Scripture Passage for the Day

Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,

Phil. 2:12 New International Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

"Auwe! You teacha guys who teach God's Rules an you Pharisee guys, you guys goin get it! You guys say one ting an do anodda. You guys go all ova da ocean an all ova da land fo find one guy who not one Jew, so you guys can make um come one Jew. But afta he come one Jew, you guys make him two times mo worse den you guys, so he going Hell jalike you guys."

Matthew 23:15 Da Jesus Book (Hawaii Pidgin New Testament)

Scripture Passage for the Day

Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you traverse sea and land to make one proselyte and when he becomes one, you make him a son of perdition twice worse than yourselves.

Mt. 23:15 Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

"Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You travel over sea and land to win one convert; and when you have succeeded you make him twice as fit for hell as you are yourselves."

Mt. 23:15 Revised English Bible

Scripture Passage for the Day

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cross sea and land to make a single convert, and you make the new convert twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.

Mt 23:15 New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are."

Mt 23:15 New International Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

God wen give you guys new kine life, jalike he wen make you guys come back alive wit Christ. Now, Christ stay sitting up dea in da mos importan place by God's right side. So den, go all out fo make importan da tings dat God like. Tink plenny bout da tings dat God like. No make big deal bout da tings down hea inside da world.

Fo Da Colosse Peopo 3:1-2 Da Jesus Book (Hawaii Pidgin New Testament)

Scripture Passage for the Day

If, then, you have been raised with Christ, seek for things above, where Christ is seated at God's right hand. Apply your mind to things above, not to things on earth;

Col. 3:1-2 Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Were you not raised to life with Christ? Then aspire to the realm above, where Christ is, seated at God's right hand, and fix your thoughts on that higher realm, not on this earthly life.

Col. 3:1-2 Revised English Bible

Scripture Passage for the Day

So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth,

Col 3:1-2 New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

Col 3:1-2 New International Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Christ wen let us go, so we no gotta do wat da Rules say fo get um right wit God. So den, hang in dea an be strong. No let dem buggas pile up all kine rules on top you guys again.

Fo Da Galatia Peopo 5:1 Da Jesus Book (Hawaii Pidgin New Testament)

Scripture Passage for the Day

For this freedom Christ has liberated us. Stand firm, then, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude.

Gal. 5:1 Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

It is for freedom that Christ set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and refuse to submit again to the yoke of slavery.

Gal. 5:1 Revised English Bible

Scripture Passage for the Day

For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

Gal. 5:1 New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

Gal. 5:1 New International Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

So den, how come you guys everytime like make argue an fight wit each odda? You know why? Cuz inside you, you like go all out fo get someting, an same time, you like get one nodda ting. Az why one part everytime fighting one nodda part. Wen you guys like someting, an you no can get um, yu guys even like go kill peopo. Cuz you like get um so bad, but still yet you no can. You guys everytime like make argue an fight! You no can get notting, cuz you not aksing God fo um, az why! Yeah, you aks fo um, but still yet you no get um, cuz inside yoa heart no stay right. Da kine stuff you aksing fo, ony fo make yoa own self feel good, az why.

From James 4:1-3 Da Jesus Book (Hawaii Pidgin New Testament)

Scripture Passage for the Day

Where do conflicts and fightings among your originate? Do they not spring from your passions that are at war in your organs? You covet and you do not acquire; you murder and you quarrel and you cannot get hold; you fight and you battle and you do not possess, because -- you do not pray. You ask and you do not receive, because you ask wrongly; you want to spend it on your dissolute pleasures.

James 4:1-3 Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

What causes fighting and quarrels among you? Is not their origin the appetites that war in your bodies? You want what you cannot have, so you murder; you are envious, and cannot attain your ambition, so you quarrel and fight. You do not get what you want, because you do not pray for it. Or, if you do, your requests are not granted, because you pray from wrong motives, in order to squander what you get on your pleasures.

James 4:1-3 Revised English Bible

Scripture Passage for the Day

Those conflicts and disputes among you, where do they come from? Do they not come from your cravings that are at war within you? You want something and do not have it; so you commit murder. And you covet something and cannot obtain it; so you engage in disputes and conflicts. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, in order to spend what you get on your pleasures.

