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Colors, fabrics, sewing needs and sewing tips are available at the Blackfoot Quilt Fest today. This is the second year for this gathering of quilters.
The Blackfoot Quilt Fest is located at Blackfoot High School, 870 S. Fisher Ave. in Blackfoot.
Classes are offered, as well as a quilt show, vendors' mall and quilter's trunk show.
Classes begin today at 8 a.m. If interested, some classes still have space for students.
The Vendors' Mall and Quilt Show is open from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
A trunk show begins at 12:15 p.m. in the Blackfoot Performing Arts Center (BPAC). A quilter's trunk show features one quilter displaying his/her work.
Organizer Jenny Callison said, "[The Quilt Fest] has really been a good success. The new location has also been good.
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"No one cares what you know unless they know that you care." - Unknown.
One of my earliest memories is something I learned from my father: always give back to your community. I watched him get involved with organizations that he felt compelled to help. For him, helping these groups was not only important and ethical, but it made his community a better place for everyone.
His lesson stuck with me. As I grow in my business and life, I try to emulate these principles and give back. When I opened Fusion Fitness five years ago, the local police department was in need of a second canine unit dog but did not have the funds to purchase it. I decided that this group was the perfect charity for Fusion Fitness because I had entertained thoughts of becoming a police officer before I started my club and because I am an avid dog lover.
To start my fundraising effort, I envisioned a one-mile race called the Main Street Mile through the center of our town. This race, which is held in a major college town, is a fairly large undertaking that requires closing Main Street to traffic and parking, as well as getting buy-in from hundreds of local business owners along the route who may have to open their businesses later than usual because of the traffic restrictions. Although some people may have started with an easier project, such as a 5K race in a park, I wanted to push the envelope, get the word out and do something different.
This year marked our fifth year doing the Main Street Mile. More than 340 runners sprinted/jogged/walked down Main Street, all for the same cause. This year alone, Fusion and Friends raised more than $20,000 for the canine department and recently provided funding to purchase a new dog to replace one that was retired.
This effort has shown me that not only is it important for your business to give back to the community, but it is just as important to get your members involved in these efforts because it gives them a sense of purpose. Remember: Members who are involved stay longer and pay longer.
Getting your members involved when they probably already give to other charities may seem like a challenge initially, but ultimately, if you plan well, are passionate about your charity and get buy-in from your staff to help you promote this, you can be successful. It is a win-win for you and your charity.
Here are three simple things I do to encourage my members to get involved:
- Create a competition: The top three members who raise the most money for the event get a complimentary membership, training sessions, gym bag, etc. Do not just give one prize. Offering several prizes compels more people to get involved with less hesitation.
- Offer free T-shirts: When people sign up for your race or charity event, offer them a free T-shirt and ask them to wear the T-shirt at the event. Not only does having a large group of people wearing the same shirts create an impressive visual, but it also gives people a sense of belonging to a cause larger than themselves. They can easily see how many other people thought this event was worthy of their time. And just think of all the free publicity your club will get with your logo gracing the shirt.
- Matching dollars: Match the members' race application fees with a percentage of money for them to spend in your pro shop. This will encourage them to routinely purchase smoothies or supplements. You will definitely see an upswing in sales.
No matter what charity you choose to support, make sure it has meaning for you, and you are passionate about it. It is easy to ask people for donations when you feel the cause is worthwhile. People want to get involved. Don't be afraid to ask.
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Henry Hubert Raymond makes daily entries in this diary for one year, beginning on November 11, 1872, when he left Carlinville, Illinois, for Kansas. The diary describes his trip to Kansas to meet up with his brother Theodore (generally "The" in the diary). At the time Henry arrived in Kansas, Theodore was working with the Masterson (Mastison early in the diary) brothers, Bat and Ed, on a grading subcontract for the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad near Dodge City. Theodore had become friends with the Masterson family on his way west in 1870. Henry, Theodore, and the Masterson brothers began hunting bison (buffalo) and Henry describes their efforts in brief but graphic detail. Because Henry liked music, there are frequent references to musical events in his diary. Henry Raymond was born February 21, 1848, so he was in his twenties when he headed west to Kansas. Henry Raymond eventually settled in Sedgwick County where he married in 1874. He and his wife Sarah Armstrong had eight children. Mr. Raymond died October 16, 1936. NOTE: Henry started keeping this diary on November 11, 1872, but at the end of the year, he went to the beginning of the volume for his 1873 entries. He writes in the day of the week and the date for most entries but he does not write in 1873 on most pages, though that is the correct year. A copy of the diary with annotations was published in the Winter 1965 issue of the Kansas Historical Quarterly.
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This week, Havis Inc. introduced the new Docking Station for the Getac V100 and V200 Convertible Notebooks, and announced its availability for pre-order. Expected fall 2013, Havis' first Getac-specific dock will be compatible with the compact 10.4" V100 and the larger 12.1" V200 Convertible Notebooks, in both notebook and tablet mode.
The Docking Station for the Getac V100 and V200 will improve mobile workforce productivity by offering computer charging, security and connection to peripherals, such as printers, keyboards and barcode scanners. The dock's port replication features best-in-class circuitry and allows users to easily connect up to four USB cables.
The new product family will include the standard docking station, two models with dual or triple high-gain antenna for improved range, and a mount-only version without electronics. The docking station models will maintain constant connectivity through a guided, floating docking connector, recessed port replication and integrated strain relief that protects cable connections.
The Getac V100 and V200 Docking Station will feature a thin profile and small footprint, which can make a big difference when every inch of in-vehicle workspace matters. Havis' rugged locking system and front hooks provide theft deterrence, and work together to keep the Getac Notebook securely mounted through rugged driving conditions.
To ensure the notebook will stay docked and functional in almost any mobile workspace, the docking station is currently undergoing extensive safety and quality evaluations. Havis' rigorous testing includes 30-mph crash simulations with forward, rearward and side impacts, military-grade vibration testing, and extensive cycle testing on the latch handle and docking connector's mechanism.
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Kate Walsh keeps it classy in a white buttondown and gray skirt (both by Theory) on Monday at the Private Practice photocall held at Santo Mauro Hotel in Madrid, Spain.
Even though Private Practice airs on ABC in the U.S., it looks like PP airs on FOX in Spain. And the show is called "Sin Cita Previa" in Spain, which translates to "No Doctor Appointment."
