Sure Happy It’s Thursday, Gerbil Nation!
Good morning, Sven!
I’m off to church for a meeting of our personnel committee. We’ve got lots to deal with. Later I have to run over to BofA to try to set up an account for a contentious trust that I’m the trustee of.
I’ve been trying to wade through the many hours that comprise The Gospels available on Daily Wire and youtube. This is Jordan Peterson’s round table effort with many theological experts and others to discuss/explain/offer insights into the Gospels. IMO, it’s awful. Minutiae to the nth degree and Peterson blathering on and on and on. The one participant that always has something clear and concise to say is Dennis Prager.
Something that Prager said has stuck with me, so maybe that’s worth the price of admission. Talking about Matthew 3:13-15:
13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. 14 But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” 15 Jesus replied, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John consented.
Prager’s comments:
DP: When Jesus says to John the Baptist, no, no, no go ahead – that’s your job, to baptize. My role, and paraphrasing here, I’m here to save the world. You are here to baptize people from their sins. I can’t stress how significant that is. One of the crises of our time is that people do not believe that their job is important; they all want to save the world and that has ruptured every profession.
DP: Sports writers…they used to believe that it was really worthy to report to people on baseball, on football, and on basketball. No, now they want to change society and every profession has adopted that and they have all ruined their professions and ruined society.
JP: You could also say here that what Christ says to John is that John is saving the world
in so far as John is capable, by doing his job properly.
I read through many commentaries to form a response to your post and what I found is that Dennis Prager is able to cut through to the heart of the matter in a way that is clear and understandable, without simplifying to the point where you lose important nuance.
I’m just reading you two and basking in the brilliance of my betters. Thank you, I love this about Teh Wheel. I’m an organ grinder’s monkey watching two world class musicians passing time together with their favorite instruments. Love it.
I forget if I mentioned this or not, but Mrs Sven planned to go back to work this past week, and after much thought and discussion, she decided to put it off for another month. A supportive boss told her to take her time and do whatever she needs to do. Anyhow, yesterday her company announced that they are selling off her whole division, about 8,000 people in total, as a separate and independent entity. On the plus side, they estimate 18 months to do this, so it shouldn’t have any impact on her as she plans on retiring by September latest, but you can imagine the angst and confusion this announcement has caused throughout the corporation.
That sounds like my life in defense electronics. It’s going to be a rough 18 months for the division. I’m glad Mrs. Sven’s boss is supportive. That is so rare.
Good morning, GN.
Thread pic: Hmmmmm.
Not much to say this morning -- must work on that.
Sure Happy It’s Thursday, Gerbil Nation!
Good morning, Sven!
I’m off to church for a meeting of our personnel committee. We’ve got lots to deal with. Later I have to run over to BofA to try to set up an account for a contentious trust that I’m the trustee of.
Fun times!
Hope it all went well, Paddy.
I’ve been trying to wade through the many hours that comprise The Gospels available on Daily Wire and youtube. This is Jordan Peterson’s round table effort with many theological experts and others to discuss/explain/offer insights into the Gospels. IMO, it’s awful. Minutiae to the nth degree and Peterson blathering on and on and on. The one participant that always has something clear and concise to say is Dennis Prager.
Something that Prager said has stuck with me, so maybe that’s worth the price of admission. Talking about Matthew 3:13-15:
13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. 14 But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”
15 Jesus replied, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John consented.
Prager’s comments:
DP: When Jesus says to John the Baptist, no, no, no go ahead – that’s your job, to baptize. My role, and paraphrasing here, I’m here to save the world. You are here to baptize people from their sins. I can’t stress how significant that is. One of the crises of our time is that people do not believe that their job is important; they all want to save the world and that has ruptured every profession.
DP: Sports writers…they used to believe that it was really worthy to report to people on baseball, on football, and on basketball. No, now they want to change society and every profession has adopted that and they have all ruined their professions and ruined society.
JP: You could also say here that what Christ says to John is that John is saving the world
in so far as John is capable, by doing his job properly.
Thoughts?
I read through many commentaries to form a response to your post and what I found is that Dennis Prager is able to cut through to the heart of the matter in a way that is clear and understandable, without simplifying to the point where you lose important nuance.
I’m just reading you two and basking in the brilliance of my betters. Thank you, I love this about Teh Wheel. I’m an organ grinder’s monkey watching two world class musicians passing time together with their favorite instruments. Love it.
I forget if I mentioned this or not, but Mrs Sven planned to go back to work this past week, and after much thought and discussion, she decided to put it off for another month. A supportive boss told her to take her time and do whatever she needs to do. Anyhow, yesterday her company announced that they are selling off her whole division, about 8,000 people in total, as a separate and independent entity. On the plus side, they estimate 18 months to do this, so it shouldn’t have any impact on her as she plans on retiring by September latest, but you can imagine the angst and confusion this announcement has caused throughout the corporation.
That sounds like my life in defense electronics. It’s going to be a rough 18 months for the division. I’m glad Mrs. Sven’s boss is supportive. That is so rare.