Quote# 108558

If we are to be close to God, we must first be dominated by Him. This means giving up all efforts to control Him and recognizing He owes us nothing, answers to no one, and lives above His own Law. God gets to break His own rules. He gets to change His mind. He gets to change course or covenant anytime He wants to. He created this universe out of nothing and can uncreate it anytime. He takes no orders from us. So is it ever appropriate for us to tell Him what to do? No. We all do, of course. Most Christians will spend their whole lives praying directive prayers like “God heal my mother, God comfort my friend, God help those people.” 

Anna Diehl, The Pursuit of God 15 Comments [5/13/2015 3:21:45 AM]
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Quote# 108557

God doesn’t want you to get beat down with a bunch of guilt over the lives that you couldn’t save. Instead, He wants you to go into this period with a firm grip on the fact that He alone controls who dies and how. When you’re too tired to think straight and you grab the wrong medication for a patient, guess what? You’re not perfect. When the mother of the kid who just died in your arms is screaming that it’s all your fault, she’s wrong. It is not your job to save lives. It’s not your job to shield people from the power of God. Your responsibility is limited to asking God to have His total way in your life and then trusting that He will.

God doesn’t need your help to save people. His primary reason for involving you in His work is to strengthen your personal relationship with Him. Practicing submission is a vital part of growing closer to God, and practicing submission is what you’re doing every time you accept the death of a patient and move on instead of telling God that He’s a creep or blaming yourself for not pulling a miracle out of the air.

Anna Diehl, The Pursuit of God 11 Comments [5/13/2015 3:19:09 AM]
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Quote# 108555

Life is about you and God. Your relationship with Him is what counts—everything and everyone else must be viewed as expendable. Now maybe God isn’t planning to take your nearest and dearest away from you, but with such mass carnage coming, it’s very unrealistic to think you won’t lose someone who you feel very bonded to. [...] God comes first. We must be willing to fully release His property when He calls on us to do so. We do not own anything down here—everything belongs to God.

Anna Diehl, The Pursuit of God 7 Comments [5/13/2015 3:16:50 AM]
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Quote# 108542

Christian evangelist Anne Graham Lotz, daughter of world-renowned Pastor Billy Graham, is calling on Americans to pray and fast for nine days, May 15-23, to ask God for help in these distressful times because, she says, God is warning that “His judgment is coming on America and on our world, and it’s going to be ugly.”

Anne Graham Lotz’s concerns echoed those she made at a Watchmen on the Wall conference, where she referenced the story of Noah and the flood and people eating, drinking, and giving in marriage, while indifferent to God, and warned that today many people “have no idea they are living on an abyss, and judgment is getting ready to fall.”

In the invitation to the May 15-23 “Mayday! Distress Call for Prayer,” Anne Graham Lotz, the author of 11 books and holder of six honorary doctorates, notes that she recently was teaching a seminar on the first two chapters of Joel in the Old Testament and said the “impact was profound.”

“I knew God had spoken,” she said. “The messages almost made the hair stand up on the back of my neck. Why? Because God was clearly warning that His judgment is coming on America and on our world, and it’s going to be ugly. I knew it then, and I know it now.”

Referencing the evangelical belief in the Rapture when Jesus returns, Anne Graham Lotz said that when authentic Christians are gone, “Institutions will collapse. Banks will close. The Stock Market will plunge. Planes will fall out of the sky. Cars will crash on the road. Government in America at every level will disintegrate.”

“Families will be torn apart,” she said. “In the unprecedented turmoil, our nation will be vulnerable for our enemies to seize the moment and attack us. There will be mass chaos, confusion, fear, grief, despair, anger, threats, danger … judgment.”

However, just as God allowed the Israelites to suffer through the ten plagues before they were delivered in the Exodus, Christians may have to endure “distress and trouble” before God brings peace,” she said, and thus Christians need to pray, “to cry out to God on behalf of our nation and our world.”

