A Very Blessed and Merry Christmas to You!

Matthew 1:23

New International Version (NIV)

²³ “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).

Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Christmas Play

A Blessed Christmas to everyone! You can see videos and read an excerpt from our recent Church School play, "Yo, Holmes! Christmas Ain't Your Birthday!" at the Mt. Moriah Web site, select "Ministries" followed by "Church School" for a link to our online Church newsletter:
http://mountmoriahchurch.org/

Online Bible Study: The Book of Job

Join us for our Online Bible study. We're discussing the Book of Job:
http://biblestudycafedotcom.blogspot.com/2011/12/online-bible-study-book-of-job_06.html

Good Washington Post Article about Tim Tebow

Wonderful article on Faith, Leadership and Tim Tebow by WPost's Sally Jenkins:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/in-sports-theres-no-faking-leadership/2011/11/30/gIQAnoksGO_story.html 

World Aids Day. Become aware of the impact of HIV/AIDS

Today is World Aids Day. Become aware of the impact of HIV/AIDS across the globe. Good story about Alicia Keys' "Keep a Child Alive" program at MTV.com:
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1653383/alicia-keys-talks-sacrificing-her-digital-life-on-world-aids-day.jhtml

Support Family Movies: Go See The Muppets This Weekend

Saw The Muppets with our goddaughters. A great time at the movies. Nice to finally see a G rated movie again--it was PG because of the fart jokes, but really, a G film overall. Take your family. Let Hollywood know you support movies like this. My fav song was, "Are You A Muppet or a Man?":


Good NPR interview w/Jason Segel, (How I Met Your Mother), the actor/fan who rebooted The Muppets. 

Please Try Our New Blog

Most of our content will now be posted at
http://BibleStudyCafe.com

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May God bless you!
Steve Kendall

Praise God for The Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth

Praying today for the family and loved ones of a great Civil Right Saint, The Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth
"The Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, 89, one of the bravest and most dynamic leaders of the civil rights movement, who survived bombings, beatings and dozens of arrests in his efforts to end segregation in Birmingham, Ala., and throughout the South, died Oct. 5 at a Birmingham hospital."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/fred-l-shuttlesworth-courageous-civil-rights-fighter-dies-at-89/2011/10/05/gIQAO73lOL_story.html?hpid=z6

The Sermons of Dr. Lucius M. Dalton, Mt. Moriah Baptist Church

I'm getting caught up on recent sermons by some of my favorite preachers, including my pastor, Dr. Lucius M. Dalton, Senior Pastor, Mt. Moriah Baptist Church.

You can listen to Pastor Dalton's excellent sermons at:
http://mountmoriahchurch.org/

Locate the "Bible Study/Sermons" link at the top of the page.

Dr. Charles Stanley: The Power Of A Discerning Spirit

I'm getting caught up on recent sermons by some of my favorite preachers.

Charles Stanley recently delivered a message that I learned a lot from entitled,
"The Power of A Discerning Spirit."

You can watch it online at:
http://intouch.org/broadcast/video-archives/content/topic/the_power_of_a_discerning_spirit_video

Dr. Stanley also has excellent sermon notes/outlines available on his
site Intouch.org.

ABC News: TaskRabbit, Putting Americans Back to Work

By CHRIS CUOMO (@ChrisCuomo) , BRINDA ADHIKARI and MAGGY PATRICK
Sept. 29, 2011

NBC Nightly News: FOOD BANK ASKS PEOPLE TO 'STEP UP'

Donate to this wonderful organization, if you can:
http://www.birchcommunityservices.org/

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

CNN Morning Express w/Robin Meade: Player back on field with coach's kidney

Wake Forest baseball coach Tom Walter gave a kidney to player Kevin Jordan.

CNN Morning Express w/Robin Meade: Player back on field with coach's kidney

Wake Forest baseball coach Tom Walter gave a kidney to player Kevin Jordan.

Online Bible Study from Mt. Moriah Baptist Church

You can view videos of the weekly Bible study held at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church of Washington, D.C., taught by Dr. Lucius M. Dalton, Senior Pastor @
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mtmoriah

Dr. Charles Stanley: The Power Of A Discerning Spirit

Dr. Charles Stanley ran a sermon this week called, "The Power Of A Discerning Spirit," which I've seen before, but it really demands repeated viewing as the message is so important and helpful.

http://www.intouch.org/broadcast/this-week-on-tv

ABC News: College Dorms, Made In America & Creating Jobs

Students use their dorm rooms to help create jobs:

Making a Difference -Philadelphia Eagles' Nnamdi Asomugha Helps Students

From NBC News

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Giving Back His Salary: Superintendent Larry Powell

From ABC News: "On Aug. 31, Powell will retire and then be hired back to fill the remainder of his four year term, reducing his now $250,000 annual salary to $31,020. The move will add over $800,000 to county schools over the next three years."
http://abcnews.go.com/US/school-superintendent-larry-powell-takes-800000-pay-cut/story?id=14371982
--If only our wealthy politicians and CEOs would give back in some grand fashion and forgo their salaries.

Inspirational 60 minutes Segment: Gospel for Teens

Story ran w/updates last Sunday. A must see:

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7378728n&tag=contentMain;contentBody

Dr. Tony Evans Series on the Armor of God

I'm enjoying a very powerful series on the Armor of God based

on Ephesians 6:10-17, one of my favorite passages of Scripture, by

Dr. Tony Evans.

