrauma to support our show. We are asking for $5 a month, which is the equivalent to a cup of coffee at Starbucks. So please head on over. Again, that's patreon.com/lightaftertrauma. Thank you and we appreciate your support. [singing]

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"Madam Bubble," or this vain world, presented both herself and her purse to the wayfarer. Repulsed and scorned, yet she serenely flaunts her bribes enticingly before his bewildered eyes. (Volume 15, Harvard Classics) John Bunyan made leader of Non-Conformist congregation, Dec. 21, 1671.

Live from the no panic zone—I'm Steve Gruber—I am America's Voice—God Bless America this is the Steve Gruber FIERCE AND FEARLESS – in Pursuit of the truth—   Here are three big things you need to know right now—   ONE— Michigan has 25 million dollars for crash victims and not a cent is being used.   TWO— Thousands of people still in dark after strong gusts of wind.   THREE— One of the many attacks from the left on the American Republic has been repulsed—at least for now—but we must work to destroy the National Popular Vote—Trojan Horse that claims to support Democracy while destroying your vote—and the value of having 50 states!   I celebrate the defeat of this anti-American—anti democracy victory—   Make no mistake—there is not a person alive in this country today—that has a better handle on human nature—the nature of freedom—or the freedoms guaranteed in our hard fought Constitution than Jefferson and Madison—Monroe or Franklin—and those that claim to know better how to run our representative Republic are nothing more than cheap charlatans—and yes Saul I am talking to you—directly and without apology!  

Top 10 items when it comes to TV, Movies, TikTok, Instagram and all things entertainment.  This weeks episode covered (list below in no particular order):ClickbaitBob's BurgerDr. Pimple PopperSchitt'$ CreekTravis Scott and Live NationGrace and FrankieDr. CurvesArmy of the DeadThe Morning ShowArmy of Thieves 

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Alright Hey is our guest host this week, celebrating the release of his new Spotify original podcast with Coombs, Trash Alley! In this episode: Alright Hey calls out Churi for ghosting him on Tinder (05:43) What's with all the James Corden hate? (13:45) Pandora bracelets (16:42) This week's ‘Is It Just YOU?' from a listener (19:54) Is rimming not for you? (23:48) What do SKUNKS smell like? (27:47) TikTok School (31:26) Our “Secret Segment” ADDebrief (44:52) Follow us @coupleofmitches

In this sermon, our guest speaker Aaron G. looks at the exchange between Jesus and the Jews in John 8:12-59. Aaron explains how the passage emphasizes one main truth: who Jesus is guarantees that those of the world will be repulsed by his witness. Aaron also clarifies, though, that man’s fundamental rejection of Jesus is… The post Repulsed by the Truth appeared first on Calvary Community Church.

An episode of Sean's old podcast during which he and Astrid spoke about three genre films from the early 80s that thrum with deep-seated disgust and fear of sex. This kind of thing often goes unaddressed in genre fiction criticism, aside from a “woah, weird!“ The three films are Scream For Help, Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker and Incubus

I really don’t like bugs. I’m terrified of spiders, I hate mosquitos, I’m afraid of bees, and above all else, I’m absolutely REPULSED by ticks. I literally can’t think of anything worse—and boy do I have a story for you.Get silly with us on social:FOLLOW THE PODCASTInstagram: @pessimisticatbestWebsite: pessimisticatbest.comFOLLOW SAMANTHAInstagram: @samgeorgsonTwitter: @samgeorgsonWebsite: samanthageorgson.comFOLLOW JAMESInstagram: @daycatcher_Twitter: @daycatcher_Website: thedaycatcher.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/pessimisticatbest)

People don’t like new stuff they don’t understand - they are repulsed by your tech. This may sound harsh but this week's guest, Chris Beall, explains how to work around this and use curiosity to build trust - which will then lead to sales! Chris Beall is the CEO of Connect and Sell, a Silicon Valley tech platform that gets your best salespeople 10x more live conversations with qualified prospects every day. He and Ned bond over their love of sales and the importance of sales when building a tech company. Chris also gives us some awesome sales tips and shares some hard truths. 

The effect Christ has on two groups in society

Some 2,500 lockdown-defying French ravers battled with police Friday, continuing their party into today. And Congress has for the first time overridden one of President Donald Trump’s vetoes. Click here to subscribe now to When Katty Met Carlos, OZY’s newest podcast: https://www.ozy.com/pg/podcast/when-katty-met-carlos

"Madam Bubble," or this vain world, presented both herself and her purse to the wayfarer. Repulsed and scorned, yet she serenely flaunts her bribes enticingly before his bewildered eyes. (Volume 15, Harvard Classics)John Bunyan made leader of Non-Conformist congregation, Dec. 21, 1671.

