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This post is from March of 2008, yes- recycling again. I sure have come a long way with yeast, specially after the king cake madness I just put myself through. Visit my Gourmet Girls facebook page for some photos, there's a link in the sidebar.
Easter is probably my favorite holiday, I find it so much more relaxed than Christmas. Jack, my little boy and I have already boiled and colored eggs a few times and have had a great deal of fun doing it, I am not as busy at the restaurant at this time of year so I get to enjoy the holiday. Last week we were in Whole Foods and they had some little bunny shaped breads. They were just precious, but their flavor was lacking- specially for a 6 year old who was expecting something more than just bread. So I set out to make the ducklings, filled them with Strawberry jam and Jack loved them! Next time, I might also add cream cheese to the filling.
One of my cooking goals for this year was to overcome my hesitation (alright-fear) to work with yeast. I have been reading a bit about yeast and have really come to understand it a lot better and as a result had no trouble at all with the yeast in the recipe. I have included the weight measurements as well, because I think most of the trouble I was having with breads in the past had more to do with the amount of flour I added than with the yeast itself. I was producing tough bread, weighing the four has helped that issue out tremendously. A scale has become such an essential tool in my kitchen, I don't know how I ever baked without it. If you don't have a scale, lightly spoon the flour into the measuring cup.
I have written then recipe out in more steps than usual, I wanted to make sure anyone could understand it- even me!
Easter Ducklings
1/4 cup sugar (60 g)
1 cup warm milk (110 F)
2 pkgs. active dry yeast
3 1/3 cup all purpose flour (500 g)
pinch of salt
4 tablespoons butter, melted
1 egg
1 egg yolk
2/3 cup strawberry jam
For Decorations:
A paste made out of 1/4 cup sifted powdered sugar and a little lemon juice (about 1 teaspoon) and dried currants. Royal icing flowers or fresh pansies for decorating the ducks- if desired.
1. In a medium bowl, stir 1 teaspoon sugar into milk and sprinkle with yeast. Let stand for 5 minutes or until frothy. Stir gently.
2. Sift flour, remaining sugar and salt into a large bowl and set aside.
3. Stir butter into yeast mixture. Lightly beat in one egg.
4. Pour yeast mixture into flour mixture, combining to make a dough.
5. Turn dough out onto a floured surface and knead until soft and elastic, it should no longer feel to sticky. The should should be fairly soft when the kneading is over.
6. Place dough in a large bowl that has been rubbed with a little vegetable oil and cover with a dish towel. Set in a warm place around 78 F and allow to rise for about an hour or until doubled in volume. (I made these in the restaurant's which is quite warm- the dough doubled in about 35 minutes).
7. Remove dough from bowl, flatten out on a floured surface with your hands then roll out gently with a rolling pin to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut out 10 rounds with a 3" cookie cutter for the bodies. Cut out 5 smaller rounds for the heads and 5 small ovals for the beaks.
8. Place one egg yolk in a small bowl and beat a little. With a small pastry brush, brush egg yolk on the large rounds. Add about 1 teaspoon strawberry jam to 5 of the large circles. Place another large circle on top and pinch the edges to seal together. Making sure to pinch well so the jam does not leak out during baking.
9. With a little egg yolk, glue heads and beaks to the bodies. Place ducklings on a greased cookie sheet and set aside in a warm and draft free place to rest for 15 minutes.
10. Brush all ducklings with egg yolk and place in a 425 F oven for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Easter Ducklings Filled with Strawberry Jam
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Now speaking of 1 John, it is that time tonight when we open up the Word of God and continue our study of this wonderful epistle. We are belaboring the epistle in the early chapters in order that we might lay some strong foundation. And I think we're going to see a bit of an increase in speed as we move on through the chapters yet to come because so much of what they tell us, builds upon what we have learned in these opening two chapters.
We are looking at a rather lengthy section, 1 John chapter 2 verse 18 down through verse 27. And I've called this Christians and Antichrists, it's another of the typical contrasts that John gives.
You remember that Jesus Himself divided the whole human race into two parts when He said, "He who is not with Me is against Me." You are either of Christ, or antichrist, you are either a Christian or an antichrist. And that is essentially what we read in verse 18 of this passage. "Children, it is the last hour, and just as you heard that Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen, from this we know that it is the last hour."
There are many antichrists, not just the eschatological Antichrist, the beast of Revelation, the wilful king of Daniel, the ruler that will come, the one we know as THE Antichrist. There are many antichrists. He will be, in some sense, the most formidable one, perhaps the most influential single antichrist figure in human history. He will be empowered by Satan and demons in a way that no other human being has been empowered up to that point. He will be given liberties to ply his wicked antichrist enterprise, liberties granted to him in the purposes of God as God steps back and ceases to restrain evil so that it runs amuck across the face of the earth. And he following the direction of Satan and demons is the earthly perpetrator of the final and most vast crimes against the truth of the gospel. We're not talking about him, we're talking about many who are like Him who perhaps without that formidable world dominance are nonetheless bearers of the same antichrist attitude. There are many antichrists.
Anyone who does not confess Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord is antichrist. There is no middle ground. You cannot be neutral regarding Jesus. You're either with me or you are against me. In 1 Corinthians 16:22 Paul said, "If you don't love the Lord Jesus Christ, you're cursed." So either you are a lover of Christ, or cursed. And again, there is no middle ground.
Now John knows that some antichrists infiltrate the church. They come into the church because obviously this is Satan's approach. He is a deceiver. He is a liar. He wants to mingle himself among those people who are being given the truth, being taught the truth, who are hearing the truth. And he wants to work his work of deception among those, you might say, who are nearing the understanding of the gospel. There are antichrists all over the globe. As I said, anybody not with Christ is antichrist. Those that are most dangerous are those that are cloaked as if they were Christians, as those who are wolves in sheep's clothing, those who are false teachers and not just in the broad category of false teachers but those who are false teachers disguised as true teachers in the church. They come into the church, it becomes difficult for some unwitting or some childlike Christians or some untaught Christians, it becomes difficult for them to sort them out, to separate them, to avoid them. John wants us to make those distinctions clear, to know the true Christian from the antichrist. And so he provides here a contrast.
There are a lot of contrasts throughout this book as we already know. There are doctrinal tests that define true Christians. It is the view of sin and the view of Christ that is defining. There are moral tests that define true Christians. It is their obedience to the Word of God and their love for God for others and the fact that they don't love the world that marks them. So true Christians are marked morally, they're marked in terms of their theology and their doctrine. And in this particular section the emphasis is on the doctrine of Christ. True Christians embrace, love, serve Christ, those who do not are termed antichrists.
Now let me just take you back to verse 10, flow through and read this to you again. "They went out from us but they were not really of us. For if they had been of us they would have remained with us. But they went out in order that it might be shown that they are all not of us. But you have an anointing from the Holy One and you all know, I have not written to you because you do not know the truth but because you do know it and because no lie is of the truth. Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ. This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. Whoever denies the Son, doesn't have the Father. The one who confesses the Son has the Father also. As for you, let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. And this is the promise which He Himself made to us, eternal life. These things I have written to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you. And as for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, you have no need for anyone to teach you but has...as His anointing teaches you about all things and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him."
This is typical Johannine prose. It is not the logical, sequential pattern of the Apostle Paul, or even Peter. John has his own style and he moves in circles and moves back and forth through the same themes and so we have been looking at this passage and finding that while we can consider it and extract its truths in order to sort of create some kind of outline and some kind of sequence, we have to jump around a little bit. But the bottom line is distinguishing Christians from antichrists.
Now we know that it is the last hour, verse 18 says, because the last hour, you remember, is defined as the time when Messiah comes. And because so many people hate Jesus Christ, because so many in the world reject Jesus Christ, that Jesus Christ the true Jesus Christ of Scripture, because there is such hostility against Him even in our own country, all this effort to remove Christianity from the schools has nothing to do with anything constitutional, it has nothing to do with the separation of church and state, it has everything to do with a hatred of the gospel. This immense animosity toward Jesus is proof enough that He is the Messiah and proof enough that indeed it is the last hour, that is the hour...the last hour, the last era of human history which is marked by the coming of Messiah.
