Imus the Martyr

ESPN.com - NCW - CBS fires Don Imus from radio show:

"CBS fired Don Imus from his radio show Thursday, the finale to a stunning fall for one of the nation's most prominent broadcasters.

Imus initially was suspended for two weeks for calling the Rutgers women's basketball team 'nappy-headed hos' on the air last week, but outrage continued to grow and advertisers bolted from his programs."

I think that CBS in particular and MSNBC to a less degree have made a mistake. And all the people crying for his ouster also did. Jessie Jackson has to go back and remember his Hymie-town remarks before he goes pointing any fingers at anyone.

What they have done is make Imus a martyr for a lot of people. When people think of reverse discrimination, this will be the case that gets pointed out. As I said, the critics cannot really point fingers, they say worse. I had to laugh as I watched rapper M1 try to defend the use of the same words in rap music by saying white people made them say it. I am not defending what he said, it was wrong. But he is/was a shock jock, has been since I lived in the Boston area in the 70's. He was a shock jock before the term was created.

Imus will land on his feet and get another job, CBS and MSNBC will have made him a martyr in the process.

No end in sight to hacking of 'WoW' accounts | Tech News on ZDNet

No end in sight to hacking of 'WoW' accounts | Tech News on ZDNet:

"There are more than 8 million WoW players, so even if tens of thousands are finding their accounts compromised, that's still a very small percentage of the total.

But for the hackers, the rewards can be substantial. That's because many players hoard gold, weapons, spells or armor worth a lot of money on the open market. Even though Blizzard doesn't officially allow players to buy or sell those goods, there is a thriving market for them (and that's in spite of the fact that eBay, one of the most popular venues for such transactions, recently decided to ban them)."

I tried to tell my students that there was a black market in things that did not really exist but they did not believe me. It is crazy isn't it.

Air Force Tries Something Amazing with Mobile, Bluetooth · MarketingVOX

Air Force Tries Something Amazing with Mobile, Bluetooth · MarketingVOX:

"Cellphone-toting NASCAR fans at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend will get pinged with a mobile recruitment pitch from the United States Air Force, reports AdAge.

The mobile extension of the Air Force's 'Do Something Amazing' campaign is developed by GSD&M. Bluetooth transmitters setup around the racetrack will find suitably equipped mobile devices and send messages encouraging the recipient to stop by the Air Force presence at the racetrack."

This is not a good idea. Did they think that they might get people too old to join maybe. Or people who do not want to join. When did a phone stop being mine and being a way for them to send ads (and I do not mean just the Air Force on that)? At least it is Bluetooth and not SMS. The former cost nothing but can be annoying and a way to spread cell phone viruses (Yes the do exist). The latter cost money even if you do not want the messages.

What do you see?

Here is an interesting picture I found on the web. If my students are reading my blog (I doubt it) they need to pay close attention.



I got this from the Sixwise web site which I stumbled upon by accident. It has many other double message images. So what did you see. Did you see teach? Did you see learn also?

As a adjunct instructor I teach my students. They of course reflect what I teach them by what they have learned.

Sermon Notes - Grace Church - Healing Hindrances

All scripture King James Version. These notes are what I got from sermon, not necessarily what was preached. Sermons are available to view/listen to at Grace Church website for approximately 1 month from time sermon preached.

Grace Church

Bob Yandian

Healing Hindrances

Feb. 14, 2007

God has given the healing power. We have the problem if we are not getting healed. It is no different than salvation, all are supposed to receive it.

Unbelief

Mat 13:58 KJV

(58) And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

Mat 17:20 KJV

(20) And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

Unbelief is the opposite of faith. Faith comes from hearing and hearing the word of God. Unbelief is listening to the reports of the world. We cannot escape them, but we have to decide which report to believe, God or the worlds. Faith is the gas pedal and unbelief is the break.

Unforgiveness

Mar 11:23-25 KJV

(23) For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

(24) Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

(25) And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

Jam 5:16 KJV

(16) Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

Unforgiveness will block so many areas of your life. It can rob the reward that you can have in your giving. Like that, it can also hinder your healing blessings. Job got his healing, at the end of the book, when he forgave his friends.

Harboring Sin

Psa 66:18 KJV

(18) If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

God can not hear you if you have sin in your life. You cannot justify sin to God. If you are in sin, God will not hear your prayers for healing. This is unconfessed sin.

Jam 4:3 KJV

(3) Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

If what you are asking for is something that you will use for your own lust. God does not care what you have as long as it does not have you. You need to be sold out to God.

You do not have fervency in your life

Heb 11:6 KJV

(6) But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

God wants us to ask Him diligently. It is not something that we just flippantly ask for something. You need to be that way to stand up against what the devil fervenantly is throwing at you. God was diligent in seeking you, you need to do the same with Him. The people cried out to Jesus for healing, and He heard them over the crowds. That was not some quiet prayer.

People preoccupied with watching their symptoms

2Co 4:18 KJV

(18) While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Do not look at the circumstances but look upon God. If you focus on the temporary, you cannot receive the eternal. This does not mean to not look at the symptoms, but you thank God that they are changing.

