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Influence of cultural prior-knowledge in cross-cultural communicationKano Glückstad, Fumiko (, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The role of ontology in a multilingual context is one of the emerging challenges in our modern information society. This work first explains different types of ontology applications in a multilingual context based on a number of dimensions defined in [Cimiano 2010]. These dimensions are useful for clarifying the role of ontologies depending on different types of cross-cultural communication scenarios. What is emphasized here is a new dimension in the ontology applications, namely the inherent asymmetric relation of communication between a communicator and an information receiver, which has been inspired by the pragmatic approach of the so-called Relevance Theory of Communication (RTC) [Sperber 1986]. Based on this ground theory, a new framework for simulating the cognitive processes involved in a cross-cultural communication is proposed. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8646 Files in this item: 1
Cross-lingual concept mapping based on the information receiver's prior-knowledgeGlückstad, Fumiko Kano (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: A Japanese acquaintance who has been living in Denmark for more than 40 years formulated his difficult mission of undertaking translation tasks in the following way: "Once I deeply understood the two cultures [Denmark and Japan] and the cultural differences/nuances of conceptual meanings existing in the two countries, it became impossible for me to translate culturally-specific terms into the other language. Existing language resources [dictionaries etc.] are in this context useless". What he was frustratingly expressing is that it becomes virtually an impossible task to precisely translate or convey the meaning of a Culturally-Specific Concept (CSC) if no exact equivalent concept exists in the Target Language (TL) culture. Despite this inherent frustration, communicators or translators are still required to convey such CSCs into a TL in an optimal manner such that a TL reader can instantly infer the original meaning of a given Source Language (SL) concept. In short, the key issue is whether there can be found a way to solve this inherently frustrating situation which even skilled human translators cannot easily cope with ? The challenge of translating CSCs from an SL is not only caused by the absence of equivalent concepts in a TL culture, but also due to differences of the background knowledge possessed by the two parties involved in a cross-cultural communication scenario. Sperber & Wilson (1986) emphasize that, although all humans live in the physical world, mental representations are constructed differently due to differences in our close environment and our different cognitive abilities. Because people use different languages and have mastered different concepts, the way they construct representations and make inference is also dissimilar. Since an individual possesses a total cognitive environment that is the set of facts based on his/her perceptual ability, inferential ability, actual awareness of facts, knowledge he/she has acquired and so on, it is much easier to achieve a so-called "asymmetric" coordination between communicator and audience (Sperber & Wilson, 1986).... URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8546 Files in this item: 1
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Nistrup Madsen, Bodil; Erdman Thomsen, Hanne; Lassen, Tine; Pram Nielsen, Louise; Odgaard, Anna Elisabeth; Hoffmann, Pia Lyngby (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this paper we will describe some problems related to the defini-tion of a set of data categories as well as to the import and merging of data from various resources. First, we illustrate how organizing a taxonomy of data cate-gories is facilitated by using the principles for creating a terminological ontolo-gy (or concept system). Next, we discuss how multiple terminological entries referring to the same concept can be identified with the purpose of merging them. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8491 Files in this item: 1
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Nabeth, Thierry; Razmerita, Liana; Kirchner, Kathrin (Frederiksberg, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Social media has transformed the web into a hyper-connected social space that is inundated by a flood of social signals that reflects the activities of the members, and contributes to the dynamic of the interaction. In this context, the participants decode, process and emit information for making sense of this social world, and for acting upon it. The objective of this paper is to explore the implication of this setting for an application in the context of supporting creativity online. More specifically, we examine the effect of the massive circulation of this social information and its management on systems supporting the collective creative process online. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8690 Files in this item: 1
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Sanden, Guro Refsum (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: One important effect of globalisation for the multinational corporation (MNC) is the increasing diversity of the workforce, which becomes clear through the variety of different language backgrounds found among employees at all levels of the organisation. In order to overcome the linguistic barriers presented by the multilingual workforce, MNCs may try to implement various language policies or strategies to regulate the internal communicative environment, for example by adopting a common corporate language, or deploy language management tools such as language training for employees or use of translation services. However, these language policies may have consequences unanticipated by the management, and could possibly affect the company in ways far beyond the scope of the linguistic-communicative area. This paper attempts to examine the role of corporate language policies and their effects for the internal communication patterns of a MNC. It is argued that the importance of language as a precondition for successful employee collaboration implies that language policies should not be developed in isolation from the organisational context, but instead be employed with the purpose of supporting the overall goals and objectives of the corporation. If the MNC fails to adequately address the language issue of its organisation, the problems may potentially escalate to the extent that they negatively affect the operation of the firm and its economic performance. Finally, it is argued that language policies can be both reactive, building on previous language experiences, and proactive, as a management tool to help shape the future language practices of a company and its employees. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8685 Files in this item: 1
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Sudzina, Frantisek; Razmerita, Liana (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Due to advances of technology including faster and ubiquitously accessible Internet connection, on-line gaming have grown tremendously in the last couple of years. The aim of this paper is to investigate whether escapist motives for playing games are linked to strengthening of weak ties through on-line gaming. The research investigates Facebook and other on-line games separately. A surprising result is that while most of the investigated escapist motives are positively correlated with strengthening of weak ties, the mundane breaking motive is negatively correlated with strengthening of weak ties. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8603 Files in this item: 1
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Sudzina, Frantisek; Razmerita, Liana (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Due to advances of technology including faster and ubiquitously accessible Internet connection, on-line gaming have grown tremendously in the last couple of years. The aim of this paper is to investigate whether escapist motives for playing games are linked to strengthening of weak ties through on-line gaming. The research investigates Facebook and other on-line games separately. A surprising result is that while most of the investigated escapist motives are positively correlated with strengthening of weak ties, the mundane breaking motive is negatively correlated with strengthening of weak ties. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8620 Files in this item: 1
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Schachtenhaufen, Ruben (Frederiksberg, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Med udgangspunkt i det danske talesprogskorpus DanPASS undersøges tilbøjeligheden til fonetisk reduktion i dansk talesprog i forhold til en række intralingvistiske faktorer. I undersøgelsen udføres en kortlægning mellem 300.000 fonemer og foner. På baggrund af denne kortlægning er det muligt at danne et meget detaljeret billede af både hvor i sproget den fonetiske realisering afviger fra den fonologisk forudsagte form, og naturen af denne afvigelse. I afhandlingen fokuseres der på den type afvigelser der kan karakteriseres som reduktioner, dvs. svækkelse og bortfald af de enkelte lydsegmenter. De reducerede forekomster sammenlignes med de øvrige annoterede lag i korpusset, herunder grammatiske, informationsstrukturelle og prosodiske forhold. Det demonstreres at tilbøjeligheden til reduktion, såvel som reduktionernes fonetisk resultat, i høj grad er knyttet til lingvistisk faktorer, såsom ordklasse, grammatisk funktion, ny vs. kendt information, fokus, emfase mm. foruden en række fonologiske faktorer. Reduktioner bliver ofte betragtet som sprogligt ukrudt, men på baggrund af den systematiske sammenhæng med informationsbærende elementer i sproget, virker det rimeligt at betragte reduktioner som funktionelle elementer, der er understøttende for kommunikationen snarere end forstyrrende. I afhandlingen udforskes og dokumenteres en række tilbøjeligheder som ikke tidligere er undersøgt i dansk, og kun sparsomt i internationale sammenhænge. Herigennem opnås et dybere indblik i dansk lydstruktur og de mønstre som reduktioner generelt ser ud til at følge. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8676 Files in this item: 1
