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I wouldn't want to say anything about remembering that or anything Brad. 
Ha.

Vicki

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "B Dunse" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 9:49 AM
Subject: [ECHURCH-USA] Insult to compliment


> When I was a kid, it was an everyday occurrence for kids to call each 
> other names. We won't go into most of them, but some were done in a sense 
> to harm, and some were  spoken as a light "shoulder slug" type joke. One 
> of the phrases we'd here if we messed up or made a mistake , and perhaps 
> you are familiar with it if you are seasoned or mature in age enough? 
> *smile*,  was "Way to go you Nimrod!". Well? As we are told, we refer to 
> the Bible for counsel and direction. And would you believe that very name 
> was addressed even way back then? All the  way from shortly after this 
> world reached four digits old into the 60's kids were calling out that 
> name, isn't that amazing. Well, here is what God's word says about the 
> name Nimrod, which is a little different than us kids had intended.
>
> "One of the descendants of Cush was Nimrod, who became the first of the 
> kings.  He was a mighty hunter, blessed of God, and his name became 
> proverbial. People would speak of someone as being "like Nimrod-a mighty 
> hunter, blessed of God."
>
> Brad 

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