http://www.wccc.net/blogs/gospelprism/2006/04/24/the-blah-se-bible/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:09:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.wccc.net/blogs/gospelprism/2006/04/24/the-blah-se-bible/#comment-126 admin Tue, 02 May 2006 22:36:31 +0000 http://www.samshua.com/blog/2006/04/24/the-blah-se-bible/#comment-126 This is true. Words can truly lose meaning as it becomes lingoized! This is true. Words can truly lose meaning as it becomes lingoized!

]]> http://www.wccc.net/blogs/gospelprism/2006/04/24/the-blah-se-bible/#comment-125 TimK Tue, 02 May 2006 21:58:58 +0000 http://www.samshua.com/blog/2006/04/24/the-blah-se-bible/#comment-125 Yes, it made sense. An additional part of the problem is the cheapening or lessening of meaning. We have discussed this elsewhere in relation to the loss of effect of words like "Christian" or "evangelical". Another word that has been degraded is the word "awesome" (on Sunday you said "awe"). Look up how awesome is used in the Psalms ... and then hear how it is used in daily life. Everything is awesome: a cup of Starbucks, the NFL draft, a day without rain, an easy commute, etc etc. When "awesome" is applied so easily to the mundane and trivial, it loses it's oomph when applied to the majestic and holy. Yes, it made sense. An additional part of the problem is the cheapening or lessening of meaning. We have discussed this elsewhere in relation to the loss of effect of words like “Christian” or “evangelical”. Another word that has been degraded is the word “awesome” (on Sunday you said “awe”). Look up how awesome is used in the Psalms … and then hear how it is used in daily life. Everything is awesome: a cup of Starbucks, the NFL draft, a day without rain, an easy commute, etc etc. When “awesome” is applied so easily to the mundane and trivial, it loses it’s oomph when applied to the majestic and holy.

]]> http://www.wccc.net/blogs/gospelprism/2006/04/24/the-blah-se-bible/#comment-115 admin Tue, 02 May 2006 16:15:31 +0000 http://www.samshua.com/blog/2006/04/24/the-blah-se-bible/#comment-115 Haha, did that make sense as to what I shared about standing while we read God's Word publicly together? More than the ritual of standing, I want us to have some snese of saying that God's Word truly is THAT special. If we stand for the President of the US when he walks in, how much more should we stand for the Truth!!!! Haha, did that make sense as to what I shared about standing while we read God’s Word publicly together? More than the ritual of standing, I want us to have some snese of saying that God’s Word truly is THAT special. If we stand for the President of the US when he walks in, how much more should we stand for the Truth!!!!

]]> http://www.wccc.net/blogs/gospelprism/2006/04/24/the-blah-se-bible/#comment-112 TimK Tue, 02 May 2006 02:26:38 +0000 http://www.samshua.com/blog/2006/04/24/the-blah-se-bible/#comment-112 Hey Sam, my pastor mentioned this in his sermon yesterday ... heh heh Hey Sam, my pastor mentioned this in his sermon yesterday … heh heh

]]> http://www.wccc.net/blogs/gospelprism/2006/04/24/the-blah-se-bible/#comment-67 admin Tue, 25 Apr 2006 17:49:53 +0000 http://www.samshua.com/blog/2006/04/24/the-blah-se-bible/#comment-67 First, John, thanks. I't's only been a week old and yet it's been fun. Second, John, FBB is where I shall reign! Third, Please come!!! Can't wait to meet Kayla and Keiran. He's a cutie!!! Finally, I know...the Word and our love for it must never be compromised. First, John, thanks. I’t’s only been a week old and yet it’s been fun. Second, John, FBB is where I shall reign! Third, Please come!!! Can’t wait to meet Kayla and Keiran. He’s a cutie!!! Finally, I know…the Word and our love for it must never be compromised.

]]> http://www.wccc.net/blogs/gospelprism/2006/04/24/the-blah-se-bible/#comment-66 admin Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:38:55 +0000 http://www.samshua.com/blog/2006/04/24/the-blah-se-bible/#comment-66 Thanks Tim. You know, if I actually did that, I hope our church would be the type of church that would leave the pews in droves. Thanks Tim. You know, if I actually did that, I hope our church would be the type of church that would leave the pews in droves.

]]> http://www.wccc.net/blogs/gospelprism/2006/04/24/the-blah-se-bible/#comment-65 Pochax Tue, 25 Apr 2006 15:50:30 +0000 http://www.samshua.com/blog/2006/04/24/the-blah-se-bible/#comment-65 hey sam...i love your blogsite!!! why didn't i find this sooner? you are so right that a love for the Word is a crucial, often taken-for-granted, value for pastors and laity alike. sorry i will have to spank u this week in FBB...i am thinking of taking a cali trip at the beginning of october this year so stick around pleez!!! hey sam…i love your blogsite!!! why didn’t i find this sooner? you are so right that a love for the Word is a crucial, often taken-for-granted, value for pastors and laity alike. sorry i will have to spank u this week in FBB…i am thinking of taking a cali trip at the beginning of october this year so stick around pleez!!!

]]> http://www.wccc.net/blogs/gospelprism/2006/04/24/the-blah-se-bible/#comment-63 TimK Tue, 25 Apr 2006 01:32:34 +0000 http://www.samshua.com/blog/2006/04/24/the-blah-se-bible/#comment-63 Actually Sam, thankfully I can't imagine that! Your evident love for God's Word and your fervent exhortations to the body to take it in preclude such a fiction! Actually Sam, thankfully I can’t imagine that! Your evident love for God’s Word and your fervent exhortations to the body to take it in preclude such a fiction!

]]> http://www.wccc.net/blogs/gospelprism/2006/04/24/the-blah-se-bible/#comment-60 admin Mon, 24 Apr 2006 23:06:47 +0000 http://www.samshua.com/blog/2006/04/24/the-blah-se-bible/#comment-60 Seriously Tim. Can you imagine if I said, "Let's stand together and read John 3:16. For God so...blah...blah...blah." I don't think there would be much of a church left. Seriously Tim. Can you imagine if I said, “Let’s stand together and read John 3:16. For God so…blah…blah…blah.” I don’t think there would be much of a church left.

]]> http://www.wccc.net/blogs/gospelprism/2006/04/24/the-blah-se-bible/#comment-58 TimK Mon, 24 Apr 2006 21:21:59 +0000 http://www.samshua.com/blog/2006/04/24/the-blah-se-bible/#comment-58 I think I would walk out. That is a situation where there is no reverence for Scripture and no fear of God (re: your post last week on Psalm 31). I think I would walk out. That is a situation where there is no reverence for Scripture and no fear of God (re: your post last week on Psalm 31).

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