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Wufoo, SurveyGizmo & Google Forms are among your best bets
Target audience: Nonprofits, social change organizations, citizen publishers, educators.
By Jessica Haswell
Socialbrite staff
Surveying made easy: We took a look at the five of the best survey tools on the market that can help nonprofits and other organizations get to know your users' opinions and keep funders happy. All of these tools do more than just conduct a simple survey.
What might some of these survey tools cost you? Google is free, but beyond that most of these services offer 10 projects with 100 responses for free, unlimited surveys with 1,000 responses for about $200 per year and more advanced packages for more than $200 per month, depending on your organization's needs. Most of the tools offer discounts of 25 to 50 percent for nonprofis or educational organizations, so make sure to check before you pony up.
Have your own favorite? Please share in the comments below.
Wufoo: Collecting more than just data
1The stand-out feature in this survey tool is the payment integration – your PayPal, Google Checkout or Authorize.net accounts can be connected to WuFoo Forms to collect donations or payments. Wufoo really breaks the survey process down, keeping the process simple and still flexible enough to customize. The actual forms and reports are as clean, customizable and beautiful as the survey process. While all of the survey tools listed here offer discounts for nonprofits, Wufoo offers an impressive 50 percent discount.
SurveyGizmo: Bang for your buck
2When Socialbrite surveyed all the survey tools last spring to create an interactive tool [link fixed] for TechSoup Global, we selected SurveyGizmo — because it had more capabilities than the rest of the field. SurveyGizmo offers every feature your organization could ever need or want for a slightly lower cost. The service has maximum customization and offers a wide range of packages for small to large organizations. The extra offer here is the Professional Service and Training they offer at an additional cost for organizations that want to learn a bit more or outsource some work from the office.
Google Forms: Best part? It's free
3If you're looking for a free service for small-scale surveying, this is hands down the best option out there. All of the other survey tools do have a free option, which usually entails a limit to the amount of surveys (10 per month) and responses (100 per month). Google Forms offers an unlimited amount of surveys and space for well over 1,000 responses. Themes for your survey are plentiful, the software makes email or web embedding easy and, being Google, there are a number of ways to visualize your data. To use it, just go to Google Docs and create a new form. Continue reading


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Arch based distributions (inactive) (简体中文)
These are derivatives of Arch which are no longer maintained. This page is for historical reference only. See the active distribution list for currently developed projects.
Aegis Project
The goal of the Arch Environmental/Geographical Information Systems (Arch EGIS) project was to increase awareness of and accessibility to the very latest, free, open-source GIS applications, sample data and other useful geographical and statistical tools, through the development of an Open Source GIS toolkit.
- Homepage: http://arch-egis.berlios.de/news.php
- Forums: http://arch-egis.berlios.de/forum.php
- Documentation: http://arch-egis.berlios.de/e107_plugins/faq/faq.php
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Archie was a complete live Arch linux system run from a CD/USB-stick, built with the KISS philosophy in mind. It provided a full Arch linux system, yet it delivered fast performance without extensive bloating. Archie used its own hw-detection tool, lshwd, to support a wide range of hardware with fast detection time. Archie also provided extended features such as multiple languages, nesting capabilities, and hd-install.
- Homepage: http://archie.dotsrc.org/
- Forums:
- Documentation: http://archie.sunsite.dk/wiki/doku.php
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- DistroWatch Entry: http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=archie
ArchLinux PPC
"The goal of the Archlinux PPC porting project is to make our favourite distribution, Arch Linux, available for the PPC architecture. Our strong community is diverse and helpful, and we pride ourselves on the range of skillsets and uses for Arch that stem from it. Please check out the forums and mailing list to get your feet wet. Also glance through the wiki if you want to learn more about Arch."
- Source: Arch Linux PPC
- Homepage: http://archlinuxppc.org/ Template:Linkrot
- Forums: https://bbs.archlinux.org/
- Documentation: Main_Page
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Arch Linux is an i686 optimized distribution, but sometimes members of the community ask how to install it on VIA C3 (mini-itx systems) or AMD Geode based systems. Since these CPUs are not fully i686 compatible, there is the need for an i586 port. There have been some past attempts to create an i586 port of Arch Linux. Some were successful, but they are not maintained anymore. The goal of archlive-i586 is to have an up to date i586 installation CD, with a reasonably sized package repository with at least 4-5 mirrors.
- Homepage: http://code.google.com/p/archlinux-i586/
- Forums: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewforum.php?id=35
- Documentation: http://code.google.com/p/archlinux-i586/w/list
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Arch Linux Modified
"Goal:To make a light-weight version of Arch Linux that will accomodate most users without the need to download and configure packages."
- Source: Arch Linux Modified
- Homepage: http://rusher.webhop.org/wordpress/?page_id=143
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ArchPwn is a security based Linux Live CD/DVD system that aims to be a fully working swiss army knife for pentesting purpose. It is based on the Arch Linux distribution, and follows the Arch philosophy. It keeps the original system intact, and creates on top of it a package repository with all tools that a pentester needs.
- Homepage: http://www.archpwn.org/index.php/Main_Page
- Forums:
- Documentation: http://www.archpwn.org/index.php/Main_Page
- Screenshots: http://www.archpwn.org/wiki/Screenshots
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Borderless Linux
"I'm the founder of Borderless Linux. I am pleased to announce that we in fact are merging into what is currently the Chakra Project. We will be creating a LiveCD based upon Chakra's configurations and optimizations, but with a GNOME GUI. We will be using Larch to build the CD and hope to provide all the same functionality as Chakra, except using GNOME."
- Source: Borderless Linux
- Homepage: http://www.borderlesslinux.org/
- Forums: http://chakra-project.org/bbs/
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"Chaox is a live environment based on Arch Linux focusing on pentesting and forensics. We feature current snapshots of aircrack-ng, the dedected toolkit and forensic applications such as testdisk or foremost, along with the usual tools."
- Source: chaox
- Homepage: http://blag.chaox.net/
- Forums: http://forum.aircrack-ng.org/index.php?board=23.0
- Documentation:
- Screenshots: http://blag.chaox.net/screenshots/
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Elegance is a Arch Linux spin-off that is heavily influenced by ArchBang. It comes with a small number of programs to start you off on building your own custom desktop.
- Homepage: http://k2z.com
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FaunOS was a portable, fully integrated Linux operating system with over 600 pre-installed packages. Based on Arch Linux, it was specifically designed to run from a portable USB memory device (such as a USB Flash drive). It could also be configured to boot from other media, such as DVD, and even the internal hard drive. FaunOS was a live desktop system designed to run without setup on most modern x86-based systems.
- Homepage: http://www.faunos.com/
- Forums: http://forum.faunos.com/
- Documentation: http://wiki.faunos.com/
- Screenshots: http://www.faunos.com/screenshots.html
- DistroWatch Entry: http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=faunos
Firefly Linux
Firefly Linux is a lightweight operating system designed with netbooks in mind. Firefly Linux Float, the main edition of Firefly, comes with the small and fast LXDE desktop environment. It also includes many popular applications to help the user get the most out of a netbook. Firefly Linux is powerful and is not limited to a "netbook-oriented" interface. Being relatively lightweight, Firefly can also be used for low-end systems.
- Homepage: http://fireflylinux.com/
- Forums: http://fireflylinux.com/forum/index.php
- Documentation:
- Screenshots: http://fireflylinux.com/screenshots/
- DistroWatch Entry: http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=firefly
Project apparently no longer exists.
"LDR stands for Linux Done Right. It is an Arch Linux derrived GNU/Linux distro which has many software components pre-configured so you can just install and get on with it!"
- Source: LDR Homepage
March Linux
March Linux aimed to be a simple, lean and fast GNU/Linux distribution for the desktop, which urged the users to learn Linux instead of holding their hands at every step. At the same time, it was usable and fully functional with a generous package choices. While it was heavily based on Arch Linux, the author prefered to call March an Arch "distrolet". The default desktop environment in March Linux was Fluxbox.
- Homepage: http://marchlinux.wikidot.com/
- Forums:
- Documentation: http://marchlinux.wikidot.com/faqs
- Screenshots: http://marchlinux.wikidot.com/screenshots
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Maryan Linux 2
The Maryan Linux 2 Project is designed to enable older hardware to run a fast and beautiful dekstop. For this reason, Maryan uses Enlightenment 17, which is a lightweight and very visually appealing desktop environment. The Maryan Linux developers strongly believe that this desktop environment is mature, stable (most of the time), and one of the most efficient for minimal computer resources usage.
