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BOLD NEW APPROACH TO FOREIGN POLICY by Beverly Eakman September 9, 2011 NewsWithViews.com ” in a Washington Times commentary. He cited various U.S. Presidents and wannabes as far back as Ronald Reagan, many of whom had no vision at all, or whose goals devolved into “nation-building.” The upshot of his musings was that “conservatives have largely avoided a real foreign policy debate for decades.” Last week (September 1), columnist Merrill Matthews asked, “ What is a conservative foreign policy? Ronald Reagan is the only President in recent times to articulate a specific vision — i.e., “challenging Soviet expansionism and restoring the strength of, and respect for, t…
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The upgrade is complete and it seems that everything went smooth. We are still missing some features (Arcade & Links), those will be added back in a few weeks. Enjoy!!!
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News Corp., parent company of Fox News, to publish mag promoting gay ‘marriage’ <p class="author-detail-wrapper"> by Jeremy Kryn Tue Sep 06, 2011 18:49 EST Comments (0) Tags: fox news, homosexuality <p class="details-social-wrapper"> NEW YORK, NY, September 6, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Fox News’ parent company, the conservative-leaning, Rupert Mordoch-owned News Corporation, is preparing to publish a magazine devoted to homosexual “marriage” in the wake of its legalization in New York. The September 29 debut of “WEDDING Pride” by News Corp.’s Community Newspaper Group has drawn fire from both homosexual supporters, who have slammed the move as a t…
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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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A group of the IFB churches in Canada take turns hosting a National Preacher's Conference each year. It's very loose, no boards or anything -- each church that hosts it has the responsibility to develop it as they see fit. This year, my church gets to host it! It's very exciting -- it's the first time this Conference has been held west of Manitoba. Any of you who are interested are hereby invited!! The Conference will be hosted by Victory Baptist Church in Sherwood Park, Alberta. (Whether or not it will be held at VBC is yet to be determined. Our building is a little small for the expected crowd.) It runs September 19-21, 2011. The theme will be -- what else? …
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A little boy, on being asked what forgiveness was, gave this answer, “It is the sent that flowers give when they are trampled on.”
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I like to think that from a theological point of view and even a cultural point of view I'm rather conservative in my outlook. ('What saith the Scriptures?' is a healthy yardstick.) But what might be called hyper-conservatism is sometimes quite different in tone and content. To be honest, I must admit that I am baffled by some of the other threads which seem to be based on the premise that some cultural customs (whether about certain sports, attire, etc.) being supposedly wrong inherently, thus supposedly rendering people suspect theologically if they don't share the same vehement opposition to them. Put another way, conservatism seems to be vastly different from hyper-…
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I came across this blog post today, and it really voices much of what I have been thinking. It is a challenging call to make affirmative steps to make church less segregated. It points out that most churches are the most segregated places in the United States. http://www.edstetzer.com/2011/08/race-relations-affirmative-act.html One thing that really drew me to the church I currently am a member of was the racial and socio-economic diversity of the church. There are many black people, white people, latinos, asians, etc. There are homeless people that attend every week sitting along side very wealthy bank owners and federal magistrates. It is unlike anything I have…
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What has happened to the "Great" in Great Britain? Why are the riots still going on? Why are these thugs, outlaws and rebels allowed to strip people of their clothes, pull rings off citizens fingers, vandalize, loot, burn and destroy at such will? Would this have gone unchecked 200 years ago? Or even 100 years ago? The police seem impotent to do anything that needs to be done. One news report said the British police were thinking of using plastic bullets for the first time ever in such a situation but they really don't want to upset people by doing so! They also ruled out water cannons and other non-lethal means as being too offensive!! Offensive??? One of the primary…
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If the primary election was today, who would you vote for? List was taken from: http://2012.republican-candidates.org/ and I only listed those that declared. I listed them in the order they are on the website. Happy voting.
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Woman drives car into fresh cement.
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I just finished reading this book and it was great! I wanted to recommend it to you all! "Jack's ability to communicate authentically is a true gift. You will gain valuable insight as Jack interprets his experiences through the filter of God's word. You need to read Where the Rubber Meets the Road With God." -Rob Taylor (Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Boca Raton, Florida)
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‘Intellectually dishonest’: Baptist Convention repudiates Planned Parenthood pastor’s claim <p class="author-detail-wrapper"> by Christine Dhanagom Tue Aug 16, 2011 17:00 EST JACKSON, August 16, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The claim of a clergyman who is also a chaplain for Planned Parenthood that he is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention has been repudiated by a spokesman for the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board in comments to LifeSiteNews.com Rev. Vincent Lachina Dressed in a clerical collar, Rev. Vincent Lachina urged the crowd gathered for the Mississippi Secretary of State’s Personhood Amendment Hearing last Wednesday to vote against …
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August 17, 2011 HOW CHRISTIANS WARMED TO HARRY POTTER [Excerpts] After praising the "Harry Potter" books in 2001, author Connie Neal said that she opened her inbox to see death threats scattered among the reactions from fellow Christians. The one time the California-based writer found her book, "What's a Christian Got to Do with Harry Potter?," at a Christian bookstore, it was on the occult/New Age shelf. In its early years, "Harry Potter" was a litmus test of orthodoxy for some conservative Christians, who expressed concern over its portrayal of witchcraft. A Christian lawyer sued a public libr…
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I've got a problem, there's something in my eye are you in a position to help me? You might want to watch this: http://www.northpoint.org//messages/recovery-road/part-1 God bless, Larry
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LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson kicked Marine in the head.
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If the primary election was today, who would you vote for? These are in no particular order and only listed those that declared their candidacy. List from http://2012.republican-candidates.org/ It will be interesting to keep up new polls here every few months to see where the Baptist votes are being shifted. Poll is private so nobody can see your vote.
