Thunder Bunny Strikes Again [Archive]

j2theperson

06-26-2006, 04:58 AM

***J2, was Crow the tall robot who stuck up over the other ones??? That show was a hoot, thanks for the memory--and the laugh!***

I don't think so, Crow was the gold robot that looked like he had a beak.

Here's a picture of the guys here (http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue19/mikebots.gif). The human is Mike (the guy who replaced Joel after Joel left the show). The gold robot is you, and the one with the bubblegum machine for a head is Tom Servo.

Here's a picture of them in sihouette (http://members.tripod.com/~solarisocean/gfile/g255.jpg). They all look to be about the same height to me.

***Now here's what you do...submit his name to Uncle Milte, and as we are stirring the jet fuel and the burn piles, we will watch the heavens for a certain smoke signal to let you know that everything is going to be A-OK.***

Hott. I'll get right on it http://www.factnet.org/discus/clipart/happy.gif Hugh Jackman will soon be mine.http://www.factnet.org/discus/clipart/rofl.gif

(What? He's already married? So much for the dating revelation.)

matt_hatter

06-26-2006, 05:26 AM

I had the right 'guy', he wasn't taller, he just had the profile that I remember.

Ahhh Hugh Jackman, another time continuum chick flick I got dragged to, Kate and Leopold. And don't worry, we'll call out the black helicopters and take care of any spousal problems he may have...the dating revelation must prevail!!!

I've got this very conservative wife who watches some of the weirdest stuff. Besides her daily dose of man hater movies, she watches "Charmed and Smallville" reruns. Guess she's a little weird too.

Matt

matt_hatter

06-26-2006, 05:59 AM

j2, now if this thing doesn't work out with Hugh, I did read on your blog that a certain Mr Darcy may do--(another confession, dragged to another chick flick, Pride and Prejudice)---he is rich you know, and that of course is one of the requirements to move into the realm of the EN sharpies.

I am having the last laugh on all these chick flicks. What Allie doesn't know:

1. I like looking at Sandra Bullock, Meg Ryan, and Keira Knightly.

2. She subconsiously issues "stay out of the doghouse" points to me every time I go to one of these movies and stay awake.

3. A cool dark theater in Alabama beats the heck out of the wrong end of the lawn mower.

4. One more bullet point and I will be banished to one of Phillip's threads. Goodnight my wacky wabbits....John, we do need some lettuce to munch on in here. Please?

Matt

40days40years

06-26-2006, 06:32 AM

This is great in my mind I see Joe Smith in that deep baritone barber shop quartet voice saying: Thunder Bunny the Lord says, blah, blah, blah.

Mystery Science Theater, sadly I did not have access to it enuf, they practiced their dialogs for hours I was told. Smart alecky robots making inane insulting comments to one another and about the movie. One of the funniest smart alecky comments about an old sci-fi movie was when a kid well scrubbed looking like the epitomy of Leave it to Beaver goodness ran out to the mailbox to see what he got in the mail box and one of those robots said some comment like oh goodie, "did the latest edition of Advocate come in (a major gay magazine)" or something like that. It was so bad it was almost sacrilegious.

I remember the TV series V. One of the highest EN leaders (even today) liked that show so did I. Anyway the main villain was a smoldery lizard lady the epitome of seduction who looked human but was really a lizard. The prophetess wife did not like that series, something about glorifying the nastiest of the sins found in Leviticus.

john_r_jones

06-26-2006, 11:27 AM

Maybe we should start a Nick at Night thread? In Sunday School class we've been using a bible study series using Andy of Mayberry reruns. The shows are bookended with some Christian "genius" that does impressions of Barney and Gomer while espousing legalistic dogma. I taught last week and prayed for some sort of Mystery Science Theater something or other to rescue me. I was able to redeem the bible study from the perils of making wrong choices, Christians shouldn't make wrong choices. To what happened to Barney happened in a community of his friends, Andy never ridiculed Barney and a result of Barn's mistake was catching a car theft ring, a good thing. I also said we need to realize that making the right choice isnt always the good choice. If Joseph had made the choice to have Mary stoned when he found out she was preganant, which was the legally right thing to do, he would have killed the infant Jesus she bore. In hearing from God he was truly a father and loving husband.

Next week we search for hidden DaVinci Code clues in Ron Howard's character "Opie".
John

matt_hatter

06-26-2006, 12:40 PM

j2 said: "We still need a Tom Servo."
md said: "I was thinking more "Mad Bugs- Beyond Thunderhutch" but that's just the anarchist in me."

j2, I would humbly submit Marshall Dillion's name for the new Tom Servo. I will leave that entirely up to you, as it is only a "Man's World" in the minds of James Brown, Rice and Phil. And even though the Thunder Bunny talks a good game, I am sure he has been put in a canine condo a few times by a member of the female persuasion.

40 said: "Smart alecky robots making inane insulting comments to one another and about the movie."

Oh well, if the Hush Puppy fits, I guess I'll wear it.

Matt Crow Hatter

coppertree

06-26-2006, 11:49 PM

Hi All Catching up- I am thinking of Monty Python's were Rabbits, deminted ( without mint) , meat eating math nerds, I think. Bouncing about frightening anglo-saxons without horses
. We should all ride, you know.}

j2theperson

06-27-2006, 12:07 AM

***I remember the TV series V. One of the highest EN leaders (even today) liked that show so did I. Anyway the main villain was a smoldery lizard lady the epitome of seduction who looked human but was really a lizard. The prophetess wife did not like that series, something about glorifying the nastiest of the sins found in Leviticus.***

That miniseries cracked me up. I don't know where the profitess gets off thinking it glorified sin. Yes, the evil alien leader was a lesbian and a lizard (so you have homosexuality *and* animal sex), but she was the *bad* guy. I suppose the real sins it promoted were freedom fighting and free thinking.

***I would humbly submit Marshall Dillion's name for the new Tom Servo. I will leave that entirely up to you, as it is only a "Man's World" in the minds of James Brown, Rice and Phil.***

Sounds good to me. Seeing that I'm not an insecure, power-hungry dictator, I am open to suggestions ;)

***now if this thing doesn't work out with Hugh, I did read on your blog that a certain Mr Darcy may do--(another confession, dragged to another chick flick, Pride and Prejudice)---he is rich you know, and that of course is one of the requirements to move into the realm of the EN sharpies.***

All right, I'll keep that in mind. But I doubt that EN would ever have let me hook up with someone as rich as Mr. Darcy. I never quite fit in, and they'd probably want someone with his sort of cash to be with someone they new was absolutely loyal to EN. I'd have been a subversive influence.

The funny thing is, if they tried to stop me from dating or marrying a man I wanted to date/marry, I probably wouldn't have realized what they were doing and would have gone along with my own plans and desires regardless of their attempts to stop me. Some of the things they taught in EN were so obviously unChristian that I rewrote them in my mind to fit in with my Christian world-view.

An example: during one of my first meetings with my discipler, she told me that if I felt God was leading me to a particular man I should come to her and she would talk with that person's discipler and try to work things out. At the time, I just assumed it was a suggestion she was making--a way for her to be nice and show an interest in my life. The idea of actually taking her up on her offer never crossed my mind.

matt_hatter

06-27-2006, 12:43 AM

j2 said: "The funny thing is, if they tried to stop me from dating or marrying a man I wanted to date/marry, I probably wouldn't have realized what they were doing and would have gone along with my own plans and desires regardless of their attempts to stop me. Some of the things they taught in EN were so obviously unChristian that I rewrote them in my mind to fit in with my Christian world-view."

j2, another poster and I have agreed via email, after viewing your blog and web site that you are quirky cool. A big compliment from an off center redneck from Alabama. The above statement also makes me think that you are brainy cool, too. Please think of re-posting your blog and web sites, as I feel the off- center bunch on the bunny trail would enjoy it.

Copper: As my hero Slim Pickins once said, "What in the Wide World of Sports is a-goin' on here?" I read your post 3 times and that is all I could come up with-- haha!

To all my German friends: I am supporting your economy with my purchase of Dinkle Acker Dark. A spoon will stand up in this stuff. Thinking about spiking Miltie's mash with this Spaten spirit.

Matt

j2theperson

06-27-2006, 04:05 AM

***Please think of re-posting your blog and web sites, as I feel the off- center bunch on the bunny trail would enjoy it.***

Very well, as per your request, my website can be located here (http://www.jessicamenn.com/). It has links to all my stuff--my blog, my art, and my fiction. I also repost my blog over at Xanga (http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=j2themarsh). I warn you all, it's not very serious. I spend most of my time griping about bad movies and fixating on Matt Drudge. (Though I did once take time out to serve jury duty (http://www.jessicamenn.com/journals/2004/050204.html).) http://www.factnet.org/discus/clipart/lol.gif

Thanks for the luv http://www.factnet.org/discus/clipart/happy.gif

matt_hatter

06-27-2006, 05:38 AM

j2, Hey, you don't have to warn me, I have already been there, The Drudge Report is my home page at work.

Btw, the facial expression on "the Novice" painting is just haunting.

Told you I was an off center redneck. Hunt, fish, watch chick flicks, AND have an appreciation of fine art.

Also, Allie and I used to go around flashing the V sign at each other anticipating the show that night. Ok, we were a couple of crazy kids.

Stay quirky cool,

Matt

40days40years

06-27-2006, 08:00 AM

J-2 that was kind of twisted I will have to give the deliverance team at your old EN church a D-. I shudder at what would have happened to you if the hardcore saw this site when you were in.

I also liked Highlander and Forever Night which I thought was a good vampire series. I too think vampires are kind of stupid. They seem to care an awful lot about how they look and what others think, its like who cares your 600 years old and on your way to Hell, hello? And the angst they possess is kind of ridiculous. They are kind of defensive like Maranatha/EN leaders who get upset when the villagers come after them with torches, pitchforks and stakes. I feel like telling them don't you get it? you are the problem. Oh and all these vampires wearing eye liner and make up? they look kind of like Tammy Fay going goth, the only thing worse would be to see Johnny Depp wearing heavy makeup and eye liner and pretending to be a pirate. Johnny Depp is the anti pirate in my book, such a girlish looking pirate at that, yaaar.

Only read a little of your stuff and I liked the X-men but I am getting kind of tired of seeing old Shakespearian actors with a heavy english accent playing super villains or being the commanders of a star ship. Americans only please it is our genre, enough of that geriatric english crowd.

Clicked on the Palos Verdes photos and was hoping to see Phil B's old house with the caption, the OMEN. Okay EN lurkers I apollogise ;) for that one or should it be apologise?

(Message edited by 40days40years on June 27, 2006)

matt_hatter

06-27-2006, 01:19 PM

Gotta admit, there has never been a thread like the bunny series. I read a comment of Tikkie's on another site about factnet, went something like: "It's a rundown neighborhood filled with a bunch of good people" That, my friends is my kind of place. And we have Thunder Bunny to blame, I mean thank.

BTW John, you never cease to amaze me. I read your posts on the tithing thread and immediatley felt like a heel regarding all the cutting things I have said about our little friend. I guess years of service does not make a mature believer, as I have so aptly proven. Thank you for your kind and gentle testimony that ran over me like a Norfolk and Western Steamer.

Matt 'the bug' Hatter
(sometimes you're the windshield..)

john_r_jones

06-27-2006, 01:28 PM

Grace is something I desperately need otherwise I'm insufferable, trust me in this.
John

dust

06-27-2006, 03:10 PM

Matt:4. One more bullet point and I will be banished to one of Phillip's threads.

Dust Bunny: Mattie... only after we took you to Floyd's barber shop. Actually, I think Phillip is Barnie. Can you picture this?

"Now I TOLD you, Andy, we HAVE to GET this board in shape. We have every tom, sally and harry just comin on in here like cats off the street, writin anything they want. The're out of order Andy, their not payin attention to the topics. Oh, Ang, it's a mess. It's just a mess.

Next thing you know OTIS is going to show up here, and then it's going to be too late, Andy. We have to do something....we need order.

Goober: Why'd you say cats Barnie? I heard it was rabbits.
Barnie: Shut up Goober, just shut up.

Dust Bunny

matt_hatter

06-27-2006, 03:59 PM

What a riot. I can hear him now, "Now here at the rock, we have two rules: Rule number one: Obey all rules!!!Nip it in the bud!"

Big question: Who are the Mt. Piolet Fun Girls???
"Shut up Berney, just shut up!!"

Speaking of Otis, Miltie called me on the tin can and string today. The repo man has returned. He sends his regards and hopes to get come cash from his car title so he can get back on line. Got his eye on a little 386 job that belonged to the Air Force at one time. Now how's that for walking in prosperity??? I told him to go post at the local library with all his peeps.

John, religion can ruin everything it touches, even Mayberry. I will pray for you as you sit through Sunday School.

