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09-06-2007, 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by BoredOutOfMyMind
Stop THAT or everyone else will want a bag!
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I tell ya...that stuff is GOOOOOOODDDD. And if you use REAL whipping cream instead of half and half or creamer? It's StarBux Quality SINFUL.  (2% milk for me...I'm trying to break my addiction to real live whipping cream.) Its dessert in a cup, really.
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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
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09-06-2007, 06:35 PM
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Formerly known as CareyM
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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
Listen and learn johnmark: I grew up in an evangelist turned pastor's home, and I know that.  But the man still has his priorities straight, and enough backbone to state what he thinks even if it does get him blackballed.
Here's the part to listen to: God DOES pay bills.  |
You go girl!!!
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09-06-2007, 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Amos
I have discouraged our people from involving themselves in these kinds of settings.
Perhaps that makes me appear inconsistent, or worse, but the fact is sheep are by nature more impressionable and easily swayed by false voices than leaders are.
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Wow! This is exactly the thought process of the RCC.
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09-06-2007, 06:38 PM
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Formerly known as CareyM
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Originally Posted by Amos
Could you explain the meaning of the smiley?
Just curious as to what you meant.
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I guess I interpreted your post to mean that ministry is above the laity...I don't believe in that for one minute! If I misunderstood, I apologize.
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09-06-2007, 07:05 PM
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A Prince of the Gospel!
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While I can only assume Brother Maddix means well, his statement is weak and embarrassing. This issue is an important, even strategic subject that is worthy of reason, logic and strong reference to His Word. Playing to the reader's emotional response or using preaching techniques is not the answer to meeting this volatile issue head on.
While I support the use of television in worldwide evangelism, Brother Maddix should not be a major representative of that cause. Influencing and manipulating church congregations is not the proper methodology to employ in a sound discussion of the use of technology in this present world.
Let's discuss and dissect the issue, but please do it with a reasonably sound basis of thought and scriptural anchoring. We Pentecostals are an emotional group, and that is a strength in our response to His Spirit and direction. But to argue (a positive connotation) a position with phrases like, "at the end of our rope" is grasping at a clear emotional straw.
Oh, my kingdom for an intellectual thinker who can write...
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09-06-2007, 07:09 PM
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Go Dodgers!
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Originally Posted by Amos
I have discouraged our people from involving themselves in these kinds of settings.
Perhaps that makes me appear inconsistent, or worse, but the fact is sheep are by nature more impressionable and easily swayed by false voices than leaders are.
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If that is true perhaps it's only because the leaders keep the sheep dumbed down intentionally?
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- Every sinner must repent of their sins.
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09-06-2007, 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by RevBuddy
While I can only assume Brother Maddix means well, his statement is weak and embarrassing. This issue is an important, even strategic subject that is worthy of reason, logic and strong reference to His Word. Playing to the reader's emotional response or using preaching techniques is not the answer to meeting this volatile issue head on.
While I support the use of television in worldwide evangelism, Brother Maddix should not be a major representative of that cause. Influencing and manipulating church congregations is not the proper methodology to employ in a sound discussion of the use of technology in this present world.
Let's discuss and dissect the issue, but please do it with a reasonably sound basis of thought and scriptural anchoring. We Pentecostals are an emotional group, and that is a strength in our response to His Spirit and direction. But to argue (a positive connotation) a position with phrases like, "at the end of our rope" is grasping at a clear emotional straw.
Oh, my kingdom for an intellectual thinker who can write...
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Oooh ... I'm telling!!!!!!
But if you admit that Pentecostals are an emotional group wouldn't an emotional argument be just what the doctor ordered?
Would you share some reasonable and spiritually anchored thought to support your present position?
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09-06-2007, 07:11 PM
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If that is true perhaps it's only because the leaders keep the sheep dumbed down intentionally?
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Perhaps because they are LOOKED at as sheep.
Or as Hilary or Teddy look at their voters......
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09-06-2007, 07:11 PM
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The article borders on embarrasing. I sure hope we have better representation than that in Tampa.
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09-06-2007, 07:18 PM
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The blog is typically MM- Passionate. Based on tunnel vision: Reach the Lost. Personally, I can't fault the man for that. I think its probably more a "vent" than a true attempt to persuade other ministers to see things a certain way.
As for emotional and illogical--the opposition certainly owns a large chunk of change in that real estate.
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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
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