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On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:54:09 +0200 Christian de Sainte Marie <email@example.com> wrote: > Michael, > > Maybe we could take the opportunity of a slow summer to progress on the > issue of externally defined Frames. > > As I wrote in [1], I understood, at F2F10, that an external frame was a > frame in an external data source. I did not like the idea of handling > the access to external data sources on a construct by construct basis, > but since you insisted and nobody else objected... > > But the explanation in BLD seems to say, either that an externally > defined frame is a frame where the data model (slots etc) is externally > defined ("externally defined objects can be accessed using the more > natural frame-based interface" [2]), or that, when a Frame is external, > it is really the slot that is an externally defined method ("...could be > an interface provided to access an externally defined method..." [2]). > > Both interpretations might be problematic: the first one would imply > that we deal with references to externally defined data models on a > construct by construct basis; as for the latter one, if it is the method > that is externally specified, then it seems that the slot should be > External, not the Frame... > > Can you clarify, please Yes, clarifying: I have only a foggy idea of what you are talking about :-) I understand neither what is problematic in the above nor the difference between what you call an externally defined frame or method. FYI, a data model is, by definition, a set of types of relationships that are required to be used in specifying data instances. Wikipedia goes even further and adds to it (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_model). So, a terminology mismatch here. I cannot figure out what you mean by "deal with references to externally defined data models on a construct by construct basis". What you aparently do not understand is that whether we use a restricted subset of forms or not, it is you, the modeller, who decides what to use and how, not the external source. If you want to model me and other people as tuples in a relation p(m,k,123456789) all the power to you. If I want to model you as an object in my application, RIF allows me to: csma[id->987654321, last->dsm, first ->c] But if I do not want to, I can model you (and other people) as above: p(c,dsm,987654321) --michael > Cheers, > > Christian > > [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rif-wg/2008Jul/0028.html > [2] http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wg/draft/rif-bld/#Terms > > Christian de Sainte Marie wrote: > > > Chris Welty wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> > >> Michael Kifer wrote: > >> > >>> The purpose of using external frames is exactly the same as that of > >>> using > >>> external predicates. It is just a different interface. It can be > >>> provided for > >>> external objects, while external predicates is an interface for the > >>> regular > >>> (non-object-oriented) builtin calls. > >>> > >>> I would like to better understand what you and Christian had in mind. > >>> From the > >>> F2F I understood that csma had right understanding of the purpose of > >>> that > >>> feature. If the added wording is not what he expected then maybe it > >>> can be > >>> improved (once I understand what is confusing there). > >> > >> > >> > >> I didn't quite get what Christian thought it meant, I hadn't thought > >> about it deeply but I guess I was expecting (based on your description > >> at the F2F which more or less sounded like your 1st para above) that > >> extern(s[p->o]) was syntactic sugar for extern(p(s,o)). > > > > > > At the F2F, I had understood that an external frame was a frame from an > > external data source (something like a module). I did not like handling > > the access to external data source on a construct by construct basis, > > but since you were insisting... > > > > But you explanation in BLD makes it sound like it is really a frame > > where the slots etc are externally specified (that is, refering to an > > externally dpecified data model). I do not like the idea of dealing with > > external (and user-defined) data model on a construct by construct basis > > either, and that interpretation is different from the previous one, > > which is disturbing. > > > > Then, when we discussed that with Chris, I understood that he was > > thinking of external frames as externally specified methods: that is, > > frames where the slot key is an externally specified method (not just > > the name of an attribute). Which would be nice to have, but that would > > not be the frame that is external; and that understanding is different > > from the previous two, which makes the whole thing very confusing. > > > > So, in the end, I was totally confused about what external frames are, > > and I think, with Chris, that the best option is to mark them AT RISK, > > so that we can discuss them, and change them if necessary, without > > having to come back to before LC. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Christian > > > >> > >> I'm not sure what to make of what it actually is, I need time to think > >> about it, and would rather not rush a final decision. Again, the > >> proposal is to leave it as is in the BLD LC spec but put it at risk, > >> which gives us some flexibility to understand it. > > > > > > > > > > > > >Received on Friday, 25 July 2008 18:57:12 UTC
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The Dying Lass
She is but a dying lass
That looks out of the window of glass,
She hear the rain softly tapping,
As the trees kept on dancing.
