Dr. Tim wrote:
Once Again, Mr. P, and sc, please read my post again and if you can point out anything pagan, satanic, or distinctly Roman Catholic about it please fire away. Meanwhile, a very pleasant day to each of you.

No birth in Bethlehem, regardless of the day, means all that follows would not have happened and we'd be lost in our sins, it is not unimportant as some have said.

John UK wrote:
Brother US, it seems to me that you are saying:
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John UK wrote:
As far as I can tell, the kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ never has been, nor ever will be, an earthly kingdom.

Isa 9:6  For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Isa 9:7  Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

Rev 20:4  And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

MS wrote:
Greetings to all my compadres on SA news forum.
A miracle took place in our family today, and I wanted to give GOD all the glory and share with you all...The Lord Jesus Christ called my 89 year old Roman Catholic Dad to Himself and he (my Dad) left the RC institution.Called the priest and told him he will no longer be attending their meetings.
So much I could say, but suffice it that my dear Dad is now my brother in Christ..Praise God,to Him be all the glory.
Amen!

Jim Lincoln wrote:
People should take it up with CNN if they thank the remarks about the Nancy Pelosi video is wrong because that's where I got it.
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Overall, unless I am missing something, people are dumping their “Christian “ company is due to what is seen as hypocrisy. So I ask myself

1 Do all Christians do hypocritical things? Well if we sin in any fashion that would be true

2. Do our Christian friends feel compelled to dump us from any fellowship (business) because of it?

Watcher wrote:
I knew commenting would bring out those who believe that God bestows butterfiles and rainbows but never allows it to rain in people's lives. Proverbs 16 and 21 and Romans 9 are my evidence.
I won't be commenting further lest this discussion degrades into a fight of egos. God is sovereign or He's not. If He's not in control of EVERYTHING, then He's not sovereign.

Douglas Fir wrote:
In all the first celebrations of Thanksgiving, religion played a central part. Today, that is not so big a deal. Instead, the secular media calls it "Turkey Day" and emphasizes the stores opening on the big day. A friend told me he saw a huge line of people outside of one store that opened at 2pm yesterday. Other stores opened at 5pm. Another one opened late today...at 8am, and he told me that he went early to get in line, and there was no one there. The manager came out to invite him in, and he protested, saying it wasn't 8am (as if this were a game being played), but the manager insisted. There were more worker-bees in the store than customers, which is usually the case.
I didn't see any churches having services yesterday, did you?

Jim Lincoln wrote:
As time pointed out, the Pilgrims weren't Christian enough to implement a New Testament type Church
Acts 4:32
everything in common.

According to Acts 2 we have several of the new disciptes (remember we are talking about 3000 converts and even more later) continued daily learning and fellowshipping with the Apostles. This means that several thousand people who normally would have gone home after Pentecost were still around. These people had to be cared for. The people who OWNED (that would be capitalism) property sold their possessions to meet this need. (no government compelled them to do so)

the Bible is clear in more than one spot that any ability to get wealth is from God. My thinking is that all the money I have belongs to God , 100%. Money spent to support my family, help others, or give to church is of equal significance in glorifying God and fulfilling His purpose in my life. (Thus money going to the church isn’t a more spiritual use than providing for my family —I Timothy 5:8)

There is a pattern given by our Lord of raising the standard. “Ye have heard it said…, but I say unto you…). If the Old Testament believers gave a tithe, then that can only be the starting point for New Testament believers in giving to the work of God.

I can think of two examples in Scripture that parallel the situation in Wheaton where the action of a government was changed due to existing granted government laws, which is what these young people are attempting to do.

One was already cited in Acts 22 where Paul stopped a government ordered scourging by claiming a privilege already granted him under Roman law. In Ezra 5&6 where Jews Were able to continue to build that had been stopped by local authorities and used the law to change governmental violation of rights granted to them.

Jim Lincoln wrote:
NYT responds to critics like Breitbart. 👎
excerpt from, "A Campaign Targeting Our Staff"
https://tinyurl.com/y56trskz

John UK wrote:
Bro US, thank you for your post, and I will try to answer. Note, an actual example:
"Mike, my own opinion on this dilemma is that in order to argue with Adriel from his own theological position, you obviously would have to understand his theological position, or you will end up arguing a strawman to no avail."
Is this what you mean? If not, I will inevitably end up building mine own strawman. The onus is on you to be clear and concise in what you are saying. Is this example suitable? If so, I will use it to show you exactly what I'm saying, and why Mike was building a strawman to knock down again. It's up to you bro. If it is not suitable, please give me one example which is suitable and we can look at it and dissect it. Thanks.

Adriel quoting Calvin specifically said

"God, therefore, ordained that which should come to pass, because nothing could have been done had He not willed it to be done."