In this lab, John Piper glories in the fact that Jesus ascended from earth to heaven, from lowliness to a throne, from humiliation to exaltation, from a cross to a crown.
Our hope for Look at the Book is to help you learn to read the Bible for yourself. We invite you to engage the passage first, and then to consider the featured study questions below before watching the lab.
If you live a life serving others, what do you expect to get in return? Should you look for rewards, or is that selfish?
What reasons does Paul give for why Jesus was exalted in Philippians 2:3–8? Why might John Piper call this the most important “therefore” in the Bible?
Can we learn anything from Jesus’s humiliation to exaltation? How can you serve this week, trusting that God will one day exalt you?
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An inference is a statement that explains what is or should be based on something already said. An inference is like the top floor of a building because it always rests upon other floors, or reasons that have already been given.
Statements that begin with “therefore” are almost always inferences. Because inferences build off of other statements, whenever you see a therefore in the Bible, ask what it is there for (or, what statements it is building upon).
Here's how to learn about the Iowa judges on the ballot this year Each election cycle, Iowa voters can vote on whether or not to keep judges in office. Check out this story on desmoinesregister.com: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/2018/10/19/iowa-judges-judicial-branch-iowa-state-bar-november-midterm-retention-elections-voting-vote-election/1670361002/
Although Iowa voters do not elect judges, they do have a chance each election cycle to decide whether their judges should remain in office.
When voters go to the polls and flip their ballots over, they won't find political candidates. Instead, they'll see candidates for several nonpolitical offices, including judges.
Since the Iowa Constitution was amended in 1962 the state has used a merit selection process to choose judges. A nominating commission interviews applicants and sends finalists' names to the governor, who then selects the judge.
Periodically, every judge stands for retention and voters can vote whether to keep a judge in office.
The Iowa Judicial Branch and Iowa State Bar Association provide information each election cycle on the judges who are up for retention. Biographies of the judges and a Q&A about the retention process are available in the Iowa Voters' Judicial Directory, compiled by the Judicial Branch.
Each election year, the Iowa State Bar Association evaluates the professional attributes and performance of all the judges on the ballot. The evaluation is open to all members of the association, which includes most lawyers in the state.
The 2018 evaluation found that the 64 judges and three court of appeals judges standing for retention "are qualified to remain as judges."
Lawyers generally rate only the judges who they know and practice in front of, ISBA President Tom Levis said. The review is done anonymously so neither the judges nor bar association know how a lawyer has responded.
Levis said the merit selection process helps keep politics out of judicial selection while still giving voters a say. The association's evaluation can help voters searching for information on a judge's job performance, he said.
"We ask the lawyers to evaluate judges. Are they good? Do they have a good temperament? Are they smart? Are they bright?" he said.
Levis recommended voters avoid choosing whether or not a judge should be retained based only on one decision since he said judges should be able to make tough decisions that don't simply follow popular opinion.
"Even though it may not be popular, a judge or justice shouldn’t be tossed off because of that," he said.
He pointed to Clark v. Board of Directors, an 1868 Iowa Supreme Court case that desegregated Iowa's schools decades before Brown v. Board of Education was decided.
In 2010, Iowans voted not to retain three Iowa Supreme Court justices who were part of a unanimous 2009 decision legalizing gay marriage in the state. The justices were the target of a successful opposition campaign.
No state supreme court justices are on the ballot this year. The court's newest member, Justice Susan Christensen, will face a retention election in 2020, along with Justices David Wiggins, Thomas Waterman and Edward Mansfield.
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State police Lt. Barry Schrader, who trained Mark Bessner in Taser use, testified at the former state trooper's trial for second-degree murder
Taser use can be considered deadly force, expert testifies at ATV trial State police Lt. Barry Schrader, who trained Mark Bessner in Taser use, testified at the former state trooper's trial for second-degree murder Check out this story on detroitnews.com: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2018/10/24/taser-atv-trial/1748646002/
Oralandar Brand-Williams, The Detroit News Published 2:15 p.m. ET Oct. 24, 2018 | Updated 4:15 p.m. ET Oct. 24, 2018
Defendant Mark Bessner, left, talks with his attorney, Richard Convertino.(Photo: Todd McInturf, The Detroit News)Buy Photo
The use of a Taser can be considered "deadly force," a Michigan State Police Taser expert testified Wednesday during the trial for a former trooper charged in the death of a Detroit teen last year during a chase.
"You have to consider the crime and whether the force you’re going to use equals the need to take them into custody," said Michigan State Police First Lt. Barry Schrader during his testimony in the trial of Mark Bessner. "Once you choose to use the Taser, you have to take into totality of circumstances when to use (it), such as the crime. Use of the Taser could be considered deadly force depending on circumstances."
The former state trooper is on trial before Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Margaret Van Houten on charges of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in the death of 15-year-old Damon Grimes, who ran the ATV he was riding into a pickup truck after he was Tased by Bessner on the afternoon of Aug. 26, 2017, on Detroit's east side.
Schrader is the training instructor for Michigan State Police troopers on defensive tactics and Tasers. He trained Bessner on the use of Tasers, the law enforcement official testified Wednesday.
A civil infraction, Schrader testified, is a "very low" priority for using a weapon. Under cross-examination by Bessner's defense attorney Richard Convertino, Schrader said the use of a Taser is justifiable when in the "totality of the circumstances," a suspect is believed to have a weapon or is showing aggression or if there is a danger to public safety.
"It won't be made off just one decision," said Schrader, who added that when officers see a weapon, they are to "call out" to their partner or other officers. Schrader said clenching of an individual's fist is not enough to deploy a Taser for someone you are trying to take into custody.
He testified that the aim is to arrest someone or resolve a potentially dangerous situation with the "least amount of force," and under cross-examination, he said the use of a weapon should be the "last resort" for law enforcement officers.
"We actually encourage role playing even while you're out on the road to be prepared to better make a decision when you’re confronted with it," said Schrader.
Later, under cross-examination, he acknowledged that officers don't always have much time to consider their all of their options during different scenarios on duty.
Schrader testified that a Taser when a trooper is trying to get control over and takea suspect into custody. The Taser's probe is a neuromuscular incapacitator, which confuses the muscle and the brain, incapacitating a person.
Drugs, body size and other factors such as mental conditions can impact the effect a Taser has on a person.
Also on Wednesday, Assistant Wayne County Medical Examiner David Moons testified about the autopsy results for Grimes.
Grimes died of multiple blunt force injuries to his head and the manner of death was ruled an accident.
Two probes from the Taser were found in his left lower back and his hair on the left side of his head. The probe in the hair, said Moons, did not puncture his head. The forensic scientist said the probes "raised questions in my mind."
A woman who says she saw Grimes riding the ATV when it flipped over also testified Wednesday. The eyewitness, Ariel Houser, testified that the teen kept both of his hands on the handlebars of the ATV while he was riding.
Wednesday was the second day of testimony in Bessner's trial. He could face up to life behind bars if convicted.
There is a "distinct possibility" Bessner will take the stand in his own defense, Convertino said Wednesday.