Now in this last era when Messiah comes, many will hate Him. Many will be antichrist. And some of them will infiltrate the church. And John tells the believers and us that you can identify them, first of all, because they depart from the fellowship. Where the church is true to sound doctrine, where it is true to the gospel and true to the Word of God, they depart. Verse 19, "They went out from us..." They left. Their defection is proof of their hypocrisy. "They went out from us but they were not really of us, for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us, but they went out in order that it might be shown that they all are not of us." When somebody hangs around the church, when somebody hangs around the Word of God, God's people, the truth of God, biblical preaching and teaching, for a while and then abandons it, that is proof positive that they do not belong. Their defection is evidence of their hypocrisy.
They would remain if they were the real thing. They would persevere in the truth, in love for Christ and love for His Word. They would, in the worlds that John further uses in this chapter, they would abide, they would stay because that's the characteristic of the regenerate. That's the characteristic of those who have been given new life in Christ.
So John says you need to be able to distinguish the Christians from the antichrists, and, first of all, the antichrists can be recognized because they leave. They defect. Maybe not all of them defect in our lifetime, or in our observation. But those who defect are antichrists. When somebody leaves the church permanently, and I'm not talking about leaving this church and going to another church, people do that, sometimes they move away, sometimes they have relationships somewhere else, sometimes they want a little easier preaching, or shorter. That always bothers me. I can never get enough of God's Word. But they depart for reasons other than the antichrist would depart. When an antichrist departs, they depart from the faith. And that's the second point.
First, they depart from the fellowship. Secondly, they deny the faith. Verse 22, "Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ. This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son." You couldn't be qualified as an antichrist unless you denied Christ and His gospel. Verse 23, "Whoever denies the Son doesn't have the Father. The one who confesses the Son has the Father." Any denial of Jesus Christ as revealed in the Scripture, God in human flesh, the Lord and Redeemer, is characteristic of an antichrist. They might accept Jesus as a good teacher or religious leader, an angel, an emanation from God, a prophet, whatever. Anything other than the fact that Jesus is who He really is constitutes antichrist. And anybody who permanently departs from the fellowship essentially is denying Jesus Christ as Lord and God and Savior. And we've noted that this is repeated in this epistle. Chapter 4 verse 1 says, "Test the spirits." You need to be discerning because there are so many false prophets in the world. "By this you know the Spirit of God. Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh, is from God." Everyone who gets the right doctrine of Christ that He is Savior and Anointed Messiah incarnate is from God. In verse 3, "Every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God, and this is the spirit of antichrist of which you have heard that it is coming and now it is already in the world."
The attitude is what the spirit means here, the attitude, the antichrist attitude is everywhere in the world. And it is manifest in a wrong view of Jesus Christ. Second John 7, "Many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, this is the deceiver and the antichrist." There were people who denied the deity of Christ, there were those who denied the humanity of Christ saying, on the one hand He wasn't God, on the other hand He didn't really come in the flesh, He wasn't human, saying that what the Scripture says about the incarnation was not true. In any case that constitutes an antichrist attitude.
There's a third element that marks them, that characterizes them. Back in 1 John 2 and it's in verse 26, "These things I have written to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you." They come into the church, they are not truly in the fellowship. They deny the faith, that is they deny the reality of Jesus Christ, and that is central to the gospel. That means you deny the trinity. So you have the wrong God. You deny the deity of Christ so you have the wrong Christ. You are thereby calling the Holy Spirit a liar because the Holy Spirit testifies of Christ. So you've literally blasphemed the entire trinity by denying Jesus. This is...this is damnable, obviously.
But that's not enough for these people. They don't come into the church just to sit there in private and quiet denial. They come into the church with the view to deception. Verse 26, "They are sown by the enemy in the field." That's what it says in Matthew chapter 13. The enemy comes and sows them in the field. That was a very devastating thing to do to your enemy if your enemy sowed wheat, and you had some men go in the middle of the night and sow weeds, tares in the ground alongside the wheat, obviously unknown to that enemy. He would be watching his crop and when it finally came up, he would see the weeds coming up along with his crop and the weeds would destroy the entire crop. That was done in ancient times to destroy an enemy's income, wealth, well-being. And that's exactly what the enemy Satan does, he sends his false teachers in the church, alongside the furrows, as you will, where God has planted the true seed and he sows deceivers. Satan is the deceiver and this is the trade that he plies through other antichrist deceivers. They come into the church, they go into seminaries, they go into colleges, they go into denominational headquarters, they go into church staffs, they go in as elders and leaders in the church. They, if they are able, even ascend to the leadership of the church and sometimes they come into the church even as the pastor, the true wolf in sheep's clothing, the false shepherd. These are the antichrists who deceive.
We looked at them last time. They are also described by Peter in 2 Peter chapter 2. It might be worth just looking at that so that you understand a little more about it. Second Peter chapter 2 verse 1, Peter says, "False prophets arose among the people in the past, among the people of Israel, just as there will also be false teachers among you." This is their strategy. They come into the church among you, and they secretly introduce destructive heresies, damnable heresies. Underneath denying the Master who bought them, and then comes judgment, bringing swift destruction among themselves. They come into the church secretly, clandestinely, covertly, introducing damnable heresies in the church...and again I'm talking about the church, the broadly defined church. They come in secretly and they're effective. Verse 2 says, "Many will follow their sensuality, because of them the way of truth will be maligned." Boy, is that ever true. Is that ever true. You just can almost stand up to anybody today and say, "I'm a Christian," and the person might say, "Well, what kind of Christian are you?"
"Well, I'm a Christian. I'm a biblical Christian."
"Well what's the difference between a biblical Christian and other kinds? Aren't there all kinds from one extreme to another?"
Christianity has been maligned, the truth has been maligned. The watching world assumes there is no such thing as truth that is recognized, believed and proclaimed by all Christians. They see everything from Catholicism to Mormonism as Christian. Everything from sort of mindless fundamentalism to sort of pseudo intellectual liberalism as Christian. They see certain universities as associated with Christianity historically, etc., etc. They're...what's in the minds of the watching world no single body of truth that they would affirm as Christian. So when you say you're a Christian, it basically doesn't mean anything. And then when you say, "Well this is what it means and only this and that's all and nothing else," they just cannot comprehend that...especially in a post-modern, existential world where everybody's entitled to his own truth. So they come into the church, they infiltrate, they lead people astray, the truth is maligned. Why do they do it? Verse 3, "In their greed," they want money. "They exploit you with false words, but know this, their judgment from long ago is not idle, their destruction is not asleep."
Drop down to verse 12, here's a further description of these antichrists that come into the church. "They're like unreasoning animals, brute beasts, mindless beasts, ravenous beasts, deadly, born as creatures of instinct to be captured and killed." Boy, that's strong. They're more deadly than a carnivorous beast, loose in the church. You'd be better off, frankly, in a lion's den than a liberal den. "They revile where they have no knowledge." They mock the truth. They mock the Scripture. They mock the gospel of which they have no personal knowledge whatsoever.
Verse 13 says, "They're stains and blemishes." Literally scabs and filth spots, "Reveling in their deceptions as they carouse with you. Watch out for them because their eyes are full of adultery, they never cease from sin because there's nothing in them to restrain the flesh. They entice unstable souls. Again, they have a heart trained in greed, they can figure every way imaginable religiously to separate you from your money. They are accursed children. They have forsaken the right way, they have followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the way of unrighteousness." That is, he was a prophet for hire, if you gave him money you could buy his services. Verse 17 says, "They are springs without water, they promise and they can't deliver. They are mists driven by a storm for whom the black darkness has been reserved." Very strong language, this is a description of the infiltrating antichrists that come into the church that deny the faith and deceive the faithful. They are exposed by John as those who leave and abandon the truth, as those who deny the truth of Jesus Christ and His gospel and those who set out to deceive. And you can tell when people are setting out to deceive because they are usually characterized by going against what the Scripture has to say, what has clearly been historic doctrine in the church.
