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BEAUMONT, TEXAS -- I bought my 1998 Ford Windstar new, in Houston, Tx. At three years they finally replaced the transmission that stopped in the middle of a Houston freeway more than once. This car has been nothing but trouble. It only had 84,000 miles for its 19 years., looks like new inside and out, and for the last few years after sitting overnight it won't start. Ford in Sour Lake kept it a MONTH and said it was in the electrical system and they could not find it. So, as another one of the many Windstar owners, Ford would not do anything about or offer an incentive to get rid if it. I will never get another Ford. They do not care about their owners.
Found out about the Windstar axle recall and went to dealer to have them check it out as we haul our grandkids around in it. Was told that the recall doesn't affect my van as it is not recalled in the state of Idaho. If I want it inspected I will have to pay for it. Looked up the recall list and found that only the "rust belt" states are on the recall due to the heavy use of road salt use in those states. Does Ford really believe that these states are their only ones that uses road salt? I've lived here all my life and every fall you can pass state transportation sites stocked with winter road gravel and see the white salt mix in it.
Where I live now they use a liquid salt solution to spry on the roads for black ice but when the snow covers the roads, guess what they put on the roads. Yep, you guessed it! Salt. So why is Ford trying to weasel out of fixing the problem? My wife refuses to drive the van and so I had to buy another auto and put this up for sale. My daughter dove it down to the tire shop to take off the "STUDDED SNOW TIRES" before I was to list it for sale. Parked the van to shop and came back later to find the van not able to go in gear. Transmission went out without a hint of warning.
This is another PROBLEM that Ford has refused to address. I am 62 years young and have driven Fords all my life and still own 2 of them. I have purchased 3 Ford in the past 5 years but with the attitude I'm getting from my dealer on this one there will probably be no more Fords in my driveway. I have a beautiful van that runs great but never leaves the driveway and nobody wants to buy it as most have heard about the problems and I couldn't live with myself if I sold it to someone else with these problems and they were injured or killed because of it.
So I say to Ford, get your head out of your A-s and do what is right. I will be joining as many class action suits as possible until this is resolved. It is just a matter of time before you will have to address all of the Windstar's out there. I also see now that the NHTSA is also looking at the rest of the undercarriage for more corrosion problems now. By the way, I replace this van with a brand new Kia with a 10 year 100,000 mile bumper-to-bumper warranty.
I am a single mom who does not have money to throw away with 3 children and I have a windstar and my windstar went out in traffic with my children and mom present in the car. Ford is selling a product that can and will in certain circumstances cause harm or death. I plan to take action against them and I am asking that if you feel like you have bought a product that has been harmful and a waste of money then please hit my email so that I can petition the courts about this. Ford is a giant and yes they do fall.
My children safety and yours matters. They are getting profit on vehicles that do not last and they wonder why foreign cars are so successful in the usa. Stop selling us garbage. Build the cars to last for as much as you guys charge! Ford I will be heard and I will expose you guys! Ford Windstar 1997 a machine built to last while you purchase another one. Get real Ford. You are short cutting and the buyers are suffering. All I see at this point is to boycott you guys. If you cannot build quality you should not build by quantity!! Stop closing productive plants! Close ford!!!
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA -- I have a Ford Windstar 2001 Van. At one point the ABS light came on. During the next few weeks, the light would go off and on intermittently. While I was gone on business trip, the light came on and stayed on. My wife takes it in for service and we were hit with an 2100.00 dollar bill for brakes, labor, and some other nice expensive part. When I got home a few days later, the ABS light popped on again.
Scanning the forums online, I found a switch underneath the brake fluid tank that people wrote about. I looked it up and bought it for less than 40 bucks. It took all of 10 minutes to replace, and the ABS light has not come on since. I am thinking I was ripped off 2100.00 dollars, but too late and I have no used parts to look at.
Then less than 3 months (vehicle at 110,000 miles), another light pops on which indicates a problem with the emissions system. This time I went online first, and found it to be the heater core. I am not a mechanic by any stretch of the imagination, but when looking at what people paid to have this done (700.00 to 1100.00 dollars), I decided to get a drawing from Ford showing where the part was when I bought the heater core (100.00 dollars roughly). I spent Sat. taking it out, and Sun. putting the new one in. Not really hard work, the hardest part was getting the hoses off on the engine side of the firewall, and then getting the lower cover seated on the firewall in the cabin.
The last thing to happen is the Driver's side power window started flaking out, sometimes it would go down, sometimes not. I am currently in the process of trying the switch assy. (82.00 dollars), then if that don't work the FEM/GEM, not sure of the price for this, imagine it to be around 200.00 - 300.00. Then if that does not work then the motor. Unfortunately the motor is pinned to the door with some kind of snaps and I don't have the tool to pop those. Also the motor does not have a "brake/release" button like you have on a garbage disposal or other similar motors, so I can not raise my window, it is in the down position. I am willing to bet that this will cost around 500.00 - 1000.00.
Oh yeah, forgot about the transmission. Driving along, come to a stop, can't move, engine running. After about 20 minutes, finally get it to move, transmission fluid leaking, take it in, the gaskets have to be replaced, and "sun" gear assembly inside has to be replace. It was also knocking, so they replace another part which name escapes me at the moment, all of this cost 2200.00. It still knocks, I hesitate to take it in for fear of paying more for nothing.
With the door switch, I will have spent 4500.00 dollars on this vehicle. Sad to say, but I will be stuck with it the rest of this year. When I finally own it. I will be trading it in later this year and I will MOST DEFINITELY NOT be buying a ford product. They make crap, they treat you like crap, and they could give a crap about your problems. They think very highly of their service at the rates they charge for CRAP repairs. FORD does not care about service, they only want your money, do yourself a favor and buy from some other company.
BEAUMONT, TEXAS -- I bought this lemon new in 1998. I had the transmission, front wheel lines, etc., etc., were replaced after 2 and a half years. Before that it was electrical problems and front wheel problems. The car would just die on the freeway. I don't know how many times I took that van in and they told me there was nothing wrong with it. When they finally came clean and told me there were problems with the transmission, and they would put another one in at no cost, I had already almost been hit on the freeway several times.
That was done, fine. Now here it is, again, leaking transmission oil, and this van only has 52,000 miles on it. The window doesn't go up, and the back air-conditioning doesn't work. One day I could not get the locks to work. This car has been taken care of. I am the only one who has driven it, and I am so disgusted with it. If this transmission is changed out again I will have to pay for it. No car should have to have three transmissions with only 52,000 miles.
I have already decided I am turning it over to a lawyer if I have to pay for it. I should have done it after the last one was changed out. In this family, we have three Expeditions, one Ford Crown Vic, three Ford trucks, big ones, and here their mother sits with a Ford lemon!!! I had to get this off my chest, as I will probably park this car and put a sign on it, DON'T BUY ONE OF THESE!!
PALO ALTO -- After shopping around for a good used minivan last year, I settled on a 1997 Ford Windstar. It had about 75K miles on it, but it looked good. I had seen the talk on the web about the earlier model years having trouble with blown head gaskets - but the dealer assured me: "That's not a problem anymore. We have since fixed it."
At 82K miles, the head gasket has blown. It will cost me somewhere between $1500-$2000 to repair. I have since learned that there are increasing numbers of Windstars from 1993 all the way through 1998 with the infamous 3.8L V6 engine that seem to share the same problem with the head gaskets.
In spite of the fact that Ford quietly acknowledged the problem in the earlier years and that the manual states that the head gasket "is expected to last at least 120,000 miles or more", Ford has been of absolutely no help. Every mechanic I have spoken to assures me that head gaskets are not considered parts requiring service and that the Ford 3.8L V6 is notorious for blowing head gaskets. I think that ford should be held accountable for this, and should offer to repair these vehicles.


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The following California fresh market vegetable and melon acreage reports are furnished by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Broccoli: California's area for fall harvest is forecast at 31,600 acres, 4 percent above last year and 13 percent more than 2003.
Conditions have been favorable for this season's broccoli crop. The planting season began under good conditions, but recent hot temperatures have caused some bolting.
Cantaloupe: California producers expect to harvest 4,800 acres, 45 percent above last year. The crop is progressing well with no major insect or disease problems reported. Nationally, fall cantaloupe acreage for harvest is forecast at 12,300 acres, up 45 percent from 2004 and 46 percent above two years ago.
Carrots: California growers intend to harvest 16,000 acres, up 20 percent from 2004. Cooler California weather this fall is providing excellent growing conditions for the carrot crop. Nationally, acreage for fresh market harvest is forecast at 16,200 acres, up 20 percent from last year and 10 percent above 2003.
