Tongues of Fire- Pastor Paul's Podcast-Episode #39-The Fox

Herod

'Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was perplexed because that it was said of some, that John was risen from the dead.' Luke 9:7

When Pilate heard Jesus was from Galilee, which came under the jurisdiction of Herod Antipas, he sent Him to Herod to be tried. But the tetrarch who already had the beheading of John the Baptist on his conscience wanted nothing more to do with prophets and sent Jesus back to Pilate.

He was the son of Herod the Great by one of the latter's five wives, Cleopatra, a native of Jerusalem. Reared amidst the intrigue of a corrupt court, he began his ruthless career at 17, when Augusta Caesar gave him as his share of his father's estate the greater portion of Galilee. When Tiberius Caesar became Emperor, Herod journeyed to Rome, where he sought to ingratiate himself with the ruler by offering his services as an informer, spying upon his own brothers, as well as, upon Roman officials in Judea.

Although he was already married to the daughter of the Arabian king Aretas, during his voyage to Rome, he fell in love with Herodias, his niece by one brother, and a wife by another, and persuaded her, together with her daughter, to accompany him back to Galilee upon his return. When John the Baptist also condemned Antipas for his incestuous union, Herodias persuaded the tetrarch to have John imprisoned, then, through her daughter, to have him beheaded.

After the death of Tiberius, Herod Antipas was sentenced to banishment by the new Emperor, Caligula, who had given a ready ear to accusations against Antipas, brought to Rome by the tetrarch's nephew, Agrippa Herod. The manner of his death is not known, but the ancient Jewish historian, Josephus, indicates that he spent his last days in Spain. He had ruled over Galilee for 43 years.1

Welcome to Tongues of Fire-Pastor Paul's Podcast-Episode #39-The Fox
Scriptures within the message are:

• Luke 9:7-9
• Mark 6:14-29
• Matthew 14:1-12
• Luke 23:39-43

• The Fox was originally recorded October 1, 1989
  
• Running Time: 1:24 File Size: 76.9 MB
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1 Jesus Loved Them, Sam Patrick and Omar Garrison pg 79

Tongues of Fire-Pastor Paul's Podcast-Episode #38-Tears

Mother Of John

'And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: Among which was...the mother of Zebedee's children.' Matthew 27:55-56

Bible Scholars agree that the name of the Beloved Disciple's mother was probably Salome. They base this belief on the fact that the passage in Mark 15:40, a parallel quote refers to her by name. It is further conjectured on reliable grounds that she is probably the sister of Mary, the mother of Jesus.

From the scanty account given of her in the Gospel narrative, it is evident that she, like her two sons, John and James, was a devoted follower of Jesus, who was present at the Crucifixion of Jesus and assisted with His entombment. Mathew accounts that on one occasion she came to Jesus with her two sons desiring a thing or two of him.

In Matthew 20:20, And he said unto her, 'What wilt thou?' She saith unto him, 'Grant that these two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand and the other on thy left in thy kingdom.' But Jesus answered, 'Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I shall drink of and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?'

Both John and James, says Matthew, assured Jesus that they were able to drink of His bitter cup. And Jesus agreed that, 'Ye shall drink indeed the cup and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give but shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.'1

Welcome to Tongues of Fire-Pastor Paul's Podcast-Episode #38-Tears

• Scriptures within the message are:
  
  • Luke 23:28
  • Mark 15:27-28
  • Matthew 27:38
  • Luke 23:39-43
    
  • John 19:28-30
    
• Tears was originally recorded September 17, 1989
  
• Running Time: 1:03 File Size: 57.8 MB
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• Music is Symphonic Music of the Rolling Stones-'As Tears Go By'
  
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Sunday Listen to Episode #39-The Fox and next Friday Episode #40 Simon. Faces About The Cross Continues Celebrating Two Episodes Weekly.

1 Jesus Loved Them, Sam Patrick and Omar Garrison pg 35

TS Eliot The Theatre Cat for Jones Soda-LOLcat

Gus is the Cat at the Theatre Door.
His name, as I ought to have told you before,
Is really Asparagus. That's such a fuss
To pronounce, that we usually call him just Gus.

