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Let me read this passage to you while you're preparing your thoughts for our study. Ephesians 1:15, "Wherefore, I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him, The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenlies. Far above all principality, and power, and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come; And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all." Well that Scripture is so loaded with great truth that we're not going to be able by any means to exhaust its content this time, next time or for that matter probably ever in our thinking. But it introduces to us a very important portion of the first chapter.
This is a prayer by the Apostle Paul; it is a prayer in response to the great statement of theology in verses 3 to 14. Now if you've been with us you know that from verse 3 through 14 is one long sentence. And it is a sentence designed to tell us what it is that God has done for us in Christ. In other words what we possess in Christ. It discusses the great concept of election, the great concept of redemption, and the great truth of inheritance. In the past God elected us, He redeems us and in the future gives us an inheritance.
Now the truths in verses 3 to 14 are really beyond the possibility of the human mind to grasp. Frankly our human mind cannot reach that deep into the truth of God. That is something we cannot do. We cannot mine that kind of truth out of our humanness. In First Corinthians there is a very important text in this regard, chapter 2 verse 10, ah, verse 9 we could start with, "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him." In other words empiricism or experiment can't see it, eye or ear, and intuition and rationalism can't see it, neither has it entered into the heart of man. It can't be known externally, it can't be really known internally, the things that God has prepared for them that love Him. "But God has revealed them unto us by his Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things," watch the next line, "yes, even the deep things of God." You see in order for us to even understand this incredible legacy that's ours in Christ we must depend upon the Holy Spirit. "For what," says Paul in First Corinthians 2:11, "For what knoweth the things of a man, except the spirit of man which is in him? Even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God." In other words we must depend upon the Spirit of God for an understanding of the deep things of God. And believe me Ephesians 1:3 to 14 are the deep things of God, tremendous truths, deep truths that our human mind cannot conceive.
So, having delineated something of these truths that are ours in Christ, Paul then moves to pray for us that we would understand these truths. It doesn't do any good to know them if we don't understand them, because if we don't understand them we can't live them, see. So in chapter 1 Paul begins with describing our position in Christ, then he prays that we'll understand it. In chapter 2 Paul describes our position in Christ, then in chapter 3 again he prays that we'll understand it, finally in chapter 4 he says now that you've got it and you understand it here's how to live it. So twice he describes the believers position, chapter 1, chapter 2, twice he prays that we'll understand it, chapter 1 and chapter 3, finally in chapter 4 he says now that you've got a grip on it, live it.
Now the point is this people, you cannot live what you do not, what? Understand, understand. You can't live it. You cannot function on principles you don't know. No Christian has ever yet lived the Christian life who didn't know what it was. You've got to have it. You-Christians all over the place are frustrated no end trying to live a life that's never been defined for them. And Paul knows as a man of God that it is not just a case of telling people, you've got to pray that God will energize the information. Now I believe that that's why in Acts 6 the Bible says that the Apostles said, "We will give ourselves continually to the ministry of the word and prayer." Why? Because the ministry of the Word must be energized by the Spirit of God and that is sought in intercessory prayer on behalf of the people. I don't think that the man of God's job is just to pray for the broken legs and the broken arms and the bad backs and the diseases of his people. I think he is to pray that they as it says in verse 17 would receive a "spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him, that the eyes of their understanding would be enlightened; that they would know what is the hope of their calling." It's not enough just to teach, it must be taught and then prayed in as it were by the energy of the Spirit of God released as a response to intercessory prayer.
Now, what really is going on here is simply this then. Paul is describing our position and praying we'll understand it before he tells us how to live it in chapter 4. Now knowing your position is important. You know if you take a new job - usually at some point they give you a description of what you're supposed to do. Ah, sometimes it's called a portfolio if you're an executive. If you're on an assembly line they tell you what to do, you have to know everything you just need to know what you do and you can't start the process until you know. And sometime you have to be trained for a job; well the same thing is true in athletics. As an athlete, as an ex-athlete, better correct that, getting old, as a former athlete one of the things that I can remember, coach after coach talking to me about was, was my position, I started out in high school playing shortstop on the baseball team when I was in the 9th grade, and so the coach said, now I've got to explain to you how to play the position properly.
In basketball it was playing guard, in football it was a, it was a quarter back and I had to learn my position before I could play it. I remember when I was in college we had a great athlete on our football team, the guy was just physically super, quick, fast, tremendously strong, really could pump weights and very, very, very aggressive you know the kind of a guy that you could get in the locker room to go full blast and put his head into a locker, you know just that kind of a guy, just you know. Well that used to be a big thing when I was in college, see if you could find the space between the two by fours on the plaster wall and put your head through it, you know. Those were not the Phi Beta Kappa athletes incidentally. But anyway, that was part of it, see? Well so Kurt was this guy's name and I mean he was tough as nails. And they, they decided to make him a middle linebacker, that's what he'd been in high school and of course he was all over the place and when you get to college it gets a little more sophisticated and you can't run amuck, and so they tried to design for Kurt some limitations to what he could do.
Now the idea was that you've got this much territory, this is your position now stay there, because when you leave there we're in trouble. But invariably what would happen was that the quarterback would make a fake somewhere and Kurt would be long gone after the first fake. The counter would come back and good-bye because nobody was home where Kurt was supposed to be. Well this went on for about four games and finally this guy who was probably the best athlete we had on the team wound up on the bench because he couldn't play his position.
Now this is just part of it in anything you do, you're given an assignment, the parameters are defined and you're asked to fulfill those. Number one you must hear the definition of it, number two you must understand it, then you can do it. But you can't do it without the first two. The same thing is true with a Christian, you can't just try to get people to behave in a certain manner unless they understand the parameters and definition of what it is that they're asked to do. And yet you know it's a sad thing but it's true, church after church after church after church people will get up and they'll tell people what to do but they never give them the parameters or an understanding of what it is that they're really doing. You know you get up and you exhort people to live the Christian life and do what's right and live for God and get dedicated, consecrated, irrigated, whatever it is you know, it goes on and on, and try to get them to live it up and you, you really are, you're working on them from the standpoint of sort of a half time pep talk every Sunday, to try to jack them up again and get them rolling, see? Or else you put them under a guilt trip and they begin to feel like they're just really-they've got to do this or God is going to be right on them see? And so they get to feel guilty or you intimidate them or there's a certain - peer pressure exerted on them and if they don't function they're not one of the in group, see? And all of this by-passes the real motive for living the Christian life, the real guts of it, the real heart of it, the real base of it is simply understanding who you are in Christ. That's the base, knowing your position.
I remember as a little kid that people were always reminding me who I was because my father was a preacher. And my father was one who was also always reminding me who I was, because he felt that I should live in a certain manner so that it wouldn't reflect on his ministry, and I had some trouble with that because I was kind of a rambunctious little guy and, and I remember-well there's a lot of things I remember, I'm not going to go into all of them but I can think of a couple things. When I was a real little kid I used to tell stories sometimes. I remember one thing my dad-I bit for a while when I was little, I bit other little kids and uhm, I don't know what I was lashing out at but my father finally put a sign around my neck, "Do Not Play With Me, I bite," and I had to-I wore that sign every day for a week and never bit another kid. It worked. And I remember when I was a little kid my dad also tied me to the clothesline for a week so I wouldn't cross the street when I was told not to. But he was very concerned that I live up to the standard that he had set. You see I'm just like the rest of you, right? But I remember one time I got into a situation where I was prone to tell fibs and, and I could, I, I could make up some really good ones, and I remember in the second grade I told my teacher that my dad was chopping wood and he chopped off his legs and ah, in fact I carried it on day after day, I had the teacher really concerned and so forth and so on, I was giving him a day by day description of the hospital and how everything was going and ... And we had an open house at the end of the week which I had forgotten about and my father came. The teacher looked at my father and said, oh Reverend MacArthur you're doing so well. He said, huh? And I was taken home and ah, soundly thrashed. And I-there were several things in my life, I remember one time when I did something very bad and I wound up in deep, deep trouble and, and ah, my mother said to me, don't you know who you are, don't you know who you are? Don't you know what that does to your father and his ministry, and so forth and so on.
