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Senior Pictures Becoming Big Business
- Statesman
"Our average sale for a senior is $1,200 to $1,500, but some parents have spent up to $5,000," Meyer said.
Study Claims Moms Mimic Daughters in Fashion
- CNN
"We live in a society that one of the main values is to look younger," Ruvio said. "Most of these women have kids, work and they don't have time to monitor the market and see what is cool and hip, so they basically take a shortcut. Through their teenage daughters, they know they're safe."
New York: Sex Ed Becomes Mandatory
- Fox News
It’s the first time in nearly two decades that middle and high school students will be forced to take the mandatory classes, according to a report first published in The New York Times.
A nation in mourning for Navy SEAL Team 6
- Washington Examiner
As the nation mourns its loss, just as it has the losses of 10 years of a war it did not choose and which it cannot avoid, the greatest thing that civilians can do is remember that their lives and the lives of their children and grandchildren are what they are because of warriors flying through mountain passes half a world away
10 Hidden Benefits of Having Children
- Fox News
Come along as we explore the top 10 hidden benefits of having children.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/08/05/10-hidden-benefits-having-children/#ixzz1USLudd6r
“Heroes” Sue Rescued Woman
- AP
Two Ohio men honored as heroes for their actions after a 2009 car crash are now suing the woman they rescued from a burning vehicle.
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 IRS visits Sacramento carwash in pursuit of 4 cents
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Imagine being a business owner and receiving a surprise visit from two agents for the Internal Revenue Service. They inform you, in a stern and serious manner, that you have an unpaid tax debt and that they are there to collect. You might be confused or surprised, you might even feel scared. Your mind might race, considering the potential consequences of your delinquency. It wouldn’t help if you didn’t know you owed the government anything. It also wouldn’t help if the agents were aggressive and rude.
Now, imagine being informed of the amount of debt you have amassed: four cents.
This is exactly what happened to Sacramento car wash owner, Aaron Zeff, recently. "It's hilarious," he said, "that two people hopped in a car and came down here for just 4 cents. I think (the IRS) may have a problem with priorities."
Surely the time of the two agents was worth more than the 4 cents owed; even more than the $200 in penalties added on top (which seems to be an injustice in its own right!) We might each have an idea of what amount a man could owe that would make it worth pursuing him in this manner; a thousand dollars? ten-thousand? a million dollars? Surely there is a point at which a debt moves from being petty and benign to being a matter of concern – even criminal, what do you think that level should be?
Many people have different ideas about how God views sin and the price to be paid for that sin. Some find it harsh to believe that God would hold them accountable for living a generally good, albeit imperfect, life. Perhaps hell is a real place, they reason, but reserved for evil the likes of Hitler and Pol Pot, murderers and rapists.
- James 2:10 says that to fail in one aspect of the law is to be as guilty as breaking every law. Does this sort of standard of perfection seem harsh or unrealistic to you?
- What ‘debt-load’ of sin should be sufficient to require punishment from God, and how does that compare with the tax-debt limit you considered earlier?
- How is the ‘sin debt’ we have to God similar or different than the tax debt that many have with the IRS?
- Read Romans 3:23 and 6:23; how does God’s standard appear to differ from our own?
- In I Corinthians 6:9-11 Paul warns of the consequences of sin, but contrasts this with the regeneration that comes from Jesus. How does God’s handling of debt differ here from the government’s handling of debt? Remember John 3:16.
- Perhaps Isaiah 1:18 best illustrates God’s view of our sin, and his forgiveness of it: take time to thank God for that forgiveness.
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