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Sweden: The Parish (Socken)
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The original word in Swedish for parish was socken. The socken is a geographical area with fixed boundaries and responsibility for all the people living within the the parish.
The parish was the basic unit for record keeping of vital information (birth, marriages, and deaths) for the people of Sweden until 1991. At this time the responsibility was transferred to a civil authority. Each parish was subdivided into villages (by) and/or farms (gård or hemman). Each village and farm had a name and sometimes also a number (especially in the southern Sweden).
The parishes were formed in early medieval times when people would come together to build a church in a certain area. Many of these medieval parishes with their medieval churches still exist in the oldest populated areas of Sweden. As forests were cleared, new land cultivated, and population grew, new parishes were created or old ones divided. When a place grew to become a bigger town the work load for the minister increased necessitating a division of the parish. In the northern part of Sweden, parishes were larger geographically than in the south where there was a higher population density.
The boundaries for the parishes were mostly set (especially in the southern part of Sweden) before the era of recorded history began. Many have remained virtually unchanged until 1952. At this time in the interest of government efficiency, a uniting of certain small civil parishes (kommun) took place. The ecclesiastical parishes (församling) were left unchanged.
At the end of the nineteenth century there were around 2,000 parishes in Sweden and a majority of the population lived in countryside parishes. The parish clergy of the countryside parishes played a major role in the lives of their parishioners. They knew those living in their parish, officiated in major life events (ordinances), kept a record of their ordinances, taught them the word of God, and yearly held the household examination with them. When a person desired to move he obtained a certificate from his minister and then as he moved into the new parish, the new minister was the first person to whom he reported.
Cities and towns had their own parishes. Small towns would have only one parish but larger cities would have multiple parishes. With urbanization the number and size of city parishes grew. The clergy in the city had difficulty keeping track of all those living within their boundaries and were unable to maintain a close relationship with all their parishioners. In the city some ethnic groups formed their own parish (congregation) as German merchants in Stockholm. Military garrisons in some cities had their own parish.
In some cities the people farming the countryside around the city had their own parish (landsförsamling) and the burgers, merchants, artisans, and others living in the city had their own parish (stadsförsamling).
Sometimes adjoining parishes were linked together as mother parish (moderförsamling) and annex parish or parishes (annexförsamling). The vicar or minister (kyrkoherde) lived in the mother parish and there might be a chaplain (komminister) in the annex parish. The church records of the mother parish and its annex parish/parishes were often kept in common with separate sections for the different parishes.
Kommun and församling
In 1862 the old "socken" was turned into two separate entities – one civil and the other ecclesiastical. The church community was known as the "församling" and the civil jurisdiction or rural municipality was known as "kommun or landskommun". During the twentieth century a merging of the original 2,000 municipalities (plus towns and cities) into larger local units has taken place. Typically several old parishes were combined so that today there are 289 municipalities. The population of a municipality can vary from around 5,000 to 100,000 or more. Today most people identify themselves as living in a kommun but those living in the country still use the parish in which they reside.
Officials of the ecclesiastical parish
In 1686 Sweden passed a law stating that the parish clergy were to keep a record of the ordinances they performed. This was the beginning of vital records in Sweden although some ministers had already begun keeping records prior to 1686. After more than 300 years of recording by the clergy for the State, this was changed 1 July 1991. The Riksskatteverket (Internal Revenue Service) was given the responsibility at this time. The clergy still keep a record of the ordinances they perform in their parish.
Clergy in the Parish:
- Präst, Prost, Kyrkoherde: minister and was the main official in the parish.
- Komminister: curate, an assistant to the minister
- Kaplan, cappelan: Chaplain, an assistant to the minister.
Offices held by laity:
- Klockare: the parish clerk. He assisted in the actual keeping of the records, rang the bell(s) in the steeple, and assisted in teaching the three R's to the children.
- Kyrkovärd: The church warden. He took care of the property of the church. Every parish had two church wardens. They took up collection for the maintenance of the church and headed the responsibility of caring for the poor. They assisted with other duties such as carrying the wafers and wine to communion. They were considered men of trust and confidence, as they handled the money and had to give an account of it.
- Kyrkoföreståndare: the church warden in a city (see Kyrkovärd for their duties).
- Sexman: The perfect or monitor. He was in charge of church displine. He had several civil and ecclesiastical tasks to perform. He was a witness when the inventory of the church property was taken. He assisted nobility, the clergy and church warden with the maintenance of the infirm in the parish. He (along with the clergy and the most prominent people in the parish) had the right to sentence offenders to sit in stock. If needed he assisted the sheriff in putting the offender in the stock. He collected the fine charged by the minister to those who held weddings and other family feasts more than two days. He and the minister investigated mothers who accidently suffocated their infants in bed. Often he sat in the balcony or organ loft of the church to keep track of the youth during Sunday services. He was the doorkeeper at the church and prevented the people from leaving out of order. He collected fines from those who didn't keep their part of the cemetery wall in good order, from those who rang the church bells carelessly, and from those who mistreated paupers. He collected fees for wills and biercloth.
- Rotemästare: the ward master: He mainly collected tithing within the parish. He performed some of the duties of listed for the perfect (sexman) but the offices were kept apart.
For a list of the parishes of Sweden see:
Johansson, Carl-Erik. Cradled In Sweden (Revised Edition). The Everton Publishers, inc. Logan, Uah. 1995.
Clemensson, Per & Andersson, Kjell. Your Swedish Roots – A Step by Step Handbook. Ancestry, Provo, Utah. 2004.
Socken i Sverige – Wikipedia. http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socken_i_Sverige


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Unclaimed Funds: Where to find your hidden treasure
Did you know that the Government may owe money to you or a friend or family member? According to the Ohio Department of Commerce's Unclaimed Funds Division, unclaimed funds is defined to be "any financial asset for which an owner has not generated activity for an extended period of time." This includes:
- Savings deposits
- Checking deposits
- Certificate of Deposit Accounts
- Payroll – Wages, Bonuses, or Commissions
- Stocks and Bonds – Uncashed Dividends, Interest Checks, Principal
- Insurance Proceeds
- Credit Balances
- Customer Deposits
- Travelers Checks
- Money Orders
- Overpaid Fees or Taxes
- Other Intangible Interests or Benefits
The Ohio Department of Commerce has over 2.6 million accounts worth over $700 million in its custody. To see if you or someone you know has any unclaimed funds, please visit their website at: www.com.state.oh.us.
All 50 states have Unclaimed Funds Departments. If you or someone you know has ever lived in another state, visit the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators website at: www.missingmoney.com. You can enter a name and check all states. Searches are free of charge and updated monthly.
Other Places to Look for Unclaimed Funds
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Currently the IRS is seeking over 80,000 taxpayers whose income tax refund checks could not be delivered in 2005. As soon as those taxpayers update or correct their addresses with the IRS, a refund check can be reissued. These refunds total approximately $73 million. If you were due a refund and didn't receive it, visit the IRS website at www.irs.gov. You will need your Social Security Number, your Filing Status (Single, Married Filing Joint Return, Married Filing Separate Return, Head of Household, or Qualifying Widow/er) and your expected refund amount.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
The FDIC provides deposit insurance to financial institutions and their depositors. If a financial institution is closed by a regulatory agency, the FDIC is appointed as Receiver and is responsible for paying insured deposits and liquidating all assets. Visit the website at: www.2.fdic.gov/funds/index.asp if you think you or someone you know may have such funds.
The FDIC database contains unclaimed funds for certain unclaimed insured deposits or for dividend checks issued that were never cashed. As receiverships are terminated, unclaimed insured funds can no longer be claimed and the data is removed from the website.
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)
The PBGC protects the retirement incomes of more than 40 million U.S. workers in more than 30,000 defined benefit pension plans. A defined benefit plan provides a specified monthly benefit at retirement. Congress created the PBGC in 1974, and the Pension Search Program was created in 1994. This program locates people who are owed benefits from fully funded, PBGC-insured defined benefit pension plans that end.
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Attention ALL reality show JUNKIES! ATTENTION! A new reality show called "The Choice" is coming to Fox and it premieres on June 7th. So what is this reality show all about? According to Entertainment Weekly, "The Choice" will resemble the NBC singing competition, "The Voice" in some ways.


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Dummies guide to setting up Vu+ Solo by Lee Goldwafers.com
This guide assumes you are installing the VTI image.
1. Install image.
Download a USB image file, eg VTI Image from
When you download a new USB image file you may find the folder names in the ZIP/RAR archive are incorrectly labeled.
So what you need to do is make a folder on your USB pen drive called vuplus
Then inside the vuplus folder you make another folder called solo
So now you should have a folder on your PEN drive root like this
Copy the following USB Image files from the ZIP/RAR achive to the vuplus/solo folder on your PEN Drive.
Power Off Solo
Insert USB Pen Drive in the front USB socket.
Power on Solo
The display window will show an orange/red LED constantly lit.
This means it's reading the data from the USB Pen into the buffer.
The display window will show the orange/red LED flashing.
This means it's now flashing the data to the receiver.
Wait until the LED changes to a Green Flashing LED.
When Green LED is flashing you can now safely power off the receiver and remove the USB Pen Drive.
Now Power on and wait for the receiver to boot.
Image is now installed.
2. Network
Connect an Ethernet LAN cable from your router to your Vu+ Ethernet port.
Press Menu
Select Set Up Press OK
Select System Press OK
Select Network Press OK
Select Network w i z a r d and press OK.
3. Setup Motorised Dish using USALS
First get your longitude & latitude info from _http://www.satsig.net/maps/lat-long-finder.htm
Enter your post code into satsig.net and you'll get the correct LON & LAT info for your location.
Example if I enter the following UK postal code: SE1 6JZ into _http://www.satsig.net/maps/lat-long-finder.htm
I get the following LON & LAT:
Longitude: -0.1042°
Latitude: 51.4979°
Press Menu
Select Setup Press OK
Select Service searching Press OK
Select Tuner configuration Press OK
Select Tuner A Press OK
Configure Tuner for Motorised Dish using USALS.
Use the < > buttons on remote to select Simple.
Use the down button to select mode and use the < > buttons to set to Positioner.
Configuration Mode: Simple
Mode: Positioner
Longitude: 0.104 (Make sure you enter your own Longitude settings here)
Latitude: 51.497 (Make sure you enter your own Latitude settings here)
Press OK to save.
Press Menu
Select Setup Press OK
Select service searching Press OK
Select Positioner Setup Press OK
Select goto 0 Press RED Button
Dish should now goto 1w.
4. Download Channel List
Press Blue Button
Select Plugins
Select Green Button - Download Plugins
Select Settings. Press OK
Select a suitable list for you and Press OK
4.a Upload a Channel List
Download a pre-configured channel list example catseye's from
Unzip the Channel List to your local HDD.
Example C:\Catseye E2 Settings File 75 East-58 West
Use VuCC to upload channel list to Vu+
VUCC is an essential tool to have.
Download VuCC From
5. Install cam
Press Blue Button
Select VTI Cam Center Press OK
Press Blue Button
Select the cam you want to install and press OK
ideally use the cccam v2.30 to avoid problems
6. Activate cam
Press Blue Button
Select VTI Cam Center Press OK
Use up & down Keys to select an installed cam and press Green Button to start CAM.
These instructions are for VTI Image other images button configurations might be slightly different.
ie:- the cccam cfg file is located in var/etc after the correct cam emu has been installed
( On E2 Boxes the 3C.config is Located at /etc with Attributes set to 755 or All config files can be found in /etc )
These instructions are for Blackhole Image other images button configurations might be slightly different.
so for BH try this
4. Install Cam
Download CAM TGZ file from http://www.satpimps.co.uk/showthread...le-Image-EMU-S
FTP the cam-filename.tgz or ipk file to the /tmp folder on Vu+ (usually this is var/tmp)
Press Green Button then Yellow Button on Vu+ remote control.
Select Manual Install Bh Package.
Select the cam-filename.tgz file and press OK.
Message will appear - Do you want to install cam-filename.tgz
Select "Yes" and press OK.
Message will appear - Installed.
Press the exit button on remote a couple of times to come out of all the menus.
5. Activate Cam
Press the Blue button and use the < > buttons on remote to select the CAM
Press OK to run the CAM.
the cccam cfg file is located in var/etc after the correct cam emu has been installed
( On E2 Boxes the 3C.config is Located at /etc with Attributes set to 755 or All config files can be found in /etc )
These latter instructions are for Blackhole Image
How to setup Vu+ with VBox II DiSEqC 1.2 Positioner.
If your VBox II already has the satellite positions stored and your changing from an old receiver to Vu+ then follow this procedure.
Write down your VBox II satellite position numbers. These are the numbers displayed on the front of the VBox II when moving to a
specific satellite position. These position numbers can also be found in your old receivers motor setup menu.
Example lets say...
Position 1 on VBox II = Astra 19e
Position 2 on VBox II = Eutelsat W2 16e
Position 3 on VBox II = Hotbird 13e
You get the idea...
First send the dish to Astra 19e using Vbox II.
On Vu+ Remote Press Menu
Select Setup Press OK
Select Service Searching Press OK
Select Tuner configuration Press OK
Select Tuner A Press OK
Now set Configuration Mode to Advanced. Use Left or Right keys on remote to select.
Configuration Mode: Advanced
Satellite: Astra 19e
DiSEqC mode: 1.2
Scroll down to botton of the page with the down arrow on remote.
Use USALS for this sat: No
Stored position: 001
Press OK to store.
OK that's Astra 19e setup now to setup Eutelsat W2 16e
Now send the dish to Eutelsat 16E using Vbox II.
Select Setup Press OK
Select Service Searching Press OK
Select Tuner configuration Press OK
Select Tuner A Press OK
Configuration Mode: Advanced
Satellite: Eutelsat W2 16e
DiSEqC mode: 1.2
Scroll down to botton of the page with the down arrow on remote.
Use USALS for this sat: No
Stored position: 002
Press OK to store.
OK that's Eutelsat W2 16e setup now to setup Hotbird 13e
Now send dish to Hotbird using Vbox II
Select Setup Press OK
Select Service Searching Press OK
Select Tuner configuration Press OK
Select Tuner A Press OK
Configuration Mode: Advanced
Satellite: Hotbird 13e
DiSEqC mode: 1.2
Scroll down to botton of the page with the down arrow on remote.
Use USALS for this sat: No
Stored position: 003
Press OK to store.
You get the idea, now repeat for the rest of the satellites and your done.
This is enough to get you started, the fun starts learning the rest.
I've written a small program to backup your Vu+ Settings.
It'll come in handy for restoring all your settings after upgrading to a new image.
Username: root
Password field is left empty.
Use VUCC instead because with VUCC you can connect to FTP without a password.
Download from
setting a password on a VU box (or any linux box)
How to update Vu+ Solo CFE
To avoid large size(>48M) image update problem, please update CFE of your Solo.
** Brief explanation of Solo's bootloader update **
1. Unzip the solo_cfe_2.0_usb.zip to USB stick.(There should be /vuplus/solo/cfe_cfe_auto.bin)
2. Insert USB stick into the USB port of solo and power on the box.
3. It takes just a few secs to update.
4. If solo's front led blinks continuously, restart box.
5. To proceed with image update, you should delete the cfe_cfe_auto.bin at /vuplus/solo in USB stick once bootloader update is finished.
Download Link: Solo CFE File
battlestar42 (22-03-2012), sstylianou1976 (30-03-2013)
hda5 what do you think is the best image blackhole vix or pli thanks
Images are all down to personal taste. Try all of them and see which one is best for you.
I'm a Black Hole user.
If you have any other questions, please open a new thread as this thread isn't really the place as it's going off topic.
sstylianou1976 (30-03-2013)
put latest blackhole on mine today mate,it already comes in a folder ,just unrar and put on a formatted memory stick ,put it in front slot and hard reboot then press standby button on front when told bty front panel display ,worked for me
only thing i found different to lee's guide for solo2 was the long /lat same as when i set my dream box up if you have a - (minus) before the number on longitude you have to subtract that number from 360 that gave me my best signal at 1w, so mine was -1.xxx so 358.xxx worked best for me
Last edited by simon 2003; 31-12-2012 at 07:41 PM.
Anybody with a windows pc or laptop can use this tool to determine the box was actually on the network -
Advanced IP Scanner.
See it in action and/or download from here:::It's free for home use and it's quite a handy little tool.Code:http://www.advanced-ip-scanner.com/index.php
With just one button to click it becomes an extremely user friendly tool.
A right click on an entry in the results pane opens up a list of options and tools such as ping, tracenet, telnet and ssh.
It just takes a couple of seconds to scan a network and gives you the
STATUS, NAME, IP, MANUFACTURER - and- MAC address of everything on your network in the results pane.
Armed with this information it just is not possible to enter the wrong IP address in any software -
either in the VuCC by Lee or in any ftp program such as filezilla without using the VuCC.
thanks go to teduk for telling this forum about it
macca55 (03-11-2014), simon 2003 (19-07-2014)
consider the following forum comments to be preferred when setting up a VU box (any) or a dreambox (any) or any similar linux box
I prefer to call it MANDATORY myself , but consider it "best practice" , especially for newbies to these boxes
I ALWAYS set a password in BH on any linux box using BH or VIX or OpenPLI
I also ALWAYS fix the IP address too, always have done on my old dm800 and tm9100 boxes
so ALWAYS set a fixed ip and always change the password too , as soon as you install an image
in this case I would set the box to something like 192.168.1.51 or higher
ensure you have fixed the IP on the box , dont let it just choose its own as this will tend to change regularly depending on the order devices connect
also ensure you have telnetted to the box and changed the password , or used the tuxbox commander password changer plugin
then check your router admin panel and ensure you know the correct ip address for the box and that its logged onto the router (lan devices connected)
The IP will only change if DHCP is set to yes in the box , and this really needs changing to no
But this can only happen if the box has been turned off then on again in a different order to the last time it was used,ie last time was pc first then box,this time box first then pc.
With DHCP set to on the router will automatically assign the lowest available ip,so if last time the pc was turned on first that would get 192.168.1.2 and the box would get 192.168.1.3
just in case go into the router and look at the attached devices,this will tell you the IP thats assigned to the box,then go into the settings of the FTP program and ensure they match.if not change these settings to match the IP shown in the routers attached devices.
set it to dhcp so all settings are correct , then untick dhcp and just alter to ip you want use the same one previously used saves me altering settings on pc.
when checking the network on these boxes, you should use DCC , as DCC will tell you more about failures and DCC will allow a conenction to any linux box , not just dreamboxes
DCC is also used to telnet to the box and change the password using the passwd command
routers can reserve the IP address you have chosen so that it always uses the same one anyway as the mac code is saved
I use flash fxp and DCC as FTP programs
DCC can also be used for telnet purposes which allow you to change the password and in my opinion it is imperative that people change the password as soon as possible after flashing an image. I have done this for about 7 to 8 years now, starting with my dreambox and also with vu boxes too
it is the height of stupidity NOT to set a password on your box, same as the same can be said if you dont password your pc login or bank login or paypal login
to stop ip addresses changing due to the switch on order of devices (like Ian said earlier) then you should fix the lan ip address of your vu box (or dreambox) and that way your FTP program will be set to use the same ip address , same name and same password each and every time you log into the box using it
if it all stays the same, nothing changes, therefore is easier , simpler and no room for errors
it would also stop somebody accessing your box and playing april fools on you by changing your box password (same applies to your router too)
if you think about it, those default logins are what caused all the phone hacking scandal too (in simple terms)
all seems common sense to me, nothing clever about it at all, its the K.I.S.S. principle
I believe in setting a password so that the laptop or pc or dreambox or vu are "happy" , same with setting a fixed ip on all boxes, including non-linux , plus on a NAS too (its obvious to set login password and fixed ip address on a NAS)
its important to do regular backups of your vu and your laptop or pc etc , if you dont , on your heads be it


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WASHINGTON--The Republican leader of the U.S. House of Representatives declared Friday he would create a special committee to investigate the Benghazi attack, providing Republicans with a high-profile forum to target the Obama administration's credibility ahead of crucial November elections.
A long-term investigation by a special committee could also provide a vehicle for Republican attacks on former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton ahead of another potential presidential run in 2016. She was in office at the time of the attack.
Speaker John Boehner, the most powerful Republican in Congress, said U.S. officials misled the American people after the Sept. 11, 2012, assault on the U.S. diplomatic post in Libya that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. He said emails released this week showed the White House has withheld documents from congressional investigators and asked, "What else about Benghazi is the Obama administration still hiding from the American people?"
"Americans learned this week that the Obama administration is so intent on obstructing the truth about Benghazi that it is even willing to defy subpoenas issued by the standing committees of the people's House," Boehner, said in a statement. "These revelations compel the House to take every possible action to ensure the American people have the truth about the terrorist attack on our consulate that killed four of our countrymen."
Republicans have accused President Barack Obama, a Democrat, and his top aides of seeking to deceive the public about the true circumstances of a major, al-Qaida-linked terrorist attack during the final months of the 2012 presidential campaign — charges which the president and other U.S. officials reject.
Boehner could schedule a vote as early as next week, a senior Republican aide said, which is a formality given the Republicans' control of the House. Democrats controlling the Senate have shown no interest in launching a similar probe. Boehner has been under intense pressure from rank-and-file conservatives and outside groups for a year to make the move.
For Boehner, a special group, known as a select committee, raises the profile of one of the Republicans' main points of attack against Obama ahead of November's elections, which could swing the Senate to Republican control. Benghazi is a rallying cry for the conservative Republican base and will be critical for fundraising and getting voters to the polls in typically low-turnout contests in the middle of Obama's term in office.
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to near-death testimonies, there is a consensus
that humans are
spirit beings more than
physical beings. Before you were born,
you existed as a spirit sent here to embody
flesh for higher spiritual reasons. Some of
these reasons include: (1) to
light into a
world of darkness; (2) to
heaven to
Earth; (3) to complete a
mission for God; (4) to
evolve as a human being; (5)
to satisfy a desire for further soul growth;
(6) to qualify for higher
spirit realms; but more importantly,
(7) to
love, laugh, play and live for the sole
purpose of it because this is
the path to holiness. Whether we realize it
or not, love is what we seek and what we need to sustain
us. At our core is a spark of divinity of
perfect love which needs to be awakened. We don't go to heaven. We grow to
heaven. Heaven and hell are not locations but
are spiritual conditions within us. The
spiritual growth we have attained in a lifetime
is the spiritual condition we take with us after
Death is merely a physical problem. When we
die, we simply "step" into the spiritual
condition we have cultivated all our
lives. NDEs reveal
heaven to be about deeds - not creeds.
Therefore, people of many cultures and
religions form the societies of heaven.
Everyone, religious or not, believing in God or
not, transitions to the spirit world as part of
the natural process of life. Just as one doesn't
need to be religious to live in the physical
world, one does not need to profess a particular
faith to live in the spirit world. But the
universal law of God is that when we do unto
others, the same will be done unto us - the
Golden Rule
karma. This is because everyone is a part
of one Spirit.
Separation is an illusion. The more we live
in love, the closer we come to God. This is
because love is God; and this love is
the connection holding
people together. This love also holds everything
in the universe together. Religions are outward cultural organizations
designed to lead people inward toward
spiritual love. True "religion" is to
love others as we should love ourselves.
This is the governing principle of the spirit world.
"Death is only an
experience through which you are meant to learn
a great lesson: you cannot die." -
Paramahansa Yoganandada
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- The University of Miami women's soccer team will look to extend its winning streak to four straight matches Friday when Cleveland State arrives to Cobb Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
Under the direction of first-year head coach Mary-Frances Monroe, the Hurricanes (3-0-0) have opened the season with flair. Bolstered by its flawless start, Miami was listed at No. 30 in the most recent TopDrawerSoccer.com rankings released Monday.
Three matches into their first campaign at the helm, Monroe and her staff split the week between training and reviewing video ahead of two final non-conference contests. And with Miami's opening ACC weekend looming, one that includes road tilts with No. 13 Duke (Sept. 12) and No. 11 Wake Forest (Sept. 15), Monroe knows the importance of making tweaks and adjustments over the next three days.
"We talked to certain players specifically on what they need to work on," Monroe said. "The highlight of the week has been paying attention to details and the way small things matter in the bigger picture."
One of the staff's main focal points was capitalizing on early opportunities. Miami has needed dramatic overtime periods for its last two victories – a 3-2 decision on the road at Jacksonville (Aug. 25) and a 2-1 final against Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Sept. 1). Monroe would like to see her team make decisive plays much earlier than Betsy Middleton's golden goal against the Panthers five minutes into double overtime.
"They really can't wait to get into ACC play, where a lot of teams are ranked in the top 20 in the country," Monroe said. "So reminding them that they have to get through this schedule on a game-by-game basis is critical. We want to put teams away early, and we have the capability of doing so."
Following up a golden goal from Ashley Flinn against Jacksonville, Middleton was the most recent Hurricane to deliver late-match heroics. The Elon, N.C., native neatly finished off a broken cross for a 2-1 victory over the host Panthers last Sunday.
Middleton is just one member of a talented freshmen class making differences in the early going.
"I knew Betsy before coming to Miami, and always thought she was a great technical player," Monroe said. "It's nice to see how she has evolved to the player she is today."
Other freshmen, including Gianna Dal Pozzo and Gracie Lachowecki, have also contributed to the early returns. Monroe said other younger players hobbled by injures will also earn playing time this weekend.
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Sundoulos - Winter 2011
Resisting the Temptation of Moral Formation
Spiritual Formation Grounded in the Cross and Justification
by John Coe
In this issue
- Talbot East
- Resisting the Temptation of Moral Formation
- The Moral Plausibility of Penal Substitution
- Book Reviews
- Nothing But the Blood?
- Alumni Focus
- Campus News
- Faculty Activities
This paper is addressed to the dedicated Christian, believers in the Christian university, seminary, church and the ministry who are very serious about their spiritual life, who have a most sincere desire to grow and be used of God in service and ministry.1 What I have discovered, however, is that these same dedicated persons often struggle with a secret and sometime not-so-secret burden of guilt and shame that they are not as mature as they should be, that their lives often feel spiritually dry and withered, that the Christian life feels more like work than joy.
What I want to tell them and what they may not know is that they are in the grips of a great temptation. There are a number of temptations we might fall into. For some, there is the temptation to despair of their spiritual life, to despair that God will come, to tune out, to accept a "dry bones" spirituality. For others, there is the temptation to act out immorally, so that when frustrations mount in the Christian life, the temptation is to say in one's heart, "I can't take it anymore, I just want to escape for a while." These temptations are serious indeed.
However, the temptation I have in mind is a bit different, one especially relevant to those who are dedicated to the Christian life and ministry. It is what I call the moral temptation. The moral temptation is the attempt to deal with our spiritual failure, guilt and shame by means of spiritual efforts, by attempting to perfect oneself in the power of the flesh or the self. It is the attempt of the well-intentioned believer to use spiritual formation, spiritual disciplines, ministry, service, obedience – all good in general - as a way to relieve the burden of spiritual failure, lack of love and the guilt and shame that results. It is the temptation to try to relieve a burden that Christ alone can relieve. To carry such a burden is an awful load to carry. And those of us in the professional ministry have a particular professional and even financial temptation to be moral and bear such a burden.
My thesis or concern is simply this: That no amount of spiritual effort on our part can ever relieve us of our burden of shame and guilt in the Christian life except Christ, that no amount of effort in spiritual formation, in doing spiritual discipline, in ministry can deal with the problems related to sin, shame and guilt. What I have just described is what the secular moralists of all the ages have attempted to do, namely, to use morality as a defense against seeing their need for a savior.
Rather, the Christian life and true spiritual formation denounce the moralistic life as a way to find happiness, to please God, to deal with one's failure and subsequent guilt and shame. Instead, the Christian life is about Christ and less about our efforts. It is about what He has done, and about our life "in Christ," and how to open the heart to this New Covenant life dependent on the Spirit, and how to obey in light of this new life. This is an obedience of abiding in the Vine and open to the Life of God living within. It is an obedience, but not one of moralism. As we will see, it is more about participation in a new life than imitation of that life.
Thus, the Christian life is about Christ and only on that basis is it about what we do in Him – or, rather, what He does within us. This is the whole point of the New Covenant in Jer. 31:31ff and Ezek. 36:26ff., in which the Spirit, as the agent of change, points to the radically relational nature of the Christian life "in Christ," which is the ground for true morality and makes possible the movement from moral to spiritual formation.
However, the truth is that most believers are still daily tempted by moralism or "moral formation." Paul the Apostle – one who was deeply acquainted with moralism – knew that the believer would be tempted by this and addressed this problem to the Galatians.
"You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified? This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit [a relationship by faith] are you now being perfected by the flesh?" (Gal. 3:1-3)
Paul's concern with the Galatian believers is not so much that they are embracing a legalism of turning back to works in order to be saved. Rather, they are pursuing legalism as a way to grow spiritually, as a way to perfect themselves in the covenant. In Paul's terms, they started with faith but now are trying to be "perfected [Gk. ἐπιτελεῖσθε, perfected or ending] by the flesh" (Gal. 3:3),2 that is, by the autonomy of human weakness, by the best that humans can muster in their own power. The Galatians are tempted to go back to observance of the works of Torah not as a way to be saved but as a way to go on in growth in pleasing God and dealing with the daily issues of sin and guilt.
As in the case of the Galatians, I think that the problem of Christian legalism is not the temptation to think that one is saved by works. Rather, the legalism that we struggle with seems to be this: though we believe that one is saved (justified in the past tense) by grace working through faith, we are tempted to pursue sanctification (being made righteous in the present tense) by our own efforts (1) to obey the commands of God, (2) to assuage the guilt and shame that comes in our failure, (3) to make ourselves more acceptable to God and (4) to grow ourselves by the righteousness that comes from works. However, not only we are saved by faith but we only truly grow by the obedience of faith. Consequently, a few questions are in order to understand this obedience of faith and respond to this insidious form of legalism or moralism.
1st Question:
How do you know whether you are a Christian moralist? How do you know whether you are susceptible to the moral temptation?
A primary test is to determine whether one is tempted by Christian moralism is as follows. Whenever you are convicted by sin (e.g., from a sermon or the Scriptures ) and your first and abiding response in conscience to guilt is "I will do better, I need to work on that," then you know you struggle with being a moralist. Then you know you are trying to use obedience and your own efforts as the primary response to deal with sin, guilt and shame before God. However, this response to sin and conviction is unhealthy and contrary to what is prescribed in the Scriptures.
It signals the presence of an unhealthy (neurotic or ill-trained) conscience.
In his letter to the Galatians, Paul tells us that the law of God was a tutor to lead us to Christ, not to morally train the believer.
"But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, being shut up to the faith that was later to be revealed. Therefore, the law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, that we may be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor." (Gal. 3:23-5)
The law and commands of God are good in themselves but did not provide the power for obedience (2 Cor. 3:3-7). Thus, the law of God was ultimately intended to tutor or lead the conscience to Christ, to awaken us to our moral inability and to show us our need for forgiveness and the work of God on our behalf. The law was not to be a moral tutor alone, to train or lead believers to becoming better people by their own effort, but rather it was a tutor to lead them into covenant with the forgiving and faithful God and to live daily on that basis.
This unhealthy "conscience-as-moral-tutor," created by the legalistic conscience to assuage guilt and shame by moral effort and then advanced by most false religions and ethicists of the ages, in fact ravages the unbeliever and believer alike in their attempt to find freedom from moral failure, guilt and shame in one's works apart from the work of Christ. This is quite in contrast to the "conscience-as-tutor-to-Christ" that encourages the believer to daily trust in Christ in the midst of failure. Notice the two different kinds of responses to conviction of sin in the unhealthy (neurotic) and healthy conscience (see chart below).
First, notice that the initial conviction of sin and pangs of conscience in terms of feeling guilt-as-culpability, that I am responsible for my sin, is normal and healthy. However, the neurotic, moralistic believer does not experience conviction as mere culpability but rather experiences conviction in terms of guiltas-condemnation in their heart. This feeling of condemnation is not that they will be damned but that though they may be forgiven, they are unacceptable as they are, they should have done better in their own power, and they should be able to do this even now if they tried. Consequently, they consciously exhort themselves to work on this to do better, to find their acceptability on the basis of their works and not on the basis of Christ – a form of self-atonement.
Rather, the healthy believer's conscience when awakened to sin has been re-trained by the Word and Spirit to respond well to the commands of God, so that the self is ultimately led back to person of Christ, His work on the cross and in His indwelling Presence. In this case, pangs of guilt are experienced as culpable, not condemning, more like that of a secure child feeling responsible for having disobeyed a loving Father. The heart of a healthy conscience has been re-trained in the deep to believe through experience of the Spirit's loving conviction that one is incapable of keeping the commands of God in the power of the self, which, in turn, has convinced the heart of its need for continual forgiveness and acceptance from God "in Christ." He is our only hope.3 Thus, the Spirit of God uses the commands of God and conviction as a tutor to teach the conscience to fly to Christ, to the cross, to experience once again the forgiveness and acceptance of God in Christ. Here alone in weakness is our freedom; here alone the conscience is safe. And on the basis of being "in Christ," the healthy conscience and heart appeal to the Spirit, to learn to obey in the Vine, for apart from the indwelling Christ "you can do nothing" (John 15:5).
2nd Question:
How can we resist this temptation to be a Christian moralist and learn to depend upon the cross and Spirit?
The remedy to our moralism lies in the Spirit's application of the reality of the gospel to our hearts in daily experience. To put it another way, we resist the temptation of moral formation by opening our heart and mind deeply to the reality of Christ's work on the cross in justification by the Spirit.
Paul the Apostle informs us of our justification in the following words:
"He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him." (2 Cor. 5:21) and " . . . that I may gain Christ, and may be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith . . . ." (Phil. 3:8-9)
Embedded in these two texts is the truth that the Reform- ers called "double imputation," in which the Father imputes, attributes, or ascribes certain realities to the believer. The two imputations that make up the heart of Christ's work on the cross for us are as follows:
- All of my sins (past, present and future) are imputed or ascribed to Christ so that there is no condemnation towards me, resulting in my full pardon and acquittal from guilt.
- All of Christ's merited righteousness is imputed to me so that God relates to me on the basis of His Son's perfect obedience and righteousness, so that I am totally accepted by the Father "in Christ."
These truths are not merely stodgy old doctrines but reflect realities that are the very heart of the liberating power of the gospel and the only remedy for moralism: full pardon and full acceptance.4 This is almost impossible for the heart to believe due to the shame and guilt of original sin and the resulting habits of hiding and covering sin and guilt.
The implications of double imputation for the Christian life cannot be more dramatic.
- If all your sins are truly imputed to Christ so there is no condemnation, then come out of hiding in your prayer life and be honest with God. You have nothing to lose but to open more deeply to your need of Him and the daily forgiveness of the cross.
- If Christ's righteousness, not your own, has really been imputed to you so that you are totally accepted by the Father as in the Son, then stop trying to cover your badness by being good but in full confession of your badness and failure, obey in light of your failure and what He has done for you.
One of the most important spiritual disciplines for daily resisting the temptation of moral formation is to open and center the heart with the Spirit on these two realities of full pardon and full acceptance. Sometimes our moralism has to do with not really accepting the reality of our full pardon from the condemnation of sin. In this case, we seek to hide from our sin by being good, for it is too painful to see our sin as it is insofar as we experience guilt as condemnation. As an antidote to this malady, we must come out of hiding in prayer and open deeply to the truth of our sins and how these have been imputed to Christ, that there is no condemnation for those in Christ (Rom. 8:1), so that we may open deeply to the Spirit applying forgiveness and love in our experience.
At other times, our moralism is linked to a deep belief that we are unacceptable because of our sin. I find it very common in my own life and in those I minister to that we feel forgiven for particular sins and failure but we do not feel acceptable. This explains why many believers do not experience liberation through awareness of sin: they feel forgiven but unacceptable, and, thus, they must work harder at being good to become acceptable. This is the true heart of moralism.
Consequently, in prayer we must learn to open to the full justification by God and the unbelievable truth that I am not only fully pardoned but also fully acceptable to God on the basis of Christ's merited righteousness that has been imputed to me and not on the basis of what I have done. Everything else in my culture and in my heart informs me that I am acceptable for what I do. This is the whole point of Christ's active obedience in life, such that his merited righteous would be imputed to me so that "in Christ," I am totally accepted by the Father.5
However, this opening to our justification is not merely an intellectual meditation on doctrine that I can do in my own power but it requires the work of the Spirit applying this to the heart.
Both our regeneration and transformation, our spiritual formation, are the result of the Spirit of God at work in the heart of the believer.
"He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Spirit." (Titus 3:5) "And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Holy Spirit." (Eph. 5:18) "I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing." (John 15:5)
It is the indwelling Spirit of Christ that regenerates and transforms, not our own efforts. Our actions work in synergy and participation with the Spirit, but He is the agent of change. My obedience and practice of spiritual disciplines do not transform me but are means that allow me to be filled or acted upon by the indwelling Holy Spirit. In Jesus' words, I can do nothing to accomplish transformation apart from abiding in His indwelling Presence through the Spirit. Thus, our transformation is the result of the Spirit of God opening our hearts more deeply to Christ's work on the cross and the judicial or forensic realities of justification.
This centering or recollecting the heart in the cross and the Spirit will not come in a day or by mere assent to these truths. There are other places in our heart that militate against these realities; deep beliefs that drive us to feel guilty, condemned, unacceptable and needing to be better by our efforts. These deep beliefs betray us in our feeling frustrated and unacceptable rather than liberated in the awareness sin.
Consequently, with the Spirit's help, we need to retrain the beliefs of the heart as well as the conscience by these great doctrines and realities. We can begin by the daily practice of meditating upon and speaking these truths into the heart with the Spirit. This can take the form of even such small steps as daily praying the following Prayers of Intention:
- Lord, I no longer want to deal with my guilt by hiding in the power of the self. I no longer want to be afraid of seeing myself as I really am, to hide from seeing my badness, sin and failure. I do not want to hide anymore from my sin. I want to come out into the open with You who fully forgive my sins entirely "in Christ."
- Lord, I no longer want to deal with my shame and vice by trying to cover it by being good in my own power. I do not want to fix myself anymore, to grow myself, to cover my badness with good works, with regimens of formation. I want to be found in Christ, having His righteousness as my covering alone (Phil. 3:9). I want to learn to obey and engage in formation in the light of my sin and Your work, not as a way to cover my sin.
Of course, not even these prayers will transform you. As I tell my students, doing spiritual disciplines do not transform; they become relational opportunities to open the heart to the Spirit who transforms. However, these prayers are a good beginning for our souls to open to the truths and realities that ground our whole existence and freedom in Christ. This is the only safe ground for our life of obedience. At the very least, these prayers may reveal the truth of how much I still act like a moralist, how little I feel forgiven and accepted by God, how little I depend upon the Spirit. But even this realization of my sin and dysfunction is capable of pointing me back to the cross and my need for Christ and the Spirit, which is an invitation once again into love and forgiveness.
3rd Question:
What will happen to our spiritual life if we do not resist the moral temptation?
If we do not resist the temptation of moralism, then, first, Christ will be of no benefit to us in the spiritual life. As Paul says,
"It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore, keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you" (Galatians 5:1-3).
Paul's point to believers is this: if we are tempted to try to use good works in the Christian life as a way to grow ourselves, as a way to deal with the daily issues of guilt, shame and being acceptable to God – consciously for the Galatians, and perhaps unintentionally for us – then Christ's work on the Cross will be of no benefit to our Christian living. Why? Because we are doing all the work to cover our shame, when Christ offers daily forgiveness and a covering in His righteousness and the possibility of experiencing real righteousness in the Spirit!6 If we choose to pick up a righteousness of works again rather than a righteousness of faith, then the Christian life will just become just that: all work and no power, freedom or love in the midst of our failure and shame. But it was for this very freedom that Christ set us free.
The life of moralism, of hiding and covering, of using "obedience" or spirituality as a means to avoid painful self-awareness is an awful burden to bear for a human being. And it is a dread- ful waste of time for a believer. Rather, let us be open to the Spirit, unafraid of seeing our sin and the daily need for Christ's love and work on the Cross. And on that basis, in the light of our sin and His righteousness, in the light of full pardon and acceptance, let us freely give ourselves to a life of obedience and regimens of spiritual formation. As in our conversion, let us daily fly to the cross, to the Spirit, to forgiveness, to where love and its transforming power awaits.
1 For the full version of this article, see John Coe, "Resisting the Temptation of Moral Formation: Opening to Spiritual Formation in the Cross and the Spirit," The Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, (Spring 2008).
2 "The main point of Paul's rhetorical question here, however, has to do with the incongruity of beginning one's Christian life on this basis ("with the Spirit") and then shifting somewhere to another basis ("by human effort"). What Paul wants his converts to see is that the Christian life is one that starts, is maintained, and comes to culmination only through dependence on the activity of God's Spirit . . . " Richard N. Longenecker, Galatians, Word Biblical Commentary (Word Books: Dallas, 1990), 103-104.
3 For a very thoughtful and helpful account of guilt, shame, the conscience and godly sorrow, see S. Bruce Narramore, No Condemnation: Rethinking Guilt Motivation in Counseling, Preaching and Parenting (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1984).
4 For more in-depth and helpful accounts on the doctrines of justification and imputation, see W. Grudem, Systematic Theology, 724-729; G. T. Shedd, Systematic Theology, 793-800 and Millard J. Erickson, Christian Theology (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1985), 953-959.
5 Theologians distinguish between the "passive obedience" of Christ on the cross in atoning for sin so that our sins could be imputed to Christ and the "active obedience" of Christ throughout his life, meriting a righteousness before God that would be imputed to the believer. Cf. W. Grudem, Systematic Theology, 570-577 and W. T. Shedd, Systematic Theology, 799.
6 R. N. Longenecker observes on Galatians 3:2 the "severer tone" with which Paul addresses those tempted to turn back to legalism than prior in his letter and adds, "For Gentiles to revert to the prescriptions of the Jewish law as a necessary form of Christian lifestyle is, in effect, to make Christianity legalistic rather than Christocentric, and so, not to have Christ's guidance in one's life" (Galatians, 226).


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Yes — I meant it! In her new erotic fantasy, Capri's Fate, Daryl delves into the Adult Toy arena and it is mmm…hot, slippery fun!
Grab a cup of coffee and settle back while I talk about my newly released erotic contemporary fantasy, Capri's Fate.
Capri is dragged to a sex toy convention by her best friend. I, honestly, had no idea she was going there until I typed it. What I based the Erotic Notions Sex Show (private joke) on was Sexapalooza, a real adult consumer show. http://www.sexapalooza.ca/shows
I've never been to one and I think I captured Capri's basic fear when she discovers that's where she is.
"Well, it seems like a popular attraction." I paid the cabbie, and we followed the crowd into the building. As I read the convention billboard, my feet froze to the sidewalk. I snapped my face in her direction. "Erotic Notions! The…the sex show!"
"Yup. Keep moving. You're blocking people behind us." She nudged my arm to urge me forward. "I pre-ordered tickets. You just need to pay."
"I'm not going in there." I moved to the side and placed my hands on my hips.
"Oh, come on." Kat tugged my elbow. "It'll be fun. What else were you going to do tonight? Wash your hair?"
"But, what if…" My stomach dropped to my knees.
"Don't say it. I know, what if someone sees us. Girl, we're over twenty-one. We've both been married and divorced. We're thirty-three."
"Excuse me. Thirty-two until August."
"Thirty-two. Geesh. But still, I think we're labeled as cougar wannabees. Not old enough to be a cougar. Not young enough to be a cheerleader."
I opened my mouth to voice another valid complaint, but Kat shushed me with a perfect teenage roll of her eyes and the first logical thing she'd said all night. "If somebody sees us, they're in there too—duh!"
Items to find in a sex toy convention. Clothes, more specifically, a bustier. This sexy item plays a big part in the story. The moment Capri spots the red silk one, she is in love.
"Well, let's try lingerie. I have this gorgeous red bustier, with…" Patsy poked her fingers through the bra part. "With the playfulness of being a peek-a-boo."
Something—someone?—nudged my arm. Of its own accord, my hand reached out and my fingers grabbed the bustier out of Patsy's grip. I had always wanted one of these. To me, it symbolized a sexual tigress. A woman who can strut into a room and capture every man's attention. Of course not me. Not in a hundred years.
"I have this regal blue one." Pasty held it out. "It matches your eyes."
I didn't hand the red one back to her. I couldn't. Red's my favorite color.
Brain fart moment – when I listed important things that should be on the cover never thought of bustier. See first cover. Editor asked – why didn't I mention red bustier? Cover designer was wonderful and ta da – new cover! (Kayden McLeod designer the cover.)
Other things to find at a sex show. Sex toys. Let's start with the obvious – a dildo.
As an aside, there is a town in Newfoundland that is called Dildo Run. Not lying- they even have a provincial park called – Dildo Run Provincial Park – http://www.env.gov.nl.ca/env/parks/parks/p_dr/
As I was researching dildos – now there's a sentence I never thought I'd type – anyway – what caught my attention was a glass one. Capri's thoughts at the moment she is shown one are pretty much my own.
"If you are into the more sensuous." Patsy picked up a glass dildo. "This little baby is called A Woman's Delight. The latest in the glass line. Its ridges and g-spot teasers are designed to heat up your playtime. I know what you're thinking, but it's completely non-porous, so it stays germ-free."
"No. No." I waved my hand at it. "I'm more worried it'll break. I mean, it's glass. And…uh…where it's supposed to go…I mean…um…"Puul-lease beam me out of here, Scotty.
She patted my shoulder. "They're built really strong, dearie."
"Oh, good." My smile was a pathetic little one, but it was the best I could do.
Poor Capri, all she wanted was dinner with her friend. What she got was – a trip to a sex toy convention, a glass dildo, a bustier, a Fate, a pet komodo dragon and a love that will last into eternity.
Blurb – What's a woman to do when a voice follows her home and makes mad, passionate love to her?
Corporate business woman, Capricious Gray, is dragged to a sex toy convention by her best friend. Once a shocking, mysterious disembodied voice helps her with her purchases, it follows her home. Passion ensues, leaving Capri torn between lust for her fantasy lover and the desperate need for reality in her life.
Thall, son of one of the Fates, harbors the irrepressible need to be with the woman he's desired from afar for years. In order to make her his, once and for all, he must help Capri get past her fears, including the fear of what he represents – a fantasy.
Can fantasy become a reality for these two lovers?
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May 7, 2013 at 8:13 am
I bet you had a blast with that research! Carpi's Fate sounds hot, fun and funny 🙂
May 7, 2013 at 9:46 am
Yes, I hope my daughter never searches my search history!!
May 7, 2013 at 11:11 am
Cougar wannabe's? Hilarious. Fun excerpt.
May 7, 2013 at 11:07 am
Thanks. Ya, I like the term cougar wannabe. Thanks for stopping by.
May 7, 2013 at 11:12 am
Too funny! The books sounds like a hoot! Congrats!
Great cover!
May 7, 2013 at 6:20 pm
I love the cover.
May 7, 2013 at 8:15 pm
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Hello Dear Friends,
I need your expert advice on this..
I am planning to buy a BMW 535i, i have shortlisted two cars finally.
1. 2008 BMW 535i single owner fully loaded, 35K miles and the price is $31,998, the options/packages are attached with a screenshot here.
2. 2009 BMW 535i single owner almost fully loaded 45K miles and the price is $32,998, the options/packages are attached with a screenshot here. Note- This car was used as a fleet.
Price is not a constraint. I love all the options on the 2008 BMW 535i but it does not have the Park distance control, please suggest does it really matters or if i can do it after market.
I really need to decide this and need all your expert advice after you see the options/packages and considering the miles.
Thank you all in Advance.
You buying from a BMW dealer? Are they both coming with CPO warranty, which takes you to 6yr/100K on major components. This can be important on the Turbo models. As long as they are both under warranty, you can ask if the maint plan up to 100K can be added to the car at this time. That way everything is covered. The dealer should be able to pull the repair history on both cars and tell you what was done to both cars. If they are private sale cars, then see if the seller can get you the repair history from the dealer. I don't have the turbo model so I can't comment on the mechanical reliability of a 2008 vs 2009. At least with a 2009, BMW had one more year to get it right. :D
Lot's to consider. Good Luck.
I think that the cheaper one with 10k less miles is better optioned. Better deal in my opinion
Hi Racooper3, the car is not from a BMW dealer but is from CARMAX and i plan to get the extended warranty till 100K miles or 6 years with MAXCARE. They have something called CQI (Certified quality inspection) ... They have a 5 day return car policy, i plan to get this to the leith/performance BMW and get a through pre-purchase inspection done after i buy it..
Please advice does CPO warranty matters? or this extended warranty is sufficient.
Thank you all for the responses..
Thank you Theduke, yea you are right.. But PDC in 2009 is confusing me.. Any thoughts on after market..
I would prefer the options on the other car over it along with 10k less miles and the $1k in my pocket.
My $0.02- free to you! Enjoy our pick - its always fun getting a new vehicle.
Does the 2009 have the new CIC iDrive?
PDC not a big deal unless you do a lot of parallel parking.
Hi Legend700, Yes the newly designed iDrive with buttons next to it.. How much is the difference from 2008?
Does this make a huge difference? Thanks for the reply.
The 2008 seems to be really loaded and cheaper AND less miles, i would go with that one IMO.
The iDrive update was nothing spectacular, just some new buttons although i'm not really sure if they changed the interface in 2008 or 2009.
Thank you..Theduke..
Guys any more suggestions and opinions welcome..
Thank you UltimateDriving..
Guys..Any updates on the interface 2008 to 2009... is it worth the buy
Taken from Wipedia.
Debuted in September 2008 with F01/F02 7-Series. CIC stands for Car Infotainment Computer and is manufactured by Becker, utilizing the QNX operating system. It is available on the following cars as an option;
1-Series E81/E82/E87/E88 manufactured from September 2008
3-Series E90/E91/E92/E93 manufactured from September 2008
5-Series F07/F10/F11 manufactured from September 2009 (E60/61 manufactured from October 2008 in Europe)
6-Series E63/E64 manufactured from September 2009
7-Series F01/F02 manufactured from September 2008
X5 E70 manufactured from September 2009
The CIC system is a major update to iDrive, replacing the display, computer and the controller. The display is of a higher resolution, and is generally more responsive than CCC, to address one of the common complaints of iDrive. Internet access is also supported.[4]
CIC-based systems use maps from TeleAtlas which are installed on an internal 2.5" 80GB Hard Disk Drive (HDD). This HDD can also store up to 8GB of music files for playback. For facilitating the uploading of music files to the HDD, a USB port is provided in the glove box.
Following 2009 LCI production, all CIC-based iDrive systems will support DVD video. This, however, is only operational when the vehicle is in the "Park" position. DVD audio will continue to play while driving.
If this information is true, then the MY08 does not have the CIC.
Wow.. thank you so much for this info "Ultimate driving"... this is now getting so much confusing to decide..
Guys how about mechanically... 0-60 and top speeds.. Any difference from 08 to 09.. what other difference are there from 08-09..
All responses are truly appreciated...
same performance for 08 and 09 models. It's the same car. 2010 model got the iDrive facelift with 10" Nav screen in HD.
If you are concerned about power it is easy to add over 100 hp for under $500 and less than an hour's work.
I agree the 2008 is better equipped. As long as you are getting a major component warranty with the vehicle, I would go with the lower miles and more options.
Thank you so much Racooper3. NoQuarter, 1Grn Bmr, Oceans10... Too much of info for me to finally decide that 08 is the best option..
But if someone can provide me in detail updates on increasing the horsepower.. As oceans10 was stating its easy to increase.. Considering i am getting a car with just 35K miles.. Do you guys suggest its better to do the increase ..( i love to get the HP increase) but i need you guys expertise to confirm if this increase wont have any side effect.
Has anyone done this and who is by far the reliable source to do this HP increase. Anything above 400HP is something i would love to have..
Thanks again for all the advice and suggestions...
If you really want more hp go buy a 550i.
As far as these two cars, the 08 has rear side airbags(important if you carry passenger or children), the Sport Auto with paddle shifters which is fun to have, sunshades(nice for passengers again,), HUD (which is nice but not necessary) and the clincher for me is the LOGIC7. I wouldn't consider any car without an upgraded LOGIC7 system. I love the PDC but it can be added(I believe) easier and cheaper than a LOGIC7.
For either car ask for the Y-adapter cable for the iPod & USB.
My vote is the 08; more options, less mileage and money.
Is the 09 also black?, stone chips?, CarFax?. Was the fleet car driven by one person? Test drive both. Every car drives differently. 08 price seems high but not outrageous. Negotiate, negotiate. Definitely get an extended warranty in deal.
Thank you.. Yes the 09 is black with stone chips.. Yes it is driven by one person(Fleet)... True i am definitely going to drive both the 08 and 09 cars before i really conclude 100%..
But i have read in many reviews, that 535i is far better than a 550i both in terms of performance/handing and mpg. On top of it the 0-60 is not that different from a 535i to 550i
I was just thinking of Oceans10 option of increasing the power on my 535i if possible without any side effects as stated in my previous posts.. Thanks again guys..
"Fleet car" in most cases just indicates that the original owner had leased the car.
Hey i might sound stupid but why everyone is saying N54 (535i or 335i) can be tuned.. Does that mean 550i cannot be tuned?
Only turbo's can be tuned and not the regular V8's
Please clarify guys..
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12 Year Old Girl Honored For Bravery
Omaha Police say 12 year old Katelyn Allen did everything right two weeks ago when an intruder kicked in her back door while she was home alone.
During an all school assembly at Westbrook Elementary on Wednesday, Omaha Police presented her with a medal and an award for her bravery and courage.
Katelyn says she was watching t.v.during spring break when she heard a loud bang at the back door. She locked herself in a bathroom, called 911 and remained calm as she climbed out a window to safety.
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