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We Have Been Deceived
"Greed is idolatry." Paul (Colossians 3:5)
"Greed is good." –Oliver Stone ("Wall Street")
Sometimes fiction seems to create reality. Oliver Stone's 1987 movie portrayed what was then a caricature of the American financial system. In it, Wall Street trader Gordon Gekko proclaims, "Greed is good!" So far as I can tell, no one had ever said that before. though clearly Stone intended to convey that some people already believed it.
In the ensuing years, the slogan has been echoed not only by Wall Street traders like Ivan Boesky, but by economists and commentators. Both Bill Maher and former [Obama] Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank have quoted this line from the movie with approval.
Our current president, Donald Trump, said, "You can't be too greedy."
And it is clear that acquisitiveness is what makes our economy tick. We exploit resources and cheap labor. That's part of the fundamental philosophy underlying our economic system. We borrow money to buy more stuff. In May and June of 2015, several websites, including conservative Business Insider and more liberal CNN Money, warned that Americans are "saving too much" and (in the words of BI) "it's killing the economy."
Our economic system embraces this simple truth: "Greed is good." We've heard it so often, most of us no longer question it.
Yet the Bible differs. "Greed is idolatry," Paul says in Colossians.
Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry). On account of these the wrath of God is coming on those who are disobedient." (Col 3:5-6)
And again:
Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, promiscuous men, the lazy, thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, robbers—none of these will inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Corinthians 6:9-10, author-modified translation)
And he's not alone. From Jesus
"Be on your guard against all kinds of greed…" (Luke 12:15)
"You cannot serve both God and money." (Matthew 16:24)
To the writer of Hebrews
"Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have; for he has said, 'I will never leave you or forsake you.'" (Hebrews 13:5)
The message is clear: Greed and God are mutually exclusive.
We have been deceived!
But the deception doesn't end there.
I once expressed to a dear friend, a devout Catholic, my concern about the line in the Lord's Prayer, "Forgive us our tresspasses as we forgive those of others." At the time, I was dealing with anger issues and was plagued by unforgiveness. How could I expect forgiveness when I was unable to forgive others? He said, "That's not what Jesus meant." Really? Jesus spells it out pretty well!
"For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; but if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." (Matthew 6:14-15)
Another time, a Protestant reader of my blog took exception when I quoted Jesus on loving our enemies. She said that wasn't what Jesus really intended. Really? Jesus discusses it at length (Matthew 5:43-48, Luke 6:27-36), and he doesn't leave much room for ambiguity.
How is it that we, a supposedly-Christian nation, accept these deceptions without thinking?
The Bible warns in many places about the Deceiver, Satan, and those who are convinced by his lies. One site lists 35 such verses. Jesus warns that he will try to lead even "the elect" astray (Mk 13:22, Mt 24:24). The Deceiver tells us what we want to hear. He offers an easier path. He wants us to believe that we are beyond his grasp just because we go to church, though Jesus' warning tells us otherwise. He even wants us to believe he does not exist!
How is it that, though Jesus cast out many demons and instructed his disciples to do likewise, we don't believe in evil spirits? We have been deceived! Those very spirits are whispering to our hearts, wanting us to believe they don't exist so they can do their work without interference.
And their work is to lead us astray.
A friend of mine just attended a funeral of a family member who ministered for over 30 years to those considering suicide. He had no history of depression himself. Yet one day, he took his own life.
A couple we know, both Christians, came to us and asked for help because they were afflicted by demons. But before they completed the deliverance process, they decided that going to church was enough and deliverance was unnecessary. The irony is, what could deliverance hurt? We don't charge for it. All they might lose is an afternoon of their time!
These people were deceived.
I'm not saying that every mental and physical illness and every wrong belief is caused by an evil spirit. But I am saying that many mental illnesses are exacerbated by spirits, and sometimes spirits are the actual cause. Wrong belief may not be caused by spirits, but the spirits will certainly take advantage of it!
Last night, my son woke my wife up after having a dream in which he was being crushed. He complained that his hands had gone numb. It didn't pass like a normal "hand going to sleep" sort of thing, and she considered taking him to the ER. Instead, she decided to check for spirits, and when she had cast them out, his hands returned to normal.
One might argue that the timing was coincidental. Yet I've seen this sort of recovery happen often enough that I am convinced that spirits do affect our lives.
Not only that, I have the gift of discernment. I can often see them.
Contrary to what the Enlightenment worldview tells us, the spirit world is real. Not all spirits are evil. I've seen benign spirits, which we call fairies and others call earth spirits. But I've also seen the dark ones– shadows, and animal forms, and humanoid shapes all lurking with the intent to do harm. They can even disguise themselves as spirits of light! (2 Cor 11:14) Test every spirit– though they lie and deceive, an evil spirit will not confess Jesus Christ as Lord.
The good news is, there are rules these spirits have to follow. Christ conquered them. The war ultimately has been won. But, in our own time and experience, the battle continues. But, with the authority given to us by Christ and some basic knowledge of the rules, we can get rid of these deceiving spirits.
But only if we don't listen to their lies, because they are going to do their best to convince us that they don't exist, that we don't need deliverance, and that this blog post is the ravings of an unstable person.
Don't be deceived.
The End?
