Super Bowl & Other More Important Things
With the time of the kick-off of the Super Bowl in the middle of church services, and not having the luxury of a tivo or some similar device, I missed the first half of the game. Not a big deal. I was hoping to make it back in time to see The Who play at halftime. We came home right at the end of their performance. Oh well. But that at least meant I got to see the whole second half. My prediction for the outcome was half right. I guessed the Saints would score 31 points. Unfortunately, I picked the Colts to score 34 (instead they scored 17). It was weird watching it this year. I can't really explain it, but it didn't feel like the Super Bowl. It was a good game in any case.
And what's a Super Bowl without commercials?
- I guess the much talked about Tim Tebow commercial aired in the first half because I didn't see it. Maybe it will show up on Youtube eventually.
- The Census 2010 commercial was a colossal pile of steaming horse manure. I mean really. The government's going to spend $3 million of our tax dollars to run an ad in the Super Bowl for the Census (which is ridiculous in itself), then they produce a nonsensical ad like that. All the calls by the American people to cut wasteful government spending, then they do that. I really think they were mocking us. I'm not even kidding.
- The Audi Green Police commercial really disturbed me. More about that on my other blog.
- I thought the funniest one was the Doritos samurai commercial. Second would be the VW commercial, mostly because of Stevie Wonder at the end.
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Looking for some brainstorming help. I'm trying to make a list of instructions in the Bible about our spiritual lives that use a financial analogy. I'm not so much looking for instructions about finances, but instructions where the financial is a metaphor for the spiritual. So far I've got...
- The value placed upon the soul (Mt. 16:24-27) -- worth more than all the world
- Buy the truth & sell it not (Pr. 23:23)
- The pearl of great value (Mt. 13:45-46)
- "Buy from Me gold refined by fire" (Rev. 3:18) -- self reliance vs. reliance upon Christ
- Lay up treasures in heaven (Mt. 6:19-21)
- Gains & losses (Phil. 3:8) -- count all things as loss to gain Christ
Any other ideas?
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Have you heard this one before? When Paul wrote to the Romans, he wasn't condemning homosexuals for engaging in sexual relations with those of the same sex. He was condemning heterosexuals for practicing homosexuality.
Yeah, someone's actually used that to try to defend homosexuality. I wrote more on that here on Plain Bible Teaching.
And what's a Super Bowl without commercials?
- I guess the much talked about Tim Tebow commercial aired in the first half because I didn't see it. Maybe it will show up on Youtube eventually.
- The Census 2010 commercial was a colossal pile of steaming horse manure. I mean really. The government's going to spend $3 million of our tax dollars to run an ad in the Super Bowl for the Census (which is ridiculous in itself), then they produce a nonsensical ad like that. All the calls by the American people to cut wasteful government spending, then they do that. I really think they were mocking us. I'm not even kidding.
- The Audi Green Police commercial really disturbed me. More about that on my other blog.
- I thought the funniest one was the Doritos samurai commercial. Second would be the VW commercial, mostly because of Stevie Wonder at the end.
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Looking for some brainstorming help. I'm trying to make a list of instructions in the Bible about our spiritual lives that use a financial analogy. I'm not so much looking for instructions about finances, but instructions where the financial is a metaphor for the spiritual. So far I've got...
- The value placed upon the soul (Mt. 16:24-27) -- worth more than all the world
- Buy the truth & sell it not (Pr. 23:23)
- The pearl of great value (Mt. 13:45-46)
- "Buy from Me gold refined by fire" (Rev. 3:18) -- self reliance vs. reliance upon Christ
- Lay up treasures in heaven (Mt. 6:19-21)
- Gains & losses (Phil. 3:8) -- count all things as loss to gain Christ
Any other ideas?
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Have you heard this one before? When Paul wrote to the Romans, he wasn't condemning homosexuals for engaging in sexual relations with those of the same sex. He was condemning heterosexuals for practicing homosexuality.
Yeah, someone's actually used that to try to defend homosexuality. I wrote more on that here on Plain Bible Teaching.
From a historical viewpoint, homosexuality was rampant (much more so than now) in Greek and Roman culture. I have heard some people argue that it was this historical type that Paul was prohibiting - uncommited, casual sexual relations, pagan rites, and the use of young men/children, which is similar to the arguments made in the interview. Did you know that the ancient Athenians criticized the Spartans as effeminate for having practicing homosexuality? Take that "300"!