Wow. What a time!
I have just finished laying out the new (Feb/Mar) issue of Heaven's Metal Fanzine. I have an email of links from my printer, waiting for me to proof the new (Mar/Apr) issue of HM. Going from one thing to another is crazy. I'm looking forward to down-shifting into a lower gear and slowing down a bit.
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Ephesians 5. What can I say? I'm nailed. Guilty. Wrong.
In verse 3 Paul addresses the church in Ephesus in a specific manner:
"But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity; or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people."
I imagine that someone having a private lunch with someone, or joking about an affair -- these types of things... They would "hint" at those around them of sexual immorality. That's to be avoided. What would "hints" of greed be? Walking like a zombie through the aisles of Best Buy? Crushing competition at a public auction? Visibly hoarding a large supply of gasoline? This one's a little harder to imagine. The next verse kills me, though:
"Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving."
I have no real excuse or justification for the coarse joking I do with my guy friends. I can say, "It's a guy thing," but it's not right. Calling a friend a "fag" is the beginning, and telling a risque joke is further down this "road." Shocking or getting laughter with dirty jokes, etc is not cool. I'm busted. I've had too many laughs with this kind of humor.
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at February 1, 2006 10:25 AM