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   Bill Gothard

   March 28, 2011 by John81

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   I know of some people who are involved in some aspects of Bill Gothard's ministry. Something of a missionary aspect in South America where I think they also do some teaching. We don't have much contact now which is why I'm asking questions here. I did try to look up information online but came away knowing no more than when I began. One website seemed to offer a list of problems with Gothard but when I read over what they said it sounded more like nit-picking. Another website seemed to have application differences with Gothard but didn't spell out any actual biblical wrongs. Another said those who are involved with Gothard are part of the "Gothard cult" but never went i…

   

   Last reply by John81, November 9, 2011
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   Sam Gipp: "You Can't Take It! (Neither Can I)"

   November 9, 2011 by Brother Rick

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   Because we were all raised on the unrealistic world of television, all Americans have a truly unrealistic view of life. We have watched TV heroes get beaten to a pun and then stand up and win the battle they’re fighting. We have watched “the Good Guys” sleep out in the elements and awake refreshed. We have seen people faced with the possibility of sudden death and handle it coolly as though it were a daily occurrence. Sadly, we watch these antics and then superimpose ourselves into the part of the hero and end up with an “I can take anything, I’m indestructible” view of ourselves. Our movie heroes always handle imminent destruction with a smug, off-handed one-liner so we …

   

   Last reply by Brother Rick, November 9, 2011
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   When Did Satan Fall? 1 2

   November 4, 2011 by Brother Rick

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   This is something I’ve always struggled with understanding: when did Satan fall? It’s easy to tell when Lucifer was created: Job 38:4-7, “Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. 5) Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? 6) Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; 7) When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?” So the morning stars and the sons of God were there before Genesis 1:1, because they were singing and praising God as the Earth was created. So it makes sense tha…

   

   Last reply by Brother Rick, November 9, 2011

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   Is God on our side?

   November 8, 2011 by ThePilgrim

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   Mailvox: is God on our side? JH wonders: "I have read your coloumn faithfully for years, and have come to admire your level-headed and logical approach to the problems you present. I have a question. Most social conservatives declare that life begins at conception, thus concluding that all abortions are murder. If you take this stand then you must conclude that America has the blood of 50 million innocent lives on her hands. What right do we have then to drop bombs on " ragheads and goat herders ' and the like if this is so, and how can we possibly think that God will bless our troops in foreign wars when we can't possibly be on HIS side?" It is so. And America has …

   

   Last reply by Covenanter, November 9, 2011
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   Emergent Church

   November 7, 2011 by Covenanter

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   Have you experience of this movement? We have this from a former leader of a church we have been in fellowship with for many decades.

   

   Last reply by Covenanter, November 8, 2011

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   iPhone or Android? 1 2

   November 5, 2011 by Anon

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   Want to buy my hub a surprise smartphone for Christmas.... was leaning towards an iPhone 4s but guy at Verizon trying to talk me into Android, says the 4G speeds are better. Seems like iPhone is slightly more user friendly but Android (I am specifically looking at Samsung) has faster speeds and more modern, with Google os.... What do you think?

   

   Last reply by 1John2:15-17, November 8, 2011

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   The following is from a pastor's CV 1 2 3

   October 24, 2011 by Invicta

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   The following is from a pastor's CV What do you think?

   

   Last reply by Invicta, November 6, 2011

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   The Best is Yet to Come

   November 3, 2011 by JerryNumbers

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   I read this article on The Baptist Pillar & wanted to share it with you. It really touches on the fact that those that have Jesus as Savior, its a fact, 'The Best is Yet to Come.' We have so much to look forward to yet so many of us live our life as if this is as good as it ever will be while storing up many earthly treasure.

   

   Last reply by JerryNumbers, November 6, 2011

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    A Radio-controlled Roundup

    November 2, 2011 by ThePilgrim

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    See, I do have a sense of humor. http://www.youtube.com/embed/NA-ST8nXl4U?rel=0 God bless, Larry

    

    Last reply by HappyChristian, November 2, 2011
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    A Blessing: Job and the Millennium

    November 1, 2011 by Brother Rick

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    While studying Job this thrilled my soul to read today, and I think it will for you too. What a wonderful Lord we have. So I'm working on a study about the Millennial Kingdom, and what it meant to people all throughout the Old Testament. To Adam and Eve, the promise in Gen. 3:15 meant that maybe they'd get back to the garden. To Enoch, well, he was the first man to preach about the Second Coming about 2,500 years before the first coming in Jude. I can't believe I made the mistake of overlooking Job! To him the promise of the Kingdom meant seeing his Redeemer and having a new body. Job 19:25-26, "For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter …

    

    Last reply by Brother Rick, November 2, 2011

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    WILL SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LEAD TO LEGALIZED POLYGAMY?