- Homepage: http://www.maryanlinux.com/
- Forums: http://en.maryanlinux.com/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,45/
- Documentation: http://documentation.maryanlinux.com/dokuwiki/ml2:start
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- DistroWatch Entry: http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=maryan
Shift Linux
Shift Linux was a work in progress that aimed to be a desktop distro based on a solid Arch foundation. As of May 8th, 2009, development ceased. Read more about it here: http://shiftlinux.net/news/item/shift-placed-on-indefinite-hold
"Anyone interested in developing a Linux distro should consider helping out Firefly Linux. It's a great project that spawned from Shift."
- Source: Simon, Shift Linux
- Homepage: http://shiftlinux.net/
- Forums: http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showforum=182
- Documentation: http://shiftlinux.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
- Screenshots: http://shiftlinux.net/art/
- DistroWatch Entry: http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=shift
The UKnow4Kids Live DVD is a Linux distribution compiling educational software for children 2- to 10-years-old. The distribution is intended for broad usage by a non-technical audience (regular parents). Development stalled in mid 2010.
- Uses Arch Linux as the core, LXDE/OpenBox as the window manager, SLiM as the display manager, and mastered using gradgrind's Larch scripts.
- It is essentially indestructible for children's use, and it is impossible for the hard drive of the host PC to be affected when the live CD is running.
- Runs well on old Intel hardware, so it should run fine on a Pentium II with 256 MB RAM (that's what my kid uses) or better.
- Provides a familiar Windows-like/Mac-like user experience, requiring only minimal computer experience to run.
- Homepage: http://www.uknow4kids.org
- Blog: http://blog.uknow4kids.org
Underground Desktop
Underground Desktop was a GNU/Linux distribution targeted at the desktop user. It was based on Arch Linux. Its main features were ease of installation, kernel optimisation for modern processors (i686), and the KDE desktop.
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- DistroWatch Entry: http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=underground
Miscellaneous Distributions
These distributions lack sufficient information or available history to merit their own entry, so they are listed here in abbreviated form.
- The Arch Linux Embedded Project
- A Linux distribution based on Arch Linux and aimed at low-end systems
- 30 MB micro-LiveCD
- The goal of the uArch project was to build super lightweight, scalable and stable micro packages. Suitable for use on Desktops, Laptops, Routers, PDA and Cellphones


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A large senior class that includes a pair of talented offensive linemen and a veteran quarterback has the St. Charles Preparatory School football team hoping it can close the gap on Pickerington North when the programs meet for the third time Friday, Aug. 30.
A large senior class that includes a pair of talented offensive linemen and a veteran quarterback has the St. Charles Preparatory School football team hoping it can close the gap on Pickerington North when the programs meet for the third time Friday, Aug. 30.
The host Panthers, who beat the Cardinals 20-8 during their first season in 2003, blew past St. Charles 50-22 to open last season.
While the Cardinals have 24 seniors, North is moving on without 2013 graduates and Division I recruits Jake Butt (TE/DL, Michigan) and Godwin Igwebuike (RB/DB, Northwestern).
North went 12-2 last season and lost to Cincinnati Moeller 26-21 in a Division I state semifinal, while St. Charles finished 6-4.
"Last year we came out a little slow at the beginning of that (St. Charles) game," said North senior linebacker Dylan Weigel, whose team trailed the Cardinals 12-10 early in the second quarter. "In the second half we started scoring touchdowns, so this year we'll look to get out to a better start. I think our team has been coming together pretty well, and we're getting the new guys adjusted to the program."
Seniors Ron Brown (5-foot-8, 189 pounds) and Jabree Lather (5-7, 175), who are transfers from Pittsburgh and Fremont Ross, respectively, are expected to be the top running backs for North.
Senior Zeph Miller is back at quarterback after passing for 476 yards and five touchdowns and rushing for 271 yards a year ago in a backup role.
On defense for North, senior tackle Geno Rollo (6-2, 270) and junior nose tackle Nick Huhn (6-2, 265) should be other key players along with Weigel, who is the program's all-time leading tackler.
"We saw them in a 7-on-7 over the summer at Dublin Coffman and they definitely have some skilled athletes," St. Charles coach Jeff Pharion said.
"Their quarterback is a pretty nimble guy. He seemed to like to get out and roll around the pocket."
Ben Hale, who has verbally committed to Bowling Green, is a free safety who leads the Cardinals defense.
Senior Ryan Bailey (6-1, 190) is back at quarterback after passing for 685 yards and rushing for five scores a year ago.
Although the rest of St. Charles' skill-position players are taking on more prominent roles than in the past, seniors David Heil (6-6, 295) and Nathan Puthoff (6-5, 285) return on the offensive line. Puthoff has verbally committed to Kent State.
"We've got a nice range of athletes and key linemen," Pharion said.
"Our quarterback has started 12 games at the varsity level. He's got a good arm and is very smart in the pocket, but he also runs a 4.6 (seconds) in the 40 (yards)."


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For tonight we're going to look at Colossians, Chapter 1, and we'll kind of abbreviate it a little bit so that we can still cover the same ground and get you out in plenty of time for you to leave here and do nothing for a couple of hours. (Laughter). Colossians, chapter (I just want to keep your perspective, that's all) Colossians Chapter 1, verse 24 to 29 is really what we're studying at this particular point, and I think if there's any one thing that continually comes through to me in the ministry that God has called me to or in the ministry that God has called any of us to it is that there is never any effective presentation of divine truth without a struggle. Never. You're constantly dealing with objects that want to make it difficult. If it isn't the fact that people are deaf andthey cannot hear and you have to train people and work until you are able to communicate in that way it is that you're dealing with false doctrine, that you're dealing with heresy, that you're dealing with sinfulness, or maybe it's that you're on the mission field and you're dealing with a language barrier, or you're struggling against your own ignorance, but always it seems always it seems to present God's truth there is going to be a struggle. The adversary always makes it difficult, and it is no less true as we look at the book of Colossians that Paul is in a struggle here.
Even as he writes this letter to the Christians in the city of Colossi he is writing from prison. The struggle in his own life has brought him to the place where he has been put in prison in Rome, because of his message, because of his preaching, because of his proclamation of the truth of Jesus Christ. In addition to that, while he was a prisoner of Rome, a dear man of God by the name of Epaphrus visits him. Epaphrus is undoubtedly the founding pastor of the church in Colossi, and Epaphrus tells him, Paul, something tragic is occurring in our city. Our people are being exposed to terrible false truth. There are teachers that have come to Colossi and they are saying that Jesus is not God, and they are saying that Jesus Christ cannot save a man, that Jesus Christ is unable to bring a man to God. He is neither God, nor the Saviour. And they are teaching legalism, ritual. They are teaching mysticism. They are teaching asceticism. They are teaching all kinds of strange things including the worship of angels and all of this heresy Epaphrus tells Paul is attacking the church, the young church in Colossi. And so Paul sits down and responds to Epaphrus, writes this letter and puts it back in the hand of Epaphrus and says, take it to your people, It is the Word of God to them.
And so in the book of Colossians Paul is clearing out heresy. Heresy regarding the person of Jesus Christ and His total power to save. And that becomes the great heart of this letter, and that becomes the major theme in the first two chapters and in the last two chapters the behavior of the believers that should come in response to an understanding of who Christ is and what He has accomplished in salvation.
Now it is important that the apostle Paul in sending this letter along give the Colossian Christians some reason to believe Him. It's one thing to say something; it's something else to have people accept what you say as the truth. And Paul in writing to the Colossians wanted them to believe and to hear and to obey what he said, but since he was not the founding pastor of the church in Colossi as he had been in many other churches, and they perhaps did not know him that well, maybe some of them did not know him at all. It was important that somewhere in this letter he state his right to speak and be heard and be believed and be obeyed. And that he does in 1:2429. Now in these particular verses, Paul is saying because of who I am, and what God has called me to do, I speak the way I speak with the anticipation that you shall hear and obey me. Especially important.
Now, in discussing his ministry and his identity as a minister of God, I told you last week that he gives eight general features of his ministry, He says, if you want to know why I'm writing the way I'm writing, if you want to know that God has called me and how He has called me, and what He has called me to do, if you want to know the gambit of my ministry and why I am dealing with you as I am, here it is, Now last week we discussed the first four. Paul gives us eight features of the ministry. Now let's begin by reviewing the first four rather rapidly.
Number one, I have you the source of the ministry. The source of the ministry. Notice verse 23, right at the end: "I, Paul, am made a minister." So, the source is outside the man. I didn't make myself a minister, I was made a minister. Verse 25: "...of which I am made a minister: according to the responsibility, as it were, given to me by God." God made me a minister. The source of any ministry, beloved, is God. It is God who calls us, it is God who grants us His Spirit, it is God whodirects us into the ministry He wants for us, it is God who by His Spirit gives us the gifts of the Spirit in order that we might minister them, and we'll get into that in a week or two from our I Corinthians 12 study that we'll be moving into.