Minister's Housing Allowance Under Fire
It's not often that my past career as a tax accountant intersects with my future career as a minister, but the recent 7th Circuit Court decision does exactly that. An anti-religious group challenged the minister's housing allowance, and won. That won't be the end of the story. The decision will be appealed, perhaps all the way to the Supreme Court. In the mean time, while ministers will suffer in the 7th Circuit, which covers IL, IN and WI, it's unlikely the IRS will change the rules for the rest of the country until the matter is resolved by the courts.
The problem is, there's a world of misunderstanding behind the suit and the decision. As one opponent of the decision said,
"This tax provision ensures that faith leaders like South Side, Chicago-based pastor Chris Butler receive the same tax treatment as other employees who must live in the communities they serve-like military service members, teachers, and overseas workers."
And there's the rub: secular employees who are required to be on-call, on-site are entitled to tax-free housing allowances. This includes not only teachers and emergency workers, but dairy farmers, factory specialists, and others. The key is the requirement is that they are on-call on-site, 24 hours a day.
The clergy housing allowance actually applies not only to "ministers of the Gospel," as indicated in the original law, but to clergy of any religion. Why do they require a special law? Because their's is a special case. Unlike most employees, IRS regulations specify that most ministers are to be paid as self-employed workers–sort of. They receive a W-2 from their church (not a 1099), but the church does not withhold taxes (including social security) from the minister's check. The minister pays these taxes on Schedule C, just like a self-employed person. Presumably this is because IRS knows the part-time, probably volunteer church treasurer has no idea how to figure payroll taxes, and hiring a professional can be burdensome.
Like a self-employed person, a minister gets to deduct his or her business expenses. Oddly, though, if a minister makes extra money from performing weddings and funerals, for example, these must be reported on a separate Schedule C, along with their related expenses. Yet this extra income and expense is combined with their primary Schedule C to calculate the tax.
Unlike most self-employed people, but like an employee, a minister is allowed a housing allowance that is exempt from income tax (but not FICA taxes) if they are on-site on-call. And on their Schedule C, they are required to reduce their business expenses by the proportion of their income that comes from the housing allowance (so long as that housing allowance was actually used for housing)– but only for income tax purposes, since the housing allowance is taxed for social security.
For example, let's say a minister earns $10,000 in a year, and she gets an additional $5,000 for housing. She has $750 of expenses. For self-employment (FICA) tax purposes, she earned $15,000 and gets to deduct $750. Her taxable income is $14,250. But for income tax purposes, 33.3% of her income came from housing allowance which is exempt from income tax, so she has to reduce her expenses by 33% and can only deduct $500 in expenses. Her taxable income is $9,500.
If this sounds complicated, it is. This is one of the most difficult calculations I've encountered in the arena of individual and small business taxes. And it gets worse once the minister is semi-retired and has pensions and other sources of income.
Moreover, it's up to the church (or other employer) to determine whether the minister will even get a housing allowance. This differs from an employee, in which circumstances (i.e. on-call on-site) dictate whether a housing allowance is involved.
So, are ministers getting a benefit denied to secular employees–or are they burdened in a way secular employees aren't for the same benefit? It's hard to tell. There are some benefits to clergy, such as deducting their business expenses without having them subject to the 2% haircut on Schedule A. On the other hand, they pay both parts of their FICA (social security) taxes, twice as much as an employee. And they're going to pay as much as 3 times more to have their tax return prepared!
The judge in this case recommended simplifying the law so that employees of any 501(c) organization are subject to the same laws. I concur. They will still have to address the status of ministers as statutory employees taxed as self-employed persons. But at least the system would be consistent.
Back to the original argument: The issue here is not that secular employees are denied this benefit–it's that ministers by their nature are a special case.
Further reading: "5 Takeaways from the Clergy Housing Allowance Ruling"
Dare to Hope
Let all who live in the land tremble,
for the day of the Lord is coming.
It is close at hand—
a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and blackness.
Like dawn spreading across the mountains
a large and mighty army comes,
such as never was in ancient times
nor ever will be in ages to come.
Before them fire devours,
behind them a flame blazes.
Before them the land is like the garden of Eden,
behind them, a desert waste—
nothing escapes them. (Joel 2:1a-3)
I had a vision yesterday. First, I saw a wave moving across the land, shaped like one of those tubular waves that surfers love. It was not made of water. It was made of locusts, and fire followed it. Then I saw fireworks in the sky, and the Lord said, "See, I am going to do a new thing."
Then afterward
I will pour out my spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your old men shall dream dreams,
and your young men shall see visions.
Even on the male and female slaves,
in those days, I will pour out my spirit.
I will show portents in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom the Lord calls. (Joel 2:28-32)
The first part has already happened at Pentecost. The Holy Spirit has been poured out, and that will not be undone. Prophesy and visions have returned to the people of the Lord. But the second part has not yet happened. We live in the times between the inauguration and the fulfillment.
So are my visions of locusts an indication that the end is upon us? Probably not. God still works in human history in the lives of nations and people.
It should be clear to all of us that we live in a nation that fails to live up to God's commandments. We worship wealth (You shall worship no other Gods but me). We reward the accumulation of wealth (Ah, you who add field to field…). Our system seeks the lowest possible wages to make the products we use (Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts). We wear $200 jeans made by folks who make two dollars a day (The laborer is worthy of his wage). We use cell phones and laptops made with cobalt mined by children as young as 5 years old (Children are a heritage from the Lord). We blame the poor for being poor (Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy). We burn the earth's resources like there's no tomorrow (For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children), and we think nothing of it (Your wrath has come, and the time for… destroying those who destroy the earth).