Roxanne wields Facts and Logic. Grant gets dramatically dogpiled. Steiner hangs on by a thread. The squad very nearly doesn't get their way. Music Credits: Intro/Tension: O magico - Taku Iwasaki The Spring Court: Mai - Yuki Kajiura Fight Theme 6: Doombox - Team Reptile The Liminal Space: "I" Am Here - Chikayo Fukuda Postfight: Explain Music - Taku Iwasaki The SoCal Cell: Five Fingers, Instrumental - Aesop Rock Planning: Sense of Crisis - Taku Iwasaki Prepwork: Funny Jewelry - Taku Iwasaki The Monster's Lair: Abyss - Taku Iwasaki Fight Theme 7: No kidding? - Camellia End of Session: Labyrinth - Emancipator Outro: Mojave - Toundra

Roxanne wields Facts and Logic. Grant gets dramatically dogpiled. Steiner hangs on by a thread. The squad very nearly doesn't get their way. Music Credits: Intro/Tension: O magico - Taku Iwasaki The Spring Court: Mai - Yuki Kajiura Fight Theme 6: Doombox - Team Reptile The Liminal Space: "I" Am Here - Chikayo Fukuda Postfight: Explain Music - Taku Iwasaki The SoCal Cell: Five Fingers, Instrumental - Aesop Rock Planning: Sense of Crisis - Taku Iwasaki Prepwork: Funny Jewelry - Taku Iwasaki The Monster's Lair: Abyss - Taku Iwasaki Fight Theme 7: No kidding? - Camellia End of Session: Labyrinth - Emancipator Outro: Mojave - Toundra

Hey what's up hello! This week we discuss the difference between being sex-repulsed and sex-averse and explore the importance of the words we use.Episode transcript: https://www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/sex-repulsed-vs-sex-averse Donate to the podcast: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Twitter/Instagram: @soundsfakepod Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hddwsn Discord: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com

Let’s talk about Venom and Cats and how technology is super weird sometimes and whether *69 (nice) or 911 existed for our band of mutant marauders! (Okay, I know they aren’t marauders really, but I was really looking for some alliteration here.) And we’ve got a road trip through nowheresville next! Time for some giant cell phones and stealth rolls!Pledge/donate on Patreon: www.patreon.com/thatdndpodcastSend feedback to: ThatDnDPodcast@Gmail.comVisit our website: http://www.thatdndpodcast.comAmazon Link: http://www.amazon.com/?rw_useCurrentProtocol=1&tag=thdnpo07-20

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Love poems By D H Lawrence Presented by Voices of Today In 1912 D.H. Lawrence fell in love with Frieda Weekley and the couple left for Germany and Italy, where they spent the next two years. While he was away from England, Lawrence completed and published the novel Sons and Lovers and his first volume of poetry, Love Poems and others. Mostly autobiographical, the collection explores a young man's feelings on the joys and frustrations of sex and love. The thirty poems in the collection include the memorable short poem, Bei Hennef, as well as four longer narrative poems written in Lawrence's Nottinghamshire dialect. Featuring the voices of Erin Louttit, Linda Barrans, Phil Benson and Ron Altman. This recording may be freely downloaded and distributed, provided that Voices of Today is credited as the author. It can be edited and used for the development of derivative material as long as the new recording is issued under an equivalent Creative Commons licence. It may not be used for commercial purposes. For further information about Voices of Today please visit: https://www.voicesoftoday.org/

Continuo ad esplorare l'universo degli asessuali attraverso delle testimonianze dirette. Questa volta ne ho parlato con chiara, che si dice completamente disinteressata al sesso e anche "aromantica", ovvero non in grado di provare trasporto sentimentale per un partner.

Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work by Steven Kotler and Jamie Wheal Link to book.

3/6/20 Whiplash for political junkies trying to keep track of what MI Prez Primary will really be about. Despite all the drop-outs in the past 72 hours, will we actually be the state that decides whether it's Bernie or Joe? Judge strikes down "work requirement" for Medicaid recipients. MI House Speaker Chatfield (R-Levering) pulls plug on bill that would place a tax proposal to support mass transit in Wayne, Washtenaw and Oakland counties. Interview with Buzz Thomas about Prez Primary in Detroit and Wayne County. Partners with www.DeadlineDetroit.com.

Joe admitted he does this in bed & we were all absolutely SHOOK.

Crisco, Dez and Ryan's SECRETS: What are you repulsed by!?

Would you rather be repulsed by or be repulsive to your spouse for the rest of your life?

You ready for the kind of tough love with enough punch to change your life forever? Good. Because I'm giving it to you in today's episode and I have a feeling it may just blow your mind. There is a level of 'being in charge' that simplifies every bit of change you want to create enough to silence all the experiences that hold us in an emotionally charged cage of victim-hood— one painful and horrible but so familiar that our minds are comfortable enough to keep us there for the rest of our lives. Its time to bust the hell out of there and take the authority you have over your destiny to a whole new level.

Listen to me share my thoughts on the recent foot-in-mouth comment made by one of the new husband’s on this season #8 of Married at First Sight to his new-ish wife after they share their first real kiss as newlyweds on their honeymoon

I’m joined by Astrid Budgor to talk about three genre films from the early 80s that thrum with deep-seated disgust and fear of sex. This kind of thing often goes unaddressed in genre fiction criticism, aside from a “woah, weird!“, so I'm delighted we had this discussion. The three films are Scream For Help, Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker and Incubus Sponsor: peoplewatching.ca Email: allunitspodcast@gmail.com Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-units/id1241776225?mt=2

Jesus is Repulsed by Sin: Romans 6 (Owen Batstone)

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Today I talk about some tourists I met in Hollywood, being repulsed by boys, how to fight homesickness & also answer some questions. Enjoyy! support the podcast! use this amazon link when making purchases amzn.to/2u0WGeR ask me questions askstellarae.tumblr.com/ask my fav books/products/health: www.amazon.com/shop/stellarae CLOTHING LINE!!! get a Health Is Wealth sweatshirt! stellasonia.com itunes itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/iconi…d1255618182?mt=2 youtube www.youtube.com/channel/UCDdEMEdh…DUcb82EXtlOw/feed follow me www.youtube.com/stellarae www.instagram.com/stella.rae/ --- 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/stella-rae/message

