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Mariu Carlton
Currently, I am struggling with how to deal with other believers and their sins. Specifically, at my place of work, there are coworkers who claim to be Christian and others to be Catholic. While I understand that you should warn people of their sin, and if you do not warn them, then you have sinned; it feels a bit overwhelming. There are many people who use curse words, euphemisms, Lord's name in vain, smoking, accepting homosexuality, etc. I feel like I should just gather all of these people in one room and give them all a checklist of what they are doing wrong. I am just not quite sure how to handle all of these people.
I also have a bit more complicated situation I would like some insight on. There is this one person that professes Christ, practices Catholicism, and claims to be homosexual. His actions do not make him seem repentant. About a year ago, I have asked him what he thought about homosexuality and the Bible. He stated homosexuality was not condemned, and when a New Testament passage said it is condemned, he claims it is Old Testament and no longer applies or it has some other meaning. He left the room shortly after, so I could not rebut his false points that same day and have not brought it up since. Now, I am trying to build a friendlier relationship with him by asking questions about the Catholic church, his role there, and encouraging Bible study. The hope is to show him that loving God means following His commandments. Am I supposed to treat this person as a brother or someone who does not know God?
"Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, "Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say to them: 'When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from their territory and make him their watchman, when he sees the sword coming upon the land, if he blows the trumpet and warns the people, then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, if the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be on his own head. He heard the sound of the trumpet, but did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself. But he who takes warning will save his life. 'But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand'"" (Ezekiel 33:1-6).
When a watchman sees the enemy coming, does he need to announce each individual soldier? Yet, you think you are not warning people unless you tell them about every individual sin that you see. When a person is in sin, is there a difference between whether they are involved in five sins or ten sins?
Does a watchman need to issue warnings for every city or only the city he is assigned to guard? "So you, son of man: I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for Me" (Ezekiel 33:7). Ezekiel didn't issue warnings for the Romans or the Germans. He did issue some warnings for neighboring countries, but stating what they were doing wrong, the warnings were fairly general.
You are focused on the end results, the sins, but what is really missing are the foundations. I just heard an excellent series last week that I'm thinking of "borrowing." But the main point is that before you can truly do justice in addressing moral issues, you have to make sure the foundations are in place. If a person doesn't believe in God, of course, they are going to get involved in all sorts of sins. If they don't believe the Bible to be God's teachings for mankind to follow, then again they will sin. If they don't believe that Jesus rose from the grave, then again they will sin because they don't really believe in a resurrection for themselves and a home in heaven.
Let's take the homosexual Catholic. My one question for him is: Why is he practicing something that Roman Catholicism says is a sin? Notice that he is missing the foundation in the Bible. He dismisses what the Bible clearly states, so he never feels obligated to obey it. By the way, you did rebut his points -- that is why he left the room. You showed that the Bible doesn't support his beliefs. He claimed otherwise but left the room because he knows his argument is weak. A watchman's duty is in the warning, not in the acceptance of the warning.
There are very few denominations that follow the Bible close enough to say that members of the denomination are brethren in Christ. For example, most denominations do not practice baptism as taught by God in the Bible, including the Roman Catholics. Can someone be a brother when they have not yet entered into a relationship with Christ? "For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ" (Galatians 3:26-27). Though they call themselves Christians, they neither practice Christianity nor have done the basic steps to become a Christian. They are further along the road than the atheist, but they are not yet Christians and it shows in their worldly behavior.
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Dear whoever may be able to help, I have a quick question concerning the different types of tubas. I am new to the tuba and would like to ask is their a difference between a BBb tuba and Bb tuba and if so what is the difference? Also maybe you could enlighten me briefly on the tuba if possible. -Allison-
Allison, the notes on a piano keyboard are named with lower-case letters in the middle register, capital letters in the next lower octave where trombones and euphoniums work, and double capital letters down in the range of big tubas. That's why we call them BBb and CC tubas. But most of us get lazy at times and just call them Bb and C tubas.
