While my wife and I were off at the movies, our much beloved Shih tzu, Mac, decided to take Psa 119:103 ("How sweet are Your words to my taste, Sweeter than honey to my mouth!") a little TOO literally.

He completely and thoroughly chewed up my new Pitt Minion Goatskin NKJV!!! Mac, who sleeps with Jeanette and me, never bothers with cheap leather shoes and has turned his nose up at more than a few bonded leather Bibles. However, leave an expensive pair of shoes (that would be a pair belonging to my daughter) or genuine leather Bible within his reach and it is bon appetit, MacDoggie!

I had brought the Pitt Minion out to take to a memorial service tomorrow morning and forget to move it out of his reach. My best and nicest Bible! Ouch!!!

[Evidently, he realizes the weight of his guilt. He is now licking my feet . . . quite thoroughly.]

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Dennis E. McFadden, Ex Mainline Baptist (in Remission)
Atherton Baptist Homes, CEO
First Baptist Church of Alhambra, Member, Transformation Ministries (CA)

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aww man.. that is why i keep no pets.

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Ewen
1689 LBCF
Assemblies of God Bible College
Singapore

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Well I hope you are mercyfull because that is a crime punishable by death

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Martin - Reformed
Husband to the most godly, honorable and loyal wife Line
Searching for a Church
Webpage www.5solas.dk
Free Online Reformed Seminary - http://www.tnars.net
Soli Deo Gloria

Maybe Mac is a KJV onlier.

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Toni Cunningham, Wife of Bill (Theognome)
Parkwoods OPC, Overland Park KS

"Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace." ~ Alexander Pope

I can't imagine what you are going through right now. I was mad enough when my cat chewed on the ribbon marker of my Thompson Chain. I had to cut the end of it off, making it a little shorter than I want it.

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Rev. Andy Eppard
Associate Minister
First Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Springfield, MO

That's what you get when you go to the movies instead of reading your Bible at home.



BENEVOLENCE FUND, BENEVOLENCE FUND!

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That is terrible to hear, Dennis. Was that a Cambridge?

If it's any consolation, this past winter my adorable kitten, Felix (aka. Feewee), urinated all over my two-volume hardcover edition of Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica. (Good Puritan that he is, he zeroed-in on the only Roman Catholic book on the floor -- not a single drop hit any of the Protestant and Reformed books situated next to it.)

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Nathan Tyler
Reformed Baptist
University of Toronto (Student: Hons. B.A. in Philosophy)
Ontario, Canada

1689'er

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Mac is a closet fundy.

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Rich Koster
1689'er
Browns Mills NJ USA
Often Goofy Reformed Eccentric
Romans 7:14-25

I'm truly sorry to hear this, Dennis. I, too, have a dog with a genuine taste for Scripture. So did my father. When I was a wee laddie my father lost an early 1800's original binding of the AV to Penny. Later she devoured a copy of the 1650 Psalter than had been in the family for generations, a german catechism from 1840's, and another finely bound Bible. The reason? I had been looking at them and left them on the coffee table. . . I've lived a damaged existence ever since.

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We shall not adjust our Bible to the age; but before we have done with it, by God's grace, we shall adjust the age to the Bible. - Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Lawrence Underwood, Jr.
Pastor - Providence Family Fellowship / Mobile, Alabama
1644/46 LBC
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I bet that dog is glad he is owned by you and not me right now! J/K

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sarah
WI
OPC
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Yet more proof that other visible organisms should not be sharing the living space of humans.

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Moderator
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Indiana

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You may have lost a goatskin NKJV...but I say you've gained a Shih tzuskin NKJV.

My dogs don't cross that line (although I know a wicked whippet that might). I know a cat that chewed the radio antenna so her owner could not listen to the LD$ general conference....the owner left that cult and found the story funny!

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I bet the dog had just read Ezekiel 3:1-2. He's a literalist.

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Lance G. Marshall
Pastor
Georgetown, Indiana

If that ever happened to me, I would muzzle my dog every time I leave home. It's a good thing I don't own one.

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Joel de Leon
Member (man under care)
Christ Presbyterian Church, OPC
Salt Lake City, UT

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Hey Dennis,

Sorry to hear about the loss. As a dog lover I've lost more than a couple of cherished things to the business end of a dog over the years, but never a book as nice as this.

Isn't it funny when they lick your feet after being so bad?

How old is Mac? Usually they grow out of this stage around 2-3 years old, although I do have a 9 yo Westie who likes to kill one of my pillows every couple of months or so.

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Steve Butts - Former SBC-er
Three Forms of Unity - Bradenton CRCNA - Bradenton, Florida
(A conservative member in a conservative congregation)

"Turning away to false Theology is equal to turning away to false gods" — Francis Schaeffer (Death in the City)

Ah, I could make the same statement without the kidding. I may look nice....

