Podcasts about i94

1. Day one of early in-person voting yields impressive numbers with the City of Milwaukee reporting 4,761 ballots cast on day one. 2. A suspected drunk driver going the wrong way on I94 nearly struck a vehicle containing Vice President Kamala Harris Monday night in Milwaukee. 3. The regular season begins tonight for the Milwaukee Bucks in Philadelphia against the 76ers.

Hour 1: Chris Egert from KSTP-TV is in for Jason. He talked about a study that proposed (again) turning the I94 corridor between the downtowns into a boulevard. Then he talked Twins baseball and opening day with Kent Hrbek!

Blake from the National Weather Service describes the weather to expect over the next 36 hours in the Red River Valley. 2-5 inches in Fargo, more snow south of I94 and it should be a light fluffy snow without must moisture - and, even better news, not much wind. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Twins President of Baseball Operations Derek Falvey joins to talk about the club, struggles for Sonny Gray and Byron Buxton, the plan for the trade deadline and much more. Plus, we have some fun talking about some absurd ideas for revamping I94 and Jason DeRusha has his own fun with a Jamie Yuccas impression.

While trying to track down Jamie Yuccas, Chad discusses some of the ideas pitched for a revamping of I94 between St. Paul and Minneapolis. Jason DeRusha also joins in the fun with his thoughts on 94, terrible and unflattering impressions of Jamie, and we do hear from Jamie herself before the show ends.

CHECKERS AND WRECKERS FOR FRIDAY, JULY 7TH NASCAR SUNDAY, JULY 2ND-CHICAGO STREET RACE Shane Van Gisbergen in his first NASCAR Cup Series start took the win over Justin Haley and Chase Elliott on the streets of Chicago on Sunday.  The New Zealand native became the first driver to win in his NASCAR debut since Johnny Rutherford did it in 1963 and the first road course ringer since Mark Donohue in 1973.  The race was the most watched race in the last 6 years for NBC drawing over 4.6 million viewers. WHAT'S NEXT: SUNDAY, JULY 9TH-ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY 6PM ON USA WORLD OF OUTLAWS SCHATZ WATCH FRIDAY, JUNE 30TH-SATURDAY, JULY 1ST-CEDAR LAKE SPEEDWAY-NEW RICHMOND, WI “The Big Cat” Brad Sweet found his way into victory lane by only .172 seconds over Logan Schuchart and David Gravel Friday night.  Donny Schatz finished in the 14th spot. On Saturday, it was David Gravel winning by almost 2 seconds over Spencer Bayston and Jacob Allen with Schatz improving to an 8th place finish. LATE MODELS FRIDAY, JUNE 30TH-RIVER CITIES SPEEDWAY-GRAND FORKS “The Reaper” Ryan Gustin avenged the flat tire that cost him the win at Red River Valley Speedway the night before to cross the line by half a second over Kyle Bronson and Mike Marlar. SATURDAY, JULY 1ST-I94 EMR SPEEDWAY-FERGUS FALLS “THE Smooth Operator” Bobby Pierce got his first I94 win on Saturday by over 3.4 seconds with Brandon Sheppard and Tanner English rounding out the podium. WHAT'S NEXT:  Tonight, the Sprint cars head to West Burlington, IA and the 34 Raceway.  Tomorrow, the Wilmot Raceway in Wilmot WI SATURDAY, JULY 1ST-BUFFALO RIVER SPEEDWAY-NOSA SPRINTS WITH IMCA STOCK CARS Tim Church won in the Hobby Stocks.  Then it was Hunter Goulet remaining undefeated in the Short Trackers.  Kelly Jacobson got win number 2 in the Sport mods.  Ryan Braseth won in the Legends.  “The Rocketman” Keaten Froemke won the Auto Repair 30 in the Stock Cars.  And Nick Omdahl won the NOSA Sprintcar Main event. WHAT'S NEXT: SUNDAY, JULY 9TH-REBEL MIDWEST MODIFIED TOUR WITH MODIFIEDS AND RED RIVER SPRINT SERIES 6 WHAT AM I DOING I will be hitting the road starting tomorrow for the start of the 34th Dakota Classic Mod tour.  The first stop will be at the Jamestown Speedway, then it's the Nodak Speedway in Minot, the Estevan Motor Speedway in Estevan, SK, Williston Basin Speedway in Williston, Southwest Speedway in Dickinson, and wrapping up at the Dacotah Speedway in Mandan.  Ryan Janke and I will be covering all of this and more on next week's Victory Lap Podcast under the podcast tab on KFGO.com and the KFGO app.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk to State Senator Kelda Roys about her insights on where we are on the budget process. Then CEO of CARW and member of the Home Crew Coalition, Tracy Johnson, joins to talk about the Brewers stadium negotiations, work from home and I94 expansion Guests: Kelda Roys, Tracy Johnson