James 4:1-3 New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? You want something but don’t get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

James 4:1 New International Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Watch out! No let nobody hemo you guys from da trut! Dey goin try teach you guys wrong kine stuff wit any kine talk. Dey get all dis kine teaching ony from peopo, from now an from befo time, an from da spirits dat stay in charge a da world, but dey neva get um from Christ.

Fo Da Colosse Peopo 2:8 Da Jesus Book (Hawaii Pidgin New Testament)

Scripture Passage for the Day

Beware of anyone carrying you captive through philosophy and empty deceitfulness along lines of human tradition and the world's elementary principles, and not according to Christ.

Col. 2:8 Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Be on your guard; let no one capture your minds with hollow and delusive speculations, based on traditions of human teaching and centered on the elemental spirits of the universe and not on Christ.

Col. 2:8 Revised English Bible

Scripture Passage for the Day

See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the universe, and not according to Christ.

Col 2:8 New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ.

Col 2:8 New International Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

So den, jalike we wen mahke wit Christ. Dass why we believe dat we goin stay live wit him too.

Fo Da Rome Peopo 6:8 Da Jesus Book (Hawaii Pidgin New Testament)

Scripture Passage for the Day

If, then, we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live together with Him,

Rom. 6:8 Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

But if we thus died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him,

Rom. 6:8 Revised English Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.

Rom. 6:8 New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.

Rom 6:8 New International Version

AAUW Annual Book Sale

A couple of weeks ago, the local chapter of the AAUW had their annual book sale. After I had bankrupted myself stocking up on reading material for the next year, I went back inside and took a few pictures. I've been playing around with them and this is what resulted.

Scripture Passage for the Day

An no ony hear da tings God say, now. You guys gotta do um! Cuz if you ony hear, you ony fooling yoaself.

Da Letta From James 1:22 Da Jesus Book (Hawaii Pidgin New Testament)

Scripture Passage for the Day

But become doers of the word, and not deluders of yourselves by merely listening;

James 1:22 Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Only be sure you act on the message, and do not merely listen and so deceive yourselves.

James 1:22 Revised English Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.

James 1:22 New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.

James 1:22 New International Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

You know da main ting why peopo do all kine bad stuffs? Cuz dey love money, az why! Some peopo like get mo money, dass why dey no like trus God no moa. Jalike dey stabbing demself an get plenny stuff fo cry bout.

Numba 1 Fo Timoty 6:10 Da Jesus Book (Hawaii Pidgin New Testament)

Scripture Passage for the Day

For the love of money is a root of all the evils. In reaching for it, some have wandered away from the faith and have pierced themselves with many sorrows.

1 Tim. 6:10 Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

The love of money is the root of all evil, and in pursuit of it some have wandered from the faith and spiked themselves on many a painful thorn.

1 Tim. 6:10 Revised English Bible

Scripture Passage for the Day

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.

1 Tim. 6:10 New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

1 Tim. 6:10 New International Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Da peopo dat tink plenny bout come rich, dey goin set demself up fo do bad kine stuff. Dey goin like do plenny stupid an bad kine tings dat goin hurt um. Jalike one guy dat stay drowning, dey goin wipe out real good.

Numba 1 Fo Timoty 6:9 Da Jesus Book (Hawaii Pidgin New Testament)

Scripture Passage for the Day

Those eager to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and into numerous thoughtless and hurtful cravings such as plunge people into destruction and ruin.

1 Tim. 6:9 Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Those who want to be rich fall into temptations and snares and into many foolish and harmful desires which plunge people into ruin and destruction.

1 Tim. 6:9 Revised English Bible

Scripture Passage for the Day

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

1 Tim. 6:9 New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.

1 Tim. 6:9 New International Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Mo betta, make nice to each odda. Show pity an aloha to each odda. Let each odda go, jalike God wen let you guys go, cuz a wat Christ wen do.

Fo Da Efesus Peopo 4:32 Da Jesus Book (Hawaii Pidgin New Testament)

Scripture Passage for the Day

Be kind toward one another, tender-hearted, mutually forgiving, even as God has in Christ forgiven you.