Anne Graham Lotz, CNS News.com 21 Comments [5/13/2015 3:09:16 AM]
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Submitted By: KittyKaboom

Quote# 108541

If nature arranged my brain in such a way that I come to the conclusion and therefore believe in God, why would you be offended or insult my intelligence?

Eric Hovind, Eric Hovind's Facebook page 25 Comments [5/13/2015 3:08:06 AM]
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Submitted By: Chris

Quote# 108540

If this does not clearly illustrate the connection between CERN and Saturn nothing else will. CERN was “reactivated” according to the celestial movement of the planet Saturn. In fact, I believe CERN was waiting to be restarted until Saturn would be closer and aligned with the earth and sun! When studying wormholes you will see two points established and then time/space is bent to make the journey instantaneous. For a planetary target it would be wise to wait until it is closest to the earth, right?

I believe CERN’s phantom application is to connect to a target and create a window (wormhole) between targets. In this case, it will be the planet Saturn. Why these satanist are so transparent to well researched truth seekers is beyond me! Just by placing the Shiva statue in front of CERN is another connection to Saturn.

This is why I believe the rebellious angels are there and they obviously need help from mankind to “ease on down the road.” Shiva is directly affiliated with the planet Saturn! CERN was really designed to interface with the planet Saturn. This is an ancient plan which the ancient order patiently waited for technology to bring the ancient plan to reality.

"In Vedic myth, it’s heralded as the annual moment when the lord of destruction, Shiva, descends to the earth for evolutionary and transformative human gain. In Vedic astrology, it’s a time when the planets, most notably Saturn (and all the planets under its influence), transit potent constellations that are said to elevate consciousness."

We are not just talking about a “wormhole” here either folks! There are other ramifications many in the media are not discussing. What happens if an influx of Saturn energy pours through the window into our world? The horny goat man Pan (he is also associated with Saturn’s energy) of the ancient times represented sexuality out of control. He would not just have sexual intercourse with other animals but with humans as well!

We might see a greater transition into sexual exploration and we are already seeing reports of “animal brothels” in the United Kingdom. This is something to keep our eyes on after CERN operations have been reviewed. We cannot discount the plausibility of Saturn energy being a variable and catalyst for transformation of the people of earth. Read the quote below and see if any bells or whistles go off when you are done!

"This optimal positioning occurs when Saturn is almost directly opposite the Sun in the sky. Since the Sun reaches its greatest distance below the horizon at midnight, the point opposite to it is highest in the sky at the same time.

At around the same time that Saturn passes opposition, it also makes its closest approach to the Earth – termed its perigee – making it appear at its brightest and largest.

This happens because when Saturn lies opposite the Sun in the sky, the solar system is lined up so that Saturn, the Earth and the Sun form a straight line with the Earth in the middle, on the same side of the Sun as Saturn. May 22, 2015, Saturn will be at its closest point to earth (READ MORE)"

Every wormhole drawing you have ever seen are two points lined up and then folded to touch. There are obvious celestial mechanics included as variables into the equation. When it comes down to it, CERN is manipulating energy in harmonics with celestial objects like Saturn and the Sun. In essence, the correct “chord” or “key” must resonate at the Saturnian frequency for the bridge to form in sequence with the other variables.

This is why they waited on Saturn to not just be at its closest point to the earth but in line with the earth AND the sun! Now that is some fallen angel shiitake for you! Yes folks, CERN is more than some international nerds getting together to smash particles together. With all of the Saturn connections you should understand Saturn IS the target!

What can we expect now that CERN is interfacing with Saturn? We should see traceable global behavior changes and/or increased spiritual activity. There should not be any immediate new faces on the global scene or will there be? Remember the “man of perdition” has yet to be revealed, meaning he is hidden until his time. How do we prepare?

Well, you should use your own discernment for that answer. We all have different roles and gifts in this spiritual war. If you are studying to show yourself approved to the Most High; answers to your questions will arrive to you. I am not quite sure what I can do to stop any of this and more importantly this is all a part of Biblical prophecy. Meaning it must unfold and all in the right time according to His Will.

