WordWolf

It's incredibly obvious in hindsight. In twi, there were definitions of "gift ministries", but people were actively discouraged from seeking to serve God in ANY of them! All of the definitions were bent to make it look like they applied to vpw, and then anyone who showed a predilection toward any of them was discouraged from seeking it, because it drew attention away from vpw, and he wanted all the power to himself. So, he wanted all the gift ministries- even if it was all an elaborate deception, and he wanted NOBODY to have gift ministries because it would take away from his spotlight. Think about it. Why does an evangelist not actually EVANGELIZE? The definition was changed to make an "evangelist" someone who stays home and NEVER gets on the field. Why? So vpw could claim the title- or INSINUATE he had the title- and still stay home. The emphasis for a prophet was not "exhort God's people to make corrections to please God" - it was on "one who speaks for God" and skipped the substance of what was spoken! Why? Again, to claim vpw "spoke for God". What about a teacher? Do you think there would be room for more than one teacher, one alongside the self-titled "THE Teacher"? As for "apostles", they are "sent ones"- except in twi and ex-twi. Then they are people who "bring new light to their generation, it may be 'old light' but to them it is new.'" Why in the world have such an odd explanation? So it could be flexed enough to claim vpw was an apostle, teaching people the "old light" of Pentecost without leaving his pulpit, never actually being "SENT" anywhere. vpw would be especially interested in keeping any thoughts about PROPHETS stamped down sharply. Imagine someone with authority from God Almighty, going to vpw and the others, and publicly confronting them on the need to obey God and change their sinful ways. vpw would have responded much like others of previous centuries- with physical violence. He would have had them physically thrown out and escorted away AT GUNPOINT and with attack dogs following. So, no, twi never had a Rolodex of gift ministers, ESPECIALLY of prophets.

Jonah accepted being a prophet. He refused a SPECIFIC order but otherwise was a prophet. You made it sound like Jonah refused the call to be a prophet, period. I remember how some people don't want to hear what a prophet said, because they'd rather pretend they weren't disobeying God, and were more comfortable following actions of their own, and deciding that God Almighty was all right with them or approved of them. "I get the impression many of them were losers who had grown accustomed to rejection, and were pretty meek and not heady about themselves." Generally, they weren't full of themselves, else they would have been unfit to serve. The full description you give is of men who were "meek"- not to God's instructions but in general, Casper Milquetoasts, men who were unused to winning, men who were "accustomed to rejection," or, simply, as you put it, "LOSERS." Before having the audacity to make such a claim about leaders appointed by God Almighty, I'd want to have an ironclad case it was so, line-by-line out of the Bible. (As if one was accusing the apostle Paul of being a sex pervert.) Even vpw said that a DEFINING characteristic of prophets was COURAGE and BOLDNESS. They have to have the guts to go before the entire nation and say "God's unhappy with what you've done, and you need to straighten up and fly right." They have to have the guts to go before the King of Israel and say "Here's what you must do to get your heart right with God, for you have offended Him." Sounds like you have no idea what it means to BE a prophet of God Almighty.

No wonder I wasn't sure if it was the Tonys they hosted, or the Oscars. Yes, that was quite an opening number, all right, and a tough act to follow.

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Let's see. Hamlet, fencing, who was that other woman.... Shelley Long The Money Pit Tom Hanks

Wild swing- "GIGLI"????

Ok, let's see. The singer was NEIL PATRICK HARRIS, who, IIRC, hosted the Oscars several times.

I'm not 100% sure of the first two. However, I know for a fact that Patrick Stewart was one of few people who played the eponymous role in "the Canterville Ghost." Wordpup had to read the story in school, so we read it as well. Then we watched the movie that was loosely inspired by the book. It has very little in common, IMHO, and I like the movie better. Oscar Wilde, IMHO, was being cutesy when he wrote the story, and was trying to make a joke (he succeeded.) With the movie, they were trying for more substance than that (and succeeded.) I'm not saying either was truly noteworthy, but I'm glad I sat through the movie once. So, since Patrick Stewart's played Shakespeare lots of times, and had no trouble playing Prospero (who's not that far from Merlin), I'm thinking I've just forgotten he's played Merlin.

No, those are roles PATRICK STEWART has played.

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Yes. Too easy?

"That was the plan." "Not a great plan. When they come-and they will- they'll come for you." "If it's all the same to you, I'll have that drink now."

So, what do we have so far? Sometime after Mike Tyson lost his heavyweight title, someone did a live performance of a song, where about 6,000 people were in live attendance, and that got a national airing on a onetime basis. This was done at an individual event, like an annual awards show or something, or the opening ceremonies of the World Cup or something. (Although the attendance numbers for the broadcast were low for an INTERNATIONAL event like the World Cup and suggest a US nationwide event.) There were a few music execs that got in trouble a few years ago- Phil Spector keeps coming to mind, I forget who was the more visible figure. The "me too" movement would have made a song about this a big deal a few years ago. Who sang it gets tricky. It was sung by someone who is NOT known "as a singer", but has been known to sing. So, someone whose primary claim to fame is for something OTHER than singing, but who has been KNOWN to sing. (So, Robert Downey Jr is out since nobody knows he can sing.) All the established singers are out (Shania Twain, Taylor Swift, Alanis Morrisette...) Having transvestites onstage also really suggests it was in the last few years, since they've been pushed as mainstream entertainers. We don't know the genre, but it was the last 5 years or thereabouts, which limits the possibilities. This wasn't a multi-day event like Lollapalooza, this was a one-day event as far as the singing goes. If I had a better sense how big a venue has to be to seat 6,000, I'd narrow down the possibilities more. (Was it a stadium, was it a big theater....) So, to take another guess on the person-who-sang-but-is-not-a-singer, I'm going to try ALAN THICKE. He's an actor but he has sung. (Maybe I should be thinking more about who the Germans like to see singing....)

No, not Burns nor Allen. 'STAR TREK 4- THE VOYAGE HOME", I think.

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No, not Burns nor Allen.

Correct! And yes, Deep Purple based the song on a real event.

"We all came out to Montreux on the Lake Geneva shoreline."

There's an obvious answer, but I'm not going there, for variety's sake. Ornella Muti Flash Gordon Timothy Dalton

So, your turn, George.

To say nothing of people who were kicked out for posting here.

That's him. "Midnight Madness" was his first movie.

Say good night, Gracie. Or maybe George will oblige.

The first quote was a running gag, and a hint as to which movie, since this was the "caper." The second quote was Rowlf the dog, convincing the guard dogs to stop coming after them. He barked at them, and they sat down calmly. The pizza was the distraction while everybody snuck into the museum- the front guard kept repeating he hated pepperoni...but he agreed to feed it to the dogs. Charles Grodin "shared" a musical number with Miss Piggy, whom he framed for a crime. As they took her away, she shouted this at him.

"What's a 'caper'?" "I think it's a small chicken." -promos for this movie. The answer, obviously, was correct.