Well you know in a sense that was okay, I mean you say, well you shouldn't scold a kid on that basis, yeah, it's alright to do that I think. We do have a certain responsibility to honor our parents, that's Biblical. But you know I always think back on that and I think about the fact-by the way I don't do those things anymore, just want you to know that, but I ah, but I just think back about the fact that you know that's a great basis for a Christian life, you know I am who I am in Christ therefore, I behave the way I behave, see. This is basic to Christianity, you must understand who you are in Christ that and that alone is the foundation upon which you operate. And if all you do is just get in the pulpit or all you do is just try to challenge yourself to live the Christian life whimsically beating yourself sort of into it emotionally you're going to miss it. You've got to understand the foundation principles, this is who I am, this is my position, this is my understanding of it, and Paul is praying, oh God may they deeply understand who they are, may they get a grip on this incredible reality that they are one with the eternal God through Christ, that all of the blessings of the heavenlies are theirs, that this is the standard of their existence forever and may they live like it, see? That's what he's after.
And so I tell pastors all the time, man when you get into the pulpit teach positional truth, teach people what their position in Christ is, then tell them how to act. If they don't know who they are they don't know why they ought to act that way, so important. Position and practice, now you have to make a distinction in all of your study of the Bible between those two things. People who don't distinguish between those two things really get confused. If you don't understand what statements in the Bible are positional and what are practical or what deal with your standing before God and what deal with your experience you'll never interpret the Bible right. For example, in one passage in the Bible it simply says this, "Now you are holy." You say, me? That's right, you're holy. In another verse it says to the very same people, "Cleanse yourselves from all filthiness." Now wait a minute, you just said we're holy and now you say cleanse yourselves from filthiness, but you see if you don't know the difference you're going to go like this and think at one minute you're holy and one minute you're filthy. The fact of the matter is you're holy in your position before God in Christ and you're not in your practice. So that this is the way the Christian life goes, here is your position in Christ perfect holiness, perfect righteousness, one with Christ an eternal unchanging invariable reality, but your practice is down here and the Christian life is making your practice equal your what? Your position, that's it, that's it. It's making your practice' equal your position.
Now the Apostle Paul wants us to understand our position because he knows that unless we do we're not going to have the right motive to live the life. I'm a child of the King, I am one with Jesus Christ, He lives in me and through me, now that demands out of me a certain kind of behavior, right? That's the essence of his thought. So he has shared in the first 14 verses the great, deep, rich truths of what is ours in Christ now he prays that we would understand it, he prays that we would get a grip on it. And people I want you to understand this, Christian growth has nothing, I'll say it again, Christian growth has nothing to do with your position in Christ, nothing. When you were saved you were in Christ, how much of your sin was forgiven? All, you received eternal life, you're made perfect, the righteousness of Christ is imputed to you, God sees you as absolutely perfect and righteous, that's your position Christian growth has nothing to do with it. But your practice is where the growth comes. I've often said that the Christian life is the process; watch this, of becoming what you are, okay? Becoming what you are.
Now let me illustrate for a minute, there are a lot of people who think that Christian growth, like when you grow and mature as a Christian and you develop, makes God like you better. Now we're kind of like this, we're this way humanly, you know we say uhm, to our kids now and then; well mommy won't love you if you if you do that, or I'll like you a lot better if you do this. God is not like mommy. What you do or don't do has absolutely no effect on your position before God, you can't do anything to make Him like you better, you can't do anything to make Him like you less because He loves you totally and perfectly in Christ, right? You can't do anything to make Him forgive you more or less He forgave you already everything. You can't do anything to earn more salvation or to give up some of it, you can't do that because you already have it total and complete there's no more or no less. You see positionally it's all yours, you are already accepted in the beloved one, verse 6 says of chapter 1, already, we're already in God's favor, we're already in God's grace for Christ's sake everything is settled, we are one with Christ, He sees us just as He sees Jesus Christ. Nothing you do can increase you in God's favor, nothing you do can decrease you in God's favor positionally, your standing is perfect.
Colossians 2:10 says, "And you are complete in him." Hebrews 10 says, and He has perfected you forever by the one offering of Jesus Christ. Positionally perfect, positionally complete. Second Peter 1 he says, that you have been made a partaker of the divine nature. Perfection again, positionally you're in Christ He doesn't see you anymore as an individual in that sense, He sees you in Christ with His righteousness, you are a partaker of the divine nature, Peter says, you have all things that pertain to life and godliness, you have received great and precious promises. But then Peter goes on in Second Peter 1 verse 4 to say verse 5, now that you have that position here's how to match up your practice, "add to your faith virtue; to your virtue, knowledge; to knowledge, patience; to patience (so forth) goodness; to goodness, brotherly love; to brotherly love, kindness." Etc. In other words he's saying now get your practice moving toward your position, this is who you are, this is how you act like it. You know it's kind of like the difference between a baby and a polliwog.
You know when I was a little kid and you were too we used to collect polliwogs. And a polliwog was a little blob with a tail. And you'd get a little polliwog in a coffee can or something or a jar and you'd watch that little polliwog and you'd drop in some grass or something and pretty soon that little polliwog would spoung and a couple of legs would come out in the back, right? And a little while later you didn't have a polliwog something else would pop out of the front, pretty soon you had a frog. But babies aren't like that. When a baby is born into the world it's not a blob with a tail, and you don't wait three months and boung-boung two legs pop out, a little later buump-little arms. Oh Ethel, he's growing an ear, finally, no. It doesn't happen. Now the difference is this, when a baby comes into the world it has all the parts, it's perfect it just needs to grow, right? The same thing is true of a Christian, when you were born into the family of God you were not a spiritual polliwog, you weren't incomplete, you were complete, you were all there, all the parts, totally, completely there. It was simply a matter of maturing. And that's the way it is spiritually.
What the preacher says in Ecclesiastes 3:14 is dead right, he was right on center when he said it, he said, "I know this, that whatsoever God does, it shall be forever; nothing can be added to it, nor any thing taken from it." He was dead right. When God does a work of salvation it's a total thing, it's complete, and you're perfect before God, and it's just a matter of growing to match your practice to your position. Just like that little baby learns to use all of those facilities and resources that are that babies at birth. So instead of seeking more favor with God, instead of trying to make God like us better, instead of trying to be more fit for heaven we should just thank God who has already made us, Colossians 1:12 listen to this, "He has already made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light." You are already fit for it, nothing you do will make Him like you better, He loves you so much already it's impossible to love you more. So Christian growth has nothing to do with your position, it has only to do with your practice, and you need to understand that.
And you don't want to run around trying to make God like you better. If you're a Christian He loves you totally, you couldn't be any better positionally. But oh man when you understand positionally what you have in Christ, when you understand all these resources, that you were chosen in Him before the foundation of the world, that you were redeemed and your sins were forgiven and He has granted to you to be a part of His eternal plan and to call you into that great unity with which the whole universe ultimately ends up, when you realize that this inheritance is planned for you incorruptible, undefiled, that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, when you realize that all these things are yours in Christ, that you are blessed with all spiritual blessings in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus, when you of realize that all/that is yours and that's who you are that ought to do something about how you live, it really should. And that's the bottom line. You cannot exhort people to a certain behavior unless they understand who they are.
And so Paul here is praying that we and the Ephesians will understand. Constant exhortation without theology just brings people under guilt, it doesn't motive them. So the mature Christian understands his privileges, his possessions, checks out his resources, lives consistent with who he is. In fact over in chapter 4 verse 1 Paul says, "I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you," now watch, "that you walk worthy of the vocation to which you are called." He has spent three chapters, now watch me, three chapters describing the calling and now he says, therefore here is how you live.
Now if you've been at Grace Church any time you know that that's a principle all through the New Testament, all through the New Testament. You go into the book of Romans you've got eleven chapters of theology and then in chapter 12 therefore here is how you live. In Galatians you've got four chapters of theology, finally chapter 5 therefore here is how you live. Colossians, the first section theology, therefore here is how you live. That's the way it always is in the New Testament, because position is the predicate, the basis on which practice is built.