What we can count on and expect from the mind of Satan is a counter measure to the prophecy of the Most High. Satan knows some of things the Most High is going to do based on prophecy and he is delusional enough to believe he is going to win. In his mind, breaking one of the Most High’s prophecy will make the Most High imperfect.

"Isaiah 13:5

They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land."

According to Isaiah 13:5, the Most High will be sending in an offensive attack descending from space. This is a powerful army and Satan knows he must match this power. Is the satanic army housed in Saturn? Did Star Wars tear a page out of Satan’s playbook with the clone army hidden away on another planet?

The Large Hadron Collider is an incredible undertaking with a massive 27 kilometer radius. That is almost 17 miles in diameter. This is an extremely powerful machine. There is always a dual purpose for technology. One is for public consumption and the other is for a private agenda. This “agenda” is private for a reason.

In closing, it is highly unlikely CERN restarted during the time Saturn would be closest to the earth. On May 22, 2015, Saturn will be at its closest point to the earth and the sun. If CERN is activated on this day; and after the alignment with the earth and sun, we might see evidence! There are so many Saturn references from CERN it must have been designed to interface with the planet Saturn. Since the ancient times there is a constant relationship between gods and Saturn. Please note I wrote “gods” and not God.

This is because I believe the gods can be traced back to the rebellious angels over vast epochs of time. Technology is now congruent with ancient blueprints and can be assembled to achieve ancient schemes. Now is the time to be still and pray for directions. You will not be able to hear if you are emotionally distracted. Use your own dis-cern-ment. Also, remember this is a spiritual war and we might only find spiritual evidence. Peace be with you all.

Michael Erevna, Revelation Now 17 Comments [5/13/2015 3:07:50 AM]
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Quote# 108538

I think we all see plainly you are full of bitterness and maybe rage, Bitter and angry because you are black. Bitter and angry because you are a woman. bitter and angry because you are seriously ill. And you have constructed a world around you to blame - all the evil Jesus, Christians, men, big oil, Republicans, etc have done to you.

But at least parts of the world you have constructed are pure fiction. Take, for example, this comment.

ALL of the Gospels were written before the Roman conquest of Jerusalem in 70AD. ALL were written by those whose names appear on them, and who personally knew Jesus. These are first-hand accounts. Acts is a detailed historical document.

As for the supposedly "missing" "gospels" ...

The world was awash in forgeries at the time. Literally hundreds of supposed 'gospel accounts' were circulating - some falsely attributed to the Apostles, some to others (like Mary). The CC, in assembling what we know as the Bible, focused almost exclusively on weeding out the forgeries and false documents - not on justifying their power, as some who hate the CC or Christianity like to claim. The criteria used are pretty well known - and are what, I think, most would use if they were trying to sift through writings to select those that are real.

For some reason you want to act as if other writings are legitimate. That's again part of the world you have constructed. Believe whatever you want - it does not alter my life in any way, for either the better or the worse. But from your own words, I'd say there is a good chance you are one angry and bitter individual ... so, if true, the question that makes most sense if this: How is that world you have constructed working out for you?

RCQ_92130, BarbWire 8 Comments [5/13/2015 3:07:08 AM]
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Submitted By: AJ Williams

Quote# 108537

I agree. The next great awakening won't be a repentance that results in a return to moral sanity. The next great awakening will be one of terror as God brings deserved judgment down on America. The progressive new world order will be an awakening, but not the one they envisioned.

Jack Dillon, BarbWire 15 Comments [5/13/2015 3:06:29 AM]
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Submitted By: AJ Williams

Quote# 108534

Your immediate reaction may be: separate seating for men and women is a sure sign of discrimination. That's what my wife and I thought before we became Baal Teshuvas and I'd like to share a different perspective with you.

First off, a quick back story. I walked into a Conservative Shul to say Kaddish for my father's yertzeit and the couple in the row in front of me had an insanely attractive teenage daughter that clearly didn't want to be in Shul. She was texting her friends and was wearing what I can only describe as a micro mini-skirt and a deep W neck sweater. My ability to pray was zero.