Eph. 4:32 Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Be generous to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another as God in Christ forgave you.

Eph. 4:32 Revised English Bible

Scripture Passage for the Day

and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.

Eph. 4:32 New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Eph. 4:32 New International Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Cuz everybody do bad kine stuff. Dass why nobody can come awesome by demself, da way God like make um come awesome. But can get um right wit God, cuz God get good heart an like do plenny good stuff fo peopo. God cut um loose from da power da bad kine stuff get ova dem, cuz dey tight wit Jesus Christ.

Fo Da Rome Peopo 3:23-24 Da Jesus Book (Hawaii Pidgin New Testament)

Scripture Passage for the Day

as all have sinned and fall short in being any glory to God. We are justified freely by His mercy through the ransom that Christ Jesus provided;

Rom. 3:23-24 Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

For all alike have sinned, and are deprived of the divine glory; and all are justified by God's free grace alone, through his act of liberation in the person of Christ Jesus.

Rom. 3:23-24 Revised English Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; they are now justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

Rom. 3:23-24 New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.

Rom. 3:23-24 New International Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

If one a you guys donno wat fo do, aks God fo help, fo give you da smarts you need! He no goin give you guys hard time. He goin help you guys. God give plenny to everybody, you know. but if you goin aks him fo someting, you gotta trus him. No ack like you no can make up yoa mind. Da guy who not shua, he jalike one wave inside da ocean dat da wind stay blow all ova da place. Da bugga ack like he get two brains, you know. He everytime no can make up his mind da way he tinking bout doing tings. Dat bugga betta not tink he goin get someting from da Boss, cuz he not.

From James 1:5-8 Da Jesus Book (Hawaii Pidgin New Testament)

Scripture Passage for the Day

If any one of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to everyone without reserve and without faultfinding, and it will be granted him. But he should ask in faith with never a doubt; for one who doubts resembles a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. Let not that man imagine he will receive anything from the Lord; double-minded man he is, unsteady in all his ways.

James 1:5-8 Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God and it will be given him, for God is a generous giver who neither grudges nor reproaches anyone, But he who asks must ask in faith, with never a doubt in his mind; for the doubter is like a wave of the sea tossed hither and thither by the wind. A man like that should not think he will receive anything from the Lord. He is always in two minds and unstable in all he does.

James 1:5-8 Revised English Bible

Scripture Passage for the Day

If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you. But ask in faith, never doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind; for the doubter, being double-minded and unstable in every way, must not expect to receive anything from the Lord.

James 1:5-8 New Revised Standard Version

Hot Rod

Scripture Passage for the Day

If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does

James 1:5-8 New International Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

You guys know da Boss, he da ony One dat stay rest inside everytime. I like him make you guys hearts stay rest inside everytime, no matta wat happen. An I like him stay tight wit all you guys.

Numba 2 Fo Da Tessalonika Peopo 3:16 Da Jesus Book (Hawaii Pidgin New Testament)

Scripture Passage for the Day

And may the Lord of peace Himself grant you peace at all times under all circumstances. The Lord be with you all.

2 Thess. 3:16 Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

May the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in all ways. The Lord be with you all.

2 Thess. 3:16 Revised English Bible

A Little Self Promotion

My entry in the PanosFX-5 Years Contest won first prize. Click on the link to see the other winners. Some very nice pictures there.

Quote for the Day

The happiness of most people we know is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.

-- Ernest Dimnet, French priest, lecturer and author (866-1954)

Scripture Passage for the Day

Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with all of you.

2 Thess. 3:16 New Revised Standard Version

For Another Hot Day

A Touch of Old Japan

Island Memory

Remember the Hydrofoil?

Scripture Passage for the Day

Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.

2 Thess. 3:16 New International Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Mo betta, go check out everyting, den stick wit da good stuff. Any kine bad kine stuff, stay real far away from dat.

Numba 1 Fo Da Tessalonika Peopo 5: 21-22 Da Jesus Book (Hawaii Pidgin New Testament)

Scripture Passage for the Day

but test it all and retain what is good. Keep away from evil in every form.

I Thess 5:21-22 Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

but test them all; keep hold of what is good and avoid all forms of evil.