All right, enough of antichrists. Let's go back and see what he says about Christians. And he says three things about them in sort of reverse order, if you will. First of all, they are not deceived...they are not deceived. Verse 20, "You have an anointing from the Holy One and you all know." Verse 21, "I have not written to you because you do not know the truth but because you do know it and because no lie is of the truth." Verse 27, "You don't even have a need for anyone to teach you because His anointing teaches you about all things and is true and is not a lie, and just as it is taught you, you abide in Him." So how can you tell a true Christian from an antichrist? A true Christian is not deceived. They may doubt, they may question, they may be temporarily led astray, they may be enticed in their spiritual infancy or instability. But a true believer will not abandon the truth. There may be a time of testing, there may be a time of wandering, there may be a time of questioning and doubting. Doubt is not denial. So true Christians are not deceived.
When you see somebody who has been a part of the church, and I ended last week by talking about such a person, and leaves this place permanently to enter into a false religious system, that is a person who is a antichrist because the faithful remain. The faithful abide. The faithful stay. They persevere in the truth because the truth is in them and so is the anointing from God that teaches them all things. And they would never deny the Son or the Father.
So, first of all, they're not deceived. Secondly, they accept the faith. And this is why they're not deceived. They accept the faith. Go back to those same verses, verse 20, "You have an anointing from the Holy One and you all know." There's one basic reality about being a Christian, you know the truth because you can't be saved if you don't know and believe the truth, right? False Christians who are antichrists in John's day used to use two words to describe their religious experience. The two words that they preferred using were knowledge and anointing. And these sort of self-styled super Christians as they portrayed themselves, more intellectual, more erudite, more exalted, more transcendent, more lofty, more in the knowledge saw themselves as the knowing ones, that's there the term "Gnostic" later came from. They were in the know, they had the true and elevated and secret and esoteric and divine knowledge. And they also saw themselves as the anointed. They had received a special anointing from God, a special touch, a special designation, a special elevation which gave to them a superior knowledge, putting them on a higher level than everybody else. And so they came in as if they had all of the great insights. And John rebuts them by saying, "We have an anointing from the Holy One," as if to say, you've got an anointing all right, but it is not from the Holy One, it's from the utterly unholy one. "You have an anointing, he says to these believers, and you all know, you are in the know and you have the anointing, not them."
And you can see that this was an effort to intimidate these Christians, to make them feel inadequate, sub-par, second-class by telling them that they were beneath these antichrists. John says, "That's not at all true, you're not about to be deceived. First of all, because you have an anointing, that is to say God has placed His hand upon you, a hand of special favor and you all know. There isn't anything you don't know necessary to salvation. There isn't any secret knowledge. There isn't any elevated knowledge. There isn't any transcendent knowledge. There aren't any mysteries, there aren't any hidden acrostics in the text. There aren't any secrets tucked behind the letters in the white spaces, there isn't any magic. You all know."
It also could be translated, "You know all." Well let's do that, you all know all that is necessary to be known for salvation. The word anointing refers to an anointing oil, chrisma. Chrisma is the Greek word. It's only used twice in the New Testament, both times here, once in verse 20 and once in verse 27. It's really a word for ointment. And in this text it refers to the Holy Spirit. You have an anointing, all right, you have the touch of God, you have, as it were, the ointment of God on you and that ointment is the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit has taken up residency in you.
Second Corinthians 1 verse 21 says, "Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God." We were anointed by God and what was the anointing? "He gave us the Spirit in our hearts." Second Corinthians 1:21 and 22. The anointing from God was the giving of the Spirit. You're not lacking in anything. You're not on the short end of divine privilege and power. You have the Holy Spirit, you remember Jesus said, after the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you shall receive power.
And who gave us the Holy Spirit? Verse 20, "You have an anointing from the Holy One." Who is the Holy One? Well it's Christ, it's Christ. If you remember our study in Luke, chapter 4, one of the notable statements was made by a demon who had his theology right. The demon says to Jesus, "I know who You are, the Holy One of God." Even the demons knew that Jesus was the Holy One, called earlier in Luke that holy offspring, that holy child. In Acts 3:14 Peter preaching said to the people in Jerusalem, "You disowned the holy and righteous one, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you." Again Jesus Christ is called the holy one.
So, the Holy One has anointed you and that anointing, as we read in 2 Corinthians 1, is the Holy Spirit. You have the Holy Spirit. You have the third member of the trinity dwelling in you. First Corinthians 12:13 literally says that we've all received the Holy Spirit. Romans 8:9 says, "If any man hath not the Spirit, he is not Christ's." So if you are Christ's, you possess the Holy Spirit. That is the anointing. "And you all know, or you know all, that is you have the knowledge of the true gospel, the revelation of the truth so as to understand savingly." You know the truth. The truth is ours by virtue of the anointing. In 1 Corinthians 2:9 we read, "Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard and which hasn't entered the heart of man, all that God has prepared for those that love Him, to us God revealed them through the Spirit."
The Holy Spirit in us is our teacher. Through His presence in us and through His inspired Word, the things of God are revealed to us. "We have not received, it says in 1 Corinthians 2:12, the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God that we might know the things freely given to us by God." The Spirit then is ours as our teacher and as the author of the Scripture. So we do not speak words taught by human wisdom, but we speak in words taught by the Spirit. We actually have the mind of Christ.
So that's what John is saying. John is saying, "Look, you don't lack anything, you may not be noble and mighty and powerful and erudite, and you may not have great presence and authority in the world and all of that, don't let those false teachers deceive you by intimidation, don't let them think that somehow there is an anointing that you don't have and knowledge that you don't have, that is a lie. You know all there is to know savingly. And you have the anointing, you have the Holy Spirit of God. No need to turn to any false teacher because you think you lack something."
Reiterating this again in verse 21, John says, "Let me reinforce this, I have not written to you because you do not know the truth." He's saying...I'm not giving you your first exposure to the gospel here, on the other hand, I am writing because you do know it. I'm writing to you not because you don't know the truth but because I can bank that you do know the truth. And therefore you're going to understand what I'm saying. You know the truth, there isn't any other truth to know.
Or you'd think if you listened to the charismaniacs that get on television and get all the secret messages from God, you'd think you were missing out on a lot, right? Jesus never speaks to me, He never says anything to me, woe is me, I never get voices from heaven. Angels don't come in and out of my room and talk to me. God never shows up. One man told me, as I put in one of my books, that when he was shaving Jesus would come into the room and talk to him while he was shaving. Well the only person that talks to me when I'm shaving is Patricia, sometimes...sometimes she gives me good words from God, passing them along, but God has never showed up at my house. Am I being cheated? As a preacher I might think that these other preachers are drawing some knowledge down from heaven along with some power from the Holy Spirit to attract twenty thousand, thirty, fifth thousand people into massive stadiums who seem to be manipulated in their hands very easily. Looks like some kind of super knowledge, or some kind of super anointing when the fact of the matter is it is a way of marketing and selling and promoting and manipulating.
So he says to these Christians and to us, you don't need anymore truth, you don't need anymore power, you have it all. You do know. And what he means there is you have the fundamental truth of Christ. You may not know everything about Scripture, you may not know everything about theology, but you know what is necessary for salvation, you know it. And that's why I can write and know you'll understand what I'm saying. You know the truth of Jesus Christ. You know that you must believe in the Son of God for salvation, you know that. You know that you must confess Jesus is the Son of God, as he says in chapter 4 verse 15. You know, verse 1 of chapter 5, you must believe that Jesus is the Christ, that He is born, and if you do you're born of God. The one who does that is born of God. You know that. You know that gospel. You know verse 13 of chapter 5 that you have to believe in the name of the Son of God in order that you may have eternal life and know it, and that's why I'm writing to you. I'm writing to you because you do know these things. And because you do know them I'm affirming and securing that knowledge against the threat and the intimidation and the seduction of these false antichrists. You have the Scripture. You have what is revealed. And you have the Holy Spirit. And so you have everything that is necessary. You can't say, according to 1 Corinthians 12:3, you can't say Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit. You could never confess Jesus as your Lord except by the Holy Spirit. So you have the Holy Spirit, you have the true gospel, you have the knowledge and the anointing, you have the truth and you have the power. Don't be intimidated by false teachers, don't be intimidated by so-called scholastics, so-called scholars who are anti-Christ attackers of the gospel. John says, I can...I can tell that you're Christians because you know the truth. You are not deceived, that's the first point by way of contrast, and you accept the faith.