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Evidens fra er-kontraktion og enhedstryk i danskAnker Jensen, Per (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Denne artikel udforsker interaktionen mellem fonologi og syntaks på grundlag af brugen af erkontraktion i dansk. Artiklen kortlægger de typiske kontekster hvor denne kontraktion er mulig og rejser derefter spørgsmålet om hvordan det kan forklares at kontraktion i andre sammenhænge er helt uacceptabel. Sammenlign eksempelvis Det er rart, hvor er typisk realiseres som en forlængelse af den udlydende vokal i det, med Fortæl ham hvor rart det er, hvor en tilsvarende sammentrækning af det og er er uacceptabel. Det vises at muligheden for er-kontraktion er forudsigelig ud fra et kendt samspil mellem syntaks og fonologi idet kontraktionsmuligheden – eller umuligheden - hænger tæt sammen med tryktabsforbindelser og enhedstryk, jf. fx Rischel 1983, Thomsen 1990, Hansen og Lund 1983, Hansen og Heltoft 2011, Basbøll 2005, Herslund 2005. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8485 Files in this item: 1
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Data-driven prosodic feature assignment for diphone synthesisJuel Henrichsen, Peter (Frederiksberg, 2)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Today's synthetic voices are largely based on diphone synthesis (DiSyn) and unit selection synthesis (UnitSyn). In most DiSyn systems, prosodic envelopes are generated with formal models while UnitSyn systems refer to extensive, highly indexed sound databases. Each approach has its drawbacks; such as low naturalness (DiSyn) and dependence on huge amounts of background data (UnitSyn). We present a hybrid model based on high-level speech data. As preliminary tests show, prosodic models combining DiSyn style at the phone level with UnitSyn style at the supra-segmental levels may approach UnitSyn quality on a DiSyn footprint. Our test data are Danish, but our algorithm is language neutral. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8595 Files in this item: 1
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Anker Jensen, Per (Frederiksberg, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: These lecture notes present the basic principles of phrase structure that apply in English. We start by presenting in some detail the most complex phrase type in English, the noun phrase. Having done that, we demonstrate that all the other main phrase types, the AP, the PP and the VP, are modelled on the same structural principles as noun phrases. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8675 Files in this item: 1
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A dual-layer Danish speech corpus for perception studiesChristiansen, Thomas Ulrich; Juel Henrichsen, Peter (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this paper, we present the newly established Danish speech corpus PiTu. The corpus consists of recordings of 28 native Danish talkers (14 female and 14 male) each reproducing (i) a series of nonsense syllables, and (ii) a set of authentic natural language sentences. The speech corpus is tailored for investigating the relationship between early stages of the speech perceptual process and later stages. We present our considerations involved in preparing the experimental set-up, producing the anechoic recordings, compiling the data, and exploring the materials in linguistic research. We report on a small pilot experiment demonstrating how PiTu and similar speech corpora can be used in studies of prosody as a function of semantic content. The experiment addresses the issue of whether the governing principles of Danish prosody assignment is mainly talker-specific or mainly content-typical (under the specific experimental conditions). The corpus is available at http://amtoolbox.sourceforge.net/pitu/. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8619 Files in this item: 1
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A Multi-lingual Speech Corpus for Cognitive ResearchJuel Henrichsen, Peter; Uneson, Marcus (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We present the speech corpus SMALLWorlds (Spoken Multi-lingual Accounts of Logically Limited Worlds), newly established and still growing. SMALLWorlds contains monologic descriptions of scenes or worlds which are simple enough to be formally describable. The descriptions are instances of content-controlled monologue: semantically "pre-specified" but still bearing most hallmarks of spontaneous speech (hesitations and filled pauses, relaxed syntax, repetitions, self-corrections, incomplete constituents, irrelevant or redundant information, etc.) as well as idiosyncratic speaker traits. In the paper, we discuss the pros and cons of data so elicited. Following that, we present a typical SMALLWorlds task: the description of a simple drawing with differently coloured circles, squares, and triangles, with no hints given as to which description strategy or language style to use. We conclude with an example on how SMALLWorlds may be used: unsupervised lexical learning from phonetic transcription. At the time of writing, SMALLWorlds consists of more than 250 recordings in a wide range of typologically diverse languages from many parts of the world, some unwritten and endangered. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8618 Files in this item: 1
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Christiansen, Thomas Ulrich; Juel Henrichsen, Peter (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Digital hearing aids use a variety of advanced digital signal processing methods in order to improve speech intelligibility. These methods are based on knowledge about the acoustics outside the ear as well as psychoacoustics. This paper investigates the recent observation that speech elements with a high degree of information can be robustly identified based on basic acoustic properties, i.e., function words have greater spectral tilt than content words for each of the 18 Danish talkers investigated. In this paper we examine these spectral tilt differences as a function of time based on a speech material six times the duration of previous investigations. Our results show that the correlation of spectral tilt with information content is relatively constant across time, even if averaged across talkers. This indicates that it is possible to devise a robust method for estimating information density in the speech signal based on computationally simple short-term band-level differences. The principle described here has the potential to improve speech transduction in hearing aids and cochlear implants. In addition, the concept of information-based speech transduction may also be applicable in automatic speech recognition systems. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8617 Files in this item: 1
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En rapport fra implementering af Sprogkernen I's anbefalingerLenstrup, Christine; Faizi, A. Zaki; Pals Svendsen, Lisbet; Mondahl, Margrethe (, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Formålet med denne rapport er at undersøge i hvilket omfang IKT skaber motivation, interaktion, samarbejde og refleksion i forbindelse med tilegnelsen af interkulturel handlingskompetence. Vores hypotese er, at anvendelsen af forskellige former for IKT i undervisningen kan være med til at øge elevernes motivation og arbejdsindsats og derigennem også deres udbytte af undervisningen, således at eleverne opnår en højere grad af deep learning end uden IKT. For at eftervise vores hypotese, gennemførte vi i efteråret og vinteren 2011/2012 kvalitative empiriske undersøgelser i samarbejde med to udvalgte gymnasieskoler. Mere præcist udførte vi fokusgruppeinterviews med elever og lærere. Efter at have analyseret vores data, kom vi frem til nogle resultater, hvoraf nogle er positive og andre mindre positive: • IKT skaber motivation • IKT har en positiv effekt på interaktion og samarbejde • IKT fremmer elevernes evne til at reflektere over egen læring Men: • IKT fører ikke nødvendigvis til internalisering af viden • IKT kan opfattes som useriøst og irrelevant i en læringssammenhæng Baseret på ovennævnte resultater, når vi frem til følgende 4 anbefalinger: • IKT skal italesættes i langt højere grad end hidtil og bør være tydeligt defineret som en løftestang i læringskonteksten • IKT skal italesættes systematisk, således at det er et relevant læringsværktøj • IKT muliggør etablering af sociale kontekster, som kan etablere interaktion med andre sprogbrugere, og bør derfor tilpasses den didaktiske kontekst og eksponere eleverne mindre end traditionel klasseundervisning. • IKT-‐anvendelse bør evalueres løbende i forhold til fagrelevans og læringsmål URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8638 Files in this item: 1
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Towards a Framework of Personalization TechniquesRazmerita, Liana; Nabeth, Thierry; Kirchner, Kathrin (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper aims to elaborate on the role of user modelling for personalization and enhanced attention support. User modelling is an important element in the management of personal profiles and identity of users, but also a key element for providing adaptive features and personalized interaction. In this paper, we present personalization as the process consisting on the customization, and the adaptation of the interaction along the structure, the content, the modality, the presentation and the level of attention required. The paper surveys personalization techniques and provides concrete examples of personalized interaction. In particular, the paper focuses on the role of user modeling for enhanced, personalized user support within interactive applications. The key contribution of the paper is to propose a framework of personalization techniques and to identify new forms of personalization that aim at taking into account human cognitive capabilities and emotions. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8602 Files in this item: 1
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Abstract: Valency deals with the question of how many participants a certain verb logically presupposes in order for the event denoted by the verb to be realizable. For instance, it takes only one individual to carry out a sleeping event. Each and every one of us can do that without any assistance from others. Therefore, we say that a verb (or verbs) denoting a sleeping event presupposes one argument, namely the individual doing the sleeping. A full sentence describing a sleeping event, then, typically consists of an appropriate form of the verb plus a phrase, typically an NP denoting the individual who sleeps, as in (1): (1) John sleeps Accordingly, the verb sleeps is described as belonging to the class of Mono-valent verbs, which comprises all intransitive verbs, die, wither, walk, run, liquidate, etc.. In this sentence the argument is realized as an NP with the sentential grammatical function of subject, and the subject has the semantic role of AGENT. Note that sleeping is an intentional act since (more often than not) you can decide whether you want to sleep or not1. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8673 Files in this item: 1