Dr. Flowers plays some clips from RC Sproul on why non-Calvinists are so often repulsed by the Calvinistic doctrine of election. Then he goes on to explain the biblical view of election by showing how it is actually Calvinists who have a higher view of man and a lower view of God.  For more please visit www.soteriology101.com

Reshuffling, Rebooting & Reselling On this week's exciting episode Johnny & Brian talk today's news about restructuring of Vertigo comics and the controversy of Shelly Bond's exit. They share their thoughts on the firsts look of Elizabeth Banks as Rita Repulsa and the new Power Rangers movie. Chat about their recent visits to the Gem City Comic Con and the Queen City Comiccon. Vertigo Comics Restructuring DC Entertainment has announced a “restructuring” of its famed Vertigo imprint, which includes the departure of long-tenured editor Shelly Bond, CBR can confirm, as her position as Vertigo Vice President & Executive Editor has been eliminated. Source: Comic Book Resources Source: The Outhousers Rita Repulsa First Look Elizabeth Banks first look as the Power Rangers villainess, the Power Rangers movie also stars Dacre Montgomery as the Red Ranger, RJ Cyler as the Blue Ranger, Naomi Scott as the Pink Ranger, Becky G as the Yellow Ranger and Ludi Lin as the Black Ranger, Power Rangers is set to hit theaters in March 2017. Source: People.com Legends of Tomorrow (and the Old West) The show may be called DC's Legends of Tomorrow, but last week’s episode introduced one from the past… the badly scarred bounty...

Season 2, episode 9. Kirk & crew meet Zephram Cochrane, and he regales them with tales of that time he met Capt Picard & the Enterprise E. Man, that would’ve been great. Data goes on trial to determine once and … Continue reading →

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REPULSED haben die Sendung "Unser Ding" vom saarländischen Rundfunk besucht und eine spitzen 1 stündige "Sondersendung" zum aktuellen Album "STATE OF INNER TRUTH" abgerissen. Die Sendung war ein absoluter Genuss für das Ohr, mit viel Spaß, gelächter und diversen Anspielungen auf "das Label" - hört einfach selbst... Der Saarländische Rundfunk und Moderatorin Sabine Blank haben uns freundlicherweise erlaubt dieses Interview in gekürzter Fassung auch für unseren Podcast zu verwenden!!! Also viel Spaß mit 15 min. geballter REPULSED Energie!!!

Repulsed are giving us their second Podcast for their new album "STATE OF INNER TRUTH" - which will be released on May 16th, 2008. Get a glimps into the songs and enjoy the band giving a funny introduction to this Podcast.

