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REBUTTAL TO INTERPRETATIONS RESTRICTING WOMEN FROM PREACHING
"And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence."
There is no single verse in the Bible that has generated more controversy than 1Timothy 2:12. Dr. Maurice Pugh is correct in his assessment as to why there is so much controversy surrounding this verse.
"The crux of the controversy: some would say take it as it is written, others would say what is going on behind what is written; then others compare it with the other verses that have been written."
Paul taught that women in the Kingdom were to model the pattern of leadership God set forth in creation whereby leadership is exhibited by male and female God-given dominion. The male is given leadership responsibilities in the partnership and the woman is the follower. The temple of Artemis at Ephesus had a woman at the center and men were followers. This was a reversal of the creation model. Paul writes what he does in 1 Timothy 2:12 as a corrective to say women should not swap roles with the man. Women can preach on the Lord's Day of worship if they follow leadership as did Huldah, Phoebe and the New Testament prophetess and not rebel against leadership as did Eve and Jezebel.
Inconsistent Interpretation of 1 Timothy 2:9-12: The same stringent interpretation we have for v. 12 is not used for vv. 9-10, which states: "9 in like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing, 10 but, which is proper for women professing godliness, with good works." If the instructions in vv. 9-10 are relative to the church in Ephesus and their particular situation, then why do we try to take v. 12 to its logical extent, without focus on why Paul would give such instructions? We would not dare instruct a woman that she should not wear braids, pearls or costly clothing based on vs. 9; thus, we should not take a different hermeneutical approach with vs. 12. To do so presents an impermissibly inconsistent interpretation of 1Timothy 2:9-12.
1 Timothy 2:11 – There is a misunderstanding and misapplication of the text related to "silence" and women applied to preaching/speaking opportunities in worship: Silence does not mean silence. As in 1 Corinthians 14:34, the instructions for silence must be taken in the context of the situation. Paul cannot mean that women must be completely silent; otherwise women cannot publicly declare their own salvation in church. The context must suggest that women be allowed to learn in an environment with order. The problem Paul is addressing in Ephesus is similar to Corinth where women are stepping out of their roles opposing the men. Why else would Paul have to address their appearance as he did in 1 Corinthians 11:3-16? Again, the definition of the term "silence" has been misunderstood and misapplied.
1 Timothy 2:12 – There is a failure to understand the historical context of Paul's instructions when he referenced "Teach" and "have authority." This was not an outright prohibition but rather was instructional on "how" the teaching should occur. When Paul says that he does not allow a woman to teach or have full power over a man, he is saying this with focus on abuse of authority and teaching. In classical Greek the substantive form of the verb used (to have authority) is referring to a person who acts with so much unrestraint that they are like a murderer or someone who takes one's life by force. Paul does not mean that women should not be able to teach, preach, or have any ability to speak in church. If he meant that, then 1 Corinthians 11:3-16 would be contradictory. So, either Paul meant for his instructions in Ephesus to be different from Corinth, or we are misinterpreting what he meant for Ephesus. Paul is speaking of women dominating the man in worship. Women should not have complete or full authority over the men. Rather, women should be allowed to preach and teach under the counsel and authority of men.
1 Timothy 2:13-15 – Applying The Creation Story to Eve—but not to Adam is flawed: "There is a serious theological contradiction in telling a woman when she comes to faith in Christ, her personal sins are forgiven but she must continue to be punished for the sins of Eve" (Richard Clark Kroeger, Catherine Kroeger, I Suffer Not A Woman, Baker Book House, pp. 21-22).
The Creation Story is meant to protect women not oppress them. Paul mentions Adam's creation prior to Eve not to argue that women are to be beneath the heel of a men but that women are to be covered and protected by men (1 Corinthians 11:3ff). Especially in this setting, where the cultural climate lent itself to empowering women in mystical and religious matters, Paul was urging the church to buck the trend of the world and keep biblical order. If there are women who are attempting to overrule the men in the congregation, or there was a temptation to allow Christian women who believe there was neither male nor female (Galatians 3:28) to dominate; there is a failure to understand the historical context of Paul's instructions when he referenced "Teach" and "have authority." This was not an outright prohibition but rather was instructional on "how" the teaching should occur. Just as we abuse Scripture today, it was easy to abuse Galatians 3:28 and argue that there were no longer any differences, and women should be the heads now. Paul had to support his position with the Bible. The Scripture taught that when God's order got perverted, women were the ones who were deceived. That meant that men should help them learn in silence, in an orderly environment.
Too many people are overlooking Hermeneutics 101: It demands all to interpret Scripture with Scripture. It is necessary to compare Scripture with Scripture to find the correct meaning. We must understand 1 Timothy 2:12 in light of every other relevant message concerning gender roles in ministry in the Bible. By doing so, we could not possibly conclude what Paul meant in 1 Timothy 2:12, is for a female to never, ever, be given the opportunity to preach in the Lord's Day of Worship.
The Bible may contain paradoxes, perplexities, and problems but not outright contradictions.
Quoting the late L.E. Maxwell, he "declared that more than a hundred passages in the Bible affirm women in roles of leadership, and fewer than half a dozen appear to be in opposition" (Kroeger, p. 33). We must seek to understand the role of women by the more than hundred affirmative verses, not just the few that appear to be unduly restrictive.
Phoebe and Jezebel are examples of females who addressed the congregation on the Lord's Day of worship (Romans 16:1-2; Revelations 2:18-23).
Phoebe addressed the congregation at the direction of Paul. Jezebel addressed the congregation at Thyatira by the permission of "the angel of the house"—male leadership. Phoebe followed instructions. Jezebel spoke contrary to the Word and Will of God. But the speaking hour was not off limits to her based on gender. Her disqualification was based on false teaching, which is the same thing that men are often rebuked for in Scripture.
I think we need to acknowledge that, however firmly we hold our convictions; there might be some things we don't know. It seems those who hold firmly to "I don't suffer a woman to teach" will often dismiss "let the women keep silent."
DOES THE BIBLE PERMIT WOMEN TO PREACH IN OUR LORD'S DAY WORSHIP SERVICE?
Opening Statement by Wm. Dwight McKissic, Sr.
Ascol/McKissic Debate/Dialogue
Westin Birmingham
In the Kingdom, God values women. Neither complementarianism, nor egalitarianism are biblical terms, and they fall short of biblical definitions and parameters when it comes to certain gender roles in Kingdom ministry. Jesus would not label Himself a complementarian or an egalitarian; therefore, neither will I. The word I have coined to label my position on gender roles in ministry is –"Kingdomarian."1 This appellation—'kingdomarian"—focuses on Jesus' central teaching on all things as matters "pertaining to the Kingdom of God" (Acts 1:3).
A Kingdomarian is one who believes men and women are coequal under God. Both are valued by God in their essence and function. Both are called into the ministry of disciple-making and preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom to the ends of the Earth. And both do this with the recognition that in the local church, women and men function under God's authority, under the leadership of a Kingdom-focused, male lead pastor because of God's sovereign purpose(s) and Kingdom assignment(s) (Matthew 24:14).
My thesis proposes that the Bible reveals that in God's Kingdom, God gifts and calls women to preach to whomever He wills, on any day He wills, at any gathering He wills, without limitation with respect to gender (Acts 2:17-18; I Corinthians 11:5).
The Son of God, The Spirit of God and The Saints of God, have sanctioned and commissioned women to preach the Gospel wherever and whenever "God would open…a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ" (Colossians 4:3).
I. The Son Of God Affirmed Women in Proclamation Ministries Without Regard to Gender under His Authority.
A. At Jesus' birth Anna the prophetess "spoke of Him to all those who looked for redemption in Jerusalem" (Luke 2:38). She "did not depart from the temple" (Luke 2:37). Whatever prophesying Anna engaged in occurred at the temple in Jerusalem, and we know she spoke to "all"—men and women (Luke 2:38).
B. During Jesus' life "many women…followed Jesus" (Matthew 28:55), funded His ministry (Luke 8:2-3), were discipled by Him (Luke 10:38-42), stood by Him at the Cross (Matthew 27:55-56; Mark 15:40), and came to His tomb, "very early in the morning, on the first day of the week" (Mark 16:2), "that they might…anoint Him" (Mark 16:1). Male disciples (with the exception of John) were conspicuously absent at the cross and at the tomb (Mark 14:50). John, alone, eventually stood by Jesus at the cross (John 19:25-27).
C. Jesus rewarded women for their faith and faithfulness to Him, by commissioning two women (Mary Magdalene and "the other Mary," Matthew 28:1) to deliver the first Lord's Day Worship Sermon, in the history of the Christian Church (Matthew 28:6, 10).
Jesus fully entrusted women to deliver the first Lord's Day message to men. The angel told the women, after inviting them to inspect the empty grave, "go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead" (Matthew 28:7). Jesus instructed these women, "Go and tell My brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see Me" (Matthew 28:10).
I agree with Southern Baptist pastor, Steve Bezner2:
"In the days after the Resurrection, as the church was formed, the New Testament is clear — women were integral. Women were the ones to discover the empty tomb, and, therefore, the first to preach the gospel. We read that Philip's daughters prophesied. We read that the Spirit falling at Pentecost was a fulfillment of Joel's prediction that sons and daughters would prophesy. We read that, in Christ, there is neither male nor female — there are no categories of salvation in Jesus. We read that Phoebe is a diakonos of the church — a word usually translated as "deacon." We read that Junia is "highly esteemed among the apostles," which means that either a) Junia was a woman highly respected by the apostles or, b) that Junia was a woman who was a highly respected apostle (but not one of the Twelve). We read that Lydia hosted a church in her home. We read that Priscilla helped disciple Apollos — a popular early Christian teacher."
Basically, Pastor Steve Bezner's point emphasizes that: "Women were…the first to preach the gospel"; they preached the gospel to men, including on the Lord's Day of worship (Matthew 28:1-10); and women were gifted and allowed to use those gifts in the early church.