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Custer Federal moves to State Charter system
Custer Federal Savings and Loan will soon look a little different. The name gracing its building and sitting on top of its letterhead will soon read Custer Federal State Bank. A press release from Custer Federal talks about the how much the bank and its officers are looking forward to the change. "The Stockholders, Board of Directors and Employees are enthusiastic to convert to a State Bank Charter with subsequent regulation and oversight by the Nebraska State Department of Banking and Finance. This conversion will enhance Custer Federal's commitment and desire to provide excellent service and products for our customers and community."The only immediate difference Custer Federal's customers should see is the name on the door, says Bank President Jim Varney. What the conversion to a state bank charter accomplishes is that it allows the bank to be better invested in their local area. "I am pleased with our decision to change to a State Bank. From our good customers view, the only thing they will notice outside is a change in our signage. We've always been known as Custer Federal. So instead of our sign saying Custer Federal Savings and Loan it will say Custer Federal State Bank," restated Varney. "Our customers won't see a change on the inside. We will continue to offer the same great products and service with our same dedicated employees."Board Chairman Brad Shinn explained that by converting to a State Bank, this locally owned bank will fall under the state regulatory agencies, and this is a change that the bank officials are very much looking forward to. "Custer Federal wants the deposits in our bank to be invested in our local area. A State Banking Charter allows us to do a better job in this regard. Our employees, Stockholder and Board of Directors have had and continue to have the best interest of the community in mind. We are the definition of a community bank," said Varney. "When you look around, Broken Bow has strong banking traditions. We are proud to be part of that tradition," said Varney, going on to name these great banks … Nebraska State, Bank of Broken Bow, Great Western, Heritage … Converting to the State Bank Charter, Custer Federal joins Nebraska State, the Bank of Broken Bow and Heritage under the State Bank regulatory system. "Custer Federal is a solid financial institution," said Varney, commenting that he has seen the assets grow from $23 million in the early 1970s when he first came to Custer Federal, to the $83 million of today. The conversion to State Bank will allow the bank to better grow these assets and to be better able to put these investments back into the community. Shinn talks about how pleased they are when they can help a family purchase a home or start a business and the pride they have in those customers when 15 or so years later they pay off the loan. This pride in their customers dates back to the foundation of the financial institution 88 years ago when a local lawyer, William G. Schaper, helped incorporate the Broken Bow Building and Loan Association. His goal was to form a local institution to promote thrift by providing a safe place for people to save money and an economical means of securing funds for home ownership. Schaper went on to stay active and served as president from 1925 until his death in 1977. The association first called a desk located at the back of the Mackie Grocery Store home until 1927 when it moved to the front part of the Shaper Law Building on South 10th. Broken Bow Building and Loan applied for and received a Federal Charter Nov. 8, 1934, made possible by the Home Owners Loan Act of 1933. The Federal Home Loan Bank system served as the reserve for the savings and loan businesses and Custer Federal Savings and Loan was born. In 1965, Custer Federal remodeled what was then the Jack & Jill Grocery Store next door to the present Schaper and White Law Office and conducted business in what is now the south half of the its present building. In 1980, the north half of the building was added. That same year, Custer Federal began offering checking accounts and customer loans. In October 1990, Custer Federal was converted to a stock Federal Saving and Loan Association. The conversion of Custer Federal to a State Bank takes effect June 28, 2013. Custer Federal has planned a weeklong celebration of the conversion and name change. As part of this celebration, Custer Federal will be awarding "State" themed prizes via various registered drawings over the course of the week. Custer Federal staff encourages and welcomes those who have questions or concerns to stop by the bank or call 308-872-6486.


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If you have your Bibles, turn with us to 1 Corinthians Chapter 3, for our lesson this morning in the Word of God. 1 Corinthians chapter 3, we're gonna look at verses 1 to 9, a very familiar portion of Scripture to students of the Word of God, a portion that has been used as a basis for understanding much of what is taught regarding the Christian's behavior. In fact, the whole third chapter really is loaded with some very, very pertinent, important things, regard to Christian life. In our continuing study of 1 Corinthians, we come to chapter 3, in the middle of a section on division in the church. We've entitled this particular message "The Disease of Division," or if you will, "Carnal Christians."
Just to introduce the thought, I was reading a book entitled "New Life" written by Michael Green, and in the book he said that a friend of his came to him and explained to him his attitude toward his new found Christian life in these terms: "It is rather like a cyclist, who, when he has climbed a long hill, feels he should be able to freewheel down the other side. It is not until he reaches the top that he sees his task has only just started, and that the road winds on with even steeper hills than the one he has just climbed. When people accept Christ, they tend to think it is freewheeling from that point, but then they discover it is only the beginning."
You look at the Christian life, and I look at the Christian life, from our perspectives. So did this young man. But the interesting thing about it, from all of our perspectives, the Christian life is not easy. It is difficult. And maybe when you first became a Christian, you thought that it might be freewheeling. And somebody told you that if you'd come to Christ, he'd solve your problems. And He does do that. If you come to Christ you have peace and joy, and the answers to life. And you did and you do, but in spite of all of that, it's not easy. The Christian life is difficult. In fact, maybe it's harder to live now then it was before you were saved. Why? Why does a young Christian find that he thinks he might be able to freewheel it, and then as soon as he gets into the thing he finds out there's greater difficulty all the time? Why is it not easy to live a Christian life, with the power of God within us? Why is it difficult to do the thing we know we want to do, to do the thing that is right to do, that God says to be done? There are two reasons, and really everything can be reduced to these two. Two things make the Christian life difficult.
No. 1, you are going against the grain of the world. You are trying to breathe different air than exists in your atmosphere, and that isn't easy. You are finding yourself like a spiritual salmon. While everything else is floating downstream, you're fighting the current. You keep slamming against the wall of worldliness, just trying to break through. You aren't swimming the way the rest of the fish are swimming. You are going against the current, and it isn't easy. The world is geared to go a certain direction. You are going the opposite way, and that makes it hard. Now that's the external pressure.
Secondly, the internal. You are also going against the grain of the flesh, your own humanness. Paul put it this way in Romans 7: "I love to do God's will so far as my new self is concerned. But there is something deep within me in my flesh that is at war with my mind, and wins the fight, making me a slave to the sin that still is in me." That's the internal. You see, men are born sinful. That's because they're born of sinful parents and it goes all the way back to Adam and Eve. Because we are born with a tendency to sin, with a domination to sin, this creates a problem. Salvation comes - now watch- and when we are saved, God breaks the back of evil, neutralizes, in a sense, sin, gives us the Holy Spirit to subdue sin, but he doesn't remove the tendency to evil that is in our humanness. And so with all of those things that he does, we still, though the triumph is ultimate, struggle on the path to that ultimate triumph.
So you see Satan has two things that he works on in the life of a Christian: the world, that's the external; the flesh, that's the internal. And those two things make it very difficult. We are going against the grain. We are breathing different air than exists in our atmosphere, we are spiritual salmon going against the stream, and secondly we have within us a tendency to evil. And though the Spirit of God is there to subdue that, ultimately and practically, it is still there and it rears itself and though we win the battle, ultimately we lose a lot of skirmishes on the way.
Now that's why the Christian life isn't easy, and the Christian has to watch for two things. We have to look outside and watch the world. You have to look inside and watch the flesh. And incidentally, sometimes they are very closely connected because the world becomes the thing that tempts the flesh. But Satan uses these two avenues to get to us: outside and inside.
