Kopp Disclosure
(John 3:19-21)
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"Since God has so generously let us in on what He is
doing,
we're not about to throw up our hands and walk off the job
just because we run into occasional hard times.
We refuse to wear masks and play games.
We don't maneuver and manipulate
behind the scenes.
We don't twist God's Word to suit ourselves.
Rather,
We keep everything we do and say
out in the open,
the whole truth on display,
so that those who want to
can see
and
judge for themselves
in the presence of
God."
2 Corinthians 4, The
Message
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I've been taught
to dump my garbage before someone digs it up.
Starting with God
in a 1 John 1:5ff. kinda way, I'm doing that more than less in these last...
There's nothing
more disarming to busybodies, gossipers, and other slanderers than to cough up
the truth about ourselves before others twist it into falsehood or
ammunition to...
For example,
everybody knows or, uh, anybody who grew up around the 60s knows President
Clinton was lying about not inhaling weed. That's why few conscious
beings believed him when he said it didn't do nasty stuff with that intern
chick. That's why he never engendered much trust while in office.
If a person will lie about something as inconsequential as...
Besides,
everybody's messed up in some way somehow sometime about something with or
without somebody.
Paul was clear on
that: "All have sinned and..."
Not you all.
All.
Truly, truly, He
says to you/me, there are no secrets...sooner or later...and definitely in the
end if you know what He
means.
Let's save
ourselves from the pathology to hide when we're gonna be
discovered eventually anyway.
God can handle
the truth about us.
That's why He
came in Jesus - to save us from the damning consequences of the truth about us.
And if other
people can't handle it, then that's their more than existential problem in a
Matthew 6:14-15 kinda way.
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Before Fifteen Secrets for Life and Ministry was
published about nine years ago after writing it about twelve years ago, the
title was Fifteen Theses for
Life and Ministry.
The publisher prompted
the change.
He said,
"Nobody will buy it if we say fifteen
theses."
So he changed it
to secrets.
Surprise!
Surprise!
Both of us were
wrong.
Be that as it turned out to be, I
look back at those not so secret secrets that were intended to be theses
and realize I've changed some/lots in the past twelve years.
Heaven, I've
changed some/lots in the last twelve hours, uh, minutes, uh, seconds, uh...
He doesn't
change; but we better hope we do if we're going to get better instead of
staying...
So I've decided
to have some fun at my expense and hold some "Deeper Discipleship"
sessions over the summer - 15 if you can guess why - and admit where I've
changed and let folks grapple
in a Christian kinda way with whether those changes have been
for the...
I've never held
any classes related to the book for egotistical reasons - ponder on that for a
while - though several churches have and you can too if you'd like a box of 'em
at a highly discounted price for reasons noted in previous paragraphs (viz.,
postage and discretionary humorously insulting honorarium).
What prompted
this confession/inspiration/indigestion was reading my latest book in
preparation for a NPR interview on 4/27 and discovering some typos and other
aggravating printing miscues along with some stuff that I'd do/write
differently than...
Quickly, two
things don't bother me.
The typos and
other printing miscues really don't bother me because I've grown up when it
comes to anal grammar/spelling stuff; believing content/substance is more
important than form/style no matter what religious people think.
Change doesn't
bother me either; or as I wrote in the non-bestseller that we're gonna
dissect over the summer maybe along with your church/group: "When you
think you've arrived, it's time to start over" (Thesis/Secret 11 on pages
159-170).
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Speaking of my
latest book, Kathie will post the schedule for this summer's appearances and
signings below; including what happened on 4/28 which will be posted summarily
in the next edition on 5/1.
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Blessings and Love!
I Just Wanna Ride (FTW)
Appearances and Book-Signings
April 28
11:45 a.m.
Woodstock Harley-Davidson
2050 S. Eastwood
Woodstock, Illinois
Blessing of Bikes and Bikers
Free Lunch, Live Music, & Prizes to Follow!
May 3
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Plains Pub and Restaurant
37 E. Carey Street
Plains, Pennsylvania
"Lobster Night"
June 1-2
Noon - 5:00 p.m. on Friday
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. on Saturday
The Vintage Rally
(J&P Cycles)
National Motorcycle Museum
Anamosa, Iowa
(Details, Activities, Schedule, Lodging)
July 14
7:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Rock River Valley Blood Center
1740 S. State and Route 20
Belvidere, Illinois
"Buy/Read a Book While Giving Blood to Save a
Life!"
August 7
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Sturgis Motorcycle Museum and Hall of Fame
999 Main Street
Sturgis, South Dakota
Appearances can be scheduled and bulk orders of book
available
for your event, club, church, or shop by calling
815-544-6402.
Click on www.koppdisclosure.com
for related inspirations/indigestions.
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