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Can you picture a man "bouncing to first"? How about an "explosion at the plate", Or a "foul ball"? (a ball gone bad) Or maybe a "sacrifice" fly? Or a "ground ball" (anything like ground beef?) A funny game, baseball.
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Hi Seth, I just noticed it was your birthday today. Happy Birthday. Matt
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A Brief (and by no means exhaustive) Summary of Passages Contained Within "The Message" by Eugene Peterson Which Directly Compromise Fundamental Tenets of Orthodox Christianity What follows is a comparison/contrast and analysis of several well –known passages as found in major translations such as the KJV, NASB, and NIV as well as these same passages as found in The Message authored by Eugene Peterson. Any intellectually honest assessment of the following notes leads to the inescapable conclusion that The Message compromises some of the fundamental doctrines of orthodox Christianity. I began this study when I was made aware that the high school seniors of a nearby c…
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Why is it that we ask others for prayer, but seldom ever update them when they pray? I see many prayer requests, but when I pray, I do not to hear anything more about it! Has God answered favorably, or not? If we are concerned enough to ask our brothers and sisters to pray, why not show the same consideration for those who have undertaken the task?
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I noticed on the home page its KJVindian's birthday today...that's sad....that was Micki Harjo and she died of colon cancer surgery over a year ago now, I think? :-(
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Please take the time to watch this powerful 30 minuted video on abortion!
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Why do old people say they don't need an hearing aid, when they obviously do? And why do they always sit at the back? A lady in her 90s said at church on Sunday, that she could never hear the sermon. I said if she had a hearing aid she would hear on the loop system. She replied that she did not need and aid, and that she could hear her TV. I asked how loud she had the volume? She replied that she could hear people in her home. I said she could move forward and sit near the loud speakers, but she replied that she was comfortable there. At a previous church we attended, a couple of deaf old ladies sat at the back on a row of seats against the rear wall. There was …
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ARE EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS WARMONGERS? September 15, 2011 NewsWithViews.com By Chuck Baldwin I’ve been an evangelical Christian since I was a child. I’ve been in the Gospel ministry all of my adult life. I attended two evangelical Christian colleges, received honorary degrees from two others, and taught and preached in several others. I’ve attended many of the largest evangelical pastors’ gatherings and have been privileged to speak at Christian gatherings--large and small--all over America. I have been part of the inner workings of evangelical ministry for nearly 40 years. I think I learned a thing or two about evangelical/fundamentalist Christianity in America. An…
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The Democracy Worshipers By Patrick J. Buchanan Friday - September 16, 2011 "Your people, sir, is ... a great beast." So Alexander Hamilton reputedly said in an argument with Thomas Jefferson. At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, Hamilton explained: "Real liberty is not found in the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments. If we incline too much to democracy, we shall soon shoot into a monarchy, or some other form of dictatorship." In his column, "Democracy Versus Liberty," Walter Williams cites Hamilton, James Madison and John Randolph, who wrote of "the follies and turbulence" of democracy, and John Adams: "Democracy never lasts long. It soon …
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Considering some of the things these guys say it's no wonder so many think ill of Christians and so many want to argue, or attack, rather than listen to someone present the Gospel. Pat Robertson says it's okay to divorce a spouse with alzheimers because the spouse is "dead already". John Hagee says the first time Jesus came He didn't come to be the Jewish Messiah. Two major statements by popular Christian "leaders" that have no biblical backing. With them putting this stuff out there, along with the stuff from others, Christians and Christianity is continually being tarnished, hearts are being hardened.
