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DIVINE COMMAND (theory?)
Before knowledge there IS belief.

"the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die."

In the context of human society, there is a need for order. All men though 'created equal' will not remain equals. Authority structures emerge and with them 'command chain'. The birth of human government.

'Authority structure' becomes "political machine". All modern societies have them. Parliamentary kinds of meetings and Congressional deliberation happen religiously - worldwide.

If Moral authority is the 'fuel' of these political machines; how is this authority derived? From the 'science' of statescraft?

They derive from ethic. Personal ethics are individual beliefs.
Laws of nature and natures God.
Nature observed, God revealed.

Revelation begins by a personal acceptance or "acknowledging"
an 'interacting' designer/creator.
Modern advances in robotics and computer engineering give a better "paradigm" for understanding human experience as an interactive-telecomunicating-hardware-software-data-storing-algorithmic-universal-God-man kind of situation.

If man begins as a scientist observing nature in a simple childlike manner; he must 'grow up'. He must become a believer.

"that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made". ROMANS 1

Knowledge as fact, is:
1. Mathematically provable
2. Empirically verifiable
3. Rationally defensible

BELEIF as truth is not fact.
It is either accepted or rejected.
It is faith. The Faith - a belief system.

John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

THE BIBLE IS A
BOOK OF BELIEFS
(analogy: software, computer instruction code)

"The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes." - PSALM 19

Kings and other potentates, have always kept a significant cadre of "wise men". This 'advisory' group included an assortment of magicians, sorcerers, stargazers and 'soothsaying' types as might be equivalent to modern day think tanks.

We became more adept at systematizing and recording our observation of physical universe, we began a slow and steady drift away from the idea of God as a creator and controller of universe.

We move beyond the realm of belief, we 'plant our feet' firmly in the realm of knowledge. Thus 'scientific' stage happens developmentally as socialization in modern community. Superstition, suspicion and conjecture give way to hard cold fact. We become as God.

"the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil."

A NEED FOR EXPLANATION
What are the claims of science?
We have better 'control', now we are predicting with increasing accuracy.
We need no more be at the mercy of 'the elements'. We can tell when the storms are coming. We no longer fear the dark or the wind and thunder bothers us less. We have our own lights. Who needs the sun?

"he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws."
BOOK OF DANIEL

Priests and prophets are now presidents of banks and nations and of institutions of 'higher learning'; and God? . . . irrelevant.
Man is god, we seek to change "times and laws".

Not really. It seems as if we have been "time-locked". We are all dying.
Death - scientifically unexplainable.

BELIEF IN DIVINE COMMAND:
Genesis 2:17 (TORAH) The tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

"And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever" . . . Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden.

FINDING GOD -
QUESTIONING GOD &
"WALKING BY FAITH"
who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? - ROMANS 9

OPERATING SYSTEM or
HUMAN INSTRUCTION MANUAL?
John 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

PURPOSE
Micah 6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

CONCLUSION
Ecclesiastes 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

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FATHERING & FATHERHOOD
getting back to basics

Proverbs 23:10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.


Psalms 11:3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

SUBJECTION ?
Lawlessness
Rebellion
Disobedience

Foundation of family
failure is failure to teach.

IS CHURCH FOUNDED ON FAMILY?
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; . . . 4One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

IS FAMILY A MISSION
OF CHURCH?

LAW & ORDER - Why societies fail?
Societies fail when families fail
Families fail when fathers fail
Fathers fail when churches fail
Churches fail when bishops fail to teach biblical obedience in family life

What are we teaching children
about marriage? As we expect them to OBEY us as parents do we demonstrate bible spousal obedience as we teach them?

Sowing seed in "good ground"



HAVE THE FATHERS TAUGHT?
If you love me keep my commands
Gives us a clue. Love involves
INSTRUCTION !!!! Plus
Findeth a wife - must search
Obey - oops
Are the older women teaching?

Proverbs 18:22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.

Titus 2:3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; 4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

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fatherly

"Lord, shew us the Father,
and it sufficeth us." - John 14:8

PATERNAL PATTERN ?
Does the father really matter?

John 8:38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: 
and you do that which you have seen with
your father.

See, saith he, that thou make all things 
according to the pattern shewed to thee

I do nothing of myself; but
as my Father hath taught
me, I speak these things

in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, 
for a pattern to them which should hereafter 
believe on him to life everlasting.

In all things shewing thyself
a pattern of good works

I honour my Father, and
you do dishonour me.

the works that I do in my Father's name, 
they bear witness of me.