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^aH The Word Carrier VOLUME XXVIII. HELPING THE RIGHT, EXPOSING THE WRONG. NTXMHEU I. SANTEE AGENCY, NEBRASKA. APRIL, i8qq. FIFTY CENTS PER YEAR. OUR PLATFORM. For Indians we want American Education! We want American Homes! We want American Rights! Tlie result of which is American Citizenship! And the gospel is the Power of God for their Salvation' INDIAN FARMERS' INSTITUTES. Why not have them ? Many of the Indians have enough experience to make them appreciate explanations concerning the why and wherefore of things. Some of them too can tell of what they have tried to do, and of their partial success. The program of topics would of course depend upon the particular lines of industry possible in each section. To tnose in the arid regions the topics would be limited to cattle raising and tentative efforts at irrigation. Even these interests would be excited by the knowledge of the work carried on elsewhere, which affected their markets. So far the Indians assemble onlyfor religious meetings, for talking over government claims, or gambling. It were well to make a diversion from the last two in favor of considering their own resources and the results of honest labor. Every treaty we have made with the Indians in the past eighty years has been ostensibly for the laudable purpose of leading them on to civilization; while the administration of our Indian affairs has been conspicuous for its lack of effort along that line. What has been done has .been accidental rather than the result of intelligent forethought and a consistent plan. We notice with pleasure the reports of a very successful farmers' Institute of the State of Wisconsin, held with the Oneida Indians of Wisconsin. This session of the institute was secured to them largely through the efforts of Superintendent Charles F. Pierce of the Oneida School, formerly of Santee Agency. According to the accounts the Indians were greatly interested. clinched. A two-hole rubber stop per is inserted in the lower end of the chimney and glass tubes put through even with the upper side of the stopper. From these, rubber tubes lead 10 the basin of water A HYDRAULIC PRESS MADE IN SCHOOL. In Intiian education we are bound to use the very best methods and we must bave apparatus to correspond. What we are financially unable to buy we must make. If we can not make apparatus according to the conventional pattern we invent some plan that we can make it on. At any rate we must have it. We are as good as dead if not progressive. ., Intermediate schools, high schools, academies, and even colleges neglect to demonstrate the principles of hydraulic pressure, because they cannot afford to buy the apparatus. The smallest model of a hydraulic press, from the apparatus manufacturers, costs about $25.00. But here is one for twenty-five cents! t And it will easily lift the heaviest pupil in the class—150 or 200 pounds. No 1, is an argand lamp chimney arranged as a pump. The plunger is a spool wound with cotton twine to fit the chimney. A piece of telegraph wire is bent for a lifter. The spool is bored for the ends of the wire, which are sharpened to project through and then No. 2, and to the section of lamp chimney, No. 3. A small tack is stuck through a bit of leather and fastened over the entrance of the tube from the basin. When the plunger is raised in the chimney, water is drawn from the basin, to which it cannot return because of the valve just mentioned. When the plunger is lowered the water is driven into the cylinder No. 3. Over the entrance to No. 3, there is a valve like the one in No. 1, so that the water forced into No. 3, cannot return. From the cylinder No. 3, the way is open into the rubber bag, No. 4. The bag is a common hot water bag which may be borrowed for the occasion and sustain no injury. Fit a pipe to screw into the mouth of the bag, onto a rubber hose washer to make the connection tight. Have the pipe taper off to tit the rubber hose that projects from the rubber stopper in the cylinder No. 3. To complete the press place the rubber bag between two boards that may be connected by leather hinges. Now start the pump. -When all is in order a pressure of the little tinger on the plunger in No. 1, will raise the heaviest pupil, in the class.—Frederick B. Riggs, in School Journal. AN INDIAN HERO. Soon after Manitoba was formed into a province of the Dominion of Canada there was a great deal of adventurous travel into the vast regions beyond. Men in search of gold or game or mere adventure traveled some thousands of miles farther on to the great West and North. For their support, beyond what their guns secured for them, they depended wholly on the supplies which were each summer carted into that land by ox-trains over the long prairie trails. With but little warning, the terrible small-pox broke out among the whites and Indians in those remote regions and wrought fearful havoc among them. To keep it from entering into the new province of Manitoba, the governor instituted the most vigorous quarantine regulations. In spite of the urgent pleadings of the friends of those who were in danger of starvation in those remote regions, he positively refused to allow the quarantine to be | broken. The serious question then I was. What can be done to get food to those hundreds of people who are in such danger? After many plans had been suggested, which all proved abortive, it was decided that a deputation should go north to Norway House and see if some scores of the Christian Indians at the mission there could not be secured to undertake the perilous work of taking the food 1,200 miles up the great Saskatchewan river, where it would be accessible to to the perishing ones. Samuel Papanekis had been the best guide on the great Saskatchewan river for many years. He knew its shifting sand-bars and dangerous places, and so now, in this trying hour, he could accomplish this dangerous trip so surrounded with unknown perils, if he had moral courage sufficient for the ordeal. When in an Indian council he was consulted about his undertaking the fearful risks of going on for 500 miles after they had reached the plague-infected district, he asked for some time for consultation and prayer. When he again met with the deputation, he bravely spoke as follows : "We will go and carry the food to our white brothers, although we have seen them not." After a memorable Sunday with their families and the missionary in the house of God, they started off on their long journey. They weregone for ten long, anxious weeks. They had any amount of hardships, as they had to row their heavy-laden boats against the current the whole of that immense distance. When 700 miles of the journey had been accomplished, they began to see sad evidences of the ravages of tlie fatal pestilence. Disease and death were in many of the wigwams on each side of the river, as rapidly and carefully the rescue party pushed along. At times the sad wailings for the dead could be distinctly heard. Samuel's heart was full of sorrow for them, and he and his men gave what gifts they could, placing them where they could be picked up when the boats had passed on. Many of the men were depressed by these sad si-enes, but Samuel's words of cheery hopefulness and courage were heard day and night. He kept his men to their work by being ever at the front himself, and at length succeeded in landing the supplies at a designated island in the middle of the great river. Then the brigade of boats at once started on the return journey. Samuel, ' ever solicitous for the safety of his men, kept careful watch day and night that not once should the shore be touched. Faithfully and well did he fill til his trust, and grandly succeeded, without the loss of a man. But so tremendous had been the strain on Samuel himself, that soon after his return tlie reaction set in, and in spite of all that we could do for him he slipped away triumphantly from us to the Paradise of God. Ere he left us he said that he was so thankful that he had been able to be of some little service and do a helpful act for the white race, for they had brought to him and his people the Bible with its sweet story of the Gospel which had made his heart rejoice.—Rev. Eger- ton R. Young, in The New Voice. INDIAN CHARMS. One evening as I sat in the lodge of an Indian chief, says the Rev. Dr. MacLean, taking notes on the customs relating to the people, the chief taking up his war bonnet placed it on my head, and putting in front of it the head of a squirrel, said : Now you can go to tight your enemies, and they will not be able to harm you. When I go to fight I wear this bonnet with this charm in front of it, which, when I am not using, I keep in my medicine-bag. My enemies shoot at me but the bullets fly all around me. They are not able to harm me when I wear this charm. When a young man intends to become a medicine-man, he fasts and prays until there is revealed to him his god, in the shape of a bird or animal which he seeks, and carries with him as his protector and guide. Every young man must seek a god to protect him. The representation of this god he carries at all times. The skins of the animals and birds seen in visions are stuffed and worn on the person. War charms were borne upon poles as standards,and these were held to be sacred in war. Such was the faith in the potency of these charms, that, when the standard-bearer was slain, their courage departed, and they were easily defeated by the enemy. But these charms were not worn for protection only. Charms were worn and potions were drunk by the native women of British Columbia to ensure the love and faithfulness of their husbands. Then the hunter and the warrior were accustomed to carry with them the representations of their guardian spirits to secure game in times of scarcity, and success in hunting, and to give victory on the field of battle. With all their superstitious reverence for these things, they are only doing what mans people of culture have done, although surrounded by all the blessings of a higher civilization and sustained by a nobler faith. When an Indian wears a charm as a protection against witchcraft, he is but doing exactly the same as our ancestors did one hundred years ago.—Progress. Under the guidance of Mr. Arthur Tibbetts the Y. M. C. A. of Santee has opened a reading room at the agency which pronusis to be a popular and helpful place of meeting for the young men. Besides plenty of good reading matter to be found here are some excellent games which those" who can not enjoy reading can take part in. No smoking is allowed and only the best things countenanced. Before closing each night a short prayer and praise service is held to which nearly all remain.
