The Christmas story begins before the creation of the world.

Albert Mohler:
So, where does the Christmas story begin? In the Gospel of John we read: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made." [John 1:1-3]
The prologue to John's Gospel points to creation and to Christ, the divine Logos, as the agent of creation. Yet, with language drawn directly from Genesis, John begins his gospel "in the beginning."
http://www.albertmohler.com/2009/12/21/where-does-the-story-of-christmas-begin/

Mom

Yesterday was the day my mom died thirty years ago, Jenny, my sister reminded me. I miss my mom, although I don't remember her well. I don't have any recordings of her. My dad's voice is still fresh in my head, so I remember him more. Mom was a great woman, but I didn't appreciate her enough then. I do now. Some day I will see her and talk to her and listen to her.
I have more pictures of her and I will post them from time to time. For now I need to post some pictures of my brother and his artwork, then I need to post some of my dad's photography. Mom's art was her singing and unfortunatly I can't post her voice, but she had a beautiful voice. She was the soloist at Brookwood Presbyterian Church in Columbus, Ohio.
Life is funny. I'm going to be singing in church for Christmas. I'm not any soloist, however.
Talk to you later.

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Easter---Dad made these banners at Brookwood Presbyterian Church in Columbus, Ohio.

What is Easter to you? Who is Jesus?

The health plan

If the single payer, government run health care gets enacted we will be on that system. The politicians in power now are saying that you will be fined for not buying the new government insurance. Lets say if the government health care passes; business will scratch its chin and say, we think we can save $$$ by having everyone switch to the new "free" plan. The Unions, who supports the politicians in power whole-heartedly, will go along with it. Contracts come and go. The Unions will ask for maybe some compensation but it will never equal, never compensate what we have now. It will in effect become the biggest take-away we've ever had, and the Unions will have endorsed it.

Musings

I missed Mute Math http://mutemath.com/ in Seattle on my birthday, October 5th. Oh, well. I need to work on the budget. They need to come back to Stocker's Farm in Snohomish where I saw them at Freedom Fest http://www.freedomfest.org/. I was right up against the stage. I didn't go Oct 5 in Seattle mostly because I couldn't get anyone to go with me, couldn't afford it, and, heck, I'm 54 now. It seems silly for a fat gnome like me to be bouncing up and down in a mosh pit.
Our fearless leader has received the Nobel Peace Prize for ?? What? I nominate George W. Bush for toppling Saddam Hussein, and Ronald Reagan for toppling the Soviet Union. The only other presidents to get it were Jimmy Carter, Theodore Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson. Hey, what about Harry Truman who ended World War II? Any of these "prizes" are useless pieces of brass. The prizes that are truly worthy are those earned on the battlefield by real hero's in uniform.
So what it really means is another institution falls to the left which now uses the prize as a weapon of demagogery. You get to where you throw your hand up and say "Who cares?" It's just the left congradulating the left for being leftists. I bet Jenniene Garofelo gets an award for calling anybody who critesizes the knuckleheads, that's right I said knuckleheads, in Oslo racist. Hey, Jenny, guess what? You're a racist!
I don't believe in race. It is a red herring. It is just an excuse to hate people who don't look like you. But, nobody looks alike. God created one race, the human race. Mankind created black, white, yellow, red. I am my brothers keeper no matter what he looks like.
If you think about it those that believe in the ideas of race are racist by definition.
In any case those folks in Oslo have cheapened a once wonderful thing. They should have waited 4 years. They might even change their minds. Let's see how Afganistan goes.

D. Bruce Lapham, Jr.
"Shall not perish"

Another Chapter in the Culture of Death

http://www.albertmohler.com/2009/09/18/will-babies-with-down-syndrome-just-disappear/
Our culture: Madness!

Mom

This is my mom, Thelma C. Lapham. The picture was taken by who knows behind my geat grandma Cody's house, next door to Grandma and Grandpa's house on Hollywood Heights Rd. Caseyville, Illinois. That's my brother Brian she's holding up, there. I'll work on posting more.

Mute Math

Just watched Mute Math on YouTube (The Late Show), "Typical". Best band
in the world!

backward world

What a backward world we live in. Cher's daughter wants to be a boy. A
friend of mine wants to be a girl. Suicide is called "death with
dignity". Our president apologises for our past to our enemies, even
bowing to them. "Tell me where is sanity!"--Ten Years After

Happy Birthday Mom, Thelma Codling Lapham

Today is my mom's birthday. She died when she was only 49 from cancer.
I was wild back then and didn't help out much. I don't remember her as
much as I remember Dad, but I miss her. She was a great singer at
Brookwood Presbyterian Church in Columbus, Ohio. I will post some
pictures as soon as I can. I wish I had a recording of her voice. She
is singing in the Eternal Choir at the foot of Jesus the Christ.