Cauliflower: Area for fall harvest in California is forecast at 9,600 acres, up 7 percent from both last year and 2003. California's fall crop development is mostly good with minor quality issues reported such as yellowing, mold spotting, and brown spotting. Weather conditions have been favorable for cauliflower development.
Celery: California's fall area for harvest is forecast at 6,500 acres, down 2 percent from 2004 and 6 percent below 2003. Celery quality was excellent in late summer and early fall with no pest or disease problems reported. Higher fuel prices and hauling food for Hurricane Katrina victims have caused a shortage in trucks to haul celery and other California vegetables to Eastern markets.
Corn, Sweet: California growers expect to harvest 4,800 acres for the October-December quarter, down 2 percent from last year. The crop is in good condition with no insect or disease problems reported. Nationally, fresh market acreage for harvest is forecast at 10,100 acres, up 4 percent from last year and 2 percent above 2003. In Florida, surplus soil moisture delayed planting in some areas around Lake Okeechobee and Dade County.
Honeydew: California producers intend to harvest 2,400 acres during the October-December quarter, down 4 percent from last year. The California crop is progressing well with no major insect or disease problems reported. Nationally, fresh market acreage for fall harvest is forecast at 3,500 acres, up 9 percent from last year, but 10 percent below 2003.
Lettuce, Head: Lettuce producers in California intend to harvest 30,000 acres, 3 percent below 2004. Planting of the fall season crop in California is ongoing. Development is good in the San Joaquin Valley, while growing regions along the Central Coast have reported some quality problems. Nationally, acreage for fall harvest is forecast at 30,600 acres, down 3 percent from both last year and two years ago.
Tomatoes: Fresh market tomato growers in California expect to harvest 9,400 acres through the October-December period, 2 percent below a year ago. California growers reported normal conditions during planting. Harvest is ongoing and fungicides are being applied as needed.
Nationally, fresh market acreage for fall harvest is forecast at 21,400 acres, 1 percent below last year and down 4 percent from 2003.
Summer onions: California's 2005 summer storage onion production is estimated at 11.6 million hundredweight, 6 percent below 2004. Harvested area is expected to be 27,500 acres, down 4 percent from last year. The yield is estimated at 420 hundredweight per acre, down 10 hundredweight from the previous year. The California yields are lower due to disease and mildew problems caused by wet conditions. Rain and wet conditions during planting caused delays and reduced acreage planted.
Nationally, summer storage onion production is forecast at 49.7 million hundredweight, down 14 percent from last year. Storage onion harvested area is forecast at 103,620 acres, down 5 percent from 2004. The yield is down 54 hundredweight from last year at 480 hundredweight per acre.


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Posted on 07/08/2002 10:18:11 AM PDT by Jean S
Congress is gearing up to vote on a very dangerous bill.
The National Heritage Areas Act (HR 2388), sponsored by liberal Republican Rep. Joel Hefley (Colo.) and liberal Democrat Rep. Nick Rahall (W.Va.), would do for land grabs what the assembly line did for automobiles. It would speed up the process to a point where private property would be the equivalent of the horse and buggy.
The Heritage Areas Act proposes to extend federal control over local land use in exchange for federal grant money going to local communities. Politicians see it as a pork-barrel spending program to benefit their districts.
However, with the federal money comes federal land-use requirements, duplicity and land seizure, as is happening right now in several counties in West Virginia.
There is NO notification to landowners when their property comes within the boundaries of a Heritage Area. You just find out when you try to get a road fixed, install a swimming pool, re-gravel your driveway or repair your fences.
HR 2388 claims to be a program for local communities to encourage the promotion of economic development and tourism. However, communities are in for a rude surprise, because here is what is NOT in the Heritage Areas Act: the words "economic development" or "tourism."
Here is an example of how the National Park Service hides its intentions from local landowners, uses them to gain funds and then dumps them when it no longer needs them. All in the name of a National Heritage Area, of course.
The people of Hinton, West Virginia wanted funds to repair a local road. They lobbied their legislators for several years, and finally gained funding.
After they got the federal funds, the National Park Service announced that, because it was a Heritage Area, the money would be used to create a Scenic Parkway, and dozens of people's properties would be condemned and they would be forced out of their homes! These are the very same people who lobbied for the road repairs in the first place!
This bill creates a "Heritage Area" program that will be run by the National Park Service. This is the same agency that, among other things:
1. allows forest fires to run wild;
2. condemns private property whenever possible; and
3. claims huge areas as endangered species habitat so it can eliminate commercial and recreational use of public lands, prohibiting everything from off-road vehicles to mining and logging.
The National Park Service also has a five billion dollar maintenance backlog, everything from potholes in roads to overflowing sewer systems fouling the rivers. Yet this agency is constantly grabbing for new land and power, when it plainly cannot handle the empire it already controls.
Here are four reasons to oppose HR 2388:
1. It is federal land use zoning;
2. It is run by the anti-property-owner National Park Service;
3. It will damage economic development; and
4. It doesn't let people know what is going on, until it is too late!
The Heritage Areas Act was passed by the House Resources Committee in May 2002. It will likely come up for a vote before the entire House sometime in July. There is no time to lose in letting your Representative know you oppose it.
(Tom DeWeese is the publisher/editor of The DeWeese Report and president of the Virginia-based American Policy Center.)
In other words, the problem is not the National Park Service or the Federal Government in general, but a third-rate politician who is willing to trade the rights of the people he represents in exchange for some Federal cash.
The answer to this is simple: Vote the bastard out of office. And if you can't do that, then your most serious concern is not your government but your next-door neighbor.
Anything with the word "Heritage" is a UN Program! All National Parks are under the control of the UN! Slick bastards aren't they?
If you say this to some otherwise normal people, they begin to redden and call you names. No! Impossible!
Nevertheless, it is true.
countrydummy, thanks so much for the ping. I may have never known about it otherwise. I am so sorry for the troubles the people of Hinton are having. Please, can you explain more about how the gov't is going about this in your area?
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1. In interpreting statutes, ordinary words are to be given their ordinary meanings. Criminal statutes must be strictly construed in favor of the accused. Any reasonable doubt about the meaning is decided in favor of anyone subjected to the criminal statute. The rule of strict construction, however, is subordinate to the rule that judicial interpretation must be reasonable and sensible to effect legislative design and intent.
2. Where a defendant was charged in two separate actions with DUI offenses occurring several months apart, but pled guilty on the same date to both offenses, the convictions were properly treated as third and fourth convictions for sentencing purposes under the DUI statute's provision permitting consideration of "any convictions occurring during a person's lifetime." K.S.A. 8-1567(3).
Appeal from Sedgwick District Court; BENJAMIN L. BURGESS, judge. Opinion filed April 22, 2005. Affirmed.
Matthew J. Edge, assistant appellate defender, for appellant.
Matthew J. Maloney, assistant district attorney, Nola Foulston, district attorney, and Phill Kline, attorney general, for appellee.
Before GREENE, P.J., GREEN and CAPLINGER, JJ.
CAPLINGER, J.: This appeal arises from two separate incidents of driving under the influence. Although Jarrell pled guilty to both offenses on the same date, we affirm the trial court's treatment of Jarrell's convictions as third and fourth convictions for sentencing purposes.
On September 26, 2002, Jarrell was charged in case No. 02CR2610 with driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) and driving while suspended. The DUI was charged as a nonperson felony, and the complaint alleged the offense occurred on or about May 9, 2002, and was Jarrell's third DUI offense. The complaint specifically recited Jarrell's prior convictions of April 9, 1998, and August 31, 2001.
Nearly 1 year later, on September 4, 2003, Jarrell was charged in case No. 03CR1862 with a subsequent DUI offense, allegedly committed on or about September 19, 2002. This DUI charge also was alleged to be a nonperson felony and recited Jarrell's prior 1998 and 2001 DUI convictions.
Jarrell entered guilty pleas in both cases on December 8, 2003. The plea agreement disposed of both cases in one hearing; however, the cases were not formally consolidated. The trial judge stated at sentencing that he considered the matters to be "a consolidated proceeding."
Prior to sentencing, Jarrell filed a "Motion to Impose Sentence Under Penalty Provision of K.S.A. 8-1567(f) (2002 Supp.)," arguing he should be sentenced as a third-time offender on each of the December 8, 2003, DUI convictions. The trial court sustained this motion as to case No. 02CR2610, but overruled the motion in case No. 03CR1862. Thus, Jarrell's conviction in case No. 02CR2610 was treated as a third conviction for sentencing purposes and his conviction in Case No. 03CR1862 was treated as a fourth conviction. Jarrell was sentenced accordingly.
