Bahia Honda Bridge, Florida (photo from trekearth.com)
Should we build one like this from Canada to Australia? See below:
My Mom emailed me a list of funny statements. I have found at least one other version of each statement credited to the same person, prior to publishing. I desire to be fair. We all make incorrect and questionable statements at times. I am in no way verifying that the statements made were by the persons credited with making them. Some of the statements from the email I have already disqualified.
http://www.quoteworld.org/quotes/1016
'Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country,' --Mayor Marion Barry, Washington , DC .
Perhaps the thugs do not bother with the mugging or assault, they just go straight for the murder.
Charles Manson would be proud. Helter Skelter.
http://www.rateitall.com/i-843850-weve-got-to-pause-and-ask-ourselves-how-much-clean-air-do-we-need-lee-iacocca.aspx
'We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need ?'
--Lee Iacocca
Perhaps, if Mr. Iacocca did make that statement, there should be a country, perhaps Greenland;), lead by him. In this country there would be no emissions standards and very little clean air. No offense to the people of Greenland; I enjoy flying over it on the way the United Kingdom.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6271/quotesfg.html
'If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as they go to bed and it will monitor their heart throughout the night. And the next morning, when they wake up dead, there'll be a record.'
--Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman
Wow, finally some good news for those suffering with heart problems! The government at work!
http://www.rateitall.com/i-843854-traditionally-most-of-australias-imports-come-from-overseas--keppel-enderbery.aspx
'Traditionally, most of Australia 's imports come from overseas.'
--Keppel Enderbery
Hey, let us build a bridge, or under the ocean tunnel from Canada to Australia, and then we can state that the Australian imports from Canada are not coming from overseas...sort of.
http://theotherpages.org/quote-25.html
'Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances.'
--Department of Social Services, Greenville , South Carolina
Man, and that comment had to come from the South. Those people take enough abuse (often wrongly) concerning their intellect already.
http://www.some-guy.com/quotes/stupid.html
'The word 'genius' isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.'
--Joe Theisman, NFL football quarterback & sports analyst.
Hey, Russ,
ReplyDeleteWow, its hard to believe those people actually said those things.
The football one was my second favorite. The food stamps one was my favorite; I cracked up with that one.
I lived in the dormitory in Greenville, SC for 2 years when I attended Bob Jones University. Bob Jones was very much like a military school for fundamentalists, and it helped me a lot, in every way, except spiritually. Spiritually, it did great damage to me, and it took years to recover from that.
Waking up dead, that would be something!
ReplyDeleteYes, and a problem with fundamentalism is the method of literalistically interpreting Scripture, as opposed to the evaluation of Scripture in context, with background studies. Scripture should be interpreted literally when it is warranted from the text.
ReplyDeleteI have also struggled with some of the cultural aspects of fundamentalism which are often demonstrated, such as the fear and dislike of much secular art.
Cheers, Mr. Jenkins.
Chucky, why are you picking on our friend Zombie when he is not here to defend himself? Perhaps you should email him and let him know what was said.
ReplyDeleteMr. Chucklins, you eat good cookies.
Cheers:)
I wake up dead when I only get a few hours of sleep. But energy drinks such as Amp, Monster, etc. bring me back to life.
ReplyDeleteI have also struggled with some of the cultural aspects of fundamentalism which are often demonstrated, such as the fear and dislike of much secular art.
Man, it is SO weird that you said that! Just this morning I pulled out the book, "Art and the Bible," by Francis Schaeffer, which I have had for many years, but I have never read completely. Since I am planning to start putting some of my artwork on my 'Thoughts and Theology' blog site, I wanted to include a spiritual message with it as well. This morning, I was reading a little from that book, and the Lord gave me a revelation and blessed me and filled with with such exhilarating joy, showing me in a new way how my art talent was given to me to serve the Lord. This came at a time when I was overwhelmed and feeling inadequate and inept at work, with this magazine cover project I'm working on. That book addresses exactly what you're talking about, Russ: how art and drama are not meant to be secularized, but instead, Christ redeemed the whole man, not just our spirit; therefore, we are meant to serve God in every aspect of life. And art is not just spiritually acceptable when making gospel tracts; it is meant to be a way to serve and glorify God whenever we create something. After all, God is the original Creator, and we were made in His image.
