Maybe just a little

uh oh!  I initially saw "God is nowhere."


But I'm in this group for sure!

It's OK, honey.  Have some chocolate.  It will make you feel better


Meanwhile HELLO Laura!  You WILL DO a thread like MIke did!    Your "before" pictures have been posted above and they look great anyway!  So,  just say YES to the new "The Road to Compete" thread        

The people w/this outlook should read Matthew 7:3-5:  "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?  How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?  You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye."

Tre, I am a Christian and I don't feel "holier" than anyone.  In fact, I feel "less holy" than anyone.  Most sins I commit that I'm aware of (and there are many) don't make me feel "holy" at all.  I KNOW I can't be "holy" of my own power.  My (still) daily sins reinforce my feeling for need of a savior.   

And whatever Baptists are telling you that "*all* the Jews are going to "Hell" are full of crap (pardon my language ). 



I know a person almost just like this.  He used to visit my husband at work and say "So what are you doing for the Lord?"  Meanwhile he was carrying on a 2-year affair w/a woman he worked with!  Dude still makes me mad every time I see him   But please don't look at the people that claim to follow Christ (because we are all imperfect failures at doing so), just investigate Christ's life as provided by the scriptures. 

He was the perfect example.  The rest of us suck.

Thanks Gene She looks great!  Do you have any shots of Randi Post?

Interesting, Beach Bum.  Thanks for all this info you are providing!

Sometimes I see a 7th Dayer on TV and he really talks a lot about End Time Bible Prophecy.  Are most 7th Dayers highly interested in this? 

I'm interested in it.  But it seems like several of our Christian friends just don't think about it or don't want to.

Beach Bum, we have a mailing ministry and sometimes get stuff from 7th Dayer's that are really focused on "keeping the Sabbath" and making sure people know they think the true Sabbath is really (mainly) on Saturday.  Is this a huge deal for all 7th Dayers?  If so, why do you think it is?

Ahhhhh....after sifting through the initial (yet inevitable) sewage, the new and purified Re: delete shall reign once again.

And I trust YoMamaBeenLurking will not disappoint

Sorry Quickerblade! We love you but you had your chance.......  Smell ya later!   

I believe that if someone is truly saved at some point in their life, their salvation is eternally secure. 

Heb 7:24,25:  "but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood.  Therefore he is able to save completely (the word used here means permanently) those who come to God through Him, because He always lives to intercede for them."

1John 2:1:  "My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin.  But if anyone does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense - Jesus Christ the Righteous One."

Romans 8:38,39:  ................"neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

So if someone is truly saved, there is nothing they can do to lose their salvation IMO.  Maybe their "punishment" other than having a possibly less peaceful or less fulfilling life will be that when they get to heaven their rewards will be fewer (but we cast all of our crowns at Jesus' feet anyway). 

I personally don't believe in any type of "purgatory" in the modern day.  I think this idea came from before Christ died and rose again where people were dead but the believers were not yet resurrected (although they still don't have their glorified bodies) into heaven w/him be cause he was the "first."......but that's a whole diff. subject!

No, I'm not going to frown on them.  I've got my own problems. 


Well, I don't know but just for info here is what my study bible says about those verses:

11:5 Prays or prophesies.  In light of what he says in 14:34-35, it is doubtful that Paul approved of those activities by the women at Corinth.  He simply acknowledges that these were unauthorized practices.  with her head uncovered.  Women should be veiled or covered in the meeting of the church, and men should not.  Paul's reasons were based on theology (headship v.3), the order in creation (vv.7-9), and the presence of angels in the meeting (v.10).  None of these reasons was based on contemporary social custom.  shaved.  A sign of disgrace.

11:15  long hair is given to her as a covering.  This is not the same word as that used in vv 5-6.  The point here is that as the hair represents the proper covering in the natural realm, so the veil is the proper covering in the religious.

I don't know if that helps at all or not 

What if my show was 2 years ago?

What will that do to my "Special Guest" stars?

But it can be regarded as defamation.  We know this first-hand.  It depends on your judge or arbitration panel.  My faith in the system is IN THE TOILET.

Meanwhile, could someone supply the link to the download please?  Thank you

Thanks for saying that OzmO.  That's how I hope I come off.

OK, back to the thing about the long hair in 1Cor 11:1-15.  I'm confused on what your question is?

Neither.  But did I miss a "fight" between you all?  Or did the present animosity begin recently? 


It really seems like TA and Jezebelle would have a lot in common w/Laura and Mike and I don't understand the fighting.

Hi.  I may be too new or have missed something important, but TA, why do you have such a bad feeling for Cheri and Mike?   

YAY!!!  GREAT JOB MIKE! 

You did wonderfully and should be quite pleased!  Enjoy your time of eating whatever you want and knowing that your body will hate it so much that it will just shoot it all  right out w/o retaining many calories at all.

Completing the diet is quite a feat, but getting on stage and doing what you did is yet another!  YOU ROCK BRO!

Congratulations my friend.  Love to you and Laura

Laura, thanks so much for posting these!  Mike looks great!

....and so does Mrs. LLES!

 


You so crazy.  Bast, behave yourself before someone reports your 25 gimmick accounts!

MIKE! 

You are looking great!  Thank you SO MUCH for doing this thread.  I'm sure you've already seen how many people you've motivated.   

You look fantastic!  Have a great time and know there are hundreds of us thinking about and rooting for you!


Laura, not to impose, but I need minute by minute reporting for the prejudging.  I'm sure that's not a problem    Minute by Minute.....you've got that right?

THANKS LUV

Well, the 10 commandments are covered pretty well in the New Testament so I do think they apply to me.

OzmO, what was that scripture in 1Cor?  And is that the passage you're talking about that you're saying those people follow?


Are you talking about me here?  I hope I've never "condemn[ed] others for not following the bible."  I can't live my life as it says I should myself.  If I have condemned anyone (I don't remember but I certainly hope I haven't) for not living the way the bible suggests, I sincerely apologize.

None taken OzmO!

I do take it pretty literally in general, but there are places where it is obviously not meant to be taken literally.  For instance, "if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out."  The intention is not really for people to gouge out there eyes!  Can you imagine?  Every man on earth and most of the women would have empty eyeball holes

Migs, I'm really surprised to see you post this

Dear Bast175, Bast000, Mark Apollo,

What do you mean "ALL" the anti-religion stickies?"

I unstickied the stickies that hadn't been posted on in awhile which included a couple "Learning Threads." 

I think the only "anti-religion" one was the "Errors and Nonsense in the Bible" one.

I felt there were too many stickys.  I'll resticky it if it comes back to life.   That would indicate people are still interested in it. 

You know how to bring it back to life, right Bast, Bast, Mark?  

I had to look this word up!


I think that's a wise positition to take.  The best source IMO, is to read the bible yourself. 

No, I'm saying that law doesn't apply to me since I am not Jewish.

But for those to whom it does apply, perhaps the meaning is more in the clothing specifically made for men or women.  For instance, a man wearing a bra would probably be frowned upon by God, but blue jeans are really a unisex item of apparel.  See what I mean Vern?