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Huskies defeated by the Thunder Bay Border Cats 11-3
The Huskies failed to extend their winning streak Monday night, falling to the Border Cats 11-3. The Huskies move to (12-8) on the season. They are one game back in the division.
The game started out competitive in the early going with Huskies scoring the first two runs of the game driven in by DH Tanner Lubach.
The wheels fell off in 8th inning when reliever Cole Echols allowed four earned runs in just 1 2/3 innings of work, which essentially put the game of reach for the Huskies.
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High school wrestling: How area athletes fared at the state tournament on March 1
106 pounds: Kenny Hoberney, North — Lost by 9-5 decision to Groveport Madison's Shakur Laney; was eliminated by an 8-5 decision loss to Pickerington North's Payton Gutierrez.
126: Jarrad Lasko, Madison — Won by 3-1 decision over Cincinnati Princeton's Brandon Selmon; Lost by 5-1 decision to Hilliard Davidson's Bobby Smith; will face Columbus St. Charles' Tim Rooney in the consolation bracket today.
132: Nick Boggs, Riverside — Won by 3-2 decision over Brecksville-Broadview Heights' Sonny Lucas; Lost by 9-5 decision to Uniontown Lake's Zac Carson; will face Gahanna Lincoln's Kasee McDougle in the consolation bracket today.
138: Nick Montgomery, Madison — Pinned Lorain's Elijah Garcia in 3:38; Pinned Fairfield's Adam Sams in 5:02; will face Marysville's Noah Forrider for the state championship today
160: T.J. Smith, Brush — Was eliminated by a 7-4 decision loss to Dublin Coffman's Markell Wooden
220: Evan Rosborough, Riverside — Won by 5-1 decision over Dublin Jerome's Brett Mowery; Lost by 6-2 decision to Cincinnati Moeller's Chalmer Frueauf; will face Springfield's Devin Nye in the consolation bracket today.
113: Brad Taton, Lake Catholic — Won by 4-1 decision over Milan Edison's Jude Michel; was pinned by Uhrichville Claymont's Tyler Warner in 2:29; will face Miami Trace's Trent Duffy for seventh place today
113: Collin Dees, Perry — Won by 7-4 decision over Uhrichsville Claymont's Dustin Warner; Lost by 7-2 decision to Bellbrook's Cameron Kelly; will face Whitehall-Yearling's Ana Abdujell in the consolation bracket today. Continued...
120: Walker Chieffe, University — Was eliminated with a 2-1 decision loss to SVSM's Garret Carter
126: Anthony Tutolo, Lake Catholic — Won by 4-3 decision over Wauseon's Wade Hodges; won by 6-2 decision over Canton South's D.J. Schoeppner; will face SVSM' Mike Rix for a state championship today.
132: Aaran Gessic, Perry — Won by 5-1 decision over Fairfield Union's Steward Oehlers; Lost by 3-2 decision to Kenton Ridge's Preston Bowshier; will face Walsh Jesuit's Nolan Whitely in the consolation bracket today.
160: Alec Schenk, Perry — Won by 8-4 decision over Indian Lake's L.J. Henderson; Lost by 4-2 decision to Wauseon's Aaron Schuette; will face Ravenna's Logan Reaser in the consolation bracket today.
195: Evan Nichols, Perry — Lost by default to Sandusky's Isaiah Margheim; won by 7-3 decision over Washington Courthouse's Cameron Shaw; Pinned CVCA's Nick Havener in 4:00; will face Minerva's Harrison Hoppel in the consolation bracket today.
195: Jimmy Szep, Lake Catholic — Was pinned by Minerva's Harrison Hoppel in 2:50; won by 7-1 decision over Tri-Valley's Austin Jones; Lost by 7-3 decision to Hamilton Ross' Tyler Bridwell; will face CVCA's Nick Havener for seventh place today.
HVY: Billy Miller, Perry — Pinned Oak Harbor's T.J. Lawrence in 3:54; won by 8-3 decision over Plain City Jonathan Alder's Dustin Kuhlwein; will face Whitehall-Yearling's Alex Farrow for a state championship today.
126: Evan Francis, Kirtland — Was eliminated with an 8-4 decision loss to Martin Ferry's Damon Outward.
152: Seth King, Hawken — Won by 2-1 decision over Cincinnati Madeira's Tyler Williamson; was pinned by Upper Sandusky's Alex Kenner in 2:18; will face Galion Northmor's Colin Visconti for seventh place today. Continued...
195: Evan Brettrager, Kirtland — Lost by 2-1 overtime decision to Carlisle's Marcus Smith; won by 5-1 decision over Versailles' Kyle Dieringer; won by 8-4 decision over Heath's Gunner Loughman; will face Loudonville's Ryan Weber in the consolation bracket today.
220: Caleb Fry, Cardinal — Won by 5-4 decision over Genoa's Jay Nino; was pinned by Hannibal River's Joseph Dotson in 4:27; will face Coldwater's Justin Post for seventh place today.
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Monday, September 18, 2006
Community of the Kingdom - The "Look" of Jesus
Have you ever wondered what a Christian looks like? Recently this question was posed to me. It caught me off guard so I responded with a few superficial answers. Yet I was dissatisfied with my responses so I turned to the Scripture to help in determine what a Christian looks like.
The proper place to begin, is to find out what the Savior looked like. As I read through the Gospels seeking an answer to my question I began to notice a certain look over and over again. At the center of the Gospels is the remarkable compassionate love of Jesus. It is in plain view, yet we sometimes do miss it.
I read John's reflections on Christ's mission as being about saving, not condemnation (John 3.17). The Master's compassion for one caught in the very act of a capital "crime" is almost shocking (John 8). I noticed Jesus using the image of the Good Shepherd who gives himself in service to others (John 10.10-11). Luke told me that Jesus explained his whole purpose for living included the goals of freedom, healing and releasing the oppressed (Luke 4.18-19).
My journey through the Gospels revealed the Master gripped with compassion as he saw people as helpless sheep without a shepherd (Matt. 9.36). His heart ached when he saw the sick (Matt. 14.14) and he literally broke down at the death of a friend (John 11.35). His love was aroused for two blind men outside the ancient city of Jericho (Matt. 20.34). The masses of men, women and children hungry moved him deeply (Matt. 15.32). When a lady experienced the tragedy of death in her family, we read that Jesus' "heart went out to her." I noticed that Jesus was even willing to risk the censure of the church folks in order to "do good" (Luke 6.6-11).