His coat's very shabby, he's thin as a rake,
And he suffers from palsy that makes his paw shake.
Yet he was, in his youth, quite the smartest of Cats-
But no longer a terror to mice and to rats.

For he isn't the Cat that he was in his prime;
Though his name was quite famous, he says, in it's time.
And whenever he joins his friends at their club
(Which takes place at the back of the neighbouring pub)

He loves to regale them, if someone else pays,
With anecdotes drawn from his palmiest days
For he once was a Star of the highest degree-
He has acted with Irving, he's acted with Tree.

And he likes to relate his success on the Halls,
Where the Gallery once gave him seven cat-calls.
But his grandest creation, as he loves to tell,
Was Firefrorefiddle, the 'Fiend of the Fell.'

'I have played', so he says, 'every possible part,
And I used to know seventy speeches by heart.
I'd extemporize back-chat, I knew how to gag,
And I knew how to let the cat out of the bag.

I knew how to act with my back and my tail;
With an hour of rehearsal, I never could fail.
I'd a voice that would soften the hardest of hearts,
Whether I took the lead, or in character parts.

I have sat by the bedside of poor little Nell;
When the curfew was rung, then I swung the bell.
In the pantomime season I never fell flat
And I once understudied Dick Whittington's Cat.

But my grandest creation, as history will tell,
Was Firefrorefiddle, the Fiend of the Fell.'
Then, if someone will give him a toothful of gin,
He will tell how he once played a part in East Lynne.

At a Shakespeare performance he once walked on pat,
When some actor suggested a need for a cat.
He once played a Tiger-could do it again-
Which an Indian Colonel pursued down a drain.

And he thinks that he still can, much better than most,
Produce blood-curdling noises to bring on the Ghost.
And he once crossed the stage on a telegraph wire,
To rescue a child when a house was on fire.

And he says: 'Now, these kittens, they do not get trained
As we did in the days when Victoria reigned.
They never get drilled in a regular troupe,
And they think they are smart, just to jump through a hoop.'

And he'll say as he scratches himself with his claws,
'Well, the Theatre's certainly not what it was.
These modern productions are all very well,
But there's nothing to equal, from what I hear tell,

That moment of mystery
When I made history
As Firefrorefiddle, the Fiend of the Fell.'

This poem, Gus-The Theatre Cat, by TS Eliot was taken from ' Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats' published in 1939. Some of his feline strays were brought to life in the hit musical 'Cats'.

TS Eliot Naming of Cats for Jones Soda-LOLcat

The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,

It isn't just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.

First of all, there's the name that the family use daily,
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James,
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey-
All of them sensible everyday names.

There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:
Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter-
But all of them sensible everyday names.

But I tell you, a cat needs a name that's particular,
A name that's peculiar, and more dignified,
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,
Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?

Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat,
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum-
Names that never belong to more than one cat.

But above and beyond there's still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never will guess;
The name that no human research can discover-
But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.

When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:

His ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name.

This poem, Naming of Cats, by TS Eliot was taken from ' Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats' published in 1939. Some of his feline strays were brought to life in the hit musical 'Cats'.

TS Eliot Wisdom for Jones Soda-LOLcat

You've read of several kinds of Cat,
And my opinion now is that
You should need no interpreter
To understand their character.

You now have learned enough to see
That Cats are much like you and me
And other people whom we find
Possessed by various types of mind.

For some are sane and some are mad
And some are good and some are bad
And some are better, some are worse-
But all may be described in verse.

You've seen them both at work and games,
And learnt about their proper names,
Their habits and their habitat:
But

How would you ad-dress a Cat?

So first, your memory I'll jog,
And say: A CAT IS NOT A DOG.

Now Dogs pretend they like to fight;
They often bark, more seldom bite;
But yet a Dog is, on the whole,
What you would call a simple soul.

Of course I'm not including Pekes,
And such fantastic canine freaks.

The usual Dog about the Town
Is much inclined to play the clown,
And far from showing too much pride
Is frequently undignified.

He's very easily taken in-
Just chuck him underneath the chin
Or slap his back or shake his paw,
and he will gambol and guffaw.

He's such an easy-going lout,
He'll answer any hail or shout.