Am I a scumbag for being distracted by the girl?

Jasonberg, /r/Judaism/ 52 Comments [5/12/2015 2:50:30 AM]
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Quote# 108533

You changed the rules on me re: putting members on ignore and now you're deleting my posts(74=P16+O+S19+T20+S19). You've forced me to leave.* I did as much as I could here. I'll leave everyone with this prayer...

Dear GOD, give everyone (including me) what they deserve, for You are a just GOD.


*Synchronism: 5/8/15 21:54 "I've come to my senses at last." - Twilight Zone, Long Live Walter Jameson on MeTV

Brad Watson_Miami, Kiwi Farms 17 Comments [5/12/2015 2:48:27 AM]
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Quote# 108531

On 'Socialism is Not Compassionate, and Why This Should Matter to Christians'...

First, let’s define our terms. Socialism is government mandated activities or government control of assets. Marxism is using the power of the state to take money from some groups of citizens and give it to other groups (“redistribution of wealth” or “social justice”). Liberalism is a broader term that encompasses both of the above. Progressivism and statism are synonyms for liberalism. Because there is so much overlap, we will use these terms more-or-less interchangeably.

Anonymous coward, Faith Facts 29 Comments [5/12/2015 2:43:43 AM]
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Submitted By: solomongrundy

Quote# 108530

As I recall, C.S. Lewis worked hard to convert J.R.R. Tolkien to Christianity, but I believe Tolkien remained a Catholic.

jjmundt, Rapture Ready 37 Comments [5/12/2015 2:43:10 AM]
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Submitted By: solomongrundy

Quote# 108527

So, if the Bible, history, psychology, and nature all argue for marriage being between a man and a woman—why is there such a controversy today? Why are those who are opposed to gay marriage/same-sex marriage labeled as hateful, intolerant bigots, no matter how respectfully the opposition is presented? Why is the gay rights movement so aggressively pushing for gay marriage/same-sex marriage when most people, religious and non-religious, are supportive of—or at least far less opposed to—gay couples having all the same legal rights as married couples with some form of civil union?

The answer, according to the Bible, is that everyone inherently knows that homosexuality is immoral and unnatural, and the only way to suppress this inherent knowledge is by normalizing homosexuality and attacking any and all opposition to it. The best way to normalize homosexuality is by placing gay marriage/same-sex marriage on an equal plane with traditional opposite-gender marriage. Romans 1:18-32 illustrates this. The truth is known because God has made it plain. The truth is rejected and replaced with a lie. The lie is then promoted and the truth suppressed and attacked.

Got Questions Ministries, GotQuestions.org 35 Comments [5/12/2015 2:42:17 AM]
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Submitted By: Chris

Quote# 108526

[Title of Article: Satanic Ties or Godly Signs? Fans Question Use of 'Occult' Symbols By Christian Artists Toby Mac, Lecrae, Andy Mineo]

The cover to Lecrae's Rehab album also has three R's which just as equally look like three 6's. The symbols are used by secret societies which often have wealthy and influential members in their ranks that can get the symbols out there, as if to represent the covert influence they have in the world. Whether the people realise it or not though, above all it is the spiritual forces of darkness that want their symbols out there, which the spiritually discerning can recognise. The lyrics about a steeple in Lecrae's song seem like an excuse to throw the triangle in there, I'm sure he's not as ignorant of all the symbolism as he makes out. If an artist or person using the symbol is ignorant of it's meaning they should learn about it in order to avoid using satanic or occult symbols, instead of ignoring it and saying people can interpret it how they wish. As Hosea 4.6 says 'My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge'. The triangle may represent the pyramids of Egypt and so the kingdom of Egypt itself, which in the Bible can represent the kingdom of sin. We were slaves to sin as the Israelites were slaves in Egypt, until Christ redeemed us and set us free from slavery to sin. Consider John 8: '34 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. 35 Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.'


shades, Christian Post 13 Comments [5/12/2015 2:41:23 AM]
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Submitted By: nazani

Quote# 108524

First, masturbation can be a form of homosexuality because it is a sexual act
that does not involve a woman. If a man were to masturbate while engaged in other
forms of sexual intimacy with his wife then he would not be doing so in a homosexual
way. However, any man who does so without his wife in the room is bordering on
homosexuality activity, particularly if he's watching himself in a mirror and being turned
on by his own male body.