Matt

(Message edited by matt hatter on June 27, 2006)

sameo

06-27-2006, 04:45 PM

Now that was some good stuff, Dust! LOL

SameO

jesusisawesome

06-27-2006, 04:54 PM

Thanks for starting this thread "Thunder Bunny"! I love rabbit trails and hopping all over. Just wasn't able to stay on track with the other threads. Humor kept derailing me.

Speaking of rabbit trails and bunnies, I have to confess that I have a sister named "Bambi" (my mom was married at 16, and that was the year the movie Bambi came out), and when Bambi had her first baby, everyone kept telling her to name the baby "Thumper" or "Fawn". Haha. She chose Misty instead. Wise choice. Bambi was the only original . . . all the rest of us siblings have normal, boring names.

matt_hatter

06-27-2006, 05:09 PM

Big question: Who are the Mt. Piolet Fun Girls???

I have at least 4 candidates in mind, but I ain't talkin.

Matt

matt_hatter

06-27-2006, 05:12 PM

Big question: Who are the Mt. Piolet Fun Girls???

I have at least 4 candidates in mind, but I ain't talkin.

Matt

jesusisawesome

06-27-2006, 05:14 PM

I double-dare you to share who you have in mind. http://www.factnet.org/discus/clipart/biggrin.gif

When my sister "Bambi" was in high school, she had a baby blue pinto as her first car. The license plate read "Bambi". My Uncle Joe had to borrow the car one day. He was a tall, gray-haired older gentleman with long legs, driving around Las Vegas crammed into a baby blue pinto with the license plate "Bambi" . . . he got more looks and comments. That is the first and last time he borrowed Bambi's car!

matt_hatter

06-27-2006, 05:25 PM

I double-dare you to share who you have in mind.

Never! Not even the Rose Weiner water touture treatment will get it out of me.

Got some news for you....Uncle Joe was more at home in that Pinto than your sis. Bambi was a buck, not a doe. lol

Matt

jesusisawesome

06-27-2006, 05:32 PM

Bambi may have been a buck, but I beg to differ . . . my uncle may have perfectly fit into the Las Vegas scenario by driving a baby blue pinto w/Bambi plates, but it ruined his macho image. We didn't make it easy on him, either. http://www.factnet.org/discus/clipart/lol.gif

jesusisawesome

06-27-2006, 05:34 PM

BTW, when is 84 coming back? I've been waiting for the next chapter on his blog.

matt_hatter

06-27-2006, 06:15 PM

84 has disappeared into the land of capitalism and green pastures. Actually, I emailed him a few days ago and haven't heard from him. Maybe just recharging the batteries.

Matt

maranatha1984

06-28-2006, 11:55 AM

j2theperson;MST3000

84: My favorite of me and lil Tikie. MS Tok cannot stand it though!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

maranatha1984

06-28-2006, 12:09 PM

Matt:84 has disappeared into the land of capitalism and green pastures. Actually, I emailed him a few days ago and haven't heard from him. Maybe just recharging the batteries.

84: Me Been Hunting Heap Big Elk. Kill Elk and Drag Home to Ms Tok and lil Clicks!!

J2- nice website- but where did you get all those photos of Matt????????????????

j2theperson

06-28-2006, 01:46 PM

***J2- nice website- but where did you get all those photos of Matt????????????????***

You found my stalker page http://www.factnet.org/discus/clipart/blush.gif. But, being as I am, a *lazy* stalker, all I did was run a Google image search for "Drudge". I think I also grabbed a couple pictures that were posted in the Drudge Report Archives.

Why do you ask? Are you trying to start your own illicit stash? http://www.factnet.org/discus/clipart/lol.gif

P.S. Did your question really require sixteen question marks?????????????????

P.P.S. We've hopped all around this thread and littered it with carrot bits, while John has only gotten to post a single one of his philosophical musings. At the rate we're going this thread will get so long and unwieldy that we'll have to start a new one before John even has a chance to post a second rumination. The moral of all this is: Don't give your threads funny names or we'll spend so much time joking about the title we'll never get to the actual post. http://www.factnet.org/discus/clipart/wink.gif

matt_hatter

06-28-2006, 02:10 PM

I especially like the one of me with my 6 pack showing....

Ok, seroiusly...

Prov 10:19 When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable,
But he who restrains his lips is wise.

OK confession time. I have this scripture on a post-it note securely fastened to my desk at work. It is a constant reminder to be on the lookout for one of my serious flaws. My Choctaw name is Chief Running at the Mouth.

Now one of my gifts is a deep love for people and human contact. It is the thing that I thought would make me a 'successful' company man in MCM, however, I didn't know the job came with a pistol and a whip.

My gift for human contact continues to this day, and I find myself having fun with church, work, social,and electronic friends, and although Allie has grown weary of my mindless banter years ago, she stays with me despite my idle chatter.

Recently as I chattered with a friend, I struck a nerve that turned the conversation on a dime. My post-it note has not been stuck in my soul yet. I had crossed the line from kidding to hurtful words.

I was immediately reminded of this scripture:
Proverbs 18:21
The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Now this scripture has been one that has changed meaning over the years for me. Quoted extensively by the WOFers, my use is strictly in the context of how I treat others. Sometimes, as with my dear friend, I fail miserably.

After numerous apologies, I ended the conversaiton with a 'please forgive me'. My friend replied, "What are you talking about?"

Which brings me to the HOOK, Psalm 103:12
"as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us."

My friend gave me a living example of Christ, and I dusted myself off, and took my dear friend's forgiveness for what it was, another work of the Cross, exhibited through one of His dear saints.

Matt

jesusisawesome

06-28-2006, 02:54 PM

J2, I took a peek at your website. You are the antithesis to the role model MCM "Stepford Wife" . . . an outspoken woman with brains and wit. LOL!

jesusisawesome

06-28-2006, 03:07 PM

Matt, your gift for human contact and banter is priceless. Thanks for being you!

jesusisawesome

06-28-2006, 03:19 PM

I guess we're all cracked pots, which allows the beauty of Jesus shine through. All the glory goes to Him.

sameo

06-28-2006, 03:44 PM

JIA:"I guess we're all cracked pots, which allows the beauty of Jesus shine through. All the glory goes to Him"

"Sweet," JIA, I like that analogy!

& Matt_hatter, trust me, I am sure your friend is blessed to know you too! "Keep talking..." lol (nice reminder of God's forgiveness though)I need to be reminded.

SameO

jesusisawesome

06-28-2006, 05:31 PM

My previous comment: "J2, I took a peek at your website. You are the antithesis to the role model MCM "Stepford Wife" . . . an outspoken woman with brains and wit. LOL!"

Lest anyone take what I meant in the wrong way, I wanted to clarify. I'm not referring to the women in MCM, past, present or future, but rather the religious form that tries to mold all of the women into cookie-cutter barbie dolls without a voice, rather than allowing their different, beautiful, God-given personalities to shine forth.

maranatha1984

06-28-2006, 08:54 PM

J2:Did your question really require sixteen question marks????????????????

84:No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! why do you ask????????????????http://www.factnet.org/discus/clipart/lame.gif

maranatha1984

06-28-2006, 08:57 PM

JIA:an outspoken woman with brains and wit. LOL

84: I'm thinking big time hootah session here. Obviously a talented outspoken woman is either Satan himself, uh herself, uh Satan dressed as a woman...well at least four sisters, two brothers and 72 hours we could hootah this right out of her...http://www.factnet.org/discus/clipart/rofl.gif

jesusisawesome

06-28-2006, 09:12 PM

Hahaha 84. We definitely need some real spiritual "shouldaboughtahonda" prayer sessions here.

sameo

06-28-2006, 09:33 PM

JIA: "Hahaha 84. We definitely need some real spiritual "shouldaboughtahonda" prayer sessions here"

SameO: or some "UnTieMyBowTies." lol

matt_hatter

06-29-2006, 12:43 AM

Ok, I had this ready to post on the Phillip thread, but knowing that the ketchup and fries is probably sending him in to orbit, I'll post it here...

SameO, how about some fries with that 'shake'?

This was Mike Caulk's favorite pick up line:

"How much you girls weigh anyway?" Actually hollered that to our wives as they were sprawled on the sand at the Redneck Riviera (Florida Panhandle).

Matt

matt_hatter

06-29-2006, 12:50 AM

84: I'm thinking big time hootah session here.

Tik, economy brother, the bottom line, my friend. You are a businessman. Don't tie all those man hours up. Mike Godwin, at midnight, on a full moon. That will cure her.

sameo

06-29-2006, 01:40 AM

MAtt:"Ok, I had this ready to post on the Phillip thread, but knowing that the ketchup and fries is probably sending him in to orbit, I'll post it here..."

SameOhttp://www.factnet.org/discus/clipart/proud.gifh,dear...I've already added Coke and ice cream to the other thread. I'm in major trouble.

As for the... "how about some fries w/ that shake!" NO you Di-ENT!! hehe THAT IS sooooo badddd....LOL gotta love it considering it's source...hehe

OK--where'd that SMiley face come from? LOL
Same-O

j2theperson

06-29-2006, 01:45 AM

***Matt: I especially like the one of me with my 6 pack showing....***

::Cough::photoshopped::CoughCough::

***Matt: Tik, economy brother, the bottom line, my friend. You are a businessman. Don't tie all those man hours up. Mike Godwin, at midnight, on a full moon. That will cure her.***

I'm scared http://www.factnet.org/discus/clipart/sad.gif

To be fair, if you start hootahing me, you have to hootah all the other women on this board. You can't convince me they aren't just as subversive and rebellious as I am--probably more so, actually, because they aren't so blatant.

matt_hatter

06-29-2006, 03:21 AM

J2 said:You can't convince me they aren't just as subversive and rebellious as I am--

I don't think any MCM/En big dogs would want to tangle with this bunch of felines in here. My money is on the lionesses, especially if you travel in a pride. Wow, dangerous!!!

Matt

dust

06-29-2006, 03:39 AM

Matt,
You always say the right things.........
This board has needed you.....you are like warmth relief....

Uh...that would be maybe personality type W!

matt_hatter

06-29-2006, 03:52 AM

you are like warmth relief....

First I get called Crow T Robot, and now I am......Icy Hot. I could sure use some on this throwing arm. Thanks, we do seem to have a good time, now don't we!

dust

06-29-2006, 04:11 AM

Icy Hot, why didn't I think of that. LOL

miltietoast

06-29-2006, 05:01 AM

How much you girls weigh anyway?" Actually hollered that to our wives as they were sprawled on the sand at the Redneck Riviera (Florida Panhandle).
Followed by - "I feel the earth move under my feet..."
Rae Ann is working out and I am typing--- waiting for RR time

j2theperson

06-29-2006, 01:22 PM

***Matt said: This was Mike Caulk's favorite pick up line:

"How much you girls weigh anyway?" Actually hollered that to our wives as they were sprawled on the sand at the Redneck Riviera (Florida Panhandle).***

What on earth made him think women would find that appealling? Did the line ever work? Was Mike Caulk that creepy and uncouth the rest of the time, or only when he was trying to pick up girls?

matt_hatter

06-29-2006, 01:38 PM

Ah the 4th of July. Better than Christmas to me. My family gathers from the far winds to spend time on the farm manhandling chainsaws and largemouths.

The Wal Mart list. You can learn a lot about a person from a quick scan---mine goes from ammo to chicken wings.

It reminds me of how my prayer life has changed. For years it was the Wal Mart list. It was punching the clock, making sure everthing was bound and loose'd. Check off when done. A scattered mish-mash of religious bureaucracy.

Now it is so much more conversational--and effective. Driving to work this morning, my mind was meditating on some of my factnet buddies, new and old. A post about being scarred for life haunted me. (I will be making a post about a major scar in my life, but you'll have to wait a few weeks--still thinking-- a good scar, BTW).

My cell phone rings. Miltie on the wireless. Great fellowship on the way to work. This is how my prayer life seems to work now. The days of "Have you been in the word, put your X number of minutes in prayer?"....well, kind of in the past.

But meditating on the same scripture for several weeks, conversing with God about a special friend...I'll take the trade off anytime.

Matt

matt_hatter

06-29-2006, 01:45 PM

J2 said:What on earth made him think women would find that appealling? Did the line ever work? Was Mike Caulk that creepy and uncouth the rest of the time, or only when he was trying to pick up girls?

j2, you got to understand, it was Allie and Missy, our wives...he had his gut stuck out and hair slicked back with a piece of seaweed under his nose. He was playing this creepy character with probably the WORST line you could ever come up with. Self deprecating humor at its best (Mike had this alter ego Kentucky-guy that would have been him if he would have remained a bluegrasser).

We 'snuck up' on them as a prank. Missy and Allie told him to get lost, without a second look. I, of course, have the whole thing on video tape.

(Message edited by matt hatter on June 29, 2006)

jesusisawesome

06-29-2006, 02:12 PM

J2: To be fair, if you start hootahing me, you have to hootah all the other women on this board. You can't convince me they aren't just as subversive and rebellious as I am--probably more so, actually, because they aren't so blatant.