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KING, KENNEDY AND COMMUNISM September 18, 2011 NewsWithViews.com By Cliff Kincaid As the official dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington, D.C. approaches, liberals in the media are in damage control over a revelation about the civil rights leader from an unlikely source—Caroline Kennedy, daughter of JFK and Jackie Kennedy. Her new book, Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy, makes it abundantly clear that Jack and Bobby Kennedy, as well as Jackie, saw through the public façade of the Reverend King and knew him to be a proven liar about his communist connections and a scoundrel in terms of his personal life. …
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A hot issue on the campaign trail: theology Rick Perry dived right in. The Texas governor, now a Republican presidential candidate, held a prayer rally for tens of thousands, read from the Bible, invoked Christ and broadcast the whole event on the Web. There was no symbolic nod to other American faiths, no rabbi or Roman Catholic priest among the evangelical speakers. It was a rare, full-on embrace of one religious tradition in the glare of a presidential contest. Looks like another raucous season for religion and politics. And yet, there was a time when all of this was simpler. Protestants were the majority, and candidates could show their piety just by attend…
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Happy birthday to you, John.
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Coaches and players violently attack youth football referee So sad, now a days if they don't like the call, they attack the referees, even coaches join in.
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Millions call themselves by His name, it is true, and pay some token respect to Him, but a simple test will show how little He is really honored among them. Let the average man be put to the proof on the question of who or what is above, and his true position will be exposed. Let him be forced into making a choice between God and money, God and men, between God and personal ambition, God and self, God and human love, and God will take second place every time. Those other things will be exalted above. However the man may protest, the proof is in the choices he makes day after day throughout his life. -A.W. Tozer
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Print the Manufacturer coupon save $1.00 on any two skittle bags 1.8 oz -2.17 oz each here: http://coupons.target.com/ At Walgreens they have skittles on sale 2/$1 with the in store ad you find at the front of the store. When you go up to the front show the instore ad and give them your coupon for target. Limit is six. PS You can only print out two coupons per a computer at target. Also, just in case your local Walgreens is not familiar with the coupon policy of Walgreens you can print it off here: http://www.walgreens.com/topic/generalhelp/coupon_policy_main.jsp
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IS THE GOSPEL ILLEGAL IN AMERICA? September 8, 2011 NewsWithViews.com By Coach Dave Daubenmire I know that most of you will find this hard to believe but it is no longer unusual for Christians to be arrested for sharing the Gospel on the streets. Most of you find it hard to believe because you never do it. It is like going through the sexual assault/screening at the airport. Most folks don’t worry about it because they rarely fly. Only those who have experienced the indignity of being strip-searched or x-rayed for “security” reasons understand the humiliation. Most things don’t matter until they happen to you. That is what is going on in America. Every onc…
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When it comes to petrol, you'll struggle to find many other countries with higher prices than Britain. In fact, to be precise — if you did look, you'd find two. Yes, according to stats from Car Insurer Staveley Head, the UK has the third priciest pump rates in the world, with an average price of 135p per litre. Norway's capital, Oslo, tops the rankings with an average price of 164p per litre. But which countries have the lowest prices? Here are the top ten cheapest places to buy petrol in the world... 10. Algeria: Algiers — 20p per litre Algeria is one of the Africa's biggest oil producers turning out an average of 1.2 million barrels a day. This flood of oil has pushe…
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Still in love since we made friends 53 years ago at the University of Hull. I was baptised soon after I realised my conversion. Ann was invited by Christian Union friends.
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Recently, when chatting with an aquaintance they mentioned that they do "fire tunnels" at their church. They were kind of surprised that we didn't do them at ours. Never heard of them before, have y'all? Anyhow, I finally found their website and discovered that they are an Independent, Fundamental, Southern Baptist Convention, Florida Baptist Convention, Pentecostal and More Light Presbyterian Church. Got that? In the past two years they've reported 35 baptisms while membership holds at about 75. Can a "pastor" wallowing in this much error really be saved himself? What can an outsider do? What should one ask the Lord's help for? What do the Scriptures say?