Hamlet’s Depression This morning we are going to focus our attention on one of the great statements that Paul made in his life, Philippians 1:21. “For me,” he says, “to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” Now, one of the great moments in Shakespeare, I’m not a Shakespearian scholar. I wrestled with it as most of you did in high school literature and didn’t know what in the world that he was talking about, to be honest with you. But, upon more mature reflection, I’ve come to understand Shakespeare a little bit better. And one of the great and dramatic moments in all of Shakespeare’s works is Hamlet’s Soliloquy. As Hamlet faces the question of whether he should go on living or whether he should die by his own hand? Wrestling with that question to live or to die? To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come You see, he’s wrestling with whether he wants to keep on living and whether he’d be willing to die. He’s wrestling with a simple question, “to live or to die?” And I find in Hamlet, repulsion rather than attraction. He’s repulsed by life and he’s repulsed by death. Both of them are repugnant to him. What makes life repulsive to Hamlet? The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. A thousand natural shocks. Anyone who’s been living in this world long enough you know what he’s talking about. What is around the next corner? What’s going to happen to me next? How much more can a body handle? Some of you go through series of shocks, one after the other, and you begin to wonder, what have I done? There’s even a member of our church we were talking with this week and he’s wrestling with that, “Lord, what is going on? Why so many trials all at once?” A thousand natural shocks. The terrible ups and downs of mortal life, with all of its pain and disappointment and suffering. Well, that’s what repels him from life. What repels him from death? Well, he says, to die to sleep. That sounds good. Perchance to dream, oh there might be something after death. Yeah, that’s the rub. There might be a judgment day. There might actually be condemnation. There might be hell, and that’s the problem. And so he is repulsed from death as well. And it leaves him morose and depressed, discouraged, suicidal. Repulsed by life with all of its suffering. Repulsed by death with its potential for eternal condemnation. I. Paul’s Argument with Himself: To Live or To Die? Now, it’s interesting in Philippians 1, we find Paul wrestling with the same question. But how different is his attitude? He’s neither repulsed by life nor repulsed by death. He is greatly attracted to life and greatly attracted to death. He wants to keep on living and he wants to die. He’s attracted by what an ongoing life of service to Christ will bring, and he’s even more attracted for himself to what awaits him on the other side of death. “For me to live is Christ and to die is gain.” He’s not repulsed by life with all of its suffering. He has embraced it. He wants to know Christ in his suffering; he wants to sing with Silas at midnight in a darkened prison cell again. He wants to feel the presence of Christ no matter what’s going on. It’s attractive to him to keep on living, even though he’s in chains for Christ, even though he might die a martyr’s death. He might be executed really at any moment because the emperor is capricious that way. At any moment, it could be over for him. He’s accepted it. He’s delighted in it actually. He’s wrestling with it. His is a joyful choice. He’s attracted by life because of all the fruitful labor that it will bring. But he’s attracted more by death. He says in verse 21-26, “For me to live is Christ and to die is gain. If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know. I’m torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far. But it’s more necessary for you that I remain in the body. Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and will continue with all of you for your progress and your joy in the faith so that through my being with you again, your joy in Christ Jesus will overflow on account of me.” A noble theoretical quandary You see him wrestling with life and death. Look, the life side of verse 21, “to live is Christ.” The death side, “to die is gain.” The life side, “If I’m to go on living in the body.” The death side, “I desire to depart and be with Christ.” The life side, “It’s more necessary for you that I remain in the body.” But this is not morbid introspection. You wouldn’t be depressed to be with Paul as he works this through. Actually, you’d be greatly ennobled. Greatly lifted up, greatly encouraged to be with Paul as he wrestles through. And that’s why he is doing this for the Philippians. That’s why he wrote it down. He wants them to catch his attitude. He wants them to be drawn into his heart, so that they also would come to the point that they can say the same thing, “For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” Now, we know a profound theological truth is this: Man proposes, but God disposes. Paul’s saying in verse 22 and 23, “What shall I choose? I do not know. I am torn between the two.” But then, in verse 27 he says, “Whatever happens, conduct yourself in a manner worthy of the Gospel.” Now what is he conceding there? He is saying, “In the end, Paul doesn’t know what’s going to happen, and it’s not been given to him to decide.” As he ruminates through, he knows that it’s not given to him to decide. He’s not the king of his life. He’s not in charge of the day of his death. Paul’s rumination is only theoretical. He has no power whatsoever to put it in the words of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount, “Who of you by worrying can add a single cubit to the span of his life’s race?” In other words, “You can’t push the finish line back 18 inches by anxiety. You can’t change it a bit because you’re not king. I am King.” God has determined that day and that hour according to his wise plan. It says in Ecclesiastes 8:8, “No man has power over the wind to contain it. So also, no one has power over the day of his death.” Did you hear that? That’s profound, isn’t it? And so, we really don’t have the power to decide whether to live or to die, but we do have the ability to decide what attitude we would take toward life and death, and that’s the purpose here. What attitude do you have toward the remainder of your life, your years here on earth? What attitude do you take also to the inevitable day of your death? So Paul ruminates here, not because he thinks somehow that he’s going to seize control of the day of his death from the Lord, not at all. He doesn’t want to. He wants the Lord to be sovereign over that. But he ruminates for the joy of the Philippians, that they would have his joy in life and his joy also in death. I believe therefore that Christianity is the only truly healthy way to look at both life and death. I really think so. You want to have a healthy view of life, embrace this doctrine. You want to have a healthy view of death, embrace this. This is Christianity. To live is Christ, to die is gain. The only truly healthy view of life and death Islam does not give a healthy view of life and death as they submit to a tyrant called Allah, who is absolutely sovereign, accountable to no one, not even accountably consistent with himself. That’s no way to look at life and death. Buddhism looks on life as an endless cycle of suffering and misery from which we need to escape. There’s no purpose to it. The