This was precisely the problem that the Corinthians had. The problem the Corinthians faced was this: they had been able to avoid neither the world, nor the flesh. They were succumbing to the world; they were succumbing to the flesh. And as a result of that, all kinds of sins were occurring. And from the beginning of 1 Corinthians, to the 16thchapter, is just dealing with one sin after another: Sins that were issuing out of this inability to deal with the world and the flesh.
Now one of the sins that was creating problems in Corinth was division. Division is a sin. Now I hasten to add that no sin is an isolated sin. Sins are always combinations of other sins. Just file off that somewhere on your computer. It will come up once in a while. There's no such thing as an isolated sin. Sins are combinations of other sins. And in Corinth, division was not an isolated sin that existed in a vacuum. It was a product of other sins. Pride, envy, jealousy, etc., etc., create division. But division was a very serious thing and Paul knew that if he could correct division, he could take care of a lot of other things. So he spends a tremendous amount of time on division.
Now he says to them, in effect: "Your division is caused by two things." Now what are the two things I just told you cause sin? Worldliness and the flesh. Division, first of all, in the church at Corinth, was caused by worldliness.
Now we think of worldliness, usually, as things you do, you know, playing cards, getting drunk, you know, whatever you categorize as worldliness in your little category. But that isn't really what worldliness is. Worldliness is simply buying whatever the world's philosophies are, whatever their attitudes are. And in the case of the Corinthians, it wasn't that they necessarily behaved like the world - they did do that - but that isn't the issue here. It was that they were following the world's philosophies. They were defining things, in an ultimate sense, by the world's definitions. And you see, Paul says to them from 1:18 through 2:16, the end of the first chapter and the whole second chapter, "Your problem is you're divided because you are buying the world's philosophy. Everybody brings into the church philosophies of the world. You can't agree because you all have your own different worldly philosophies and you've got discord."
That was their first problem. First cause of their division was their worldliness. They were still hanging on to old worldly philosophies they'd been taught by their worldly philosophers before they were saved.
But there's a second reason. The second reason for their division is in chapter 3, and that is the flesh. The second reason that they were divided was because instead of functioning in the Spirit, they were functioning in the flesh. And whenever the flesh functions, watch this, one word will characterize it. Inevitably, it starts with "s" and it ends with "ish": selfish. Division is manifest selfishness and that's what carnality always is. Carnality says, "I will do what I will do; I don't care what God wants me to do. I will work in the flesh, do what my body says, my nature says, regardless of what God says."
So carnality and worldliness were creating the division in the church. They were buying the world's philosophies and they were behaving in the world's patterns. Selfishly, internal, fleshy desires were overruling the statements of the Word and the revelation of God. So you see, folks, perennially, the enemies of the Lord's work are the world and the flesh, both in the collective and corporate base and individually.
Now in our text, Paul is going to tackle the disease of division from the standpoint of carnality, from the internal, from the standpoint of the flesh. This really is the key if you can overrule the flesh, you can also overrule the world.
You kind of have to feel like Paul's a doctor here. Maybe he'd been hanging around Luke so long he felt that he was sort of learning everything Luke knew, and he sort of sees himself as a doctor. But he's sort of a spiritual physician, and he's in the business of diagnosing. He is absolutely the greatness spiritual diagnostician there ever was, apart from our Lord. This guy could see through the symptoms of what was going on and get the issue better than anybody.
You know the word "diagnosis" - some of you are doctors and you use that word a lot - the word "diagnosis" - you can throw this in your file - comes from two Greek words: diaand nosis. Nosisis the Greek word "to know" and diameans "through." It means, "to know through something," and that's what "diagnosis" is. You look at the symptoms; you go behind the symptoms through to the real problem. You have diagnosed the problem. You have seen through the superficial to the real problem. You know through the problem.
And this is what Paul did. Incidentally the word is used in the book of Acts in reference to Paul's defense before Agrippa, and him being able to make a proper diagnosis of what he was saying. But here we find Paul diagnosing the Corinthians all the way through the book. He says, "This is what you do; here is what it looks like; here is what is causing it; and here is how to cure it." He is a spiritual physician all the way through 1 Corinthians, diagnosing, then describing symptoms, and then offering cures.
Now he comes to the disease of division, and that's an ugly disease....really ugly. And it's very, very contagious. You can have division at the church at a small level, and boy, that thing can spread. Not only does it affect the church but it affects the world, because an un-united church, a divided, wrangling, fighting church looses its ability to testify. And so division is a very, very
serious disease.
Now Paul's going to give three things. It's a simple outline. Follow along. The cause, the symptoms, and the cure. The cause of division, the symptoms of it, how it manifests itself, and the cure for it.
No. 1, the cause. Let's look. I want you to hang in with me, because this is a very important passage and we must make clear some very basic theological principles. The cause is in verses 1 through 3a: "And I brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ." Now here he tells them what was causing their division. It wasn't just environment; it wasn't just worldly pressure. It was the weakness of their own flesh. "I couldn't speak to you as spiritual, but carnal." And here he introduces the problem.
Now let's notice the verse specifically. He says "brethren." And by saying that, that is a term of love, affection. It's also a term of equality, so he identifies with them on an equal level. But in addition to that it's sort of a softening of the rebuke. Also, indicates to us to whom he speaks: Christians. He speaks to Christians but he says, now watch this, "I could not speak unto you as unto spiritual." The word "as," folks, is very important. "I couldn't speak to you as if you were spiritual. You are brethren, you are Christians, but I can't talk to you like that."
Now, the term "spiritual" is very, very important. When we use the term "spiritual," we use it in many ways. The world talks about the "spiritual" world and what do they mean? They mean the occult, don't they? We talk about someone who is "spiritual" and we mean a guy who is really moving in the Spirit, a guy who is "spiritual" as opposed to carnal. Or when we say a "spiritual" man, we may just mean a Christian, as opposed to a natural man. We have to be careful how we use it, and we want to know how Paul uses it here, so watch. This demands some careful observation.
The word for "spiritual" is numaticoi, or numaticas; icasis the ending. Anytime you see an icasending - most of you saw an icasending, you wouldn't know it was an icasending - but anyway, an icasending, at the end of the word, it means "characterized by or controlled by." So numameans "Spirit." So numaticasmeans, "Spirit controlled by; controlled by the Spirit."
So here is somebody controlled by the Spirit, a spiritual man. All Christians are numaticoi. All Christians are controlled by the Spirit. Did you know that? There is no such thing as a Christian not controlled by the Spirit. Now not all Christians obey the Spirit, who is in control, but they are all controlled by Him. Sometimes you may have seen a little diagram that shows a Christian, and it's got himself on the throne and the Holy Spirit down at the side. Can't happen. Once you become a Christian, the Holy Spirit takes over the control of your life. He remains in control of your life until the day you die. He will always be in control of your life. The only issue is whether or not you're submitting to His control.
And I'll tell you something else, in a minute, that may help you to understand this. I'll explain it in broader terms; just introduce it here. The Holy Spirit will control you to the end that He wants, whether you cooperate or not. But you should cooperate. It's a lot less painful. Okay?