I have a friend who recently became a missionary, and he believes that Christian Clowns (i.e., "Clowns for Christ") is pretty much a sinful, wicked abomination. The "Way of the Master" website (Ray Comfort) had a video a while back on their site, in which they lambasted clown ministries. However, I used to be a "Clown for Christ," and, even though a particular book of Clown Ministry skits I had reflected very little spiritual depth in the skits it listed (and, because of that, I used almost none of the skits in that book), I have been powerfully affected by clown skits, and I have seen others affected as well. One woman, after we did a mime skit that showed the crucifixion of Christ, which was followed by each clown going into the audience and doing a one-on-one mime skit with each member of the audience, one at a time...this one heavyset black woman hugged me so tightly that I could hardly breathe, and she kept sobbing and sobbing and sobbing, until I wondered when she was ever going to stop. She was powerfully moved by what we did.
So I believe that the arts can be used powerfully to serve and glorify God.
Yes, and a problem with fundamentalism is the method of literalistically interpreting Scripture, as opposed to the evaluation of Scripture in context, with background studies. Scripture should be interpreted literally when it is warranted from the text.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was at Bob Jones University, one student who was leading us in a required nightly Bible study just before going to bed said that when Jesus talked about hating your mother and father, He meant that literally. This student said, almost with a growl, "I HATE my mom and dad!" He took that passage literally, and didn't take into consideration that Jesus was comparing our emotions for our parents with how much we should love Him, and basically saying that our love for our parents should be as hatred when compared to how much we should love Him. In addition, the word translated "hate" may have had a clearer connotation in the original language.
In contrast, taking Scripture in context, plus comparing Scripture from one book of the Bible, to references to that same Scripture in other books of the Bible, as well as comparisons elsewhere in the same book, is exactly what has given me strong confidence that people really did live as long as Genesis says they did, and that the universe really was created in 6 days.
One thing to be careful of with "background studies" is that, if you place too much focus on what all the scholars say, you may become confused and not know what to believe; similar to how confused you could get if you pay too much attention to the newest and latest studies that say what foods are healthy and what foods are not healthy for you (since these studies always change and constantly contradict other studies).
I plead ignorance on this documented Clown issue, but I have experienced far too many Christians that are far too judgmental with other Christians that hold to essential Christian doctrines. Sometimes the Christians being criticized have very similar views on secondary doctrines to those who are critical, and yet they are different in some ways and therefore are shunned and/or not supported. I could write a long essay on the politics of modern Christianity. Also, look at some of the Christian bloggers that are very popular, their material is often not exceptional and yet they have the support of the powers that be.
ReplyDeleteI suspect Jeff, half or more of my life battles as a theologian will be with Christians.
I heard a fundamentalist on the radio recently criticize scholars, but if scholars are not leading the Church, then it is non-scholars leading, which is worse. It would be worse to place too much emphasis on what non-scholars state or to trust too much in our uneducated understanding of certain issues.
ReplyDeleteEvery scholar should be tested by Scripture, but the non-scholar has to know an issue well to point out a legitimate problem with the view of the scholar. Basically a non-scholar will have to use scholarly techniques to accomplish this Jeff. This is possible for a person such as yourself.
Thanks.
Russ:)
You just gotta shake your head. The Mariah Carey one.... wow. So, so sad.
ReplyDeleteI agree, Joey.
ReplyDeleteIt is as if she is almost totally self-absorbed.
Cheers.
Russ,
ReplyDelete...but I have experienced far too many Christians that are far too judgmental with other Christians that hold to essential Christian doctrines.
I completely and totally agree. I have experienced some of that myself.
I suspect Jeff, half or more of my life battles as a theologian will be with Christians.
I suspect that to be true, and that is indeed sad and tragic. If all Christians in the world, or even in one country (i.e., the U.S.) ever came together as one, that entire country would be dramatically changed, through prayer and action (that action being largely evangelism, IMO).
...but if scholars are not leading the Church, then it is non-scholars leading, which is worse. It would be worse to place too much emphasis on what non-scholars state or to trust too much in our uneducated understanding of certain issues.
Good point.
Every scholar should be tested by Scripture, but the non-scholar has to know an issue well to point out a legitimate problem with the view of the scholar. Basically a non-scholar will have to use scholarly techniques to accomplish this Jeff. This is possible for a person such as yourself.
Our primary and most important Teacher is the Holy Spirit, of course.
However, I have relied upon footnotes in the NIV, for example, for hard-to-understand passages. I also was a student (and a Discussion Leader/teacher) in BSF (Bible Study Fellowship, Int'l.) for 3 1/2 years (which was the best and most intensive Bible study I have ever been in), which put myself under their interpretation of Scripture during that time. I also have Matthew Henry's Commentary, which I have used a little now and then. So yes, I myself rely on scholars.