I Thess 5:21-22 Revised English Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

but test everything; hold fast to what is good; abstain from every form of evil.

1 Thess 5:21-22 New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Test everything. Hold on to the good. Avoid every kind of evil.

1 Thess 5:21-22 New International Version

Author: More teens becoming 'fake' Christians

Worth a careful read. Why did Jesus cry out, "My God! My God! Why have you forsaken me!"? Are we ready to be in the same position? Might we? How would we respond? Or do we just want to feel good and feel better than others? H-m-m-m-m-m-m . . .

More Teens Becoming 'Fake' Christians

A Dream and A Nightmare

Martin Luther King had a dream. Glenn Beck is a nightmare.

Scripture Passage for the Day

Stay good inside everytime. No matta wat happen, make time fo talk to God everytime. No matta wat happen tell God "Mahalo plenny!" Dass wat God like you guys do, cuz you guys stay tight wit God's Spesho Guy Jesus.

Numba 1 Fo Da Tessalonika Peopo 5:16-18 Da Jesus Book (Hawaii Pidgin New Testament)

Scripture Passage for the Day

Always be cheerful. Pray unceasingly. Under all circumstances give thanks, for such is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

I Thess 5:16-18 Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Always be joyful; pray continually; give thanks whatever happens; for this is what God wills for you in Christ Jesus.

I Thess 5:16-18 Revised English Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

1 Thess 5:16-18 New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

1 Thess 5:16-18 New International Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Make shua nobody go do bad kine stuff to da odda guy fo pay um back fo da bad kine stuff dey wen do. But try everytime fo do good kine stuff to each odda, an to all da odda guys too.

Numba 1 Fo Da Tessalonika Peopo 5:15 Da Jesus Book (Hawaii Pidgin New Testament)

Scripture Passage for the Day

See to it that no one pays back evil for evil; instead, you will always try to be helpful to one another and to all people.

I Thess 5:15 Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

See to it that no one pays back wrong for wrong, but always aim at what is best for each other and for all.

I Thess 5:15 Revised English Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.

1 Thess 5:15 New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else.

1 Thess 5:15 New International Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Wateva you guys say o stay doing, do everyting fo da Boss Jesus, cuz you guys stay his guys, an Jesus goin help you guys tell God da Fadda, 'Mahalo plenny!"

Fo Da Colosse Peopo 3:17 Da Jesus Book (Hawaii Pidgin New Testament)

Scripture Passage for the Day

And whatever you may do by word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, through whom you are offering thanks to God the Father.

Col. 3:17 Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Let every word and action, everything you do, be in the name of the Lord Jesus, and give thanks through him to God the Father.

Col. 3:17 Revised English Bible

Scripture Passage for the Day

And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Col. 3:17 New Revised Standard Version.

Scripture Passage for the Day

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Col. 3:17 New International Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Everybody dat do bad kine stuff, an dey neva know dat God wen make Rules fo everybody, dey goin get cut off from God, no matta dey donno dat God's Rules stay. An everybody dat do da bad kine stuff, an dey know God's Rules stay, God goin use da Rules fo judge dem. Fo get um right wit God, no nuff fo ony hear God's Rules. Gotta do jalike God's Rules say, fo get um right wit him.

Fo Da Rome Peopo 2:12-13 Da Jesus Book (Hawaii Pidgin New Testament)

Scripture Passage for the Day

Those who sin without knowing the Law will be lost without reference to the Law; while those who sin under the Law will be sentenced by the Law. For not the hearers of the Law are righteous before God, but those who practice the Law shall be pronounced righteous.

Rom 2:12-13 Berkeley Version

Search for Reward

Just a bit of fun with Photoshop. The cars are from the 8 May 2010 Hot Springs Cruisers show.

Scripture Passage for the Day

Those who have sinned outside the pale of the law of Moses will perish outside the law, and all who have sinned under that law will be judged by it. None will be justified before God by hearing the law, but by doing it.

Rom 2:12-13 Revised English Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

All who have sinned apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but the doers of the law who will be justified.

Rom 2:12-13 New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous.

Rom 2:12-13 New International Version