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CHURCH AND FAMILY, YOU'RE BLOWING IT August 18, 2011 NewsWithViews.com By Lee Duigon A woman told me recently that she was “elated” over the news that her grand-daughter is going to have a baby. The prospective mother, fresh out of high school, is not married to the father of the children. They are not going to get married. They might not even live together. A few doors down, another young couple is expecting a child. They aren’t married, either. In fact, the mother is still married to another man; and the father already has another out-of-wedlock child in another state. The neighbors were so elated, they threw a baby shower for the happy pair. Meanwhile, the f…
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Culture of Dependence Posted on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 09:54PM Let America take a long, hard look at what is happening in London...then take a deep breath and learn a powerful lesson. When anarchists and hooligans were trying to riot in Athens, Greece, most people rolled their eyes and said, "Oh, well, it is Greece." Wrong reaction! Be that as it may, now it is happening in a city and a country that is the closest to the U.S. in terms of history, culture, and alignment. As we watch London burn, again, leftist politicians are blaming the conservative government's economic policies-adopted by their coalition government a little over a year ago. This is not unlik…
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(I can't post in the devotional section, so I'm putting it here.) The Lord would have us be thoughtful about the things which fill our minds and hearts. Paul says to the Philippians, ch. 4, v. 8: 'Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.'
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MY RESPONSE TO "THE RESPONSE" GOV. RICK PERRY'S CALL TO PRAYER By Marsha West August 13, 2011 NewsWithViews.com Having previously written a piece on The Response voicing my legitimate concerns over Gov. Rick Perry’s August 6th prayer event that was held at Reliant Stadium, now that all is said and done I'll respond to what I watched via the live streaming on their website. As the camera panned a sea of people with their arms outstretched to heaven, many of them with tear-stained faces singing praises to God, made my eyes well up and I was moved. There is something about that Name… Christians go to big events expecting to hear a Christian band playing praise and…
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From TBC Today DOMINIONISM'S FATAL FLAW [Excerpts] Despite the involvement of the Moral Majority and Christian Coalition in America's political process over the last few decades-in 1976, a cover of Newsweek read, Born Again, and declared that year to be the year of the evangelical-the moral decline of this nation continues down that slippery slope. Because little has changed, many who have fought the good fight against national corruption are understandably discouraged. One leader has even informed his constituency that, "attempts to restore morality 'through the political process have failed'." About the religious right's failure to influence this nation's moral lif…
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So, I saw that they are publishing Norman Geisler's Systematic Theology in one volume, it has all the of the content of the four-volume set, sans graphs and appendixes. I talked to a guy at church who said that while Geisler is religious about graphs they're just a little bit of help and not essential to the material. So, what I want to know is, anyone else seen anything about this or am I the only nerd who is stoked about a systematic theology coming out? Here's the link if anyone's interested. http://www.amazon.co...ef=pd_rhf_p_t_1
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By BrotherTony · Posted
Yessir. Many of my pastor friends who were also friends with my ex BIL have sided with my sister in the divorce because her husband wouldn't do anything outside of the ministry. His income, or lack thereof caused my sister to go into several network marketing companies where she did quite well. He forced her to stop, and once they had moved back to Georgia to be closer to his family, he was overbearing with my sister and the girls ALWAYS attributing everything that happened to THEIR sin, ALWAYS excluding himself. After nearly suffering a nervous breakdown herself my sister kicked him out. He twisted scripture right and left, even in the separation and divorce proceedings pushed ALL of the blame on her. My sister was no angel in all of this, but she didn't endanger her kids health and lives. He did. Their friends, with the exception of one who is in the pastorate, have stated that Steve should not be in the pulpit. I agree. -
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The Bible does set standards of dos and don’ts, and who can lead and who cannot lead. it seems to me, I could be wrong that churches today are letting their standards down. Example a couple not having sex before they get married. This Is on the back burner and not enforced like it was one time. This reminds me of the Ronald Reagan days, when he said, don’t ask don’t tell. I believe it was Ron Reagan that said this. -
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I struggle with this one a bit. Mainly with regard to those who got married before they were saved. Then, after some years, one or the other gets saved, but the other refuses to accept the gift and continues on in a sinful lifestyle, sometimes even more so just to get under the skin of the newly saved spouse. This happened to my brother. He got saved and his wife threw down the gauntlet. When he then got baptized she went off the deep end. Had he stayed married to her she would not only have destroyed her own life, but his as well. I know 1 Timothy 3 states that Pastors and Deacons should be the husband of one wife, but can someone affirm that doesn't just simply mean 'the husband of one wife', a previous unbiblical marriage not being part of the equation? What do you do with Ezra 10 where it was condoned that people not only put away their wives, but children as well, from marriages that were done outside the will of God? I'm not saying that the prevailing opinion on 1 Timothy 3, that one must never have been divorced to be a pastor or deacon, is wrong; I am just stating that I am not convinced. My brother was never called to either office (rightly so for many other reasons), but I know a few others that if they believed they were called would probably make very good pastors or deacons. Then, what do you do with the man whose only wife is a divorced woman? Is he disqualified? For the deacon 1 Timothy 3:11 states: Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. But no such requirement is listed under the pastor qualifications. And does this verse mean that she cannot be a divorcee? What if her previous husband was very abusive to the point her life (and that of her children) was in danger? Once again, I am not stating that the prevailing IFB stance of no divorce for a pastor or deacon is wrong, I am just stating that I am not fully convinced. -
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We have too many pastors out there with strong convictions, but when those convictions apply to themselves, they no longer hold to them. Didn't Jesus in Matthew condemned those who enforced standards on others while not adhering to them themselves?
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