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Reed, Horrigan Address Carriage House Employees In Fredonia
FREDONIA – It was a meeting that none of the more than 50 people attending wished was necessary.
Employees of Carriage House, scheduled to be closed by parent company ConAgra in early 2015, came to the Fredonia Opera House on Monday for an informational meeting. U.S. Congressman Tom Reed, County Executive Vince Horrigan and Fredonia Mayor Stephen Keefe all addressed the gathering to express their concerns and efforts to find a solution to the impending loss of more than 400 jobs.
Reed said he was not pleased with the situation.
"We want to be a resource. I've been talking to ConAgra, just on the phone again this morning with the senior executives, and I stressed to them we need to have a short-, mid- and long-term plan with this facility," Reed stated.
Reed said it was not only the local area that will feel the impact of the closing, but Western New York as well. He added officials would hold ConAgra accountable to make sure the company honors its financial obligations to the workers "on each and every provision in that package."
"We need to make sure that we're putting this facility in the best position to get it operational after this transitioning occurs. … This is a great opportunity in the sense of the facility, the workforce, the people that we have here working that I think can be presented in a way that hopefully will get a long-term solution in place," Reed said. "We do not want to see this facility in any way stripped of its equipment and its systems that are there. Also for them to work with us to make sure that facility would be available, … that we could be a voice to put it in a position where it could be marketed and immediately go back to use."
Reed added he wanted input from the workers and union.
Horrigan recounted the closing announcement came two days before a scheduled meeting with ConAgra officials. He added the offices of Reed, Sen. Charles Schumer and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have been engaged "to do a couple things going forward to be able to get this facility in the hands of our county development agency where we can market it to new potential buyers."
Horrigan said there are interested parties with whom he has met.
"They also made the comment they're looking for people from this facility, they're expanding and they have job opportunities. … At the same time there's also some interest in looking at grape processing. Our grape growers are impacted by this as well and there's a lot of activity under way to look at the best way moving forward to be able to keep people working. And if it's not with ConAgra then it's with a new buyer," Horrigan added. "That activity is under way, it will stay under way."
Representatives from Cuomo's office will be present today to help put together a comprehensive package of incentives for a future owner.
"The other side we have, the reality we have to deal with, we want to make sure that ConAgra is willing to make release of that facility under the absolute best conditions so that we can employ, get jobs for as many people as possible," Horrigan said, adding that effort is under way and will continue.
Dean Devita, financial secretary for the National Conference of Firemen and Oilers, is based in New York City. He said he really wished he wasn't in Fredonia for the reason he was and called area people the salt of the earth. He thanked Reed for his concern, calling it true on this issue.
"This is a terrible situation, labor is the backbone of this community. I told the congressman in a private meeting this; that the folks in this area, the members of 266, led by Tom Dickerson, are the backbone of this community," Devita stated. "This local up here has done more for this community, I heard more and more stories about how they stood up to other corporations, how they donated their time for causes. This is all going to be lost when this company goes."
Devita cited the negative trickle-down effect the closing will have on the area.
"The company has made a lot of money over the years. I know it's all about business, but these are people. So please, I thank you, but we need more of your help," he added. "Again I really want to thank the congressman, he stood up with me right away and I appreciate that."
Several employees addressed the officials, pointing out homes could be lost along with close family ties if people have to move elsewhere for work. Questions were asked about the closing process, changing the way companies have to be accountable for previous government aid if they do close, and why international companies get away with devastating communities by closing plants for more profits elsewhere.
Tom Dickerson is the president of the union representing Carriage House workers, NFCO 266/SEIU 32BJ. He said it has been a long two-plus years as he tried to let people know the plant was in trouble.
"People here have done the right thing. It's wrong," he said of the closing. "Somebody should have listened, not that it could have been stopped."
Keefe stated ConAgra bought Carriage House just to close it and eliminate some competition, adding Dickerson called him after ConAgra began its Buckner, Ky., expansion to say the end was coming.
While the end for ConAgra in Fredonia appears to be set, there is still work for the union to do for employees.
Informational meetings for active and retired members of NFCO 266/SEIU 32BJ members, employees of Carriage House and formerly Red Wing, will be held today, Wednesday and Thursday at the Cushing Street union hall with union representatives.
"That's to discuss the pension and what's important to them as far as the severance package, if we get one, Dickerson said, adding there will be meetings in April to work on those. Retirees are urged to attend one of the sessions as Dickerson said the closing could affect their pensions as well.
Government officials will continue their efforts to find a new buyer for the facility – something that will be made easier or more difficult – depending on the condition of the plant once ConAgra pulls up stakes and closes it.


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February 8, 2010 WIC Update
SUBJECT 1: Amendments for Rate Increase
SUBJECT 2: Additional Breastfeeding Training Funds
SUBJECT 3: MOWINS Reports Request
SUBJECT 4: Instructions for Direct Shipments of Formula – All CPAs Please Read!
SUBJECT 5: Complaints regarding WIC Retail Vendors
- Amendments for Rate Increase: Amendments for the new rate increase were sent to each agency last week. Please let Laura Weiler know if you have not received the amendment with the rate increase to $12 per participant for your WIC Services Contract. When the signed copy is received, it will be signed in the State Office and the new rate will be entered into the WIC Online Invoicing Application. You will be able to bill for reimbursement on your next invoice. Thanks to all those agencies that have already responded. Please contact Laura Weiler with questions at 573-526-7901 or firstname.lastname@example.com
- Additional Breastfeeding Training Funds: Additional breastfeeding training funds are available. Special funding has been provided to agencies through Special Funding 5 for local WIC provider staff to attend "Using Loving Support to Grow and Glow in WIC: Breastfeeding Training for All WIC Staff." Does your agency need additional funds to send staff to Breastfeeding Training? Do you need funds for travel costs or staff salaries for agency staff to attend this training? If your agency needs more funds than what was originally allocated in Special Funding 5 for salary, travel, hotel for this training, please send an email to email@example.com. Give us: Your Name, Your Agency Name, Amount Requested, and the Budget Plan for spending the funding. Requests will be accepted until Feb 18th. Smaller agencies will be given preference for the funding. Please contact your TA Staff with questions.
- MOWINS Reports Request: The MOWINS reports request website has been updated and is ready for agencies to use now.
The website was first available in October 2009 but some parts were changed to give us more details of the request.
The form asks for specifics about the report(s) that you want, such as a summary or detailed report; the purpose of the report, etc.
When you enter your request, please include as much detail as you can. The more detail you give, the easier it will be to write the new report from MOWINS and to prioritize them from a clinic operations stand point.
Example: I want a report that gives me all the pregnant women in my agency. Do you want all prenatals as of the first of the current month or do you want all prenatals as of today? Do you want the full address and phone number or just phone number? Do you want it by clinic site or do you want all clinic sites together (if multi clinic agency)?
For assistance with the website, please contact Melissa Seaver at firstname.lastname@example.com. For assistance with a specific report request, please contact your district TA staff.
- Instructions for Direct Shipments of Formula – All CPAs Please Read!: The State WIC Office recently conducted a review of Direct Shipments of Formula. A direct shipment is an infrequent transaction for some LWPs. Several problems were identified. Please read through the attached list and help us to appropriately document direct shipments of formula in MOWINS.
Check the Food and Formula Reference Guide, Section A 14, page 5, if unsure of any aspect of direct shipping. If still unsure, call your technical assistance nutritionist, the state office at 800-892-8209, or Rita Arni at 573.751.8159 or email email@example.com. Thank you for your help in accounting for all WIC benefits issued to participants.
- Complaints regarding WIC Retail Vendors: To ensure that complaints regarding WIC Vendors are handled in a timely manner, when your agency receives a complaint from a WIC family regarding a WIC Approved Food item, please obtain as much information as possible about the food item(s) from the family. Detailed information helps to ensure that the state office is addressing the specific concern that occurred in the store and/or to correctly identify the WIC approved food item. Information that should be included is: product brand name, food item name (milk, frozen corn, apples, etc.), and packaging size. If possible the UPC or PLU (on fresh fruits and vegetables) number is helpful, but not necessary. It is also helpful if the family can identify the specific store they visited, the date and time of the occurrence and the name, physical description, gender or position (manager or cashier) of the store employee(s) involved.