She watched as the thunder boomed,
The darkness being consumed,
The bright sun was hidden,
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Lord & Taylor Sold
Federated Department Stores agreed to sell its Lord & Taylor apparel chain
to NRDC Equity Partners, LLC, for $1.195 billion in cash. According to NRDC
Equity Partners, the firm will continue to operate the chain as a specialty
department store."Marvelous" New Deals for Steve & Barry"s
Steve & Barry"s University Sportswear gets in the ring with new partner
World Wrestling Entertainment with a direct-to-retail apparel line planned.
Product will include polo and button-front shirts, sweatshirts,
sweatpants/athletic pants, jerseys, jackets, wind shirts, shorts, hats,
underwear, pajamas, sleepwear, loungewear, and footwear for men, women, youth,
and infants. WWE product will be available in limited quantities this fall,
with a full product line to be launched in spring 2007. The retailer also
introduced a full line of T-shirts featuring X-Men, Spider-Man, and other
Marvel superheroes in all stores as part of a previously announced deal with
Marvel Enterprises.Del Monte Deal Encourages Healthy Habits
Sesame Workshop took a "can-do" attitude to its Healthy Habits for Life
initiative, partnering with Del Monte on a line of vegetables featuring Sesame
Street characters on the product packaging. Due on shelves in September, Elmo
with Green Beans, Grover with Sweet Peas, and Cookie Monster with Corn will be
offered in specialty four packs of each variety in grocery stores, and eight
and 12 packs in select club retailers. Gemstar-TV Guide Acquires Rights to Website
Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. acquired http://www.jumptheshark.com and related
assets from Jump the Shark, Inc. The Internet site is where TV viewers debate
whether popular TV programs have reached their peak. Gemstar-TV Guide will
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Hein, founder of Jump the Shark, Inc., providing editorial and other related
services for Gemstar-TV Guide on a cross-platform basis. The term, "Jump the
Shark," refers to the episode of Happy Days, where Fonzie jumped over a shark
during a water-skiing scene, an episode many TV fans believe signaled the
show's demise.Care Bears Is Focus of Entertainment Deal
AG Properties and Fox Home Entertainment are "bearing" it all, partnering on
several multiplatform Care Bears entertainment launches. The new line will
include an updated look, three new direct-to-video titles in 2007 and 2008, and
a new CGI theatrical release in summer 2007, followed by a DVD release of the
film.Dr. Seuss' Whimsy Comes to New Product Line
Small World Toys will bring a range of products to all channels of distribution
as part of a new licensing agreement with Dr. Seuss Enterprises, LP. Due on
shelves in 2007, the line will include products such as puzzles, plush,
stackers, and a melamine dinnerware set for infants, toddlers, and
preschoolers.Guinness World Records Expands Program
With the 2007 edition of Guinness World Records hitting shelves this August,
the brand seeks partners in the DVD, consumer products, apparel, interactive,
Internet, TV, and mobile phone markets. The brand debuts in toys in August as
ToyQuest introduces the first interactive Guinness World Records-themed
electronic trivia robot. The company will partner with Wendy's on a five-week
QSR promotion in fall and have trading cards in the November issue of National
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TVHead inked a deal with HIT Entertainment for the first iTV games based on
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interactive preschool games launch in the fourth quarter and offer children a
range of activities. Bratz Expands Presence in Licensing
MGA Entertainment showed its passion for Bratz, signing a variety of deals. The
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microphones, electronic keyboards, and an electronic drum. The girls with a
passion for fashion will star in Livin' It Up! With the Bratz, an interactive
movie experience that blends the interactivity of gaming with the entertainment
of a movie due in August. MGA Entertainment, Inc.; Avi Arad Productions; and
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well as the UK, Channel Islands, Eire, Isle of Mann, Gibraltar, South Africa,
Canada, Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean region.New Agent to Manage Teddy Ruxpin Brand
BackPack Toys, master licensee for Teddy Ruxpin, appointed Nine Oaks Group as
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17 following the series' premiere earlier this year on Teletoon in Canada and
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Beginning September 18, the Utah Valley University Office of International & Multicultural Studies will feature Canada as part of their Global Spotlight program. This program provides an international and multicultural focus on a specific country or region with events this year showcasing Canadian history and culture to the university and community.
