and you figured the heat couldn't get any stronger

walker, williams and posey...

plus kazaam, mourning, haslem and dwade(i don't like the nickname flash)...

heat REALLY look strong now...

i say that shaq still has at least 5 good years left in him, and ironically, that's the same as his length of his latest deal...

does that mean, IMO, heat definitely got the better part of the deal w/the lakers? to me, yes...

but we'll need to see if kobe can make it to the top of the west to see if that occurs...

we'll also need to see if heat can get past the eastern mountains we call motown(if they click with flip and darko gets more minutes, i'd say they can roll with anybody) and indy(remember that artest wasn't in most of the season last year; look for pacers to be a REAL threat this year)...

judges 15:19 - KJV

judges 15:19 - NIV

more differences picked up while reading for me...

apparently, the modern bible translators mightve mistranslated "the jaw" to be Lehi, which also means jaw.

there's a lotta places in the bible like this, where multiple words could've been used for the same thing, when they were translating hebrew and greek scriptures into english.

however, i believe that no two words are alike, and so, if you don't use the right word, problems arise. the modern bible advocates will claim the footnotes also give alternative definitions, but who reads footnotes all the time when they're reading the bible? with all the "or *other word*" as the footnotes all over the place, you gradually just say, i'll just stick w/what the main portion of the bible says, and that could lead to trouble.

like in isaiah 14:12, where the blasphemous new bible versions mistranslate lucifer to morning star; apparently the same word had 2 different meanings in hebrew. that's what the advocates for the new bible versions claim, so they're not really wrong, are they? however, when we look in revelations 22:16, jesus claims to be the morning star; do you see the problem that arises here?

Judges 15:7 NIV

Judges 15:7 - KJV

stumbled upon this as i was reading my daily bible reading today...

it could be argued that in KJV, samson sounds more like a person who is delivering justice, whereas in the NIV, he sounds like he's on a vendetta, which god personally does not want us to undertake. the original commandment "eye for an eye" was meant to serve justice, not to undertake revenge.

random final fight info...

cody has an infinite combo in the game...

1st 2 punches, turn away, whiff 3rd punch(which should be a different punch animation), turn back towards opponent, repeat...

he actually imitates his infinite in alpha 3 when he does his super :)

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lau chan's awesome... ph3ar the rtsd!

the early church was a mix of greeks and hebrews

some things for you to ponder....

timothy was half greek, half jew; the jewishness came from his mother

i'm reading a lot of acts as of late(i love how the cambridge kjv has a 2 year bible reading plan in the back which covers 1 chapter from 1 book in the new testament and 1 chapter from the old each day; helps make bible reading not get so bogged down), and much of the early church endeavors were from jersusalem, out to various greek cities, which had jews splattered around here and there. as a result, when many people came to know christ in various cities, not only did the jews become christians, but so did the greeks. paul and silas, it seems, were the ones in charge of this ministry, but paul also took with him timothy wherever he went, or so i'm getting the idea of that; sorta like an apprentice.

berea in particular, is impressive, because the bereans ALWAYS compared what people told them to what the scriptures actually said. as a result, many of them turned to christ. the facts speak for themselves; i only wish many more of us took after the bereans; i'm trying my share at it; that's why i've come to believe the things i believe as of late.

of course, you know how i feel about antioch, and acts writes a lot about antioch; i think there's verses stating how paul and barnabas spent a lot of time there, building up and checking back on the churches there.

but despite all the growth, satan always breeds opposition, and in almost every place where there was growth, there was jews that tried to stir up the government and similar ish.

just some things to think about...

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peace and love and prayers to the mexico team, and praises to our god for bringing the taiwan team back safely...

time to take my christian life during this summer up a notch...