Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Nov 28, 2009, 3:43 am
FOR GOD HIMSELF I Timothy 2:1-8 Thanksgiving Eve November 25, 2009 The Gospel appointed to be read on Thanksgiving fairly drips with Law. Now, there’s nothing wrong with Law. But go...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Nov 26, 2009, 7:29 pm
The Sharks still have two points more than the Blackhawks, but in beating them 7-2 last night (their second victory over the NHL's leading team in the past week), the Hawks have cli...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Nov 23, 2009, 8:16 pm
I'm fascinated by the smugness of some Roman Catholics in the blogosphere and elsewhere over the ELCA's decision to ordain practicing homosexuals. I mean, it's not as if when the ELC...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Nov 22, 2009, 11:41 pm
Ending the game by doing a convincing impression of a brick wall against a barrage by a Vancouver team that had pulled its goalie and put six attackers on the ice, Blackhawks goalie Antti Niemi stood ...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Nov 22, 2009, 11:04 pm
It may not be Thanksgiving yet, but Colin has just posted his rendition of the 1524 German Christmas hymn "The Only Son from Heaven" on YouTube. Thought I'd share it.
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Nov 22, 2009, 11:02 pm
HT: Gnesio
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Nov 22, 2009, 10:35 pm
Eagles 24, Bears 20. It wasn't as much of a blowout as I expected.
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Nov 22, 2009, 5:31 pm
Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it. --George Santayana There's good news and there's bad news on the ELCA front. The good news is that a group of ELCAns- ...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Nov 21, 2009, 8:28 pm
Dies Irae Matthew 25:1-13 Last Sunday of the Church Year November 22, 1963 Everyone in my parents' generation always remembered where they were on December 7, 1941, when they heard that...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Nov 20, 2009, 10:58 pm
Der Spiegel- Germany's Newsweek- has noticed what some have been pointing out for quite a while now: that the globe hasn't been warming for the past decade or so. But the climatologists i...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Nov 20, 2009, 12:27 am
The Blackhawks won their fifth in a row with a convincing 7-1 thrashing of a good Calgary Flames club tonight at the Saddledome. Two goals for Kris Versteeg. Another victory for Cristobel Huet: ...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Nov 19, 2009, 5:32 pm
The Cubs want to host the 2014 All-Star Game in honor of Wrigley Field's centennial. Personally, though, I think Rio will get it.
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Nov 19, 2009, 12:49 am
...the Red Wings got hosed on this one.
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Nov 15, 2009, 11:36 pm
With their 4-3 overtime victory over the Pacific Division-leading San Jose Sharks at the United Center tonight, the Blackhawks have now won seven home games in a row. They had not done this since 2002...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Nov 15, 2009, 4:54 pm
Remind me not to eat any kebobs or meat pies from Russian kiosks... HT: Drudge
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Nov 15, 2009, 2:44 pm
Huzzah!
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Nov 14, 2009, 8:39 pm
Matthew 22:15-22 Trinity 23 November 15, 2009 Grace, mercy and peace from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. There have been worse tyrants than Adolph Hitle...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Nov 13, 2009, 9:39 pm
Cubs' GM Jim Hendry, who almost single-handedly ruined last season and turned a two-time defending division champion into an also-ran (he did have some help from Cub regulars who inexplicably forg...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Nov 13, 2009, 12:43 am
The Wrath of Khan. As an opera. HT: Daniel A. Hinton. And Robot Chicken, of course.
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Nov 12, 2009, 10:43 pm
When the Bears lose to the 49ers, you know it's not their year. Cutler's pass for what would have been the winning touchdown was intercepted in the end zone as time expired. It was his fi...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Nov 11, 2009, 3:20 pm
Lt. Cmdr. Robert Haines (Ret.), a former U.S. Navy chaplain, offers these thoughts on what Veteran's Day is all about. Thank you to all of those- past and present- who have placed their lives...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Nov 8, 2009, 3:04 pm
No way they make the playoffs now. The Bears need a defense- especially another cornerback- and an offensive line. And Lovie Smith needs some passion. So do the players.
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Nov 4, 2009, 11:43 am
This is being advertised on Drudge.  For sheer, paranoid lunacy and ugly, repulsive malice, it rivals the very worst the Left came up with during George W. Bush's two terms. And ironical...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Nov 3, 2009, 10:05 pm
Looks like a good night for the GOP for a change.Bob McDonnell been elected governor in Virginia, and Chris Christie has done the same in New Jersey.