On Friday, September 18, at the UVU Centre Stage, Global Spotlight will begin with an inaugural celebration with the Honorable Consul General of Canada, Marcy Grossman, and other Canadian dignitaries. Dr. Kimberly Henrie, GOED Deputy Director and COO will give remarks. For more information, visit the UVU website: http://www.uvu.edu/cgie/international/


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War Time Battersea
We have been provided with some pictures that show what bombs hit Battersea and what our part of London looked like in the 1940s and now.
If you want to read more, go to –
We humans are an odd lot, we love keeping statistics and pouring over figures – on one of these sites it actually tells you, by post code, how many over average were killed by by each bomb!
A Short History of Tenants' Rights
As with everything in this great land of ours, there is an interesting history attaching to the evolution of tenants' rights; the following is a short version –
19th century Tenants organisations protest against high rents imposed by private landlords. A rent strike in London's East End helps win the Dockers Strike of 1891. Mining and agricultural trade unions campaign around housing issues. Socialist and labour movement groups organise tenant action against high rent and rates and in favour of municipal housing. Private landlords and charitable trusts were the target of tenant action.
1912 – 1915 Tenants organise a wave of rent strikes across the country against high rents. The Labour Party leads the protests in a campaign for public housing.The protests end in the ferocious Glasgow rent strike of 1915 which forces the government for the first time to introduce rent controls for the private sector.
After 1918 Legislation is passed to enable subsidised council house building. New estates are built and tenants associations form immediately, often campaigning against high rents and calling for representation for tenants in housing issues.
1920 – 1930 Tenants associations form city-wide Federations and lobby Councils for representation and involvement in rent setting. A National Tenants Federation is formed. Tenants associations campaign for community facilities and organise community activities.
1934 Leeds tenants federation leads a rent strike against the divisive first rent rebate scheme.
Late 1930s Unemployed workers' organisations campaign on housing issues, with rent strikes and action against evictions. Private tenants wage a prolonged rent strike in the East End of London against high rents.
1945 – 1946 Over 40,000 families occupy former army camps and empty homes from Yorkshire to the South Coast in a wave of squatting. Squatters groups form federations, calling for more affordable housing. A major council house building programme is launched.
Late 1940s Tenants associations develop on the new council estates and new towns. National Association of Tenants & Residents formed (NATR) in 1948.
1950s Glasgow tenants campaign against rent increases and sell-offs. The Association of London Estates is formed in 1957.
1960 Councils plan to raise rents to market levels and introduce rebate schemes. In the London borough of St Pancras, 35 tenants associations join to form the United Tenants Association and 1400 tenants go on rent strike. Evictions led to protests outside the Town Hall in which 50 people were arrested and the Home Secretary banned marches in the area for three months. Other London tenants groups go on rent strike against private "Rachmanite" landlords.
1968/1969 The new Conservative GLC brings in market rents and new tenants federations are set up across London with a United Tenants Action Committee formed. A national demonstration of tenants is held in Trafalgar Square against rent increases. In Tower Hamlets, 2000 tenants lobby the council meeting. By November, 11,000 London households were withholding rent. A demonstration of 3000 tenants outside the Housing Minister's home in Hampstead is held. An Anti-Eviction Committee organises a 700-strong flying squad to act on threats of eviction. In the face of this action, in November 1969, the government passes legislation limiting rent rises.
