These are quotes which stood out to me, possibly for use in a sermon someday. Their presence here does not mean I agree with them, it merely shows that I might want to reference them later. The default view is five random selections. Use the tag list on the right to view all quotes relevant to that theme.
You wrote:
>Hey Hector,
>
>This was forwarded to me by Cassandra--it looks legit. Please distribute to Priam, Hecuba, and your 99 siblings.
>
>Thanks,
>Laocoon
>
>TO: Trojan Army Listserv
>RE: WARNING!! BEWARE GREEKS BEARING GIFTS!>
>WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
>
>IF YOU RECEIVE A GIFT IN THE SHAPE OF A LARGE WOODEN
>HORSE DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT!!!! It is EXTREMELY
>DESTRUCTIVE and will overwrite your ENTIRE CITY!
>
>The "gift" is disguised as a large wooden horse about two stories tall.
>It tends to show up outside the city gates and appears to be
>abandoned. DO NOT let it through the gates! It contains hardware that is
>incompatible with Trojan programming, including a crowd of
>heavily-armed Greek warriors that will destroy your army, sack your town,
>and kill your women and children. If you have already received
>such a gift, DO NOT OPEN IT! Take it back out of the city unopened and set
>fire to it by the beach.
>
>FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!
>
>Poseidon
Dearest Laocoon :
I hate to break to you, but this is one of the oldest hoaxes there is.
I've seen variants on this warning come through on other listservs, one
involving some kind of fruit that was supposed to kill the people who
ate it and one having to do with something called the "Midas Touch."
Here are a few tipoffs that this is a hoax:
1) This "Forward this message to everyone you know" stuff. If it were
really meant as a warning about the Greek army, why tell anyone to post
it to the Phonecians, Sumerians, and Cretans?
2) Use of exclamation points. Always a giveaway.
3) It's signed "from Poseidon." Granted he's had his problems with
Odysseus but he's one of their guys, isn't he? Besides, the lack of a
real header with a detailed address makes me suspicious.
4) Technically speaking, there is no way for a horse to overwrite yourentire city. A horse is just an animal, after all.
Next time you get a message like this, just delete it. I appreciate your
concern, but once you've been around the block a couple times you'll
realize how annoying this kind of stuff is.
Bye now, Hector
"Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular
way...you become just by performing just actions, temperate by
performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions."
Hey Glen. Here's the sources: Jerry Parsley, the Regional Director for AGWM Eurasia said, and I quote him accurately, "No one has done for the Middle East and North Africa what Chi Alpha has done." He went on to elaborate on our teams and long term vision, long-term missionaries, and impact.
The quote that XA is sending the best missionaries has come from Regional Directors Jerry Parsley and Greg Mundis (Europe). Nancy Hand from AGWM special ministries has also told me she hears many times in closed doors how XA is sending the best in missionaries and teams.
Yes, the statement made that XA is the largest producer of missionaries for AGWM today needs to be taken in the context that over the past 2 years we have produced more than a single bible college. I think though that if they really looked at it, we probably produce more than the majority of our bible schools collectively in terms of people coming directly out of the BC vs. our people coming out of XA.
When I was seven or eight, we lived next to a boarded-up school. We took turns rotating the merry-go-round in the playground for our friends. They'd climb on and grab the rails, and we'd run alongside as fast as we could, pushing.
The bigger kids relished the thrill of hanging out beyond the platform to experience maximum Gs. The smaller ones were taught to quit crying by slowly working toward the center pole. The closer you got, the more stability you enjoyed.
This is an important principle. The faster your life goes, the more focused you must be on your center if you're to survive and thrive. And what or who is the center of your life? It's not your family or career; it shouldn't be your golf game or favorite football team. It's God. We often forget or neglect that.
Due to the exhilaration of our ride or sheer panic from its velocity, we hang on for dear life but never catch our breath. It's time we realign our activities around the security of that perfect center, drawing closer to him.
Reputation is character minus what you’ve been caught doing.