Families and/or Local WIC Providers can call the state WIC office directly or complete the necessary information on the attached WIC Participant Redemption Complaint Form (WIC-40) and fax or mail this information to the WIC Vendor Group at the state WIC office.
The WIC-40 can also be used if families would like to file a complaint regarding other concerns they have regarding a WIC Vendor. Please let families know that their information is kept confidential and is not shared with the store if they are concerned about having their identity shared with the store. Families can also contact the state WIC office by calling the toll-free number at 800-392-8209. If you have any questions please feel free to contact their district TA staff or the WIC Vendor Group at the state WIC office.
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Second group to visit area in as many weeks
ALPENA – There is a large push locally to expand Alpena as a brand and as a featured destination for tourists. As much success as the efforts have produced thus far, there is nothing better than hosting distinguished guests and having them share their experience with others.
This week Alpena will be part of the US-23 Heritage Trail tour. This comes on the heels of a vist last week by travel journalists.
This week Alpena will be one of several stops for 35 guests who are taking a trip along the US-23 Heritage Trail. There will be state representatives and senators, leaders from travel Michigan and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, as well as the Northeast Michigan Council of Governments and the Michigan Department of Transportation.
Mary Beth Stutzman, president of the Alpena Convention and Visitors Bureau, said the group will spend more than a day in Alpena and be treated to a shipwreck tour while in town. Sen. John Moolenaar , Rep. Pete Pettalia, Sen. Howard Walker and DNR Director Keith Greagh are part of the group on the tourt. Stutzman said this is not the first time the group has been to Alpena and by having them return it is a reminder to them about Alpena's history, what is offers now and how it wants to be in the future.
"We had them here last time and they had such a good time they wanted to come back," Stutzman said. "These are busy people and they represent our community, but it is impossible for them to live here and know what is happening every day. This gives them a chance to see what every day life is like here in the community and remind them of what life is like here, so when they go back and make decisions they know what they are representing."
Last week a group of 13 international travel journalists visited Alpena for three days and were treated to many things the residents enjoy on a daily basis. They sampled local restaurants, visited places of interest, as well as spent time mingling with community members.
Stutzman said, having these writers, who have traveled the world, take in Alpena and what it has to offer is valuable. She said said many of the writers have travel blogs with large amounts of followers and the exposure gained from the posts, as well as published articles will help spread the news about Alpena.
"They were submerging themselves into the culture of our community and getting inspiration for stories they will write," Stutzman said. "The last time we had journalists visit was 2007 and we are still getting press from that visit. This was a great opportunity for Alpena because we can't buy this type of advertising. By having them in town we also get a fresh look at Alpena from an outside perspective and that is important. It allows us to see what we have to offer and how it stacks up against the rest of the world."
Stutzman said to her knowledge the writers haven't written anything about Alpena yet, but is confident they will. She said a number of them made it clear to her that Alpena is a wonderful destination.
"A couple of the writers have been on an unsupported canoe trip through Mexico. Another went to Antarctica, so they are people that are very well traveled and well versed in the tour industry," Stutzman said. "They gave us nothing but gold stars and they had a wonderful time. Everyone left happy."
Steve Schulwitz can be reached via email at email@example.com or by phone at 358-5689. Follow Steve on Twitter ss_alpenanews. Read his blog, Upon Further Review … at www.thealpenanews.com


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May 18, 2012
Consumerization: Understand the Different Viewpoints
Our second annual InformationWeek Consumerization of IT survey shows that IT leaders are realizing how the consumerization of IT can be good a thing for the enterprise. Fifty-six percent of companies now consider themselves proactive or accepting of consumer-centric tech; two years ago, just 32% did--that's a 24-point swing. A whopping two-thirds of companies cite positive benefits related to consumerization, and only 2% say it pulls IT from its strategic focus. Apple is now a true enterprise player, with iPhones, Macs, and iPads each supported by more than half of companies, up 10 percentage points or more from two years ago. We also see increased use of the types of applications that demand tech-savvy end users, such as IM, videoconferencing, and enterprise social networking.
So is this the dawn of new era, when we finally blend the best of business and consumer tech into a seamless whole? Unfortunately, no--and that's IT's fault because we're slacking on support, even as consumerization expands. Just over half of companies provide some level of technical support to end users connecting personal devices to the network, but that's almost identical to two years ago. An additional 23% still "officially" say no, but end users call in anyway (likely with spotty results). The rest hold the line and leave employees on their own.
That's not smart, considering that security still dominates worries about the consumerization of IT, cited by 59%, up a tick from 2010. Concerns about not having the support staff and budget to help end users adopt technology have fallen, but they're still cited by more than one third of respondents. And about a quarter say end users have better technology at home than at the office, up six points from two years ago.
Netting it out, though, we see IT embracing consumer tech for employees more than they're fighting it. The tension from that won't go away. Personal tech favors convenience over security, individual applications over a grand system design, and short-term fixes (and costs) over long-term investment. Here's the latest on the consumerization of IT, and how you can take advantage on your terms. (R4560512)
Survey Name InformationWeek 2012 Consumerization of IT Survey
Survey Date February 2012
Region North America
Number of Respondents 400
Purpose To identify the extent of consumer device use in the enterprise and the strategies organizations are employing to manage this trend.
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Cory Garner is a new manager of store operations at the Fort Dodge Hy-Vee store.
Garner is a 20-year veteran of Hy-Vee. He started his career at Dubuque No. 1. His next move was to Cedar Rapids No. 5. He held several positions there during his 10-year stay, ending as an assistant manager. He then transferred to Omaha No. 8, where he was manager of general merchandise.
Garner is a native of Farley and a graduate of Epworth Western Dubuque High School. He also attended Kirkwood College for two years.


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In fantasy baseball, several factors determine how your team fares, including injuries, trades and even luck. Ultimately, though, success comes down to decisions.
During draft day, decisions are all about which players to pick or buy, when and/or for how much.
Once the season starts, though, decisions become a day-to-day grind. At times, the process is enough to wear out even the most veteran, savvy owner.
Should you bench your slumping superstar for that hotshot journeyman? Do you dare start your pitcher at [insert hitter-friendly stadium here]? Is that rookie phenom really for real? And most importantly...is that slice of leftover pizza from last week still edible?
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This is modern, short shape that can be worn in a funky, textured manner, but has enough classic shape that it can also be sophisticated and sleek. A versatile style that can flatter many different women from many different walks of life.A short haircut, this is an interpretation of a textured, graduated shag. The lengths are left short and tapered through the back but slowly elongate as they reach the front, creating an A-line. From then, jagged layers and an uneven perimeter line create the movement that takes this to the next level.The hair colour as a base is left natural throughout, a solid level 4 off-black. To enhance the form, highlights were then placed strategically on the created part of the haircut in fine slices. A bold, power pigment was then used to give the youthful edginess this haircut demands.
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The "Internet of Things" — technologists' vision of a network of billions of connected devices — has attracted the attention of tech giants including Cisco, Intel and General Electric, all of which have internal business units dedicated to building the infrastructure for that network.
The market also could create demand for a new kind of IT specialists — those who can both engineer new products and process the data they collect, analysts and industry experts say.
A 2011 McKinsey report estimated that the United States faces a shortage of 140,000 to 190,000 people with deep data analytics skills, and 1.5 million managers and analysts to make business decisions based on their findings.
In response to this shortage, GE has been training data specialists internally for the past few years, GE's chief economist, Marco Annunziata, said. In 2011, the company opened a software center in San Ramon, Calif., where hundreds of new employees were hired and trained to consult on Internet projects across the company.
For instance, a specialist from the center might help employees in GE's aviation subsidiary collect and analyze data from jet engines to improve production and fuel efficiency.
Until the global IT workforce produces enough people who specialize in both data science and software or hardware engineering, "We need to start developing them, to some extent," Annunziata said. GE hopes to train about 1,000 of these specialists.
The company also looks for these interdisciplinary skills in new hires, Annunziata said.
"We will have more and more need for people who are a combination of data scientists and operation managers — people who have both an understanding of how to use data, how to use analytics, and also an understanding of their own business lines," he said.
