Logos 4

Announcing Logos 4 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The easiest and simplest way to take a look at it is to go to www.logos.com/4. There are many new features and simplifications that I really like. I love the interlinear ribbon that is available in NASB, ESV, NKJV, and KJV.

The simpplification I like best is the toolbars. I teach a Logos class at church and now there will be no more glazing over as you explain the multi-step process of getting something on the toolbar. Simply drag the book or feature you want to the toolbar and drop it. PRESTO it is there!

One not so obvious feature is ALT ` (that is the tick mark below the tilde ~) this will give coparison of your top 5 prioritized Bibles.

Go ahead give it a try. You will not be dissappointed and I hear there are some great new packages to investigate.

Andly Stanley Leadership Podcast

There are some great leadership podcast if you click on the Itunes link above.

Assumptions are the most dangerous form of knowledge.

We are going through "The Truth Project" at church. If you have not had the opportunity to attend I highly recommend you find some place it is being offered.

The statement that caught my attention at the last session was this one. "Assumptions are the most dangerous form of knowledge." The problem is simple. Assumptions are not based on fact, truth or evidence. Assumptions are those dangerous little thoughts that guide you towards believing something that could possibly be disastrous. 

We have all heard statements with this dangerous word being summoned for action. I assumed you weren't coming, therefore, I didn't show up. I assumed you didn't mind, therefore, I proceeded with the...(you fill in the blank). I assumed you didn't want that last dab of peach cobbler left in the fridge, therefore, I ate it. You get the point we often assume so we can proceed as if there is fact, truth or evidence to guide us. 

When my wife makes peach cobbler if you assume I don't want to eat the last bit you have made a serious mistake. I am rambling on to make this one simple point. If you have to convince yourself (assume) that someone feels a certain way you are much better off to delay your actions until you have some correct information, pretend you are Columbo, Matlock or the Murder she wrote lady but please investigate and don't just play a hunch because at best that is all an assumption is. 

Think about these statements and how they might differ. I don't care if Ed wants the last bite of peach cobbler. I deserve the last bite of peach cobbler. I forgot Ed wanted the last bite of peach cobbler. I assumed Ed didn't want the last bite of peach cobbler. In all cases the cobbler is gone but the reasons vary widely. 

Here is what you need to take from the post. If you assume I don't want the last bite of peach cobbler, you are wrong. The assumption you made only made it easier to feast on my dessert and gorge yourself. 

I'm off to see if I can convince Tricia to make a peach cobbler. My entire line of thought was hijacked right after that example.

Think about that statement and see if you are guilty of assuming things for your own benefit.

WKU

Marching Orders

When you get marching orders it usually signifies one of two things. Either you are to take action or it is a notice of dismissal. I usually think about marching orders as the signal to take action. Once one has their marching orders they can take action. The plan has been made, communicated and it is now your job to carry it through. You have your marching orders.

Spiritually the problem we encounter is acting before we have marching orders or in some cases ignoring the marching orders that have been clearly communicated. Where there is a lack of spiritual maturity or a void of spirituality the problem would be developing your own orders.

David was not immune to marching orders. I love this passage. 2 Samuel 5:24     “It shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then you shall act promptly, for then the Lord will have gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines.”

2 Samuel 5:25     Then David did so, just as the Lord had commanded him, and struck down the Philistines from Geba as far as Gezer.

David was suppose to wait until he heard literal marching in the balsam trees. Acting prior to this would have resulted in defeat. 

Walking with the Lord means that we are suppose to wait until we understand what He wants us to do before we take action. Often we suffer defeat and never stop to understand we took action without clear direction from Jesus. Want to be in a right relationship with Jesus? Wait until you get your marching orders before taking action but when you do, proceed as if the victory is yours, because it is!

New American Standard Bible : 1995 Update (LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), 2 Sa 5:24-25.

One Billion Seconds

Are you like me and unable to fathom what a billion looks like? I hear people talk about billionaires and can't even imagine what a billion dollars would look or feel like. It's just more numbers than I can arrange in any kind of logical order. 

If you were thinking about a billion in a numbers of seconds you would have to go back 31.71 years or to 1976 to total a billion seconds. 

A billion seconds is a lot of time but it is nothing in comparison to eternity. One could take a billion years and multiply it by a billion and you wouldn't even have a good start on eternity. 

Let me ask a few questions so you can put a billion in perspective. 

How would you like to be married for a billion years?

How would you like to have a billion dollars?

How would you like to be in school for a billion years?

How would you like to have a billion friends?

How about taking a vacation for a billion years?

How would you like to have a billion children?

A few of these may have made you break out in a cold sweat. However, I encourage you to take some time and think about your relationship with Christ and your preparation for eternity and hopefully the time you have spent contemplating a billion seconds will help you obtain a little perspective!

To calculate the number of years in one billion seconds, write first one billion in integers to make sure you don't miss any zero i.e 1,000,000,000. 

Next, we determine how many seconds are there in a year:  
1 min = 60 seconds 
1 hour = 60 min = 60 x 60 seconds = 3,600 seconds 
1 day = 24 hours = 24 x 3,600 seconds = 86,400 seconds 
1 year = 365 days = 365 x 86,400 seconds = 31,536,000 seconds 

To get the number of years for 1,000,000,000 seconds, we just divide  
1,000,000,000 by 31,536,000 

It should give us : 1,000,000,000 / 31,536,000 = 31.71 years  

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