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September 12, 2011 THE SHACK "BIBLE PROJECT" [Excerpts] In talking with people about [The Shack], I heard one thing over and over again: "Wow, THE SHACK's vision of God is awesome! Too bad it doesn't sound much like the God of the Bible..." I got tired of hearing that, so I decided to do something about it. That 'something' is The Shack Bible Project - my way of suggesting that Jesus, Papa and Sarayu are a faithful portrayal of the One whom English-language Bibles call "God." By speaking the Scriptures in the language of THE SHACK, I intend to show that the book's vision of God jives nicely with the B…
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September 8, 2011 DESTIGMATIZING PEDOPHILIA Researchers push for APA to destigmatize pedophilia [Excerpts] Several well-known researchers recently made unexpected arguments on pedophilia at an academic conference in Baltimore. Liberty Counsel Action's Matt Barber attended the conference, which was sponsored by B4U-ACT, a Maryland-based organization* of psychiatric practioners seeking to eliminate what it considers "tremendous barriers" among mental health professionals, the public, and "minor-attracted individuals" (pedophiles). Barber says while at the conference he felt he was on a different plan…
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The Daily News (by D. L. Moody) Excerpt from “Temptations” Preached in Chicago, 1900 Circa, 1900 Then there are the newspapers. I would not dare to ask how many of you read the newspapers. You think you must have them to find out the news. They have sermons, too; fine sermons. Some one took pains to look over seven of the New York Sunday papers awhile ago, and this is what he found in them: Murders and assaults, twelve columns. Adulteries, seven columns - [first-rate Sunday reading!] Thefts, etc., twenty-four columns. Sporting news, eighty-one columns - [splendid Sunday reading!] Theatrical notes, forty-four columns - [must have that for Sunday reading, you k…
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September 9, 2011 THE RISE OF ISLAMIC "NO GO" ZONES [Excerpts] Three and a half years ago, one of the Church of England's most senior bishops, Pakistani-born Michael Nazir-Ali, warned that Islamic extremists had created "no-go"areas across Britain too dangerous for non-Muslims to enter. His politically incorrect concern sparked a firestorm of denial and criticism. Well, the evidence of how multiculturalism "has gone wrong" is in. [The week of August 28] Soeren Kern at the Hudson Institute documented the proliferation of such no-go zones throughout Europe - autonomous Islamic "microstates" under Shari…
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One evangelist said, “First you have a man, them a movement, them a monument.”
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By Napsterdad · Posted
Our church has Sunday evening services. I did go to a church some time ago that did not. In its place it was highly encouraged that people have one or more families over for Sunday fellowship. I actually enjoyed this while it lasted. I learned a great deal during this fellowship with the saints and the spiritual growth of our family during that time was profound. Unfortunately, after about five years or so, the practice dwindled significantly, and nothing replaced it. The church, as far as I know is still Sunday mornings only. -
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My ex BIL was a militant IFB pastor for many years. He and my sister had five daughters, two sets of twins and a single birth, and he was strongly against divorced men in the pulpit or even serving in the church. To my mother and fathers face he was "respectful", but in actions in front of his eife and kids at home he was a Pharisee making himself out to be far better than he was. After my sister divorced him for extreme mental cruelty towards her and the girls, he started using the verse about letting the unbeliever depart. After a couple of years working at Lowes he started working with the youth of the church he was attending and remarried. He later became the youth pastor. A couple of years later he threw ALL of his beliefs out the window to justify becoming a pastor again. He now pastors a church in S. Georgia. He councils others concerning divorce and consistently tries to relieve himself of any responsibility in his own. It's sad how many who are staunchly anti divorced men in the pastorate are for it once it's come to their doorstep. -
By HappyChristian · Posted
Biblically, my hubs and I believe it is still wrong. As to a divorced man giving counseling, well - if he has learned from what brought about the divorce and has grown spiritually, I personally wouldn't have a problem with it. I don't think the Bible addresses it, either, so there's nothing we could say is unbiblical about it. Now, if the man is an unrepentant adulterer, then no way (and believe me, there are far too many unrepentant adulterers in pulpits and/or involved in ministries). -
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As far as I remember, if a divorced man was a Christian, before coming to Christ or after, could not be a deacon, teacher, or preacher. Has this changed? and is it OK for divorce Preachers give marriage counseling classes to a family in need, of counseling. -
By Pastor Matt · Posted
Haha, sounds like you’re doing all the hard work! If only you were a pastor, right? Then you could just preach, shake hands, and have all the free food show up. But for now, it looks like your wife is keeping you busy with all that car washing and laundry folding! 😄
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