II. The Spirit Of God Anointed And Appointed Women To Preach The Gospel, Under God's Authority, Without Regard To The Day Of The Week, Under God-Appointed Male Authority.
A. Women were in the upper room on the day of Pentecost, when God poured out His Spirit upon the church (Acts 1:14).
B. God poured out His Spirit upon women at Pentecost to proclaim "the wonderful works of God" just as He did the men (Acts 2:11).
C. Peter quoted Joel on The Day of Pentecost, as a promise being fulfilled at Pentecost:
"And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God,
That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh;
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy," (Acts 2:17. Joel 2:28-29)
Obviously the text of Joel is appropriated to establish an authoritative basis which underscores the significance of Pentecost for both men and women.
D. The Holy Spirit distributes to "each one for the profit of all" (I Corinthians 12:7). The Holy Spirit distributed to "each one" individually as He wills (1 Corinthians 12:11). One of the gifts The Spirit gave without regard to gender was "prophecy" (I Corinthians 12:10).
E. What is prophecy? The common reformation answer appealed to 1 Corinthians 14:3 (Prophecy & Hermeneutic in Early Christianity, E. Earle Ellis, Baker Books, 1993) 3:
"But he who prophesies speaks edification and exhortation and comfort to men."
Prophecy also includes learning (I Corinthians 14:31), and evangelism (I Corinthians 14:24-25).
The gift of "preaching" is not listed among the list of spiritual gifts. No one would argue that men and women are gifted by God's Spirit to preach. So where is the gift of preaching among the list of spiritual gifts?
I agree with the Late Dr. Jack Gray, 4 who believes that the gift of prophecy equates to the gift of preaching. The gift of prophecy is mentioned in all three lists of spiritual gifts (Romans 12:6-8; I Corinthians 12:7-10, 28; Ephesians 4:11). Prophecy is the Spirit's gift to preach the message of God with clarity and power, to be God's spokesman to His people, both forth telling and foretelling. It is the gift to receive and deliver God's message to people." Prophecy is primarily communicating the gospel, with a view towards persuasion.
In I Corinthians 11:5, Paul affirms women praying and prophesying with their heads covered, which was customarily indicative of male presence and a sign of modesty in that culture. Women prophesied without any restrictions on the day or location where they would prophesy.
III. The Saints of God in Baptist History Have Sanctioned Women Preaching under God's Authority and Kingdom Male Leadership.
A. The Second London Confession of Particular Baptists (1689) states: 5
"[T]he work of preaching the Word, is not so peculiarly confined to the [elders]; but that others, also gifted and fitted by the Holy Spirit for it, and approved, and called by the Church, may and ought to perform it."
Note that these other preachers, who did not hold the pastoral office preached because they were "gifted" to do so. In other words, the local church recognized the gifting by the Holy Spirit and approved of their preaching. An autonomous local church can approve of anyone they desire to occupy the preaching hour as they deem "fitted by the Holy Spirit"—male or female.
B. Dr. Curtis Freemen, a Research Professor of Theology and Director of the Baptist House of Studies of Duke Divinity School, wrote an 842 page tome entitled: "A Company of Women Preachers: Baptist Prophetesses in Seventeenth-Century England; A Reader," 6 in which he documents, details and delineates the messages of seven Baptists Women who preached in Baptist churches in Britain from 1641-1679. Their names were Katherine Chidly, Sarah Wright, Elizabeth Poole, June Turner, Anna Trapnel, Katherine Sutton, and Anne Wentworth.
C. Leon McBeth, "The Baptist Heritage, Four Centuries of Baptist Witness" (pp. 690-695), 7 states that, "Women served as deacons and deaconesses, and sometimes preached, among the English Baptists from the 1600's. In the American South, the Separate Baptists recognized both deaconesses and eldresses, and some women, like Martha Stearns Marshall, were notable for their fervent preaching and praying in public."(pp. 690-691) (The Sandy Creek tradition).
D. In more recent history, we know that Missionary Bertha Smith delivered the "Lord's Day" morning message at Bellevue, Memphis, FBC, Dallas and Atlanta and many other SBC churches during her career. Retired Oklahoma SBC Pastor, Paul Burleson, writes about the privilege of hearing "Miss Bertha" many times in conferences where they shared being keynote speakers. Burleson summarizes a Denver speaking engagement within a SBC context where, "Miss Bertha did not give a testimony, she did not bring a devotional, she 'preached the Word in power.'" Burleson goes on to write:
"The SBC historically has been blessed by women, anointed by the Spirit, sharing the Word of God. It may not have been mainstream, but it was God, from my perspective." (Paul Burleson, Friday, May 31, 5:49 p.m., Istoria Ministries Blog, comment section).8
Charles Stanley stated in Baptist Press, October 24, 2003:
"There are a number of women who are preachers who are preaching the gospel today, and they are being very successful at it and they are meeting people's needs…You can't tell a woman who is called by God to teach that she cannot teach the Word of God…so I think that there's a difference between the authority of a pastor and a Bible teacher."9
R C Sproul stated in a "Lecture from the Teaching Series The Role of Women in the Church":
"I see nothing in Scripture that precludes a woman from being a preacher…I believe you [a woman] can be a preacher in the church on a Sunday Morning Service." 10
I give God praise for Sproul's affirmation of the proclamation gifts given to women biblically allowed in worship.
Dr. W.A. Criswell stated, "The apostle [Paul] says that the woman is to pray and to prophesy (speak out for Christ) in the church. She has a worthy place of honor in the household of God's redeemed." 11 Dr. Criswell' wife, Betty Criswell, taught men and women in church on Sunday's in a group three times larger than the average SBC church.
E. God has raised up Beth Moore, Priscilla Shirer and hundreds of Baptist/Evangelical women who are filling pulpits on Sunday morning at a male pastor's request.
F. If God's Word is true (and it is), we will see more of this in Southern Baptist churches in the future. Let the Church Say Amen!
"The Lord gives the Word, Great is the host of women who proclaim it" (Psalm 68:11).
Dr. Sheri Klouda Sharp, a Hebrew scholar, comments on this verse:
"The Hebrew actually says: The Lord gives forth His word, the ones who are proclaiming it a great host (company, etc.). The piel participle is feminine plural and you could even translate the participle as "the women proclaiming it a great host (number, company, etc.). The participle has a definite article on the front, typically translated as "the ones who are 'doing an action.'"12
G. Bill Victor raises a great question on this topic: "If Phoebe came to your church with a letter from Paul, would you let her read it in the church?" 13 And I will add—will you let her read it on Sunday morning in worship? My answer would be, "yes"!!! Hard complementarians would answer, "No"!!!
There is something profoundly wrong with the idea that a woman cannot speak or preach from the pulpit, because that is exactly what Paul instructed Phoebe to do, and instructed the men to, "assist her in whatever business she has need of you" (Romans 16:1-2). It is time for the church to let Phoebe, be Phoebe, Priscilla be Priscilla, and Phillip's four daughters conduct the ministries under God's authority, and God ordained male leadership, as He has instructed them to do, even preaching in a Lord's Day Worship service.
1 "Kingdomarian – arian is a suffix that forms the ending for nouns corresponding to Latin adjectives that ended in -arius. The suffix is for personal nouns." (Statement Providing Etymological Support for the term "Kingdomarian" by Marcus Jerkins, New Testament, PH.D. Candidate, Baylor University, Waco, TX, June 2019).
2 Pastor Steve Bezner Blog, "Room for Moore": https://medium.com/@Bezner/room-for-moore-468d26bc8ef
3 Prophecy & Hermeneutic in Early Christianity, E. Earle Ellis, Baker Books, 1993.
4 Dr. L. Jack Gray, Studies of the Holy Spirit, Self-published Class Notes, Paper, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, TX.
5 William L. Lumpkin, The Second London Confession of Particular Baptists (1689), Baptist Confessions of Faith, Judson Press, 1969, p. 288.
6 Dr. Curtis Freemen, "A Company of Women Preachers: Baptist Prophetesses in Seventeenth-Century England; A Reader"
7 H. Leon McBeth, The Baptist Heritage, Four Centuries of Baptist Witness.
8 Paul Burleson, Friday, May 31, 5:49 p.m., Istoria Ministries Blog, Comment Section.
9 Charles Stanley, Baptist Press, October 24, 2003
10 R C Sproul, "Lecture from the Teaching Series The Role of Women in the Church,"https://www.ligonier.org/learn/series/role_of_women_in_the_church/role-of-women-in-the-church/.
11 W.A. Criswell, Chriswell's Guidebook for Pastors, Broadman Press, Nashville, TN, 1980, p. 94.
12Dr. Sheri Klouda Sharp, Associate Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew, Former Chair and Director, MARS Program, Taylor University, Upland, IN. (Statement).
13 Bill Victor, Tweet by Bill Victor on Twitter, Bill Victor (@billyv_33), 6/1/19, 9:29 PM.
BIRMINGHAM BOUND SBC '19
I. I seriously internally and externally debated about attending SBC '19 Birmingham because SBC entities repeatedly refuse to hire minorities as president of one of the entities, even when they are highly qualified. There have been five entity head vacancies in the SBC over the past 18 months. Four of the five have been filled. No minorities have been hired to date. To say I am disappointed would be an understatement.
II. The ten entity heads of the SBC assemble at least biannually, in a meeting known as the Great Commission Council. In a Convention comprised of 20% minorities—Asians, African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans, it is disheartening that SBC entity trustee boards, always find a way to deem minorities less than the right fit or not the best qualified candidate to be offered an entity head president's job—consequently, disqualifying any minority service or the Great Commission Council. For the Great Commission Council to look like the White Citizens Council in the SBC is painful and shameful.
III. It is my intention to ask the chairman of the five entities who have hired, or will be soon, to answer these questions: (1) Were there any minorities interviewed as finalist for the job of president of the entity that you represent? (2) If not, why not?
