__________________ You can't reach the world with your talents. People are sick and tired of religious talents. People need a Holy Ghost annointed church with real fruits to reach out and touch their lives. ~ Pastor Burrell Crabtree
In fact I think that the insinuation of "hateful" Pentecostals is coming mostly from the fertile imaginations of bitter, backslidden ex Apostolics who are constantly trying to find a way to justify their actions. ~ strait shooter
I don't think you are saying the forum needs a name change.
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I have no intention to openly get into the name calling game. Lets just all be grown up enough to admit that AFF could find a name that would better reflect the tone and nature of the forum. That doesnt mean the place needs to be called some foul name.
Which one? I don't remember a red beret coffee drinking smiley.
How 'bout this one?
No...that one is too friendly. It was on the FCF, so it's probably gone for good.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
1. There has never, ever been a standard definition of the term "Apostolic." It's humorous that these legalists are so ticked that their new label has been hijacked. The word Pentecostal is no longer good enough for them, and it looks like "Apostolic" isn't distinct enough either. They are separating themselves into extinction.
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Originally Posted by Charnock
2. Why in the world do the admins care what these guys think? It's not as if you could ever satisfy them. It's not as if their contributions are in any way valuable.
Pel, I love ya, but you're wrong. They left because they couldn't stand the heat. They got their butts handed to em in a sling.
3. All of the guys that left read this forum religiously. I know, because I see references to AFF threads in their posts elsewhere.
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I'm (sic) not cynical, I just haven't been around long enough to be Jedi mind-tricked by politics as usual. Alas, maybe in a few years I'll be beaten back into the herd. tstew
1Co 15:33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
I know you probably loooooove The Message (paraphrase, non-KJV):
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And why do you think I keep risking my neck in this dangerous work? I look death in the face practically every day I live. Do you think I'd do this if I wasn't convinced of your resurrection and mine as guaranteed by the resurrected Messiah Jesus? Do you think I was just trying to act heroic when I fought the wild beasts at Ephesus, hoping it wouldn't be the end of me? Not on your life! It's resurrection, resurrection, always resurrection, that undergirds what I do and say, the way I live. If there's no resurrection, "We eat, we drink, the next day we die," and that's all there is to it. But don't fool yourselves. Don't let yourselves be poisoned by this anti-resurrection loose talk. "Bad company ruins good manners."
But whatever helps you "rightly handle/divide" the word of Truth Keep it in context.
If we are "bad company" -- you should explain why, and if you really believe that you shouldn't be posting here either.
The word Pentecostal is no longer good enough for them, and it looks like "Apostolic" isn't distinct enough either. They are separating themselves into extinction.
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