Cisco, which recently announced plans to develop "fog computing," or a network to collect data from devices making up the Internet of Things, is also looking for similar hires, said Joseph Bradley, managing director of Cisco's Internet of Things division. But the company is also looking for candidates who can collaborate with people in other industries, even outside the company, he said, to ensure Cisco's networks are supported.
"If you looked 10 years ago, across enterprises, 80 to 90 percent of innovation came from within the company. If you think about that now, it's close to 50-50. In some cases, the majority of innovation comes from outside the company" as startups, hardware manufacturers and developers all seek to take advantage of the Internet of Things.
Each point in the network is producing large volumes of data that need to be processed in real time, and many IT training programs do not yet train graduates to analyze these streams of information, McKinsey Global Institute analyst Michael Chui said.
A handful of universities have designed data-science programs to prepare students to work on Internet of Things projects. For instance, in September, the University of California-Berkeley's School of Information unveiled a master's degree in information in data science. All classes are held online; the program's first goal is teaching advanced statistics, software programming and ways to process the data collected from sensors and mobile devices, among other skills. The students are also required to study ethics and data privacy.
Carnegie Mellon University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Columbia University, among other schools, have introduced similar data-science programs.


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JRS22 wrote:I just received my 65 ml gaiwan set from Shawn and put it to use immediately. I chose this "larger" gaiwan, which still holds only 1/4 cup, because I'm planning on using it with chinese greens. One aspect of the design of this beauty which is not obvious from the photos is how comfortable it is to use. Because of the deep rim on the gaiwan cup, and the generous knob on the lid, it's easy to pour with one hand, without coming near the hot part of the gaiwan. While i've mastered, thanks to Teachat, the art of using the saucer and lid to pour hot tea from a gaiwan without burning myself, this arrangement is very natural and comfortable.
GreenwoodStudio wrote:Yeah Paul, tiny pots hehehe Good luck with the wood-firing!
Here's one that's bigger but by no means BIG, still only 75 ml.
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Clara Newhouse
NEWHOUSE, Clara Mae, 82, of Bell, Fla., died July 3, 2013, at her son's home in Alpena.
She is survived by her husband, Donn Sr.; her children, Donn Jr. of St. Clair Shores, Cheryl (Dwayne) Davis of Bell, Fla., Jon Paul (Karen) of Alpena; a brother, John Thompson; two sisters, Margie Rowe, Dorothy Thompson and sister-in-law, Magilee Thompson all of Bennettsville, S.C.; grandchildren, Steven, David, Michael, Laura and Mandy, Lisa; and several nieces and nephews.
The Evans-Carter Funeral Home in High Springs, Fla., will handle the interment. A memorial service will be held at the Spring Ridge First Church of God, High Springs, Fla., at a later date. Local arrangements were handled by McWilliams Funeral Home – Alpena. Visit her personal web page at www.mcwilliamsfh.com where you may share a memory or sign the online guest book.


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Quick fix can hurt, officials contend
Florida Association of Counties members think property tax proposals may sound good but worsen the problem.
By WILL VAN SANT
Published September 30, 2006
CLEARWATER - Republican candidate for governor Charlie Crist and sundry legislative candidates are out to mend Florida's warped tax structure.
They want to double the homestead exemption from $25,000 to $50,000 and make the Save Our Homes cap on property assessments portable.
But Florida Association of Counties members from across the state Friday expressed deep unease with both ideas.
Many of the county commissioners who gathered at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort were fresh from budget hearings where fed-up residents demanded tax relief, and they know attempts at reform are likely during next year's legislative session in Tallahassee.
They want to make sure the burden of adjusting the tax structure is shared with state government and that chosen fixes don't worsen the situation.
"There is no silver bullet," said Pinellas County Commissioner Susan Latvala, who serves as the association's president. "The system is broken."
Friday's hourlong discussion was wide ranging, heavy with frustration and light on specifics.
"We're spinning our wheels here," said Seminole County Commissioner Brenda Carey.
No proposals were adopted. In December, the association will decide on specific goals to help shape its lobbying efforts in Tallahassee.
Yet it was clear battle lines are already being drawn.
Much of the recent taxpayer anger has come from those who own second homes, rental properties and commercial businesses.
They are not eligible for the protections offered by the homestead exemption and Save Our Homes cap, which limits assessments on primary residences from increasing by more than 3 percent a year.
County leaders worry that doubling the exemption to $50,000 would devastate local tax bases. Pinellas would lose about $45-million in revenue. Smaller rural counties would be hurt the most.
Further, critics say, while the move might play well with voters, it will do nothing to help those not eligible for the exemption, who have been the most vocal during the recent tax revolt.
"It makes an inequitable tax structure worse," said Pinellas County Administrator Steve Spratt.
County officials appeared more receptive toward allowing homeowners to transfer their assessment caps from one property to another, but they have doubts about unlimited portability.
They talked about prohibiting caps from being moved between counties and wondered whether the right to transfer a cap should exist only in cases where homeowners are downsizing, rather than moving up to larger, more expensive properties.
With a new governor and lots of new legislators in Tallahassee next year, Latvala said, the time has perhaps arrived for a broad overhaul of the state's tax system, including a review of how sales taxes are collected and disbursed.
After Election Day, Latvala said, she'll be paying a visit to whoever becomes governor - Crist or Democrat Jim Davis - and urging such a comprehensive look, instead of knee-jerk fixes.
"I will be looking him in the eye and begging him to talk to me before he does anything dramatic," Latvala said.
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For many Jewish women, the feminist movement hasbeen the key political event of our lifetimes. It has given us rolemodels, women of great personal power and intellectual agility, andallowed us to venture into unprecedented careers and lifestyles.Arguably, the reason so many Jewish women were drawn to feminism isthat it articulated the dream of personal freedom and the mandate ofpolitical activism contained within our own spiritual tradition, thepursuit of tikkun olam.
Having said that, the women's movement today is,if not completely dead, at least lacking vital signs. It lacks acompelling, updated dream that can keep hope and focus alive for thegeneration of young women who reject it as old hat. The forcedresponse of feminist leaders last week to the Clinton sex scandals isonly the latest proof that our daughters are right -- that feministleaders, of all people, do not know what women want.
Patricia Ireland of the National Organization forWomen, responding to Kathleen Willey's case against presidentialgroping, suggested that Clinton may be a "sexual predator." GloriaSteinem, writing in the Op-Ed pages of last Sunday's New York Times,defends the chief executive as a man who committed no harassment,since, unlike Sen. Bob Packwood and Clarence Thomas, Clinton can take"no" for an answer.
"Welcome sexual behavior is about as relevant tosexual harassment as borrowing a car is to stealing one," Steinemwrote.
These viewpoints, polar opposites though theywere, are appallingly inadequate. Ireland's answer was merelyrhetorical overkill. But Steinem's tortured pursuit of a legalloophole for her president -- redefining sexual harassment soambiguously that even Casanova could slip through -- is aself-inflicted wound, one that opens her up to charges that themovement she herself helped found is merely a shill for politicalpragmatism.
The fact is that most women have moved on frombitter sexual politics that marked its beginnings nearly threedecades ago. Male vs. female rhetoric has given way to a politics ofreconciliation between the sexes. We want an end to the sexualhostility that still seems to permeate the dating scene, theworkplace and the home.
With this background of personal regret, many ofus view the Clinton matter with a new sophistication, not because weare Democrats but because there are larger issues at stake thanbuilding a case for another impeachment.
Most women, like Americans in general, believethat the president's private life is none of our business, and itwould be great if some feminist leaders said so. That they can't,reveals the basic problem at the core of the current feminist agenda:its irrelevance to most women's lives. Women's issues today are homeissues: the decline of public education; the psychological problemsof young women, including massive eating disorders; and the spiritualdecline of community and family, including problems facing men.Feminism arose 30 years ago as a response to thwarted ambitions andpersonal desires. It was never supposed to be part of the old-boynetwork, defending or defeating friend or foe.
Many Jewish feminists, once galvanized by anational political agenda that responded to their needs, have alreadyfled the secular political fold. With the exception of abortionrights, they are turning their attention to the home. Young Jewishwomen today are reinvigorating volunteer organizations, takingcourses in Torah or attending rabbinical school. When it comes totrue domestic crisis, secular feminists are as relevant as theDaughters of the American Revolution.