IV. I have received three responses from the five entities that I wrote letters to asking pointed questions regarding minority hiring/interviews as entity head presidents.
The SBC Executive Committee and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary did not offer a response to my letter of inquiry regarding minority interviews or finalist; again, I am very disappointed with their non-response. I did get an email from Ronnie Floyd, recently elected President of the EC, stating that the Chairman of the Search Committee and/or the Chairman of the EC Trustees would have to respond to my letter because he was new on the job and literally did not have the information to answer my questions. In a brief text message exchange with Dr. Adam Greenway, recently elected President of SWBTS, he responded similarly to Dr. Floyd; new to the job, did not know the answers to my questions; answers would have to come from the search committee for President, from SWBTS or Trustees.
Dr. Chuck Kelly, the recently retired President of NOBTS, responded with a thoughtful and thorough four-page letter. Honestly, I was encouraged by Dr. Kelly's letter.
Regarding the report that he had stated that a minority hiring at NOBTS would not be good for fundraising reasons—Dr. Kelly said he has "been misrepresented, but have no intention of responding in kind with criticisms…or making elaborate defenses." Dr. Kelly further stated:
"To get to the point of your question, I believe any person of any race can raise money effectively when they are doing what God wants them to do. Based on my experience as a candidate for a seminary presidency, I will say that any candidate, Anglo or minority, should expect Trustee perceptions about their ability to raise the millions of dollars required by academic institutions in today's world, to be an important factor in candidate evaluations. It is not a racial issue. It is an experience issue. What evidence will Trustees see that you can do this?"
Dr. Kelly laid out four recommendations at my request, to increase the odds of a minority being hired as an entity head at NOBTS:
1. "Doctorate required, PhD strongly preferred; extensive, effective ministry experience in SBC churches expected; have a healthy marriage with no divorce in your past; clearly know and have a long-standing commitment to CP, the Baptist Faith & Message 2000 and the NOBTS Articles of Religious Beliefs (required of all faculty members and Trustees); and get clear experience in as many elements of a President's role and/or the school's mission and story as possible."
2. "[G]et connected to the NOBTS family in as many ways as possible, such as participation in alumni activities, MissionLab ministry involvement, interaction with professors, etc. In other words, know the school and be known by people in the NOBTS family."
3. "Get recommended…The number of recommendations can make a difference and the significance of the people making a recommendation can matter. I would advise against recommending yourself. For many Baptist search committees, self-nomination to be a President will send you to the bottom of the stack."
4. "Understand and be able to articulate how and why you believe you fit into the larger NOBTS story…"
5. "We have forty Trustees. At present those forty Trustees include one African American, one Korean and three women."
I know from independent sources that NOBTS actually interviewed two African American candidates who were finalists. In my judgment, the single most important factor related to why neither of the African American finalists was selected: because there is only one African American Trustee. That is where the crime is! Minorities in the SBC are experiencing taxation without representation.
Dr. Kelly would disagree with me: "You think the system is broken when it comes to hiring minorities to serve as entity heads. I disagree. I think it is undeveloped…The problem is a lack of focused attention on minority leadership development."
I do not totally disagree with Dr. Kelly's assessment. The truth probably lies somewhere between his position, and my position, that minorities are not being hired, because minorities are woefully not being appointed to trustee boards.
Dr. Kelly responded as a sage. My respect for him increased exponentially after reading his letter. In response to allegations of racism being hurled at him, because of a reputed remark that he recommended to the NOBTS Trustees, not to hire a minority President because of their inability to raise funds, Dr. Kelly's response: "Flaws I have in abundance, but I am not a racist." I accept Dr. Kelly's explanation of the reputed racist remark. To the extent, I accepted and publicly articulated my view of his remark is racist, without the benefit of his broader and genetic application of the fundraising requirements of a NOBTS President—I apologize to Dr. Kelly for believing and further spreading the remark.
LifeWay has not hired a President as of this date. Brad Waggoner, Interim President, responded to my inquiry. He revealed that there are four minority trustees at LifeWay. Of these four, I have no idea if one is African American or not. I have been encouraged by Jim Richardson and Steve Gaines tweeting their support for a woman entity president at LifeWay, if the search committee made such a recommendation.
President J.D. Greear is advancing the SBC forward with the increased appointments of minority trustees. For that, I am grateful.
V. I am looking forward to a debate/dialogue with Tom Ascol regarding "Does the Bible Permit Women to Preach in The Lord's Day Worship Service?" on Monday, June 10, 4:00 p.m. at the Westin Birmingham. God has been gracious to me in my preparation. I am grateful to Rev. Ascol for accepting my challenge to debate this issue. Tom and I are often on opposite sides of many SBC hot-button issues. We both are "scrappy fellows." My appreciation for him is sincere though, and I tell you why. In the early years of my attending the SBC, Tom reached out to me a hand of welcome and friendship. He invited me to a breakfast at a Founders Gathering and paid for my meal. Hardly two people in the SBC at the time even knew my name. Somehow, Tom knew of me, and extended a hand of welcome and brotherhood. That meant a lot to me; when you are a minority, at a SBC meeting, it helps when a member of the majority, goes out of their way to offer fellowship and friendship.
VI. The "For Such a Time as This Rally" is a significant gathering, that I am grateful to be asked to serve as one of their speakers on Tuesday, June 11, 6:15 p.m.
VII. "The Dangers of Social Justice Panel" is perhaps the only place where the potential for sparks to fly at an unofficial convention-related gathering, will take place, Monday, June 10, 7:00 p.m., at the Westin Birmingham. Tom Buck and Tom Ascol are both on this panel. I consider both "frenemies"; no, we are friends who simply often disagree. I love those brothers. I have never met Josh Buice. Whoever approved of the panel subject matter with the Black Power symbol in the background, simply do not appreciate or understand racial insensitivity. Thankfully, the Black Power sign from the promo materials has recently been removed. I pray that this event will be less explosive than I anticipate. At Tom Buck's request, I submitted four questions, that I hope are asked and answered:
1. Will you please specify any "dangers" that you would associate with the Civil Rights Movement led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in the 50's and 60's?
2. Do you view the battle to end legal abortion as a social justice movement? If so, why? If not, why not?
3. Why is it that White SBC pastors do not address clear cases of police brutality, as they do the abortion issue?
And, with these seven concerns, and objectives, off to Birmingham I go!
Five Questions I Respectfully Ask, Five Southern Baptist Convention Entities To Answer
Five Entities: Southern Baptist Executive Committee (EC), Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SWBTS), International Mission Board (IMB), New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS) and Lifeway.
There are five questions that I plan to forward to five SBC entities (listed above), who have hired, or will be hiring a President for each entity, in the months ahead. If I get actual, specific answers to these questions in writing before the Annual Session of the Southern Baptist Convention in Birmingham, in June, I will not find it necessary to ask these questions during each of these five entities' report to the Convention. If I don't get answers to these questions, I will feel compelled to ask these questions on the floor of the Convention.
Will you please share with me the total number of minority applicants for the Presidency of the IMB, SWBTS, EC, NOBTS and Lifeway, by the date of this letter?
Will you please share with me the total number of minority applicants that made the list of the top three finalist for the presidency of each entity (IMB, SWBTS, EC, NOBTS and Lifeway)?
Will you please share with me the total number of minority applicants who were interviewed at each entity (IMB, SWBTS, EC, NOBTS and Lifeway)?
Will each entity give your answer to the question that was reportedly expressed by a retiring entity head (that hopefully was simply an innocuous, objective and pragmatic question, as opposed to a racist question): Do you believe that a minority entity head would adversely affect the donor base of the SBC and her entities?
Will you give your answer to the question regarding your comfortability and compatibility with numerous resolutions of the SBC expressing the aspirational goal of minority inclusion and empowerment at every level of SBC life: If there are no minorities hired as entity heads between now and the near future, is that philosophically and pragmatically, a picture and a reality that your entity would be comfortable with?
Thanks for your consideration and contribution of the answers to each of these five questions. The answers to the questions will be very helpful in understanding the diversity pool of SBC potential leadership, who has expressed an openness to serve our Convention. The answers will also provide valuable information needed to be proactive in recruiting minorities to apply for future vacancies. Finally, it will give trustee board members a scientific, statistical analysis of what progress is being made toward the SBC Great Commission Council, reflecting the diversity of the scope of the Great Commission. I am really grateful for your anticipated response/answers to these questions.
For His Kingdom,
TO ATTEND, OR NOT ATTEND, THAT IS THE QUESTION
I enjoy attending the Annual Session of the Southern Baptist Convention each year. Our annual Vacation Bible School and the second week of June SBC session have often conflicted on our church calendar. I have usually opted to attend the SBC, when that occurs, and left an Associate in charge. This year we scheduled the VBS for the last week of June, to make sure it didn't conflict with the SBC and/or the National Baptist Congress of Christian Education meeting in Baltimore.
However, as of today, I'm seriously contemplating whether or not to attend the SBC Birmingham, 2019. Why? To be perfectly honest, I have conflicting emotions about the SBC's commitment to giving Asians, Hispanics, and African Americans an opportunity to interview for, and be hired as one of the Presidents of the nine Southern Baptist entities.
My ambivalent feelings are not in any wise related to fellow Arkansan, Dr. Ronnie Floyd, being elected as President of the SBC Executive Board. I actually think Ronnie was a good choice, and I have every reason to believe that he will give the Kingdom and the SBC his absolute best. If God gives our Convention the favor under Ronnie's leadership, that God gave to the Cross Church, Fayetteville, AR, where Dr. Floyd serves as pastor, we have a bright future ahead of us. My prayers and heart is for Kingdom advancement in the SBC over the next few years.