Again, I must remind you that
A Dog's a Dog-A CAT''S A CAT.

With Cats, some say, one rule is true:
Don't speak till you are spoken to.
Myself, I do not hold with that-
I say, you should ad-dress a Cat.

But always keep in mind that he
Resents familiarity.
I bow, and taking off my hat,
Ad-dress him in this form:

But if he is the Cat next door,
Whom I have often met before
(He comes to see me in my flat)
I greet him with an OOPSA CAT!

I've heard them call him James Buz-James-
But we've not got so far as names.

Before a Cat will condescend
To treat you as a trusted friend,
Some little token of esteem
Is needed, like a dish of cream;

And you might now and then supply
Some caviare, or Strassburg Pie,
Some potted grouse, or salmon paste
He's sure to have his personal taste.

(I know a Cat, who makes a habit
Of eating nothing else but rabbit,
And when he's finished, licks his paws
So's not to waste the onion sauce.)

A Cat's entitled to expect
These evidences of respect.
And so in time you reach your aim,
And finally call him by his Name.

So this is this, and that is that:
And there's how you AD-DRESS A CAT.

This poem, AD-DRESSING OF CATS, was taken from ' Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats' published in 1939. Some of his feline strays were brought to life in the hit musical 'Cats'.

T.S. Eliot, Thomas Stearns Eliot, was born 1888 in St Louis Missouri where he lived until he was eighteen. His family, religious intellectuals influenced his work. He was a Harvard graduate, traveled Europe and finally settled in England. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1949.

His poetry developed 'modern' poetry of the first half of the twentieth century. He was considered a leader of the movement. No other poet had so penetrating and pervasive an influence on his own times. Like other literary movements, modernism began as a reaction against the literature of the preceding period, against the tastes and standards of Victorianism. Throughout his development the essential technique of symbolism remains basic. The absence of explanatory statements and the emphasis on tone account for part of the difficulty in his poetry. While the tone is firm, the images and situations are symbols of ideas and attitudes of themes. The poems have thematic development that is quite logical and meaningful. The intellectuality of Eliot's work adds to the difficulty but at the same time gives it exactness of meaning.

In his own words taken from 'The Metaphysical Poets' in Selected Essays 1932 his meaning is that of a man who has submitted himself to the variety and complexity, to the most serious and most painful aspects, of modern civilization.

'We can only say that it appears likely that poets in our civilization, as it exists at present, must be difficult. Our civilization comprehends great variety and complexity, and this variety and complexity, playing upon a refined sensibility, must produce various complex results. The poet must become more and more comprehensive, more allusive, more indirect, in order to force, to dislocate if necessary, language into his meaning.'

Tongues of Fire-Pastor Paul's Podcast-Episode #37-The Great Outlaw at the Cross

The Good Thief

'And he said unto Jesus, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.' Luke 23:42

Two hardened criminals are paying the ultimate price for their careers of lawlessness-nailed to the cross. Between them is Jesus, a gentle shepherd of men, 'numbered among the transgressors.' During his final agony on the cross one of the criminals, The Little Outlaw, twists toward Jesus and cries, 'If thou be the Christ save thyself and us.'

His companion, the Great Outlaw listened in astonishment to Jesus pray, 'Father forgive them; for they know not what they do,' now felt a new response and love for Jesus flood his being. He was experiencing an awakening which cleared his thoughts that change his perspective.

This changed perspective called into expression a discerning elevated consciousness. Enlightenment developed his thoughts and he rebuked his companion and said, 'Dost thou not fear God seeing thou art in the same condemnation? and we justly; for we receive the due reward for our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.'

Perhaps in the terrible moment of suffering mixed with pity for Jesus who suffered a great injustice, the Great Outlaw recognized Jesus as 'King of the Jews' sensing the coming resurrection cried: 'Lord remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.'