Welcome back to another edition of The Fairly Odd Asians! On today's podcast, we come to you from I94! We recorded this in the car so our audio is not the greatest. But we recap the weekend with bridal showers, family time, and sex talk. That and much, much more on today's podcast! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thefairlyoddasians/message

The Jay Thomas Show from Monday August 1st, 2022.  Guests include, Justin Storm, Brad Schlossman and your phone calls and emails on I94's Construction area and West Acres Mall turning 50!

GET‌ ‌EVERY‌ ‌EPISODE‌ ‌AND‌ ‌BONUS‌ ‌CONTENT‌ ‌AT:‌ ‌‌www.patreon.com/crackpotpodcast‌ This week we revisit a CLASSIC episode from Season 1! Is it a case of drunk college kids acting dumb or an organized group of serial killers? This week Zach and Tim get their feet wet and wade into the darkest and possibly most frightening conspiracy theory they've seen yet. Tune in this week to a true murder mystery!

TEN DEADLIEST HOLIDAYS TO TRAVEL. In the United States, holidays means one thing, Celebration and celebration means alcohol and travel. We have the top ten holidays that are deadly for travel. You won't believe which holiday did not make the list. The list was compiled by Dale E. Anstine and attorney at law. Here is the bottom five holidays but you will have to tune into this weeks podcast to find out the rest of the list. Cinco De MayoVeterans DayHalloweenMothers DayFathers Day Eyes on 94 DOT Blitz Troopers across 4 states are teaming up in effort targeting commercial drivers next week. The "eyes on 94" commercial vehicle enforcement operation will take place Dec. 6th thru the 10th, 2021. The real it will cover are all along I94 in Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. Trooper will be specifically watching for violations that can contribute to a crash. Such violations are, following too closely, improper lane usage, speeding and improper passing. For more of this story head on over to CDL Life and check it out for yourself. 2021 Nebraska trucker of the year This year's Nebraska trucker of the year is Raymond "Joe" Brooks Jr. also known as animal. Brooks has driven four million accident free mikes in his life. He said he gets more pleasure from delivering wreaths across America. You can check out this story here. Free Download Load-smart Owner Operator Load CalculatorJJ Keller the Truckers SecretaryHiring Lease Purchase DriversHiring Class A and B Local Company Drivers home every dayTrucking Companies Cheating ELD'sHigh Schoolers now have Trucking ClassTrucking Companies Not To Work For

Today we are joined St.Paul luminary, poet and organizer Tish Jones to talk about the grass roots community challenge to the 'ReConnect Rondo" land bridge project. We open by discussing the history of the Rondo Neighborhood of St.Paul, a thriving Black community that was intentionally destroyed by the construction of Interstate 94 in the 1960s. From there Tish shares with us the woeful lack of community engagement by MN DOT and ReConnect Rondo in their 500 Million dollar land bridge project, the gentrification and displacement implications of the project and the organizing Tish and others are doing calling for transparency and justice for the Rondo community.  Sign the petition to demand justice and inclusion around the Rondo Land Bridge  https://www.change.org/p/gov-tim-walz-petition-to-demand-transparency-around-the-rondo-land-bridge Help us get to 400 Patreon subscribers!  Patreon.com/moneypowerlandsolidarity

McKenzy Olson, from Epic Companies, explains their newest project, just approved last night! EOLA by EPIC will be just south of I94 and right off 45th St. South. The development will feature multiple mixed-use buildings, each approximately seven stories high, with a parking ramp built on premise, a fountain, green space, a bus stop, affordable housing, walking paths, underground parking, youth activities, a sky way and more! See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