The election of Ronnie Floyd did bring to memory the controversy surrounding the letter forwarded to the EC nominating committee regarding whether or not a minority candidate was interviewed for the presidency of the EC. The EC Board of Trustees adamantly refused to answer the question, which indicated to me they had not interviewed a minority candidate. I know with certainty a highly qualified Black applicant, with a Ph.D. from a SBC seminary, experienced pastor, seminary professor, and an experienced State Executive Director, was not interviewed or seriously considered by the EC Search Committee. It is baffling to me, how do you deny such a qualified person an interview? I could accept the fact that the Committee may consider Dr. Floyd the better fit, or the more capable of the two…but to not even interview the minority candidate? BAFFLING!!!
I know for certain, a highly qualified Black candidate has submitted his name for the vacancy as President of Lifeway. At least two qualified Blacks submitted their resumes for the vacancy of the President of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Every applicant has an earned doctorate, two with Ph.D.'s, and extensive experience in SBC life. Yet, none of them currently are the leading candidates for the vacancies at any of these SBC entities. BAFFLING!!!
You will never convince me that out of five vacant entity head positions, it was God's will in every instance for an Anglo to be selected. You will never convince me in a denomination that is comprised of a 20% minority population, and assigned to disciple the nations, that at every gathering of the Great Commission Council of the SBC, it should resemble the convening of The White Citizens Council.
If the SBC continues down this road of electing five White entity heads, in the most recent vacancies, the message being sent to minorities is: You can ride on the bus, but don't ever expect to drive it.
Failing to interview, seriously consider and to hire minority candidates have left me with a feeling in the pit of my stomach that I may be a part of a denomination driven by systemic racism and a White Supremacy construct that simply cannot and will not empower and submit to minority leadership. Wrestling with this thought is very disconcerting for me.
Finally, I may not attend for a very practical reason. I've decided to re-enroll as a student at SWBTS to complete my Masters. I plan to take one class every semester, including the May Term, January Term, Summer semester, Fall and Spring, until I finish. Therefore, I may be in class this summer and simply need to be disciplined and focused. I had hoped to enroll in a class that would give me credit for attending the SBC Annual Convention, as some classes do.
I am really enjoying a Church History II class taught by Dr. Robert Caldwell. This semester we are required to read, "The Democratization of American Christianity" by Nathan O. Hatch. In Chapter six, "The Right to Think for Oneself," Page 171, Hatch writes:
The anguish of injustice and poverty makes unacceptable the implication that God is ordaining, and taking pleasure in, whatever happens. African-Americans, for instance, found little place for pre-destination in their understanding of Christianity. In Wilkinson County, Mississippi, a slave gravedigger, with a younger helper, asked a white stranger a question:
"Massa, may I ask you something?"
"Ask what you please."
"Can you 'splain how it happened in the fust place, that the white folks got the start of the black folks, so as to make dem slaves and do all de work?"
The younger helper, fearing the white man's wrath, broke in: "Uncle Pete, it's no use talking. It's fo'ordained. The Bible tells you that. The Lord fo'ordained the Nigger to work, and the white man to boss."
Dat's so. Dat's so. But if dat's so, then God's no fair man!"
Hatch then concludes:
"The forms of Christianity that prospered among African-Americans were not accepting of the status quo. They supported a moral revulsion of slavery and promised eventual deliverance, putting God on the side of change and freedom."
God is on the side of change and freedom. It is time for the SBC to change. If the SBC does not change in this cycle of entity hiring, when will she change? Will she ever change? I am not sure of the answers to these questions.
Like the older slave in the above story, I just have this question: Why is it that a minority can't ever lead an SBC entity? Is it fore ordained? God forbid! But what I do know, I cannot get excited about attending a convention where I have to ask these questions, because repeatedly I see the white power structure leave my people only with questions, but no answers.
To attend, or not attend, that is the question. At the moment, I remain uncertain.
WARNING ALWAYS COMES BEFORE JUDGMENT
Reflections on Recent SBC Sexual Abuse Reports
Christa Brown of StopBaptistPredators.org has been sounding the alarm for many years that there was a major problem, widespread, among Southern Baptists regarding sexual abuse. Unfortunately, she was largely marginalized, rebuffed, rejected, and her claims were met with denial, by high profile SBC personalities and official entity responses. History has vindicated her. The recent Houston Chronicle article documents and details a pattern of sexual abuse and cover-ups in SBC Life. Ms. Brown actually deserves an apology from the personalities and entities that questioned her motives and veracity.
In 2010, my heart bled for how the SBC was treating Ms. Brown (https://baptistnews.com/article/church-honors-advocate-for-abuse-victims/#.XGXDm1VKiM8). I wanted to encourage and affirm her, and let her know that, I, for one, thought her story was authentic, and her claims were valid that there was a larger problem in SBC Life regarding this issue.
God always sends warning before judgment. The SBC ignored the warning from the "prophetess"—Christa Brown. Now, the SBC is facing judgment.
Another warning: Sherri Klouda, Karen Bullock, and Wendy Norvelle are three SBC women who were all mistreated professionals in SBC institutional life. They were all denied tenure, positions, demoted or fired, simply because they were women. The same conservative, inerrantist, trustee board that hired Sherri Klouda to teach the Hebrew alphabet at SWBTS, fired her because she was a woman teaching the Hebrew alphabet. Sherri Klouda's firing was inexcusable and indefensible. Yet, SWBTS did so, unapologetically. It is no secret that SWBTS is experiencing major enrollment decline and financial challenges. Judgment for the ill treatment of Sherri Klouda and denying Dr. Karen Bullock, tenure, may have already begun.
I would hope that SWBTS/SBC does not wait for a secular newspaper to document and detail all the women who have been professionally violated and mistreated in SBC Life before they repent, lament, and declare a change of heart, leading to a change of actions.
Wendy Norvelle was appointed Interim VP at IMB. But trustees would not support a woman being permanently named to such a position, although there is nothing scripturally that forbids a woman functioning in such a capacity. Junia, Phoebe, Huldah, Deborah, Priscilla and Lydia are excellent biblical role models that would have not been allowed to function in today's SBC, because of views toward women, out of sync with Scripture. The three SBC women were serving in roles analogous with their biblical role models; yet, the SBC denied these women.
I, for one, want to go on record, again, acknowledging the SBC's complicity and guilt in the maltreatment of Sherri Klouda, Karen Bullock, and Wendy Norvelle. I pray that the powers that be in the SBC would offer an apology to these women before judgment fully comes.
In 2007, I resigned as a trustee after serving for only one year for several reasons. Included were health concerns, church leadership and my wife's feeling as if I had been rejected by the trustees and SWBTS leadership; therefore, I could not be effective as a trustee; and Cornerstone needed, respected and appreciated my time and input, more so than SWBTS. In many respects, when SWBTS leadership recommended to the SBC that I be removed as a trustee, they were attempting to silence and marginalize me, just as they had done Sherri Klouda and Karen Bullock. Later, they recanted their recommendation and asked me to remain a trustee. By then, I was exasperated. Those factors did weigh heavily upon my thinking. But an underlying factor, that I have never expressed publicly before was, I did not feel comfortable serving on a board that could treat Sherri Klouda as she was treated without any repentance or remorse. My presence on the board made me complicit; in my conscience, I could not live with that thought. Therefore, I resigned.
The same mentality that says Sherri Klouda cannot teach Hebrew, Wendy Norvelle cannot be a VP at IMB and Karen Bullock cannot teach church history or speak in Chapel—all on the basis of gender—is the same mentality that devalues women, solely on the basis of gender and contributes to a mentality of abusing women, because they are viewed as less valuable. God, forgive us and grant us mercy as you give us space to repent (Revelation 2:20-23).
Just as sexual abuse is systemic in SBC Life, denying women professional opportunities outside of the role of senior pastor is also systemic in SBC Life; and…God is displeased with both practices in the SBC.
In January, my wife and I have re-enrolled as students at SWBTS. We are enjoying every second of it. But, I pray that the day will come that apologies are extended to Dr. Klouda and Dr. Bullock before judgment comes.
Church honors advocate for abuse victims
NEWSABPNEWS | DECEMBER 7, 2010
ARLINGTON, Texas (ABP) — A sometimes-controversial black Southern Baptist preacher recently honored an also-outspoken advocate for victims of sex abuse by Baptist clergy.
Dwight McKissic and Christa Brown
Dwight McKissic, pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas, presented Christa Brown of StopBaptistPredators.org with an award Nov. 21 for sacrificial service by a Christian woman.
The Phoebe Award is named for a woman mentioned in the Book of Romans as "a servant of the church" and "helper of many." McKissic's church gives it to a woman "who has made a difference in our world" or "someone who stands up for truth and right," said Veronica Griffin, Cornerstone's minister of communications and special events. She said the award is presented every three to five years.
Brown is former Baptist outreach director for the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, a support-and-advocacy group formed in 1989 in response to Catholic pedophilia scandals but with a focus that has expanded in recent years to clergy sexual abuse in other denominations. Brown tells her personal story of sexual abuse at the hands of a Baptist youth minister when she was a teenager — and of decades later tracking the perpetrator down and finally getting him removed from the ministry — in a book titled This Little Light.
After hearing from others with similar experiences, Brown set out to pressure the Southern Baptist Convention to set up safeguards like an independent panel where individuals could report abuse and a database of ministers guilty or credibly accused of sexual abuse.
For her efforts Brown and other leaders of SNAP have been publicly branded by prominent SBC leaders as "evil doers," "just as reprehensible as sex criminals" and "nothing more than opportunistic persons who are seeking to raise opportunities for personal gain."
Time magazine ranked the Southern Baptist Convention's refusal to create a database of child molesters one of the 10 most under-reported stories of 2008. More recently a review of Brown's book appeared overseas in The Times Literary Supplement. A translation just out in the Paris publication Booksmagazine carries the headline, "L'Église baptiste, paradis des pedophiles," French for, "The Baptist church, paradise for pedophiles."
A Cornerstone Baptist Church press release said Brown "works tirelessly to protect the next generation of innocent girls from abuse by Baptist pastors and clergy."
