D is for Duke

John Wayne appeared with Duke in a series of B movie westerns in 1932-33 and both seemed to get equal billing in at least six movies.

 Duke was a true wonder horse.

 In RIDE HIM, COWBOY, John Wayne proves Duke was not a killer by riding him and the horse seemed to take to him immediately. 

After trying to buck him of course. He established himself as Wayne’s ride by, in one scene, unsaddling Wayne’s black horse with just his teeth and running the mount off. 

In these six movies, Duke did all sorts of tricks, usually involving pulling up trees or posts he’s tied to to race to the rescue. Wayne was a different character in each movie, always John with new surnames, but the Wonder Horse was forever Duke.

One thing I discovered was that John Wayne was not particularly fond of horses. To him, they were just tools of the trade in making cowboy pictures.

C is for Crinkle Cat

Did you know that before “Tony the Tiger” there was Crinkle the Cat? Crinkle was a gray cat whose picture appeared on boxes of Kellogg’s Toasted Corn Flakes cereal in 1914.

As you can see by the picture she depicted the fact that Corn Flakes were “For Kiddies Not Kitties.”

B is for Bluey

Bluey was an Australian cattle dog who was owned by Les and Esma Hall of Rochester, Victoria, Australia. Bluey was born June 1, 1910 and lived until November 14, 1939. He lived to be 29 and a half years old and was known as the dog that lived the longest according to the Guinness World Records (until “Lucky” came on the scene in 2008).

Interesting enough, Bluey and another Australian Cattle Dog name “Chilla” who was reported (records unverifiable or unavailable) to have lived for 32 years and 12 days were the basis of a study to determine if Australian Cattle Dogs had exceptional longevity.

100 dogs were studied and the average life span was determined to be just 13.41 years. The study did conclude that Austalian Cattle Dogs are a very healthy breed and that they live 1 to 2 years longer than other breeds of dogs. The study also concluded that “Bluey” and “Chilla’s” long lives was merely exceptional and not to be considered as normal.

A is for Aslan

Aslan is the main character in series entitled The Chronicles of Narnia written by C. S. Lewis. He is depicted as a “great lion” in the book, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Lewis develops this character in the remaining books in the series.

Aslan is the Turkish word for lion. Lewis often capitalizes the word “lion” when referring to Aslan. This character is used by Lewis to represent Jesus in his stories.

Aslan is a talking lion. He is the King of all beasts. He is the son of the Lord of Narnia. Aslan is a very gentle guide to the human children who “visit” Narnia. However, Aslan can be very dangerous and ferocious when he needs to be. As a matter of fact, it is written of Aslan, “”he is not a tame lion.”

He has many followers, including humans, talking beasts, and mythological creatures such as Centaurs, Fauns, Dryads, Dwarfs, Satyrs, Naiads, Hamadryads, Mermaids, Sylvans, Unicorns, and Winged Horses.

A - Z Challenge 2014

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I am interrupting our regularly scheduled postings for the month of April in order to  participate in the A-Z Challenge!

I will be breaking from our normal format of theological and biblical posts. Please join me each day!

Are You Thirsty? (Part 1)

SERMON            GMT14-010

SETTING:          North Kelso Baptist Church

SERVICE:          Sunday AM

SERIES:              Topical:  General (Old Testament)

SUBTITLE:        Are You Thirsty (Part 1)

SCRIPTURE:     Psalm 63

SUBJ:                  Confident expectation

SUMMARY:       The love of God compels genuine believers to develop confidence in God through a passionate thirst for God.

SCHEME:           That genuine believers resolve to quench their thirst in God

         

1A     God is David’s Desire   (Vss. 1-4)

          1B     The Object of David’s Desire           (Vs. 1a-c)

                    1C     It is an itemized thirst

                    2C     It is an intense thirst

                    3C     It is an inclusive thirst

          2B     The Occasion of David’s Desire        (Vs. 1d)

                    1C     Historically

                    2C     Literally

                    3C     Figuratively

          3B     The Origin of David’s Desire            (Vss. 2-3)

                    1C     David’s exceptional relationship to God

                    2C     David’s exalted review of God

          4B     The Outcome of David’s Desire      (Vss. 3b-4)

                    1C     In His Sorrowful Exile – David praised God

                    2C     In His Sensational Expectation – David promised God

                    3C     In his Sweeping Experience – David promoted God

The Horrific Judgment of God

The most tremendous judgment of God in this world is the hardening of the hearts of men.

John Owen (1616-1683)