As I continued to read through the Gospels wondering "what does a Christian look like" I came across these words from the Messiah's lips "love one another as I have loved you. By THIS everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another" (John 13.34-35). I dawned on me that the "look" or "mark" of a Christian was none other than the "look" or "mark" of Jesus himself. What Jesus looked like was compassion pure and simple. Compassionate love! That is the answer to my question. Christians, real Christians, will have the look of Jesus. Jesus said that his look, the look of love, will be the mark of all Christians.
The community of the kingdom of God is filled with little Christ's filled with and moved by compassionate love. Herein is heart of the Christian ... and the Church.
Bobby Valentine
23 comments:
- Candle (C & L) said...
Bobby- Good stuff. I remember being impressed by a book by Francis Schaffer called the "Mark
of the Christian"
You may be familiar with this but if not Google
Francis Schaffer Mark of Christian
Anyhow -- he makes that point --"Love" is THE defining mark of the Christian --
I have preached and taught this lesson a number of times but I have consistently failed to live it.
Thank God for his grace (and for ocassionally giving me the humility to recognize that if I can't live the greatest command why should I be so dogmatic and insist that others completely obey "lesser commands" (especially when I may not even understand what God intended by those things I see clearly as commands!!!)
God Bless
Charlie - 5:47 AM
- Velcro said...
Good post. One of my prayers every morning is that God help me to love other people. It's a big weakness of mine.
- MommyHAM said...
I hear what you're saying, and agree, with one distinction: the answer one gets with What does a Christian look like isn't always in line with What should a Christian look like. (I believe the answer to the latter is exactly what your post talks about).
I think you touched on that with, That is the answer to my question. Christians, real Christians, will have the look of Jesus, but I just wanted to put it out there.
So many times "Christians" don't look like they should and yet because they wear the label and packaging, many are put off by the disconnect with what our Bible professes.
It's hard trying to reconcile our humanity with the great command to Love Like Christ. - 8:23 AM
- Ben Overby said...
I agree that to look like Jesus is to be marked by love. But I wonder if you haven't gone too far, or perhaps found what you were "looking" for when you distill, not the multiple rays of love obvious in the narratives, but a single beam, namely compassionate love.
Compassion is only one expression of love, and hence, only one attribute of Christ's love for us. Love for others is born out of love for God, and love for God (and Christ) is marked out by obedience (whoever has my commandments and keeps them it is he who loves me . . . if anyone loves me he will keep my word). Jesus' compassion for man is no more exalted than His obedience to the Father, nor is Jesus' appeal for submission to the Father less a part of the narratives than the depictions of His willingness to touch lepers, etc. Peter, James, John, and Paul, were early Christ followers, early little "Christs," and they were marked by a rich, multi-flavored love that manifested itself in submission to the Lord as King as well as compassion, or better yet, submission to the Lord as King which worked its way out into the community in feeding widows and as explicit truth appeals to bow the knee, unclench the fists, and pledge solidarity with the King. We can sum this up in Jesus in a handful of his final words, "Not my will, but Yours be done," and "Father forgive them, they don't know what they're doing." There's more to be said about love than just obedience and compassion; the real energy of the cosmos can certainly be parsed out into more than two categories, but if love is the defining mark of Jesus, then, as you rightly point out, it will be the mark of us all, and it will look like His love, robust and far more complex than any single quality. - 8:33 AM
- Stoned-Campbell Disciple said...
Ben thank you for your thoughtful comments. I do not see in my blog however any kind of tension between love as compassion and love as obedience. Being compassionate is in fact being obedient. Jesus' compassion is the result, or better the expression, of his obedient self-condescension on our behalf.
Thus any community that claims to be of the kingdom will be supremely a place of compassion. There is no greater obedience than love.
Bobby Valentine - 9:11 AM
- L.E.Meredith said...
Great insight, you just can't be Christian without Christ.
- john alan turner said...
I think if you look in the context you'll find that whenever Jesus talks about love manifesting itself as obedience he's just talked about the need to love others around us. In fact, he sums it up by saying, "A new command I give you: Love one another as I have loved you."
In other words, Jesus seems to say over and over that if we love him we'll obey his command to love others. That's the obedience he's talking about.
Even James' argument about faith manifesting itself in deeds is set in the context of how we treat others.
It all seems to come back to (1) love God; (2) love others. - 9:55 AM
- Ben Overby said...
John Allen, thanks. Note that I agree with Bobby that we are to love others, but that my point was that love manifests itself in any number of ways, including compassion (see Bobby) and obedience (my note). Those who look like Christ have the look of more than supreme compassion, they also have the look of man in the garden, late at night, sweating drops of blood, as He struggles with doing the Fathers will. That Jesus is evident in the narratives as the leper-touching Jesus. But, of course, it's all--as I noted in the earlier post--love.
To love others, we must love Him, as per your reference to John 14. Loving Jesus is, therefore, more foundational than loving others, because (a) we can't love others until (b) we love our self appropriately, which is (c) impossible unless we love Christ fully. It's out of that dynamic that we find the grace to serve others; we see the same thing in Jesus. He loved the Father, and out of that relationship found the power to love us. Therefore, if we want to slide the qualities up and down the scale until we get them in the right order, I believe we'll see compassion is a second order manifestation, splendid and holy, but not more primary than love (not compassion) for God. A church can be supremely compassionate about the pain around them; Habitat for Humanity can, in fact, manifest wonderful expressions of Christ-like compassion, but the glory of Jesus' compassion is that we know it was based on a commitment to glorifying the Father on earth (the work He came to do, Jn 17). When glorifying God becomes our chief aim, compassion and all the rest will follow, but we can have the latter without the former, and when we do we only promote a shallow pseudo-Christianity. - 11:18 AM
- Danny said...
Good post Bobby.
I am reminded of the old Theophilus cartoons (I dunno if anyone else even knows about these things) in which a boy asked his dad what a Christian looked like.
The dad replied by saying a Christian would be honest, caring, kind, compassionate,loving etc.
The son responds by asking, "Have I ever seen one?"
I think others are asking that question too. - 12:57 PM
- Ben Overby said...
The tension arises from the fact that Jesus taught us to love our neighbor, not simply to have compassion on him. As noted, obedience and compassion are both expressions of love, but obedience without compassion isn't obedience, and compassion without obedience isn't Christian. Back to your original blog, what did Jesus look like? He looked like love. What does love look like? More, much more, than compassion. Some will argue tooth and nail that the discipline of Mt. 18 or 1 Co. 5 isn't compassionate, and that, therefore, we ought not judge, and all the rest. Because they look at Jesus and see compassion as supreme, they allow compassion to have a qualifying effect on other clear truths, reshaping Jesus into a more politically correct, non-threatening image, while pulling the lid shut on their candlestick. When I look at Jesus I see love in its wonder and paradoxes, a love that can hang on the cross for our sins on the one hand, and a love that can threaten to vomit lukewarm churches out on the other. If He looks like all of that, then what should we look like? - 1:01 PM
- Stoned-Campbell Disciple said...
Ben I truly do love and respect you but I demure from your analysis of compassionate love. Jesus is truly threatening in all of his compassion whether to the secularist or the religionist.
The basic identity of the commmunity of God is tied up in compassion. Compassion is the nexus of doctrine and ethics. Thus Milan Kundera has written that compassion is the "heaviest virtue." But why? For three reasons I suspect:
1) Biblical compassion begins with understanding.
To feel another's pain or suffering we must know of the burden that is pressing. We must listen long and hard. Thielecke wrote "Tell me how much you know of the sufferings of your fellowman and I will tell you how much you love them."
2) Biblical compassion brings not simply understanding but willingness to bear that burden as one's own. In the Greek at least two words indicate that compassion involves such an engagment or ownership of the burden that anger can be produced at the situation. John 11.33,38 are one example. As Jesus is "deeply moved" he is literally snorting mad at the situation that has befallen his friends. Our whole being is drawn into the "burden."