Two discussions from Albert Mohler on previous topic

http://albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=1065

http://albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=468

Harry Potter, DaVinci Code, Isaac Asimov

Just had a good conversation with a great friend of mine. It brought up
a question. Is it OK for a Christian to read and enjoy stories about
sorcery, or ficitonalized stories of Jesus? If my faith is strong would
God approve of my enjoying such stories as The DaVinci Code? Harry
Potter? Well, what about Star Wars?
Malachi 3:5
"Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift
witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against
those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner
in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the
alien and do not fear Me," says the LORD of hosts.
Revelation 21:8
" But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and
immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part
will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the
second death."
But, I would not be practicing sorcery, I'd just be reading about it and
reveling in the excitement of the story. Is it a sin to enjoy sin
vicariously?
If I read pornography but don't actually cheat on my wife, is that a
sin? Is that the same thing?

David Letterman

David Letterman is a punk.  Shame on him!  And if you watch his show and get enjoyment out his stupidity your an idiot!

George Washington's Farewell Address

"Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity,
religion and morality are indispensible results....And let us with
caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without
religion."

Liberty and Tyranny

We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the word liberty may mean for each man to do as he pleases with himself, and the product of his labor; while with others, the same word many mean for some men to do as they please with other men, and the product of other men's labor. Here are two, not only different, but incompatible things, called by the same name - liberty. And it follows that each of the things is, by the respective parties, called by two different and incompatible names - liberty and tyranny.
On the back book cover of Mark R. Levin's new book "Liberty and Tyranny", which I just bought today.

Albert Mohler's top 5

Athanasius of Alexandria, Augustine of Hippo, Martin Luther, John
Calvin, Jonathan Edwards
Good reading!

Godless government

A Godless government creates a Godless society, which creates Chaos. We
are close to Chaos now.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/08/obamas-prayer-snub-bring
s-reproach/

Surrender Monkeys

> Well, if this doesn't show the state of collapse in France (and
> growing throughout Europe)....
>
> http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/05/023508.php
>
> Read Mark Styen or Bruce Bawer.
>

Torn Meniscus

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I have a torn meniscus. It's in the knee. My knee has been hurting
something fierce since January. I go to the orthopedic surgeon
tomorrow, and maybe have surgery on it. I hope so soon. Then I'll have
a couple weeks off. I'll be able to hang out with Mary every day, play
guitar, listen to talk radio! :o :| :) When it is all over, I'll be
able, actually be required to work out. I hope the picture turned out.

War-murder and torture, or methods of war?

If President Obama's administration procecutes Prsident Bush's
administration for "torture", could Obama's admin. be procecuted for
murder for shooting pirates?

Easter---Dad made these banners at Brookwood Presbyterian Church in Columbus, Ohio.

What is Easter to you?  Who is Jesus?

We are in trouble

We are in so much trouble. Our president is so weak and as such puts a
weak face on America. So our enemies look at us as wolves look at smart
alec sheep with the shepard asleep. North Korea launched a missile at
us while the photographers are taking pictures of the Celebrity-in-chief
and the misses and the "jounalists" are clucking, "Don't they look
snappy!" Now the defense secretary is scaling back the military like
Carter did (IRAN), and like Clinton did (IRAQ). You know, when Carter
did that in the 70's my dad was laid off for a couple of years. In the
90's during the Clinton admin. I didn't get laid off, but a lot of my
friends did...Now here we are again. But we're all breathlessly
awaiting the new U2 tour.

Happy B-Day Sweet Pea!

Yesterday was our daughter's 20th birthday. I took the day off and her
mother, Melanie and I went out to b-fass at IHOP. :P Our beautiful
daughter is not a teenager any more! Happy Birthday Melanie Lynn
Hoeglund!

USSA

Our march to socialism:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/23/AR200903
2302830_pf.html

Dad's birthday

Dad's birthday was yesterday.  Happy birthday, Dad.  Dear Jesus, take care of Dad till I get there, and take care of me, too.

Brother B

It's my brother's birthday today. Happy birthday Little B! I am having
a fabulous colored pencil sketch of his framed. When I get it I will
take a picture of it and post it here.

Dark Days

Now that we have a take-over of the government, the politicians in charge changing everything they can think of. The huge programs, the whimpy republicans, becoming friends with our enemies such as Hugo Chavez, the Soviets...oops I mean the Russians, the Persians...oops I mean the Iranian government, the homosexuals in the same barracks in boot camp, the high taxes paying for big Washington, DC parties are all mind boggling. The most disturbing, however is abortion. For those of you who are Christian, do you not read the Bible? Do you not care what God has done, creating life? For you who are not Christian, do you not care about human rights? Everytime I drive by Planned Parenthood I get sick. Please, pleae, pleae read Albert Mohler's ongoing articles about this awful subject, "What Makes Abortion Plausible? What Makes Abortion Unthinkable?" :
http://www.albertmohler.com/blog.php

Dad (David Bruce Lapham)