In past visions, God has told me that any parent, when words fail, will find other ways to discipline their wayward children. We are his wayward children. We have failed to heed his word. We have great potential to do good in the world, but we consistently fall short.
Bear fruit worthy of repentance. (Mt 3:8)
Where is our fruit? We export weapons. We resist helping refugees. We resist anything that infringes on our fossil fuel addiction.
Where is our fruit? Suicides are up 200%. Overdoses are up almost 300%. Mass shootings are up. Antidepressant use is up. Does this sound like a nation that takes joy in the Lord?
If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill," and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that? So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead. (James 2:15-17)
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God—not the result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life. (Ephesians 2:8-10)
Look at your way of life. How much has it changed since you professed your faith? Does your way of living cause others to look at you strangely? If not, maybe you should look again.
It's never too late to change. One of the consistent patterns in God's prophecy is this: warning, punishment, forgiveness, and redemption. The sooner we repent, the less punishment we receive.
When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil ways, God changed his mind about the calamity that he had said he would bring upon them; and he did not do it. (Jonah 3:10)
But those who are stubborn receive the full wrath of the Lord.
Now I will shortly pour out My wrath on you and spend My anger against you; judge you according to your ways and bring on you all your abominations. (Ezekiel 7:8)
We're stubborn. We don't even like to admit that we have sinned. So let us contemplate John's words:
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. (1 John 1:8-10)
Reflect. Confess. Repent.
It's not too late.
Idolatry, American Style
You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. –Deuteronomy 6:5
"Idolatrously we turn our faith and hope toward the immanent powers of technology, medicine, economic security, powerful leaders, military might, and the global rule of our empire to bring about the new world we hope for." (Douglas Harinck, 1 & 2 Peter, 136.)
Wild Night
Ever since our deliverance from unclean spirits in August , my wife and I have expressed a willingness to help others plagued by darkness. We testified at two churches, and we talked to people that seemed to be tormented (not everyone is, but there are many who are). We cast out a few demons that were causing physical ailments in people we know. There were even a few healings unrelated to spirits. And we kept our own family clean from spirits trying to return, no small accomplishment in itself. But as for freeing people the way we were freed–not yet.
(When I say "we did" and "we kept," I'm giving ourselves credit for things that we don;t really have power to do. All deliverance and all healing comes through God and the Holy Spirit. Yes, even healing through medicine comes through the Spirit. So we didn't exactly keep ourselves clean, but we did stay vigilant and ask the Spirit for help. When I say "we did," what I really mean is, "We showed up and the Spirit worked through us.")
Last month, several people began talking to us about deliverance. I told my wife, "I think our deliverance ministry is about to begin."
And we waited.
Last week, my wife felt moved to share her experience of deliverance with a woman she had just met. The woman, whom I will call Sarah, was clearly moved and asked if we could help her family. Her husband, Bob, is a meth addict, had been up for several days, and was approaching a state of psychosis. He'd tried to stay clean before but hadn't been successful. From what Sarah described, her family was experiencing a complex interaction of emotional wounds, addiction, and demons. Sarah called us later that night and begged for our help. We agreed to come to their home two nights later.
We had no idea what we'd be walking into. Would Bob be high? Psychotic? Violent? Could we even be of any help in this situation? My wife and I both have backgrounds in substance abuse, so we didn't expect to be surprised, but we were very much aware of the chaos that adorns the lives of many addicts and their families. We brought with us another friend who is very strong in prayer.
We arrived to find that Bob had slept a little the night before, but had used again. He claimed the drugs were bogus, that he wasn't really high. His twitching, constant talking, irrational trains of thought, and inability to sit still said otherwise.
We prayed, and then talked a little about deliverance. We made sure they understood that whatever we accomplished that night would be just a band-aid, a temporary reprieve to give them breathing room to work the steps, get some help, and prepare for a full deliverance. As we chatted, it became clear that both of them thought the other was the problem–not unusual in an addict-codependent relationship. Sarah's complaint against Bob didn't need to be spoken, it was obvious. He was paranoid and almost impossible to talk to. Bob accused Sarah of not being fully committed to the relationship, which Sarah denied. In fact, Sarah made a promise aloud to all of us that she would approach deliverance with 100% commitment and honesty.
"Well," Bob said, "there's no point in going forward with this right now."
He got up and left the room, and returned with his glass pipe.
"I need to get rid of this," he said. "What should I do? Flush it?"
"Don't flush it," my wife objected. "That will mess up your plumbing."
"Put it on a plastic bag and smash it," I suggested.
Bob headed for the kitchen, and I followed. He was so twitchy that as he fished under the counter for a plastic bag, he knocked the pipe against the counter and broke it. Glass showered over the counter and the floor. Bob swore.
"It's no big deal," I assured him. "Let's just get a broom and clean it up."
As Bob swept, I could hear my wife in the other room talking to Sarah about deliverance. Our friend stood in the space between the two rooms and prayed loudly.
Bob argued with Sarah about what dustpan to use. Then, as he emptied the shattered glass into the trash, he said to me, "You can hear Sarah telling lies about me out there, right?"
