Yolanda wrote:
This issue has a lot to do with 1) fatherless homes; 2) the mothers become more demanding or domineering.
Wicked judges made No-Fault divorce an option to destroy the family structure. In doing so they have attributed to the softness we see in men, and the hardness seen in women.

Yolanda wrote:
Makes you want to cry. It is a very sad thing for our children to see men acting like sissies, and women, Yuk.
Thanks be to our God that we are comforted by his many mercies.

Dr. Tim wrote:
Not even funny, BW. Last night at Walmart I saw a very effeminate man wearing what looked like a pair of women's pants. I offered him a gospel tract, but he refused. Sickening, yes, but still a creature to whom we are commanded to preach the gospel.

Christopher000 wrote:
Watcher Wrote:
"...I was looking for a top on Amazon and I wasn't sure if I was looking at women, made up to look like men, or just feminized men. It's sickening! Sickening.
The "men's" romper is just one of the latest fashion crazes:
https://tinyurl.com/MensRomper
No thanks.

Anyway, yeah, the state of society is scary. What shocks me is how fast all of this has progressed! Usually to see great shifts in society like this would have taken a few lifetimes, now it's happening in a few years.

Christopher000 wrote:
Well Frank and Watcher, times have definitely changed as far as that particular class in concerned. My understanding is that in addition to all of the normal things you'd expect, the sodomite stuff has been incorporated into the classes...how to do this and that, how to do this and that safely, as well as aids, as in things used, etc. Gross.
My mind has always been blown when wondering how in the world one gender can be attracted to the same in that way. I don't, and never will get the attraction.

Frank wrote:
I have told this story before, but it is pertinent.
When one of my daughters was in the 9th grade I think, she came home and told us they were having a mandatory sex education class. I went down to the Principal’s office and told him we were Christians and I objected to the class. They said they were going to explain things like how to put on a condom among other things. They argued with me for a while, but in the end I got my way and she was exempt from the class.
That would have been sometime in the early 1980s and I can’t imagine how bad it has becomes since then? I didn’t read the article, but my bet is I would have lost that argument today and been put on some type of hate list. Or they would have taken some type of action to remove them from our home.
The answer – homeschooling!

Christopher000 wrote:
Yep, frightening stuff, Watcher. Just imagine crossing over and realizing immediately that you had it all wrong. Just try to comprehend that; knowing that there are no second chances, no light at the end of the tunnel, no forgiveness, no hope for parole, nothing...ever, for all eternity.

Christopher000 wrote:
Hey John, allegedly, it was pretty much right before he died, and I don't think there was much more than that to it. I always figured, if true, and I don't know why she would lie, that he saw demons waiting for him (?), or maybe his eyes were opened to see what had been lurking around him during his life and the scene wasn't quite what he had thought?

John UK wrote:
Yea and amen, Watcher. Reassess is a good word for it. I know that for myself, I began to see the whole purpose of the gospel in a new light, a light which has a profound influence on the way the gospel ought to be preached. I think it also helps to see direction, a view to the future, showing what our Lord is looking to do in us, that he may bring glory to his name through willing servants.
I was deeply moved by that statement which effectively says, "Does he not deserve the fruit of his suffering?" Ah! That brings it all into perspective - the purposes of God, and his glory.
Nowadays, I tend to often ponder the question, "Is God being glorified through my life?" And if not, why not?
Yes, as you say, an absolutely awesome sermon.

Whew...wow! That hit me between the eyes."It reversed it all and changed it all. No longer was I working for ten shekels and a shirt, but for the living God!"

Yep...that was and still is one awesome sermon.

Have you seen this video by him?

https://youtu.be/qLQA1o-HXDM

John UK wrote:
Quite so, Watcher.
I was greatly helped - and I'm sure it would be of help to other brethren and sisters - by this message by Paris Reidhead:-
[URL=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3FV6_dQwZU]]]Christian Humanism[/URL]
...which is a short extract from TSAAS.
The full message is found here at...
[URL=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDQC45_RA2c]]]Ten Shekels and A Shirt[/URL]

John UK wrote:
Dr Tim, God bless your class tonight, brother.
I defer to you, as to an older brother, but if you might allow me to share something I see as important, having seen it through the preaching of Paris Reidhead.
There is a gospel doing the rounds, throughout this world, which could amply be described as the epitome of humanism. Its emphasis is on the sinner rather than the glory of God. It seeks to show the sinner what God can do for him: how his sins may be forgiven;...

Christopher000 wrote:
A bit curious considering that America is supposedly a Christian nation. Hmmm.

sakitto wrote:
The new Samsung Gear have a lot of future plans and i really like it.

Christopher000 wrote:
Yeah, I suppose you're right, and got a little ahead of myself. Let me bring it down to someone who claims to be a Christian, a true Christian, or even better, say they were born again while already in office. I just can't imagine a true blue Christian being able to remain. Kind of like being born from above and still being linked to the church of Rome. How would it work exactly...it wouldn't, and it doesn't. Nope.

1517 wrote:
According to this “it’s not an illness” logic, ALL things deemed mental ILLNESS isn’t an illness either. Schizophrenia, pedophilia, necrophilia, and the like are mere preferences protected under the same logic as homosexuality, transgenderism.

https://www.acpeds.org/the-college-speaks/position-statements/gender-ideology-harms-children

A Long Term Follow Up Study Of Mortality In Transsexuals Receiving Treatment With Cross Sex Hormones
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21266549

Long Term Follow Up Of Transexuals Persons Undergoing Sex Reassignment Surgery
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0016885%20

This article is interesting as it voices some concerns on puberty hormone blockers. It touches on risks to neurological and bone development, diabetes and blood clots, reduction in fertility etc....there is much in the article that is worth researching
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/when-transgender-kids-transition-medical-risks-are-both-known-and-unknown/

Unprofitable Servant wrote:
Angela, we should take care with all sources. WND has issues with its Messianic Jewish roots. But the source Jim to which linked is very unreliable. It said the liberally biased paper USA Today was unbiased and that Media Matters which is nothing but liberal distortions of the truth, proven to be a disseminator of fake news, was factual. It has been my experience that most of the links put up by Jim are unreliable sources of the liberal left. Obviously you may go whatever way you wish, just thought I would add my experiences on this matter. God bless

Phillip Mezzapelle wrote:
John UK, your absolutely right. At the church that I attend there is a brother with down syndrome. I will freely confess to everyone that on more than one occasion, he has taught me a thing or two about christian character. As soon as you can, pay a visit to the joni and friends website. I promise you it will be time well spent.

CJ wrote:
Can't really call it news when we read that the world acts like, well, the world. May the grace we've received become theirs too!

18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.