Week 18 - Got to a customer with low HOS and they let me drop the trailer overnight. When behind schedule sometimes it is best to end the day early to save time. For the first time I saw one of our own on the side of the interstate. While driving north on I94 north of Cicago I almost hit me a big Traffic Cone. Then when heading south on I94 we get taken on a very confusing Detour. To finish the week off I got to see what it is like to be a local driver. We also saw The Lion King and I give my review. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/anthrit/support

Is it a case of drunk college kids acting dumb or an organized group of serial killers? This week Tim and Zach get their feet wet and wade into the darkest, and possibly most frightening conspiracy theory they've seen yet. Find out if this one will sink or swim.   Follow us on Twitter @crackpotpodcast and Like us on FaceBook   Shoot us a note at CrackpotPodcast@gmail.com or call us at 612-888-3090, and we may play it on air!   Artwork by www.jakeluck.com

Preview of next week's episode. Follow us on Twitter @crackpotpodcast and Like us on FaceBook   Shoot us a note at CrackpotPodcast@gmail.com or call us at 612-888-3090, and we may play it on air!   Artwork by www.jakeluck.com  

Our daily newscast from Marcia Campbell’s "All Nighter" on WSM 650 AM, "The Legend," a clear-channel station out of Nashville, TN.

This is your Daily Detroit News Byte For Wednesday, March 14th, 2018. Three of Detroit’s city-owned golf courses are closing A $250 million dollar fund has been set up for affordable housing I-94 on the east side of the city will be closed this weekend A former golf course over by Seven Mile may find new life as a park and development General Motors is launching an Airbnb of cars with Maven Belle Isle is getting a new 6-mile trail And two conversations. One with Ryan Landau of Re:Purpose about Detroit’s job market and who’s hiring and the other with Jennyfer Crawford of All things Detroit about her new project to highlight Detroit’s retailers and makers. Thanks to our sponsors. Milo Digital. Write a review, subscribe, all the things on Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit-news-byte/id1220563942?mt=2  

Ernie Bedlam’s Bedtime Stories Episode 3 - March 25, 2017 This episode includes the stories “A Behavior,” “Nothing Good Ever Happens in Glenview,” “Pockets 2” (aka Lil’ Abe – or at least that’s what I’m calling it, because sooner or later Craig is going to show up with another story named Pockets, and I’m trying to avoid additional confusion -dc), and “Ernie Goes on Tour.” All conceived, written and narrated by Craig Champlin. Guest appearance by Vernon Tonges (aka Spoo Willoughby) who took a wrong turn off I94, and ended up in the studio. He’ll never make that mistake again. This episode features his original, “Fat Boy Cry,” as well as some other noodle-y bits we tortured out of him while he was here. For the record, it’s his recording of “Teddy Bear Picnic,” with which we delight your ears on a semi-monthly basis. We’ll tell him you said thanks. Other music contributed by long time friend and collaborator, Tim Menard. This episode features his original “Glass of Wine.” Which is about precisely what you would think it’s about from the title. He keeps threatening to drop by, but then he lies down until he comes to his senses, so we’re gonna have to work on that. Many thanks and credit to Texas Music Forge for included sound bed in the story “Nothing Good Ever Happens in Glenview”, used under Creative Commons Attribution/Non-Commercial License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/ Other sound effects used are included under the following Creative Common License Agreements: Creative Commons Attribution – https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/ No changes made to any effect unless otherwise noted MorganTJ – “Soccer game” 18hiltc – “Shotgun” Slanesh – “Creaky door” AJubaMusic – “Drums” - “Nothing Good Ever Happens in Glenview” Creative Commons CC0 Public Domain Dedication https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Mitsumangas Archeos Scotty Moil Jason Weber Filmsndfx Charles Randolph SilenceMusic Treblebooster MannHawks ToiletRollTube Cover art by Robert Johnson, from a photo by Maureen Collins. Produced by Dorothy Conway, Mighty Small Studios, LLC – Chicago, IL Copyright © 2017 All Rights Reserved

State Representative and police officer Dan Schoen shares his thoughts and perspective on the North Minneapolis shooting of Jamar Clark, the 4th precinct shutdown and I94 shutdown protests that followed, how the mayor of Minneapolis is handling the situation, and more. Plus, Michael Brodkorb is also in-studio to discuss two missing Lakeville sisters, Samantha and Gianna Grazzini-Rucki, being found at a Western Minnesota horse farm after being missing for over two years.