It is God who equips us physiologically, it is God who gives us capacities and abilities humanly speaking to function in areas that He designs for us. It is God who calls us to a ministry. Therefore, any ministry that I have, any gifts that I have, any abilities that I have are a stewardship committed to me by God to be returned to Him in faithfulness. We do not call ourselves into the ministry, I didn't choose to be a minister, and you know I've shared my testimony with you on that. God just threw me out of the car and sent me skidding along the highway 110 yards and said, "Kid, you're in the ministry," and I said, "That's fine with me," (Laughter) And that was it God put me in the ministry. It came to the place in my life when I was finished with my college days and I had opportunity at that time for the privilege of trying out with the Los Angeles Angels or with the opportunity (at that time they were in Los Angeles, now they're in Anaheim) the opportunity to try out with a couple of pro football teams and there wasn't even a decision at that point in my life. It was clearcut, and I remember saying to the coach, "Look, I appreciate all these things but I'm not interested at all. God has called me to the ministry." And that's why I'm here. And God did enough things in my life to confirm that to me without question. Without question. God called me into the ministry.
Now that's how it is in the ministry. That's how it ought to be. It ought to have that tremendous sense of commitment that God has put His hand on my life, and when God has put His hand on your life and you feel a knowledge of His Spirit working in a certain dimension and you sense the gifts of the Spirit God has given you, you realize that you have been given a trust which you are to pay back to God. You have been given a dispensation of God, and that means a responsibility, a stewardship, a divine calling to fulfill. And I'll tell you, sometimes people say to me, where would you like to retire? And I always say, retire? From what? Retire from teaching the Bible? Retire from telling people about Christ? What would I do? I'd be a guilty wreck.(Laughter). I'd rather be dead than retire. This is a dispensation of God that has been given to me. When Paul got to the end he said, Lord, I'm done, I don't want to retire, I want to be dead, because if it's all over, I'd just as soon be with you as hang around some resort. (Laughter).
Secondly, Paul not only talks about the source of the ministry, and we're just picking up the pieces of last week, but he talks about the spirit of the ministry. Verse 24: the spirit of the ministry who now rejoice", the spirit of the ministry is joy. This was always Paul's attitude. Paul always had the attitude of joy, and I told you why. Joy is a product of humility. Now remember that. Joy is a product of humility. If I really believe that I don't deserve anything, anything I get makes me happy. And Paul says, hey, I was a blasphemer, I was a Christian killer, I was this, I was that, I was the chief of sinners, I was all of these things, but God counted me faithful. He put me in the ministry, He blessed me, He gave me this and this and this, and everything I've got is undeserved. What else can I be but happy? What else could I be but joyous? What else could I be but thankful? And you know something? I think in studying the Scripture you will find that whenever God calls His greatest servants, whenever God picked out His choice people, He always made them face their total unworthiness so that anything they had they would realize as a cause for joy, because it was a gift of God's Grace'.
For example, Moses, at the burning bush, could only see his imperfections. Remember that? He says, what am I going to do (stuttering) ... he couldn't talk. And God says to him, "Look, you're right. But I made your mouth and I'm gonna make it work. And I know that every time that Moses got up and made a speech he knew the source of it. Whenever God called His choice servants He always made them face the reality of their unworthiness, their uselessness apart from Him. Take, for example, um... well, God said to Moses, "Go and I will be with you and teach you what you should say." Take, for example, Gideon, in Judges chapter 6. Gideon at the threshing floor he says, "Oh, my Lord." He says, "where with all or how will I save Israel? You are calling me to save Israel?" Gideon says. "Behold, my family is poor in Menassa." In other words, I can't even finance an army. How am I gonna pull it off? "And I am the least in my Father's house." I'm the lowest guy in the house, and we're always poor as a church mouse. How am I going to finance the deal and how am I gonna get enough credibility to lead it? And God said, "Good, you're just where I want you. You know you're useless." (Laughter). And so what does God say to him? I like it. He says, "Go, in this thy might." You're might is in you're humility. You remember what? God got him an army of 300 people. You say, how could an army of 300 people knock off anybody? They didn't even have to fight. They just got in a big circle, blew horns, broke pitchers, and they killed each other in the other army.
Isaiah. Isaiah went to the temple in Isaiah chapter 6 and he saw the glory of God, and he said, "I am a man of (what?)unclean lips, and I dwell amidst the people of unclean lips." And an angel came off the fire and took a coal and touched his tongue, the symbol of purification, and all of a sudden he heard the voice of God and he said, (what?) "Here am I Lord. Send me." You see, God wanted to show him that he was nothing. And God wants everybody that He ever calls into any ministry to make that initial recognition that he is useless apart from what God wants to do.
Peter, on the shore of Galilee. God had a lot of plans for Peter. And he on the shore of Galilee saw the glory of the Lord and the miracle of the fish, and when he saw Jesus display this divine creative power he said, "Depart from me for I am a (what?) sinful man, Oh Lord. Go away, Lord, I don't even deserve to be in your presence. And Jesus looked at him and said, "That's good, Peter. From now on you will catch men. You're just the kind of person I can use." You see, in all of God's choice servants God has to bring them to a sense of unworthiness, a sense of sinfulness, a sense of inadequacy, and a sense of undeservedness, because that's at the very heart of joy. And then everything that happens is a cause for rejoicing. And Paul, like the rest, didn't deserve anything but everything he got from God gave him cause for joy. And I'll tell you, in the ministry as long as you maintain a humility you can maintain a joy, but as soon as you get to thinking you've not getting what you deserve, you're a better guy than what you're gettin, you're in a lot of trouble. Then you get bitter, then you get to complaining, and you've lost the joy of the ministry, I meet people who have lost the joy of the ministry, I do. Christians who are tired of serving the Lord. You know why? Because they think they should have better than they've got. And the truth of the matter is that we all deserve nothing.
The third thing we studied last time. The suffering of the ministry. Not only the source of it and the spirit of it, joy, but the suffering of it. He says in verse 24: "1 rejoice in my suffering for you and I fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for His body's sake, which is the Church. And he says, "Look... the suffering of the ministry? It's this; I'm going to have to suffer, because the world isn't through persecuting Christ. Since the world can't get to Christ because He isn't around, they're going to persecute me, but that's all right because if I suffergetting the Gospel to you, that's good. I'm willing to suffer, Paul says, I'm willing to die, for the work of the Lord. That's what he wants.
I was reading an interesting story this week in an ancient edition of Harper's Magazine. You want to know how ancient? September, 1875. Interesting story. It said this. There's a story told of Pusa, the Chinese potter, that being ordered to produce some great work for the emperor he tried long and hard to make it, but in vain. Finally, intotal despair, he threw himself into his furnace, on top of the pottery, and burned to death. When the fire died down and the pottery was discovered, it was found that his burning flesh had marked the pottery so that it was considered the most beautiful porcelain ever known. That's interesting. What's the application? In the ministry, it's the same. It's the selfsacrifice that brings it thebeauty, see. It's the selfsacrifice that brings it the beauty. It's the selfsacrifice that distinguishes it from the commonplace.
The fourth thing, just reviewing, the fourth thing that we studied last time that Paul looked at in his ministry was the scope of the ministry. Verse 25. What is the scope at the end of verse 25? "...to fulfill (what? what?) the Word of God." What is the scope of the ministry? It's just to do what God has called you to do. To maximize your effort. To fulfill the Word of God. God has spoken to me, Paul says, and God has told me what to do, and it is my responsibility to do it. To fulfill the Word of God. What does that mean? It means to fulfill the Word of God to me in my call, it means to preach the Word of the Gospel, it means to teach the whole counsel of God, it means to fulfill it all. To do what God wants me to do by proclaiming His truth. That's to fulfill the Word of God. Paul says the scope of my ministry is simple; I'm just going to do what God tells me to do. I'm just going to obey Him. I'm going to proclaim His word to the unsaved; I'm going to teach His Word to the believers only in the way that He wants me, and only in the place that He wants me to do it. And Paul knew what his calling was because God had said to him, "You shall go to the gentiles, and be My apostle to the gentiles." And God designed where he was to go and he went there, and he obeyed God and when he died he said I can tell you right now, I have fulfilled my ministry, I've finished my course. The great desire of the man of God, the great desire of the servant of God, the great desire of anybody in any ministry is to fulfill God's will by proclaiming God's Word in the place of God's call. And Paul wouldn't let anything stop him. Absolutely nothing would stop the apostle Paul from doing what he knew God wanted him to do.
