Comments on: May 25

By: Bill Applegate

Bill Applegate — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:59:29 +0000

Google is the best search engine

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 25 May 2005 21:52:00 +0000

Kent - It’s about an hour, I believe. I just showed a short clip from it at Highland.

By: KentF

KentF — Wed, 25 May 2005 19:43:00 +0000

The invisiblechildren.com site is pretty stirring. How long does the DVD run Mike? thanks.

By: mchristophoros

mchristophoros — Wed, 25 May 2005 16:52:00 +0000

Great post yesterday, thoughtful comments from many.

The brain cells that are supposed to store the location of items like car keys — they are busy keeping track of Dr. Pepper jingles.

Michael

By: Thurman8er

Thurman8er — Wed, 25 May 2005 15:32:00 +0000

Mike, you just keep on stirring that pot. Good comments yesterday on a topic that has always bothered me.

And please don’t stop praying for us teachers. We really do have a “No Deaths, No Injuries” policy at this time of year. Here’s hoping my perfect 18-year record remains unblemished.

By: Beaner

Beaner — Wed, 25 May 2005 14:42:00 +0000

Wow! You leave Mike Cope’s Blog for just a couple of hours & it goes from 20 entries to 52!!!

Mike, as you know from my previous posts, I tend to be a little bit fired up on occasion. Yes, we should do what we can here with our youth - it’s NOT an either/or issue. I just get really upset when I hear Christians making a big deal out of insignificant (in my opinion) things like instumental music, women serving Communion, profane T-shirts, etc. when there is SO much more that we should be talking about & much, much more that we could be doing. In my own way I am just as frustrated with myself for not being able to save the world. Thankfully, I don’t have to, but I do feel a strong urge to do MORE!

Thanks for an awesome post yesterday! I learned a LOT from reading all the responses & I know that I, personally, need to be more sensitive to other people’s moral yardstick!!!

By: Deana Nall

Deana Nall — Wed, 25 May 2005 14:41:00 +0000

Don’t worry, Mike. We’ve settled on “Fold Your Own @#$% Laundry!”

Coming soon to a bakery near you…

By: Brandon Scott

Brandon Scott — Wed, 25 May 2005 13:55:00 +0000

Mike-
Good words yesterday. Now, if you could only do something about Boone and Quile.

I hope you guys have a great summer in Abilene. Abilene is a great place to be during the summer. Eat some Cajun Cones for me. Hope to see you soon.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 25 May 2005 13:34:00 +0000

For some interesting ideas about national law, local law and community mores, I recommend reading Wendell Berry.

Berry is a Christian and a philosopher. I think he would say that curtailment of free speech should only be happen within the context of a community.

Although federal censorship might make it easier to whitewash the world, it’s a Really Bad Thing. You don’t want the guys with the guns dictating what you can and can’t say. And those who think censorship is American (whatever that means) should re-read the First Amendment.

By: Tony Arnold

Tony Arnold — Wed, 25 May 2005 13:01:00 +0000

Mike, I think it is important to stir the pot on issues dealing directly with living in the world as Christians and our responsibility as disciples. How can we grow and be true disciples without open discussion on these daily influences. Just as iron sharpens iron…

On the topic of speech, freedom and responsibility, my current blog post is a discussion of an offensive word issue and discipleship decision making. It is not an obscenity or vulgarity issue, but it is an emotional topic deeply intertwined with Southern Christianity. For anyone interested visit:

Discipleship, Confederate, and $50,000

Thanks for being bold,

Tony