Good morning! I was driving home from Milwaukee. It was late at night. It was a week ago Wednesday. The sky was beautiful and clear-not a cloud in the sky. It was a beautiful night. At about 10:15, I pulled off I94 and turned left on HWY 26 there in Johnson Creek to head home. All the sudden, theres this bright light in the sky. It was totally uncharacteristic because, like I said, there was not a cloud in the sky. Then I see this gray streak coming down fast to the earth diagonally. It was almost like the smoke of a large rocket or something. Then it turned into this orange flame, and again, it was picking up speed. Then it seemed like it started to disintegrate, and then it just disappeared before it hit the ground. Whatever it was, it looked like it landed on Culvers, which is where I was going, so I was a little concerned. I mean it looked like I could just get out of my car and find it. Im looking around like Im crazy; Im nuts. Im looking around at the people at the intersection thinking, Did you see that? In this age of instant information, you think, What was that? and you just punch in a few buttons and get your answer. I wanted to turn on the radio. I wanted to find somebody who could just tell me, What did I just see? My first thought was it was lightening or some sort of a bolt. I thought, Well, wait a second. It couldnt be that. Maybe it was an airplane or some debris from an airplane. It turns out it was a meteor. How many of you saw it that night or caught a glimpse of it? A few of us did. It was pretty cool, wasnt it? Id never seen a meteor before-at least that close, so I didnt know quite what I was seeing. Depending on your real view, it determines what you think that is. If youre an aviator, you might think its a plane. If youre an astronomer, you might think its a meteor, and there are also meteor chasers. They literally see that as money falling from the sky, so theyre trying to map out on the internet where that thing hit because one of those little rocks can be worth $1,000. Thats money, so theyre on the job. If youre one of these end times people, you study the end times, you were thinking, Man, this is it. This is Armageddon. War has come. Maybe youre a sci-fi person. You listen to The War or the Worlds or something. You thought, Oh, its an alien attack. This is it. Maybe youre a meteorologist, and you think its some sort of weather phenomena; but how we view the world colors pretty much everything we interact with. So as a small group and as a church, thats what we are doing. We are looking at World View. In our small groups during the week, were studying some material called, Wide Angle, from Chuck Colson and Rick Warren. Were going through a little booklet together, watching a short video and talking about it. What were doing on the weekends is supplemental. Its working in conjunction with it. Were not trying to replicate it or duplicate your teachings in your small group. Were trying to work in conjunction with it. What were going to do now since weve laid the framework-we talked about natural secular humanism; we talked about Christian world view-now were going to talk about in the real world how those world views affect our decisions of whats right and wrong. Were going to talk about ethics in the weeks ahead-so ethical world views. How were they formed? Do world views happen because individuals form them? Do you determine your own ethical world view? Are your ethics based upon absolutes that a Creator has given, established, and said, Here is right, and here is wrong. Heres what you should do, or heres what you shouldnt do? Some believe that ethics are determined by society collectively-that we have societal norms and codes of conduct that civilization establishes, so it varies from culture to culture. There are a lot of theories out there about who determines right and wrong and how we come about those decisions. You know what? Its not as cut and dried as you think as far as ethics are concerned. Those of us who believe that God has given absolutes where it says, Thou shall not kill; thou shall not steal; thou shall not lie, it just seems pretty clear. It seems pretty cut and dried. When we really start to look at it, sometimes life, its not that easy. How many times have I been beside the bed of somebody whose loved one has maybe been in an accident or has almost drowned? Maybe there was a heart attack, and they were on life support. Now all of the sudden, this family is making these life and death decisions-what to give, what to withhold. Do we pull the plug? If so, when? What do we do? And Ive got their lives in my hands. I didnt anticipate Id be in this situation, but here I am. What do I do? What do I do for resuscitation? What do I do to keep life going here? And all the sudden that verse, Thou shall not kill, what does that mean to me in this situation? What is right, and what is wrong? Thou shall not steal, pretty clear cut, right? Dont take what doesnt belong to you. I was listening to a video and reading an article about some children in Bogota, Colombia. These children have no parents, and theres no state-run orphanage for them to live in. To survive, they steal food. The merchants form these death squads. The death squads see these children as menaces, as disposable, and theyre executing to kill them. The children who survive have gone underground and are living in the sewers. Right now as we speak, there are children living in the sewers of Bogota. They come up at night seeking to avoid the death squads to