That's the scope of the ministry. Fulfill it. Don't do a halfbaked job, don't to a 3/4 job, don't slough it off, do the whole job in the place that God has called you to doit. And that, my people, takes tremendous commitment. To do it. That brings us to the next four, and I want to share them with you tonight. We're seen the source of the ministry, God. The spirit of the ministry is joy. The suffering of the ministry is on the behalf of Christ for the sake of the Church. The scope of the ministry is to fulfill the whole Word of God,
Fifth, the subject of the ministry. Now what is it that we are saying? What is it that we are proclaiming? What is the subject? What is the message of the ministry? Verse 26: "Even the mystery which hath been hidden from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to His saints." What is the subject of the ministry? The mystery which has been hidden from ages and generations (and incidentally ages means times and generations means people) so it's been hidden from times and people, but is now given in manifestation to the saints. What is the message? The mystery. We are to teach people the mystery. You say now, wait a minute. What is this mystery thing all about? All right, let me give you a little quick theology of the term mystery. This is very interesting.
First of all, God has always kept some secrets. Did you know God has always had some things that only He knows? And you never know them. No one ever knows them, but God? Deut. 29:29. It's a great verse, don't ever forget it. It's the one I always use when I can't answer a question. Deut. 29:29: "...the secret things belong to the Lord." It's a handy one. (Laughter) Oh, the secret things belong to the Lord, see. So God has some secrets that He never tells anybody, and that's where our intelligence ends and God's begins.
Secondly, God has some secrets that He reveals to special people all through history. Not everybody knows them, just special people. You say, who are they? Psalm 25:14 "the secret of the Lord is with them that hear Him." Prov. 3:32: "His secret is with the righteous." Listen. There are some things that only God knows. There are some things He reveals only to special people. Who are the special people? They are the righteous. They are the ones who believe in God. They are the ones who commit themselves to Him. They are the ones in whom the Holy Spirit dwells in this age. They are the children of God.
Now thirdly, there are some secrets which God hid from everybody in the past, and He reveals to all the saints in the New Testament. Those are the mysteries. So if you see the word mystery in the Bible, what is it? It's something that was never revealed in the Old Testament to anybody but is now revealed in the New Testament to everybody ... everybody who is a Christian, everybody who is a saint. Look at verse 26 now with that in mind: "Even the mystery that is the things hidden from the Old Testament saints which have been hidden from times and generations but now are made manifest to His saints. What is it, then John, what is it? The mystery is the New Testament. The revelation of Christ incarnate. The story of God becoming man, of God in human flesh that's the mystery. Sacred secret.
And that mystery is approached in many ways. There are other mysteries in the New Testament, the mystery of iniquities, did you read about that? The mystery of the rapture, The mystery of Babylon in Revelation 17, some form of evil that had never been revealed earlier, the Church theChurch is not seen in the Old Testament. They mystery of the bride, in Ephesians, chapter 5, the Old Testament never saw a new group as the new bride of the Messiah any other than the nation Israel. The mystery of Israel's unbelief the Old Testament never saw a time when Israel totally abandoned God. The mystery of Godliness. The mystery of the incarnation. The mysteries of the New Testament. That's what Paul is saying. What then is the subject of our ministry? It is the fullness of New Testament revelation. You say, aren't we to teach the Old Testament? Of course we are. That goes without saying, But the fullness of our message is all of the mysteries of the New Testament that make the Old Testament meaningful, Do you know that if somebody today believed every word of the Old Testament and rejected the New Testament, they'd be doomed to hell, wouldn't they? Wouldn't they? That's the point. What is our message? It is the message that the Old Testament promises have come true in the New Testament, in Christ. This is mystery. This is that which washidden and is now revealed. So he doesn't use the word mystery in the sense of some secret teaching or some rite or ceremony hidden fromthe masses andrevealed to exclusive elite people. Not some kind of thing like the Babylonian mystery religions. Not a mystical thing, The mystery is merely something in the past that was hidden that is revealed in the New Testament. Whether it's the mystery of iniquity, that is seeing iniquity in a massive form like it had never been seen in the past, or the mystery of the Church, something not seen, or the mystery of God in human flesh. it's all the mystery that we are to teach, Nownotice verse 27: "... to whom God would make known (this is to the saints) to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the gentiles which is, and here's the mystery, Christ in you, the hope of glory." Now there are many different things that are called a mystery in the New Testament, but the major one, the major one that Paul points out here is Christ in you.
In the Old Testament the Jews knew Messiah was coming. They were told that. What they never really fully knew was that the Messiah would not only come but that He would live in the very bodies of His people. What they didn't know was that your body and my, body would become the temple of the living God, They didn't know that. That was a mystery. And that is the message we have to announce to the world. That every man has a hope of glory, glory manifest now and a hope of future glory with God by virtue of Christ in us. He says, look at verse 27, he says God wants the saints to know the riches of the glory of the mystery. I like the fact he uses those. He loves to talk about riches. You know, he thinks he's so rich. He really didn't have anything. He ran around making tents to earn his living, and yet he's always talking about how rich he is. The riches. The riches of what? Of the glory of this mystery which is Christ. What do you mean? I mean since I have Christ I am (what?) rich. I am rich. And listen, here's the fantastic thing that the Jews never saw in the Old Testament the riches of the glory of this mystery among the what? Gentiles. That's us, folks. They may have understood the Messiah related to Israel, they never understood the relationship of an indwelling Messiah to the gentiles. This is the Church. This is Christ dwelling in us in His church. How rich we are. How rich we have become. This becomes a theme in Paul's heart as he talks again and again and again about riches.
In Ephesians 1:18, "the eyes of your understanding should be enlightened that you may know what is the hope of his calling and the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. Riches. In chapter 3 of Ephesians, verse 16: "...that He would grant you according to the riches of His glory to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man." We are rich. We are rich because as gentiles, because as the Church, Christ is in us. And this is the message. This is the subject of the ministry, to tell people, "Hey, did you know that the living God wants to come and dwell in your life?" What a fantastic reality. What a thrilling concept. In Ephesians 3:4 Paul says: "You may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ, which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men as it is now revealed unto His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. What is the mystery? That the gentiles that should be fellow heirs and of the same body partakers of His promise by the Gospel. The mystery is that Jew and gentile are made fellow heirs to receive and possess God within them.
That's our message, and this was burning in my heart yesterday. I was thinking, we've got to announce to the world that God can live in them. And I knew that the first group of people that I was going to talk to was going to get that message, because whenever I get something in me, that's what comes out, and I had an unusual privilege last night to meet with the Dodger baseball team just before the game after they'd had batting practice and talked to them. Guess what I talked to them about? (Laughter). Did you know that the living God wants to dwell in you? That was my message.
What an exciting truth! And I said, if you're looking for a divine resource for living, if you're looking for a divine sympathy for failure, if you're looking for power, if you're looking for understanding, if you're looking for salvation, if you're looking forhope for the future, God wants to live in you. What else could you ask? This is the message, this is the subject of the ministry. I mean we're not running around the world announcing now all of you people, please try to do better. (Laughter). You know, like my old coach used to say, ship up or shape out. We're not saying that. (Laughter). That's right, that's the way he always said it, backwards. (Laughter). We're not saying that. We're not forcing on somebody some imposed ritual or some selfstyled alteration of life. We're not saying, please could youmake your New Year's resolution every month? We're not saying that. That's not the message. What we're saying is, God wants to come and live in you. That's what we're saying. We are rich because Christ is in us. And that's rich. That's rich beyond imagination. Because if you'll look at Colossians 2:3 it says: "...in whom (and that refers to Christ in verse 2) in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Listen to me, in Christ is all wisdom and all knowledge, and Christ lives (where?) in me. What a resource. What a resource. In Romans (just a thought) in verse 23 of chapter 9, is it? "and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He's prepared unto glory." God, by His mercy, made us rich now and forever. We are rich. Romans 11:33, he says it again. "Oh, the depths of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God." He is so rich in knowledge. So rich in wisdom. So rich in mercy. So rich in grace. So rich in love. So rich in everything, and He deposited it all in us.
It's an incredible reality. When you stop to think about it, I was talking to some of the guys and isn't it amazing; they say you use 1/10th of 1% of your brain. Think about spiritually to have the living God within you and think about how some Christians live. They live like paupers. With all that resource. Paul prayed in Ephesians 3:19 that we would be filled with all the fullness of God, that all of that available resource and power would be used. That's our message, that's the subject of the ministry. That the hope for man's honor now and the guarantee for man's honor or glory in the future is the indwelling Christ. He is power now and He is the guaranteer of future security with Him. In Ephesians 3:17 it says, "Christ dwells in our hearts." The living God. I mean, I can't even fathom that principle. The longer I think about it, the more unbelievable it becomes.
