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I've started this five times and changed my mind four times over the last 2 days (under various titles and bodies). It's a fairly well established 'fact' that everyone knows how to run the business better than the owner, the county commission has only idiots on the board, any one of us can pastor better than our pastor, everything either gets done too soon, to late or not at all, etc. Some things on OB work themselves out, some get ironed out by OB members, some are only temporary frustration, some get discussed behind the scenes. Sometimes the rebuke is public, sometimes via warning, sometimes via PM. Some are done by Bro Matt, some are done without Bro Matt's knowledg…
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Since the last time that I posted sermon links in this manner seemed to be received favorably, I am posting some again -- "We Acknowledge Our Wickedness" (http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=22714192090) "Do It for Thy Name's Sake" (http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=227141932202) "Therefore the Lord Doth Not Accept Them" (http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=316151513357)
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Purging America's HeroesBy Patrick J. BuchananTuesday - September 15, 2015 With that kumbayah moment at the Capitol in South Carolina, when the Battle Flag of the Confederacy was lowered forever to the cheers and tears of all, a purgation of the detestable relics of evil that permeate American public life began. City leaders in Memphis plan to dig up the body of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, who is buried in a city park that once bore his name. A statue of the great cavalrymen will be removed. "Nathan Bedford Forrest is a symbol of bigotry and racism, and those symbols have no place on public property," said council chairman Myron Lowery, "What we're doin…
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Schools Now Pushing Soft Porn for Tweens, Islam for All KidsThis new school year under expansive Common Core curriculum and standards testing, children will have data collected by the government about behavioral and mental aptitude, not their test scores. No matter what a governor or state school board might claim, if the state receives federal money in any form, it is participating in data collection without parental consent. Parents have the constitutional right to opt out their child by filling out this form. And the Exodus Mandate is encouraging and providing resources for Christian parents to do more than opt out, but to exit the public school system altogether. Two …
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Kim Davis vs. Judicial TyrannyBy Patrick J. BuchananFriday - September 11, 2015 "If the law supposes that, the law is a ass — a idiot." Charles Dickens gave that line to Mr. Bumble in "Oliver Twist." And it sums up the judgment of Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis about the Supreme Court's Obergefell decision, which said the 14th Amendment guarantees same-sex couples the right to marry. Davis refused to provide marriage licenses to gay couples lined up at her clerk's office and was sent to jail for five days by a federal judge for contempt of court. Good for her. We need more like her. For behind her defiance are more authoritative sources than the five justices who gave…
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A funny thing about my birthday,... i am in Mississippi, where it will not officially be my birthday for two more hours. 12:15 AM September 9th. I will be 56 years old. However, I was not born in the United States. I was born in Libya, North Africa on September 9, 1959 at 12:15 AM their time. This means, that although I was bon the 9th of September, and it is now 10:15 PM here in Mississippi on the 8th, i technically am five hours into my 57th year of life. LoL
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have really jumped up in this area, how about yours?
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Earlier today I was reading something a pastor had preached on and it sounded pretty good until he got to this: He claimed Calvin is the biggest influence in virtually all the churches today (he seemed to be speaking of American churches) and he said the following doctrines came from Calvin and were not found in Scripture. "Certainly the doctrines of predestination, unconditional eternal security, and penal substitution had to come from sources other than the scriptures. I challenge anyone to teach such things by referring to Scripture alone. It cannot be done without referring to the writings of John Calvin, which are not scripture." This preacher wasn't limiting his com…
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I figured some of you might be wondering about my username. Growing up my husband didn't have a father (he passed away when hubby was 4 years old) and his Mom had to work to support the family. They grew a large garden, she made their own bread, and when hubby got older he would hunt and then he and his best friend got into trapping. In the 70s there was good money to be made in selling fur. Well, after graduation hubby went into the Marines and left his rural life behind. He has lived in cities every since, and is a frustrated and misplaced mountain man. Every fall he would talk about how the change in the air gave him the itch to start preparing his traps. When o…
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Martyn Lloyd-Jones speaks on some things that hinder revival RV5D.mp3
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Snub Him Or Not 1 2
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Do you think Obama and Democrats are correct in snubbing Benjamin Netanyahu? Why or why not?
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53 years.
