The Giver
By Lois Lowry
I know a lot of people have read that recently so I'll just give you a couple weeks in case you want to re-read it or anything.
~Kluane
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Second Book
I don't know if anyone is going to read the book or not, but the next one I want to do is:
Friday, March 27, 2009
St. Patrick's Day...
I wanted to have this done on St. Patricks day...but as you can see, that didn't happen. I know it's really long and usually if it doesn't have pictures no one will read it, but please, Please, PLEASE read it!! Mom helped me a little bit (well actually quite a bit, and Dad did too) so PLEASE read it, then tell me what you think=o)
I remember a few years ago my Mom talking about Saint Patrick and how it was very likely that he was a Baptist. Being interested in Baptist history I thought I would take a closer look.
Saint Patrick wrote two documents that are recognized by every denomination as being genuine. One was an epistle to the Christians under the king Coroticus, the other one was his Confession also known as Epistle to the Irish. He writes that he was born around the year 389 A.D. in Britain. His father was a deacon and his grandfather was a pastor in the ancient church of Britain. That church was thought to have been one of the churches started when the church of Jerusalem was spread abroad, Acts 8:1-4.
Dr. J. Lewis Smith, in his book Patrick of Ireland Not a Romanist says, “We have in hand now 140 letters of Pope Leo the Great and we have not found a line written by him or any other Pope or any other man rejoicing over the wonderful additions to the Roman Church by Patrick and his disciples.”
Patrick was a missionary to Ireland and in those days any missionary from the Catholic Church were sent by the pope. But in Patrick’s Confession he says that he was called by God, and he wrote nothing about being sent by any one else. Likewise if he had been told by a pope to go as a missionary there would have been some record of it by the Catholics, but again there is nothing.
The Catholic Church has made lots of “saints” throughout the years, but Patrick would not consider himself one of them. In humility he understood, as Paul wrote in 1Timothy 1:15 “…Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.” And he started his Confession “I, Patrick, a sinner”. His writing’s never talk about him performing any miracles to warrant sainthood as is believed you must, to be a saint by Catholics.
Patrick was a Baptist; his writings are full of scripture. Baptists have always believed that the Bible is inspired by God and no other writings carry any authority for Christians 2Timothy 3:16, 17. You would search in vain through Patrick’s writings to find any mention of relics, holy places, or any superstitious teaching about the Virgin Mary or the doctrine of purgatory.
Patrick the preacher never mentioned that his followers were saved by participating in the sacraments (baptism or the Lord’s Supper). Baptists have always believed in Salvation by Grace, repenting (turning away) from your sins and trusting in the shed blood of Jesus as the payment for breaking Gods law. Exodus 20:3-17, I John 3:4, Ephesians 2:8-9, Titus 3:5. Baptism is an act of obedience adding you to the church not the Family of God. Baptizing babies was a trademark of the Catholics and Patrick never wrote anything about baptizing babies, but he did mention baptizing adults.
The Catholics did a good job of trying to make him into a Catholic but he was dead 175 years before they even started writing about him. History shows that there were only two religious organizations in the third century, Baptists and Catholics. Error crept into the church that Jesus built after his death and resurrection. Men began to assume authority that wasn’t given to them by God; this was the beginning of Popish rule. Bible believing churches separated themselves from these irregular churches that eventually became Catholic. Baptist have been called by many names down through the centuries but they can all be traced through their common doctrines as laid down by their founder Jesus Christ in the Old Testament. (The Trail of Blood, by J.M. Carroll)
Taking a look at the writings of Patrick of Ireland, I find no proof that he associated in any way with the Roman Catholic Church, nor do I see that he held to any of their unbiblical doctrines. I can not find that any of the early Pope’s wrote of him in their transcripts. Although much “Blarney” has been attributed to the missionary, I see a humble man, who was a great servant for Jesus Christ.
Excerpts from Patrick's Confession letter:
This is my CONFESSION
"...I render thanks to God, Who has comforted me in all things, that He might not restrain me from the journey on which I had determined, nor from the work which I had learned from Christ my Lord...