Back in John chapter 6 and our Lord was talking in 6:56, I think: "...he that eats my flesh and drinks my blood (now listen) dwells in Me and I in him," Jesus said if you will partake, and He was talking about spiritual partaking. If you will partake in My death, if you will accept My death on the Cross for you and believe in My atoning blood, if you will accept the sacrifice for sin that I make on the Cross, then I will come and live in you, What a phenomenal reality. That's our message, people. That's what the world needs to hear. In John 14:17: "even the spirit of truth in the world can't receive because it sees Him not neither knows Him, but you know Him because He dwells with you and shall be in you,'' The Holy Spirit is going to come and be in you. In John, same chapter, the 23rd verse, John 14:23, he says, "if a man loves Me he will keep my words, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our abode with him," If you will accept My Cross, in John 6, if you will love Me and obey Me in that act, then I will come and live in you and dwell in you. Fantastic reality. In Romans chapter 8 it tells us, "...you are not in the flesh (Rom. 8:9) but in the spirit if so be that the spirit of God dwells in you. Now if any man have not the spirit of Christ he is none of His, And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is life because of righteousness. If you're a Christian, he gays, the spirit of God is in you, the spirit of Christ is in you, and Christ is in you, Three different ways he says it. God lives in us. What an incomprehensible reality,
One other thought, II Cor. 6:16 I can't resist this, love it. He says, "You are the temple (II Cor. 6:16) you are the temple of the living God, (Now listen.) You are the temple of the living God as God has said, "I will dwell in them and walk in them, and I will be their God and they will be my people," Emphasis on the personal pronouns. I will dwell in them, I will walk in them, and so does Paul say, I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live yet not I but Christ lives (where?) in me." Just staggering. 'Chat's the subject of the ministry, and that is the hope of glory,
And what do you mean by the phrase, "the hope of glory," I mean that all the glory that could ever be will only be yours when Christ is (what?) in you. The only hope a mm ever has for glory now, future, any time, under any condition is when Christ dwells within him, God wants to live in you, that's the message.
So we see the source of the ministry, the spirit of the ministry, the suffering of the ministry, the scope of the ministry, the subject of the ministry. Verse 28, let's look-the style of the ministry. And this is simple the "style" of the ministry. Verse 28 "...whom we preach warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom." Stop there.
The style of the ministry, what is it, Paul? What's the style, I mean how do we do it? What's the mode? What's the method? Here it is, he says preach. "Cotangetto", literally means "to proclaim". It is the language of mission. It refers to declaring a completed truth. A completed happening. And it is a general term for Paul's proclaiming mission. What is the style of our ministry? You say, it's just to sneak around anddon't say anything and just live the life, No. No. It's to open your mouth. It's to proclaim you got to live the life too, I'm not denying, but you've got to open your mouth once in awhile. You talk a lot about example, and example is important, but nobody's going to follow you into the Kingdom unless sooner or later you open your mouth. So the style of the ministry? Paul says, we "proclaim" it isn't formal preachingnecessarily in this term, it is simply speaking the truth, and it has two components it has a negative, warning, it has a positive, teaching; it has an end in mind, wisdom be imparted.
How do you impart wisdom? How do you proclaim wisdom? By negative, warning; by positive, teaching. Warning and teaching. What does it mean to warn? Admonish, in the Greek. You know the word, we've discussed it many times. What is warning? Let me give you the Biblical definite on of the Greek word here. It means, "encouraging counsel in view of sin and coming punishment." It's just what you do with your kids keep that up kid, and you're in real trouble. That's warning. It is encouraging counsel in view of sin and impending punishment. Admonishing. We've discussed it from the standpoint of II Thes. 3:14, 15 - it's to be done gently but it's to be done firmly. We see it use in many, many New Testament passages. Every Christian has the responsibility. I'm telling you, every Christian has the responsibility to admonish. In Colossians 3:16: "...let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all of you in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another." That's just a responsibility all of us have. To warn each other if there is sin. In Romans chapter 15 verse 14: "I myself am also persuaded of you all, brethren, that you are also full of goodness, filled with knowledge and able to admonish one another. We are to warn each other. If there is a sin in the life of a believer we are to warn them lovingly, gently, we have that responsibility. Every pastor has that responsibility. That's my responsibility. He says in I Thessalonians 5:12: "we beseech you, brethren, to know them who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you. We have to warn you. We have to warn you about your sin, about false doctrine, about the consequences of disobedience, about the consequences of spiritual laziness, about missing the will of God. We have to warn you as we would warn our children if we love them,
And the second aspect and the positive side is teaching. Imparting positive doctrine. Now we do both of these. We impart positive doctrine and we warn. We're to teach the Word of God.
So what is the proclaiming that we do? It involves warning and teaching. Whether it's to an unbeliever, "You know if you keep living the way you live, and you keep rejecting God and Christ, I want to warn you, my brother of what's going to happen." And that's warning. And then you need to say to that same unbeliever, "Let me teach you what you need to do." The same two things apply in the Church. If you see a Christian sinning you warn and then you instruct. So those two things are part and parcel of the style of the ministry, which is to talk, to speak, to proclaim, to announce, to declare a mission, and that mission has two parts and that is to warn and to teach. And notice what you are to teach. All wisdom. Don't leave anything out. Wisdom means spiritual principles. On the basis of spiritual principles we warn men and we teach them. And this was the style with Paul. He always did this. And he usually connected the two. He would usually teach solid doctrine and then on the basis of solid doctrine he'd warn them, He'd say now that I've told you this truth... here's the way you'd better act. So, for the man of God his lifestyle is dictated. You know what all are, people are you ready for this? We are all proclaimers. That's right. Some of us stand up here and proclaim this way and talk to big crowds of people. Some of us go out there where we are in small little groups of friends and family and we proclaim where we are, but we all proclaim. We all are mouths for the Lord. To warn and to teach. Very vital.
Taking it to my own heart, I know what God has called me to do. He hasn't called me to stand here and tell you my opinion. He hasn't called me to tell you who to vote for and what you ought to do to protest the current economic situation, etc., etc. You know what He's called me to do? To proclaim. That's the style. You say, to proclaim what? To proclaim the mystery of Christ in you, and all that that means. All that that means for your life. And in doing that, to warn you and to teach you. Now what's so beautiful about this? He says, whom we preach". Now listen warning (whom? who does it say?) warning every man, teaching every man, in all wisdom that we may present (what?) every man. Who are we supposed to teach, then? Only the elect. (Laughter). No. It's really pretty obvious, isn't it? Everybody. Everybody. Every man. Listen, let's get to be proclaimers. If everybody in this congregation just went out and said this is "Be a Proclaimer Week". I will open my mouth. (Laughter). Not just leaving little tracks on the table and scurrying away, (Laughter). I will speak for the Lord. You know what would happen? Just this group right here would cause such a stir around this valley it would be incredible. Let's make it, "I Will Proclaim with My Mouth Week", this week, and I will warn about negative behavior and I will teach positive truth.
Now this I could go on from here and talk about a lot of things. That's what the preacher always says when he's out of material, right? (Laughter). Because in my heart, because in my heart, I would like to apply this to the pastor, but I'm gonna set that aside and just leave it with the application to you, but oh does it have application to the man in the pulpit, to teach everybody the Word of God, and all of it, in all wisdom. We need to get all the Word of God, that's why we should have an answer for every man who asks us whatever the question might be. Well, let's go to the seventh point, the sum of the ministry.
The sum of the ministry. When it's all said and done, what does it add up to? What is the goal, the objective, the sum of it all? Verse 28. The end of the verse. Well, let's read the whole verse, "whom we preach, warning e very man and teaching every man in all wisdom that we may present every man (here it is, what's the next word?) perfect or mature in Christ. What's the goal of the ministry? The maturity of the saints, Isn't it? Ephesians chapter 4, He gave to the
church some apostles and prophets and evangelists and teaching shepherds for the perfecting of the saints, Ephesians 4:12, to bring people to maturity, We want to build people up. We want to bring people to maturity. This is what the Holy Spirit is trying to do, Galatians 3:3 having begun in the Spirit, are you made perfect by the flesh? Listen, let the Spirit do His work and He'll make you perfect. That indicates that that's His ministry The end of the book of Hebrews in 13:21: he says, "...the Lord Jesus make you perfect in every good work to do His will working in you that which is wellpleasing in His sight. That is the objective of the ministry, not just to bring people to Christ but to bring them in Christ to maturity. So that they also can reproduce, so that they also can proclaim in all wisdom, so they also know something they can tell somebody else. Very, very, very important. In Philippians, chapter 3, and I'll just give you a couple of verses, deleting some here, chapter 3:12: ".not as though I already had attained, either were already perfect, but I follow after." He says, I haven't arrived, Paul does, but I'm sure going in that direction.
