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Rain! Wonderful! We needed it. Already the front lawn is looking a teeny bit greener. :)
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Do you feel that the way some women dress, & or lack of dress, dressing in revealing clothes has an impact on being raped & murdered?
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Well, up here in this part of Canada there is going to be an extreme heat warning tomorrow, apparently. (You guys that go to Key West won't be impressed, mind....) Remember, up here it's snow and ice for months on end....
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A week ago tomorrow I had cataract surgery, & spent 3 days in Shreveport & around the VA hospital. I want to mention something the wife and I have observed & put to the test. For the most part black people around the VA are friendlier than white people, we 1st noticed this a few weeks back when checking my eyes and getting an appointment for surgery I just had. So during this time being around the VA hospital we took special notice while trying to speak to everyone, the majority of white people seemed to ignore us, the majority of black people were friendly generally speaking back to us and open to conversation. I'm not saying none of the white people were f…
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Our church recently started a sign language class. The teacher is posting vids online for people to review, and for anyone who wants to learn...enjoy. http://followingsigns.wordpress.com/?blogsub=confirming#subscribe-blog
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So has anyone bought jewelry via the Web? Like for an upcoming gift. Is it a bit risky? if you're not quite sure if the person will like what you buy. Blessings.
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The Truth You cannot be saved by being a 'good person': "For by grace are ye saved through faith...Not of works, lest any man should boast." (Ephesians 2:8a-9 KJV) And there are not 'many paths’ to God, there's only One: "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." (John 14:6 KJV) The Bible tells us that everyone is a sinner: "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" (Romans 3:23 KJV) You must realize that there is a punishment for sin: "For the wages of sin is death..." (Romans 6:23a KJV) This does not mean only physical death, but also spiritual death: "...fear him which is able …
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I read this in my devotion this morning, and absolutely love this prayer. "I call to you, O Lord, from my quiet darkness. Show me your mercy and love. Let me see your face, hear your voice, touch the hem of your cloak. I want to love you, be with you, speak to you and simply stand in your presence. But I cannot make it happen. PRessing my eyes against my hands is not praying, and reading about your presence is not living in it. But there is that moment in which you will come to me, as you did to your fearful disciples, and say, 'Do not be afraid; it is I.' Let that moment come soon, O Lord. And if you want to delay it, then make me patient. Amen." --A Cry for…
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Okay so today would have been the 100th b-day of Marshall McLuhan, the Toronto professor that invented the term 'global village'. He also coined the phrase: 'the medium is the message' Seems like he was right that the medium is indeed the message. It's true from a practical point of view. Even if it might not ideally be true from an ethical point of view. Like, for some ppl, TV is an end in itself. Anyway, up here ppl are commemorating his centenary.
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A long time back someone on here told me how to set this Bible program so that I could copy and pate out of it to Microsoft Works and it would appear in the font of my choice. And until the Trojan hit my computer on about the 1st of this month and I reformatted my computer I could do this. I might add I also order and installed the latest update CD available from Sword Searcher. I have my Sword Searcher set to Courier New as I did before the Trojan hit, and it is the font I use in my sermon outlines and until now when I would copy and paste from Sword Searcher into my sermon outline it would appear in the Courier New font, but it will no longer do that. I have change …
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Well, over the past few weeks I've had to mow the lawn every few days, and I expect to mow it again tonight. However, it's been so dry that it's surprisingly (or maybe not surprisingly) grown so much just recently. We could do with some rain, anyway.
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Hello OB world. I know I have been MIA as of late as things have been really busy for me. Thank you to all of you that continue to be a part of this wonderful community. The reason for this announcement is to let you know that we will be preforming an upgrade on the software that our community uses. This new upgrade will include a cleaner/simpler look and some new features. I will start the upgrade either today or tomorrow. If you log in and get error messages, that means that I am currently running the upgrade script. Hopefully the upgrade should not take long. Thank you all for taking part in this great community, I look forward to meeting you all someday in glor…
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So does anyone have more of a clue than I do about this practical matter?