JIA: Haha J2. In reality, I used to be just about as submissive as a person could possibly be . . . which was a really bad thing. I NEEDED a little bit of rebellion inside of me. I credit being walked on (stomped on) in the ministry to giving me backbone and voice. You can only take so much of being walked all over, before something wakes up inside of you. I think the ministry beats the manpleasing out of a lot of people, haha!

matt_hatter

06-29-2006, 06:05 PM

Well all, I am off for my 4th of July time of fun and frivoity. Thursday afternoon? Remember, I work for the government. Will check in from time to time if possible. We just got electricity down in the country so I might be able to rig something up. (Anything to perpetuate the Alabama stereotype.) .45 caliber ammo is much louder than black cat firecrakers. Just an observation. Happy 4th!!!

john_r_jones

06-29-2006, 06:14 PM

The Vocabulary of Restoration.
Humans it seems always test the limits of freedom, the boundaries of propriety and in turn crave security and safety. In my own experience I've found a place of restoration which has usually meandered through failure, of personal limitation and weakness. Why do I have these things a part of my "speaking voice"?

No one lists on their resume their failures, or gaffes, or involuntary termination from employment. We don't chronicle our goof-ups except of course in our minds. There I would propose we have surround-sound cinema-plexes at times with an embarrassing moment that gets replayed at times. Yes I'm sure some may have diaries or as we've seen here the retelling of bad experiences and yes those are valid. (You don't need me to tell you that.) At first like many I wanted answers, why did this happen to me? The stentorian voice of resolution and rationalization told me I had a role in my demise. I had an improper motive, a sin, a brokenness that I'd compensated for in some way that was humanistic. As Ebenezer Scrooge said in his dismissal of the ghost's chain rattling forewarning of his arrival, "A bit of moldy cheese" We say to ourselves, "AH HA! I've found the morsel of despoiled creation that has brought on me this plague!"

Robert Capon in his book "Genesis the Movie" makes a startling proposition about God's perfect creation: Animals were devouring each other in the sea, lions stalked their prey, and the violence of creation was in progress. As I pondered that I thought; yes the atomic explosions of the stars that filled the night were raging throughout the universe, fires seethed within our planet and wind and rain had begun their erosive work. Failure and folly seem as organic to our existence as air and light and water. If that is so then God knew we would fail, He knows that you and I fail even now, so what is the Eden of our time? Where is the place of unspoiled beauty, of vigor, of healing, of beauty? I said what about Eden, not where; I believe the Eden we seek is in our failures not as something to disdain but to use as a place of fellowship with the Father. Scrooge was embittered about life and how it had failed him. Dickens skillfully led Scrooge and us with him through the redemption of God's mercy that only ghosts on Christmas Eve can achieve. Scrooge's past didn't change; his present seemed interminable, like a Sunday sermon, its lesson long and uncomfortable. He held in his grasp the hem of the third ghost and his future that would change not only for him but for others. I'm curious, if Adam and Eve had owned-up to their sin would it have played out differently? The great thing is that Jesus as a human and divine man all in one owned-up to our sin and His humanity for us. In their sin God came calling His children, guess what He still does today, he uses the vocabulary of restoration and calls for you by name.
John

dust

06-29-2006, 07:12 PM

Matt
Do you have a private email address. My husband and I want to email you privately if that's okay..

HAVE A GREAT VACATION.

jesusisawesome

06-29-2006, 07:48 PM

Hi Dust, I think Matt's already gone. He shared his e-mail address on another thread for anyone that wanted to contact him, so I don't think he'll mind my putting it out for you:

mvee207@yahoo.com

matt_hatter

06-29-2006, 08:36 PM

Just stopped by the house to pack up the arsonnel. Thanks, JIA, I had left it on another thread. I'll check my mail at my folks, but no guarentees...Later!!

Thank you John...there has to be some devotionals in here, as this rag tag bunch needs it badly. (I can hear it now, "Speak for yourself, PAL!")

Matt

matt_hatter

06-29-2006, 11:58 PM

Hi all, made it to God's country. I can post here, but my email account is in read only status down here for some reason. Thanks for the mails, and if you do not hear back until Tues, you know that my pea brain can't figure this old 'dial up' out.

Matt

j2theperson

06-30-2006, 12:29 PM

***Matt Said: you got to understand, it was Allie and Missy, our wives...he had his gut stuck out and hair slicked back with a piece of seaweed under his nose. He was playing this creepy character with probably the WORST line you could ever come up with. Self deprecating humor at its best (Mike had this alter ego Kentucky-guy that would have been him if he would have remained a bluegrasser).***

Hah hah. I'm glad that's cleared up. Having met men who considered "Hey, nice jugs" and "Do you wear a bikini?" to be acceptable pickup lines, the humour in Mike Caulk's line was not readily apparent. http://www.factnet.org/discus/clipart/lol.gif

***JIA said: Haha J2. In reality, I used to be just about as submissive as a person could possibly be . . . which was a really bad thing. I NEEDED a little bit of rebellion inside of me. I credit being walked on (stomped on) in the ministry to giving me backbone and voice. You can only take so much of being walked all over, before something wakes up inside of you. I think the ministry beats the manpleasing out of a lot of people, haha!***

Much the same thing happened to me. I was always somewhat rebellious in little things, and I've always enjoyed pushing certain buttons. But it's only recently that I've gained enough self-confidence to stand up for myself and not immediately assume I am the one who has to submit and acquiesce.

john_r_jones

06-30-2006, 02:36 PM

J2 my oldest daughter is your age and possible temperament, what ever that means. I am blessed with three wonderful young women that are stepping into life as adults and it's painful to see them go, wonderful to see them grow. Thanks for your input and insight there's hope for our future with y'all in it.
John

matt_hatter

06-30-2006, 05:58 PM

Hi all. No email in Hicktown. Just finished 'supervising' my son and nephew as they danced the ballet with 2 weedeaters.

j2, like I said, you are a quirky chick. Don't change.

Matt

(Message edited by matt hatter on June 30, 2006)

john_r_jones

06-30-2006, 06:30 PM

I watched an HBO special called "Boffo" last night where "Dr. Strangelove" is cited as one of the greatest films of the Twentieth Century. The irony of saving the world by killing it-in our generation-champ!
John

jesusisawesome

06-30-2006, 06:35 PM

j2: Much the same thing happened to me. I was always somewhat rebellious in little things, and I've always enjoyed pushing certain buttons. But it's only recently that I've gained enough self-confidence to stand up for myself and not immediately assume I am the one who has to submit and acquiesce.

JIA: I enjoy your intelligence and your wit. I think it's taken me a lot longer to learn to walk in freedom, and just now, in my early 40's, am I learning to be vocal . . . haha!

john_r_jones

06-30-2006, 08:49 PM

Or the unending page for EN, "...Please meet your party in Baggage Claim, lower level"
John

john_r_jones

07-01-2006, 09:06 AM

j2,
I found this talented young lady on UTube a few months ago named Brookers. She did a video called the numa dance and other creative stuff and I showed her stuff to my kids and said she'd go places. Well, she's been discovered by H-wood and is doing the Daily show and I think Variety has given her their attention. I thought it might be of interest to you.
John

j2theperson

07-01-2006, 10:09 AM

***John Sez: I found this talented young lady on UTube a few months ago named Brookers. She did a video called the numa dance and other creative stuff and I showed her stuff to my kids and said she'd go places. Well, she's been discovered by H-wood and is doing the Daily show and I think Variety has given her their attention. I thought it might be of interest to you.***

So that's what I've been doing wrong. I've been making every sort of art but YouTube animations. With that minor kink worked out, my plan for world domination can now proceed smoothly. But I've said to much...http://www.factnet.org/discus/clipart/uhoh.gif

john_r_jones

07-01-2006, 11:13 AM

Ok.
John

j2theperson

07-02-2006, 03:18 AM

John, I checked out Brookers videos. She's hysterical. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. Thanks for pointing her out http://www.factnet.org/discus/clipart/happy.gif

matt_hatter

07-02-2006, 03:51 AM

j2 said:
"Do you wear a bikini?"

OK, how about this...I spent 3 hours with 2 18 yr olds in a boat fishing today, and they were both wearing bikinis. OK, one was my neice. But I was too busy baiting hooks and removing fish to really notice...think I would have been stood up before the sanhedren in 1978 for such sinful behavior? My defense: It was hot down here today, almost 100 degrees. No I was not wearing a speedo.

Hope everyone has an nice holiday, it took me one hour to navigate 2 posts. If I had to return to dial up, I think I would go back to watching reruns of COPS and Ultimate Fighting Competitions.

matt

speakword2004

07-02-2006, 01:10 PM

Carrot or the stick?
Which one will he pick?
In fear of Mr Jones
I am softening my moans
Cause my tithing groans
will make this bunny sick

john_r_jones

07-02-2006, 06:01 PM

There is a new bit of wit http://www.johnshutch.blogspot.com/
(we'll see about the wisdom) in the hutch-watch where you step.
John

john_r_jones

07-03-2006, 07:45 PM

j2,
what you have to say to this generation and ones on down the line is important in the way God made you to say it. My hope for our future lies in folks like you.
John

j2theperson

07-03-2006, 08:03 PM

***John wrote:j2, what you have to say to this generation and ones on down the line is important in the way God made you to say it. My hope for our future lies in folks like you.***

Aww. You're making me blush. Thank you for the kind words.

I wonder if I'll be able to say things in a way that will convince future generations that Battlefield Earth is a movie masterpiece.http://www.factnet.org/discus/clipart/wink.gif

john_r_jones

07-03-2006, 08:12 PM

Well if you do I hope it's in a dialect more intelligible than Travolta's.
John

john_r_jones

07-04-2006, 03:02 PM

I was reading Steve Murrell's blog today regarding discipleship-I'm a fan of such and am always asking pesky questions about it in church. If we are making drones, or those who don't have a spiritual center, or create an atmosphere of exclusivity then we ain't makin' squat.

The experience I'm having at present has been one of making friends, or renewing old friendships for the sake of believe it or not-friendship! Oh the scandal of it all, the uselessness of wasting time enjoying each other's company, jokes might be told, or worse yet others might get them. I'm thrilled to see the notion that Christianity isn't an enterprise of people whose faces were sent through a wringer washer i.e. long. We've been having an unusual experience at my church where we began having bible studies on Wednesdays last year and a meal beforehand. Over the course of time I began to cook some of the meals using a food service company for the products we serve and preparing a meal comparable to one in a restaurant. It has been amazing to watch the crowd steadily grow, the lingering of that crowd over dinner to fellowship and the packed auditorium on a summer Wednesday night. Dinner and a show-how outrageous.

The kitchen crew has been having fun as well learning how to do restaurant, several men now take Wednesday afternoon off to cook, and the serving line folks laugh and have a good time. As I wrote on the proboards chat area the Wedding Feast, with its wrong side of the tracks crowd to match its wrong side of the tracks Messiah could get rowdy.
John

john_r_jones

07-04-2006, 08:37 PM

News today that warms the soul...Warren Buffet has donated Eighty percent of his fortune to help Bill and Melinda Gates with their billions already donated to help solve world health issues. In Africa where HIV/AIDS and other diseases have spread virtually unchecked they have stepped in to fund healthcare in forgotten places.
John

matt_hatter

07-04-2006, 08:59 PM

John said: The experience I'm having at present has been one of making friends, or renewing old friendships for the sake of believe it or not-friendship!

Now there's a novel approach...for the sake of friendship! John, isn't it amazing how you can draw a crowd when there is nothing expected of them except to come and enjoy themselves? We have been so conditioned to "sooo...what's the hook here?"

It is no wonder how Christ could draw a multitude so quickly. They wanted what he offered: "What a friend we have in Jesus". In all of our modern day superficial relationships, I wonder at times how many people just want a good friend, and it bears repeating as the thunderous one said: "for the sake of believe it or not-friendship!"

I am back from the boondocks, and the conestoga wagon internet dial up will just have to remain in the country where it belongs. At least the folks aren't on a party line! You young folks don't even know what that is. Lot of action on factnet, for sure!

Matt

mdillon

07-04-2006, 09:01 PM

mattie-----------jamaica, mon!!

md

miltietoast

07-04-2006, 09:03 PM

Matt-- mdillion and miltie lifted a Red Stripe in your honor today. That stuff is too expensive for a state worker only the anointed could afford that. We will stick to the humble rock

matt_hatter

07-04-2006, 09:30 PM

Hey, like the commercial, it can make a white man dance, mon! You have to self-splurge in life guys, especially when you live with the likes of Allie the Revolving Charge Acct. When the bills come, like W. Churchill said in WWII, "to heck with all of them" as he raised his cup of cheer and then lowered his head on the pillow.

Did you notice that you can't twist the top on those Red Stripes? What did you do Mltie, use your front tooth????