However, I have also known Pastors who have studied scholars so much that they don't know what to believe, and as a result, they often don't take a very strong stance on biblical issues.
I also heard someone warn about spending most of your time reading commentaries rather than the Bible itself. They said that at one time, they almost became 'addicted' to commentaries, and it did them more harm than good (though I don't remember the specific details as far as what 'harm' it did them), because they were almost replacing reading the Scriptures with reading commentaries.
Thanks, Jeff.
ReplyDeletePersons needs to study an English Bible, or the Bible in their language and if need be examine texts concerning the original Biblical languages. But, everything one reads is going to be written by a scholar, including translations.
I agree, the Holy Spirit is our guide, and will often guide persons through the correct writing and research of scholars.
Russ:)
Check this out:
ReplyDelete"Scaring The Public Back Into the Stone Age
By JR Dieckmann
On the eve of Halloween, October 30, 1938, Orson Wells and his Mercury Theater On The Air scared the pants off of tens of thousands of radio listeners with his adaptation of H. G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds. Mercury Theater’s “way of jumping out from behind a bush and saying boo,” coming on the heals of Hitler’s declared war on Europe, threw am already nervous nation into a panic in thinking that our civilization was threatened with extinction.
Dorothy Thompson, a columnist for the New York Tribune, observed that the production demonstrated how mass media could be used to manipulate the public with these words:
“All unwittingly, Mr. Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater of the Air have made one of the most fascinating and important demonstrations of all time,” she wrote. “They have proved that a few effective voices, accompanied by sound effects, can convince masses of people of a totally unreasonable, completely fantastic proposition as to create a nation-wide panic.
They have demonstrated more potently than any argument, demonstrated beyond a question of a doubt, the appalling dangers and enormous effectiveness of popular and theatrical demagoguery.…”
“Hitler managed to scare all of Europe to its knees a month ago, but he at least had an army and an air force to back up his shrieking words.
“But Mr. Welles scared thousands into demoralization with nothing at all.”
Radio listeners and others who heard about it were so convinced that we were being invaded that some even called the police to report they had personally seen the Martians landing and bombing nearby towns and wanted instruction for evacuation.
The chaos and panic created by the event reached not only the local police stations and newspapers for confirmation, but all the way to the U. S. Congress where changes in Federal Communications Commission rules and guidelines were considered to be sure that this sort of thing could never happen again. Wells himself was nearly brought up on legal charges for causing the panic even though a disclaimer was announced before, and 3 times during the production to inform the public that it was only a play.
Just 10 years later, the country was again subjected to the Martian scare when a alleged UFO crashed in Roswell, New Mexico. This triggered a mass of UFO sightings being reported to authorities, creating a controversy that continues to this day. No one can say if this controversy is real or not other than those who claim to have been abducted by aliens from space. Thousands of Americans are still found hiding under their beds for fear of invaders from space.
Three decades later in March, 1979, The China Syndrome movie was released starring traitor, Jane Fonda, who should have been in prison for her treasonous activities during the Vietnam war. The movie depicted a fictitious accident at a nuclear power plant being used to generate electricity for the nation’s power grid in the early days of nuclear power. In spite of the potential disaster being averted in the movie, the viewing public was convinced that it was evidence of the dangers of nuclear power.
Just two weeks later, a near disaster similar to the one depicted in The China Syndrome occurred at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. The incident was the result of human error when operators with little experience with nuclear reactors attempted to override the automatic safety system which had detected a problem with the No. 2 reactor. In spite of the human interference with the system, the reactor was eventually safely shut down with no loss of human life or injury. To date, no injuries or deaths have occurred in this country as a result of nuclear power plants.
But again, the public had been scared out of it’s pants, mostly because of the move which was still running in theaters. They feared that it was only a matter of time until a reactor would completely melt down and destroys the planet. The media wasn’t helpful in defraying public fears and only exaggerated the danger of nuclear power. There have been no more nuclear power plants built or permits issued for them since. Again, we see another example of how ignorance and mass media propaganda has influenced, if not dictated political policy.
Opponents of nuclear power might point to the Russian Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster in April of 1986 as evidence of the dangers of nuclear power. That simply doesn’t apply to American nuclear power. Russian nuclear power plants are not built nearly to the degree of safety as American power plants. For one thing, the Chernobyl containment building had more in common with a warehouse than it did with a nuclear containment building.
