Format wars and changes are no fun for electronics consumers. Vinyl vs 8-Track vs Cassette, Cassette vs CD, VHS vs BetaMax, DVD vs LaserDisc, HD-DVD vs Blue-Ray, blah, blah, blah. A few people go out on a limb and pick a technology based on educated choice, others perhaps because it looks better with the furniture. Nobody enjoys getting burned by an expensive product that doesn't fulfill the purposes they thought it would.

An entertainment format war has similarities to how people pick (or don't pick) a new format for their lives. Imagine yourself a consumer, fearful of picking something obsolete, of not being able to continue to live the old format anymore, of being told that you have to change when you don't feel prepared or educated enough to make such a leap.

The fact is, some formats are made obsolete. If God hadn't planned for a format change, the old way would have ruined us all. We had to experience the old way in order to be able to handle and understand the new. Christ came and fulfilled the old format of the Law of sin & death, changing it to a living, breathing law of life.

I, for one, am 100% into the new format. The old has gone, the new has come. In my experience, it has proven itself the best for life. Try it out; give it a thorough, open-minded test. When you are convinced it is the best format, be sure to tell all your friends about it, too.

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