suffering on earth means nothing, and therefore, the only thing you can hope for is to escape from it. Hinduism sees it the same way, the endless cycle of reincarnation. And all you can ever hope for is escape; nirvana, emptiness, like a drop of water into an endless sea, so that you will cease being who you are; nothingness. Atheism holds out nothing for us. Nietzsche was constantly suicidal his whole life. He espoused suicide. He said this, “When one does away with one’s self, one does the most estimable thing possible. One thereby almost deserves to live.” What a horrendous way to look at life. How do you think Nietzsche left the world? By his own hand. God gave him over to it. Nietzsche had said, “The thought of suicide has helped me through many a restless night.” What a sick way to look at life. What a sick way to look at death. And how about Hedonistic Materialism? Everybody’s favorite way of dealing with life and death. “Let us eat and drink and be merry, for tomorrow, we die. So let’s have a biggest party we can have.” Just like Belshazzar, the night that Babylon fell. “Let’s throw an even bigger party than ever before, and take our mind off of the inevitable.” Is it that a healthy way to look at life and death? I don’t think so. II. To Live Is Christ I want to drink in Paul’s attitude. I want it to imbue who I am. I want to understand Paul’s way of thinking about life and death. I want to know what he meant by, “To live is Christ, and to die is gain.” So let’s take it in two parts. Let’s look at the first part, “To live is Christ.” What did Paul mean by that? Let’s start with our physical lives. Our bodies, our physical lives here on earth. First of all, we must understand that Christ is our physical life. We cannot take a single breath without Christ. As a matter of fact, we wouldn’t have a body if it weren’t for Christ. It says in Acts 17:28, “For in Him we live and move and have our being.” And the book of Colossians speaking specifically of Christ says, “For by Him,” Christ, “all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or powers, or rulers, or authorities, all things were created by Him and for Him. He is before all things and in Him all things hold together.” Now, you may not think that your body’s holding together very well, but it is Christ in fact, who is holding your physical body together, physically holding it together. So you would not have a physical life if it weren’t for Christ. Christ is your physical life. Furthermore, if you’re a Christian, Christ owns your physical body and your days on earth. 1 Corinthians 6 makes this very clear. It’s says, “The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord.” Now, I could focus on the first half with good effect, but there’s the second part. Your body was made for the Lord. It’s the Lord’s. He made it for himself. Your body is the Lord’s, and the Lord for the body. The Lord is for your body. He gave himself for your body, also. By his power, God raised the Lord from the dead and he will raise us also. Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself?” And then later in that same section he says, “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own, you were bought at a price and, therefore, glorify God in your bodies.” So when Paul says, “For me to live is Christ”, that means physically. Christ created my body, he redeemed my body, he constantly feeds and nourishes my body. It is his, for he bought it. And therefore, all of our days here on earth are measured out for a purpose and for his glory. Psalm 139:16 says, “All the days ordained for me were written in your book, before one of them came to be.” Well, they were there for a purpose. All of Paul’s days had been measured out. And they have a purpose and that purpose is to glorify God. We are therefore kept alive at his will, for his purpose, for his glory. That’s the whole reason. And so it says in James 4:15, instead of saying, “Next year we’ll go to this or that city, spend a year, carry on business.” We’ll do all this in the future. Instead of all that, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that,” you see? If the Lord wills, I’ll stay alive, if the Lord wills, I’ll keep on living in the body. And therefore Paul was facing his own physical mortality, unafraid, for he knew he would not die until Christ said so. John Patton In the evenings, my family and I have been reading through John Patton’s biographies, a missionary in the South Pacific. And I’ve told some of this story before, but he was the man who went following a previous missionary who was eaten by cannibals on the beach. He was the next guy in line. Now, what kind of courage would that take? And he was absolutely courageous about that. But one night, he found himself literally, physically up a tree, as bands of murderous natives were roaming the island, looking for him so they could kill him. He had basically very few people who supported his ministry and they said, “You need to run for your life.” And so he spent the night in the tree. And as he said, it was the most spiritually enriching night of his life. He felt closer to Christ, up in that tree, than he’d ever felt his whole life. And he came to the conclusion and you’ve heard this before, but it was John Patton that said it, “The man of God is immortal until he has finished his work on earth.” And he knew he would not die that night. And so, to live as Christ means, to understand that my life, my time here on earth, is for a purpose, Christ is my physical body. He redeemed it and I will keep living at his pleasure and for his will. And also, therefore, anything that comes to me, any of the circumstances that come to me, come to me through Christ. He’s the one that measures out the trials of our lives. Later in Philippians 4, Paul says, “I know what it is to be in need and I know what it is to have plenty. I can do everything. I can feast, or I can have famine, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. I can face any trial or any circumstance in my life and even the good things in my life through Christ who strengthens me.” That’s what he means when he says, “For me to live is Christ.” And so all those thousand natural shocks that Hamlet was talking about, the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Paul took them all as directly from God, from Christ himself, for a purpose. That’s the way he looked at his life. To live is Christ, physically. But it’s also true to live is Christ spiritually, spiritually. Christ is our spiritual life. God sees us, in Christ if we are Christians. In Christ. Look at the very first verse of this book Philippians 1:1, it says there, “Paul and Timothy servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi.” That’s kind of interesting. Their physical address was at Philippi, Philippi was a Roman colony. They had, probably some kind of address system there. I don’t know what it was. But they had a physical address, but their spiritual address was, in Christ Jesus. That’s how God saw them. They were in Christ Jesus. And so he ends the epistle, look at verse 4:21, there it says, “Greet all the saints in Christ Jesus.” So all the saints, their address that you’re supposed to greet; their address is, in Christ Jesus, those who are in Christ Jesus. So at the beginning and the end of the book, he’s saying the same thing. Ephesians tells us that God chose us in Christ, before the foundation of the world, to be the holy and blameless in his sight. It also says