On appeal, Jarrell contends because the two convictions were simultaneously imposed, he should have been sentenced as though each conviction was a third conviction, rather than one conviction being a third conviction and the other a fourth.
The record reveals otherwise. Jarrell's two convictions were imposed under two separate complaints and case numbers. And although the trial court stated at sentencing that it considered "the cases -- the two new pleas and the two different cases to be a consolidated proceeding," at the plea hearing, Jarrell entered his guilty pleas separately according to case number and count.
K.S.A. 8-1567(f), which applies to case No. 02CR2610, states in relevant part:
"On the third conviction of a violation of this section, a person shall be guilty of a nonperson felony and sentenced to not less than 90 days nor more than one year's imprisonment and fined not less than $1,500 nor more than $2,500. The person convicted shall not be eligible for release on probation, suspension or reduction of sentence or parole until the person has served at least 90 days' imprisonment. The court may also require as a condition of parole that such person enter into and complete a treatment program for alcohol and drug abuse . . . ."
K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 8-1567(g), which applies to case No. 03CR1862, states in relevant part:
"On the fourth or subsequent conviction of a violation of this section, a person shall be guilty of a nonperson felony and sentenced to not less than 90 days nor more than one year's imprisonment and fined $2,500. The person convicted shall not be eligible for release on probation, suspension or reduction of sentence or parole until the person has served at least 90 days' imprisonment. . . . After the term of imprisonment imposed by the court, the person shall be placed in the custody of the secretary of corrections for a mandatory one-year period of postrelease supervision, which such period of postrelease supervision shall not be reduced. During such postrelease supervision, the person shall be required to participate in an inpatient or outpatient program for alcohol and drug abuse . . . ."
The trial court, in rejecting Jarrell's argument, noted that K.S.A. 8-1567 does not refer to "prior convictions" for sentence enhancement, but rather uses only numerical counting in determining sentence severity. Further, the trial court recognized the specific intent of the legislature to more severely punish DUI multiple offenders.
Jarrell argues the sentencing court rejected the commonsense notion of what constitutes a prior conviction. He supports this contention by citing the ordinary, dictionary meanings of the words "fourth," "precede," and "subsequent."
In interpreting statutes, "[o]rdinary words are to be given their ordinary meanings . . . [Citation omitted.]" GT, Kansas, L.L.C. v. Riley County Register of Deeds, 271 Kan. 311, 316, 22 P.3d 600 (2001).
"Criminal statutes must be strictly construed in favor of the accused. Any reasonable doubt about the meaning is decided in favor of anyone subjected to the criminal statute. The rule of strict construction, however, is subordinate to the rule that judicial interpretation must be reasonable and sensible to effect legislative design and intent. [Citation omitted.]" State v. McGill, 271 Kan. 150, 154, 22 P.3d 597 (2001).
K.S.A. 8-1567 does not use the phrase "prior convictions" and provides specific guidance regarding calculation of DUI offenses. It states in part:
"(l) for the purpose of determining whether a conviction is a first, second, third, fourth or subsequent conviction in sentencing under this section:
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(3) any convictions occurring during a person's lifetime shall be taken into account when determining the sentence to be imposed for a first, second, third, fourth or subsequent offender;
(4) it is irrelevant whether an offense occurred before or after conviction for a previous offense."
Here, Jarrell first pled guilty to two counts in case 02CR2610. The trial court then stated: "Then in 03 CR 1862, in Count 1 you're charged with felony driving under the influence of alcohol. How do you plead to that charge?" Jarrell signed an acknowledgment of rights and entry of plea which separately listed the two cases and the charges in each. Additionally, the State's sentencing recommendation recited that the State recommended concurrent sentencing in each individual case, but consecutive sentencing between the two cases. The recommendation specifically reserved the right to urge consecutive sentencing between 02CR2610 and 03CR1862.
While the trial court noted it considered the cases consolidated, the charges did not arise from a consolidated complaint. See State v. Roderick, 259 Kan. 107, 115, 911 P.2d 159 (1996) (finding that prior convictions include "multiple convictions entered on the same date in different cases for purposes of sentencing for any of those convictions" in the context of sentencing guidelines cases). While DUI is a non-grid offense and the sentencing guidelines do not apply, the standards regarding prior convictions are persuasive when contrasted against the very specific language of the DUI statute and its lifetime conviction provision, numeric classification of convictions, the mandatory nature of the provisions, and the timing provision regarding conviction calculation. Additionally, in the context of guideline cases, only convictions on counts from a consolidated complaint are excluded from calculation as prior convictions. See K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 21-4710(a).
Here, the cases were not formally consolidated, the charges did not arise from a single complaint, and the integrity of the separate complaints was maintained throughout the proceedings. Jarrell pled guilty to the DUI charge in 02CR2610 before he pled guilty to the charge in 03CR1862. Accordingly, we affirm the trial court's treatment of Jarrell's convictions in case No. 02CR2610 and No. 03CR1862 as third and fourth convictions for sentencing purposes.
1REPORTER'S NOTE: Previously filed as an unpublished opinion, the Supreme Court granted a motion to publish pursuant to Rule 7.04 (2004 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 47). The published version was filed with the Clerk of the Appellate Courts on October 19, 2005.


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Gov. Hassan in Turkey: Trade mission opening more doorsBY GARRY RAYNO
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June 25. 2014 11:19AM
CONCORD — Additional Turkish businesses have reached out to the New Hampshire delegation during a trade mission to that country, according to Gov. Maggie Hassan.
"My role in this trade mission is to highlight and showcase New Hampshire and New Hampshire businesses," she said after three days of meetings, noting additional Turkish businesses contacted the delegation after she was interviewed Monday and met with business leaders.
She said she focused on the state's tax structure, strategic location, workforce development and responsible government and that has opened more doors for companies on the trip.
On a conference call with reporters, Hassan said she has been impressed with Turkey's vibrant and growing economy, noting it is a very young country.
Tom Blais, of Rokon, a Rochester-based company that manufactures all-wheel-drive motorcycles, said he has been on trade missions with other governors.
"This (trade mission) is better organized than most because of the strong research done beforehand," he said. "Personally, I've had some great meetings."
The trade mission ends Friday.
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Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings.