Now let's look at his prayer then, we'll look at the first part of it verses 15 to 17 this morning. "Wherefore, I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers." Stop there. Now in this he just introduces to us the idea that he is praying, wherefore takes us back, on the basis of this tremendous inheritance that we have in Christ I pray for you. And he says I pray for you because "I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all saints." If you say, well what, what does that have to do with his prayer? Just this, those two things are the indicators that their salvation was genuine. He says I hear you have the two things that prove true salvation, faith in the Lord Jesus and love to all the saints.
Now how did Paul hear this? Well it had been 4 years about, since he had ministered in Ephesus but sea travel was relatively easy in those days because of the ships and so forth and so ah, there was great accessibly to that little small part of the world around the north and west part of the Mediterranean and additionally ah, there was ah, liberty that Paul enjoyed even while he was a prisoner and that was that they allowed people to come and visit him, so there was a constant flow of Christians, no doubt coming in and out of Paul's life. And they would be bringing him reports, and as I had told you when we first studied the beginning of Ephesians this letter was not only written to Ephesians but no doubt all the churches of Asia Minor and so it's probably that that he has in his mind. He says of all of you churches in Asia Minor I have been hearing about you. People visiting, coming by ship, perhaps walking on some of the great Roman highways that would give them access to Paul's location.
And so Paul says I've been hearing good things, in fact I hear two things, I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and love unto all the saints. And those beloved are the cardinal things, those are the basic aspects of a true Christian, a true Christian is marked by faith in the Lord Jesus which gives evidence of itself in love toward all saints. In fact in First John chapter 2 and verses 9 to 11 it says there, if you claim to have saving faith and hate your brother you're a liar. Those two go together. "By this will all men know you're my disciples," John 13 says, "if you have love one for another." And love as we've defined it so many times is sacrificial, selflessness, serving others sacrificially, unselfishly. True faith always springs into love. And so he says I've, heard about it, it's genuine, I see it.
Now I want you to see these two things because they're very important. First of all your faith in the Lord Jesus, the Lord Jesus. You see salvation begins with believing Jesus is Lord, do you see that?
I was speaking in Miami this week and a pastor came up to me afterwards and he says, well, he said ... he was kind of I don't know what, kind of on edge I think, he said, well, he said, I suppose you're one of those Lordship Salvationists. I said, what is that? He says, you don't know about Lordship Salvationism? I said, no I don't. He says, well, you probably believe that in order to be saved you have to receive Jesus as Lord. I said, as a matter of fact I don't know any other way. He said, yeah, I thought so. I said, you don't-you're not a Lordship Salvationist? Sounds like-I-he said, no, no. I said ah; let me ask you a question, I said, is Jesus Lord? Well he didn't really want to answer I guess because he said, well, well there is a sense in which He is. I said well, is Jesus Lord, yes or no? Yes. Well yes it's right He's Lord. So if you receive Him does He come as who He is? Yes, He, He'd have to. Right. Let me ask you this I said, does Philippians 2 say that "Every knee should bow and confess Jesus as Lord, to the glory of God." And I said does Romans 10 say, "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, thou shalt be saved." Well, he says, but it doesn't appear in the Gospel of John. I said, what doesn't appear in the Gospel of John? Jesus is Lord? No, he says, the idea of Lordship Salvationism. I said, I don't know what you're saying, I said, I don't know-you just tell me what you're going to do with Romans 10:9. "That if thou shalt confess Jesus as Lord, thou shalt be saved." And then he just said, yes, well you're a Lordship Salvationist and he walked off. I, I still don't know where he was. How you get salvation minus the Lordship of Jesus Christ is a problem. I think what he was trying to say was that you can receive Him as just-as Jesus, just as the Savior without acknowledging Him as Lord. But he'd have a tough time handling a couple of passages in the New Testament.
The point here is Paul says, I know you're genuine, because your faith is in the what? The Lord, Jesus. You don't receive Him as Savior and then later as Lord, you get Him who He is. Now whether you respond to His Lordship or not is another issue, but He's Lord.
Now the second thing he says, not only is your salvation evident by the faith in the Lord Jesus but your love unto all the saints. Do you notice that this love is indiscriminate; you notice that a true Christian doesn't pick and choose, he loves and by virtue of that whoever gets in front gets loved. We used to say this little phrase, well; I love him in the Lord. Which means personally you can't stand him. Remember that one? Well, I love him in the Lord. As if you had a little pipe coming out of you, you could squirt him with God's love, you know? You can't un-you can't unscramble the egg folks, if you love him you love him and the Lord loves him and if you don't love him then the Lord doesn't love him through your not loving him. You love them, all the saints you can't be discriminate. The world picks and chooses, Paul says in Philippians 2, "I pray that you would have the same love." What that means is to love everybody what? The same. And in First John 3 he says, love in word, not in word and tongue but in deed and in truth anybody who has a need and don't shut up your heart of mercy, when you see them with a need. You can learn all the theology you want and spin off all of the dogma you want but if you don't love then you are nothing but sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal. And true salvation goes from the head to the heart and reaches right out to touch other people. And he says, I'm so thankful to God that I've heard about you, that you have faith in the Lord Jesus and that you love the saints.
Now you know something is kind of sad, that Ephesian Church man they started out right, but when you get to chapter 2 of Revelation and verse 4 the Lord Jesus writes them a letter. And the Lord Jesus says to the Church at Ephesus, I have something against you because you have left your what? First love. It's sad to think about it, but the history of the Ephesian Church is they left their first love and they went out of existence as a church, they went out of existence. There's got to be faith and love in balance. You know the monks and the hermits had a loyalty to Christ which separated them from men to live alone in a desert place contemplating faith, it was loveless faith, it never touched anybody. The heresy hunters of the Spanish Inquisition and other ages had a loyalty to their faith which caused them to literally persecute anybody with a difference, loveless faith. When Jesus came the Pharisees had a loyalty to God, which made them hateful of others, a loveless faith. And I'm afraid there are some Christians in the churches today who are hateful and bitter and resentful of other Christians and its loveless faith and I question in-as I would the cases I just illustrated whether it's even genuine, saving faith. The genuine is marked by love. In fact I'll tell you something folks, you can't love the Lord Jesus Christ, put you faith in Him without loving the people that He loves, did you get that? You can't love the Lord Jesus without loving the people He loves.
I'll never forget my son one time, we was driving in a car, and he leaned over to me and it was about a certain person, he said to me, I love so and so. And I did a double take I didn't even know he knew him. I said to him, what do you mean you love so and so? He says, I love so and so. I said, why do you love so and so? He said, because I always hear you say you love him, and I love him too then. Well that's right. If I love the Lord Jesus Christ, First John 5:1 and 2 says, if I love the Lord Jesus Christ I will love those begotten by the Lord Jesus Christ. That's part of it. So he says, I commend you. And I pray for you, verse 16, "I cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers." And then his prayer of thanks turns to a petition, and I pray he says, verse 17, "That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him, The eyes of your understanding being enlightened;"
Now stop right there, he says, man I'm praying for you that you'll understand your riches in Christ. Warren Wiersbe, the pastor of Moody Church has written a little book called, Be Rich, and in there he gives an interesting illustration about William Randolph Hearst, who was the late newspaper publisher. Hearst at one point in his life decided to invest a, a veritable fortune in the collecting of great pieces of art. And he was collecting them all over the world and storing them in warehouses in different places. And one day he read a description in one of his art books or magazines or whatever, a, a description of an incredibly valuable piece of art, and he determined that he had to have that piece of art. So he got his agent and he sent him all over the world to find it, no one knew where it was. That guy went all over the world to find that art treasure for William Randolph Hearst. Months and months went by and finally the man came back and reported, Mr. Hearst I found it. And with great joy he said, where, where was it? He said, it was in your warehouse you bought it years ago. Hump, frantically searching for what he already possessed. Paul is praying here Lord, deliver those Christians from frantically searching for what they already possess, give them the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him so that they will know what is theirs, and that they'll be able to use it in the living of life, see? Let's face it people we do spend a lot of time messing around, chasing stuff we've got. Typical Christian, Lord guide me, and the Bible already says He's trying awful hard to do that, trying to plead us to follow. We say, Lord I need strength and the Bible says you can do all things through Christ who already strengthens you. Lord, I need love; the love of Christ is shed abroad in your heart. Lord, I need grace, My grace is sufficient for you. Lord, I need peace in this situation; I already left you all My peace that passes understanding, what else is there? You see Christians scrambling around begging for what they've got, what a waste. And the Bible says you should just ask for wisdom, if you lack wisdom ask it, and wisdom is the sense not to keep asking for what you've got.