Second, masturbation is a form of monosexuality because it is sex that does not
include another person. Since sex is given for such purposes as oneness (Gen. 2:24),
intimate knowledge (Gen. 4:1), and comfort (2 Sam. 12:24), having sex with oneself
seems to miss some of the significant biblical reasons for sexual intimacy.

Third, masturbation is often done in haste because of the mortifying embarrassment
of possibly getting caught in the act. Subsequently, masturbation encourages a man to
become a notorious minute-man who will not be well skilled in the self-control necessary
to satisfy a wife.

Fourth, masturbation can establish a pattern of laziness. If a single man wants to
have an orgasm, he needs to first become a man and undergo the hard work of courting
and marrying a woman. If a married man wants to have an orgasm, he needs to first
undergo the hard work of loving, leading, and romancing his wife. But, lazy men are
prone to rub one out in the shower each morning rather than undergo the labors usually
associated with responsible masculine married life.

Fifth, though masturbation is biblically permissible, the question remains whether
or not it is beneficial for you ( 1 Cor. 10:23). God's men are quite divided on this matter,
as many find it to be very beneficial to them before they are married, during seasons of
their marriage when they are away from their wife, etc. Conversely, other men claim
that masturbating is not beneficial for them because they become mastered by it and
unable to keep it under control (1 Cor. 6:12). This is biologically caused by the fact
that masturbating does temporarily relieve sexual urges and frustrations, but also causes
greater and more frequent biological urges for additional ejaculations. Practically, as the body emits semen it then quickly produces more so that supply can keep up with
demand. So, a man who masturbates to ejaculation will find himself masturbating with
increasing frequency as his body continues to demand more frequent relief, thus negating
his original goal of masturbating to relieve sexual frustration.

Mark Driscoll , Porn-again Christian 35 Comments [5/12/2015 2:39:16 AM]
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Submitted By: Ivurm

Quote# 108523

These, as well as many other examples that could be given but for the sake of time, exhibit the lack of commitment to truth that is exhibited by the people attacking Hephzibah House. It certainly should give one pause when considering the credence to give to the claims of abuse being made anonymously on the internet.

Let's also consider the character of some of the main critics of Hephzibah House. Keep in mind, that all of what I'm about to say are things openly admitted by these people themselves, as they have indicated on these various forums. One of them is a practicing witch who follows occult practices, as well as having being involved in belly dancing and was a "sex worker" in her younger days. Another writes pornographic books (both homosexual and heterosexual), and even utilizes sexual innuendo in her comments on the "fundamental" forums that she posts to (comments which are, by the way, approved and laughed at by others on these "good Christian" forums). Another is an out and out drunkard. Yet another one is a lesbian who tried to run over some members of Hephzibah House's governing church with her car while there "protesting" with her "wife." Another couple (a former student and her husband) claim to be "good fundamental Baptists" but have openly stated that they have no problem with engaging in close fellowship with these others or having them influencing their children. Aiding and abetting the activities of these folks is a rabid atheist who has frankly stated that he wants to attack and destroy Christian ministries.

So, is all of this important? You bet it is. Not only are there simply some severe character issues with them, but even more, most of them have a vested interest in attacking fundamental Christian ministries. Some of them have said as much. They live lifestyles which are not only incompatible with Christianity, but whose practitioners are also, more often than not, antagonistic against Christianity. They have a positive interest in attacking ministries like Hephzibah House any way they can. They know that solid fundamental Christian ministries are their "enemies." They're open about that. People who stand for biblical principles will be disliked by them. A ministry whose purpose is to reform and salvage teenage girls from Christian homes will be hated by them. There is every reason in the world to think that these main "Hephzibah Haters" have their own agenda in attacking this ministry. In a court of law, they would be witnesses whose testimony would be given little or no weight because of their obvious hostility and bias.


