As humanistic/atheistic as that show was, I doubt this new movie
could be much worse (less subtle, perhaps).

I'll probably rent the DVD as I'm interested in this movie's
effects--and the opportunity to "climb into the head" of one of
many spiritual adversaries--although this guy seems most miffed
at the RCC, from what I read of the reviews, and I'm not Catholic.

dee wrote:
Satan can quote scripture.

Regarding "rewards", I was always taught that the WAGES of
sin is death, but the FREE GIFT of God is ETERNAL LIFE thru
Jesus Christ our Lord (Rom 6:23).

Thus there must be different levels of punishment in Hell,
based on our sins (and each of us sins differently, thus
our punishment will be different, based on our own sin--
AND the extent to which we are exposed to and convicted
by God's Word--Luke 12:47-48).

BUT...our reward in Heaven is essentially the same, since
we all have the same righteousness (that of Christ, himself,
imputed to each believer).

Still, there are PARABLES that favor one perspective over the
other, and require much study to sort out.

Compare the likes of Matt 20:1-16 vs. Luke 19:17,19.

I'm open to input regarding this issue, on which I'm currently
meditating.

More "reward" may also mean more people "welcoming" you into
Heaven. (Luke 16:9)

Education first with regulative worship
a very close second.

I had no idea how vulnerable the Buddhist faith was to the
activities of earthly powers like China!

Christ experienced spiritual death FIRST, in the garden and
on the cross, where he was laden with the sins of the elect,
after which God poured out his wrath on Him for them.

After He said "it is finished", he was no longer spiritually
dead, having paid the price of Hell for all believers; but
then died (layed down his life) physically so he could "rest"
in the tomb, to fulfill the final sabbath and to testify of
his renewed purity using his own non-decaying corpse as
evidence of this--that all sins layed on him were payed-
for in full.

During this time I don't believe Christ was in Hell, since
He said "Father, into THY hands I commit my spirit". He was
with the FATHER in HEAVEN, not in Hell, during this time.

Wayne M. wrote:
Also, gangs have been shooting a lot of people lately in Vancouver, Canada, albeit people known to police as well as some other innocent people who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Handguns are too easily obtained by criminals.

It's REALLY frustrating to watch our freedoms diminish
at roughly the same rate at which the overall quality
of the American people goes down.

Less responsible/mature people invariably creates a moral
vaccuum that GOVERNMENT is all too willing to fill, as
Wayne's statements point out.

I recently hunted pheasants in South Dakota with a man and
his three pre-teen sons--and I felt COMPLETELY safe with
them because it was obvious that they had been well-mentored
by their parents and NOT by "the GOVERNMENT", with all it's
do's and don't, many of which are decided by many people who
don't know the least thing about firearms (except what they
see in movies like "Dirty Harry" or "The Terminator" or read
in fear-inducing news stories).

Weapon of Mass Instruction wrote:
JD won, hands down.

Actually I'm rather amazed that a
REAL pastor would waste--I mean spend--
so much time dealing with the likes of
JD, et. al.

Nice to know that pastors like Randy
Borill are willing to spend at least
some time with sheep other than those
of their immediate fold.

g2 wrote:
The long faithfulness in a long marriage is a model of the long faithfulness that will exist between Christ and his eternal bride.

These snake-handlers are not going nearly as far as Paul did
or the "children" in the book of Isaiah who held asps and
placed their hands on the cockatric's den (Isaiah).

kenny wrote:
If you click on the URL that I posted below and watch some of the YouTube clips of these folks, several of them are shown drinking poison or at least claiming to (in addition to handling the snakes).
I've heard that the beat of the music hypnotizes the snakes and renders them unable or unwilling to strike. I have no idea whether that's true or not and I do not care to find out. I'm a firm believer in the old adage about the only good snake being a dead one.
The video clips are unsettling to say the least.

The use of beat/rythym to keep snakes
from striking reminded me of a similar
tactic used by snake-charmers in India.

Interesting that the "ladies" are mentioned first in this achronym.

Such was not always the case.

When I was in college there was the standard "gay and lesbian" club.
There was as yet no "bisexual" or "transgender" component, as these
were (I suppose) still considered taboo at that time (late 1980s).

Is it because these people are "gentlemen", and insist on "ladies
first"...or is it that the "ladies" are more dominant in this whole
den of deviency? My general knowledge of post-modernism causes me
to favor the latter possibility.

At any rate, I'm thankful for Kevin Boling's response to this issue,
and hope/pray it will at least slow down the growth of the LGBT
achronym from attaining additional letters over time, like "V" for
Vampirism, and P for Pedophelia, and "B" for Bestiality, etc.

Instead of removing the Bibles, tell the clients that they (Sofitel) are waiting for
the reps of the other faiths to do what the Gideons did. They haven't, and that's why
only Bibles are (or WERE) in these hotel rooms. It's not a hard question to answer...
unless you just don't care.

Then again, it's MUCH easier for non-cessationsts to FAKE the former
than the latter.

As long as they can avoid being bitten they're fine, but if they
drink "any deadly thing" they'd BETTER have Brother Ralph on hand
with his "sanctified" stomach pump, or they're TOAST!

With the authority of the church and it's leaders established, and
the Bible itself completed by the end of the 1st century, all those
fancy miraculous gifts which the non-cessationsists love so much are
simply no longer needed.

Rom 3:20 and Gal 2:16 came almost imediately to my mind,
but in case I missed something, I'll go ahead and read
the previous posts.

I tend to think of "faith" as the work of GOD, as opposed
to work(s) by me, and that this faith is gifted to me by
the God who is saving me (Eph 2), and Romans 10:17.

So complete is this transaction that when Christ healed/saved
someone, He said "YOUR faith has saved you"--when it was
really his faith to begin with...even though a quick read
of this passage makes it seem like it was my faith from the
start.

After my dad gave me one of his old cars he no longer asked:
"how's my car running" but "how's YOUR car running".