And Jesus, who was to know, even in the darkest hour of man's rejection, man's trust, and man's faith answered: 'Verily, I say unto thee, today shalt thou be with me in paradise.'1

Welcome to Tongues of Fire-Pastor Paul's Podcast-Episode #37 The Great Outlaw at the Cross

• Scriptures within the message are:
  
  • Mark 15:27-28
  • Matthew 27:38
  • Luke 23:39-43
    
  • John 19:28-30
    
• The Great Outlaw at the Cross was originally recorded September 10, 1989
  
• Running Time: 1:11 File Size: 65.5 MB
• Your Hostess with the Mostest Jeanine coming to you from Spirited North Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
• Music is Symphonic Music of the Rolling Stones-'Gimme Shelter'
  
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Next Friday Listen to Episode #38-Tears. Sunday Listen to Episode #39-The Fox. Faces About The Cross continues with Two Episodes Weekly in March to Celebrate Easter.

1 Jesus Loved Them, Sam Patrick and Omar Garrison pg 117

Tongues of Fire-Pastor Paul's Podcast-Episode #36-The Little Outlaw at the Cross

The Bad Thief

'And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, 'If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.'" Luke 23:39

Even while dying on the cross next to Jesus the 'Bad Thief' reviled Jesus echoing the mockery of the mob. The 'Good Thief' who was dying on the other side recognized Jesus and trusting in His promise of life to come rebuked the 'Bad Thief'. He said, 'Dost thou not fear God, seeing thou are in the same condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.' This rebuke may have silenced his cohort's jeers but did not persuade him that Jesus was the Redeemer.

The story of the two thieves vividly illustrates the duality of man. His nobler nature, his soul, responds to the Truth with a humble request spoken by the 'Good Thief': 'Lord remember me when thou comest into Thy kingdom.' While his corrupt nature, his mind accumulated with selfish thoughts, rejects the good bitterly resenting this Man who claimed to be the Messiah. The words of forgiveness, uttered by the dying Jesus did not penetrate his resentful heart or ease his suffering.

He did not believe that Salvation was so forgiving, so kind and so everlasting.

Welcome to Tongues of Fire-Pastor Paul's Podcast-Episode #36 Little Outlaw at the Cross

• Scriptures within the message are:
  
  • Mark 15:27-28
  • Matthew 27:38
  • Luke 23:39-43
    
  • John 19:28-30
    
• Little Outlaw at the Cross was originally recorded September 3, 1989
  
• Running Time:1:09 File Size: 63.9 MB
• Your Hostess with the Mostest Jeanine coming to you from Spirited North Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
• Music is Symphonic Music of the Rolling Stones-'Paint it Black'
  
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Tongues of Fire-Pastor Paul's Podcast-Episode #36 Little Outlaw at the Cross

Easter Sunday Listen to Episode #37-The Great Outlaw at the Cross. Next Friday Listen to Episode #38-Tears. Two Episodes Weekly in March to Celebrate Easter

1 Jesus Loved Them, Sam Patrick and Omar Garrison pg 119

Vernal Equinox Rebirth

The Daffodils
William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils,
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the Milky Way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced, but they
Outdid the sparkling waves in glee;
A poet could not but be gay
In such a jocund company.
I gazed, and gazed, but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

Tongues of Fire-Pastor Paul's Podcast-Episode#35 Hero at the Cross

Simon of Cyrene

'And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.' Matthew 27:32

The saddest and most terrible procession in recorded history is approaching Jerusalem's Gate of Gardens. Led by a mounted Roman centurion and small company of soldiers, and followed by a mixed crowd of jeering, curious and sympathetic spectators, three men drag heavy crosses toward the Hill of Skulls where they are to be crucified. Two are convicted thieves. The third is Jesus of Nazareth whose crime was defining the law of love claiming to be the Son of God.
Weak from the night long interrogation, floggings and inhuman torture, this Man of Sorrows staggers under the weight of the cross. Finally, unable to go further, He falls to the ground exhausted. The Centurion who leads the group sees Him falling beneath the cross realizing it is impossible for Him to take another step.

He looks into the following crowd seeing Simon, a Greek Jew. He is from Cyrene located on the north coast of Africa. 'You', commands the Centurion, 'Take up this man's cross and follow us.' The Cyrenian has no choice in the matter. Scripture does not confirm whether the task was performed willingly and with pity for Jesus, or sullenly and with resentment for Jesus and the Roman authorities.