As we returned to the living room, it was clear that talking wasn't going to get us anywhere. We began praying. Then we broke some curses, including the curse of addiction. Bob squirmed on the couch, obviously miserable. I anointed him with oil and bound the demons of methamphetamine, not knowing if it would do any good. To my surprise, he calmed down, and we proceeded with the deliverance process. Bob actually became somewhat rational by the time we finished.
But it didn't last. Ten minutes after we left, Sarah called. Bob was preventing her from taking the car to go to her mother's house, and she was scared. I called Bob, and he accused my wife and I of taking Sarah's side. He couldn't hear anything I had to say, and soon lapsed into unintelligible accusations, then he hung up.
My wife and I sat at home later, processing what we'd experienced. On the one hand, it was clear that the Spirit had worked through us. For a time, at least, the Spirit had calmed even the effects of Bob's being high. But on the other hand, their insanity had returned almost as soon as we'd finished. We consoled ourselves in the hope that we had planted a seed that might sprout at some point in the future–if Bob lived long enough.
The next day, I reluctantly called Bob, expecting another unintelligible stream of accusations. This is what he said:
You're not going to believe this, man! I went into my job, and they were going to fire me but instead they just gave me a few days off. So I drove home and I thought about using, but I turned on some worship music instead and I got home without using. Then I had this really powerful experience of Jesus. I went down to Sarah's mom's and I got my son, and I apologized to him for being such a bad dad, and I promised to do better. And he was like, "What are you talking about?" So I sat on the couch and held him. Then I got up, and something took hold of me and threw me to the ground, and I started choking. And I don't know where the words came from, they didn't come from me, but I said, "In the name of Jesus Christ, leave me alone!" and then it released me. And I have felt such peace ever since that moment. My son drew a picture of what he saw, and it was like a huge green cloud coming out of me. I'm telling you, man, something has changed. I'm not going to use anymore!
I was stunned and awed. I've had powerful spiritual experiences, but nothing like that. Here was a man who, less than 24 hours earlier, had been on the verge of psychosis. Now he was both clean and rational. I commented on the amazing experience, and reminded him that this was just a reprieve. God had given Bob grace, and now Bob needed to respond to that grace by working the steps and following through with the deliverance process. He assured me he would, but I had my doubts.
I spoke with Bob again this week. Eight days after our meeting, he's still clean, and he's begun making an inventory of his sins and gateways. A week clean may not seem like a lot, but when you're an addict, it can feel like an eternity.
What will happen next? That depends on whether Bob and Sarah follow through. God gives us grace, but it's our job to respond to that grace with fruits worthy of repentance. As Paul makes clear in Colossians 3:1-17, new life in Christ is not just a matter of professing faith, but of cleaning up our old behavior and living in love and compassion.
American Idol
I voted on Tuesday, mostly because I wanted to support a local candidate for state delegate who was an unusual choice: A Democrat with an actual platform that addressed concerns I think need to be addressed, including security, health insurance, and such. As a Christian, I don't always vote. When presented with two really bad candidates for president, for example, I'm unwilling to compromise my values. Evil is still evil, regardless of the party it represents.
The line I'm not willing to cross is not always clear, however. For example, I was pleased to see that my state's soon-to-be-former governor lost. For one thing, he supports the repeal of Roe v. Wade. As a Christian, I'm opposed to abortion. But as an American, I recognize that there is no consensus on when life begins, and I'm not willing to impose my beliefs on others. Christianity is a choice, not a requirement. I do wish that every woman who considered an abortion would hear the baby's heartbeat before she made her decision. I wish that birth control was universally available and free. And I wish we had structures in place to facilitate the easy adoption of babies born to parents who can't or won't raise them. And yes, I wish that Christian values were more widely practiced. It's a shame that many young women these days see their value primarily in being a sex object for men (and it's hard to place the blame for that on women). But I can't in good conscience impose my beliefs on those who haven't chosen them where there is no societal norm to support it.
The election has once again focused my attention on the relationship between Christian and nation.
I remember an email I received back in 1998, before Facebook, when people sent their political rants as emails rather than memes. That particular email claimed that Muslims could not be American citizens because their primary allegiance was to Allah, not country. Even then, at a time when I was not Christian, I understood the irony of that claim: a Christian is likewise called to give his or her allegiance to God and only God.
How is it that we miss this? Perhaps it's because when we proclaim Jesus as Lord, we don't know what a Lord is. We don't have lords anymore, so it may be a confusing term for us. Here's what Google Dictionary says:
"Lord (n.): someone or something having power, authority, or influence; a master or ruler."
In other words, a lord demands our allegiance. And the Bible itself tells us we cannot serve two masters (Mt 6:24).
Put another way, if I proclaim Jesus as my Lord and Savior, I cannot also pledge allegiance to a flag or a nation– not without lying to either one or the other.
The Bible also tells me to be subject to authority (Rom 13:1. 1 Pet 2:13). That, too, can be confusing. But consider the context. In Romans, Paul has just finished arguing for a radical Christian life of feeding the poor, blessing those who persecute us, and overcoming evil with good. Likewise Peter is about to argue that we should suffer injustice at the hands who have authority over us and persecute us despite (or because of) our doing good. Clearly "be subject" is not the same as "obey." We are to live out our values as a community, accepting the price when our values conflict with those of the State.