There's no doubt that the whole matter ofClinton's sex life is unsavory. The president is no choirboy; he toyswith women's affections in a gross and cruel way. But Gennifer,Paula, Monica and Kathleen -- each of the women who have come forthwith stories against Clinton -- are equally manipulative andexploitative. There's no victim among them, and it belittles greatwomen's causes to insist that we must respond to matters as trivialas this.
The public's interest in this scandal is purely amatter of prurience. There is no feminist issue here, including thematter of sexual harassment. Feminists last week were trying tocapture a sense of their own centrality to the political controversy,but they are mistaken: They have no constituency.
America in the late 1990s is influenced more byspiritual issues than political agenda. The reason Kenneth Starr isuniversally loathed by the American public is that he is stalkingClinton like prey, hunting a man already mortally wounded. One wouldexpect that feminism would bring empathy to the public debate, not arewritten version of "Stand by Your Man."
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A goodly portion of Paul's first epistle to the Corinthians is focused on correcting that congregation's abuse of spiritual gifts—tongues in particular. The whole theme of the apostle's admonition about how the gifts were to function is neatly summarized in 1 Corinthians 14:40: "All things should be done decently and in order." Along the way, it's hard to miss the stress the apostle places on that which edifies. The point Paul makes repeatedly is that the gifts should always be used in a way that enlightens and instructs the mind. "I would rather speak five words with my mind in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue" (1 Corinthians 14:19).
That principle has been largely ignored—and often diametrically opposed—in the doctrine and practice of the modern charismatic movement. The real point of 1 Corinthians 14 is often buried under endless arguments about the exegetical nuances of that passage. I want to take a more big-picture perspective of the text and point out a few of that chapter's most important ideas.
1. "Tongues" were real languages.
Paul is clearly no proponent of any kind of "speech that is not intelligible" (1 Corinthians 14:9). Sounds and syllables without meaning are of no use whatsoever. "There are doubtless many different languages in the world, and none is without meaning" (1 Corinthians 14:10). Throughout the chapter, he is talking about real languages with real meaning. The ecstatic gibberish of the modern charismatic movement does not even fit the apostle's definition of a language.
Furthermore, he says in verse 11, "If . . . I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be to the one who speaks a barbarian, and the one who speaks will be a barbarian to me" (NASB). All true language has a meaning, and if the meaning cannot be understood, it sounds like the noises of a troglodyte. If the tongue is merely gibberish and has no translatable message, it is actually worse than a savage tongue.
So Paul insists that whenever tongues are spoken, they should be translated. Verse 13: "One who speaks in a tongue should pray for the power to interpret." And verses 27-28: "If any speak in a tongue, let there be only two or at most three, and each in turn, and let someone interpret. But if there is no one to interpret, let each of them keep silent in church and speak to himself and to God."
In other words, if someone is authentically speaking in tongues, the utterance contains a message, and the message must be translated for those who hear. Even if the tongues-speaker is praying alone and no one else is around to hear, he is to pray that he may interpret.
Paul was not authorizing the use of tongues as a private prayer language, as some charismatics claim. But let's lay that issue aside for the moment and simply point out that whenever tongues is spoken, whether in public or in private, whether in prophecy or in prayer, an interpretation is always to be sought.
2. Speaking in tongues is not supposed to be a mystical exercise that bypasses the mind.
Paul's overriding message throughout this whole chapter is that everything done in the public worship service is supposed to be edifying to the hearers. That is his key point. He is calling for intelligibility. He is appealing for clarity. When we say something in public worship, the people in the congregation need to understand the message.
Go through this passage and notice how many times the apostle uses terms like understanding, edification, and the mind. A lot of Christians in the post-charismatic era have the utterly false notion that true spirituality is something that bypasses the intellect and operates mysteriously in the soul. That opinion has more in common with Hinduism than with true Christianity. Genuine Christianity is not anti-intellectual. We do not believe that the mind is a detriment to spirituality. In fact, we believe true spirituality involves being transformed by the renewing of our minds. We are sanctified by the truth, and truth is something we apprehend primarily with our minds.
The notion that the intellect is to be switched off while we seek some form of mentally disengaged spiritual ecstasy is an utterly false notion. If that is your idea of spirituality, then you might as well join the swaying mobs at the Kali temple in Calcutta who have done just that: they have switched off their minds in pursuit of spiritual euphoria.
Here Paul is telling us that the primary purpose of spiritual gifts is for edification. And by "edification," he means the building up of the mind through a better understanding of the truth. If you do a study on the Greek word oikodomeo (which is translated edify in verses 3, 4, 5, 12, 17, and 26), you will find that almost everywhere this word appears in the New Testament, it speaks of building up the understanding. A person is "edified" in the biblical sense when the mind is enriched with truth and understanding.
That is why Paul insists that utterances in other tongues must be translated. What good is a message that bypasses the minds of the hearers? We don't grow spiritually through subliminal means. We are sanctified when the truth is applied to our minds and our minds are transformed.
Matthew Henry writes, "Even an apostle could not edify, unless he spoke so as to be understood by his hearers. To speak words that have no meaning to those who hear them, is but speaking into the air. . . . There can be no assent to prayers that are not understood. A truly Christian minister will seek much more to do spiritual good to men's souls, than to get the greatest applause to himself."
When we have a message for the assembly of God's people, the sound must be distinct. The message, not the language, is the key to the gift of tongues. The Holy Spirit does not gift people with languages just to make interesting noises. There's a message to be conveyed, just like on Pentecost, when the wonderful works of God were proclaimed in the hearer's native tongues. And notice this carefully: Regardless of your position on the charismatic movement, you must ultimately confess that Scripture demands that tongues-speakers remain silent, unless the message they have to convey is going to be understood be the people who are present to hear. Verse 28: "If there is no one to interpret, let each of them keep silent."
I know of few charismatic churches where people are taught to be submissive to that command. There's a charismatic church not far from where I live that is one of the largest in America. Every Sunday morning in their worship service, they have a time at the end of the pastoral prayer when everyone in the church is invited to "worship the Lord" aloud. Most do so by speaking in tongues simultaneously. It produces exactly the kind of chaotic environment Paul warns against in verse 23: "If, therefore, the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your minds?"
3. It is wrong to allow the church service to become chaotic.
Some charismatics delight in precisely the sort of chaos Paul condemns here. The so-called "Toronto Blessing" virtually conferred liturgical significance on chaos and noise in many charismatic churches. I visited a world-famous charismatic church at the height of the Toronto hysteria, and much of the service consisted of unbelievable chaos.
The preacher that night contradicted virtually every one of the principles laid out in 1 Corinthians 14. He cautioned people against using their minds and their doctrinal convictions to evaluate what they were about to see. He said, "God wants to reach your heart, not your mind. It is not necessary for you to have a rational understanding of what is going on here." He encouraged people to speak in tongues simultaneously, even though no one interpreted any of those utterances. And he finally turned the meeting over to absolute chaos, unleashing a frenzy of noise and activity in the name of the Holy Spirit.
Can God possibly be behind such phenomena? The Bible answers that question with a definitive no. Verse 33 says, "God is not a God of confusion." Such chaotic displays in the churches must not be attributed to Him. The Word of God speaks with the utmost clarity on this. In more familiar King James terminology, "God is not the author of confusion." He is neither glorified nor pleased where chaos and confusion reign.
4. Tongues are a sign to unbelievers.
In verse 22, Paul writes, "Tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers." Here he contrasts tongues with prophecy, which he says is meant for believers.
What is his point? Simple: Prophecy involved a message from God in a language everyone understood. The message conveyed in tongues was intelligible only to those who understood the language.
Remember, all the languages a tongues-speaker used were Gentile languages. Hebrew was the Jewish language, and Aramaic was a first-century variation of Hebrew. All other tongues were Gentile languages.
The fact that God would give inspired truth in a Gentile tongue was itself significant. At Pentecost it was remarkable enough to hear the disciples speaking in languages that were not their own. But to the first-century Hebrew ear it would have been equally amazing to hear them proclaiming truth about Jehovah in Gentile tongues. That is something no true Israelite would ever do.