"Although Ms. Brown has been disrespected, shunned and treated harshly by some in the Baptist family, she has chosen to take her abuse, hurt and shame and turn it into an opportunity to protect other women and girls from the same abuse, hurt and shame," the release continued. "Realizing that not all Baptist preachers are predators, Ms. Brown desires to make parents aware of predators while educating the parent to become more aware and savvy in protecting their children."
"She deserves to receive dignity, honor and acknowledgment for her life's mission to protect others from clergy sexual abuse and change the Baptist infrastructure so that children and families are safe," the release concluded.
Brown, an appellate lawyer now pursuing a Ph.D. at Iliff School of Theology in Denver, said that traveling to Texas to accept the award was the first time — except for funerals — she had set foot in a Baptist church in more than 30 years.
"I am grateful to the people of Cornerstone Baptist Church and to Rev. Dwight McKissic for the message of hope they have sent in the making of this award," Brown said. "Like many other clergy sex-abuse survivors, I yearn for a day when kids in Baptist churches will be a great deal safer, and when abuse survivors will be heard with compassion and care."
"As Dr. McKissic so wisely recognizes, the work of protecting against clergy predators is not work that attacks the church but work that seeks to serve the church," she said.
"Though the stories of clergy sex abuse survivors may be deeply troubling, in truth, we bring a gift to the faith community. Our stories may serve to illuminate the care that is needed for the faith community itself, so that Baptists may bear a more faithful witness in the world and may become more true to their own vision of who they are."
McKissic is no stranger to controversy. He was forced to resign as a trustee at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary after saying in a chapel sermon that he uses a "private prayer language," a practice common among Pentecostal and charismatic groups but controversial for many Southern Baptists.
More recently McKissic proposed amending the Southern Baptist Convention's constitution to exclude churches that support "racial discrimination and bigotry in any form" and called for a resolutionapologizing for the convention's mistreatment of women.
Bob Allen is senior writer for Associated Baptist Press.
DEMOCRATS ARE CALLED "GODLESS" AND ARE BEING QUESTIONED ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF THEIR FAITH
It's interesting that Democrats are being questioned about the integrity of their faith, from Republican loyalists who elected a man who own casinos, strip joints, thrice married, engaged in multiple affairs while married, who will not answer the question whether or not he paid for an abortion, defends taking children from their mothers at the border, and announced at the outset of his candidacy that he would not try and overturn the sanctioning of same-sex marriage.
The truth of the matter is that the Democrats demonstrate a greater reflection of Christ's Kingdom on issues of providing a safety net for the poor, immigration reform, social and economic justice and equality, fairness and policy brutality issues.
The Republicans provide a greater reflection of Christ's Kingdom on issues regarding the sanctity of life and their platform position against gay marriage.
I'm neither Republican nor a Democrat. The Kingdom of God does not ride on the back of a donkey or an elephant. Jesus did not come to take sides; He came to take over. I'm solely on the side of the Lamb who is worthy. The Donkey and the Elephant both fall short of the Kingdom of God, by a long shot. To tout one party spiritually and morally superior to the other, is divisive and alienating to the vast majority of believers who tend to vote along party lines racially. The implications racially of labeling Democrats "godless" are staggering.
Such false, misleading, and ill-thought labeling places the vast majority of Black and Hispanic evangelicals in the category of "godless." It is very painful and offensive to be labeled "godless" by a people who elected a person who prefers immigrants from Norway over African immigrants and refers to the alt-right as "very fine people."
Cornerstone Academy
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/05/19/remarks-president-morehouse-college-commencement-ceremony


Rainy season can be a fearsome part of life for Ugandans.
It was a terrifying night in July when relentless rains loosened the entire side of a mountain. Houses, gardens, livestock and people were flooded into a gully. Loss of life is always a cause for grief, but especially so for us when the victims include relatives of children in the Juna Amagara program. These were our neighbors suffering from disaster. Our Ugandan brothers and sisters.
An appeal was made to Juna Amagara donors to send funds for relief. You – our partners in the Ugandan mission field – responded. Because of your generosity, we were able to send over $9,000.00. Aid from the ministry was completely unexpected by the victims. These people, you see, are accustomed to feeling forgotten.
But God remembers His children. And so must we. This is one of the callings of Juna Amagara. By October, the impassable roads were being cleared. Lives began to settle and hearts to hope, because their prayers were heard… By Juna Amagara, and by you. The victims were completely overwhelmed with gratitude!
The rainy season will come once again but the love and faithfulness of God is ever-present.
To those who donated, those who prayed and those who cared, we are grateful. You saved not just a few lives, but entire families and communities. Thank you!


Ibo Island Lodge is a lovely unique property in Mozambique's Quirimbas Archipelago. Set in the midst of the old town of Ibo, an ancient trading centre for the region, the lodge looks directly out over the bay and has the best location in town. The accommodation is of a high standard and for clients wanting to explore the town and history of the area then this is a great little lodge. However, we believe Ibo does not give clients access to the areas best beaches and for that reason we tend to recommend clients only stay here for a couple of days to explore the town, but then leave to relax at other lodges where beaches are substantially better.
Ibo Island Lodge is located on the prime waterfront site, overlooking the sunset views and where dhows sail out to sea on each high tide. The lodge contains three magnificent mansions each over one hundred years old with walls over a meter thick and high ceilings.
Ibo Island is a potential World Heritage Site and therefore the rooms have been designed to incorporate the original architecture and style of the old buildings. The lodge has great views over the bay and into the National Park and accommodates guests in simple, yet elegant rooms with teak and mahogany furniture handcrafted by the people of Ibo.
All bedrooms are individually designed and unique featuring a king size 4 poster, or twin hand crafted bed made from local craftsman as part of the lodges community workshop. Wide verandas, with comfy hand furniture and soft cushions covered in local fabrics. All rooms are en-suite with twin basins and large marble showers (some also have baths and outside showers) and all rooms have air-conditioning powered at certain times and ceiling fans.
The lodge has two swimming pools in tropical gardens. An air-conditioned lounge is perfect for reading or having tea in the afternoons and there is a private dining room as well as the roof terrace restaurant with a stunning open-air lounge area for after dinner drinks.
Cuisine combines Mozambican influences with the freshest of seafood: giant tiger prawns, game fish and Ibo's specialty: fresh crab with fluffy coconut rice. Romantic private dinners are served in a number of locations, or on the rooftop terrace with awesome views over the sea.
Ibo's secret is private sand spit beach just 30 minutes by boat from the lodge and included daily in the rate. The warm turquoise waters surrounding Ibo are inhabited by turtles and tropical fish; viewings of dolphins and whales are frequent whilst the bird life is abundant and varied.


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G-8/Captain Midnight/Jet Jackson
The next blog posts I'll be covering, when time permits, will be Captain Midnight and the Shadow, both characters with roots in old time radio. The TVCU website doesn't cover radio often, as it's technically not on-screen, but it is a precursor medium that involved voice actors. I have previously covered some old time radio in my posts on the Green Hornet and Superman. With the Shadow, who has A LOT of crossovers already covered by a "crossoverologist" elsewhere, I may just stick to Shadow crossovers with other radio, television, and/or film series.
Winter 1892--DOC SAVAGE: HIS APOCALYPTIC LIFE/MONSTERS OF THE MOVIES MAGAZINE # 1--"The Life Story of King Kong"--Birth of Bruce Hagin Rassendyll, brother of Kent Allard (THE SHADOW) and half-brother of Richard Wentworth (THE SPIDER). His father is Ralph Rassendyll, cousin of Rudolph Rassendll (THE PRISONER OF ZENDA). Bruce will later go by the alias Jim "Red" Albright, and will have a heroic career first as G-8 then later as Captain Midnight. Bruce will also be the uncle of Cordwainer Bird.
1914 to 1918--The main era of adventures of G-8.
February to June 1916--THE ADVENTURE OF THE PEERLESS PEER--Holmes teams with Tarzan. Other crossover connections are: THE SHADOW, G-8, ALLAN QUATEMAIN, SIR HENRY MERRIVALE, and DR. GIDEON FELL.
1917--DAREDEVIL ACES--"Dynamite Cargo"--G-8 meets the Red Falcon.
Spring 1918--G-8 AND HIS BATTLE ACES--"Grun-The Green Terror!"--Herr Grun and Herr Doktor Krueger meet for the first time. Krueger is in possession of the "Einstein-Steinmetz-Edison time dislocator".
Winter 1918--DARE-DEVIL ACES--"Flight of the Vultures"--The Red Falcon is assisted by G-8.
1918--G-8 AND HIS BATTLE ACES--"Fangs of the Sky Leopard"--G-8 again teams with the Red Falcon.
1918--G-8 AND HIS BATTLE ACES--"Red Wings for the Death Patrol"--The third team-up between G-8 and the Red Falcon.
1918--G-8 AND HIS BATTLE ACES--"Red Wings Raiding"--The final recorded team-up between G-8 and the Red Falcon.
October 1918--Based on theories from published Farmerian essays and stories, Jim "Red" Albright, the brother of Kent "the Shadow" Allard, changes his call sign from G-8 to Captain Midnight.
