Michael Jackson helped make popular the redefinition of the word 'bad' so instead of being a negative concept, it could now mean something positive.
I'm afraid I might have to reinterpret another common word in the same light. I'm referring to the word 'hater' (popularly spelled H8R) which seems to be used quite frequently the last couple of years. I had always understood this word as having a negative connotation about a person who is filled with rage and anger. Now it seems this word is being used to label anyone who doesn't agree with you and is outspoken about their disagreement. Unfortunately, some of society's best, most beneficial citizens are unjustly slandered as H8Rs... and often by someone who seems to actually be the real hater.
Isaiah 5:20 summed it thus: "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter."
It seems the H8R is not the real villain here.
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About the Composer
- tAaOS
- In those wee hours of the morning; in those quiet, private times spent with the Lord; in those times of prayer and faithfully studying His word; that was when the Alpha & Omega Suite came to it's composer. This didn't happen instantaneously, but slowly and consistently over the course of nine years, beginning in 2000 and going through 2008. Accuracy to God's Word was more important than finishing the Suite quickly, which is a process that flies in contrast with the way things are normally done in our throw-away, media-centered culture. But, when dealing with the concept of God, it's important that our proclamation is based upon what He has revealed of Himself and not on the imaginations of fallen humanity.
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