You see the point is this, Paul says God, the human mind cannot conceive of the riches of our position in Christ so to please God grant them this understanding. Only the Spirit can search the deep things and reveal them to us. Such understanding is beyond the human mind and God must enable us to understand. So he says, "That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory," I love those titles, the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, that identifies it with Him, after all we're in Christ, right? And if we're in Christ then He's our God too, and He's the Father of glory that means the one who possesses all things, all glory is His. And so he prays to that God that He may give us the spirit of wisdom in revelation in the knowledge of Him.
Now notice the word spirit, God grants us a spirit it is an anarthrous construction in the Greek no article, a spirit of wisdom and revelation. Now people have discussed what spirit is this. Some people say it's the Holy Spirit that God would grant us the Holy Spirit. But I don't think that's Paul's prayer because every Christian already has the Holy Spirit, right? I don't think that's it and besides that it's not the Holy Spirit it's a spirit. So I don't think it's the Holy Spirit, we don't need to ask for the Holy Spirit we already have the Holy Spirit, our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit First Corinthians 6 says and Romans 8:9 says that all Christians have the Holy Spirit so that wouldn't be it. And others have said, no it's the human spirit that He would give us a spirit of wisdom and revelation and he's talking about the human spirit. I don't think that's right either because we already have a human spirit. The word pneuma, from which we get breath and air and pneumatic, pneumonia, it's the Greek word can be translated a lot of ways. And I think the way it should be translated here is as a disposition, an influence or an attitude which governs the soul of some one.
Let me illustrate this, it doesn't have to be the Holy Spirit or the human spirit it can just be an attitude, for example Jesus, in the Sermon on The Mount said, "Blessed are the poor in (what?) spirit." He wasn't talking about the Holy Spirit or the human spirit He was talking about an attitude. Those were humble people. Now when we see somebody who's sad we say, oh their spirit's sad or we see somebody really playing hard at some game, we say, that is spirited play. Or we see somebody really happy and we say, boy he's in high spirits. And all we mean is an attitude, an attitude, a disposition, an influence in thinking. And I believe that what Paul is saying is this, give them the fullness of an attitude of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. Oh God, he says, let them know in their mind how much they possess in Christ. Give them a deep, rich, keen, strong, full understanding.
Now I would add to that that I think the Holy Spirit and the human spirit are also both implied. And what Paul is praying is this watch, God, send the Holy Spirit to work on the human spirit to create the right spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, because it's the work of the Spirit. First Corinthians 2 1 read you earlier, only the Spirit can search the deep things of God. And by the way the word revelation deals with the imparting of knowledge and the word wisdom deals with the use of it. So he's saying, God I'm just praying that the Holy Spirit will work on the human spirit to produce the spirit of wisdom and revelation, that is that they will know their position and their resource and that they will use it, see? Step out and use it. So he wants the believer to have a full deep knowledge of God, not intellectual but something deeper than that, something far deeper. And I'm telling you people, I've said this for years and years and I'll say it till I drop over, the Christian life is predicated on what you know, it's got to be here before you can live it, it's got to be revelation before it can be wisdom, you've got to receive it before you can use it. And that's why we spend our time teaching the Word of God.
Pat O'Brian that CBS reporter said to me, I think I've seen the difference between the true Christians and the false Christians, he said, the true Christians are those who are really heavy into studying the Bible. Well what he was really seeing was that when somebody is heavy into studying the Bible he gains the revelation of God that is applied in wisdom and his life is what it ought to be, see? That's what he sees. So he prays that we would have the divine mind that we would be able to do what he said to the Colossians, to set our affections on things above and not on things of the earth, to get our mind out of the gutter and on to the great, grandiose, marvelous, magnificences of God. And so Paul prays, God it's not enough, it's not enough that I just tell them the facts, I pray for them that they would understand the imparting of truth and the use of it in the knowledge of Him.
Do you know you have Christ? Do you know Christ? If you know Christ do you really have this, this attitude of wisdom and revelation, this deep sense of knowing God's heart and God's mind? Now Paul goes on to bring three specific things that he wants us to grasp, and we'll study those next time. Let's pray.
It's so great Father to know that all the resources that are in Christ are granted to us by faith. Thank You Father for every person here, everyone a special life, every one especially beloved of You, every one uniquely designed and made. And Father for those who have come to faith in Jesus Christ, for those who know and love Him every one apart of your eternal plan. And some Father who haven't yet said yes, but You're calling them by Your Spirit, they're part of the plan too, they're some of Your people yet unborn, bring them to Yourself today. For those who are in the family Father help us to have a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, a spirit produced as the Holy Spirit works on our human spirit to give us comprehension beyond what is possible in the normal human mind, to know the deep things of God and knowing them to be able to use them, that our position may be known, understood, and lived out. And we'll thank You in Jesus' name. Amen.
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My research log, reviews, pet peeves, rants, and musings about genealogy.
Apr 20, 2011
What Do You Mean It Isn't Free?
I'm going to try very hard to keep this post from lapsing into a political rant. This subject is one of my pet peeves, and I could go on for hours, but this isn't a political blog. There are plenty of those already.
I'll start with a simple observation many people don't seem to understand. Nothing tangible is free! If you can taste it, touch it, smell it, or hold it in your hand, somebody had to pay for it. We've all heard the old saw, "there's no such thing as a free lunch," but most of us behave otherwise. I'm as guilty as anyone in this regard. It's only natural for people to take advantage of opportunities where you feel like you're getting something for nothing. Don't believe me? Witness two wedding receptions: one with an open bar, and the other with a cash bar. Need I say more? The difference between them is like night and day.
If people don't have to spend money out of their own pocket, they'll get the biggest, best, and most of everything. That's one of the reasons why our health care system in America is so expensive. When the actual cost of medical care is shielded behind layers of insurance companies and government bureaucracy, people treat health care like an open bar, profligate spending reigns, and we're all the losers for it. We've become something of an entitlement society. People feel they're owed something, for no particular reason. The vast majority of the American populace is largely ignorant about economics, and politicians from every party pander to economic populism. But I think the root cause of the predicament of this topic is a perfect storm of dying business models and spoiled kids (metaphorically speaking, I include lots of adults in that category).
Most traditional media companies, whether publishers, movie studios, record labels, newspapers, TV broadcasters, or even software developers, are trying desperately to cling to their old ways of doing business. Technology is eroding the very foundation their businesses were built upon, and they're stubborn. There are a few bright lights experimenting with new business models who seem to understand the sea-change taking place, but they're exceptional cases. I imagine it must have been similar after Gutenberg invented the printing press. Suddenly, the livelihoods of hundreds of scribes were threatened by the ease with which a printing press could crank out dozens of identical books, at a fraction of the cost.
Add to this mix the unrealistic expectations of young people. That's one of the telltale signs of youth and immaturity. Eventually people grow up, and realize they have to work for a living. But more and more, this attitude remains even in adulthood. It's neatly captured in the chorus from an old Queen song, "I want it all, and I want it now." It also informs their consumption of products from the dinosaur media. Peer-to-peer networking made it easy to share music, software, and movies. Why pay for content when you can get it online for free? Then they rationalize their theft with an internet-era cliche, "information wants to be free." Unfortunately, the media companies overreact, using lawsuits as weapons to delay the inevitable. (But please don't follow their rhetoric and call it piracy. It's common thievery, nothing more. Piracy is what's happening off the coast of Somalia. Those are real pirates, using real guns, taking over ships and a few idiots in private yachts with lots of money but little sense, who think sailing there sounded like a good idea. Now I'm way off-topic...) Another related factor is the current mess of copyright law, but that's the subject for another post. We're in a transitional period right now, where norms and rules haven't yet caught up with the technological means at our disposal. Who knows how it will all sort out, but there are opportunities for the taking if you pay close attention.
