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    robmac68 got a reaction from Landmarkheritage in "REPLENISH" the earth.....   
    I was reading over this thread and came across this older post.  Why is it so hard to believe that God put Dino on the ark?  I think all the drawings of the occurrence is confusing people.  Does God say in His Word that He put full grown animals on the ark?  Why not have them all puppies and kittens and joeys etc.?  If they were adult lions and tigers, did God close their mouths like in the lions den?  If they were little babies and just off the bottle, they would be quite tame.  If all the animals were just off the bottle, they wouldn't eat as much food in 40 days which would make it easier to stock the food pantry.  And baby dinosaurs would not be a problem.   
    I've heard issues on what would the meat eaters eat just of the ark?  There wouldn't be animals to hunt.  No, but I bet there were plenty of fish flopping around on dry land after the waters receded.  And probably small puddles that caught some fish that would be fairly easy to catch once all the "flopping" fish were eaten.  And then bigger puddles with fish would slowly dry up and so on and on.  I bet the fish would keep the meat eaters sustained while all the animals were multiplying.  
    Or God, in His omnipotence, fed them and just didn't need to record it in His Word because we just need to take Him at His word.  When you worship an omnipotent God who can speak things in to existence, it is not difficult to believe His account of the flood.  
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    robmac68 got a reaction from Rebecca in So, I'm Curious...   
    I feel for you, brother.  I was 24, my wife 22 when we married.  6 months later she was pregnant.  3 months after that she had a miscarriage.  A little less than a year later she was pregnant again.  This one ended in something called a molar pregnancy where the fetus starts growing through the wall of the uterus.  She had to have surgery.  After that, she couldn't get pregnant in what her doctor called "unexplained infertility".  I was tested.  She went through a bunch of tests and procedures but nothing was ever found as to why she couldn't get pregnant.  Mother's day was extremely hard.  We would go to church and the mothers would be honored.  The message would center around being a mother and would unintentionally make it sound like if you weren't a mother you were only half a woman.  Father's day seemed worse because friends and family would acknowledge that I too was effected by the miscarriages, but would quickly shift gears back to my wife because she was the actual vessel that had the miscarriage.  In other words, "suck it up, man...oh your poor wife".  I guess as the father I wasn't allowed to have "feelings" of loss, it was all the woman's sorrow.  We too started skipping the mothers and fathers day ceremonies.  I would honor her with gifts for being a mother of two children in heaven.  Irony??...I have been Baptist my whole life.  We believe life begins at conception but it seems except on mother's and father's day because miscarriages didn't seem to count.
    I do have a happy ending, but it took 10 more years and a doctor in Columbus.  
     
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    robmac68 got a reaction from Pastor Matt in So, I'm Curious...   
    I feel for you, brother.  I was 24, my wife 22 when we married.  6 months later she was pregnant.  3 months after that she had a miscarriage.  A little less than a year later she was pregnant again.  This one ended in something called a molar pregnancy where the fetus starts growing through the wall of the uterus.  She had to have surgery.  After that, she couldn't get pregnant in what her doctor called "unexplained infertility".  I was tested.  She went through a bunch of tests and procedures but nothing was ever found as to why she couldn't get pregnant.  Mother's day was extremely hard.  We would go to church and the mothers would be honored.  The message would center around being a mother and would unintentionally make it sound like if you weren't a mother you were only half a woman.  Father's day seemed worse because friends and family would acknowledge that I too was effected by the miscarriages, but would quickly shift gears back to my wife because she was the actual vessel that had the miscarriage.  In other words, "suck it up, man...oh your poor wife".  I guess as the father I wasn't allowed to have "feelings" of loss, it was all the woman's sorrow.  We too started skipping the mothers and fathers day ceremonies.  I would honor her with gifts for being a mother of two children in heaven.  Irony??...I have been Baptist my whole life.  We believe life begins at conception but it seems except on mother's and father's day because miscarriages didn't seem to count.
    I do have a happy ending, but it took 10 more years and a doctor in Columbus.  
     
