I am just listening to and watching my long awaited DVD of the greatest Canadian band - Rush in Rio while I am working on a web site, watching the Dallas Stars play the Calgary Flames (it is amazing to have Blended Window on, you can see the DVD play transparently while you are typing over it. Any how, in my past I was a tiny bit more intense than Billy Joel and sometimes somethings that my brain decides to revisit causes me to twinge, but you know what? I could be living in a biosphere in the middle of the Amazon, totally Isolated from (pardon me a spot in the concert was truly amazing I had to look!) all the creature comforts and guess what! I would still sin! I take great comfort that the Holy Spirit will constrain me from acting too foolish. But in this freedom that Christ has given me I know that movies like A Clockwork Orange or some songs by Frank Zappa just won't have that same appeal they once had.
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Sin even exists in a vacum... | #1 | ||
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tbrainerd |
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Posts: 175 10/30/03 01:48:23 |
Sure does. Can't argue the point, and don't want to. But let me ask a question. Is it more likely that you'll be led to sin in the vacuum or by watching Kubrick? Listening to Bach (or Jars of Clay, or whatever your musical taste is) versus Billy Joel? And maybe God restrains you to be less likely to watch Kubrick's Clockwork, but where is the line? Where does Christian liberty turn into license?
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Canuk |
free from sin, not to sin | #3 | ||
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Posts: 196 10/30/03 17:37:39 |
Christian Liberty will never lead to a license to sin. Psalms Psa 119:11 Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee. James 1:21 Therefore, rid yourselves of everything impure and every expression of wickedness, and with a gentle spirit welcome the word planted in you that can save your souls.
The cure for freedom from sin is to study and implant the word into your heart. Steve Green has an excellent song "Guard your Heart" which is from Proverbs. The Holy Spirit will convict me when I begin to enter into areas that are sinful, because I have the mind of Christ due to reading His Word. The problem is that often times, what one person calls sin another may call it a personal conviction. As an example, drinking alcohol to some is sinful while others believe that drunkeness is sinful but responsible drinking is sanctioned by scripture. There are those who believe that tv's, radio's, birthday's, motorized vehicles, christmas, etc are sinful but that is personal convictions. There are those who think certain genres of "christian music" are sinful and so "secular" music would be even more so. My favourite verse is Proverbs 24:16 For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity. We will sin daily, and sometimes we will be ashamed of our sin. I don't think we go looking to sin that is why Galatians 6:1 speaks of being "caught" or snagged in a sin. It is far diiferent than someone who looks to sin, which is not on ewho is Holy Spirit led. |
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ramclaughlin |
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Posts: 1455 11/05/03 18:32:05 |
While the greatest Canadian drummer and bassist are clearly contained within that amazing band Rush, and although their songwriting is excellent, there is one Canadian band that is greater. That is the band with the best vocalist, guitarist and songwriter of all Canadians. I am speaking, of course, of none other than
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tbrainerd |
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Posts: 175 11/05/03 18:47:50 |
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Goldberry of Withywindle |
You must have powerful lips!!! | #6 | ||
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Posts: 435 11/06/03 11:31:43 |
~Jane, a Bonsai Ent
Words couldn't express it. They wouldn't express it; they'd mutiny first and become babble. -- James Blaylock, The Last Coin |
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Posts: 196 11/07/03 01:07:17 |
Yes I love Triumph's music too. A note that may interest you is that there is a rumour that Neil Peart-drummer for Rush has renounced his agnosticism and is now born-again. You are probably aware that he has had loss in his life. His 19 old daughter died in a car accident (1997)and then 6 months (199
 later his wife died of cancer..Well since you are talking of great Canadian bands: BTO The Guess Who |
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Posts: 1455 11/07/03 17:40:58 |
I was just talking to my wife yesterday about getting the greatest hits CD of The Guess Who. I'm just glad you didn't mention Loverboy!
 I would be thrilled to hear that Peart had become a Christian. Heaven could use a percussionist of that quality!
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Canuk |
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Posts: 196 11/11/03 11:59:46 |
What? you mean you don't love these great hits?
The Kid is hot tonite? Turn Me Loose Workin' For The Weekend When It's Over They were quite popular in the early 80's. Hey quess what? They are actually playing NOV. 16TH ST. PETERSBURG,FL !! I have The Guess Who greatest hits CD BTW. What about Trooper-The Boys in the bright white sports car (the album Hot Shots was produced by Randy Bachman - guitarist for The Guess Who and BTO) If you can afford the price-get Rush's Live DVD in Rio, it is amazing to watch Neil Peart play! |
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Posts: 1455 11/11/03 12:32:16 |
Ok, I have to admit I have a couple Loverboy albums in my collection. But they were quite a bit more faddish than the others you mentioned. There was some really great writing in Triumph, Rush, the Guess Who and BTO. For me, Loverboy was fun in their day, but they're memorabilia now, not great art. I would expect to see them on a "remember when" kind of show, but not in a "classics" kind of setting like the others.
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Posts: 17 09/27/05 15:33:15 Novice |
Hey Ra,
I lived in Redondo Beach for 9 years and hiked the trail that went up from Malaga Cove to the top where that dead end street was where people would fly their gliders. I used to ride my bike down that hill looking north to the beaches(RAT, Redondo, Hermosa) I miss that place. I went up to that big glass church and talked to one of the leaders there about Swedenborgenism. Another time I rode my bike down to the coast where Marineland used to be and was just staring out into the sea when this sea lion jumped up onto this big buoy and started barking. Very cool. Just some memories from another displaced Angelino, although I grew up in Orlando. |
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Flashback! | #12 | ||
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Posts: 1455 09/27/05 17:57:01 |
Wow, I graduated from Malaga Cove Junior High, and I practically lived at RAT many a summer. When I was very young, I lived in Hermosa (9th street at the crest of the hill), and spent at least half my days down at the pier. I think I probably ate at Diana's (f.k.a. "Taco Bill's," as I recall -- "home of the taco burrito" on the Strand at the foot of the pier) three nights a week, on average. And Marineland! I loved that place! I never forgave Hanna Barbera for closing it down.
The other day I was working with a couple friends writing notes for a forthcoming study Bible when I let fly with one of my all-too-frequent "Well, back in California ..." statements. The guys asked me how long I would have to live in Florida before I stopped making that kind of reference, and my reply was, "I don't know. What's my life expectancy?" I miss it, too. |
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