steal food to survive, so they take the food because it wont be given to them. The death squads are still there, still looking for them. Many of the people in the death squad are in the law enforcement when theyre not on the death squad. For these children, its either steal or die of starvation, so is stealing wrong then? Is that wrong for them to take food when theyre starving? See, its not as clear as we would think. Thou shall not lie. Pretty straight forward-tell the truth. Its a moral absolute-pretty clear. When I was a little boy, my brother-in-law had an alcohol problem, and when he was drunk, he would be angry. He was an angry drunk, and sometimes he might try to harm my sister or her children; so when he was in a drunken stupor, it was not uncommon for my sister to escape and come over to our house. We got a knock in the middle of the night, and it was my sister with my two nieces, Macs drunk, and hes looking for me. My mom would say, Go hide in the closet. I would lay there in bed just nervous. Then came the knock on the door. My mom would open the door, and it was Mac. He said, Wheres J-J-Judy? Wheres my wife? I know shes in here. What would my mom do? My mom would say, Shes not here, Mac. I havent seen her. I dont know where she is. She would lie to protect her daughter, her granddaughters, herself and her son. Is that wrong? Is that unethical for her to do that? You see, its not quite as easy as we make it out to be. Sometimes there are ethical decisions that seem to be in conflict with one another. What were going to do this morning is lay the groundwork and lay the foundation for the rest of this series. Have you ever been watching a show on TV, and there is like five minutes left? You know the plot isnt going to be resolved in five minutes. You are thinking, I hope this is not one of those to be continued. Sure enough, 9 oclock comes around, and it says, To be continued. You go, Oh, rrrr! because we like things to be wrapped up-just wrap it up and put it in a ribbon for me. Normally when we do a series, everything kind of stands on its own. Even though its a series, I wrap it up. This week is not that. This week is one of those weeks that leaves you with that kind of to be continued feeling. Its kind of like, Ahhh. We just cant finish it all in one week, so what were going to do is introduce these ethical world views, talk about them briefly and just span them, look at them all briefly; and then each subsequent week, were going to put them under a microscope and Biblically look at it-from a Biblical world view. So what were going to do is find out how this ethical world view works. What I want us to do is to open our Bibles to Joshua 2. Were going to look at one of these ethical conundrums here. While youre turning there, I want to recommend a book to you. Normally when I preach, its just me. Theres nothing wrong with it. Now other pastors like to read books and so forth. I like to just have my Bible, or maybe a couple of commentaries I like. I really want the message to be my message-not taking other peoples thoughts and ideas. Theres nothing wrong with that as long as youre giving credit to the other person. Thats just how I like to approach my sermons. This week, with the subject matter, I did want to consult some outside sources. One book Id really recommend that Im using in this sermon-and Id recommend it to you-is a book called, Christian Ethics, by Dr. Norman Geisler. Its an excellent book, so if you want to do some further study on the subject, Id recommend that book. Also, I want to tell you in advance that Im going to be using some big words-some $10, $50 words along the line. I do that for the sake of those who are taking notes and who want to explore the subject matter further. Thats the beauty of this. Youre not in high school; youre not in college here. There isnt going to be a test or a pop quiz, so if you dont want to learn the titles, the terminology, let it go. Dont worry about it. Just say, Im here to grasp the gist of it, the content of it. Im not worried about specific terminology because Im not taking a test. Im not taking this for credit. Im just here monitoring this course. Thats fine, but were going to share some of those words for the sake of the people who want to dig a little bit deeper. We could focus on a lot of different ethical problems, but were going to focus on one, and that is lying. Is lying ever right? Is lying ever justified? Is lying always wrong? Thats what were going to focus on, and then were going to run each of these world views. Were going to run it through those world views and see what their conclusion is, so you can see how your ethical world view determines whats right and wrong in a given situation. Were going to take this one scenario-that will be our constant-and then were going to run it through these various ethical world views and see how it does. Thats our assignment. Its a little bit different-not your typical sermon, but I think its going to be beneficial. Heres the story: Joshua and the children of Israel are about to enter the Promised Land. Remember that Moses generation had not acted in faith. It acted in disbelief and disobedience. A hard heart, God allowed them to wonder in the wilderness for forty years. That generation died off. A new generation led by Joshua, who was a believing generation, is going to inherit the Promised Land. Remember land ultimately belongs to whom? God-not countries, nations, kingdoms, people. It belongs to God. No matter what country on the face