Now, all Christians are spiritual. You say "How do you know that, John." Verse 15 of chapter 2. Let's go back to 14 and see the contrast. "The natural man" - now who is the natural man? The unsaved man. A sucacoi: controlled by - there's _______ again - controlled by suca, his own soul, his own humanness. He receives not the things of the Spirit of God. He's not even sensitive to spiritual things. He's on the outside looking in and not even knowing what he's seeing. So the natural man, in contrast to the natural man who can't know the things of the Spirit, verse 15 says there is a spiritual man. He can discern all things. Now there, my friends, the term "spiritual" refers simply to a Christian. Simply to a Christian, not to a special kind of Christian; not to a good one as opposed to a bad one; not to a mature one as opposed to an immature one. Just to a Christian, period. All Christians are spiritual as opposed to natural. That is, what used to be controlled by the human nature, we are now controlled by the Holy Spirit. That is true of every Christian.
Now, mark this. That is a positional statement. Remember how often we've talked about position in practice, that a Christian positionally, before God, is perfect. But in practice we don't always live up to what we are. When God looks at you, He sees you as if He were looking at whom? Christ. He looks at you, He sees you in Christ. In fact, in 1 Corinthians, He says to the Corinthians: "You are holy ones." And then he proceeds to tell them how rotten they are. Well what's he saying? He's saying before God, in Christ, positionally, holy. Practically, you're rotten. You're not living up to what you are. This is why we believe that you don't lose your salvation, because your practice never affects your position. Those are two different things. You have to make a distinction in Scripture. The practice of an individual - for example he says, "Now are you sanctified," then he turns right around later to the Corinthians and says, "Now cleanse yourselves from filthiness." Well you see, positionally before God, they are pure, they are in Christ, they are righteous. When God looks at you, does He see sin? He sees absolute righteousness. You're covered with the righteousness of Christ. Is there sin in your life? Yeah, practically. See your difference between your practice and position.
Now, the word "spiritual" here is used of your position. Before God, you are a spiritual person. You are under the control of the Spirit. You are characterized by the Spirit. As opposed to an unsaved person who is not, and thus he can't know God's truth at all. You can. You can know the word. You can discern the Word. You can read the Word. You can study the Word. You are controlled by the Holy Spirit.
The word then, "spiritual," is used in the New Testament to speak of this positional aspect. Just as an illustration, look at verse 6 of chapter 2. Now when I say the word "mature," what kind of Christian do you think of? You think of a mature Christian right? Somebody who really knows the Word, ______. Did you know that every Christian is mature? Every single Christian is mature. You say, "Wait a minute." Why do you keep telling us to grow up to maturity then? Well I'm using it in the practical sense, but positionally you're all full-grown. Did you know that? When you became a Christian you were a whole thing. There's no one who's a half Christian. Never met a half Christian, not even a three-quarter Christian. As I told you, my grandfather put it simply: "There's only two kinds of people: the Saints and the Aints, and either you is or you ain't." There is not any half way about it. A Christian is somebody who's a Christian. And he's a total Christian. That's why 2:6 says this: "We are speaking among them that are telaois," that are grown up ones, that are mature ones, that are total ones, that are mature. So there, maturity is used positionally. Elsewhere it is used practically, isn't it, as illustrated in Ephesians? We oughta mature the body. We are to build it up.
So you see the words of Scripture sometimes speak of our position, sometimes of our practice. So then, "spiritual" is used in 15 to speak of our position. It is also used that way in 1 Peter 2:5 where he says, "All Christians are a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices." That's us, in our position. We always don't act like a holy priesthood, do we? But we are positionally.
Further, let me show you Romans 8, because I think it illustrates the point. Romans 8:6, here's a distinction: "To be carnally minded is death, to be spiritually minded is life." Here he equates, watch this, spirituality with life. Who has life? Christians. Who then is spiritual? Christians. He even says in verse 9, "You are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit." Well who's he talking to? "If so be the Spirit of God dwells in you." Whoever the Spirit dwells in. Well, you say, "Who does the Spirit dwell in? Some Christians?" "If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is of Him." Let's go backwards in the verse. If a man has the Spirit, he belongs to Christ, right? If the Spirit of God dwells in you, you are in the Spirit, and not in the flesh. That is saying no Christian is in the flesh; all Christians are in the Spirit.
So you see, there's a positional thing. Even though we're in the Spirit, we can do the deeds of the flesh once in a while. But here he's talking about our position, not our practice. In fact, in verse 4, he says, "We do not walk after the flesh, but after the Spirit." All Christians walk after the Spirit, positionally, in our position before God. Look at verse 14, Romans 8: "As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God." How can you tell if you're a son of God? If you're led by the Spirit of God. All sons of God are led by the Spirit. Therefore, all Christians are spiritual, led by the Spirit. That's all he's saying.
Over in verse 26 - and here's this idea: "The Spirit helps us in our weakness." Even when we goof it up in practice. "We don't know what to pray for, but the Spirit makes intersection for us with groanings that can't be uttered, and God," verse 27 says, "hears those prayers" and the result, "we know that all things work together for good." Did you know something? That stuff in your life - hold on to your hat - is going to work together for good, whether you cooperate or not. Did you know that?
But as I said earlier, it's a lot better to cooperate. Listen, your life is so controlled by the Holy Spirit. He so rules that your life, that because of you, with you, or in spite of you, it's going to work out together for good. I'm glad, but I'd rather be in on it, because other wise I'm winding up in Hebrews chapter 12 getting chastised.
Don't you see? Every Christian is controlled by the Spirit positionally, walking in the Spirit, positionally he is spiritual, as opposed to natural. In fact, Galatians 5:25 says, "All Christians live in the Spirit." That is our life, isn't it?
So Paul says in 2:15 - say, "When are you going to get to the third chapter?" I'll be there in a minute - in 2:15, he says, "You are spiritual, you are characterized by, you are controlled by, you are walking by the Holy Spirit, as opposed to the natural. That's what salvation did for you. It gave you God's Holy Spirit to control you. Now, in spite of the fact that you are positionally spiritual, practically you're not living spiritually, so I could not speak unto you as I should have been able to speak unto you, as to spiritual. In fact, I have to speak to you as I would to carnal, as unto babes in Christ." So he says "I couldn't speak to you as spiritual." They were spiritual but he couldn't talk to them like they were. You see? The word "as" is important there.
"Spiritual" sometimes means practical. In here it does. I wish you were as spiritual in your practical as your position, right? Sometimes the word "spiritual" is used that way. Galatians 6:1, the brother's overtaken in a fall, "He that is spiritual restores such a one in love." There it's talking about a certain level of a Christian. I should say, a Christian who is walking in the Spirit, practically, who is practicing his position. You pick out the Christian who isn't practicing his position, you see? So "spiritual" in 6:1 of Galatians is used to contrast two kinds of Christians. So you see it just depends on the passage. Now here he's saying your position is spiritual, 2:15, your practice isn't, 3:1.
