CALVIN AND HOPS: 17 Feb 2011 - Extortion and Theft...justified?

Location: O'Doherty's Pub in the Valley - Celtic Room!

TIME: 8 p.m - 9:30 p.m.

NOTE: We start on time...so be a little early to get your order in!

TOPIC: Theft From those who Extort

Some questions to ponder in preparation:

Is it O.K to hide that candy and take it into the movie theater...when they want $13 for popcorn and a Coke?
How about music you already bought...but can't find. Should you download for free when the owner is selling it?
What should you do with that $20 you found in the Walmart parking lot.
I'm just building in a closet in my bedroom and I'm building it myself because money is tight...do I really need to spend that cash on a building permit?
The website lets me download that video for free...and it's not illegal in country X. Seems cool to me!
There's this cool program that lets me extract music from Youtube videos and put it on my iPod... I can access those videos anytime I have internet. What's wrong with downloading them so I can listen when I'm out of internet range?
So...where is it that some folks just need to lighten up? Where is it some of us need to listen up?
What does a "full day's work for a full day's pay" mean when working an hourly wage...with access to personal email and facebook?
How are we to apply Ex 22:1-17?

PHILOSOPHY BEHIND CALVIN AND HOPS

Gentlemen,

One of my all-time favorite quotations comes from John Wayne. “Life is tough…it’s tougher if you’re stupid.” Though not necessarily related to stupidity, there exists a common failure on the part of Christian men to humbly sharpen their reasoning skills and learn from one another. We, like much of the heathen world around us, fall into the trap of failing to ever challenge one another’s thinking either because of personal cowardice or for unreasonable fear of causing offense. While I do not advocate offense for its own sake, I do advocate the sharpening of one another in the bond of true Christian love, toward the end of excellence in spiritual warfare with the forces of darkness around us. Let us help each other “take every thought captive to Christ!”

Calvin and Hops is a monthly (generally) meeting of men from a variety of Christian churches in the Spokane area in an informal setting to discuss a topic of general interest. Our primary objective is to grow in knowledge and wisdom and the ability to reason, for the sake of the gospel. Christ is Lord of all, and we need to be able to communicate that to others. This is true whether we are discussing Biblical canon or homosexual marriage. But, I ask you, which is the more likely subject in your workplace? Which is the more likely handle with the unbelievers around you that you can use to lead them to knowledge of the Holy One?

I will establish the topic of the evening as indicated on this blog. However, the topic of the evening may be trumped by another “hot” topic if it seems appropriate. Please use information posted on this blog to prepare for meaningful discussion. Also, I’m always soliciting for topics of interest. Just email them to me at: jack.jkfam@gmail.com

Please mark you calendars and feel free to pass this on to other men you think will be interested. If they want to be on the mailing list they’ll need to send me an email address and a name.

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Jn 3:30

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17 Feb 2011 - Extortion and Theft...justified?

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