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Monday, January 16, 2006
 More in the Modern Translationof the Bible Making the Bible make more sense for normal people. John 3 22After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them, and baptized. 23Now John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water, and people were constantly coming to be baptized. 24(This was before John was put in prison.) 25An argument developed between some of John's disciples and a certain Jew over the matter of ceremonial washing. 26They came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, that man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan—the one you testified about—well, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him." 27To this John replied, "Gather the public relations team. Ask them for a new campaign theme. A growing congregation is a healthy congregation, and we've got to keep up. If we don't, we may as well not even exist!"28And the public relations team returned, saying, "Here is a new slogan we've been working on. It's seemed to work for other congregations in other areas. And we've discovered that you have people working for you who have also worked with that other man."29And John said, "Fire them. Don't they know that's a conflict of interests! For a person can't serve two masters. You either work with me or with him." 30And a young man asked John, "I thought you liked that other man... the one you testified about."31And John replied, "Oh, he's a great guy, don't get me wrong! But I've got a staff I've got to maintain. If we don't have people coming in, we can't pay the bills. We've got to keep our heads on--We've got responsibilities! I mean, it'd be nice if all we had to worry about were those lofty ideals, but this is the real world."
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Jimmy Doyle is a dad, husband,
teacher, friend, and other things. Currently he's just trying to figure out what it means to follow Christ and be in community with others. He enjoys having conversations with fellow pilgrims on the journey.
Stephen Zedler has a wife and three kids who he loves very much. He has been called by God to study and teach history, particularly U.S.
history. He also believes that God has called him to reform the way children are educated in America.