This new reality has many consequences specifically for the genealogy community. In today's GeneaBloggers post on the topic, Thomas wrote about the "Freemium Concept," more traditionally known as a loss leader. Companies have been doing this for eons, and they'll continue as long as they can benefit. The standard example of a loss leader is Gillette. They charge very little for the handle of the razor, but the blades cost an arm and a leg. Many desktop genealogical software programs are using this model. You can download a lite version for free, which gets you hooked on using the software. They make their money by enticing people to pay for the full version with more features, or access to genealogical databases.
Some people don't realize all corporate charitable giving is a marketing campaign. Companies are going green for the same reason. If you have the impression a company's "doing the right thing," you're more likely to pay higher prices for identical products you could buy cheaper generic. There are many generous philanthropists, but you have to make money first if you want to give it away. The founder of the Internet Archive, Brewster Kahle, delivered one of the keynotes at RootsTech (you can watch it online, for free, or at least no cost to you). It was a good speech, and he and his organization are truly doing some great work. One of the programs he mentioned gives free books to disadvantaged children, in this country and all over the world. But it's only possible because they're using old books in the public domain (actual cost around $1 per physical book), and the fact Kahle is a dot.com millionaire. He founded one business that AOL bought, and co-founded Alexa, which was bought by Amazon.com.
Genealogists love to complain about Ancestry.com. I'm a regular customer, and overall I'm satisfied. Their subscriptions aren't cheap, and as the largest genealogy company, they've grown to the size which makes it difficult to be responsive to customer feedback. But I'm able to do research in their databases, and easily find many records, which might have taken weeks in the olden days. Even if you're not their customer, it's in your interest they stay in business. There are many free genealogy resources online. Among the foremost is RootsWeb, which is still run by volunteers, but only possible because it's sponsored by Ancestry.com. Just today, DNA Heritage, a British genealogical DNA testing company, announced they're essentially going out of business. Besides the paid services they offered, they also operated a free database for Y-DNA test results, called Ybase. Fortunately, in this case, there's a successful company in the same market who were able to buy them out. But that's not always the case. Sometimes those resources are lost for good.
In any case, those free resources are dependent on volunteers. They may not charge anything for using the fruits of their labor, but the time they spent working on it was valuable nonetheless. I read various genealogy forums, sometimes asking questions, more often answering them nowadays. My level of participation doesn't take a big time commitment, since I don't need to research many of the questions asked by newbies. I've benefited tremendously from the advice of more experienced genealogists in the past, so I'm happy to do the same for others.
Thomas also wrote quite a bit about webinars. I've participated in both free and pay genealogy webinars. Think about how much it would cost if you had to travel somewhere, pay for attending the seminar, plus lodging, food, expenses, etc. Now those webinars look like a pretty good deal. This is an area I think genealogists are on the cutting edge. It's only very recently the technology and infrastructure was in place to make them possible. DearMyrtle wrote a post earlier today about the technology she uses to conduct webinars, and how it can be used to reach an even wider audience. The GeneaWebinars blog consolidates many of the schedules of upcoming webinars, so there's one central place to find more avenues for education and skill-building.
In summary, people need to realize that nothing is truly free. It's only the profit generated by successful companies, and the countless hours put in by numerous volunteers that makes the many free genealogy resources possible. By all means, use the opportunities presented to you wisely, and if you benefit from it, pass it on.
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This is the best post I've read on this topic. However, in my eyes, Ancestry.com is a bargain! I research on Ancestry nearly every day, and always find something. My daily cost is less than a cup of coffee. To find this information in the pre-internet days would have cost a small fortune and a lifetime of research. I don't know how anyone can do genealogy in these times without Ancestry.com.ReplyDelete
Your post on this topic will be leading my picks for the best of the genealogy blogs in my Around the Blogosphere post this week.
Courageous posting, Michael. I could not agree more.ReplyDelete
@Janis: Who's Michael?ReplyDelete
@Susan: I agree, my Ancestry.com membership's worth every penny. It's something I'll explore further in future posts.
It may not be free in terms of the resources needed, but when there is no price tag what should we call it?ReplyDelete
Not all human endeavors have an associated price reflecting the resources needed to sustain them (let alone a profit). Parenting is one of the most notable examples.
I think we should be careful about the words and concepts we focus on.
Just because something is "free" doesn't mean it is somehow flawed. It means it's not part of the market economy. IMO, the primary focus should be on the concept of market place. This is what the genealogy-as-a-business discussion is about, to what degree genealogy activities are part of the market. what is the demand for such activities? how many providers is there room for? can providers support themselves enough so they *can* choose this as their primary income-generating activity? etc, etc.
@Linda: That's why I was careful to specify nothing tangible is free. Love and affection are intangible, but I still believe they're very real (unlike reductionists who consign all thoughts and emotion to mere electrical impulses in our brains).ReplyDelete
I also clearly made the argument that many no-cost resources are valuable. Nowhere did I claim or even imply they're flawed. The point of this post is that people need to realize there are costs involved with creating and maintaining free resources.
You mentioned that young people today have unrealistic expectations, but I feel that this is true even of Baby Boomers, and some people of older generations. Our whole society is suffering from entitlement issues. Everyone (I am of course speaking in very general terms)feels that they should have there way, right away. But the world is not Burger King, and we all need to collectively wake up and put things into proper perspective.
Great post. Thanks for sharing!
Unrealistic expectations, feelings of entitlement, ignorance about economics, ease of sharing as an excuse for thievery - absolutely all are factors at play here. I keep a nervous eye on things I love, value, and find useful (including various types of genealogy services for (often very reasonable) pay or offered by local institutions such as libraries) since I know that they could disappear any day if too many people want to feed at that "free" trough. Excellent summary and analysis of the issues.ReplyDelete
Excellent post! I read Thomas' article and commented there in response to his article and some of the responses. Great expansion on his theme. We all need to think about the true cost of things and the value we associate with them. It really comes down to being educated consumers - with our food, our services, and our government. Thanks.ReplyDelete
I need to check out the article that sparked your post. You made some valid points in your article. When my budget is lean for genealogy, I crave free sites. When my budget is fat, I don't mind the fees. What matters more is the value. Just because a genealogical (or other) service is free doesn't make it's value less than a paid site. With a paid venue, I want a lot of value for the price I paid. I like how Susan compared the cost of Ancestry.com to a drink she consumes. I don't drink coffee but I got the idea. However, I also want to compare the the value of Ancestry.com for a year of research at x dollars to that of a month membership. I recently decided that a one month membership where I spent a lot of time on the site was more valuable than a year's membership and checking in when I have time. The law of diminishing return kicked in.ReplyDelete
What's my point? Well, wise consumers need to understand more about value in relation to cost in addition that just because something is 'free' doesn't mean it comes without a price. I hope my comment just added to the dimension of your post.
Here are my thoughts on the whole thing. Very similar to your own. http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=32409743#allpostsReplyDelete


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Two weeks before his finals at Vatel, Accor Group contacted Romain with a job offer as Sales Coordinator at Sofitel in London. Four months later, he was promoted to Sales Executive, and less than a year later, "head-hunted" to become Sales Manager at the five-star ANdAZ Liverpool Street London, a trendy hotel in the Hyatt Group. Here's how Romain was able to build that very effective resume.
Romain, how did you decide what type of education you wanted?
First of all, I wanted to be a chef, as I had always loved cooking and I did a vocational cooking degree in New Caledonia, and then a professional high school diploma in Paris. I've always admired the eye for the tiniest detail our famous French chefs have and their work. They're the ambassadors of our gastronomic heritage throughout the world. When I was doing my internships in Australia, Noumea and Tahiti, I became aware of all the types of jobs that the international hospitality and tourism industry has to offer. So I decided to continue my studies with a two-year vocational degree and then a Bachelor's degree in French Polynesia. Then I worked for a year in London and took the Vatel entrance exam to start my Postgraduate.
