I won't tell you where* I culled this quote from, because I do not want to incur the wrath of fundamentalist blogdom and give opportunity for people to use the alphabet in ways it was not intended to be used,** but I think it is worthy of thought.
Simply, until you fear God and weigh him most heavily in your life, you will remain an undisciplined fool.
This has application to more than the specific topic to which it is addressed.***
*DISCLAIMER: With respect to the person who said this, I do not subscribe to, support, endorse, recommend, speak highly of, think well of, reference positively, refuse to criticize, [pause for a breath], enjoy the crassness of, think he is above confrontation, think he is good for the church at large, think he is the Messiah of the modern age, or anything else you can think of to include here. If you think I should not have quoted it here, or linked to it, GET OVER IT.
[Even God used Balaam's ass, of which I was reminded this morning by Al Mohler (in his talk from GodBlogCon last year) that you can't say that in postmodern culture anymore because people automatically think the same thing you just thought. And don't accuse me of being crass. People used the word long before I did, and I used it the way that the KJV did.]
And no, with respect to Al Mohler, I do not subscribe to, support, endorse, recommend, speak highly of, think well of, reference positively, refuse to criticize, [pause for a breath], enjoy the crassness of, think he is above confrontation, think he is good for the church at large, think he is the Messiah of the modern age, or anything else you can think of to include here. If you think I should not have quoted it here, or linked to it, GET OVER IT.
**If you don't get the reference, consider yourself lucky. Do not, however, consider your present luck as an endorsement of going to a casino to see if you can capitalize on it. With respect to casino gambling, I do not subscribe to, support, endorse, recommend, speak highly of, think well of, reference positively, refuse to criticize, [pause for a breath], enjoy the crassness of, think it is above confrontation, think it is good for the church at large, think it is the Messiah of the modern age, or anything else you can think of to include here. If you think I should not have talked about the casino here here, GET OVER IT.
And if you don't agree with my demented sense of humor, get over that too.
***Forget the disclaimers and meditate on the fear of God.
5 comments:
Hey, Larry,
I think that what we have here is a colossal case of missing the point. At least, missing my point anyway.
But have fun!! Carry on!!
Maranatha!
Don Johnson
Jer 33.3
I don't know, Don. I think I got your point. I just think it was a bad point.
I offered what I thought was a great quote here, bit I wanted to make sure that I offered more than a mild disclaimer.
what are you doing up so late? Or early... I guess I'm the one that's late.
Goodnight!
Maranatha!
Don Johnson
Jer 33.3
I am actually in a very different time zone so it's not late at all (though it feels like it since I haven't been here long enough to adjust and thankfully I won't be).
There's another solution, Larry. Stop caring what "they" think/say/write about you. There's a huge amount of freedom in that and it makes you absolutely no less of a fundamentalist for not caring.
For the record, I think you made your point VERY well and I laughed outloud. And then I cried for a minute. And then I threw up just a little in my mouth.
And just for the irony of it -- I'll post this anonymously. LOL!
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