Psalm viii. 2
Harvard Classics, Vol. 44, Part 3
The Book of Psalms
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Book I
The Righteous and the Wicked Contrasted
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Protestation of Integrity, and Prayer for Protection
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The Voice of Jehovah in the Storm
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A Psalm of Complaint and of Praise
Blessedness of Forgiveness and of Trust in God
Praise to the Creator and Preserver
Jehovah a Provider and Deliverer
Prayer for Rescue from Enemies
Wickedness of Men and Lovingkindness of God
Security of Those Who Trust in Jehovah, and Insecurity of the Wicked
Prayer of a Suffering Penitent
The Vanity of Life
A Sacrifice of Praise, and Prayer for Help
The Psalmist in Sickness Complains of Enemies and False Friends
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Thirsting for God in Trouble and Exile
Prayer for Deliverance
Former Deliverances and Present Troubles
A Song Celebrating the Kings Marriage
God the Refuge of His People
God the King of the Earth
The Beauty and Glory of Zion
The Folly of Trusting in Riches
God the Judge of the Righteous and the Wicked
A Contrite Sinners Prayer for Pardon
Futility of Boastful Wickedness
Folly and Wickedness of Men
Prayer for Defence Against Enemies
Prayer for the Destruction of the Treacherous
Supplication for Deliverance, and Grateful Trust in God
Prayer for Rescue from Persecutors
Prayer for the Punishment of the Wicked
Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies
Lament over Defeat in Battle, and Prayer for Help
Confidence in Gods Protection
God Alone a Refuge from Treachery and Oppression
The Thirsting Soul Satisfied in God
Prayer for Deliverance from Secret Enemies
Gods Abundant Favor to Earth and Man
Praise for Gods Mighty Deeds and for His Answer to Prayer
The Nations Exhorted to Praise God
Jehovah the God of Sinai and of the Sanctuary
A Cry of Distress, and Imprecation on Adversaries
Prayer for Help Against Persecutors
Prayer of an Old Man for Deliverance
The Reign of the Righteous King
Book III
The End of the Wicked Contrasted with That of the Righteous
A Complaint over the Devastation of the Land by the Enemy
God Abases the Proud, but Exalts the Righteous
The Victorious Power of the God of Jacob
Comfort in Trouble from Recalling Gods Mighty Deeds
Gods Guidance of His People in Spite of Their Unfaithfulness
A Lament over the Destruction of Jerusalem, and Prayer for Help
God Implored to Rescue His People from Their Calamities
Gods Goodness and Israels Waywardness
Unjust Judgments Rebuked
God Implored to Confound His Enemies
Longing for the Temple Worship
Prayer for Gods Mercy Upon the Nation
A Psalm of Supplication and Trust
The Privileges of Citizenship in Zion
A Petition to Be Saved from Death
Jehovahs Covenant with David, and Israels Afflictions
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Gods Eternity and Mans Transitoriness
Security of Him Who Trust in Justice
Praise for Jehovahs Goodness
Majesty of Jehovah
Jehovah Implored to Avenge His People
Praise to Jehovah, and Warning Against Unbelief
A Call to Worship Jehovah the Righteous Judge
Jehovahs Power and Dominion
A Call to Praise Jehovah for His Righteousness
Praise to Jehovah for His Fidelity to Israel
All Men Exhorted to Praise God
The Psalmists Profession of Uprightness
Prayer of an Afflicted One for Mercy on Himself and on Zion
Praise for Jehovahs Mercies
Jehovahs Care over All His Works
Jehovahs Wonderful Works in Behalf of Israel
Israels Rebelliousness and Jehovahs Deliverances
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Jehovah Delivers Men from Manifold Troubles
God Praised, and Supplicated to Give Victory
Vengeance Invoked Upon Adversaries
Jehovah Gives Dominion to the King
Jehovah Praised for His Goodness
Prosperity of Him That Fears Jehovah
Jehovah Exalts the Humble
Gods Deliverance of Israel from Egypt
Heathen Idols Contrasted with Jehovah
Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Death
A Psalm of Praise
Thanksgiving for Jehovahs Saving Goodness
Meditations and Prayers Relating to the Law of God
Prayer for Deliverance from the Treacherous
Jehovah the Keeper of Israel
Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem
An Expectant Prayer for Jehovahs Help
Praise for Rescue from Enemies
Jehovah Round About His People
Thanksgiving for Return from Captivity
Prosperity Comes from Jehovah
Blessedness of the Fear of Jehovah
Prayer for the Overthrow of Zions Enemies
Hope in the Lords Forgiving Love
Childlike Trust in Jehovah
Prayer for Jehovahs Blessing Upon the Sanctuary
The Excellency of Brotherly Unity
Greetings of Night-Watchers
Praise for Jehovahs Wonderful Works. Vanity of Idols
Thanks for Jehovahs Goodness to Israel
An Experience of the Captivity
Thanksgiving for Jehovahs Favor
Gods Omnipresence and Omniscience
Prayer for Protection Against the Wicked
An Evening Prayer for Sanctification and Protection
Prayer for Help in Trouble
Prayer for Deliverance and Guidance
Prayer for Rescue and Prosperity
Jehovah Extolled for His Goodness
Jehovah an Abundant Helper
Praise for Jerusalems Restoration and Prosperity
The Whole Creation Invoked to Praise Jehovah
Israel Invoked to Praise Jehovah
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Jesus Goes to Bethesda
Just how religious is Obama's nominee for director of the NIH?
Whenever scientists get around to hunting for the Boy Scout gene, they should start with the genome of Francis Collins. President Obama's nominee for director of the National Institutes of Health has a folk résumé a mile long: He plays his acoustic guitar during commencement addresses and national prayer breakfasts, likes to talk about his motorcycle, and grew up on a 95-acre farm in Staunton, Va., where his parents ran a summer theater production among the oak trees. One summer, there were so many actors staying with the family that he and his brother Fletcher had to sleep in the farm's corn crib.
Collins is also a decorated scientist with a Yale Ph.D. in physical chemistry that he finished on weekends after he'd half-quit graduate school to get a medical degree instead. His composite public image—as a brilliant, eminently likable polymath—allows him to get away with talking openly in scientific circles about another quirk of his personality: Since age 27, he has been an evangelical Christian.
Collins' efforts to defuse some of the tension between believers and scientists—that is, to insist that they are not mutually exclusive and that their values are compatible—has received a lot of buzz over the years. He is a firm believer in evolution, an opponent of "intelligent design," and dubious of the idea that life begins at the very moment of conception. He is also unequivocal in his belief in the divinity of Jesus Christ. His 2006 book The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief was a best-seller, and he's a go-to guy for debates with Richard Dawkins, et al., over whether religion can coexist with a scientific ethos. Nearly every news story about the appointment mentioned his faith. (Many mentioned his guitar as well.) In many ways, his values are reminiscent of Obama's: He displays no queasiness about discussing his faith in public but advocates the unfettered pursuit of scientific inquiry.
His passionate defense of religion has earned some harsh criticism. When rumors of the appointment began to circulate in May, University of Chicago professor Jerry Coyne blogged, "I'd be much more comfortable with someone whose only agenda was science," saying he was worried "about how this will affect things like stem-cell research and its funding." (In fact, Collins is clear on his support of stem-cell research.) Sam Harris was predictably unimpressed with Collins' ideas. "Most reviewers of The Language of God seem quite overawed by its author's scientific credentials," Harris wrote shortly after it was published. "His book, however, reveals that a stellar career in science offers no guarantee of a scientific frame of mind."
Harris does not make a genuine attempt to consider the book's ideas, but he is correct that the philosophy espoused by Collins, which he calls "theistic evolution," has so far managed to evade sustained and careful scrutiny. Now that he has been chosen as the most important scientific administrator in the country, overseeing $40 billion of grants and programs, the scientific community can be forgiven for a few jitters over exactly where Collins comes down on the inevitable, often glaring contradictions between science and Scripture.
Most of the time, Collins starts with the science and then reconciles the religion with it. He argues, for example, that the early chapters of Genesis ought to be read figuratively and in total agreement with the astronomical explanation of the universe. But there are some times when Collins' refereeing of the scientific issues makes me a little uneasy. I got to spend some time with him two years ago, in the course of researching a profile for the Washingtonian, and our interviews at several points returned to the difference between the "unsolved" and the "unsolvable," in his words. This is his criticism of intelligent design: By presenting gaps in evolutionary theory as evidence of its insufficiency, I.D. proponents are setting themselves up for defeat when those holes are inevitably filled by new discoveries.
This formula offers a convenient litmus test for where Collins falls on a variety of questions: If a given problem appears to be merely unsolved, then he'll leave it to the realm of science; if, on the other hand, Collins deems a question to be unsolvable, it's fair game for inclusion in a spiritual interpretation of the universe.
In practice, Collins views almost every hole in evolutionary theory as one that can and will ultimately be filled by further investigation. But he does peg one aspect of human behavior as "unsolvable" by science: the tendency toward altruism, even at great personal risk and for the benefit of perfect strangers. (He calls this the "Moral Law.") In his book, Collins writes that "this Moral Law shone its bright white light into the recesses of my childish atheism, and demanded a serious consideration of its origin. Was this God looking back at me?" He decided that it was.
I asked Collins about this point in late 2006 and suggested that this could also be viewed as confusing the unsolved with the unsolvable, depending whether you think evolution and behavioral science can eventually explain these sorts of good deeds. He offered this nuance:
It's a fair question. And to some extent, it would not surprise me if some elements of the noble human impulses that we describe as altruism have some evolutionary roots. After all, you can see some more rudimentary forms of those impulses in other organisms, including our favorite pets. And certainly you can see in laboratory examples where chimpanzees, for instance, seem to show interest in the well-being of others than themselves. […] But to fully account for the full-blown version of altruism that we see in human beings is, I think, a fascinating and challenging and difficult problem for the evolutionary biologists. And I don't believe they've solved it. And I think it's unlikely that they will. If they do, would my faith be shaken? No.
Collins also sees evidence of Creation in what physicists called the "Goldilocks Engima"—the fact that many of the coefficients in physics equations seem to be uniquely tuned such that the universe is "just right" for life. (For example, if the value of the constant G in Newton's law of gravitation were just a tiny bit different, matter may never have formed in the universe.) There are a lot of interesting explanations for this that do not require a belief in God, such as the possibility that there are countless universes in existence and only those that are "just right" give birth to living things that can observe them.
