Daily Archives: 11 September 2006

20060911 A Closing Thought for 11 September 2006

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20060911 Putting 9-11 into Its Historical Context

The link above is a great article that helps place 9-11 into the historical context it deserves. Too often, we want to think that the things happening to us now are isolated events, when in fact they fit into a larger history that, in this case, stretch back more than a thousand years. Take a moment to read it all. Continue reading

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20060911 Bible Study for the Day: Psalm 55

Psalm 55 is a prayer against the enemies of the writer, King David of Israel. In a way, this psalm is a complaint, an indictment against someone who seems to have deeply wronged David by treachery. In life, many of us have felt the sting of a similar complaint, believing that someone has betrayed us in some irrevocable way. In our hears, we cry out at such injustice, wanting relief from what has been done to us. Continue reading

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20060911 A Solemn Promise to Remember

Today marks the fifth anniversary of a day that changed the course of American and world history for decades, perhaps centuries, to come. The radio, TV, print, and internet media will be full of retellings of the tragic events that took place in New York City, Washington DC, and over Eastern Pennsylvania, and rightly they should be. We cannot forget what happened to American on the 11th of September 2001 because that was the day a certain innocence was forever taken away from our great nation. Continue reading

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