Yet somehow the American Christian message often holds up our nation as the spearhead of Christianity, suggesting that allegiance to the nation is equivalent to allegiance to God. This is the nation that committed atrocities in King Phillip's War, massacred the Pequots, and used biological warfare in Pontiac's War. It's the nation that stands alone in having used nuclear weapons against people (and those people were civilians, not soldiers). It's a nation that has squelched democracy in Central and South America, Iran, and many other countries. And it's a nation that, when attacked, invaded a country that had nothing to do with that attack, beginning a war that continues to this day.
Who would Jesus bomb?
Don't get me wrong: I know that no nation is perfect. My ancestors formed and founded this country, and I'm (mostly) proud of what they did. There's a lot of good here, too. But to equate the United States with God… well, it makes God come up a little short. Our nation is not the ideal representative. And no other country is, either.
As a Christian, I am called to follow Christ–to the Cross if necessary. I am called to live as he lived, do what he did, and teach as he taught, regardless of what my nation's leaders say or do, and even if they do it to me. God's grace makes this possible. And God's grace demands a response from me. The New Covenant, like the old, has two parties.
Yes, Paul writes,
"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God—not the result of works, so that no one may boast (Eph 2:8-9).
Yet his next words are:
"For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life" (Eph 2:10).
Jesus, for his part, says,
"Very truly, I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater works than these, because I am going to the Father" (Jn 14:12).
Paul tells us that the nations are part of the problem, and ranks them with evil spirits as our enemies:
"For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places" (Eph 6:12).
Why? Because even in a democracy like ours, those with power seek more power. Power corrupts. By definition, our leaders are corrupted. As Christians, we seek not the ideal earthly government, but nothing less than the Kingdom of God with Jesus as its ruler.
How do we somehow think it's enough to profess, and to live the way everyone else does? How do we ignore Jesus' instructions to love one another, to love our enemies, to feed the poor, and to give our last copper coin? How do we put our faith in armies and police forces, in walls and in guns, and not in the saving grace of God through Jesus Christ?
It's true that following Jesus is not easy. Neither he nor any other New Testament writer said it would be. I fall short. I'm sure almost everyone does.
But to put our allegiance in the nation rather than in Jesus is nothing short of idolatry, one of the worst sins the Bible recognizes. The prophets condemn it (e.g. Hos 2:2, 16-17). Paul identifies it as the source of all debasement (Rom 1:24-25, 28).
Let me be blunt: to be a "patriotic American" is to be an idol worshiper. Yes, I'll vote in an election when moved to do so. I want what's best for the people of America. I'm a Christian, how could I not? But my allegiance is not to this nation or to any other. It's to a Kingdom that has been established here on earth, but has not yet been fulfilled.
Paul and Women: Another Look at 1 Corinthians
Paul's first letter to the Corinthians contains some disheartening passages with respect to women. In particular, 1 Cor 11:2-16 and 1 Cor 14:33b-36 are the ones that have caused the most trouble. These verses are problematic not only because of what they appear to say, but because they seem somewhat incoherent. The former presents three arguments, yet the footnotes in the NRSV make clear that translators have had to torture the middle one to bring it in line with the others. The latter contradicts what Paul has said elsewhere in the same letter, namely it says that women should be silent in church when he's already said twice that women do not have to be silent in church.
What gives? Paul may be many things, but he's rarely incoherent or self-contradictory. Thus, as I read these passages again this week, it struck me that something is wrong with the way we interpret them.
Consider two things about Paul's writing. The first has to do with his style: he often quotes arguments and then rebuts them. This is seen clearly in 1 Cor 6:12-13:
"All things are lawful for me," but not all things are beneficial. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be dominated by anything. "Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food," and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is meant not for fornication but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
Keep in mind that Koine Greek had no quotation marks. The only way we know that Paul has quoted someone else's argument, unless he says so explicitly, is by context.
The second is that, apart from his letter to the Romans, Paul always writes to address specific issues in a church. In 1 Corinthians, he says he's writing "that all of you be in agreement and that there be no divisions among you… For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there are quarrels among you…" (1 Cor 1:10-11). This is the theme of the entire letter. Yes, he addresses some other issues, including a situation of sexual immorality among the members (1 Cor 5), spiritual gifts and the nature of the church as one body (1 Cor 12), and the nature of Christian love (1 Cor 13). Yet each of these can be seen in the context of the letter as a whole as arguing for unity in the Corinthian church.
It is noteworthy that 1 Cor 11 as a chapter goes on to discuss abuses at the Lord's Supper, and corrective measures to be taken. Again, this is in the context of division within the church (vv. 18-21).
Some scholars have suggested that the three arguments about women that begin the chapter are in fact quotes of what Paul has heard from members of the church in Corinth. This has been dismissed by other scholars because, aside from a few short instances in 1 Cor 6, Paul has not done so in this letter without specifically identifying such arguments. Similarly, many scholars agree that it seems likely that the opening salvo in 1 Cor 14 is actually a quote he has heard from Corinth, but they dismiss this as improbable because he has not done so elsewhere.