40days40years

07-05-2006, 01:03 PM

psst, red stripe is just M Hi-life with a red stripe and costs 2 1/2 X the price MON.

matt_hatter

07-05-2006, 01:16 PM

Dang. Oh well, I should have listened to one of my country songs a little closer for advice: "Give me something that is domestic, lite, and cold." But those RS bottles...they are just so cool. Didn't Clash sing "Should I stay or should I go?" What decisions facing me this morning! I need Ceasar Thunderous Bunnicus to help me here.

40days40years

07-05-2006, 01:18 PM

jrj you said: I began to cook some of the meals using a food service company for the products we serve and preparing a meal comparable to one in a restaurant.

What does that mean? I know it must not mean we picked up 10 buckets at KFC.

miltietoast

07-05-2006, 01:22 PM

I tried pawning of the stripes on the young impressionable college kids at our party last night. It worked! I could have been another Bob Weiner had I stayed but I strayed.You have the discernment 40/40

matt_hatter

07-05-2006, 01:32 PM

Wait a minute...you were trading 7.99 a six pack for Natty Lites at 3.29/6? Did you get a few PBR's for good measure?? And you say 40 has discernment??? Both of you need the refresher course at the Joe Smith School of Prophecy and Karate. (The karate is for slaying them in the spirit when they don't want to go down.)

Matt

40days40years

07-05-2006, 01:32 PM

miltietoast it is all in the pallet nothing miraculous there the Jamaicans are like BW, charge 2 and 1/2 times add a stripe and say mon this is the king. Ofcourse you get reggae music with red stripe anything else associated with it ask jrjones? maybe a Dobson book on family life?
Yeah they market their poor tasting product good!! Maranatha brothers for sure.

matt_hatter

07-05-2006, 01:42 PM

You guys have left red stripes on my back this morning. I need inner healing. OK, y'all have convinced me, no more imports, but I need to hear from the big bunny.

The clock shows 7:30 CST and the state of Alabama demands my talents. Had fun!

Matt "redneck, white socks, and blue ribbon beer" Hatter

john_r_jones

07-05-2006, 02:01 PM

Oddly enough the folks who were "cooking" had indeed ordered fried chicken one evening for the feed. I began cooking last fall on Sundays for the Red Cross volunteers, we prepared something besides spaghetti, jamblaya, and other starchy fare. Later this spring I prepared Shrimp and Corn soup, with Caesar salad and cibatta bread-parmesean toast and cherry cobbler made with puff patry. We also made andoulle bayou pasta with sauteed shrimp over penne pasta. This had a Alfredo sauce on the pasta topped with a tomato coulis. For dessert on this one we made scratch carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. The last meal of the spring was Chicken Cordon bleu, crawfish boil mashed potato cassarole, grilled vegetable medley, yeast rolls, and bread pudding with rum sauce. Over the summer we prepared three meals- DaVinci night with Italian food, Ball Park food Night, and Luau night. The attendance has grow steadily from 120 to around four hundred who swarm like locusts and hang-out at church and have a great time building relationships. I began working in a hotel restaurant many years ago as a dish washer and began helping the chefs back then when I was caught-up with my dishes. I've cooked for crowds of some sort since.
John

40days40years

07-05-2006, 03:00 PM

It is time for you to go on a forty day fast john! You certainly are not an ascetic or whatever you call it after reading that. Don't make me eat broccali. This brother has lost his way he needs a rock diet for sure.

john_r_jones

07-05-2006, 11:23 PM

We were talking the other day, the men who cook that is, and we all remarked about not having an appetite when we're working. We taste stuff to make sure it's made right but we usually have a sandwich or something later. Now the serving line is another story. Last week they were dipping tasty samples of our smoked meats in the homemade sweet barbecue sauce I made. And the desserts usually get several samplings for approval, several made by each person. Food is a great way to reach folks and have fun on both sides of the serving line. Come join us sometime, a friend came from California two weeks ago.
John

dust

07-06-2006, 03:10 AM

John,
I couldn't agree with you more. Getting together for FOOD is fun, is life giving in so many ways. Those foods sound yummy...I would be so there!

john_r_jones

07-06-2006, 02:22 PM

Rain was running down where I find it the most uncomfortable to run down me yesterday afternoon. Why after six months of parched conditions it decided to let loose when I needed it to be dry I don't know. I was stretched out in the parking lot of the place where we get our cars worked on wrenching and cussing on a pipe in the ground-the water main. I've always wanted to do this, I said to my mechanic, "I think I've found your problem" to my small assemblage of car fixers. They are my disciples as it were, or friends.

We worked in a rain shower, the mechanic using a shop vac to suck out the water as it poured in, while lightning cracked overhead. Finally the last fitting coerced in place the valve opened and business as usual resumed. My friends aren't church goers, unless you include the church of Jack Daniels and pole dancing. Or reclusive ness and muttering swear words at unsuspecting customers who venture into one fellow's world. I'll claim them as friends and disciples, though what's most important is that they claim me. They know I'm a Christian though we don't talk much about that mostly I get to listen to them. I enjoy hearing about the stuff of life under a couple of tons of car hanging overhead.

I find the Gospels reflecting this sort of adventure dejure of Jesus'. Someone came to Him with a need or a story and He met them there, or followed them as the case may be. I read where some of are going through an adjustment period-join the club so am I, it's been going on for several years now. Jesus called us to follow Him as I've written before with our crosses in tow; things done to us by others, by circumstances, by friends, by life itself. You can't nail yourself to the cross and I don't think that's exactly what He had in mind anyway.

He has called us to a life of dependence, of unfiguring everything out, of unlearning, of regressing as it were to a childlike faith. When Nicodemus was told he needed to be born again he was being told not to attain some spiritually significant status through a response and so join the club of the spiritually elite. He was told he needed to unlearn what religion had taught him that had blinded him to the reality of God's kingdom as it stood there before him-Jesus. I've seen where some are now urging prayer as a mode of change for others, to intercede on their behalf-ok. I would urge prayer as a mode of wasted time, of intimacy with God, of not seeing it as essentially productive to some end but as a place to unlearn. To unprogram ourselves and realize that Jesus, as Brian McLaren writes, withheld the clarity of the Gospel message from casual observers because He sought from His hearers personal investment of themselves in His kingdom. Things concealed, leaven, seeds, tares in with the wheat, pearls of great price among others, all point to mystery, not productivity. They speak of trust, of surrender, of following, of being freed to be real.

Paul made tents and preached the gospel. Do you suppose he made them from necessity? Do you think that at times he made them in exasperation, in times of solitude, of need to be unburdened from the care of the churches of Asia? The New Testament was written by folks who didn't have it all together, some who saw tremendous miracles like Peter were insecure all the same. Others had bouts of depression, of doubt, of anger, and yet were deemed faithful even examples to be emulated.

I'd like to explore this neighborhood more for now adieu.
John, T.B.

sameo

07-06-2006, 05:49 PM

Wow! Amen John R Jones!!!!

How true it is...

SameO

matt_hatter

07-06-2006, 06:39 PM

John said: "The New Testament was written by folks who didn't have it all together, some who saw tremendous miracles like Peter were insecure all the same. Others had bouts of depression, of doubt, of anger, and yet were deemed faithful even examples to be emulated.'

Not too hard to see why they were easy to emulate. They were weak vessels full of human emotions, failures, victories, ups and downs, just like....me. Pretty easy to identify with them! We can make it our goal to be imitators of Christ, but it is also great to know that when we fall short of this goal, He is there for us, ready to fix that skinned knee!

Matt

john_r_jones

07-06-2006, 07:05 PM

John on the current tourist Mecca of Patmos writing revelations do you suppose that was a cheery experience? Or even more to the point the Gospels themselves their honesty written with a pang of guilt here and there when sepaking of abandonment and self-will. And if not guilt certainly some pain at the experience of Jesus their friend. For them he wasn't an iconographic religious figure, they stood there gazing into the heavens at His ascension untill Angels had to come and tell them to move on. Jesus wept at times scripture tells us over Jerusalem and at His friend's grave. There were also times of great joy and laughter Jesus was accused of being a wine bibber. That doesn't mean he went to wine tastings and sipped, swirled and spit, it also doesn't mean He was a drunk, people enjoyed His company. We like to encase Jesus in religion and history and break the glass in case of emergency and have Him come bail our ashes out of the fire. He in turn simply desires us.
John

jesusisawesome

07-06-2006, 07:36 PM

John: He in turn simply desires us.

JIA: Well said. That is the great mystery, that in all of His beauty, glory, goodness, majesty, and perfection, he would desire US! That IS love. Amazing grace.

john_r_jones

07-06-2006, 08:06 PM

I just had a blast from the past, (reading a post on another thread) remember the soulish versus spiritual man from I think Watchman Nee? I remember clearly now being labeled soulish or what ever for not being spiritual enough, or fleshly or doubting. How we divied-up folks and set them at war internally with themselves not to mention others. No wonder that trust was/is an issue, we were constantly trying to adjust the picture and the channel kept changing on us. We'd get our triparte (spirit, soul, and body) selves sorted out on one issue and then someone cut us off in traffic and when we shoulda been "sparatchule" we cussed. Then we damned ourselves even more for cussing, well there's that day shot to hell.

Is there a spiritual realm we walk in that has a sense of communion with the Father? Yes. Is there as awareness that comes with that? Yes but it doesn't have the attendant spiritual pride, it comes from dependence on Jesus.
John

ulyankee

07-06-2006, 08:39 PM

jrj, yes that's from Watchman Nee.

This past holiday weekend my husband and I spent two glorious, rainy days being total couch potatoes, which we hardly EVER do. We spent the Fourth watching a day-long marathon of one of my favorite TV shows, Monk (it's one of the few I watch semi-regularly b/c other than sports, news, and weather we don't watch much TV). In "Mr. Monk vs. the Cobra," (http://www.tv.com/monk/mr.-monk-vs.-the-cobra/episode/368974/summary.html) Monk and his assistant, Natalie, ask martial arts Master Zee to resolve a dispute where Natalie believes that she should get reimbursed for her expenses, and Monk is too cheap to do it. Master Zee tells Natalie that since Monk is her employer, he is her master and as such must be submissive to him and his demands, whatever they are.

One guess what this immediately reminded me of, lol!

john_r_jones

07-06-2006, 08:48 PM

Yeah,
we're Monk addicts. Dysfuntional masters hmmm.
T.B.

matt_hatter

07-07-2006, 11:55 PM

Well, it sure feels good to be resurrected from the dark cold waters of the Northern Atlantic and munching on clover back on the bunny trail. I can see the headlines in the morning:

MIGHTY SHIP OF THE WHITE STAR LINE RAISED FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE ATLANTIC!

FACTNETTERS CAN'T CONTROL THEMSELVES, THROW KREMS A LIFESAVER AND BRING HIM BACK ON BOARD!

THE BEATING OF THE DEAD HORSE ON DECK CONTINUES UNTIL HE COUGHS UP 10%!

Clover.....what a wonderful aroma!

Matt

john_r_jones

07-08-2006, 11:54 AM

Just brushing the dust off and thinking how thankful I am not to be a part of that stuff anymore.

One of the sticking points for Jesus' hearers of His parables was the notion of the Catholicity of the kingdom. "Not only does he resort, as in the parable of the Leaven (Matt 13:33), to the occasional illustration that uses the word "whole" (the holon in Catholic);far more often, he sets up his parables in such a way that by their very terms they cover nothing less that the whole world." -Robert Capon, Kingdom, Grace Judgment what does this whole world stuff mean? To me it indicates a dynamic that calls us to recognize the work of the Holy Spirit in our generation and lives as reinforcing the ministry of Jesus rather than supplanting it. The Kingdom is at work everywhere, always and for all instead of in some places, some times, and for some people. We might ask then if this is so why there is so much that is evident of the lost-ness and darkness of the world than of light and victory?

The parable of the sower certainly covers all the states of human condition, from fallow and rocky, to preoccupied, to shallow and short lived, to well tilled and fruitful. Yet it seems God has a way of indiscriminately sowing his word-the Lord Jesus among these conditions. The Johannie account of Jesus being the word incarnate might possibly not have been in Jesus' mind when He ministered on earth; nonetheless the spirit inspired notion was imparted to the apostle as he wrote retrospectively. Similarly the kingdom Jesus spoke of was present when he addressed His countrymen though the covenant He spoke of at the communion table was yet to be enacted. The eternal work of His ministry spanned the centuries predating His birth as it does proactively for us. So if this barely there kingdom of God exists in our world what do we do about it? Its funny how seed works and in God's economy he sows his presence even in places that aren't very receptive, and even the springing up of that seed seems irredeemable. Or that possibly the only soil that was acceptable, well tilled was in Jesus himself, and we in Him are the fruitfulness spoken of. Jesus explanation of the parable didn't serve to clarify matters really but to simply extrapolate more possibilities.