You can listen to the series and download free copies at:

http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/the-alternative/

Insight for Living: Chuck Swindoll's Old Testament Series

Preacher Chuck Swindoll is running an educational survey of the Old Testament at his Insight For Living site. Look for June and July 2011 with the link below:

http://www.insight.org/broadcast/library.html

I heard one of the messages on the radio and plan

to catch up and listen to them from Swindoll's Web site.

Get That Scholarship!: Join Us on Facebook

We'll begin posting to this new blog soon, but until then,

please join us on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Get-That-Scholarship/232285306781590

Have a Blessed Sunday: Go to Worship Service and Bring a Friend

Have a blessed Sunday, everybody! Go to a worship service, take somebody with you and reflect on what a blessing it is to wake up every morning. To paraphrase H. H. Breaker Morant: Live each day as if it's your last, 'cause one day, it will be.

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From: http://www.biblegateway.com

James 4:14-17

New International Version (NIV)

¹⁴ Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. ¹⁵ Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” ¹⁶ As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil. ¹⁷ If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.

New International Version (NIV)Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica

Les Paul Google Doodle

You can now play and record music, anytime you want, with the Google Logo guitar,

in honor of the late guitarist and inventor, Les Paul, born on my bday, June 9 at:
 http://www.google.com/logos/2011/lespaul.html

PC Magazine has a good article about other interactive Google Doodles:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2386764,00.asp

Capped off wonderful bday w/a movie date. Saw The Adjustment Bureau w/me gal. Ending needed an adjustment. 

Overall, the flick lacked a sense of urgency. Didn't feel 4 the characters as much as I should have. 

Wonder what director Chris Nolan would have done w/it? 

Also, no need 4 cursing in movies like this. I still give it 3 stars. The director, George Nolfi, who wrote The Bourne Ultimatum, does have skills. Looking forward to his future projects.

Making a Difference: Pay What You Can

I was really inspired today by a "Making a Difference" story NBC Nightly News ran about how an executive with the Panera Bread chain of restaurants is offering a "pay what you can" service in several of their locations (see video below). You can follow this segment on Facebook

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/43302811#43302811

In Hawaii, accessing some Obama birth info is easy

 http://www.courierpress.com/news/2011/apr/24/hawaii-accessing-some-obama-birth-info-easy/?partner=popular

Book Signing this Sunday: Dr. Lucius M. Dalton, author, "The Lord Will Provide"

Book Signing by Dr. Lucius M. Dalton, author of "The Lord Will Provide"
Join us this Sunday, April 10, 2011
at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Washington, DC

Immediately after the 7:45 and 10:45am Worship Services

Happy Valentine's Day to My Girlfriend!

"Love suffers long & is kind...rejoices in the truth, bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails."                                

1 Corinthians 13:4-13   http://bit.ly.../hIbFv7

Have a blessed, love-filled day, everybody! 

Download or Buy our Devotional of Love: "Love Never Fails" @ http://BibleStudyCafe.com/

Marquita Lister's interview is a Blessing

I recently heard a wonderful interview conducted by MetroConnection
with opera star, Marquita Lister.
(Click Here to Listen | Click Here to Read the Transcript)

Although I heard Ms. Lister via the radio, her beautiful soul
just radiated throughout. When you see the picture on her
Web site, it confirms her outer beauty as well.
http://www.marquitalister.com/Bio_English.htm

In the interview, she gave a powerful testimony of how
she is overcoming a rare disease that I am also blessed to
have, called "Polymyositis." I've written in the past how
this muscle disorder has blessed me and just listening
to Marquita, I'm sure she's already blessed others by
showing how God can work in one's life to overcome
illness.

Be sure to support this wonderful soprano. Buy
her music and donate to her the scholarship she
supports. I plan to do both:
Her Recordings: http://www.marquitalister.com/recordings.html

Her Cause: Negro Spiritual Scholarship Foundation
http://www.negrospiritual.org/

Beware of Latest in Electronic Pickpocketing

Watch out for the in latest electronic pickpocketing. Put your credit card in aluminum foil.
See the full news story @:
http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/special_report/fox-5-investigates-electronic-pickpocketing-020711

Great Article about the cult, Scientology

Must read article about the cult known as Scientology:
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/02/14/110214fa_fact_wright

Tony Dungy on Faith, Family & Football! : )

Super Bowl Champion Coach (& former Steeler), Tony Dungy talks about faith, family & of course, FOOTBALL! : ) @ http://myfamilytalk.com/

This interview was conducted in the months after the Colts won the Super Bowl a few years ago, by Dr. James Dobson. The multi-part piece re-aired on Dr. Dobson's new show, Family Talk.

Praise God for Health Care--Pray 1st Congress

As the bills for my recent ER and hospital stays come in the mail, I am so thankful to God for quality, affordable Health Care.

If any member of Congress wants to totally scrap the Health Care Law I suggest you pray first, then make a symbolic first step: Cancel the Govt. sponsored health care that you were provided. Then, if you have children, cancel their policy if they are under the age 27, as they are required to be covered under the current law.

I agree that the Health Care bill needs to be improved in certain areas, but throwing it out completely is not the answer. Again, pray first before you act, members of Congress.

As for the budget deficit, I agree, it's far too high. Again, Congress, take the first step, rescind the pay raise you voted for and received last year. Cut the salaries of all of your staffers as well before consulting them. (I'm being sarcastic, but please pray before you do anything Congressfolk. ) I'll certainly continue to keep you in prayer.

Thank You God, For Dr. King

Amen!