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Matthew 27 account is helpful. We can see where Pilate was, where the
people were, and where this trial was being held. It was being held in
the Praetorium, which was about 1500 feet away from the Tower of
Antonia where Barabbas was. So put yourself in Barabbas’ shoes in his
cell. You are lying there cold and half naked. All you hear are people
shouting. What would you be able to hear? We know what the talk was
about. Pilate was asking the crowd, “Who do you want me to free?” The
crowd shouted, “Barabbas! Barabbas!” Then he asks another question. “What do you want me to do with Jesus?” The crowd screams, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” Now put yourself in Barabbas’ cell, 1500 feet away, few blocks away. All you hear is “Barabbas! Barabbas!” “Crucify him! Crucify him!” Can
you imagine? Barabbas was in his cell and when he hears the key opening
the door to his cell, he’s probably thinking, “I’m dead meat. I’m dead
meat.” Instead, he hears, “Barabbas, you’re free, because someone is
going to die in place of you.” Instead of himself, Jesus is the one in
the middle of the cross! Barabbas was the only one who can
say, “Physically, Jesus died in place of me,” but all of us can say,
“Spiritually, Jesus died in place of me.”
* Jesus Before Pilate Rev. Min Chung, Covenant Fellowship Church (Champaign, IL)
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| the refs did it to us again!!!  
i need some comfort food...CHINESE BUFFET...
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| BOO!!! Beauty and the Geek is rigged!!! UNFAIR!!! I'm sooooooooo angry!!!!! | | |
| Billy Graham was returning to Charlotte after a speaking engagement and when his plane arrived there was a limousine there to
transport him to his home.
As he prepared to get into the limo, he stopped and spoke to the
driver. "You know" he said, "I am 87 years old and I have never driven
a limousine. Would you mind if I drove it for a while?"
The driver said, "No problem. Have at it."
Billy gets into the driver's seat and they head off down the
highway a short distance away sat a rookie State Trooper
operating his first speed trap. The long black limo went by him doing
70 in a 55 mph zone. The trooper pulled out and easily caught the
limo and got out of his patrol car to begin the procedure.
The young trooper walked up to the driver's door and when the
glass was rolled down he was surprised to see who was driving. He
immediately excused himself and went back to his car and called
his supervisor. He told the supervisor, "I know we are supposed
to enforce the law but I also know that important people are
given certain courtesies. I need to know what I should do because
I have stopped a very important person."
The supervisor asked, "Is it the governor?"
The young trooper said, "No, he's more important than that."
The supervisor said, "Oh, so it's the president."
The young trooper said, "Not, he's even more important than that."
The supervisor finally asked, "Well then, who is it?"
The young trooper said, "I think it's Jesus because he's got Billy Graham for a chauffeur!"
* received this joke through e-mail, not a true story --- but Billy Graham is truly a servant of Jesus Christ
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450 Sheep Jump to Their Deaths in Turkey
First one sheep jumped to its death. Then stunned Turkish shepherds,
who had left the herd to graze while they had breakfast, watched as
nearly 1,500 others followed, each leaping off the same cliff, Turkish
media reported.
In the end, 450 dead animals lay on top of one another in a billowy
white pile, the Aksam newspaper said. Those who jumped later were saved
as the pile got higher and the fall more cushioned, Aksam reported.
"There's nothing we can do. They're all wasted," Nevzat Bayhan, a
member of one of 26 families whose sheep were grazing together in the
herd, was quoted as saying by Aksam.
The estimated loss to families in the town of Gevas, located in Van
province in eastern Turkey, tops $100,000, a significant amount of
money in a country where average GDP per head is around $2,700.
"Every family had an average of 20 sheep," Aksam quoted another
villager, Abdullah Hazar as saying. "But now only a few families have
sheep left. It's going to be hard for us."
* from the Associated Press
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