What is perfection? Let me give you several definitions. What is maturity in the Christian life? What is the point of perfection? To be like (what?) Christ. Anybody there? Nope. Anybody going there? I'm in progress. I'm on the road and the closer I get the further away it seems. You say John, how do you get there? All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, II Tim. 3:17. "It is profitable for doctrine instruction, correction, reproof that the man of God be (what?) perfect." How do you get there? You get there because you take this Book and you make it a part of your life. This is it. This is your food. A child matures because he eats. A Christian matures because he feeds on the Word of God. That's the goal. The goal is to bring people to maturity. You know, this was what was on Epaphrus' heart. Go over to chapter 4, verse 12. This was the guy who brought Paul the message. Look what he was concerned about. Epaphrus sho is one of you, a servant of Christ, greets you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. He says, Epaphrus who is one of you, a servant of Christ, greets you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. He says, Epaphrus has this great burden for you, that you would be complete. That's what's on his heart, and that's what's on my heart. And not just some people, but that we may present every man perfect in Christ.
Now think about it. Here is Christianity making an absolutely crosscultural, crosstime statement that is staggering. And the statement is this, that in Jesus Christ there is the capacity for perfection for every man in every age in every society. Incredible. Walter Lippman said this: "As yet, no teacher has ever appeared who was wise enough to know how to teach his wisdom to all mankind. In fact, the great teachers have attempted nothing so Utopian. They were quite well aware how difficult for most men is wisdom, and they have confessedly stated that the perfect life was only for the select few." End quote. Baloney! (Laughter). Paul says, "we will preach and warn every man in all wisdom that we may present (What?) every man perfect in Christ, Listen, the Lord Jesus Christ can perfect every man. Not every man can master every art, not every man can master every craft, there are those who are blind, there are those who are retarded, there are those who are unlearned,there are those who are unskilled, there are those who are weak and some of all of those make up the body of Jesus Christ, There is one reality for every man Jesus Christ and He some day will make them all like Himself. Incredible!
Lastly, we've seen the source, the spirit, the suffering, the scope, the subject, the style and the sum of the ministry, And you say John, you mean to tell me I've got to do all that? That's my ministry? You say, how? Number eight, the strength of the ministry.
How you gonna do it? You think you can pull it off? The strength of the ministry, and you say, John, how am I gonna do it? Verse 29: "...first for this I also labor." Point one. If you're gonna do it, you're gonna have to (what?) work hard. You say yeah, it kind of looks like it. The word labor means to toil to the point of exhaustion. Sometimes people will say to me, John, you're working too hard. You work too hard, you're gonna run into problems. And my thought in the back of my mind is always the same. Oh no, I'm not probably working hard enough. You see, Paul says for this I also toil to the point of exhaustion. I know a little about that. Probably not like Paul, but I know what it is to be weary in welldoing, know what it is to be dead flat tired, and I know what it is to work, I also know what it is to not work. And I'll tell you one thing, I would rather like David Brainard and Henri Martin would rather burn my life out and be dead, having spent myself for the Lord, than try to pace myself and be unable to accomplish what God wanted me to accomplish, He's in control of my life, and the ministry is work. I remember will never forget the lady who said to me on the golf course one time, "You're a smart young man, you ought to go into the ministry," (Laughter). I said, "Really?" She said, "Yeah, you don't have to do a thing, and you can make a lot of money." (Laughter), I said, "It's interesting you should say that. I am in the ministry. Let me tell you a few things." (Laughter).
Now, Paul said, I work hard. I've got scars all over my body. I've been stoned, beaten with rods, shipwrecked, slept in the craziest places, been in prison, been in stocks, I fought against fornication among the Thessalonians, I fought contention and more fornication and fanaticism and litigations among the Corinthians, I fought vice and heresy among the Colossians, I fight legalismamong the Galatians, and I beat my body all the time to bring it into subjection. I work my fingers to the bone to earn my own living and the living of everybody who travels with me. This isn't easy. And I'll tell you something, folks, If you think that you can accomplish any ministry for Go without working at it, you're wrong, It takes work, it takes toil, it takes just plain effort. And you push, if you're going to do anything. Paul pushed his body, Taught hours and hours and hours during the day every day for three years in the school of Tyranus from 1:00 to 5:00 and then he went back to work in the evening when it was cool and after that he went from house to house in the middle of the night, and then the rest of the night he stayed up crying about 'em, he says in Acts 20 He did it for three years. Henri Martin said, when he went to India, "Now I'm here and I know what you want me to do. Now let me burn out for you, God."
The word striving there, striving he says, "I labor striving", is the word, the English, transliteration is (agonize). It's an athletic word, You can be a lazy Christian, you can be a lazy pastor, you can be a lazy missionary, you can be a lazy Sunday School teacher, you can be a lazy helper in the Church, you can be a lazy anything, but I'll tell you one thing, you'll never fulfill the Word of God in yo r life, and you'll never maximize your ministry. It takes a maximum effort for the years of your life to fulfill the Word of God in your life. So he says, I labor, You say, I'll tell you something it sounds a little bit selfgenerated, It sounds a little humanistic to me, Well, he didn't get to the rest of the verse, "Striving according to (what?) His working which (what?) works in me mightily." I'm not alone in this, Sure, I have to work hard. Sure I do. But you know what? The only way I can work hard is in His energy, is in His power. And I find that asPaul says, remember he said, "Every morning I am renewed with fresh strength." Remember he said that? I know that day by day Christ's power by His Spirit is at work in my life, and He gives me an almost supernatural energy, There are times when I don't feel that I can do it, and yet I do it, And when it's done, I know that the resource came from outside of myself, Because God gave me the power. I work hard, from the human viewpoint. But it would all be absolute ashes, it would all be burned out nothing if it wasn't the energy of God energizing me, So that when anything is accomplished, it isn't because I worked hard, it's because He did it. He energized, He gave the power, He gave the resource.
Now you can sum it all up in your own mind. There it is. He states his credentials as a minister, and calls the Colossians to hear and believe and obey what he says. And he gives us a tremendous look at the ministry and all I can say to you is that you've heard it and I trust you'll apply it.
Father, thank You for our time tonight. The time is past gone, and we were grateful. We've had such a rich night tonight, Talk about rich. We just thank You. Thank You for our dear friends that are part of the Grace Church family, and we just thank you that you've sent them our way and we want to minister to them. We thank you for those who faithfully signed to them, that they might be a part of us, for the ministry that they're fulfilling and laboring to fulfill, and we pray Lord that we might be as faithful as those who set the pattern for us, as the apostle Paul and others to fulfill all of the features of the ministry, that you might be pleased, that you might be glorified. Give us a continuing sense of our own unworthiness and uselessness, so that we always have joy in an thing that you do through us. We thank you in Christ's Name AMEN.
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We've seen snippets of what Madden NFL 25 has to offer, but the previous footage shown didn't really give us much of a sense of what was being improved in the next-gen iteration. Here, we learn there will be a host of AI upgrades in blocking and the running game. The computer will now run an incredible amount of computations to provide a more realistic war in the trenches. True Step offers improved locomotion for runners, and takes speed and momentum into account when charging down the field. The faster you're moving, the more steps it will take to adjust course to juke out of the way.
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The Smoking Gun got in touch with True Food Kitchen in Newport Beach, Calif., the scene where a blogger claimed his boss supposedly left a waiter a 1% tip on a $134 tab, along with a note to "Get a real job."
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Since the story started making waves last week, the blog (Future Ex Banker) and accompanying Twitter account where the altered receipt was posted have both been taken offline.
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Text::Editor::Easy - A perl module to edit perl code with syntax highlighting and more.
Version 0.49
There are IDE (or editors) that are currently in active development in perl : for instance, Padre and Kephra. Let's be confident that these projects bring us good designing tools that will be, at last, written in perl.
Still, I would like a different IDE that what we can find now, and, as these IDE are still in development, perhaps they won't reach my needs once finished. There are now lots of dynamic langages, like perl. The potential of these dynamic langages is not fully used with a standard IDE and static programmation. I wish we could build a RAD tool (Rapid Application Development) which would generate "dynamic applications" : that is, applications that you can modify while they are running. This editor module will try to be the first part of this tremendous task.
