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Comment on Sweet Counsel

2011-12-22T21:04:08Z

Marty , you have some interesting pionts. Valid ones. Coming from a single perspective. You could almost get into a translation debate on a verse like this. KJV vs NIV. There really is no confusion on what v14 is saying in the NIV version. For example.

I think most people do quick quotes on social sites as a simple means of insperation. There is a time for everything. A time for deep study and debate of a verse or chapters true meaning. Also there is a time for light hearted Insperation. Inspire me. True leadership. Thats what the world is seeking.
just a Little inspiration. No fear of a misquote. It really isn't a misquote if the intent was simple insperation. If it inspires a reader to even then look the verse up for themselves then good was done.
Inspire me. Pasters do small quotes all the time. Looking for the greek meaning is good for study but getting old for someone just seeking a loving God.
It is true that freinds and leaders are the ones that can hurt us the most though.
Small quotes can be the same as a blog. Inspiring thought and change for the reader.
Just like you inspired thought for me here.
Thanks. Keep up the good work.

Comment on Growth in the Bible/Church

2011-11-22T01:44:23Z

Hey There-
Your observations on the changing landscape of metrics is something I see a lot of - it's no longer Bucks and Butts - but about real life transformation- are we drawing nearer to Christ? Are we a witness to His love and power?
Good post-
Chris+

Comment on Snake ID

2011-06-29T13:53:24Z

Bull snake, very common and the largest snake found in Nebraska.
Great pic of echinacea! You must have sound some native prairie, hope you enjoyed your stay!

Comment on So Much Has Changed

2011-06-24T23:25:09Z

Yea, at some point your memories hold a strange kind of power over you and how you move into the future. Of course, you don't look a day over 39, but I could be off a bit.

Comment on So Much Has Changed

2011-06-24T20:47:53Z

Great post Marty! I remember...er...some of those things (49).

Comment on Is Life Ever Normal?

2011-06-09T17:45:44Z

Of course Kay, you are a a heavyweight when it comes to collecting ideas and treasures. Anybody that knows you benefits from your collection of beauty.

Comment on Is Life Ever Normal?

2011-06-08T19:12:08Z

Love that Anne LaMott book--wonderful conversational style--great wisdom re collecting your thoughts and/writing. Our friend Teri (Dir of a unisersity writing center & linguist) makes that book required reading for students & her writing center staff. Thanks, Marty, for your thoughts on organization.

Comment on Watching the Story About Bin Laden

2011-05-03T13:26:56Z

I feel a lot like you do Randy.

Hate is a weird emotion I think. Most hatred never seems to get acted upon, at least to the extreme. Someone may hate someone but not kill them. And yet, the emotion may still have a deadly toll. The hatred I may feel for someone may turn around and literally lead to my death. That alone should be reason enough not to hate anyone. There are other reasons of course. And yet, we seem to express our hate so often and so strongly that we find it impossible to deny the emotion lives within us.

The streets in Lincoln were hard to navigate during the recent marathon. The police did a great job of keeping cars from running into the runners. But there were still comments about how terrible the whole experience was for Lincoln and how the Police were rude and so on. What emotion was that? I think it was hate. Disguised maybe as disgust, or frustration or anger, but I think really born of hate.

I wonder how much hate lurks in our hearts. So as you wrote, there is no need to embrace it, that's for sure. I probably have enough in there already. I need someone to remove it. Almost like those nuclear fuel rods that need to be removed from the damaged plants in Japan. Someone who really knows what they are doing needs to clean up the mess. Hating Bin Laden wont do it, will it?

Comment on Watching the Story About Bin Laden

2011-05-02T14:05:28Z

Though I celebrate the fact that Osama bin Laden will never commit another act of terror, never bomb another embassy, never give another hate speech, never blow up another building, never train another terrorist, never hijack another plane, never take another innocent life, I refuse to celebrate his death, for to do so would be to embrace the same hatred that fueled these heinous acts. ~Randy R. Reed©

Comment on John 1:1

2011-04-12T17:33:10Z

John had all the proof he needed, and so do we.