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    robmac68 got a reaction from BrotherTony in So, I'm Curious...   
    I feel for you, brother.  I was 24, my wife 22 when we married.  6 months later she was pregnant.  3 months after that she had a miscarriage.  A little less than a year later she was pregnant again.  This one ended in something called a molar pregnancy where the fetus starts growing through the wall of the uterus.  She had to have surgery.  After that, she couldn't get pregnant in what her doctor called "unexplained infertility".  I was tested.  She went through a bunch of tests and procedures but nothing was ever found as to why she couldn't get pregnant.  Mother's day was extremely hard.  We would go to church and the mothers would be honored.  The message would center around being a mother and would unintentionally make it sound like if you weren't a mother you were only half a woman.  Father's day seemed worse because friends and family would acknowledge that I too was effected by the miscarriages, but would quickly shift gears back to my wife because she was the actual vessel that had the miscarriage.  In other words, "suck it up, man...oh your poor wife".  I guess as the father I wasn't allowed to have "feelings" of loss, it was all the woman's sorrow.  We too started skipping the mothers and fathers day ceremonies.  I would honor her with gifts for being a mother of two children in heaven.  Irony??...I have been Baptist my whole life.  We believe life begins at conception but it seems except on mother's and father's day because miscarriages didn't seem to count.
    I do have a happy ending, but it took 10 more years and a doctor in Columbus.  
     
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    robmac68 reacted to heartstrings in Thou must choose   
    In the King James, there are two basic forms of the word "you".  If the sentence is speaking to a group, as the direct object, the plural form "you" is used (or "ye" if the group is the subject) If speaking to an individual, it uses the word "thou".(or thee for a direct object). But I never noticed this before. The following verse changes from plural to singular.


    Deuteronomy 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

    God in His grace, specifically offered life and death, blessing and cursing to the whole group (you, plural). But He then specified that it was up to the individual (thou) to choose.
     
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    robmac68 reacted to BrotherTony in Biden pardon marijuana users…   
    Mr. Biden is one warped, twisted, and totally lost individual. I pray for his salvation, but for the end of his administration to come quickly.
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    robmac68 got a reaction from Landmarkheritage in What preachers do you listen to? Are they heretical?   
    Charles Lawson in I think Knoxville... zion4131 has a youtube channel that posts his sermons
    Gregory Miller from Worthington, OH...used to be on youtube but now posts elsewhere...he has some good expository messages...
    Dare I say I still check out Brian Denlinger's KJVM youtube channel from time to time.  
    Todd Friel has a youtube channel "wretched" that has some good content...I'm pretty sure he is Southern Baptist
    Voddie Baucham, definitely SB, has a great message on "Why I Believe the Bible is True"  that, in my opinion, anyone who claims the Bible is true should listen to.  If you find it on youtube, try the 43 minute version rather than the 30 min or 58 minute one.  Also, good home-schooling messages.
    There are some A.W. Tozer sermons that can be found on youtube that are always good.  If can't find sermons, has some good books.
     
     
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    robmac68 got a reaction from Joe Chandler in What is a modern Baptist Church building supposed to look like?   
    I guess I should have put a smiley face after saying "Solomon's temple sounds good."  I wasn't wanting to make a point that it should be "Solomon's".  Because we are N.T. I love it being the house of the Lord in the Old Testament and the verses you pointed out about the glory of the LORD filling the temple.  The high priest was the only one allowed into the holy of holies.  So the significance of the temple veil being rent after our Savior's death is just so awesome!  I am a priest now.  I have permission to go to God having Christ as my mediator.  It doesn't get any better than that!  Christ in me, no need for a "holy of holies."  It was the house of the LORD, now I am!  Gives ya goose bumps, doesn't it?
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    robmac68 got a reaction from BrotherTony in What is a modern Baptist Church building supposed to look like?   
    I guess I should have put a smiley face after saying "Solomon's temple sounds good."  I wasn't wanting to make a point that it should be "Solomon's".  Because we are N.T. I love it being the house of the Lord in the Old Testament and the verses you pointed out about the glory of the LORD filling the temple.  The high priest was the only one allowed into the holy of holies.  So the significance of the temple veil being rent after our Savior's death is just so awesome!  I am a priest now.  I have permission to go to God having Christ as my mediator.  It doesn't get any better than that!  Christ in me, no need for a "holy of holies."  It was the house of the LORD, now I am!  Gives ya goose bumps, doesn't it?
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    robmac68 got a reaction from Napsterdad in What is a modern Baptist Church building supposed to look like?   
    I guess I should have put a smiley face after saying "Solomon's temple sounds good."  I wasn't wanting to make a point that it should be "Solomon's".  Because we are N.T. I love it being the house of the Lord in the Old Testament and the verses you pointed out about the glory of the LORD filling the temple.  The high priest was the only one allowed into the holy of holies.  So the significance of the temple veil being rent after our Savior's death is just so awesome!  I am a priest now.  I have permission to go to God having Christ as my mediator.  It doesn't get any better than that!  Christ in me, no need for a "holy of holies."  It was the house of the LORD, now I am!  Gives ya goose bumps, doesn't it?
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    robmac68 got a reaction from Napsterdad in What is a modern Baptist Church building supposed to look like?   
    Acts 17:24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
    Solomon's temple sounds good.
    Amen to that!  I never cared too much for big, fancy, expensive church buildings.  The cost of some of these church buildings would feed a small nation.  And to think our Savior "hath not where to lay His head" and He did just fine in getting the message out.
     
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    robmac68 got a reaction from BrotherTony in What is a modern Baptist Church building supposed to look like?   
    Acts 17:24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
    Solomon's temple sounds good.
    Amen to that!  I never cared too much for big, fancy, expensive church buildings.  The cost of some of these church buildings would feed a small nation.  And to think our Savior "hath not where to lay His head" and He did just fine in getting the message out.
     
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    robmac68 reacted to Napsterdad in What is a modern Baptist Church building supposed to look like?   
    I am going through a study of 1 Kings and just recently finished the building of Solomon's Temple. Odd name that; Solomon's Temple. Should it not be God's? I think the name speaks volumes in itself.
    1 Kings 6:11-14 And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying, 12 Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father: 13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel. 14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
    We are not told how Solomon received this word from the LORD, whether by prophet or dream or otherwise, but I find the message compelling. God starts out with “concerning the house which thou art building, but then does not say another word about the building itself. Instead the message focuses on the man. If thou [,Solomon,] wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee.
    God is far more concerned about the house Solomon is building within himself than any physical structure on the earth. Perhaps part of what God spoke to Solomon is what Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 3:16-20 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. 18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. 20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
    And perhaps this last verse we just read is the final realization Solomon came to when he penned Ecclesiastes 2:11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
    At the end of the day the physical temple (or church) being built is nothing more than stone, timber and some precious metals and rocks. Just pretty works, nothing more. However, if we let the works we are doing, regardless how good or pretty they may be, get in the way of the work God is trying to do in us, then we have missed the mark and it is all in vain.
    So in answer to your question "What is a modern Baptist Church building supposed to look like?" My answer is 'I don't care. What's going on inside?"
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    robmac68 reacted to BrotherTony in Christians and politics… ??   
    If you call a much better economy and a secured border "hell on earth," it would seem your values line up with the Social Democrats. Not to mention, Mr. Trump doesn't believe that conservatives and Christians should be sent to reeducation camps. Mr. Pence is too wishy washy, wanting to have his cake and eat it, too. I sincerely doubt he would be an effective POTUS.
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    robmac68 reacted to BrotherTony in The Way too Early 2024 Presidential Poll   
    You're welcome to your opinion. Trump didn't cause an "insurrection" at the US Capitol building. Remember the Democrats and their "mostly peaceful" destructive actions in Portland, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, and several other places? Vote for whom you will, Morales. Nobody will try to stop ? you. For someone who worked for nothing I believe he did a pretty good job, especially in light of the fact that the Democrats were manufacturing proof of a Russian collusion, then wasting Americans tax dollars on false accusations and impeachments of the best POTUS since Reagan.
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    robmac68 got a reaction from TheGloryLand in Christians and politics… ??   
    1 Samuel 8:11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
    17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
    18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the Lord will not hear you in that day.
    19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
    In the OT, God wasn't too pleased that His people wanted a King to judge them.  We might not be His people, but we are His children.  Why would we believe God wants us to be concerned with a ruler (president)? 
    2 Timothy 2:4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
    Getting into politics would be the "affairs of this life".  We have been commissioned to spread the gospel, period.  It wouldn't matter if we lived in China, N. Korea or here in this great country.  We are to spread the gospel and leave the rest to God.  If we were good at the commission God gave us, this country wouldn't be in the shape its in.  
    Acts 17:6  And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
    Are we turning the world upside down?  Are we at least turning our communities upside down?  That is what the gospel does; elections do not.  
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    robmac68 got a reaction from TheGloryLand in It’s so hot I’m going to get baptize again…   
    I guess I wasn't signed in when I replied.  Now I will have to remember what I wrote.  Is it up to each church to decide?  I honestly don't know when I ask that.  The Ethiopian Eunuch didn't have much understanding of what he was reading, but Philip baptized him without a 2 month class.  John the Baptist was preaching and baptizing in the same day it seems from reading about him, and yes that was before Jesus' death.  The only exception I believe is found in Acts where some had received the Holy Spirit and hadn't been baptized yet.  Peter quickly fixed that issue.  All other instances seem to be "pretty close to the salvation decision".  They believed and were baptized.  So if we look to the Bible for guidance, is it a church's right/decision to institute a class on a subject when the Bible appears to contradict that church's decision?  It almost seems condescending.  These new believers can read the Bible for themselves and see that they "believed, and were baptized" (Acts 18:8).  Talk about making a person feel stupid.   
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    robmac68 got a reaction from BrotherTony in Just one more reason   
    God said it is not wise to be deceived by wine or strong drink.  How are we deceived?  By getting drunk and being excessive.  The drunk smokes more cigs than when sober.  The drunk will spend more money at the gambling tables than sober.  That is why a lot of casinos used to offer free drinks.  I already mentioned above he will drive faster.  The list goes on and on.  This is the person deceived by alcohol.  How is he deceived?  He thinks he is having a good time.  Meanwhile, he wakes up hungover and broke.  Yep!  He is deceived.  
    I don't think anyone here is looking for reasons to imbibe, at least I hope not.  I just do not want to call something a sin that is not.  My wife grew up in a church that said roller skating was sin because it was "too entertaining".  Playing "old maid" was sin because it involved cards and all cards are sin because it leads to gambling.  My wife telling our children that roller skating is not a sin is not looking for a reason to skate, she is way to clumsy and would hurt herself, but just trying to stay biblical.
     
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    robmac68 got a reaction from BrotherTony in Just one more reason   
    Um, looking at this passage by diagraming the sentence, drunk is the subject so the "wherein is excess" after the comma would be referring to "drunk" not wine.  This passage is not saying wine in itself is excess, but drunkenness.  And, if you have ever been around drunks, the alcohol magnifies their attitude or personality.  This causes them to be "excessive" in all they do.  The drunk driver will drive in "excess" of the speed limit, whereas the stoned driver tends to drive well below the speed limit.  
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    robmac68 got a reaction from BrotherTony in Just one more reason   
    Wine or not, Jesus would not have tried to get someone drunk in order to take advantage of them which is what this verse is referring to doing.  
    Matthew 3:4b...and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
    Matthew 11:18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
    19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
    Obviously John ate because we see his meat was honey and locust so we know Jesus is not referring to simply not eating.  John could not have lived more than a few days without at least drinking water.  So Jesus isn't saying in verse 18 that John never drank water.  So what is Jesus referring to when He stated that John didn't eat or drink?  The next verse explains when Jesus stated that He ate and drank.  What was He eating and drinking?  Something the Pharisees were not because they called Him a glutton and winebibber.  If they called Him a winebibber, I believe this would actually be wine.  Jesus Himself stated He came drinking.  Was He ever drunk?  Certainly not!  Drunkenness is a sin and He never sinned.  Understanding the English language and reading in context, Jesus drank wine that would have had alcohol.  No this is not sin.  Being drunk is.
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    robmac68 got a reaction from swathdiver in Have anyone purchased cigarettes lately?   
    I think there is a lot of "deflect"ion going on here.  What "PROBLEM" arises from the recreational use of marijuana?  Someone grows a plant in their backyard and chooses to smoke it, where's the problem?  Lives destroyed and brain cancer??  John 3:18 states that "he that believeth not is condemned already..."  sounds like a destroyed life to me and that person didn't have to smoke dope to have it happen.  As far as brain cancer, I personally believe more people have gotten cancer from chemical laced sodas and McDonald's burgers than from smoking marijuana.  Years ago on a show called The O'Reilley Factor, the host, Bill O'Reilly was debating this issue and he made the statement that "more lives have been destroyed by alcohol than ever destroyed by dope."  I did not check his facts, I am sure he had plenty of fact checkers doing that, but it is believable.  Think back to Billy Sunday.  Was he out there protesting marijuana?  It wasn't illegal back then.  No, he was shutting down bars.  Preaching against the drunkard.  So why aren't we actively trying to get the government to make alcohol illegal?  
    The marijuana issue is just a deflection from the fact that people need the gospel.  I don't need the government legislating my biblical beliefs.  If we are not to be drunk with wine because it hinders the Spirit, than I would put marijuana in that same category and call its use sin.  I am not going to get worked up because a LOST person wants to smoke a joint because they think it is going to make their life better.  They need Christ.  Lost people are looking for many more ways to make their life seem better than just marijuana.  Should the government make violent movies and video games illegal?  Should rock music be illegal?  Alcohol, pre-marital sex, homosexuality, football on Sunday?  And if you have some common sense, you know all those I listed, separate from marijuana, effect your personal lives more than someone smoking dope.  have you had any run ins with the teens from this generation that are numb to violence from movies and video games?  Do you know someone whose life was effected by a drunk driver?  All this effects you more than a stoner ever will.  Does that mean I want marijuana legal.  No, I just don't care whether it is or not.  It is of none effect on me as a Christian that has been commissioned to share the gospel.  I believe in my heart that it is easier to reach a stoner with the gospel than it is to reach a Catholic who has been duped their whole lives by a false religion.  False religion has sent more people to hell than marijuana.  Should Catholicism be illegal?  "No man that warreth entangleth himself in the affairs of this life..." 2 Tim 2:4.  Getting involved in the marijuana debate is definitely an "affair of this life".  Should we preach against the use of marijuana?  Yes, the same as we preach against drunkenness. 
    We are to use our Lord and Savior as our example.  So how did He deal with these issues?  He looked on the masses with compassion because they were sheep without a shepherd.  He didn't separate the liars, adulterers and thieves and say "I will deal with these, let me get the Roman government to deal with the others and make their actions illegal."  No.  He preached to them.  It should not matter one iota to a Christian whether marijuana is legal or not.  Just share the gospel and live your life separate from the world.   
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    robmac68 got a reaction from swathdiver in Have anyone purchased cigarettes lately?   
    On topic, when I quit on March 23, 2013, a pack of Marlboro reds cost me $3.43 at the local Speedway.
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    robmac68 got a reaction from BrotherTony in What preachers do you listen to? Are they heretical?   
    Charles Lawson in I think Knoxville... zion4131 has a youtube channel that posts his sermons
    Gregory Miller from Worthington, OH...used to be on youtube but now posts elsewhere...he has some good expository messages...
    Dare I say I still check out Brian Denlinger's KJVM youtube channel from time to time.  
    Todd Friel has a youtube channel "wretched" that has some good content...I'm pretty sure he is Southern Baptist
    Voddie Baucham, definitely SB, has a great message on "Why I Believe the Bible is True"  that, in my opinion, anyone who claims the Bible is true should listen to.  If you find it on youtube, try the 43 minute version rather than the 30 min or 58 minute one.  Also, good home-schooling messages.
    There are some A.W. Tozer sermons that can be found on youtube that are always good.  If can't find sermons, has some good books.
     
     
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    robmac68 reacted to John81 in The Tithe, for the Church or not?   
    There is really little to discuss in this issue. All tithe commands were given to OT Israel. No tithes are required of Christians. Christians are expected to give without compulsion, cheerfully.
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    robmac68 reacted to HappyChristian in The Tithe, for the Church or not?   
    Thread closed. After all, if there's so little to discuss, four pages is more than enough. Right?
     
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