Finally Jesus made statements about putting a lamp under a bedstead which would be equivalent to asking, "What am I supposed to do hide the truth because it upsets some people?" Gentiles were ushered in here in this Kingdom in His Catholicity as implied in the parable of the vineyard workers. This rabbinic parable always ended with the laborers earning their wages in proportion to their toil. Jesus however, turns this notion on its ear with the noontime to four loafers being given similar consideration as the early morn eager beavers.

As I usually say in these little whatever they are I've more to add later, thanks for your indulgence.
John

matt_hatter

07-08-2006, 01:52 PM

John said:"Jesus however, turns this notion on its ear with the noontime to four loafers being given similar consideration as the early morn eager beavers."

Ha!
This story used to bother me as I was a "Martha" for so many years. Now, I am learning to be a "Mary".

How appropriate your words were this morning in my meditation: I happened on Micah 6:6-8. The open salvo is a question: With what shall I come to the Lord? From there we see the Martha list..burnt offerings? ten thousand rivers of oil? my first born? It reminds me of the American formulatic religion we have all been commenting on latley, ie. making sure you don't say 'take care', saying 'symptoms', 'have you been in the word', are you clocking in that prayer time' etc. Religion at best, cultish incantations at worst.

Now listen what how the prophet ends this little jewel:
He has told you O man what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But to do justice, to love kindness,
And to walk humbly with your God?http://www.factnet.org/discus/clipart/happy.gif

Amazing! And our Savior showed us this wonderful concept through His words and deeds over and over in the Gospels. The rough and ready got it. The 'religious mathematicians' sticking to their rigid 'religious geometry' theorems didn't.

With what shall you come to the Lord? Go back and read the Gospels, friends. Especially those who are starting to see the importance of Mary over Martha. We missed so much in His words and deeds because of our indoctrination! Your eyes will pop out of your head to see the freedom that He has for us!

John, indulge me anytime. Two serious posts in a row on the Bunny Trail, He is a great God!

Matt
(And for the readers of this post, my real name is Mark. I went with Matt so I could be identified from Tik's blog--just felt it was time to tell you. I still like the Matt Hatter though. He is like my Mark Twain to Samuel Clemmons - ha!)

john_r_jones

07-08-2006, 04:24 PM

Matt aka Mark,
I struggled with the Mary-Martha thang for years and of late I've begun to consider this: It wasn't the doing that was befuddling to Jesus it was the when of doing it. Obviously someone needed to fix lunch, what Jesus needed at the time wasn't their efforts in the kitchen or elsewhere for that matter He needed their friendship. He needed them in their role as confidante, and with the compassion they had as women to be His friend at that moment.

He also sought I think to disarm any rivalry that might have existed between Mary and Martha; I think He wanted them both to realize for Him they were not one spiritual guru and the other pragmatist but both were family. Jesus was probably one of the most inclusive folks on the planet-well how do you say that John? He shooed the crowds away after feeding them the day before, he irked every religious leader in sight and incurred the wrath of the empire so many had endeavored to placate, to save Israel from annihilation. Jesus wasn't on the outside looking in, He wasn't tinkering with the mechanism of their religion, He was there to tell them I AM is here among you.

The conflict arose then (and now) because of His inclusiveness for many sought to use their religion as a stepping stone up the ziggurat to a place of favor with God. God in turn sought out the lowest in life to love and heal and pursue, leave the ninety-nine and seek out the one. The first shall be last, that in the genealogy of the Gospels where women are mentioned for the first time in consideration of Jesus' heritage that Jesus as the human face of God was here to dispel elitism. Women weren't considered at all they were property, Jesus was freeing both Mary and Martha from that station in life and calling them friends, in that day it just wasn't done. In our day Jesus calls folks friends who in their estimation don't measure-up primarily because they are closer to Him in that state than in some sublime role as uber-Christian.
John

matt_hatter

07-08-2006, 04:41 PM

John said:...for many sought to use their religion as a stepping stone up the ziggurat to a place of favor with God.

BINGO MY PERCEPTIVE BROTHER! I will fight against this in my life and in this religious system we pea brained knot heads have created for the rest of my life.

And thank you for your words on the tithing thread. As I won't be going back there, I wanted to acknowledge your words somewhere. I, like you, finally blew the gasket when it came to a child. Guess I still have some pastor in me! Great day in the kingdom brother!
Matt 'Mark' Hatter

coppertree

07-08-2006, 04:42 PM

Hi All- I am not sure where to post this; I thought bunnies could be interested. Better still bunny trail watchers; Rio Mott according to the BBC is being taken to Spain for legal action. This legal action relates to his supposed involvement in death of many Mayan Indians in Guatemala.}

matt_hatter

07-08-2006, 11:07 PM

The Frisky Felines of Factnet are all over the board! You lionesses keep traveling in that pride and don't be afraid of showing your emotion--it is a good thing--in fact, I hope you continue to clamp down on the jugler vein on these phoney young Lions and lift the Lion King on high!! Growl!!!

And Miltie, I would comment to you over yonder, but I will do it here. Your irreverent humor may get you at least one day in hell. We might can room together and split the cost. Just as long as we don't have to share the lava filled hot tub.

Matt

matt_hatter

07-08-2006, 11:40 PM

John: Hmmm.. Jack Rabbit... lots of potential there--Jack is a nickname for John, and having more than one nickname, especially in the dugout, is quite appropriate. Just a thought as the Thunder Bunny thread is going to get long in a few days....

Miltie...don't take the bait! Creflo will come hunt you down for the dog you are, as you have touched the anointed!
Actually, Brother Cre may end up providing room service for us in our shared room.

Matt

john_r_jones

07-08-2006, 11:51 PM

Matt Twain,
religionists seem to have their humor breaker tripped. In the touching of the annointed department I'd say if anyone is the touchee it would be Miltie the Berle Toast.
John of the soon to be Jack Rabbits (only because the dealy-whopper wont let us call our selves Jack-•••••)

coppertree

07-09-2006, 12:37 AM

Hi All - Too much fun, I like were rabbits ( meat eating). One never knows when they will jump out and frighten those without wit or horses. They strike at guile . he,he This show is now on Broadway, ( Monty Python) for the truly de-minted. Especially after buying those tickets.}

matt_hatter

07-09-2006, 02:01 AM

Copper, What did they say as they were "galloping"--it wasn't 'Retreat!',--wasn't it "RUN AWAY RUN AWAY!"?? I haven't seen that movie in forever--may have to go by Blockbuster.

And John, I would not mess with Miltie Berle. We all might be surprised who the 'anointed' are, hmmm?

matt_hatter

07-09-2006, 02:33 AM

Allie and I actually had a date today, went to dinner and a show. We saw Pirates of the Carribean, PT 2.

My favorite lines had to be between two oddball pirates, who, in the first movie, were immortal. They return in the second movie as mortal men and they converse in a rowboat. One asks the other why he keeps flipping the pages on a Bible all the time. The other replies that he has to look out for his mortal soul now. "But you can't read!" says his friend. He replies: "Well I figure I'll get credit for trying!"

I returned to my meditation of the morning in that dark theater. Boy, don't I try, try, and try some more to 'get credit'? When I have been told 'to do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with our God?"

I thank God that He is patient and kind with me as I continue that walk down the Emmaus Road--even when I try to pay the turnpike fee myself. He is constantly telling me to save my money, it's already been paid!

Matt Twain

(Message edited by matt hatter on July 08, 2006)

matt_hatter

07-09-2006, 03:07 AM

Dadgum Miltie, I thought I was a bad boy. You just wouldn't listen. Go ahead, start binding and loosing, you're gonna need it!

(readers, see tithing thread.)

miltietoast

07-09-2006, 03:11 AM

hey I like this trail!as Braire(sp) rabbit would say,Let's hide in the brambles of the bunny trail from jbk. I will try to keep him occupied over in the tithing thread.You lionesses stay over here ok?excerpts from tithing thread----------jbksaid---It probably was going to be a day trip or something, and they were probably going to return to Nazareth after dealing in Bethlehem.

miltie says,"Day trip my donkey!"

jbk said--- That is insulting towards Creflo, to make some stuff up. I think that qualifies for "touching God's anointed," too.
miltie says--Jbk that is insulting towards Jesus to make stuff up,Like Mary and Joseph on a day trip and Mary's water broke.Would that qualify for touching the Anointed One?
jbk--I do not have a clue who creflo is,sounds like a feminine hygiene product to me.
jbk I do not receive that negativity from you. Be careful I might have start binding or loosing

miltietoast
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Username: miltietoast

Post Number: 91
Registered: 6-2006
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Posted on Saturday, July 08, 2006 - 9:54 pm:

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jbksaid-- I've never been taught that, that the offering of doves was an offering of poor people. Quite frankly, I think that doves are more expensive. But do we really know how much doves cost back in Jesus' day? NOOOOO.
I will trade you one dove for one lamb till the cows come home.MOOOOO
I speculate their are quite few things you have not been taught

miltietoast

07-09-2006, 03:14 AM

P.S. If you all think I am defiling the bunny trail let me know what the ceremonial cleansing ritual.

matt_hatter

07-09-2006, 03:15 AM

Oh believe me, we are following your escapades. Check your email for a suggested response. You better go back and check the thread--he is all over you.

miltietoast

07-09-2006, 03:22 AM

matt I mean Mark put your post where your mouth is you big chicken lol

matt_hatter

07-09-2006, 03:23 AM

let me know what the ceremonial cleansing ritual.

A 6 pack of Rolling Rocks poured over your head.

miltietoast

07-09-2006, 03:25 AM

costly bro, but not as much as the Red Stripe cleanse ---

matt_hatter

07-09-2006, 03:37 AM

Oh, I have reformed, no more discussions with Krems. Remember, I have to watch my heart. I am passing the mantle to you---moooooo

john_r_jones

07-09-2006, 04:56 AM

Ahem, Please bow before the computer three times and repeat after me. (After me, after me, after me, after me...

John My-father-plays-dominoes-better-than-your-father-plays-dominoes Thunderous Bunniophiclese IV

dust

07-09-2006, 05:05 AM

Krems is like the "ring." If you go over to peak at his latest statement, you're taken under and you can't stop. You know you're going to have to go over....don't do it...it's funny, though, how can you stop, you're already over there aren't you. I'm here by myself now. Who turned out the lights. It's dark here.....hey anybody, it's me dustbunny. Okay, no one heard me.

j2theperson

07-09-2006, 05:21 AM

***Dust wrote:Krems is like the "ring." If you go over to peak at his latest statement, you're taken under and you can't stop. You know you're going to have to go over....don't do it...it's funny, though, how can you stop, you're already over there aren't you.***

The whole Krems thing reminds me somewhat of the Phil Hendrie Show (http://www.philhendrieshow.com/). For those who don't know, Phil hosted a radio show, on which he would feature "guests" who would start out taking a position on a subject that, while wrong, was not blatantly offensive. But, as the interview progressed the guests would become more and more outrageous and ridiculous, thus working certain listeners into a blind fury and compelling them to call in to refute the outrageously offensive and ignorant "guests".

The joke, of course, was that the "guests" were all created and voiced my Phil Hendrie himself, specifically so that he could rile up listeners who didn't realize they were fake. And the real entertainment for those who understood the show was listening to the people who called in and argued with the "guests". It was brilliant satire.

Of course, in the case of the Krems debacle, I can't laugh because I know and like the people who are arguing with him.

matt_hatter

07-09-2006, 05:25 AM

Jack Daniels for you TN folks, me I am into the Old Forester. Dust you are killing me.

john_r_jones

07-09-2006, 05:30 AM

Newes channel 5 Oklahoma City reports tonight of an unusual occurence in a local suburb. Apparently in a Kafka-esque replay of a scene from the movie "Network" someone broke the still of a summer's eve by raising their window and yelling "I'm mad as hell and I can't take it anymore!"

In other news the Explorers and Bluebirds imps post at large held a joint awards ceremony. This evening family and friends were invited to obeserve while merit badges were given to several who earned the curse of the Were-Legalist for royaly P.O.-ing a WOFer to the point of cursing them with dire consequences for a lack of religiousity above and beyond the call of duty. A reception was held in the lobby of Hell afterwards for an indefinite period of time. Flat ginger-ale and warm finger sandwiches of potted meat and cucumbers were served.
Jack Rabbit

dust

07-09-2006, 05:55 AM

J2,
I know the Phil Hendrie Show. You're brilliant. Sometimes, it's ridiculous, I'm sure he's putting us on....especially about the "care" stuff. I can't stop laughing.
Mattie, Don't say "killing" okay......them's cursing words.

dust

07-09-2006, 06:04 AM

Who's going to tell krems we know his real identity? You ever notice how Krems changes personalities.
I was thinking he's really a sixth grade boys class and they're taking turns being Krems.

jbkrems

07-09-2006, 06:10 AM

I'm going to interject, because I have to...