Tim Dunkin, RenewAmerica 18 Comments [5/12/2015 2:39:05 AM]
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Quote# 108521

[One of the main contributors to the blog received this in an email and disagreed with it.]

With the summer approaching, the women have begun worshipping the 'sun gods' again by taking off their clothing and revealing themselves in public. Unfortunately, many good Jewish women have fallen captive into the influences of the 70 Nations and are also copying their way of dress and immodest behavior.

[...]

At least if you want to be brazen and uncovered like an animal, do it in the privacy of your own home, but when you go outside like that, you are burning up souls. How can you expect to have a carefree life while you are wrecking other peoples lives and children who are forced to have to see your nakedness in the streets. Do not think that this world is a free for all. There is a G-d and there is reward and punishment!

Do you really think that short tight and stretchy clothing which reveals the shape of your body is modest!? Do you really need some Posek or Rabbi to tell you this? Is it not obvious enough to anyone with a head or heart.

Do you wonder why there are so many deaths, diseases and accidents in Am Yisrael (lo aleinu)? Don't be shocked, to find in the World of Truth that it was YOU who caused it all!! When there is ervat davar (lewdness), the Shechina runs away. Without the Shechina, there is no protection. In the world of truth, the immoral and immodest women will find out that they are the real terrorists and murderers of am Yisrael (see Isaiah end of ch. 3).

Anonymous, Mystical Paths 47 Comments [5/11/2015 3:22:05 AM]
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Quote# 108520

A small group of Jewish teens from England came to the Kotel last week. They didn't want to put on tefillin, scorning them, but I pulled just hard enough to get them. They were not at all interested in Judaism, to put it mildly. They were really immature. They had nose rings, their eyebrows were pierced and they had a couple of earrings hanging from their ears. When I saw that one of the boys had a black fingernail I asked him if he hit it with a hammer. He showed me his hands. He had painted the nails dark purple!

"What in the world did you do that for?"

"It's nice. It makes my hands look nice."

"Painted nails, earrings, nose rings...all these are girl's garments!"

"Who said?"

"The Torah says. A man is supposed to dress like a man and a girl like a girl. We want you to take the male role and marry a Jewish girl."

"What's wrong with marrying a boy?"

"Are you crazy? What's wrong with smoking cigarettes?"

"They kill you."

"Cigarettes cause you to die ten years earlier than someone who doesn't smoke. Homosexuals die twenty earlier than normal people! It's a disease."

He almost fell on the floor laughing. "That's insane!"

"Oh, yeah! Search on the internet "homosexual life expectancy" and you will see for yourself.

"Oh, baloney!"

"Okay, I'll make a deal with you. If what I am saying is true, you promise that you will marry only a Jewish girl."

He was so sure that I was making it up that he agreed.

I said, "Okay. I got you! Check it out and if it is like I said, you have to keep your promise and marry a Jewish girl."

Will he change his life from one short conversation? I don't know. But I know that we have to try.

Reb Gutman Locks, Mystical Paths 32 Comments [5/11/2015 3:14:53 AM]
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Quote# 108518

[Another fundie has asked the others how close to Sodom and Gomorrah America is.]

Well, there have been some horrific articles grabbing my attention as of late--like male rapes (Drudge has posted at least three in the past month in the military, which from what I've read has an epidemic of it).
I'd agree we're pretty close to S&G if not worse as you suggest due to the infanticide generation. We're worse than Nazi Germany with that regard by far. I've got two homosexual uncles, one is by far a flaming lib probably beyond the depraved mind point. The other is a social conservative--almost a hawk, but still living in deep sin--when we talk politics we shockingly see eye-to-eye on a lot.

