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The author of the following has written a 2-part series on being a pastor, as he transitions to retirement. I am posting the 2nd part of his series as I find it interesting and worthy of consideration. https://atoday.org/part-2-the-sausage-factory/ NOTE: I am not suggesting anything negative about the 1st part of the series.

"Fornication" is defined as "unlawful sex". The only law for reference is that given by the LORD. That law expressly forbids sodomy (the name came from the city of Sodom). It also forbids cross-dressing. Deuteronomy 22:5 "The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God." (KJV) Leviticus 20:13 "If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them." (NKJ) We condemn Islamic regimes for such executions. Should we condemn the God of Israel as well? Many do. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 "Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God." Obviously - those who repent and ask forgiveness through Christ will be forgiven. Most Christians like to ignore these verses. In the US, persons are free to "sin" in many ways - as defined by Judeo-Christian "scriptures". Worship of idols or "other gods" - even witchcraft - is not a violation of our laws. Failure to worship the God of the Judeo-Christian scriptures is not a violation of our laws. Adultery is not punishable by imprisonment or fine. Neither are homosexual acts (between consenting adults). If we Christians and Jews want the freedom to worship in our chosen ways, we must leave others free to worship (or not) in their own ways. (Though I'm sure that pagan sacrifice of human beings would not be allowed. ) The problem comes when the freedoms conflict. Can Christians really be punished for quoting their own scriptures, or upholding the principles taught by those scriptures? Apparently - yes. Protestants left Europe for the Americas so they could separate themselves from the influence of (and persecution by) those they believed were in error. Today - the world is too small. There is no place to flee. Only Christ can open the way for our escape.

Joe when the angels and YAHSHUA appear before Abraham and when HE appeared before the 70 elders, Jacob, Joshua, and Moses; HE was not flesh, neither were the angels. The Bible only speaks that HE became flesh when THE HOLY SPIRIT put HIM in Mary's womb. The Bible says a fleshly body was prepared for HIM by THE FATHER. Heb 10:5 You need to understand that spiritual beings are not how earthly being think they are made. They are beings but have spiritual bodies that can go through walls and they can also change their form. They can eat and drink but their molecular structure is different is was not made from the ground, nor is blood in their veins. Flesh and blood cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven Joe! Nor do we wrestle with flesh and blood but spiritual beings with great power and principalities. 1 Co 15:50; Eph 6:12 Not ghost, they do not exist and we should not call THE HOLY SPIRIT this unholy word. THE ALMIGHTY ONES Ways are not our ways, we cannot even think the way that THEY Think neither can we perceive it! Please put out your mind that you know what a spiritual being is at all! Blessings!

HEY ALL MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES Only 1 more day unitl Independence Day=====does ay one have any plans for that day dgrimm60

In the Sermon on the Mount, Christ uttered those memorable words that have troubled saints and sinners alike ever since. “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect” (Matthew 5:48, KJV). Whether we find those words encouraging or discouraging depends, as with so many of our beliefs, upon the […] The post Chapter Fourteen: “God Can Completely Heal the Damage Done” (14:1) appeared first on Jon Paulien's Blog. View the full article

I thought she was the fundamentalist? She was against playing football, having photographs and campaigned for people to wear odd clothing styles at the time.

The Scripture I quoted (Philippians 2, 12) speak to the points you make. "for God is at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure". That's where the "fear and trembling" come from inside the individual - do we "cooperate" with what or where God is leading OR do we allow the flesh to lead the spirit? I fail PLENTY of times, what if as I'm failing I drop dead? Given the other Scriptures teaching on running this race I'm pretty sure that's what THIS Scrpture is saying.

? day by day ? Luke_11:3 Give us day by day our daily bread.

In the post above, HCH gives a citation to Dr. W. F. Albright. That citation does not mention Dr. Albright, contrary to the inference of HCH. HCH gave: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exodus Also, HCH tells us that the date for the Exodus varies by 100+ years among scholars. Generally scholars vary a date for the Exodus by 200 to 300 years. However, in actuality the range extends up 600 years by scholars who are on the outer ends of the range. In suggesting a date for the Exodus in the 1200s BCE, HCH is consistent with a more liberal interpretation of the Biblical story. SDA scholars have often placed the Exodus about 1445 BCE, in contrast to the date HCH suggests. As I say there is considerable disagreement as to a possible date, for those who believe that it actually happened. Absolute proof does not exist for any date.