Krems is my real last name.

matt_hatter

07-09-2006, 06:12 AM

MY NAME IS TIBBS

Ok, what movie????

john_r_jones

07-09-2006, 06:17 AM

That's Mister Tibbs to you.
John

P.S. my last name isn't Bunny

mdillon

07-09-2006, 06:19 AM

Hey everybody- back from the Miltietoast Treehouse. I’m laughing my arse off over at the tithing thread. Miltie, dang man, just leave the poor boy alone. I bet you pulled wings off flies when you were a kid, huh? First time I’ve ever seen a thread turn into tetherball, but Dust you’re right- its hilarious. Mattie your titanic headlines made me spew but how dare you suggest such a use for RR on miltie’s crown. BTW miltie and I have started a new Church on the Rock and we gotta figure out how to send Krems 10%.

John, miltie thanks for the props on the shop.

Coppertree I read up on Rios Montt after your post and it sent chills down my spine that we were duped into supporting this fiend. Am I all hazy here or did he speak at an MLTS sometime or a staff meeting? That right there imho was enough for God to yank Maranatha from the planet.

take care,
md

john_r_jones

07-09-2006, 06:31 AM

Yes he spoke at an MLTS and we wrote about him in Forerunner. I spoke to a business associate several years ago who knew of Montt and said he was a nefarious charecter, and had been for years. We knew how to pick 'em.
John

40days40years

07-09-2006, 07:21 AM

mdillon, Montt was at MLTS in Dallas I believe around Christmas 84 - Catch the wave or something like that? Copeland gave him a word from the stage that he would be back in power and I believe he was for a short time. He was there I saw him from nose bleed seats. I hear good things about Montt and bad things, who knows?

Is krems related to Krispy Krems?

matt_hatter

07-09-2006, 07:35 AM

Is krems related to Krispy Krems?

I don't know, but he sure has been a tasty treat.
Matt

jbkrems

07-09-2006, 07:53 AM

Folks,

The doughnuts are called "Krispy Kremes," not "Krispy Krems."

And, my last name is pronounced with a short E (like Esther) not a long E, like "cream."

40days40years

07-09-2006, 07:57 AM

A tasty treat? If only I could get the kill proof rats at my house to gnaw on him. I would like to think of him as a literal BLAST from the PAST! Krems you were born 20-25 years to late you could be ruling and reinging over most of the peons in EN, decreeing this, declaring that.

matt_hatter

07-09-2006, 08:41 AM

If only I could get the kill proof rats at my house to gnaw on him.

Dang 40, you are killing me. And Krems don't start with that disrespectful crap on the bunny trail. We go from spiritual to carnal here and right now it is CARNAL!!!!

miltietoast

07-09-2006, 12:31 PM

Bramble alert Bramble alert! he must of followed the donkey dung trail over here I am so sorry.Jbk the next time I am in Nashville area maybe we could get together and have a Krispy Kreme.I will buy.
Matt 3:41 am? Remember the good old days when we could sleep thru the night without peeing?I'm sorry, that was a negative confession,"Lord forgive me and I pray for the Bunnies"I'm personally believing for sleeping till 7:00am without peeing.Rae Ann says the sheets are wet.I told her that was only symptoms go back to sleep

matt_hatter

07-09-2006, 01:04 PM

Sleeping??? I was up reading factnet all night. You are the most disrespectful member of factnet I know. At least when people read your nonsense, they do understand, from Tikie's blog, that what you see is what you get.

You never did like all that Copeland junk, even back then, did you? I drank the koolaid in a lot of ways, but the WOF was an act with me. Always thought it bordered on witchcraft/incantations.

But the little hobbit's hold was just too strong on me. You should have slapped that little hairy beast around a few times at the Space Invaders machine. Told him to get a job and quit spending wifey's money. If you would have done that, he might have been spared that 2 million dollar home and spending a lot of other people's money.

See, all your fault you disrespectful thing. You got a beef with me? Here's your word, brother: MOOOOOOOOOO

matt_hatter

07-09-2006, 01:39 PM

John said: That's Mister Tibbs to you.

Good job John. The TV show, what a cheap imitation. The movie---everyone sweating, real south stuff. Raw humans living the Tennessee Williams life. Another movie I need to check out again. Portier---wow...Remember "The Blackboard Jungle"? The same gritty human debris, only Yankee style---"teach"

Looking back over the trail, there might be some rabbit holes that had a secret stash in them last night. Bunnies Gone Wild. Call out the Lionesses to smack them back in their place.

Matt Twain

jbkrems

07-09-2006, 01:40 PM

Miltie:

I live in Oklahoma City, not Nashville.

matt_hatter

07-09-2006, 01:52 PM

md wrote: we gotta figure out how to send Krems 10%.

OK, where is our mathematician when you need em? (check my work, ok?) Guess I'll have to do the Jethro Bodine ciphering thing here:
One six pack: 6x12 0z=72
10% of 72 0z.....7.2....forget it.

That won't even give Miltie a buzz. You guys better make a 20% minimum. At least that would be like a draft at a ball game. Still wouldn't give the boy a buzz. He does have the 55 gallon drum with the copper tubing to fall back on. Have you built a nice oak table to set that thing on? May get Yard of the Month up there in the holler.

Matt

(Message edited by matt hatter on July 09, 2006)

miltietoast

07-09-2006, 02:44 PM

unfortunately I traded my nice six pack physique from college days for a 1/4 keg so I have my drum with me always.

jbk--"We're coming to take you away haha" we might send you away to an Amish horse and buggy community for a month.That's where the hooves(rubber) hits the road.

Matt- I suspect might even prophesy that jbk is an accountant or engineer,either way he can do the math like Mike Godwin.

mdillon

07-09-2006, 03:00 PM

mattie:”But the little hobbit's hold was just too strong on me…”

I’ve been in that grip and paid for it dearly but at least I shook it and eventually found Christ.

20% minimum? Kinda reverting back to the old days, huh? You’re right, where’s my faith.

Yard of the Month? You should see the hole in his backyard now that the pool is gone. Think he’s gonna turn it into a mud pit for the local college kids. Now there’s an outreach.

md

miltietoast

07-09-2006, 03:11 PM

You know mdillon, I had just confessed to Rae Ann how amazed I was that our pool had lasted so long(past it's warranty)That afternoon at the very spot we had been standing, the side of the pool exploded and washed away half of Cookeville .Surprised it didn't make the nightly news.I need to practice on that confession stuff.
The college kids suggested putting bumper pads around 27' hole in the deck and staring our own Ultimate Fighting Contest. I said," who needs bumpber pads?"

miltietoast

07-09-2006, 03:14 PM

matt where are you? probably asleep after your late night factnet session.
you are missing church

matt_hatter

07-09-2006, 05:02 PM

you are missing church

Miltie, it was a long night. Cat and dog dragged me out of bed at the crack of dawn---gee was that 2 hours sleep? Felt like I was back at Washington For Jesus sleeping on the concrete outside the Museum of Natural History. And then you go and remind me that I am 50 years old and the physiological breakdown in the human body. You are a disrepectful sort. Qurater keg? You wish. md needs to come back and get you straight.

miltietoast

07-09-2006, 05:38 PM

Matt you remind me of a tender moment at Washington for Jesus(1980?),no not the drunk homeless guy singing to Rae Ann and Allie while we directed traffic,how did that song go? 3,6,9 the goose drank wine,the monkey chewed tobacco on the streecar line,the line broke,the monkey got choked, and they all went to heaven in a little row boat,toot toot,toot toot.Okay back to fond memory of you which is vintage mattie. We were walking back to the subway with our wives after two and 1/2 days of no food,no sleep and no baths(I know that was hard on 2 bath a day Allie)This group of kids walked past us covered head to toe with flourescent orange and green Jesus stickers.You stopped and turned back and watched them and then said these immortal words,"You know miltie if this is God's family,I'm not so sure I want to be a part of it."
What a dysfunctional family we are!
Thanks for the memories bro

matt_hatter

07-09-2006, 05:47 PM

I remember it well my brother. I still sing that song at times and Allie tells me to stop. Those days have dissappeared into the deep abyss for her. The words were EXACTLY as you quoted.
Matt

mdillon

07-09-2006, 07:42 PM

mattie: “md needs to come back and get you straight…”

that timber’s been warped a long time, bro. miltie reminds me of a Jim McGie rocker- not a straight line on it, but somehow very useful.

md

matt_hatter

07-10-2006, 02:21 AM

Hey Miltie, I told Allie that you wanted me to sing 3-6-9 to her. She actually cracked a smile. Tough crowd. Between Jim and Tammy Faye and the Vegans telling you that you were going to hell for eating meat, Washington for Jesus did leave a rather hefty impression in my mind about the eternal souls of the kingdom. I guess they may have said the same for me, especially after no sleep/showers etc. Allie took 4 showers a day for a week to catch up.

Md, I don't have much use in my life for the straight boards anymore. I'll take a good crooked one, as it cures me of my OCD and makes life messy. Thank God for the Milties of the world.

Matt

matt_hatter

07-10-2006, 01:44 PM

One more comment on Washington for Jesus:

Miltie and I were helping the local cop with traffic because so many Christians were breaking the law. Crossing a four lane DC boulevard any old place they chose. The cop had us direct people to the crosswalk where he was stationed. One 60 something priss dripping with gold chains got mad about it and started complaining to the big cop, who was decked out with knee high leather boots and a helmet.

He replied: "You Christians ought to know, there is only one way to Heaven---USE THE CROSSWALK!"

Matt

jesusisawesome

07-10-2006, 02:29 PM

Oooh, that's good! http://www.factnet.org/discus/clipart/biggrin.gif

matt_hatter

07-10-2006, 03:58 PM

John said: "The first shall be last, that in the genealogy of the Gospels..."

I am reminded of something I said at some point along this factnet journey...or maybe it was someone else...boy, that's bad when you can't even remember your own revelations. Alas, I digress...

There are huge holes in the Gospels and it is due to ignoring the words of Christ that did not fit into the "scheme" (Dr. King had a dream, Bob Weiner shouted, "I have a SCHEME today!!")

In Luke 14, Jesus said, "When you are invited, go and relcine at the last place..." Another eye popper!-- and totally ignored by many. He further said, "When you have a reception, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous." Let's just kick up a little more dust on those on the front row.

Interesting side note. I am reading this out of Allie's old "Maranatha" Bible, abandonned long ago because of all the goofy 'margin notes'. I took it to my office years ago. Funny thing--she has this whole section underlined. Maybe she 'got' the right stuff back then while I was busy trying to find my place of honor.

Life's journey sure looks good from the back of the bus now!

Matt

john_r_jones

07-10-2006, 06:12 PM

Two Books I'm reading at present address this whole authority rule and reign thing the modern church is fascinated with. Kingdom, Grace, Judgment by Robert Capon is a compilation of three books that take a parallel look at the Parables in the Gospels and relates them in a way that is illustrative of the kind of power Jesus wielded.

I read the book slowly in the early morning hours without distraction because the author is way above my paygrade spiritually. Brian McLaren has a new book out The Secret Message of Jesus and it strays through a similar neighborhood of thought. It is the notion of straight line right handed power versus indirect left handed power. It seems Jesus as the human face of God rather reluctantly used his power in an observable manner and preferred the more sublime unseen use of power.

In the parable of the sower the Kingdom of God is basically illustrated as something unseen-seeds in the ground. Even the seeds eaten by birds which represent Satan seeking to gobble-up the word and reduce it to offal doesn't intrinsically affect the seed, in fact birds eating and passing seed is a very effective method of propagation in nature. The seed has within it the capacity to create a fruiting plant. Whether the reception of the seed is good or not the seed itself is good.

Seed by and large are small and innocuous, some so small as to be invisible, they fall into a furrow and are covered up. This becoming unseen is a part of the process; Jesus came as an unseemly Messiah, lived a brief life, died, rose from the dead and vanished. Where he is now seated as the Greek is translated from the right sidednesses of God. If indeed He is at the right brain side of God then He wields Left handed power-God no more has a brain than he does a hand so I hope you indulge the analogy. The signs and wonders performed were indicative of a Messiah present, of God present; they weren't the focus of the Gospel message. Jesus in fact rebuked them for seeking a sign, for their appetite for demonstrative power. The reality of God in human flesh standing before them, interested in them, in their lives, of the soon coming reality of God's indwelling presence was most significant for Jesus-still is.

Brian McLaren writes about Jesus' ministry as the freeing of humanity from the tyranny of the impossible. That in our generation for example we've seen great strides in eliminating racism, where a generation ago that didn't seem possible. Of course racism and discrimination in general are still readily found, though in subtler forms but somehow the hearts of a collective nation have been changed in this regard.

