American Motorcycle Association District 14 Club Council

Listing of on and off road motorcycle events in Michigan.

Baldwin Blessing of the Bikes

Jack's pictures from this annual event sponsored and organized by the Para-Dice Motorcycle Club, Grand Rapids chapter.

Battle Creek BMW Riders Club

South Western Michigan BMW motorcycle club. Lists upcoming events.

Blue Knights Motorcycle Club

Michigan chapter of this law enforcement motorcycle club.

Cycle Conservation Club of Michigan

Organization devoted to off-road motorcycle recreation in Michigan.

Dirtbikes Rule

Enthusiast features dirt bike photos, technical reports, and racing information.

Giant Motorcycle Swap Meets

Michigan events where you can buy, sell or trade new or used bikes, parts, apparel, etc.

Gold Wing Road Riders Association Chapter C

The Monroe based Floral City Wings chapter has forty-six members and twenty-six associates. Events, pictures, and related links.

Gold Wing Road Riders Association Chapter H-2

Downriver Wings meets every Sunday morning for breakfast in Taylor. Events and member contact information.

Gold Wing Road Riders Association Chapter Q2

The Thumb Roadrunners is the home chapter for  Tuscola, Huron, and Sanilac counties. Meetings are on the fourth Sunday of each month in Cass City.

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"He has been, it is true, called "the Angel of great counsel," that
is, a messenger, by a term expressive of official function, not of
nature. For He had to announce to the world the mighty purpose of the
Father, even that which ordained the restoration of man. But He is not
on this account to be regarded as an angel, as a Gabriel or a Michael.
(De carn. 14)"

Tertullian concludes the chapter from which the above citation is taken
with a proof of the absolute Deity and authority of Christ. And,
interestingly, Isa 63:9 is integral to that proof. If by the term
"angel" Tertullian meant a created being, it is hard to imagine a
more striking contradiction within the space of just a few lines
(especially if one takes seriously Tertullian's forensic training).
Clearly, in applying both Isa 9:6 and 63:9 to Christ in the same
chapter, Tertullian shows that Christ is not by nature an angel.
Nevertheless it is legitimate to use the title Angel as a functional
description.

For Tertullian Christ is by nature God and Lord. By God Tertullian
meant "verily God" (De carn. 14). And by Lord Tertullian meant
Lord absolutely. He states categorically that "the Father is Lord,
and the Son also is Lord. A much more ancient testimony we have also in
Genesis: "Then the Lord rained down upon Sodom and Gomorrah
brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven" (Adv. Prax. 13).
No, says Tertullian, it is not the Christians who believe that Christ
was a created angel. Rather, it is "the heretics, who ... make the
Creator Himself to have been either an angel or some subordinate
agent" (Adv. Prax. 19). The Fathers are emphatic: angels had no part
in creation (cf. Dial. 62; Adv. haer. 3.11.2 and 4.20.1).

Tertullian refers to Isa 9:6 on two other occasions but avoids, or at
least does not mention, the title Angel (Adv. Marc. 3.19; Adv. Jud.
10.11). In both places he uses Isa 9:6 to show, in words almost
identical to those of his predecessors (e.g., 1 Apol. 35; Dem. 56),
that the child to be born was the Son of God and the "King of
ages"; and that the cross which was placed on his shoulders revealed
his kingly glory and dominion. Although Tertullian hesitates to use the
title Angel apart from the reference to Isa 9:6 noted above, he
categorically and without hesitation refers all of the OT theophanies
to Christ (e.g., Adv. Jud. 9; Adv. Marc. 2.27, 3.9, and 5.19). In
doing so he is clearly following in the footsteps of Barnabas, Justin,
Melito, Theophilus, and Irenaeus. There is thus some justification for
his claim that this belief was part of the Rule of Faith common to all
the churches (even if it cannot finally be demonstrated that it was
handed down by Christ himself):

[Taken from, "Christ As Angel: The Reclamatio