This is the area where Collins' religion is most in danger of intruding on his science. He believes that it's possible to see evidence of the divine in things like physics equations or patterns of human behavior. While Collins would never suggest that science could furnish any final proof for the existence of God, he's fond of mentioning that the Bible occasionally uses the wordevidence. That is to say, he thinks the presence of the divine can be directly observed, even if it cannot be measured and tested.
This is an audacious claim for any scientist to make, and Collins does not deserve a free pass on this from the scientific community. He is also undeserving of suspicions that he harbors a conservative Christian agenda. As it happens, the most salient point raised by his critics tends to work in his favor. Jerry Coyne rightly describes Collins as a talented administrator. After all, he led the public effort to sequence the human genome and loves to point out that he did it "ahead of schedule and under budget." That's the most important virtue for the job he is about to undertake. If Collins' faith mollifies even a few political conservatives who would otherwise continue to waste time and money fighting research efforts that violate their specific religious tenets, then the benefits of his faith should outweigh whatever qualms scientists might have.


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The central problem we face in studying this passage is to discern its role within the whole composition. Paul does not often write about himself; when he does, it is usually to defend his apostleship or missionary work against opponents within the church. Less often Paul uses autobiography to establish himself as the community's exemplar of piety and teacher of truth. In either case, his self-references are typically narratives that defend the divine origins of his ministry and are carefully worded to show that he is his readers' exemplar and teacher. In the case of Colossians, Paul's defense of his Gentile mission may have the added function of lending support to his Colossian colleague Epaphras, whose status among the readers has been imperiled for some unknown reason (see introduction, under "The Crisis at Colosse").
Besides its apologetical use, Paul's autobiographical passages may also serve a pastoral role. In 1 Corinthians 11:1, for example, Paul encourages his readers to imitate him. With that exhortation he concludes a discussion that illustrates his own missionary work. Here, too, Paul's autobiography provides a useful model of mission. Like Paul, we are sent out by God with a message of reconciliation (see 2 Cor 5:20-21). Our various workplaces, our neighborhoods, our schools, our families are all the places where we labor, as Paul did before us, as missionaries for Christ's sake.
Paul locates his self-defense immediately after the triad of his confessions about God's saving grace (1:13-23). The close literary relationship between Paul's confession and his self-defense is indicated by verse 23, where these initial two parts of his letter's main body are carefully integrated. Their literary relationship makes a critical point in Paul's defense: in the physical absence of the now exalted Lord Christ, Paul (and perhaps by implication Epaphras) is the current agent of God's salvation-creating grace among his Colossian (and current) readers.
Of course, there is a close relationship between the message and the messenger in the public's attitude toward any ministry. The highly publicized disclosures of the moral and financial corruption of well-known TV evangelists have caused untold damage to the reputation of God within our society. This same point is made often in Scripture, where God entrusts the word of the Lord to trusted servants--a point that Paul underscores. Logically, then, the truth of the gospel Paul advances among the Gentiles, while resting on the trustworthiness of Christ alone, is nevertheless connected to Paul's own trustworthiness.
While certain details of Paul's autobiographical self-defense continue to trouble interpreters, the general outline of this passage is clear. Already in the final phrase of verse 23 Paul begins to speak in the first person about his commission to advance Christ's church among the Gentiles (vv. 24-29). His appeals follow patterns that were familiar in his time and world: his personal experience of suffering (v. 24), his devotion to the Gentile mission (vv. 24-25), his hard work (v. 29) and especially his divine commission to preach God's "mystery" (vv. 26-28). His strong missionary credentials justify the trust his readers place in his ministry and present advice to them.
By including this autobiographical sketch of his mission, Paul shifts the theological focus of his letter from God's salvation (1:13-23) to the church, and from God's Son, in whom salvation is now possible, to himself, through whom that possibility is now proclaimed among the Gentiles. Any religious authority Paul might claim over the Colossians (1:24-29) or any spiritual obligation he feels toward his readers (2:1-3) is based first of all on his commission from God to continue to proclaim the gospel's truth in Christ's name among the Gentiles (compare Acts 9:15-16)
The last half of verse 23 is transitional, shifting the reader's attention from God to Paul and also from the content of God's message to the character of God's messenger. The phrase the hope held out in the gospel echoes the beginning of Paul's letter, where in 1:4-6 he thanks God for his audience's faith, love and hope--the "fruit" of God's gospel. For rhetorical effect, Paul's echo may well suggest that everything sandwiched in between (especially 1:13-23) is the theological content of the gospel's hope, which the Colossians have heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature. As before, the believer's hope for future perfection is based upon what has already taken place on the cross of Christ (see 1:20). The church's future destiny is tied to Christ's. Not only is the faith community reconciled to God by Christ's bodily death, but believers have confidence in their final vindication by participating together in his bodily resurrection (Rom 6:4; 1 Cor 15). In this sense, the church's future hope is not some theological abstraction; it is justified by past events.
The grammar of this verse demands that we place the next two parallel phrases in subordination to the gospel. It is God's gospel that is heard and that has been proclaimed; and it is the gospel of which I, Paul, have become a servant. Paul does not insist that his apostolic office hold the reader's attention, nor is it he who secures the church's hope in the absence of Jesus; rather, the gospel's message is that the crucified and risen Lord Christ justifies human hope. Paul's boast is in him (compare Rom 5:1-11).
Surely public attacks on Christianity are often routed by way of the messenger. We make easier targets than God's grace, and for most of us the integrity of what is proclaimed is measured by who proclaims it. Still, Paul is careful to locate himself under the gospel, as its servant, and talks about himself only after outlining the content of what and whom he has been called to preach.
The gospel is for every creature under heaven. The word for "creature" (ktisis) refers to every human being and delimits the universal scope of the gospel ministry. In this context, however, it also echoes Paul's earlier claim that the exalted Lord Christ is "firstborn over all creation" (ktisis; 1:15). If the Christ Paul proclaims is Lord of creation, then surely the salvation he has effected on God's behalf is offered to every creature as well.
The plain meaning of Paul's words challenges those who limit God's salvation to only a few. The purpose of Paul's christological statements thus far in the letter is to extend Christ's lordship to include everyone and everything. The missionary implication is that everyone outside of Christ must be confronted with this very truth: that even the lost live under Christ's cosmic lordship and by faith can also be beneficiaries of God's grace in him. His is not an exclusive reign; it intends the reconciliation of every creature to God, to rescue all from "darkness" and to fulfill in each person the Creator's good and perfect intentions.
The idea of Paul's suffering, found in the first part of verse 24, should not be separated too severely from his self-understanding as a servant of the gospel. In fact, in the biblical tradition the two belong together: like Christ and the prophets of God before him, Paul is a "suffering servant." Against the biblical background and the memory of Jesus, Paul interprets his suffering as the cost of his servanthood and provides evidence of his devotion to God's call. This impression is intensified by the emphatic way Paul introduces himself here--ego Paulus, "I, Paul." Moreover, the ministry of the servant who suffers in obedience to God's call will eventually yield the fruit of God's salvation; that is, the suffering of the servant results in salvation (compare Mk 8:34-8; 1 Pet 2:21-25).
In fact, Paul will return to his servanthood in verse 25 when speaking of God's commission for his ministry to the Gentiles. This may help explain why Paul also speaks of his suffering in terms of his relationship with his Gentile readership: for you (that is, Colossian Gentiles) I, Paul, suffered. Since he does not know the Colossian readers personally, never having visited them (see 2:1), it is difficult to understand his words here as an expression of intimacy or personal commitment. Certainly his imprisonment proves his devotion to the wider Gentile mission; but it is primarily his devotion to God that Paul has in mind. God, and not the Colossians, has called him to preach the gospel at the cost of personal suffering. This point is repeated in Paul's other autobiographies, where his service to God is stressed in contrast to self-interest (for example, Gal 1--2).
According to the mythology of the Hellenistic world, the heroic suffering of great leaders at the hands of outsiders was thought to vindicate their integrity, and sometimes also the value of their teaching for the community. Ancient biographical literature often stressed the costliness of virtue and truth. Against this literary backdrop, then, Paul's reference to his suffering may well make two critical points about his intentions for his Hellenistic readers: his gospel ministry proves his faithful service to God, and it proves the value of what he now writes.
