Randy wrote:
The other day, I was like, thinking, like we need , like a new bible translation. Cuz like, this next generation is like more savey and are like more intellegent, like than any other generations that's like come before. So they like need, like a bible like they can like relate to. Thats why I came up with the IWL bible. The "I was Like" Bible. Insted of where it like says Thus Saith the LORD; maybee it could say; He was Like! See, us American kids riially know language. So we can like riily relate to the IWL version.

TT wrote:
I was under the impression that Liberty was a distinctively Christian school. With all due respect to Mr. Beck, he is not a Christian; he is a Mormon. What is going on with all these Christians looking to Glenn Beck as their hero? Conservative, yes; Christian, no. Where do our ultimate loyalties lie, with Conservativism or with Jesus Christ? I know my answer, and it isn't politics.

Mike wrote:
If you borrow several thousand dollars from the bank, is it not by way of your will you decide to borrow it, blow it all, thereby coming to a point where you cannot pay it back?

Bridget wrote:
You guys are so right! God DOES hate rock music. There is only 1 type of music that does please His ears, and that's hymns. That's right. He stopped influencing musicians to write glorifying music to Him back in 1847, so how can you say anything other than a hymn will please Him? He is in a nice beautiful box called Heaven, and He no longer interacts with us, because all the good music has already been written, and He cannot be glorified through anything other than 4/4 time!

savedbygrace wrote:
Rick, Alabama,
This man was not Leonard Ravenhill, but of the same vintage - not fearing man and controlled by His Spirit. Whenever he spoke in church(I am not antagonistic to using notes per se)he spoke without notes. He read Scripture so much that he spoke Scripture in his sermons and all with a straight face set like flint. The Almighty Lord used him mightily.
I have a couple of Ravenhill's books and heard him in an interview. He was powerful and spoke without snares.
If you fellas remember, pray for me. I want to love the Lord my God, with all of my heart, soul, mind and strength!!! Beginning today I will write both you and John's names down and pray for you. Heb. 12:2

savedbygrace wrote:
John UK,
I believe the church today is in great need. Not just preachers who are teachers but men who are led by His Spirit.
I know of a man who is currently(though up in years)with a revival organization who had visited our church years ago. While staying at our pastor's house, pastor told me that he would only come out of his room once for a bite to eat and then return for prayer. Along with prayer, he had a custom that daily he would read "35 CHAPTERS OF SCRIPTURE" a day.
When God does revive the church, there won't be any guessing. We will know it for sure; men will not be engaged with talks about sports or even events concerning our children. We will be swallowed up in His glory and as the heart is so the mouth speaketh.
Histories on revival are convicting(I am guilty, myself). During the Welsh Revival, someone heard a disturbance out in the distance on their grounds in the middle of the night. After walking towards it they found a young person kneeling on the other side of the stone wall, alone engaged in fervent prayer.

Daniel Michael wrote:
To all the believers wherever you may be:
We had a hospital situation 4 months ago which required emergency surgical birth. There were concerns at that time with persecution that I had posted in the past. A new issue has arisen that is creating a heavy burden for us. Presently, the surgeon who cared for my wife and baby and saved their lives (allowed by God of course), is now threatening my wife and children (and myself) with violence for not making "full payment," even though I have made a monthly payment each month. He has given an order to some anonymous man or woman (so-called debt collector) to demand money and who refuses to identify himself or herself and his or her status, whether he or she professes Christ or not. This mysterious "debt collector" continues to send anonymous mail to my STILL RECOVERING WIFE AND BELIEVING MOTHER OF 5 CHILDREN, and refuses to cooperate with the letters that I have sent in response, and has also refused to send a copy of a contract. Stay tuned. Other antichrists in addition to the surgeon are sure to gang up on my wife and follow the same wicked path.

Jessica Dawson wrote:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe was playing Gospel music that sounded like rock music, I believe before the term "rock" was even coined. I wouldn't be suprised if Janice Joplin and others were influenced by the sound of Rosetta Tharpe's music.
"Sacred Steel" and "Rossetta Tharpe" I believe had beginnings in the 1930"s using the electric guitar or "Sacred Steel", in praise to God. Tharpe's singing at times and the singing of others who played "Sacred steel", often sounded like some "rock" that was recorded decades later.
May God give us discernment in knowing His will and what music God would like to serve Him with.

David Blake wrote:
Rick - this London School of Theology is about a million light years away from the Metopolitan Tabernacle.
Stick with the Met Tab - you're on solid ground with them.