... 't tell. MERLE: If they find out I'll be in trouble. GEORGINA: I have a complaint. MERLE: I'm not so sure you're the kind of person I should trust not to tell on me. You're a complainer. GEORGINA: I'm not a complainer. I have a legitimate complaint. You needn't worry, it doesn't concern you. MERLE: It will concern me if I listen to it. GEORGINA: I have a complaint and I want it handled. MERLE: Okay, I'll handle it if you promise me one thing. GEORGINA: One thing? What is it? MERLE: You ...
... . He asked me to. Had a sinus infection, I think it was. JO: Well, that's a start, I guess. DON: Do you know how many sheep it takes to make a Texas sheep cake? SAM: Can we go somewhere and talk? JO: Will you listen? SAM: I have some legitimate complaints about this church, I think. JO: Okay, let's go talk. SAM: There are some things I want to get off my chest. DON: Chess pie. I hope Wilma baked her delicious chess pie. SANDY: Well, anyway, go to the bake sale. It's for the Lord's work ...
... figures. One grants authority to another person or recognizes an accepted source as expert information. Consider the element of freedom or right in authority. Students learn to investigate the credentials of an author before they accept a specific, written text as a legitimate source of information. Final authority belongs to God. Those who question the authority of Jesus ask who grants Jesus authority, how it is that he claims authority and what makes him expert. God gave Jesus authority as part of the God ...
... meant he wanted to lord it over us -- that he wished for the birthright that not only gave him a greater share of the inheritance, but also made him head of the clan. In no way were we prepared to accept that brat's leadership. Even if his dreams were legitimately of God, he would have done well to know that even a whale only gets harpooned when he spouts off. The next time our father sent him out to check up on us, we were still furious! When we saw him in the distance, some of my brothers wanted to ...