He's not even done with that yet. You have to go down to verse 27, 1 John 2:27, and he's going to say it again. "As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, stays, it remains, that's why you don't defect. And you have no need for anyone to teach you." That is, you don't have to do...you don't need a false teacher. He's not talking about your pastors and shepherds and teachers. He says you don't need a human teacher, you don't need somebody to come in and offer to take you to the heights, the higher, deeper, truer, greater knowledge.
There was a pretty potent movement in America some years ago, Deeper Life, Higher Life movement, Kesic Movement. These guys who were in that movement would interpret the Bible allegorically and they believed that they were unveiling the secret knowledge hidden in sort of mystical allegories in the Scripture which no one could ever find on the page, no one. I remember an incident where I was talking to a teacher and he...we were at a conference, Patricia and our family was there, it was back by Chicago. And I said, "What are you going to preach tonight?" Cause I was preaching in the morning and he was preaching at night and I kind of wanted to know so I wouldn't, you know, give something along the same line. And he said, "I'm going to preach the Rapture of the church."
And I said, "You're going to preach the Rapture of the church, wonderful. What's your text?"
He said, "John 11."
John 11, that's not about the Rapture of the church. I didn't say that to him, I just was musing. And he read me a couple of verses in John 11 which is where Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead.
And he said, "That's going to be my text." And then he said this, "Have you ever seen the Rapture there?"
I said, "Nope! I have never seen the Rapture in that text."
Well he took that as a badge of his unique insight and so that night he said, "A wonderful thing happened today, John MacArthur told me that he hadn't seen the Rapture in this passage, how wonderful that I can unveil it even for him."
Well the reason I didn't see it, it wasn't even there. It was imported from 1 Thessalonians. We're not lacking some secret knowledge that some mystical allegorical approach to Scripture is supposed to deliver to us.
So, what are we saying? Verse 27 sort of reinforces the same great truth, and we'll come back to that in a minute. But at the end of verse 21 John makes this little statement. He says, "I have not written to you because you don't know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie is of the truth." That is such a great statement. That's the law of non-contradiction that any logician understands, the law of non-contradiction. Something cannot be at the same time true and false. And he says, "I'm writing to you because you know the truth, and because you know the truth you reject lies. You have a built-in lie detector, it's called the truth."
If somebody comes along and tells you Jesus is an angel who was created by God and is the Spirit brother of Adam and Lucifer, you're going to say, That's a lie. Right? It's a lie. I don't care what religion says it, it's a lie. If somebody comes to you and says, Jesus did not die on the cross as Islam says, you're going to say, "That is a lie." Because the truth is He did and to say He didn't is contradictory to the truth and no lie is of the truth, they are mutually exclusive by the law of non-contradiction. Truth and non-truth are not equal. They are, in fact, incompatible. So those who are believers who know the truth, as I said, have built-in lie detector capabilities. They because they know the truth, revealed to them by the Spirit, taught them by the Holy Spirit who is the anointing that the Lord Christ has given them, they can see error for what it really is.
Now just talking about that a minute I...when I wrote the little book Why One Way, I had a chapter in there on "Incompatibility." It might be something you would enjoy reading again if you have that little book. As Christians we know that whatever contradicts biblical truth, and I'll give you just a little bit of what I put in there, whatever contradicts biblical truth is by definition false. In other words, truth is incompatible with error, that's why we can't be tolerant of error. In fact, Jesus clearly and unashamedly affirmed the utter exclusivity of Christianity. He said, "I and the Way, the Truth and the Life, no one comes to the Father except through Me." As we were reminded again this morning, "Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved." That is the exclusivity of the gospel. Whatever is contrary to that is a lie, whatever says there's another way to be saved is a lie. Anything contrary to what Scripture says is not true. Truth and error can't be combined.
You can't dialogue about truth and error. People always want to...Let's dialogue, let's see what we can learn from each other. Look, we know the truth. All we'll learn from error is that it's error. And you can't combine them. What fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? What communion has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? What part has a believer with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of God with idols? All of that in 2 Corinthians 6.
You can't say to people, "Well, this is my truth, and oh, I'm so glad you have your truth." That's not acceptable. Scripture commands us to be intolerant of anything that is contrary to the truth. I'm not saying be unkind, unloving, dogmatic on every fine point of theology. But I am saying be faithful to the truth, the gospel truth. Central teachings of Scripture are so absolutely clear that the only reason you would deny them is because you are blind by Satan and sin and hate the truth.
Westminister Confessions says, "Yet those things which are necessary to be known, believed and observed for salvation are so clearly propounded and opened in some place of Scripture or other that not only the learned but the unlearned in a do use of ordinary means may attain unto a sufficient understanding of them," end quote. I love that language. That is to say all the truth is necessary for our salvation and sanctification and hope of glorification can be easily understood and anything that is contrary to that or different from that is error and ought to be exposed as error and there is no place for tolerating it. All views aren't equal, all religions aren't equal, all opinions aren't equal. The truth is the truth. And there isn't any middle ground. I've heard that so much. "Can't we just get together and find some common ground?" Truth...truth can't be defined by the dialectical method. Truth is not discerned in a discussion with people who tell lies. Truth is discerned by careful study in the truth and there isn't any neutral ground. The ground between us isn't neutral.
In fact, 2 John and verses 9 to 11, "Anyone who goes beyond and doesn't abide in the teaching of Christ, the truth of the gospel of Christ, anybody who goes beyond that, outside of that, doesn't have God." That would be a good way to start the dialogue. I have God and you don't, now where do we go? You need God, or this discussion is pointless.
How can you know God? Through Jesus Christ. You say, "Well, shouldn't we dialogue?" No...verse 11 says, "If they come and have false teaching about Christ, don't receive them into your house, don't give them a greeting or you'll be a participator in their evil deeds," verse 11. Don't expose the truth to attack from error.
Psalm 1, "Don't sit in the seat of scoffers." That's what I tell young people. You're trying to decide where to go to school, ask yourself how Psalm 1 relates to your educational life. "Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked." You want to be blessed? Then don't get counseled by wicked people. "Nor stand in the path of sinners." Worst of all, "Sit in the seat where somebody is scoffing." You want to be blessed? Don't go there. Truth gains nothing from assaults from error. Well, you understand.
"If we or an angel from heaven," Paul said, "preach any other gospel to you than what we've preached to you, let him be accursed." As strongly as he could say it and then he repeats it. "I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you've received, let him be accursed." You're wrong, you don't have God, you're cursed...strong language. But always the language is strong that warns us against false teachers.
Well let's go back then. John is confident that they are true Christians because they know the truth and because they are not deceived because they understand that something cannot be true and what contradicts it also true. This is very affirming and securing. How can you tell a true Christian? They are not deceived, first of all. They are not deceived. Secondly, they accept the true faith. And thirdly, they abide faithful...they abide faithful.
In verse 27 we'll make a transition there, he says, "The anointing which you've received from Him," that is the Holy Spirit from Christ, "abides in you. You have no need for anyone to teach you, His anointing teaches you about all things, is true and not a lie." There's that same law of non-contradiction. "And just as it is taught you, you abide in Him." So there we find that third element, you abide in Him. You stay faithful. You are not deceived. You accept the faith and you remain faithful.
