Consider this an open thread to discuss any topic you like.
City Business Church
It is not by grace that one enters the kingdom of heaven, but by tithing. – Damazio 3:16
Consider this an open thread to discuss any topic you like.
“I have nothing to say and I am saying it.” -John Cage
Below is a quote I ran across today that may generate a comment or two. Have fun!
“Many evangelicals, lacking creedal formulas or strong denominational organizations, tend to galvanize around charismatic preachers, who all too often fall into the trap of pandering to popular tastes and prejudices in order to shore up their popularity. Survival on radio or television depends upon the conjoined twins of ratings and contributions, so the temptation to play to the audience–whether by providing entertainment, by offering shallow affirmations or sensational predictions, or by reinforcing the prevailing political nostrums-becomes too great to resist. At that point,a different form of ‘fidelity,’ fidelity to the gospel, is sacrificed on the altar of popularity and approbation.”
from Christianity Today Magazine, February 19, 2001 issue, “The Wireless Gospel”
How about adding a word limit to comments?
How about we shut the whole thing down and get back to life?
Then how would I waste time at work?
That would eliminate half our readers.
Don’t get me wrong…I’m all for a life of wasting time at work, etc. But, aren’t there better waste places than a continual and continued spitting at what the ghosts of BT, PBC and CBC?
I am amazed at the strength of conviction of people like Mackin, Sparks, and others in their supporting posts of the error, corruption, and falsity of the system they actually helped build themselves.
My question is will we/they be sitting here 10 years from now and blogging City Business Church and its failures with the same ‘insight’ shown in days hithertofore gone by?
Respectfully speaking Tom Sparks (I suppose along with many of us) has strongly had the ‘answers’ (and different ones at that) many times before.
So…why don’t we start the denouncing now of what is being presently beleived? I like it…a satirical indictment of a satirical indictment. And we will not forget to get real personal and make statements without complete and accurate support, because there is no way that our personal preferences, hurts, biases and the like could ever affect or influence our capacity to judge.
Now that would be worth the waste of time and life!
Karl, that whole post was just a waste of time. Good to see you’re leading by example.
If I didn’t have this blog I’d have to rely solely on Fantasy Sports to waste time at work. That’s an option, but I like the flexibility of having both!
ROCK
Thank you. My, how fine a point you put on my needle.
All right… FESS UP….
Who is twisting Karl’s whatever and making him read this blog??
OK…I confess: Emil Brunner
Please don’t tell me I’ll have to go back to a real and responsibly way of life.
Don’t waste your money on Sam Adams Summer Ale. Any recommendations?
Alaska Amber Ale. They have a lite one too but have not tried that one.
(Locutus said: “How about adding a word limit to comments?”)
Sounds like a good idea, but you overlook one obvious problem.
How would those of us who put up those looooooong, boring posts — all the while knowing that no one is going to read through them all, much less change their opinions and listen to us anyway — continue to muddy the waters and cloud the issues?
We’d be shamelessly exposed as the pontificating, blowhard, self-important windbags we really are, who, like the charlatans we decry, secretly long for papal-like authority over the readers of this blog, and lust after the mandatory tithe.
Who don’t really have anything interesting to say in the first place.
joebib
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Mmmmmm … ‘Scrupe like. Forgot about it – have to find it out here in Cornville.
Let’s talk about Justin’s love life.
Oh, but don’t we all lust after the mandatory tithe? Indeed, ’tis the bond that holds us all together.
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OK, and what will we do after that five seconds is up?
Sorry Justin…Stupid Reader just made you a really easy target…I couldn’t resist.
If anyone is really bored, SPES has updated his blog since the last time this blog discussed the NYCC website.
Warning: Given all the digestive upset last time the NYCC blog was read, I suggest having a strong stomach. It may help to watch these satires at the same time.
Oh, sure, blame it on me, NA.
Though the sound of “crickets chirping” is hard to ignore.
No worries. I laughed when I read your comment.
It’s funny because it’s true.