Jews in first-century Israel often spoke Greek, of course, because that was the common language of commerce. Some of them also spoke Latin, and many other dialects. But when they came to the Temple, when they rehearsed the wonderful works of God, or (above all) when they prayed, they prayed in Hebrew, because that was deemed the language of God and His people.
The gift of tongues changed all that. For the first time ever, inspired truth was revealed by God in languages other than Hebrew. This in and of itself was a remarkable sign, not only to the unbelieving Gentile hearers, but also to the unbelieving Jews.
And for the unbelieving Jews, it was a sign of judgment to come. Isaiah 28:11 contains this promise about the Messiah: "By people of strange lips and with a foreign tongue the Lord will speak to this people." The apostle Paul paraphrases that verse in 1 Corinthians 14:21, just before saying that tongues are a sign to unbelievers. His primary meaning, then, is that tongues are a sign of judgment against the unbelieving Israelites and a token of divine grace to the Gentile unbelievers who hear the message in their own tongues.
So again we see that the gift of tongues was God's declaration that the wall of partition had been broken down. Although the oracles of God had once been committed to the Jewish race alone, now the message about God's wonderful works would extend to every nation, people, and tribe. That was the primary significance of the gift of tongues. It was never intended to be a Babel of noise that no one, including the speaker, understood.
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I agree with much of what Phil writes here, apart from a couple of points like the use of tongues as a private prayer language (that we are leaving aside for the moment). However, the exclusive focus on 'mind' really concerns me.
Whilst I am content with the statement that: 'We are sanctified by the truth, and truth is something we apprehend primarily with our minds'; I disagree when that thinking is carried further to state that: 'A person is "edified" in the biblical sense when the mind is enriched with truth and understanding.' It is not solely when the mind is enriched that a person is edified.
The word 'edified' refers to being built-up; and a person is not just a 'mind'. Jesus said that the greatest commandment is to: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength." (Mark 12:30) That commandment makes it clear that a person is more than a mind, and that we are to love God with our whole person, our whole being.
Therefore, it is necessary to be built-up in heart and soul and strength, as well as in mind. And that is where spiritual gifts are very helpful – when they are sought and used in accordance with Scripture.
Let's not make the mistake of thinking that faith in Christ is a purely rational thing. We are not just bodies with minds, we are spiritual beings too.
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Thank you Phil,
As always, the clear and concise teaching of scripture is so helpful to the body of Christ. And by the way, thank you for doing that interview with Dr Michael Brown. I picked up on something that he and other charismatics like to do. They often use vague, unbiblical terms to defend their movement. In the interview, Dr. Brown used the term "touched by the spirit" in defense of millions of charismatics. That raises all kinds of red flags. Touched by the spirit? What spirit? The Holy Spirit? How do we know they are touched? And just what is meant by "touched"? Does that mean they are born again? Listening to Dr. Brown brought back some unpleasant memories of my days as a charismatic thirty years ago. Again, many thanks to you and the others for the conference and the new book, "Strange Fire".
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Since the cessation of the gift of languages do you think that there have been unique times where a missionary (or individual) has had the ability to use the true gift of languages to communicate with a people group he would otherwise have been unable to communicate with? Thanks for your thoughts!
The verse you quote, Mark 12:30, does not support your veiw. It says, "And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, AND with all your soul, AND with all your mind, AND with all your strength." We are not to disengage our minds while doing the other. Our minds should be fully engaged any time we are worshiping or serving God.
My wife and I are membeers of a very large Southern Baptist Church in Edmond Oklahoma. I just found out that the pastor and staff beleive in speaking in tongues. Since we do not support that belief but concur with Phil Johnson and John MacArthur about this topic, we will be seekign another church that closer matches what teh Bible teaches. But we are in tears about this and ask for your prayers as we move forward and away from a church that is on an obvious wrong tract doctrinally.
Hello Rick (#4),
I agree that we are not to disengage our minds; and I am not sure why you think I was saying otherwise.
So I apologise if I did not clearly express the point I was trying to make. My point is that we are to engage the other parts of our being as well as our minds. We are not to treat Christianity as solely a matter of the mind - as solely a matter of rational thought.
Just one of the Scriptures that indicate the importance of a 'more than mind' approach is Romans 8:16.
The spiritual element is one of the reasons that you and I cannot persuade an unbeliever to become a believer purely by rational argument. It is the Holy Spirit who convicts someone of their sins and the judgment to come (John16:8).
Whilst Christian faith is based upon facts, we cannot think ourselves into having faith; faith is a gift from God (Ephesians 2:8).
Robin, in addition to Rick's comment, please consider this as well. Two passages that clearly indicate the need to have our mind fully engaged at all times.
First, in 2 Tim. 2:15, Paul exhorts Timothy to "rightly divide" the word of truth. What we see commonly translated as "rightly divide" or "correctly handle" literally means "to cut sharply". It has the connotation of being surgically precise. Thus, when we approach Scripture, we must approach it with the entirety of our mental faculties in order to be faithful to Paul's command to be surgically precise with God's Word.
Second, in Heb 5:11-6:2, we see the author admonishing his readers for remaining as infants in the things of God. He admonishes them that they all ought to be teachers who partake in the solid food of the mature. How is that accomplished? In Heb. 5:14, he writes, "for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil." The phrase "powers of discernment" literally means "the perceptive faculty" and has the idea of understanding with the mind. So the way we grow as Christians is by putting forth the effort to constantly study God's word in order to train and mold our minds with sound doctrine from the Scriptures.
So when you are concerned with what you perceive to be an "exclusive focus on 'mind'" (which Phil Johnson didn't advocate, by the way), I am actually concerned that you would be concerned over that. That perception runs contrary to the clear teaching of Scripture, and is a dangerous falsehood that I see being prevalent in this corrupt Church-ianity culture we have in the American church today. Strange Fire runs deeper than just the Charismatic movement, my friends...
@Mark Chase #5
As I have said previously, remember that cessationists and charismatics generally agree on 95%+ or more of doctrines, including all the major ones of the faith. Whilst I share the view that charismatic tongues are fake, I'm not sure it is necessarily a reason to leave a church. If the pastor is promoting speaking in tongues, then possibly it is, but do think carefully before moving on. By staying as a committed member of your church, you will have opportunities to discuss this subject with the staff that outsiders almost certainly won't have.
"Lets not make the mistake of thinking that faith in Christ is purely a rational thing"
Question is: What is it the?
I suspect you want more than what the scriptures give. Just thinking.
Thank you Phil Johnson for accepting the invitation to be interviewed by Michael Brown. It was insightful to witness 1 Corinthians 13:1 literally practiced in contrast over the airways. More amazing than that, Michael Brown hadn't already written somewhere among his wares that such a prophetic event was going to take place. Live, on his radio show! Boy, did he miss that prophesy. No telling what it cost him.
Just an addendum to comment (#10). The comment is not inferring that Michael Brown speaks with the tongue of men and angels. That inference was for Phillip Johnson (I know Mr. Johnson will not let it go to his head Robin Lane). Brown is the contrast-without genuine love, the noisy gong.
Hello Guymon (#7) and Bongani (#9),
Grace and peace to you.
I am concerned about people thinking that Christianity is just in the mind because I think that Scripture tells us Christianity is more than that. I don't think anyone should disengage their mind. Nor do I think that anyone should remain an infant in the faith.
In John 15:4 Jesus didn't say "think about me"; he said "abide in me". Abiding in him involves our whole being, not just our minds. If we are to keep his commandments (John 15:10) we have to do things that are very difficult, e.g. taking up our cross daily, resisting temptation, forgiving those who sin against us, loving one another, even loving our enemies. God gives the ability to do these things; we don't have these abilities in and of ourselves (John 15:5).
Whoever hears Christ's word and believes in the Father has eternal life (John 5:24). Eternal life is not a matter of knowing the Scriptures (John 5:39), it is a matter of knowing the Father and the Son (John 17:3).
Yes, we find out about the Father and the Son in the Scriptures, but those same Scriptures tell us we should be in a living relationship with God. That's why the apostle Paul wrote that he wanted to know Christ and the power of his resurrection (Philippians 3:10). And that is why he prayed for the Ephesians that the Father would give them a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Christ (Eph 1:17).
