Salyan

My son was separated from the Coast Guard after 11 years of service, because he refused to take the jab. Here is his poem.
 
                  The Sea
I’ll miss your sounds, your salty breeze,
Your unforgiving ways.
Your soothing calm, your angry tease,
Your glorious crashing waves.
It’s been bittersweet my gorgeous mistress,
Though often unforgiving.
I’ve seen your rage, embraced your kiss,
I offer my humble thanksgiving.
You have my blood, my sweat, and my tears,
Still I’ll offer one last treasure.
Calloused my hands, helped conquer my fears,
Now my boots are yours forever.
Your soothing rock, through trough and crest,
Have been my sweet lullaby.
I’ll miss you my love, I must confess,
My final teary-eyed goodbye.
We’ve had our fun but it seems it’s time,
I must leave your side.
It’s been my joy, though a taxing grind,
Thanks for one last ride!
 

We have something in our countries that many really believe it’s not have – the ability to have even the tiniest amount of influence in our choosing our officials. No man will ever be exactly what we think he should be public office. Yes, a lot of men are a lot less than what they should be. But for Christians to abstain from voting because they don’t have a perfect candidate to vote for, is a waste of the opportunity that we have been given. ‘The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to say nothing.’
A vote for the lesser of two evils is a vote against the greater of those evils. To refuse to take whatever small say we have to insist our country stay as right as possible is, IMO, foolish. And if people don’t vote, they better not be complaining about the outcome. ?

I mean, it’s Sunday, so we have a service. ??‍♀️ Don’t particularly care which day it is. 
 
TGL, it’s bad form to being up your own dead posts. Especially if you’re just trying to pull up more controversy. 

I mean, it’s Sunday, so we have a service. ??‍♀️ Don’t particularly care which day it is. 
 
TGL, it’s bad form to being up your own dead posts. Especially if you’re just trying to pull up more controversy. 

This doesn’t seem like an appropriate post, somehow. 

The liberal central government in Canada is imposing additional gun control completely opposite to the will of many of the people. You know what happened the last time they tried to make a long gun registry? Everyone simply chose not to comply. ? So they finally scrapped it, cause it wasn't working. But now they're putting it in sideways by trying to require everyone to register when they sell or purchase a firearm.

Don't copy Canada. Our government are idiots. Actually , cancel that. They're not idiots. They know exactly what they're doing to create an environment where they can exert total control over the populace. Covid gave them a marvellous excuse to start really enforcing socialist laws. Do you know that, as an unvaccinated citizen, I am not allowed to board a train or airplane in Canada? That I'm not allowed to work for the federal government, and a lot of other businesses too? But they're bringing in unvaccinated Ukrainians by the planeload, and the illegal border crossing at Roxham Road is still allowing in illegals from the US.
For anyone reading this who might actually support gun control, just remember two things. Bad guys don't follow the laws. And no matter how you feel about guns, you should educate yourself with the historical truths of disarmed populations (quote borrowed).
 

Smaller/under 999… TGL, you’re funny. ? Up here a small church is anything under 50 attendees (and that would be at least half of Western IFB churches). You get to 75, it’s a decent size. ?

To be first, the topic of this thread is baptism. That is not off topic, and not what I was referring to. 
 

This is a moderator request to get back to topic. No more reference need be made to typos on anyone's part. 

This is a moderator request to get back to topic. No more reference need be made to typos on anyone's part. 

In case you missed it, I did apologize, saying, "Sorry, to be clear, your use of English is correct in a certain context."
What you said now was rude, judgmental, and uncalled for. And, considering the forum is "Interacting with Love," it seems you are the one who will not listen to the admonishment in the opening comment. Also, "thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things" (Rom. 2:1).
On that note, I have changed my mind. I will leave our discussion completely and devote this forum to prayer. I have said enough.
God bless,
Rob

BBB deserved to shut down in Canada. Their prices were ridiculous. Even their clearance prices are still too expensive. ?

Thank you for your introduction! Nice to have you here, to join in active discussions.
it is a policy of the site that links should not be shared, unless they are private. Since these fall in a bit of a gray area, I’m going to leave the links in your introduction, but asked that you refrain from including them in other posts. The point of this site is to encourage active discussion and debate, and not to promote external resources. 

The author has been asked to refrain from posting links in future, so you can now focus on discussion of the content instead of the presentation, okay, Tony? ?  We all say our opinions as if they’re facts, so again - content. 

Hi, Mod here! ?That’s actually an excellent response - the providing free links so it’s not just a book for sale. Thank you for that.  However, in alignment with the request made an introduction post (only just made, so no one jump down his throat!), I am removing the links, as I do feel they are counterproductive to a true discussion environment, and (as you can see) not in line with the culture of this site. They are still on your introduction, so people can find them if they are snooping you. ?

Thank you for your introduction! Nice to have you here, to join in active discussions.
it is a policy of the site that links should not be shared, unless they are private. Since these fall in a bit of a gray area, I’m going to leave the links in your introduction, but asked that you refrain from including them in other posts. The point of this site is to encourage active discussion and debate, and not to promote external resources. 

Ha! So you’re accusing others of not addressing with meekness and fear, while you were absolutely not behaving that way yourself. Hypocrite, much? I rather think our members are behaving with much forbearance  ?
I’m going to share one bit of Baptist doctrine. Baptists believe in individual soul liberty. That means that we are each responsible to God directly for our response to Him and His word. We further believe that Jesus Christ is the only mediator between God and man. This means that you do not stand between us and God, and you are not in a position to tell other believers whether or not God will accept them. (Seriously, shame on you.)
Furthermore, to claim to tell the future for anyone is to claim the position of prophet. You do know the biblical test for a prophet, right? 100% accuracy?
Which church of god do you attend? I was not aware that was part of the doctrine of the church of god to attempt to act as priests for other believers.

As you join us, I’d encourage you to take a look at the site rules; particularly 8C. ?
 

"on the spot" ? 

Depends on the church. Sone IFB are Calvinist, some are extreme KJV only (as opposed to Textus Receptus). The pastors share info but how can two fellowship unless they are agreed?

Depends on the church. Sone IFB are Calvinist, some are extreme KJV only (as opposed to Textus Receptus). The pastors share info but how can two fellowship unless they are agreed?

Depends on the church. Sone IFB are Calvinist, some are extreme KJV only (as opposed to Textus Receptus). The pastors share info but how can two fellowship unless they are agreed?

I feel like if the apostle Paul visited that church, he’d tell the men to keep quiet in the church. ?
 

I’m not sure that administrators actually approve memberships… in any case, Pastor Matt is handling this member, so feel free to bring your concerns up with him. 

I’m not sure that administrators actually approve memberships… in any case, Pastor Matt is handling this member, so feel free to bring your concerns up with him.