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Author: Alan
Alan is an ordinary guy, living in a small, high plains Colorado town...and humbled to be a minister of God...
“Do you sound like an angry talk show host or a Christian?”
This clip thanks to Tone Police Auxiliary member CJ (thanks CJ!):
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“By this all people will know…”
New addition to the Tone Police Manual:
And a bonus Tone Police Manual entry: Continue reading ““By this all people will know…””
An Entry from the Tone Police Manual
If you click on the image you can see a larger version of this entry from the Tone Police Manual (1 Corinthians 13:4-7):
You can read more about the Tone Police here. (The complete Tone Police Manual is readily available…it’s the Bible. :-))
“A good word for #the15…but Fahrner left out Ephesians 5:11”
The Laodicean Report gives a quick review of “My Advice for #the15” page:
“A good word for #the15…but Fahrner left out Ephesians 5:11”
Good news is that I may not have included Ephesians 5:11, but I sure agree with it. 🙂
Thanks for reading and reviewing it @laodiceanreport!
P.S. And no qualms with “the LR editors have concerns with some of Fahrner’s beliefs” — there is a reason why I originally humorously titled it “Why I Am a Heretic.” 🙂
Better Watch Out…Here Come the Tone Police!
Traditores is proud to announce the formation of the Tone Police!
The Tone Police are Christians who encourage those who “speak the truth in love” to emulate the Tone Police Commissioner, Jesus Christ, while doing so.
You can read more about…and join…the new force at TonePolice.org.
P.S. Although its “work” is serious, we officers of the Tone Police don’t take ourselves too seriously. Book ’em , Danno! 🙂
Happy New Year 2015: “The Lord bless you and keep you…”
Happy New Year everyone! I haven’t decided on my list of resolutions, but this post will fit two of them:
- To spend more time truly with my family
- To post more regularly on Traditores
How it fulfills #2 is somewhat obvious :-), and it’ll meet #1 in that I am keeping it short and then I’m going to go exercise with my oldest son.
Before I go, I have two New Year’s wishes for you:
The Lord bless you and keep you;
the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace (Numbers 6:24-26).
And…
May he grant you your heart’s desire
and fulfill all your plans (Psalm 20:4).
Of course, I only wish the second one if your heart’s desire is good for you. 🙂
May your 2015 be blessed in the Lord.
My Advice for #the15
- “Who are #the15?” (by the group’s founder…or one of its founders)
- “Why I Number Myself Among ‘The 15′”
- “Why I’m joining #the15, and I’m not even an angry Calvinist”
Although there is far more history leading to #the15’s formation (so you should review the articles above…especially the first one), the combination of LifeWay stores carrying heresy and one of its employees, Ed Stetzer, insultingly blowing off a concern some had about John Piper mentioning the Pope in a tweet seems to be the straw that broke the camel’s back. If you take time to review “Who are #the15?,” you’ll see JD Hall (a Montana minister) summarize the answer to “Who are #the15?” with: Continue reading “My Advice for #the15”
Advice from a Beagle
Okay, okay…I know this wasn’t the intent of this “Sundays with Snoopy” strip, but…come on…doesn’t it sort of fit Proverbs 26:17? 🙂
Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own
is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears (English Standard Version).
If you click on the image it’ll bring you to the original Facebook post.
“The Baby Jesus Is Going to Open His Eyes”
Nativities and New Years
As Michelle, the family, and I reflect on this past year…one thing we thank and praise God for is that…after more than a year and a lot of mokyearching, the Lord has brought us into a wonderful family here. I may not be able to remember all your names yet :-), but every one of you is a blessing from above to us.
Although it is not the building that makes a church, I’ve also appreciated how this one is decorated…and today’s sermon, in part, is inspired by the nativity you see right in front of me. Just after it was first put up…and before we moved it and the table over-and-over 🙂 Pastor Wayne…Augie came out of the sanctuary and said to me, “The baby Jesus is going to open His eyes.”
Along with a huge, proud fatherly smile a thought came to mind. When baby Jesus opens His eyes, what will He see? From the Bible we can get a picture of what He saw 2,000 years ago…but…and we know when He returns it will not be as a baby…but if Jesus were to return as a baby today and opened His eyes, what would He see?
Baby Jesus is about to open His eyes. What will He see? Continue reading ““The Baby Jesus Is Going to Open His Eyes””
“Then pealed the bells more loud and deep…”
Thanks to a version done by Cloverton, “I Heard the Bells” has become my favorite Christmas hymn. Researching the song a bit I learned that Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s original poem (“Christmas Bells”) differs a bit from what we sing. I like his poem better; it stops where it should:
I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!And thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along
The unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!Till ringing, singing on its way,
The world revolved from night to day,
A voice, a chime,
A chant sublime
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!Then from each black, accursed mouth
The cannon thundered in the South,
And with the sound
The carols drowned
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!It was as if an earthquake rent
The hearth-stones of a continent,
And made forlorn
The households born
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!And in despair I bowed my head;
“There is no peace on earth,” I said;
“For hate is strong,
And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!”Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
“God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The Wrong shall fail,
The Right prevail,
With peace on earth, good-will to men.”