John 10:30 I and my Father are one

Father-like, he tends and spares us;
well our feeble frame he knows;
in his hand he gently bears us,
rescues us from all our foes.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Widely yet his mercy flows.
http://bit.ly/1VQEKvt

Why is it that some mothers
only celebrate Mother's Day
and some fathers only celebrate
Father's Day? Bias I suppose . . .

BTW I also noticed that some
fathers only celebrate Mother's Day.
THE MOTHERS WHO ONLY
CELEBRATE FATHERS DAY
. . . Are extremely rare !

HALF & HALF?
he made it home
on one lung (legend?)
and a half a kidney
(perhaps)
no eyes. Ears
were good.
Legs? Shaky
mind, foggy
. . . but, he
made It home !!!!

WILL YOU/ME
MAKE IT HOME?

Philippians 1:6 Being confident of this 
very thing, that he which hath begun a 
good work in you will perform it 
until the day of Jesus Christ

Hurt

THE PROBLEM WITH PAIN
it may be harmful if ignored
Leprosy affected feeling

Every two minutes someone is diagnosed with leprosy. It causes nerve damage and muscle weakness that can lead to deformities, crippling, blindness and isolation.

Many Americans think leprosy no longer exists. But, in 2014, 121 countries reported new cases of leprosy.
http://bit.ly/1YP0O7w

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text

THE TEXT IS GOOD

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. - Colossians 3:16

TEXT
We must read and memorize
scripture texts ~ all the time !

TEACHING
We must study and understand
the scripture texts - always

TESTED
beliefs that come from the text
are tested and proven by our action

TESTIFY
We must talk/ tell what we know
a witness is one who tells, testifies.

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me . . . - Acts 1:8

FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT EQUALS
FILLED WITH THE WORD; SAME RESULTS ARE PRODUCED !
be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; - Ephesians 5:18-19

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Notes

The Amos House
Self sufficiency

A FATHER'S BUSINESS
Unemployed & underemployed

Meet fathers where they are

Barriers to betterment
Relationship
care
transportation

Develop and launch

HARTBEAT
Sustainability
Commitment & Follow through

Market
Pricing structure
Implement strategy
Management
Finance
Evaluation

READY
WILLING
ABLE

The Harwood Report

A successful dad
A good-fit assessment
My next move - O*NET

HOUSING

Non custodial parents
Arrearages
Certified fatherhood programs

3 years running a fathers business

Educating the father
Becoming a man
Welcoming the male parent

The learning journey

Overcoming the challenges

Creating a climate and a culture
Of caring and helpfulness

Functional fathers
Symptoms of Father failure

Father failure is family failure

JAMES PERRY
Steve Perry

Promote collaboration among human services agencies, workforce agencies, and educational institutions to encourage service delivery that addresses outcomes for both parents and their children.
http://1.usa.gov/22mQ1E3

SUPPORTS CT STATEWIDE
Fatherhood Initiative.

Facilitating Access to Justice
Timely conflict resolution
Fairness & the Perception of fairness

Professionalism • Integrity • Respect • Fairness • Mediation • Funding
http://1.usa.gov/1M8qquu

a meaningful program process that instills a high standard of accountability and an expectation of responsibility on the part of the offender. Privileges and awards are earned and any offender who fails to meet the set standards will engage in a process of corrective action.
http://1.usa.gov/1QYvyjV

Fatherhood Firewall
Michael Williams
Moving from awareness to action

https://m.facebook.com/Resource-Portal-Region-6-RAC-223173644686605/


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Depend

INDEPENDENCE ?
Psalms 103:13 Like as a
father pitieth his children,
so the Lord pitieth them
that fear him.

It was my turn to watch
the grand baby today.
I had forgotten how
helpless a ten
month old is.

PITY is the best word to
describe my attitude although
there were some pretty
self-destructive things that
he tried to do. (Pulling heavy
stuff off the table, eating dirty
stuff off the ground).

I don't think he knows the
meaning of the word DEPENDENT.

As far as earthly fathers are concerned we often forget that
we are 100% DEPENDENT.

"For he knoweth our frame;
he remembereth that
we are dust."

The recent passing of the
popular entertainer "Prince"
and the controversy surrounding
his death remind me of these
6 words at the end of first John :

"Little children, keep
yourselves from idols."


THE PRACTICE OF
DAILY CONSTANT
PRAYER KEEPS
US IN THE PLACE OF
TOTAL DEPENDENCE
ON OUR
HEAVENLY
FATHER.


1 Thessalonians 5:17
Pray without ceasing.

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Teach

AM I TEACHABLE ?