HEY ALL MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES Only 2 more days until Independence Day dgrimm60

". . .fortunate enough to make it . . .:" As I understand the Biblical teaching, we do not have to be in doubt as to our salvation. We can know, one way or the other. I am not in doubt. I am assured that if I were to die today, My salvation is assured, due to the merits of Christ and that I teach that salvation is a choice as to whether or not I accept it. Yes, I could change my mind. God does not force and will not force in the future. NOTE: Gustave, I welcome your response as to how you see the above.

Try to do a little better tonight. Before we ask what it means we need to ask "What did it mean". All of the Bible is written in a way where either the original listeners could have seen the kingdom of God come in their day, or to start a work of spreading the gospel where the kingdom could have come in at most a couple generations. A big problem we have with Daniel is that Satan had split us into either believing that Daniel himself wrote the book from beginning to end and that he was focused on the Papacy. Or else believing the book was written centuries later to deal with the Antiochus Epiphanes and had nothing to do to Daniel. But both of these are starting to be questioned. There is too much about Babylon that was wrong that Daniel himself would not have gotten wrong, but also too much remembered and facts that history has only recently rediscovered and would have been long forgotten by Antiochus Epiphanes time. The growing current evidence points to the book itself having been complied by Daniel's students after he had died (notice that his obituary is in Daniel 1), and written sometime between Daniel's death and the time the the Hebrews gave up hope of Zerubbabel reestablishing the David monarchy. The concern in Daniel was the David monarchy. Daniel 1-7 had hopes that there were going to be four kings (and Daniel only names 4 kings) and then the division after Cyrus and the Messiah setting up his kingdom (and that the Babylon exile could end in a second great exodus lead by the Messiah.) Daniel 8 was open to this possibility but realized that there was not that much time and things may change. Daniel 9=12 is a reapplication where there would be a return to the land but not a second glorious exodus lead by the messiah. But it was a return to how God could have used the Hebrews in the land, the reestablishment of the house of David and how Jesus could have come and how the world could have ended had Jesus been accepted. As the house of David did not re-establish after the exile, Daniel looked like a failed prophecy and the Hebrews moved on. However, the principle to get to what a Bible text means to us is by reapplying the principles to a similar situation. When Antiochus Epiphanes came the Hebrews remembered Daniel and it returned to popularity, and apparently has some comments from the margins that eventually got edited into the text which does indeed deal with Antiochus. These are things that we need to keep in mind as we study. Sadly unlike Revelation where we can read some good studies on the actual historical context, we need to just look at ancient histories and do a lot of work from scratch. I wish some of our students at the seminary would do a few thesis on this topic. Then look at analogies that have been drawn over history. The Flavian Emperors sounds a lot like Daniel 7 with 10 Emperors, three defeated by Vespasian and Titus destroyed the temple. Then there were the applications to the Papacy that developed through the Franciscans who accepted Joachim of Flore as a true prophet and how it evolved over the centuries into Seventh-day Adventism. As we first look at the immediate context of Daniel, through reapplication both within the book from 1-7/8 and then 9-12, how Cyrus could have meet a powerful Greek long before Alexander the Great, how things would have happened had Jesus been accepted, how we can make applications to the Flavians and the papacy we will have a strong understanding for what it will mean for us. Now if all this sounds confusing and a tremendous challenge, maybe somewhat, but the Holy Spirit will show it to our minds and lead our historians to the details as it is needed. Then this will be shared with the rest of us where we can evaluate it by what was said here and then we can grow on their studies.

This side of heaven we have no possibility of knowing the mystery of God. My guess is that if we're fortunate enough to make it even the most saintly will, at best, only understand a minute fraction of the mystery of God. The finite cannot fathom the infinite.

We faint not Gal 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

And when so many others treat all Christians as inferior dogs and pigs, that's okay? It works both ways. Shouldn't we as Christians take a stand against celebrating what God has called evil? It has been said that for evil men to accomplish their purpose it is only necessary that good men should do nothing. So which shows the love and concern of God more - "live and let live", or warning people against celebrating people calling good evil and evil good?

Confused not because you posted this; but because of how shocking and draconian this bill is. Looks like something that Trump would veto; or that the Supreme Court (with its present makeup) would overturn. At least I would hope so.