Keeping to our bi-weekly schedule, we have Jeffrey back this time with a missing word puzzle. In row 1, 8 and 15 (the beginning middle and end) we have a three word string, each 4,5,4, the clue is for a word ending in "HOLE" but the hole is missing. It is an interesting scientific conundrum, can a hole which is nothing be missing? There is much consistency to the grid though a few of the ___HOLE fill are two words rather than a single word. What makes the puzzle a delight is JW's fun reveal which points out that there are nine words that are not but should be followed by HOLE. Other than that, it is another Friday with high word count and less than 5 letter average fill. The longer fill is varied including ABORTS, LESTER, NO SHOW, SECURE, SPLEEN, SUCCOR, TOO BIG, WADDLE, AM I BEAT, CAPSULE, GADGETS, LOCKS ON, REVERTS, SEVENTY, SLEDGES, BASE CAMP, PUNK ROCK, ORIGINALS, REMINDS OF, with many of them Jeffrey's customary two word fill. The asterisks immediately warn the solver that the the game is afoot, otherwise 1A would be discouraging, WORMHOLE opened my eyes. Lots of nice musical references; let's see how we all did.
1A. *It offers an ocean view : PORT
5A. *Hardware insertion point : SCREW
10A. *Sci-fi shortcut : WORM
38A. *Means of evasion : LOOP
40A. *Stephen Hawking subject : BLACK
41A. *Orca feature : BLOW
67A. *Geologic danger : SINK
68A. *Serengeti gathering place : WATER
69A. *Home security device : PEEP
And the reveal, which i am sure appealed at least to me and Moe and HG and the other golfers----
46A. Quick round ... and, collectively, what the answers to starred clues lack : NINE HOLES (9).
I liked it!
Across:
14. Chevy subcompact : AVEO. Discontinued in 2011, so...
15. Salad bar morsel : OLIVE. This was hard because I think of morsel as part of rather than a whole.
16. Domingo forte : ARIA. You do not have to like opera to like Placido. LISTEN (3:01).
17. Spectator sport since the Edo period : SUMO. Not something I knew but easily inferrable.
18. Alpine air : YODEL. A stretch for me.
19. Checker, e.g. : DISC.
20. "What an exhausting day!" : AM I BEAT! JW like multiple word fill.
22. Pounding tools : SLEDGES. I did not need to be hit on the head with a hammer to get this one.
24. Veto : NIX.
25. Clay, nowadays : ALI. Easy unless you are a sculptor or into pottery.
26. Handy assortment : GADGETS.
30. "Terribly strange" age in Simon & Garfunkel's "Old Friends" : SEVENTY. They are both over seventy now.
34. ICU connections : IVS.
35. Medical unit : CAPSULE. I imagine those who did not like the earlier in the week capsule used as a clue for ROCKET, there will be debate about this clue/fill.
37. "__ you finished?" : ARE.
42. Terrible : AWFUL.
44. F1 neighbor : ESC. If you had to look at your keyboard was that cheating?
45. Makers of wood pulp nests : WASPS. John Lampkin showed us this PICTURE back in December.
49. Gets in one's sights, with "to" : LOCKS ON. As with a telescopic sight on your rifle.
52. Backslides : REVERTS to his/her old habits.
56. Cancels the launch : ABORTS.
57. Fasten : SECURE.
58. "Whip It" rockers : DEVO. Where are they NOW (0:16)?
59. Order outfit : HABIT. Nun too soon.
63. __ on the back : A PAT.
64. Monthly pmt. : ELECtricity bill.
65. Midway alternative : O'HARE. The two major Chicago airports.
66. Choice array : MENU. And the clecho, 43A. Choice array : LIST.
Down:
1. "¿Qué __?" : PASA. The upside down question mark tells you it is Spanish.
2. Reproductive cell : OVUM. Eggs-actly.
3. Takes back to : REMINDS OF. Like my trip to my 50th high school reunion took me back to my childhood.
4. Goldilocks complaint : TOO BIG. Too hot?
5. Protein-rich bean : SOYA. Soy?
6. Blood __ : CLOT.
7. Unburden : RID.
8. Anticipatory times : EVES. Twas the night before Christmas....
9. More than adequately : WELL. Oh my, you do that so well!
10. Swaying walk : WADDLE.
11. Art museum works, usually : ORIGINALS.
12. Increase : RISE.
13. Pro and mini : MACS. Apple computers, here I come.
21. Business VIP : EXECutive.
23. Architectural projection : EAVE.
26. Colorado tributary : GILA.
27. State as accurate : AVOW.
28. Bar __ : TAB.
29. Petulance : SPLEEN.
30. Help : SUCCOR. A nice old fashioned word.
31. Yosemite grazer : ELK. I di not know this.
32. Stadium in St. Pete, with "The" : TROPicana. You know who has juice in Florida.
33. Landscaping shrubs : YEWS.
36. Obi, e.g. : SASH. So often OBI is the fill.
39. "Pure, stripped down" genre, per Tommy Ramone : PUNK ROCK. One of the originals.
41. Climber's refuge : BASE CAMP.
45. "__ Got Tonight": 1983 hit duet : WE'VE.
47. Absentee : NO SHOW.
48. Sci-fi author/editor del Rey : LESTER.
49. Fills with cargo : LADES.
50. Division symbols : OBELI.
51. Neo-pagan gathering : COVEN.
53. Nepal currency : RUPEE.
54. Big name in air conditioning : TRANE.
55. Everything but the liquor : SET UP.
60. Word associated with a light bulb : AHA.
61. Echolocation user : BAT.
62. Steaming state : IRE.
WILL A NONBELIEVERS BAPTISM WASH AWAY SINS? BY STEVE FINNELL
ReplyDeleteDo nonbelievers receive forgiveness from sins when they are baptized in water?
If atheists and other nonbelievers are baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and the Holy Spirit do they receive forgiveness from sins? Of course not.
John 8:24 Therefore, I said to you, Your will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.(TBVOTNT)
Water baptism alone does not wash away sins. Nonbelievers will die in their sins.
Mark 16:16 He who has believed, and has been immersed, will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.(TBVOTNT)
Nonbelievers will be condemned.
Acts 3:19 Repent, therefore, and turn again, in order that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come seasons of refreshment from the presence of the Lord; (TBVOTNT)
Water baptism that is not preceded by repentance is meaningless. There is no forgiveness without repentance. Repentance means to change from unbelief to belief. Repentance means to make a commitment to turn from sin and turn toward God.
Acts 2:38 Then Peter said to them, Let each one of you repent and be immersed, in the name of Jesus Christ, in order to the remission of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.(TBVOTNT)
Atheists and other nonbelievers do not have their sins washed away by being immersed in water.
Newborn babies and small children do not have their sins washed away by being immersed in water. Why? First they have not committed any sins and they are not guilty of sin. Second, if they were guilty of sin they are incapable of believing in Jesus as the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Jesus did not know good from evil as a small child and neither do newborn children know right from wrong. Babies are not sinners, nor are they guilty of sin.
Isaiah 7:14-16"Therefore the Lord Himself will give a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel. 15 "Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good. 16 "For before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose good, the land that you dread will be forsaken by both her kings.(NKJV)
There is an age of accountability.
THERE WERE NO UNBELIEVERS BAPTIZED ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST NOR DID THE APOSTLES EVER BAPTIZE UNBELIEVERS.
NOTE: (TBVOTNT-The Better Version of The New Testament by Chester Estes)
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