It is knowing Christ himself that is important, not just knowing about him.
Thanks Phil for your excellent article on "languages"! I wish the translators would do their job correctly and put that word in the verses rather than "tongues" which only confuses the issue. Also, if I understood you correctly the word of God (the truth) works through our minds moving throughout our entire being which consists of mind, soul, spirit, heart, emotions, i.e., our entire being. We are not just a "mind" as one person stated but I think he was incorrect trying to make your statements "just limited to rational thinking". All of these terms are used so much interchangeably anyway. I came out of a background like that which was so deceitful and full of emptiness and always seeking to get hyped up with the emotions leaving sound reasoning behind and the scriptures also! Learned behavior fueled by the idol of free will creates most of this erratic stuff in my opinion.
Robin (#1,6,12)
I agree that knowing Christ is not purely an intellectual matter, but I'm not sure what you're trying to say about the role of spiritual gifts in edification or knowing Christ. Perhaps you can explain what you believe about how we "know" Christ in terms of Philippians 3:10 and John 17:3.
All of my experience of "knowing Christ" and being "built up" is the result of the Holy Spirit taking God's Word and using it to change me so that to some (growing) degree Christ's joys are my joys, His loves are my loves, His thoughts are my thoughts, His sufferings are my sufferings, His death is my death, so that increasingly it is true in practice/experience was is true spiritually: it is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me. But all of this experience is predicated upon, and sustained by the renewing of my mind through the Scriptures. It is in meditation upon and especially application of Scripture that I experience knowing the Father and the Son.
Wayne (#14)
Excellent points. God created us with a rational mind so that we might know Him on an intellectual level first. Our apprehension of any specific, salvific knowledge of God is done rationally. Our faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of Christ (Rom. 10:17). This rational process is the means by which the Holy Spirit gives us the faith to respond with our entire being to the objective truths of the gospel.
Our mind is what must be renewed (Rom. 12:2; Eph. 4:23) in the sanctification process. Why? Because it is from the heart/mind that our sin emanates (Mt. 12:33-35; 15:19).
Hello Wayne (#14),
We seem to agree that our primary objective as Christians is to get to know Christ better. This was Paul's objective when he wrote of losing all things so that he might know Christ (Philippians 3:10), because knowing Christ is of surpassing worth (Philippians 3:8). And, as you say, it is not just a matter of knowing Christ, but also becoming like him.
Paul's objective in this clearly matches Christ's definition of eternal life in John 17:3 – that it is a matter of knowing the Father and the Son. Thus we are talking about a personal relationship with God. This necessarily takes us into the realm of the spiritual, because God is spirit (John 4:24).
Yes, as you say, it involves being transformed by the renewal of our minds (Romans 12:2). But it also involves spiritual rebirth (John 3:3) because we were spiritually dead (Ephesians 2:1). And it involves growth to spiritual maturity, as Guymon commented (#7).
Therefore, since we are now living in awareness of the spiritual realm, since we are seated in the heavenly places with Christ (Ephesians 2:6), we should not dismiss the availability of spiritual gifts. GENUINE spiritual gifts are very useful to Christians, giving spiritual wisdom, knowledge, faith, etc. (1 Corinthians 12:8-10) so that we can each play our part within the life of the church. These gifts are given for the common good (1 Corinthians 12:7), so their proper use should not lead to chaos, which was Phil's third point.
The gift of tongues/languages is probably the most controversial and least understood; but Paul did write that he would pray with his spirit as well as praying with his mind (1 Corinthians 14:15). This was in the context of his earlier statement that if he prayed in a tongue his mind was unfruitful (1 Corinthians 14:14). So he wasn't writing about doing both at the same time.
NOTE: he didn't say that he switched off his mind or disengaged it. His mind was still active, but unfruitful in terms of understanding exactly what he was praying with his spirit. Paul also wrote: 'Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.' (Romans 8:26)
There is obvious value in the spiritual gifts of wisdom, knowledge, faith, healing, distinguishing between spirits, and interpretation of tongues. So let us not be put off by the ones we don't understand so well. But on the basis of the Scriptures, let us ask to be filled with the Holy Spirit (Luke 11:13) and earnestly desire the higher gifts (1 Corinthians 12:31), because our Father knows how to give good gifts (Matthew 7:11).
Mr. Johnson,
You wrote that it was not intended to be a noise that no one including the speaker understood. I realize that the hearers understood the languages on the day of Pentecost but the speakers did not. Therefore, the gift did by pass so to speak the minds of the apostles. I am grateful they chose to obey and speak even though they did not understand what they were saying. It was their choice to make too because the Scriptures tell us the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. They chose to yield their human reasoning to the leading of the Holy Spirit. That is what we who walk by faith often do. The unbeliever may tell us something we are doing for instance giving a certain amount of money to a work of the Lord is unreasonable and our common sense may agree but our faith leads us to give. Yes, we are to use our mind to its utmost capacity in studying and serving, but we are not to limit God by only doing what our mind can fully comprehend.
If speaking in tongues is a sign to unbelievers, then those speaking in tongues are therefore,..... unbelievers. God is giving you a manifest fleshly sign that you don't believe something about your salvation.
I don't know how else to put it in a loving manner. And now some want to justify even nonsensical babbling as a sign of the Holy Spirit.
When Thomas was told by the other disciples that they had seen the Lord, John 20:25, Thomas said, -"Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe."
Thomas was saying he needed one more sign to believe. He needed one more piece of evidence to really believe Christ was resurrected. He needed to see Christ, and touch Christ, both fleshly things to believe.
Jesus responded in 20:29, "Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and believed."
We are of the Spirit of God. We believe in things we can't see, or hear, or taste. Our confidence comes from faith that He is who He says He is not by flailing about with our tongues and bodies.
It appears you read too much of your charismatic tradition into the scriptures. For example, you reference Romans 8:26 and make the claim that Paul is saying that he doesn't understand what he is praying. That assertion is not in the text. What Paul says in the text is that 1) We don't know what to pray for.( because of our fallen nature). And 2) The Holy Spirit intercedes for us. Nowhere does that verse say Paul didn't know or understand what he was praying. You also seem to think that one can request more of the Holy Spirit when scripture tells us that either you have the Holy Spirit or you don't. If you don't you do not belong to Christ. Romans 8:9,16. Nowhere are we told to ask for more of the Holy Spirit. We are only told to not do things that suppresses the Spirit's work in us, like getting drunk, Ephesians 5:18. We must let scripture speak for itself, not read our presuppositions into it. I believe this is where many charismatics jump the rails and get off track.
Robin (#16),
Certainly the new birth is spiritual in nature. However, you make a jump in your reasoning in the 4th paragraph that does not seem to follow logically from what you state. You seem to go from noting that we know about the spiritual realm to asserting that revelatory spiritual gifts necessarily result. That seems to me to be a massive leap in logic.
All the verses you cite from 1 Corinthians 12 and 14 have been explained in their contexts by John over the years, whether in sermons, Q & A's, or books. Based on understanding the verses you cite in the context of Paul's broader argument, as well as the historical context of the church to which he was writing, they do not support the argument you are using them to make.
Specifically, 1 Corinthians 14:14 is not saying you should pray with your mind being unfruitful. Paul is observing that if you pray in a tongue your mind is unfruitful--and that is a problem, not a good thing. That's why praying with both the spirit and mind is vital for edification to occur. Which brings us back to what Phil has argued above and what you took issue with originally.
Spiritual gifts are for the purpose of edification which involves the mind. If your mind is inactive, you are not being edified. Edification is not a mystical spiritual experience separate from my mind, it is a spiritual experience that demands rigorous engagement of my mind. This has effects on every aspect of our spiritual life—as you said initially, we are more than a mind. The mind is but one aspect of our spiritual or immaterial make-up. As one commenter (#13) noted, the terms for heart, mind, soul, spirit are describe different facets of this non-material part of us. They are all referring to the same thing. Thus by definition, one cannot separate edifying the mind from edifying the heart, soul, etc. If the mind is edified, the whole person is edified.