1968 – 1973 A wave of tenant activity takes place across the country in response to new market rents, with rent strikes and new organisations set up from Exeter to Glasgow. In Liverpool a rent strike lasts six months and wins a small reduction in the rent. The Conservative government passes the 1972 Housing Finance Act with its "fair" rents and rebates, to build on action already taken by local councils. The National Association of Tenants & Residents organises protests against it. Over 80 rent strikes and tenant protests take place across the country. Three Labour councils refuse to implement the act and are surcharged.
1975 – 1976 Estimates of 10,000 to 50,000 organised squatters living in abandoned private and public housing. Housing is a major issue for the "underground press". Housing co-operatives formed. Homeless Persons Act (1977) passed after long campaigns about homelessness.
Late 1970s The National Tenants Organisations (NTO) is formed along with tenants organisations in Scotland and Wales, federations in the North East and South Wales. Security of tenure for council tenants is included in the Labour Housing Bill. Community workers from Community Development Projects support the development of radical tenants groups. Tenants Charters are negotiated in some areas. Anti-damp campaigns and other tenant protest around high-rise and system-built housing.
1980 Rent strikes in Walsall and Kirklees against large rent increases. A Conservative government brings in the secure tenancy and the Right to Buy. Tenants organisations go into decline and a national march and rally in Wassail draws only 2000 people.
1988 Flood of tenant protests against Tenants Choice legislation. Anti-sell off and anti-Housing Action Trust protests lead to formation of new tenants organisations. Strong tenants federations (e.g. Sandwell and Kirklees) and tenant management organisations (e.g. Belle Isle North in Leeds) developed. Tenants in Walterton & Elgin use the Tenants Choice legislation to prevent Conservative Westminster council from demolishing and privatising their estate.
1989 National Tenants & Residents Federation (NTRF) set up.
1992 Mass tenant rallies against compulsory competitive tendering of housing management.
1997 Tenant demonstrations against Conservative plans to speed up transfers.
1998 Tenants & Residents Organisation of England (TAROE) formed from merger of NTRF and NTO. The new organisation wins a place on a government sounding board.
1999 TAROE links with the trade union-led Defend Council Housing group to campaign against large scale voluntary transfers. It also launches the Daylight Robbery campaign against subsidy claw-back.
2000 Tenant Participation Compacts come into force regulating tenant involvement in council housing. A Housing Inspectorate is set up and acts to ensure compliance with minimum standards of tenant participation across social housing. The numbers of tenants associations rise, although many landlords favour market research methods to consult their "customers". At the same time, the housing transfer programme speeds up under government incentives.
2000 – 2006 Tenants organisations and the trade union-backed Defend Council Housing win some high profile anti-transfer battles. New Labour launches Arms Length Management Organisations as an alternative to transfer. These win the support of many tenants federations but transfers also continue to win tenant backing. By 2006, the amount of housing managed by Registered Social Landlords, including transfer organisations, out-numbers council homes for the first time. Some major tenants federations lose their funding as landlords switch to the less problematic option of involving customers through market research. Regional tenants federations are set up to mirror the government's new regional structure of housing strategy and investment. TAROE begins work on a National Tenants Assembly to unite tenants organisations.
2007 – 2009 Social housing comes under increasing pressure as the supply continues to fall and government housing policy aims to encourage home ownership and asset-based welfare on the back of economic growth. Regeneration programmes adopt gentrification as a strategy to create mixed communities. Half of all social housing grants goes to build low cost home ownership, while housing associations have to cross-subsidise new social rented housing by selling homes on the private market. A report by Prof. John Hills questions the current aims of social housing, while the increased rationing caused by shortage of supply leads to concentrations of poverty on estates. The housing market crash reaffirms the role of social housing as a safety net for home ownership and as a Keynesian supply side subsidy but the attack continues and the inequalities of home ownership go unscrutinised. The Tenants Services Authority is set up as the new regulator for social housing and profit-making companies are allowed to access government grant and become regulated landlords. In keeping with this drive towards greater market involvement, the tenant as consumer becomes central to regulation, and a National Tenants Voice to champion tenant interests is set up.