I sometimes wonder if this seed will germinate in the church and spring-up unhindered by the cares of the world, the avarice of men and the distractions of Satan of seeking raw power over genuine trust. That the Lordship of Jesus isn't demeaned by the sloganeering of pitchmen, and the reality of an invisible kingdom sown in the hearts of men and women will be valued for what it is, the sovereign will of God to reveal himself through people in all of their diversity.
John

wildwood_

07-10-2006, 08:06 PM

I think I’m following the bunny trail…but your words tend to make my brain out of breath & then it has to stop to rest from thinking. You do know, don't you...that just hopping thoughtlessly along is much easier? Although that’s what the Elmer Fudd’s in this world count on for their rabbit dinners.

I cannot count the number of times that I’ve heard ministers of the Gospel say for “God so loved the world that He sent His ONLY begotten Son to Die on that cross for you and me”. A very small handful have said it in awesome reverence that the Lord of Lords Loves us so much that we are so precious in HIS sight that He esteems US so Worthy to be Loved by Him that Nothing will or ever could keep Him from reaching out for us…just as we are…in all our uniqueness & diversity & shortness, tallness, blackness, purpleness, etc… that we are the Rainbow in the sky for the Covenant of Jesus Christ. Just as the Rainbow in the Heavens appeared for God’s Promise to Noah. If we truly believe that the Lord Loves us EXACTLY how we are made, then we can & do love each other EXACTLY how we are made. And all we see is JESUS.

Most ministers quote that scripture as if, Hey, God must have been a little bit crazy to think so highly of us humans but lets go with it quick before he changes his mind…head to the back of the bus and try to look alike. AND for pity sakes, KEEP the NOISE DOWN…and spray something that smells nice on Brother Larry. If we fear that God will change His mind and not like what He sees, then we don't value ourselves...if we do not value ourselves...then we cannot value those who are different from us. We stand in an elevator and do not see anyone. We may be headed to Heaven. But we are each alone.

And sadly another few have said it, with a sneer, that surely must have been on Lucifer’s face when the Father created Adam…what vile pieces of garbage humans are…and if I had my way from this podium, none of you would be coming with me to Heaven but the Lord said I had to tell you all about His Grace & Mercy. You aren’t worthy of it. And you’ll probably fail at being successful Believers anyway, so really just stay away from me and my gold temple unless you can cut the grass on Saturday…over-lapping, parallel lines and sweep & bag the grass. We hate ourselves because we feel that we are not worthy. So, we hate others... Jesus cries.

Am I getting close? I need to go get some carrots & lettuce. By the way...Love your Hutch...Mississippi River VIEW Awesome. Can you post it on this board so others can see it...I know they should go look....people are a lot like farm animals...or rabbits...but then you know thathttp://www.factnet.org/discus/clipart/proud.gif

maranatha1984

07-10-2006, 08:15 PM

3-6-9
The cat drank Wine
The monkey swung from da telephone line
The Line Broke
The monkey got choked
And they all went to heaven
in a little row boat

Phil and I head a guy dressed up as a clown chanting this at Washington for Jesus and Phil started Chanting this jig and did not stop for almost two days. I thought it would fit right in with the current trail(s) of tears...

(Message edited by Maranatha1984 on July 10, 2006)

matt_hatter

07-10-2006, 08:20 PM

Wildy said: "You do know, don't you...that just hopping thoughtlessly along is much easier?...
...Am I getting close? I need to go get some carrots & lettuce."

Ahhh, the essence of the Bunny trail. Mindless chatter about the past, cracked pots, hamburgers and shakes, and then someone hits you with a felt covered brick--and you have to go back and read it again, and let the brick hit you again! It hurts so good, too.

John, I can smell a new 'thread' of lettuce..oooh bad.

Matt Twain

mdillon

07-10-2006, 09:19 PM

yeah, the hamburger is matt,jrj, and wildwood posting between the 3-6-9 chant from miltie and tikkie. thanks, guys, now I gotta go crank DeGarmo and Key REAL loud just to get it to stop in my headhttp://www.factnet.org/discus/clipart/happy.gif

mattie thanks for the back of the bus picture- now I know I'm not alone

jrj you just reminded me of some weeds that need pulled. It all still reminds me of Fromke telling us how we had left the cross and His simplicity.

WW the longer I go the more I am convinced that very little in corporateChurchAmerica actually resembles the Kingdom aside from the care and love His people show each other apart from the dog,pony, and pulpit show.

Oh, and tikkie, listen out the window real closely and turn your ear southward----------hear that? Yep, he's still singing it.

md

mdillon

07-10-2006, 09:24 PM

Just kidding about DeGarmo and Key. REALLY! It's actually Led Zepplin The Early Years.(apologies to E. Holmberg)

md

mdillon

07-10-2006, 09:29 PM

Just kidding about DeGarmo and Key. REALLY! It's actually Led Zepplin The Early Years.(apologies to E. Holmberg)

md

miltietoast

07-10-2006, 10:47 PM

3-6-9
The cat drank Wine

It's the goose drank wine brother unless your drunk had a diferent chorus.Had to be same guy that sang to Rae Ann and Allie. You must have been close by.See tithing thread if you dare for all the detaila

matt_hatter

07-10-2006, 10:50 PM

MD wrote:mattie thanks for the back of the bus picture- now I know I'm not alone

pretty nice view, huh? and the things you can get away with in the back.

Oh, like your double posts. Heard you the first time. I bought my first Led Zep album in 1969? I believe. "Whole Lotta Love" was an AM top 40 hit, don't think it would make the Brittney S/Christina A play list in heavy rotation now.

You went to the boot camp didn't you? Dang, wrong thread. Answer over there.

Matt

mdillon

07-10-2006, 10:52 PM

cat, goose, oh this is great. all we need is two more denominations! both of them are NOLR- where's bill m. when you need him?

md

mdillon

07-10-2006, 10:57 PM

cat, goose, oh this is great. all we need is two more denominations! both of them are NOLR- where's bill m. when you need him?

md

mdillon

07-10-2006, 10:58 PM

sorry for the double dipping. yes I was there. where I'm at right now has tik's blog blocked so I gotta go home to read it. me and sameo (i think) brought it up on another post somewhere.

md

mdillon

07-10-2006, 11:04 PM

sorry for the double dipping. yes I was there. where I'm at right now has tik's blog blocked so I gotta go home to read it. me and sameo (i think) brought it up on another post somewhere.

md

sameo

07-11-2006, 12:39 AM

Mdillon:"yes I was there,"..."me and sameo (i think) brought it up on another post somewhere."

There you go reminding again, Md!! hehe

And Matt Twain....Yes, always MORE fun in the back of the bus! lol Ever notice more laughter coming from back there than the front?
Like I said, More fun! (You know I'm stirring up religious demons on that one!) Someone start "binding."

SameO

jesusisawesome

07-11-2006, 01:06 AM

Mdillon: WW the longer I go the more I am convinced that very little in corporateChurchAmerica actually resembles the Kingdom aside from the care and love His people show each other apart from the dog,pony, and pulpit show.

JIA: To paraphrase Matt, that shucks it down to the cob! (Did I just bungle that quote?!)

BTW, you're getting quite good at that double-dipping, heheh! http://www.factnet.org/discus/clipart/happy.gif

mdillon

07-11-2006, 01:14 AM

tik's blog-"It was a hot June day in 1981..."

sorry, my bad, when I read "boot camp" I immediately assumed it was about the Leadership Lab which lasted a full month in G'ville in '82. For the life of me I can't remember attending this that tik is talking about. i was already in Boulder as of Jan 81 as part of phase 1 beginning my fade off the radar screen.

Sorry again, sameo. May your memories be healed from the back of the bus.

md

sameo

07-11-2006, 01:25 AM

Md:"sorry, my bad, when I read "boot camp" I immediately assumed it was about the Leadership Lab which lasted a full month in G'ville in '82."

Funny, MD, I told someone that today. I got the two mixed up as well. I can't remember being at the "boot camp" Tik talks of either. And why I wasn't there I don't know. ha I was most definitely there at the one month Leadership Lab, however. Oh, joy!

Not necessary to apologize. BYOB & come on back!!

matt_hatter

07-11-2006, 01:26 AM

md: Sorry again, sameo. May your memories be healed from the back of the bus.

Me, you, SameO in the back of the bus? Throw in Miltie and we have a PARRRRRTY! One of those poetry slams. We can hire 'hewrote' for the entertainment. Snap your fingers you beatniks.

Told you Wildwood--felt-covered bricks to nonsense in two posts flat.

Matt "excellent-party on" Hatter

mdillon

07-11-2006, 01:30 AM

ok if miltie's in the back of the bus something's gonna hang out the window and it ain't pretty.

just warning you is all,

md

jesusisawesome

07-11-2006, 01:38 AM

http://www.factnet.org/discus/clipart/biggrin.gif

sameo

07-11-2006, 02:07 AM

Ah, mannn....now I'm humming that song, "Moonshadow, moonshadow!!"

SameO

mdillon

07-11-2006, 02:12 AM

Cat Stevens? C'mon SameO, i'm thinking CreedenceClearwaterREVIVAL--

"i see the bad moon risin'...."

md

matt_hatter

07-11-2006, 02:13 AM

And what a shadow it would cast. Jeez. We could start a new chapter of the moonies.

John started a new thread. Think he is trying to tell us something???

mdillon

07-11-2006, 02:19 AM

mattie-"And what a shadow it would cast..."

as soon as I stop laughing I will cry uncle. mattie, I give

md

sameo

07-11-2006, 02:30 AM

Ahh,LOLOL.... you two guys are killin' me.(I mean, "bringing life to me") Sorry, MD...you are sooo right...I didn't think of Credence Clearwater...what can I say?

LOLOLOL....."new chapter of the moonies." Miltie can be the leader!(that is IF we can get him unstuck!) sorry miltie...

SameO

miltietoast

07-11-2006, 03:06 AM

What about John Denvers Thank God I'm A Country Boy "life ain't nothin but a funny funny riddle" The bunny trail is good enough for meee. Mooo oops wrong thread. OK ,Rose Weiner said I was fat .I need inner healing or sack ful of krystals and some Rolling Rock.Yeah who wrote I'm stuck on you?

matt_hatter

07-11-2006, 03:35 AM

krystals and some Rolling Rock.

Your dilitant (increasing in viscosity and setting to a solid as a result of deformation by expansion, pressure, or agitation) delicacies fit you perfectly. Keep the bus window open. Please.

sameo

07-11-2006, 03:47 AM

Matt:"Keep the bus window open. Please."

OMG!!! I'm gonna have to move to the front of the bus! Something about "Deformation by expansion, pressure or agitation!?" LOL

I'm feeling faint from the fumes!!! HElp!

Same-O

miltietoast

07-11-2006, 03:48 AM

ooh what's that smell? Lynard skinnard

miltietoast

07-11-2006, 03:50 AM

Your dilitant (increasing in viscosity and setting to a solid as a result of deformation by expansion, pressure, or agitation) delicacies fit you perfectly. Keep the bus window open. Please
mattie are you borrowing some of your state reports?

miltietoast

07-11-2006, 03:54 AM

mdillon--you left cd of sub dudes

matt_hatter

07-11-2006, 03:56 AM

SammyO:I'm feeling faint from the fumes!!! HElp!

Give me a break...Acting like the southern queen you are. Back of the bus for you, quit the fake fainting. Me and the boys are married to your type. No go here. LOL

Miltie: mattie are you borrowing some of your state reports?

Well, you know how we bueracrats are. Gotta push the paper.

matt_hatter

07-11-2006, 04:04 AM

Miltie, you just can't leave the Crispy Kreme alone. If google doesn't work maybe he can find the address in Whitepages.com

That whole thing with Cretroll or whatever the heck his name is has got to be the most bizarre thing the boy has tried to defend.

miltietoast

07-11-2006, 04:06 AM

creflo isn't that drug like flomax? You taking that mattie?

sameo

07-11-2006, 04:07 AM

MAtt:"Give me a break...Acting like the southern queen you are. Back of the bus for you, quit the fake fainting."

LOL!! NO, seriously, "krystal burgers and Rolling rock...LOLOL that was rank, man!

Hey, don't make me pull out the geetar and start singing Gretchen Wilson's "Redneck Woman," cause You know I will! ("Southern queen that I am!")ha
Now look what you've made me do...."Ruining my image!"
Same-O

matt_hatter

07-11-2006, 04:14 AM

Poetry slams with hewrote, krystal and rolling rock, Gretchen Wilson, Lynard Skynard, southern beauty queens and ......Miltie.

md, we knew "Life Is Good" on the back of the bus, eh?

dust

07-11-2006, 04:26 AM

Krems has over 50 posts at the TITHING thread..I've studied group dynamics and there isn't anything to describe the dynamic of such active conversation with someone not from EN/Maranatha.

So, I'm calling it the Krems Phenomena or Kremsing.

My dogs will illustrate what a "krems" is. We have TWO, a big one and a little one. The big one plays ball in the backyard. The little one can't get near it, but she "shadows" the big one everywhere he runs. He is ONLY one who actually touches the ball, except when I get to throw it. The little dog thinks she is in the game....but she's NOT. She wags her tail and when the big dog gets the ball, she's so happy....she thinks she got it.
She's Kremsing.

matt_hatter

07-11-2006, 04:31 AM

"and there isn't anything to describe the dynamic of such active conversation"

Hmmm..verrrry interesting Dr. Dust. I'm thinking Asperger's Syndrome.

