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Atlantis ‹the domain of the Stingray›
It is the madness of folly, to expect mercy from those who have refused to do justice; and even mercy, where conquest is the object, is only a trick of war; the cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf.
‹Thomas Paine›
Atlantis: the domain of the Stingray
31Aug
2012
Fri
09:55
author: Stingray
category: My Ramblings
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Bach and Möbius

A simple canon by J.S. Bach that works as a sort of musical Möbius strip

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27Aug
2012
Mon
21:42
author: Stingray
category: Ubuntu
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Changes

it's been four months

In the four months since the site has gone down, I've made some changes to my computer

  • First of all, I got a new computer. My old laptop still ran well, but it was showing wear and tear otherwise. Keys were popping off of the keyboard, and they wouldn't go back on. The USB ports were getting finicky. So, I got a new laptop. Currently, I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 as my main operating system (I'm not too fond of the GNOME interface used in the later version; I know I can change it, but I'm kinda lazy about it right now).
  • I said that Ubuntu was my main operating system. Truth is, I'm running a few on this computer. I'm dual booting, having kept the default installation of Windows 7, shrinking it's partition. It works wonderfully this way.
  • However, there are times when I don't want to restart the computer to get into Windows, especially for a Windows-only program I want to use (Luther's Works on DVD, using the Libronix/Logos interface), I have installed VMWare Player in Ubuntu. In VMWare, I have four virtual machines: Windows XP Pro, Haiku (a BeOS clone), Android (an older version), and Mac OS X Leopard. I play around with the other operating systems for fun, but I use Windows XP Pro for more than fun, as mentioned.
21:24
author: Stingray
category: My Ramblings
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Took Some Time

but I've reuploaded famwagner

Yeah, I figure I'd take one of my days off while the temps are still up and reupload all of the famwagner.com files. It took me almost all day, but the sites are back. Some entries are missing, which I expected would happen; I'm not sure I'll be restoring those. I've got some sermons to publish yet, which I'll get to in the next few days—maybe next week. However, we're back, baby.

If you find anything broken (such as resulting in a php error message), please reply to this post.

26Aug
2012
Sun
19:50
author: Stingray
category: Sermons
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Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Mark 7:1-13

Pentecost 13B 2012 Wordle
In the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

The prophet Isaiah recorded these words from God: “Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths And honor Me with their lips, But have removed their hearts far from Me, And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men...” (Isaiah 29:13) Today, we hear Jesus quote from Isaiah, these words which are full of Him, these words which He is: “This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.”

The words of Isaiah were fulfilled in the hearing of the Pharisees in today’s Gospel, though they were most certainly true throughout the history of Judah and Israel, and even into today. It centers around the word “tradition,” and all the baggage that it carries.

19Aug
2012
Sun
19:24
author: Stingray
category: Sermons
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Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

John 6:51-69

Pentecost 12B 2012 Wordle
In the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

After putting the topic off, in detail, for the past few weeks, today we can get to the details of the Lord’s Supper, as it pertains to our continuing stroll through John 6.

Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him.

Feeding on the flesh of Jesus and drinking His blood is exactly what we do in the Lord’s Supper, as we eat His body and drink His blood under the forms of bread and wine, respectively. And it is because of this, and especially verses 54-56, just quoted, that when we hear Jesus call Himself the Bread of Life and Living Bread, and when He says, “If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world,” our first instinct as Christians who confess a real presence of Christ in the elements of the Sacrament is that we would hear Him talking about the Sacrament.

12Aug
2012
Sun
16:05
author: Stingray
category: Sermons
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Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

John 6:35-51

Pentecost 11B 2012 Wordle
In the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

What is bread? What image first comes to mind when the word bread is said? Is it the loaf you can find bagged at the back of Walmart. How about the appetizer placed on your table at the restaurant as you look over the menu? It’s the biscuit on which is placed the sausage, egg, and cheese, the bun on which you place your all beef patty, the slices you pile high with tuna, chicken, or egg salad, the roll with which you mop up the last bit of gravy or salad dressing, and the tortilla in which you place your beans, meat, cheese, and salsa. It’s a filler food—white, wheat, multi-grain, gluten free, what have you.

Bread is a staple food; it has long been seen as such. It is given by God, granted to all people alike, be they good or evil, but it is a food for which you have to work, as all First Article gifts are. As the curse pronounced to Adam went, “In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread...” (Genesis 3:19a), even as St. Paul wrote, “If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.” (2 Thessalonians 3:10b) Bread is a staple food, but much hard labor is required to obtain and enjoy it.

5Aug
2012
Sun
15:32
author: Stingray
category: Sermons
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Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

John 6:22-35

Pentecost 10B 2012 Wordle
In the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

The people in today’s text are guilty of two errors. These are errors as old as time since the fall; errors which still plague us to this day. Before we get there, though, it serves us well to reiterate the back story.