I want the editor to be programmer-oriented : you should be able to use it like a perl module from your perl programs. And I would also like the generated applications from the IDE to be programmer-oriented : the code of these applications should be accessible during execution and should be modifiable. Programmers should help themselves instead of constantly building "user-oriented" applications (a "programmer-oriented" application can still be used by a simple user). Have a look at http://sgrommier.free.fr/perl/ if you want more explanations about that.
This perl editor module comes with a perl editor program : 'Editor.pl' is an application that uses 'Text::Editor::Easy' instances to edit perl code.
The module enables you to manipulate a highly multi-threaded graphical object. Several demos are provided with the program. To run them and have a glance at the capabilities of this module, launch the perl program "Editor.pl". See README file for installation instructions.
The demos (10 demos to be tested from the "Editor.pl" program) will show you better examples of how to call this module.
use Text::Editor::Easy;
my $editor = Text::Editor::Easy->new;
$editor->insert("Hello world\nSecond line\nlast line");
This module is object-oriented. Once an instance is created, numerous methods are accessible (maybe too much, for now !). New methods can be added on the fly with, why not, new threads associated with these new methods.
Sometimes, you need to consume CPU to achieve your goal. But this shouldn't block the user who interactively use your graphical module : the interface of the module (especially, method "create_new_server") allows you to create threads as simply as you create a new variables. See module Text::Editor::Easy::Comm for the thread mecanism.
Using threads, you can make 'real interactive' applications : a 'Cancel' button that works, for instance. All you have to do is to work in an interruptible way which is not possible in a mono-thread application. Thus, graphical applications (with interactive users) should always be multi-threaded.
Threads are not only used for speed or interactivity. With private variables, they allow you to partition your code. So you don't have a large program with a huge amount of data to manage but a lot of little threads, specialized in a much simpler task with fewer variables to manage. The only remaining problem is how to communicate with all these "working together threads" : the Text::Editor::Easy::Comm provide the solution. All you have to do is define a new thread associated with your new methods. When the new methods are called (by any thread, the new created one or any other one), your new thread will be called automatically and the response will be automatically provided to the initial calling thread (in the context of the caller). Easy, isn't it ! Again, see module Text::Editor::Easy::Comm for the thread mecanism.
The graphical part of the module is handled mainly by Text::Editor::Easy::Abstract. The "Abstract" name has been given because, even if I use Tk for now, there is no Tk calls in all the Abstract module. Tk calls are concentrated in Text::Editor::Easy::Graphic::Tk_Glue module : other "Graphic glue" modules are possible. I think of "Gtk", "Console", and why not "Qt" or "OpenGl" ? There is a limited communicating object (a "Text::Editor::Easy::Graphic") between the Abstract module and the glue module : this is the interface. This interface may change a little in order to allow other "Glue module" to be written, but, of course, all graphic glue modules will have to use the same interface.
You can see the "Text::Editor::Easy" as a super graphical layer above other layers. I imagine a generator where you design an application in your preferred graphical user interface but the generated application could run (maybe in a limited way) in "Console mode". Constant re-use is the key to hyper-productivity.
my $editor = Text::Editor::Easy->new(
'file' => 'my_file.t3d',
'events' => {
'clic' => {
'sub' => 'my_clic_sub',
This function creates and returns a Text::Editor::Easy instance. A Text::Editor::Easy instance is a scalar reference so that you can't do anything with it... except call any object method. This function accepts either no parameter or a hash reference which defines the options for the creation. Here are these options :
'events' option, event management
If you want to define a special behavior in response to user events you have to write special code and reference this code so that it can be executed. You can reference this code during the instance creation.
To have more information about 'Events', look at Text::Editor::Easy::Events.
$editor->insert("Hello"); # Simple insert
# Multi-lines insert with list context
my @lines = $editor->insert("\n\nA non empty line\nAnother non empty line\n\n");
# Using options
my $last_line = $editor->insert(
"...adding data\nLast line",
'line' => $lines[3],
'cursor' => 'at_start',
The insert method encapsulates horrible code for you (and believe me, my code is terrible !). It accepts one or 2 parameters : the first is the string to be inserted, the second, optional, is a hash reference that may change default behavior.
The string can be a single character or several millions of them. Only, you should know that, from time to time, a carriage return (or line feed, or both : just "\n" in perl) should separate your string in reasonably short lines. Perl has no limit except your memory, but the Text::Editor::Easy module would slow down badly if it had to display lines of several thousands characters.
By default, the insertion is made at the cursor position and the cursor position is updated to the last character of the string you have inserted. If the cursor is visible before the insertion, the cursor remains visible at the end of the insertion (maybe at the bottom of the screen). Note that insert method may replace text too if the "Inser" key have been pressed (or set) for the editor instance, but this happens only for the first line.
This method returns Text::Editor::Easy::Line instance(s). In scalar context, only the last inserted line is returned. In list context, all inserted or changed lines are returned. If your string does not contain any "\n", then scalar and list context return the same thing as only one line is changed. You shouldn't use list context for huge string (the 'line' instance creation consumes memory and CPU).
The hash reference, with its options, allows you to modify default behavior :
insertion point before the insertion
how to insert text
cursor position after the insertion
how to display things after the insertion
Why have all these options been added to the basic 'insert' method ? Because an 'insert' call is all that : an insertion point is chosen, text is inserted in a precise way, cursor position is changed and, if text is long enough, your editor may look quite different. As all these things are done implicitly, it seems legitim that options let you define each step explicitly.
insertion point, 'line' and 'pos' options
By default, the insertion is made at the cursor position. You can change that using 'line' and 'pos' options. The 'line' option must specify a valid 'line' instance. The 'pos' option indicates the position of the insertion point in the line. You may use only one of these 2 options :
if only the 'pos' option is provided, the line remains the line where the cursor was before insertion : you just change the position in that line.
if only the 'line' option is provided, the default position is the end of the line you have given.
Note that if you use an insertion point option (either 'pos' or 'line', or both), the cursor position is no more changed by default : it remains where it was before the insertion unless you specify a cursor position.
how to insert text, 'replace' option
'replace' => 1, # will replace text (only in the first line)
By default, the editor uses the current "insert" config to insert the text. The config is linked to the "Inser" key and if the user have pressed it. You can force your "insert" config using the 'replace' option. Set to 1 (or true), existing text will be replaced (only in the first line and according to the length of your first inserted line too). Set to 0 (or false), text will be inserted.
cursor position, 'cursor' option
This option tells where to set the cursor after the insertion has been made :
'cursor' => 'at_start',
will set the cursor before the first character that has been inserted. In fact, this option souldn't move the cursor unless you have used an insertion point.
'cursor' => 'at_end',
will set the cursor after the last character that has been inserted. This is the default behavior of insert method (only useful when you have changed the default insertion point).
You can also use a reference of array with 2 values (the second is optionnal) to set the cursor position.
'cursor' => [ 'line_0', 3 ]; # will set the cursor at the position 3 in the first line modified by insert
# 'line_' is followed by the number of the inserted line
'cursor' => [ 'line_2', 0 ]; # will position the cursor at the beginning of the 3rd inserted line
'cursor' => [ 'line_2' ]; # will position the cursor at the end of the 3rd inserted line
'cursor' => [ 'line_end', 0 ]; # will position the cursor at the beginning of the last inserted line
'cursor' => [ $line, $number ]; # will position the cursor in line $line (line instance), position $number (integer)
Thanks to line_$number syntax, you can indicate cursor position on lines that do not exist before your call (because the call is creating them). You can still use an already existing line to set the cursor position (last example). In that case, you provide the 'line' instance in first position. With no second parameter, cursor will be set at the end of the line. Note that 'line_0' is not really useful as the first line always exists before insertion (it's either $editor->cursor->line or the insertion point you have chosen).
displaying after insertion, 'display' option
'display' => [ 'line_2', { 'at' => 20, 'from' => 'middle' } ]; # the reference line is the second inserted line
'display' => [ $editor->number(10) ]; # It's the line number 10 before the call ! Insertion can change this order...
Display option is an integrated call to the display method. As for the 'cursor' option, you may use a line_$number syntax to give the reference line that will be used for the display. Otherwise, the syntax is the same as the original display method : as 2 parameters may be provided, the 'display' option of the insert method is an array reference.
other options
There is an 'assist' option that can call specific sub to make special action each time a particular text have been inserted (typically, adding other text...). But the interface of this option is not yet fixed. In the same way, there will be a way to inhibit the event management as, at present, there is one event generated by an insert (the 'change' event). Maybe 'assist' option will be replaced by a generalized event management...
'at' => 'middle',
'from' => 'middle',
The display method needs at least one parameter : the 'line' instance or 'display' instance. The second, a hash reference, is optionnal.
