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“Or how much curious and loving attention was expended by the first man who looked hard enough at the insides of trees, the entrails of cats, the hind ends of horses and the juice of pine tree to realize he could turn them all into the first fiddle. No doubt his wife urged him to get up and do something useful. I am sure that he was a stalwart enough lover of things to pay no attention at all to her nagging; but how wonderful it would have been if he had known what we know now about his dawdling. He could have silenced her with the greatest riposte of all time: Don’t bother me; I am creating the possibility of the Bach unaccompanied sonatas” (Robert Farrar Capon, The Supper of the Lamb, p. 19 HT to Doug Wilson

January 31, 2004

Richard’s Billion dollar question

If someone bequeathed $1.5B. to your denomination, how would you like that money to be used and how would you like the denomination to handle the dangers of such sudden wealth?

New Church starts. Supporting native missionaries thoroughly. Theological education on the mission field. Substantial and ongoing social programs in acutely suffering places. Endowment of worthy minsitries to relieve them of the need to raise funds. Translation work. Communications and technology for missions. Radio Stations.

No Salaries. No buildings in America. No CCM. No missionaries on Mars.

Buy every member of the LCMS the beer of their choice, as a good will gesture.

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