What, however, is the plain meaning of Paul's cryptic phrase that his suffering fill[s] up . . . what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions? In what sense does the suffering of Christ "lack" anything? And in what sense does Paul's suffering "fill up" what Christ's suffering lacks, if anything? I have argued that here Paul's emphasis is not on God's salvation, as before, but on Christ's church. To the point, Paul is surely not saying that the Lord Christ lacks anything as the messianic agent of God's salvation; nor does he mean that the redemptive results of his death need to be supplemented by Paul. His previous confession of Christ's lordship (1:15-20) and his subsequent assertion of God's forgiveness (2:13-14) testify to Paul's confidence in the sufficiency of Christ's work. Lohse is quite right, then, to object to any interpretation that renders this phrase as a reference to the community's "mystical union" with a suffering Christ, whereby the community is absorbed into and derives spiritual benefit from Christ's passion (1971:69). In fact, Paul rarely speaks in his writings of Christ's suffering (as distinguished from his death) and almost never of Christ's suffering in terms of God's salvation (as the writer of 1 Peter, for instance, does in 1 Pet 2:20-22). The images of a suffering Christ in Paul's writings are usually employed to illustrate and interpret his own suffering as a missionary. Here suffering is exemplary of servanthood, but not expiatory of sin. In this way Christ's suffering is logically parallel to his own; like Christ, Paul is God's "suffering servant"; and like Christ's, his suffering indicates obedience to God's commission.
Most scholars understand Paul's reference to Christ's afflictions as a catchphrase from Jewish apocalypticism. In this tradition, Jews understood Israel's suffering as a sign of the last days and a condition for the coming of the Messiah (see O'Brien 1982:76-80). Some even assigned a fixed amount of suffering which, when satisfied, would result in the apocalypse of God's salvation. Israel's suffering, then, was the "birthpangs" of the promised new covenant (compare Jer 31:31) about to become a reality. According to O'Brien, some early Christians, especially within the Jewish church, believed that Jesus' suffering had initiated the "last days" of ever-increasing trials and tribulations (see Mt 24:4-29), when the "true" Israel (the community of Christ's disciples) would suffer for his name (Mt 5:11-12) in order to fulfill this quota fixed by God. With this condition met, Messiah would return in triumph to usher heaven into earth (Mt 24:30-31). If Paul had this apocalyptic formula in mind, then his reference to sharing in Jesus' suffering would indicate that the "last days" of salvation's history have already commenced. In this light Paul's suffering "fills up" what is lacking from what God has assigned the church to suffer.
Paul's phrase, however, is to be taken metaphorically rather than literally. Speaking of completing requisite suffering is yet another way of calling attention to the importance of completing the Gentile mission. In Paul's conception of the Gentile mission, his evangelistic work brings into Israel's number the "fullness of the Gentiles" (Rom 11:1-24) that will trigger the Lord's return to earth and ethnic Israel's return to God (Rom 11:25-26). Even in this passage Paul repeats the root of to fill to stress that the aim of his personal sacrifice--I fill up [antanapleroo] in my flesh--is to complete his mission: to present to you the word of God in its fullness [plerosai].
In this letter, then, Paul's imprisonment has come to symbolize his Gentile mission: his mission has resulted not only in countless conversions but also in imprisonment. Yet his personal suffering symbolizes his faithful attention to God's election of Gentiles for salvation and God's commission for him to prepare the Gentile church for the return of Christ. Paul rejoices, then, knowing that his ministry will bring God's coming triumph that much closer to his readers.
Of course, Paul's intent in drawing a parallel between himself and Christ may only be to impress his readers that his ministry is in fundamental continuity with Christ's: both are suffering servants, devoted to making God's salvation a reality for every creature.
In verse 25 Paul repeats his earlier statement from 1:23 that he is a servant (Harris 1991:64). Both times Paul's comment is emphatic: I, Paul, have become a servant. His sense of service to God in the ministry of the gospel is his essential identity as a person. In this new formulation, however, Paul replaces the gospel with the church. This new thematic focus relates Paul's gospel ministry to a particular audience. His work is not removed from real people in real places; he is not an ivory-tower academic, but a pastor who is intent on adapting the gospel message in ways that are useful in the lives of his readers.
As we attempt to follow in the footsteps of Christ, Christian leaders, including pastors, will be tempted to give in to a kind of vocational dualism. On the one hand, to follow Christ demands our single-minded attention to his interests; we are called to serve him and proclaim his gospel. We understand ourselves in terms of our relationship with Christ; we are subject only to him. In the realm of human relations, on the other hand, we remain leaders, in charge of things and expecting unswerving loyalty from those over whose lives we exercise some control and influence. As leaders of people, then, we serve Christ. But is this what Paul means? Isn't he saying that as a leader of Christians he must embody the servanthood of Christ?
The issue is not merely to serve Christ, but to serve like Christ. This fashions a different kind of servant leadership--a leadership characterized by setting aside any interest in social standing or political power and submitting ourselves to others in order to share their burdens (see Gal 6:1-10; Phil 2:1-11).
The source of Paul's calling is God's commission. The word for "commission" is oikonomia, which envisions the effective and orderly work of a household or business; it is the same word from which we derive the word economy. Paul uses it here in reference to his missionary vocation for two reasons. First, Paul understands his calling and ministry within the context of a "household," God's household (1 Cor 3:10-15; Rom 1:11-12; Eph 2:19-20). He is a servant of and for Christ's church, without personal ambition or any malicious sense of rivalry toward other apostles or even his opponents. Second, Paul understands the tasks of his servanthood as those of a steward or trustee of an organization. (O'Brien uses ecclesiastical terms to define "commission," speaking of it as Paul's call to an apostolic "office" in which he rules over the church; 1982:81.) In this sense, God's com mission entrusts Paul with the management of God's household. The "gift of apostleship" (see Rom 1:5) is given Paul to ensure that his stewardship over God's household is spiritually effective (see Rom 1:11). Notice that Paul retains his focus on God to resist the temptation of exalting his own status: the source of and authority for his ministry is God.
The Bible speaks of many heroic people like Paul, whom God commissions and enables to work with great profit in the economy of God's salvation. We should honor their faithfulness without romanticizing their importance to God. Their historical significance is yet another expression of the grace of God, who first rescued them from the results of their sin before commissioning and empowering them for an effective ministry. The true measurement of the effective servant is not intellectual acumen or glib eloquence, committed activism or sincere effort; it is whether the believer has been a faithful and wise steward of God's calling, whatever tasks that may include (see Mt 24:45-51).
Typically, Paul echoes prophetic ways of speaking about his call; no doubt this reflects his discernment of the Damascus Road experience. The formula he uses here to define his task, to present to you the word of God, reflects a prophetic missiology: God calls servants to proclaim the word of the Lord to those who have been elected to receive salvation. The sense conveyed is not that Paul's ministry fills in the missing content of the gospel or that his attention to detail makes certain that his audience knows it fully; rather, Paul's particular version of God's word for a Gentile audience completes it in a way similar to his earlier claim that his suffering completes Christ's suffering (see 1:24).
But this interpretation invites a similar question: what does the "word of God" lack that Paul's gospel ministry fulfills? Paul anticipates this question and responds in a parenthesis found in verse 26: the mystery that has been kept hidden . . . is now disclosed to the saints. The critical word in Paul's response is mystery, the meaning of which continues to be debated. Few scholars today understand mystery as a catchword Paul has borrowed from Gnosticism to use here against Gnostic opponents. While he may indeed have his Colossian opponents in mind, including certain elements of their false teaching or religious practice, they are probably not Gnostics (see introduction). Our understanding of Gnosticism, especially of its advanced systems of thought from the second century, has little value in determining how Paul and his first readers understood his reference to mystery. Some have suggested that we should understand mystery in the context of Hellenistic Jewish apocalypticism, where it referred to God's plan for the future, but most scholars today are not inclined to this interpretation either (even though this meaning would be more apropos as a response to Paul's opponents).
Most commentators place Paul's use of mystery in Colossians within the context of Paul's Gentile mission. Mystery is apparently used as a catchword for the core convictions of Paul's gospel. But depending on the spiritual crisis facing his readers, Paul emphasizes different theological dimensions of the mystery that God has commissioned him to proclaim. For the believers at Colosse, whose crisis stems from their overly Jewish understanding of Christian faith, the central issues, and therefore the substance of the glorious riches of this mystery (1:27), are God's election of Gentiles for salvation and Christ's work that makes God's election effective. Therefore, most commentators agree that Paul uses mystery as a metaphor for God's plan of salvation for the Gentiles, which is unknown apart from divine revelation. Paul's proclamation of the gospel merely articulates the "mystery" that God has revealed to him, presumably on the Damascus Road. Further, most agree that Paul's usage is more Jewish than Hellenistic and may even be rabbinical. Probably mystery refers especially to the particular meaning embedded in biblical texts that is recovered by the interpreter's exposition. The act of interpretation transforms biblical texts into carriers of divine revelation. In this added sense, then, Paul's proclamation of the gospel discloses the mystery or revelation of God which had been hidden within his Scriptures for ages and generations but which God now has enabled him to disclose for the conversion of a Gentile people.
