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10 years ago @ The Heritage Foundry - Why President Obama's ... · 0 replies · +1 points

The problem is that the resentment is at an all-time high all around. Even if we got smart and kicked Hillary out of DC, even if the majority got smart and refused to elect these idiots, we'd still have a bunch of scared private sector bosses who would want to avoid the financial strife this mess has caused already. I am concerned that this would reduce the positive effects of non-socialism. Are we so far gone that there's no way back? I have to wonder.

10 years ago @ The Blazing Center - Maybe We Should Stop E... · 0 replies · 0 points

Hear here [sic]!!!

As a fellow introvert and someone with sensitive hearing (I've heard dog whistles and very quiet noises) and a Lap-Band, I especially connect with the "loud music" thing, as that gives me migraines and nausea. Besides that, though, the distinction between extrovert and introvert isn't sinful vs. glorified. God can use both, if the church will let Him.

I don't recall now who said it, but someone said that, if a ministry opportunity scares you to death, there's a good chance God didn't call you to it. That obviously doesn't apply to those who put their lives on the line for the sake of the Cross, though even they have a sense of peace and courage in God's direction that others lack.

11 years ago @ Naked Security - More than half of Andr... · 0 replies · 0 points

Even worse is when the manufacturer offers an upgrade (say, LG's Nitro HD upgrade from Gingerbread to ICS), but it only works if you have a Windows machine properly set up. Mac & Linux users can pound sand. Oh, and no OTA updates, either.

11 years ago @ Welcome to the Frontpage - What does it mean to L... · 1 reply · +2 points

Jose, I have to come out and disagree with you on at least one point: that having a set stop-time is somehow sinful or evil or anti-Jesus.

Consider This: what if the Spirit has led a new congregation into rented facilities that require them to be out by a certain time? What of "circuit preachers" who preach at church A at 8:30, church B 6 miles down the road at 10:15, and church C 5 miles from there at 11:30? (Yes, there are still churches organized like this, not because they're big, but because each one is too small to support its own preacher.) What of people who have been called by the Spirit to serve as a hospital volunteer on Sunday afternoon?

I used to think as you do, but I've since discovered that there are logistics involved in many situations that God has ordained — or at least I'm not going to say that He has not laid those situations out — that require a respect of time. I'll agree that trying to get to a restaurant or cafeteria on time isn't one of those; in fact, having churches stagger dismissal times would help those overloaded businesses.

Jesus still goes to some of the churches you speak out against, which sounds like all of them (except, maybe, your own?). Be careful how you speak for God.

11 years ago @ Welcome to the Frontpage - What does it mean to L... · 0 replies · +1 points

Editing a comment to reply to it? Jose, IntenseDebate allows you to reply, as I am.

While I do not necessarily agree with everything April says, your brush-off remark shows very little caring. That's fine. Just don't expect anyone to listen to you much longer.

April, I'm not entirely convinced that Ephesians 4 describes a hard-and-fast hierarchy per se. There are leaders in a congregation, shepherds to protect the flock, but that doesn't mean that nobody coming in from outside, or who isn't "officially" clergy, has no right to be heard. As for the tithe, I've heard both sides of this argument, and both sides present a fairly decent argument regarding why it applied only to that time, or why it continues on. The New Testament, as well as Isaiah, among others, do point out that God wants true worship rather than empty ritualistic sacrifices.

12 years ago @ Ron Edmondson - 5 Greatest Fears of Re... · 1 reply · +1 points

Well, let's see ... I think it's a tie between 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 for me. In fact, more often than not they all gang up on me.

12 years ago @ Welcome to the Frontpage - Can we go back to the ... · 0 replies · +1 points

And return to the limitations that "home churches" have with regard to sending out missionaries, reaching the lost, etc.

Remember the gathering where the one guy fell asleep, fell 3 stories, and was killed, only for Paul to lay on him and have God revive him? That was a "megachurch" gathering for the day.

The problem isn't the megachurches or the small churches. It's the focus, or lack thereof, on the Head (Christ). I've seen God work through megachurches, and I've seen tiny gatherings be just as much of a group of fans as you describe … only they couldn't afford the effects, so they substitute jumping over pews and more shouting.

12 years ago @ Welcome to the Frontpage - Can we go back to the ... · 0 replies · +1 points

There's no way back to a 1st century "New Testament" church because we aren't under the intense persecution they were. There is no state religion that we must appear to follow while meeting in secret. Pastors/teachers/elders aren't being thrown to the lions or murdered in the public square.

At least not yet.

12 years ago @ Ron Edmondson - Steve Jobs Contributio... · 1 reply · +1 points

My blog, Consider †his!, much of my Bible study (weak as it may be), speaking out about Christ, my contributions to 2 (hopefully 3) books, plus one of my own, have all been done on Macintosh computers. I do not choose, however, to subject myself to the Christ-limiting (in some cases) selection of iPhone apps, choosing instead a Palm Pre.

12 years ago @ Ron Edmondson - Steve Jobs Contributio... · 0 replies · +1 points

Wikipedia's article on Jobs indicated that he had Buddhist monks officiate at his wedding.

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