1. I will glady receive - Acts 2:40
2. I receive with meekness - James 1
3. I am "fruitful" - Matt. 3:8,10
4. I grow more/much - John 15:8

Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

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older

Journalist Michael Kinsley — the founder of Slate and former editor of Harper's and The New Republic — says he's a "scout for his generation." Kinsley was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease when he was in his 40s. Now in his 60s, he writes that he had the opportunity to experience old age before the rest of his fellow baby boomers.

"There are far worse medical conditions than Parkinson's, and there are far worse cases of Parkinson's than mine," he writes, "But what I have, at the level I have it, is an interesting foretaste of our shared future.

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drunk

HOUSTON, we have a problem !
I just got off talking to mom
It's seems to be on both sides.
http://bit.ly/1Vwz4GV

Understanding the natural history of a disease or disorder provides information critical for assessment and intervention, and for the development of effective prevention strategies.

Alcohol use disorders represent a broad continuum, ranging from periodic problematic overuse to chronic, progressive alcohol dependence.

Clinicians categorize individuals based on standardized criteria (i.e., abuse vs. dependence). Alcohol use disorders in the general population and different clinical settings range in frequency, severity, and symptoms.

Developing an awareness of the natural history of alcohol use disorders helps social workers to identify persons at risk, why they are at risk, what might be done to alleviate risk, and what treatment strategies prove to be most effective.

Alcoholism is a complex disorder with many pathways leading to its development.

Genetic and other biological factors are likely involved in the emergence of alcohol dependence, along with cognitive, behavioral, temperament, psychological, and sociocultural factors.

Alcohol use patterns, including alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence, are 'familial' in nature.

Alcohol use and the presence of alcoholism are often found within the same family, running from parent to child and across multiple generations of biologically related individuals.

While genetic and other biological factors cannot fully explain the presence or absence of alcohol use disorders, their contribution to susceptibility for developing alcohol use problems appears to be significant.
http://1.usa.gov/1S1QSa9

fatherfile

Rationale

Father-child relationships – be they positive, negative or lacking, at any stage in the life of the child, and in all cultural and ethnic communities – have profound and wide-ranging impacts on children that last a lifetime.

Parents as protectors

Parents as providers

Parents as models

Parents as mentors

http://www.fatherhoodinstitute.org/

 

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classwork

attached find fable of the bees

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Fable of The Bees: or, Private Vices, Public Benefits is a book by Bernard Mandeville, consisting of the poem, The Grumbling Hive: or, Knaves turn'd Honest, along with prose discussion of the poem. The poem was published in 1705, and the book first appeared in 1714.^[1] The poem suggests many key principles of economic thought, including division of labor and the "invisible hand", seventy years before these concepts were more thoroughly elucidated by Adam Smith.^[2] Two centuries later, the noted economist John Maynard Keynes cited Mandeville to show that it was "no new thing ... to ascribe the evils of unemployment to ... the insufficiency of the propensity to consume",^[3] a condition also known as the paradox of thrift, which was central to his own theory of effective demand.

At the time, however, it was considered scandalous. Keynes noted that it was "convicted as a nuisance by the grand jury of Middlesex in 1723, which stands out in the history of the moral sciences for its scandalous reputation. Only one man is recorded as having spoken a good word for it, namely Dr. Johnson, who declared that it did not puzzle him, but 'opened his eyes into real life very much'."^[4]

It was also reported that:

Mandeville gave great offense by this book, in which a cynical system of morality was made attractive by ingenious paradoxes. ... His doctrine that prosperity was increased by expenditure rather than by saving fell in with many current economic fallacies not yet extinct.^[5] Assuming with the ascetics that human desires were essentially evil and therefore produced "private vices" and assuming with the common view that wealth was a "public benefit", he easily showed that all civilization implied the development of vicious propensities....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fable_of_the_Bees

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S_L_C

Good without God ? - PART 1.
FAMILY - Origin • Purpose • Destiny

MY FATHERS BUSINESS
("The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do")

1. HARTBEAT - public relations
2. THE FATHER FILE - Seminars

THE MISSION
evangelize to educate
Daddy said: "education is useless without a godly foundation"

We support individuals in their personal growth (in grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior.)

OUR PASSION - teaching
(doing as Jesus instructed in the Great Commission in Matthew 28:19-20.)

THE VISION
To provide & utilize resources and techniques to build life skills, competence, and confidence that will empower individuals in their (Christian) family life and in formal academic educational pursuits.