Boy, this anointing is amazing, just a footnote about that. It proceeds from Christ, it is internal, it abides in you, it is permanent. Jesus said in John 14:16, "The Holy Spirit will abide with you forever." It is sufficient, "You need not that any man should teach you." It is edifying, it is the same anointing that teaches you all things. It is genuine. It is true and is no lie...that is, the Bible does not mix truth and error, the Holy Spirit does not mingle truth with error. So God has endowed us through Christ with the Holy Spirit dwelling in us permanently to teach us everything we need to know as we study the Word of God of which He is the author. He leads us into all truth, never a lie. What an amazing promise. And this Holy Spirit assures, as we see at the end of verse 27, that we will abide in Christ. The Holy Spirit is the seal of our redemption. Remember that in Ephesians 1? We are sealed with the Spirit of promise. This is permanent. This is the gift that God has given us, the truth and the anointing through the Holy Spirit.
So we're not dependent on human wisdom because we have a divine source of truth and a divine resident teacher. And because of that sealing, we abide. He abides forever. We abide in the truth. And we're back to that idea that we don't defect. And that's the final point, the true believers are not deceived, accept the faith and abide faithful. Verses 24 and 25, "As for you, let that abide in you which you've heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. And this is the promise which He Himself made to us, eternal life."
John says you have the truth, you have the Spirit. He says let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. Stick with the truth. Stick with the truth. And if you do stick with the truth, then you're going to stay with the Son and with the Father and go into eternal life. Stick with the gospel. John wrote this about 40 years after the people first heard the gospel. And he said, "I know you've been exposed to a lot of things. You've been exposed to a lot of influences, stick with the truth. Stick with the truth. Remain, abide, continue, holding to that truth." There's a human responsibility here, you can't just say, "Oh well, God's going to make sure I stay in there and hang in there and I don't need to worry about it." No, you need to persevere. You are eternally secure but you persevere in faith. You have the truth and the truth teacher and the promise that you will abide and remain because your salvation is eternal. But that doesn't mean you can be irresponsible. And so, John says, "As for you, hold on, let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. Stick with the truth." Boy, you want to say that so often to people who go off to educational institutions, go off to seminaries, get their faith ripped and shredded. Stick with the truth. Truth is still the truth, isn't it? Still the truth. "Stay with the truth. If you continue in My Word, you're My real disciple," John 8:31. "You have truly been redeemed," the apostle Paul told the Colossians, "if you remain faithful, if you stay." He puts it this way, "If indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast and not moved away from the hope of the gospel." True Christians will do that, they'll hang on to the truth. But not without sanctified, Spirit-empowered effort. And that's how we demonstrate that we are the people of the promise of verse 25, "This is the promise which He Himself made to us, eternal life." Eternal life.
There you have it. John's contrast...antichrists, they depart, they deny, they deceive. True Christians, they aren't deceived, they affirm the faith, and they remain faithful. And that's the difference. And the question then is, "Which are you? Which are you?" Time may tell, but you know now and now is the time to be sure you're a Christian and not an antichrist masquerading because if you're not with Me, Jesus said, you're...what?...you're against Me.
Lord, it's been a wonderful day and it's fitting to bring the day to its conclusion with the crisis of the crossroads again as we saw it this morning. To choose whether we go through the narrow gate, or the broad way, whether we are going to be Christians, or antichrists. May You use this message mightily, powerfully, savingly in someone's life tonight and wherever it may be heard. To Your eternal glory we pray in Christ's name. Amen.
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I've been really bad at keeping track of articles, interviews, podcasts- that kind of thing. So here's a roundup of some of the press-related items that I've done or spotted over the last 7 months or so.
I was included in the Graphic Ladies tumblr which is pretty neat.
Before TCAF the National Post sent out questionnaires to artists here's mine.
At TCAF I had the pleasure of getting interviewed with Adam Cadwell by Jimmy Aquino for The Comic News Insider. You can listen to that podcast here.
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Timonthy Swann reviewed both Galavant and The Everyday for MOMBcast #95 back in July. You can have a listen here– we're an hour into the show.
More recently I did an interview with Andy for "I Live Sweat"- a wonderful webzine. I think this was probably my favourite interview. Really nice dude- I like how it turned out. You can read it here.
Annnd I ended up in the following photo and review from Richard for the Forbidden Planet blog for this year's Thought Bubble.
I like how Andrew and I are all serious business.
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This week was jam-packed! On Monday I got a call back from a salon owner that I interviewed with and I started training Wednesday. I'm so excited! I love the salon.The name is Bed of Nails.
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My instructor has been telling me that I should try to take the state board for my temporary license. It's two,100- question exams. I was nervous but I decided to take it and see what I got.
I hope I pass my State Board exams and don't have to keep retaking them. I would go crazy stressing myself out! I can't wait to start doing nails in a salon and creating all kinds of nail designs and nail art.
This week we started a new unit, my final one. Monday's Chapter was about nail wraps and nail tip application. We learned the proper steps for applying a nail tip and performing nail wrap services.
This week we learned about the ugly side of nails: bacteria, fungus, viruses, and nail diseases and disorders.
This week I completed my second Mock State Board Exam. You all may recall just how nervous I was due to certain problems that I encountered during that exam.
"Why would you want to be a nail technician?" Someone asked me this question with a puzzled look on his face. "Why would you, being a chemist, even want to go do something like that?" He asked me that question as if to say that I was lowering my standards to become a nail technician. I explained to him my reasons for wanting to do this and the goals that I have.
Cosmetology school is so fun! Not only do you learn how to be an amazing nail technician, you also learn how to be an amazing professional.
I started Week 5 knowing that we were having a nail competition on Thursday, and even though I am still fairly green at doing nails, all new students were expected to participate.
Well, it has finally arrived. These last two weeks have had their ups and downs but I am so proud to say that I am finally finished with school! I still have the hurdle of obtaining my license but I know that I am equipped to pass.
Only a few more weeks until I graduate! The highlight of this week for me would be the excitement that my friends are having about me being so close to the end of this process.
The biggest thing that happened to me this week was that I received a certificate for professionalism in the school spa.
Before I started this journey to becoming a licensed nail technician I was always fascinated with nail art. There are some amazing nail technicians in this industry doing some creative things with nails as their canvas. I consider myself a creative person, and this week I was put to the test.
Exhaustion is the name of the game. I can only imagine how it is going to be as I progress in the industry as a professional. But at the end of the day, at least it will be my choice how I do it and not someone else's.
This week is so exciting for me because I have fallen madly in love with gel enhancements. I had the opportunity to practice with builder gel and it was such a great experience for me. I really had fun with it. My instructor said she believes I've found my niche!
I sat this week and really reflected on the fact that soon I will be done with school and I will be sitting before the state board to become licensed. I remember starting this program thinking that it would be the longest eight months of my life.
Can I just say that life has truly been a whirlwind? Things are getting busier and busier by the moment and it's exciting and scary at the same time.
This week was both aggravating and exciting. It started out rocky because of changes at school. I welcome change but I was aggravated because of how often and how dramatic the changes have been. Throughout this experience I have sat back and rolled with the punches, but something about this week didn't sit well with me.
I'm just moving along through the program and taking it all in, seizing every moment and learning all that I can. I am also zoning in on what my niche will be and I couldn't be happier with the choice.
It's official! I am on the clinic floor! I passed my test with a 95%, and I had my first client on Saturday for a pedicure.
This was another week of studying for my progressive exam, and I will take the test next week. Nervous doesn't even begin to explain how I feel, but I strive for excellence so nothing but an "A" will do.
Have you ever been excited and nervous at the same time? Well, imagine my emotions when I found out it's time for me to complete my requirements to move over to the clinic floor.
All change isn't bad. Last week my instructor departed and this week my program director became my instructor. You can tell she loves the industry and I'm happy about that.
Life wouldn't be what it is without change, right? I learn a lot about myself when change happens. This week, I had to say farewell to my program instructor.
I have to start off by recognizing all those who have perfected the art of acrylic! I've completed two weeks of acrylic work and it's definitely an art and a skill. I never thought it would be easy but the ratio for that bead is serious work!
The week started of with us finding out what the contents of the graduation kit are. While I'm not in school just for the sake of the kit, it's included in my tuition and it will give me a great start when I complete the program.
Who took their first test and scored 100%? Yes, that would be me!