Yet the result is a letter that, on these two issues, makes Paul virtually unintelligible. Particularly in the second, why would he tell women to be silent in church when he's already discussed and approved of them teaching and prophesying in church? It's nonsensical. Which begs the question: what if Paul did quote other arguments in both places? Read with that in mind, the issues of logic and style in the two passages quickly resolve themselves. Knowing what I do of Paul, I find it inconceivable that the illogical reading is the correct one.
Here, then, are my renditions of the two passages, which I offer as true to Paul's style and his well-recognized ability to argue a point effectively. I'm no Greek scholar, but I have taken advantage of the ambiguity of certain conjunctions, and I have used the alternate translation noted in the NRSV.
I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions just as I handed them on to you. And I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the husband is the head of his wife, and God is the head of Christ.
[But some of you say,] "Any man who prays or prophesies with something on his head disgraces his head, but any woman who prays or prophesies with her head unveiled disgraces her head—it is one and the same thing as having her head shaved. For if a woman will not veil herself, then she should cut off her hair; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or to be shaved, she should wear a veil. For a man ought not to have his head veiled, since he is the image and reflection of God; but woman is the reflection of man. Indeed, man was not made from woman, but woman from man. Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for the sake of man."
[Others say,] "For this reason a woman ought to have freedom of her head, because of the angels. For in the Lord woman is not independent of man or man independent of woman. And just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman; but all things come from God."
[Still others say,] "Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head unveiled? Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair, it is degrading to him, but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering."
Now, if you are disposed to be contentious— [Let me be clear:] We have no such custom, nor do the churches of God. (1 Cor 11:2-16)
[Some of you have said,] "As in all the churches of the saints, women should be silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be subordinate, as the law also says. If there is anything they desire to know, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church."
So, did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only ones it has reached? Anyone who claims to be a prophet, or to have spiritual powers, must acknowledge that what I am writing to you is a command of the Lord. Anyone who does not recognize this is not to be recognized. (1 Cor 14:33b-38)
In this last paragraph, "did the word of God originate with you?" the Greek uses the masculine version of the pronoun "you." Clearly this accusation is not addressed to the women of Corinth! It seems far more likely that it addresses those who have voiced such an opinion.
Viewed in this way, the 1 Cor 11 passage seeks not to criticize the church because women have their hair uncovered, but to resolve a dispute about that issue by stating emphatically that there's no such tradition, so quit arguing about it. Likewise, the 1 Cor 14 passage seeks to silence those stirring up controversy over the obviously-prominent role women had in the Corinthian church.
Both are consistent with what we know of Paul, who partnered with both men and women in spreading the Gospel, and whose friend Priscilla became a church leader first in Corinth and later in Rome.
This is not the place to discuss 1 Timothy, which was written by a different writer, though attributed to Paul. It, too, contains some passages that many women find troubling, but it was written decades after Paul's death and addresses a different time and context.
Ephesians is another matter entirely, and one which deserves a blog post of its own. Suffice it to say for the moment that the most repeated command in that letter's passage on marriage is that husbands treat their wives with agape, the love of God, an observation that sheds further light on the opening admonition in 1 Cor 11:3.
The goal of this post is to reconsider these two problematic passages in 1 Corinthians with a rational approach that expects Paul to use the effective rhetoric for which he is so well known, and which our current translations fail to deliver. Admittedly, this leads to the conclusion that Paul is actually arguing the opposite of what many traditionalists think he's arguing. You're welcome to disagree with me. But it bothers me to be satisfied that Paul was having an off day when he wrote this one, and thus produced not one but two passages that don't make much sense, and both on the same general topic.


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Chapters on exception handling and programming with type information are also worthwhile, as are the chapters on the new Swing interface classes and network programming. Although it adopts somewhat of a mixed-bag approach, Thinking in Java contains some excellent material for the object-oriented developer who wants to see what all the fuss is about with Java.
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Summer Literacy by Mikey Smith
Summer Literacy
Creative Ways to Keep ALL Kids
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by Mikey Smith, M.Ed
So what are some fresh ways to keep kids engaged and reading and writing during the summer months? For starters, mother of two Lorien Martinez has a simple but effective suggestion. "My kids have to read 30 minutes a day BEFORE any electronics," she says. Middle school teacher Summer Magee offers a twist on this idea of reading regularly during the summer: having kids take on trilogies and series books with - here's the twist - their parents!
Magee says, "I had my little cousin, who was at the time a reluctant reader in third grade, do this with her dad. They started with The Lightning Thief I think. Her competitive side kicked in, and her dad had to really work at night to keep up with all the reading she did while he was at work." Did it work? You bet! Magee says, "By the end of the summer, they had a few trilogies finished and her speed really picked up and she admitted she LOVED reading. They had dates to go see the movies together. It was really cute." Not only was it cute, it was effective. In fifth grade, Magee's cousin won the overall Advanced Reader (AR) award for her elementary school, and was selecting her books from her proud Aunt Summer's 8th grade classroom library!
Is your child's summer full of travels? Take reading and writing on the road using this great tip from mother of one, Megan Beauchamp. "Have kids take pictures with mom or dad's iPhone on outings to the zoo, the park, or the beach," Beauchamp suggests. "Then print out pictures and include journal writings to make a book of summer living." While Beauchamp's daughter is a tad young to try this out just yet, Beauchamp says she is excited to have literacy-building tricks like this one up her sleeve already, thanks to a Literacy Specialist who spoke to her Mothers of Preschoolers group.