The accident itself was caused by novice operators bypassing safety features and pushing the reactor beyond its limits in an experimental test. The reality is, they intentionally or unintentionally blew it up themselves and the minimal containment building was unable to contain it. Safety systems and backup safety systems would not permit this to happen in American nuclear reactors which are far more advanced in safety than even the Three Mile Island reactor.
Consider where we would be today had none of this China Syndrome fear mongering happened. Half of our oil supply, both domestic and imported, is used by industry and for generating electrical power. In France, more than 80% of their electrical power is generated in nuclear power plants, and again with no loss of life or serious injury. Nuclear power generation was to be the miracle power source of the future, producing environmentally clean, cheap, and long lasting electrical power for the nation to keep up with growing demands.
We are currently importing more than 60% of our oil from foreign countries which include such places as Venezuela and Saudi Arabia. By continuing to allow nuclear power to develop back in 1979, 50% of our oil imports could virtually have been eliminated. Even with Democrats in Congress continuing to block additional domestic oil exploration and refining, today we could be importing only 10% of our oil, which we could be getting from Canada alone.
This is a blunder by a mostly Democrat controlled Congress of astronomical proportions that continues to this day. It has made our entire country vulnerable to Islamic terrorism which we cannot effectively fight or even honestly identify for fear of offending those countries upon whom out national life blood depends.
President Bush and congressional Republicans are trying to rectify this blunder by pushing for more nuclear power plants to be licensed now, but they’re going to have to get the proposals past a fearful and superstitious Democrat majority.
Now, another three decades later, and to add insult to injury, we find ourselves being victimized by yet another case of political mass media propaganda swaying public opinion. Yes, it’s the dreaded “global warming” debate that threatens to scare the public back into the stone age. Al Gore says “the debate is over,” but I’ve got news for Mr. Gore. The debate has only begun. Gore now refuses to debate those more knowledgeable than himself on the issue and depends on his left wing surrogates and media shills to do his work for him while he profits financially and his party profits politically from the scam.
They can only profit from it by creating government regulations to restrict energy use, and they can only do that by convincing the public of an outrageous charade of global warming and human responsibility for it. Nuclear power would have been the answer to avoid all this, but instead we are forced to comply with energy reductions and wasting billions of taxpayer dollars on such alternate fuels as ethanol, the production of which is destroying world food supplies and raising the price of what’s left beyond what many can afford.
The fear is now spreading into the rice market as grocery store customers see rising rice prices and hearing of Asian rice shortages due to drought. This shortage doesn’t effect us here in the U.S. since 90% of rice sold here is grown domestically and is not effected by the Asian drought.
Still, most people don’t know that and think that the rising price of rice is due to a rice shortage, rather than the real reason for it - higher fuel prices and transportation costs which all could have been avoided if the panicky cries of left wing lunatics opposed to industrial progress had been ignored.
Ken Sanes, publisher and writer of the website TransparencyNow.com puts it this way:
“"We live in a time in which the ability to create deceptive simulations, especially for television, has become essential to the exercise of power. And the inability to see through these deceptions has become a form of powerlessness. Those who let themselves be taken in by the multiple deceptions of politics, news, advertising and public relations, are doomed, like the more gullible members of the radio audience in 1938, to play a role in other people’s dramas, while mistakenly believing that they are reacting to something genuine.”"
I couldn’t have said it better myself. But is anyone listening? Ignorant and foolish people will elect ignorant and foolish politicians to represent them. Just look at who is running Congress today. What does this say about our country and the direction it has been going in? Yes we need change. We need more intelligent and common sense people representing us in government. But the people running the government are no more intelligent or wise than the people who elected them, and that is not likely to change anytime soon."
We need more intelligent and common sense people representing us in government.
ReplyDeletePoliticians need to be able to become elected while stating the truth. Popularity focused politicians are often pragmatic as they desire to be elected, but political systems in the Western world would be run better if the public was less concerned with being appeased, and more concerned with hearing the truth. However, human nature being corrupt as it is, there is always a tremendous temptation for politicians to spin reality in order to earn votes. The political cycle of half truths continues in many cases.
Here in Canada the Canadian way is often mentioned in contrast to American style approaches. What needs to be done is an objective analysis of social, and political systems, including those of Canada, the United States, and Europe, but by simply favouring the Canadian way over an American one is rather emotionally based, and largely meaningless philosophically.
And here in America there are some who favor the Canadian approach to public health care.
