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Maranatha
God Doesn’t Waste His Breath
By JASON CARDWELL
In Acts chapter 20. we find the
apostle Paul hurrying through
Chios. Samos. Trogy Ilium. and
Miletus on his way to Jerusalem.
In Miletus, he stops long enough to
send for the leaders from the
church at Ephesus, maybe fifty
miles to the north. When they ar
rive. Paul delivers sort of a farewell
address; God has let him know that
“bonds and afflictions" await him
in the city of David, and this will
be his last opportunity to speak to
these men who mean so much to
him.
After reminding the Ephesian
elders of the times he has served
them in the past. Paul gives them
a warning:
Take heed therefore unto
yourselves, and to all the flock,
over the which the Holy Ghost hath
made you overseers, to feed the
church of God. which he hath pur
chased with his own blood. For l
know this, that after my departing
shall grievous wolves enter in
among you. not sparing the flock.
Also of your own selves shall men
arise, speaking perverse things, to
draw away disciples after them.
Therefore watch...(Acts20:28-31]
God through Paul is warning the
Ephesian leaders against false
teachers of false doctrine. But was
this really necessary? Did the
Ephesians ever have to deal with
this problem? Did this warning
prepare them for such an
occurrence?
The answer to each of these
questions is yes. In Revelation
chapter 2. God is speaking to the
Ephesians again, this time through
Jesus and through John. In verse 2.
Jesus says “thou hast tried them
which say they are apostles, and are
not. and hast found them liars." It
seems clear that these were the
false teachers of whom Paul 'yarn
ed them. They heeded his advice,
and now the Lord is commending
them for their faithfulness.
God doesn't waste His breath.
When He gives us a warning, it is
for a good .reason, and we ought to
listen and act accordingly. The Bi
ble contains many warnings, but
something else in this letter from
Jesus to the Ephesians reminds me
of ooc in particular that is especial
ly important for us today. In verse
4. Jesus criticizes the church
because she has left her first love.
Have you?
In Matthew 24:12, Jesus says to
His disciples concerning the last
days, "because iniquity shall
abound, the love of many will wax
cold.” As we apparently draw near
to the return of the Lord, look
around you. You may find iniqui
ty abounding in any of three places:
the world, the Church, and your
own life. The warning here is not
to let any of these discourage you.
God will judge the world, so
although He is patient and His
judgement long in coming, you con
learn with David (Psalm 73) that
the way of the wicked will not be
profitable. God will weed the
Church, so remember Matthew
13:24-30, and don't Let the
hypocrisy of others be an excuse
for your own failure to obey. Final
ly. God will forgive, cleanse, and
change your own life if you will
just ask Him sincerely to do so. I
John says He is faithful and just to
forgive us our sins if we confess
them. I want to go a link deeper
into that next week, but for now
—Dr. Heller
climate of moral dugust and
frustration which is eating away at
faculty, staff, and students. How
can people invest their energies, or
their huth. in an uuututson led by
individuals who have demonstrated
ty. and failure to accept respon
sibility for actions taken? From a
thousand miles away. Mercer is an
embarrassment and a laughing
stock. from the midst of the hank,
it is a heartbreak, and worse, a
dram cn energies that should be go-
are my thanks for letting me share
the field for a link whik. And.
since I am an English professor,
and obliged to end with a literary
quote, I win leave you with this,
from that stalwart Victorian poet.
Alfred Lord Tennyson:
We tee not now dim strength which
in old days
-Mpvie Review ■
the development of a strong future.
Thoae of us who can are ggtmg out
whik we re abk; and what kind of
people would be willing to replace
I don't want to end dus on a note
at despair; I dunk that Mercer
sand faculty have much in
> lake pride, even in
nocneats. And I ccs
tamly do believe thm when Mercer
traduction of the film. The main
characters are called Phil
Moskowiti and Tent Yaki. Lovin'
Spoonful provides the rank. The
original Japanese film was titled
Key of Keys.
Sleeper: Set in 2173. Alien pkys
a man who is awakened after be
ing "frozen” 200 yean earlier.
Sight gags about with Woody fran
tically trying lo adjust»the fooire
gags include Woody
describing a tape of Howard Cosdl
die Umverany wiB he abk to return
In the important work of refusing
ms. sum to pro-
forced'' to watch. The
d^asmstroo is abo worth mennoo-
iag. but definitely wrath seeing ( as
otaofy what a rounds like). I
is one of Woody's few
. My bean is wah you
all as you fight dns good fight, as
hire; and that is what makes a so
New York Stories: A great film
mining of three mnu-fiinie all
just realize that if sin in your life
has deadened your love for God or
His children. He can and will
revive your heart by His Spirit.
Examine your own love level.
You can use I Corinthians 13 as a
checklist of sorts, whenever the
word love appears, replace it with
your own name. How well do you
measure up? No matter what your
answer, God can take you all the
way.
—Maranatha'
Moved earth and heaven, that
which we arc. we are—
One equal temper of heroic hearts.
Made weak by time and fate, but
strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not
to yield.
Wannest wishes.
Lee E. Helkr
Whole Lava Love
By Lava Love
Review by RICH BENSON
. Whole Lava Love, by Atlanta
band. Lava Love, sounded pretty
promising on the first track of the
album. The song is “Perfect
Gurl", and it sounds a lot like the
Go-Go's. Esta Hill, the lead singer
for Lava Love sounds a lot like
Belinda Carlisle (used-to-be-bead
Go-Go and now pseudo-success fill
solo artist). “Perfect Gurl" is a
bouncy tune with a beat to match
that hearkens back to the Go-Go’s
debqt album. Beauty and the Beat.
After this first song, however.
Whole Lava Love plummets u to
nothingness; all aspects of the
album deteriorate rapidly. The
mostc obvious difference between
Lava Love and the Go-Go’s is the
lack of energy conveyed on Lava
Love’s album. After the third song.
“Love Rock”, Hill’s vocals being
to sound like a cross between Carli
sle, Cyndi Lauper, and Betty Boop
(with a speech impediment!). The
song which heralds the demise of
Ms. Hill’s performance is “Juke
Jubilee", a catchy tune about “hot
pink totem poles”—but even this,
however, is not enough to save it
from Esta Hill and cohorts The
album gets progressively worse,
finally reaching a low point with
"Caveman”. The lyrics to this
song are actually pretty funny, but
by the time the song is over (and
I could only make it through once)
all I wanted to do was cry. In short,
if your hunger for good, alternate c
pop dance music hasn't been
satisfied by the B-52’s, Lava Love
is not what you are looking for-
wait for the Go-Go’s reunion
album/tour—it’, supposedly com
ing up.
centered around the Big Apple.
Martin Scorsese, Francis Coppola,
and. of course. Woody Allen are
three New Yorkers who direct their
own slice of life for dus compila
tion. Allen’s unquestionably the
best. He chose to star in his mini
film about a man who becomes
tormented by hts mother after she
disappears in a magic show, and
reappears hovering over New
York. While she has her son's, as
wed as the city ^attention, she
decides to question why be chang
ed his name (from Miilstem to
Mills), why be doesn’t eat. and
why he is going to marry the wrong
woman. Allen's life becomes a
nightmare as people try to question
hun about this phenomena His
mom. played by the irrepressible
Mae QuesieJ (the voice of Olive
Oyi). is uproarious. The mini-film
u aptly tried: Oedipus Wrecks.
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