(The hymn is shorter, and adds a verse after the last stanza.)
The poem is public domain, but credit where credit is due…I got it from Poets.org. 🙂
Wishing You a Crazy Christmas
Last night I saw some posts on Facebook where people lamented they were having trouble getting into the Christmas spirit. I cannot claim to have that issue given, this year, I created a somewhat popular Christmas radio station and…of course!…have provided my yearly Christmas album must haves. 🙂
However, over the past day or so as I thought of what I would write for my yearly Christmas message, I was “coming up short.” What to write about? What could I say beyond what has already been said?  In reality there is little I could say that hasn’t already been said by those far more gifted with words, and I still like the simplicity of what I wrote in 2013. Luckily, this morning (once again) Charlie Daniels tweeted something I thought worth sharing, even on a day as special as this:
My Christmas wish
May your table be bountiful,your cup overflowing and your heart brimming with the peace that passes all understanding .— Charlie Daniels (@CharlieDaniels) December 25, 2014
My Christmas wish
May your table be bountiful, your cup overflowing and your heart brimming with the peace that passes all understanding.
Christmas Album “Must Haves” (2014 Version)
Another Thanksgiving has past, which means I can openly listen to Christmas music again!
Time now for my yearly list of Christmas album “must haves”…which is alway last year’s with some tweaks. I mean, you don’t honestly expect my taste in Christmas music to change drastically year-to-year do you?! 🙂
Now…before I unveil this year’s “winners”…I should note that if you love Christmas music as much as I do, every album listed below can be heard on my brand new Countdown2.Christmas Radio station. As of writing this post, it has only been around a couple weeks…and…for instance…at one point today we had 246 listeners all over the world. Give it a listen, will you?
Finally…I realize this list is growing…and if you are starting your collection it might be a bit much to ask you to get them all. So, this year I’m going to give you the top ten-ish in groups of five-ish. Hopefully that will be more helpful than confusing. 🙂
Top 5:
- “The Christmas Song” by Nat King Cole
- “Christmas Classics” by Bing Crosby (includes “Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy” with David Bowie)
- “A Winter Romance” by Dean Martin
- “When My Heart Finds Christmas” by Harry Connick, Jr.
- “Christmas With the Chipmunks” by The Chipmunks
Continue reading “Christmas Album “Must Haves” (2014 Version)”
Cloverton’s “Hallelujah”
I am a traditionalist when it comes to Christmas music, but I am very proud to break that habit with the addition of five songs by Cloverton to the Countdown2.Christmas Radio playlist. I’m sure a lot of it is Lance Stafford’s unique voice, but I can’t say enough about how the whole band takes Christmas classics and…somehow…gets me to hear what I’ve never heard before in the songs’ messages.
Even though I have listened to (and have sung) them so many, many times during my 50 years on this earth.
Sadly, the tune with which I discovered them (“Hallelujah”) is not available for airplay yet, but you can enjoy it on YouTube:
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May their talents bless you as they have blessed me as we all remember the reason for the season.
Cross posted on Countdown2.Christmas.
“I have the right to doubt, am I using it?”
I listen to old-time radio all night, specifically 20th Century Radio. This morning, after my wife’s alarm unintentionally went off (doh!) and my youngest daughter (not considering it is two hours earlier here, doh!) texted, “Happy Thanksgiving,” Night Beat’s “Target for a Day” episode was playing. The main character, reporter Randy Stone, had been falsely accused by a competing paper’s gossip columnist of committing a murder that a another man was, midnight that day, to be executed for. The death row inmate’s wife completely believed the article and was going to kill Stone the very moment her husband’s life was ended. There is more to the plot, but given the recent Ferguson, Missouri situation (and the Trayvon Martin one before it), Stone’s monologue at the end seemed especially apropos and sage:
But by the same token, would you past the test? How good are you at telling the lie from the truth? Does the truth vary according to your personal convenience? Black one day, white the next?
The next time you read anything, ask yourself, “I have the right to doubt, am I using it?” Because it is too dangerous living in a world of misinformed people. There is a reason why the lie is the tyrant’s favorite death weapon. It’s killed more people since the world began than all the armies and automobiles put together.
The Bible, a much more reliable source of wisdom than a radio drama (or leaders, politicians, and the media with agendas), states this much more succinctly:
Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment (John 7:24, English Standard Version).
Pray for the families and friends of Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin, but also pray that your judgment of those two young men…and those who ended their lives…is not “according to your personal convenience.” For…
For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you (Matthew 7:2).