tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post3686040549609262560..comments2024-03-14T08:15:15.207-07:00Comments on CADRE Comments: Martin Luther King, Jr., Jesus, Jonah and U2’s Pride in the Name of LoveBKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967809861892681780noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-10908791720461693892017-01-17T12:49:35.811-08:002017-01-17T12:49:35.811-08:00I remember old video of East Germans escaping to W...I remember old video of East Germans escaping to West Germany through barbed wire fences that were later replaced by the Berlin Wall. There is a famous scene of a person running and getting caught in the barbed wire momentarily. It is in towards the end of this video: http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/people-helping-others-escape-through-barbed-wire-fence-of-news-footage/102072942JusPonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09611432082652680680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-69768295171291211382015-11-28T12:54:13.805-08:002015-11-28T12:54:13.805-08:00I've always thought the "one man washed u...I've always thought the "one man washed up on an empty beach" was a reference to the apostle Paul (or St. Paul) when he was shipwrecked on the way to Rome? (Acts Chapter 27) It would seem to fit better than Jonah, both for the link to Christ, and also because Paul was more associated with preaching a message of peace, resisting the wicked spirit of this world, and suffering because Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-91418079015648570532015-01-23T04:17:33.063-08:002015-01-23T04:17:33.063-08:00thank you. i'm gonna use this comment in my ml...thank you. i'm gonna use this comment in my mlk day english lesson<br />miss polly from italyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-12008817673475830512009-01-15T11:47:00.000-08:002009-01-15T11:47:00.000-08:00Thanks for this interesting and thorough post -- I...Thanks for this interesting and thorough post -- I plan to link it for MLK Day. Can I just point out, though, that the @U2 archive of Biblical references and the blog for the "Get Up Off Your Knees" sermons book are two different websites run by different people [and sometimes with different opinions as to, say, whether Jonah may be referenced in Pride ;-)]? (I say this because you cite @U2's U2 Sermonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07175811025898393942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-88373133357655276682009-01-07T05:26:00.000-08:002009-01-07T05:26:00.000-08:00"One man caught on a barbed wire fence" in the nam..."One man caught on a barbed wire fence" in the name of love? Could be evoking crucifixion imagery.<BR/><BR/>"Washed up on an empty beach" in the name of love -- Jonah certainly wasn't doing what <I>he</I> was doing for love's sake: that's probably the whole point to the scroll of Jonah, which is highly critical of the prophet and his attitude toward Ninevah. But his going down 'into the swirling Jason Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602238179676591394noreply@blogger.com