Another week complete! Sometimes it feels like the week goes by so slow, but then I look up and realize I completed another week! I had a moment this week where I questioned whether I could really continue to do this or not.
Meet NAILS' latest student blogger, A'Kia Warrior, and read about her first few weeks of school.
These two weeks were spent slowing things down to really focus on proper execution of a spa manicure.
Advance Beauty College is a CND partner school, which means CND Education Ambassadors visit our campus.
A little more than three months down as a part-time nail tech student and I've officially completed 200 hours!
At ABC, manicuring students who have logged at least 100 hours are eligible to take on clients if they feel ready.
During week ten, I got an introductory demo to spa manicures and I even got to practice.
Nail school isn't a competition, it's a community. You need friends to make the experience one that's worthwhile.
I spent all of this week working with my drill. I found yet another video by Young Nails, titled "I-Formation Filing," and because of it I have been making some really smooth and even nails! There is always more to learn, but I am a lot more confident with the drill now.
I knew tackling nail school as a full-time editor would not be easy, and to be honest, I underestimated the commitment.
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Week 16: This week four more students arrived and two of my love bugs graduated. I'm next!
After this week, I am convinced that I can perform a manicure/pedicure service with my eyes closed!
See what NAILS 101 student blogger Brittany Machelle has been up to for the past three weeks.
We got a new student, and I am so grateful for her because she put the nail-art fire in me.
Manicures and pedicures are always highly requested, but the temperature in South Carolina is increasing and so are requests for pedicures.
The last two weeks have been busy. They have been filled with many more manicures and pedicures — I honestly feel like a pro!
This week was really short because we missed some days due to the weather.
This week we covered personalities in my Salon Success class. I learned that I am introvertedly intuitive and a structured thinker (I am an introvert, intuitive, structured, and thinking as opposed to sensing).
This week was all about book work and practicing with acrylics. I completed seven out of 10 chapters, and played with creating different nail shapes. I also performed a few manicures and pedicures on real clients. Yes, I'm touching people now!
The first week of school went by fast. I actually feel like I've been here longer than a week. Everyone is so welcoming, and all of the departments — nails, esthetics, cosmetology, financial aid — mix and mingle, which is great!
Hello Beautiful Beings! My name is Brittany Machelle. I was born and raised in Charleston, S.C. I have traveled away many times, but life always brings me back to my roots, so this is where I will become an amazing nail technician.
Nail school happened so fast — the experiences I've had while obtaining my licenses have been completely amazing, but it's been a whirlwind!
It's so hard to say goodbye, and sadly, that is what I'll be doing next week. I'll be saying goodbye to nail school and hello to the nail business as a licensed technician; this is once I pass my state board, of course.
I am so excited to say that my nail tech school tuition will be paid in full! Last week, the Beauty Changes Lives Foundation announced the CND|BCL|Tippi Hedren Nail Technology Scholarship recipients, and I was completely surprised and honored to have been chosen as one of the 10 winners.
This week we watched a demonstration with the wonderful Gisela Marti, the creative director for Tammy Taylor Nails. I was so excited to finally have a formal introduction to a brand and product line that I see so many nail technicians are committed to using.
This week was dedicated to increasing my speed. I get frustrated with how long it takes me to complete a full set of acrylic or hard gel nails, especially if I have to first remove 3-D nail art, embellishments, and/or glitter before I can even prep the nails.
This week I received my very first pedicure in class, did my instructor's nails, and got to be a star for a day!
An entire month of nail school already finished! I have completed 94 hours of my 240-hour course. In Florida you have to complete a minimum of 240 hours to qualify for the state board so you can obtain your nail technician license. Within this time, I have also managed to complete 40 of my 90 required nail services.
Slowly, I'm settling in and school is beginning to feel like home. Earlier in the week I was pleasantly surprised with a visit from my 4-year-old daughter, Demi.
Where do I begin? I really have so much to talk about, and I am so excited! I never imagined that my first week would have been so packed with information on several different nail enhancement products and services, nor did I ever think that I would perform an actual manicure my second day of class — yikes!
Hi, I'm Tisha Allen, an aspiring nail technician who has vivid goals of taking the nail care industry by storm!
This week I have been doing some extra training aside from nails. Here in the U.K., it's expected that nail salons provide beauty and tanning services too. You've got to be a triple threat!
You may recall that I was worrying about working on clients last week. Well, it turns out that real, live clients caused me a couple of headaches in week two.
My first week has been a hectic one, and my mind is well and truly boggled.
Nail manufacturer Lucien Henderson is attending nail school and instead of being an exhibitor at ABS Chicago, he went as a student this year.
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This week was an exciting one. One of the owners from Bellini Beauty Bar came in to talk to us about their business and upcoming plans. I actually follow them on social media and I look
The holidays are here! Last week was short and sweet. We only had a handful of clients so it gave us time to get our own nails done. My classmate Sarah gave me an acrylic full
Last week was very short for us at school, with Thanksgiving and all. We were working on waxing and models. All I have to say is it was very frustrating. My teacher was out the whole
This week wasn't any different from last week. We wrapped up all the styles of pedicures. We had a slow week — it rained in San Diego, which is our idea of a snowstorm and most
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I started my first week of school on Monday and it was awesome. There were a total of nine students, including myself. The first part of the morning we went over school rules and what the
We went over so many things this week. We went into more detail about Vinylux and the class got in some new fall colors. I love them all! Our instructor was attending some CND training all
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So last week was my first week and my boys were on fall break. It was nice to be able to start the night program without worrying about homework, dinner, and all the other mom duties.But
I have officially completed my first week in the spa nail program! It was such an exciting week that I'm not sure where to start. Well let me just say the whole age thing I was
Hello! My name is Jessica Sandoval. I am 37 years old, a wife and mother of two handsome boys. I have run my own business but have never felt that passion, that "this is it" feeing.
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I have to honestly say that it was very hard to get up and get to class on time today. When I woke up I wasn't really feeling that well — headache, queasy stomach, and tired.
Growing up I was always known as the smart one and my almost-twin (11 months to the day) sister was known as the beauty. These were the roles we embraced since this is all we heard.
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I have missed another week of posting to the blog. I am so sorry. I have been so swamped — but in a good way! School, kids, life, baseball, cheer… I could go on and on.
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I've been so busy— in addition to school, kids, life and everything else, I just started working on the Board of Directors for our children's Little League. I love it. (Like I had spare time, right?)
Last week one of the girls in my class graduated. She was awesome and my go-to person. If I had a question, she was the person I asked. I drilled her on gels, 3D art and
The other day my instructor was ill so class was cancelled. At first I thought, bummer, and then I realized my house was empty! I could listen to music of my choice and work on some
After leaving my world as a speech pathologist, I have always looked at mothers with careers in awe. How do you all do it? I had entertained the thought about going back to work shortly after
Well, along with the good comes the bad right? I have openly expressed how much I am enjoying school and I love all of the new things I am learning. I am also learning in this
This was an exciting week, to say the least. My school held a school-wide competition, between ALL the departments. The theme was fantasy. It was up to each person to decide if they wanted to be a
Besides the amazing street education I am receiving in the break room, I really am enjoying my nail program. My teachers are terrific and supportive, as are the other students. In some cases, too supportive, the
After getting my kids to school and watching my little Kindergartener cry because she just wanted to go home with me, I finally made it to my first day of school. I couldn't wait to get
My name is Nikki Moody. I am 39 years old, and married with four kids (ages 17, 16, 9 and 5). My oldest just started his senior year of high school and my baby just started
For the past 11 years I have been a stay-at-home mom. Although I love being there for my husband and three children, I never thought I'd be away from the workforce for so long. I received
After months of hard work, studying, and practicing the moment I've been waiting for has finally arrived. Graduation! I still can't believe it. My last week seemed to take forever. I thought my last day would
I finished my last three pedicures and took (and passed) my last final! All that is left now is counting down the hours and then GRADUATION!! Now that I'm almost finished, most of the services go
Done with finals! I stressed so hard before the written final, I was just positive I would show up and no answers would come to me when it was time for the test. I sat down,
This week began normally: clients, pedicures and studying. However, all of that normalcy changed when my classmate's client became sick. Two young ladies came in to get their nails done. After getting her tips put on,
Summer break is over and after a week of studying and YouTubing myself silly, I am focused and ready to knock these last few weeks out. I have four weeks and six pedicures left, so my
Week 11 is here with only two more to go. August 1st is our written final and then August 2nd will be our practical. I'm starting to get nervous. Have I been a good enough student?