I feel really blessed and at peace about this subject, this scripture is very clear to me. Maybe it was the way I was taught growing up that we do better to keep scripture simple and take it at face value. God wants us to understand him and he is not a God of confusion. Thank you, Dr. MacArthur, for keeping it simple and making it clear as I have always known it.
Phil, thanks for all your thoughts on this; I hadn't attacked this problem in a while, but what I did years ago was get the Sermons on Tongues; 1 Corinthians 12 and 14...and John cleared it up perfectly.
To Everyone who commented ;
The best way that I understand this tongues thing is to go to Romans 26-8, as one example, where it talks about the "groanings of the Spirit"...spirit this and spirit that, etc..
Now... where the word "spirit" is written....just check if it is capitalized or not. If it is, it's talking about the Spirit of God. If it is not capitalized...it's talking about the person's spirit. Very simple. A person has to know which spirit the Bible's speaking about and that's the best way that I was shown to know what the verses are saying to get the absolute truth. Not too hard after that.
I remember when I was in the charismatic church, I always thought something wasn't right about the tongues thing; and it can get tricky... Romans 8-26 is the scripture that was taught about how WE can speak in tongues...with "groanings ", which was gibberish, our own private prayer language with God. It got all messed up and everybody just went along with it thinking it was right...along with 1 Cor. 14-2.
Some were accepting it, some not and I'm the type that doesn't accept everything, so, I just asked God to show me what the truth was and He did through the tapes I bought a long time ago.
And am I ever glad I did. Well, I hope this may help....God bless.
Hello Rick and Wayne.
Rick: in your comment #19 you have misunderstood what I was trying to say in comment #16. My phrase 'Paul also wrote' was meant to link to a second way in which the Holy Spirit helps us in prayer – 'interceding with groanings too deep for words' (Romans 8:26). I wasn't trying to link that verse directly to the gift of tongues; so I apologise for not making that clearer.
Wayne: regarding your comment #21, John has offered explanations of all the verses I quoted from 1 Corinthians 12 and 14. However, there are other respected theologians who do not agree with those explanations. Examples in the USA are Wayne Grudem, John Piper and Sam Storms; whilst examples from the UK are Martyn Lloyd-Jones and David Pawson – to mention just a few.
If we think carefully about Romans 8:26, the fact that the Spirit intercedes for us, with groanings too deep for words, indicates that our command of human language is insufficient to convey fully what should be prayed to the Father. Also, 1 Peter 1:8 refers to joy that is inexpressible – our minds and command of language are not much help there either, we feel the joy.
Indeed, church history reveals that it was the inadequacies of human language and understanding that led to the controversies over the two natures of Christ - the fact that he is both God and man, and yet still one person.
Furthermore, from life in general we know that we sometimes express deep feelings without using words. We weep, we sigh and we groan. Indeed, Hebrews 5:7 tells us that Jesus offered up prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears. So our communication with the Father is not limited to completely calm, reasoned statements that we have thought through beforehand. Weeping, sighs and groans can express things more powerfully than words alone. In particular, they convey the depth of feeling involved.
Our minds are not switched off when we weep, sigh or groan; but they are not fully able to express our feelings, our needs or our desires. So, when it comes to expressing these things fully to God, it is quite biblical to ask him for some special help.
Thank you brother for this concise look into 'tongues'. I would encourage all bloggers to read chapter 7 of John's book, Strange Fire for a more detailed account of this explanation. It'll fill in any of the gaps that a concise look may leave open.
You are never edified by weeping or sighing or groaning, or laughing, falling on the floor. These all involve the body and your fleshly emotions.
The 7 Spirits of God are Wisdom, Knowledge, Understanding, Fear, Counsel and Might, Isaiah 11:1,2. This is edification.
Deuteronomy 4:5-10 is a good passage to read concerning edification.
Robin Lane/David Smith: May I be so bold as to recommend a couple of Jay Adams books to you: "Competent to Counsel" and "The Christian Counselor's Manual"
Forgive my presumption Robin, but if the lucid logic of Phil Johnson's article doesn't warm the cockles of your heart, Dr. Adams books are packed with practical theology, skillfully applied to the physiology and psychology of man; minus the sentimental, syrupy, sappy, sweet psychobabble you and David may be enslaved to.
If it makes you feel any better, I am enslaved to sarcasm.
The fact that we pray with great emotion at times doesn't contradict anything that Phil said in the article. What he has said many times before is that we just aren't to disengage our minds when doing so. I guess that's what is so confusing about your original post. I've never heard him say at anytime that we aren't to pray with emotion. I've read and listened to Phil on many occasions and I believe all he is saying is that we aren't to turn our minds over to unbridled emotion and that when emotion is involved we must be able to understand what we are doing and saying. Otherwise it's just some kind of mystical and subjective experience that has no lasting purpose. It would just be some kind of temporary emotional high.
I omitted the Holy Spirit from my list of the 7 Spirits, sorry for that.
There are millions of people around the world who claim to speak in tongues. Is this a demonic manifestation? If a person did speak in tongues but now understands it's a false gift, do they then need to address and demonic influence over their life as a result of years of "babbling"? If so, how? If it's not demonic, are you saying that it's a product of the persons over-active imagination and that any emotional experiences accompanying the use of the "gift" are psychosomatic?
Dawn Baldwin #33
Whilst there is the possibility that tongues could be demonic, in the vast majority of cases I would say definitely not.
I think your term "over-active imagination" isn't really the right way of explaining it. Tongues (as found in the charismatic movement and elsewhere) is simply a natural ability of the himan mind, resulting from a combination of learned behaviour, peer pressure, and altered states of consciousness (ie hypnosis). The exact mix of these three factors will depend on the individual and the situation.
Likewise, any experiences a tongues-speaker has will also be also be natural or man-made. They will believe that the experiences are of God or the Holy Spirit, but that's just their brain playing tricks on them.
The key point is that we all have an inherent tendency to regard something we don't understand or can't explain as miraculous or supernatural. We hear someone speak in tongues and think it must either be God or the devil. But the truth is neither - it is all psychological. It took me a long to realise this, and the thing that helped most was the work of secular academics on speaking in tongues and the psychology of religious experience.
It is only after one has been involved in some aspect of the charasmatic movement (the Word of Faith for 3 years), and come out from it's many false teachings, that the larger perspective comes into view. Charismatic teachings, including tongues, fails to address it's claims based on the larger context of the Bible, specifically the book of Acts, and to a lesser degree, 1st Corinthians (Ch. 14). As Paul said, tongues have ceased. When? By the end of Acts it is almost never mentioned, Jesus Christ never instructed the Apostles in its use, and Paul never instructed it for the edification of the church. It is practically never practiced, or preached, from that time until about 1900, with the Pentecostal movement. All the great prechers of the past - Spurgeon, Wesley, Whitefield, Moody, and so many others, understood that those minor gifts of the Holy Spirit have ceased and were never meant to be characteristic of the lives of believers, but for the purpose of pointing to and authenticating the Apostles as revealers of divine truth. So much of the charismatic movement is a selfish, man-centered gospel, which is no gospel at all. Case closed.
Dear Mark Chase,
My family and I were in the same conditions that you and your wife are passing by right now. We live in Guatemala, a country were is pretty hard to find a place where you can receive a true doctrine according to the Scriptures. The members of my family were assisting to different churches and at the same time we wanted to move from those places. So we started to talk with people from a church in another country next to this one and we contacted people from GTY as well. Both gave us information on how to start a little group with their help. So it's been a while (about 4 months) since we started the little group. The help came from the church close to our country. Pastors who speak our same language (spanish) are teaching us, traveling for hours every sunday. The group is growing so fast, everybody is looking to learn the true doctrine. If you were here you were amazed how our "Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved." Acts 2:47.
My prayers are with you. I am sure you can get something similar to what God has done in this part of the Earth to his sons.
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company this week admitted issues it experienced with the 40nm production process, said that it would double the 40nm output by the end of the year and also pledged to start making 22nm chips in 2012.
160 Thousand Wafers at 40nm Node by Year End
The migration to 40nm process technology has been pretty tough for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. On the one hand, there are only a handful of companies in the world, who really need such advanced fabrication technology, on the other hand, the demand for 40nm capacity turned out to be much stronger than the company initially anticipated, which is why the supply is now constrained by the lack of equipment at TSMC, not yields, as it used to be.