ReplyDeleteOn a different note, someone emailed this to me:
DON'T LEAVE IT ON THE DESK
There was a certain Professor of Religion named Dr. Christianson, a studious man who taught at a small college in the western United States . Dr. Christianson taught the required survey course in Christianity at this particular institution. Every student was required to take this course his freshman year, regardless of his or her major.
Although Dr. Christianson tried hard to communicate the essence of the gospel in his class, he found that most of his students looked upon the course as nothing but required drudgery.
Despite his best efforts, most students refused to take Christianity seriously.
This year, Dr. Christianson had a special student named Steve. Steve was only a freshman, but was studying with the intent of going on to seminary for the ministry. Steve was popular, he was well liked, and he was an imposing physical specimen. He was now the starting center on the school football team, and was the best student in the professor's class.
One day, Dr. Christianson asked Steve to stay after class so he could talk with him. "How many push-ups can you do?"
Steve said, "I do about 200 every night." "200?
That's pretty good, Steve, " Dr. Christianson said.
"Do you think you could do 300?"
Steve replied, "I don't know.... I've never done 300 at a time."
"Do you think you could?" again asked Dr. Christianson.
"Well, I can try," said Steve.
"Can you do 300 in sets of 10? I have a class project in mind and I need you to do about 300 push-ups in sets of ten for this to work. Can you do it? I need you to tell me you can do it," said the professor.
Steve said, "Well... I think I can...yeah, I can do it."
Dr. Christianson said, "Good! I need you to do this on Friday. Let me explain what I have in mind."
Friday came and Steve got to class early and sat in the front of the room. When class started, the professor pulled out a big box of donuts. No, these weren't the normal kinds of donuts, they were the extra fancy BIG kind, with cream centers and frosting swirls. Everyone was pretty excited it was Friday, the last class of the day, and they were going to get an early start on the weekend with a party in Dr. Christianson's class.
Dr. Christianson went to the first girl in the first row and asked, "Cynthia, do you want to have one of these donuts?"
Cynthia said, "Yes."
Dr. Christianson then turned to Steve and asked, "Steve, would you do ten push-ups so that Cynthia can have a donut?"
"Sure!" Steve jumped down from his desk to do a quick ten. Then Steve again sat in his desk. Dr. Christianson put a donut on Cynthia's desk.
Dr. Christianson then went to Joe, the next person, and asked, "Joe, do you want a donut?"
Joe said, "Yes."
Dr. Christianson asked, "Steve would you do ten push-ups so Joe can have a donut?"
Steve did ten push-ups, Joe got a donut. And so it went, down the first aisle, Steve did ten push-ups for every person before they got their donut.
Walking down the second aisle, Dr. Christianson came to Scott. Scott was on the basketball team, and in as good condition as Steve. He was very popular and never lacking for female companionship.
When the professor asked, "Scott do you want a donut?"
Scott's reply was, "Well, can I do my own push-ups?"
Dr. Christianson said, "No, Steve has to do them."
Then Scott said, "Well, I don't want one then."
Dr. Christianson shrugged and then turned to Steve and asked, "Steve, would you do ten push-ups so Scott can have a donut he doesn't want?"
With perfect obedience Steve started to do ten push-ups.
Scott said, "HEY! I said I didn't want one!"
Dr. Christianson said, "Look!, this is my classroom, my class, my desks, and these are my donuts. Just leave it on the desk if you don't want it." And he put a donut on Scott's desk.
Now by this time, Steve had begun to slow down a little. He just stayed on the floor between sets because it took too much effort to be getting up and down. You could start to see a little perspiration coming out around his brow.
Dr. Christianson started down the third row. Now the students were beginning to get a little angry.
Dr. Christianson asked Jenny, "Jenny, do you want a donut?"
Sternly, Jenny said, "No."
Then Dr. Christianson asked Steve, "Steve, would you do ten more push-ups so Jenny can have a donut that she doesn't want?"
Steve did ten....Jenny got a donut.
By now, a growing sense of uneasiness filled the room. The students were beginning to say, "No!" and there were all these uneaten donuts on the desks.
Steve also had to really put forth a lot of extra effort to get these push-ups done for each donut. There began to be a small pool of sweat on the floor beneath his face, his arms and brow were beginning to get red because of the physical effort involved.
Dr. Christianson asked Robert, who was the most vocal unbeliever in the class, to watch Steve do each push up to make sure he did the full ten push-ups in a set because he couldn't bear to watch all of Steve's work for all of those uneaten donuts. He sent Robert over to where Steve was so Robert could count the set and watch Steve closely.