"It was fabulous," Beauchamp says. "She (the Literacy Specialist) explained that in order for kids to write they have to have something to write about. So when you go places, you should set aside time when you come home to journal about your experiences." She adds that the speaker also suggested parents should provide eye-catching supplies like decorated notebooks and colored pens so kids can create freely.
Feel like you've tried all those tricks before and your child still really, REALLY does not like reading and writing? After spending the school year battling a reluctant reader and writer it may be tempting to offer the summer off. This is probably a big mistake. On the other hand, you also don't want to overreact and make summer literacy and a boring chore that completely sucks the joy out of your student. Creativity and high engagement are key to striking this delicate balance: you want your student to work on reading and writing but you don't want it to FEEL like he's working on reading and writing.
One way to get your reluctant reader writer engaged is to have him make reading and writing part of a favorite activity. Does your child love to cook? Have him research and catalog recipes. There are dozens of recipe websites, not to mention magazines and cookbooks (remember those?). Encourage your budding chef to write a review of each recipe after testing it out, along with any notes or ideas for variations. The recipes and reviews can be compiled into a family cookbook.
Similarly, if your child is an athlete or avid sports fan, encourage him to read the sports page daily and to write up summaries of games that were particularly exciting. Get a subscription to Sports Illustrated for Kids or one of the other dozens of sports related magazines. Kids, just like grownups, are more likely to read and write if they are truly passionate about the topic.
Middle School teacher Clarence Sayles works with reluctant readers and writers on a daily basis, so he is always on the lookout for ways to make literacy building less painful as well as ways to incorporate technology. "I've suggested to my students to text themselves a start of day text with to-dos and weather," he says. "Then respond to it at the day's end with what really happened. If you have a smartphone, include pictures. Do that for three to five days and revise and edit at the end of the week." Compiling these text messages will result in a summer's worth of stories!
Speaking of technology, is your student always plugged in to some type of electronic device? How about having him write up a description of his favorite game so that you can understand what exactly he is doing for hours on end? Does he complain he doesn't enough time to play video games? Have him write up a proposal or a persuasive speech as to why he deserves more time. And, as with any other hobby, there are tons of magazines, websites and books for gamers.
Keeping kids reading and writing over the summer is not always an easy task, but it is one that is definitely worth it. Summer literacy projects can not only help kids improve their reading and writing skills, but can also help your family create memories that will last a lifetime.
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Hartford Promises To Reform Towing Policies,
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In a major victory for Connecticut consumers, the city of Hartford has agreed to drastically revise its towing policies: ending its policies that took advantage of those whose cars were stolen or whose cars broke down - bringing huge revenues to towing companies.
The city of Hartford, in a settlement that still must be approved by a federal judge, is agreeing to work with the owners of the vehicles before having their cars towed, which had required the owners or their insurance companies to pay towing and storage charges, it has been learned by Ctwatchdog.com.
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posted by: Kamora | August 30, 2009 12:06pm
Great start,
Now can we figure out how to pull Whitey's License?
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I think you're talking about Whitey's Towing, if I'm not mistaken Kamora… just to clarify.


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My husband and I are small business owners. Thirty years ago, we started a construction and general contracting business, and I know how hard it is to make a payroll. I know what it means to sign the front of a paycheck, and too many people in Washington are just career politicians.
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Welcome to this Meetup Group dedicated to HYPNOSIS, a way to communicate ideas in an effective way to help transformation happen in our life.
So, if you are interested in :
- improving your mental and body health
- communication (including self-talk)
- increasing your self-awareness and live more relaxed
- changing habits and discovering new ways of thinking, feeling and doing
- and much more
Just join this group! Contemporary hypnosis as well as NLP are greatly influenced by Milton Erickson, one among the greatest communicators of the 20th century. if you are curious to discover the world of hypnotic communication, just join one of our events, everyone is welcome.
If you want to know more first and are wondering whether hypnosis is for you, the following description may be helpful: hypnosis helps to alleviate physical and mental pain, as well as support us in the realisation of our objectives if we have experienced difficulties. It can also help us realise the dreams we wish to make manifest in our lives.
Therapeutic hypnosis evolved over time and has nothing to do with losing control of oneself and being programmed by an external person. Hypnosis is practiced with great respect for the personal freedom of the client and takes place in a climate of openness and curiosity. Contrary to expectations, when we are in a state of trance we do not lose control of ourselves: we master our consciousness, our spirit and our bodies in a different way.The aim is CHANGE as well as exploring ways in which we can liberate ourselves from the obstacles that are in our way and to find paths to help us reconnect to their our resources, feel more relaxed and confident in ourself and in their future. When we are trapped in life, we become incapable of knowing what to do to live more comfortably, since the solutions that we are capable of imagining are few and very imperfect. Hypnotic trance can be qualified as 'generative', because it brings relaxation and curiosity, a secure space and an absence of judgement which permits us to imagine new possibilities, new perspectives and ways of feeling which we could hardly even dream of in a state of stress or hopelessness. It is never too late for us to create a happy life for ourselves.
Humans have used hypnosis for over 3000 years. The ways in which it is used varies from culture to culture, but the principles remain very similar. I practice Ericksonian hypnosis, which differs from the older "classical hypnosis", because it does not aim to 're-programme' the client, but offers a way to accompany him or her in his or her discovery of new perspectives.