THE BLOODY RED BARON: ANNO DRACULA 1918 (NOVEL BY KIM NEWMAN)
Release Date: November 1995 (Setting is 1918)
Series: Anno Dracula
Animated Series Crosses: Peanuts
Other Crosses: The Shadow; Biggles; Sherlock Holmes; The Vampyre; Ashenden; The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari; Fantomas; Dr. Thorndyke; Bulldog Drummond; The Saint; The Island of Doctor Moreau; Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos; Batman (Silver Age); Harry Flashman; Doc Savage; Captain Midnight; Sidney Reilly; Lord Peter Wimsey; Lady Chatterley's Lover; Arrowsmith; The Sun Also Rises; Averoigne; Enemy Ace; Grave of the Vampire; Hellraiser; Dawn Patrol; Robur the Conqueror; La Bete Humaine; Alraune; The Great Gatsby; A Rebours; The Black Cat; All Quiet on the Western Front; Sadie Thompson; Lemora; The Blue Angel; The Roaring Twenties; Gigi; Tarnished Angels; The Good Soldier Svejk; Jules et Jim; Le Roi de Coeur; The Last Flight; Billy Bunter; Judex; Dad's Army; The Vampire Thrills; The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp; Faustine; Citizen Kane; The Bridge on the River Kwai; Oh! What a Lovely War; Paths of Glory; Metropolis; The Spy in Black; Near Dark; Forever Knight; Parade's End; The Heap; Where Eagles Dare; Fright Night; Journey's End; Dracula; The Big Parade; Anak Pontianak; The Blue Max; Necroscope; Revelations in Black; The Dragon Waiting; Paths of Glory; Under Two Flags; Doctor Who
The Story: During World War I, 30 years afte the events of Anno Dracula, the Diogenes Club tries to stop the Nazies from creating undead fighter pilots.
Notes: The Anno Dracula Universe is a divergent timeline, where Dracula married Queen Victoria during the events of Bram Stoker's novel. This led to a very different reality. Snoopy appears in this story, having been shot down by the Red Baron. In the main Cartoon Universe, Snoopy's battles with the Red Baron didn't really happen, and were merely part of Snoopy's imagination. It seems that in this divergent timeline, Snoopy indeed existed as a pilot in World War I, placing those imaginary scenarios and two popular songs in this divergent timeline. Perhaps the Snoopy of the main reality gets visions of his alternate timeline counterpart, which inspire his playtime. Other crosses listed above are also divergent versions that exist in the Anno Dracula timeline.
Summer 1921--TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN VOLUME 2: GENTLEMEN OF THE NIGHT--"A Jest, To Pass the Time"--A mystery man sends several thieves off to find the legendary Moonstone. G-8 has a crossover. Too many others. Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World painstakingly reveals every crossover in the Tales of the Shadowmen series.
MONSTERS OF THE MOVIES MAGAZINE # 1 "THE LIFE STORY OF KING KONG" (STORY BY JIM HARMON)
Release Date: June 1, 1974 (Setting is 1931)
Series: King Kong (original)
Non-Horror Crosses: G-8; Captain Midnight; The Spider; The Shadow; Smilin' Jack Martin; Tailspin Tommy; Jimmie Allen; Tarzan
The Story: In this essay, Jim Harmon speculates on the events of King Kong. Specifically, he believes that the bi-planes that attacked Kong were actually flown by Captain Midnight (also known as G-8), Smilin' Jack Martin, Tailspin Tommy and Jimmie Allen.
Notes: Harmon speculates G-8 (the pulp hero) and Captain Midnight (the radio hero) are one and the same character, having used both identities at different times in his career. He also says he does not believe the rumor that G-8 did "hide in the shadows like some creeping spider." This is a reference to Farmer's assertion in Tarzan Alive that G-8, the Shadow, and the Spider were actually one person with multiple personalities, which he later altered in Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life to say they were brothers. Smilin' Jack Martin and Tailspin Tommy were comic strip aviators. Jimmie Allen was a radio aviator hero.
November 1931--CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT--Red Albright (aka Bruce Hagin Rassendyll) begins his new adventures as Captain Midnight on a fairly more regular basis, with Chuck Ramsay, Patsy Donovan, Joyce Ryan, and Ichabod Mudd, who Win Scott Eckert believes to be an ancestor of Star Trek's Harcourt Fenton Mudd.
Early 1930s?--CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT CHRONICLES--"Death Master of the Secret Island"--Midnight uncovers an island that may have been inhabited by an ancient Cthulhu cult.
March 1937--CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT CHRONICLES--"Captain Midnight at Ultima Thule"--Midnight battles the German pulp hero Sun Koh with revelations of a link to ancient Opar! Other crossovers linked in this story include: SKYLARK, THE COMING RACE, G-8, LANCE STAR, FU MANCHU, ARSENE LUPIN, THE WORKS OF PHILIP JOSE FARMER, KING KONG, SHERLOCK HOLMES, OPAR, and TARZAN. Note that the "Wold Newton Universe" is not the Television Crossover Universe. There are some stories that fit within both shared realities, but there are some contrary methodologies between the TVCU (and its published counterpart, the Horror Universe) and the Wold Newton Universe (and its published counterpart, the Crossover Universe). We tend to include things here that might get relegated to alternate realities in Eckert and Sean Levin's crossover works. It makes since, as Eckert's Crossover Universe begins with Farmer's work at its center, a more pulp/victorian literature focused center. While we include that type of work, based on our methodology, the TVCU's center is "Lucy meets Superman", and the Horror Universe centers on Abbott and Costello Meets Frankenstein, so we often allow for a more surreal, sillier reality. While the WNU/CU is the secret history of the world outside your window, the TVCU is absolutely not the real world, and is the world seen on screen. But as I said, there are many stories that fit in both, including published stories that adapt the Farmerian method, and as a completist, and thorough researcher, I must adhere to my crossover methodology and include theories that make it into published works and deem them as official for TVCU purposes. Out of respect for the crossover research of Eckert and Levin, certain entries that have A LOT of crossovers, particularly if they are not TV/film related, I choose to only briefly mention the story synopsis and list the crossovers involved, but not go into too much detail on the specifics of the crossovers. Eckert and Levin have some fine books and websites that go into much greater detail on pulp and victorian literature crossovers. I'll stick to talking about mostly on-screen stories, my area of expertise.
Summer 1939--CAPTAIN SPECTRE--A bunch of kids learn that their favorite radio hero, Captain Spectre, is real, which leads them to theorize that other fictional heroes may actually exist. This story has crossover links to: TARZAN, JOHN CARTER, DOC SAVAGE, THE SHADOW, THE SPIDER, CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT, and THE GREEN HORNET.
December 1940--AIRBOY!/G-8--This crossover is the first meeting of Airboy and G-8, but the later Airboy/Midnight crossover seems to make them seem like a first meeting. Perhaps that was an intentional mislead from Midnight to not give away his previous identity. G-8 became Midnight allegedly in 1918. Perhaps Midnight maybe occassionally slipped between identities, just as he sometimes returned to his Midnight identity during his Jet Jackson era.
December 1940--IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN 3: EVEN MORE NEW STORIES OF OLD-TIME RADIO--"Jack Armstrong and the Hoard of Montezuma"--Jack Armstrong on an expedition to find Montezuma's treasure. Other crossovers include: CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT, NICK CARTER, SHERLOCK HOLMES, THE SPIDER, THE GREEN HORNET, and DON WINSLOW.
Early 1940s?--CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT CHRONICLES--"Captain Midnight Meets Airboy"--The two legendary pilots work together.
1942--PULP DETECTIVES--"The Nazi Spider Staffel"--This Lone Eagle adventure has crossovers with: SECRET AGENT X, HOGAN'S HEROES, G-8, and THE PHANTOM DETECTIVE.
World War II--RETURN OF THE ORIGINALS: BATTLE OF L.A.--G-8 teams with THE PHANTOM DETECTIVE, THE BLACK BAT, and THE DOMINO LADY. SECRET AGENT X is also involved.
June 1945--LEGENDS OF NEW PULP FICTION--"Chance of a Ghost"--This Green Ghost adventure includes crossover links to: LOVECRAFT'S CTHULHU MYTHOS, THE SHADOW, THE SPIDER, THE GREEN LAMA, SECRET AGENT X, THE SAINT, THE WHISPERER, THE BLACK BAT, NERO WOLFE, CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT, THE PHANTOM DETECTIVE, THE DOMINO LADY, KI-GOR, PIMPERNEL SMITH, THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL, DOC SAVAGE, THE WORKS OF PHILIP JOSE FARMER (commonly known as the Wold Newton Universe), JULES DE GRANDIN, THE WORKS OF WIN SCOTT ECKERT (the successor to Philip Jose Farmer), and THE FILMS OF QUENTIN TARANTINO. This story works within the framework established by Farmerians that in this fictional universe, the real world NYC commissioner is the commissioner of this fictional reality, and all the other NYC police commissioners seen in fiction are actually assistant commissioners assigned to particular burroughs of New York.
Fall 1945--IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN 2: MORE NEW STORIES OF OLD-TIME RADIO--"The Maker of Werewolves"--THE AVENGER (Jim Brandon) battles Doctor Krueger, who claims to have once been known as Moriarty. THE SHADOW appears at the end to advice Brandon to use his power of invisibility only for good.
Summer 1953--THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF NYOKA, THE JUNGLE GIRL # 1 - 3--Nyoka meets Chuck Ramsay, former sidekick of CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT.
1954 to 1958--CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT--Captain Midnight was a daring, jut-jawed war hero who led a mysterious government group known as the Secret Squadron. Midnight, his comic sidekick Icky, and the rest of the Squadron traveled around the globe stomping out evil. When the show went into syndication, Midnight's name became Jet Jackson, and the show's title was changed.
Winter 1971--IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN--"Any You Walk Away From"--Captain Midnight teams up with Sky King.
October 1973 to 1974--GREATHEART SILVER--Allegedly the deaths of many great heroes of the pulp era, including G-8. However, an explanation for the reappearance of some of these heroes later on may be reconciled here. Other crossovers include: DOC SAVAGE, THE SHADOW, THE AVENGER, JAMES BOND, PETE RICE, LONE RANGER, THE SCORPION, THE OCTOPUS, DR. YEN SIN, FU MANCHU, DR. DEATH, WU FANG, DAN FOWLER, SECRET AGENT X, THE SPIDER, DOC HARKER, THE SILVER BUCK, THE GREEN LAMA, CAPTAIN SATAN, THE CRIMSON MASK, THE SCARLET WIZARD, THE MOON MAN, THE PHANTOM DETECTIVE, THE WHISPERER, OPERATOR # 5, THE BLACK BAT, THE GREEN GHOST, CAPTAIN ZERO, TREASURE ISLAND, and DAVID COPPERFIELD.