3) Biblical compassion finds its goal in our identification with the suffering. This is the basic principle of Jesus' own incarnation.
I cannot imagine this kind of compassion being non-threatening. It threatens the church and it threatens the world.
Blessings my brother.
Bobby Valentine - 1:26 PM
- Josh Stump said...
Bobby, good points to ponder as always. For some reason, it made me think of the Adam's Family movie when Wednesday, dressed as she always is, was asked what she was going as for Halloween. She replied, "I'm going dressed as a homicidal maniack, they look just like everyone else."
In addition to being a pretty funny line, it also made me think that this is too often the case for Christians. What does a modern American Christian look like? Everyone else. What should they look like? Now there's a different question. I'm not trying to be negative. Many Christians stand out with the light of Christ, but so often the pressures of society to conform to it outweigh our strength to be radical in our love.
So, my point is just that Christians should be nothing like homicidal maniacs. I hope that helps. - 3:32 PM
- cwinwc said...
With the mindset of being Jesus to each other within the church as well as to the world, our history would have far less "friendly fire casualties."
- Falantedios said...
Are you suggesting that AGAPE and SPANCHIZOMAI are synonymous? Because it seems to me that compassion is an expression of agape-love. Is the fury of Jesus driving the moneychangers with a whip 'compassionate'? Is Matthew 23 compassionate to all?
Maybe our 2006 definition of compassion needs to be shaped by Jesus' example, rather than the more common practice of taking what the world defines as compassion (or authority, but that's a whole different discussion) and saying that Jesus does (and the Bible teaches) THAT.
just some thoughts...
Nick - 7:14 PM
- Ancient Wanderer said...
Compassionate love!
Does "Compassionate love!" mean "Compassionate love!" only?
Does "Compassionate love!" mean that looking like Jesus includes "Compassionate love!"?
Certainly Jesus showed compassion. How could He not...He's God. But:
All that Jesus did was summed up not in individual actions but in a compilation of all that He did in order to complete His mission. John 17.4 "I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do."
Jesus "looked like Jesus" because of His nature. We are to become as much like that nature in Christ as possible...what does that entail? Everything and no one thing.
John knew what Jesus "looked like" before any single or compiled "acts of compassion" were completed...because John knew WHO Jesus was-
John 1.29b "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!"
We have (it seems to me) tried to find a single neat little definition that is both at once attainable and also too nebulous to ever attain. Esoteric Christianity is nice but it's too cheap to honor the Cross. It's also easier to achieve and avoid (just saying not accusing).
For example: Luke 4.18-19 is this a mission to end poverty, slavery, and injustice? Or, a mission to open the eyes of the self-righteous, bring salvation to those captive to sin, and hope to those contending with God?
I've said this before: If it is the former then Jesus failed because when He ascended there was poverty, slavery and injustice still rampant in the world. But if it was the latter...then Jesus accomplished His mission. - 9:19 PM
- preacherman said...
Excellent thoughts as always.
I heard a story that when Mother Teresa won the nobel prize she was asked about why served the sick and dying in Calcutta. She responded with,"I don't serve the sick and dying in Calcutta, I serve Christ and it is His face I see on the sick and dying in Calcutta." Oh, for more love and compassion to those around us especially those in the Kingdom. Do we see? Do we really see Christ in our fellow brothers and sister? If we did would it change our view of the kingdom? Thank you Bobby for your insights about the Kingdom. - 10:52 PM
- Ben Overby said...
Bobby, we share the same kingdom agenda, therefore I want to be careful not to quibble over words. I want to press this issue only a bit further, with the prayer that it is somehow helpful as we think about who we are in the kingdom of God. I invite C.S. Lewis to say something about our responsibility to others, pulling from his profound piece on the Weight of Glory, where he concluded his remarks this way: "There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilization—these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit—immortal horrors or everlasting splendors. This does not mean that we are to be perpetually solemn. We must play. But our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest kind) which exists between people who have, from the outset, taken each other seriously—no flippancy, no superiority, no presumption. And our charity must be a real and costly love, with deep feeling for the sins in spite of which we love the sinner—no mere tolerance or indulgence which parodies love as flippancy parodies merriment. Next to the Blessed Sacrament itself, your neighbor is the holiest object presented to your senses. If he is your Christian neighbor he is holy in almost the same way, for in him also Christ 'vere latitat'—the glorifier and the glorified, Glory Himself, is truly hidden."
Lewis sounds an overt warning in the midst of other profundities when he declares, "And our charity must be a real costly love, with deep feeling for the sins in spite of which we love the sinner--no mere tolerance or indulgence which parodies love . . .."
The church at Corinth was guilty of presenting only a parody of love; they tolerated sin (1 Co. 5) as if their neighbor wasn't one of the holiest objects presented to their senses. They didn't share the weight of the others glory, and their refusal to help the other get to a place of glory could have easily been passed off as "compassion." That is, it would look dreadfully unloving to refuse fellowship with a brother who was having sex with someone he was deeply in love with (though not married to her), or an idolater, a reviler, a drunk, or a swindler (see vs. 11). How many times have we heard it argued that Jesus came to save sinners, not judge (yet Paul explicitly states that we are to judge!, vs. 12), and therefore we are told that those who are full of compassion will not shun or judge or withdraw from the table of fellowship, fearing that we'll send signals to the world that we aren't loving? And ours is a culture, even a church culture, that tends toward "tolerance and indulgence which parody love," a parody that is often cloaked in the language of compassion. It's a form or compassion that isn't qualified by justice (another weighty matter of the law). Love, however, is both just and compassionate. It cares for the persons highest good, and to know what is good is to know something of justice. So, when I see Jesus, I see love, not one shade of love, but a colorful array, love in all it's glory, a love so dangerous (because it was as just as it was merciful) that it got Him nailed to the cross; my great fear is that we've only accepted a parody of His love, one which only seems to make us more or less palatable to a world that is in desperate need of so much more. - 3:29 AM
- Royce Ogle said...
I am amazed at how something so simple can be so confused my some of our brothers.
Of course, your conclusion is exactly on target. We who are saved bear the marks of Christ. Love unless expressed in compassion is not realy love. Even when Jesus acted and spoke harshly is anyone suggesting that Jesus stopped loving those who were the objects or his indignation? I hope not, that would be a serious error in judgment.
Grace and Peace,
Royce Ogle - 7:39 AM
- Stoned-Campbell Disciple said...
Ok, brothers this is not as difficult as you are making it. We have not defined compassionate love like Barney.
Ben I have no quarrel with Lewis on costly love. I believe I have already said something quite like that using different terms. Simply because the world turns compassionate love into some syrupy concept does not mean I will back away from it. Compassionate love cost Jesus his life and it just might us too.
The heart of God is love. Exodus 34 places "hesed" at the center of the divine being. First John does as well. Hosea lives out what that love means ... the world flees from that kind of love and to often so does the church.
Scripture repeatedly tells us that the greatest commandment is to love God and neighbor. John and James claim that loving God can only be seen in love for neighbor.
Thus if love is the heart of God, and it is the greatest of all commmandments should it surprise us that love is also the "mark" of Jesus in the church?
Don Luke 4 is the mission statement of Jesus according to Luke. It does refer to literal poverty just as the "Beattitudes" in Luke refer to real hunger and real poverty. Jesus is the embodiment of the Jubilee of God the vangaurd of the Kingdom. Luke tells the entire story of Jesus against that backdrop. Hunger and poverty are things that are enemies of God and alien to God's good creation and salvation includes the defeat of these principalities and powers.
Jesus did not fail. The church continues (supposedly) the mission of Jesus which is advancing the Kingdom of God. The consumation of that goal will be at the eschaton.
Bobby Valentine - 7:53 AM
- Ben Overby said...