Taken with thanks from the very informative website of the independent Leeds Tenants Federation, http://www.leedstenants.org.uk/.


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Nov 16: Magic 90, Bobcats 85Posted by Inside Hoops
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The AP reports: Dwight Howard has played a role in winning more than a few games for the Orlando Magic in his career. On Sunday night, the Magic showed that they can win a game without him. Hedo Turkoglu scored 20 points to lead four Orlando players in double figures in a 90-85 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats. Mickael Pietrus added 18 points, Rashard Lewis had 17 and Jameer Nelson 15 for Orlando, which overcame a five-point halftime deficit for its third straight road win… Gerald Wallace scored 17 points, and Raymond Felton and Adam Morrison had 14 each for the Bobcats, who led 51-47 with seven minutes left in the third quarter.


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Please Paso The Wine
Having very specific eating habits requires a very specific drink.
Every night I sit down to a tuna nicoise salad covered in goat cheese, topped with crunchy French bread sprinkles. On the side, I have two pieces of watermelon.
For the past several months, when not eating my favorite meal, I've been searching for a wine that will pair with my exquisite tastes.
The Project Paso Sauvignon Blanc solved everything. When I saw that it paired well with all of my favorite foods, I knew that it would pair well with eating all of them at the same time.
Its citrus key lime and grapefruit flavors go perfectly with each taste of succulent goat cheese-coated salmon dripping in watermelon juice. I would even go so far as to say that the lemon and grass aromas heighten the already incredible moment when I get a green bean with a watermelon seed teetering on top.
I used to sit at the dinner table, enjoying these meals but feeling like something was missing, feeling like my evening was incomplete, but thanks to the Project Paso Sauvignon Blanc, I can drink and dine in perfect harmony.


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YouTube users are now uploading three days' worth of video to the site every second — a whole 24 hours more than the site had last year.
To celebrate its 7th birthday, Google's video-sharing site released all-new metrics about itself, including its new upload numbers as well as the fact that subscriptions increased 50 percent in the past year. Another cool fact? The site logs 3 billion hours of viewing time per month.
The site also released — what else? — a YouTube video timeline of its history, documenting its rise from the garage of YouTube founder Chad Hurley in 2005 to more recent statistics such as the record 30 million views that the Kony 2012 video got in just one day.
The news comes as YouTube pivots to try and change its format to be more focused on its channels, which are gaining viewers and subscribers.
The most-viewed channel on the site, run by comedian Ray William Johnson, has seen its videos viewed 1.7 billion times and has 5.4 million subscribers.
The appetite for channel programming is growing, with YouTube sinking money into promoting its original content from established names like Machinima or celebrities like Felicia Day. The site has even started courting advertisers with network-like upfronts, to secure advertising for shows before they air on the Web.
Yet even smaller channels continue to grow at fast rates, with channels such as BlackTreeMedia, a channel focused on African American programming, announcing Sunday that it had hit half a billion views.
In remarks at this year's Consumer Electronics show, YouTube Vice President Robert Kyncl predicted that 75 percent of all channels will be born on the Internet in the next 10 years, and that 90 percent of Web traffic will be video.
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Agreed. The Thermapen is a type K thermocouple, the BGE, based on the Maverick PT100 was thermistor, that's why it was slower. I think the newer PT100 is type K thermocouple as well. I think the list price is $100 so same as a Thermapen.Eggcelsior said:They are not. The Thermapen is by Thermoworks and reads in around 3 secondsThe BGE is a Maverick with proprietary coloring. Takes 7-10 seconds.10 out 10 people will say get the Thermapen.


