Wednesday night glitch

Well, last night it snowed in Nashville. It wasn't a heavy snow, but it sloppy and sufficient to send all my neighbors running to the grocery store to stock up ... just in case. Nashville residents panic at the slightest hint of snow. Schools close, people stay in, and there's a run on eggs, bread, and milk. :-)

As a result, we were extremely thin-on-the-ground for our mid-week meeting. While I found that a bit frustrating, it was understandable. It was also providential, as it turns out. Tom reminded me that when I clip on my microphone I'm speaking to the ever-growing Internet audience as well. So, I hit "record" and off we went. I finished replying to Kim Riddlebarger's article on Amillennialism and the two-age model. It took an hour and a half to do. But, we did get all the way through it. After we finished, I grabbed my books and minidisks and headed home.

This morning I attempted to upload the message to my computer, as I do twice a week. But, nothin' doin'. I initially thought that the first disk was corrupted, but the second disk was similarly unplayable. Drat. That means it's the machine at the church that isn't functioning. So, I will have to go over to GCA this afternoon and experiment with our minidisk recorder to see it that's the problem. And if it is, we'll have to acquire a replacement.

The reason I said this was all providential is this: The night that our machine went haywire was the night of our lowest Wednesday attendance in a year. So, only a handful of people heard the message. We discovered the problem before Sunday, so our weekly morning message won't be lost. And, since the majority of our listeners haven't heard the balance of my reply to Riddlebarger's article, I'll just do it again next Wednesday. At least when the electronics failed, they did it on a night when the damage was slight.

So, those of you who were at GCA last night will look really smart next week. You'll already know what the biblical responses are and where to find the proper texts! And the rest of you won't be left out.

From what I'm reading, this current series we've been doing onWednesday nights, examining the history and development of the various eschatological views has been very enlightening and helpful to our listeners. So, I don't want to skip this critical portion. And I won't be discouraged by the digital glitches. We'll just pick up next week and do it all again.

Oh, and that does not mean that those of you who were there last night have next week off. :-)