Switching Denominations, Shopping for Religion

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Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:41 am Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

“Under her [Mary] guidance, under her patronage, under her kindness and protection, nothing is to be feared; nothing is hopeless.” (Pope Pius IX - The Immaculate Conception - 1854)

Jesus says…

“Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you.” (John 16:13, 14).

Jesus and Pius IX are in disagreement concerning who our guide should be.

Equating Animals with Humans

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Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:21 am Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

Ge 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Checkmate!

Lawmaker Threatened for Comparing Gay Lifestyle to Terrorism

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Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:10 am Agree: 1   Disagree: 0

The word of God is clear in showing us only two ways for a man to avoid fornication: Abstinence or take a wife (woman).

“Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let EVERY man have his own wife, and let EVERY woman have her own husband. Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.” (1 Co 7:1-3).

Switching Denominations, Shopping for Religion

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Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:09 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 0

Switching and Shopping?

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.(2 Ti 4:3, 4)

Fables (invention, make-believe, counterfeit, fabrication, forgery, sham, without foundation, perversion, falsification, half truth, thing devised by the enemy, myth).

Turning to fables started long ago and continues today as many unknowingly drink from the poisonous cup of Satan‘s vineyard. Drunk and without discernment, they begin stumbling from “All scripture is profitable for doctrine” and into the twisting of scriptures, adding and taking away from the written word, vain traditions, and the commandments of men that lead from the truth.

May the captives above be delivered, and may the Lord help us to walk carefully in this deceptive and dark time.

Homeschooling Families Threatened by Court Ruling

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Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:29 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 1

Concerning the “discrepancy” of the scarlet or the purple robe in Mat 27:28 and John 19:2.

And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. And when they had plaited a crown of thorns… (Mt 27:28, 29)

And the soldiers plaited a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe…(John 19:2)

There is no discrepancy, both a scarlet and a purple robe were put on Jesus. The scarlet robe was put on Jesus sometime before the crown of thorns. The purple robe was put on Jesus sometime after the crown of thorns.

Homeschooling Families Threatened by Court Ruling

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Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:26 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 1

Concerning the “discrepancy” of Judas’ death:

Ac 1:18 Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

Mt 27:5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

There is no discrepancy. Both scriptures describe a portion of the event surrounding Judas’ death. Together, the scriptures describe its totality. Again, we may find a few explanations, but there is no discrepancy.

1. After hanging himself, that which he attached himself to, broke, he then fell headlong into the midst of the field. His bursting may signify a ripening of the body before falling into the field.

2. After hanging himself, he was eventually cut loose, falling headlong into the midst of the field. He may have even been thrown into the field where he tumbled and fell headlong.

Switching Denominations, Shopping for Religion

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Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:30 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 0

Online4Him said: “Christianity adopted many pagan customs and practices which eventually altered the church in every aspect.”

Sadly, such adoption has deceived and led many astray, becoming slaves to superstition, fables, charms, vain traditions, and as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, many minds have been corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ (2 Co 11:3).

May the light of Christ shine unto those who sit in regions of darkness, where His name is spoken, but yet, He remains unknown.

Federal Judge Prohibits School Vote on Graduation Prayers

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Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:06 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 0

"Fear of Hell - what a horrible belief! The insane people who believe it love to abuse their children with this disgusting nonsense. They love to threaten people with torture in hell when they don't agree with their stupidity. Most of these nuts think only their religion can save them from the wrath of their loving god. It's pure insanity and hell believers should be locked up before they harm somebody." (BobC http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/12/34_unconvincing_arguments_for.php

Unfortunately, some children have been raised the wrong way concerning God, and it drove them far from really knowing God. Though children must be taught the consequences of a sinful life, it must be tempered with the knowledge of God’s love.

Ps 86:15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

Obama Denounces Pastor's Controversial Comments

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Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:24 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 0

Obama's preacher sanitizes website
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.printable&pageId=59169

Episcopal Church Defrocks Breakaway Bishop

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Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:23 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 0

My second question is – How could the evangelists intimately associated with Jesus and observing the same event (Matt. 7:18 and Luke 6:43) not record His words exactly in the Scriptural record?

Sermon on the Mount: Matthew 5:1...
Sermon in the Plain: Luke 6:17...

It was similar sermons, but two different places. The words may have changed, but the truth was still being spoken. Similar to an evangelist preaching the same sermon in two different places, the content and truth is the same, but the wording may have changed.

Episcopal Church Defrocks Breakaway Bishop

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Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:57 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 0

“In light of that, how is it possible that in Eden, humans who were created “wholly good,” would choose to act contrary to what is good?”

We must remember that Eve was deceived, not Adam. “And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression” (1Ti 2:14).

In light of that, why did Adam choose to follow Eve in that which was contrary to God? Before that event, we must remember what was said in Genesis 2:24, “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”

Eve was Adam’s wife and he chose to cleave to his wife, even in her fall by deception. It was an act of love, just like the second Adam’s act of love, when he chose to follow man into his fall, becoming flesh, but without sin.

