08 Sep 11
Originally posted by whodeycorrect. 3 judges are best for judging one thing. 1 judge is best for judging multiple things.
One judge might actually be better than two or three. After all, if we only have one judge there will be no doubt as to the winner. The other way you could have a myriad of conflicting decisions.
As for choosing the topic, I have the utmost confidence in our judge to pick a topic that everyone would have an interet is giving a sermon about.
08 Sep 11
Originally posted by whodeyone who is completely unbiased cannot be a judge. counterintuitive, but true.
What I was really hoping for was an open exchange of expression about what people believe without the bickering. Why focus on the judging? So what if the judges are biased. I got news for ya, if you were a judge you would have a biased side as well no matter how well you were able to hide it.
08 Sep 11
Originally posted by whodeyi think you're counting your chickens before they hatch. first, find out who will be writing the sermons, then they must choose amongst themselves who would be acceptable judges.
So would you like to be a judge?
if you first choose the judges and they are unacceptable to those who will be writing the sermons, no sermons will be written.
08 Sep 11
Originally posted by VoidSpiritthis is a really good point, but there still needs to be a subject. perhaps there could be a vote on the subject?
i think you're counting your chickens before they hatch. first, find out who will be writing the sermons, then they must choose amongst themselves who would be acceptable judges.
if you first choose the judges and they are unacceptable to those who will be writing the sermons, no sermons will be written.
08 Sep 11
Originally posted by VoidSpiritI don't think everyone knows if they will give a sermon as of yet. I think alot depends on the topic to see if it inspires them.
i think you're counting your chickens before they hatch. first, find out who will be writing the sermons, then they must choose amongst themselves who would be acceptable judges.
if you first choose the judges and they are unacceptable to those who will be writing the sermons, no sermons will be written.
08 Sep 11
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Originally posted by karoly aczelI know I'm jumping in here kind of late, but aren't sermons supposed to be be based on the text (in Christian churches, usually one or more of the Scripture readings) of the day? Instead of a simple topic, I think it might be good to nominate a favorite passage (not longer than, say, a parable--that's about the right degree of ambiguity 🙂 ) and have the "preachers" meditate, cogitate, explicate, expound, or otherwise riff on that.
So we need a vote on the subject,yeah?
Work it out and lets get moving 🙂
Maybe it's a little late to take that approach for the first one, but it's an alternative. This might also provide better motivation and focus for recruiting on both sides of the contest.
(And no, at this stage I'm just an interested observer. 🙂 )
edit: Once the text for a sermon is selected, it could be posted as a separate thread, and each preacher would reply-and-quote his (or her) sermon to the initial post. Once all the contestants were done, or the deadline passed, judging could be done on the thread. Then the free-for-all could begin....
08 Sep 11
I'll even throw the first proposal out there, a quote from Albert Taylor Bledsoe:
The man who really seeks the truth, and, when found, clings to it as the choicest treasure of his soul, may well leave his consistency to take care of itself. But the man who seeks place, or power, or popularity more than the truth, should indeed have a good memory. The one may, and indeed will, sometimes change his opinions, but then, in the midst of all his changes, he will ever be true, like the needle, which only turns until it finds the pole. Whereas the other, in his variations, is like the weathercock, which shiftIs with the breeze of the passing hour, and never finds a point of permanent rest.
09 Sep 11
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Originally posted by pyxelatedEdit: Made a new thread because I see the topic has already been decided.
I'll even throw the first proposal out there, a quote from Albert Taylor Bledsoe:
[b]The man who really seeks the truth, and, when found, clings to it as the choicest treasure of his soul, may well leave his consistency to take care of itself. But the man who seeks place, or power, or popularity more than the truth, should indeed have a good memory. The ...[text shortened]... ich shiftIs with the breeze of the passing hour, and never finds a point of permanent rest.[/b]