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My time at Vatel was very positive and truly enriching. High quality presentations given by hospitality specialists, a global overview of the hospitality industry in subjects that we studied, but most of all, and for me that's the key point, is Vatel's reputation that I was able to measure when I did my first internship at the Shangri-La Paris. I really believe that the internships we do when we're students impacts our professional careers. I was in the Sales and Marketing department. It was really interesting to organize prestigious events and to meet people known all over the world.
At the same time you were doing your second year at Vatel, you were taking courses at the French Military School in Paris. Tell us about that.
I decided to do these courses because armies, generally speaking, and in France in particular, have a good reputation for their skills in managing troops. During my officer's training, I was able to learn another type of authority, to develop leadership skills and learn the importance of a well-built team. If you want to take management lessons outside of a company, there's no better way than to study the history of management with officers in an army.
Can you tell us about this "new generation" hotel that you're working in?
It's like the Apple Store of the hospitality industry. A free and lively atmosphere with few barriers between guests and employees. If you take the example of a front desk: there's no desk or counter top with a visual connotation: "bill to be paid here." It's got a Conran table, team members have iPads and sit down with you in comfortable sofas and ask if you'd like something to drink. Another example: though masculine staff members wear suits, they don't wear ties, as is the custom in other more traditional hotels.
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Orpheus Taming Wild Animals, Eastern Roman Empire, near Edessa, A.D. 194. Marble, mosaic, 64 3/4 x 60 in. Photo: courtesy of Dallas Museum of Art.
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today signed a memorandum of understanding with the Turkish Director General for Cultural Heritage and Museums O. Murat Süslü, marking the first initiative in the Dallas Museum of Arts new DMX international exchange program. DMX (Dallas Museum Exchange) is designed to establish international collaborations for the loan of works of art and sharing of expertise in conservation, exhibitions, education, and new media.
The DMA contacted Turkish officials earlier this year when the Museum discovered evidence that a work in the collectionthe Orpheus Mosaicmight have been stolen from an archaeological site in Turkey. With the Museums planning for the DMX program already underway, the DMAs engagement with Turkey regarding the mosaic opened the lines of communication that led to Turkey becoming the Museums first partner in the DMX program. As part of todays ceremony for the signing of the MOU, the DMA returned the Orpheus Mosaic to the Turkish officials. The Republic of Turkey considers the voluntary return of the mosaic a sign of good faith, and both parties will undertake to continue their collaboration with museological education, conservation, symposia, and important loan exhibitions.
Under the leadership of Maxwell L. Anderson, who joined the Dallas Museum of Art as The Eugene McDermott Director in January 2012, the DMA has launched a number of initiatives in addition to the DMX program: the new Friends & Partners membership program; a program in paintings conservation; a new staff appointment in the field of Islamic art; and a Laboratory for Museum Innovation with seed capital to develop collaborative pilot projects in the areas of collection access, visitor engagement, and digital publishing. The Museum is also at work to link the Dallas Arts Districtthe nation's largestwith other cultural districts worldwide. The initiatives grow out of Andersons vision to deepen relationships with audiences at home and abroad, a belief in promoting cross-cultural exchange, and a commitment to developing new models for international collaboration that extends back to his first museum directorship in 1987, when he headed the Michael C. Carlos Museum in Atlanta.
As arts organizations in the United States and around the world address questions regarding cultural heritage, I have long believed there is a crucial opportunity to shift the terms of these discussions from an adversarial to a collaborative approach, said Anderson. We initiated the conversation with Turkish officials in this spirit, and the agreement with Turkey to become the Museums first partner in the DMX program speaks to the possibilities inherent in this approach to international cultural exchange. We are honored and excited to enter into this agreement with our Turkish colleagues and look forward to our ongoing partnership.
We are proud to be the first partner in the Dallas Museum of Arts new Dallas Museum Exchange program, and to share the rich cultural heritage and artistic achievements of the Turkish people with the people of Texas and the United States, said O. Murat Süslü, Director General for Cultural Heritage and Museums. We also want to express our appreciation to the Museum for its ethical perspective during negotiations regarding the Orpheus Mosaic. With actual photos of the looting in progress that we were able to present, it could not be clearer that this ancient work was stolen from its archaeological site. We are very pleased the mosaic will return to Turkey, and equally pleased to enter this ongoing relationship with the Dallas Museum of Art.
In October the DMA announced the appointment of Sabiha Al Khemir as the Museums first Senior Advisor of Islamic Art. Dr. Al Khemir, the founding director of the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar, will support Anderson and senior staff in building the Museums DMX partnerships. Dr. Al Khemir will also travel worldwide to further the Museums connections with the great collections of Islamic art across the world. The arts of Indonesia and the Philippines will be a particular focus, to complement and enhance the DMAs collection strength in this area.
The Museums DMX program is also enhanced by the appointments this spring of Chief Conservator Mark Leonard, who is spearheading plans for a new in-house paintings conservation studio, and Gabriel Ritter, The Nancy and Tim Hanley Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, who recently completed a doctoral fellowship at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.
The Orpheus Mosaic originally decorated the floor of a Roman building near Edessa, in what is modern-day Turkey. The work dates from A.D. 194 and measures 64 3/4 inches by 60 inches. It depicts the mythic poet Orpheus playing his lyre as he sits on a rock surrounded by wild animals, which are tamed by the magic power of his music. According to myth, Orpheus used his lyre to gain entry to the underworld, where he went in search of his dead wife, Eurydice.
The mosaic was purchased by the DMA in 1999 at public auction. Funds for the purchase were the gift of David T. Owsley via the Alconda-Owsley Foundation, and two anonymous donors, in honor of Nancy B. Hamon.
This year the Museum uncovered information indicating that the work might have been stolen from its archaeological site. The DMA alerted Turkish officials that the work was in the Museums collection and requested information on whether the object had been illegally removed from that country. Additional conclusive photographic evidence provided by Turkey documented the looting of the mosaic, proving the work had been stolen, and the DMA offered to restitute the work. The work was returned at a ceremony marking the signing of an agreement between the DMA and Turkey for ongoing collaboration as the first partnership in the Museums new DMX program.
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- Rory McIlroy spurned a four-shot lead on the final day of the 2011 Masters
- Two months later the Northern Irishman triumphed at the U.S. Open, his first major crown
- He became the youngest world No. 1 since Tiger Woods in 2000 earlier this month
- His fellow Briton Luke Donald has since reclaimed top spot in the world rankings
After a gut-wrenching collapse on the final day of the 2011 Masters, questions were asked about Rory McIlroy's mental fortitude and his ability to compete for golf's major honors.
But two months later, at June's U.S. Open, the Northern Irishman produced a resounding response to his doubters by romping to a record-breaking eight-shot victory at Congressional.
When the eyes of the golfing world fall on Augusta next month for the first major of 2012, it will offer the world No. 2 a chance to reflect on how he turned a soul-crushing low into a redemptive high.
"Last year's Masters was definitely a defining moment for me," the 22-year-old told the European Tour's website when asked about the tournament eventually won by South African Charl Schwartzel.
"It could have been a crossroads in my career. I could have done what I did on Sunday at Augusta and let it affect me and let it get to me, and maybe go into a slump, or get down or feel sorry for myself."
But far from wallowing in self pity, McIlroy excelled at the next major. His 16-under-par total of 268 bettered a record previously held by 14-time championship winner Tiger Woods at Pebble Beach in 2000.
After clinching a first major in 2011, McIlroy reached another career landmark early in the 2012 season.
He became the youngest world No. 1 since Woods with victory at Palm Beach earlier this month, usurping Ryder Cup teammate Luke Donald.
"It was a big crossroads for me in my career," he said. "I was able to go down the right path and put things right by winning the next major.
"All I wanted to do was put myself in that position again just to see if I could handle it better -- and I proved to myself that I could."
McIlroy admitted one of the biggest mistakes he made during the final round of last year's Masters was to become preoccupied with his rivals, rather than focusing on his own game.
It is an error he is keen to avoid on his fourth visit to the Augusta National Golf Club.
"One of the worst things I did was just trying to stay ahead of everyone else. Instead, I maybe should have had a number in my head, like getting to 15 under. That way, you have a target, and that's all you're thinking about.
"You're not thinking about all these guys you're trying to keep ahead of. All you're thinking about is that target of 15 under ... You can't let your mind wander and start thinking about what anyone else is doing."