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DOING (the will of God from the H)
1. PR promote one event EVERYDAY
2. Mentor, coach encourage DAILY

HOW
1. Social media
2. Blog
3. Email
4. Text
5. In person

"the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that you may marvel."

"all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him."

"all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him."

"Take my yoke and learn of me"
STUDENT CENTERED LEARNING
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JESUS SAID: NO WAY . . . !!!
"All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out." - John 6:37

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not a script but

the preliminary gathering of thoughts presentation.

1. Intro - footage from fatherhood 360 graduation this Wednesday at trinity on main in NB

2. segment one - the interviews 10 fathers (list to follow)

3. segment two Panel discussion (TBA)

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con101

. . . while the Neocon and GOP Establishment heartily dislike Ted Cruz, they actually fear and loathe Trump. 

Trump, is not a "movement conservative," that is, he is not a Republican candidate schooled in the narrative of Neoconservatism (while Marco Rubio wallows in it). 

In the current political context, the term "conservative" is used so cavalierly that every GOP candidate now claims the mantel: Jeb, Kasich, Christie, Rubio, and so on: all claim to be "movement (or mainstream) conservatives."

http://bit.ly/1pfpE4m

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the keeper

THE KEEPER

David rose up early

in the morning, and 

left the sheep with a keeper, 

and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle. 21For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army. 22And 

David left his carriage 

in the hand of the keeper 

of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.

Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. 29And David said, What have I now done? 

Is there not a cause?

1 Samuel 17

. . . it is required in stewards,  that a man be found faithful." ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭4:2‬ ‭

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IDEE

DATAMINING, IDENTITY & SAFETY

"In much the way that fish cannot conceptualize water or birds

the air, man barely understands his infosphere, that encircling

layer of electronic and typographical smog composed of clichés

from journalism, entertainment, advertising and government". - R.Z. Sheppard

 

WHO ARE YOU?

INTEROGATION – the search for identity

Throughout time, it has always been important to know who one's friends are. Nowhere has this been more obvious than in military conflicts, where for centuries, flags, banners, insignia and uniforms have allowed adversaries to distinguish their cohorts from others who might have less friendly intentions. And, in darkness, when those visual means of identification were impossible, the business of using passwords and countersigns achieved the same end.

FAA regulations require that all aircraft, military or civilian, flying at an altitude of 10,000 feet or higher in U.S. controlled airspace, must be equipped with an operating IFF transponder system capable of automatic altitude reporting. 

With supersonic aircraft and swift antiaircraft missiles, there is no time to identify friendly forces by visual means. IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) is an electronic system which can determine the intent of an aircraft with the speed of the fastest computer. A related system is used for air traffic control at civilian airports. Litton is a world leader in the development and manufacture of military IFF systems.

YOU ARE YOUR BIOLOGY – Human Genome

Your Genealogy

Your Health Records

 

YOU ARE YOUR HISTORY – Public Records

Your driving record

 

YOU ARE YOUR BELIEFS – Mental Health, Your school transcript

YOU ARE YOUR POSSESIONS – Purchasing/Payment History (Your FICA Score)

YOU ARE YOUR OCCUPATION - Your employment history

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moving

Can you imagine Noah's mom at the PTA meeting saying to her friends
"we never expected that of him, nobody's ever built an Ark before".

She had gotten involved at the 'triplets' (Ham, Shem & Japeth) school because Noah was so "caught up" in the 'construction project'.

Noah was not performing above or below expectation. He was performing OUTSIDE expectation.

Have you ever
"moved with fear"
on an 'assignment'?

Hebrews 11 - By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

The Christian experience is a perpetual series of 'unexpected' projects. Let us learn to "move with fear" to the "saving of our house".

Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

The ones outside the Ark as the rains began; realized that they had "despised" Noah's "wisdom and instruction".


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Respecting

A CALL TO COURTESY

1 Peter 2:17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

HONOR
VALUE
PRIZE

Men and women of honor speak to the soul; they speak to that which in every living human is real and true. The reason for this is because honor, whatever it is determined to be, is itself honest, good, beautiful, and true. - Jeremy A. Kee

We live in a time where "putting down" is popular. People frequently belittle each other in jest. We routinely disregard one another with discourteous comments and actions.
Have we become an impolite society?

If the Christian is to "stand out" as a light in a dark culture, then his/her behavior is respectful and honoring of others.

The bible gives clear ideas:

1. VALUING OTHERS
Philippians 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

2. CARING ABOUT OTHERS
1 Peter 3:8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

3. SELFLESSNESS
Proverbs 15:33 The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.

THE EXHORTATION
1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

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fatherhood

SOME DCF LINKS

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