If your editor is not visible because it's under another one (see Text::Editor::Easy::Zone), you'll make it visible using "FOCUS" or "AT_TOP" methods. The display method is used to show the editor in a precise way. Displaying an editor doesn't mean much if you don't take a reference. The reference is the first parameter which is a line or a part of it with wrap mode enabled ('display'). When you have defined this reference, you can add options to precise where to put this reference in the screen.
By default (with no second parameter), the top of the 'line' (or 'display) will be at the 'middle of the top', that is, it's top ordinate will be one quarter of the screen height.
You can change where to display the reference line with 'at' and 'from' options.
'at' option
This option gives the ordinate (which is, by default, one quarter of the screen height). You can use 'top', 'bottom' or 'middle' values or an integer. The integer value will position the line precisely in the screen. But you should have receveid the number you give by another method rather than have chosen it yourself : this integer is the number of pixels from the top for graphical interface but will be the line number in console mode (in console mode, you can't be more precise than a line height).
$editor->number(23), { 'at' => $my_ordinate } # $my_ordinate should be an integer (or 'bottom', 'middle' or 'top')
'from' option
As lines have a height, displaying a line at a precise ordinate doesn't tell what part of the line will be located at this ordinate. By default, it's the top of the line. For the 'from' option, you can use 'top', 'middle' and 'bottom'. Note that this option may change things a lot if the reference line is a multi-line : wrap mode and several displays for this line.
'no_check' option
By default, there may be adjustments. If the first line of the editor is under the top, or the last line over the bottom with sufficient lines to fill the screen, your precise positioning will be changed. You can avoid adjustments by setting the 'no_check' option to true.
Set the focus to the editor. It will be placed on top of the screen to be visible and will have the 'focus'. Any pressed key will be redirected to it : if the cursor belongs to a line that is displayed, it should be visible.
Place the editor on top of the screen to make it visible. No action is made if editor was already on top or had the focus.
You can redirect standard prints and make special prints on debug files.
There are 3 possible states for standard prints :
No redirection
Redirection in a file with no default action, but specific user actions are possible.
Redirection in a file with a complete analysis which is saved and can be checked later. Specific user actions are still possible.
A specific user action is just a user sub that is called each time a print matches some user conditions.
By default, there is no redirection.
With a complete analysis, a trace thread is created : this thread managed a small database (with SDBM_File) of all prints. A link is made between the exact position of the print in the redirection file and data (saved in other files) explaining the print :
Destination (STDOUT or STDERR)
Complete stack call at the time of the print
Which thread made the print and for what call_id.
Moreover, with a complete analysis, all calls between threads are traced the same way : an other small database, managed by the same thread, saves information on each 'call_id'.
If we use these 2 databases together, all prints can be traced in a 'multi-threaded' way.
Tracing STDIN / STDOUT from the start
# Tracing from the very start : in a BEGIN bloc
use Text::Editor::Easy {
'trace' => {
'print' => {
# Interface to be written
Another possibility when redirection is not so urgent :
use Text::Editor::Easy;
# Tracing from the start of the execution (no instruction between the use and the configure)
Text::Editor::Easy->configure( {
'trace' => {
'print' => {
# Configure method to be written
} );
In the first case, the redirection is made in a BEGIN bloc (executed as soon as parsed) wheras in the second case, it's made during execution.
Generally, whith the "use" syntax, after the name of the module to use, you put a list of words that will be imported in your name space. But if the list contains just one parameter and if this parameter is a hash, you can do more than just import names : you can configure lots of things in a BEGIN bloc. This might be useful to have 'prints' from further BEGIN blocs (other 'use' calls...) catched for further analysis...
So, the 'configure' class method accepts a hash as single parameter. The 'configure' method can be called automatically with the 'use' syntax : the 'use' parameter is the same as the one in the configure method.
For the 'trace mecanism', only the 'trace' key is used. The value of this key is another hash. This inside hash accepts 'print' and 'full' keys :
print :
full :
Changing STDIN / STDOUT state
User action for 'selected prints'
In order to debug a special module, you can add 'special prints' on a special 'file handle'. Let's call this file a 'debug file'.
This special file has the following properties :
If you don't want traces any more, you can use a global option to unswitch all the 'debug prints' without deleting the print sentences.
You can trace modules as a whole (no traces in all modules, traces in all module), or trace them independantly (trace 'Foo.pm' and 'Bar.pm' only).
There can be 'redirection sequences' in order to debug a special function of the module : in this case, a new single file will contain the 'debug prints' of the function and for only one call. After the sequence, prints are made as usual on the global 'debug file' of the module.
To sum up, a print on the 'debug file' makes one the following action :
nothing, if traces are 'off' for this module (and if no sequence has been started)
a print on the global 'debug file' of the module (traces are 'on' for this module and no sequence has been started)
a print on a 'debug sequence file', the number of these files being linked to the module activity
The interface is too light at present ('manage_debug_file' funtion) and should be set.
Insert text at the end of the "Text::Editor::Easy" instance. Not yet finished (only one line can be inserted, now).
Returns a Cursor object from a "Text::Editor::Easy" instance. See "Text::Editor::Easy::Cursor" for a list of methods available for the Cursor object.
Delete one character. Used with "Text::Editor::Easy::Abstract". Should not be part of the interface...
Allow the use of Line object with the "display" instance method : the internal reference of the Line object, an integer, is given to the display sub of "Text::Editor::Easy::Abstract". Line objects are scalar reference (for encapsulation), and they can't be recovered between threads after a dump of the structure (the substitution is done by the calling thread but the "display execution" is done by the graphical thread with the help of the "File_manager" thread).
Delete one or more characters. Used with "Text::Editor::Easy::Abstract". Should not be part of the interface...
In scalar context, this method returns the name of the file (without the path) if any (undef if the Text::Editor::Easy instance is a memory edition). In list context, returns the absolute path, the file name (without path), the relative path (to current path) and the name of the instance.
Returns a Line object that represents the first line of the "Text::Editor::Easy" instance.
Given the name of a Zone object and a number, this class method returns the instance of the Text::Editor::Easy object if it is found. Undef otherwise :
Class method : returns the editor instance who had the focus when ctrl-f was pressed.
Call to editor_visual_search : replacement of line object (scalar reference, memory adress specific to one thread) by the internal reference of the line (common for all threads).
Class method. Returns a "Text::Editor::Easy" object whose file name is the parameter given.
Class method. Returns a "Text::Editor::Easy" object whose name is the parameter given.
Maybe destroy would be a better name...
Sebastien Grommier,
<sgrommier at free.fr>
This module is moving fast. Bugs are not yet managed.
Maybe you'd like to know that I started writing this Editor from scratch. I didn't take a single line to any existing editor. The very few editors I had a glance at were too tightly linked to a graphical user interface. Maybe you obtain faster execution results like that, but you do not recycle anything. I wanted an engine which you could plug to, a little like perl has been designed.
The best support for this module is the "Editor.pl" program. Read the README file to install the module and launch the "Editor.pl" program.
To be in an editor allows you to display information interactively. Full documentation will be accessible from here with version 1.0.
In future versions, there will be a "video mode" : perl code to make the images and ogg files for the sound. These videos will cost almost nothing in space compared to actual compressed videos (the sound will be, indeed, the heaviest part of them).
All softwares should include "help videos" like what I describe : it would prove that what you are about to use is easy to manipulate and it would give you a quick interactive glance of all the possibilities. But most softwares are awfully limited (or just don't have the ability) when you want to drive them from a private program (yet, interactively, it's often very pretty, but I don't mind : I want POWER !). In my ill productive point of view, most softwares should be written again...
This is the reason why I'm designing the editor module and the editor program at the same time : the program asks for new needs, and the editor module grows according to these needs. When the editor program will be usable, the module should be powerful enough to be used by anybody, including the RAD tool and the applications generated by the RAD tool.
Copyright 2008 - 2009 Sebastien Grommier, all rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.


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Microsoft has dominated the small enterprise market with its out of the box feature rich SBS (Small Business Server). Linux has always trailed behind it and although most of the technology to rival Microsoft has been in place, it has always been a mammoth task to setup a server from scratch to do that. ClearOS came to fill in this gap.
"ClearOS is a powerful network and gateway server designed for small organizations and distributed environments. Though ClearOS comes with an extensive list of features and integrated services, the solution is easy to configure thanks to the intuitive web-based interface." (extracted from Clear Foundation website)
Take a look at how ClearOS' features match the MS SBS:
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The Linux Magazine published an in depth article comparing and explaining this "new" Linux distro.


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