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Ivan R. Schoen, B.A., M.A., M.L.I.S.
Pastor of Maranatha Baptist Church (SBC)
Poplar Grove, IL, USA
http://maranatha-sbc.org

Is it possible that Mac was "temporarily possessed" by an evil spirit?

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I couldn't stop laughing after reading what your cat did!

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Norm
IA PCA

In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will. Ephesians 1:4-5

Several points:

1. It is not as if I have no other Bibles. My thought was to use a small Bible for my small part in a LARGE memorial service (600-700) for a retired minister. The other pastors also used full sized Bibles, so I didn't look like a total nerd.

2. The Bible was a gift from my CFO and didn't cost me a dime. As wonderful as the Cambridge Pitt Minion is, the print is awfully small. My full sized genuine leather Reformation Study Bible will serve just as well.

3. It isn't as if I can't just buy another one. But, being of a VERY cheap stripe, it is more than a little horrifying to see a perfectly good Bible get shredded by a canine. Perhaps it was a sign from God that the critical text is the correct one after all (sort of a "if God can speak through Balaam's ass, he can sure speak through Dennis' dog)!!!

4. It gives a whole new slant on Psa 22:20: "Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog!"

Given the fact that it was my fault for leaving it out where he could get it, I alternated between horror and laughter (he did a really fine job chewing that leather up). He is ordinarily so well behaved that we give him the run of the house while we are away for the day. However, our youngest keeps her nice leather shoes in the closet and we keep our genuine leather Bibles on the bookshelf in order to avoid temptation for Mac. My rather ordinary leather shoes and bonded leather Bibles are always safe from his mischief.

Ecclesiastes reminds us that a living dog is better than a dead lion. But, if Mac keeps up his Bible destruction ways, a dead dog he will become!

At least it wasn't an ESV. Get rid of the dog and get a cat.

Sounds like he has good taste

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A we n' de Ya, ho; I mak sikker; Deus juvat

Indicabo tibi o homo quid sit bonum, et quid Dominus requirat a te: Utique facere iudicium, et diligere, misericordiam, et sollicitum ambulare cum Deo tuo. Michaeas 6:8

"Who says you can't go back, been all around the world and as a matter of fact. There's only one place left I want to go, who says you can't go home" Bon Jovi

Shih tzus don't have a muzzle!!

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Traci
Lynnwood OPC
"I have taken all my good deeds, and all my bad deeds, and cast them through each other in a heap before the Lord, and fled from both, and betaken myself to the Lord Jesus Christ, and in him I have sweet peace."--David Dickson

Dennis,

I believe in the state of California, Shih tzu's that devour Pitt Minions are guilty of a felony. There is an aggravated circumstance in the presumptive sentence for goatskin.

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It's hard to imagine God's purpose in appointing this circumstance unless it is something like getting you to switch to ESV or KJV.


Seriously, this is a big disappointment, and a shock, particularly for a long held Bible. Never heard of this happening before, and sorry to hear about this.

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Scott
PCA
North Carolina


"Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised)"
Hebrews 10:23

Why couldn't it have been

Toni, I CERTAINLY hope NOT!!! But, he shows a decided disinterest in matters of textual criticism, manuscripts, and translations. His focus is more on dogmatics. Actually, he often sits and listens to R.C. Sproul with his head cocked to one side. You would swear he was trying hard to listen.

Reformedminister, You cut your cat's tail off for chewing on the ribbon marker of your Thompson Chain???

Bite your TONGUE! Oh well, at least that would be better than an open American Baptist.

Craig, your comment was my wife's favorite!

But of course. He is MY dog. As R.C. Sproul likes to say when people ask him, "You don't take the Bible literally, do you?" "But of course, how else would you read it?"

Why would you ask? Other than his head rotating 360 degrees, spewing green projectile vomiting, and speaking in a different voice, I see no other signs of it.

Scott, I use BOTH ESV and NKJV.

While we were at the movies seeing the dog comedy "Marlie and Me", our puppy Ziggy found my cell phone and chewed on it. I ordered a replacement because you couldn't talk into the speaker and be heard on the other end.

Ziggy is also know as the sock vampire around here.

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Carol
Plant City, Florida


That I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith.
Philippians 3:8,9

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When you walk Mac, you may see the revised edition of the Osteen commentary.

Which end did you cut off? Oh, you meant the RIBBON, not the cat!

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Brian Withnell
Deacon, OPC
Leesburg, Virginia

You cannot train for war in the midst of a battle. Prepare before the battle starts; if the battle is long and hard, you will wish you had.

Considering your avatar, you sure can evoke more sheer terror in people by a turn of phrase or avatar choice than any nurse since Nurse Ratchet!

You are probably the kind of nurse who would use a 13 gauge needle on me just for the fun of it.

Them's my fav!

I FINALLY got it!!! Sorry, old age slows the brain processing speed. Yes, you should carry a plastic bag when walking the dog.