"Now I have to talk to you as unto carnal," he says. And here the Greek word is sarkenos, not icasending, but an enosending. And an enosending means "made of." "I'm talking to you as if you were made of flesh." Down in 3, when he says, "You are yet carnal," he uses icas. "You are controlled by the flesh, but I have to talk to you as if you are made of it." He says in effect, "You're so messed up I gotta deal with you like I was dealing with a bunch of unbelievers." Wow. Carnal, it's the word flesh. Sarks. It is used in this reference to refer to the basic nature of man, to refer to that which is subject to sin, his edamic self, his rebelliousness toward God, his self-centeredness, his proneness to sin. And when you were saved, that was not eradicated. It doesn't dominate you anymore. It's been neutralized. You can use it or not use it, but it's still there. And he's saying, "I have to talk to you like you were carnal." He doesn't say man's dominated by the flesh; he says "I gotta talk to you like you're unsaved, like you are sarkenosis, made of the flesh." Fleshy-that's the definition of unbelievers.
Now to illustrate that this is the way "carnal" is used, all you have to do is go back to Romans 8 again. And you don't need to turn to it; I'll read it to you. Romans 8 says this: "For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh, and they that are after the Spirit, the things of the Spirit." Now here he's talking about a saved and an unsaved man. And he calls an unsaved man "somebody minding the flesh." Verse 6, "To be carnally minded is death." Why? That's an unbeliever, isn't it? Verse 8, "They that are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh." You see, he's distinguishing a Christian and a non-Christian and here he doesn't call a non-Christian natural, he calls him carnal. He doesn't say man is carnal. He's functioning on his flesh. But he can say to a Christian: "When you do the things you are doing, you could be defined by the same term. You're not natural anymore, because you do have the Holy Spirit and no Christian is ever called natural. But you are carnal, because you are functioning on the basis of the flesh." And you know when a Christian sins, there's no difference in quality, and there's no difference in definition between his sin and the sin of an unbeliever. Did you know that? If a Christian lies, is that a different quality of sin than an unbeliever? Christians sin better sins, huh? We have a higher level of sinning. If anything, what? It's worse. You see the sin is sin, and the same flesh that functioned before you were saved will produce the same kind of sin, defined in the same terms with the same degree of heinousness to God, after you're saved. It will be less frequent but just as bad when it happens.
So a Christian who is spiritual could never be natural, but he could behave carnally, but carnally truly is the definition of an unregenerate man. So he's saying to the Corinthians, "You know, you're so messed up I have to treat you like a bunch of unbelievers." That's tragic, isn't it? But you know that can be illustrated in Matthew 18. Remember he said, "If there's anybody that's got something against a brother, you go to him, and then take two or three and then if he doesn't come through, then treat him as an unbeliever." Sometimes that's the only way you can treat a Christian is like an unbeliever. Why, Paul did that, didn't he? When he said, "You take the person that's doing what he's doing" in 1 Corinthians chapter 5 "and turn him over to Satan." And _________ and Alexander, he says, "I've taken him and turned him over to Satan. He might learn not to blaspheme. I've treated him as if they belonged to him. That's how they're acting."
So believer's spiritual positionally; he may not be spiritual practically. And if he isn't he's carnal, and if he's carnal, he's acting like a carnal man who is an unbeliever. He's behaving like somebody who wasn't saved. Now that is terrible, tragic. Carnal Christians are behaving like they never were saved. That's not much gratitude to God who redeemed you.
Now let me summarize: Christians are positionally spiritual. They can be practically carnal. And that is the case of the Corinthians.
Now he goes a step further and adds at the end of verse 1 this statement: "As unto babes in Christ, I have to treat you because you're babes in Christ?" No. "As, as" again. "As if you were. You people know too much to be treated this way. I'm treating you as babes." Now who is a "babe?" Well, I've heard people say a "babe" is a new Christian. Nowhere in the Scripture is anybody ever called a babe because he is a new Christian. Did you know that? That's right. "Babe" implies spiritual stupidity, ignorance. New Christians could be called "babes", but they wouldn't be called "babes" because they were new Christians. They would be called "babes" because, as new Christians, they didn't know much. See the difference? Because the term "babe," it's even used in Hebrews 5 to speak of an unbeliever who doesn't know much, and they don't know much. But Hebrews 5 even calls unbelievers "babes." These people are Christian because it says "In Christ." The "babes" means they're ignorant, state of spiritual ignorance.
You say, "Well maybe they were new Christians. Go easy on them." No, they were as babes. They weren't new Christians. How long had Paul been there when he was there? 18 months, a year and a half. Do you think a year and a half of Paul's teaching and somebody should still be a babe? No, not when in three years he taught the whole council of God in Ephesians. A year and a half would give you a lot of good stuff. If you were still a babe, you weren't listening. You say "Well maybe when Paul left they never had anybody in the meantime." You know who the pastor was the followed him? Apollos. The Bible says things about Apollos it says about no man. He was so eloquent he was probably above all men in eloquence and teaching of the Word. You say, "Well maybe enough time hadn't elapsed." Would you believe four and a half to five years since he left? Now maybe some of those people were around for over 5 years, under the ministry of Paul and Apollos. Some of them obviously had met Peter. Some of them had met Christ. And he says "I've gotta talk to you like babies. You are spiritually stupid."
How could they be spiritually stupid if they'd been under all that teaching? Good question, glad you asked. Do you want to know something? If you walk in the flesh long enough, you will shift your spiritual gears into reverse and you will become what James 1:25 calls a "forgetful hearer." And you will literally lose the ability to function on the things you once knew. You will go in reverse. First, neutral, then reverse, backwards. They forgot the things they should have known. Their carnality had stunted their growth. The Word of God they couldn't receive.
You know we like 1 Peter 2:2, "As babes desire the pure milk of the word that you may grow." But you can't get to verse 2 without verse 1, which says, "laying aside all evil." And if you don't lay aside all evil, you're not a receptacle that can contain the truth. You can't receive it. And what happens here, all this walking in the flesh, all this carnality, results in them being as if they were spiritually stupid, even though they were in Christ, even though they were Christians, and even though it had been a long time, they were, because of their carnality, spiritually stupid. Maybe they didn't know these truths, because they'd forgotten them, or maybe they'd just forgotten the ability to apply them. Have you ever faced that? You know, I've gotten into a lot of counseling where you say to people "Do you know the Spirit?" "Well yeah, but I just can't seem to apply it." Spiritual stupidity. The practice didn't match the position. They were carnal; they were manifesting terrible immaturity, even though they were in Christ. This is really a strong rebuke.