    October 27, 2011 by John81

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    October 27, 2011 WILL SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LEAD TO LEGALIZED POLYGAMY? [Excerpts] Joe Darger and his three wives, Alina, Vicki and Valeri, are not seeking the right to marry, like same-sex couples in states throughout the country. The Utah foursome simply wants their polygamous marriage to be decriminalized. Darger and his wives said they are "independent fundamentalist Mormons" and that polygamy is accepted practice in their faith. As such, said husband Joe, polygamy "goes back five generations" in his family lineage. Joe Darger is legally wed to Alina. By also taking Vicki and V…

    

    Last reply by John81, November 1, 2011
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    What happened to the Roman Empire?

    October 31, 2011 by ThePilgrim

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    Undoubtedly some of you have read Gibbons "Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire" as I have as well as some others. Here is another possibility. A possibility that may show our empire's Future. I do not speak for or against the article. I just offer it "as is" for those who don't mind a long read. http://www.financialsense.com/contributors/ugo-bardi/peak-civilization God bless, Larry

    

    Last reply by Brother Rick, November 1, 2011

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    Computer Trends

    October 31, 2011 by swathdiver

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    What do most of you folks use these days? A PC, a Laptop, tablet, phone or??? I've grown up with computers and have always had them in the home since about age 7 or so. I just repaired/rebuilt my motherboard and am getting my computer, a PC back up and running again. For portability and as a backup we have an HP laptop with a 17" screen and what I consider essential, the keypad on the side! Both machines are 6 years old now and I have no plans to replace them, though my wife think she does! hehehe That being said, what kind of phones do you folks use? I have an old Moto Razr somewhere around the house, haven't seen it in months. There is a hands-free phone bu…

    

    Last reply by HappyChristian, October 31, 2011

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    Sad Continual Fall of the Once Great Britain

    October 28, 2011 by John81

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    It's a girl! British royal succession rules to change PERTH, Australia (Reuters) - Centuries of British royal discrimination came to an end Friday after Commonwealth leaders agreed to drop rules that give sons precedence as heir to the throne and bar anyone in line for the crown from marrying a Roman Catholic. The 16 countries that have Queen Elizabeth as their monarch agreed to the changes put forward by British Prime Minister David Cameron, who had called the rules of succession outdated. "The idea that a younger son should become monarch instead of an elder daughter simply because he is a man, or that a future monarch can marry someone of any faith except a Catholic…

    

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    Fundamentalist Christians protest at Paris theater

    October 29, 2011 by John81

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    Fundamentalist Christians protest at Paris theater PARIS (AP) — The city of Paris is filing legal complaints against a group of fundamentalist Christians who have been protesting a play currently showing at the municipal theater, claiming it is blasphemous, the mayor said Friday. Riot police have been called in to chase off demonstrators bearing crosses loudly protesting in front of, and sometimes inside, the Theatre de la Ville since the Oct. 20 opening of the play. "Sur le Concept du Visage du fils de Dieu" ("On the Concept of the Son of God's Face"), by Italian Romeo Castellucci is a provocative story centering on a young man caring for his aged and incontinent fat…

    

    Last reply by Invicta, October 31, 2011
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    THERE'S A MUSLIM IN THE WHITE HOUSE 1 2 3

    August 11, 2011 by John81

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    THERE'S A MUSLIM IN THE WHITE HOUSE August 11, 2011 NewsWithViews.com By Coach Dave Daubenmire I think it is time to stop pulling our punches. Because we have been bull-whipped with political correctness, most people are afraid to state what is obvious. ” I will no longer be bullied by fear of ridicule into denying what is plainly obvious to anyone with the courage to look with un-biased eyes. I don’t care how much the media covers for him, or how much his communist cabal yells “racist” every time someone questions one of his policies, or how many years he spent hiding in Jeremiah Wright’s “church, Barack Hussein Obama is a Muslim. I don’t care what names they …

    

    Last reply by swathdiver, October 29, 2011

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    Any Writers Here or Anyone Who Wants to Be?

    October 28, 2011 by Brother Rick

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    With modern day technology anyone can realize their dream of being a writer. My wife and I are about as normal as you get, but we have three books published. Is there anyone else here who's ever written a book or ever wanted to? Just curious.

    

    Last reply by Brother Rick, October 28, 2011
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    Electric cars from yesterday year

    October 28, 2011 by JerryNumbers

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    Electric cars from yesterday years Here, & here

    

    Last reply by JerryNumbers, October 28, 2011
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    What Is It We Wish to Conserve?

    October 25, 2011 by John81

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    What Is It We Wish to Conserve? By Patrick J. Buchanan Tuesday - October 25, 2011 A conservative's task in society is "to preserve a particular people, living in a particular place during a particular time." Jack Hunter, in a review of this writer's new book, "Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?" thus summarizes Russell Kirk's view of the duty of the conservative to his country. Kirk, the traditionalist, though not so famous as some of his contemporaries at National Review, is now emerging as perhaps the greatest of that first generation of post-World War II conservatives -- in the endurance of his thought. Richard Nixon believed that. Forty ye…

    

    Last reply by HappyChristian, October 26, 2011
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    How do you see Him?

    October 25, 2011 by ThePilgrim

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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EakYvugnajw God bless, Larry

    

    Last reply by heartstrings, October 25, 2011
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    Don't Toss the Baby out with the Bathwater! 1 2

    October 20, 2011 by Brother Rick

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    I see all the time where people toss books and teachers because they do not agree with everything they say. That’s fine to do, but in the end you could really miss out on learning something that God wants you to know. From Moses and Aaron to Samson and David, God’s pattern is using imperfect men to accomplish impossible tasks. If you wind up tossing every book (or preacher!) that happens to have something wrong in it, you’ll wind up with nothing but the Bible. That may be okay for a while, but that Bible tells you that we’re supposed to learn from teachers (Eph. 4:11, I Cor. 12:28, Acts 13:1). Other than God and the Bible, every book and teacher will have pro…

    

    Last reply by JerryNumbers, October 25, 2011

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    iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch App. 1 2

    June 21, 2010 by Pastor Matt

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    The software that we use (Invision) has released aN App for your iPhone that will allow you to use Online Baptist on your mobile device. Browsing websites on the iPhone or Touch can he hard sometimes because of the small screen, this App solves this problem. To use it just download the Invision Power Board (IPB) App and then plug in the details for http://onlinebaptist.com/home Here are some screen shots.

    

    Last reply by John81, October 25, 2011
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    Poll for Book Readers: Hardcover or Paperback

    October 21, 2011 by Brother Rick

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    Do you ever pay more to have a book in hardcover over its less expensive paperback version?

    

    Last reply by JerryNumbers, October 24, 2011
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    Religion claims its place in Occupy Wall Street

    October 23, 2011 by John81

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    Religion claims its place in Occupy Wall Street BOSTON (AP) — Downtown Dewey Square is crammed with tents and tarps of Occupy Boston protesters, but organizers made sure from the start of this weeks-old encampment that there was room for the holy. No shoes are allowed in the "Sacred Space" tent here, but you can bring just about any faith or spiritual tradition. A day's schedule finds people balancing their chakras, a "compassion meditation" and a discussion of a biblical passage in Luke. Inside, a Buddha statue sits near a picture of Jesus, while a hand-lettered sign in the corner points toward Mecca. The tent is one way protesters here and in other cities have take…

    

    Last reply by John81, October 24, 2011
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    Is It Religious Bigotry?

    October 12, 2011 by John81

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    Is it religious bigotry for a Christian to point out the truth about a false religion? Why should religion not be a concern when considering candidates? Since there is no "religious test" to be a candidate for office, or to hold office, does that mean individuals shouldn't consider religious aspects concerning candidates? If the candidates were a Muslim, a Moonie, a Branch Davidian, a Wiccan, a Satanist, and/or a fire and brimstone old time Christian Fundamentalist, would the media and wishy-washy folks still say religion didn't matter? Should it matter? Does ones choice of religion reflect upon their charactor, ability to reason, worldview, or other matters?

    

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