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Nov 3, 2009, 1:27 pm
Though Halloween is over, I thought I'd pass on this excellent article on one of the greatest embarrassments to Christianity around: cartoonist Jack Chick, whose horrific, religiously bigoted and ...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Nov 2, 2009, 6:17 pm

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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Nov 1, 2009, 4:51 pm
Several of the brethren have posted the first You Tube presentation below of Luther's "Here I Stand" speech at Worms- the one from the 2003 Joseph Fiennes version- on their blogs or on Facebook in...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Nov 1, 2009, 3:34 pm
Big deal. Despite the fact that they scored thirty points, the Bears' offense was distinctly unimpressive. Nor is beating Cleveland all that great an accomplishment. If they beat Arizona...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Oct 31, 2009, 11:14 pm
Overflow Space The Feast of All Saints Revelation 7:9-17 November 1, 2009 Dear friends in Christ: Grace, mercy and peace from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Oct 31, 2009, 5:01 pm
Today is the Festival of the Reformation. On this day in 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, beginning the restoration of the apostolic Gospel to c...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Oct 30, 2009, 10:28 pm
As Rick Morrissey points out, the Cubs are finally owned by Cub fans. Perhaps that will make a difference. In any case, the Ricketts family seem not only to be nice people with whom Cub fans like...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Oct 27, 2009, 6:14 pm
The sale of the Cubs is now complete. Tom Ricketts now owns the team, And like any new administration, his deserves our support until and unless he shows that he doesn't deserve it. Maybe thi...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Oct 26, 2009, 7:48 pm
The World Series this year isn't exactly good versus evil. But it's something versus evil. Philadelphia versus evil, perhaps.
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Oct 26, 2009, 11:26 am
The Bengals are a good team, but that doesn't matter. After yesterday's embarrassment, any illusion that my Bears are a playoff team- or even a particularly good one- are dashed, Cutler o...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Oct 24, 2009, 9:00 pm
Atvar, aka "Big Guy," my ornate uromastyx (he's the hatchling on the left), has apparently crossed the Rainbow Bridge at the age of seven. I'll miss him a lot.
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Oct 24, 2009, 7:57 pm
THE TRUTH IS A PERSON Reformation Sunday October 25, 2009 John 8:31-3 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you sha...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Oct 23, 2009, 9:32 pm
This one got good reviews. Premieres Nov. 3 on ABC.
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Oct 23, 2009, 7:08 pm
According to the calculations of 17th Century Irish Bishop James Ussher, the Six Days of Creation began on October 23, 4004 B.C. Of course, the presuppositions which led him to that conclusion- w...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Oct 22, 2009, 10:38 pm
First Barack Obama gets elected president- and deprives him of any claim to be the leader of black America. And now this: As the author of the blog where I found this points out, howev...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Oct 22, 2009, 5:07 pm
The team they're playing has by far the lamest name this side of the Iowa Chops. But still... HT: @ChiBlackhawks
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Oct 22, 2009, 3:12 pm
Somebody at Facebook has a poll going asking whether Fox News is a news source or not, thus abetting the Administration line. I thought it only fair, therefore, to post one asking whether the media wh...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Oct 22, 2009, 12:41 am
Watching The Quiet Man with John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara used to be as much a part of our St. Patrick's Day ritual in the Waters household as the corned beef and cabbage dinner and the green ...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Oct 21, 2009, 7:16 pm
My father, Robert McKinley Waters, was named after the good Republican president who held office when he was born. His older brother, my Uncle Johnny, was John William Gladstone Waters, named after Qu...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Oct 21, 2009, 6:39 pm
The skillful animation of an actual photo of Lincoln, combined with an authentic Kentucky/Southern Illinois accent and actual quotations from the president who couldn't justify "shooting the whole...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Oct 20, 2009, 2:10 am
The Susan G. Comen Breast Cancer organization is holding a conference in Alexandria, Egypt. Jews are not allowed. Israeli participants- including Nobel prize winners- have had their registrations...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Oct 19, 2009, 2:30 pm
The Bears should have won 35-21 last night. You can't turn the ball over three times in the red zone and beat a team as good as the Falcons. And yes, the Falcons are a good team. Last ye...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Oct 17, 2009, 9:36 pm
Marching Orders Luke 10:1-9 St. Luke, Evangelist October 18, 2009 Today is the feast day of the only writer of any book of either Testament who was a Gentile. Luke was a Greek doctor a...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Oct 16, 2009, 7:24 pm
This post is about a product that would be inappropriate if it commemorated any president. That it commemorates our first African-American president adds an element of apparent racism to what otherwis...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Oct 13, 2009, 9:21 pm
Controversy rages as to whether the saltwater geysers on the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus mean that it might have a potentially life-bearing ocean under all that ice, as astronomers suspect ...
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Robert W. posted an article on Watersblogged! - Oct 13, 2009, 6:16 pm
I have always loved football, and wanted in the worst way to play it. But alas, when I got to high school, I discovered that I just wasn't the type. I went out for the Frosh-Soph team my freshme...
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