So sorry to miss last week's blog everyone! With the 4th taking out two days of our class time that week and then getting a new computer that I had zero clue how to use, I
I now have under a 100 hours left to complete my program. Only 6 pedicures, 2 finals and about 4 weeks stand between me and graduation. I am so excited!We had a new group of students
I don't even know where to begin to tell you all about last week. I'm still floating on cloud nine, so before I begin rambling let me just start at the beginning. I'm a quiet person;
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Have you ever had one those days where everything seems to go wrong? I recently had one of those days and let me tell you it was no fun.The day began normal as usual, practicing acrylic
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This week I finished all of my training acrylic exercises and got the chance to work on a technique I have been itching to learn — buttons! One of the hardest types of nails for extensions
This week was better than last. I had a few gel-polish and pedicure clients. For some reason I get assigned most of the gel-polish applications. The extra practice has definitely helped me with my time and
It has been a sad week in our school — we lost two students. One was becoming a very close friend and had to withdraw for health reasons. I am going to miss her and her
I have officially reached and surpassed (by 20 hours) the halfway point of the nail program. My excitement is growing more and more each day. In just a short while I will graduate from the program,
This week we started seeing paying clients, and I also got to work on my "freebie" and on another teacher from cosmetology. At our school, we are allowed to choose one person who can come in
Pedicure season is in full swing. WooHoo!! Doing pedicures is one of my favorite services. I love when clients leave the pedicure throne and say how much better their feet feel. Between clients and classmates, I
Normal0falsefalsefalseEN-USX-NONEX-NONEWell my fellow nail lovers, this has been a very busy week. We learned and performed manicur
When I started school at the end of 2011, my first day of school was nerve racking. It had been quite some time since I'd been in school and I didn't know what to expect. Sure
Well this was an odd day. The first and only day of class this week and there may not even be a next week. Each class has to have a minimum of 8 students and sadly
Ah, spring! It's such a lovely season of new beginnings and growth that features beautiful displays of color and light. Now that I've finished school, I get to actually sit back and enjoy the beauty around
Happy 2012!! My, what a crazy holiday season this was! Between school and the normal holiday madness, I feel like I haven't been to sleep in ages. With the New Year comes new possibilities, and I'm
Big hello to everyone! I have now graduated from the nail technician program at VOGUE dba Huntington Beauty College. I am now in the salon learning more and more and preparing for my state board exam. Time
I have a confession... I'm a bit of a product junkie. Hair products, makeup, bath products, you name it. So, it's no real surprise that I'm a bit obsessed with nail products, as well. It's also
The fact that the nail program at my school only has two students enrolled (myself and another awesome woman) should have been my first clue that I would eventually hit what I've affectionately termed "the wall
Recently, I've been practicing more with gels. I think it's a beautiful medium, and one that I would really love to master. But I must admit, I find it to have a steeper learning curve than
The last hours seem to last the longest. I'm still not to the 450 hour mark, which will complete my program. But I have under 50 left! The days have been so slow and lately I
Oh, free time! How I miss you so! Such is the story of my life these days. Being in school and working a full time job on top of freelancing as a makeup artist means a
These first couple weeks of school have been such an adventure! In terms of theory, we've talked about having a professional image, manicuring, infection control (eeeww!), and some of the history of the profession. In the
Hello my fellow readers and nail lovers, I hope the past week has been as rewarding to all of you as it has to me. The salon was slow once again. It seems like the only
Editor's note: Marti is still blogging about her school experience, but since she's going to be finishing up school in the next month or so, we wanted to get our next student blogger started now. Look
My end in the nail technology program is weeks away from completion. Due to missing four days last week, I am doubling up on exams so I can get done quickly. We covered chapter 10 (chemistry),
Let's start with theory. This week we studied and reviewed Chapter 10: Chemistry. That included Matter and Potential Hydrogen (Ph). This chapter covers a lot of material. I had anticipated that chemistry would be challenge for
I raise my glass to this past week. It was the best week at school thus far. One, I took my test over Chapter 9: Diseases and Disorders and received 100%. Two, I obtained some snakeskin
I am the queen bee of the perfect pedicure — in my own mind of course! I haven't tested lately. I only have six tests left and this is symphony to my ears. It means the
Last week I was tested on deep anatomy of the skin, skin health, aging, disorders, and prevention of skin problems in the salon. I passed with 100%. A good instructor (Miss Bethany) really makes a world
The past month of nail technology school has been so stressful and very hard to juggle school, studies, and time with my daughter. I begged and felt so confident to hit the salon floor after watching
Week 2 was stressful but thankfully it flew by and is now in the past. Throughout the whole week the inner me was begging to get out on that salon floor. All I can say is
This was a very hectic, stressful week — I was on the floor all week and had testing again on Friday. It was fun, but I am very tired at the end of the day. Most
Well, I made it through the second week. It was pretty stressful overall, but a good experience. After theory class we continued learning how to glue tips on. I still have trouble with that but as
My name is Marti Bishir and I'm 34-years-old living in Peru, Indiana. Nails have been a part of me since birth. Art is something that always seemed like a pipe dream to me as it wasn't
I was so excited for the first day of school. I made sure I had everything set out the night before. I was eager to meet the other nail techs that would be starting the same
My name is Mallerie Hendrix and I love the arts. Anything that allows you to work with your hands and directly make people happy immediately gets my attention — be it music, fashion, or beauty. I
These past few weeks have been something of mixed emotions. I am happy because my school days are coming to an end. Yet, I'm sad because I have made some really good friends and love being
This week has been so crazy. I decided to post tons of photos because I am taking and finishing up the tests for this nail program. Finally, the light is shining and I feel great. We worked
I am sorry I didn't post last week. Everyone at school was sick with either pneumonia, strep throat or the cold. I was out for most of the week due to having walking pneumonia and a
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This week has been fast-paced because of missing some school last week due to my wedding. But now that the dust has settled, I am a full-time student. I have posted a lot of photos and
Without a doubt this was my easiest week yet. Despite the fact that I had to take an exam with 220+ questions on it and get all my ducks in a row to graduate, the week
My first week was something I was not in for. Let me back up and tell you when I enrolled. I was given a set of rules to go by. I thought, "I can't do this."
Editor's Note: Karyn will continue to blog while she waits to take her state board exam. Since we planned for this blog to have more than one student blogger at a time, we're happy to introduce
This past week was probably my busiest week yet at school. We had two mornings of running through the practical exam for state board, studied the bones and muscles and other basic anatomy in theory, plus
This past week was absolutely crazy. Between the people who wanted to get in at school and all my clients I took care of outside of that, I worked my butt off. Even after I got
This past week was fun. It was busy! Everyone is getting ready for the holidays and starting vacations so they all want to look their best. We stayed busy Thursday, Friday and Saturday with clients. I
I have officially pre-applied to take my state boards. One can only hope that despite how slow the Board of Cosmetology has been at getting dates back to students, I will end up with a date
I am going to pick this week up where I left off with last week. I made the decision to move my business and I am already happier about my job then I have been in
The absolute best part of this week was that I got a much-needed five days off. I literally only had one client between Thursday and Sunday and was so happy to get time to clean my
Wow, this was an easy week. Even though I had long days every day due to my self-inflicted work schedule after school and an emergency run to the AT&T store to replace a non-functioning cell phone,
I have to say that week four was highly uneventful. It started with a Tuesday that was so slow in the clinic all the students were basically practicing on one another. This isn't a bad thing,
My first full week of working on clients in the school was a welcome change form the pace of the week before. We were finally working on clients and were out on the main floor of
The start of week two immediately began with changes. Our teacher was called away on a family emergency and we were going to have someone new help us finish out the week before our "Freshman Final".