Summer 1990--THE SPIDER'S WEB: STARRING WEB-MAN--"The Web of Time"--G-8's foe, Herr Gunn, travels from 1918 to the future to encounter Web-Man.
1998 to 2001--THE FAMOUS JETT JACKSON--After having spent years in California working as the TV action hero Silverstone, Jett Jackson decides to move the show to his hometown in hopes of pursuing a more normal life.
2000--PLANETARY: ALL OVER THE WORLD AND OTHER STORIES--Archaeologists discover a hidden history of extraordinary beings, including DOC SAVAGE, FU MANCHU, OPERATOR # 5, TARZAN, TOM SWIFT, G-8, THE SPIDER, GOJIRA, MOTHRA, GHIDORAH, and more.
2000--RADIO'S CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT: THE WARTIME BIOGRAPHY--Author Stephen A. Kallis publishes the biography of Captain Midnight.
21st Century--CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT--Captain Midnight returns after having been trapped in the bermuda triangle since World War II. Only... Midnight had adventures after that, all the way up to the 1970s. But it's the Bermuda Triangle. Remember that story where Han Solo and Chewbacca crashed on Earth and died, and we said that going through a time/space portal created a "transporter duplicate" of sorts? Perhaps this Captain Midnight popped out of the Triangle sixty years later while another version of him came out moments later. We also used this doppelgangers in the same timeline for the Munsters/Munsters Today explanation.
June 2001--JETT JACKSON: THE MOVIE--Jett decides to quit Silverstone and lead a normal life. On the day of his last episode he is hit on the head with a prop and in his dream he is Silverstone. He is the only one who realizes that this is a dream.
2007--THE FLYING SPY: A HISTORY OF G-8--A biography of G-8 is written by author Nick Carr.
Late September 2008--HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER--"The Best Burger in New York"--Your uncle Toby points out that Regis Philbin appears in this episode as himself. Using his rule called "the League of Themselves", which he discusses here, this connects HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER to other shows such as "All My Children", "One Life to Live", "Primetime Glick", "The Famous Jett Jackson", "LateLine", "Caroline in the City", "Style and Substance", "Second Noah", "Soul Man", Marry Me (1997 TV movie), "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", "Hope & Gloria", "Women of the House", "The Cosby Mysteries", "The Larry Sanders Show", "Seinfeld", "Kung Fu: The Legend Continues", "Mad About You", "Number 96", "Spin City", "Lilo & Stitch: The Series", "The Simpsons", and "Family Guy". This episode is also the first appearance of Goliath National Bank. Your uncle James has provided me with this info: So, make of this How I Met Your Mother theory what you will, but TVTropes argues that the company Barney works for--Altrucell--is actually a front for COBRA.
From TVTropes:
Think about it: what do we know about the company Barney works for?
• They spend a lot of time acquiring banks, and theoretically, have a lot of bankers/financiers working with them
• They're evil
• They regularly get attacked by ninjas
• They have destabilized at least one nation
• They regularly do business with countries the U.S. considers threats (North Korea and China, at least.)
Sounds a lot like COBRA to me.
That same day that your uncle James told me this, I got an e-mail from COBRA INSURANCE. Cobra has many fronts, including Extensive Enterprises. There's also these: Fronts
To hide certain aspects of its operation, Cobra maintains a number of legitimate business fronts (in addition to the town of Springfield itself and its encompassing businesses) nearly all of which appear to be anagrams of the word "cobra".
Naja Trading Corp and its likely subsidiary, "Naja Hanna Video Corp", is the first of these fronts to appear in the comics. It has offices in both San Francisco as well as Rio Lindo in the Republic of Sierra Gordo. Cobra used it to smuggle MX missile guidance chips out of the country inside video games. Dr. Venom was in charge of the Rio Lindo office. "Naja Hanna" is Hindi for "King Cobra".[5]
Arbco (AKA ARBco Regional) is the largest and most prominent Cobra front in the Marvel RAH comics. Although it apparently started in Springfield, it grew to have offices in at least 10 major U.S. cities including Denver.
Arbco Furniture Company: Cobra maintained a secret testing lab within for a deadly plague toxin in Springfield, Vermont.[6]
Arbco Moving & Storage (AKA Arbco Moving): Cobra uses moving trucks with "Arbco" stamped on the sides to transport H.I.S.S. tanks covertly into Washington D.C. for an attack on the U.S. Treasury.[7] They were also used to transport sensitive spy equipment for reassigned undercover Crimson Guardsmen.[8] Cobra Commander maintains a mobile office in an Arbco Moving truck.[9]
Arbco Bros. Circus: Billy learned that Cobra uses the circus as a cover to transport HISS tanks and FANG copters (mistakenly referred to as "SNAP copters") around the country.[8]
Carbo Plumbing: A surveillance team of Tele-Vipers eavesdrop on a military inquest from a plumbing van outside the Pentagon.[10]
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Orbac - Cobra troops were moved into the Safeco Field Stadium in Seattle using trucks with this name on the side.[11] Zartan used an Orbac truck as a mobile HQ as well.[12]
Extensive Enterprises - This global company based out of the twin Enterprise Towers in Enterprise City existed primarily to serve Cobra's administrative needs with Tomax and Xamot as the corporation's CEOs. Its first appearance was in the third G.I. Joe miniseries and then in the regular TV series in the episide "Red Rocket's Glare". Although the company existed primarily in the TV universe, it would later be adapted by Devil's Due for use in the comics continuity as well. In the IDW comic continuity, it is a pre-existing, corrupt multinational firm that is absorbed into Cobra.
M.A.R.S.- Military Armaments Research Systems/Syndicate - a legitimate weapons manufacturing firm headquartered in Callender, Scotland. James McCullen Destro XXIV is the current owner and CEO.
SKY CAPTAIN--Sky Captain was inspired by Captain Midnight. Since Sky Captain doesn't fit in the TVCU (for instance, Godzilla attacking Tokyo in 1939), it could be that Sky Captain IS Captain Midnight of this alternate timeline.
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5 Awesome Family Movies to Watch on STARZPLAY
Movie nights are a great way of spending time with your family. Here are 5 awesome family movies to watch on STARZ PLAY.
Best Family Movies on STARZ PLAY
1. Inside Out
Inside Out features Riley, a joyful and spirited Midwestern girl who loves her hockey. All that changes when her family moves to San Francisco. Her rickety emotions – "Joy", "Fear", "Anger", "Sadness", and "Disgust" – try to get her through this difficult moment in her life. When the pressure becomes too much, "Sadness" goes into a frenzy and things don't go as planned.
2. Enchanted
In Enchanted, beautiful Giselle falls in love with the charismatic Prince Edward. When they decide to get married, Giselle's evil mother-in-law banishes her to New York – a city with "no happy-ever-afters." Fortunately, Robert, a cynical divorce lawyer, comes to her rescue. But can she get back to her one true love in time?
3. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
When an economic crisis hits Swallow Falls, sardine is the only affordable meal for many households. Amidst the crisis, an unlikely hero emerges – Flint Lockwood, an unaccomplished investor, who builds a machine that can convert water into food.
However, when the machine gets out of control, Flint has to suffer the consequences of yet another failed invention. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a definite must-watch!
4. Maleficent
As a young girl, Maleficent had a peaceful and fun life in the forest. When an army threatens to invade the forest kingdom, she becomes its fiercest protector. She even casts a spell on the king's newborn daughter who holds the key to peace in the land.
5. Bedtime Stories
Skeeter Bronson – a hotel handyman – finds out that the Bedtime Stories he has been telling his nephew and niece are coming to life. To make the most out of this mysterious phenomenon, Skeeter makes up tales that favor him but the kids keep adding details that change the endings of the stories and affect his life.
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St Peter's Presents: Sir Peter Bazalgette
St Peter's Presents
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St Peter's College is delighted to welcome eminent television executive Sir Peter Bazalgette to Oxford for a joint event with Between the Spires.
The creator of TV hits including Ready Steady Cook, Big Brother and Deal or No Deal, Sir Peter is now Executive Chairman of ITV, having previously held the post of Chair at the Arts Council.
He has written widely on internet privacy, arts and philanthropy and young people and voting, as well as co-authoring four books including The Empathy Instinct: How to Create a More Civil Society.
The event will be convened by Theo Davies-Lewis (St Hughes' College, 2016), Presenter and Executive Producer of Between the Spires.
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Entain's Neds Manufacturer Will become Formal Wagering Sponsor of the Australian Professional Leagues for 2 Yrs
December 9, 2021 Bryan BryantBlog
The regional gambling operator Neds has been named as an official wagering sponsor for the Australian Experienced Leagues (APL) soon after the two get-togethers inked a 2-12 months offer.
As unveiled by the APL, which presently serves as the organising physique for equally men's and women's A-Leagues on the territory of Australia, the settlement will supply Neds with the right for in-stadium advertising. The firm, which is owned and operated by the British gambling giant Entain, will also get chosen matches' signage legal rights, integration with reside match centres for each worldwide and domestic matches, as nicely as access to articles on the electronic content material system of the A-Leagues, Keepup. The operator's emblem will also be present on the social media channels employed by the A-Leagues.
The main advertising officer of Neds, James Burnett, shared that, in his view, Neds will benefit from the deal, as it is a significant brand name chance that will offer the organization with accessibility to more than 200 matches across the qualified men's and women's leagues but will also provide sporting activities fans with the likelihood to consider their guidance for their favourite club to the following degree. Mr Burnett spelled out that a substantial growth of fascination has been registered throughout the A-Leagues due to the fact soccer is the most-played activity in Australia and on a world scale.
The A-Leagues are not the only professional sports activities leagues that function in collaboration with Entain's Australian sporting activities betting brand. A number of months in the past, Neds disclosed that it inked a partnership settlement with The Top Combating Championship (UFC), below which it grew to become the UFC's official betting lover for Australia.