It's interesting that one of them sees how evil the world is, while the other is completely oblivious to it and probably embraces it. This country has turned to hell IMO.

Florian9, Rapture Ready 21 Comments [5/11/2015 3:11:59 AM]
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Submitted By: documentingtehcrazy

Quote# 108515

Iggy Azalea is nothing more than a singing stripper; yet, Good Morning America shamefully praised Iggy Azalea (Piggy-i-smell-ya) as a good role model for youth, saying that she has, “a great message for little girls everywhere.” Oh yeah, great message for young girls... YOU TOO CAN BECOME A SINGING STRIPPER! Woe unto America! Is this not a form of child abuse? Sure it is. It is abuse to teach a little girl that being a stripper, whore or slutty singer when she grows up is a good thing to do. No wonder America is often called by our Arab neighbours overseas... THE GREAT SATAN!

David J. Stewart, Jesus is Savior 47 Comments [5/11/2015 3:09:44 AM]
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Quote# 108513

[An article on what to and not to do when a Christian members of your church do something incredibly awful and or stupid.]

6.) Don’t ever, ever, ever, EVER even passively, suggestively, or indirectly legitimize or rationalize bitterness and suspicion towards the church. If someone says to you, “This is why I don’t go to church,” they might think they’re telling the truth, but they’re not. They don’t love the church because they don’t love Jesus. Saying, “Yes, you have a point, church can be so frustrating” feels like empathy, but it’s not. It’s self-preserveration at the cost of slandering Christ’s body.

Samuel James, Inklinations 25 Comments [5/11/2015 3:04:44 AM]
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Submitted By: AJ Williams

Quote# 108508

For a Christian, death is the best thing that can ever happen to us on this earth. Death is the moment that we finally get to escape this frustrating blindness and at last see our Lord and Savior. What’s better: to be walking around on this planet or to be resting in the arms of Jesus? Death is not something we need to fear, for death is the realization of everything we have spent our lives hoping for and trusting in. Death is when your faith will become fact, when your submission to God will be greatly rewarded. Death is the greatest blessing God could ever give you on this earth, for death is when He says, “Today is the day I want you to feel My arms around you. This is the moment I want you to see My face.”

Anna Diehl, The Pursuit of God 40 Comments [5/11/2015 3:03:51 AM]
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Quote# 108504

 No, it really isn’t okay to encourage a blurring of gender lines.  It isn’t okay to stop calling same sex intercourse an abomination.  God doesn’t change His definitions of sin to match cultural fads.  He maintains rigid lines of right and wrong in order to intensify certain trials.  It is because God says having sex with animals is an abomination that struggling with bestiality is such a crisis.  If God hadn’t laid down these lines, we’d all be getting it on with whatever and whoever and never think twice about it.  God has set up rigid boundaries which He then causes some of us to feel intensely suffocated by.  He says getting drunk is wrong, then He wires some souls with intense cravings for alcohol.  He says dressing like the opposite gender is despicable, then He causes some men to feel like they’re really female inside and to want to “transition” into presenting themselves as women in public.  When we find God intentionally trapping us in these kinds of binds, we need to seek Him directly and ask Him to help us honor Him in the midst of our struggles.  

Anna Diehl, The Pursuit of God 30 Comments [5/11/2015 3:01:11 AM]
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Quote# 108503

In the Bible, we find Yahweh boasting of raising up mighty armies to come and bash the heads of infants on rocks, cut open pregnant women, rape, pillage, torture, and molest people. As far as lying goes, God constantly deceives us in a variety of ways. He gives false prophecies and empty promises. He raises false expectations and hopes only to later dash them to pieces. He intentionally disillusions us.   As far as sin goes, Yahweh was standing right there with sinful Adam and Eve making them a set of clothes to wear after He’d cursed them in Eden. All throughout the Old Testament we find Him interacting with sinful human beings. In the Gospels, we find Jesus walking around in a nation where most people were defying God. Can God be in the presence of sin? If He couldn’t, we’d all be dead. It’s only God’s hands on involvement in our sinful, sordid little lives that keeps this world from being torn apart.