Walking in the doors of the beauty college as a student for the first time in nearly seven years was so odd. It smelled the same, it looked basically the same and the girls were exactly
Editor's Note: Now that Maricha has graduated, she will continue to blog while she starts her new job and prepares for her state board exam. Our plan for this blog is to have more than one student
September 21, 2010I can't believe that only a few short months ago (four to be exact) I began my journey to become a licensed nail technician. This is a bittersweet moment for me. I am excited
September 8, 2010Here is a mock floor plan I included in my business plan final project. Just thought I would share!— Maricha
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July 5, 2010After a unanimous vote by my classmates Saturday, I was voted as the Nail Technician program's representative to the Tricoci University Student Council!As the representative, I am responsible for relaying my program's needs and
June 29, 2010 AND I PASSED!!! That's right; I passed all of my tests with A's!!! I am now able to work on the clinic floor — meaning I can now take clients at school! I am so
June 21, 2010So for the last week and a half, we have been learning about theory and working on acrylics, gels and wraps. Before we began, I was sooo nervous. It sounded like the three of
June 17, 2010 So here I am. Thinking about what I am going to do after September 18th (graduation date). While I have no definite plans, I do have short-term and long-term goals. Here are some short-term
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Saturday, May 29, 2010Today started with a test… AND I PASSED!!! Well, I did more than pass — I got a 100%!So after the test, my instructor told us it was time for a practical on
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 Today was my first day at Tricoci University as a nail tech student. To say that I was nervous was an understatement. Never mind that I have been in school since 1987 (kindergarten
May 19, 2010Orientation — to prepare you for whatever your endeavor is. I went to the nail technology orientation for Tricoci University today. I almost got emotional when I drove near the school. Yes, emotional. I
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Donald "Del" Laverdure, a 1999 graduate of the UW Law School and a former William H. Hastie Fellow, has been named to the 2010 Native American 40 Under 40 list by the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development.
Laverdure is a member of and former chief legal counsel for the Apsaalooke Nation (Crow Tribe), and now serves as Deputy Assistant Director of Indian Affairs for the U.S. Department of the Interior. He also worked as a tax attorney in private practice, and taught at the Michigan State University College of Law, where he was founding director of the Indigenous Law Program. While in law school, Laverdure was president of the Indigenous Law Students Association (ILSA), and was selected as the organization's student of the year.
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Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces EXPAREL™ Data to Be Presented at Upcoming Medical Meetings
PARSIPPANY, N.J., Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --
Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCRX) today announced that new data highlighting the pain control and pharmacokinetic properties of EXPAREL™ (bupivacaine liposome extended-release injectable suspension), the company's lead investigational product for postsurgical pain management, will be presented during poster presentations at the 2011 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) in Chicago and Pittsburgh, respectively.
Currently under review with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, EXPAREL is an innovative long-acting bupivacaine that has been shown in multiple Phase 2 and Phase 3 clinical studies to provide prolonged postsurgical analgesia for up to 72 hours with a single-dose local administration at the surgical site. The drug combines bupivacaine with DepoFoam®, Pacira's proven product delivery technology that delivers medication over a desired time period.
"We have continued to execute on our strategy to present EXPAREL clinical data to key medical audiences and we are pleased that these data will be showcased at these important medical meetings," said Dave Stack, president and chief executive officer of Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. "We look forward to sharing new comparative data highlighting the pain control advantages that EXPAREL offers, as well as pharmacokinetic data, with the pharmacy and anesthesiology communities, who we believe will find great utility in EXPAREL should it be approved later this year."
The schedule for Pacira poster presentations at ASA in Chicago is as follows:
Poster Title: Comparison of Immediate-Release Bupivacaine vs EXPAREL™ (Bupivacaine Liposome Extended-Release Injectable Suspension) on Opioid Requirements and Related Adverse Events From Phase 2 and 3 Studies Utilizing Multimodal Analgesia Across Multiple Surgical Models
Abstract Number: A596
Date & Time:Sunday, October 16, 2011 from 8-11 a.m. (CT)
Location: Hall B2, area G
Poster Title: EXPAREL™, a Bupivacaine Extended-Release Multivesicular Liposomal Formulation, Exhibits Pharmacokinetic Properties Consistent With Sustained Release Characteristics
Abstract Number: A1593
Date & Time:Wednesday, October 19, 2011 from 8-11 a.m. (CT)
Location: South Hall, area A
The schedule for Pacira poster presentations at ACCP in Pittsburgh is as follows:
Poster Title: Bupivacaine Extended Release Liposome Injection (DepoFoam® bupivacaine) vs. Bupivacaine HCl: A Meta-analysis of Multimodal Trials of Doses Up to and Including 300 mg
Poster Number: 198
Date & Time:Wednesday, October 19, 2011 from 8-10 a.m. (ET)
Location: Exhibit Hall A
Poster Title: DepoFoam® Bupivacaine (DB; EXPAREL™; Bupivacaine Liposome Extended-Release Injectable Suspension) Exhibits Pharmacokinetic Properties Consistent With Sustained-Release Characteristics
Poster Number: 200
Date & Time:Wednesday, October 19, 2011 from 8-10 a.m. (ET)
Location: Exhibit Hall A
Following the meeting, the posters will be available on the scientific presentations page located in the investors and media section on the Pacira website at http://www.pacira.com/.
About Pacira
Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is an emerging specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development, manufacture and commercialization of novel pharmaceutical products, based on its proprietary DepoFoam drug delivery technology, for use in hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. In December 2010, Pacira announced that its New Drug Application (NDA) for EXPAREL (bupivacaine liposome extended-release injectable suspension), the company's most advanced investigational product candidate, had been accepted for filing by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA has assigned a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal date of October 28, 2011 for the review of the EXPAREL NDA. EXPAREL is a bupivacaine-based product and has completed extensive Phase 3 clinical development for postsurgical analgesia by infiltration. EXPAREL consists of bupivacaine encapsulated in DepoFoam, which is designed to address the limitations of widely used medications by enhancing their dosing and/or administration profile. Additional information about Pacira is available at http://www.pacira.com/.
About EXPAREL™
EXPAREL (bupivacaine liposome extended-release injectable suspension) is Pacira's proprietary drug candidate consisting of bupivacaine encapsulated in DepoFoam®, both of which are currently used separately in FDA-approved products. Bupivacaine is a well-characterized anesthetic/analgesic that has an established safety profile with more than 20 years of use in the United States. Market data indicate that there is an unmet medical need for a longer-acting anesthetic/analgesic for postsurgical pain management. Several Phase 2 and Phase 3 clinical trials have been completed for EXPAREL and suggest statistically significant reduction of pain in soft tissue and orthopedic surgery in different surgical models. Clinical data from Phase 3 trial 316 suggest that EXPAREL provides analgesia for up to 72 hours post-surgery, the primary endpoint for the trial. The safety of EXPAREL was evaluated in 10 randomized, double-blind, local administration into the surgical wound clinical studies involving 823 patients; the most common adverse events following EXPAREL administration were nausea, constipation, and vomiting.
Forward Looking Statements
Any statements in this press release about our future expectations, plans and prospects, including statements about EXPAREL's potential, and other statements containing the words "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," and similar expressions, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including risks relating to: the timing of, and our ability to obtain regulatory approval of EXPAREL; the timing of our anticipated commercial launch of EXPAREL; the rate and degree of market acceptance of EXPAREL; the size and growth of the potential markets for EXPAREL and our ability to serve those markets; our commercialization and marketing capabilities; and other factors discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, and in other filings that we periodically make with the SEC. In addition, the forward-looking statements included in this press release represent our views as of the date of this press release. We anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause our views to change. However, while we may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we specifically disclaim any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.
James S. Scibetta
Chief Financial Officer
Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(973) 254-3570
Dan Budwick
Vice President, Media Relations
Pure Communications, Inc.
(973) 271-6085
SOURCE Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.