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Over the last several weeks we have spent a lot of time describing and defining behaviors. After all, our words and appearance and behaviors define us. People cannot see our intent nor can they hear what we are thinking. They can only see the things we do, hear the things we say, and observe the way we act.
Leaps puts the "L" in SEL
Reclaiming Our Classrooms
By: Jay Burcham How do we combat a pop-culture that is predicated on an immediacy of gratification and an assignment of self-worth that is based more on style than substance? How do we make sure our kids are developing in a way that gives them an opportunity to relate to more than a screen? How do we make sure our kids are growing and developing socially with the ability to gain both a sense of self-worth and community accountability and responsibility?
Ho..Ho..Oh..No – Sometimes the Holidays Hurt
I was walking through the supermarket this past weekend when the old familiar Christmas songs began blaring through the speakers. Really? I could not believe they were already starting and then I looked at the calendar and realized it is December. This is the holiday month. This is the time of gifts and family and time off and laughter and food and happiness. This is the "Most Wonderful Time of the Year".
SEL = Behavior | Connecting the Dots
SEL = Behaviors | Connecting the Dots. For some reason when people talk about behaviors and behavior programming at school, there is an automatic default to exceptional and alternative education. It is as if the word behavior is a pejorative that means "anywhere but the classroom".
The Focus of Pre-K: Are They Ready to Learn?
One of the real issues facing schools today is the readiness of kids to begin. Are little ones ready for Kindergarten? If not, is Pre-K the answer? What should the focus of Pre-K be? Is it academic readiness or is it social preparation? Can you mix the two? How do you know which is the more pressing need?
A Student Success Testimonial: Bullying
Watch as Tammy Geiger, a long time Leaps user and hard-working educator, describes the phenomenal transformation of one of her most challenging, bullying students. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvud2U0F6YQ Contact us at 877-775-3277 or www.SELforSchools.com
Back to Basics: Teaching the Important Lessons
Jason is a sophomore and has been known to get into trouble. He has been in In-School Suspension more than once. He has a smart mouth, and his latest adventure involved a fire extinguisher and a school bus. This little episode got him 3 days at the alternative school. No one really expects any changes in Jason any time soon.
Thankful for Thanksgiving: A Humble Top 10
It is so hard to believe that Thanksgiving is upon us. Even though the weather turned cold and the days have definitely gotten shorter, it just hasn't quite felt like the holiday season yet. But I am not worried. Between long-basting a ham and the smell of stuffing and turkey and pies and the sound of football and family – the holidays are almost here.
Finding That Spark
As I smiled and said, "Great!" to my little girl, the voice inside my head responded with a resounding, "Ugh!!"


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Michael Abraham motorcyles Virginia's Crooked Road
Please welcome guest author Michael Abraham, whose "Harmonic Highways; Motorcycling Virginia's Crooked Road" released last month. Abraham was born and educated in Southwest Virginia and is an inveterate wanderer of the Appalachian Mountains. He has a degree in mechanical engineering from Virginia Tech. His first book, "The Spine of the Virginias," is a non-fiction look […]0 comments


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Is sanctification also monergistic?
I looked over a couple of articles on your website and discovered before long that our hearts beat together in the area of Reformed soteriology. I am a graduating senior from a small bible college. Though the college I have attended is not largely calvinistic in theology, there is a decent sized contingent among the student body that would be so inclined. It is through the fellowship and friendship of these guys as well as the writing ministry of John Piper that has exposed me to the Doctrines of Grace. I still have much to learn, as I have only just begun "the hunt," so I had a question that I wanted to ask you. Obviously by your web address I came to the conclusion that you would hold to a monergistic view of regeneration. My question is due to the vital connection of regeneration, justification, sanctification, and glorification and the dependence of all of these doctrines on sovereign grace, would it be fair to say that sanctification is also monergistic? I look forward to hearing your insight on this issue as I have not found much on this topic. Thanks for your time.