For Christians over the past two thousand years, Simon of Cyrene, was the most important man in the New Testament story. Because in the most important moment in history, he was chosen to bear upon his shoulders the burden of the Lord.1

Welcome to Tongues of Fire-Pastor Paul's Podcast-Episode #35 Hero at the Cross

• Scriptures within the message are:
  
  • Mark 15:33-37
  • Matthew 27:45-50
    
  • John 19:28-30
    
• Hero at the Cross was originally recorded August 27, 1989
  
• Running Time: 1:06 File Size: 60.4 MB
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• Make an Audio Comment the number is 1-715-808-0318. I would like to hear from you. Like voice mail it is recorded and played on the podcast.
  
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Tongues of Fire-Pastor Paul's Podcast-Episode #35 Hero at the Cross

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1 Jesus Loved Them, Sam Patrick and Omar Garrison pg 45

Tongues of Fire-Pastor Paul's Podcast-Episode #34 Critics of the Cross

Two False Witnesses

"At the last came two false witnesses, and said, this fellow said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days.'" Matthew 26:60-61

At the preliminary hearing before Caiaphas, the high priest, 'the chief priests, and elders, and all the council sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death.' Many came forward willing to give perjured testimony against Jesus.

Although they desired to provide false testimony, they were not able to complete the task for two reasons. First, the Council wanted to charge Jesus with a crime so serious that the governor would call for the death sentence. Second, according to Mosaic law it was necessary that two witnesses, when examined separately without the other present, both testify to the same detailed evidence against him. Finally, they found two men who provided the same testimony.

The Two False Witnesses twisted the truth by saying that Jesus said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.' According to John 2:19-20 "Jesus said, 'Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. The Jews then said, 'This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and you will raise it up in three days?' But he was speaking of the temple of his body."

The twisted testimony meaning a threat against the Temple of Jerusalem lead to the accusation of blasphemy, a capital offense to the Jews and sedition, a crime meriting death to the Romans.1

• Welcome to Tongues of Fire-Pastor Paul's Podcast-Episode #34 Critics of the Cross
  
• Scriptures within the message are:
  
  • Matthew 27:39
    
  • Matthew 27:11-26
  • Mark 15:2-15
  • Luke 23:3-25
  • John 18:29-40
• Critics of the Cross was originally recorded August 20, 1989
  
• Running Time: 1:03 File Size: 57.8 MB
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• Music-TimeLife Flower Power-Born To Be Wild- 'Summertime Blues'-Blue Cheer
  
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1 Jesus Loved Them, Sam Patrick and Omar Garrison pg 95

Tongues of Fire-Pastor Paul's Podcast-Episode 33 Pilate and the Cross Pt 2

Pilate's Wife-Claudia Procula

''When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, 'Have thou nothing to do with that just man...'" Matthew 27:19

Matthew gives the only brief glimpse into the life of Pilate's wife. Her importance for Matthew in his Gospel's narrative was the one moment when her life touched that of Jesus. Sending a note to Pilate during the trial she intervened trying to save Him because she had 'suffered many things this day in a dream because of him' the note said.

An apocryphal writer says that her name was Claudia Procula suggesting that she belonged to an influential noble family of Rome. The fact that she accompanied Pilate to Judea lends support to this theory because Roman law forbade pro-consuls to take their wives with them when they ruled in foreign lands.

Her reference to Jesus as 'that just man' suggests a previous accurate knowledge of Him. It is theorized that she had heard His message and was a secret follower of His like Nicodemus. Such a thing is not impossible as several historians have pointed out that Roman women of the day showed a great interest in Eastern faiths which offered more personal promise and satisfaction than Latin cults. In Rome itself a great number of women were initiated into the Mithraic religion.

Scripture does not tell what Pilate's reaction was to his wife's note. We can assume that according to scripture as it states he considered Jesus innocent, so logically, it had to strengthen his resolve to release Him. But, his weak character and lack of courage ruled the day that determined his final decision instead of his wife's counsel. The Greek Orthodox Church thought so highly of Claudia that she is revered as a saint by members of that denomination.1

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  • Matthew 27:11-26
  • Mark 15:2-15
  • Luke 23:3-25
  • John 18:29-40
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1 Jesus Loved Them, Sam Patrick and Omar Garrison pg 55