Groups of Christians still battle each other today to promote the rights or even the salvation of one group over against another. Gender or sexual orientation rather than faith in Jesus Christ has come to determine the believer's status within a congregation. Against a masculine God, then, a feminine God is promoted by some, while for others Christian faith is defined or denied by sexual orientation. In the recent political campaign in America, some conservative Republican believers went so far as to argue that Christian faith and support for Democratic candidates were mutually exclusive! Paul would have no part of such a divisive debate, except to remind all believers that in Jesus Christ many different people have one faith in common (compare Col 3:11; Gal 3:28).
In a similar way, Jewish Christian (and Judaic) opponents of Paul's Gentile mission debated his interpretation of the biblical doctrine of election (see Acts 15:1-21; Gal 2:1-10). Paul taught that even as God had elected Jews for salvation, so also God had elected Gentiles out of the world for salvation. In Christ, Jewish and non-Jewish believers have equal value and access to God, since all ethnic and national barriers have been demolished by Christ's death (Eph 2:11-22). Yet some early believers, recognizing that Christianity began as a messianic movement within Judaism, taught that to be Christian meant to remain Jewish. They argued that the Torah laws and the Jewish traditions must be observed so as to maintain the ethnic and socioreligious distinctives of God's people. Paul's response to these Jewish Christian opponents was that God's promised salvation has already been fulfilled by Jesus Christ, and the blessings of God's salvation are now experienced by those who belong to him by faith (rather than by ethnicity or religious observance).
The missiological issue facing every person after Christ, then, is this: How does one enter into Christ, and how does one remain in him in order to participate in the blessings of God's salvation? The short answer given by Paul is sola fide--"by faith alone."
Thus Paul begins his summary with the controversial claim that God has chosen . . . Gentiles (see also 3:11-12). The story of God's salvation which Paul proclaims begins here: to make known to the Gentiles that God is for them too! Paul hinted at this earlier when he wrote that God's salvation was for every creature under heaven (1:23; see also 1:20). But he is more pointed here. Official Judaism would not deny God's universal salvation; after all, Isaiah taught that salvation would extend through one restored nation to all nations. Yet according to the prophet, God's salvation of the Gentile nations depended upon Israel: they would be saved only through and because of the faithfulness of the Jewish nation. Even in Paul's day, Hellenistic Judaism was committed to an evangelism program, seeking to convert and proselytize non-Jews. But Gentile converts to Judaism were second-class citizens both religiously and sociopolitically. In light of this religious tradition, Paul's teaching about Gentile conversion is controversial precisely because it is so egalitarian: believing Gentiles and Jews share God's universal salvation equally in Christ.
Gentiles need not go through any Judaic hoops to covenant with God for salvation. The means and hope of their salvation is christological: that Christ in you is the only hope of glory (see also 2:2). This formulation of the christological core of his gospel, Christ in you, reverses the sense of Paul's previous statement that we are "in Christ" (see my commentary on 1:2 and 1:16); here it is Christ who is "in us." At the very least, this reversal of familiar terms calls his audience's attention to Paul's participatory Christology, in which believers participate with Christ in the outworking of God's salvation within history. Such a unity promises Christlike suffering as well as Christlike exaltation (or, in Wright's phrase, "the guarantee of resurrection"; 1986:92).
An additional clue to the meaning of the Christ in you formula may be provided by Galatians 1:15, where Paul writes that God revealed the mystery of Christ "in me." Many scholars now believe that Paul is referring here to a personal experience of divine revelation, perhaps on the Damascus Road (see above), by which God disclosed the content of Paul's gospel to him. I suspect that in this autobiographical passage of Colossians Paul may have a similar meaning in mind. That is, the gospel of God's salvation, which proclaims Christ in you, is validated by Paul's own religious experience of "Christ in me." In this case, the phrase calls attention not only to the christological message proclaimed to the Gentiles but to its trustworthiness as the "word of truth" (see 1:5, 7).
In the light of Paul's participatory Christology, the community's hope of glory is not oriented toward the future return of Christ; rather, we hope to experience the benefits of being reconciled with God right now through our present union with the Lord Christ (1:15-20). To hope in the One who is already glorified is to have hope for a transformed today. Paul does not deny the cosmic importance of Christ's Second Coming (see 3:1-4); yet for these readers, whose religion is in retreat from the world, the apostle emphasizes that a vital relationship with the glorified Christ results in a profoundly hopeful orientation toward the possibilities of life on this side of the Lord's parousia.
Paul next describes his Gentile mission in functional terms. At this point he reverts from you to we, perhaps to call to mind his colleagues, especially Epaphras, with whom he shares the gospel ministry. Paul uses three related verbs, anchored by we proclaim and expanded by admonishing and teaching, which are the "two natural and necessary concomitants of the proclamation of the mystery of Christ" (Harris 1991:72). The word for "proclaim" (katangello), which is used only in Pauline writings and in Acts, refers to the publication of the gospel for conversion. Lohse calls it "missionary preaching" (1971:77). Yet Paul does not conceive of his evangelistic outreach as the mere proclamation of the gospel for conversion; rather, the conversion of the lost is accompanied by spiritual nurture, admonishment and instruction.
Public gauges of success, whether large numbers of converts or eloquent speech or architecturally elegant sanctuaries, are not effective measures of a ministry's importance. God calculates success by whether a congregation entrusted to the care of a minister is spiritually fed and fit to the end. Paul's gospel not only provides knowledge of God's redemptive mystery but also equips the converted so as to present everyone perfect in Christ. The purpose of Paul's Gentile mission is exactly the same as the plan of God's salvation (1:22): the final justification of the saints. His ministry's success, then, can be fully measured only at Christ's parousia (see 2 Cor 3--5).
Toward this eschatological goal, then, Paul labors, working hard so that those committed to his spiritual care may be found fit to enter God's eternal kingdom at Christ's return. The church's salvation does not result from divine activity alone. Servants who effectively steward offices and gifts given by God are agents of God's salvation on earth. In this sense, Paul's participatory Christology yields a participatory missiology: believers labor with God to produce salvation. Conversion cannot take place without the energy of God; neither can it take place without the proclamation, admonishment and teaching of suffering servants like Christ, Paul and Epaphras. With all [God's] energy suggests cooperation between Paul and God for the work of Gentile conversion and instruction.
The order of salvation, then, is covenantal; it is not a spectator sport but a dynamic relationship between God and people from beginning to ending. God works with servants of the church, struggling with them and powerfully working in them to bring forgiveness from sin and the promised life.
Paul concludes this section on a more personal note: he not only serves the church of Christ (1:24) but "struggles" (in cooperation with God; 1:29) for the congregations at Colosse and Laodicea. Paul's intention is exactly the same as before: to clarify that the purpose of his ministry is to make known to every Gentile, including those at Colosse, the mystery of God, namely, Christ (compare 1:27). He does elaborate on the spiritual purpose of his ministry for them: that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love and may have complete understanding . . . and know the mystery of God, namely, Christ.
In Paul's Jewish psychology the heart symbolizes human volition rather than human emotion; the hard decisions of an embattled life are made by the believer's heart, fortified and matured by the mystery of God. Paul's gospel ministry strengthens the Colossians against false teaching so that they are able to make decisions that please God. The word translated "united" (symbibazo) means literally to be "knit together" and refers to an action that naturally follows after (if not also from) a fortified heart. That is, the purpose of Paul's ministry (presumably his proclamation of the gospel, and his pastoral admonishment and instruction; 1:28) is corporate: that the congregation weld well together in mutual love.
The truth of one's message is discerned in a very practical way, then--by whether or not a loving community is formed. False teaching or even a wrong emphasis often creates factions, with the result that the gospel's ministry is undermined. A Christian witness to God's grace is too difficult to maintain in a graceless society without the loving support and firm resolve provided by a people. Paul's use of the body metaphor for the church (compare 1:18; 1 Cor 12; Eph 4) implies this same lesson.
The NIV links the next couplet, understanding and knowledge, with the first couplet, encouragement and unity, as Paul's overarching purpose for the Gentile mission. But rather than taking these couplets as describing the congregations that resulted from Paul's campaigns, it seems best to understand them as describing the evangelistic campaigns themselves. Harris, for example, interprets the two couplets as comprising the specific objectives of Paul's ministry (1991:81) and perhaps even of this letter to them. If anything, Paul's earlier petition for "knowledge and understanding" (1:9-10) seems to indicate that the congregation will be spiritually healthy only if they know the gospel that Epaphras first preached to them. That is, the qualities of the productive minister are reproduced in his congregations.