Strictly speaking, a tuba "in Bb" (as opposed to "BBb") would be a tenor tuba. But in the USA we call such an instrument a "baritone horn". (If it is played really well then we call it a "euphonium".) Since nobody actually speaks strictly, there is no difference between a "Bb" and a "BBb" tuba in colloquial usage. I don't know of any conductor or composer of brass music who would ask for "Bb tuba" if he/she really wanted a euphonium.
Tubas enjoy more diversity than any other instrument that I know of. In the USA the most common key is "double-B-flat", pitched an octave below a trombone. In most symphony orchestras you will find "double C" tubas, pitched a whole step higher. A century ago tubas in E-flat were very common, pitched a perfect fifth below the trombone. Some fine soloists are using them today, and they are still widely used in british-style brass bands. For solo work and some symphonic parts with a lot of high notes there are also "F" tubas, pitched a fourth below the trombone. (An F tuba's open tones are actually the same as those of a French horn.)
Tubas in each of those keys can be found with three, four, five, six, or even seven valves. The smaller tubas in Eb and F are sometimes called "bass tubas"; the big tubas in BBb and CC are then called "contrabass" tubas. Sheet music for bass and contrabass tubas is always written in bass clef, not transposed, except in european brass bands.
"Tenor" tubas in Bb or C are more commonly called euphoniums, as explained above. In brass bands one often finds Eb alto horns (also known as "peck-horns") which can also be called alto tubas. Finally, what we now call a "flugelhorn" is really just a soprano tuba, pitched the same as a Bb trumpet. British-style "top-action" tubas which have vertical pistons are played with bell leaning to the player's right. They are direct descendants of 19th-century "saxhorns". Sometimes the fourth and/or fifth valve is on the side, played by the left hand. These tubas can be found in all four keys, with both upright and recording bells. Sometimes these instruments have "compensating valves", which correct certain intonation problems.
German-style "rotary-valve" tubas are played with the bell leaning to the player's left, with the right hand working the valve levers in the front of the instrument. The lever mechanism turns rotors to direct the air flow. Sometimes extra valves are operated with the left hand or with the right thumb. These tubas can also be found in all four keys, with both upright and recording bells, and three to seven valves. (The photo at the right shows Gary Buttery with his beautiful seven-valve tuba in F.)
Today most tubas are made with straight upright bells, as in the photos above. But from the 1920s through the 1950s "recording bells", bent forward to project sound into primitive recording equipment, were very popular in the USA. Tubas with recording bells usually last longer in schools because they can only lie flat on the floor when not in use. Students tend to stand upright-bell instruments on their bells; when done in haste that results in a smashed bell.
Tubas with front-action piston valves,as in the image above, were developed in the USA to combine the simplicity and reliability of pistons with the comfort and balance of front action. Three and four valves are common on these instruments. If there is a fifth valve it is usually a rotary valve operated with the right thumb. These tubas can also be found in all four keys, with both upright and recording bells.
Sousaphones, commonly seen in marching bands in the USA, are also members of the tuba family. They are just tubas rearranged to be carried easily. They are usually in BBb and sometimes in Eb. Most sousaphones have three valves, but some have four. They usually have pistons, but some have rotary valves. Since the early 1960s several companiess have been selling sousaphones made of fiberglass or plastic instead of the customary brass. (The smaller tubing and valve sections of these instruments are still made of brass.) Fiberglass and plastic sousaphones are much lighter than brass, and they can be made in many different colors. Naturally, they have a different "feel", but that does not make them better or worse than brass sousaphones. The Martin company made an upright recording-bell fiberglass tuba for a brief period, just before going belly-up. For a few recent years a company in Germany marketed fiberglass upright rotary-valve tubas similar to Mirafones, and there are plastic "Cool-Wind" tubas on the market now that used to be called "Tigers".
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