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Monday, January 22, 2007

In Christ...

Now with all the audio finesse of a wounded bullhorn!

Continuing my study on Galatians, I did a bit of a detour on Galatians 1:22 when the discussion turned to being in Christ.

Let's see now, the highlights: I lost both my voice and my place a couple of times, and come across as a bumbling stooge for some of it, praise the Lord for a patient congregation. I make some mistakes, but I cast myself upon your collective patience.

If you are inclined to listen. the link (in WMA format) is:

->here<-

The sound quality is just miserable - I had to turn the software volume down to less than half, then the hardware volumne up, but there it is. We don't get into the discussion about being in Christ till I am about half way through. I hope this is mostly review.

posted by Daniel @ 2:11 PM

7 Comments:

At 9:06 PM, January 22, 2007, Anonymous said…

Perhaps your church should invest in new recording equipment. ;)
At 9:43 AM, January 23, 2007, Daniel said…

Bryan - I haven't heard the original, typically the tapes are excellent, but I have yet to hear a digital recording prior to someone compressing it. I suspect that if one used a better compression algorythm and settings it would sound much better.
At 5:13 PM, January 23, 2007, Anonymous said…

The sound is not great but tolerable. The message--excellent!

I would love to hear you every Sunday. How would you like to plant a church? Then I could make Canadian jokes to your face. We are currently driving to the next town to attend church. I don't like that, but we live in a Lutheran/Catholic/Arminian Purgatory.
At 6:48 PM, January 23, 2007, Daniel said…

David - Lutheran/Catholic/Arminian Purgatory? You must live in N.D.
At 10:21 PM, January 23, 2007, Anonymous said…

Yep. We're an independent lot, and that does not mesh with Reformed theology. If I was willing to drive 70+ miles, I could probably find a Reformed or Presbyterian church of some kind. As it is we have settled for an EFC Church and are blessed to have a pastor who is a skilled expositor and mostly Reformed. But it's not in our own community, and I don't really think that's right.
At 9:32 AM, January 24, 2007, Daniel said…

David, my presumption is that the Lord has you there for a purpose, and that whatever it is you are either fulfilling it right now or being prepped for what's to come. ;-)
At 12:15 PM, January 24, 2007, Anonymous said…

What? God has a plan? Why hasn't anyone told me about this? No one tells me anything!

Thanks, Daniel, I feel better now.