Some A-League Golf equipment Inked Anti-Gambling Sponsorship Agreements with Authorities Businesses
The freshly-introduced deal, nonetheless, has not been very well-acknowledged by any person, simply because a selection of A-League golf equipment have now agreed on anti-gambling sponsorships with the country's govt agencies.
Back again in February 2021, the Western Sydney Wanderers shook arms with the NSW Place of work for Responsible Gambling in excess of a partnership that is aimed at tackling the normalisation of sporting activities betting in professional sports. As portion of the agreement, the Wanderers uncovered that the group will switch down all sponsorship and proportional proposals from sports activities betting operators.
The top posture that Australian soccer at present has in the gambling sector, is highlighted by the simple fact that all A-League golf equipment are taken care of as equivalent proprietors in the APL.
Neds is the newest operator that has turn out to be a sponsor of the A-Leagues given that the APL competitions were being unified beneath the new banner in Oct. At the conclusion of 2020, it split from the football federation of Australia.
The main business officer of the A-Leagues, Ant Hearne, discussed that the upcoming 2021/2022 soccer season has prospects of offering the most remarkable soccer online games in the A-Leagues, so the existence of Neds of their sponsor would help them hook up, unify and empower supporters to turn out to be more engaged with the video game.
Olivia Cole has labored as a journalist for quite a few many years now. Above the last pair of decades she has been engaged in producing about a number of industries and has designed an desire for the gambling sector in the Uk.


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3DS Review - 'Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth'
by Chris "Atom" DeAngelus on Dec. 22, 2014 @ 2:15 a.m. PST
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth is a cross-over for the 3DS that brings Persona 3 and 4 characters to the gameplay style of Etrian Odyssey.
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth is a fusion of Etrian Odyssey and Persona, bringing the characters and mechanics from the Persona franchise into the dungeon-crawling adventure of Etrian Odyssey. It's mostly a good mix, but it's not consistent throughout the game.
Persona Q is set roughly around the mid-point of both Persona 3 and Persona 4. A space-time distortion brings the cast of both titles to a school that resembles Yasogami High. It's the middle of a cultural festival, and the school is dominated by a giant clock tower that isn't really there. The combined casts meet a pair of lost students named Rei and Zen, who are trying to find a way to leave the distorted Yasogami High. The only way out is to venture into labyrinths that have themes involving the various cultural festival events. The labyrinths are deadly and filled with Shadows. If the two groups of heroes can't find their way to the bottom, they'll never return home again.
The plot is cute but pretty simplistic. It serves as an excuse to have the cast members from Persona 3 and Persona 4 in the same title. The writing is better than Persona 4: Arena, and there are some fun character interactions. However, with the full cast of two games to contend with, Persona Q tends to paint characters in the broadest strokes. For some, like the Persona 3 cast, this works in their favor and injects them with a little more life. Others suffer heavily from it. Teddie, who is pretty cute and charming in Persona 4, devolves into being a one-note horndog, and Aigis is permanently stuck in Robot mode. The new characters, Zen and Rei, are fun, but Rei spends 90% of her dialogue making food jokes. The main story gets rather dark, though it's in a fitting manner. The ending is a slight letdown in comparison, but the journey is worth it.
Combat in Persona Q is very clearly based off the Etrian Odyssey engine. You have a front line and a back line, with various attacks targeting only one or both. Your goal is to take down your enemy's HP before they take down yours. The combat system will feel very familiar to Persona fans. It's, aside from the addition of a row system, almost unchanged from the mainline games. There's still a heavy focus on targeting enemy elemental weaknesses, but there are some minor changes. Etrian Odyssey fans may notice the combat is simpler. There's less emphasis on setting up attack synergies and more on straight-up attacking. Certain mechanics, such as Binds and Circles, have been ported to the combat system.
Persona Q adds an unusual wrinkle to the Persona system. In Persona 3 and Persona 4, every character had a distinct and unchanging Persona except the main character, who could swap at will. In Persona Q, every character, including both protagonists, has a default Persona and can also equip a Sub-Persona, which do not have any impact on stats or elemental strengths or weaknesses. Instead, Sub-Personas have two uses: providing an additional skill slots for your characters (skills are transferred between Persona during fusions) and providing an HP and SP boost (it refreshes instantly outside of combat).
This adds an interesting twist to combat. SP and HP costs are significantly higher in Persona Q than they are in the main games. Early on, casting a handful of simple fire and ice spells completely drains your character. This is balanced by the new Boost mechanic, which replaces the Once More mechanic from the main Persona games. Hitting an enemy's elemental weakness or getting a critical strike, puts a character into Boost state. During this time, their next ability costs 0 SP or HP, and that character always acts first. Boosts can be chained together, so as long as your next attack hits the weakness, you'll continue to have no SP or HP cost for the attacks. If you get hit or use an attack that doesn't hit a weakness, you'll lose the state and its benefits. This turns combat into a game of focusing on weaknesses and avoiding the use of SP. HP is easier to refill and provides a comfortable buffer zone for attacks. There are even elemental-based physical attacks that you can chain together.
The dungeon design is taken straight out of the Etrian Odyssey series. Players are placed in pre-generated mazes to explore. It even borrows the mapping system from Etrian Odyssey, although it has received some upgrades to be more user-friendly. The dungeons are pretty large and riddled with shortcuts, puzzles and side-quests. While this may bring to mind images of the punishing dungeons of Strange Journey, it shouldn't. The dungeons in Persona Q are light and friendly: Damage tiles are incredibly rare, traps and teleport mazes are almost unseen, and shortcuts are plentiful.
The bulk of the challenge comes from the FOEs, which are sub-bosses who roam dungeons. Some charge you if they spot you, some hop around in odd patterns, some are terrified or enraged by fire, and so on. The bulk of the game involves avoiding these enemies until you're strong enough to take them on. Each of the dungeons has a set of FOEs, and the core dungeon design is focused on avoiding them in various ways. It's an engaging way to handle dungeon-crawling, as any Etrian Odyssey fan can tell you. Manipulating and exploiting the FOEs to get where you need to go is quite thrilling.
Persona Q has one major problem: It's absurdly easy. A big part of this is in the unusual mesh of Shin Megami Tensei and Etrian Odyssey mechanics. If you've played either game, there are certain powers that are incredibly strong in both: buffs, debuffs, multihit physical attacks, and status effects. Having the two combined only amplified the power of these abilities. The status effect Panic trivializes a tremendous amount of the game. As soon as it hits, it renders the enemy confused and removes their ability to dodge attacks. Stick this on anything, from the weakest foe to the terrifying Reaper, and then you'll be able to stack some buffs and debuffs on top. There are some cool move sets that take time to build up, but they end up being weaker in the end.
From a gameplay perspective, the biggest issue is the Hama and Mudo line of spells. Hama and Mudo have always been very powerful spells. If they hit, they instantly kill their enemy. Their highest-level abilities were the key to some powerleveling strategies in Persona 3 and Persona 4. Here, they're even more excessive. The majority of enemies is vulnerable to Hama and Mudo, which means you can hit them with it. In Persona 3 or Persona 4, Hama and Mudo spells cost a lot of SP, and more things were resistant to them. Here, the Sub-Persona system means you can cast spells in every fight without running low on SP. It makes the random encounters pretty dull, so after the second dungeon or so, I didn't bother checking my enemy defenses because Hama and Mudo goes through almost anything in a flash.
Unfortunately, the easy of the game also devalues the cool dungeon design. Every dungeon is designed with the assumption that you're going to avoid the FOEs until later in the game. They're threats you have to puzzle around, but thanks to Panic, you can brute-force your way through the majority of the puzzles. It's nice to have the option, but in many cases, it was simpler to kill my way through rather than take the longer puzzling route. After the first dungeon, there was not a single FOE I couldn't effortlessly kill upon my first encounter. Even the Reaper, who the game treats as a tremendous threat, went down. That led to some awkward cut scenes where my character described the terror they felt of an enemy I had already killed five times in a row. Not even the higher difficulty modes helped, since the problem involves either insta-killing or permanently locking down enemies.
To the game's credit, it is easy in a lot of user-friendly ways. Characters call out shortcuts if they spot them, NPCs remind you if you head into a dungeon without an escape item, and requests are carefully tailored to make sure you understand what you need. One thing that is both a plus and a minus is that certain puzzles will be auto-solved if you go too long without the correct solution. It's nice since some puzzles are ridiculous, but it's frustrating to have Naoto pop up and tell you the answer if you don't want it. The game may feel a little hand-holdy for Etrian Odyssey veterans, but it does a great job of streamlining the mechanics for Persona fans.
Persona Q's graphical style uses cute super-deformed versions of the characters with 3-D models. It's actually a step up from Etrian Odyssey's static sprites, but it's a step down from Persona 4 Golden's full-sized models. Still, it's a cute-looking game, if one with a somewhat unwieldy user interface. Of course, the standout is the music. Both the dungeon songs and the battle themes are excellent and capture the pop aesthetic of Persona quite well. The voice acting is a mixed bag. Most of it isn't bad, but some of the recasted voices stand out like a sore thumb.
Persona Q is an interesting fusion of two of Atlus' larger franchises. The dungeons are fun to explore, the battles are fun to fight, and it certainly feels like it carries the strengths of both games. Yet It is just awkward enough that it won't be a true replacement for Etrian Odyssey V or Persona V. It's a great introduction to both franchises for fans who've tried one and not the other, and on its own merits, it's a reasonably fun dungeon-crawler. A remarkably low difficulty level and some awkward design choices really hold back the game.
Score: 8.0/10
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Joye Ego case Use the AC adapter to charge your PCC case in the wall outlet instead of the USB port on your computer. The car charger allows you to conveniently charge your JOYE 510 battery or PCC on the go. Can also be used with passthrough.
The car charger allows you to conveniently charge your JOYE 510 battery on the go.