The conscious and subconscious mind
The subconscious mind is at the centre of the hypnotherapeutic process. It is the location of a number of our bodily, mental and spiritual resources. Our conscious mind can, amongst other things, think rationally and make decisions. Our subconscious has numerous capacities that we have not had to make an effort to acquire voluntarily: our immune system protects us automatically, our breathing works naturally all day and our cells regenerate without having to be asked to do so. Other faculties can be learned voluntarily and later become subconscious, such as speaking, standing upright, walking as well as our way of seeing the world, our way of seeing our own selves and the way in which we relate to others. Hypnotherapy consists of introducing hypnosis and of using this state to learn by indirect communication. We often already know what it is we want to change, but our habitual thought, feelings and emotions impede us from fully integrating this knowledge. We must therefore above all work on evolving our emotional relationship to the world around us.
Of course hypnotherapy has its limitations: it is a highly useful complementary therapy, but in no way does it replace medical, psychiatric or psychotherapeutic treatment, above all in cases of severe health problems.
Areas of application
The areas in which hypnotherapy can be used are:
Changing behaviour patterns
Changing thought patterns
Increasing self-confidence
Weight loss
Chronic pain
Negative habits
Stress and anxiety
Skin problems
Sleep problems
Auto-immune diseases
Sexual problems
Personal efficacy
Improvement of concentration and learning abilities
Birth preparation
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Development of creativity
Milton Erickson
In Ericksonian thought there exists a conviction that at each moment we act in the best way we can, using the resources we have at our disposal. As soon as we have new resources, we can do even better. Ericksonian thought holds that positive intentions exist at the source of all problems, negative experiences and habits of life (such as a behaviour, a way of thinking, a manner of speaking, a physical or mental symptom). The aim is neither to eliminate nor to judge these positive intentions but to find an alternative way to satisfy them, in a way that is more respectful towards ourselves and the people around us.
Hypnosis, also called hypnotic trance, is a natural state of our consciousness that is situated between waking and sleeping. We experience this state daily when we are absorbed in reading a book, watching a film, when we daydream while staring at the ceiling, or daydream at the same time as being able to follow a discussion.
If you have a driving licence, perhaps you have already experienced losing yourself in a daydream whilst driving. Without thinking about driving you still managed to stay on the right route despite this. This can even happen to us when we are walking along a road. You have walked or driven unconsciously - in other words your eyes saw the road or path and your hands and feet guided you without your conscious mind or logical thought intervening. It was your subconscious mind that was acting - exactly the same mind that permits you to stand upright without thinking about your balance. During a moment of excellence or high performance, when we experience high concentration, relaxation and above all being in the present moment, we are actually in a sort of trance – and thereby better connected to our subconscious potential. Be this in sport, art or the practice of our profession: excellence, imagination and creativity are extremely important. Albert Einstein said that imagination is more important than knowledge. This holds true not only for scientific discovery, but also for when we want to reinvent our lives. Trance permits us to wake the creativity that lies dormant within us. It is with the explicit aim of activating the subconscious mind that we seek to induce this state of modified consciousness called hypnosis or trance, because it constitutes a state of learning. Our subconscious mind - the seat of our sensory perception, our emotions and our immune system – becomes very active as soon as the activity of our conscious mind – the seat of our rational and intellectual intelligence – diminishes. This state can also be called "super-consciousness", because it permits a feeling of being more 'oneself' and allows us to see things with more distance and simplicity without being influenced by stress and worry.
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Shaanxi this year has been investigating the areas of poverty alleviation crimes 138 248 people – Beijing Beijing in September 23 Xi'an Xinhua (reporter Tian Jin) 23 reporters from the Shaanxi provincial Procuratorate, Shaanxi Province Poverty Alleviation Office held a "service precise poverty crime prevention duties for the grassroots preaching activities conference that, since 2016 the province procuratorial authorities were investigating the areas of poverty alleviation crimes 138 248 people, accounted for the total number of investigating the duty crime case 32%. It is understood that the prevention of poverty in the field of job-related crimes is an important guarantee to win the fight against poverty. The frequent crimes violations of the law of the field of poverty alleviation, involved mostly rural stations and rural "two committees", people reflect the strong rally of poverty alleviation great harm. Therefore, in efforts to expand the investigation of cases at the same time, should sooner, do preventive warning education. Meng Qingzhong, director of the Political Department of the Shaanxi provincial Procuratorate, said in March 2016, the local deployment carried out for a period of 5 years to focus on remediation and strengthen the prevention of poverty in the field of special duty crimes. Investigated and dealt with a number of crimes in the field of poverty alleviation and development, effectively deter criminals, to protect the safety of poverty relief funds, safeguarding the vital interests of the people. This activity plans to use 5 years, preaching through various forms of support and coverage of Shaanxi province's 10 districts, poverty alleviation and development tasks of 97 cities and counties, 1216 towns and 204 street. At present, the Shaanxi Provincial People's Procuratorate has set up a team in the selection of procuratorial business experts, procuratorial instructors, will travel to the province, for the municipal organization, publicity, poverty alleviation, procuratorial organs and other departments to preach. The cities and counties will also be in the warning education base, Party school, training center, the "two committees" and other places of grassroots oriented poverty line, for the people to carry out tour. (end)相关的主题文章:
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