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Jt:Close but, no cigar.
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Sent: February 05, 2005 15:25
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] over and
out
Jt:Thanks for making my point for me.
Oh, I see. You set me up
to prove your point which is that noone actually knows for sure what
anyone else is saying - and to
prove this you write an
obtuse sentences with no ending? This may be so out there in Babel
but in the Kingdom of God we
speak Kingdom language
and there is no doubt. Let God be true and every man a
liar....
Jt: By the way, no offence intended
but, has anyone ever told you that your offspring
are.........
My offspring are what
Lance? Why do you assume everyone knows what you mean all the
time?
I have no idea what you are
talking about.
Sorry you
have decided to leave Debbie but I think I understand - What I don't
understand however is in what way you perceive Bruce Cockburn to be
Christian. I didn't know who he was so I enquired at his
website and found the following:
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Over the course of three decades, Bruce Cockburn's ability to distill political
events, spiritual revelations and personal experience into rich, compelling songs have made him one of
the world's most celebrated artists. And, as the title of his 27th
studio album, You've Never Seen Everything, suggests, few musicians
have been as curious, probing or provocative as Cockburn.
Written mostly over the last three years, the album's 12 songs
reflect Cockburn's
deepening frustration with a world out of balance. "We're confronted
with great darkness as a species right now, as spiritual creatures on this planet," says Cockburn. "I
don't think it's hopeless, and I don't want this album to make people
feel hopeless. But I think we've got to call a spade a spade."
Songs like the tense opening "Tried and Tested," the hypnotic "All
Our Dark Tomorrows" and, especially, the swirling jazz of "Trickle
Down" represent some of
Cockburn's angriest and most political songs since his "Call it Democracy" and "If I Had a Rocket Launcher"
classics of the mid-1980s. "You look at war and environmental problems and you look at
what's causing them and what's preventing us from solving them and the
trail always leads to human greed,"
says Cockburn. "Somebody's getting paid to keep it that way or make it
worse. Everyone's wondering what it all means and what we can do about
it."
Cockburn's solution comes through in some of the most powerful
songs of hope he's ever written: the joyous "Open," the euphoric "Put
It in Your Heart" and the gorgeous closing "Messenger Wind." Says
Cockburn: "What I see happening in the face of all this darkness is
something new in human
spirituality, openness, some sense of
our common destiny. We've got to keep nudging ourselves in the
direction of good and respect for each other."
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Nothing on this website
suggested he is a follower of Christ and the above sounds more
political than anything. Noone who sees God as sovereign and still on
the throne is concerned about any of the above since the world has
been "out of balance" since the fall and He is able to handle
both environment and take care of human greed; I don't see
"human spirituality" and Christianity as one and the same. Do
you?
Well, folks, it has been genuinely fun "meeting" you all, but
I don't really have time to continue my participation on TT, much as
I would like to. The huge investment of time has not been without a
return, but there are other things I need to give the time to! So
I'm off. Thanks for the welcome and interaction; some of you have
been very encouraging and mind-expanding. For those who remain on
the list, here's a song by one of my favourite Christian artists,
Bruce Cockburn:
When thoughts rush by
and your signals seem to fly
keep it open
keep it open
some will lag behind
but we needn't be unkind
keep it open
keep it open
and help me keep mine open
too
sun stoned in the
east
in our eyes let there be
peace
keep it
open
keep it
open
and help me keep mine open too
Debbie
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