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St. Louis Cardinals Christian Day at the Ballpark Sat., Aug. 13 vs. Rockies Following the game on Sat. Aug 13th, several Cardinals players, including Wainwright, Holliday, Berkman, McClellan and more, will share their faith with fans. Join us for "Christian Day at the Ballpark" presented by Duncan Financial Management on Saturday, August 13th at 3:10 pm when the Cardinals face the Colorado Rockies! This year's speaker is Cardinals pitcher, Adam Wainwright as he comes back to the mound to share his testimony of how faith in Christ has transformed his life. Current and former Cardinals players as well as Rockies players will also participate in this one hour, post-gam…
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In 1997(?) I read an article written by Mr. Cloud that was exceptionally critical of the ministry that reached me for Christ. I was bothered because the article was full of errors and made assumptions that were just not true. These errors were the pretext for which he crafted a scathing case against a fruit-bearing ministry. He mentioned believers that I personally know and that love God and serve him the best they know how. Since I served in this ministry for many years, I’m intimately familiar with its inner workings. I contacted Mr. Cloud with a cordial email stating my full name, address, and phone number. I pointed out a few substantial errors he stated as fact i…
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Memorial Day, a day of remembrance. The day we honor those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice--those who have given their all in the name of freedom. Nothing wrong with honoring them, but as the flag may remind us of those who went to war, the cross ought also to remind us of another Who also paid the ultimate price, and died for us. He too set us free, and gave Himself that we might live in peace and comfort, and He went the extra mile, and allowed us to be free from sin and have eternal life. Our great Hero of the faith, Jesus. Memorial day should be a reminder of Calvary also, and of the sacrifice Christ made there for all mankind. Happy Memorial Day
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Does anyone know of a good book on the Song of Solomon? I would like it to be of a IFB author, if possible. I have a commentary type of book by Ironside, but would like something a bit more detailed. Thanks.
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4:30 this morning I was watching 1 of the 3 shows that I actually still watch. It is called "Elementary" and it doesn't make me feel stupid when I watch it. Nope, since ths show doesn't, I guess the commercials must. I was watching it on the computer at CBS.com and it went to commercial break when suddenly I heard someone say, ... .... ..... How dumb do they have to be? Who in society would actually find this funny? Trouble is, with the dumbing down of society, I would guess alot of people would think it is funny. Anymore all the funny stuff on TV is about sex and fart jokes. It is like pre-pubescent boys are writing all the shows and commercials. I don'…
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I report, you decide. My former psychology instructor from college a few years ago, told us in class one day: "Mental illness does not exist. It is not a legitimate medical diagnosis, nor is it a legitimate science, because there is no medicine or science to back it up." He went on: "This business of so-called mental illness is nothing other than a very convenient, not to mention cowardly way of marginalizing people we don't understand or don't like. It is also used as an excuse to avoid taking responsibility for our actions. I seldom get subpoenaed to court because I would tell them that the best cure for behavior problems would be a swift kick in …
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Did anyone else see today's (3/21/13) episode of Dr. Phil about the religious cult in Liberty, Missouri (I think) called FOM/ Fellowship of Martyrs. Leader of cult calls himself a prophet of course. A couple with children gave up everything to live in a 70 rooms or apartments for the homeless. Wife thinks God told her to leave her husband and have relationship with other man now has a baby by someone else. Her legal husband left cult and took his children and was arrested for kidnapping! He's fighting mother in custody battle for his children since she is still in cult. The leader of the cult has over 900 sermons online. Apparently from what I understood it's a ministry…
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Anyone else been getting them this year? We're getting hammered here. We're right in the middle the plague. If you look at this map you'll see the town of Palmyra is right smack dab in the middle of the brood. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/05/20/cicada-update-latest-coverage-map-and-a-cicada-taste-test/ It says they taste like shrimp too!
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Have you had a Mexican Coca Cola Just saw Mexican coke listed, & wondered if any of you had tired it? some seems to think it taste much like the cokes of yesterday years when they only came in a small glass bottle, 6 ounces I believe. A Cross-Border Battle With Some Pop
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First U.S. speeder caught on this date in 1899 "Way back on May 20, 1899, taxi driver Jacob German was caught doing a heady 12 mph down Lexington Street in Manhattan. Caught both figureatively and literally, as a bicycle-mounted police officer clocked Mr German at the illegal speed and set off in pursuit." And he was driving an electric car!
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Okay, this is a place to tell on yourself. No, not looking for your deep sins. Just tell on yourself somethng you might not tell otherwise. To give an idea of what I mean, I'll start. I like Batman. I watch Batman cartoons, and have seen most of the movies, though not the last one, because I didn't really like that series. I like superheroes in general, but Batman is my favorite.