Discouragement while waiting, cast away confidence

Heb 10:35 KJV

(35) Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward.

You will have a great payday (recompense) coming from your heavenly boss. Why do you have confidence in your earthly boss and not the Godly one?

Heb 3:14 KJV

(14) For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end;

All the things we trust God for after salvation is the time of our confidence. Keep eye on word of God. Confess it every day.

Many believe they are healed when they see it and that is not the way it works

Mar 11:24 KJV

(24) Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

You believe when you pray, not when the symptoms disappear.

Failure to make the word of God personal

The word is as much for us as it was for the people that it was written to at the time. Mark 11:24 points to you.

Sermon Notes - Grace Church

All scripture King James Version. These notes are what I got from sermon, not necessarily what was preached. Sermons are available to view/listen to at Grace Church website for approximately 1 month from time sermon preached.

Desperate Households – Divorce and Remarriage

Grace Church Sermon notes

Pastor Bob Yandian

Feb. 11, 2007

Mat 19:3-8 KJV

(3) The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

(4) And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

It is quite clear here how man was made, male and female, not two of the same gender. That is what marriage is.

(5) And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh

(6) Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

(7) They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away

(8) He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

The religious people had found a loophole in the Law to permit divorce. They tried to trick Jesus. They felt any reason was good enough for divorce. Religious people today go the other way, divorce is the sin not permitted. Both extremes are wrong. Divorce and remarriage are permitted in the Bible, under certain conditions.

In the beginning God made Adam and Eve. When they fell into imperfection, they were still married. Yes you should try to restore the fellowship with your spouse. You are not the only one having these problems. Many others have the same problems. If they can make it through them so can you. Remember that you cannot change the other person’s life; you only can change your own. Divorce is usually for petty small reasons that can be worked out. Marriage is a covenant.

God hates Divorce.

Mal 2:16 KJV

(16) For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

God does not condone murder and adultery. God hates divorce but it is not a sin. It is not God’s best. He did not want a King for Israel, but he permitted it. Divorce is permitted in the Word. When you miss God’s will or plan, God still has plan B. God divorces Israel because they had hardness of heart.

Many churches will not let you serve if you are divorced. They use 1 Tim 3:2 and Titus 1:6. They say husband of one wife means no divorce. Paul would have meant one wife only, not polygamy.

Moses most likely was divorced. He had married and went to lead the people out. When the family went, he took ill and God said go no further till his son was circumcised. She hated him for that and left him. Moses later married and Ethiopian woman. In other words, the one who wrote the laws on divorce was himself divorced and remarried. There is a career after divorce. It is not the best plan. Even if the divorce is your fault, God can turn it around. Talk to people who have been divorced and see the pain that they have gone through.

Deu 24:1-2 KJV

(1) When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

(2) And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife.

She can go and be another man’s wife. Not him. She was the problem, she had the uncleanness. God forgives sinning. People will search the scripture to make it mean what they want it to. We walk in faith. We choose to walk in love. This is a covenant. Uncleanness was the loophole, they knew what the law said about being clean and unclean and they would wait till the wife was in an unclean state and divorce her. Unclean here means a sexual affair that she will not turn from. There is no such thing as a better or perfect person. Note in the scripture that divorce and remarriage are permitted by God.

Scriptural reasons for divorce (hardness of heart)

• Adultery (sexual perversion as well)
  Mat 5:32 KJV
  (32) But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery
  Mat 19:9 KJV
  (9) And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
  Only used when mate will not turn from their ways. Hardness of heart going from one to the other is not good. If someone truly repents you should try to work it out.
• Abuse or brutality
  Mal 2:14-16 KJV
  (14) Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
  (15) And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
  (16) For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
  
  Hurting of the wife is the abuse or brutality.
• Desertion
  1Co 7:15 KJV
  (15) But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.

Paul also mentions some others.

1Co 7:27 KJV

(27) Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

Do not make putting one away and quickly finding another. Spend time with God.

1Co 7:28 KJV

(28) But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.

You will bring problems in another marriage, it can be worked out. Paul says you can remarry.

1Co 7:10-11 KJV

(10) And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

(11) But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

Even after divorce, things can be worked out. We need to make up our minds that divorce is not an option. We have a covenant.

Pro 13:10 KJV

(10) Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.

Pride is where the problems begin.

Pro 17:14 KJV

(14) The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

Getting your two cents in is often where the contention starts.

Change yourself not your mate.

Psa 57:7 KJV

(7) My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.

Fix your heart in the things of God.

Remember that in order for you to make a u turn down the road you need to put the breaks on now. Fix your heart on God.

Psa 112:7-8 KJV

(7) He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.

(8) His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies.

Forget about what you could have had from the past. Your heart is not fixed if you do.

You may say that you do not love your mate anymore. Feelings are the last things that come when you walk in faith. You feel sick till you walk in faith for healing. You say that you love them and you walk in faith till you feel it.