"I have a Creator Who knew all things before they came to pass. Because I am very greatly a debtor to God, Who bestowed so great a grace upon me, that multitudes of people should, through me, be born unto God...
"... it becomes us to fish well and diligently, as the Lord admonishes and teaches us, saying: `Follow Me, and I will make you Fishers of men.' Therefore, it greatly behooves us to spread our nets, so that a numerous multitude and crowd may be taken for God, and there may be everywhere clergymen, who shall baptize and exhort the poor and needy people, as the Lord in the Gospel enjoins... `Go unto all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature. Whosoever will believe and be baptized, shall be saved; but whosoever will not believe shall be condemned.' (Patrick did not have the KJV, when he wrote this. It did not exist at that time. E.L.B.)
"Whence, then, is it that in Ireland, those who never had knowledge, but always worshipped filthy idols, have somehow lately been made the people of the Lord, and are called the children of God?"...I see myself in the present world that am exalted above measure by God. And I was not worthy, nor such that He should perform this for me, since I know that poverty and calamity much better suit me than riches and delicacies.
"...This is my confession before I die." Patrick.
References:
Wikipedia
KJV Bible
St. Patrick was a Baptist, by John Summerfield Wimbish, D.D.
Saint Patrick, A Catholic?
By Kluane Tozier
I remember a few years ago my Mom talking about Saint Patrick and how it was very likely that he was a Baptist. Being interested in Baptist history I thought I would take a closer look.
Saint Patrick wrote two documents that are recognized by every denomination as being genuine. One was an epistle to the Christians under the king Coroticus, the other one was his Confession also known as Epistle to the Irish. He writes that he was born around the year 389 A.D. in Britain. His father was a deacon and his grandfather was a pastor in the ancient church of Britain. That church was thought to have been one of the churches started when the church of Jerusalem was spread abroad, Acts 8:1-4.
Dr. J. Lewis Smith, in his book Patrick of Ireland Not a Romanist says, “We have in hand now 140 letters of Pope Leo the Great and we have not found a line written by him or any other Pope or any other man rejoicing over the wonderful additions to the Roman Church by Patrick and his disciples.”
Patrick was a missionary to Ireland and in those days any missionary from the Catholic Church were sent by the pope. But in Patrick’s Confession he says that he was called by God, and he wrote nothing about being sent by any one else. Likewise if he had been told by a pope to go as a missionary there would have been some record of it by the Catholics, but again there is nothing.
The Catholic Church has made lots of “saints” throughout the years, but Patrick would not consider himself one of them. In humility he understood, as Paul wrote in 1Timothy 1:15 “…Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.” And he started his Confession “I, Patrick, a sinner”. His writing’s never talk about him performing any miracles to warrant sainthood as is believed you must, to be a saint by Catholics.
Patrick was a Baptist; his writings are full of scripture. Baptists have always believed that the Bible is inspired by God and no other writings carry any authority for Christians 2Timothy 3:16, 17. You would search in vain through Patrick’s writings to find any mention of relics, holy places, or any superstitious teaching about the Virgin Mary or the doctrine of purgatory.
Patrick the preacher never mentioned that his followers were saved by participating in the sacraments (baptism or the Lord’s Supper). Baptists have always believed in Salvation by Grace, repenting (turning away) from your sins and trusting in the shed blood of Jesus as the payment for breaking Gods law. Exodus 20:3-17, I John 3:4, Ephesians 2:8-9, Titus 3:5. Baptism is an act of obedience adding you to the church not the Family of God. Baptizing babies was a trademark of the Catholics and Patrick never wrote anything about baptizing babies, but he did mention baptizing adults.
The Catholics did a good job of trying to make him into a Catholic but he was dead 175 years before they even started writing about him. History shows that there were only two religious organizations in the third century, Baptists and Catholics. Error crept into the church that Jesus built after his death and resurrection. Men began to assume authority that wasn’t given to them by God; this was the beginning of Popish rule. Bible believing churches separated themselves from these irregular churches that eventually became Catholic. Baptist have been called by many names down through the centuries but they can all be traced through their common doctrines as laid down by their founder Jesus Christ in the Old Testament. (The Trail of Blood, by J.M. Carroll)
Taking a look at the writings of Patrick of Ireland, I find no proof that he associated in any way with the Roman Catholic Church, nor do I see that he held to any of their unbiblical doctrines. I can not find that any of the early Pope’s wrote of him in their transcripts. Although much “Blarney” has been attributed to the missionary, I see a humble man, who was a great servant for Jesus Christ.