Now, Paul goes further. Verse 2: "I have fed you with milk, not with meat." Solid food, he means. "For to this time you are not able to bear it, neither yet now are you able for you are still carnal." Now here Paul is not really rebuking them at the first of the verse. He's just recalling. He says "You know I've feed you with milk when I first came there. I didn't give you meat, for unto this time you were not able to bear it. But the thing that amazes me is that you're still not able to bear it and you're still carnal. I could expect a little carnality when you were in your infancy right? Having just been saved, you can't expect a guy to know everything. And you know where he's ignorant, Satan's gonna zap him and so he's going to manifest carnality. So I can understand if you were just a spiritual infant and you'd just been saved, you'd have a little carnality, and I gave you some milk and brought you along. But the thing that shocks me is that you still can't handle the meat. Here we are years later, here we are truths later, and you're still on the bottle."
What's amazing, this is so applicable for so many Christians, I tell you. They show up on Sunday morning "ahhhh," want somebody to stick it in, see? They can't feed themselves and they don't want the meat. They like it real simple. Sometimes I hear, and I'm not defaming anybody else, but sometimes I hear sermons that are so simple, they insult you. Sometimes I turn on the television and I hear sermons that are so simple. Why - I say look at the text and all they get out of that text is superficiality. Man, there's meat in there. You say, "Well, we don't want to get too deep." What they mean is you don't want to study.
Well you know the Catholics felt that way. They don't want to get too deep. They made a distinction in this verse between milk doctrine and meat doctrine. And they said the only thing the people could have was the milk doctrine, and the meat doctrine was for the clergy. And they kept the whole of the Catholic Church in ignorance for centuries.
And then you say, "Well there are other people that feel that we shouldn't tell the new Christians every doctrine. There are some they wouldn't understand." Really? Paul, in Ephesus, in 3 years, taught the whole council of God. Anything that's good to know is good to know by anybody that needs to know it. Anything that's truth is helpful.
What is the difference between a milk and a meat doctrine? There's no difference. What? What you do mean there's no difference. No difference in the doctrine, just a difference in the depth of it. The same thing that's milk to you might be meat to somebody else.
Some of you are new Christians and I can say to a brand new Christian, "Jesus bore our sins, in His own body, on the tree" and a new Christian will say "Jesus bore my sins in His own body" and he'll understand the whole truth, right? You go up to a theologian with a string of degrees, spent all his life studying the Bible, and you say "Jesus Christ bore our sins in His own body on the tree" and he goes "_______." He thinks about all kinds of things, the kinosis, the God, man, who was really suffering the separation between the Father and Son, the ascension into Heaven, and while he was there, he thinks about justification, sanctification, atonement, propitiation, and all the terms go running through his mind. That's meat. The same statement to the simplest Christian is the same food the angels feast on. It isn't that there's a difference in the doctrine itself, but in the depth of understanding and depth of perceiving what's behind it, what's beneath it.
And I'm saying when Christianity really gets exciting is when you begin to know the deep things of God that the Spirit searches out. Beloved, look at it in verse 10, and wants to reveal to you. To keep spiritual ignorance is a crime against the Holy Spirit. To get up and do nothing but give milk, milk, milk, milk, you're going to have a whole lot of people with bone disease, spiritual bone disease. They won't even be able to stand on their own 2 feet. You're going to have to haul them in and out on stretchers. And you are insulting the Spirit of God when a guy gets in a pulpit and gives nothing but milk, milk, milk, all the time. He is absolutely ignoring the ministry of the Spirit in divine revelation. It's a crime against the Holy Spirit. I'm sure it grieves Him. In every sermon there ought to be milk and meat and there will be. So we go deep and lose you. You can hang around and stick with the milk while we're gone. We'll be back. I wouldn't do that to the Holy Spirit. If you wonder why sometimes we go deep and we stay in a verse a long time, it's because the Holy Spirit wrote that thing, and in it is the deep things of God, and I want to give you what He gave me, and you in the Word.
So he says, "When I was with you a few year ago, I expected you to take milk. I can't stand the fact you're still on it." And I can relate to this. I really can. He says, in the end of verse 3, he says: "You are carnal and walking as men. You know you are acting like you are unsaved. This is ridiculous. Prolonged, pitiful, infancy."
I'll tell you, you know, we love the little baby and we think a little baby is terrific, and there's nothing like a little baby. But when you see a 20-year-old person with the mind of a baby, that isn't anything to think highly of. That is a supreme tragedy, isn't it? That breaks your heart. Just exactly how it is spiritually. The saddest thing in the church is to see somebody who has grown up physically and grown along in years in Christianity, and has the mentality of an infant, and never known the deep things of God.
Listen. Spiritual ignorance is the result of carnality. Spiritual ignorance and carnality are tied inseparably together. And here are these people, in their carnality, had absolutely voided the things they were hearing. They didn't even have the receptivity to take them in. They were carnal, and the carnality caused the disease of division. "You are still carnal," he says in verse 3. I can relate to that because I really believe that the greatest tragedy in the church is manifest immaturity from people who know better, who know more, and have been around long enough to be mature. It's a grieving thing. The deep things, the rich things are here. Once you were babies, some of you, and it was good. You were babies. We expected carnal manifestation from babies. You didn't know that much. But really, you're not acting your age now. You've been saved far too long to be on milk. You ought to be feeding yourself. And so much of the ministry, I mean, personal ministry that we have, so much of it is dealing with those who are immature. Not because they're new Christians but because they've been carnal. So Paul tells us the cause of the disease, carnality. "You have division because you're carnal."
Now the symptoms, point 2. Verse 3: "For whereas there is among you," and only two of them are in the best manuscripts here, "envying and strife," or, if you want a different definition, "jealousy and wrangling." What are the symptoms of division? Jealousy and wrangling. Attitude and action. The attitude, jealousy; the action, fighting, wrangling, hassling.
Now, carnality doesn't just cause this particular symptom. When he says "You are carnal because there is envy and strife," you can be carnal and it will manifest itself in other ways, right? Carnality causes many diseases, like cancer. Cancer causes many malfunctions in many ways to many different organs. You can have cancer that is called Leukemia. You can have cancer that's caused Adenocarcinoma. You can have cancer that's called Odd Cell Carcinoma, Basal cell carcinoma, Hepotoma, all of that referring to different organs in which the cancer makes it's attack and having different results. And the same thing is true of carnality. Carnality is a general evil that can attack different areas. For example, the flesh in Galatians 5 attacks all kinds of areas. It will attack you in your morality, it will attack you in your relationship to other people, factions, seditions, heresies, envying, all that. It will attack you in your behavior, drunkenness, wild parties. It attacks in all different ways and has all different manifestations. One of the ways it attacks, manifesting one style of symptom, is it attacks in the area of envy and strife and produces division. One of the diseases caused by carnality is division in the church, and its tragic.
You know there are people in the church that like that division and who fostered it. They pride themselves on belonging to a certain faction or a certain party. I say this, whenever there is division in the church, it is the manifestation of carnality. Mature Christians rejoice in the total unity of the church. They do everything they can to strive for that unity. They don't ever start little groups that disagree with somebody else. They don't ever polarize around a person over here, while another group polarizes around a person over here. They are totally involved in what the Lord wants, and He wants unity.
