The time for lamenting has come to an end. Take up the Gospel and follow……
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The Gospel is always trouble and causes RageQuit!
Failure mode is an engineering term, but it is the standard by which american ‘churches’ operates.
- Who are the unchurched?
- After Texas gave New Mexico to the USG for a tax write-off, the NM chamber of commerce began to refer to NM as ‘the land of enchantment.’ Don’t get me wrong, NM has a particular familial hold on me. On the other hand, the chamber of commerce (where ever it exists) is a nest of orcs. Now it seems that some of the ‘enchantment’ has moved eastward into west Texas. Small people with magic rings have come under the ‘all seeing eye of Sauron.’
- On the subject of Tolkien and language.
- What was once ‘word-smithing’ degraded ‘journalism’ is really a battle for the language.
- Of course, ‘journalism’ should be treated like the mouth of Sauron (watch the end of the negotiations).
- Churchian evanjellyfish fool! (Great title). I doubt this is the way the battle is joined.
- Since I am coming out of my winter library, it seems appropriate that there is a purpose to being well read.
Be well.
SDG
Conundrum:
Micah 7:6
For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises up against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law– a man’s enemies are the members of his own household.
Matthew 10:36
‘…a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
1 Timothy 3:4
He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full respect.
Pray…Meditate….Suffer…
SDG
Over at Dalrock, Cail Corishev makes the following observation:
“When did Christians start believing that God is a happiness vending machine, where you put the right behaviors in the slot and out pops the good life? Is my Bible the only one with the book of Job in it? If that book doesn’t scream loud and clear that God owes you nothing and you can’t expect to be rewarded in this life for living right, you really weren’t paying attention.”
SDG
Back in 2013, The Outlaw Monk posted:
Get over yourself! Realize that Christ’s mission was to save the whole world, not just you. As a follower of Christ your commission is to help the poor and feed the needy, not to go around telling people how great your life is because of Jesus. Instead of preaching your personal testimony, preach the Gospels and the good things that Christ did for all of us—that is the definition of evangelism.
SDG
Isaiah’s job was written by Albert J. Nock some years ago, but the prophet’s work always needs to be picked up and carried on. This is a never ending task. It is always an immediate task when one considers that we have gone from a melting pot, to a salad bowl and finally to a toilet bowl (HT: Vox Popoli commenter Chris Mallory).
Pray for the remnant.
SDG
One should always remember that the current schooling system is functioning perfectly. What is demonstrated here is not to be taken as a failure on the part of the school. In fact it is exactly what the school is designed, managed and operated to accomplish.
First, a local example:
*Please note that the punctuation form used in this announcement is accurately reproduced here to demonstrate the level of quality provided by the previous tax rate and will most certainly improve with the increased tax rate.
If you can come to terms with this local example then I would suggest reading what Thomas Fleming has written in his essay, Thinking Outside the Boxes.
To quote Amos Bronson Alcott: “To be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.”
So it goes….
SDG
Over at Social Matters, Nick B. Stevens has written: The Search for Religious Relevance (or How I Missed my First Anniversary)
Now, all of this should be obvious to those who attend Lutheran Churches. However, in recent conversations and in observing recent events, it would seem that it is not as obvious as it seems.
Except for the remnant, all would be lost.
SDG