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Jhan the thinker
LCJE Question Queue, a photo by bobmendo on Flickr.Auguste Rodin has an entire museum in Paris dedicated to the many replicas of Le Penseur, The Thinker. If Jews for Jesus creates such a museum in San...
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Jhan the creative (3rd in a series)
hicksvillesunrise, a photo by bobmendo on Flickr.It's been a week since my dear friend Jhan Moskowitz went suddenly into eternity. And the last week I've been pondering so many aspects of his life, and...
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Protest and violence
Eight people were held in police custody after violent clashes between hundreds of police and protesters erupted in Sydney's CBD at Town Hall yesterday afternoon. Six police were injured and 17 others...
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Israel, homosexuality and freedom of speech
This is from some messianic believers in Israel today. I'm sure they would welcome some comment and some public outcry. What do you think?"Dear friends in the Lord, This is the third time I write a...
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Getting it right, again
This message was written and preached in 2007 but the message seems to still fill the bill. Even today.Yom Kippur 576821 September 2007Given at Jews for JesusBondi Junction NSW AUSTRALIAFor those who...
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Truth telling and chicken...a joke for the end of the school term
From my friend Martin Nyberg in the USA: My Favorite AnimalOur teacher asked what my favorite animal was, and I said, "Fried chicken." She said I wasn't funny, but she couldn't have been right,...
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The long and winding road
The long and winding road, a photo by bobmendo on Flickr.Barry McGuire (New Christy Minstrels) sang a song circa 1975 "Happy Road." Chorus:"Why it's a happy roadThat I'm traveling on.I just can't help...
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Hottest day in history
Yup, true temps, a photo by bobmendo on Flickr.Back in 2011 I was in Kansas City when the summer temp hit a whopping 109, and I could barely move. That's 42.4 celsius and way over the top of usual for...
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You don't see him
18/365 Cutting concrete, a photo by bobmendo on Flickr.This speedy saw is ripping through my street, and readying the drainage area for a new, replacement drain. That will be nice, I hope, and prevent...
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Postponing
Putting it away, a photo by bobmendo on Flickr.Delays are normal in my neighborhood. Almost daily I watch as the crew from the local Council comes to continue repairs on the drainage ditch outside my...
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Not as they seem
21/365 Classic vanishing point, a photo by bobmendo on Flickr.Of course if you were walking next to me yesterday at Bondi Junction, you would know that the boards on the building to my right are...
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You sure don't look Jewish
Jewish mother and son, a photo by bobmendo on Flickr.The story is told of the Jewish congregation in Tokyo, one August day. Their rabbi died and there was no local replacement. They contacted the...
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For Jewish people or not?
Up out of the water, a photo by bobmendo on Flickr.Baptism is not to be a confusing thing. It is a ceremony like we did on Thursday in Balmoral Beach here in Sydney. It is an initiation rite of the...
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The news from Israel in 2008 during the month when we celebrate Purim was shocking. Ami Ortiz, then a 15 year old, and son of a pair of New Yorkers with whom we used to worship, had opened a package. A...
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Faithfulness
Lisa and me after the prayer for her, a photo by bobmendo on Flickr."You never know who is listening to you." That's what Lisa told me this afternoon in San Francisco. Seems that 25 years ago, in New...
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A man walks into a bar...
A certain psychiatrist had fallen into the habit, each day after work, to stop in the local bar for a drink to relax. Being a man of strange tastes, his favorite drink was a chicory daiquiri. Dick, the...
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Victory Cake...and disappointment
Victory Cake, a photo by bobmendo on Flickr.Yesterday morning I watched a university basketball game on tv. It was live in the US and I am living in Australia, so the timing is always different than...
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Martin Luther, QandA Debate and public opinion
debate, a photo by bobmendo on Flickr.Last night I watched the ABC broadcast of a forum entitled "Q and A" here in Australia. Featuring the American scientist Lawrence Krauss and the Aussie apologist...
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Prisoner X
Prisoner X, a photo by bobmendo on Flickr.The story is unfolding here in Australia although it was well known to many the last 2+ years. Here from an email from Michael Danby, Melbourne Ports, sending...
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Billowing clouds
Clouds, a photo by bobmendo on Flickr.The turbulence in today's weather is not the substance of this blog, but the beginning of the thoughts that prompt it. I awoke at 4 am to massive rain storms and...
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