that God will give us every spiritual blessing, in Christ. And therefore, in Christ, we may approach God with freedom and confidence. In Christ, we may call God, Abba Father. In Christ, all of our sins, all of them, are forgiven by his blood. In Christ, we are new creations. In Christ, we are dead to sin and alive to God. Therefore, “in Christ” means for us spiritually, what “in the ark” meant for those in the days of Noah. If you’re in the ark in the days of Noah, you’re saved from the wrath of God produced by a flood of water. And so spiritually, “in Christ” means you are saved in Christ, from the wrath of God brought on by a flood of fire; the lake of fire. It’s the place of safety and protection. In Christ, safety. Outside of Christ, destruction. And so that was their spiritual address. So when Paul says, “For me to live is Christ,” it means, “I see myself, spiritually, in Christ, and in no other place.” John’s Definition of Life Now, we’ve been studying in the international class the Gospel of John. The Gospel of John is a masterpiece. It cannot be explained, humanly. And it has two purposes, I think, two main purposes. One is to prove to us, to give us good evidence that Jesus of Nazareth is God the Son, God in the flesh. But secondly, that by believing that, we may have life in his name. And it goes through the whole book, to explain what that life is like: It’s like having an abundance of high quality wine at a wedding banquet. It’s like being born again. It’s like having a spring of water inside us, welling up that we can drink from any time we’re thirsty. It’s like being a lifetime cripple, unable to get even near a pond of water, and then Jesus speaks a word and you can walk with great physical strength. That’s what that life is like. It’s like having bread from Heaven that you can eat any time you’re hungry. It’s like having rivers of living water from within you, flowing out. It’s like having a brilliant light around you, which alone is a light in the infinite darkness of this world. Jesus is the light of the world. It’s like being born blind, never seeing any color, nothing, and then suddenly Jesus spits on the ground, makes mud and washes it off, and then you can see everything. That’s what it’s like. It’s like having a good shepherd who will lead you in paths of righteousness and lay down His life for His sheep. It’s like having resurrection after death, after you’ve been dead four days. By His word, you come alive again. It’s like having the Master wash your filthy, dirty feet and then giving you the power to wash other people’s dirty feet. It’s like taking a journey, the destination of which is more glorious than you can imagine, with a sure and certain guide. Jesus is the way and the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father except through Him. It’s like being grafted into a living vine and having sap just flowing through you. It’s like a woman in labor, in great suffering and afterwards doesn’t even remember because of the joy of what was brought forth. It’s like having a great High Priest stand at the right hand of God, praying for you until you are finally in His presence, seeing His glory. It’s like having Jesus, the Son of God, dying physically on the cross, His blood shed in your place, so that you can be free from the wrath of God. It’s like seeing Jesus and being able to put your fingers in His wounds and knowing He has physically risen from the dead, and because He lives, you’ll live forever. And it’s like having Jesus make you a breakfast by the sea, and ministering to your troubled conscience and giving you a work that will take the rest of your life to do. That’s the summary of John’s Gospel. I know we’re doing Philippians here, but to me, I think this is one of the greatest, clearest descriptions of what it means “to live is Christ.” Go through John’s gospel and you will know what life is. It’s all of those things. That’s what Paul was thinking about when he was saying “for me to live is Christ,” spiritually. But, thirdly, Christ is also our purpose in life. There’s a reason why we’re left here and we’ve already touched on it, but as soon as Paul trusted in Christ for the forgiveness of his sins, he also yielded to him, submitted, he knelt before him and said, “You are my king. Command me, and I will obey. Whatever you say, I will do.” The rest of his physical life, therefore, was spent to glorify Christ, to glorify him by growing up into perfect Christ-like maturity, to imitate his character and his nature in holiness. That’s what it means to live is Christ. And I think one of the central lessons of all that is to learn, paradoxically, to live is Christ means to die every day like Christ. To die to yourself, to die to selfishness, to what it is you wanted to do today, to your own purposes in life. Paul says, in Philippians 3:10, “I want to know Christ, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of sharing in His sufferings. Becoming like Him in His death.” I want to learn how to die every day, to die to myself. I’m so selfish. I’ve got an agenda for myself at every moment to learn how to give that up, for the benefit of God’s people and for the glory of God’s name. To learn how to do that, that’s what it means to live is Christ. And it’s ironic that, I think, here in Philippians 1:21-26, Paul is the most like Jesus you’re going to find anywhere. Jesus gave up perfect enjoyment of heavenly comfort and came down to suffer on earth for the benefit of God’s people and the glory of God’s name. Paul is willing to forego, if it were up to him, and it isn’t, but if it were up to him to forgo heavenly enjoyment for a time, and to go through suffering on earth, even being chained like a prisoner, beatings, scourgings, rejection, whatever, for the benefit of God’s people and for the glory of God’s name. He’s very much like Jesus here, I think. Probably more than you’ll find him anywhere else. And so he says, “I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far, but it’s more necessary for you that I remain in the body. Convinced of this, I know that I will remain, and I will continue with all of you. For your progress and joy in the faith, so that through my being with you, again, your joy in Christ Jesus will overflow on account of me.” How selfless is that? I’m willing to stay here and suffer for you, for your benefit. Oh, I’d love to be like that. Wouldn’t it be sweet to be that other-centered and how much is Jesus working that in our lives? And so therefore, he’s saying, to live is Christ means to think this way, to learn how to suffer and to die. And for nothing? No. Not for nihilistic, atheistic nothingness, not at all, but for fruit. This will mean fruitful labor for me, eternal fruit, good things. People saved, people’s lives transformed. Fruit for Christ. So what do we mean to live is Christ? Well, first of all, it means physically, to know that your body was created by Christ. It’s sustained by Christ for Christ’s purposes, and you will not die a moment before it is Christ’s will for you to die, to live is Christ. To live is Christ also means spiritually, to know that God sees you in Christ, if you’re a Christian. He sees you that way and every good thing you have in your life, all your blessings come because you’re in Christ. And it means that Christ is your purpose in life, that you would grow in Christ’s likeness, to be like him in his life and in his death, and also, to bear fruit for his glory. That’s what it means, in