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01-31-2013, 02:34 PM
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Re: Signs of a Controlling Church<<<
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Because you want to be saved, don't you? (duh)
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Wow, that is the most intelligent, logical, and fact based presentation on joining a church I've ever been privileged to hear! Where do I sign?????????
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01-31-2013, 02:39 PM
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Re: Signs of a Controlling Church<<<
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Wow, that is the most intelligent, logical, and fact based presentation on joining a church I've ever been privileged to hear! Where do I sign?????????
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I like to get to the point.  Just come and visit and we can get you baptized the right way into the right church. You won't be disappointed!
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01-31-2013, 02:41 PM
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Re: Signs of a Controlling Church<<<
If you decide not to come, I will shake you off like dust on my feet.
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01-31-2013, 02:44 PM
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Re: Signs of a Controlling Church<<<
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If you decide not to come, I will shake you off like dust on my feet.
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Fair enough!
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"Many people view their relationship with God like a "color by number" picture. It's easier to let someone else define the boundaries, tell them which blanks to fill in, and what color to use than it is for them to take a blank canvas and seek inspiration from the Source in order to paint their own masterpiece"
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01-31-2013, 02:52 PM
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Re: Signs of a Controlling Church<<<
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Fair enough!
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Well, I have my feet hanging over the edge of the deck. Are you coming or not?
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01-31-2013, 02:52 PM
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Re: Signs of a Controlling Church<<<
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Well, if she trusted the pastor's judgment more than her own, she wasn't really marriage material.  |
Well...some guys might think she was VERY OBEDIENT which is a prime necessity in looking for a women for men that don't like to have to give them a spanking from time to time.....
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Apostolic is defined on AFF as:
- There is One God. This one God reveals Himself distinctly as Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
- The Son is God himself in a human form or "God manifested in the flesh" (1Tim 3:16)
- Every sinner must repent of their sins.
- That Jesus name baptism is the only biblical mode of water baptism.
- That the Holy Ghost is for today and is received by faith with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues.
- The saint will go on to strive to live a holy life, pleasing to God.
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01-31-2013, 03:01 PM
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Re: Signs of a Controlling Church<<<
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The car itself isn't sin. It's the things that it leads to. Living life too fast. Listening to the radio. Driving to the strip club.
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If ever my car comes up missing, I'll know where to tell the police to go looking for it. 
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01-31-2013, 03:03 PM
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Re: Signs of a Controlling Church<<<
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If ever my car comes up missing, I'll know where to tell the police to go looking for it. |
Amish buggies are less likely to be stolen. No one would steal an Amish buggy and drive it to a strip club. I doubt you can argue my point.
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01-31-2013, 03:05 PM
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Re: Signs of a Controlling Church<<<
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Amish buggies are less likely to be stolen. No one would steal an Amish buggy and drive it to a strip club. I doubt you can argue my point.
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Why not? May take longer, but you could still get there. In fact, if you wanted to, you could WALK .........
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01-31-2013, 03:07 PM
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Re: Signs of a Controlling Church<<<
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Why not? May take longer, but you could still get there. In fact, if you wanted to, you could WALK .........
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When was the last time you saw an Amish buggy in a strip club parking lot?
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