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Most recognize the American church is not well and is no longer the "center" of Christianity on earth today. At it's beginning, the Church/Christianity (I know some folks can argue over the terms, but I'm trying to keep it simple), was centered in Jersualem. From there the "center" of Christianity was in Asia minor, then it moved to Europe, and then to America. Where has the "center" of Christianity moved to now? There are great moves of the Holy Ghost in South America, Africa, India and elsewhere. Many believe the center of Christianity has moved to Africa where many are coming to Christ and many churches are solid on the Word and some are even sending missionaries…
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I thought I had at least a general understanding of what Dispensationalism was about but as I've been looking more deeply into it I've discovered I only have a general understanding of one aspect or view of Dispensationalism. It seems there is more than one view of just what Dispensationalism is and how many Dispensations there have been, as well as plenty who don't believe in it. Also, in trying to trace the history of Dispensationalism I've found out what I was told was very limited and not entirely accurate. I've found it interesting that early on, many who readily accepted Dispensationalism were of the sort most of us here would not be aligned with while many who st…
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Linda's oldest brother's wife's brother went wild several years ago. At one time he was in church, even the song leader, dedicate, him and wife were in church every time services were held. But somewhere along the way he left the good path. He divorce his wife, his wife was my wife's 1st cousin. Got involved in dope. He remarried, had a son, through the years he had quite a bit of mild troubles, got into it with the IRS for not paying taxes. The thing is he brought his son into this type of life. Last year I believe it was they got arrested, yet though a loophole they got off. I might add, his son is not the only one he has dragged into this stuff, Linda and I feel he h…
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What good will it do for pictures of Osama to be shown on TV? What do you think should they be shown or not?
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Happy Mother's Day to all Mothers. These pictures are my beautiful mother and grandmother. My grandma will be 102 years old this year. This picture was taken on her 100th birthday. I wish I could be there with them...they both had a lot of influence on me as I was growing up. I have been blessed beyond words by having these ladies in my life.
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Katy Perry: Strict Christian Upbringing Kept Me From Having a Childhood And of course, the Christian life is no fun, enjoyment, pleasure, for a person that is lost, living in the flesh. Only a saved person, one who has been born again, one that has experienced a change of heart, one who has the Holy Ghost living within them, will enjoy. feel pleasure, when living the Christ like life. For the born again believer, to live a Christ like life is not grievous. 1Jo 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. I wish we had more success in helping people understand that if only they will accept Jesus as Savior,…
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America’s Muslim precedent Obama bungled Osama killing with too much respect for Islam By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times 7:43 p.m., Tuesday, May 3, 2011 The White House went out of its way to make certain that Osama bin Laden received full traditional Muslim burial rites. Obama officials claimed they did so to honor the Islamic religion, but they were also honoring bin Laden. Such acts are unacceptable on behalf of America’s mortal enemy; no one suggested Adolf Hitler’s remains receive a Viking funeral. The Obama administration goes to great lengths to stay on the right side of Shariah, but hastily dumping bin Laden’s body into the sea was a c…
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Haband has really cheap culottes, for those searching They are so hard to find!
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OHIO'S HEARTBEAT BILL - A NICE PRO-LIFE BILL IF THERE IS NO GOD By Dr. Patrick Jonston May 1, 2011 NewsWithViews.com “You and three others were in a boat in the middle of the ocean. You are healthy and fit, one is morbidly obese and out of shape, one is an elderly woman with cancer, and one is a child with Downs syndrome. You must row at least three days and nights to get to land, and there is no food and barely enough water to sustain no more than three of you. If the four of you split it four ways, all of you will die. Which one should you throw overboard to keep the others alive?” This was my first exposure to relative morality in a classroom at the Florida …
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Scripture tells us various things about the 12 Apostles in relation to the future. Who are those 12 Apostles? The 11 who were with Jesus will certainly be among the 12, right? So who will be the 12th Apostle? Mathias? Paul? Someone else?
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http://www.imsdb.com/ <---- I found this and I thought it is cool to read before you watch.