of the earth-its temporary; God is eternal. His creation belongs to Him. So God in His sovereignty chose to give a portion of land to the nation of Israel. He promised it to them, but there was still work to be done. Just because God promises something to you doesnt mean you dont have work to do. They were still going to have to obey God and follow His directives as God would bring them into this Promised Land. So practically speaking, Joshua sends out 2 men to spy out the land. Remember Moses sent out 12? We knew their names; we knew their mission. This is not quite the same-similar, but not quite the same. We dont know their names. We dont clearly know their mission because he sends them out in secret, but it had something to do with probably finding out the lay of the land, learning the streets, learning about their defense, maybe even the moral of the community because they know that this attack could be imminent. Jericho is aware. Israel is on their radar. They have intelligence that Israel is on the move. They have intelligence that theyre going to try to take their land, so they are on high alert. There is a wall around the perimeter of the city. That wall is fortified. There are armed guards there. There are look-outs there at all times. They are on high alert for any suspicious activity or any entrance through those walls of Israelites. Along the walls are houses, and one of those houses belongs to a woman by the name of Rahab. What makes Rahab unique is though she is living there in Jericho, she is a believer. She very much believes in the God of Israel-that He is the true God. She acknowledges that she has faith in Him, and she acknowledges that she believes that His purposes will not be stopped. So she really believes that one day Israel will occupy the land that she now lives in. She and the whole country have heard the exploits of how God parted the sea and how He gave victory over the powerful Egyptians, and they are afraid of the Israelites. She is aware of this. In Verse 1 (page 208 of pew Bibles), we pick up the story. Joshua says, Go, look over the land, especially Jericho. So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there. I do think we should note-do you notice the footnote there on the word prostitute in your Bibles. If you follow it down, it says on the bottom, an innkeeper. To me, thats quite a disparity between possible definitions for that word. Its one of those words that one time it meant innkeeper and came to mean prostitute. Its like the word gay used to mean something very different than it does now. Im not sure which one was first-if it was innkeeper and then prostitute or if had been prostitute and then became innkeeper; but its quite possible that she wasnt a prostitute, that she was an innkeeper in which case we owe her a big apology. She probably has quite a chip on her shoulder in Heaven, Oh, and this is Rahab. Oh, yeah, Rahab. Hey, wait a second! I was an innkeeper! So well leave that one alone, and well just say we just dont know. We do know they went to her house. The king of Jericho was told, Look! Some of the Israelites have come here tonight to spy out the land. So the king of Jericho sent this message to Rahab: Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they have come to spy out the whole land. So the intelligence is really sound. Its not like they are saying, Hey, there could be some people. We dont know where theyre from. We dont know what theyre doing here. Maybe they came to your house tonight. We dont know. No, its, We saw men. Theyre Israelites. They are here to spy out the land. Theyve come to your house. Send them out. The intelligence is that secure. Now Rahab has a choice to make. She really has to choose between two kingdoms. Is she going to be faithful to the king of Jericho, the city she lives in? Is she going to be loyal to the city, or is she going to be loyal to these Israelites that follow the God she believes in? Will she be loyal to them? Either way, she has to make the right decision because either way, her life is on the line. If she turns them in and Israel does invade the city and is conquered, shes a goner. If she lies to the king and the king finds out about it, shes a goner for betrayal; so she has a very difficult, ethical decision to make. Does she lie and cover up the truth-in which case she will probably die-or does she tell the truth and risk dying a little bit later? She is thinking in terms of survival as well, so she is weighing this. What is she going to do? Is she going to tell them the truth and turn in those men, or is she going to lie, cover up the truth, and hopefully spare herself and her family in the future? Whose side will she pick? Verse 4, But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. She said, Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they had come from. Lie. At dusk, when it was time to close the city gate, the men left. Lie. I didnt know which way they went. Lie. Go after them quickly, and you may catch up with them. Lie. She had taken them up to the roof and hidden them under the stalks of flax she had laid out on the roof. So the men set out in pursuit of the spies on the road that leads to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as the pursuers had gone out, the gate was shut. Their roofs were not like our roofs. They were flat roofs, and so the men were up on the roof. They were under some flax, and she tells several lies. Was that wrong? Did she sin right there? Because God says, You shall not lie. But