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It seems that every time I logout and then login again, this forum does not recognize my password. So I keep changing my password every time I want to login. I hope the technical support can help me. Thank you.
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I am trying something new. If it works, you will know. If it does not work, then this posting will have nothing more therein; and this thread will be dead before it began. IT DID NOT WORK. ________________________________________________________________ I will now engage in a different method. It is not one that I prefer, and I will not likely engage in such again. However . . . 1. http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=122014144854 2. http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=1220141519118 3. http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=12201416184 4. http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=1220141619424 5. http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo…
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Speaking in Romans 11, Paul said of Israel - notice please, that they were branches, not the Olive tree - (a comparison to John 15 would suffice for an example) 11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. 12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness? 13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: 14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them. 15 For if…
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How many hours a day, do you spend here? 1,2,3,4,5,6 hours and do you cook and clean?
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Immigration -- Issue of the CenturyBy Patrick J. BuchananTuesday - August 18, 2015 "Trump's immigration proposals are as dangerous as they are stunning," railed amnesty activist Frank Sharry. "Trump ... promises to rescind protections for Dreamers and deport them. He wants to redefine the constitutional definition of U.S. citizenship as codified by the 14th Amendment. He plans to impose a moratorium on legal immigration." While Sharry is a bit hysterical, he is not entirely wrong. For the six-page policy paper, to secure America's border and send back aliens here illegally, released by Trump last weekend, is the toughest, most comprehensive, stunning immigration propo…
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I am looking for another tablet... Which one do you all recommend and why
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“To those who had easily endured toils, dangers, and doubtful and difficult circumstances, ease and wealth, the objects of desire to others, became a burden and a trouble. At first the love of money, and then that of power, began to prevail, and these became, as it were, the sources of every evil. For avarice subverted honesty, integrity, and other honorable principles, and, in their stead, inculcated pride, inhumanity, contempt of religion, and general venality. Ambition prompted many to become deceitful; to keep one thing concealed in the breast, and another ready on the tongue; to estimate friendships and enmities, not by their worth, but according to interest; and to …
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Anyone know more about this or has actually seen this? This month Pure Flix, a Christian movie film company, has launched its own version of Netflix for Christian movie audiences. Pure Flix is taking the lead in serving the faith-based and family friendly content niche, currently streaming more than 2,000 faith and family movies, inspirational titles, TV shows, documentaries and biblically based educational programs. Pure Flix will exclusively offer many of the Pure Flix titles (75+) including Do You Believe?, Old Fashioned, Jerusalem Countdown, as well as theatrical features, and production of original episodic programming. The platform will also feature a channel focu…
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Missouri Commission Removes Desert Storm Memorial with ‘Jesus Fish’by William Bigelow12 Aug 2015 On Tuesday, the three-member Boone County Commission in Columbia, Missouri voted unanimously to remove a memorial honoring Operation Desert Storm from the county courthouse to a private cemetery because it featured an ichthys, AKA “Jesus fish.” Two Boone County men who died in Operation Desert Storm, Patrick Connor and Steven Farnen, were listed on the memorial, but now the county has decided to replace the memorial with another one lacking any religious symbol. In May 2014. Americans United for Separation of Church and State started a campaign against the memorial, sending a …
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No, not Arminians.... Friday afternoon, I sold some sheep to four guys from Armenia. Unlike all the Arabs/Muslims I've dealt with these folks didn't try to negotiate the price other than to offer me MORE if I sold them what they wanted. They were a pleasure to deal with, paid me extra, and said they would be back for more.
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This morning I was watching Fox News when Mike Huckabee came on to discuss last night's debate and something caught my ear. In response to John Kasich's capitulation on gay marriage, Huckabee revealed himself as a Biblical Creationist by asserting a 6,000 year human history in support of traditional marriage. It was an incredibly short part of a larger answer but also incredibly telling. From that one little quote we know that he firmly believes the Bible and that he holds God's Word above man's word, even when it's likely to get him skewered in the public arena. I know he was a Baptist pastor for a while (of the SBC variety), but that's a stance even many of those won't …
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Heard a man comment about how holy the Temple was, that the Lord didn't want the foundation to touch the ground. He said they built arches between two mounts until it leveled with the tops of those mounts, then laid the foundation on those arches, thus making it not touch the ground. Ever hear this?
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