Dr. Christianson started down the fourth row. During his class, however, some students from other classes had wandered in and sat down on the steps along the radiators that ran down the sides of the room. When the professor realized this, he did a quick count and saw that now there were 34 students in the room. He started to worry if Steve would be able to make it.
Dr. Christianson went on to the next person and the next and the next. Near the end of that row, Steve was really having a rough time. He was taking a lot more time to complete each set.
Steve asked Dr. Christianson, "Do I have to make my nose touch on each one?"
Dr. Christianson thought for a moment, "Well, they're your pushups. You are in charge now. You can do them any way that you want." And Dr. Christianson went on.
A few moments later, Jason, a recent transfer student, came to the room and was about to come in when all the students yelled in one voice, "NO! Don't come in! Stay out!" Jason didn't know what was going on.
Steve picked up his head and said, "No, let him come."
Professor Christianson said, "You realize that if Jason comes in you will have to do ten push-ups for him?"
Steve said, "Yes, let him come in. Give him a donut."
Dr. Christianson said, "Okay, Steve, I'll let you get Jason's out of the way right now. Jason, do you want a donut?"
Jason, new to the room, hardly knew what was going on. "Yes," he said, "give me a donut." "Steve, will you do ten push-ups so that Jason can have a donut?"
Steve did ten push-ups very slowly and with great effort. Jason, bewildered, was handed a donut and sat down.
Dr. Christianson finished the fourth row, and then started on those visitors seated by the heaters. Steve's arms were now shaking with each push-up in a struggle to lift himself against the force of gravity. By this time sweat was profusely dropping off of his face, there was no sound except his heavy breathing; there was not a dry eye in the room.
The very last two students in the room were two young women, both cheerleaders, and very popular.
Dr. Christianson went to Linda, the second to last, and asked, "Linda, do you want a donut?"
Linda said, very sadly, "No, thank you."
Professor Christianson quietly asked, "Steve, would you do ten push-ups so that Linda can have a donut she doesn't want?"
Grunting from the effort, Steve did ten very slow push-ups for Linda.
Then Dr. Christianson turned to the last girl, Susan. "Susan, do you want a donut?"
Susan, with tears flowing down her face, began to cry. "Dr. Christianson, why can't I help him?"
Dr. Christianson, with tears of his own, said, "No, Steve has to do it alone; I have given him this task and he is in charge of seeing that everyone has an opportunity for a donut whether they want it or not. When I decided to have a party this last day of class, I looked at my grade book. Steve here is the only student with a perfect grade. Everyone else has failed a test, skipped class, or offered me inferior work. Steve told me that in football practice, when a player messes up he must do push-ups. I told Steve that none of you could come to my party unless he paid the price by doing your push ups. He and I made a deal for your sakes."
"Steve, would you do ten push-ups so Susan can have a donut?"
As Steve very slowly finished his last push-up, with the understanding that he had accomplished all that was required of him, having done 350 push-ups, his arms buckled beneath him and he fell to the floor.
Dr. Christianson turned to the room and said, "And so it was, that our Savior, Jesus Christ, on the cross, plead to the Father, 'Into thy hands I commend my spirit.' With the understanding that He had done everything that was required of Him, He yielded up His life. And like some of those in this room, many of us leave the gift on the desk, uneaten."
Two students helped Steve up off the floor and to a seat, physically exhausted, but wearing a thin smile.
"Well done, good and faithful servant," said the professor, adding, "Not all sermons are preached in words."
Turning to his class, the professor said, "My wish is that you might understand and fully comprehend all the riches of grace and mercy that have been given to you through the sacrifice of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He spared not His only Begotten Son, but gave Him up for us all, for the whole Church, now and forever. Whether or not we choose to accept His gift to us, the price has been paid."
And here in America there are some who favor the Canadian approach to public health care.
ReplyDeleteUniversal health care is good, but it must allow the medical profession to flourish.
He spared not His only Begotten Son, but gave Him up for us all, for the whole Church, now and forever. Whether or not we choose to accept His gift to us, the price has been paid."
Thanks, Jeff. Of course God predestines those who believe (Ephesians 1 and Romans 8).
A new TV show Idea...
ReplyDeleteinstead of "Kids say the darndest things" how about "Celebrities say the stupidist things!"
-FOX TV Rep.-
A good idea, but I humbly admit I am glad that my words are not always recorded.
ReplyDeleteRuss;)
Excellent stuff
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great stuff.......The football one was my second favorite......
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Thanks, Anon.
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