Excerpts from Patrick's Confession letter:
This is my CONFESSION
"...I render thanks to God, Who has comforted me in all things, that He might not restrain me from the journey on which I had determined, nor from the work which I had learned from Christ my Lord...
"I have a Creator Who knew all things before they came to pass. Because I am very greatly a debtor to God, Who bestowed so great a grace upon me, that multitudes of people should, through me, be born unto God...
"... it becomes us to fish well and diligently, as the Lord admonishes and teaches us, saying: `Follow Me, and I will make you Fishers of men.' Therefore, it greatly behooves us to spread our nets, so that a numerous multitude and crowd may be taken for God, and there may be everywhere clergymen, who shall baptize and exhort the poor and needy people, as the Lord in the Gospel enjoins... `Go unto all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature. Whosoever will believe and be baptized, shall be saved; but whosoever will not believe shall be condemned.' (Patrick did not have the KJV, when he wrote this. It did not exist at that time. E.L.B.)
"Whence, then, is it that in Ireland, those who never had knowledge, but always worshipped filthy idols, have somehow lately been made the people of the Lord, and are called the children of God?"...I see myself in the present world that am exalted above measure by God. And I was not worthy, nor such that He should perform this for me, since I know that poverty and calamity much better suit me than riches and delicacies.
"...This is my confession before I die." Patrick.
References:
Wikipedia
KJV Bible
St. Patrick was a Baptist, by John Summerfield Wimbish, D.D.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Just for you Jo!
We got some new rabbits a few weeks ago and I guess Joanna wants to see pictures of them=o)
This is Cinnaman (the people we got him from spelled it funny it's not me!)
anyways we got him from some people in our 4-H group and he's sick with the sniffles which can be deadly in rabbits. We got Conygan through the sniffles once so we are hoping to get him through it...but he's not doing very good so we don't know if he'll make it.
These next three we got from a breeder in Wasilla. This is Zax (pronounced Zacks) he's brown and very hyper but sweet=o) 
This is Kieran (pronounce Keeran) she's just a baby and scared of EVERYTHING=o)
This is Hope ( I'm sure you can figure out how to pronounce that=o) She's an older doe and we just bred her on Saturday with Zax so hopefully we will have babies in a month.
This is Kieran (pronounce Keeran) she's just a baby and scared of EVERYTHING=o)
This is Hope ( I'm sure you can figure out how to pronounce that=o) She's an older doe and we just bred her on Saturday with Zax so hopefully we will have babies in a month.
By the way...Zax and Hope were already named...I wouldn't have picked those names for myself, but I guess they are ok. I did get to name the little black one. Her name is Gaelic for "small dark one" so I thought it fit=o) Saturday we have a rabbit show we are going to enter Hope and Zax in, Zax has been a couple of shows before and the lady we bought him from said he usually always wins a prize, so that's exciting. Have a good day...I still have wedding pictures I'm going to try to post=o)
~Kluane
Friday, March 6, 2009
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Okay, so I don't know who of you out there that said you wanted to do this book finished it...but I'm tired of waiting so I'm starting this...I've never done book club questions before, so if they sound kind of boring just hang in there=o) I'll just do a few, and we can talk about anything else that anyone wants too.
1.Had you read the book before this time?
2.Who’s your favorite character?
3.What was your favorite part in the book?
4.What did you most dislike about the book? (if anything)
5.The first time you read it how long did it take you to figure out who the Scarlet Pimpernel was?
I'll be waiting impatiently for comments=o)
1.Had you read the book before this time?
2.Who’s your favorite character?
3.What was your favorite part in the book?
4.What did you most dislike about the book? (if anything)
5.The first time you read it how long did it take you to figure out who the Scarlet Pimpernel was?
I'll be waiting impatiently for comments=o)
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