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1 Sam. 3 1Sa 3:21 “And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.” I find it amazing that Samuel worked at the “church” all that time, and did not yet know the Lord. “1Sa 3:7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him.” I wonder how many of us are busy doing the work, but ignoring the essential faith that saves us, but I see something else here that is very important for all Christians. The Lord revealed Himself through His Word, not through music, not through ministering, but through His Word. There is the crux of the matter, the Word of …
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Rather than spread the other thread thin, I thought I would start another. I have often wondered about the wisdom of the traditional Bible College. Not about them going off the rails etc, but the actual concept itself. Now I am not against Bible Colleges per se. My wondering is with the idea that a young man gets saved in a good local church. He begins to grow in that good local church. He gets involved in the ministries of that good local church. He feels the calling of the Lord to deeper service in that good local church. So the pastor and church send him across the country or even the world, to go to a Bible College many miles away from that good local church. …
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The last few months or so, I have partaken in many discussions on some other forums. One popular forum it seems that all they are concerned with is who can quote the most scholars on a particular topic: "Yes I know Dr Such N. Sutch said that, but Dr Doctor has a better book". It's like watching the classic kid game of "my daddy is better than your daddy". Then on another popular Baptist forum, I got called everything but a child of God on my first post! LOL Not to mention that because I am Jewish, I got called a terrorist and then, an administrator shut the thread down because I pointed out that an article posted was from an Aryan and Klan website. A Baptist site that…
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When i went to the mail box it was raining, walking back from the mail box lighting struck. I looked towards my right hand holding the umbrella. I heard a noise like electricity static though the air, & saw some light blue streaks of electricity Left a funny feeling in my body, but no harm. When the thunder came a few moments later it was extremely loud, feeling as if it was going to knock me on by backside. When I came in the front door Linda said, "When I saw that lighting all around you I thought you better hurry up and get inside before it hits you." She did not realize just how close it came. That is the closest lighting has ever came to me that I can remem…
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It's a sad thing when at a once great Christian University, a man can stand up and preach on the topic of soul winning and ask those in attendence if they would like to stand and make a committment to simply pass out 5 tracts each week over the summer and less than half of the roughly 4,000 in attendence stand up. And even worse a majority were upset with the fact that he asked, even professors who themselves refused to stand. So let me get this straight, a man asks a "Conservative Christian University" to do something that the Bible already tells us to do and even professors are upset. Maybe it relates to the fact that several professors there are calvinists and believe …
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Hi all, I have scoured the web and looked for resources to no-avail regarding this. What I am looking for is a brief overview of the different "camps" in American fundamentalism today. When I say fundamentalism I am referring largely to Independent Baptists. For example, it appears that the various factions seem to be split by the various fundamental colleges (PCC,Hyles-Anderson,Crown, etc) Is there anybody who is more well versed who could briefly outline these different "factions" as it were and possibly give a few distinctives for each? I understand it is far from cut and try but a nice clear outline would be super helpful to use for reference purposes. Thanks, …
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Just in case you did not know, I wish you a Happy National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day!
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Due to time, Pastorj has stepped down as a Moderator on Online Baptist. While being a Moderator here he did a great job keeping me in line . He will still be around, just no more of that mod power. Please join me in thanking him for the time he spent here as a Moderator.
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Arise and Go (To those who are born again) The command is to all, “Arise, Arise” and rise we shall. We will all stand at the dark river of death, and succumb to its power, and yet, we shall rise again. We shall cross that loathsome river and enter into our promise, and into our rest; where angels await us and loved ones have gone before, and oh, what glory that shall be. Yes, we are all coming to that time when we shall raise no more in this world of flesh, but we shall raise in spirit, by the grace of He that is the firstborn of them that sleep, the true resurrection and the Life. Heaven, in all its glory, awaits us; waiting with open arms to receive its belov…
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Philippians 4:8- Finally, brethren, 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. Outside of thinking on scripture, reading the bible or a Christian biography, singing hymns, witnessing or going to church what puts you in a right mind? What makes you happy or have good thoughts whenever you think on it or do it? What situations always pick you up? Here's a few that do it for me: 1) Listening to peepers on a warm night. Always puts me in a right mind. …
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(GunNews.com) — National rates of gun homicide and other violent gun crimes are strikingly lower now than during their peak in the mid-1990s, paralleling a general decline in violent crime, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data. Compared with 1993, the peak of U.S. gun homicides, the firearm homicide rate was 49% lower in 2010, and there were fewer deaths, even though the nation’s population grew. The victimization rate for other violent crimes with a firearm—assaults, robberies and sex crimes—was 75% lower in 2011 than in 1993. Violent non-fatal crime victimization overall (with or without a firearm) also is down markedly (72%) over two decades.…
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Scripture says there will be a great falling away before the Lord returns. Are we seeing the beginning of such today? Many are falling away in the Western countries, but what about the other nations around the world?
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I'm new one of my motives for joining was to find likeminded musicians. I am surprised that there isn't a sub-forum regarding the music ministry. I really think this is an important topic for believers. I've devoted a significant portion of my life the last few years to meet a need to produce Christ-honoring music and really haven't found a place online where I fit in. Chime in!
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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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We did, we do. Most churches around here only have Sun am service.
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