Donald regained the No.1 spot with victory at the recent Transitions Championships. Nevertheless, McIlroy's profile in the U.S. remains high.
Partly, it is due to his contrasting experiences at the Masters and then the U.S. Open. But his romance with former world No. 1 tennis ace Caroline Wozniacki has also ensured he is firmly in the media spotlight.
"It will be very different this year," he said after of the tournament getting under way on April 5. "I wasn't necessarily under the radar last year, but I'll be going there with a lot more attention.
"I'll try to take the same approach to the tournament as I did last year. The week before, I'll go up to Augusta for a couple of days, do what I usually do
"Speaking about it makes me excited about going back there, and I can't wait for it to start now."


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A blog post by media commentator Martin Bekkelund has gained a considerable amount of attention today. It highlights the plight of Linn, one of Bekkelund's friends, who has had her Amazon account closed, any open orders cancelled and most worryingly of all, her Kindle e-reader wiped. All without any reasonable explanation.
According to the post, Linn discovered these problems for herself, and when she turned to Amazon for assistance — believing it to be a mistake — was told her account was found to be "directly related to another which has been previously closed for abuse in our policies."
Several back-and-forth email conversations between Linn and an Amazon Executive Customer Relations representative follow, where her requests for more information are ignored, and she's told that the account closure is not only permanent, but also that Amazon will be watching and will close down any other related accounts too.
The conversation closes with the Amazon representative saying "we wish you luck in locating a retailer better able to meet your needs and will not be able to offer any additional insight or action on these matters."
Amazon has washed its hands of Linn, while she has an empty Kindle, no Amazon account, nothing to show for the money she has paid and — according to the report — no idea why any of this has happened.
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Leaving aside Linn's problems for a moment, many of you reading this may also own a packed Kindle, and are wondering whether Amazon has the right to delete content you paid for on a device you own. Sadly, the answer is probably yes.
It all comes down the Digital Rights Management, or DRM, a system that as Bekkelund points out means you're really renting books (and also other digital content such as music and film) "for as long as the retailer finds it convenient." Amazon in turn uses the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or DMCA, to take your books and privileges away if it finds you've been naughty.
As usual, a quick skip through the terms of service reveals some choice phrases. Here, under Kindle Content in Amazon's Kindle Store Terms of Use, it clearly states that "Kindle content is licensed, not sold" and that other than reading the content, you can't do much else with it, including transferring it to another device or removing the "security features" contained within.
Should you break these and other rules, Amazon "may immediately revoke your access to the Kindle Store and the Kindle Content without refund of any fees." This is repeated almost verbatim under the Terms of Use for the Kindle hardware too.
Account closures and deleted books
In Linn's case, Amazon talks of an associated account breaking the rules, rather than Linn herself. Her situation isn't unique either, as this post on MobileRead.com's forums proves. It also provides an insight into what could prompt an account to be flagged as suspicious — in this case a series of faulty Kindles and two accounts — and also, later, that Amazon does reinstate accounts when a mistake has been made. Some further research shows many banned Amazon accounts originate with problems from selling items in the Marketplace, and that the practice has been going on for some time.
We've seen Amazon delete previously purchased (rented?) books from the Kindle before too, and this situation shows the company has considerable power over your device even after sale. The most notable situation came when the company deleted copies of George Orwell's Animal Farm and, ironically, 1984 from the Kindle Store and Kindle e-readers back in 2009. This happened again in late 2010, when more dubious titles were removed too.
Nobodies friend, DRM
It's worth pointing out that while Amazon could be more forthcoming about what caused the closure of Linn's account, it's DRM that has enabled the company to punish her. While some may not need to be reminded of DRM's evils, it may come as a revelation to others.
DRM isn't about to go away, but one can purchase DRM-free material — even from Amazon — to limit its hold over you and your content. Sound advice comes from the top-voted post on the Hacker News thread related to Bekkelund's post, which recommends everyone " treat all e-books purchased with DRM as rentals." One should perhaps replace the word "e-books" with "all digital media" depending on your buying habits, just to be safe.
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- Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is dead at 85
- Sharon had been in coma for past 8 years after suffering massive stroke
- Israelis saw him as war hero, but many in Arab world see him as a villain
Ariel Sharon, the former Israeli prime minister who died Saturday at age 85, made a name for himself as a military and political leader who put Israel's security above all else.
It was a position that earned the controversial figure the nickname "the bulldozer" as a fearless leader who got things done.
To many Israelis, he was a hero. To some in the Arab world, he was a killer.
Here are five things to know about Sharon:
1. Some saw him as a war hero:
Sharon, who rose through the ranks of the Israeli Defense Forces, first gained hero status among Israelis during the 1967 Six Day War that saw Israel attack Egypt, Jordan and Syria to counter what they saw as an impending attack by the Arab nations.
Under Sharon's command, Israeli troops routed Egyptian forces during a nighttime battle to capture Um Cataf, a crucial crossroads in the Sinai. That victory is considered a major factor in Egypt's loss of the Sinai to Israel.
During the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Sharon earned the nickname "The Lion of God" among Israelis for surrounding Egypt's Third Army and, defying orders, leading 200 tanks and 5,000 men across the Suez Canal -- roughly 100 miles from Cairo.
2. Others accused him of war crimes
During the Lebanon war in 1982, Sharon -- a former army general then serving as Israeli defense minister -- was held indirectly responsible by an Israeli inquiry in the 1983 massacre of Palestinians by a Lebanese Christian military at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps.
The inquiry -- which led to Sharon's prompt resignation -- found he did nothing to stop Christian militiamen allied with Israel from entering the camps, despite fears they might seek to avenge the killing of their leader the previous day.
Many in the Arab world dubbed Sharon "the Butcher of Beirut," and Palestinians attempted to bring war crimes charges against him in European courts.
3. He made a provocative visit to an important mosque
Sharon long insisted that a controversial visit to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, one of Islam's most holy sites, in 2000 was not a provocation.
But it is considered among many to be one of the flashpoints that sparked the Second Intifada, a Palestinian uprising that followed a failed round of peace talks with Israelis. During the visit, Sharon walked through the mosque's compound. Within hours, protests over his visit turned violent.
The mosque and its compound sits on Temple Mount, a holy site for Jews, that is known to Muslims as Haram al Sharif, "The Noble Sanctuary."
At the time, according to published reports, Sharon said his visit was intended as a message of peace. But critics have said Sharon, already considered a possible contender for Israeli prime minister, knew the visit to Al-Aqsa would spark violence.
4. He removed settlers from parts of the West Bank and Gaza late in his career:
Sharon, who early in his political career promoted the establishment of settlements on occupied land, appeared to do an about face in 2005 when he ordered the Israeli withdrawal from 25 settlements in the West Bank and Gaza.
Under Sharon's order, the military dragged settlers from their homes. The move was part of Sharon's plan to pull Israeli troops from Gaza, ending nearly four decades of control.
While considered an essential move for peace talks, Sharon's right-wing Likud Party was outraged. It lead Sharon to break with his party and form a new one -- Kadima, Hebrew for "Forward."
5. He suffered strokes, spent years in a coma
Sharon was serving as a prime minister when suffered a small stroke in December 2005. That was followed by a massive stroke in January 2006 that left him on a respirator and in a comatose state.
Immediately after he fell ill, his power was transferred to Vice Premier Ehud Olmert. In April 2006, Israel's cabinet formally ended his term as prime minister after declaring him permanently incapacitated.
The former prime minister's health fluctuated during the time he was in a coma. In January 2013, doctors said testing on Sharon indicated some brain activity when he was shown photos of his home and heard his son's voice.


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Discuss anything related to Golden State Warriors basketball here
Moderators: Mr. Crackerz, JREED, Guybrush, 32
Well, lakers won and warriors lost last night. the lead is back to 3.5
32 wrote:migya wrote:I now think Memphis is the team to get, they are weaker, but that'll likely move them to 5th. Looks like Denver right now and to be honest, I think we matchup well with them, just they are so good at home.
Who are you scared of, migs?
The Clippers?
