Nathan_Jr

I noticed on the cover "Prevailing Word Edition."

It might be this one. https://www.theway.org/sunday-teaching-services/ Here's an unattributed testimony from a very cheerful giver of just how... tremendous the experience is - so much smiling: "It is truly an unparalleled experience being in the audience, smiling and feeling as if everyone on the stage can see you and they are all smiling back at you. The music, the interaction between stage and audience, the Word being shared from fully dedicated hearts of committed believers, God receiving the glory in everything—there is no price tag big enough to cover it."

“Leadership”

For whom was this ring conceived? To whom should it be given? I am truly baffled. Is it a generational thing? I'm gen x and just don't get it. A childhood friend is an illegitimate grandson of Carlos Marcello. His "uncles" were inexplicable multimillionaires. They wore coverall jumpsuits daily and drove Oldsmobiles and Buicks. I think they wore rings like this.

You dropped these " ". I gotcha, STL. "research" There. I fixed it.

If you suffer from CRS like I do, and can’t quite remember whom to worship, the bookstore has got you covered with wallet size reminders. https://store.theway.org/store/dr-victor-paul-wierwille-wallet-photo/

It synthesizes itself. What a tremendous manufacturing truth!

Nope. LCM is the pariah. He is the sin-burdened goat banished to death by starvation in the desert. All is better now. Promise. Come on home! But if you're Christmas shopping early, they've got this stocking stuffer for sale: https://store.theway.org/store/rings-mens-ruby/

If you go, take this map https://www.reddit.com/r/theway/s/bY4Mifgkkl

If SIT is THE most important action for a believer, according to victor, why does Paul only yell about it in 1 Cor. 12-14? If it is so important, so perfect, shouldn't he at least mention it in the salutations of his other letters? "I write to you in Christ in all supplication while perfectly praying in tongues..." Or even in the closings? "Peace be with you, and don't forget to speak in tongues ceaselessly..." I don't think Paul thought that highly of SIT. It was an embarrassing issue for him, along with the infighting and litigation amongst the Corinthians. I suspect Paul was aware of the prevalence of SIT among the mystery cults in the ANE. Some of his converts were coming from these cults over to his form of Judaism. He was cool with it, even propping them up (perfect prayer, etc.) and sympathizing (me too, more than you) before knocking them down (sounding like a drunk gong). Remember, Paul himself said he would be whoever he needed to be to persuade a potential convert. It's the same with the Corinthians. "See? I would that you all speak in tongues. I speak in tongues, too, just like you, except more." Intelligibility and love were paramount in Paul's message to the Corinthians, but he had to acknowledge this SIT fetish and set some ground rules. He was on a mission and would be damned if some babbling Greeks were going to embarrass and derail him. That's my reading. I could be wrong.

Paul had παιδεία (paideia). He had training in logic, rhetoric, philosophy, theology. He learned HOW (aytch-oh-double-you) to develop and construct persuasive arguments. The perfect prayer and all the rest of it are concessions ahead of his argument. Classic steel-manning. He was skilled at this. Sometimes, when reading Paul, I can hear him yelling at these people. And I can hear a sarcastic, hyperbolic condescension - a rhetorical device to persuade. "I thank God that I speak glossais more than all of you...[but that's neither here nor there because it's better to speak five understandable words the ten thousand logous en glosse!]" Clarity, comprehension, understanding, these were the most important things for Paul, not glossolalia. Vitctor got it wrong. Again. Hadn't he already spent time in Corinth teaching and preaching? This issue never came up? "Oh, I forgot to tell you, keep the babbling to a minimum, because people on the street will hear your incomprehensible lo shontas, and it's not a good look."

No. Go ahead, George.

Sorry. Forgot about this. A mind is a terrible thing to lose. Louisiana Hayride, Municipal Auditorium, Shreveport, Louisiana

To your point, Acts 2 seems to be xenolalia or xenoglossia.

I am reminded of Aunt Jackie, Mom's sister. She had a business called... The Business. Nope. That's right. Just, The Business. Or sometimes, Tha Business. She found a way to insert the phrase "The Business" into EVERY conversation, regardless of relevance. She'd just MAKE it relevant. The vagueness was deliberate and calculated. Anyone: "Oh, your business, Jackie? What is that? What kind of business?" Jackie: "Are you really interested to know? Do you have six hours after dinner for me and your uncle to tell you all about it?" Anyone: "No." Jackie: "How 'bout all day Sunday?" Similarly, Anyone: "Can you recommend a 'good' translation, John?" JS: "Why, yes. Yes, I can..." (The business? Amway. The translation? REV)

Defining the Covenants or judging the Covenants? I think we established morality (value judgement) can be based on scripture, but it is still subjective morality. And that’s just fine! I don’t see subjective=worst, objective=best. It may be helpful to understand the terms as descriptive.

Three agents. Each following the god of Abraham. Each having their own scriptures upon which they justify violent suffering. Did I fix it?

That's fair. Each of the studies cited in the article acknowledge that very young children have an innate, intuitive, pro social moral sensibility. The article recognizes that children's moral sense is further developed through experience and even indoctrination. I should point out the careful word choice of "developed" leaves open the possibility moral sensibility is not necessarily improved.

Want to know what the glove looks like, what it’s made of, how it fits? Want to know where in your imagination to look for that yet undiscovered manuscript? Want to know how to MAKE something fit that doesn’t fit? There’s a Bible version for that.

Exactly!

CNN changed the game. In 1990, during Dessert Storm, still no one else was doing 24hr news-only broadcasts. As a kid in high school at that time, I was glued to CNN, watching the war and the launch of Wolf Blitzer’s career. Elvis Presley made his performance debut October 16th, 1954 on a weekly talent showcase. He was signed to a contract to perform on the program every Saturday for $18 a show. Colonel Tom Parker “discovered” Elvis after 18 months of performing and bought his contract for $10,000. What was the name of the radio program or venue?

A nondualist might say morality is an illusion. The subject is the object, the observer is the observed. Action is motivated by the compassion arising from the awareness that what I do to another I do to myself. Which brings us back to a standard that may be the only universal one: does this action promote well being or suffering? Before learning religion, philosophy or social constructs, what was the basis for right action?

CNN?

Oh! Well, shoot! Saw an ad last night during the CWS. It used the same language as WW's description. Apologies. Carry on.

ESPN Elvis Presley made his performance debut October 16th, 1954 on a weekly talent showcase. He was signed to a contract to perform on the program every Saturday for $18 a show. Colonel Tom Parker “discovered” Elvis after 18 months of performing and bought his contract for $10,000. What was the name of the radio program or venue?