Your question about monergistic sanctification is a good one. I recall R.C. Sproul saying that the sanctification process is synergistic and it seems the Scriptures would also testify to this. Only regeneration is monergistic (solely the work of God). The Scripture itself testifies to a synergistic sanctification...
This is a clear indication that there is a synergism taking place in
our sanctification.
Prior to regeneration, due to our affection for the world, we would
never desire to come to Christ of our own will (Rom 8:7, 1 Cor 2:14, ROM
3:11, John 3:19), yet the Scriptures make clear that sanctification is
synergistic. This is not to say we could maintain our justification (judicial
standing before God) by what we do since Christ's work is sufficient.
But in our regeneration we were given new nature (from God) which desires
to please Him. In this way sanctification, unlike regeneration, isn't
entirely a divine action while we just remain passive. Those who think
we just remain passive and wait for God to change us cannot give Scriptural
evidence to support this position. I have heard some brothers say, "if
God wants to deliver me from this sin, He will do so in His own good time."
But historically this is a theological error in the church known as quietism.
Instead, with the gospel Christ as our constant abiding theme we are called
to be ACTIVELY "putting sin to death" ... "For if you live
according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you
PUT TO DEATH the misdeeds of the body, you will live." (ROM 8:13)
By God's unfailing grace we are enabled by the new principle within. Just as the we must despair of any hope in ourselves as the first prerequisite of a sound conversion, in the same way we must lose all confidence in self if we are to grow in grace. We must look to Christ and, by His gospel power, we are to put to death all remaining sin (ROM 6). Because sin is no longer our master and God works in and through us to do this, we have great hope that sin can and will be overcome in our lives. Before regeneration, however, we were dead in sin and had nothing to draw upon, but now we are alive to God in Christ so the new nature empowered by the Holy Spirit is constantly working through us.
A. A. Hodge said,
Yet this is a synergism in which God receives the glory because the Holy Spirit indwells and enables our new desires yet it is we who make choices based on that new nature. In other words, biblical Theology teaches neither quietism nor pietism. Quietism would say "let go and let God" while remaining entirely passive letting God do all the work. Pietism, however, would say that we need to do all (or most of) the work of holy living and obeying God's law. Practice with perfectionistic tendencies is often emphasized at the expense of theology .
The best understanding of this from a biblical perspective, then, is that we need to, in light of the gospel, exert ourselves in prayer, evangelism, good works relying wholly on God for the reality of our new life in Christ. Of course, all that is really holy and gracious in a renewed sinner comes through the indwelling work of the Holy Spirit. The desires of the soul to be conformed into His image are the direct result of the grace of God, not something we generate from the flesh. (John 4:14; 7:38, 39). He has renewed our natures to be in conformity with the image of God. Our new nature inclines us to choose what is pleasing to God. We love God more than we love sin yet sometimes we are deceived by sin and choose it in unbelief. One who has undergone the new birth will be brought to repentance, however, due to the Holy Spirit dwelling within him. The man without the Spirit does not understand the things of God (1 Cor 2:14) but now that we were freely given the Spirit, our inclinations, desires and disposition has been changed. We willingly cooperate with God to work out our salvation.
God's law is no longer seen as a burden for us. This is similar to a groom who is to be married. He limits himself for his bride willingly, not just because he is obligated to. He loves his bride so has no problem putting himself in this covenant relationship that has stipulations. Our relationship to God is similar. When he comes to transform us from the kindgom of darkness to the kingdom of light, when He makes our heart of stone into a heart of flesh, we willingly believe and obey His commands. It is our delight to do so. We can say now that we love God's law, whereas before in our unregenerate nature such was impossible. Our choices are always based on our desires and our desires are the direct result of who we are by nature. We work and God works for our sanctification but God gets all the glory since it was He who implanted the new desires when He gave us spiritual birth.
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