she was trying to spare their lives. She was trying to spare her life because she ultimately believed that Israel would prevail. Was-it-wrong? Thats the question. What would you have done had you been in her situation? Now were going to look at some of these world views, and were going to talk about what they would say about lying in this situation and whether what Rahab did was ethical or not. Were going to look at some non-Biblical world views, and then were going to bring it around to some Biblical world views. Were going to see that even Christians would disagree on this subject. The first world view were going to look at is called Antinomianism. They would say this, Lying is not wrong or right-ever. There are no such things as moral laws. You make up your own moral laws if you want to have laws because there are no moral absolutes. There are no universal laws in the world. Its kind of like every man for themselves, and you simply use common sense. There are not objective laws that I must submit to. There are subjective experiences, and you use your best judgment. In this case, it is survival for her and her family, and because lying is neither right nor wrong, because there are no moral laws, it was fine. What she did was fine, and it was the right decision for her. You just do the best you can using reason and common sense, and in this case, survival; so they would say Rahab was not wrong in what she did. Lets look at a second point of view. The second world view says that lying is generally wrong, but there are no universal laws. This is a world view called Generalism. Lying is generally wrong, but there are no universal laws; so sometimes laws can be broken. What really matters is the end result. It all works out in the end. The end justifies the means. Youve heard that. You maybe have even said that. One thing that I found interesting-I was talking with one of our folks at the 8 oclock service, he said, Ive said things from every one of those world views. What he realized is that he has world views that are incongruent. They just dont mesh. Hes believing things in different world views that are at odds with one another, and he wasnt even aware of it. One of the things were trying to do is get us to have consistency in these ethical world views. The end is what counts. In the end, Rahab was rescued. Her family was rescued, so the generalist would say that was the right decision. There are general rules. There are no moral absolutes, so lying was okay because she had to survive. The end justifies the means. All is well that ends well. Thats their world view, so she was right. There is another world view that would say lying is sometimes right. Lying is sometimes right. There is one moral absolute, and its not truth. The moral absolute for the person whose view is of Situationism says that the one moral absolute in the entire world is love. They very much could sing the Beatles song, All You Need is Love. All you need is love. They just make a decision based on love. That is the only moral absolute. It sounds pretty good, doesnt it? Just do the loving thing. Whatever the ethical conundrum is, just do the loving thing, and its going to be okay. Now, well talk more about this view as we will the others in the weeks to come. In fact, well spend a whole week on it, but right now were just introducing it. The situationism says Rahab did the loving thing. She protected herself and her family. She loved Israel. She loved the God of Israel. Rahab acted in a loving way to protect that which was hers, so lying is sometimes the right thing to do because as long as that lying doesnt come in to conflict with the one moral law of the universe-which is love-[its okay to do]. Thats a very prominent world view in our society today. Many people make their ethical decisions based on this rule, Is it the loving thing to do? Now lets turn and look at some Biblical ethical world views. The first one were going to talk about is something called Unqualified Absolutism. These people believe that God has given many moral absolutes, and they never conflict with one another. There is no conflict, and theyre all to be followed, all to be obeyed at all times. God has given absolutes for all people, in all places, at all times, and these are always to be followed; and so Rahab sinned. Rahab did what was wrong even thought the outcome was good. God didnt ask her to lie. The soldiers didnt ask her to lie. What she should have done is told the truth and let the chips fall where they may-put her family and her care in the hands of God, put the spies from Israel in the hands of God, put Gods purposes ultimately in the hands of God. Rahab was wrong to tell a lie. She should have told the truth. Agustin-you might have heard of Agustin-was an unqualified absolutist. Agustin believed that the truth is one of the absolutes, and its never to be violated. If you violate it, its sin. When my drunken brother-in-law came in threatening my sister and said, Wheres my wife? She should have said, Shes in the closet. Wheres the closet? Its right up through this other room around the corner. Here let me show you. Thats what these folks would think. Now from World War II, this is very interesting. There were people who would hide the Jews from the Nazis because they didnt want to see them go to the death camps. If you held to this school of thought, you would not lie under any circumstances, Nazis would come knocking on your door and you would open up your door. Nazis would say, We have a report