I'm suprised there aren't more typos. 95 percent of my posts are made from my Blackberry.
I make them all of the time and don't have the excuse of typing from my Blackberry! LOL!! My problem is my brain often times works faster than my hands.
__________________ "I think some people love spiritual bondage just the way some people love physical bondage. It makes them feel secure. In the end though it is not healthy for the one who is lost over it or the one who is lives under the oppression even if by their own choice"
Titus2woman on AFF
"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
I make them all of the time and don't have the excuse of typing from my Blackberry! LOL!! My problem is my brain often times works faster than my hands.
My brain is slower than my typing, and I can only type about 15 words per minute!
__________________ Words: For when an emoticon just isn't enough.
Two words come to mind about TB and what is stated in that article..."IF ONLY"....IF ONLY he would have done the things that this man suggested, it may have saved him.
It not only cost, TB his ministry....it cost a whole lot of people who depended on his counsel and ministry to become disillusioned and in despair.
That part about pastors thinking "it cannot happen to them", really hits home. Because they have to counsel people all the time who have fallen into sin...and probably hear the response all the time...."BUT I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD HAPPEN TO ME"!
Then THEY find out it has happened to them! And what is the response? Usually the same."BUT I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD HAPPEN TO ME"!
It is as sad as a drunk saying they are not an alcoholic! They refuse to get help...because....everyone ELSE can be a drunk...except them! They are too "strong willed" for that!
A lot of pastors think along on those same lines and it is sad to see them when they hit rock bottom, because they usually take a lot of people down with them. Usually innocent people who had absolutely nothing to do with their sin, but yet are caught in the aftermath.
We as Christians need to learn and learn well from this and other episodes of people falling into sin that...NO ONE is beyond temptation and falling...NO ONE!
If the Devil tempted Christ....do we actually think he is going to leave us alone? If we do, we may have another thing coming.
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
I don't read ANYWHERE where that scripture (Or the bible for that matter) talked about if you hold a position in the church that you are immune to temptation.
12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
This video and song by casting crowns really hits home on this topic...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QASREBVDsLk
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
I have heard from several sources that the salaries of several church employees at TPC were quite high. Church possibly paying for their homes as well? Anyone know any more about this, I assume it would be the Church Secretary, Music Minister. What do you think is a reasonable amount to be paid for these positions as well as others in a church this size?
come on people cant we just move on? really 145 pages of this? I know it was a high profile deal but good grief!
and seriously dude! get over it! unless you are a member of the church you have no business getting involved in what people are paid! how freaky can you get????
AND if you are a member of the church, the LAST place you need to be getting information is from the INTERNET!
DONT GO AWAY MAD PEOPLE. JUST GO AWAY!!!!
__________________ If I do something stupid blame the Lortab!
Its interesting how people are so quick to type their opinions on forums such as this. You haven't seen my checkbook and don't know what business of mine it is to ask this question. If the information was available where it should be, I would not be asking this question here. I appreciate your concern in this matter. I could say a lot more but, for the sake of not being "freaky" I will stop there.
Its interesting how people are so quick to type their opinions on forums such as this. You haven't seen my checkbook and don't know what business of mine it is to ask this question. If the information was available where it should be, I would not be asking this question here. I appreciate your concern in this matter. I could say a lot more but, for the sake of not being "freaky" I will stop there.
I am glad you repented of being freaky!
FYI there is never a cause to ask that kind of question on the internet... in an open forum. I dont care where you write your checks.
__________________ If I do something stupid blame the Lortab!
come on people cant we just move on? really 145 pages of this? I know it was a high profile deal but good grief!
and seriously dude! get over it! unless you are a member of the church you have no business getting involved in what people are paid! how freaky can you get????
AND if you are a member of the church, the LAST place you need to be getting information is from the INTERNET!
DONT GO AWAY MAD PEOPLE. JUST GO AWAY!!!!
No one is making you stay here and read this! You may have a right to voice your opinion, but so do I.
You do NOT have the right to tell people to quit posting on a topic simply because it is something you or tv1a or whoever does not like the topic being discussed!
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