In this light, the genitives used by Paul in this passage to modify understanding ("complete") and knowledge ("the mystery of God"; compare 1:27) are particularly important. In the first case, complete translates plerophoria (literally, "full accomplishment"), another in the family of plero- words that Paul has already used (see 1:9 and 1:25) for his aim to teach the congregation a fuller, more complete understanding of the gospel: to fill in what spiritual competencies they lack. In the second case, the phrase mystery of God supplies the core content of the complete gospel--namely, Christ.
Clearly, verse 3 is parallel to verse 2 in thought. The idea contained in the phrase full riches of complete understanding is virtually repeated in the following phrase, all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, so that the idea of mystery finds a parallel in the word hidden. Significantly, sandwiched between these two parallel phrases is their focal point: Christ, in whom all these mysterious riches and hidden treasures of God's mystery are disclosed by the preaching of Paul's gospel. Remember that for Paul the biblical Jew, the mysteries of God's treasured salvation lie hidden within Scripture and are mined by exegesis; and for Paul the Christian missionary, the proclaimed faith is a christological monotheism, and so the wonderful riches of our faith are both deposited and drawn through Christ.
Simply put, spiritual maturity results from knowing Christ. The distinctive emphasis in this letter on wisdom (1:9, 28; 2:3, 23; 3:16; 4:5), knowledge (1:9-10, 27; 2:2-3; 3:10; 4:7-9) and knowing (1:6; 2:1; 3:24; 4:1, 6, 8), especially linked to Paul's proclamation of Christ, is no doubt made with Paul's Colossian opponents in mind. They too are concerned with ideas, but their "philosophy" is not centered by the teaching of and about Christ (2:8) and therefore is "hollow and deceptive," incapable of forming the spiritual life of the Christian congregation (2:6-7).
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Tigers end 5-game skid with win over Red Sox
Tigers 6, Red Sox 2
Tigers end 5-game skid with win over Red Sox
Tigers 6, Red Sox 2
Ian Kinsler and Torii Hunter hit back-to-back homers in the fifth inning and Victor Martinez cleared the fences in the eighth, helping the Detroit Tigers beat the Boston Red Sox 6-2 and end a season-high five-game losing streak.
Drew Smyly (3-4) allowed two runs on five hits over six innings. He struck out four and walked only one.
Ian Krol and Joba Chamberlain each threw an inning of scoreless relief and Joe Nathan pitched the ninth in a non-save situation with a four-run lead.
Rubby De La Rosa (1-1) gave up four runs, nine hits and two walks. He had five strikeouts over 5 2-3 innings.
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HARTSVILLE, SC. – The Coker women's basketball team will return to the hardwood in Timberlake-Lawton Gymnasium on Saturday (Jan. 19) to host the Bobcats of Lees- McRae in a Conference Carolinas matchup. Live broadcast coverage of the game can be found at www.cokercobras.com.
In the first competition between these two teams, Coker came out on top with a 77-58 victory. Autumn Lau continues to lead the team in scoring for the Cobras, averaging 18-points per game. Her twin sister Amber, is second on the team averaging 15-points per game.
The Bobcats will rely on Layana De Souza, who has been averaging a team high 11.8-points per game. Lees-McRae's most recently defeated North Greenville 71-58, adding to their current five game win streak.
Tip-off will begin at 2 p.m., followed by the men's game at 4 p.m.


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Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone Set Up Production Company, Begin Work on Three Films
So busy.
Melissa McCarthy and husband Ben Falcone have set up a production company, On the Day, and selected three films to get things started. "We've been writing together for longer than we've been married," reads a statement from the couple. "To be able to produce our own work and other people's work that we are so passionate about is really a dream come true." McCarthy and Falcone will write and produce Michelle Darnell, with McCarthy set to star, although there's no word on a plot yet. McCarthy will also appear in an adaptation of the memoir Just Do It: How One Couple Turned Off the TV and Turned On Their Sex Lives for 101 Days (No Excuses!), with On the Day producing. Lastly, the pair will lend their talents to Cousin Irv From Mars, based on a forthcoming book by cartoonist and writer Bruce Eric Kaplan.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Frank Ocean is canceling the rest of his Australian live shows because of a tear on his vocal cords.
Live Nation posted on its Facebook page early Friday that the Grammy winner was told by doctors to rest his voice after performing in Melbourne's Festival Hall on Thursday night.
Ocean's representative confirmed the ailment.
Live Nation said because of Ocean's busy calendar, the R&B singer would not be able to reschedule the Australian dates. Ticket buyers can receive refunds from the point of purchase.
The 25-year-old singer was to perform Friday at Festival Hall and in Sydney on Monday and Tuesday.
Ocean won two Grammy Awards this year, including best urban contemporary album for "channel, ORANGE."


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The Accelerated Master of Arts in Teaching programs for middle level and secondary is designed for those students who aspire to earn both a master's degree and a license to teach in public middle or secondary schools. Students will prepare for licensure to teach in grades five through nine or seven through twelve in one summer and academic year.
UVM students who are in their third year of study for a Bachelor's degree may apply to the Accelerated Master of Arts in Teaching program. These students, when accepted, may complete nine semester credits of graduate level coursework, six of which may be counted towards both the minimum requirements for the Master of Arts degree, as well as toward the undergraduate degree. Qualified candidates will need a major or its equivalent in an approved licensing endorsement.
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Higuain: Napoli have to qualify
Napoli striker Gonzalo Higuain was left angry after his side's 1-1 UEFA Champions League draw with Athletic Bilbao on Tuesday.
Rafael Benitez's men fell behind following Iker Muniain's first-half goal, but Higuain's 68th-minute effort ensured honours were even heading into next week's play-off second leg in Spain.
However, the Argentina forward felt his side should have done more and was enraged at the prospect of the club missing out on the competition proper.
"The truth is I don't feel like talking right now," Higuain – who was visibly angered after the final whistle – told Sky Sport Italia.
"Napoli have to play in the Champions League.
"We'll have prepare well for the next match. We have to go there to win and Napoli have to do it.
"We have the team to achieve this."
Winning in Bilbao will be no easy task for the Naples-based Serie A club, with Athletic dropping just two La Liga matches at home last term.


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I'm working on an access database for a software engineering course in my masters. Basically what I'm doing is taking the Microsoft template database called "Orders management database" and extending it to meet my needs and to fix some of the table design. The system will be an order tracking database with some extra fields added to create good business reports in terms of profitability per product, things like that.
One of the issues with that database as it is is that it stores price information in the orderdetails table. I want to get rid of any instances of storing data when that data can be calculated.
So what I've done is create a table called "Pricedetail" it has these fields-
PricedetailID : the key
ProductID : has a many to 1 relationship with the Products table
So a single ProductID can have multiple entries in the PriceDetail table. This will allow for product prices to be changed, and historic data is maintained about product pricing. It will also allow for me to calculate old invoice totals instead of storing them. When an invoice is calculated I'll do a between on the invoice date and PriceStartDate and PriceEndDate..
So here is the problem. I'm familiar with using access to process data that already exists in tables. I'm not so familiar with using Forms to enter that data.
I have a Add Order main form which contains a Order detail subforms. The OrderID in the main form is linked to the orderID in the child form. So when you are looking at order #14 it only shows the products that exist in the order details table for order #14. What I'm having problems with is looking up the price from the pricedetail table.
I've used dlookup like this- DLookUp("UnitPrice","PriceDetail","ProductID = " & [ProductID])
Which works, but it doesn't take my date calculations like explain above into consideration. Also it returns an #error? on the last record that is null. I know I can use IFF or NV to overcome this, but not sure of the exact syntax.
I've also read some help manuals that saying using dlookup is not the best way to do this, and it should be done with a query.
So in my query I put the Orders detail table and Price detail table with the productID joined between the two, and I put my between in the criteria for the field "order date". And the query works if I click it and enter the date manually. However, when I set the query to be the Unit Price control source in my form I get a #name? error. If I can get the dlookup syntax nailed down properly I don't even have to mess with a query as I think the performance problems cause by dlookup will be minimal as there are only going to be 10 or 15 product fields for each order at most.
Any help would be appreciated. I'm willing to send the database over to somebody that has a good solution and not just wanting to look at it.


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