that there are Jews in the house. Are there Jews in your house? Yes, there are. Where are they? Theyre in the cellar. Can you show me? I can. So you better hope that whatever house youre hiding in is not one of those because man, woman and child would be hauled off to the death camps if you happened to be in the home of one of these folks. Have you heard of The Hiding Place, by Corrie Ten Boom? Anybody? What he did was pretty interesting because he had a secret compartment-like a basement hideaway-underneath the kitchen floor. Hed carved it out in such a way that when you put the floor back, you couldnt even tell it was there. You couldnt tell there was a trap door there. It was just totally concealed. The Nazis would come knocking on his door, Mr. Ten Boom? We have a report that there are Jews in your house. Mr. Ten Boom would tell the truth. He would say, Yes, I am hiding Jews. It is true. Theyd say, Well, where are they? Hed say, They are hiding in the kitchen. Theyre there in the kitchen. Where are they in the kitchen? Theyre under the table. Ah, got no time for your jokes today, Ten Boom! And theyd all be out the door. Where were they? They were in the kitchen under the table, but they were also under the floor. See, hes telling the truth, but yet he spared the lives of many-very cleverly-he spared the lives of those folks. These folks would say that you tell the truth under every circumstance. Truth is a moral absolute, and it is never right to tell a lie. You always have to tell the truth, so Rahab sinned. Now lets look at another school of thought. This school of thought is Conflicting Absolutism. It says that lying is wrong, but its forgivable. There are a lot of moral absolutes in the world, and sometimes they conflict. When they conflict, the Christian is responsible to do the lesser evil. You have a responsibility to do the lesser evil. Lets say a woman comes to you while youre walking home from shopping. Youre downtown and-do we still shop downtown? I dont know. Youre downtown-just work with me on this. Youre on your way to your car. She comes up to you, and she says, Theres a man whos chasing me, and he wants to kill me. Hes crazy! Im going to go this way. Tell him I went that way! The man comes to you a minute later, and he has a knife and hes crazy. Hes like, Where is she? Im going to kill her! Which way did she go? She went that way, so you say, She went this way. And so he takes off the wrong way. You just lied. This person would say, Yes, that was wrong, but it was the lesser evil, because if he goes this way, hes going to harm this person. Her being killed or hurt in some way was a greater evil, so you chose correctly. You still have to ask for forgiveness. You still have to say, God, Im sorry. I lied, but it was a lesser evil; so though lying is never right, these two issues were in conflict, and you did the right thing. The last school of thought were going to look at is called Graded Absolutism. Graded absolutism believes that lying is sometimes right. Its just like situationism. Lying is sometimes right. There are a lot of moral absolutes that God has given. Sometimes those moral absolutes are in conflict with one another, and when they are in conflict with one another, you and I as Christians have the responsibility to do the greater good, and its not a sin. To do the greater good is not a sin. If you lie in this situation, you dont have to confess it. The first absolutes would have believed that Rahab committed sin. The unqualified would say it was sin. The conflicting would say its forgivable, but it was sin. The graded absolutism would say not a sin. You dont have to ask for forgiveness, but they obeyed the higher law. Using the scenario of the crazy guy with the knife, he comes up to you in the street, and he says, Where is she? Im going to kill her! You deliberately send him in the wrong direction-you have not sinned. That guy has no right to the truth. He has no right to the truth because he was going to cause harm. When my drunken brother-in-law came to the house at midnight-sometimes wed have to actually leave the house and wonder the streets of Rockford out of fear of him. It was a very traumatizing thing in my family during that period. They would say he had no right to the truth because he was going to harm an innocent woman. She was totally justified in choosing the greater good, so she does not have to confess her sin. Maybe you saw yourself somewhere in one of those ethical points of view. Maybe you saw yourself in several, which is probably a problem. What we want to do from here on out, and see heres the to-be-continued part because were done, were going to start looking at these again next week and talking about it from a Biblical perspective. The goal when were done is to be able to think on our toes, process our world, and make Biblical, ethical decisions. Thats the goal of our series. So thats just kind of a panorama view of what is ahead, so next week well dig in to that first one and explore it a little bit. Lets pray together, Father, were grateful for Your Word that serves as our guide in these decisions. We want to be consistent with what Your Truth has said, so were going to examine these truths. Were going to explore these world views and these ethical world views. Were asking Your Holy Spirit to guide us along the way. At the end, we will have learned, and we will grow, and we will have a better understanding of right and wrong and the decisions that we need to make. We pray this in Jesus name, Amen.