Bobby, alas we agree! : ) Of course, we usually do anyway. In your original blog you wrote that you saw Jesus as "compassion pure and simple," citing several passages as evidence. I only suggested that you broaden that to more than compassionate love, seeing just love, or in a word "love" in all its colors. John told God is love. He didn't narrow that definition to one particular quality of love. But again, it seems we agree in that your last note stated, "Thus if love is the heart of God, and it is the greatest of all commmandments should it surprise us that love is also the "mark" of Jesus in the church?"
No it shouldn't surprise us! But of course that wasn't the argument. No one disagrees that Jesus is love. It's the qualifier you added when you looked at the text and saw only compassionate love, or compassionate love as supreme quality. - 9:16 AM
- Christopher Gallagher (aka - Gallagher) said...
Is a Christian known by his looks or his reverant character for God?
- Stoned-Campbell Disciple said...
Chris I am sure that you have read through the post and noticed that the term "looks" does not refer to physical features. Thanks for coming by, I hope to see you again.
Bobby Valentine - 11:15 AM
- Falantedios said...
I just this moment found your comment on Fumbling. I'm sorry I haven't responded earlier. I will really miss everyone I met last year. I still feel like the Upper Midwest is somewhere Carly and I could really thrive in the Lord's work, and I really wanted to get to know everyone better. I thought this year would be especially cool because I wouldn't be such a newbie.
But, in good news, during my vacation time that I had reserved for FallHall Glen, I will be undergoing a guided spiritual formation period under a dear friend of ours here in the blogosphere. So if nothing else, I'll finally have some more fodder for Fumbling!
Seriously, though, I pray that all is well with you and Pamella and the girls, and I will miss drinking coffee, eating pie, and devouring God's Word together this year.
in HIS love,
Nick - 10:49 PM


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Bahrain condemned after court upholds life sentences for opposition activists [Al-Alam, Iran]
Presenter, Female #1
In Bahrain, the opposition condemned the rulings issued by the High Court of Appeals against figures of the opposition, and its detained leadership for expressing their opinion. The opposition stated that such rulings hold no value since they were decided on through a vengeful scheme. It placed the responsibility of such rulings on the international community for its pro-government stance, and its failure to take the necessary steps to force Bahrain to comply with international human rights regulations. Opposition forces demanded the immediate release of political leaders, activists, and all those detained for political reasons. The High Court of Appeals upheld rulings against 13 opposition figures, maintaining life sentences for seven of them, while confirming prison terms ranging between 5 to 15 years for the others.
Reporter, Male #1
It doesn't seem these forces are willing to halt their infringements on the rights of unarmed Bahraini citizens, while the ruling class in Manama escalates its repressive practices. The latest was its crackdown on demonstrations organized due to the week-long "loyalty to the rulers" that is held in 12 areas across the country, including al-Diraz, Bilad al-Qadeem, Darazian, al-Nuwaidrat, al-Mkashar.
Reporter, Male #1
The areas in which the authorities intensified their use of pellet bullets and poisonous gas witnessed several injuries and cases of suffocation. Saudi-backed government forces raided a mass rally called for by the opposition in the city of Jidhafs, arresting a number of participants, as youths proceeded to blocking roads with burning tires to prevent government forces from raiding homes and arresting protestors.
Reporter, Male #1
These protestors poured into the street to affirm their support for all those detained in government prisons, especially leading opposition figures. As the authorities freed the killer of child-martyr Husam al-Haddad, the Bahraini Court of Appeals upheld life sentences for seven opposition leaders, who attended the hearing, due to their participation in protests.
Guest, Male #2 (Fadel Abbas, Secretary-General of the Association of the National Democratic Alliance)
The truth is that these rulings, yet again, confirm the regime's insistence on a security solution, and affirm that it won't implement recommendations from the fact-finding report. The report presented by the fact-finding commission is clear; it calls for the release of all those tried today. So we believe that these rulings aimed to belittle and destroy the morale of the Bahraini people, but this has not happened.
Reporter, Male #1
Lawyers said the court chose to uphold prison sentences for 13 of the detainees with periods ranging between two and 15 years. The 13 were not present at this hearing, and include seven who were tried in absentia. They were accused of establishing terror cells in order to overthrow the regime. Among the defendants are rights activist Abdulhadi Alkhawaja and Hassan Mushaima. Government judges had handed down prison sentences in June 2011, including life sentences against members of this group.
Assad holds talks with the head of the Red Cross as violence claims 74 lives across Syria [BBC Arabic, UK]
Presenter, Male #1
The Local Coordination Committees in Syria reported the death toll rose to 74 today with most people killed in the countryside of Damascus. In al-Rastan, a new group of officers announced their defection from the regime; they said they joined the Salaheddine brigade. Meanwhile, regime forces continued to shell several areas in Aleppo, Deir az-Zour, Taftanaz in Idlib, and the neighborhood of al-Khalidiya in Homs.
Reporter, Male #1
The newest development in the military operations is that each side announced control over the other's military sites. Syrian media outlets confirmed that regime forces control large areas in the city of Aleppo, especially around Saif al-Dawla. The Syrian television broadcast live reports and interviews with soldiers from the area.
Guest, Male #3
Since this morning, our brave forces were able to conduct a unique operation to cleanse the area, in the eastern section of Saif al-Dawla, and they were able to eliminate the gunmen in the section of al-Mall al-Sharqi and its surroundings. The forces were able to expel and kill them.
Reporter, Male #2
In the neighborhood of Meyasar in Aleppo, the shelling resulted in the destruction of several buildings. Activists uploaded pictures online showing how the rubble is being lifted with basic equipment, in search of survivors.
Reporter, Male #2
In Deir az-Zour, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed that the armed opposition seized control of the military security department in the city, after violent clashes with the site's security and regime forces, which led to a number of deaths. The Local Coordination Committees spoke about heavy and violent artillery shelling on the neighborhoods of the city, at a rate of one bomb every two minutes. Smoke columns rose from different parts of the residential neighborhoods.
Reporter, Male #2
In al-Hay al-Gharbi in Idlib, activists reported that opposition forces were able to control the checkpoint set up at the entrance of the neighborhood, and capture the soldiers that were manning it.
Reporter, Male #2
In the neighborhood of al-Mazza in Damascus, activists noted heavy security deployment to the villas. As for Deir al-Asafeer in the countryside of Damascus, the Local Committees reported that the city was besieged from four directions, with tank and mortar shelling of homes and farms, amid a state of displacement, terror, and panic among the residents. Tank and mortar shelling also continued in the town of Zibdin. In Taftanaz, opposition forces continue to shell the military airport, which led helicopters to make emergency landings, according to activists who uploaded pictures of the airport and the landing.
Reporter, Male #2
In Latakia, doctor Ramy Habib spoke about the critical conditions that are making it difficult for doctors to treat patients, who are dying due a lack of first aid material and the large-scale number of people going to the field clinics.
Guest, Male #4 (Ramy Habib, Doctor)
The equipment that we have at the field clinics are simple equipment that we use to save the patient, to stop hemorrhage, and to treat critical wounds.
Reporter, Male #2
Activists also circulated pictures of explosive devices detonated with mechanisms from the Syrian army. In Homs, it was reported that the shelling is continuing over the neighborhoods of the city, predominantly in al-Qusair, al-Rastan, Baba Amr, and al-Khalidiya, and that the shelling reached 12 neighborhoods amid bad health and living conditions. The neighborhoods lack food and energy sources. In another part of Homs, Local Committees started to clean the streets of the city in Talbisa and neighboring areas, from the effects of the shelling, ruins, and destruction.
Reporter, Male #2
Activists uploaded pictures of youth groups that took it upon themselves to fulfill these responsibilities to protect public health and safety, as demonstrations continued. Essam Abdallah, BBC.
Presenter, Male #1
Chief of the International Red Cross, Peter Maurer, met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus. His visit aims to facilitate the process of delivering aid to the Syrian areas affected by the military operations. The Syrian president said that he welcomes the work of the Red Cross in Syria, for as long as it operates in an unbiased way, according to the Official Syrian News Agency, SANA.