Whenever you see division, it's always babies. You know the most selfish people in the world, far and away? Babies. You got one at home? Selfish, isn't he? When he wants it, he wants it now. You go over to the nursery, want an illustration on selfishness. "Mine." Right? One little kid's in the corner with a ball and 8 kids are on top of him. You see it is infantile to be totally self-absorbed.
Carnality manifests itself in selfishness and selfishness is the mother of division. I want it the way I want it. We believe this way. This is our group. See? Division. You're babies. Babies are like that. When you just give milk, milk, milk, milk, you get a whole church full of babies and you got a whole church fighting over their little ball and their blocks. Havoc. You get mature people, and you know what mature people are doing? They're too busy concentrating on God to be worried about everybody's little group.
Verse 4: "One of you is saying, 'I am of Paul,' another 'We're of the Apollos group.' Aren't you carnal? You're operating in the flesh." Division can only happen where there's carnality. Carnal, immature people split over personalities, hero worship. You don't want to get your eyes on personalities. You want to get your eyes on God.
This has been said to me several times, but someone particular said, "Don't you have any fear that in a staff like yours, of capable people, that it will polarize and people will start following people. You know, you'll have a group coming along saying, 'I am of Fred' and another group will say 'I am of Jerry, I am of Lenny or I am of Jack, I am of whatever, I am of Auggie.' Then everything will polarize, see." Well, I suppose it could happen but if it does happen, it will manifest carnality and we know where the problem, so we'll attack it.
Those kind of factions are manifestations of carnality with regression to spiritual infancy and ignorance. You know why? Because men aren't the issue, you see? God is the issue. And if we all worship one God, there can't be any division. There can only be unity. And that leads us to the cure, verse 5-9. It's going to be a quick cure. That's the best kind, isn't it? You don't want to take a long time getting well.
Here's the antidote for the disease of division. Simple statement: Recognize that we all glorify one God, right? Get your eyes back on the one God. The human instrument is irrelevant. Watch verse 5, and the word should be "what" rather than "who" here: "What is Paul, and what is Apollos, but diaconoi, servants, by whom you believe even as the Lord gave to every man." You know what he says here? In Chapter 1 verse 13, he says, "Did Paul die for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul?" What he was implying was: what did they ever do for you? Here he says they did nothing, he says they are nothing. They are diaconoi.
You know what that originally meant? Busboy. Yeah, table waiter, clean up the dishes. You know what we are? Spiritual busboys. Don't call me Reverend MacArthur, call me busboy. I'm a busboy. We want to exalt the instrument. You ever gone into a great city square in a great city in America and seen a statue of a busboy? I never have. Always a General or President. Oh nobody makes statues of busboys. Well, don't exalt ministers. You see, when you say "Well I go to John MacArthur's church, well I go..." you miss the point, friend. We are servants. We are servants through whom you believed. You know, if you get the water of life, you don't glorify the faucet. We are tools, we are channels. Can you imagine to see the world ________ a great artist, so they would paint a picture of his brush? You see you don't honor the man; you honor God. And as long as the church keeps its focus on God, everything is okay. As soon as we polarize to man, that is a manifestation of carnality, because you are functioning in the flesh rather than the Spirit, because the Spirit would point you to God.
He says this: "We're ministers by whom you believe. We're just agents, even as the Lord gave to every man. The only reason I am what I am is Lord gave it to me. The only reason you came to Christ through me is that's the way the Lord designed it. Don't honor me; I'm just being used as a tool." "I have planted," verse 6, He uses an agricultural illustration, "I have planted, Apollos came along and watered, but God gave the increase. Don't honor me; don't honor Apollos. Honor God." No more comparisons of ministers. No more saying "Well this one - well we go to this one - and this one isn't as good." Wait a minute, wait a minute. The things that are happening are happening where there are faithful men. You have to assume that because sin can violate a man's ministry and ruin it. But where you have two faithful men with differing ministries, it's God's decision. It's not that one of them is better than the other.
And so he says, "I plant, Apollos waters, God gives the increase." So, verse 7, "Neither is he that plants anything or he that waters." We are nothing people. Get it. Absolutely nothing. That's why I so reject titles. The Revered Holy Father, whatever, or Bishop somebody, or the Exalted and Honorable. No. Just plain ole busboy will do. We're nothing. We are nothing, it says it in verse 7: "Neither is he that plants anything, or even waters. It's God that gives the increase." If anything happens, who did it? God did it. "And if anything, in this ministry, you focus on God," he says, "not on men."
And he says -if you think Paul and Apollos are fighting, look at verse 8: "He that plants and waters are one." We're in agreement with each other. We're working together. "And every man will receive his own reward according to his own labor." You don't need to honor us. We'll get our honor from whom? From God. He will reward every man according to His own success. Is that what it says? Your rewards aren't based on your success. They're based on your what? Labor. And some guys work awful hard and have little success.
A missionary in India for 35 years saw one convert, but God will pay him for his labor in eternity, not for his success. And there are of people that have all kinds of things happening. Maybe they don't labor like that man. "So," he says, "don't think we're fighting, we're one and the Lord's going to take care of rewarding. You don't need to pass on the laurels, God will do it." Get it, folks.
Verse 9, "We are just working together with God. You are God's field and you are God's building, not ours." Do you see what he's saying? He's saying "Get your attention off us, on Him." And believe me, if you really get your attention on Him, not only will eliminate division, it will eliminate carnality.
Let's pray. While your heads are bowed just a moment before we close, there may be some of you this morning who do not know our Lord, and you know you're not a spiritual man, led by the Spirit, controlled by the Spirit, redeemed by Christ, but you desire to be. Why don't you express that, silently in your heart, who hears every unspoken word and reads every thought. And just say "Lord God, I desire through Jesus Christ and His death for me, to follow Him, to receive the Spirit, to be led of the Spirit, controlled by the Spirit." God will respond and do it.
Some of you as Christians have been walking in the flesh; you've been manifesting carnality. Why don't you pray and ask God to deliver you from that, to transform your life into the walk in the Spirit that he intended it to be all along, consistent with your position, who you are.
Father thank you for our time this morning, for the clear word of God. We pray that you'll bind it to our hearts, as frontlets to thy law, were bound to Israel of old, to the priests, that it might be constantly before us and in our mouths, when we stand and sit, and walk in the way and lie down. We pray that your truth will govern our behavior, and our lives, for your glory. We pray that if there be any division, you'll heal the disease, that might be honest, objective, understanding of the cause of that division, carnality, and there might be a refocusing on you and you alone. We commit ourselves and the Word to you, to be used. We pray in Christ's name, Amen.
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Kiffin: a deluge of criticism on ESPN
ESPN just had a 5 person panel--the one with Paige, Mariotti, etc (called something like "outside the lines" I think).
The comments on Kiffin were uniformly negative by all 5 experts
"You cant believe a word he says"
"He's been at usc at and is already in trouble with ncaa violations"
"He's gonna be not just in hot water but scalding hot water"
They seemed to imply that severe USC sactions are coming.