When it comes to God and suffering, we can hardly say He doesn’t enjoy seeing His own creatures writhing in agony. God made Hell for the primary purpose of showcasing the misery of creatures He was tormenting on a continuous basis. In Revelation we find Jesus presenting Himself as kicking back in Heaven enjoying the public show of souls suffering in Hell. At the end of Isaiah 66, we find Yahweh describing a metaphorical heaven in which He showcases the misery of those who defied Him. In both the Old and New Testaments, we find Yahweh and Jesus stomping all over human beings in the figurative winepress of God’s wrath. Our blood is described as spattering Their garments. So does God enjoy our suffering? In certain contexts, He absolutely does. Trying to prove God’s goodness by what He is capable of doesn’t work at all.

Anna Diehl, The Pursuit of God 18 Comments [5/11/2015 3:01:02 AM]
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Quote# 108500

Are we truly watching a perfect storm of tyrannical darkness conquer the United States? Have we finally been defeated by the ever-patient, ever-evil, embedded communists, who’ve had their wicked designs on our nation for at least a hundred years? Is our culture so rotten to the core that it can never return to virtue and right? Are America’s younger generations lost to Godless, communist indoctrination and ideology, which includes radical environmental lunacy and the eager embrace of militant homosexualism and the destruction of marriage and family? Is there no way to purge the systemic immorality and corruption that infects all our major institutions, our federal, state and local governments, our schools, the media and entertainment industries and corporations? Is it even possible for this wayward nation to return to the founding principles and limitations on the central government outlined in the Constitution? Is tyranny inevitable?

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These communists (for that’s what they are) in the Obama administration and Congress have managed to neuter any political opposition. Whether the Republicans are in fear for their lives or the lives of their families, are being blackmailed for wrongdoing or are wickedly in agreement with the goals of the Obama administration, the result is the same: the agenda of the Obama Crime Syndicate is not being stopped, or even slowed down in any way. Christian conservatives and other patriots have watched in helpless horror and outrage as the Republicans have surrendered their lawful power to this Godless, America-hating, lying reprobate in the White House.

We are watching, as in a surreal nightmare, the federal takeover of major parts of our nation, including our healthcare and health insurance systems and the Internet. They’re trying to take over state and local police. We’re watching these Marxist loons aggressively facilitate the invasion of the United States by Third World illegal aliens from Central and South America as well as Muslim “refugees” from the Middle East and Africa (but not Christian refugees from those same places). We’re watching these destructos crush our energy production capabilities, destroying power plants, commandeering water supplies, and aggressively eroding private property rights. They’re cramming through the United Nations’ communistic, anti-freedom, environmental extremist policies. They’re forcing the corrosive and tyrannical agenda of the homosexual/“transgender” movement with all the immoral filth it entails. They’re viciously attacking Christian freedom. They’re destroying our military. They’re funding, arming and enabling our criminally insane Muslim enemies while spitting in the face of our dearest allies. They’re burying America under a ticking time bomb mountain of debt that is destroying our fiat currency.

All these things and more are enough to make the strongest of patriot hearts falter, not from lack of resolve, but lack of hope that we can stop or reverse the evil that has our nation in a choke-hold. It’s also enough to make us despair, which drives me back to the only source of comfort, peace, sanity, truth and reason, which is the Word of God found in the Bible. None of what we’re seeing is anything except what Jesus warned would come to pass as this world draws to a close. The ratcheting up of evil, sin and lawlessness is glaring today in the United States (the last light of freedom in the world), and it’s what He said would be. We don’t know how close we are to Christ’s return, but He told us of the signs that would precede His return, and we’re seeing those things begin in earnest. We can also look to the Lord’s further revelations to Daniel, John and other biblical prophets to know that the time is growing short.

Gina Miller, BarbWire 34 Comments [5/10/2015 11:16:03 AM]
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