my opinion, “To live is Christ.” III. To Die Is Gain What does it mean then, “to die is gain”? It struck me how shocking this really is if you understand it. It’s really quite shocking. If you come at it quickly and lightly, you’re going to miss it. Imagine if it said this, “For me, to live is Christ, and to die is something better than Christ.” That would be blasphemous. Can you imagine that? Can you imagine Paul saying that? For me, to live is Christ, and then finally, I get on to something better. That doesn’t make sense, but he said, “For me, to live is Christ and to die is something better, gain,” right? But it’s got to be Christ-centered gain. You see? Or else, it’d be blasphemous. Paul doesn’t want anything but Christ. If you don’t believe that, read Philippians 3. He wants Christ. He wants Christ all the time. He wants to know him. He wants to be like him. He wants to see him. He wants to be resurrected like him. He wants a body like him. He wants every part of Christ. So, for me, to live is Christ and to die is something different or better? No. Never. And therefore you should not think of death this way. For me, to live is Christ and to die is the pearly gates. For me, to live is Christ and to die is the streets of gold. For me, to live is Christ and to die is to see all of my loved ones that have gone before. For me, to live is Christ, and to die is to see these spectacular spiritual sites that you can’t even put into words. Oh, no, no. For me, to live is Christ and to die is more Christ. That’s what it means! More Christ! Now, Paul had already had some enticing glimpses, hadn’t he? On the road to Damascus, how would you like to be converted like that? A vision of the partial glory of the resurrected Christ. How do I know it was only partial? Well, flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. Paul would have been incinerated by the full glory of Christ. And so, Christ turned it down to a low level and still it blinded him physically for many days. But he never forgot the spiritual light inside him. He never forgot the vision of Christ. It changed everything and it put in him a yearning to see it again. I want to see it again. And then, God, at some future time gave him another glimpse. He mentions it in 2 Corinthians 12, “I know a man in Christ who, fourteen years ago, was caught up to the third heaven.” What is that? What does it mean to be caught up to the third heaven? Well, tell us more, Paul. “Whether it was in the body or out of the body, I do not know but God knows. And I know that this man, whether in the body or apart from the body, I do not know but God knows, was caught up to paradise. He heard inexpressible things, things that man is not permitted to talk about.” Now, that must have been something, too. Inexpressible means you can’t put it into words. Not permitted means you’re not allowed to try to put it into words. And so Paul said, “I’m just going to keep that one to myself. I won’t even tell you it’s me who saw it.” I know a man in Christ who went through this. No, it’s him because later he said, “To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations.” It was Paul, definitely. But it was just such an incredible experience and he tasted it and he wanted more. He wanted to see him. He wanted to be in his presence. He was so hungry and thirsty for it every day. Matched desires And so therefore, Christ’s deepest longing has become Paul’s deepest longing. What is Christ’s deepest longing for you if you’re a Christian? John 17:24, “Father, I want those whom you have given me, to be with me where I am and to see my glory. The glory you’ve given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.” What is he asking for you? He said, “I want you to get all the way to the end and be glorified and see me like I really am. I want you to see me 100%. I want you to see my full glory. I want you to be with me forever and I want you to see my glory.” That’s Christ’s deepest desire for you. How long has he been having that desire? The way I read the Bible, since before the foundation of the world, he’s had that desire for you. Only recently were you let in on it, when you were converted. He set his love on you before the foundation of the world and late in time he brought you in on it, when you were converted at your Damascus road experience whenever that was. Paul was brought in on this eternal love and little by little, Paul’s heart got transformed so that Christ’s greatest desire for Paul became Paul’s greatest desire for Paul and for Christ namely, I want to be with Christ and I want to see his glory. I want to be with him. Everything else doesn’t matter. Philippians 3:8, “I count it rubbish, [all of it rubbish,] that I may gain Christ and be found in him not having a righteousness of my own which comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ. I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection, fellowship with sharing the sufferings.” I want him. And so Christ’s deepest longing for Paul has become Paul’s deepest longing as well. Totally matched. What do we mean then, for me to live is Christ and to die is gain? Well, I’ve already tipped my hand when I said it means more Christ but I think, well look at it this way, freedom from imperfection, freedom from pollution. Freedom from imperfection, for example, do you realize you’re carrying around with you right now, a sin nature? Say, “Yes, I am well aware of that. I’m well aware of my sin nature. My sin nature and I are well acquainted with one another. And it doesn’t take much for us to get well acquainted again.” Unfortunately, it’s true. Paul put it this way in Romans 7:18-20, “I know that nothing good lives in me. That is in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good but I cannot carry it out, for what I do is not the good I want to do. No, the evil, I do not want to do, this I keep on doing. Now, if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it but it is sin living in me.” Say that with revulsion, “it is sin living in me that does it.” He continues to explain in Romans 7:21-25, “So I find this law at work, when I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God’s law, but I see another law at work in the members of my body waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. We see, but dimly That is a victory cry of somebody not yet fully saved. That’s right. I said, not yet fully saved because our salvation isn’t complete until we have our perfect resurrection bodies. And so, when Paul says for me to live is Christ and to die is gain, it means more salvation. Freedom from that wretched internal sin nature. Also, I said it’s freedom from imperfection, our relationship with Christ is imperfect. Now don’t misunderstand me. There’s nothing imperfect in the work of Christ and there is nothing imperfect in justification by faith. No, not at all. God sees you in Christ, holy and blameless, but there’s something imperfect that is incomplete in your relationship with Christ. 