Then on the next show: the two person, back and forth discussion between Tony and Wilbon.**
Tony: "He needed to run a clean program but at his first USC press conf, questions already started flying as to whether he'd already violated rules his first day."
"this is not a good start for kiffin"
"He's real good at talk..."we just did a story about his guys getting in trouble"....
Tony reminded Wilbon that the had also previously said of Kiffin:
"he's a fraud and a cheat"
Whether you agree or not, the USC recruits or commits...especically Baxter, Parker, etc....should see these shows.
Yes, nobody likes negative recruiting, but don't think that Kiffin hasn't already pumped up his own negative recruiting machine. (he previously told a guy that if he went to south carolina, he'd be pumping gas the rest of his life)
Also, there's no need to say anything negative about Kiffin...since everybody else is alreay saying it for you.
The recruits just need to see what other people think of Kiffin--the universal opinion that this USC team--with a Forrest Gump coach and the likely stigma and restrictions of probation-- is very unlikely to be the USC team you thought you were getting, no matter what the slick salesmen will tell you.
*All quotes are approximate since the announcers spoke quickly and I did not have a recording
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The Earned Income Tax Credit can be a blessing to low-income families. It also has been a bonanza for tax cheats – and the Internal Revenue Service cannot seem to stop them.
About 27 million families received nearly $62 billion in tax credits through the EITC in 2011. Many received checks from the IRS. Some people who qualify actually pay no taxes and get money back from the government.
But last year, the IRS paid as much as $15.6 billion through the EITC to people who may not have qualified, it was revealed last Tuesday. The amount is about one-fourth of all EITC payments.
For context, consider this: The amount of improper EITC payments exceeded the total of IRS refunds to all West Virginians and Ohioans in 2011.
You probably can guess how IRS officials reacted to the shocking news. They said they are "aggressively fighting tax fraud," The Associated Press reported. The agency also pledges to improve efforts to send EITC checks only to those who qualify.
That has become the standard promise from bureaucrats caught not doing their jobs: We're improving. Trust us.
Some of those receiving EITC checks improperly have made simple mistakes. Others committed fraud and should be caught and punished.
Meanwhile, IRS officials need to take EITC fraud at least as seriously as they do harassing conservative nonprofit groups.


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Before I begin my rant, I want to make two things clear: 1) I truly appreciate the work done by repository staff, especially volunteers, and 2) I have worked in genealogical repositories and centers in both professional and volunteer capacities. I've been on both sides of that particular fence.
Bad staff behavior at certain repositories and archives? The stuff of genealogical legend! Mention certain facilities at a genealogy gathering and eyeballs go rolling. Most of us researchers have encountered a staff person who seemed intent on being a linebacker instead of a guide.
I recently had an experience at a historical society that ruined a research trip. I had done as much preparation as I could. I checked to make sure the library was open. I checked their holdings to pinpoint exactly what records I needed. I had my questions listed. I brought all relevant research with me.
The people at the facility were extremely nice, which is one reason I don't want to identify the place. But the staff member in charge insisted on being a partner in my research. However, his interest was not in my research, but in impressing me with his knowledge. Since this was a facility where most of the records were accessible only through staff retrieval, I was pretty much at his mercy. Rather than retrieve the records I needed, he brought me records that he wanted me to see, records that were not pertinent to my research. When I insisted, very nicely, that I really needed to look at certain record books instead of the ones he brought, he suddenly became very busy with other library matters and patrons. After wasting an hour, I decided to move on to other places I wanted to visit. I planned to return the next day, hoping that someone else might be on duty, but other matters prevented my return. I don't know when I will be able to return to this locality.
The ideal staff member--and I have met plenty in my travels--is a person who quickly assesses a patron's requests and needs. As a former head of a historical library myself, I know that a patron's skill level and need for assistance can be evaluated fairly quickly. Some people need additional help, and they usually ask for it. Most patrons are helped by a quick description of the holdings and their methods of access. Pertinent suggestions may be helpful. The occasional neophyte may need extensive help with research methods and direction. But few patrons need someone to conduct their research for them, and if they do, their need is obvious.
Volunteers and professional staff members need to check their egos at the door. Patrons already assume that the people helping them have a vast and superior knowledge of the facility's holdings and of the local history. They are there to research, not to be impressed.
I once had an experience with a volunteer at an LDS family history center that almost stopped me from researching my family history. This happened back in the 1980's, before genealogy really exploded on the Internet. I had heard that the family history center had records and resources that could help me begin my research. But, the man at the center insisted on doing my research. He took a few of my ancestors' names and searched for them in the collection of discs the center had. He found none. I asked him where I could search next. He told me that I would never find my ancestors because all my resources were exhausted. To this day, I can't figure out if this encounter was one of miscommunication or whether this man was the worst genealogical volunteer in history.
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Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly on Wednesday became the first two-time winner of the Home Depot Coach of the Year Award after leading the No. 1 Fighting Irish to a 12-0 record and a berth in the Discover BCS National Championship game against No. 2 Alabama.
Kelly previously won the award in 2009 when he was the coach at Cincinnati. He will receive the award Thursday at the Home Depot College Football Awards.
Under Kelly, Notre Dame is 12-0 for the first time since 1988 and just the second time in school history. His 28 wins at Notre Dame in his first three seasons are tied for the most of any Fighting Irish coach in his first three seasons with the school. He's also the first Notre Dame coach since Lou Holtz (1994-96) to record three consecutive winning seasons.
One of Kelly's top players also was honored with an award Wednesday. Notre Dame's Tyler Eifert has won the John Mackey Award that goes to college football's best tight end.
Coming into the season, Eifert was regarded as the best receiver for the Fighting Irish and drew extra attention from opposing defenses. Nonetheless, Eifert had 44 receptions for 624 yards and four touchdowns. His reception late in the game against Michigan iced a 13-6 Notre Dame victory.
A senior, Eifert is Notre Dame's all-time leading receiver among tight ends and has also been praised for his blocking.
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TomVH: LB Vince Biegel Offered
Wisconsin LB Vince Biegel (6'3", 210 lbs) was offered by Michigan yesterday, according to his head coach Tony Bioli. "Vince called Michigan yesterday and talked to Greg Mattison and then Brady Hoke, and they gave him a verbal offer. I think that's probably a big school in his book," said Coach Bioli.
Biegel now has 8 or 9 offers including BYU, Wisconsin, MSU, and Minnesota. There are some interesting factors with Vince's recruitment, and relationships to each school. "BYU is where his dad played, Wisconsin is obviously instate, and Greg Mattison has some contacts here in the Rapids area. I believe Mattison might have recruited Vince's dad back in the 80's as well. We're familiar with his name here, and he has some friends in the area," Bioli said.
Vince was a Baltimore Ravens fan when Mattison was the defensive coordinator, which is another bonus for Michigan. Biegel doesn't want his recruitment to play out too long according to his coach.
Biegel is scheduled to go to Wisconsin next week, BYU over spring break, and will be scheduling a visit to Michigan soon as well.


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