Dr. Matt, husband of Nurse Rachitt

mdillon

07-11-2006, 05:15 AM

miltie-"you left cd of sub dudes"

means i gotta come back to get it now doesn't ithttp://www.factnet.org/discus/clipart/happy.gif

mattie its Creflo Dollar or Cre 'flo mo dolla

back of the bus is gettin crazy. or kremsing.

dust you too can be a preacher with analogies like that. that tithing thread is a friggin' black hole- the forbidden tree in the garden and miltie keeps shaking apple after apple off that thing. JUST SAY NO MILTIE

md

dust

07-11-2006, 05:22 AM

mdillon
you have me laughing so hard...GOD BLESS YOU..This factnet gets you crying or laughing...you guys are great

mdillon

07-11-2006, 05:23 AM

hey forword did you notice his last post when he said he came to these threads because he liked the free exchange of ideas unlike his church?!}

says it all.

BTW great eulogy. will you do my funeral?

md

matt_hatter

07-11-2006, 05:25 AM

JUST SAY NO MILTIE

Dillon, do you have an image of the back of that bus? I am thinking 50's style, no AC and one heck of a party going on. I am reminded of Hank Jr's "All my rowdy friends are coming over tonight. All we need to do is add Cheech and Chong and Miltie would then be hollering to stop at the next Krystal for another dirty dozen of gut busters to cure the munchies. I think we may have to bury the thunder bunny after tonight and go pollute the new thread.

Matt

mdillon

07-11-2006, 05:36 AM

mattie whatever you're smoking please put it out before you burn up the couch.

(oh yeah, and the bus stops to get gas and BW comes out in greasy white coveralls to fill 'er up)

md

dust

07-11-2006, 05:37 AM

No, this is where the funeral for the tithing thread is being held.
Don't leave me here with Krems.

matt_hatter

07-11-2006, 05:37 AM

dust and forward good luck--(oh can't say that.) That %#@& Miltie will have him stirred up in a New York nanosecond. Remember my Titanic attempt?

Forward, I do agree with md, great eulogy. But I can hear you at my funeral...."Ummm...ahh...well...sheeshamighty...am en!!! Chicken wings in the back of the bus! Last one there is a rotten champ!"

mdillon

07-11-2006, 05:42 AM

miltie I swear if you put one more post on that tithing thread me and mattie will come and wallpaper your cabin with the Firm Foundations.
(or Purple Book for you ENers)

md

matt_hatter

07-11-2006, 05:52 AM

Well, I think I might have put an end to the tithing thread. My last post too, and I know you all wanted to say the same thing...don't lie!!!

forword

07-11-2006, 05:54 AM

Please, please please, let no one respond to Krems on the Tithing Thread. Let it die in peace with Krems there by its side. Don't get sucked back in. We must be strong. Krems is trying to draw me back in but Dust is keeping me strong. She says I'll have to sleep with the dogs if I make one more post on the tithing thread.

mdillon

07-11-2006, 06:00 AM

forword

big dog and little dog both? 'cause you know watch out for that kremsing thing.

md

dust

07-11-2006, 06:01 AM

Krems came back on that thread THREE times. He must have called Creflo Dollar to come and raise it from the dead!

Can we TP Krems with the Purple book?

matt_hatter

07-11-2006, 06:04 AM

I think I must have shocked poor Jb so much he must have jumped under the 'kevers. I am going to read over the last 50 posts on the bunny trail and go to bed. Party on dudes.

Matt

mdillon

07-11-2006, 06:06 AM

why dust I'm appalled. you use the Purple Book for TP? mattie's wondering why he didn't think of that.

md

matt_hatter

07-11-2006, 06:10 AM

Well, one more comment, I cleaned up my mouth--thank goodness for a 30 minute edit. Miltie will have it stirred up by 9AM central time.

JUST SAY NO TO MILTIE

forword

07-11-2006, 06:12 AM

Matt, I admit it... its true... thanks for saying it so I didn't have to.

Mdilon, the thought of getting Kremsed by a dog is keeping me in line.

We've been so angry the last few days at all the stuff we are learning, we needed the comic relief. I guess we can thank Krems for that.

dust

07-11-2006, 06:13 AM

I also use the purple book for KREMSING...........little doggie's gotta go somewhere!

mdillon

07-11-2006, 06:17 AM

but mattie, really, thank God someone posted after you 'cause it would be real irony for the "Teaching/Bible/Practices" thread to end with you saying shut the hell up.

just saying

md

jbkrems

07-11-2006, 06:24 AM

Hey folks,

Sorry about posting repeatedly on the Tithing thread. It was unintention because of server trouble on my end (takes forever, I think it is too slow, etc.)

I've deleted the excess stuff, anyways, so now its ONE post.

mdillon

07-11-2006, 06:27 AM

dust, forword i'm just down the road from you in C-Town. give me a shout.

markleedillon@hotmail.com

40days40years

07-11-2006, 06:49 AM

forword: We've been so angry the last few days at all the stuff we are learning, we needed the comic relief. I guess we can thank Krems for that.

You know I posted yesterday, started a mean thread. Then I was hiking today, just mad at these guys wondering am I over reacting? It makes me feel better that your angry to.

Put down the Krispy Krems the charismatic police want a bite out of him.

miltietoast

07-11-2006, 07:19 AM

Hee's back!
If I wallpaper my cabin with firm foundations(i thought that was a Victoria Secrets catalogue---I am only allowed to look at them at matties house)Do I have to pay royalties to Weiner(Rose I mean)?

OK ,I will come to the funeral. Just say no--mattie that reminds me of a story,true story.I will be brief lol.Clay McClean told this to me. Seems this preacher was getting caught up in the mighty work of God during a revival and was getting a little pompus(you know those guys) So he asked for testimonies of what God was doing in THIS PASTORS church. This old man comes forward and grabs the microphone and says,"God is great! and I have been delivered tonight! Pastor says," Bless God!, what from brother?" and he says "Tonight God has delivered me from eating buggers,but you all pray for me cause I still got the hankering"
You all pray for me because I still have the hankering to go to the tithing thread. O help me be strong and just say MOOOONOOOOOO!!!
Can I look but not touch?

Forward-- thank you for your pastorial response to krispy kreme.I would like to donkey kong him,send him on a mission trip to Guantanimo Bay and pipe in gospel quartet music about "taking care,trying to hang on til we get to the other side of the river,it will be glorious someday" and some Leonard Ravenhill tapes at all hours of the night.

miltietoast

07-11-2006, 07:20 AM

You know if I wasn't so insensitive you all could hurt my feelings

miltietoast

07-11-2006, 07:25 AM

Krems said:"If no one responds to me, then I have nothing to discuss."

Yada Yada Yada then shut the heck up.
Mattie that is a sweeter,kinder,gentler response than the one you suggested I post in a recent email from you

miltietoast

07-11-2006, 07:34 AM

Pray for me I still have the hankering
I think everytime I want to post on tithing thread I will eat a krystal and chase it with a Rock. You know how smokers trying to quit eat food and gain 40lbs

wildwood_

07-11-2006, 08:27 AM

Miltie"MannaBread"Toast: Don't look back! Have you Not seen the Veggie Tales? Don't look back, sure, you'll say just one more post, but then they come two in a box and suddenly four for a dollar. And it's all so WRONG. Wronger than the deepest ocean, wronger than the sea...Because it should never be KRYSTAL..the path to grease must be taken through the hallowed White Castle on the Hill!

I knew if I just kept reading these Bunny threads that wisdom or insanity (a fine line) would reveal all...and tonight I discovered the code...MCM code that you would try to keep these marvels of beef patties from me. But, I, who from my youthly giggles feasted upon them could not be long deceived. No, I saw the feeble Krystal name. I scoff..does it have the same square of beef, same onions, same late night craving, same optional beverage (or after imbibing of optional beverage), same indigestion?? It cannot and be a mere mortal Krystal. No, 'twas the Princely White Castle persued in 3am road trips across counties in search of city lights and a bathroom. How could a Krystal inspire such devotion? If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, swims like a duck, then it's a bunny (or a felt covered brick).

Somebody send KREMS some that's what he should be doing with his free time in his youth, living dangerous...WHITE CASTLES at 3am & not an Alka Seltzer in sight.

AGAIN, WHITE CASTLE. I'm sure it's in the original Greek.

http://www.factnet.org/discus/clipart/wink.gifI gotta go find some Tums...nite.

jbkrems

07-11-2006, 08:36 AM

I despise White Castle hamburgers.

I prefer to eat fish (esp. tilapia and mahi).

Avoid heartburn like the plague best I can, and keep me healthy.

My two cents.

wildwood_

07-11-2006, 08:45 AM

Laugh, Jbkrems, Laugh. What do you do or see that just makes you laugh? (Anything of religious terms excluded that way you do not have to worry about accidently offending yourself or someone else...). So, tonight, what would make you laugh?

miltietoast

07-11-2006, 01:38 PM

wildwood --that's easy for you to say,but there ain't a Castle within 70 miles of me.Thanks for the memories- gutbombers at three am.
Laughter is like medicine but some people do'nt take medicine because it is a lack of faith.I would suggest a marathon of America's Funniest Videos topped off with the sweet southern girl stuck on the slingshot ride---I'm healed!

jbkrems

07-11-2006, 01:50 PM

Wildwood:

I laugh at my pastor's jokes because they ARE funny.

I laugh at other people's jokes IF they are funny.

I laugh when I make a good joke (sometimes).

matt_hatter

07-11-2006, 01:52 PM

AGAIN, WHITE CASTLE

Wildwood, I knew you were a confounded Yankee. White Castle indeed. If you are not part of the Chatanooga Chowderhounds, (Krystal) you are just a poor imitation.

Quick story: Mike Caulk's teenage birthday: Mama asked him what he wanted for his birthday dinner. He told her "White Castle" He told me he lost count at 25, I think.

As we explore the roots of EN, we have it all figured out now, at least for us MCMers. The Aubies and everyone else associated with that man have him to blame for this warped sense of humor--and it all started with a teenage hunger feast resulting in a permanant Robin Williams personality disorder.

Matt

matt_hatter

07-11-2006, 01:55 PM

miltietoast

07-11-2006, 04:35 PM

mattie i see you have fallen off the wagon(tithing Thread) a good friend suggested ,"Just say NO" Although that didn't work with Clinton's babes and probably won't work with krems." The poor we will have with us always." Was that a negative confession by Jesus or what?
He must have missed some of those teachings,I would send Him my notes if I hadn't burned them with my other withcraft stuff. The only thing that remained after the fire was my Rolling Rock bottles.Hmmm, whats that mean?

thunderbug

07-11-2006, 05:42 PM

Thunder Bunny? Hmm . . . sounds familiar. No relation - but we are spiritual familyhttp://www.factnet.org/discus/clipart/lol.gif As part of the spiritual family I submit to Thunder Bunny, and forgive, and won't sue for copyright infringement or claim intellectual (not an appropriate term in this casehttp://www.factnet.org/discus/clipart/biggrin.gif) property rights. Better, not bitter, baby!

matt_hatter

07-11-2006, 06:04 PM

thunderbug wrote: Better, not bitter, baby!

Welcome t-bug. The bunny series may be the most effective thread on factnet. Goes from having to get alone and read a post several times because it is so deep to all out fun.

You can thank the Thunderous one himself, JRJ. He is trying to ease us over to the new Wabbit thread, and we may have a wake for the thunder bunny tonight.
matt

dust

07-11-2006, 06:37 PM

Mattie
I agree about the important of the bunny series. The LAUGHTER last night really helped ease the burden. I woke up in much better mood today...although by my posts you wouldn't think sohttp://www.factnet.org/discus/clipart/happy.gif

dust

07-11-2006, 06:46 PM

Help, I'm living in a cult.
Dust is not cooking, Forword is hungry. No one's sleeping...we're on FACT NET. We need some help....okay, I'm getting off right now and going to go study for the bar. Oh no I forgot that's not me....that's Krems. Now I'm having an identity crisis.

Does that mean I'm "kremsing" Krems?

matt_hatter

07-11-2006, 06:58 PM

dust said: 'really helped ease the burden'

Matt 11:30 "For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."

Ps 55:22 "Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken."

Romans 9:16
"So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy."

Relax! EN runs things in a vacum. Don't let the Hoovers and Electoluxes of the world pull you in! He's in control.

John recommeded this book one time, I think I am going to get it.

Messy Spirituality: God's Annoying Love for Imperfect People -By: Michael Yaconelli

I've got the perfect follow up:

Realizing Idiotcy at 50: God's Annoying Love for a Fool for Christ" - By: Matt Twain