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Well, it really has been sunbathing and swimming weather lately; my wife and I keep using the pool. Make the most of it while it all lasts, I guess. Funny how in some parts of North America the summer seems to last three or four months and the winter eight or nine months.... While the sun is with us, anyway, use it! But the cycle of the seasons goes round, itself a tribute to God's Creatorial faithfulness.
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The Truth You cannot be saved by being a 'good person': "For by grace are ye saved through faith...Not of works, lest any man should boast." (Ephesians 2:8a-9 KJV) And there are not 'many paths’ to God, there's only One: "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." (John 14:6 KJV) The Bible tells us that everyone is a sinner: "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" (Romans 3:23 KJV) You must realize that there is a punishment for sin: "For the wages of sin is death..." (Romans 6:23a KJV) This does not mean only physical death, but also spiritual death: "...fear him which is able …
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Wedding dresses 1 2 3
by John81- 32 replies
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Why do so many Christian women, just like secular women, get married wearing strapless wedding dresses that cover very little? I've noticed even among Christian women who typically dress modestly, when they get married they wear one of these dresses. Why are these style of dresses considered appropriate for a Christian woman to wear for her wedding? Why would a Christian husband want so much of his bride to be exposed during their wedding? What about the parents and others? What about the pastors performing the weddings and so often having their picture taken with the bride? I've wondered about this for some time but I've never heard a good answer.
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I like this verse: .................. But none of the ransomed ever knew How deep were the waters crossed, Nor how dark was the night that the Lord passed through 'Ere he found his sheep that were lost. ......... 'He was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and with his stripes we are healed.' (Isaiah 53)
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In which circumstances does scripture allow marriage after divorce?
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It's always good to try to interpret the Bible in a sound way. Sometimes it can be easy to be drawn into pulling verses from here and there and putting them together and the result is rather unsatisfactory. So it can be useful to ask various questions, such as: Who is speaking in the passage? Who is being spoken to? and when? For example there are two verses of Scripture here: 'And Judas went and hanged himself.' 'Go thou and do likewise.' From an interpretational point of view, it can be unsound to jump to conclusions too quickly, right? We need to ask sensible questions first before, in a fit of enthusiasm, we pull one verse from somewhere and make it a…
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The Truth You cannot be saved by being a 'good person': "For by grace are ye saved through faith...Not of works, lest any man should boast." (Ephesians 2:8a-9 KJV) And there are not 'many paths
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Le 19:28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD. Do you believe the above verse teachings tattoos are wrong for the child of God?
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I recommend this book. The Silence of God by Sir Robert Anderson. He's the guy that wrote The Coming Prince. This is a meaty book and some of it is dated but it covers a topic that probably causes more Christians to backslide and more people to become atheists than just about any other reality of life. Why is God so silent in this day and age? Why no miracles like in the Bible with Jesus, Moses and the prophets? Why does God seem to ignore the sufferings of his people? Where is the God of Elijah? Here a link to read it online: http://www.newble.co.uk/anderson/silence/preface.html
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Bullet proof limo gets stuck
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I'm looking for some good biographies of great (1) Baptist Men of God or (2) from the denominations before they went liberal. Time period...1790s-1930s. I don't want anything from the modern era. Name of author and book title would be great! If you have a link it would be greatly appreciated. Biographies of people I think I would enjoy reading… John Calvin Dwight L Moody Charles G Finney William Sunday C.H. Spurgeon Noah Webster John Bunyan Thanks
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END FEDERAL AIRPORT SECURITY By NWV News writer Jim Kouri Posted 1:00 AM Eastern July 11, 2011 © 2011 NewsWithViews.com Last week during a radio broadcast in Texas, GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul proposed getting rid of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration's security officers who have been abusing and harassing American citizens. Paul, a veteran U.S. Congressman, joins a growing number of lawmakers and security experts who believe the TSA security officers are no better -- perhaps worse -- than the private security company guards who worked at the nation's airports prior to the 9-11 terrorist attacks and the subsequent creation of the Homeland …
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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. -
By BrotherTony · Posted
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). -
By TheGloryLand · Posted
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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