1 Corinthians 13:12 says, “For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully even as I have been fully known.” Now, when he says, “Now, we see in a mirror dimly” he is saying we do see- we are not blind anymore. We do see, but we see poorly. We see just in part, we see in a mirror dimly. In December 4, 2002, there was a total eclipse viewable in Australia. And the Australian ophthalmological, I have a hard time saying that, you’re going to have to work on me, but eye doctors said, “You should never, never look at the sun directly, you might go blind. So if you want to see the total eclipse, what we recommend is that you make a pinhole in a white card and get against another white surface and let the rays of the sun go through the pinhole and you will see the shape of the eclipse. Now, you are not seeing it directly, you’re seeing it indirectly and you’re seeing it 100% dimmer or more than it was but you will save your eyesight this way.” This is a little bit like 1 Corinthians 13:12. We see kind of indirectly and dimly because we can’t handle the full revelation of Christ but then we shall see face to face. We will lose our imperfect relationship. We have been given the Holy Spirit now, the indwelling Spirit as it says a deposit, a down payment, guaranteeing a full inheritance. That’s the Holy Spirit, 2 Corinthians 4 and Ephesians 1 both teach the same thing. An enormous inheritance There is a webpage dedicated to Bill Gates’ net worth. That’s true. It is factually based but the whole thing seems to me to be a spoof. He is presently worth $36 billion. That’s hard to believe, $36 billion. He has three children, one of them is seven, and the others are younger. If he and his wife were to die tragically and if they were to leave their full estate to their children and divide it equally, each one of them would get $12 billion. Now what’s a seven-year-old to do with $12 billion? Probably not spend it well and frankly, I don’t even know how they would spend it. That’s an awful lot of money. And so probably what would happen is it would be put in trust until they reach their majority, until they reach to their full age. And they would be given a monthly stipend to live on and their monthly stipend, how it compares to your monthly income, you can ruminate on, probably greater. But at any rate, certainly enough to live on, absolutely enough to live on, and someday they will come into their full inheritance. That’s what the Holy Spirit is for you and me. We get that internal spirit crying, Abba Father, bringing relationship with Christ to us all the time, but it is just through a mirror dimly. It is just a down payment. It’s a monthly stipend, the full inheritance waits. For me to live is Christ and to die is to come into my full inheritance. Face to face fellowship with Jesus Christ forever. And on that day, I will be perfect and so will you if you’re a Christian. We’ll be free forever from indwelling sin, our emotions will be perfect, our intellect will be perfect. Our bodies will be perfect, just like his resurrection body, and we will have the infinite gain of full salvation in Jesus Christ. Now physical death’s the only way. The only way is to be separated from your physical body, because flesh and blood cannot inherit all this. And so, we must die, and therefore for me to live is Christ and to die is the way I come into that gain. And so, I embrace it as a doorway into eternal blessedness. IV. Application: What About “For You…”? Now what application? I guess I just want to ask you a simple question. What about for you? What about for you? Paul said, “For me to live is Christ and to die is gain.” But it’s not necessarily so for you. First of all, if you’re not a Christian, it is not true that to live is Christ, not at all. If you’re not a Christian, you’re living to please your sin nature. You’re in bondage to sin and breaking God’s laws every day and you’re under God’s wrath. And neither would it be true to die is gain. It actually would be infinite loss, for you would lose your soul, and “what would it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose forever his soul?” So, I urge you today to come to Christ. I’m not assuming that every one of the number of people that are listening to me today are born again. And therefore it cannot be true that everyone who is listening to me today can say with Paul, “For me to live is Christ and to die is gain.” Don’t walk out of here without salvation through faith in Christ. Trust him now. Trust him in your heart for the forgiveness of your sins. But if you’re a Christian, it may also be the case that you don’t think of it the way Paul did. Is your attitude the same as Paul’s? Do you think of your life to live is Christ? So that your physical body is his? When George Muller was asked the secret of his service, all the things he did for orphans in England in the 19th Century, he said this, “The secret is this: there was a day when I died, utterly died, to George Muller his opinions, preferences, tastes, and will. I died to the world, its approval or censure, died to the approval or blame even of my brethren and friends. And since then, have studied only to show myself approved unto God.” That’s a mysterious statement to me. What do you mean, “there was a day when I died”? Was it some kind of spiritual experience for him, maybe so, I don’t know. But the way I interpret it is this, you know the day George Muller died to himself is the day he became a Christian. Whether he thinks of it that way or not, that was the day he died. Because it says in Galatians 2:20, “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but the life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me.” Do you think of life that way? For me to live is Christ and to die is gain. And what about your attitude toward death? Do you see it as gain? Do you see it as gain for yourself, that you don’t need to fear death anymore. I have seen Christians face death with incredible courage and so be a witness to everyone that observed them. And I’ve also seen Christians face death in a very shameful faithless way that brought dishonor to their claim to be Christians. There’s no guarantee that you’ll do it one way or the other. Do you think like Paul for me to live is Christ and die is gain? Are you preparing for that day, the day of your own death? And furthermore, do you think that way in terms of your Christian relatives who have died, that they have come into infinite gain? And so your grief should be minimized somewhat by realizing that and that God will give you what you need to get through. Apostle Paul said, “For me to live is Christ and to die is gain.” Adoniram Judson Carolyn and I are reading through a biography of Adoniram Judson, the great missionary to Burma. This was a man that suffered incredibly. He lost two wives in the mission field. He labored for seven years before seeing his first convert to Christ. And by the way, when he came to Burma, there were no Christians. 38 years later at his death, the government registered 210,000 Burmese Christians. Incredible fruit. But he suffered greatly. They thought he was a British spy and so they incarcerated him. He was under the death sentence and thought that he would be executed and he received a stay of execution. He saw something like seven years of labor on a Burmese New Testament, go up in flames when it burned in a fire. This is a man who suffered greatly for Christ and on his deathbed he was asked about his life and his view of death. And he said, “I am not tired or weary of my work and neither am I weary of the world. Yet, when Christ calls me home, I shall go with the gladness of a boy bounding away from school. I’m not weary of the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune and a thousand natural shocks, bring them on if Christ might be glorified. But I’ll tell you what? When he calls me, I’m ready to go”

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