Just some thoughts to consider.

Episcopal Church Defrocks Breakaway Bishop

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Sun Mar 16, 2008 12:47 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 0

“My first question is – How could man and woman, who were created by God and proclaimed by Scripture to be “very good” have produced the “evil fruit” of sin – especially in view of the fact that the Lord Jesus Christ said that “good” only comes from a “good” source and “evil” comes only from an “evil” source?”

Though there may be various explanations or even a mystery, there is no discrepancy in the word of God. Let us consider an explanation using Gen 1:31 in regards to the question above: “And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. In addition, the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

“And God saw everything…” God included man in with trees, bees, grass, dust, gold, silver, coal, bugs, plants, herbs, stars, etc. By doing so, God was talking about the good construction of everything, not moral goodness.

Lawmaker Threatened for Comparing Gay Lifestyle to Terrorism

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Sat Mar 15, 2008 12:47 pm Agree: 7   Disagree: 7

The homosexual agenda offers the world a sweet drink dyed with deceptive hues of acceptance and normality. It is a cup being forced to the lips of our children, disorienting the moral compass, and silencing the voice of truth.

Many adults and religious assemblies blindly reach for the cup, drinking until drunk on the poison that has been fermented with the ashes of Sodom and Gomorrah. Their lips now moistened glisten in the deceptive light of Satan as they call evil good and good evil.

Lord help us.

Dobson: Homeschool Ruling Strikes at Heart, Soul of Families

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Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:52 am Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

Academic Statistics on Homeschooling

http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000010/200410250.asp

Homeschooling Families Threatened by Court Ruling

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Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:12 am Agree: 1   Disagree: 0

Concerning the “discrepancy” of 1 Co 10:8 and Number 25:9:

And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand (Numbers 25:9).

Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand (1Co 10:8).

There is no discrepancy. There may be a few explanations, but there is no discrepancy.
One valid explanation is that the plague lasted for more than one day. Another explanation states that 1 Co 10:8 (in light of verse 7) describes the plague in Exodus 32 (which is spoken of in verse 35) and not the plague in Numbers 25.

Sidebar: The Bible vs. Mormon Beliefs

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Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:44 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 3

There are women living in Salt Lake City in this year of grace, 1882, who were secret
plural wives to Joseph Smith or Brigham Young, deceiving their own husbands, because they dared not brave the prophet’s anger and its consequences. For then, as to-day, the Mormon weapon against its antagonists was slander. The man or woman who has the moral courage to apostatize, becomes a target for the vilest kind of abuse and falsehood.

(The Women of Mormonism or The Story of Polygamy As Told By The Victims Themselves - Edited by Jennie Anderson Froiseth - 1882)

Gay Bishop Out of Anglican Summit

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Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:30 pm Agree: 9   Disagree: 2

Article: Robinson told the bishops in Texas that ever since he got word of the proposal late last Friday, "I have been in considerable pain." He said he had hoped to participate in Bible study and small group discussions with other bishops.

If such a bible study would have accepted the sin of homosexuality, then it would not have been a Spirit led bible study, but a deadly game of Scripture Twister.

Dear reader, if you are walking in the works of homosexuality and believe that such works are good, then you have been deceived, lied to. Delay no longer, repent, turning to the life-changing gospel of Jesus Christ. A new creation awaits you, purchased by the very blood of Christ.

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret (Eph 5:11, 12).

Southern Baptists Fight Climate Change

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Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:43 pm Agree: 2   Disagree: 0

The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change

http://www.heartland.org/NewYork08/newyork08.cfm

Excerpts:

"This is a truly historic event, the first international conference devoted to answering questions overlooked by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change."

"These scientists and economists deserve to be heard. They have stood up to political correctness and defended the scientific method at a time when doing so threatens their research grants, tenure, and ability to get published. Some of them have even faced death threats for daring to speak out against what can only be called the mass delusion of our time."

"We invited Al Gore to speak to us tonight, and even agreed to pay his $200,000 honorarium. He refused. We invited some of the well-known scientists associated with the alarmist camp, and they refused."

Southern Baptists Fight Climate Change

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Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:48 am Agree: 1   Disagree: 0

Researcher: Basic Greenhouse Equations "Totally Wrong"
http://www.dailytech.com/Researcher+Basic+Greenhouse+Equations+Totally+Wrong/article10973.htm

Excerpt:

"NASA refused to release the results. Miskolczi believes their motivation is simple. "Money", he tells DailyTech. Research that contradicts the view of an impending crisis jeopardizes funding, not only for his own atmosphere-monitoring project, but all climate-change research. Currently, funding for climate research tops $5 billion per year."

Myths Exposed on Charismatic Christianity in America

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Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:52 pm Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

Woman jailed for tea-pot worshipping

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2753499.html

This story is about the Sky Kingdom cult. They emphasize ecumenical discourse among religions.