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Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. (JN 8:32)
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What's strange to me is that the family retired for the night without their minor son being safely tucked into his bed. Some children have way too much freedom these days, parents don't have a clue where their kids are, who they are with, or what they are doing. This was clearly a dysfunctional family despite the loving face they were able to show at church. I'm sure violent video games will get the blame for this tragedy and this young fella will be back out on the streets when he turns 21, even more dysfunctional than before ready to commit another crime. He's young, but he still needs to pay for what he did which is spending the rest of his life in prison, hopefully in a prison where Rock of Ages Prison Ministry has a presence. His life could still be worthwhile, leading his fellow inmates to Christ. He's not mentally ill or he would not have been able to hide it from society.
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God's love for everyone has been twisted to the point that there is no right nor wrong. God has clearly said that homosexuality is an abomination, it makes him sick, like all of our sin makes him sick. I don't believe people are born homosexual. A homosexual researcher planted that little seed of "truth" ( so called) many years ago while looking for a cure for AIDS. Vulnerable young boys looking for the love of a father are molested by a predator. Young girls molested by men, usually a relative, are so repulsed by the thought of sex with men, that they are vulnerable to suggestions that they must be lesbians. I was molested as a child and believed I was a lesbian as a child of 12 or 13. But thank God I was not brainwashed by my public school that it was ok. I knew it was not normal and never acted on the feelings and grew out of it. The homosexual agenda of today, and it's clear from what's going on in the public schools, is to convince as many impressionable young people as possible that they are homosexual. To have a "baptist" church support this goal makes me want to vomit as well. Homosexuals can be cured, but it won't be cured if society continues to accept it as normal and make all kinds of concessions for it, such as allowing it to be taught in the schools as just another lifestyle to be celebrated. Get back to the real Bible. Toss your NIV in the trash and buy a KJV, written by God, not by a couple of perverts that believed in evolution. This book, the NIV, is the main reason so many people are confused and find so many shades of grey to argue about. God is the same, now and forever, he does not chance to agree with man's "norms".
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As an independant Baptist, I find this debate scary. Without evangelism and missions, which I personally believe is important, souls will go to hell, because after all, they're not of the elect, and if they are, they'll get saved in God's time, and I don't have to worry about their blood being on my hands at the Great White Throne of Judgement. The problem as I see it, is that the authority has gone out of today's churches, that is the King James Bible. Each member has his own version that he prefers, and of course he's confused and God is not the author of confusion. I believe the "elect" according to the KJB refers to the Jewish people. God chose them to be his people long ago and he has not forgotten them. They rejected Jesus Christ, God's only begotten Son and the the only name by which we may be saved, and were "set aside" during the present church age, but during the Tribulation 144,000 Jews will believe in Christ and be saved through the two Witnesses sent by God. The saved Jews will witness to others and many will come to Christ during that 7 year period.
On our own we are little more than bits of stone and glass. Together we are the Body of Christ. Holy Bible: Mosaic is an invitation to experience Christ in His Word and in the responses of his people. Each week, as you reflect on guided Scripture readings aligned with the church seasons, you will receive a wealth of insight from historical and contemporary writings.