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On May 14th all fifty states will participate in the Postal food drive.Fr about 19 years the mailmaman has been picking up bags of canned & boxed food to give to the food bank in Honor of Mather's Day on te second saturday in May. If you live in a small city call your post office to see if the toen or city you live at is participating inthe food drive. You can leavethe food nextto the mail box or in a spot hen the poastal drive can see it or you can take bags of food to the post office. a few days prior to the food drive. Last year our food bank added food that was donated to the food bank atthe time of the poastal food drive to what was donated. Verily, veril…
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Resurrection Sunday Galatians 2:20 At Christmastime we are reminded of the birth of Christ, and at Easter, His resurrection. You night say that Christmas was the birth of our redemption, and Easter the completion of it. It is not so much that he was born though, as it is that he died for us; and it is not so much that He died as it is that he lives for us. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Yes, one must remember that without the resurrection, Christmas would be the end of our redemption, and, though precious as it is, it would not be enough. We need a living Savior; and thank God, we have a living Savior. What good a Savior that has passed on and left nothing …
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Is Obama’s Just Released Birth Certificate a Fake? President Obama has finally released his birth certificate. There doesn’t seem to be anything shocking or embarrassing in it that would explain the reluctance to release it. It just looks like your normal birth certificate that all of us have. Of course we’d love to put this issue behind us and move onto the important issues facing our nation, but questions still remain. Many people thought there would be something embarrassing on the certificate that Obama would not want made public. For example, since his mother was Caucasian there was a possibility that Obama’s birth certificate said he was also Caucasian. Another t…
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Just wanted to share a picture I took with my friends here at OB.
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Did anyone see the 20/20 special on IFB's? If not, I recommend you view it and then give your thoughts. http://abc.go.com/watch/2020/SH559026/VD55121488/2020-48-victims-forced-confession It made me thankful that my church is not like what was being portrayed on TV. I did not like how they made it seem like all IFB churches are abusive, mine most defiantly is not.
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I heard on the news, that next Friday's royal wedding is going to get wall to wall coverage in the US. For ourselves, we are thouroughly fed up with hearing about it, already, and hope to leave the country for the day, however the ferry's website is overwhelmed at present, so I suppose everryone else wants to escape.
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I'm going msushroom hunting this morning...no scantily clad women out there in the brush! This page will tell you what I'm after and if you go "shroom'n" make sure you check out the false morel.
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Much bad weather around these parts, west of us several be without electricity, including the police in one country. Outside all you can heard from the northwest is steady rolling thunder. They say this weather will hang around till about Thursday.
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I've heard several say Modest clothing is hard to find. I'm going to post 2 sites, now, I know nothing about price, nor anything else about these 2 sites, the 1st one was advertised in Sword of the Lord. Far Above Rubies Modest Apparel And I'm posting them just in case someone is looking for such a thing, I have no connections with either of them.
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Do you participate in worshipping the image of the bunny?
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I was reading what A. T. Robertson's had to say about a New Testament verse in my SwordSeacher. Afterwards I did a search to see what I could find out about him. This is a portion. " In 1892 Robertson was appointed professor at Southern Baptist and remained in that post until a day in 1934 when he dismissed his class early and went home and died of a stroke." Full article
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A SHATTERED NATION - A SHATTERED PEOPLE By Sheriff Jim R. Schwiesow, Ret. April 23, 2011 NewsWithViews.com “But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.” Ezekiel 18:24 THE TRAVAILS OF A NATION YIELDED UNTO THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS “Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto…
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Hello I just wanted to come here to say that I took a long break from here because I needed a break. I am letting the big boys and gals that are strong discuss political issues. I am here to get more grounded in the word and ETC. I have gotten baptised last year in a Baptist church and I feel my life is improving. We kicked out cable tv and some movies and skyangel. If I want to watch a program I watch it online. My husband and I are improving our house for the Lord each day. I have lost a friend of 22 years last year because of her occult and dark living and speak to demons and she refuses to forgive me because our church don't approve of gay and lesbian marriage. …
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I turned the radio on today after church to listen to as I changed my clothes. The preacher was using the NIV but twice during the short time I listened to his sermon he paused to point out the NIV poorly translated a particlar verse. In both cases, this pastor actually corrected the NIV by saying the KJB had the better translation, then read the verse from the KJB and stated why that was better than what the NIV said! Why bother preaching from the NIV if you disagree with the way it was translated and find it necessary to have to correct it using the KJB twice within a short space of time in your sermon?
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