"At this stage we only have fab 12 ready to tape production of 40nm and we are able to do about 80 000 wafers per quarter at the moment. These are 300mm wafers. And this will be doubled by the end of this year, to 160 000 300mm wafers for 40nm capacity by the end of this year, and partly from fab 12 and partly from fab 14," said Shang-Yi Chiang, senior vice president of R&D at TSMC at TSMC Japan Executive Forum in Yokohama, reports EETimes web-site.
Challenges with 40nm Kill 32nm Process
Moving to 40nm fabrication process was challenging by itself: TSMC had to use the new tools along with new materials, hence, the yields were below original expectations.
"Moving to 45nm and 40nm nanometer is a lot more challenging. This is the first time we began to use 193nm shrink immersion. That means the photo resist during exposure will be merged in water and is a very high potential defect. For this a very big challenge. We began to develop the third generation. We began to use the second generation low k material with a k value of 2.5 and at this k value the material become quite fragile so there is a lot of potential issues in the package side," said Mr. Chiang.
The senior vice president of research and development at TSMC did not mention the 32nm fabrication process – which was supposed to use 193nm shrink immersion lithography and silicon oxinitride/poly (SiON/Poly) dielectrics – throughout the whole conference, therefore, it is more than likely that the technology has been cancelled due to potentially even worse problems that the company experienced with the 40nm process.
28nm On Track with the Roadmap
Instead of 32nm fabrication process, TSMC concentrates on 28nm technologies. Initially the company plans to launch 28nm SiON/Poly process for low-power devices and later on it will roll-out high-k metal gate (HKMG) based technologies for more advanced products.
"The first node we are going to release for the 28nm will be called the 28LP. This is our poly gate and silicon oxide nitrate version. We will establish production at the end of June this year, about four months from now, and this is for the low power application. […] The first HKMG process we call 28HP for the high performance application will be introduced by the end of September this year, and followed by three months later December will be the 28HPL, which is [our] first high-k metal gate introduction for the low power application," said Mr. Chiang.
22nm: The Next Leap
The industry will have to stick to 28nm and 40nm fabrication processes for quite some time: only in the second half of 2012 TSMC plans to introduce its 22nm fabrication process. In the meantime, the world's largest contract manufacturer of semiconductors will have to ensure that its yields, services and performance are better compared to those offered by Globalfoundries, which – together with IBM – has tremendous experience in developing advanced fabrication processes and a lot of money to acquire new equipment.
"Going forward, we plan to introduce 22nm node about two years after we introduce 28nm. The first introduction would likely be in the Q3 of 2012 for the high performance version and followed by the low power version in about the end of Q1 2013. Going to 22nm and beyond, we would like two models to be introduced. Firstly, we will go to the second generation high-k metal gate. We will continue using the 193nm immersion with double patterning in the early stage, and [secondly] we will migrate to EUV or multiple e-beam direct write if one of these technologies can be more mature and more cost effective," concluded Mr. Chiang.
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Anhydrous Ammonia
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Anhydrous Ammonia Health-Information Video Available
Anhydrous Ammonia Information for Health Care Professionals
What is anhydrous ammonia?
Anhydrous ammonia is a colorless, highly irritating gas with a sharp, suffocating odor. People will notice the pungent odor at levels ranging from 5 – 50 parts per million (ppm). Irritating effects generally begin at levels between 25-50 ppm. More serious effects generally will not occur until levels are greater than 100 ppm.
What are the immediate health effects of exposure to anhydrous ammonia?
Symptoms include burning of the eyes, nose, and throat after breathing even small amounts. With higher doses, coughing or choking may occur. Exposure to high levels of anhydrous ammonia can cause death from a swollen throat or from chemical burns to the lungs.
Eye exposure to concentrated gas or liquid can cause serious corneal burns or blindness.
Generally, the severity of symptoms depends on the degree of exposure.
What is the treatment for anhydrous ammonia exposure?
There is no specific treatment for the effects of anhydrous ammonia. Immediate first aid includes providing fresh air, oxygen and flushing with water.
Are any future health effects likely to occur?
Most people recover from a single low exposure to anhydrous ammonia without any delayed or long-term effects. After a severe exposure, injury to the eyes, lungs, skin, or digestive system may continue to develop for 18 to 24 hours, and delayed effects primarily to the respiratory system or the eyes are possible.
Anhydrous ammonia is not known to cause cancer.
What tests can be done if a person has been exposed to anhydrous ammonia?
If a severe exposure has occurred, blood and urine analyses, chest x-rays, pulmonary function testing and other tests may show whether the lungs have been injured. Testing is not needed in every case. Special eye examinations may also be conducted
What symptoms should I be most concerned about?
People who continue to experience coughing, difficulty breathing or shortness of breath, wheezing or high-pitched voice, chest pain or tightness, increased pain or a discharge from exposed eyes, increased redness or pain or a pus-like discharge in the area of a skin burn or stomach pain or vomiting should consult with a physician.
What is being done for the people exposed to anhydrous ammonia in the Minot area?
A program is being coordinated by First District Health Unit, Trinity Health, the North Dakota Department of Health and the Environmental Protection Agency to provide follow-up evaluation for people who experienced significant anhydrous ammonia exposure.
First responders, people living in the Tierracita Vallejo subdivision, and those who sought medical care or who experienced respiratory symptoms, will be contacted and offered the opportunity to complete a brief health questionnaire and to receive pulmonary function tests (PFT). PFT results will provide information whether the respiratory system may have been affected by the exposure. Those with significant PFT results will be referred to a health care provider for additional medical evaluation.
People with PFT results in the normal range will be contacted in 1-2 months for a follow-up evaluation. If they continue to have respiratory symptoms, a follow-up PFT will be offered. Those with abnormal PFT results on the first PFT also will be offered a follow-up PFT. People with significant results on the follow-up PFT will be referred to a health care provider for additional medical evaluation.
Guidelines for people returning to their homes include:
· Food that was not in sealed packaging should be thrown away. Food in the refrigerator should be safe to eat unless there was a power outage. Perishable food items (meat, milk, etc.) in refrigerators where there was a loss of power should be discarded. Foods in freezers during power outages are generally safe to eat unless the power is out for an extended time period.
Food in sealed containers, such as canned goods or those sealed in airtight plastic wrap or in plastic containers may be eaten after cleaning the container thoroughly with soap and water.
Food in boxes that have been opened, such as cereal, crackers, etc., that do not have an airtight seal, should be thrown away.
If you are unsure about food products, a good general rule to follow is, "When in doubt, throw it out."
· These same general guidelines, apply to pet foods. Pet food that had been left out should be discarded. Pet food in sealed cans or in other airtight packages is safe after the outside of the container is wiped off with a wet cloth. However, pet foods in bags that had been previously opened should be discarded.
Contact your veterinarian if your pet is experiencing symptoms which may be related to exposure to anhydrous ammonia. These symptoms would be similar to those experienced by people, especially those involving difficulty breathing or other respiratory problems.
· There may be a white powder residual in your home. This substance is ammonium hydroxide and occurs after anhydrous ammonia settles out after exposure to water. It is similar to the ammonia used in general home cleaning. If you notice any of this white powder on surfaces in your home, it can be safely cleaned up simply by using a wet cloth. This substance could cause skin irritation, so rubber gloves should be used when cleaning.
If this white residue is on clothing or other fabrics, they can be cleaned in a washing machine.
Plates, silver ware and other eating utensils can be cleaned in a dishwasher or by washing with soap and water.
· Avoid eating snow. It is possible that the snow may be contaminated with small amounts of anhydrous ammonia and could cause skin irritation. Direct skin contact with snow should be minimized.
Public health officials will be conducting continuing environmental and medical monitoring to provide further guidance to protect the health of people in the Minot community.
Who should I contact for additional information?
If you experience health problems after returning to your home, or have any questions, please call First District Health Unit at 701-852-1376.
Persons who experienced respiratory problems during the recent anhydrous ammonia incident, but who did not seek medical care also should contact First District Health Unit. Additional information is available at www.health.state.nd.us.
Adapted from Ammonia Patient Information Sheet, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention