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Last words in Call of Duty series games
Following is a collection of last words spoken by characters in all Call of Duty series games.
Call of Duty
- I'm sorry! I'm sorry! It's just...so many guys are gettin' killed out there...it's just...oh, God, they're shootin' medics too! Oh, God...
- Who: Unnamed Medic
- Note: The medic speaking is supposed to be helping a wounded soldier on the battlefield, but has lost his nerve. After saying this line, he is shot by a German soldier.
- Grab a weapon and explosives, quick! The ship's boilers line these passageways; place your charges as we go. This place will be crawling with Krauts.
- Who: Captain Price
- Note: Captain Price has gained access to a German battleship while undercover, but has been found out after killing two German soldiers. These are the last words heard from him, as he is killed offscreen shortly afterwards.
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One
- Take cover!
- Who: Alvin "Brooklyn" Bloomfield
- Note: After this line is said, Brooklyn is killed by an artillery explosion after trying to cut some barbwire.
- I'm on it.
- Who: Victor "Vic" Denley
- Note: After this line is said, Vic is killed by a machine gunner behind a door he kicked down.
- I...can still fight...I can...
- Who: Sgt. Glenn Hawkings
- Note: Hawkings says this shortly after being injured by a German Rifleman, although it is not clear if he lives or dies, he is presumed to have either been sent home or dead but he is never seen again none the less. He is actually carried away by Allied Medics, so he is not technically left for dead, no matter what his fate is.
Call of Duty 3
- Tell Guzzo...tell him...tell him to go to Hell.
- Who: Sergeant McCullin
- Note: Said to Corporal Dixon after he was shot in the stomach while defusing bombs.
- Sarge told me to tell you...you should go to hell. But you're okay, Guzzo. You're okay...
- Who: Sergeant Dixon
- Note: Said to Pvt. Guzzo after he was shot carrying Guzzo to safety.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
- All U.S. forces be advised, we have a confirmed nuclear threat in the capital. NEST teams are on site, attempting to disarm. I repeat—
- Who: Unnamed U.S. commando
- Note: Killed by an atomic blast.
- Who: Lt. Vasquez
- Note: Killed as the helicopter he was travelling in was crashed by an atomic blast.
- You are all soon going to die anyway.
- Captain Price! We're on our own, sir!
- Who: Gaz
- Note: Killed by Imran Zakhaev.
- The tanker's about to blow! MOVE!!
- Who: SSgt. Griggs
- Note: Killed by an unseen gunman while dragging the heavily injured John "Soap" MacTavish to safety.
Call of Duty: World at War
- Go to hell.
- It's the coral! We're stuck on the—
- Who: Pvt. Koopman
- Note: Shot in the head by a Japanese machinegun.
- (Pvt. Polonsky: When do we rest?)
- Soon, Polonsky. Soon.
- Who: Sgt. Sullivan
- Note: Impaled on a katana by a Banzai attacker.
- Nein! Toten Sie mich nicht! (No! Don't kill me!)
- Who: German soldier
- Note: Shot point-blank by a Soviet soldier who refused to listen to his mercy pleas.
- Keep those hands up!
- Shit!
- Who: Sgt. Roebuck and Pvt. Polonsky, respectively
- Note: Killed by two Japanese soldiers who were pretending to surrender, but then attacked. The player can choose to save one, though at the cost of the other's life.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Take this and stay down!
- Who: Pvt. Wade (appearance changes between playthroughs)
- Note: Hands the player an M4A1 carbine in a battle with Russian forces before being shot dead.
- Star!
- Who: Randomly generated soldier (appearance and name change between playthroughs)
- Note: "Star" is the code word for US forces to identify themselves to each other while fighting Russian forces. The soldier says the code word while entering a room and is immediately killed by Russian troops.
- I'm hit!
- Who: Ozone and Scarecrow
- Note: Both Ozone and Scarecrow shout this line when they are killed, which can happen at any point in the mission in which they die.
- Who: Lt. Simon "Ghost" Riley
- Note: Betrayed and shot to death by General Shepherd. The line is spoken just as Shepherd has shot Roach, the player character.
- Five years ago, I lost 30,000 men in the blink of an eye...and the world just fuckin' watched. Tomorrow, there will be no shortage of volunteers, no shortage of patriots. I know you understand.
- Who: General Shepherd
- Note: Said to "Soap" MacTavish, after having stabbed him in the chest. Soap eventually removes the knife from his chest and tosses it at Shepherd, stabbing him in the eye and killing him.
Call of Duty: Black Ops
- (Mason: Step eight, Reznov! Freedom!)
- For you, Mason. Not for me.
- I do not care about Nova! My name is Viktor Reznov, and I will have my Revenge!
- Mason... You did it, Mason! You did what I could not!
- Who: Viktor Reznov
- Note: Reznov and Alex Mason attempt to break out of Vorkuta prison, but only Mason is able to escape, and the first line is the last thing that the living Reznov says. While Reznov continues to appear during the story, it is later revealed that he is a figment of Mason's imagination and actually died during the breakout. The second line is his last on-screen line, when he is about to kill Dr. Steiner, and the third line is his last line of the game, which Mason hears while swimming to the surface after killing Dragovich.
- Oh yes... The numbers... They're the key to-
- Who: Daniel Clarke
- Note: Shot by Spetsnaz in Kowloon while attempting to tell Jason Hudson the significance of a radio broadcast consisting entirely of a series of numbers.
- You will die with me!
- Who: Lev Kravchenko
- Note: Kravchenko is stabbed from behind by Woods, Mason's friend. Wanting to take Woods with him, he pulls a pin off a grenade belt he is wearing and jumps out of a window, dragging Woods with him.
- Got you now, you son of a bitch!
- I got you, Mason. You're okay.
- Who: Woods
- Note: Woods stabbed General Dragovich's right-hand man, Lev Kravchenko, from behind. Before dying, Kravchenko pulls a pin from a grenade belt he is wearing and jumps out of a window, dragging Woods down with him. The second line is actually said by Reznov, but Mason sees Woods' outline and hears it as Woods' voice.
- Killing me will not stop Nova. (Reznov/Mason: I do not care about Nova! My name is Viktor Reznov!) No!
- Who: Dr. Friedrich Steiner
- Note: After Mason (and, Mason believes, Reznov) manages to reach Steiner before Hudson and Weaver, Steiner defiantly says this line before being shot in the head.
- (Mason: You tried to make me kill my own President!)
- Tried?
- Who: General Dragovich
- Note: Strangled to death by Mason. It is heavily implied in a pre-credits scene that Mason actually assassinated President Kennedy, which was his original "programming" while imprisoned in Vorkuta.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
- Wait!
- Who: Waraabe
- Note: Price immediately executes Waraabe after this.
- I'm sorry, Price.
- Who: Kamarov
- Note: Last words before he is blown up by Makarov
- Soap: Price... Yuri...
- Price: Not now, Soap. Just rest. [behind him] Get a medic! [back to Soap] C'mon, stay with me, son!
- Soap: [grabbing Price's shirt] Price... You need to know: Makarov...knows...Yuri... [dies]
- Who: John "Soap" MacTavish
- Note: a C4 explosion reopened Soap's knife wound from the previous game, leading to a slow death
- Price: Sandman, it's time to go! C'mon!
- Sandman: Just go! Get out of here! [...] Just go! GO!
- Helo Pilot: We can't stay here! We gotta leave!
- Price: NO! Get us back down there!
- Heli Pilot: It's too hot! We go back, we all die!
- Who: Sandman
- Note: It is implied that Sandman dies in the diamond mine along with Grinch and Truck, but not explicitly shown.
- heh..heh Goodbye, Captain Price.
- Who: Vladimir Makarov
- Note: These are Makarov's last words before he is shot by Yuri. Although Makarov shoots him back and kills him, this gives Price enough time to attack Makarov, wrap the latter's neck with a cord and strangle Makarov with it.
- (Price: Yuri...)
- Leave me! Don't let him get away!
- Who: Yuri
- Note: Price does not want to leave the wounded Yuri behind but Yuri tells Price to leave him and prevent Makarov from getting away. These are Yuri's last words before he shoots Makarov, but is shot three times by Makarov, killing him.
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
- He even has people in the CIA.
- Who: Lev Kravchenko
- Note: Executed by Frank Woods following capture and interrogation. Additionally, this line can be skipped if Mason cannot control the numbers and ends up killing Kravchenko.
- Fuck...OK, me! Do it! DO IT!!
- Who: Jason Hudson
- Note: Executed by Raul Menendez to spare Woods and David Mason from death.
- Today is a difficult day, Section. But tomorrow, we all win.
- Who: Javier Salazar
- Note: If Harper survives Achilles' Veil, he responds with "Not you." and shoots Salazar in the head.
- Martyr me...for Cordis Die.
- Who: Raul Menendez
- Note: If David Mason chooses to kill Menendez in the final mission, these will be his last words. If spared, they will be different.
- Do it, man! Come on! You don't got the stones to fucking shoot me?! Come on, Egghead! DO IT!
- Who: Mike Harper
- Note: If Farid chooses to kill Harper in the mission Achilles' Veil, these will be his final words.
- She [Josefina] survived the fire, for me. I didn't leave her. You took her from me.
- What did you learn from that?
- What did I learn? Cordis Die.
- Who: Raul Menendez and Frank Woods
- Note: If Chloe Lynch is never saved or dies in Odysseus and Menendez is captured, he breaks out of prison and visits Frank Woods in The Vault. After killing him with his sister's pendant, he visits her grave, digging up her corpse and lighting himself on fire over it.


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|November 25, 2012, 03:00 PM
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First 1911
Hey guys, new to the forum here, been a reader for a long time. Looking into getting a 1911, been wanting one since I was a kid. Looking to stay around 600-700 for a nice looking reliable model. So far I've looked at the Para GI Expert, STI Spartan V, Springfield Mil Spec, Ruger SR1911, and RIA Tactical. These all seem like quality within my price range. Any suggestions on which model to go with out of these options? Thanks in advance for the help.
|November 25, 2012, 03:05 PM
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Others experiences may be different but my G.I. Expert was pretty problematic. Had alot of malfunctions and only really seemed to like 1 kind of ammo. I am looking at getting a different kind of 1911 right now. Just my experience with it but it was a bad one.
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|November 25, 2012, 03:36 PM
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yea thats the only thing kinda scaring me away from para. seems to be alot of horror stories about quality online now that ive looked and no one has anything good to say about their customer service.
|November 25, 2012, 03:41 PM
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My Para GI Expert has been very good -- except with the factory magazines. Lots of failures to return to battery. With 2 Kimber mags, none of those issues.
I think it's a great gun. My only other 1911 was a Springfield GI, and it's comparable to that, with several upgrades such as lowered ejection port and much better sights.
I'd recommend it.
|November 25, 2012, 03:50 PM
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Welcome to the starting of the "yellow brick road" for 1911's and the forum.
The RIA is an excellent pistol, I currently own a RIA 1911 9mm Tactical and it is great. The STI frame is actually made by RIA so it could be argued they are the same pistol. It is true STI have the frames shipped to them and they finish them. So, is STI and RIA the same pistol other than "human hands" finishing it?
As to the Springfield, I owned a Springfield Mil-Spec and it was fine. No problems with anything other than the trigger out of the box; it was terrible. I was able to do a trigger job on it and after that it was better but off it went. I don't miss it.
That only leaves the Para and that one I cannot comment on because I have not owned one.
Ahh the Ruger SR1911. This is the one from your list I would recommend. Why? First off it is American made! It has every option I think should be on a 1911 and NO more; Combat Trigger, Combat hammer, Beavertail safety, NO front slide serrations, SS finish, Novak adjustable rear sights, nice grips and a nice trigger out of the box. Not too mention the company of Ruger standing behind it. And all for well within the price range you are wanting to spend. There is a reason these are difficult to find and the others are not.
Good Luck - I hope this helped.
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|November 25, 2012, 03:57 PM
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thanks for the help guys i appreciate the input. I was at first leaning towards the para gi due to the fact i can get one for 550 so its the cheapest out of the bunch and i think it looks the best. The ruger looks awesome but Ive heard by the few shops ive gone to that theyre extremely hard to come by and Id have to wait a while. RIA looks cheap to me even though ive heard nothing but good things about them the looks are kinda throwing me off. Im fairly set on the mil spec springfield now, not just because of springfield quality and customer service but also they come with a nice case, holster, two mags and the works which some of the others do not. So that would save me some money on accesories. Ive heard the springfield mags are decent.
Anyone know of anything else i should be looking at within my range?
|November 25, 2012, 04:03 PM
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i guess i should also say that the main use of this gun will be to look pretty in my collection, which up until this point includes a WWII 8mm Mauser and P38, a Wasr 10, and a bunch of old .22s and .410s. I mostly just target shoot with my guns so ill shoot it a couple times a month, have my p38 by my bedside now for protection but this may take its place. Hopefully going on a boar hunt sometime next year too so this will ride my hip when i go there as well.
|November 25, 2012, 04:12 PM
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One pistol you did not mention that falls into your price range is the Remington R1. I have several friends who own them and there have been no issues plus it's made in the USA.
|November 25, 2012, 04:14 PM
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good point, the remington 1911 enhanced is one i had looked at online before and it is a beautiful pistol, all the prices ive seen on it though have been around the 800 dollar range. I know the basic version is less but im looking for that tactical look with some decent sights.
|November 26, 2012, 12:17 AM
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You owe it to yourself to look at the PT1911 it is made from hammer forged steel (barrel, frame, slide) comes totally feature laden with all the modern upgrades, has a no questions asked life time warranty and offers the most bang for your buck $650.
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|November 26, 2012, 12:31 AM
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My LGS has the Kimber Custom II on sale right now for $699. I think regular price is $729. That's a lotta gun for that kinda dough.
|November 26, 2012, 03:24 AM
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|November 26, 2012, 02:09 PM
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I'm more interested in a high ride beaver tail... I've gotten slide bite once. And it was my own fault that no beaver tail would have prevented, but it learned me a thing or two. I never made that mistake again, and will always prefer the high ride so that I've got more protection.
|November 26, 2012, 02:16 PM
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|November 26, 2012, 02:48 PM
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Yea.. agreed. Anything that goes bang for that price is a total no brainer!!
|November 26, 2012, 04:16 PM
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A very handy link for folks looking into buying their first 1911s: http://www.1911addicts.com/showthrea...u-1911-addicts...
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|November 26, 2012, 10:04 PM
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The SA Milspec has good sights these days, not like in the 80's & '90s. They are not the tiny GI ones you are thinking of.
|November 26, 2012, 10:30 PM
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I've looked at several of the Remington R1's in that price range and they seem pretty good. I presently have a Colt, Kimber, and Smith&Wesson 1911 and they are all very nice but cost more than what you're looking for. Good luck in your quest. Be safe.
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Within the pantheon of Lowriding, many different makes and models have come to light, and thusly; have come to be reckoned with on the Boulevard. Some of them are more commonly seen while others are not and Oscar Segura, of Costa Mesa, CA chose to take the road less travelled by resurrecting an unsung hero from the Boulevard days of the past; a 1977 Ford LTD! At first, many of his fellow Klique Car Club members gave him a hard time for getting a Ford since they are all bound by the Bowtie, but this car was a super clean two-door traditional ride and he reminded them that back in the '70's and '80's, many Lowriders rolled in rides like Cougars and Thunder Birds. Oscar's plan was simple; he wanted to keep the LTD old school, just like how his club's mother chapter (East L.A.) used to cruise way back in the day. Often times, guys will get caught up in being so modern that paying homage to the past becomes an afterthought, but Oscar is not one of those guys, and he vowed to make a statement with this Luxury Ford.
Oscar first found out about the LTD through his friend Saul, also known as "Mr. TruSpoke." Saul explained that this ride was previously owned by a guy in Lifestyle Car Club, but that it was still in stock condition. The fact that it was in stock condition delighted Oscar and his old school sensibilities, but the sale price of $5,500 was a little higher than Oscar was looking to pay. One look at the beautiful Ford was all it took, however, and Oscar ended up making the purchase anyway. At last he was on his way to bring the past to the future!
Keeping things within the old school scope, Oscar opted not to get crazy with patterns and candy paint. Instead, he chose to keep things as close to stock as possible, in order to set the car apart from some of his previous builds. Thanks to fellow Klique member and friend, Pete of Anaheim Plating, in Anaheim, California, the chrome and metal parts that needed attention were given a nice plating and/or polishing job. Oscar then had the car repainted over at Big Al's in La Habra, California with the original beige color. A hydraulic setup was installed and a set of old school 5.20 whitewall tires and chrome cross-laced Zenith rims finished off the look perfectly.
When Oscar put up his well-respected Klique plaque in the back window to represent his club, some people asked how the car was at the level to receive a plaque when it didn't have the higher standards of custom paint and interiors that most Klique-plaqued cars usually have. Oscar explains that his LTD represents the club exactly how it used to be prior to 1988 when they won their first coveted "Lowrider of the Year" trophy. "Clean street rides were what Klique was known for," Oscar says, beaming with pride.
In addition, Oscar has been with the club so long, he has definitely earned his right to represent an old-school ride at this custom level anytime. He has nothing more to attain at this point as he has proven himself with numerous fully-customized cars in the past. This classic clean LTD actually marks his fifth featured ride in LRM! Now, if that doesn't show a well-respected custom car builder in the Lowriding community, nothing will! Oscar would like to dedicate this ride to the East L.A. mother chapter of Klique because without them, Klique's Orange County Chapter wouldn't be around today. Oscar has certainly given the club and those early days of Lowriding a proper tribute with this classic look, and we commend him for staying true to the old school that helped to make the culture what it is today.
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Sound System: Keeping things mostly original, Oscar left the stock AM/FM radio head unit in the dash.
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Two questions:
1. What do you realistically expect Barbosa to add to/help our team with?
2. How long do you think it will take for him to find his stride with us?
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Two questions:
1. What do you realistically expect Barbosa to add to/help our team with?
2. How long do you think it will take for him to find his stride with us?
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I expect him to help with bench scoring and help us run some actual fast breaks. It would be nice if he was to play decent defense as well.
I expect him to find his stride within the first 3 games. He is a professional so I doubt that he is gonna have problems fitting in. Sure, he will not be in his A+ game until early to mid April but I hope that he'll be able to bring consistently his B or B+ game.
20 and 9 for sure
Around 10 ppg
More made jumpers than AJ, better driving/finishing than AJ, but he's not a floor general like AJ. Prone to an occasional offensive eruption. Good finisher. If not driving, best coming off screens and spotting up.
I think I read he has really long arms.
I think he'll be a very good spark plug off the bench, someone who will zap some life into our offense when we get cold and stall. He can be a 1 man fast break and can create for himself in the half court. His range will be a very good asset, as teams won't be able to double in the post, because they have to respect his deadly 3 ball. He won't bring much to the table aside from scoring, but his scoring is needed on this team.
I don't know if I necessarily expect it, but I'm hoping he will be that guy consistently knocking down shots when the team goes cold.
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I think he'll blend in rapidly, pretty much fully in a couple weeks. He's a scorer and his game doesn't have to change. His main limitation will be the other players. Barbosa has proven he can shoot well. Other than George Hill, there will not be a better backup.
provide the scoring boost that we need. I hope we see him, Hill and Granger finish the games. That would be a great trio
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I expect, once the shiny newness wears off, he will be the next in line in the P.D. scapegoat rotation ...
Sad, but probably true, the minute he has a string of bad games, where we lose .... the wolves will come out... lol
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nah but seriously .. I expect Barbosa to be the cog that adds horsepower to the stalling engine that we are currently experiencing...
I see him, almost like Dunleavy (the good aspects)... in that he will run and make hard cuts around the court to free him and others up spreading the floor.. opening up good shots for himself and others... I believe his BBIQ will help out immensely, making others around him better....
On THIS Pacers team, I could see him make a good case for himself playing like a 6th man of the year candidate....
I'd love to get 10 ppg but I can't see where his minutes will come from if everyone is healthy. My best bet would be Jones but Jones primarily has played backup 3 minutes and I can't see us playing Hill or Barbosa at the 3. I assume that Hill will take all the backup pg minutes but AJ really hasn't played much when Hill has been heatlhy. My guess is that AJ is out of the rotation and Hill will lose a few minutes to get Barbosa 12-15 minutes per game in which case he'll get us around 7-8 ppg.
Another thing that people don't know about Barbosa is that he is pretty good at running the point, he has good court vision and can pass the ball, I expect him to be the one initiating the offense on the second unit, his ability to pass the ball is going to help the second unit offense for sure.
IMO Paul will play more minutes as the back up SF which will free up more minutes at SG
Ben Gordon with a much better contract.
With him and GH coming in to the second unit I see his speed and shot making being a big change because other teams will have to focus on two speedy guys with Hill that can both shoot and penetrate. I haven't seen much of him at the 1 spot but I would imagine he could initiate the offense bringing the ball up the court. I am excited to see what he can do. My hope is that he plays well enough to consider him long-term, along with GH if possible.
That would be a better move.
This team is stacked with all combo guards and no true point guard. (Obviously I'm not impressed with DC anymore.)
I expect him to have an extremely positive impact on our team. This guy is a solid veteran scored who has tons of deep post season experience. He's also a former 6th man of the year. Dudes got skills and not a single stitch of ego/entitlement. He's a worker. Just like D. West.
Legend continues to add solid pieces to this young group that can stick around for the long run and I have no doubt that they will. Hill, West and Barbosa all have been on teams who have advanced to a confrence final before so I'm really confident in what they will bring to our team in this years playoffs.
I expect him to run up the score in blowouts, causing scuffles with opposing teams in which their SF wants to take his head off.
But seriously, I expect him to be an offensive spark off the bench and a positive influence in the locker room. Pretty standard stuff.
be a blackhole!
jk. I'm hoping his ability to penetrate will free up Hill and Tyler for some easy kick outs and open jumpers
I've got some high hopes.
I'm hoping his offensive spark abilities are just what the doctor ordered for us. I'm hoping that he ends up finishing a lot of games and provides just enough loosening up of the opposing defenses to provide good looks for our other scorers.
Our offense has just seemed stuck, clogged, unable to break loose for a long, long time.
"Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." Kevin Pritchard press conference


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After four weeks, hot flashes had declined from an average frequency of 52 per week to 28 per week, or 41 percent lower. Also, hot flash severity declined by at least 25 percent in three out of four of the women.
Side effects were few and minor, and many of the women continued to take magnesium for hot flashes after the study ended. Because of these promising findings and the low cost of magnesium tablets, researchers are planning a placebo-controlled study.


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Andrew Roberts, managing director of Wiltshire's Box Steam Brewery, has been named as one of the top 42 business leaders under 42 years old by South West Business Insider magazine.
Insider's annual Under 42 programme recognises some of the South West's most dynamic and inspirational young entrepreneurs and celebrates their success in helping to grow the regional economy.
All entrants on the list are under 42 years old and involved in businesses in the region, either as owner-managers or in large organisations.
Their skills and aspirations have made them stand out and be named in the 2014 countdown.
Box Steam Brewery is an award-winning, independent craft brewer founded in Wiltshire in 2004 and based in Holt, near Trowbridge.
Head brewer Tom Downes and his team craft ales using skills passed down through generations of brewers, carefully engineered by hand in the brewery's steam copper to ensure quality and to minimise environmental impact.
The business is growing fast, with 12 per cent growth year-on-year. It currently has 22 employees.
Its recent product launches include a seasonal guest range (Box Clever Ales), brewed in small batches and available for short periods, and the brewery is currently developing a craft range to be launched in the summer.
Speaking at the South West 42 Under 42 Dinner 2014, held at the The Bristol Hotel in Prince Street, Bristol, Andrew Roberts said: "I'm proud to accept this honour on behalf of the entire Box Steam Brewery team – especially during our 10th anniversary year. 2014 has already been busy for us: we've launched a new website and have several key product launches planned.
"The business has been expanding fast since moving to our new brewery in Holt, and we look forward to continuing to create quality products with the consumer always in mind."


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2006 Aquatennial ~ Disc Sports Festival
Come and have some fun at the 2006 Aquatennial Disc Sports Festival. This event will take place in beautiful Sunset Hill Park on Theodore Wirth Parkway North (and 26th) in north Minneapolis on Saturday, July 22, 2006, 9:00am - 6:00pm.
This is a one-time opportunity for Disc Golfers to play 18 holes of disc golf and Ultimate players to participate in a 3 field Ultimate Hat Tournament in Theodore Wirth Park.
Payouts for the disc golfers will be divided into 4 pools based on score. Guaranteed 100% Payout. Fabulous prizes awarded to the top finishing Ultimate teams.
Discs will be sold, including a custom designed Aquatennial Ultimate Disc.
The Ultimate Tournament will culminate in a final match between the two top teams at 4:00 pm. A special Freestyle Disc event will be held, showcasing the top freestylers in Minnesota performing fantastic spins and tricks with the disc. If you've never watched an Ultimate game, come check it out - it's very cool!
Register by phone at 612-766-9599 or on-line at www.gottagogottathrow.com
Disc Golf Registration $20.00
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Come and enjoy a casual day of fun in the park. Make sure to tell your friends... We'll see you there!
Feel free to email me with any questions!


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Cutch, Pirates make 12-year-old's wish come true
PITTSBURGH -- Matthew Beichner sat with his family waiting to eat lunch in center field of his favorite team's ballpark when they were joined by an unexpected, yet welcomed visitor. The Beichners were guests in his domain, after all.
Andrew McCutchen shared crab legs and laughs with Matthew, and the lunch was just the beginning of a memorable day. Matthew, a 12-year-old who has been diagnosed with Germinoma, had his dreams play out in front of him as he not only met his favorite player, but signed a one-day contract, got his own jersey and locker in the Pirates' clubhouse and threw out the first pitch before the Bucs faced the Dodgers on Tuesday night. The team partnered with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to make the events possible.
"It was one of the best days ever," said Matthew at a news conference where he was all smiles.
Matthew is a Colorado Springs, Colo., native, but has grown up a Pirates fan as his dad is a native of New Castle, Pa. His parents and sister made the trip with him and were all present at the lunch table with the reigning National League Most Valuable Player. Matthew's father, Rick, said 12-14 family members were in attendance for the game to watch his son take the mound.
"It's amazing, it's more than we ever could have wished for," Matthew's mother, Kim, said, fighting back tears. "I'm glad we get to do it with everything he's been through."
Matthew's interactions with McCutchen -- who he called his favorite player because "he's fast like me" -- didn't end after they ate. The duo played catch on the field, and Matthew saw McCutchen take batting practice up close and personal.
Matthew, an up-and-comer on the diamond where he mainly plays shortstop and pitcher, said he didn't ask for any tips from the five-year Major League veteran. In fact, it was the other way around.
"I need his advice," McCutchen said. "I'd put up my glove to catch, and he hit my glove every single time. I was like, 'All right, how do you do that?'"
"I'm pretty good to be playing MLB at 12 years old," Matthew joked.
Of course, Matthew doesn't get to play baseball as much as he'd like, dealing with hospital visits and various treatments, including chemotherapy. But, make no mistake, he laces up his cleats and puts on his glove as much as he can.
"He has handled everything like a champ," Kim added. "He very rarely complains. He still has days he doesn't feel good or aches or whatever. But he powers through and does what he has to do. He played baseball while he was still undergoing chemo."
And Matthew hasn't just played, he's played extremely well.
"He spent a week in the hospital, got out on Wednesday and threw a no-hitter on Saturday," Rick said. "I'm so proud of him."
Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog Change for a Nickel. He can also be found on Twitter @Tom_Singer. Stephen Pianovich is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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A group of northern Minnesota nurses will rally in Thief River Falls on Friday in support of a legislative proposal that would set minimum staffing levels at hospitals across the state.
The rally is sponsored by the Minnesota Nurses Association and will include nurses from Bemidji, Bagley and Thief River Falls. MNA officials say improved nurse-to-patient staffing ratios would save lives.
"We believe we need a law and we need a standard to hold the hospitals accountable. We will be advancing a statewide law this legislative session that regulates a minimum staffing standard so a nurse, a patient and family can count on the fact that a shift is staffed well enough to address a patient's needs," said association vice president Bernadine Engeldorf. "We know that there's a need. I think people talk when they go into the hospital about, it's the nurse who's at the bedside who is caring for me, who's assuring my safety and my recovery, and we just want to make sure that there is enough of us there to take care of the people that are in the hospital."
The Minnesota Hospital Association opposes the effort. Hospital association spokeswoman Wendy Burt says hospitals in Minnesota are national leaders in health care quality, and hospitals and nurses share the same goal of delivering safe patient care.
"We differ on how to go about that, and we believe that staffing decisions should be kept locally with hospitals, and in fact with bedside nurses and charge nurses who are most familiar with the nursing unit, the make-up of their care team and their patients," Burt said. "Ratios are a one-size-fits-all approach that's really going to move staffing decisions away from those nurses at your local hospital, and put decisions about staffing in the hands of elected officials in St. Paul, and we don't think that that's good policy."


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Dickey, Arencibia return to Blue Jays
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- R.A. Dickey and J.P. Arencibia rejoined the Blue Jays on Saturday afternoon following Team USA's loss to Puerto Rico at the World Baseball Classic the night before.
The Americans found themselves needing a win to advance into the semifinals but instead came out on the wrong end of a 4-3 ballgame.
The morning after the loss, Dickey and Arencibia made the four-plus hour drive from Miami to Dunedin for the Blue Jays' game against the Orioles.
"It was a bittersweet experience," Dickey said. "A great experience to be in that environment and with that amount of energy. But it was bittersweet in the sense that we could have done a lot better, should have done a lot better.
"It was heartbreaking to lose. We wanted to represent our country a little bit better than we did, and we were unable to do that, so it hurts."
Dickey struggled in the first round of the tournament by surrendering four runs over four innings of work to Team Mexico. He received a second chance in Round 2 and redeemed himself by allowing just one run in five strong innings of work.
In many ways, the Classic is a challenging tournament to pitch in because while the level of competition is high and the atmosphere is intense, players are not exactly in midseason form.
Dickey found himself fatigued during his first start, but by the time he took the mound in the second round he noticed his endurance was improved. He threw 82 pitches in that outing against the Dominican Republic and seems to be rounding into form as the regular season approaches.
"In the first game, your heart wants to step on the gas, but your body just can't really do it yet," Dickey said. "That was only my third outing since Oct. 2, so as much as I wanted to be in midseason form, my body didn't cooperate.
"Every two or three days I get a little bit stronger. The last game was a little bit more indicative of how I feel like I'll be performing on a normal basis."
Arencibia was behind the plate for both of Dickey's starts. The Blue Jays have yet to make an announcement on who will become Dickey's catcher this season, but Arencibia has made no secret of the fact that he would like to be the guy.
The 27-year-old Arencibia was charged with one passed ball against the Dominicans but appeared comfortable behind the plate as Dickey's knuckleball continues to improve with each outing.
"I've felt good with him," Arencibia said. "I felt great, I was able to catch it well and it's something that I'm comfortable with."
Gregor Chisholm is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, North of the Border, and follow him on Twitter @gregorMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Great Hang Up: Parents share story of daughter's texting death | News
Tampa, Florida -- When it comes to communicating, teenagers will almost always choose texting over talking. It's not a problem, unless they happen to be behind the wheel of a car.
On Wednesday, drivers-ed students at Hillsborough High School in Tampa heard from Steve and Agnes Augello of Spring Hill. In 2008, their 17-year-old daughter Allie was heading home from a theater rehearsal in Pasco County, when she was struck head-on by 19-year-old who was driving the opposite direction and crossed the center line.
Both teenagers were killed in the crash.
Phone records showed that the other driver was texting just before the accident.
The Augellos told the students they had a rule for their daughter: she was not allowed to pick up her cell phone while she was driving. It was found zipped in her purse. But setting rules is just the beginning.
"The parents need to put their phones away and the parents need to follow the same rules," said Agnes Augello. "Children will learn what they live. So if everyone sets an example we can stop this."
The students also watched a video produced by AT&T called "The Last Text" which shares similar stories about the dangers of distracted driving. All the stories seemed to affect the students.
"I'm a new driver--I just turned 15," said Hillsborough High student Lauren Martinez. "Know that I need my cell phone away from me...that just helps me a lot because I would not want to lose my life over a text message."
Shortly after their daughter's death, the Augellos began pushing for a statewide ban on texting and driving--known as "Allie's Law." The bill has never made it out of committee in the House of Representatives. They promise to try again in next year's session.


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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
In Defence of Red Letter Bibles
Without diving into this particular debate I do want to ask whether printing Jesus' words in red is foolish, or whether it preserves a genuine Christian instinct. As a historical point it is worth noting that in its origin the use of red ink was not actually an attempt to disconnect the words of Jesus from 'the narrative framework of each of the canonical gospels, in which the plot-line takes the reader to Jesus's redeeming death and resurrection' (Carson). On the contrary, the use of red ink was intended to connect the words of Jesus precisely with the plot line of Jesus' redeeming death: it was the symbolism of Christ's blood, prompted by Luke 22.20 ("This cup is the new testament in my blood, which I shed for you") which led Klopsch to print Christ's words in red.
But notwithstanding this important sybolism, the primary reason for treating Jesus' own words as of particular importance is because this is what Jesus himself says: hearing and doing 'these words of mine' are foundational to the faithful life (Matt 7.24ff; Luke 6.47ff); and indeed, allegiance to 'me and my words' is announced as a criteria for judgement (Mark 8.38; Luke 9.26). Jesus' words are eternal: 'heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away' (Matt 24.35; Mark 13.31; Luke 21.33). Since Jesus himself is the Word of God, his own words come directly from God, and so the one who loves Jesus will pay special attention to the words of Jesus (e.g. John 14.23f), abiding in Jesus involves abiding in his words (John 15.7).
A secondary reason is of course that the evangelists themselves place special emphasis on Jesus words - their emphasis is on his words not so much on their own. It is well known that the synoptic evangelists agree much more closely in the wording of the words of Jesus than in the narratives which surround those words. Matthew's Gospel is particularly insistent on the importance of Jesus' words (hence the five-fold discourse structure of Matthew), but so in various ways do Mark, Luke and John.
Paul too can be appealed to as treating the words of Jesus as of special importance in early Christian instruction. Although to be sure God's revelation was not limited to what Jesus himself said, nevertheless he knew the difference between instruction based directly on Jesus' words (e.g. 1 Cor 7.10; 9.14; 11.23ff) and instruction not based on Jesus' words (1 Cor 7.12, 25).
So what do you think?
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First, i don't think that when Jesus refers to His words He is drawing a distinction between the Words of the Son and of the Father.ReplyDelete
Second, we can't consider those words outside of Christ's to be the apostles words any more than we can consider Christ's words to be theirs. True, the authors wrote the words...but they were also the words of God.
Thirdly, The use of red letters, or anything setting apart the words of Jesus from the other words of God, is an invention of man.
Fourth, those who print red letters where Jesus speaks sometimes get it wrong which can lead to a misunderstanding in who is speaking.
If we want a translation to be transparent to the originals, color-coding would have to be left out. It puts emphasis where there is no emphasis in the originals.
Excellent stuff here that I agree with. On the one hand I don't want to make Jesus' words the canon with the canon or elevate Jesus' words to the point that I can play them off against Paul or Hebrews. But it is clear that the teachings of Jesus held special significance in the early church. This point was driven home to me by reading the apostolic fathers recently and it was clear from their Gospel citations that they were red-letter Christians. Normally when they cite the Gospels it is prefaced with, "As the Lord said ..."!
- Anonymous5/15/2008 7:08 am
It's kinda like how the NASB prints OT quotations in CAPS. It's a feature. I don't see the big deal, either way.ReplyDelete
Maybe by personality type I don't like having to fix borders where they are blurred. John 3 is a classic locus where the words of Jesus and the gospel writer get entangled to the point of not knowing where to use red ink or black ink. It's hard enough putting in quotation marks without having to flag the decision in page-jumping colour.ReplyDelete
A secondary reason is of course that the evangelists themselves place special emphasis on Jesus words - their emphasis is on his words not so much on their own.ReplyDelete
this misses the whole point. Do we or don't we believe in the verbal inspiration and inerrancy of the Bible? This statement is seriously flawed as an expression of verbal inspiration and inerrancy. If we make the 'word of Jesus' more significant than the words of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, Peter, Jude, James etc we are underminig the whole concept of the inspiration of the whole scripture.
Dear Peter, I agree with your observations. At first, I was quite put off from reading red letters (Jesus' words) but I began to appreciate that Jesus' words were unique, not only for the early Christians but for us today. Indeed, like Peter, we come to Jesus for He alone has "the words of eternal life" (John 6) and red letters just make them more prominent. Jesus' words for sure hold a special place and I would be surprised that if Paul's or other NT author's teachings do not have their reference in Jesus' words (whether red or black).ReplyDelete
Ron said:ReplyDelete
"This statement is seriously flawed as an expression of verbal inspiration and inerrancy. If we make the 'word of Jesus' more significant than the words of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, Peter, Jude, James etc we are undermining the whole concept of the inspiration of the whole scripture."
I think this is the normal objection to red letter Bibles, indeed the one I have made in the past. It is also basic to Larry's comment:
"True, the authors wrote the words...but they were also the words of God."
But is this objection really compelling?
Does it follow from the verbal and plenary inspiration of Scripture that every part of Scripture is equal? Equally important? No. Inspiration does not flatten out the whole Bible onto the same level. It has redemptive-historical peaks and troughs and a huge variety of genres etc. etc. If I argue that Scripture itself (i.e. Jesus, the evangelists, Paul) view Jesus' own words as having distintive importance, then invoking a doctrine of Scripture as if that can overrule what that Scripture actually says seems wrong-headed to me.
Of course one reason for this may be that unlike the words of the prophets and the apostles, Jesus' words were not "inspired" in the sense that their human words were (2 Tim 3.16; 2 Peter 1.21). His words didn't need inspiration, since they are the words of the Word of God himself. [Inspiration comes in at the level of their incorporation into the written Gospels of course.]
Larry said:ReplyDelete
"The use of red letters, or anything setting apart the words of Jesus from the other words of God, is an invention of man."
Like manuscripts, pens, ink, printing, shops, the internet etc.
More seriously, yes any decision to print the words of Jesus in red is a human editorial decision. But so are a whole series of other decisions in translating, punctuating, paragraphing, font selection, notes etc. etc. etc. Is it any different in principle from any of these other editorial decisions?
Larry also said:ReplyDelete
"those who print red letters where Jesus speaks sometimes get it wrong which can lead to a misunderstanding in who is speaking."
And Randall picked up this objection too:
"I don't like having to fix borders where they are blurred. John 3 is a classic locus where the words of Jesus and the gospel writer get entangled to the point of not knowing where to use red ink or black ink. It's hard enough putting in quotation marks without having to flag the decision in page-jumping colour."
I think the fact that it is a difficult decision (although I'm not sure that I can think of too many examples outside of John 3) is fair enough. But the decision has to be made anyway for translation into normal English which requires "quotation marks"! In any case I am really seeing whether a positive theological case can be made for the red letter printing.
Isn't the underlying linguistic justification for red-letter Bibles that the authors themselves highlighted some of the teaching of Jesus by reporting his words in direct speech rather than in indirect speech?ReplyDelete
My problem is that by using red letters you create a bigger contrast between the direct speech of Jesus and other material than there has been throughout most of the manuscript tradition. And this increased contrast may lead to an imbalance in one's reading of the text.
A nice trinitarian problem is of course if the direct speech by God in the gospels ("This is my Son ...) should be in red as well. (I mean, if you don't, what are you indicating?) And if so in the gospels, should it also occur in the Old Testament. (And what about the words 'the Holy Spirit spoke' - through David -?).
If you cannot do a thing right, perhaps you should not do it at all.
One can add a comment that might burst the bounds of this thread.ReplyDelete
Maybe John's Jesus' words should be in maroon (or blackened red, half-red half-black).
John's intentions are clear -- to write a book that we might believe. However, it is not clear that he may not have written and edited a pastiche, a composite of idealized sayings and events so that we could appreciate the true Jesus within a two-hour presentation. It certainly has resonated with people around the world and outside of Jewish culture.
Does inspiration mean that we must believe in three temple cleansings? By the third time (Mark) Jesus would just show up and his intentions would be clear: "You guys can start walking on your own accord, or you can wait for some help and persuasion." And if John has re-ordered (Jn 2, maybe John 1) then he may have reworded (John 3) so that the whole message can be comprehended. Yes, they are the words of Jesus, but maybe more of a maroon than a red-letter. They are Jesus' words interpreted by John and perhaps with more editing and contexuatization than we are accustomed to in the synoptics. Inspiration and canonicity preserve the words for us as the word of God, without denying an editing hand by the evangelist. Of course, even if one colloquialized this description into "The Jesus Play", one could still mark Jesus' words in red. But they may be skewing John's methods and words directly from the Spirit of God.
A PS to my previous comment.ReplyDelete
If we see that John has rearranged and editorialized the sayings, he has nevertheless left them in the mouth of Jesus and may very well appreciate those red letters. In one sense, that is exactly what John the Evangelist has done, he has 'red-lettered' quite a few ideas and words of Jesus regardless of when and how communicated. So the literary person in me says 'red letter', but the historian says 'one-color text'.
I think you could attempt a red letter Old Testament. You would start from those passages which the NT treat as words of Jesus (e.g. Ps 69 based on Rom 15.3; Ps 40 based on Heb 10.5ff), and work out from there.ReplyDelete
Dirk, although tempted to support me, said:ReplyDelete
"My problem is that by using red letters you create a bigger contrast between the direct speech of Jesus and other material than there has been throughout most of the manuscript tradition. And this increased contrast may lead to an imbalance in one's reading of the text."
Yes, although I am glad you said 'most', since there are colour-coded manuscripts out there. I would suggest a preface outlining the thinking behind red letters and warning against possible imbalance.
Dirk added: "If you cannot do a thing right, perhaps you should not do it at all."ReplyDelete
I suppose that in some situations there is wisdom in this. But red letter Bibles already exist (and not only KJV, also NIV, ESV etc.). I am simply attempting to see what sort of positive justification/explanation can be given for the practice (and presumably the popularity) of such Bibles.
Randall, thanks for the comments on John. There is a complication at the historical level, which the Jesus Seminar folk playfully and painfully exploited with their four-colour edition. Nevertheless I think that John's Gospel at a narrative level does focus attention on Jesus' words (even with tense differentiation).ReplyDelete
- Anonymous5/15/2008 1:32 pm
Hi my view is posted atReplyDelete
p.s. I find this blog helpful for updates to do with TC
Thanks Anonymous,ReplyDelete
So the idea of a red letter OT has already been tried.
Rod Decker plainly thinks my argument is nuts, or more politely, unwise (http://ntresources.com/blog/?p=131#comments).ReplyDelete
He asks: "Are Jesus' inspired words any more the revelation of God than the inspired black ones?" I suppose I think this IS a question worth asking precisely because of the NT emphasis.
Let's ask another interesting question: is it interesting that the Decalogue is spoken by God directly and then inscribed by his own finger, whereas the rest of Deuteronomy is mediated through Moses? Could not that un-mediated directness reflect its particularly foundational nature within the Old Covenant? [cf. David L. Baker, 'The Finger of God and the Forming of a Nation: The Origin and Purpose of the Decalogue' Tyndale Bulletin 56.1 (2005): 1-24] Could this be analagous to the importance of the words of Jesus in the NT?
When I first began reading the Bible, I found the red letters helpful for a very practical reason. I did not have a well-formed conception of New Testament and Old Testament. The red letters did not just highlight the words of Jesus, but also the gospels. I found my way to the OT by going to the section before the red letters, and to Acts/Epistles by going to the section after the red letters.ReplyDelete
I never conceived of the red letters as theologically elevating the words of Christ (via MatthMkLkJn) above the words of Paul/Isaiah/Moses. It was a statement about the supremacy of the person of Christ.
- Anonymous5/15/2008 3:31 pm
Someone said that redletter is the invention of man.ReplyDelete
Well actually, the gospels were inspired twice. Once when Jesus said the words, and a second time when they were written down.
You could say that the redletter is the inspiration #1, and the black is the #2.
I don't think the exceptional problem in John 3 should matter much. The exception does not drive the general case.
why stop with just one color? I continue to be intrigued by Greg-Aland MS 16, in which (acc. to Metzger) the general narrative is in vermillion; the words of Jesus and angels are in crimson and occasionally gold; OT quotations and words of the disciples are in blue; and words of the devil, the Pharisees, and Judas Iscariot in black.
tongue firmly in cheek,
Thanks for your support Mike,ReplyDelete
For more details see: http://evangelicaltextualcriticism.blogspot.com/2006/08/colour-coded-manuscript.html
It appears that I must disagree here. II Tim. 3:16 tells that, "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness." There is thus no scriptural warrant to elevate any part of scripture over any other. I believe we do ourselves an injustice by focusing, in one way or another, on certain parts of Scripture.ReplyDelete
To the reformed renegade: while I accept 2 Tim 3:16 we need to give that some thought. All scripture is given by God and useful for His purposes but not all scriptures are useful for all the purposes all the time. Christians clearly believe that some scriptures are time limited in application and as such their application and instruction to us has changed over time.ReplyDelete
Some are negative examples 'Don't do it like they did' and others are positive 'imitate me as I imitate Christ'.
No one applies all the scriptures to all situations in the same way, we use wisdom, discernment and understanding. We consider the whole counsel of scripture rather than proof texting our lives.
All I can say is that the words of Jesus carry more weight with me than the words of Pilate, Pharaoh, Jezebel, Judas, and even great examples such as Peter the denier, Paul the persecutor, Moses the murderer and Gideon the coward. They all have their words enshrined in scripture too...
- Anonymous5/15/2008 7:01 pm
I remember the first English Bible my parents gave me was the RSV (no red letters). I couldn't even read yet. The second English Bible my mother gave me was red letterd and even had a red cloth bookmark attached at the binding.ReplyDelete
Like Christian Askeland the red letters served as a marker for the reason of it all and the red cloth bookmark the line to Him whose "blood shall never lose its power."
Jesus saved me before I knew Heilsgeschichte, Warfield, the history and formation of the canon, Charles Hodge, Greek, LXX, Hebrew, Tregelles, Conzelmann or Bernhard Weiss.
How ya lik' them apples-buster?
While I don't see any warrant for taking Jesus' words as more important than the rest of God's inspired word, I do find very practical purpose it it, even in more controversial areas such as John 3. It is very useful to see the red letters to understand that the speaker is Jesus. Sometimes reading in English we get bogged down with narratives and quotations and get confused on who is speaking, and it is important to know when it is Christ or someone else. Studying the Greek points out this need to me even more. It is hard to distinguish speakers sometimes, or you have to look back too far to figure out who is speaking and why.ReplyDelete
The prayer in the garden of Gethsemane is a good example. I was reading it in my Greek NT, but I picked up in the middle of the prayer (by request of a friend to translate those verses). It was mighty confusing reading it until I knew who was speaking, which in English is settled by red letters.
So what's wrong with having a canon within the canon? Does Dr. Carson honestly expect anyone to believe that he doesn't?ReplyDelete
from Phil,ReplyDelete
>"but not all scriptures are useful for all the purposes all the time."
Good quote. Dylan said that.
>"Christians clearly believe that some scriptures are time limited in application."
I'm not so sure how clear some popular, "Christian" time-limitations are. Some so-called 'time-limitations' appear to be limited to a people-group (followers of the Sinai covenant) rather than time. The tens-of thousands in the motherchurch (Acts 21:18-26) thought that circumcision, kashrut, kilayim, shabbatot ve-Haggim were directed for them to do til the Lord returns. They thought they were being good Jews, following the Messiah, and they were. We wouldn't want to disenfranchise the motherchurch. The rest of the church will feel funny without James, John,
Peter, Paul, and Mary.
I think reading vayyiqra as a centerpiece of holiness and practicality can be exciting for a follower of Jesus, even for those for whom the book is not covenantally binding (it is binding for the circumcised, Gal 5:3). It's like joining the Jesus' book club and entering into readings and discussions that would have been taking place in the afternoons 1980 years ago. The book certainly has a red thread, deserves some red ink, and has centerpieces like 'you shall act in love toward the foreign-resident who is like you.' Lv 19:34, cf. Luke 10:25-37.
Randall, good comments. There are plenty of other places to look than the differences between Jew and Gentile. Jesus after all fulfilled much of what was said about his coming and so we look back to that. I believe that Isaiah 53 has been fulfilled. I teach that quite differently to say Isaiah 60 where we look forward to another day, another coming of God from heaven. One instructs me about my past and present, one inspires me about the great future kingdom. There are certainly more...ReplyDelete
Reformed Renegade said:ReplyDelete
"II Tim. 3:16 tells that, "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness." There is thus no scriptural warrant to elevate any part of scripture over any other."
I think the main problem here is the word "thus". I have argued that Scripture itself provides a warrant for treating the words of our Lord as a special treasure for his people. And that this is fully compatible with the divine inspiration of Scripture. I don't see how you can use 2 Tim 3.16 to over-rule these other teachings of Scripture unless you think that you have some warrant to take 2 Tim 3.16 as a more fundamental truth than these others. And if you think that you've contradicted yourself.
fair point. Don Carson may have an argument on this basis against the particular proposals of Campolo, I don't know; but I don't see it as an argument against the principle of the red letter Bible. And of course, there are good and important ways (as well as bad and important ways) of having a canon within the canon (cf. Gal 6.16).
For more info on the history: http://www.esv.org/blog/2006/03/red.letter.originReplyDelete
- Anonymous5/16/2008 1:10 am
Someone alluded to one particular problem which is that a lot of the gospel narrative is along the lines of "He said... then he said... then he said... and he replied...", and it can at times be hard to tell who is saying what.ReplyDelete
NIV and other modern bibles "solve" this by replacing "he said" with "Jesus said" in hundreds of places. Another solution, which is more true to the original is to use coloured letters. And if someone wanted to have even more colours for more speakers, I would say more power to them!
And anyone who says red letters are not original, please read your bible in Greek uncials, scripta continua, with no punctuation. Thanks.
I did find it odd that Carson appealed to Matt 28:18-20 in his response--without noting that it seems to work FOR his interlocutors.ReplyDelete
First, in response to this: "the primary reason for treating Jesus' own words as of particular importance is because this is what Jesus himself says: hearing and doing 'these words of mine' are foundational to the faithful life." This begs the question as to what are Jesus' words. You are claiming that only the words in red below to Jesus. I don't think that this is the case. If Jesus is the logos, that is all of the canon. In the story of Lazarus and the rich man, the rich mans tries to appeal to go and warn his brothers. But the response is that his brothers have everything that they need with Moses and the prophets. In Romans, Paul says that faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of Christ. So, if the rich man's brothers can get saved from the O.T., and you only get saved by the words of Christ, the O.T. must be the words of Christ. If any red ink is going to be used, the whole Bible should be red.ReplyDelete
Second, red ink prompts false English bible exegesis. In Matthew 19:9, "And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery," I don't think that "except for sexual immorality" are the words of Jesus, rather the words of Matthew (I hold to the betrothal clause). I think that these words being in red, has caused more advocacy for divorce in the Christian community than any other reason to advocate.
Thanks for this stimulating post.ReplyDelete
My own hesitation about this is that I'm not sure Paul is really making a distinction of 'elevation' in 1 Corinthians; in fact at one point he explicitly equates his own words with the words "of the Lord": "If any think they are prophets or otherwise gifted by the Spirit, let them acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord's command. Those who ignore this will themselves be ignored." (1 Cor 14:36-38)
I can't imagine how Paul could have been any clearer that his commands deserve red-status.
It all depends on what you think the red ink is doing. I don't think that differentiated authority is in view here. It is a symbolic thing - it represents in visual form that in these words the sheep hear the voice of the good shepherd in a uniquely direct manner.ReplyDelete
I also think some folk are a little confused about the implications of the inspiration of Scripture. All Scripture being inspired by God does not mean that any one bit of this inspired Scripture is just equally as important as every other bit (compare 1 Chron 1-9 with John 1-9) (and that is NOT to say that 1 Chron 1-9 is unimportant). Nor does the inspiration of Scripture mean that every bit of Scripture is equally directly authoritative for the Christian (just think about Leviticus - it sure is profitable for teaching etc., but it is NOT directly authoritative for the Christian).
Thanks Peter - I can see that you're not claiming that the words of Jesus are any more 'Scripture' than the rest of the Bible; and it's certainly true, as you've said, that not all of the Bible has equal governance over Christians' lives.ReplyDelete
I guess I have three problems though:
1) I think that Paul's argument in 1 Cor 14 is that those who have the Spirit of Christ will hear the voice of their shepherd in Paul's writings
2) The sayings of Jesus in the Gospels are mediated through the Gospel-writers: eg. Mark says that Jesus' preaching consisted of "Repent and believe the gospel, for the kingdom of God is at hand." This is a Markan summary of Jesus' teaching, just as much as a Pauline letter is a Pauline encapsulation of "the Lord's command".
3) Will the average red-letter-Bible user really adopt your carefully nuanced understanding of the issue, or will the demarcation of Jesus' sayings imply a more significant division?
Thanks again for raising the issue.
I agree with your two first points. I have no idea about your third point. I myself have never owned or used a red letter Bible. I can see that there are potential problems. But I read somewhere that red letter Bibles make up 50% of all Bibles sold, and I know that when I meditate on the Gospels I am more drawn to what Jesus says than what says.
I see another problem in the focus on words alone and that this could unbalance the carefully balanced word and deed presentations of the evangelists.
But I am no longer willing simply to condemn or mock them as I used to do.
And of course Paul is not the only apostle in the canon!ReplyDelete
Can't we make this up to fifty comments? I always feel better when a post gets fifty comments.ReplyDelete
We can but try... only seven to goReplyDelete
Doesn't it seem like this all stems from certain people having too much time on their hands? Aren't there enough issues floating around?ReplyDelete
I like knowing where my savior's words are, and I don't believe they are more inspired than the rest.
- Anonymous5/16/2008 3:02 pm
Towards fifty posts, I might as well confess that I thought D. Carson's presentation of the concept of the "Kingdom/Reign of God" a remarkable and able exposition in 500 pages or less.ReplyDelete
And yes Peter this topic has proven to be a good salutory issue for discussion.
- Anonymous5/16/2008 8:15 pm
Peter Head wrote:ReplyDelete
"I also think some folk are a little confused about the implications of the inspiration of Scripture. All Scripture being inspired by God does not mean that any one bit of this inspired Scripture is just equally as important as every other bit (compare 1 Chron 1-9 with John 1-9) (and that is NOT to say that 1 Chron 1-9 is unimportant).
As a Catholic I would have to agree with the above statement.
124 "The Word of God, which is the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith, is set forth and displays its power in a most wonderful way in the writings of the New Testament" which hand on the ultimate truth of God's Revelation. Their central object is Jesus Christ, God's incarnate Son: his acts, teachings, Passion and glorification, and his Church's beginnings under the Spirit's guidance.
125 The Gospels are the heart of all the Scriptures "because they are our principal source for the life and teaching of the Incarnate Word, our Savior". --- Catechism of the Catholic Church
Personally, I'm a little bemused that the existence of a Red Letter Bible could cause such a fuss. When I was a Protestant, I had one and liked using it. And the notion that there is not, and should not be a functional hierarchy among the Scriptures, doesn't reflect any reality I've ever known.
I think everyone of us would have to admit that we all value some portions of the Scriptures, more highly than others.
I tend to agree with Peter Head on this issue.ReplyDelete
(Normally, I don't make a comment merely to agree, but I'll make an exception to hit the fifty comment goal!)
Interesting discussion, to be sure.ReplyDelete
"Thirdly, The use of red letters, or anything setting apart the words of Jesus from the other words of God, is an invention of man."
Some have mentioned punctuation, but what about chapter and verse designations?
We all know (a) those weren't original and (b) they can sometimes be distracting or misguided.
But, I've never heard a campaign against them.
Sure, a person who only reads the red will be lacking, but it can be a handy bit when skimming through the gospels looking for something in particular ... much as the chapter and verse markings.
Peter Head wrote:ReplyDelete
(just think about Leviticus - it sure is profitable for teaching etc., but it is NOT directly authoritative for the Christian)
James, John, Peter, Paul and Mary
disagreed with Peter Head. (At least the Paul in Acts 21:18-26. Though the Paul of Gal 5:3 probably thought that Timothy needed to follow Leviticus, too, after being circumcised.) They thought that Leviticus remained directly authoritative for all Jews, including Messianic Jews. If they didn't, then they wouldn't have had to even ask about what to do with the gentiles.
(And to avoid the red herring: they didn't get 'saved' by following directly authoritative scripture any more than any christian gets 'saved' by going to church, reading the scriptures, or doing all the other things directly authoritative for them. [Red-herrrings do not get special ink.])
So you or someone can respond for comment 50.
- Anonymous5/18/2008 2:12 am
I doubt that Paul considered Leviticus as still authoritative (in a literal sense) for the Jew since Paul himself was a Jew and he did not consider them binding on himself. We see in Galatians that he no longer considered the law as the way to relate to God (5:6).ReplyDelete
I see nothing theologically amiss when it comes to red letters and any particular high-lighting it might give to Jesus words. In Paul's argument for the right to support in 1 Corinthians 9, he appealed to the command of the Lord as the highest authority over and above other scripture. So the sayings of Jesus that Paul was acquainted with, he gave (at times) higher authority.
on red-letter Leviticus and redherrings.ReplyDelete
for Trierr-
Strange quoting Gal 5.6. How does universal, unpriviledged access to God through Christ change the need for good works? It doesn't change Gal 5:3, or abrogate the words of Jesus? (remember the red herring-the Law never saved, for Paul or anyone, ever.) It sounds like one of us is promoting the false Paul alluded to in Acts 21:21 "teaching the Jews in the diaspora to abandon the Tora and to stop circumcizing their kids." One of these views probably comes under the warning of 2Pet 3.16 about mis-reading Paul. So was Peter happier with the Paul in Acts 21:24 obeying the Law because he was Jewish, or was he happier with the implied false rumor of Acts 21:21 where Jews were "free" to abrogate vayyiqra? There are alot of scriptures read thru gentile eyes (like Mark 7) that never crossed the minds of Jewish hearers as a correct reading. (Peter in Acts 10 certainly didn't understand Jesus teaching on temporary purity states to abrogate food laws. The motherchurch didn't even think that Peter's afternoon vision had anything to do with the eternal validity of word of God.) On the otherhand, since the Tora was an eternal covenant for the Jewish people, in the eyes of the Hebrew Bible the Paul of the rumor in Acts 21:21 would be a false-prophet. I'm not sure red-ink or black ink could fix that. And the more I think about it, the more likely it seems that evangelicals will take red-letter gospels to subliminally abrogate the Tora. I love the words of Yeshua in any color, and I love Tora.
Thanks RB,ReplyDelete
Just to be pedantic, if I said that "Leviticus -... it is NOT directly authoritative for the Christian"; that would not necessarily put me in conflict with "James, John, Peter, Paul and Mary" if they "thought that Leviticus remained directly authoritative for all Jews, including Messianic Jews."
And if I had said (as I almost did): "just think about Leviticus -... it is NOT directly authoritative for the GENTILE Christian", then that would be OK (on your view of things), yes?
- Anonymous5/19/2008 3:26 pm
Peter and Randall, we all know the Scriptures are a progressive historical revelation from God. The authority and relevance of all Scripture abides continually, and contra Semler (not a mere establishment of historical continuity - although this is an important aspect of it), its profitableness is always found PROS DIDASKALIAN, PROS ELEGMON, PROS EPANORQWSIN, PROS PAIDEIAN THN EN DIKAIOSUNH. (2 Tim 3:16; Rom 15:4-6)ReplyDelete
Randall, you know very well what differentiates "an Israelite indeed" (Jn 1:47) and a mere ethnic Jew or the circumcision of the heart and merely that of the flesh (Rom 2:29).
In fact, the whole purpose of the APOSTOLH was the further authoritative didactic unfolding as well as establishment of the faith comprised of Gentiles and Jews as one NAON/LAOS/Israel/Kingdom (cf Eph 2:20-22, 4:11-16; Tit 2:14; Col 1:13 passim).
"God is canon," not Sadduccees, Pharisees, Nicoliatians, Judaizers, Antinomians et al.
But nowadays, the objective moral structure as well as socio-Christian relational differentiations are challenged.
Consequently, such issues as homosexual lifestyles as tolerable behaviour within the Church; the ordination of woman into Church offices; the conflict between Church and state on children's rights and behaviour models, have all worked to undermine the abiding in/ex-spirated nature and consequent authority of Scripture in toto.
to Peter:ReplyDelete
Yes. Gentile believers have a priviledge/allowance of a non-binding Leviticus. And if "Peter, Paul, and Mary" show up for a weekend, we can serve smoked goose breast with the waffles.
to Malcolm:
Yes, Nathaniel may have had a 'circumcision of the heart', a great spiritual metaphor from Deuteronomy. As Jesus says in John 3, teachers of the Hebrew Bible are supposed to know what a spiritual newbirth is.
- Anonymous6/12/2009 1:34 am
I believe that Jesus words are the words of God and should be acknowledged. I remember the first bible I recieved with red letters. After receiving Christ's in my life, my first goal was to get to know him by reading his word. I believe that it makes it easier to study. I think this was an awesome idea. One I have relied on since recieving him in my life.ReplyDelete
- neilcolombé10/14/2011 9:44 pm
Are we saying that all Jesus' words apply specifically, literally and equally to all humanity. If not then we need to take especial care to take them in context. To whom were they spoken, in what situation and under what prevailing circumstances (which covenant for example!) I think a red letter Bible might detract from such a dispassionate study. What do you think?ReplyDelete


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On paper, the C919 appears to represent a credible alternative to the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 for the Chinese domestic market—if and when it ever reaches fruition. While the Chinese certainly seem to enjoy the financial wherewithal, they cannot buy their way into international relevance in areas of expertise developed over decades of intensive study, trial and error and sheer perseverance. So while they can recruit Western companies to supply the parts and systems, integrating and assembling an airplane truly competitive in the global marketplace will take far more than the few years advertised.
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So what makes the Chinese and the C919s suppliers so confident that this latest effort will yield results comparable to that of a Western airframer? When it comes to suppliers, it might simply amount to wishful thinking. As far as the deference Boeing and Airbus executives have shown, one might conclude that they fear offending what amounts to both a major customer—the Chinese government—and a major supplier to Western programs. Whatever the reasons, don't expect a candid assessment of the C919 from anyone even remotely connected to the project or the Chinese aerospace complex as a whole. As largely remains the case in China, such openness comes with a price to pay.
Howard (not verified)
November 16, 2012 - 1:28am
Its true the ARJ21 took much longer than expected. Much longer than many well accepted delays by established airframers (potentially 7 years for the ARJ21 vs 3 years for Boeing's 787).
However, the ARJ21 was meant to be an aircraft to learn how to build and integrate an airplane. And the CAAC has been unyielding in ensuring COMAC meet international norms for safety regulations which has result in some redesigns.
So, with that said, I'm confident the C919 and its derivatives will give Boeing and Airbus some serious competition. And lets not forget, there is a C929 just around the corner after they are done with the C919. While the ARJ21 has been delayed much longer than typical delays in the West, the C929 could possibly be done within schedule.
Once China learns how to build something, they typically build faster than the West. Until then, there will be critics.


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