CIA training, arming anti-Syrian regime militias in Turkey [Syria TV, Syria]
Presenter, Female #1
After Syria and its valiant army failed the colonizers' plots targeting its stability, Washington and its Western allies and the oil sheikhdoms are fighting a battle to establish camps in Turkey to train what remains of the armed terrorist groups, and to supply them with heavy weapons.
Reporter, Female #2
Following the Syrian army's impressive successes at crushing the armed terrorist groups and the resistance of the Syrian people in the face of attempts to infiltrate their nation, a disappointed Washington was unable to fulfill its goal of creating a situation for foreign intervention in Syria, so now it is leading operations on the ground.
Reporter, Female #2
Documents and information indicate that the American intelligence agency, the CIA, established camps to train takfiri terrorists on Turkish land, especially to teach them how to use anti-aircraft missiles before sending them to Syria. This information offers a clear explanation of the kind of aid terrorists are receiving from Washington, and refutes its claims that it is not providing them with any lethal equipment.
Reporter, Female #2
So where are these terrorists receiving these missiles, especially since everyone knows that they have no manufacturers in the region, and that only superpowers, most notably the United States, produces them? The course of events indicates that Washington has freed itself to lead the work on the ground and after unleashing its takfiri mercenary terrorists, it watched them kneel to and flee the Syrian Arab Army's devastating blows. So Washington's plot to establish a buffer zone for them in the northern part of the country was thwarted.
Reporter, Female #2
Washington's consecutive failures pushed it to place all its efforts to lift the morale of its terrorist elements by using them in the political bazaar. The American media recently began projects targeting Syria, but it shows that a country whose army has a will like the Syrian army's and a strong people will only know victory.
The two Sudans resume negotiations over border conflict [Dubai TV, UAE]
Presenter, Female #1
With hopes of reaching a deal to settle their conflict, negotiators from Sudan and South Sudan attended a new round of negotiations today in the African capital, Addis Ababa, with the aim of resolving their differences, especially over their borders and oil. The negotiations are scheduled until September 22nd. Then, African Union envoy Thabo Mbeki will present a report to the Security Council to clarify the outcome of the negotiations.
Presenter, Female #1
According to Khartoum, the timing of the summit between the leaders of the two countries, Omar al-Bashir and Salva Kiir, was decided by the leaders themselves. Hani Nasr has the details.
Reporter, Male #1
Building on the temporary agreement over oil quotas that was reached between Sudan and South Sudan last month, and serving as the foundation of the new round of negotiations between Khartoum and Juba, the two leaders and foreign mediators are meeting in Addis Ababa. They hope this round will conclude with an agreement to stabilize the tense border, and pave the way for the two quarrelling neighbors to resume oil exportation, a resumption Khartoum has tied to the need to reach a security agreement over the vast border that extends 1,800 km, and on which there's a conflict every few meters.
Reporter, Male #1
According to Juba, this request is currently hard to fulfill, viewing the issue as premature. At this stage, the priorities are cross-border trade, the situation of individuals not residing in their state, and the disputed area of Abyei. From here, mediators are focusing on establishing a 10 kilometer-wide demilitarized buffer zone along the border to solve a conflict which erupted after the secession of the South over a year ago. The border conflict saw escalated battles in April that threatened a full-scale war after South Sudan occupied oil-producing Heglig in Sudan.
Reporter, Male #1
There are many disagreements between Sudan and South Sudan, but the issue of oil is the most contested. Both countries are in dire need of oil revenue to revive their economies, which were hit after a decision by South Sudan to halt oil production due to disagreements over tariffs on oil passing through the north. The two countries face a new round of negotiations; yet, they appear even more concerned over the United Nations decision to set September 22nd as a final date for Khartoum and Juba to reach a solution to their differences, or face sanctions. So, it's a matter of days that separate the two countries from meaningful solutions, or painful sanctions.
Muslims and Arabs in America 2012: Who will they vote for, Obama or Romney? [Al Jazeera, Qatar]
Presenter, Female #1
Today, American First Lady Michelle Obama gives the opening-night speech at the National Democratic Convention held in Charlotte in North Carolina, where Barack Obama and his Vice President Joe Biden will be officially nominated as candidates for the presidential elections on November 2nd.
Reporter, Male #1
The National Democratic Convention is being held two months before the election, and Michelle Obama enjoys a high approval rating in the United States, that varies between 65 and 70 percent according to polls, or 20 points more than her husband.
Reporter, Male #1
As with every election, Muslims and Arabs in America face the same question: Who should they vote for? In 2008, 90 percent of the Muslim votes were cast for President Barack Obama. So who will Muslims and Arabs vote for this time, when their choices are Obama and his Republican opponent Mitt Romney?
Guest, Male #2
I hope that President Obama wins the upcoming elections, God willing.
Guest, Male #3
I think that a lot of people had high hopes for President Obama when he was elected, and I think that he needs an additional four years. After he wins the next election, his performance will improve in the interest of Arabs and Americans.
Guest, Male #4
Between Obama and Romney? I like Obama a lot, and during the end of his term, the situation for Arab immigrants was very simple; it was better than during Bush's term.
Guest, Female #2
I think that Muslims will vote for Obama because he is better and he will help us.
Reporter, Male #1
Islamic organizations believe that Romney is not a choice for American Muslims because of the hostile Republican rhetoric against them. But satisfaction with Obama is incomplete. In addition to the burden of the economy, foreign policy cases and civil rights occupy the minds of Muslims seeing that they are a minority facing heightened security.
Guest, Male #5 (Nihad Awad, Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations)
Fear is still instilled in Muslims; they do not feel safe in different parts of society. The violent and hostile rhetoric directed to Muslims and Muslim institutions, such as the burning of mosques and hate crimes, requires solid and explicit leadership to set a national approach towards minorities, and among them the Muslim minority.
Reporter, Male #1
Violence against Muslims has risen in a worrying manner during the month of Ramadan, as seven mosques were attacked. Despite being a small minority, Muslims and Arabs have a decisive voice in the state of Michigan, as well as in Florida, Ohio, and Virginia, that may determine who the next president will be. Fadi Mansour, Al Jazeera, Washington.
Shutdown disrupts normal life in Kashmir [Press TV, Iran]
Another total shutdown has occurred in Indian-administered Kashmir, where locals are upset over an Indian Supreme Court order that permits construction of permanent roads and facilities in the ecologically sensitive area of Amarnath, a cave shrine and pilgrimage site situated at an altitude of around 14,000 feet.
Palestinians hold rally in solidarity with prisoners in Israel [Press TV, Iran]
Family members of Palestinians in Israeli jails held a rally to gather support for their cause. They say conditions are worsening for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, accusing Tel Aviv of violating a prisoner swap deal it had struck with the Hamas movement in October 2011 in light of recent prison raids conducted by Israelis on Palestinian inmates in Israeli jails.
Vandals deface Christian monastery in latest Price Tag attack [IBA, Israel]
In the first suspected Price Tag incident since the evacuation of the Migron outpost, vandals attacked the Latrun monastery midway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in the early morning. The vandals sprayed "Jesus is a monkey" and "Mutual guarantee, Ramat Migron and Maoz Ester" inside the monastery, and set fire to the front door. Migron evacuees condemned the anti-Christian and pro-settler graffiti, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it "a despicable act" and said that freedom of worship was a basic tenet of the State of Israel.
US denies secret negotiations to stay out of possible Israel-Iran war [IBA, Israel]
The US has denied a report in Yedioth Aharonoth that Washington is secretly negotiating with Tehran to keep the United States out of a future Israel-Iran war. This, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is still pushing the West to show Iran that it is serious in its stated intentions to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, and is still seeking support from US President Barack Obama.


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