My wife, if she ever turns on me, would try to clean me out
Seriously, noone really. I don't expect the team to win in the 1st round and to be honest, I'm so happy just making the playoffs. The team looks somewhat set to be a playoff one for a few years at least and that's something we've never had here since the 1970s. I just want the team to give it a good shot at whoever they meet and not get swept.
That's not to say I don't think the team can win in the 1st round, the players are here to do that, but I just want improvement next season, as the young players like Curry, Klay and Barnes get experience.
In saying that, I want Memphis, especially with MGasol not being 100% right now. I think we can outgun them and defend and rebound enough to have a chance to beat them.
Denver is looking like the best of the three right now for sure, but we matchup weill with them.
How do u think Lakers will finish?
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Wonder if the Warriors were sticking it to the Lakers by losing to the Jazz last night. It was a very sloppy game. The Jazz will play the Wolves twice along with OKC and Memphis. It all becomes positioning. OKC doesn't have that much to gain and neither do the Grizzlies, who have both clinched a playoff spot. I can see Utah going 3 and 1 to finish the season and the Lakers going 3-2.
Eh..still think the Warriors wanted this game (just to get it over with). Crowd would've gone crazy if we had won this game!
Knightofoceans wrote:Eh..still think the Warriors wanted this game (just to get it over with). Crowd would've gone crazy if we had won this game!
I agree. There was a play that mad me think we really wanted it. Jack like did a jump and span after a Jazz player through the ball in. Tried to get to the basket and we turned it over.
I never thought we weren't trying this game.
I'm still worried about the Lakers. We play OKC tomorrow. If we lose and then Lakers beat us the next day, they'll be within 2 games of us and we still have to play the Spurs. It would be a real big upset if the Lakers moved above us.


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Spatial variability in wildfire probability across the western United States.
Parisien, M.-A.; Snetsinger, S.; Greenberg, J.A.; Nelson, C.R.; Schoennagel, T.; Dobrowski, S.Z.; Moritz, M.A.
Year: 2012
Catalog ID: 33275
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The Status of Our Scientific Understanding of Lodgepole Pine and Mountain Pine Beetles – A Focus on Forest Ecology and Fire Behavior
Kaufmann, M.R.; Aplet, G.H.; Babler, M.G.; Baker, W.L.; Bentz, B.J.; Harrington, M.; Hawkes, B.C.; Huckaby, L.S.; Jenkins, M.J.; Kashian, D.M.; Keane, R.E.; Kulakowski, D.; McCaughey, W.; McHugh, C.; Negrón, J.F.; Popp, J.; Romme, W.H.; Schoennagel, T.; Shepperd, W.; Smith, F.W.; Sutherland, E.K.; Tinker, D.; Veblen, T.T.
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Lovie Lee Smith (born May 8, 1958(1958-05-08)) is the head coach of the Chicago Bears professional football team of the NFL. Smith has been to the Super Bowl twice, as the defensive coordinator for the 2001 Saint Louis Rams and as the head coach for the Chicago Bears in 2006.
Lovie Smith was born in Gladewater and raised in Big Sandy, Texas. He was named after his great aunt, Lavana. During Smith's high school career in Big Sandy, he earned all-state honors for three years as a defensive end and linebacker. His team won three consecutive state championships in 1973-75, including a 0–0 tie in 1974 versus Celina High School of legendary coach G. A. Moore. In 1975, Big Sandy had one of the most dominant seasons in high school football history, as the defense allowed only 15 points (11 shutouts) all season, while the offense, featuring eventual Miami Dolphins running back David Overstreet, scored a then-national record 824 points.
Smith played college football at University of Tulsa under head coach John Cooper. He was a two-time All-American at linebacker and safety. After graduation he immediately pursued a coaching career. He was hired as defensive coordinator at his hometown high school in 1980. A year later he left to coach at Cascia Hall Preparatory School in Tulsa. By 1983, he began coaching linebackers on the college level, first at his alma mater Tulsa (1983–86), and then at University of Wisconsin–Madison (1987), Arizona State University (1988–91), and the University of Kentucky (1992). He also served as defensive backs coach at the University of Tennessee (1993–94), and Ohio State University (1995).


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Jenni Rivera, Mexican Singer, Apparently Dies in Plane Crash
Mexico – A plane apparently carrying Mexican superstar Jenni Rivera went missing in Mexico then was found with no apparent survivors, authorities say.
Transportation and communication minister Gerardo Ruiz Esparza tells Mexican television that the plane was found in Nuevo Leon and "everything points toward it being the plane" that carried the Mexican-American singer and six others.
The U.S.-registered Learjet 25 went missing early Sunday after taking off from the city of Monterrey.
Jorge Domene, spokesman for Nuevo Leon's government, said the plane left Monterrey about 3:30 a.m. after a concert there and aviation authorities lost contact with the craft about 10 minutes later. It had been scheduled to arrive in Toluca, outside Mexico City, about an hour later.
Domene said a search for the plane was launched early Sunday, with helicopters from the local civilian protection agency flying over the state. He said seven people including the crew were believed to be aboard the U.S.-registered Learjet 25.
The 43-year-old who was born and raised in Long Beach, California, is known for her interpretations of Mexican regional music known as nortena and banda.
Rivera spoke about her scare with breast cancer to Fox News Latino earlier this year.
The health scare happened right in the middle of filming the second season of her hit reality series "I Love Jenni," which debuted March 4th on mun2, but the singer refused to turn off the cameras.
"People need to know that I'm not superwoman, that I have feelings and I cry and that I understand what a woman feels when they go through this," Rivera said.
Rivera's tumor was growing and had to be removed, "I wanted to show people that I can identify with this situation, that I'm a woman like everyone else, and I wasn't exempt from it."
Based on reporting by the Associated Press.
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Lancashire ground to a halt this morning as the county paused to watch the eclipse of the sun.
Cloud obscured a clear view in many areas, but most people got good glimpses of the best eclipse since 1999.
Hundreds of people gathered at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston and other locations around the county.
Experts said that in all parts of the UK the eclipse reached at least 83 per cent as the darkness peaked at about 9.35am.
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Of course, there are still plenty of ordinary city pleasures, too, like great parks and public green spaces. One of them is the Lan Su Chinese Garden. Created by gardeners from Suzhou, Portland's Chinese sister city, this is one of the most authentic Asian gardens to be found this side of the Pacific. The 5000-acre Forest Park lets you get out in nature--5000 acres deep in nature, in fact. Might want to bring a map and a cell phone. Bikers will enjoy the Springwater Corridor-- a former railroad-- all the way into the Mount Hood National Forest.
Recharge from a day on the trails with a great meal. And in Portland, you know your food will be organic, fresh, and from right around the corner on a local farm. You might even know the farmer's name who grew it. Or his kids' names. No matter. The experience of getting to know your food will add immeasurably to your dining experience. The Farmers' Market-- arguably one of the world's best-- specializes in organic fruits, veggies, and cheese. If you're into fast, prepared food, local food trucks cater to every cuisine under the sun. Whether you're into African food or falafel, Caribbean curry or Indian curry, there's a food truck dedicated to its existence.
Distinct neighborhoods make a walking tour of Portland one of the most interesting-- and free-- things you can do there. Compass-like street addresses (e.g. SW, NW, NE, etc) will help you out as you get your bearings as you explore. The Pearl District (NW), a former factory town-turned-culture-hotspot, leads you to Portland's own Chinatown (also NW), known for its underground tunnels where the city's first gangsters kidnapped their political enemies. The Lloyd District (NE) is one in which, if you work in business, you might be spending a fair amount of time-- it's the home of the Oregon Convention Center. The restaurants, coffee shops, and little eateries of Mississippi Avenue (N) is where you will go to unwind after work. Stay on the lookout for Portland's music scene, which includes Jimmy Mak's jazz club, rated one of the world's best by Down Beat magazine. Dante's is renowned for its high-stakes karaoke, where would-be stars stand up to sing while a live band supports their every note (or not-- the success or failure of any band depends on the singer, wouldn't you say?) Indie-rock churches like the Doug Fir Lounge, Aladdin Theatre, and Crystal Ballroom, are dedicated to what's new and next in rock and roll.
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