Posted on 11/26/2017 6:40:09 PM PST by Kaslin
Well, who would have thought that putting out a bad product and spitting on the American flag would be bad for ratings. The National Football League has seen its week eleven ratings and they’re not good: one million fewer viewers from last year. The NY Post reported that the ongoing battle between Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has been the center of NFL coverage. Goodell has put up insane contract demands of a $50 million salary, along with free flights, and health care for his family—for life. This coming from a man who has failed miserably to handle the national anthem protests that has engulfed the league in controversy:
The TV audience for NFL games steepened its slide in Week 11, losing 1 million viewers versus last year’s season-to-date average.
The 6.3 percent slump — worsening from comparable declines of 5.6 to 5.7 percent during the previous three weeks — plagued a week whose off-the-field drama made gridiron tackling seem almost tame by comparison.
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones remained the major distraction by continuing to battle with fellow team owners and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
Jones brought even more tension to Week 11 when video footage surfaced late last week of the football tycoon making a racially charged remark at a 2013 wedding party.
President Donald Trump added to the off-field antics with a tweet calling for the suspension of the Oakland Raiders’ Marshawn Lynch for not standing for the national anthem during a game played in Mexico City.
Most thought Donald Trump picked a cultural battle he couldn't win when he trashed NFL players who took a knee during the Star-Spangled Banner back in September. Well, that just wasn’t the case, as the overwhelming majority thought taking a knee during the anthem was unpatriotic and disrespectful. Also, former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, not Trump, fired the first salvo. Kaepernick spent Thanksgiving celebrating “Unthanksgiving” at Alcatraz.
Today, I was on Alcatraz Island at the Indigenous People’s Sunrise Gathering, in solidarity with those celebrating their culture and paying respects to those that participated in the 19 month occupation of Alcatraz in an effort to force ???? to honor the Treaty of Fort Laramie. pic.twitter.com/KdNtY3dp72— Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) November 24, 2017
Third round of Texas HS playoffs coming up. Best time of the year in Texas, especially with our currently mild weather.
Okay, thanks.
All PR show. Those players despised having to have some soldier take away his glory. as I’ve said before, NFL players are like strippers-deep down they despise their customers.
How about this......Online Fantasy Congress Draft?
My text is "Jensen's Survey of the Old Testament." He has an orthodox, consistent hermeneutic in his interpretation. This is an essential text used in many conservative colleges.
But the best source is reading through prayerfully and interrogating the book, spread over about a month, meeting with a pastor and talking about the text.
The first observation both of us made is: we were taught wrong. Pastors and other Christians are drawn into the events of chapters 1&2. Let's face it, it is dramatic reading the only time God and Satan converse after the fall, on the subject of a faithful man; all the while imagining what conversations God is having about us- to Satan. A lot of stuff happens between chapters 3-40, and then everyone's attention is drawn to Job's restoration in chapter 42.
NO one ever preaches the in-between chapters.......ever. So, we are taught that bad stuff happens, God offers no explanation, but restores a faithful man in the end. Roll the credits.....that is all Job has to offer.
But there is a lot more, and it doesn't take too much effort to find it. Give me your head-scratchers and I'll give you a clearer breakdown next time.
According to Jensen, the main theme of Job is: "Knowing God Better Through Adversity."
Upon reflection, I think a better rendering would be: "God Uses Adversity to Call his people to Repentance." As we go through it, you can consider which one fits best.
Have fun with it.
Well, this is going to take a while.
I do think the key to Job is getting the main theme right, and recognizing that it is written differently than other books. It's actually written like a play rather than a historical narrative, letter, or gospel literature (like other books/letters).
If you understand that, you won't get lost in the debates in chapters 3-30.
Spoilers: 1. Job's contention against God, is based on outward appearance of righteousness. He believes his spiritual condition is OK, and he is all too ready to make that claim.
2. Job's friends are ready to find a sin after any adversity, and put themselves in a role that is exclusively God's.
3. Elihu is the only one that isn't rebuked by God; he is the godly young man wanting to set Job and his friends correct. He typifies a faithful witness on earth for spiritual matters.
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