Mark Ginter
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I just drove through my yard honking my horn to chase away geese. And it's only Thursday.
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I baked a pie Sunday for after church Sunday night. I just remembered there is some leftover. Im thinking I’m going to have a slice with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and some coffee.
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@MrJohnHooper That's a surprisingly difficult question to answer. Coffee first.....
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@MrJohnHooper I make something I call a Markiato - 2 shots espresso, syrup, creamer, 8 oz regular coffee. Decidedly delicious.
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@MrJohnHooper I'm about to imbibe a bit myself. Hoping for the same greatness!!
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@GabrielHudelson I think she used it as a way of getting rid of her husband.
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I don’t think this was rape. Bathsheba was very well connected (married to one of David’s Navy SEALs, related to high court officials) and likely could’ve gotten help if she wanted to. She was not a random peasant.
The Bible doesn’t give us all the details, but it doesn’t tell us anything about her resisting or arguing or complaining or calling for help.
It’s also noteworthy that when she became pregnant, she notified David instead of her husband.
David is held as primarily responsible, both as the king and as the man in the relationship, because the Bible is patriarchal.
But Uriah is the victim of this story.
Alisa Childers@alisa_childers
At the risk of throwing a grenade into the X-sphere, I have a question for those who interpret the David/Bathsheeba story as rape. (Genuine question... not a gotcha, and not an attempt to minimize David’s sin, which Scripture clearly condemns.) This morning I read the story of Joseph and Potiphar's wife in Genesis 39. My question is... If Joseph had slept with her, would he be considered not morally responsible considering the power imbalance? He risked his life saying no, and ended up in jail. If significant power differential removes meaningful agency in one case, does it not also in the other? How does Scripture present the idea of personal agency in these types of situations?
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While spending a few days preaching in Pennsylvania, I stopped by to see the building where my first church was initially located.
My first Sunday here we had 11 in church. I did such a fantastic job we had 8 one year later on my first anniversary. I lived in a room 4 feet wide and 7 feet long. My shower was a sink. My pulpit was a cardboard box covered with a bathroom rug. I knew it was time for church when I heard that one car pull up and park under the tree in the yard. I was 24 years old.
God beat up a proud young preacher in that building. Thirty years later, I'm exceedingly grateful He did. It was a painfully necessary path on the route to a lifetime of usefulness.
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When I was in high school, I had a behavior plan for an “emotional-behavioral disorder.” I even got to sit in on the meetings and help write it.
My favorite accommodation: I could leave class whenever I felt “stressed” or about to “cause a disturbance.” I used it daily.
It didn’t help. It taught me to avoid anything hard, manipulate the adults, and blame everyone else for my problems.
Plans like that don’t “support” kids like me; they train us to be worse.
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“Misbehavior is an expression of an unmet need!”
No, no, no, no, no, no it is NOT
Affluent children from healthy families act out and need consequences
Poor kids from broken homes can rise above their circumstances
Misbehavior is a manifestation of human sin, pure and simple
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What is the makeup of your Sunday evening service?
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Thinking about your church, what do you think the percentage of your typical Sunday morning attendees come to the Sunday night service?
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@ImJimR87 I live in Hanover, PA. Used to live right down the street from the plant. They used to offer a tour that you can watch them make the chips. Definitely a good chip 👍
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Utz potato chips are superior to any other brand.
I will take no argument here.
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The entries in the church pumpkin decoration contest
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@ImJimR87 @FBGreatMoments That's so weird. What do they do when they have to buy redskin potatoes? Idaho potato potatoes?
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The 1982 NFC Championship between the Cowboys and Washington Football was the only NFL conference title game held on a Saturday.
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